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American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. Vol. 31, pp. 257-265, 2004
© 2004 American Thoracic Society
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2004-0026OC

Expression and Regulation of a Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM) 8 in Experimental Asthma

Nina E. King, Nives Zimmermann, Samuel M. Pope, Patricia C. Fulkerson, Nikolaos M. Nikolaidis, Anil Mishra, David P. Witte and Marc E. Rothenberg

Division of Allergy and Immunology and Division of Pathology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Address correspondence to: Marc Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7028, Cincinnati, OH 45229. E-mail: Rothenberg{at}cchmc.org

Asthma, a complex chronic inflammatory pulmonary disorder, is on the rise despite intense ongoing research. To elucidate novel pathways involved in asthma pathogenesis, we used transcript expression profiling in a murine model of asthma. Employing asthma models induced by different allergens (ovalbumin and Aspergillus fumigatus) we uncovered the involvement of ADAM8, a member of a disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) family. In situ hybridization of mouse lungs revealed strong ADAM8 induction in peribronchial and perivascular inflammatory cells as well as in bronchiolar epithelial cells following allergen challenge. Sequence analysis of lung ADAM8 cDNA identified a novel splice variant of ADAM8 that contained an additional exon in juxtaposition to the transmembrane domain. Allergen-induced ADAM8 mRNA accumulation in the lung was dose- and time-dependent. Transgenic or pharmacologic delivery of interleukin (IL)-4 or IL-13 to the lungs resulted in a marked increase of ADAM8 expression. Gene-targeted mice studies revealed that ovalbumin-induced ADAM8 was largely dependent upon signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 6 and the IL-4 receptor {alpha}-chain. Thus, ADAM8 is an allergen-, IL-4–, and IL-13–induced gene in the experimental asthmatic lung. Taken together with the role of ADAM33 in asthma, these results suggest that allergic lung responses involve the interplay of diverse members of the ADAM family.

Abbreviations: a disintegrin and metalloproteinase, ADAM • bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, BALF • Clara cell 10, CC10 • interleukin, IL • ovalbumin, OVA • receptor, R • signal transducer and activator of transcription, STAT • T helper 2, Th2 • tumor necrosis factor, TNF




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