Endocrinology, Vol 137, 4542-4550, Copyright © 1996 by Endocrine Society

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Endothelin-A receptor-mediated prostanoid secretion via autocrine and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis via paracrine signaling in human bronchial epithelial cells

M Takimoto, K Oda, Y Sasaki and T Okada
International Research Laboratories, Ciba-Geigy Japan Ltd., Takarazuka, Japan.

It is known that serum promotes squamous differentiation of airway epithelial cell culture in vitro. We investigated which types of epithelial cells produce endothelins (ETs) and ET-evoked cellular responses in cultured human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs). Squamous cells, not basal cells (nondifferentiated), secrete ET-1 actively. Specific binding of [125I]ET-1, not [125I]ET-3, was observed in squamous as well as basal cells, demonstrating the existence of only the ETA receptor. ET-1 together with epidermal growth factor stimulated synergistic DNA synthesis in basal cells, whereas ET-1 alone did not. Serum failed to induce DNA synthesis in HBECs, indicating terminal differentiation into squamous cells. ET-1 (1-100 nM) dose-dependently stimulated PGE2 (0.6-2.8 ng/10(5) cells) and thromboxane B2 release (4- 30 pg/10(5) cells) from squamous HBECS, but not from basal cells. Western blot analysis showed that both squamous and basal HBECs expressed inducible and endothelial nitric oxide synthase, whereas ET-1 failed to stimulate nitric oxide synthase expression. Our findings suggest that secreted ET-1 from squamous cells evokes the release of prostanoids in an autocrine manner, and stimulates DNA synthesis in basal cells as a comitogen in a paracrine manner. Thus, it is likely that ET-1 secreted from HBECs plays an important role as a local, autocrine, and paracrine modulator in airway responses.

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