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Receptors, cells and circuits involved in pruritus of systemic disorders. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:869-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Peruzzotti-Jametti L, Donegá M, Giusto E, Mallucci G, Marchetti B, Pluchino S. The role of the immune system in central nervous system plasticity after acute injury. Neuroscience 2014; 283:210-221. [PMID: 24785677 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Acute brain injuries cause rapid cell death that activates bidirectional crosstalk between the injured brain and the immune system. In the acute phase, the damaged CNS activates resident and circulating immune cells via the local and systemic release of soluble mediators. This early immune activation is necessary to confine the injured tissue and foster the clearance of cellular debris, thus bringing the inflammatory reaction to a close. In the chronic phase, a sustained immune activation has been described in many CNS disorders, and the degree of this prolonged response has variable effects on spontaneous brain regenerative processes. The challenge for treating acute CNS damage is to understand how to optimally engage and modify these immune responses, thus providing new strategies that will compensate for tissue lost to injury. Herein we have reviewed the available information regarding the role and function of the innate and adaptive immune responses in influencing CNS plasticity during the acute and chronic phases of after injury. We have examined how CNS damage evolves along the activation of main cellular and molecular pathways that are associated with intrinsic repair, neuronal functional plasticity and facilitation of tissue reorganization.
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences.,Department of Brain and Behavioural sciences, National Neurological Institute C. Mondino, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Pharmacology Section, Medical School, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy.,OASI Institute for Research and Care on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Neuropharmacology Section, 94018 Troina, Italy
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences.,NIHR Biomedical Research Centre.,Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PY, UK
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Fischer PR, Driscoll DJ, Reed AM, Moir C. Pediatrics practice at Mayo Clinic - a historical vignette. Mayo Clin Proc 2014; 89:e23-5. [PMID: 24582204 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Division of General Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Clonal immortalized human glial cell lines support varying levels of JC virus infection due to differences in cellular gene expression. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2013; 8:1303-19. [PMID: 24052414 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-013-9499-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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JC virus (JCV) is a ubiquitous human polyomavirus that causes the demyelinating disease Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML). JCV replicates in limited cell types in culture, predominantly in human glial cells. Following introduction of a replication defective SV40 mutant that expressed large T protein into a heterogeneous culture of human fetal brain cells, multiple phenotypes became immortalized (SVG cells). A subset of SVG cells could support JCV replication. In the current study, clonal cell lines were selected from the original SVG cell culture. The 5F4 clone showed low levels of viral growth. The 10B1 clone was highly permissive for JCV DNA replication and gene expression and supported persistent and stable JCV infection over months in culture. Microarray analysis revealed that viral infection did not significantly change gene expression in these cells. More resistant 5F4 cells expressed high levels of transcription factors known to inhibit JCV transcription. Interestingly, 5F4 cells expressed high levels of RNA of markers of radial glia and 10B1 cells had high expression of markers of immature glial cells and activation of transcription regulators important for stem/progenitor cell self-renewal. These SVG-derived clonal cell lines provide a biologically relevant model to investigate cell type differences in JCV host range and pathogenesis, as well as neural development. Several transcription regulators were identified which may be targets for therapeutic modulation of expression to abrogate JCV replication in PML patients. Additionally, these clonal cell lines can provide a consistent culture platform for testing therapies against JCV infection of the central nervous system.
