Y Amrani, RA Panettieri Jr, N Frossard and C Bronner
INSERM U425, Faculte de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France.

Evidence suggests that cytokines may modulate smooth muscle cell function in a variety of inflammatory diseases. In the present study, we characterized the specific receptor subtypes that mediate tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) effects on myocyte proliferation and on agonist-induced calcium transients in cultured human tracheal smooth muscle cells (TSMC). Pretreatment of human TSMC with TNF alpha potentiated cytosolic calcium [(Ca2+)i] transients evoked by carbachol. In a similar manner, selective TNF alpha-p55 receptor agonists such as htr-9, an activating monoclonal antibody, or a recombinant TNF-p55 (rTNF-p55), which specifically activates the TNF alpha-p55 receptor but not the TNF alpha-p75 receptor, also augmented [Ca2+]i transients evoked by carbachol. In parallel experiments, TNF alpha, rTNF alpha- p55, and htr-9 induced human TSMC proliferation as measured by the 3- (4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Interestingly, activation of the TNF alpha-p75 receptor with a selective agonist, recombinant TNF alpha-p75 (rTNF alpha-p75), or inhibition of the TNF alpha-p75 receptor with utr-1, an inhibitory anti- TNF alpha-p75 receptor antibody, had no effect on TNF alpha-augmented calcium transients or on myocyte growth. To further confirm the receptor specificity of these findings, immunocytochemical studies were performed using receptor-specific antibodies. These studies demonstrated marked cell-surface expression of the TNF alpha-p55 receptor compared with expression of the TNF alpha-p75 receptor on human TSMC. Taken together, our results suggest that TNF alpha modulates agonist-induced calcium transients and induces human TSMC proliferation by specific activation of the TNF alpha-p55 receptor. Further studies addressing the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating cytokine modulation of airway smooth muscle function may provide new insight into mechanisms that induce airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma.

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