TY - JOUR
T1 - Interleukin-13 and interleukin-4 induce vascular endothelial growth factor release from airway smooth muscle cells
T2 - Role of vascular endothelial growth factor genotype
AU - Faffe, Débora S.
AU - Flynt, Lesley
AU - Bourgeois, Kerri
AU - Panettieri, Reynold A.
AU - Shore, Stephanie A.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Th2 cytokines induce the release of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from cultured human airway smooth muscle cells. The objective of this study was to examine the mechanistic basis for IL-4- and IL-13-induced VEGF release and to determine whether genetic differences are responsible for donor-to-donor variability in VEGF release. We measured VEGF mRNA expression by real-time PCR, mRNA stability using actinomycin D, and promoter activity with a VEGF-promoter luciferase reporter construct. We measured IL-4- and IL-13-induced VEGF release in cells from 21 donors by ELISA, genotyped the cells for common single nucleotide polymorphisms in the IL-4Rα (Ile50Val, Ser478Pro, and Gln551Arg) and VEGF (-460T/C, -160C/T, -152G/A, +405C/G and +936 C/T) genes, and stratified the data by IL-4Rα and VEGF genotype. IL-4 and IL-13 increased VEGF release and VEGF mRNA expression. IL-4 also increased mRNA stability but did not affect VEGF promoter activity. There was marked donor-to-donor variability in VEGF release from smooth muscle cells. The presence of Val50, Pro478/Arg551, or the Val50/Pro478/Arg551 IL-4Rα haplotype had little effect on VEGF release. VEGF genotype at +405 or +936 alone had no effect on VEGF release, whereas cells bearing at least one -460C/-152A/+405G VEGF allele had lower release of VEGF in response to IL-13 or IL-4 than cells with other genotypes. Our data suggest that IL-4 and IL-13 mediate their effects on VEGF expression post-transcriptionally and indicate that polymorphisms in the VEGF, but not the IL-4Rα, gene affect VEGF release from smooth muscle cells.
AB - Th2 cytokines induce the release of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from cultured human airway smooth muscle cells. The objective of this study was to examine the mechanistic basis for IL-4- and IL-13-induced VEGF release and to determine whether genetic differences are responsible for donor-to-donor variability in VEGF release. We measured VEGF mRNA expression by real-time PCR, mRNA stability using actinomycin D, and promoter activity with a VEGF-promoter luciferase reporter construct. We measured IL-4- and IL-13-induced VEGF release in cells from 21 donors by ELISA, genotyped the cells for common single nucleotide polymorphisms in the IL-4Rα (Ile50Val, Ser478Pro, and Gln551Arg) and VEGF (-460T/C, -160C/T, -152G/A, +405C/G and +936 C/T) genes, and stratified the data by IL-4Rα and VEGF genotype. IL-4 and IL-13 increased VEGF release and VEGF mRNA expression. IL-4 also increased mRNA stability but did not affect VEGF promoter activity. There was marked donor-to-donor variability in VEGF release from smooth muscle cells. The presence of Val50, Pro478/Arg551, or the Val50/Pro478/Arg551 IL-4Rα haplotype had little effect on VEGF release. VEGF genotype at +405 or +936 alone had no effect on VEGF release, whereas cells bearing at least one -460C/-152A/+405G VEGF allele had lower release of VEGF in response to IL-13 or IL-4 than cells with other genotypes. Our data suggest that IL-4 and IL-13 mediate their effects on VEGF expression post-transcriptionally and indicate that polymorphisms in the VEGF, but not the IL-4Rα, gene affect VEGF release from smooth muscle cells.
KW - Asthma
KW - IL-4Rα
KW - Polymorphism
KW - TNFα
KW - mRNA stability
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U2 - 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0147OC
DO - 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0147OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 16210693
AN - SCOPUS:32044453362
SN - 1044-1549
VL - 34
SP - 213
EP - 218
JO - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
JF - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
IS - 2
ER -