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KMID : 0923620150150030142
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Immune Network
2015 Volume.15 No. 3 p.142 ~ p.149
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Osteopontin Potentiates Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis by Modulating IL-17/IFN-γ-secreting T-cell Ratios in Bleomycin-treated Mice
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:Oh Keun-hee
:Seo Myung-Won/:Kim Young-Whan/:Lee Dong-Sup
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Abstract
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Lung fibrosis is a life-threatening disease caused by overt or insidious inflammatory responses. However, the mechanism of tissue injury-induced inflammation and subsequent fibrogenesis remains unclear. Recently, we and other groups reported that Th17 responses play a role in amplification of the inflammatory phase in a murine model induced by bleomycin (BLM). Osteopontin (OPN) is a cytokine and extracellular-matrix-associated signaling molecule. However, whether tissue injury causes inflammation and consequent fibrosis through OPN should be determined. In this study, we observed that BLM-induced lung inflammation and subsequent fibrosis was ameliorated in OPN-deficient mice. OPN was expressed ubiquitously in the lung parenchymal and bone-marrow-derived components and OPN from both components contributed to pathogenesis following BLM intratracheal instillation. Th17 differentiation of CD4+ αβ T cells and IL-17-producing γδ T cells was significantly reduced in OPN-deficient mice compared to WT mice. In addition, Th1 differentiation of CD4+ αβ T cells and the percentage of IFN-γ-producing γδ T cells increased. T helper cell differentiation in vitro revealed that OPN was preferentially upregulated in CD4+ T cells under Th17 differentiation conditions. OPN expressed in both parenchymal and bone marrow cell components and contributed to BLM-induced lung inflammation and fibrosis by affecting the ratio of pathogenic IL-17/protective IFN-γ T cells.
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KEYWORD
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Osteopontin, Pulmonary fibrosis, αβ T cells, IL-17, Th17 differentiation
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