Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model

Asthma is associated with increased deposition and altered phenotype of airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells. However, little is known about the processes responsible for these changes. It has been suggested that alterations of the extracellular matrix (ECM) contribute to the remodeling of ASM cells in...

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Autores principales: Selma Ben Hamouda, Maria Angélica Miglino, Gustavo de Sá Schiavo Matias, Guy Beauchamp, Jean-Pierre Lavoie
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:978c812e678b42bf818388a881e57b682021-12-01T08:11:57ZAsthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model2673-610110.3389/falgy.2021.762026https://doaj.org/article/978c812e678b42bf818388a881e57b682021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/falgy.2021.762026/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2673-6101Asthma is associated with increased deposition and altered phenotype of airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells. However, little is known about the processes responsible for these changes. It has been suggested that alterations of the extracellular matrix (ECM) contribute to the remodeling of ASM cells in asthma. Three-dimensional matrices allow the in vitro study of complex cellular responses to different stimuli in a close-to-natural environment. Thus, we investigated the ultrastructural and genic variations of ASM cells cultured on acellular asthmatic and control bronchial matrices. We studied horses, as they spontaneously develop a human asthma-like condition (heaves) with similarities to chronic pulmonary changes observed in human asthma. Primary bronchial ASM cells from asthmatic (n = 3) and control (n = 3) horses were cultured on decellularized bronchi from control (n = 3) and asthmatic (n = 3) horses. Each cell lineage was used to recellularize six different bronchi for 41 days. Histomorphometry on HEPS-stained-recellularized matrices revealed an increased ASM cell number in the control cell/control matrix (p = 0.02) and asthmatic cell/control matrix group (p = 0.04) compared with the asthmatic cell/asthmatic matrix group. Scan electron microscopy revealed a cell invasion of the ECM. While ASM cells showed high adhesion and proliferation processes on the control ECM, the presence of senescent cells and cellular debris in the asthmatic ECM with control or asthmatic ASM cells suggested cell death. When comparing asthmatic with control cell/matrix combinations by targeted next generation sequencing, only AGC1 (p = 0.04), MYO10 (p = 0.009), JAM3 (p = 0.02), and TAGLN (p = 0.001) were differentially expressed out of a 70-gene pool previously associated with smooth muscle remodeling. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to evaluate the effects of asthmatic ECM on an ASM cell phenotype using a biological bronchial matrix. Our results indicate that bronchial ECM health status contributes to ASM cell gene expression and, possibly, its survival.Selma Ben HamoudaMaria Angélica MiglinoGustavo de Sá Schiavo MatiasGuy BeauchampJean-Pierre LavoieFrontiers Media S.A.articleasthma3D cultureextracellular matrixairway smooth musclerecellularizationphenotypeImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607ENFrontiers in Allergy, Vol 2 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic asthma
3D culture
extracellular matrix
airway smooth muscle
recellularization
phenotype
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
spellingShingle asthma
3D culture
extracellular matrix
airway smooth muscle
recellularization
phenotype
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Selma Ben Hamouda
Maria Angélica Miglino
Gustavo de Sá Schiavo Matias
Guy Beauchamp
Jean-Pierre Lavoie
Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model
description Asthma is associated with increased deposition and altered phenotype of airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells. However, little is known about the processes responsible for these changes. It has been suggested that alterations of the extracellular matrix (ECM) contribute to the remodeling of ASM cells in asthma. Three-dimensional matrices allow the in vitro study of complex cellular responses to different stimuli in a close-to-natural environment. Thus, we investigated the ultrastructural and genic variations of ASM cells cultured on acellular asthmatic and control bronchial matrices. We studied horses, as they spontaneously develop a human asthma-like condition (heaves) with similarities to chronic pulmonary changes observed in human asthma. Primary bronchial ASM cells from asthmatic (n = 3) and control (n = 3) horses were cultured on decellularized bronchi from control (n = 3) and asthmatic (n = 3) horses. Each cell lineage was used to recellularize six different bronchi for 41 days. Histomorphometry on HEPS-stained-recellularized matrices revealed an increased ASM cell number in the control cell/control matrix (p = 0.02) and asthmatic cell/control matrix group (p = 0.04) compared with the asthmatic cell/asthmatic matrix group. Scan electron microscopy revealed a cell invasion of the ECM. While ASM cells showed high adhesion and proliferation processes on the control ECM, the presence of senescent cells and cellular debris in the asthmatic ECM with control or asthmatic ASM cells suggested cell death. When comparing asthmatic with control cell/matrix combinations by targeted next generation sequencing, only AGC1 (p = 0.04), MYO10 (p = 0.009), JAM3 (p = 0.02), and TAGLN (p = 0.001) were differentially expressed out of a 70-gene pool previously associated with smooth muscle remodeling. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to evaluate the effects of asthmatic ECM on an ASM cell phenotype using a biological bronchial matrix. Our results indicate that bronchial ECM health status contributes to ASM cell gene expression and, possibly, its survival.
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author Selma Ben Hamouda
Maria Angélica Miglino
Gustavo de Sá Schiavo Matias
Guy Beauchamp
Jean-Pierre Lavoie
author_facet Selma Ben Hamouda
Maria Angélica Miglino
Gustavo de Sá Schiavo Matias
Guy Beauchamp
Jean-Pierre Lavoie
author_sort Selma Ben Hamouda
title Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model
title_short Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model
title_full Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model
title_fullStr Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model
title_full_unstemmed Asthmatic Bronchial Matrices Determine the Gene Expression and Behavior of Smooth Muscle Cells in a 3D Culture Model
title_sort asthmatic bronchial matrices determine the gene expression and behavior of smooth muscle cells in a 3d culture model
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/978c812e678b42bf818388a881e57b68
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