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Ibuprofen Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics in Cystic Fibrosis Epithelial Cells

Ibuprofen Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics in Cystic Fibrosis Epithelial Cells

Sharon M Rymut, Claire M Kampman, Deborah A Corey, Tori Endres, Calvin U Cotton, Thomas J Kelley

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2016 Aug 1;311(2):L317-27.

PMID: 27317686

Abstract:

High-dose ibuprofen, an effective anti-inflammatory therapy for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), has been shown to preserve lung function in a pediatric population. Despite its efficacy, few patients receive ibuprofen treatment due to potential renal and gastrointestinal toxicity. The mechanism of ibuprofen efficacy is also unclear. We have previously demonstrated that CF microtubules are slower to reform after depolymerization compared with respective wild-type controls. Slower microtubule dynamics in CF cells are responsible for impaired intracellular transport and are related to inflammatory signaling. Here, it is identified that high-dose ibuprofen treatment in both CF cell models and primary CF nasal epithelial cells restores microtubule reformation rates to wild-type levels, as well as induce extension of microtubules to the cell periphery. Ibuprofen treatment also restores microtubule-dependent intracellular transport monitored by measuring intracellular cholesterol transport. These effects are specific to ibuprofen as other cyclooxygenase inhibitors have no effect on these measures. Effects of ibuprofen are mimicked by stimulation of AMPK and blocked by the AMPK inhibitor compound C. We conclude that high-dose ibuprofen treatment enhances microtubule formation in CF cells likely through an AMPK-related pathway. These findings define a potential mechanism to explain the efficacy of ibuprofen therapy in CF.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP38861788-A	Ibuprofen Related Compound C		38861-78-8	Price

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