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Kim JS, Kang JY, Ha JH, Lee HY, Kim SJ, Kim SC, Ahn JH, Kwon SS, Kim YK, Lee SY. Expression of nerve growth factor and matrix metallopeptidase-9/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in asthmatic patients. J Asthma 2013; 50:712-7. [PMID: 23713676 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.808664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to measure the level of nerve growth factor (NGF) in bronchial specimens from humans and to determine whether it correlated with not only clinical characteristics of asthma such as percent eosinophils, Th2 cytokine levels, and pulmonary function, but also metallopeptidase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1). METHODS Fifty-three people participated; 42 had asthma. The participants underwent bronchoscopy and the specimens were analyzed. The participants' clinical data including pulmonary function tests were reviewed. RESULTS Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with asthma had a significantly higher level of NGF compared with that from participants without asthma. NGF level showed a positive correlation with the percentage of eosinophils in both BALF and serum. The concentration of NGF did not correlate with that of Th2 cytokines interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13 in BALF or parameters of pulmonary function including degree of airway hyperresponsiveness (ARH). The levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in BALF were higher in asthma patients than in participants without asthma. The levels of NGF correlated with TIMP-1 levels but not with MMP-9 in the whole participants. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that NGF correlates with levels of eosinophils, a major effector cell in asthma. The high expression of NGF and TIMP-1 in asthma patients and the moderate correlation between NGF and TIMP-1 in the entire group of asthma subjects suggest a possible association between NGF and TIMP-1, which may influence asthma pathogenesis.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Kita H. Eosinophils: multifunctional and distinctive properties. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2013; 161 Suppl 2:3-9. [PMID: 23711847 DOI: 10.1159/000350662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The eosinophil is a granulocyte prominent in allergic diseases and inflammatory responses against helminthic parasites. The eosinophil was named by Paul Ehrlich in 1879, and derives from the intense staining of its granules with the acidic dye eosin. It has been the subject of extensive investigation ever since. It is strongly associated with human diseases involving mucosal surfaces, such as allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis and gastrointestinal disorders. Eosinophils are likely involved in tissue homeostasis, modulation of adaptive immune responses, innate immunity to certain microbes and pathological changes in allergic disorders. Thus, the eosinophil is considered a multifunctional leukocyte that contributes to a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes, depending on its location and activation status. Further studies will be necessary to better understand the biology of this extraordinary leukocyte and to reveal the importance of the cell in human health and disease.
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- Hirohito Kita
- Division of Allergic Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Thornton MA, Akasheh N, Walsh MT, Moloney M, Sheahan PO, Smyth CM, Walsh RM, Morgan RM, Curran DR, Walsh MT, Gleich GJ, Costello RW. Eosinophil recruitment to nasal nerves after allergen challenge in allergic rhinitis. Clin Immunol 2013; 147:50-57. [PMID: 23518598 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In allergen challenged animal models, eosinophils localize to airway nerves leading to vagally-mediated hyperreactivity. We hypothesized that in allergic rhinitis eosinophils recruited to nasal nerves resulted in neural hyperreactivity. Patients with persistent allergic rhinitis (n=12), seasonal allergic rhinitis (n=7) and controls (n=10) were studied. Inferior nasal turbinate biopsies were obtained before, 8 and 48h after allergen challenge. Eight hours after allergen challenge eosinophils localized to nerves in both rhinitis groups; this was sustained through 48h. Bradykinin challenge, with secretion collection on the contralateral side, was performed to demonstrate nasal nerve reflexes. Twenty fourhours after allergen challenge, bradykinin induced a significant increase in secretions, indicating nasal hyperreactivity. Histological studies showed that nasal nerves expressed both vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 26 (CCL-26). Hence, after allergen challenge eosinophils are recruited and retained at nerves and so may be a mechanism for neural hyperreactivity.
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- Margaret A Thornton
- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Jalali H, Parivar K, Nabiuni M, Soleimani M. Unrestricted somatic stem cells as vehicle for nerve growth factor gene transfer. Neurol Res 2013; 35:553-60. [PMID: 23561736 DOI: 10.1179/1743132813y.0000000176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nerve growth factor (NGF), a member of the neurotrophic factor family, plays a critical role in the maintenance and regeneration of different types of neurons. To overcome drastic challenges in the peripheral delivery of NGF, transplantation of NGF secreting stem cells to the target site of an injury may be an effective procedure. Unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSCs), a subtype of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells, have shown promise for gene therapy purposes, and proper results have been observed from transplantation experiments in neurodegenerative disorders. Based on the considerable potential of USSCs for gene delivery applications, the goal of the current study was to establish a betaNGF gene containing USSCs, which is able to secrete functional recombinant betaNGF protein. METHODS Unrestricted somatic stem cells were isolated from UCB and were cultured in a DMEM medium. The betaNGF gene was cloned in the EFalpha-promoting lentiviral vector, and virus production was performed as a third generation lentivirus packaging system. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, real-time PCR, co-culture, MTT, and immunocytochemistry assays were performed to evaluate the genetically engineered USSCs. RESULTS Overexpression of betaNGF gene in human USSCs created a USSC line that is able to secrete high amounts of functional betaNGF protein. betaNGF-secreting USSCs showed a high rate of viability along with acceptable immunological and morphological properties for transplantation into the nervous system. DISCUSSION Long-term expression of functional betaNGF, high viability of betaNGF producing USSCs, and expression of primary neuronal markers suggest that USSCs may be useful to deliver betaNGF into targeted sites of the nervous system in neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
