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Transforming growth factor beta 1 downregulates the platelet-derived growth factor alpha-receptor subtype on human lung fibroblasts in vitro.

Fibroblasts are the central target cell in pulmonary fibrotic diseases, and their proliferation is mediated largely by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms secreted by activated lung macrophages. Several other macrophage-derived cytokines that are increased during fibrogenesis, including interleukin-1 beta and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), could potentially modulate the mitogenic and chemotactic activity of PDGF by altering the expression of cell-surface PDGF receptors on fibroblasts. The PDGF receptor system on fibroblasts from a variety of tissues shows heterogeneous responses to TGF-beta 1. Lung fibroblasts have not been investigated in this regard. TGF-beta 1 downregulated the gene expression of the 6.5 kb PDGF-alpha receptor (PDGF-R alpha) transcript in normal human lung fibroblasts in a concentration-dependent fashion that was maximal at 3 ng/ml TGF-beta 1; this corresponded with a decrease in cell-surface PDGF-R alpha as measured by radioligand binding assays using [125I]PDGF-AA. The TGF-beta 1- induced down-regulation of the PDGF-R alpha gene was rapid (maximal suppression by 2 h post-treatment) and preceded the decrease in cell-surface alpha-receptor (maximal reduction by 6 h post-treatment). TGF-beta 1 treatment did not alter the rate of PDGF-R alpha mRNA degradation following the inhibition of transcription using actinomycin D, indicating that TGF-beta 1 increases PDGF-R alpha transcription. Scatchard analysis of saturation binding data showed that TGF-beta 1 decreased the number of [125I]PDGF-AA binding sites 5-fold without affecting receptor affinity. [125I]PDGF-AB binding sites were downregulated approximately 25%, and the number of [125I]PDGF-BB binding sites was not changed by TGF-beta 1 treatment, indicating that the PDGF-beta receptor was not affected. TGF-beta 1 reduced the mitogenic and chemotactic response to PDGF-AA by > 90%, whereas these biologic response to PDGF-AB and PDGF-BB were inhibited 50% to 80%. The proliferative and chemotactic responses of fibroblasts during tissue remodeling or during lung fibrosis are likely controlled by a complex network involving PDGF isoforms and cytokines that modify the PDGF receptor system.[1]

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  1. Transforming growth factor beta 1 downregulates the platelet-derived growth factor alpha-receptor subtype on human lung fibroblasts in vitro. Bonner, J.C., Badgett, A., Lindroos, P.M., Osornio-Vargas, A.R. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. (1995) [Pubmed]
 
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