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Pharmacological targeting of BET proteins attenuates radiation-induced lung fibrosis
Jian Wang1, Fangzheng Zhou1, Zhenyu Li1
1Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Abstract:
Radiation-induced lung injury has restricted radiotherapy for thoracic cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the radioprotective effects of bromodomain and extra terminal (BET) inhibitor JQ1 in a murine model of pulmonary damage. Chest computed tomography (CT) was performed in a rat model after 20 Gy radiation of the right thorax. And histological evaluation and protein expressions of irradiated tissue were analyzed to confirm the potential anti-fibrosis effect of JQ1 and its underlying mechanisms. Moreover, colony formation assays were used to explore the effects of JQ1 on esophageal cancer Eca109 and breast cancer MCF7. JQ1 attenuated radiologic and histologic presentations of radiation-induced fibrosis, inflammatory reaction and pulmonary structural changes and the increase of Hounsfield units (HU) density and hydroxyproline content after radiation. Additionally, JQ1 suppressed BRD4, c-MYC, Collagen I, TGF-β, p-NF-κB p65, p-Smad2 and p-Smad3 expressions after irradiation, repressed proliferation and transdifferentiation of lung fibroblasts, and impaired clonogenic survival of thoracic cancer cells. Collectively, our study demonstrated for the first time that BET Bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 protected normal lung tissue after radiation, and exerted a radiosensitizing effect in thoracic cancer cells.
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