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Mangieri D, Corradi D, Martorana D, Malerba G, Palmisano A, Libri I, Bartoli V, Carnevali ML, Goldoni M, Govoni P, Alinovi R, Buzio C, Vaglio A. Eotaxin/CCL11 in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013; 27:3875-84. [PMID: 23114905 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare fibro-inflammatory disorder characterized by a periaortic tissue which often encases the ureters causing acute renal failure. IRF histology shows fibrosis and a chronic inflammatory infiltrate with frequent tissue eosinophilia. We assessed a panel of molecules promoting eosinophilia and fibrosis in IRF patients and performed an immunogenetic study. METHODS Serum levels of eotaxin/CCL11, regulated and normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin (IL)-5, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) were measured using a multiplex assay in 24 newly diagnosed, untreated IRF patients and 14 healthy controls. Retroperitoneal biopsies (available in 8/24 patients) were histologically evaluated to assess eosinophil infiltration, whereas mast cells (MCs) were identified by immunohistochemical analysis for human tryptase. Immunohistochemistry for eotaxin/CCL11 and its receptor CCR3 was also performed. Six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the CCL11 gene (rs6505403, rs1860184, rs4795896, rs17735961, rs16969415 and rs17809012) were investigated in 142 IRF patients and 214 healthy controls. RESULTS Serum levels of eotaxin/CCL11 were higher in IRF patients than in controls (P = 0.009). Eotaxin/CCL11 drives tissue infiltration of eosinophils and MCs, which can promote fibrosis. Eosinophilic infiltration was prominent (>5 cells/hpf) in five (62.5%) cases, and abundant tryptase-positive MCs were found in all cases; notably, MCs were in a degranulating state. Immunohistochemistry showed that CCL11 was highly produced by infiltrating mononuclear cells and that its receptor CCR3 was expressed by infiltrating eosinophils, MCs, lymphocytes and fibroblasts. None of the tested CCL11 SNPs showed disease association, but the TTCCAT haplotype was significantly associated with IRF (P = 0.0005). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the eotaxin/CCL11-CCR3 axis is active in IRF and may contribute to its pathogenesis; the TTCCAT haplotype within the CCL11 gene is significantly associated with IRF.
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Neurotrophins and their receptors in breast cancer. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2012; 23:357-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Eosinophils are leukocytes resident in mucosal tissues. During T-helper 2 (Th2)-type inflammation, eosinophils are recruited from bone marrow and blood to the sites of immune response. While eosinophils have been considered end-stage cells involved in host protection against parasite infection and immunopathology in hypersensitivity disease, recent studies changed this perspective. Eosinophils are now considered multifunctional leukocytes involved in tissue homeostasis, modulation of adaptive immune responses, and innate immunity to certain microbes. Eosinophils are capable of producing immunoregulatory cytokines and are actively involved in regulation of Th2-type immune responses. However, such new information does not preclude earlier observations showing that eosinophils, in particular human eosinophils, are also effector cells with proinflammatory and destructive capabilities. Eosinophils with activation phenotypes are observed in biological specimens from patients with disease, and deposition of eosinophil products is readily seen in the affected tissues from these patients. Therefore, it would be reasonable to consider the eosinophil a multifaceted leukocyte that contributes to various physiological and pathological processes depending on their location and activation status. This review summarizes the emerging concept of the multifaceted immunobiology of eosinophils and discusses the roles of eosinophils in health and disease and the challenges and perspectives in the field.
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- Division of Allergic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Kılıç A, Sonar SS, Yildirim AO, Fehrenbach H, Nockher WA, Renz H. Nerve growth factor induces type III collagen production in chronic allergic airway inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2011; 128:1058-66.e1-4. [PMID: 21816457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Excessive extracellular matrix deposition occurs as a result of repetitive injury-repair cycles and plays a central role in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as allergic asthma. The molecular mechanism leading to aberrant collagen deposition is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE We sought to test the hypothesis that increased nerve growth factor (NGF) production contributes to collagen deposition in the airways during chronic allergic airway inflammation. METHODS Antibody-blocking experiments were performed in an in vivo model for chronic allergic airway inflammation (allergic asthma), which is accompanied by matrix deposition in the subepithelial compartment of the airways, to study the profibrotic effect of NGF. The signaling pathways were delineated with in vivo and in vitro studies in primary lung fibroblasts. RESULTS Functional blocking of NGF in chronically affected mice markedly prevented subepithelial fibrosis. Transgenic overexpression of NGF in murine airways resulted in altered airway wall morphology with increased peribronchial collagen deposition and impaired lung physiology in the absence of inflammation. NGF exerted a direct effect on collagen expression in murine lung fibroblasts, which was mainly mediated through the activation of the receptor tropomyosin-related kinase A. NGF-induced collagen expression was dependent on downstream activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase independent of the TGF-β1/mothers against decapentaplegic homolog (SMAD) pathway. CONCLUSION The results of this study demonstrate that NGF exerts profibrotic activities in the airways by inducing type III collagen production in fibroblasts independently of TGF-β1.
