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      mTOR/STAT‐3 pathway mediates mesenchymal stem cell–secreted hepatocyte growth factor protective effects against lipopolysaccharide‐induced vascular endothelial barrier dysfunction and apoptosis

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      Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
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          Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) protect the endothelial barrier complex and survival, implicated in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI) via paracrine hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). However, the mechanism of HGF in endothelial regulation remains unclear. Here, we introduced a coculture protocol of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVECs) and overexpression of the HGF gene of MSCs (MSC-HGF). Immunofluorescence and endothelial permeability analysis revealed that MSC-HGF protected endothelial tight junction protein occludin expression and attenuated cellular permeability as well as endothelial apoptosis. To investigate the novel mechanism mammalian TOR (mTOR)/ signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT-3) signaling in HGF protective effects against endothelial barrier and apoptosis, we used recombinant mouse HGF in endothelial cells. In addition, we used mTOR inhibitor rapamycin to inhibit the mTOR pathway. Our study demonstrated that rapamycin decreased the protective effects of HGF on the endothelium by decreasing tight junction protein occludin expression and cell proliferation, and raising lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endothelial permeability, endothelial cell injury factors ET-1 and vWF. Similarly, the protective effects of HGF on reducing endothelial barrier and apoptosis were weakened when PMVECs were treated with the STAT-3 inhibitor S3I-201. Moreover, mTOR/STAT-3 were activated by HGF demonstrated as raising mTOR (Ser2448) and STAT3 (Ser727) phosphorylation proteins, leading to endothelial barrier improvement and survival. Reversely, rapamycin or S3I-201 inhibited mTOR/STAT-3 activation. Taken together, our findings highlight that the activation of the mTOR/STAT-3 pathway provides novel mechanistic insights into MSC-secreted HGF protection against LPS-induced vascular endothelial permeability dysfunction and apoptosis, which contributes to decreasing microvascular loss and lung injury.

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          Occludin is an integral membrane protein with four transmembrane domains that is exclusively localized at tight junction (TJ) strands. Here, we describe the generation and analysis of mice carrying a null mutation in the occludin gene. Occludin -/- mice were born with no gross phenotype in the expected Mendelian ratios, but they showed significant postnatal growth retardation. Occludin -/- males produced no litters with wild-type females, whereas occludin -/- females produced litters normally when mated with wild-type males but did not suckle them. In occludin -/- mice, TJs themselves did not appear to be affected morphologically, and the barrier function of intestinal epithelium was normal as far as examined electrophysiologically. However, histological abnormalities were found in several tissues, i.e., chronic inflammation and hyperplasia of the gastric epithelium, calcification in the brain, testicular atrophy, loss of cytoplasmic granules in striated duct cells of the salivary gland, and thinning of the compact bone. These phenotypes suggested that the functions of TJs as well as occludin are more complex than previously supposed.
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            Epithelial and/or endothelial barriers play a critical role in animal, including human, life forms. The tight junction (TJ) is an essential component of these barriers. Occludin is a major component of the TJ. The structure of occludin, including its gene splice variants and protein essential components have been elucidated. Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation plays a major role in regulation of occludin and TJ. Disruption of occludin regulation is an important aspect of a number of diseases. Strategies to prevent and/or reverse occludin downregulation may be an important therapeutic target.
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                Contributors
                Journal
                Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
                J Cell Biochem
                Wiley
                0730-2312
                1097-4644
                September 27 2018
                March 2019
                September 22 2018
                March 2019
                : 120
                : 3
                : 3637-3650
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Critical Care MedicineZhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast UniversityNanjing China
                Article
                10.1002/jcb.27642
                30242894
                cad26bb8-6add-41cf-adb3-de5a4f6585f1
                © 2019

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