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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 276: L412-L419, 1999;
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Vol. 276, Issue 3, L412-L419, March 1999

Modulation of human airway smooth muscle proliferation by type 3 phosphodiesterase inhibition

Charlotte K. Billington, Sunil K. Joseph, Caroline Swan, Mark G. H. Scott, Timothy M. Jobson, and Ian P. Hall

Division of Therapeutics, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

Elevation in cell cAMP content can inhibit mitogenic signaling in cultured human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells. We studied the effects of the type 3-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor siguazodan, the type 4-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram, and the nonselective inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) on proliferation of cultured HASM cells. At concentrations selective for the type 3 phosphodiesterase isoform, siguazodan inhibited both [3H]thymidine incorporation (IC50 2 µM) and the increase in cell number (10 µM; 64% reduction) induced by platelet-derived growth factor-BB (20 ng/ml). These effects were mimicked by IBMX. At concentrations selective for type 4 phosphodiesterase inhibition, rolipram was without effect. A 20-min exposure to siguazodan and rolipram did not increase whole cell cAMP levels. However, in HASM cells transfected with a cAMP-responsive luciferase reporter (p6CRE/Luc), increases in cAMP-driven luciferase expression were seen with siguazodan (3.9-fold) and IBMX (16.5-fold). These data suggest that inhibition of the type 3 phosphodiesterase isoform present in airway smooth muscle results in inhibition of mitogenic signaling, possibly through an increase in cAMP-driven gene expression.

mitogenesis; adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate; transfection; luciferase


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