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- Ayşe Kılıç
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiochemistry, Molecular Diagnostics, Medical Faculty-Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Foster EL, Simpson EL, Fredrikson LJ, Lee JJ, Lee NA, Fryer AD, Jacoby DB. Eosinophils increase neuron branching in human and murine skin and in vitro. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22029. [PMID: 21811556 PMCID: PMC3140999 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cutaneous nerves are increased in atopic dermatitis, and itch is a prominent symptom. We studied the functional interactions between eosinophils and nerves in human and mouse skin and in culture. We demonstrated that human atopic dermatitis skin has eosinophil granule proteins present in the same region as increased nerves. Transgenic mice in which interleukin-5 (IL-5) expression is driven by a keratin-14 (K14) promoter had many eosinophils in the epidermis, and the number of nerves was also significantly increased in the epidermis. In co-cultures, eosinophils dramatically increased branching of sensory neurons isolated from the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of mice. This effect did not occur in DRG neurons co-cultured with mast cells or with dead eosinophils. Physical contact of the eosinophils with the neurons was not required, and the effect was not blocked by an antibody to nerve growth factor. DRG neurons express eotaxin-1, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, which may be important in the recruitment, binding, and activation of eosinophils in the region of cutaneous nerves. These data indicate a pathophysiological role for eosinophils in cutaneous nerve growth in atopic dermatitis, and suggest they may present a therapeutic target in atopic dermatitis and other eosinophilic skin conditions with neuronal symptoms such as itch.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Bloom AP, Jimenez-Andrade JM, Taylor RN, Castañeda-Corral G, Kaczmarska MJ, Freeman KT, Coughlin KA, Ghilardi JR, Kuskowski MA, Mantyh PW. Breast cancer-induced bone remodeling, skeletal pain, and sprouting of sensory nerve fibers. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2011; 12:698-711. [PMID: 21497141 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Revised: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED Breast cancer metastasis to bone is frequently accompanied by pain. What remains unclear is why this pain tends to become more severe and difficult to control with disease progression. Here we test the hypothesis that with disease progression, sensory nerve fibers that innervate the breast cancer bearing bone undergo a pathological sprouting and reorganization, which in other nonmalignant pathologies has been shown to generate and maintain chronic pain. Injection of human breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231-BO) into the femoral intramedullary space of female athymic nude mice induces sprouting of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP(+)) sensory nerve fibers. Nearly all CGRP(+) nerve fibers that undergo sprouting also coexpress tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA(+)) and growth-associated protein-43 (GAP43(+)). This ectopic sprouting occurs in periosteal sensory nerve fibers that are in close proximity to breast cancer cells, tumor-associated stromal cells, and remodeled cortical bone. Therapeutic treatment with an antibody that sequesters nerve growth factor (NGF), administered when the pain and bone remodeling were first observed, blocks this ectopic sprouting and attenuates cancer pain. The present data suggest that the breast cancer cells and tumor-associated stromal cells express and release NGF, which drives bone pain and the pathological reorganization of nearby CGRP(+)/TrkA(+)/GAP43(+) sensory nerve fibers. PERSPECTIVE Therapies that block breast cancer pain by reducing the tumor-induced pathological sprouting and reorganization of sensory nerve fibers may provide insight into the evolving mechanisms that drive breast cancer pain and lead to more effective therapies for attenuating this chronic pain state.
