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  • Title: Oncostatin M causes VEGF release from human airway smooth muscle: synergy with IL-1beta.
    Author: Faffe DS, Flynt L, Mellema M, Whitehead TR, Bourgeois K, Panettieri RA, Silverman ES, Shore SA.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol; 2005 Jun; 288(6):L1040-8. PubMed ID: 15665043.
    Abstract:
    Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent angiogenesis factor, likely contributes to airway remodeling in asthma. We sought to examine the effects and mechanism of action of IL-6 family cytokines on VEGF release from human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells. Oncostatin M (OSM), but not other IL-6 family cytokines, increased VEGF release, and IL-1beta enhanced OSM-induced VEGF release. OSM increased VEGF mRNA expression and VEGF promoter activity, whereas IL-1beta had no effect. IL-1beta did not augment the effects of OSM on VEGF promoter activity but did augment OSM-induced VEGF mRNA expression and mRNA stability. The STAT3 inhibitor piceatannol decreased both OSM-induced VEGF release and synergy between OSM and IL-1beta, without affecting responses to IL-1beta alone. Piceatannol also inhibited OSM-induced VEGF mRNA expression. In contrast, inhibitors of MAPK pathway had no effect on OSM or OSM plus IL-1beta-induced VEGF release. OSM increased type 1 IL-1 receptor (IL-1R1) mRNA expression, as measured by real-time PCR, and piceatannol attenuated this response. Consistent with the increase in IL-1R1 expression, OSM markedly augmented IL-1beta-induced VEGF, MCP-1, and IL-6 release. In summary, our data indicate OSM causes VEGF expression in HASM cells by a transcriptional mechanism involving STAT3. IL-1beta also synergizes with OSM to increase VEGF release, likely as a result of effects of IL-1beta on VEGF mRNA stability as well as effects of OSM on IL-1R1 expression. This is the first description of a role for OSM on IL-1R1 expression in any cell type. OSM may contribute to airway remodeling observed in chronic airway disease.
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