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Investigating pleural disease
P66 Histone deacetylase inhibitor CBHA attenuates the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in human pleural mesothelial cells
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  1. Chi-Li Chung1,
  2. Wei-Lin Chen2,
  3. Yu-Wen Cheng3,
  4. Yung-Chen Chou2,
  5. Ming-Jen Hsu2,
  6. Che-Jen Hsiao1,
  7. Joen-Rong Sheu2,
  8. George Hsiao2
  1. 1Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital and School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. 2Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  3. 3Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Abstract

Background Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), primarily up-regulated by transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, is essential for development of fibrosis. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) have been shown to modulate gene expression and fibrogenesis in various tissues. However, the implications of HDAC in PAI-1 expression and pleural fibrosis remain unclear. We examined the effects of m-carboxycinnamic acid bis-hydroxamide (CBHA), a hybrid-polar HDAC inhibitor, on PAI-1 expression in a human pleural mesothelial cell line (MeT-5A).

Methods MeT-5A cells were treated with TGF-β1 (10 ng/ml) in the presence or absence of CBHA (0.2–1 μM). The expression and stability of PAI-1 mRNA and protein, PAI-1 promoter activity, activation of Smad signaling, and protein–protein interactions of Smads with transcriptional cofactors Sp1 and coactivator p300 were assayed using the methods of Western blotting, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, transient transfection and luciferase activity assay, immunoflurescence staining and immunoprecipitation, respectively.

Results CBHA significantly inhibited TGF-β1-induced PAI-1 mRNA and protein expression, and attenuated PAI-1 promoter activity in MeT-5A cells. CBHA abrogated TGF-β1-induced Smad4 nuclear translocation, but not Smad2/3 activation. Furthermore, the TGF-β1-induced association of Smad4 with p300, but not with Sp1, was disrupted by CBHA. Alternatively, CBHA accelerated PAI-1 mRNA degradation, possibly through suppression of the mRNA stabilizing protein nucleolin (Abstract P66 Figure 1).

Conclusion Our data suggests that inhibition of HDAC activity by CBHA may attenuate TGF-β1-induced PAI-1 expression in human pleural mesothelial cells through modulation of cellular signaling at multiple levels. HDAC inhibitors may be employed as potential therapeutic agents for pleural fibrosis.

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