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Yin R, Zhu J, Wang Z, Huang H, Qian J, Li Z, Jing H. Simvastatin attenuates cardiac isograft ischemia-reperfusion injury by down-regulating CC chemokine receptor-2 expression. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 134:780-8. [PMID: 17723833 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Revised: 04/19/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Accumulating evidence reveals that statins possess direct anti-inflammatory properties through inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine secretion in addition to their antioxidant effects, which may contribute to amelioration of ischemia-reperfusion injury. This study tested the hypothesis that perioperative treatment of simvastatin suppresses the cardiac isograft ischemia-reperfusion injury by down-regulation of CC chemokine receptor-2 expression in an inbred rat model of cardiac transplantation. METHODS Donor hearts from Lewis rats were heterotopically transplanted to Lewis rat recipients. Recipients were orally treated with simvastatin (1 mg/kg) or vehicle every morning 3 days before the surgery until the harvest day. Rats were killed at 6 hours and at 1, 3, and 7 days after transplantation. Injury was assessed by infarct size measurement, histologic and immunohistochemical examination, and intragraft myeloperoxidase activity assay. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels in serum and graft were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and intragraft CC chemokine receptor-2 expression was measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS The infarct size and macrophage infiltration were all significantly reduced in the simvastatin-treated group compared with those of the control group at 1 day after transplantation. Neutrophil accumulation was significantly suppressed until 3 days after transplantation, whereas myeloperoxidase activity had been significantly diminished at 1 day after transplantation. Both monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 concentrations in serum and graft were remarkably decreased at 6 hours after transplantation. Intragraft CC chemokine receptor-2 expression was also down-regulated at 1 day and 3 days after transplantation. CONCLUSIONS Perioperative treatment of simvastatin could suppress the isograft ischemia-reperfusion injury through retarding intragraft monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 accumulation and CC chemokine receptor-2 expression.
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- Rong Yin
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Clinical Medicine School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Brunn A, Montesinos-Rongen M, Strack A, Reifenberger G, Mawrin C, Schaller C, Deckert M. Expression pattern and cellular sources of chemokines in primary central nervous system lymphoma. Acta Neuropathol 2007; 114:271-6. [PMID: 17641901 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0258-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Revised: 06/18/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The expression pattern of a subset of chemokines and their corresponding receptors was investigated in primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL). The tumor cells consistently expressed CXCR4, CXCL12, CXCR5, and CXCL13, both at mRNA and protein levels. Cerebral endothelial cells were positive for CXCL12 and CXCL13, while reactive astrocytes and microglial cells expressed CXCL12, CCR5, and CCR6. Inflammatory T cells in PCNSL were characterized by CCR5 and CCR6 positivity. Taken together, our data indicate a cell type-specific repertoire of chemokine and chemokine receptor expression in PCNSL suggesting that chemokine-mediated interactions facilitate crossing of the blood-brain barrier as well as intracerebral dissemination of PCNSL cells. In addition, chemokines expressed by tumor cells may contribute to induction of reactive glial changes and influence the composition of inflammatory infiltrates in PCNSL. Therefore, cell type specific expression of distinct chemokine profiles likely plays a role in the pathogenesis of PCNSL and may contribute to their characteristic histological appearance.
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- Anna Brunn
- Abteilung für Neuropathologie, Universität zu Köln, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924, Köln, Germany
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Wenzel J, Wiechert A, Merkel C, Bieber T, Tüting T. IP10/CXCL10 - CXCR3 interaction: a potential self-recruiting mechanism for cytotoxic lymphocytes in lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Acta Derm Venereol 2007; 87:112-7. [PMID: 17340016 DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of unknown aetiology. Recent studies have indicated that autoimmune mechanisms might be involved in its pathogenesis and have suggested a role for autoreactive cytotoxic T-lymphocytes. Based on recent observations we now hypothesize that a type I interferon-driven inflammation might be involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. Lesional skin biopsies were analysed by immunohistochemistry (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD68, CD123, Tia1, Granzyme B, Myxovirus resistance A, IP10/CXCL10 and CXCR3). Sequential double staining was performed to analyse co-expression of Tia1 and CXCR3. Significant expression of Myxovirus resistance A was found, indicating type I interferon production. This expression was closely associated with the expression of the interferon-inducible protein IP10 and the recruitment of CXCR3+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells appeared to be a major source of type I interferon in lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Interestingly, several infiltrating lymphocytes contained IP10 in their granules. This is the first study providing evidence that a type I interferon-associated recruitment of CXCR3+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes is involved in the pathogenesis of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Infiltrating lymphocytes, containing IP10 in their granules, could provide an important self-perpetuating mechanism.
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- Joerg Wenzel
- Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Germany.
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Hwang IY, Park C, Kehrl JH. Impaired trafficking of Gnai2+/- and Gnai2-/- T lymphocytes: implications for T cell movement within lymph nodes. J Immunol 2007; 179:439-48. [PMID: 17579064 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.1.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Signals generated by the engagement of chemoattractants with their cognate receptors orchestrate lymphocyte movements into and out of lymphoid organs and sites of inflammation. Yet, the role of chemokines in organizing lymphocyte movements in lymphoid organs is controversial. Recent evidence suggests that the extensive network of fibroblastic reticular cells within the T cell areas helps guide T cells. The expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines by fibroblastic reticular cells most likely facilitates their influence on T cell movements. Consistent with this hypothesis, CD4 T cells with defective chemokine receptor signaling move very differently within lymph nodes than do normal cells. For the imaging studies, we used CD4 T cells prepared from Gnai2(-/-) mice, which lack G(alphai2) expression. We first demonstrate that CD4 as well as CD8 T cells from these mice are markedly defective in chemokine receptor signaling. Gnai2(-/-) T cells have profound defects in chemokine-induced intracellular calcium mobilization, chemotaxis, and homing, whereas Gnai2(+/-) T cells exhibit modest defects. Intravital imaging revealed that within the inguinal lymph nodes Gnai2(-/-) CD4 T accumulate at the cortical ridge, poorly accessing the lymph node paracortex. They also lack the customary amoeboid-like cell movements and active membrane projections observed with normal CD4 T cells. These results demonstrate the importance of G(alphai2) for T lymphocyte chemokine receptor signaling and argue that local chemoattractants regulate the movement of CD4 T cells in lymph nodes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Calcium Signaling/genetics
- Calcium Signaling/immunology
- Cell Migration Inhibition
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/genetics
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunit, Gi2/biosynthesis
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunit, Gi2/deficiency
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunit, Gi2/genetics
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunit, Gi2/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Lymph Nodes/immunology
- Lymph Nodes/metabolism
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Protein Isoforms/biosynthesis
- Protein Isoforms/deficiency
- Protein Isoforms/physiology
- Receptors, Chemokine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
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- Il-Young Hwang
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Jenkinson WE, Rossi SW, Parnell SM, Agace WW, Takahama Y, Jenkinson EJ, Anderson G. Chemokine receptor expression defines heterogeneity in the earliest thymic migrants. Eur J Immunol 2007; 37:2090-6. [PMID: 17578846 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Chemokine signaling has been implicated in directing colonization of the fetal thymus by hematopoietic precursors. However, the patterns of expression of the chemokine receptors responsible for directing thymic colonization by the earliest thymic migrants remain unknown. We have identified heterogeneity within the earliest thymus seeding cells based on chemokine receptor expression. By analyzing the first wave of progenitors to colonize the thymus at E12 of gestation, we show that multiple chemokine receptors are expressed by T-lymphoid precursors present within perithymic mesenchyme, while expression of chemokine ligands is limited to CCL21, CCL25 and CXCL12, which are located in distinct epithelial and mesenchymal compartments of the thymic/parathyroid anlagen. Collectively, these results identify multiple populations of T-lymphoid precursors colonizing the fetal thymus and provide evidence for several potential pathways mediating migration of precursors into the embryonic thymus.
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- William E Jenkinson
- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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Baatar D, Olkhanud P, Newton D, Sumitomo K, Biragyn A. CCR4-expressing T cell tumors can be specifically controlled via delivery of toxins to chemokine receptors. J Immunol 2007; 179:1996-2004. [PMID: 17641067 PMCID: PMC2262935 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Expression of chemokine receptors by tumors, specifically CCR4 on cutaneous T cell lymphomas, is often associated with a poor disease outcome. To test the hypothesis that chemokine receptor-expressing tumors can be successfully controlled by delivering toxins through their chemokine receptors, we have generated fusion proteins designated chemotoxins: chemokines fused with toxic moieties that are nontoxic unless delivered into the cell cytosol. We demonstrate that chemokines fused with human RNase eosinophil-derived neurotoxin or with a truncated fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin 38 are able to specifically kill tumors in vitro upon internalization through their respective chemokine receptors. Moreover, treatment with the thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (CCL17)-expressing chemotoxin efficiently eradicated CCR4-expressing cutaneous T cell lymphoma/leukemia established in NOD-SCID mice. Taken together, this work represents a novel concept that may allow control of growth and dissemination of tumors that use chemokine receptors to metastasize and circumvent immunosurveillance.
