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Squamous metaplasia is increased in the bronchial epithelium of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Squamous metaplasia is increased in the bronchial epithelium of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Squamous metaplasia is increased in the bronchial epithelium of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Aims

To quantify the extent of squamous metaplasia in bronchial biopsies and relate it to the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a smoking-related pathology.

Methods

Bronchial biopsies (n = 15 in each group) from smokers with COPD GOLD stage1 and GOLD stage2, smokers without COPD and healthy non-smokers were stained immunohistochemically with a panel of antibodies that facilitated the identification of pseudostratified epithelium and distinction of squamous metaplasia and squamous epithelium from tangentially cut epithelium. The percentage length of each of these epithelial phenotypes was measured as a percent of total epithelial length using computerised image analysis. Sections were also stained for carcinoembryonic antigen and p53, early markers of carcinogenesis, and Ki67, and the percentage epithelial expression measured.

Results

The extent of squamous metaplasia was significantly increased in both COPD1 and COPD2 compared to healthy smokers and healthy non-smokers. The amount of fully differentiated squamous epithelium was also increased in COPD1 and COPD2 compared to healthy non-smokers, as was the expression of carcinoembryonic antigen. These features correlated with one other.

Conclusion

In subjects with COPD there is a loss of pseudostratified epithelium accompanied by an increase in squamous metaplasia with transition into a fully squamous epithelium and expression of early markers of carcinogenesis.
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Davies, Donna E.
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O'Donnell, Rory
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Djukanovic, Ratko
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Davies, Donna E.
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Rigden, Helen M., Alias, Ahmad, Havelock, Tom, O'Donnell, Rory, Djukanovic, Ratko, Davies, Donna E. and Wilson, Susan J. (2016) Squamous metaplasia is increased in the bronchial epithelium of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PLoS ONE, 11 (5), 1-11. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156009). (PMID:27228128)

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Abstract

Aims

To quantify the extent of squamous metaplasia in bronchial biopsies and relate it to the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a smoking-related pathology.

Methods

Bronchial biopsies (n = 15 in each group) from smokers with COPD GOLD stage1 and GOLD stage2, smokers without COPD and healthy non-smokers were stained immunohistochemically with a panel of antibodies that facilitated the identification of pseudostratified epithelium and distinction of squamous metaplasia and squamous epithelium from tangentially cut epithelium. The percentage length of each of these epithelial phenotypes was measured as a percent of total epithelial length using computerised image analysis. Sections were also stained for carcinoembryonic antigen and p53, early markers of carcinogenesis, and Ki67, and the percentage epithelial expression measured.

Results

The extent of squamous metaplasia was significantly increased in both COPD1 and COPD2 compared to healthy smokers and healthy non-smokers. The amount of fully differentiated squamous epithelium was also increased in COPD1 and COPD2 compared to healthy non-smokers, as was the expression of carcinoembryonic antigen. These features correlated with one other.

Conclusion

In subjects with COPD there is a loss of pseudostratified epithelium accompanied by an increase in squamous metaplasia with transition into a fully squamous epithelium and expression of early markers of carcinogenesis.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 May 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 May 2016
Published date: 26 May 2016
Organisations: Clinical & Experimental Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 397524
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/397524
ISSN: 1932-6203
PURE UUID: acc7d510-4f38-4229-a412-8fc10aeb9966
ORCID for Ratko Djukanovic: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-5612
ORCID for Donna E. Davies: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-2991
ORCID for Susan J. Wilson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-8271

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:36

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Author: Helen M. Rigden
Author: Ahmad Alias
Author: Tom Havelock
Author: Rory O'Donnell
Author: Donna E. Davies ORCID iD
Author: Susan J. Wilson ORCID iD

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