Aspirin alleviates pulmonary fibrosis through PI3K/AKT/mTOR-mediated autophagy pathway

Autor: Jieting Peng, Xun Xiao, Shizhen Li, Xing Lyu, Hui Gong, Shengyu Tan, Lini Dong, Yan Y. Sanders, Xiangyu Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Experimental Gerontology, Vol 172, Iss , Pp 112085- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1873-6815
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2023.112085
Popis: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and irreversible lung disease with limited therapeutic options. Aspirin can alleviate liver, kidney, and cardiac fibrosis. However, its role in lung fibrosis is unclear. This study aims to investigate the effects of aspirin on lung fibroblast differentiation and pulmonary fibrosis. TGF-β1-induced human embryonic lung fibroblasts, IPF lung fibroblasts, and bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis mouse model were used in this study. The results showed that aspirin significantly decreased the expression of Collagen 1A1, Fibronectin, Alpha-smooth muscle actin, and equestosome1, and increased the ratio of light chain 3 beta II/I and the number of autophagosome in vivo and in vitro; reduced bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis. Aspirin also decreased the ratios of phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (p-PI3K)/PI3K, protein kinase B (p-AKT)/AKT, and mechanistic target of rapamycin (p-mTOR)/mTOR in vitro. Autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine, bafilomycin-A1, and AKT activator SC-79 abrogated the effects of aspirin. These findings indicate that aspirin ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis through a PI3K/AKT/mTOR-dependent autophagy pathway.
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