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- Title
Substance P stimulates human airway submucosal gland secretion mainly via a CFTR-dependent process.
- Authors
Jae Young Choi; Khansaheb, Monal; Nam Soo Joo; Krouse, Mauri E.; Robbins, Robert C.; Weill, David; Wine, Jeffrey J.; Choi, Jae Young; Joo, Nam Soo
- Abstract
Chronic bacterial airway infections are the major cause of mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF). Normal airway defenses include reflex stimulation of submucosal gland mucus secretion by sensory neurons that release substance P (SubP). CFTR is an anion channel involved in fluid secretion and mutated in CF; the role of CFTR in secretions stimulated by SubP is unknown. We used optical methods to measure SubP-mediated secretion from human submucosal glands in lung transplant tissue. Glands from control but not CF subjects responded to mucosal chili oil. Similarly, serosal SubP stimulated secretion in more than 60% of control glands but only 4% of CF glands. Secretion triggered by SubP was synergistic with vasoactive intestinal peptide and/or forskolin but not with carbachol; synergy was absent in CF glands. Pig glands demonstrated a nearly 10-fold greater response to SubP. In 10 of 11 control glands isolated by fine dissection, SubP caused cell volume loss, lumen expansion, and mucus flow, but in 3 of 4 CF glands, it induced lumen narrowing. Thus, in CF, the reduced ability of mucosal irritants to stimulate airway gland secretion via SubP may be another factor that predisposes the airways to infections.
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2009, Vol 119, Issue 5, p1189
- ISSN
0021-9738
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1172/JCI37284