2022
Pseudohypoxic HIF pathway activation dysregulates collagen structure-function in human lung fibrosis
Brereton CJ, Yao L, Davies ER, Zhou Y, Vukmirovic M, Bell JA, Wang S, Ridley RA, Dean L, Andriotis OG, Conforti F, Brewitz L, Mohammed S, Wallis T, Tavassoli A, Ewing RM, Alzetani A, Marshall BG, Fletcher SV, Thurner PJ, Fabre A, Kaminski N, Richeldi L, Bhaskar A, Schofield CJ, Loxham M, Davies DE, Wang Y, Jones MG. Pseudohypoxic HIF pathway activation dysregulates collagen structure-function in human lung fibrosis. ELife 2022, 11: e69348. PMID: 35188460, PMCID: PMC8860444, DOI: 10.7554/elife.69348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIF pathway activationPathway activationLung fibrosisOxidative stressHuman lung fibrosisOxidative stress scoreFibrillar collagen synthesisHypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway activationExtracellular matrixActive fibrogenesisFibrosisHuman fibrosisFibrosis tissueHIF activationStress scoresVivo studiesCollagen synthesisMesenchymal cellsCritical pathwaysDownstream activationNormal fibroblastsCritical regulatorHIFActivationHuman tissues
2018
Reducing protein oxidation reverses lung fibrosis
Anathy V, Lahue KG, Chapman DG, Chia SB, Casey DT, Aboushousha R, van der Velden JLJ, Elko E, Hoffman SM, McMillan DH, Jones JT, Nolin JD, Abdalla S, Schneider R, Seward DJ, Roberson EC, Liptak MD, Cousins ME, Butnor KJ, Taatjes DJ, Budd RC, Irvin CG, Ho YS, Hakem R, Brown KK, Matsui R, Bachschmid MM, Gomez JL, Kaminski N, van der Vliet A, Janssen-Heininger YMW. Reducing protein oxidation reverses lung fibrosis. Nature Medicine 2018, 24: 1128-1135. PMID: 29988126, PMCID: PMC6204256, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-018-0090-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisDirect administrationAirways of miceGrowth factor beta 1Transgenic mouse modelFibrotic lungsLung tissueMouse modelAged animalsFibrosisLung epitheliumTherapeutic potentialExcessive depositionBeta 1Transgenic overexpressionOxidative stressExact mechanismAirwayGlrxLungMiceAdministrationOxidative mechanisms
2015
Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs
Phinney DG, Di Giuseppe M, Njah J, Sala E, Shiva S, St Croix CM, Stolz DB, Watkins SC, Di YP, Leikauf GD, Kolls J, Riches DW, Deiuliis G, Kaminski N, Boregowda SV, McKenna DH, Ortiz LA. Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 8472. PMID: 26442449, PMCID: PMC4598952, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArrestinsBlotting, WesternCell-Derived MicroparticlesExosomesExtracellular VesiclesFlow CytometryHumansMacrophagesMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMicroRNAsMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaMitophagyMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Oxidative StressReceptors, ImmunologicSignal TransductionSilicosisToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptor 9Toll-Like ReceptorsConceptsMesenchymal stem cellsStem cellsDomain-containing protein 1Stem cell nicheHealthy mitochondrial functionHaematopoietic stem cellsCell nichePlasma membraneToll-like receptor signalingIntracellular oxidative stressMitochondrial functionExtracellular vesiclesMicro RNAsReceptor signalingProtein 1MitophagyMSC survivalMitochondriaOxidative stressMacrophage functionVesiclesCellsRecent studiesMacrophage activationMacrophages
2014
Nrf2 Amplifies Oxidative Stress via Induction of Klf9
Zucker SN, Fink EE, Bagati A, Mannava S, Bianchi-Smiraglia A, Bogner PN, Wawrzyniak JA, Foley C, Leonova KI, Grimm MJ, Moparthy K, Ionov Y, Wang J, Liu S, Sexton S, Kandel ES, Bakin AV, Zhang Y, Kaminski N, Segal BH, Nikiforov MA. Nrf2 Amplifies Oxidative Stress via Induction of Klf9. Molecular Cell 2014, 53: 916-928. PMID: 24613345, PMCID: PMC4049522, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.01.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesBleomycinCell Line, TumorGene Expression RegulationGenes, ReporterHumansKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsLuciferasesLungMiceNF-E2-Related Factor 2NIH 3T3 CellsOxidative StressPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingPulmonary FibrosisReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionConceptsReactive oxygen speciesKey transcriptional regulatorMetabolism of ROSOxidative stressPathogenesis of bleomycinKruppel-like factor 9Thioredoxin reductase 2Subsequent cell deathTranscription factor 2Antioxidant gene expressionUbiquitous regulatorsTranscriptional regulatorsIntracellular reactive oxygen speciesLung injuryFeedforward regulationPulmonary fibrosisGene expressionOxidant injuryROS clearanceCell deathReductase 2Mouse tissuesCultured cellsNF-E2Factor 9
2008
Oxidative Stress Alters Syndecan-1 Distribution in Lungs with Pulmonary Fibrosis*
Kliment CR, Englert JM, Gochuico BR, Yu G, Kaminski N, Rosas I, Oury TD. Oxidative Stress Alters Syndecan-1 Distribution in Lungs with Pulmonary Fibrosis*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2008, 284: 3537-3545. PMID: 19073610, PMCID: PMC2635035, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807001200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisLavage fluidNeutrophil chemotaxisSyndecan-1EC-SODSyndecan-1 ectodomainWound healingMouse lungNull miceWestern blotOxidative stressInterstitial lung diseaseBronchoalveolar lavage fluidShed syndecan-1Aberrant wound healingAlveolar epithelial cellsHuman lung samplesHuman syndecan-1Extracellular superoxide dismutaseEpithelial wound healingIPF lungsProgressive fibrosisLung fibrosisAlveolar epithelial wound healing
2007
Effects of exercise training on quadriceps muscle gene expression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Radom-Aizik S, Kaminski N, Hayek S, Halkin H, Cooper DM, Ben-Dov I. Effects of exercise training on quadriceps muscle gene expression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2007, 102: 1976-1984. PMID: 17483440, DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00577.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCase-Control StudiesCluster AnalysisEnergy MetabolismExerciseGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOxidative StressOxygen ConsumptionProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuadriceps MuscleReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerUbiquitinConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPD patientsPulmonary diseaseExercise trainingAge-matched healthy menMuscle gene expressionHigh expressionSkeletal muscle functionExercise capacityGene expressionWalk testHealthy menControl subjectsNeedle biopsyMuscle functionVastus lateralisPatientsOxidative stressTraining responseFunctional parametersDiseaseTissue stressExpressionGene pathways