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Sarker, R.S. ; John-Schuster, G. ; Bohla, A. ; Mutze, K. ; Burgstaller, G. ; Bedford, M.T.* ; Königshoff, M. ; Eickelberg, O. ; Yildirim, A.Ö.

CARM1 regulates alveolar epithelial senescence and elastase-induced emphysema susceptibility.

Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 53, 769-781 (2015)
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by an irreversible loss of lung function and is one of the most prevalent and severe diseases world-wide. A major feature of COPD is emphysema -the progressive loss of alveolar tissue. Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase-1 (CARM1) regulates histone-methylation and the transcription of genes involved in senescence, proliferation and differentiation. Complete loss of CARM1 leads to disrupted differentiation and maturation of alveolar epithelial type-II cells (ATII). We thus hypothesized that CARM1 regulates the development and progression of emphysema. To address this, we investigated the contribution of CARM1 to alveolar rarefication using the mouse model of elastase-induced emphysema in vivo and siRNA-mediated knockdown in ATII-like LA4 cells in vitro. We demonstrate that emphysema progression in vivo is associated with a time-dependent down-regulation of CARM1. Importantly, elastase-treated CARM1 haploinsufficient mice show significantly increased airspace enlargement (52.5±9.6 µm vs. 38.8±5.5 µm, p<0.01) and lung compliance (2.8±0.32 µl/cmH20 vs. 2.4±0.4 µl/cmH20, p<0.04) compared with controls. The knockdown of CARM1 in LA4 cells led to decreased SIRT1 expression (0.034±0.003 vs. 0.022±0.001, p<0.05), but increased expression of p16 (0.27±0.013 vs. 0.31±0.010, p<0.5), p21 (0.81±0.088 vs. 1.28± 0.063, p<0.01) and higher beta-galactosidase-positive senescent cells (50.57%±7.36 vs. 2.21%±0.34, p<0.001), compared with scrambled siRNA. We further demonstrated that CARM1 haploinsufficiency impairs trans-differentiation and wound healing (32.18%±0.9512 vs. 8.769%±1.967, p<0.001) of alveolar epithelial cells. Overall, these results reveal a novel function of CARM1 in regulating emphysema development and premature lung aging via alveolar senescence, as well as impaired regeneration, repair and differentiation of ATII cells.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Coactivator-associated Arginine Methyltransferase 1 (carm1) ; Empyhsema ; Alveolar Type Ii Cells ; Elastase-treatment ; Senescence
Language english
Publication Year 2015
HGF-reported in Year 2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1044-1549
e-ISSN 1535-4989
Journal American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
Quellenangaben Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Pages: 769-781 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Thoracic Society
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI)
POF-Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
30503 - Chronic Diseases of the Lung and Allergies
Research field(s) Lung Research
PSP Element(s) G-505000-007
G-505000-012
G-551800-001
G-505000-006
G-501600-001
G-501600-014
G-501600-006
PubMed ID 25906418
DOI 10.1165/rcmb.2014-0216OC
WOS ID WOS:000368419400003
Erfassungsdatum 2015-04-25
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