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- Aaron P Bloom
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Dagnell C, Grunewald J, Kramar M, Haugom-Olsen H, Elmberger GP, Eklund A, Olgart Höglund C. Neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors in pulmonary sarcoidosis - granulomas as a source of expression. Respir Res 2010; 11:156. [PMID: 21059230 PMCID: PMC2994818 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-11-156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Pulmonary sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease, characterized by an accumulation of CD4+ lymphocytes and the formation of non-caseating epithelioid cell granulomas in the lungs. The disease either resolves spontaneously or develops into a chronic disease with fibrosis. The neurotrophins nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) have been suggested to be important mediators of inflammation and mediate tissue remodelling. In support of this, we have recently reported enhanced NGF levels in the airways of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. However, less is known about levels of BDNF and NT-3, and moreover, knowledge in the cellular sources of neurotrophins and the distribution of the corresponding neurotrophin receptors in airway tissue in sarcoidosis is lacking. Methods The concentrations of NGF, BDNF and NT-3 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 41 patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary sarcoidosis and 27 healthy controls were determined with ELISA. The localization of neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors were examined by immunohistochemistry on transbronchial lung biopsies from sarcoidosis patients. Results The sarcoidosis patients showed significantly enhanced NT-3 and NGF levels in BALF, whereas BDNF was undetectable in both patients and controls. NT-3 levels in BALF were found higher in patients with non-Löfgren sarcoidosis as compared to patients with Löfgren's syndrome, and in more advanced disease stage. Epithelioid cells and multinucleated giant cells within the sarcoid granulomas showed marked immunoreactivity for NGF, BDNF and NT-3. Also, immunoreactivity for the neurotrophin receptor TrkA, TrkB and TrkC, was found within the granulomas. In addition, alveolar macrophages showed positive immunoreactivity for NGF, BDNF and NT-3 as well as for TrkA, TrkB and TrkC. Conclusions This study provides evidence of enhanced neurotrophin levels locally within the airways of patients with sarcoidosis. Findings suggest that sarcoid granuloma cells and alveolar macrophages are possible cellular sources of, as well as targets for, neurotrophins in the airways of these patients.
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- Charlotta Dagnell
- Department of Medicine Solna, Respiratory Medicine Unit, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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Prakash Y, Thompson MA, Meuchel L, Pabelick CM, Mantilla CB, Zaidi S, Martin RJ. Neurotrophins in lung health and disease. Expert Rev Respir Med 2010; 4:395-411. [PMID: 20524922 DOI: 10.1586/ers.10.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Neurotrophins (NTs) are a family of growth factors that are well-known in the nervous system. There is increasing recognition that NTs (nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and NT3) and their receptors (high-affinity TrkA, TrkB and TrkC, and low-affinity p75NTR) are expressed in lung components including the nasal and bronchial epithelium, smooth muscle, nerves and immune cells. NT signaling may be important in normal lung development, developmental lung disease, allergy and inflammation (e.g., rhinitis, asthma), lung fibrosis and even lung cancer. In this review, we describe the current status of our understanding of NT signaling in the lung, with hopes of using aspects of the NT signaling pathway in the diagnosis and therapy of lung diseases.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Rogers ML, Bailey S, Matusica D, Nicholson I, Muyderman H, Pagadala PC, Neet KE, Zola H, Macardle P, Rush RA. ProNGF mediates death of Natural Killer cells through activation of the p75NTR-sortilin complex. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 226:93-103. [PMID: 20547427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The common neurotrophin receptor P75NTR, its co-receptor sortilin and ligand proNGF, have not previously been investigated in Natural Killer (NK) cell function. We found freshly isolated NK cells express sortilin but not significant amounts of P75NTR unless exposed to interleukin-12 (IL-12), or cultured in serum free conditions, suggesting this receptor is sequestered. A second messenger associated with p75NTR, neurotrophin-receptor-interacting-MAGE-homologue (NRAGE) was identified in NK cells. Cleavage resistant proNGF123 killed NK cells in the presence of IL-12 after 20h and without IL-12 in serum free conditions at 48h. This was reduced by blocking sortilin with neurotensin. We conclude that proNGF induced apoptosis of NK cells may have important implications for limiting the innate immune response.
