title: Calreticulin regulates transforming growth factor-β-stimulated extracellular matrix production.
abstract: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is an emerging factor in fibrotic disease, although precise mechanisms are not clear. Calreticulin (CRT) is an ER chaperone and regulator of Ca(2+) signaling up-regulated by ER stress and in fibrotic tissues. Previously, we showed that ER CRT regulates type I collagen transcript, trafficking, secretion, and processing into the extracellular matrix (ECM). To determine the role of CRT in ECM regulation under fibrotic conditions, we asked whether CRT modified cellular responses to the pro-fibrotic cytokine, TGF-β. These studies show that CRT-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and rat and human idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lung fibroblasts with siRNA CRT knockdown had impaired TGF-β stimulation of type I collagen and fibronectin. In contrast, fibroblasts with increased CRT expression had enhanced responses to TGF-β. The lack of CRT does not impact canonical TGF-β signaling as TGF-β was able to stimulate Smad reporter activity in CRT-/- MEFs. CRT regulation of TGF-β-stimulated Ca(2+) signaling is important for induction of ECM. CRT-/- MEFs failed to increase intracellular Ca(2+) levels in response to TGF-β. NFAT activity is required for ECM stimulation by TGF-β. In CRT-/- MEFs, TGF-β stimulation of NFAT nuclear translocation and reporter activity is impaired. Importantly, CRT is required for TGF-β stimulation of ECM under conditions of ER stress, as tunicamycin-induced ER stress was insufficient to induce ECM production in TGF-β stimulated CRT-/- MEFs. Together, these data identify CRT-regulated Ca(2+)-dependent pathways as a critical molecular link between ER stress and TGF-β fibrotic signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019.
authors.forename: Kurt A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019.
authors.forename: Lauren V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019.
authors.forename: Manuel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pallero
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019. Electronic address: murphy@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Joanne E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Murphy-Ullrich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D037282:Calreticulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037282:Calreticulin; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003094:Collagen; D002118:Calcium
keywords: Calcium; Calreticulin; Collagen; Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress; Fibronectin; Fibrosis; NFAT Transcription Factor; Transforming Growth Factor β (TGFβ)
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