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MESH Headings
- ADP Ribose Transferases/genetics
- ADP Ribose Transferases/toxicity
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/metabolism
- Antineoplastic Agents/toxicity
- Bacterial Toxins/genetics
- Bacterial Toxins/toxicity
- Cell Death/genetics
- Cell Death/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chemokine CCL17
- Chemokines, CC/administration & dosage
- Chemokines, CC/genetics
- Chemokines, CC/toxicity
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin/genetics
- Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin/toxicity
- Exotoxins/genetics
- Exotoxins/toxicity
- Female
- Humans
- Immunotoxins/genetics
- Immunotoxins/toxicity
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/immunology
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/pathology
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Receptors, CCR4
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/toxicity
- Virulence Factors/genetics
- Virulence Factors/toxicity
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
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- Dolgor Baatar
- Laboratory of Immunology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224
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- Department of Microbiology, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Maglione PJ, Xu J, Chan J. B cells moderate inflammatory progression and enhance bacterial containment upon pulmonary challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Immunol 2007; 178:7222-34. [PMID: 17513771 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.7222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Though much is known about the function of T lymphocytes in the adaptive immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, comparably little is understood regarding the corresponding role of B lymphocytes. Indicating B cells as components of lymphoid neogenesis during pulmonary tuberculosis, we have identified ectopic germinal centers (GCs) in the lungs of infected mice. B cells in these pulmonary lymphoid aggregates express peanut agglutinin and GL7, two markers of GC B cells, as well as CXCR5, and migrate in response to the lymphoid-associated chemokine CXCL13 ex vivo. CXCL13 is negatively regulated by the presence of B cells, as its production is elevated in lungs of B cell-deficient (B cell(-/-)) mice. Upon aerosol with 100 CFU of M. tuberculosis Erdman, B cell(-/-) mice have exacerbated immunopathology corresponding with elevated pulmonary recruitment of neutrophils. Infected B cell(-/-) mice show increased production of IL-10 in the lungs, whereas IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and IL-10R remain unchanged from wild type. B cell(-/-) mice have enhanced susceptibility to infection when aerogenically challenged with 300 CFU of M. tuberculosis corresponding with elevated bacterial burden in the lungs but not in the spleen or liver. Adoptive transfer of B cells complements the phenotypes of B cell(-/-) mice, confirming a role for B cells in both modulation of the host response and optimal containment of the tubercle bacillus. As components of ectopic GCs, moderators of inflammatory progression, and enhancers of local immunity against bacterial challenge, B cells may have a greater role in the host defense against M. tuberculosis than previously thought.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/microbiology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/transplantation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CXCL13
- Chemokines, CXC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines, CXC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CXC/physiology
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/genetics
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Germinal Center/immunology
- Germinal Center/metabolism
- Germinal Center/pathology
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/genetics
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/immunology
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/microbiology
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/pathology
- Lung/immunology
- Lung/microbiology
- Lung/pathology
- Lymphopenia/genetics
- Lymphopenia/immunology
- Lymphopenia/microbiology
- Lymphopenia/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/growth & development
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology
- Receptors, CXCR5
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/genetics
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/immunology
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/pathology
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- Paul J Maglione
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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There is a great need for new intervention and prevention strategies against Crohn's disease (CD), a chronic, relapsing tissue-destructive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Estimates indicate more than 1 million cases of IBD in the United States occur annually, with 50% involving CD. The clinical features of CD correlate with certain mouse models of colitis, including the spontaneous colitis observed in interleukin-10 deficient (IL-10(-/-)), senescence accelerated mice (SAMP1/Yit) and trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-treated mice. Chemokines undoubtedly play a pivotal role in the regulation (i.e., initiation, maintenance, and suppression) of mucosal inflammation and tissue destruction. A number of key advances have led to greater understanding of the steps responsible for colitis and the roles played by chemokines. In fact, CXCR3 and the ligands for this chemokine receptor, monokine-induced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) (MIG/CXCL9), IFN-gamma-inducible 10 kDa protein (IP-10/CXCL10), and IFN-gamma-inducible T cell alpha-chemoattractant (I-TAC/CXCL11) are differentially expressed at sites of colitis in IL-10(-/-) mice and in clinical cases of CD. While we have demonstrated that antibodies directed against CXCL10 could both prevent the onset and cure of pre-existing colitis in IL-10(-/-) mice, studies by other investigators have shown the efficacy of CXCR3 blockade to mitigate colitis and other inflammatory diseases. This review describes the hallmarks of IBD, CXCL9-11, and CXCR3 expression during murine colitis and IBD, gives an overview of the antagonist therapies targeting the CXCR3 axis, details current and pending bio-therapies for IBD, and discusses what is known about the cellular and CXCR3-mediated mechanisms of colitis.
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- Udai P Singh
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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Facco M, Baesso I, Miorin M, Bortoli M, Cabrelle A, Boscaro E, Gurrieri C, Trentin L, Zambello R, Calabrese F, Cassatella MA, Semenzato G, Agostini C. Expression and role of CCR6/CCL20 chemokine axis in pulmonary sarcoidosis. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 82:946-55. [PMID: 17615381 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0307133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We have shown previously that the chemokine receptors CXCR3 and CXCR6 are coexpressed by Th1 cells infiltrating the lung and the granuloma of patients with sarcoidosis. In this study, we evaluated the role of CCL20/CCR6 interaction in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic pulmonary sarcoidosis. By flow cytometry and molecular analyses, we have demonstrated that Th1 cells isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of patients with sarcoidosis and T cell alveolitis are equipped with CCR6. Furthermore, CCR6(+) T cells coexpressed the chemokine receptors CXCR3 and CXCR6. Immunohistochemical analysis of lung specimens has shown that CCR6(+) T cells infiltrate lung interstitium and surround the central core of the granuloma. It is interesting that CCR6 was never detected on the alveolar macrophage (AM) surface, and it is observed in the cytoplasm of AMs from patients with sarcoidosis and alveolitis. The CCR6 ligand CCL20 was expressed by macrophages, multinucleated giant cells, and epithelioid cells infiltrating the granuloma. Furthermore, detectable levels of CCL20 protein are seen in the BAL fluid components of patients with active sarcoidosis, and sarcoid AMs release the CCR6 ligand in vitro. From a functional point of view, sarcoid Th1 cells were able to respond to CXCL10, CXCL16, and CCL20 in migratory assays. In vitro kinetic studies demonstrated that CCR6 is induced rapidly by IL-2, IL-18, and IFN-gamma. In conclusion, T cells expressing CCR6, CXCR3, and CXCR6 act coordinately with respective ligands and Th1 inflammatory cytokines in the alveolitic/granuloma phases of the disease.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL20/biosynthesis
- Chemokine CCL20/immunology
- Chemokine CXCL10/biosynthesis
- Chemokine CXCL10/immunology
- Chemokine CXCL16
- Chemokines, CXC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Chronic Disease
- Epithelioid Cells/immunology
- Epithelioid Cells/metabolism
- Epithelioid Cells/pathology
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Giant Cells/immunology
- Giant Cells/metabolism
- Giant Cells/pathology
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/immunology
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/metabolism
- Granuloma, Respiratory Tract/pathology
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Interleukin-18/immunology
- Interleukin-18/pharmacology
- Interleukin-2/immunology
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Lung/immunology
- Lung/metabolism
- Lung/pathology
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/biosynthesis
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/immunology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism
- Macrophages, Alveolar/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Receptors, CCR6/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CCR6/immunology
- Receptors, CXCR3
- Receptors, CXCR6
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Receptors, Scavenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Scavenger/immunology
- Receptors, Virus/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Virus/immunology
- Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary/immunology
- Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary/pathology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/metabolism
- Th1 Cells/pathology
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- Monica Facco
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hematology-Immunology Division, Padua University School of Medicine, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
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Bullock JZ, Villanueva JM, Blanchard C, Filipovich AH, Putnam PE, Collins MH, Risma KA, Akers RM, Kirby CL, Buckmeier BK, Assa'ad AH, Hogan SP, Rothenberg ME. Interplay of adaptive th2 immunity with eotaxin-3/c-C chemokine receptor 3 in eosinophilic esophagitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007; 45:22-31. [PMID: 17592361 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e318043c097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a recently described disorder associated with atopy. Although studies of esophageal tissue suggest that Th2 cytokines and eotaxin-3 may be crucial in disease pathogenesis, little is known about the systemic immunological phenotypes of children with EE. OBJECTIVES To define the phenotypes of peripheral blood eosinophils and lymphocytes in EE and to examine for correlations between these parameters and tissue eosinophil numbers and disease severity. PATIENTS AND METHODS Blood was collected from children with EE, atopic control children without EE, and nonatopic control children without EE. Flow cytometry was used to measure eosinophil expression of chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3) and interleukin-5 receptor-alpha (IL-5Ralpha), and intracellular lymphocyte expression of IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, interferon-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Eosinophil numbers and eotaxin-3 mRNA levels were quantitated in esophageal biopsy specimens. RESULTS Compared with nonatopic control children, EE patients with active disease had increased peripheral blood eosinophil percentages, mean channel of fluorescence (MCF) of CCR3 on eosinophils, and percentage of CD4+ T cells expressing IL-5. Notably, these parameters positively correlated with esophageal eosinophil numbers. Eotaxin-3 tissue expression positively correlated with esophageal eosinophil numbers and peripheral blood eosinophil CCR3 MCF. The percentage of peripheral blood eosinophils, eosinophil CCR3 MCF, and CD4+ T cell expression of IL-5 were lower in EE patients in disease remission than in patients with active disease. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these studies demonstrate cooperation between systemic CD4+ Th2-cell-mediated immunity and an enhanced eosinophil-CCR3/eotaxin-3 pathway in EE pathogenesis. Furthermore, the imbalanced Th2 immunity and increased CCR3 expression are reversible with disease remission.
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- Jennifer Z Bullock
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA
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Capriotti E, Vonderheid EC, Thoburn CJ, Bright EC, Hess AD. Chemokine receptor expression by leukemic T cells of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: clinical and histopathological correlations. J Invest Dermatol 2007; 127:2882-92. [PMID: 17597825 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chemokine receptors expressed by normal and neoplastic lymphocytes provide an important mechanism for cells to traffic into the skin and skin-associated lymph nodes. The goal of this study was to correlate chemokine receptor and CD62L expression by circulating neoplastic T cells with the clinical and pathological findings of the leukemic phase of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, primarily Sézary syndrome (SS). Chemokine receptor mRNA transcripts were found in the majority of leukemic cells for CCR1, CCR4, CCR7, CCR10, CXCR3, and CD62L and in 20-50% of the samples for CXCR5. In patients with SS, relatively high expression levels of CCR7 and CCR10 by circulating neoplastic T cells correlated with epidermotropism, CXCR5 expression correlated with density of the dermal infiltrate, and CD62L correlated with extent of lymphadenopathy. Of note, CXCR5 expression and a dense dermal infiltrate correlated with a poor prognosis. The chemokine receptor profile supports the concept that neoplastic T cells are central memory T cells, and that CCR10 and CD62L play a fundamental role respectively in epidermotropism and lymphadenopathy that is observed in SS.
