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In the current study, we investigated the effect of a long-acting   β  -agonist (salmeterol) and a phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor (cilomilast) on human lung fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction. Higher concentrations of salmeterol (10 −7  and 10 −6  M) inhibited fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction. No effect was observed with cilomilast alone (up to 10 −5  M). In the presence of 10 −8  M salmeterol, however, cilomilast could significantly inhibit fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction in a concentration-dependent manner (10 −7   ~ 10 −5  M). Blockade of endogenous PGE 2  by indomethacin further potentiated the inhibitory effect of salmeterol on fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction, but it did not affect cilomilast's effect. Pretreatment with PGE 2  abolished the inhibitory effect of salmeterol, but it potentiated the inhibitory effect of cilomilast on fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction. Finally, indomethacin slightly inhibited PDE4C expression, while PGE 2  stimulated the expression of PDE4A and -4C in human lung fibroblasts. These findings suggest that long-acting   β  -agonist and PDE4 inhibitor have a synergistic effect in regulating fibroblast tissue repair functions and that PGE 2  can modulate the effect of   β  -agonist and PDE4 inhibitor at least in part through the mechanism of regulating PDE4 expression.

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