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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 293: C429-C439, 2007. First published April 25, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00502.2006
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MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Insulin increases the expression of contractile phenotypic markers in airway smooth muscle

Dedmer Schaafsma,1 Karol D. McNeill,2,3 Gerald L. Stelmack,2,3 Reinoud Gosens,1,2,3 Hoeke A. Baarsma,1 Bart G. J. Dekkers,1 Erin Frohwerk,4 Jelte-Maarten Penninks,1 Pawan Sharma,2,3 Karen M. Ens,2,3 S. Adriaan Nelemans,1 Johan Zaagsma,1 Andrew J. Halayko,2,3 and Herman Meurs1

1Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 2Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine, Section of Respiratory Disease, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 3Biology of Breathing Theme, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba; and 4Department of Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Submitted 22 September 2006 ; accepted in final form 19 April 2007

We have previously demonstrated that long-term exposure of bovine tracheal smooth muscle (BTSM) strips to insulin induces a functional hypercontractile phenotype. To elucidate molecular mechanisms by which insulin might induce maturation of contractile phenotype airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells, we investigated effects of insulin stimulation in serum-free primary BTSM cell cultures on protein accumulation of specific contractile phenotypic markers and on the abundance and stability of mRNA encoding these markers. In addition, we used microscopy to assess insulin effects on ASM cell morphology, phenotype, and induction of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase signaling. It was demonstrated that protein and mRNA levels of smooth muscle-specific contractile phenotypic markers, including sm-myosin, are significantly increased after stimulation of cultured BTSM cells with insulin (1 µM) for 8 days compared with cells treated with serum-free media, whereas mRNA stability was unaffected. In addition, insulin treatment promoted the formation of large, elongate ASM cells, characterized by dramatic accumulation of contractile phenotype marker proteins and phosphorylated p70S6K (downstream target of PI 3-kinase associated with ASM maturation). Insulin effects on protein accumulation and cell morphology were abrogated by combined pretreatment with the Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632 (1 µM) or the PI 3-kinase inhibitor LY-294002 (10 µM), indicating that insulin increases the expression of contractile phenotypic markers in BTSM in a Rho kinase- and PI 3-kinase-dependent fashion. In conclusion, insulin increases transcription and protein expression of contractile phenotypic markers in ASM. This could have important implications for the use of recently approved aerosolized insulin formulations in diabetes mellitus.

airway smooth muscle; hypercontractile phenotype; insulin; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; Rho kinase


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: D. Schaafsma, Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, Univ. of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands (e-mail: d.schaafsma{at}rug.nl)




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