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- Elisabetta Capriotti
- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Neff-LaFord H, Teske S, Bushnell TP, Lawrence BP. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation during Influenza Virus Infection Unveils a Novel Pathway of IFN-γ Production by Phagocytic Cells. J Immunol 2007; 179:247-55. [PMID: 17579044 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.1.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The contribution of environmental factors is important as we consider reasons that underlie differential susceptibility to influenza virus. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation by the pollutant dioxin during influenza virus infection decreases survival, which correlates with a 4-fold increase in pulmonary IFN-gamma levels. We report here that the majority of IFN-gamma-producing cells in the lung are neutrophils and macrophages not lymphocytes, and elevated IFN-gamma is associated with increased pulmonary inducible NO synthase (iNOS) levels. Moreover, we show that even in the absence of dioxin, infection with influenza virus elicits IFN-gamma production by B cells, gammadelta T cells, CD11c(+) cells, macrophages and neutrophils, as well as CD3(+) and NK1.1(+) cells in the lung. Bone marrow chimeric mice reveal that AhR-mediated events external to hemopoietic cells direct dioxin-enhanced IFN-gamma production. We also show that AhR-mediated increases in IFN-gamma are dependent upon iNOS, but elevated iNOS in lung epithelial cells is not driven by AhR-dependent signals from bone marrow-derived cells. Thus, the lung contains important targets of AhR regulation, which likely influence a novel iNOS-mediated mechanism that controls IFN-gamma production by phagocytic cells. This suggests that AhR activation changes the response of lung parenchymal cells, such that regulatory pathways in the lung are cued to respond inappropriately during infection. These findings also imply that environmental factors may contribute to differential susceptibility to influenza virus and other respiratory pathogens.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD11b Antigen/biosynthesis
- Cytokines
- Female
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/drug effects
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/biosynthesis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/physiology
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections/enzymology
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections/genetics
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections/immunology
- Phagocytes/enzymology
- Phagocytes/immunology
- Phagocytes/virology
- Pneumonia, Viral/enzymology
- Pneumonia, Viral/genetics
- Pneumonia, Viral/immunology
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/toxicity
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Protein Binding/genetics
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/deficiency
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/genetics
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Response Elements/immunology
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Haley Neff-LaFord
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology/Toxicology Graduate Program, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Wu YY, Tsai HF, Lin WC, Hsu PI, Shun CT, Wu MS, Hsu PN. Upregulation of CCL20 and recruitment of CCR6+ gastric infiltrating lymphocytes in Helicobacter pylori gastritis. Infect Immun 2007; 75:4357-63. [PMID: 17562763 PMCID: PMC1951156 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01660-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with an inflammatory response in the gastric mucosa, leading to chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. There is increased T-cell infiltration at the site of infection with H. pylori. CCR6, a specific beta-chemokine receptor for CCL20 (MIP-3alpha/LARC/exodus), has recently been reported to mediate lymphocyte homeostasis and immune responses in mucosal tissue, and it may play a role in chemokine-mediated lymphocyte trafficking during gastric inflammation. In this study, we investigated the role of CCR6 and its ligand, CCL20, in inducing an inflammatory response in the gastric mucosa during H. pylori infection. Gastric infiltrating T lymphocytes were isolated from endoscopic biopsy specimens of H. pylori gastritis patients and analyzed for the expression of the CCR6 chemokine receptor. Our results demonstrated that there was significantly increased CCR6 expression in CD3(+) T cells infiltrating the gastric mucosa, and the CCR6 ligand, the CCL20 chemokine, was selectively expressed in inflamed gastric tissues. The production of CCL20 was upregulated in response to H. pylori in gastric epithelial cells when there was stimulation by the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha. Furthermore, recombinant CCL20 induced lymphocyte chemotaxis migration in fresh gastric T cells ex vivo, indicating that the gastric T cells could migrate toward inflammatory sites via CCR6/CCL20 interaction. Our results suggest that the interaction between CCL20 and CCR6 may play a role in chemokine-mediated lymphocyte trafficking during gastric inflammation in Helicobacter infection.
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MESH Headings
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL20
- Chemokines, CC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CC/genetics
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/genetics
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Chronic Disease
- Gastritis/immunology
- Gastritis/microbiology
- Gastritis/pathology
- Helicobacter Infections/immunology
- Helicobacter Infections/microbiology
- Helicobacter Infections/pathology
- Helicobacter pylori/immunology
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory/genetics
- Inflammation Mediators/metabolism
- Inflammation Mediators/physiology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/biosynthesis
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/genetics
- Receptors, CCR5/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CCR5/genetics
- Receptors, CCR6
- Receptors, CXCR3
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/metabolism
- Th1 Cells/pathology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Yi-Ying Wu
- Graduate Institute of Immunology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen-Ai Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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Waid DM, Wagner RJ, Putnam A, Vaitaitis GM, Pennock ND, Calverley DC, Gottlieb P, Wagner DH. A unique T cell subset described as CD4loCD40+ T cells (TCD40) in human type 1 diabetes. Clin Immunol 2007; 124:138-48. [PMID: 17560173 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Human T1D pancreatic lymph nodes contain diabetes-autoantigen responsive T cells but identification of such T cells in the periphery has proven difficult. Here we describe a unique T cell subset defined by CD4(lo) and CD40 expression (T(CD40)) that is significantly expanded in peripheral blood of T1D but not control or T2D subjects. The HLA-DR3 and DR4 alleles are considered high risk factors for T1D and T(CD40) expansion occurs in T1D subjects carrying HLA DR3 or DR4 haplotypes but, T1D subjects who do not carry either DR3 or DR4 haplotypes still have an expanded percentage of T(CD40) cells. Non-autoimmune subjects, even DR3(+) and DR4(+), do not have elevated percentages of T(CD40) cells. The majority of T(CD40) cells in T1D carry a memory phenotype and a portion of those proliferates when exposed to diabetes-associated self-antigens. A greater number of memory T(CD40) cells express CXCR3 when compared to CD40(-) memory cells and that number is significantly expanded in T1D compared to control subjects. If only total CD4(+) T cells are compared no difference in CXCR3 is seen. Furthermore, T(CD40) cells produce a Th1, pro-inflammatory cytokine profile. In healthy controls, T(CD40) cells have equally Th1 and Th2 profiles.
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- Dan M Waid
- The Webb-Waring Institute, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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BACKGROUND Elevated proliferative response to allergen in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) is related to subsequent allergy development of the neonate and has been suggested as a screening marker for high allergy risk. OBJECTIVE To characterize the proliferating cells in CBMCs from a neonatal group influenced by maternal allergy compared with a control group without known allergic heredity. METHODS CBMCs were stimulated with bovine beta-lactoglobulin (beta-LG) and proliferation was analysed by radioactive thymidine incorporation and expressed both as the traditional stimulation index (SI) and SI corrected by eliminating non-specific proliferation. After beta-LG combined with endotoxin stimulation, cellular expression of IL-4 and IFN-gamma mRNA was determined by quantitative RT-PCR and adhesion as well as chemokine receptors were analysed by three-colour flow cytometry in proliferating T cells (CD3+ Ki-67+). RESULTS The percentage of CCR4+ cells correlated weakly with concurrent IL-4 expression (r(S)=0.5, P<0.05), while CXCR3 correlated strongly with IFN-gamma expression (r(S)=0.83, P<0.001). In the allergy risk group, the percentage of proliferating T cells expressing CCR4 or integrin alphaE (CD103) was significantly reduced compared with the control group, while CXCR5 and the corrected SI were relatively increased (CCR4: P=0.01; integrin alphaE: P=0.03; CXCR5: P=0.04; SI: P=0.04). CONCLUSION Our results implied delayed maturation of immune functions involved in cellular migration, cell-cell interaction and immunoregulatory functions in neonates with hereditary allergy risk. The alterations observed in this subject group suggested that the corrected SI as well as proliferation of CCR4+, CXCR5+ or CD103+ T cells in allergen-stimulated CBMCs might serve as early screening markers for allergy risk.
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- U Haddeland
- Laboratory for Immunohistochemistry and Immunopathology (LIIPAT), Department and Institute of Pathology, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway
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OBJECTIVE Neocortical neurons are sensitive to hypoxic-ischemic (H-I) injuries at term and their demise contributes to neurological disorders. Here we tested the hypothesis that the subventricular zone of the immature brain regenerates neocortical neurons, and that this response is sustained. METHODS Systemic injections of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and intraventricular injections of replication-deficient retroviruses were used to label newly born cells, and confocal microscopy after immunofluorescence was used to phenotype the new cells from several days to several months after perinatal H-I in the postnatal day 6 rat. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to evaluate chemoattractants, growth factors, and receptors. RESULTS Robust production of new neocortical neurons after perinatal H-I occurs. These new neurons are descendants of the subventricular zone, and they colonize the cell-sparse columns produced by the injury to the neocortex. These columns are populated by reactive astrocytes and microglia. Surprisingly, this neuronogenesis is sustained for months. Molecular analyses demonstrated increased neocortical production of insulin-like growth factor-1 and monocyte chemoattractant factor-1 (but statistically insignificant production of erythropoietin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, glial-derived neurotrophic factor, and transforming growth factor-alpha). INTERPRETATION The young nervous system has long been known to possess a greater capacity to recover from injury than the adult system. Our data indicate that H-I injury in the neonatal brain initiates an enduring regenerative response from the subventricular zone. These data suggest that additional mechanisms than those previously surmised contribute to the remarkable ability of the immature brain to recover from injury.
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- Zhengang Yang
- Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Guarda G, Hons M, Soriano SF, Huang AY, Polley R, Martín-Fontecha A, Stein JV, Germain RN, Lanzavecchia A, Sallusto F. L-selectin-negative CCR7- effector and memory CD8+ T cells enter reactive lymph nodes and kill dendritic cells. Nat Immunol 2007; 8:743-52. [PMID: 17529983 DOI: 10.1038/ni1469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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T lymphocytes lacking the lymph node-homing receptors L-selectin and CCR7 do not migrate to lymph nodes in the steady state. Instead, we found here that lymph nodes draining sites of mature dendritic cells or adjuvant inoculation recruited L-selectin-negative CCR7- effector and memory CD8+ T cells. This recruitment required CXCR3 expression on T cells and occurred through high endothelial venules in concert with lumenal expression of the CXCR3 ligand CXCL9. In reactive lymph nodes, recruited T cells established stable interactions with and killed antigen-bearing dendritic cells, limiting the ability of these dendritic cells to activate naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The inducible recruitment of blood-borne effector and memory T cells to lymph nodes may represent a mechanism for terminating primary and limiting secondary immune responses.
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- Greta Guarda
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
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del Rio ML, Rodriguez-Barbosa JI, Kremmer E, Förster R. CD103− and CD103+ Bronchial Lymph Node Dendritic Cells Are Specialized in Presenting and Cross-Presenting Innocuous Antigen to CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells. J Immunol 2007; 178:6861-6. [PMID: 17513734 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.6861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DC) are able to capture, process, and present exogenous Ag to CD8(+) T lymphocytes through MHC class I, a process referred to as cross-presentation. In this study, we demonstrate that CD103(+) (CD11c(high)CD11b(low)) and CD103(-) (CD11c(int)CD11b(high)) DC residing in the lung-draining bronchial lymph node (brLN) have evolved to acquire opposing functions in presenting innocuous inhaled Ag. Thus, under tolerogenic conditions, CD103(-) DC are specialized in presenting innocuous Ag to CD4(+) T cells, whereas CD103(+) DC, which do not express CD8alpha, are specialized in presenting Ag exclusively to CD8(+) T cells. In CCR7-deficient but not in plt/plt mice, Ag-carrying CD103(+) DC are largely absent in the brLN, although CD103(+) DC are present in the lung of CCR7-deficient mice. As a consequence, adoptively transferred CD8(+) T cells can be activated under tolerizing conditions in plt/plt but not in CCR7-deficient mice. These data reveal that CD103(+) brLN DC are specialized in cross-presenting innocuous inhaled Ag in vivo. Because these cells are largely absent in CCR7(-/-) mice, our findings strongly suggest that brLN CD103(+) DC are lung-derived and that expression of CCR7 is required for their migration from the lung into its draining lymph node.
