Matrilin-2 regulates proliferation, apoptosis and cell cycle during radiation-induced injury in HPAEpiC cell

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 Apr 8;485(3):577-583. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.12.022. Epub 2016 Dec 5.

Abstract

Radiation pulmonary injury is related to the accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins in the alveolar interstitial space. Matrilin-2 as a component of extracellular filamentous networks, present higher level in the lung tissue from irradiated mice and irradiated pulmonary epithelial cell line, HPAEpiC cells. Knockdown of endogenous matrilin-2 prevents the apoptosis of HPAEpiC cell induced by the irradiation injury. Consistently, over-expression of matrilin-2 reduced the proliferation and induced apoptosis of HPAEpiC cells. Matrilin-2 promotes the expression of p21 via increasing the transcriptional activity of p53, by which induces the G1 phase arresting in HPAEpiC cells. In summary, matrilin-2, increased by irradiation, reduced the proliferation and induces apoptosis of pulmonary epithelial cells via p53/p21 pathway.

Keywords: Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Matrilin-2; Proliferation; Radiation pulmonary injury.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / genetics*
  • Apoptosis / radiation effects
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Proliferation / genetics*
  • Cell Proliferation / radiation effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / genetics
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / metabolism
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Epithelial Cells / radiation effects
  • G1 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints / genetics*
  • G1 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints / radiation effects
  • Gene Expression / radiation effects
  • Humans
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Lung / radiation effects
  • Male
  • Matrilin Proteins / genetics*
  • Matrilin Proteins / metabolism
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / cytology
  • RNA Interference
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signal Transduction / radiation effects
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / genetics
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / metabolism

Substances

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
  • Matrilin Proteins
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53