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    Tumour-associated neutrophils and loss of epithelial PTEN can promote corticosteroid-insensitive MMP-9 expression in the chronically inflamed lung microenvironment

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    Vannitamby, A; Seow, HJ; Anderson, G; Vlahos, R; Thompson, M; Steinfort, D; Irving, LB; Bozinovski, S
    Date
    2017-12-01
    Source Title
    Thorax
    Publisher
    BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Bozinovski, Steven; Vlahos, Ross; Anderson, Gary; Irving, Louis; VANNITAMBY, AMANDA; Steinfort, Daniel
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    Pharmacology and Therapeutics
    Physiology
    Science
    Medicine and Radiology
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    Vannitamby, A., Seow, H. J., Anderson, G., Vlahos, R., Thompson, M., Steinfort, D., Irving, L. B. & Bozinovski, S. (2017). Tumour-associated neutrophils and loss of epithelial PTEN can promote corticosteroid-insensitive MMP-9 expression in the chronically inflamed lung microenvironment. THORAX, 72 (12), pp.1140-1143. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209389.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/258008
    DOI
    10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209389
    Abstract
    Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is increased in a number of pathological lung conditions, where the proteinase contributes to deleterious remodelling of the airways. While both lung cancer and COPD are associated with increased MMP-9 expression, the cellular and molecular drivers of MMP-9 remain unresolved. In this study, MMP-9 transcript measured within the tumour region from patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and coexisting COPD was found to be uniformly increased relative to adjacent tumour-free tissue. MMP-9 gene expression and immunohistochemistry identified tumour-associated neutrophils, but not macrophages, as a predominant source of this proteinase. In addition, PTEN gene expression was significantly reduced in tumour and there was evidence of epithelial MMP-9 expression. To explore whether PTEN can regulate epithelial MMP-9 expression, a small interfering (si)RNA knockdown strategy was used in Beas-2B bronchial epithelial cells. PTEN knockdown by siRNA selectively increased MMP-9 expression in response to lipopolysaccharide in a corticosteroid-insensitive manner. In summary, tumour-associated neutrophils represent an important source of MMP-9 in NSCLC, and loss of epithelial PTEN may further augment steroid-insensitive expression.

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