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Sun J, Ramnath RD, Bhatia M. Neuropeptide substance P upregulates chemokine and chemokine receptor expression in primary mouse neutrophils. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 293:C696-704. [PMID: 17494633 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00060.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Neuropeptides play an important role in the active communication between the nervous and immune systems. Substance P (SP) is a prominent neuropeptide involved in neurogenic inflammation and has been reported to exert various proinflammatory actions on inflammatory leukocytes including neutrophils. The present study further investigated the modulatory effect of SP (1 muM) on chemokine production and chemokine receptor expression in primary mouse neutrophils. Our results showed that SP primed neutrophils for chemotactic responses not only to the CXC chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2/CXCL2 but also to the CC chemokine MIP-1alpha/CCL3. The activating effect of SP on neutrophils was further evidenced by upregulation of the CD11b integrin, the activation marker of neutrophils. SP induced both the mRNA and protein expression of the chemokines MIP-1alpha/CCL3 and MIP-2/CXCL2 in neutrophils and upregulated the chemokine receptors CC chemokine receptor (CCR)-1 and CXC chemokine receptor (CXCR)-2. This stimulatory effect on chemokine and chemokine receptor expression in neutrophils was further found to be neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) specific. Pretreatment with selective NK-1R antagonists inhibited SP-triggered activation of neutrophils and chemokine and chemokine receptor upregulation. Moreover, SP-induced chemokine upregulation was NF-kappaB dependent. SP time dependently induced NF-kappaB p65 binding activity, IkappaBalpha degradation, and NF-kappaB p65 nuclear translocation in neutrophils. Inhibition of NF-kappaB activation with its inhibitor Bay11-7082 (10 muM) abolished SP-induced NF-kappaB binding activity and upregulation of MIP-1alpha/CCL3 and MIP-2/CXCL2 in neutrophils. Together, these results suggest that SP exerts a direct stimulatory effect on the expression of chemokines and chemokine receptors in mouse neutrophils. The effect is NK-1R mediated, involving NF-kappaB activation.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Animals
- Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology
- CD11b Antigen/biosynthesis
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL3
- Chemokine CCL4
- Chemokine CXCL2
- Chemokines/biosynthesis
- Chemokines/genetics
- Chemokines/pharmacology
- Chemokines, CC/biosynthesis
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- I-kappa B Proteins/metabolism
- Inflammation/immunology
- Inflammation/metabolism
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/biosynthesis
- Male
- Mice
- Neuroimmunomodulation
- Neutrophils/drug effects
- Neutrophils/metabolism
- Nitriles/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CCR1
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin-8B/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Neurokinin-1/drug effects
- Receptors, Neurokinin-1/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Substance P/metabolism
- Substance P/pharmacology
- Sulfones/pharmacology
- Transcription Factor RelA/antagonists & inhibitors
- Transcription Factor RelA/metabolism
- Up-Regulation
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- Jia Sun
- Dept of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore
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Zipin-Roitman A, Meshel T, Sagi-Assif O, Shalmon B, Avivi C, Pfeffer RM, Witz IP, Ben-Baruch A. CXCL10 promotes invasion-related properties in human colorectal carcinoma cells. Cancer Res 2007; 67:3396-405. [PMID: 17409450 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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CXCL10 was recently shown to exert antimalignancy functions by influencing the tumor microenvironment. Here, we have taken a different approach, investigating the effects of CXCL10 directly on tumor-promoting functions in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) cells. CXCL10 expression was detected in preferred metastatic sites of CRC (liver, lungs, and lymph nodes), and its CXCR3 receptor was expressed by eight CRC cell lines (detected: reverse transcription-PCR and/or flow cytometry). Detailed analysis was done on two cell lines derived from primary CRC tumors (SW480, KM12C) and their metastatic descendents (SW620 and KM12SM). The three known variants of CXCR3 (CXCR3-A, CXCR3-B, and CXCR3-alt) were detected in all four cell lines. CXCR3 expression was also observed on colorectal tumor cells in biopsies of CRC patients (immunohistochemistry). CXCL10 and CXCR3 expression were potently induced in CRC cells by Interferon gamma and all four CRC cell lines responded to CXCL10 by extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 dephosphorylation. The chemokine did not affect tumor cell growth or angiogenesis-related functions in the tumor cells, such as CXCL8 and vascular endothelial growth factor secretion. Importantly, CXCL10 significantly up-regulated invasion-related properties in CRC cells: It promoted matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression and induced CRC cell migration. Of note, CXCL10-induced migration was detected only in the two metastatic cells and not in their primary counterparts. Also, CXCL10 promoted the adhesion of metastatic cells to laminin. These results suggest that CXCL10 can be exploited by CRC cells toward their progression, thus possibly antagonizing the antimalignancy effects of the chemokine on the tumor microenvironment. Therefore, care should be taken when considering CXCL10 as a therapeutic antitumor modality for CRC treatment.
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- Adi Zipin-Roitman
- Department of Cell Research and Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Satoh M, Akatsu T, Ishkawa Y, Minami Y, Nakamura M. A novel activator of C-C chemokine, FROUNT, is expressed with C-C chemokine receptor 2 and its ligand in failing human heart. J Card Fail 2007; 13:114-9. [PMID: 17395051 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2006] [Revised: 10/18/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND A novel activator of C-C chemokines, FROUNT, directly binds C-C chemokine receptor (CCR) 2 and plays a central role in the chemokine system. Activation of the chemokine system appears to be involved in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure (CHF). The purpose of this study was to determine whether FROUNT is expressed with CCR2 and its ligand (CCL2) in failing human heart. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined endomyocardial biopsy tissues obtained from 71 patients with CHF (HF group) and 20 subjects without CHF (non-HF group). FROUNT, CCR2, and CCL2 mRNA levels were higher in the HF group than in the non-HF group (P < .001). FROUNT mRNA levels were positively correlated with CCR2 and CCL2 mRNA levels in the HF group. FROUNT and CCL2 signal was seen in the cytoplasm of cardiac myocytes in failing hearts. Levels of FROUNT mRNA were negatively correlated with left ventricular ejection fraction. FROUNT, CCR2, and CCL2 mRNA levels were higher in the severe HF subgroup than in the mild HF subgroup. CONCLUSIONS The expression of FOUNT-mediated CCL2/CCR2 may have important implications in the pathogenesis of CHF. The CCL2/CCR2 pathway via FROUNT may influence the clinical severity of CHF.
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- Mamoru Satoh
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Iwate, Japan
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Reckamp KL, Figlin RA, Moldawer N, Pantuck AJ, Belldegrun AS, Burdick MD, Strieter RM. Expression of CXCR3 on Mononuclear Cells and CXCR3 Ligands in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in Response to Systemic IL-2 Therapy. J Immunother 2007; 30:417-24. [PMID: 17457216 DOI: 10.1097/cji.0b013e31802e089a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chemokines play an important role in regulating tumor-mediated immunity, angiogenesis, and tumor cell metastasis. The chemokine receptor, CXCR3, is expressed in various human tumors, including renal cell carcinoma (RCC). CXCR3 is also associated with antiangiogenic effects in multiple tumors, and we hypothesized that interleukin-2 (IL-2) treatment of patients with metastatic clear cell RCC could augment CXCR3 levels on circulating mononuclear cells and correlate to outcome. The kinetics of CXCR3 expression on circulating mononuclear cells and its ligands (CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11) in plasma were evaluated in 20 patients with metastatic clear cell RCC during cycles 1 and 2 of high dose IL-2 therapy. Subpopulations of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were studied by dual color flow cytometry. Angiogenic ligands were measured and an "angiogenic ratio" was calculated prehigh and posthigh dose IL-2. CXCR3 expression on PBMC at baseline was similar in patients with metastatic RCC and normal controls. PBMC CXCR3 expression increased during treatment, and peaked during cycle 2. Plasma from RCC patients displayed similar baseline levels of CXCR3 ligands to normal controls. However, the angiogenic ratio was significantly increased in patients with metastatic RCC at baseline. Plasma levels of CXCR3 ligands increased during treatment, resulting in a reversal in the angiogenic ratio to favor angiostatic chemokines. The CXCR3/CXCR3 ligand biologic axis and angiogenic ratio may be important biomarkers in clear cell RCC patients who are undergoing high dose IL-2 therapy.
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- Karen L Reckamp
- Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Ocaña E, Delgado-Pérez L, Campos-Caro A, Muñóz J, Paz A, Franco R, Brieva JA. The prognostic role of CXCR3 expression by chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells. Haematologica 2007; 92:349-56. [PMID: 17339184 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chemokine receptors are involved in tumor progression and several of these receptors, including CXCR3, are expressed by chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) B cells. This study was aimed to examine a possible relationship between CXCR3 expression in CLL and the clinical evolution of the disease. DESIGN AND METHODS Using flow activated cell sorting (FACS), we analyzed the level of expression of CXCR3 on blood CLL B cells from 76 consecutive patients. The results were correlated with CD38 expression, IgVH gene status and clinical outcome. RESULTS CXCR3, measured as mean fluorescence intensity (MFI), was unimodally expressed by blood tumor cells at various levels (range, 3.5 to 232.3) but levels within individual patients were remarkably stable over time. Low CXCR3 expression by CLL B cells was strongly associated with Rai disease stages III and IV (p<0.0001) and a pattern of diffuse tumor infiltration of the bone marrow (p<0.0001). In the 28 cases available for genetic studies, low CXCR3 expression also showed good concordance with tumor unmutated IgVH gene status (p<0.04), and tended to correlate with high CD38 expression (p<0.06). Patients with low CXCR3 expression (MFI < or =15) had a shorter survival (p<0.0001) and, in multivariate analysis, low CXCR3 expression (MFI pound15) was an independent predictor of poor outcome (hazard ratio 24.5; p<0.01). INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONSL: CXCR3 expression by CLL B cells appears to be stable within individual patients. Tests to assay this chemokine receptor are cheap and easy to perform and the results could be of prognostic value in CLL.
