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Essential role of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in transforming growth
factor-?1 (TGF-?1)-induced myofibroblast transdifferentiation from Graves
orbital fibroblasts
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Tsai CC
; Wu SB
; Kau HC
; Wei YH
Sci Rep
2018[May]; 8
(1
): 7276
PMID29739987
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Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) associated with transforming growth
factor-? (TGF-?) play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of many fibrotic
disorders. However, it is not clear whether this interaction also takes place in
GO. In this study, we investigated the role of CTGF in TGF-?-induced
extracellular matrix production and myofibroblast transdifferentiation in Graves'
orbital fibroblasts. By Western blot analysis, we demonstrated that TGF-?1
induced the expression of CTGF, fibronectin, and alpha-smooth muscle actin
(?-SMA) in Graves' orbital fibroblasts. In addition, the protein levels of
fibronectin and ?-SMA in Graves' orbital fibroblasts were also increased after
treatment with a recombinant human protein CTGF (rhCTGF). Moreover, we
transfected the orbital fibroblasts with a small hairpin RNA of CTGF gene
(shCTGF) to knockdown the expression levels of CTGF, which showed that knockdown
of CTGF significantly diminished TGF-?1-induced expression of CTGF, fibronectin
and ?-SMA proteins in Graves' orbital fibroblasts. Furthermore, the addition of
rhCTGF to the shCTGF-transfected orbital fibroblasts could restore TGF-?1-induced
expression of fibronectin and ?-SMA proteins. Our findings demonstrate that CTGF
is an essential downstream mediator for TGF-?1-induced extracellular matrix
production and myofibroblast transdifferentiation in Graves' orbital fibroblasts
and thus may provide with a potential therapeutic target for treatment of GO.