RGD Reference Report - Expressions of tumor necrosis factor-converting enzyme and ErbB3 in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. - Rat Genome Database

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Expressions of tumor necrosis factor-converting enzyme and ErbB3 in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Authors: Ju, CR  Xia, XZ  Chen, RC 
Citation: Ju CR, etal., Chin Med J (Engl). 2007 Sep 5;120(17):1505-10.
RGD ID: 2289953
Pubmed: PMID:17908459   (View Abstract at PubMed)

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated not only with airway inflammation characterized by mucin hypersecretion but also with systemic inflammation. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is found to take part in systemic inflammation, and ErbB3 plays an important role in mucin hypersecretion of COPD. Since TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) is involved in the activation of both TNF-alpha and ErbB3, we established rat models of COPD to investigate the expressions of TACE, TNF-alpha and ErbB3 and to explore the correlations among TACE, TNF-alpha and ErbB3 respectively. METHODS: Thirty Wistar male rats were randomly divided into COPD group (group C, n = 10), saline solution parallel group (group P, n = 8), and normal control group (group N, n = 8). Group C was challenged with passive cigarette smoking and intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide. Six weeks later pulmonary functions were tested, bronchoalveolar fluid and arterial blood gases were assayed, and histopathological evaluations were performed in turn. The expressions of TACE, TNF-alpha and ErbB3 in lungs of all rats were determined histochemically. RESULTS: The expressions of TACE, TNF-alpha and ErbB3 were significantly higher in group C than in group N (P < 0.01). The contents of TNF-alpha in serum (P < 0.01) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) (P < 0.01) were elevated more significantly in group C than in group N. A positive correlation existed between TACE and TNF-alpha (r = 0.784, P < 0.01) and between TACE and ErbB3 (r = 0.526, P < 0.01) respectively. CONCLUSIONS: TNF-alpha and ErbB3 are involved in the pathogenesis of COPD. TACE contributes to the progress of COPD indirectly through the function of TNF-alpha and ErbB3.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  IEP 2289953protein:increased expression:lungRGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Erbb3  (erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3)


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