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MESH Headings
- ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/biosynthesis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/mortality
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Receptors, CXCR3
- Receptors, Chemokine/analysis
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Survival Analysis
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- Esther Ocaña
- Servicio de Inmunología and Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
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Hosokawa Y, Hosokawa I, Ozaki K, Nakae H, Matsuo T. CXC chemokine ligand 16 in periodontal diseases: expression in diseased tissues and production by cytokine-stimulated human gingival fibroblasts. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 149:146-54. [PMID: 17459077 PMCID: PMC1942022 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03398.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Periodontal disease is an inflammatory disorder characterized by the involvement of chemokines that are important for the recruitment of leucocytes. Several cytokines are involved in regulating levels of chemokines in periodontal disease. CXCL16 is a chemokine related to the migration of T helper 1 (Th1) cells and natural killer (NK) cells. In this study, we examined its expression in periodontal tissues. Moreover, we investigated the effects of cytokines on the production of CXCL16 by human gingival fibroblast (HGF). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and immunohistochemistry revealed that CXCL16 and its receptor, CXCR6, were expressed at the mRNA and protein levels in diseased tissues. Proinflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-1beta, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interferon (IFN)-gamma] increased the mRNA expression and release of CXCL16 in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, treatment of HGFs with IFN-gamma in combination with IL-1beta had a synergistic effect on the production of CXCL16. On the other hand, IL-4 and IL-13 inhibited the IL-1beta-induced CXCL16 production by HGFs. Inhibitors of A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM)10 and ADAM17, a recently identified protease of CXCL16, reduced the amount of CXCL16 released from HGFs. These results suggest that the CXCL16 produced by HGFs may be involved in the migration of leucocytes into inflamed tissues, and provide evidence that CXCL16 production is controlled by cytokines in periodontal disease.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CXCL16
- Chemokines, CXC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CXC/genetics
- Chronic Disease
- Cytokines/immunology
- Female
- Fibroblasts/immunology
- Gene Expression
- Gingiva/immunology
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Interleukin-13/immunology
- Interleukin-1beta/immunology
- Interleukin-4/immunology
- Male
- Metalloproteases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Middle Aged
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/immunology
- Periodontitis/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR6
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Scavenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Scavenger/genetics
- Receptors, Virus/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Virus/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
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- Y Hosokawa
- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
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Kriegova E, Tsyrulnyk A, Arakelyan A, Mrazek F, Ordeltova M, Petzmann S, Zatloukal J, Kolek V, du Bois RM, Popper H, Petrek M. Expression of CCX CKR in pulmonary sarcoidosis. Inflamm Res 2007; 55:441-5. [PMID: 17109071 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-006-6019-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE CCX CKR is a decoy chemokine receptor that specifically binds the chemokines CCL19, CCL25 and CCL21. CCL19 was previously found to be upregulated in pulmonary sarcoidosis. We have, therefore, investigated CCX CKR expression in this inflammatory disease. METHODS AND RESULTS CCX CKR mRNA was semiquantitated using RT-PCR in unseparated bronchoalveolar (BAL) cells from sarcoidosis patients (S, n = 29) and healthy control subjects (C, n = 9). CCX CKR transcripts were upregulated in patients (mean +/- SEM); S, 0.82 +/- 0.10; C, 0.44 +/- 0.04; p = 0.01; this upregulation paralleled the disease course as assessed by the chest radiographic stage (p < 0.02). Immunocytochemistry localised the CCX CKR protein to ciliated bronchial cells. Flow cytometric fluorescent ligand uptake assay showed that these cells are able to internalize its ligand. CONCLUSION These observations implicate CCX CKR in the modulation of the inflammatory response in sarcoidosis.
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- E Kriegova
- Department of Immunology, Palacky University and Faculty Hospital Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova str. 6, 775 20, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Lau AH, Thomson AW, Colvin BL. Chronic ethanol exposure affects in vivo migration of hepatic dendritic cells to secondary lymphoid tissue. Hum Immunol 2007; 68:577-85. [PMID: 17584579 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The mechanisms by which chronic ethanol (EtOH) consumption results in an immune-compromised state have not been fully elucidated. No studies to date have ascertained whether EtOH affects the migratory capacity of dendritic cells (DC), potent immune regulators. We hypothesized that EtOH exposure might affect hepatic and splenic DC trafficking to secondary lymphoid tissues and the resulting immune response. Hepatic DC from EtOH-treated animals migrated in greater numbers to draining lymphoid tissue than controls, whereas spleen DC were unaffected. Moreover, hepatic EtOH-exposed (E) DC induced more vigorous priming of allogeneic T cells in vivo compared with splenic EDC or controls. Altered hepatic EDC migration was independent of either CCR7 or CD11a expression, with no striking changes in surface expression of other adhesion molecules analyzed. The modified trafficking to secondary lymphoid tissue observed for hepatic EDC may play a role in the altered immune response to microbial pathogens in chronic alcohol users.
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MESH Headings
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- CD11 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD11 Antigens/immunology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/physiology
- Ethanol/administration & dosage
- Ethanol/toxicity
- Lectins, C-Type/biosynthesis
- Lectins, C-Type/immunology
- Liver/drug effects
- Liver/immunology
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/immunology
- Receptors, CCR7
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- Audrey H Lau
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Croitoru-Lamoury J, Lamoury FMJ, Zaunders JJ, Veas LA, Brew BJ. Human mesenchymal stem cells constitutively express chemokines and chemokine receptors that can be upregulated by cytokines, IFN-beta, and Copaxone. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2007; 27:53-64. [PMID: 17266444 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2006.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The factors associated with the migration of marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) when transplanted into the diseased central nervous system (CNS) are unclear. Chemokines are key mediators of selective cell migration in neurodegenerative diseases and related inflammatory processes. We hypothesized that chemokines are likely to be the chief determinants of MSC migration. We, therefore, systematically assessed the expression and modulating factors for chemokines and chemokine receptors in human MSCs (HuMSCs). The present study demonstrates that unstimulated HuMSCs express a broad range of mRNAs encoding cytokines, chemokines, and their receptors. Using chemotaxis assays, we also assessed the functionality of the receptor expression in HuMSC and we show that CXCL12/stromal cell-derived factor-lalpha (SDF-lalpha), CX3CL1/fractalkine, and CXCL10/interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-inducible protein (IP-10) lead to significant HuMSC migration. Moreover, we provide evidence that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and IFN-gamma act as major regulators of the expression of chemokines and their receptors in HuMSCs. Correspondingly, we demonstrate for the first time that current multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies, namely, IFN-beta and Copaxone, influence the expression of chemokines and their receptors in HuMSCs at both mRNA and protein levels. Administration of cytokines, including IFN-beta and Copaxone, may be important in stem cell transplantation therapies and perhaps important in the efficacy of existing MS therapies.
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Adipokines including chemokines are able to induce insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle cells, which may also be relevant for the observed link between obesity and diabetes. This study is aimed to analyze the expression of chemokine CC motif receptors (CCRs) in the insulin-resistant state in human skeletal muscle cells. Differentiated skeletal muscle cells were incubated for 24-72 hours with high concentrations of glucose and insulin (GI) or TNFalpha. In addition, myocytes were co-stimulated with monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 or adipocyte-conditioned medium (CM) and TNFalpha for 24 and 48 hours. Treatment with GI rapidly induced insulin resistance whereas TNFalpha impaired insulin signaling in a more chronic fashion (48-72 h). CM and MCP-1 also induced insulin resistance that was, however, not increased by co-stimulation with TNFalpha. Expression of CCR2 was decreased during differentiation but up-regulated in insulin-resistant myocytes after treatment with GI (24-72 h) and TNFalpha (72 h). Expression of CCR4 and CCR10 was down-regulated after treatment with TNFalpha, MCP-1, and CM. Our data show that the expression of CCR2, CCR4, and CCR10 is differentially regulated by different insulin resistance-inducing treatments in myotubes. However, we could not find a clear correlation between the level of insulin resistance and CCR expression in myotubes. In conclusion, we propose that upregulation of CCR2 in skeletal muscle does not represent a major step leading to muscle insulin resistance.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Female
- Glucose/pharmacology
- Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/metabolism
- Humans
- Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology
- Insulin/pharmacology
- Insulin Resistance/physiology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Receptors, CCR10
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, CCR4
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Tubulin/biosynthesis
- Tubulin/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
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- H Sell
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Morrison PT, Thomas LH, Sharland M, Friedland JS. RSV-infected airway epithelial cells cause biphasic up-regulation of CCR1 expression on human monocytes. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 81:1487-95. [PMID: 17389578 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1006611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection can cause extensive airway inflammation, which is orchestrated by chemokines and their receptors. RSV-infected epithelial cells secrete many cytokines and chemokines, but little is known about regulation of chemokine receptors on target cells. We investigated the effects of conditioned media (CM) from RSV-infected epithelial cells on monocyte CCR1, CCR2, and CCR5 expression. RSV-CM but not control-CM stimulated a biphasic increase in cell-surface CCR1, and levels peaked at 36 h and 96 h poststimulation. Similar CCR1 up-regulation occurred on monocyte-derived macrophages. Cytochlasin D and colchicine blocked both peaks of expression, demonstrating requirement of a functional cytoskeleton. Intracellular staining revealed little internal sequestration of CCR1 protein, and CCR1 up-regulation was inhibited by actinomycin D and cycloheximide, indicating that both waves of RSV-CM-induced surface CCR1 expression were dependent on de novo transcription and protein synthesis. Cytokine-neutralizing experiments showed that the effects of RSV-CM were decreased by blocking TNF-alpha (percent inhibition=51+/-2.3% at 36 h peak and 42+/-7.7% at 96 h peak) and to a lesser extent, IL-1 (percent inhibition=32+/-7.2% at 36 h and 23+/-2.9% at 96 h). In summary, RSV-CM causes a biphasic up-regulation of surface CCR1 on monocytes, which is dependent on an intact cytoskeleton, requires new gene transcription and protein synthesis, and is mediated in part by the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IL-1.
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- Paul T Morrison
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Imperial College, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Liang H, Baudouin C, Hamard P, Creuzot-Garcher C, Warnet JM, Brignole-Baudouin F. [Activation of TH1/TH2 pathways detected through the expression of CCR4 and CCR5 on the ocular surface of glaucomatous patients treated over the long term]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2007; 29:121-6. [PMID: 16523152 DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(06)73759-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this work was to study, using flow cytometry, the expression of two chemokine receptors, CCR4 and CCR5, known to be related to the TH2 and TH1 systems, respectively, and the expression of HLA-DR, a hallmark of inflammation, on conjunctival impression cytology specimens (ICS) of glaucomatous patients treated over the long term. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this case-control study, ICS were taken in a series of 35 glaucomatous patients treated with topical antiglaucoma drugs for more than 1 year (seven with beta-blockers, ten with prostaglandins, and 18 receiving multiple treatments), and 20 normal subjects. Conjunctival cells were collected and incubated with specific monoclonal antibodies directed against CCR4, CCR5, and HLA-DR, in order to measure, in a masked manner using flow cytometry, the percentage of cells positive to each marker in the conjunctival epithelium. RESULTS Compared to normal subjects, HLA DR expression was significantly elevated in glaucomatous patients, with a tendency toward higher levels in the multitreatment group and lower levels in patients treated with prostaglandins, which did not differ significantly from control values. Both CCR4 and CCR5 significantly increased in glaucoma patients on multitreatment or monotherapy compared with normal subjects. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the overexpression of these two chemokine receptors in the conjunctival epithelium of patients treated for more than 1 year. Our results showing the simultaneous overexpression of CCR4 and CCR5 thus suggest that the chronic use of topical treatments may concurrently stimulate the TH1 and TH2 systems. These results evoke inflammatory mechanisms, combining allergy and toxicity, and confirm the complexity of inflammatory reactions occurring in the ocular surface of glaucoma patients.
