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IL-33 promotes airway remodeling in pediatric patients with severe steroid-resistant asthma.


ABSTRACT: TH2 cytokines are not responsible for the ongoing symptoms and pathology in children with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA). IL-33 induces airway hyperresponsiveness, but its role in airway remodeling and steroid resistance is unknown.We sought to investigate the relationship between IL-33 and airway remodeling in pediatric patients with STRA.IL-33 levels were quantified in neonatal mice given inhaled house dust mite (HDM), and the effect of blocking IL-13 on remodeling and IL-33 levels was assessed. HDM-induced allergic airways disease (AAD) in neonatal ST2(-/-) mice lacking the IL-33 receptor was assessed, together with collagen production after IL-33 administration. The effect of steroid therapy on IL-33 levels in patients with neonatal AAD was explored. IL-33 expression was quantified in endobronchial biopsy (EB) specimens from children with STRA and related to remodeling, and collagen production by airway fibroblasts from pediatric patients stimulated with IL-33 and budesonide was quantified.Blocking IL-13 after AAD was established in neonatal mice and did not reduce remodeling or IL-33 levels; airway hyperresponsiveness was only partially reduced. IL-33 promoted collagen synthesis both from asthmatic fibroblasts from pediatric patients and after intranasal administration in mice. Increased cellular expression of IL-33, but not IL-13, was associated with increased reticular basement membrane thickness in EB specimens from children with STRA, whereas remodeling was absent in HDM-exposed ST2(-/-) mice. IL-33 levels were maintained, whereas IL-13 levels were abrogated by steroid treatment in neonatal HDM-exposed mice and in EB specimens from children with STRA.IL-33 is a relatively steroid-resistant mediator that promotes airway remodeling in patients with STRA and is an important therapeutic target.

SUBMITTER: Saglani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4218948 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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IL-33 promotes airway remodeling in pediatric patients with severe steroid-resistant asthma.

Saglani Sejal S   Lui Stephen S   Ullmann Nicola N   Campbell Gaynor A GA   Sherburn Rebekah T RT   Mathie Sara A SA   Denney Laura L   Bossley Cara J CJ   Oates Timothy T   Walker Simone A SA   Bush Andrew A   Lloyd Clare M CM  

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 20130604 3


<h4>Background</h4>TH2 cytokines are not responsible for the ongoing symptoms and pathology in children with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA). IL-33 induces airway hyperresponsiveness, but its role in airway remodeling and steroid resistance is unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to investigate the relationship between IL-33 and airway remodeling in pediatric patients with STRA.<h4>Methods</h4>IL-33 levels were quantified in neonatal mice given inhaled house dust mite (HDM), and the effect  ...[more]

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