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Erschienen in: Pediatric Surgery International 1/2019

01.11.2018 | Original Article

Endoplasmic reticulum stress response is activated in pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to congenital diaphragmatic hernia, but is decreased by administration of amniotic fluid stem cells

verfasst von: Areti Tzanetakis, Lina Antounians, Alyssa Belfiore, Qi Ma, Mark Stasiewicz, Ornella Pellerito, Augusto Zani

Erschienen in: Pediatric Surgery International | Ausgabe 1/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

Pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is characterized by impaired epithelial homeostasis. Recently, amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSCs) have been shown to promote growth in hypoplastic lungs of rat fetuses with CDH. Herein, we investigated whether CDH hypoplastic lungs mount an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and whether AFSCs could re-establish pulmonary epithelial homeostasis.

Methods

Primary epithelial cells were isolated from fetal rat lungs at E14.5 from control and nitrofen-exposed dams at E9.5. Nitrofen-exposed epithelial cells were grown in medium alone or co-cultured with AFSCs. Epithelial cell cultures were compared for apoptosis (TUNEL), cytotoxicity (LIVE/DEAD assay), proliferation (5′EdU), and ER stress (CHOP, Bcl-2) using one-way ANOVA (Dunn’s post-test).

Results

Compared to control, nitrofen-exposed epithelial cells had increased cytotoxicity and apoptosis, reduced proliferation, and activated ER stress. AFSCs restored apoptosis, proliferation, and ER stress back to control levels, and significantly reduced cytotoxicity.

Conclusions

This study shows for the first time that ER stress-induced apoptosis is activated in the pulmonary epithelium of hypoplastic lungs from fetuses with CDH. AFSC treatment restores epithelial cellular homeostasis by attenuating the ER stress response and apoptosis, by increasing proliferation and migration ability, and by reducing cytotoxicity.
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Titel
Endoplasmic reticulum stress response is activated in pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to congenital diaphragmatic hernia, but is decreased by administration of amniotic fluid stem cells
verfasst von
Areti Tzanetakis
Lina Antounians
Alyssa Belfiore
Qi Ma
Mark Stasiewicz
Ornella Pellerito
Augusto Zani
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Pediatric Surgery International / Ausgabe 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-018-4376-4

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