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- H Liang
- Service d'Ophtalmologie III, CHNO des Quinze-Vingts, UFR Paris Ile-de-France Ouest, Paris
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Shiu C, Barbier E, Di Cello F, Choi HJ, Stins M. HIV-1 gp120 as well as alcohol affect blood-brain barrier permeability and stress fiber formation: involvement of reactive oxygen species. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 31:130-7. [PMID: 17207111 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND HIV-1 infection commonly leads to serious HIV-1-associated neurological disorders, such as HIV-1-associated encephalopathy and dementia. In addition, alcohol is commonly used and/or abused among AIDS patients, but it is unclear whether alcohol affects the disease progression and if it affects it, how this occurs. We hypothesized that alcohol could affect the blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and thus could affect the onset and/or progression of HIV-associated neurological disorders. METHODS Human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) in a BBB model system were pretreated with alcohol (17 and 68 mM) and subsequently coexposed with HIV-1 gp120. Expression of chemokine receptors CCR3, CCR5, and CXCR4 was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction. Changes in the permeability of the HBMEC monolayer were assessed using paracellular markers [(3)H]inulin or propidium iodide. Actin rearrangements in HBMEC were visualized by fluorescence microscopy and viability assessed using Live/Dead stain. RESULTS Both gp120 and alcohol increased the permeability of the BBB model by up to 141%, without affecting HBMEC viability. Cotreatment with alcohol and gp120 did not result in a significant synergistic effect. Gp120 permeability involved chemokine receptor CCR5. Alcohol did not affect chemokine receptor expression on brain endothelial cells. Both gp120 and alcohol reorganized the cytoskeleton and induced stress fiber formation. Inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation through NADPH blocked the effects of both gp120 and alcohol on permeability and stress fiber formation. CONCLUSION These results indicate that both HIV-1 gp120 and alcohol induce stress fibers, causing increased permeability of the human BBB endothelium. Alcohol (68 mM)-mediated permeability increase was linked to ROS formation. The alcohol-mediated physiological changes in the HBMEC monolayers may increase diffusion of plasma components and viral penetration across the BBB. This suggests that alcohol, especially at levels attained in heavy drinkers, can potentially contribute in a negative fashion to HIV-1 neuropathogenesis.
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- Carlum Shiu
- Department of Pediatrics, Division Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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T-bet is a transcription factor of the T-box family that regulates the expression of numerous immune system-associated genes. T-bet directs the acquisition of the Th1-associated genetic program in differentiating CD4(+) lymphocytes. It also influences the development of NK and NKT cells through its regulation of the IL-2/IL-15Rbeta-chain (CD122) and the trafficking of these lymphocytes through CxCR3. The temporal requirements of T-bet activity for the production of IFN-gamma and the regulation of CD122 and CxCR3 expression remain undefined. We produced an ectopically controllable form of T-bet by fusing its C-terminal domain with a mutated ligand-binding domain of human estrogen receptor alpha. By temporally controlling the expression of T-bet-estrogen receptor alpha by the addition or removal of 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-HT), we show that IFN-gamma, CD122, and CxCR3 are direct gene targets of T-bet whose expression are acutely regulated by T-bet activity.
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- Jennifer L Matsuda
- Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Science Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Voehringer D, van Rooijen N, Locksley RM. Eosinophils develop in distinct stages and are recruited to peripheral sites by alternatively activated macrophages. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 81:1434-44. [PMID: 17339609 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1106686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Eosinophils are associated with allergic diseases and helminth infections. Development of these cells and recruitment to peripheral tissues are only partially understood. Distinct stages of eosinophil development in fetal liver, bone marrow, and blood could be identified using IL-4 reporter mice and mAb against FIRE, Siglec-F, and CCR3. Immature eosinophils were present in the fetal liver and could reconstitute the eosinophil compartment in irradiated recipient mice. In adult mice, eosinophil maturation proceeded from CCR3(-) to CCR3(+) cells in the bone marrow and was accompanied with changes in the transcriptional profile. Eosinophils appeared as activated cells in lung, thymus, lymph nodes, and Peyer's patches but remained in a resting state in bone marrow, blood, and spleen. Mixed bone marrow chimeras revealed that recruitment to lung and peritoneum was dependent on Stat6 expression in noneosinophils. Alternatively activated macrophages contributed substantially to tissue recruitment of eosinophils, providing a novel basis for development of therapeutic approaches to lower tissue eosinophilia.
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- David Voehringer
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Bruserud Ø, Ryningen A, Olsnes AM, Stordrange L, Øyan AM, Kalland KH, Gjertsen BT. Subclassification of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia based on chemokine responsiveness and constitutive chemokine release by their leukemic cells. Haematologica 2007; 92:332-41. [PMID: 17339182 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chemokines are soluble mediators involved in angiogenesis, cellular growth control and immunomodulation. In the present study we investigated the effects of various chemokines on proliferation of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) cells and constitutive chemokine release by primary AML cells. DESIGN AND METHODS Native human AML cells derived from 68 consecutive patients were cultured in vitro. We investigated AML cell proliferation (3H-thymidine incorporation, colony formation), chemokine receptor expression, constitutive chemokine release and chemotaxis of normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells. RESULTS Exogenous chemokines usually did not have any effect on AML blast proliferation in the absence of hematopoietic growth factors, but when investigating growth factor-dependent (interleukin 3 + granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor + stem cell factor) proliferation in suspension cultures the following patient subsets were identified: (i) patients whose cells showed chemokine-induced growth enhancement (8 patients); (ii) divergent effects on proliferation (15 patients); and (iii) no effect (most patients). These patient subsets did not differ in chemokine receptor expression, but, compared to CD34- AML cells, CD34+ cells showed higher expression of several receptors. Chemokines also increased the proliferation of clonogenic AML cells from the first subset of patients. Furthermore, a broad constitutive chemokine release profile was detected for most patients, and the following chemokine clusters could be identified: CCL2-4/CXCL1/8, CCL5/CXCL9-11 (possibly also CCL23) and CCL13/17/22/24/CXCL5 (possibly also CXCL6). Only the CCL2-4/CXCL1/8 cluster showed significant correlations between corresponding mRNA levels and NFkB levels/activation. The chemotaxis of normal immunocompetent cells for patients without constitutive chemokine release was observed to be decreased. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS Differences in chemokine responsiveness as well as chemokine release contribute to patient heterogeneity in AML. Patients with AML can be classified into distinct subsets according to their chemokine responsiveness and chemokine release profile.
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- Øystein Bruserud
- Division for Hematology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital and The University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Berencsi K, Meropol NJ, Hoffman JP, Sigurdson E, Giles L, Rani P, Somasundaram R, Zhang T, Kalabis J, Caputo L, Furth E, Swoboda R, Marincola F, Herlyn D. Colon carcinoma cells induce CXCL11-dependent migration of CXCR3-expressing cytotoxic T lymphocytes in organotypic culture. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2007; 56:359-70. [PMID: 16783574 PMCID: PMC11029859 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-006-0190-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Adoptive immunotherapy of cancer patients with cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) has been hampered by the inability of the CTL to home into tumors in vivo. Chemokines can attract T lymphocytes to the tumor site, as demonstrated in animal models, but the role of chemokines in T-lymphocyte trafficking toward human tumor cells is relatively unexplored. In the present study, the role of chemokines and their receptors in the migration of a colon carcinoma (CC) patient's CTL toward autologous tumor cells has been studied in a novel three-dimensional organotypic CC culture. CTL migration was mediated by chemokine receptor CXCR3 expressed by the CTL and CXCL11 chemokine secreted by the tumor cells. Excess CXCL11 or antibodies to CXCL11 or CXCR3 inhibited migration of CTL to tumor cells. T cell and tumor cell analyses for CXCR3 and CXCL11 expression, respectively, in ten additional CC samples, may suggest their involvement in other CC patients. Our studies, together with previous studies indicating angiostatic activity of CXCL11, suggest that CXCL11 may be useful as an immunotherapeutic agent for cancer patients when transduced into tumor cells or fused to tumor antigen-specific Ab.
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- Klara Berencsi
- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Division of Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA
- Division of Population Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA
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- Division of Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA
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- Division of Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA
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- Division of Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111 USA
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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Na IK, Keilholz U, Letsch A, Bauer S, Asemissen AM, Nagorsen D, Thiel E, Scheibenbogen C. Addition of GM-CSF to a peptide/KLH vaccine results in increased frequencies of CXCR3-expressing KLH-specific T cells. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2007; 56:391-6. [PMID: 16850346 PMCID: PMC11031059 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-006-0198-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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T-cell trafficking is determined by expression patterns of chemokine receptors. The chemokine receptor CXCR3 is expressed on a subpopulation of type 1 T cells and plays an important role for migration of T cells into inflamed and tumor tissues. Here, we studied the chemokine receptor expression on specific T cells generated against the neoantigen keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) in patients who had been immunized in the context of a tumor peptide vaccination trial with or without the adjuvant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). In patients immunized in the presence of GM-CSF the fraction of CXCR3(+) KLH-specific T cells was significantly higher than in patients immunized in the absence of GM-CSF (median 45 vs. 20%, P = 0.001). In contrast, the chemokine receptor CCR4, associated with migration to the skin was found in both cohorts on less than 10% of KLH-specific T cells. These results show that CXCR3 expression on vaccine-induced T cells can be modulated by modifying the local vaccine milieu.
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- Il-Kang Na
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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Kang JS, Kim HN, Jung DJ, Kim JE, Mun GH, Kim YS, Cho D, Shin DH, Hwang YI, Lee WJ. Regulation of UVB-Induced IL-8 and MCP-1 Production in Skin Keratinocytes by Increasing Vitamin C Uptake via the Redistribution of SVCT-1 from the Cytosol to the Membrane. J Invest Dermatol 2007; 127:698-706. [PMID: 17008880 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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It is well known that UVB (290-320 nm) induces inflammation in skin by the transcription and release of cytokines and chemokines from skin keratinocytes. In addition, it is considered that intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays an important role in UVB-induced inflammatory response in the skin. Therefore, we investigated the effect of vitamin C, a potent antioxidant, on the regulation of UVB-induced skin inflammation via the modulation of chemokines production. Vitamin C uptake into keratinocytes is increased by UVB irradiation in a time- and dose-dependent manner through the translocation of sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter-1 (SVCT-1), a vitamin C-specific transporter, from the cytosol to the membrane. To evaluate the effect of vitamin C on the chemokine mRNA expression, we performed RNase protection assay. As a result, there was a remarkable change in chemokine mRNA expression, especially IL-8 and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 expression. In addition, increased IL-8 and MCP-1 mRNA expressions were suppressed by vitamin C treatment. We also confirmed the results of protein levels measured by ELISA. Taken together, vitamin C uptake is increased in UVB-irradiated keratinocytes through the translocation of SVCT-1 and regulates inflammatory response in the skin via the downregulation of IL-8 and MCP-1 production.
