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dc.contributor.advisorBloom, John W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAdkins, Karissa Kathleen, 1971-
dc.creatorAdkins, Karissa Kathleen, 1971-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-18T10:07:30Z
dc.date.available2013-04-18T10:07:30Z
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/282844
dc.description.abstractInflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of asthma. Glucocorticoids are first line antiinflammatory therapy in the treatment of asthma and are effective inhibitors of inflammatory cytokines. Clinical data demonstrate that granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) production by airway epithelial cells may be an important target of inhaled glucocorticoid therapy. In this study, the regulatory mechanisms of GM-CSF expression by interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) were examined in the BEAS-2B human bronchial epithelial cell line. It is hypothesized that glucocorticoids inhibit GM-CSF production in these cells through transcriptional mechanisms involving induction of the NF-κB inhibitory protein, IκB-α. Treatment of the BEAS-2B cells with IL-1β induced GM-CSF protein and mRNA levels, and further investigation showed this induction was mediated through transcriptional mechanisms. DEX treatment of BEAS-2B cells inhibited IL-1β-induced GM-CSF protein and mRNA production. GM-CSF mRNA was rapidly degraded in these cells, and DEX treatment did not significantly affect this decay rate. These data suggest that dexamethasone repression of GM-CSF expression is mediated predominantly through transcriptional mechanisms. This study then examined expression of IκB-α in the BEAS-2B cells as a possible mechanism of glucocorticoid repression of GM-CSF. IκB-α RNA levels were minimally induced by DEX in these cells, but this did not result in concurrent induction of IκB-α protein. Additional analysis showed that DEX treatment of BEAS-2B cells did not prevent nuclear translocation of the NF-κB subunit p65, or IL-1β-induced degradation of IκB-α protein. From these data, this study concludes that induction of IκB-α is not a significant mechanism of glucocorticoid-mediated repression of GM-CSF in the BEAS-2B cells.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectBiology, Cell.en_US
dc.subjectHealth Sciences, Pharmacology.en_US
dc.titleGlucocorticoid regulation of GM-CSF in bronchial epithelial cellsen_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.identifier.proquest9912152en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePharmacology & Toxicologyen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
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dc.description.admin-noteOriginal file replaced with corrected file September 2023.
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-27T15:02:09Z
html.description.abstractInflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of asthma. Glucocorticoids are first line antiinflammatory therapy in the treatment of asthma and are effective inhibitors of inflammatory cytokines. Clinical data demonstrate that granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) production by airway epithelial cells may be an important target of inhaled glucocorticoid therapy. In this study, the regulatory mechanisms of GM-CSF expression by interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) were examined in the BEAS-2B human bronchial epithelial cell line. It is hypothesized that glucocorticoids inhibit GM-CSF production in these cells through transcriptional mechanisms involving induction of the NF-κB inhibitory protein, IκB-α. Treatment of the BEAS-2B cells with IL-1β induced GM-CSF protein and mRNA levels, and further investigation showed this induction was mediated through transcriptional mechanisms. DEX treatment of BEAS-2B cells inhibited IL-1β-induced GM-CSF protein and mRNA production. GM-CSF mRNA was rapidly degraded in these cells, and DEX treatment did not significantly affect this decay rate. These data suggest that dexamethasone repression of GM-CSF expression is mediated predominantly through transcriptional mechanisms. This study then examined expression of IκB-α in the BEAS-2B cells as a possible mechanism of glucocorticoid repression of GM-CSF. IκB-α RNA levels were minimally induced by DEX in these cells, but this did not result in concurrent induction of IκB-α protein. Additional analysis showed that DEX treatment of BEAS-2B cells did not prevent nuclear translocation of the NF-κB subunit p65, or IL-1β-induced degradation of IκB-α protein. From these data, this study concludes that induction of IκB-α is not a significant mechanism of glucocorticoid-mediated repression of GM-CSF in the BEAS-2B cells.


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