Introduction: Chronic inflammation and tissue remodeling always occur together in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role in airway remodeling. Objective: Changes of epithelial cells in sinus mucosa in different subtypes of CRS, especially in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, and the role of EMT and eosinophils (EOS) in airway remodeling are still unknown. Methods: We included 85 patients in this study. They were divided into 4 groups: a normal control (NC) group, a chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) group, an eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (ECRSwNP) group, and a noneosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (non-ECRSwNP) group. Clinical data were all collected and analyzed. Standard hematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemical staining, and 2-color immunofluorescence staining were performed. Biomarkers of EMT, epithelial cadherin, and vimentin were labeled. The immunohistochemistry results of each group were counted and statistically analyzed. Results and Conclusion: E-cadherin was downregulated, and vimentin was upregulated in epithelial tissue from the ECRSwNP group, compared with that from the control group and the other groups. The number of vimentin-expressing epithelial cells correlated with sinus CT imaging Lund-Mackay scores (r = 0.560, p < 0.001). Moreover, expression levels of vimentin in the epithelium were associated with numbers of infiltrating EOS in tissues (r = 0.710, p < 0.001) and the peripheral blood EOS ratio (r = 0.594, p < 0.001). EMT occurred in patients with CRSwNP, especially in those with ECRSwNP. Epithelial reprogramming correlates with eosinophil infiltration and disease severity. Eosinophils contributed to impairment of epithelial function and promoted EMT in CRSwNP.
基金:
National Nature Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81100705]; Capital Health Research and Development of Special [2020-12051]; Nature Science Foundation of Capital Medical University [PYZ2017110]; Priming Scientific Re-search Foundation for the Senior Researcher in Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University [2016-YJJGGL-003]
第一作者机构:[1]Capital Med Univ, Dept Otorhinolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Beijing Tongren Hosp, Key Lab Otorhinolaryngol Head & Neck Surg,Minist, Beijing, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Wang Mingjie,Sun Yan,Li Cheng,et al.Eosinophils Correlate with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps[J].ORL-JOURNAL FOR OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY.2022,84(1):70-80.doi:10.1159/000516847.
APA:
Wang, Mingjie,Sun, Yan,Li, Cheng,Qu, Jing&Zhou, Bing.(2022).Eosinophils Correlate with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps.ORL-JOURNAL FOR OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY,84,(1)
MLA:
Wang, Mingjie,et al."Eosinophils Correlate with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps".ORL-JOURNAL FOR OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 84..1(2022):70-80