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- Jae Seung Kang
- Department of Anatomy and Tumor Immunity Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Germinal centers support the differentiation of memory B cells and long-lived antibody-secreting cells during infection or upon vaccination. Here, we constructed mice with T cells that selectively lack the chemokine receptor CXCR5 to determine if expression of this receptor by T cells is mandatory for germinal center formation and function. In these animals, germinal centers that are properly localized in B cell follicles and contain T cells do form after immunization with a thymus-dependent antigen. However, fewer and smaller germinal centers form, resulting in a significant reduction in the frequency of germinal center B cells. The defect in germinal center formation is paralleled by decreased frequencies of isotype-switched antibody-secreting cells in the spleen and bone marrow and reduced serum concentrations of total and high-affinity hapten-specific IgG1. The results demonstrate that although CXCR5-dependent T cell positioning is important for maximal induction and expansion of germinal centers, stimulation of isotype class switching, and development of antibody-secreting cells that seed the spleen and bone marrow, it is not absolutely required for the formation and function of follicular germinal centers.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/genetics
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Crosses, Genetic
- Germinal Center/immunology
- Germinal Center/metabolism
- Germinal Center/pathology
- Immunoglobulin Class Switching/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Radiation Chimera
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR5
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/deficiency
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
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- Carrie N Arnold
- Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Immunology and Vascular Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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The immune system relies on the motility on various cell types that roam the host through the blood, the peripheral tissues and the lymphoid organs, looking for pathogens. Along their maturation and/or activation, the cell migratory capacities change in order to allow them to leave organs where they have been produced such as thymus and bone marrow, to locate in strategic sites to sense surrounding microbes, to meet and interact with other cells, and finally to access peripheral tissues and organs to eradicate the pathogens. This cell traffic is a highly organized process that involves numerous protein families such as adhesion molecules, proteases and chemotactic factors. Among the latter, chemokines are in the front line. We will here summarize the recent findings stressing out their physiopathological relevance and will describe thereafter their possible therapeutic use.
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- Béhazine Combadière
- Laboratoire d'immunologie cellulaire, Inserm U543, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, 91, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75634 Paris Cedex 13, France
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Mayer V, Hudkins KL, Heller F, Schmid H, Kretzler M, Brandt U, Anders HJ, Regele H, Nelson PJ, Alpers CE, Schlöndorff D, Segerer S. Expression of the chemokine receptor CCR1 in human renal allografts. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22:1720-9. [PMID: 17298994 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chemokines are involved in the recruitment of leukocytes to vascularized allografts. CCR1 is a receptor for various proinflammatory chemokines and CCR1 blockade reduces renal allograft injury in rabbits. The purpose of the study was to characterize CCR1-positive cells in human renal allografts. METHODS Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded allograft nephrectomies (n = 9) and non-involved parts of tumour nephrectomies (n = 10) were studied. Immunohistochemistry for CCR1, CD3 and CD68 was performed on consecutive sections. Double immunofluorescence for CCR1 and CD3, CD20, CD68, DC-SIGN and S100 was used on selected cases. Expression of CCR1 mRNA and the ligands CCL3 and CCL5 was studied in renal allograft biopsies with acute rejection (n = 10), with chronic allograft nephropathy (n = 8) and controls (n = 8). RESULTS CCR1 protein was expressed by circulating cells in glomerular and peritubular capillaries, colocalizing with CD68. In renal allografts CCR1-positive cells were present within glomerular tufts, but only scattered CCR1-positive cells were found in tubulointerstitial infiltrates. CCR1 did not colocalize with the majority of CD68-positive cells in the interstitium. The small number of CCR1-positive interstitial cells were identified as CD20- or DC-SIGN-positive by double immunofluorescence. CCR1 mRNA was significantly increased in renal biopsies with acute allograft rejection (P < 0.001), and with chronic allograft nephropathy (P < 0.05), it correlated with the expression of CCL3 and CCL5, and with serum-creatinine. CONCLUSIONS CCR1 mRNA expression was associated with renal function in allografts. CCR1 protein expression was restricted to monocytes, CD20-positive B cells and DC-SIGN-positive dendritic cells. Thus most interstitial macrophages were CCR1 negative, which may relate to down-regulation after migration into the interstitium in human renal allografts.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD20/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/genetics
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Bowman Capsule/immunology
- Bowman Capsule/pathology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/pathology
- Female
- Humans
- Kidney Function Tests
- Kidney Transplantation/immunology
- Kidney Transplantation/pathology
- Kidney Tubules/immunology
- Kidney Tubules/pathology
- Lectins, C-Type/biosynthesis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Monocytes/pathology
- Receptors, CCR1
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/chemistry
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Transplantation, Homologous/immunology
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- Verena Mayer
- Medizinische Poliklinik-Innenstadt, Pettenkoferstrasse 8a, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Grube M, Moritz S, Obermann EC, Rezvani K, Mackensen A, Andreesen R, Holler E. CD8+ T cells Reactive to Survivin Antigen in Patients with Multiple Myeloma. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:1053-60. [PMID: 17289902 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-1722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Survivin is a member of the inhibitors of apoptosis family and is overexpressed in different types of malignancies. Cytotoxic T cells recognizing survivin epitopes can be elicited in vitro and by vaccination in patients with leukemia, breast cancer, and melanoma. We did this study to investigate whether survivin-specific CD8+ T cells occur in patients with multiple myeloma. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN An HLA-A2.1-binding survivin peptide was used to detect peptide-specific T cells by a quantitative real-time PCR to measure antigen-specific IFN-gamma mRNA expression in 23 patients with myeloma and 21 healthy volunteers. T cells producing IFN-gamma in response to survivin were further analyzed for expression of CD45RA and CCR7 to determine phenotypic characterization. Additional immunohistochemical analyses of survivin antigen expression in bone marrow specimens of patients was done. RESULTS T cells recognizing HLA-A2.1-binding survivin peptide were detected in 9 of 23 patients and in 1 of 21 healthy volunteers. Survivin-reactive T cells were identified as terminally differentiated effector T cells (CD8+, CD45RA+, and CCR7-). Positive survivin expression of myeloma cells in bone marrow specimens was shown in 7 of 11 patients. CONCLUSION We provide, for the first time, evidence of T cell reactivity against survivin antigen in patients with multiple myeloma. Our data suggest the immunogenicity of survivin antigen in multiple myeloma and that immunotherapeutic strategies using survivin as a target antigen might be an option for patients with this disease.
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- Matthias Grube
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Institute of Pathology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Milano F, van Baal JWPM, Rygiel AM, Bergman JJGHM, Van Deventer SJH, Kapsenberg ML, Peppelenbosch MP, Krishnadath KK. An improved protocol for generation of immuno-potent dendritic cells through direct electroporation of CD14+ monocytes. J Immunol Methods 2007; 321:94-106. [PMID: 17336322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this study we demonstrate a novel protocol showing that electroporation of CD14+ monocytes directly isolated from blood with green fluorescent protein (GFP) RNA results in a 3-fold higher yield of antigen presenting dendritic cells (DCs) when compared to conventional methods employing immature DCs for electroporation. We further show a stable electroporation efficacy resulting in 60% of GFP positive cells. Expression of co-stimulatory molecules and maturation markers such as CD80, CD86, CD83 as well of the chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) was found in 90% of the mature DCs. Importantly, production of IL-12p70 was 10 times higher in cells electroporated at the monocyte stage compared to cells electroporated at the immature DC stage. Stimulation of autologous naïve lymphocytes by DCs electroporated at monocytes stage elicited proliferation of CD8+ T-cell with 7-fold increase in IFN-gamma release. Blocking of the MHC-Class I molecules significantly inhibited the IFN-gamma release, indicating that antigen presentation was MHC-Class I mediated. In summary, electroporation of CD14+ monocytes with RNA results in a high yield of antigen presenting DCs with high immuno-stimulatory capacity and antigen presentation on MHC-Class I molecules. This improved method may represent an attractive approach for RNA-based DC immunotherapy.
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- Francesca Milano
- Department of Experimental Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Chen W, Li H, Jia Y, Lv M, Li M, Feng P, Hu H, Zhang L. In vivo administration of plasmid DNA encoding recombinant immunotoxin DT390-IP-10 attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Autoimmun 2007; 28:30-40. [PMID: 17267177 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2006.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Revised: 10/17/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a T-cell-mediated autoimmune demyelinating disease. The expression of chemokine receptor CXCR3 on activated T cells is crucial to direct the migration of effector cells into the inflammatory sites and initiate EAE. In this study we tested the effect of a novel recombinant immunotoxin targeting CXCR3(+) cells for EAE prevention. The immunotoxin construct DT390-IP-10-SRalpha consisted of interferon gamma-inducible protein 10 (IP-10), a ligand of CXCR3, as the targeting moiety, and a truncated diphtheria toxin (DT390) as the toxic moiety. In vitro transfection of DT390-IP-10-SRalpha into NIH3T3 cells resulted in expression of DT390-IP-10 which proved highly toxic to activated T cells. To evaluate the effect of DT390-IP-10-SRalpha on EAE prevention in vivo, cationic liposome-embedded DT390-IP-10-SRalpha was injected into the muscle of hind limbs of C57BL/6 mice immunized by myelin basic protein (MBP). DT390-IP-10-SRalpha-treated mice showed a delayed onset of EAE and milder symptoms compared to the mice treated with empty control plasmid or PBS alone. Immunohistochemical staining detected significantly reduced infiltrating CXCR3(+) cells in the inflammatory lesions of CNS from immunotoxin treated mice as compared to the controls. This study suggests that targeting CXCR3(+) T cells with recombinant immunotoxin could be achieved in vivo to delay and ameliorate murine EAE.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Chemokine CXCL10
- Chemokines, CXC/administration & dosage
- Chemokines, CXC/genetics
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- DNA/administration & dosage
- DNA/genetics
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/therapy
- Female
- Genetic Therapy/methods
- Immunotoxins/administration & dosage
- Immunotoxins/genetics
- Immunotoxins/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- NIH 3T3 Cells
- Plasmids/administration & dosage
- Plasmids/biosynthesis
- Plasmids/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR3
- Receptors, Chemokine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transfection
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- Wenjie Chen
- West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Number 17, Section , Renmin Nan Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People's Republic of China
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Chang MX, Sun BJ, Nie P. The first non-mammalian CXCR3 in a teleost fish: Gene and expression in blood cells and central nervous system in the grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Mol Immunol 2007; 44:1123-34. [PMID: 16930712 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.07.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 07/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A novel fish chemokine receptor gene, chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 3 (CXCR3)-like was isolated from the grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella, with its full-length genomic sequence. The cDNA of grass carp CXCR3-like (gcCXCR3-like) consists of 1261 bp with a 49 bp 5'-UTR and a 189bp 3'-UTR. An open reading frame of 1023 bp encodes a 341-amino acid peptide, with seven transmembrane helices. The deduced amino acid sequence showed the same sequence identities (37.8%) with its counterparts in goat and human. The gcCXCR3-like gene consists of two exons, with one intervening intron, spaced over approximately 2 kb of genomic sequence. Phylogenetic analyses clearly demonstrated that the gcCXCR3-like resembles the CXCR3s of other vertebrates. Real-time PCR analysis showed that gcCXCR3-like was expressed in all tested organs except heart and the expression level of gcCXCR3-like was highest in brain. Flow cytometric analyses showed the positive rate of labelled leukocytes from the healthy grass carp was 17.3%, and the labelled leukocytes were divided into three types by cell sorting. Immunohistochemical localization revealed that gcCXCR3-like expressed in whole brain regions including cerebel, diencephalon, medulla oblongata, optic lobe, and rhinencephalon, and that the labelled leukocytes are actually populations of monocyte and/or phagocyte, lymphocyte and the granulocyte. It is considered that fish CXCR expression and their function may need to be investigated in both nervous and immune systems.
