TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing autophagy with drugs or lung-directed gene therapy reverses the pathological effects of respiratory epithelial cell proteinopathy
AU - Hidvegi, Tunda
AU - Stolz, Donna B.
AU - Alcorn, John F.
AU - Yousem, Samuel A.
AU - Wang, Jieru
AU - Leme, Adriana S.
AU - Houghton, A. Mc Garry
AU - Hale, Pamela
AU - Ewing, Michael
AU - Cai, Houming
AU - Garchar, Evelyn Akpadock
AU - Pastore, Nunzia
AU - Annunziata, Patrizia
AU - Kaminski, Naftali
AU - Pilewski, Joseph
AU - Shapiro, Steven D.
AU - Pak, Stephen C.
AU - Silverman, Gary A.
AU - Brunetti-Pierri, Nicola
AU - Perlmutter, David H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
PY - 2015/12/11
Y1 - 2015/12/11
N2 - Background: Several rare lung proteinopathies are characterized by lung fibrosis due to accumulation of misfolded proteins in epithelial cells. Results: The PiZ mouse models the pathological characteristics of these lung proteinopathies, and the pathology is ameliorated by autophagy enhancing therapies. Conclusion: Autophagy represents a key proteostasis mechanism for lung proteinopathies and a potential therapeutic target. Significance: The PiZ mouse is an attractive animal model of lung proteinopathies.
AB - Background: Several rare lung proteinopathies are characterized by lung fibrosis due to accumulation of misfolded proteins in epithelial cells. Results: The PiZ mouse models the pathological characteristics of these lung proteinopathies, and the pathology is ameliorated by autophagy enhancing therapies. Conclusion: Autophagy represents a key proteostasis mechanism for lung proteinopathies and a potential therapeutic target. Significance: The PiZ mouse is an attractive animal model of lung proteinopathies.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M115.691253
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M115.691253
M3 - Article
C2 - 26494620
AN - SCOPUS:84949648966
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 290
SP - 29742
EP - 29757
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 50
ER -