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- M X Chang
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Fish Diseases, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, China
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Garcia G, Humbert M, Capel F, Rimaniol AC, Escourrou P, Emilie D, Godot V. Chemokine receptor expression on allergen-specific T cells in asthma and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Allergy 2007; 62:170-7. [PMID: 17298426 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a rare variant of severe asthma resulting from hypersensitivity to Aspergillus fumigatus (Asp f) present in the airways. AIMS OF THE STUDY We analyzed the expression of a panel of six chemokine receptors (CCR3, CCR4, CCR8, CCR5, CXCR3 and CXCR4) on total blood CD4(+) T cells and Asp f-specific-T cells in ABPA patients. We hypothesized that chemokine receptor pattern on T cells differs between ABPA patients, non-ABPA allergic asthmatics sensitized to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p) or Phleum pratense (Phl p) and healthy controls. METHODS We used the fluorescent dye PKH26, a membrane bound marker, to identify accumulated proliferating (cell-sorted PKH26(low)) CD4(+) T cells in response to allergens (Asp f, Der p, Phl p) or recall antigens (PPD and TT). Chemokine receptor expression was analyzed by flow cytometry on proliferating CD3(+) CD4(+) PKH26(low) cells. RESULTS Stimulation of CD4(+) T cells with the relevant allergen resulted in different patterns of chemokine receptor expression in ABPA and non-ABPA allergic asthmatics. Upon Asp f exposure, proliferating CD4(+) T cells from ABPA patients down-regulated the expression of CCR4 and CXCR3 while CCR4 and CXCR3 were up-regulated in allergen-specific T cells from non-ABPA allergic asthmatics. Considering each group of patients, the pattern of chemokine receptors expressed on proliferating allergen-specific CD4(+) T cells was similar to that expressed by recall antigen-specific T cells. CONCLUSIONS The down-regulation of CCR4 and CXCR3 after allergen exposure in Asp f-specific T cells seems to be a characteristic feature of ABPA patients and requires further evaluation.
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- G Garcia
- Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France
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Sigmundsdottir H, Pan J, Debes GF, Alt C, Habtezion A, Soler D, Butcher EC. DCs metabolize sunlight-induced vitamin D3 to 'program' T cell attraction to the epidermal chemokine CCL27. Nat Immunol 2007; 8:285-93. [PMID: 17259988 DOI: 10.1038/ni1433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 453] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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During adaptive immune responses, dendritic cells activate T cells and endow them with specific homing properties. Mechanisms that 'imprint' specific tropisms, however, are not well defined. We show here that 1,25(OH)(2)D(3), the active form of vitamin D3, signaled T cells to express CC chemokine receptor 10, which enabled them to migrate to the skin-specific chemokine CCL27 secreted by keratinocytes of the epidermis. In contrast, 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) suppressed the gut-homing receptors alpha4beta7 and CCR9. Vitamin D3, the inactive prohormone naturally generated in the skin by exposure to the sun, was processed by dendritic cells and T cells to the active metabolite, providing a mechanism for the local regulation of T cell 'epidermotropism'. Our findings support a model in which dendritic cells process and 'interpret' locally produced metabolites to 'program' T cell homing and microenvironmental positioning.
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- Hekla Sigmundsdottir
- Laboratory of Immunology and Vascular Biology, Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Meurens F, Whale J, Brownlie R, Dybvig T, Thompson DR, Gerdts V. Expression of mucosal chemokines TECK/CCL25 and MEC/CCL28 during fetal development of the ovine mucosal immune system. Immunology 2007; 120:544-55. [PMID: 17250588 PMCID: PMC2265900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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CCL25/TECK and CCL28/MEC are CC chemokines primarily expressed in thymic dendritic cells and mucosal epithelial cells. The cognate receptors of CCL25 and CCL28, CCR9 and CCR10, respectively, are mainly expressed on T and B lymphocytes. In human, mouse and pig, CCL25 and CCL28 play a key role in the segregation and the compartmentalization of the mucosal immune system through recruitment of immune cells to specific locations. However, little is known about their role in the ontogeny of the mucosal immune system during fetal development. In the present paper, we report the cloning and the sequencing of ovine CCL25, CCL28, CCR9 and CCR10 and the subsequent assessment of their mRNA expression by q-polymerase chain reaction in several tissues, including thymus, gut-associated lymphoid tissue and mammary gland, from young and adult sheep and in the fetal lamb during the development of the immune system. CCL25 mRNA was highly expressed in thymus and gut while CCL28 mRNA was more expressed in large intestine, trachea, tonsils and mammary gland, especially at the end of gestation. These results are consistent with observations in other species suggesting similar roles for these chemokines in sheep. In fetuses, mRNA of CCL25, CCL28 and their receptors are expressed early in the thymus and mucosal tissues, including the small intestine and the nasal mucosa. Furthermore, their expression increased towards the end of gestation. Consequently, we hypothesize that CCL25 and CCL28 play an important role in the lymphocyte colonization of fetal tissues, enabling the development of a functional immune system.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokines, CC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CC/genetics
- Chemokines, CC/immunology
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Fetal Development/immunology
- Fetus/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gestational Age
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Mucous Membrane/embryology
- Mucous Membrane/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, CCR
- Receptors, CCR10
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Sheep, Domestic/embryology
- Sheep, Domestic/immunology
- Thymus Gland/embryology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- François Meurens
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Luopajärvi K, Skarsvik S, Ilonen J, Akerblom HK, Vaarala O. Reduced CCR4, interleukin-13 and GATA-3 up-regulation in response to type 2 cytokines of cord blood T lymphocytes in infants at genetic risk of type 1 diabetes. Immunology 2007; 121:189-96. [PMID: 17244154 PMCID: PMC2265934 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Aberrancies in T-cell polarization including expression of chemokine receptors have been reported in human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II associated autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) and rheumatoid arthritis. We asked whether these aberrancies are present at birth in newborn infants carrying the HLA risk haplotypes for T1D. Sixty-seven cord blood (CB) samples from infants were screened for T1D-associated HLA risk genotypes (HLA-DR4-DQ8 and/or DR3-DQ2 without protective alleles). CB lymphocytes were stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin in type 1 (interleukin (IL)-12, anti-IL4) or type 2 (IL-4, anti-IL12) cytokine environment for 6 days. The expression of chemokine and cytokine receptors on T cells was determined by flow cytometry, secretion of cytokines was analysed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and transcription factors were analysed using real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. After culture of CB lymphocytes in type 2 cytokine environment newborn infants carrying DR4-DQ8 haplotype (n=18) showed reduced percentage of CD4 T cells expressing CCR4 (P=0 x 009) and the level of CCR4 mRNA was decreased (P=0 x 008). In addition, lower secretion of IL-13 and expression of GATA-3 in CB lymphocytes cultured in type 2 cytokine environment were found in the infants with DR4-DQ8 haplotype (P=0 x 020 and P=0 x 004, respectively) in comparison to newborn infants without DR4-DQ8 and DR3-DQ2 haplotypes (n=37). Poor in vitro induction of type 2 immune responses in newborn infants with DR4-DQ8 haplotype suggests that the HLA genotype associated with risk of autoimmunity may affect the T cell polarization already at birth, which in turn may contribute to the risk for autoimmunity later in life.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Polarity/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytokines/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology
- Fetal Blood/immunology
- GATA3 Transcription Factor/biosynthesis
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DQ Antigens/genetics
- HLA-DR4 Antigen/genetics
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Interleukin-13/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, CCR4
- Receptors, CXCR4/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CXCR4/blood
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/blood
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Kristiina Luopajärvi
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Harasawa H, Yamada Y, Hieshima K, Jin Z, Nakayama T, Yoshie O, Shimizu K, Hasegawa H, Hayashi T, Imaizumi Y, Ikeda S, Soda H, Soda H, Atogami S, Takasaki Y, Tsukasaki K, Tomonaga M, Murata K, Sugahara K, Tsuruda K, Kamihira S. Survey of chemokine receptor expression reveals frequent co-expression of skin-homing CCR4 and CCR10 in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2007; 47:2163-73. [PMID: 17071491 DOI: 10.1080/10428190600775599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignancy of mature T-cell origin with multi-organ involvement. Because the chemokine receptors play crucial roles in tissue-specific homing of mature lymphocytes, particular chemokine receptors expressed on ATLL cells may be involved in their tissue infiltration. We thus performed a comprehensive survey on the chemokine receptor expression in ATLL. ATLL cells expressed transcripts of CCR1, CCR4, CCR7, CCR8, CCR10 and CXCR4 but hardly expressed those of CCR2, CCR3, CCR5, CCR6, CCR9, CXCR1, CXCR2, CXCR3 and CXCR5. These results were confirmed at the protein level by flow cytometric analysis. Notably, patients who have skin lesions showed significantly higher levels of CCR10 mRNA expression than patients without skin lesions. ATLL cells migrated efficiently to the CCR4 ligand, CCL22, and moderately to the CCR10 ligands, CCL27 and CCL28. Moreover, ATLL skin lesions consistently contained transcripts of CCR10 and its ligands CCL27 and CCL28 besides those of CCR4 and its ligands CCL17 and CCL22 that have been reported previously. Collectively, the frequent co-expression of CCR4 and CCR10, the known pair of skin-homing chemokine receptors, may play an important role in ATLL invasion into the skin.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hitomi Harasawa
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Anderson K, Rusterholz C, Månsson R, Jensen CT, Bacos K, Zandi S, Sasaki Y, Nerlov C, Sigvardsson M, Jacobsen SEW. Ectopic expression of PAX5 promotes maintenance of biphenotypic myeloid progenitors coexpressing myeloid and B-cell lineage-associated genes. Blood 2007; 109:3697-705. [PMID: 17218387 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-05-026021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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AbstractThe transcription factor PAX5 is a critical regulator of B-cell commitment and development. Although normally not expressed in myeloid progenitors, PAX5 has recently been shown to be frequently expressed in myeloid malignancies and to suppress expression of myeloid differentiation genes, compatible with an effect on the differentiation or maintenance of myeloid progenitors. However, previous studies in which PAX5 was ectopically expressed in normal myeloid progenitors in vivo and in vitro provided conflicting results as to the effect of PAX5 on myeloid development. Herein, we demonstrate that on ectopic expression of PAX5 in bone marrow multipotent stem/progenitor cells, cells with a biphenotypic B220+GR-1/MAC-1+ phenotype are produced. These remain cytokine-dependent, but unlike control-transduced cells they sustain long-term generation of myeloid progenitors in vitro and remain capable of myeloid differentiation. Notably, PAX5+B220+GR-1/MAC-1+ myeloid progenitors coexpress, at the single-cell level, myeloid genes and otherwise B-cell–specific PAX5 target genes. These findings establish that ectopic expression of PAX5 introduces extensive self-renewal properties in otherwise short-lived myeloid progenitors. Along with the established ectopic expression of PAX5 in acute myeloid leukemia, this motivates a careful investigation of the potential involvement of ectopic PAX5 expression in myeloid and biphenotypic leukemias.
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- Kristina Anderson
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, Klinikgatan 26, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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