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- Mary-Louise Rogers
- Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100 Adelaide 5001, Australia.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Allergic rhinitis is characterized by allergic airway inflammation and a hyperresponsiveness to nonspecific stimuli which is partly neuronally controlled. In this regard, neurotrophins are prime candidates as mediators of neuronal and immunological plasticity and they will be the focus of the current review. RECENT FINDINGS Neurotrophins including nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are expressed in the nasal mucosa. The majority of NGF expression has been found in eosinophil granulocytes, the glandular apparatus and peripheral nerves. As shown recently, nasal allergen provocation upregulates BDNF expression in nasal mucosa and NGF expression on peripheral nerves and nasal lavage in patients with allergic rhinitis. In this regard, increased BDNF expression positively correlates with the maximum increase in total nasal symptom score. The neurotrophin receptors including pan-neurotrophin receptor p75, tyrosine kinase A (trkA) and trkB are expressed in nasal tissue. TrkA is expressed on endothelial, p75 on peripheral nerves and trkB on nasal mucosa mast cells that decreases after allergen provocation. The expression of these neurotrophin receptors is increased on peripheral blood eosinophils in allergic rhinitis compared with nonatopic controls. Further, BDNF and NGF exert immunomodulatory functions on eosinophils of patients with allergic rhinitis. Finally, eosinophils of patients with allergic rhinitis are capable of BDNF and NGF production. SUMMARY Neurotrophins represent prime candidates in upper airway pathophysiology in allergic rhinitis. Research on neurotrophins in allergic rhinitis is thus becoming a progressively more exciting field and may reveal new and promising therapeutic options for the future.
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Abram M, Wegmann M, Fokuhl V, Sonar S, Luger EO, Kerzel S, Radbruch A, Renz H, Zemlin M. Nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 mediate survival of pulmonary plasma cells during the allergic airway inflammation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:4705-12. [PMID: 19342646 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Allergen-specific Abs play a pivotal role in the induction and maintenance of allergic airway inflammation. During secondary immune responses, plasma cell survival and Ab production is mediated by extrinsic factors provided by the local environment (survival niches). It is unknown whether neurotrophins, a characteristic marker of allergic airway inflammation, influence plasma cell survival in the lung. Using a mouse model of allergic asthma, we found that plasma cells from the lung and spleen are distinct subpopulations exhibiting differential expression patterns of neurotrophins and their receptors (Trks). In vitro, the nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT3) led to a dose-dependent increase in viability of isolated pulmonary plasma cells due to up-regulation of the antiapoptotic Bcl2 pathway. In parallel, the expression of transcription factors that stimulate the production of immunoglobulins (X-box binding protein 1 and NF-kappaB subunit RelA) was enhanced in plasma cells treated with NGF and NT3. These findings were supported in vivo. When the NGF pathway was blocked by intranasal application of a selective TrkA inhibitor, sensitized mice showed reduced numbers of pulmonary plasma cells and developed lower levels of allergen-specific and total serum IgE in response to OVA inhalation. This suggests that in the allergic airway inflammation, NGF/TrkA-mediated pulmonary IgE production contributes significantly to serum-IgE levels. We conclude that the neurotrophins NGF and NT3 act as survival factors for pulmonary plasma cells and thus are important regulators of the local Ab production in the allergic airway disease.
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- Melanie Abram
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Quarcoo D, Fischer TC, Peckenschneider N, Groneberg DA, Welker P. High abundances of neurotrophin 3 in atopic dermatitis mast cell. J Occup Med Toxicol 2009; 4:8. [PMID: 19386090 PMCID: PMC2680865 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-4-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) is a member of the neurotrophin family, a group of related proteins that are known to regulate neuro-immune interactions in allergic diseases. Their cellular sources and role in the recruitment of mast cell precursors in atopic dermatitis have not been characterized in detail so far. Objective Characterize NT-3 on a transcriptional and translational level in individuals with atopic dermatitis with special focus on mast cells. Methods To meet this objective NT-3 levels in the serum of AD patients were measured, the effect of NT-3 on keratinocytes was evaluated and the gene expression and regulation assessed using ELISA, immunohistochemistry and RNA quantification. Results Systemic levels of NT-3 were found to be higher in individuals with AD as compared to healthy controls. A distinct genetic expression was found in the various cells of the skin. In lesional mast cells of individuals with atopic dermatitis an increased amount of NT-3 was apparent. Functional in vitro experiments demonstrated that NT-3 stimulation led to a suppression of IL-8 secretion by HaCat cells. Conclusion These findings could imply a role for NT-3 in the pathogenesis of allergic skin diseases.
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- David Quarcoo
- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Free University and Humboldt University, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Raap U, Wardlaw AJ. A new paradigm of eosinophil granulocytes: neuroimmune interactions. Exp Dermatol 2008; 17:731-8. [PMID: 18505411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Eosinophil granulocytes have long been regarded as potent effector cells with the potential to release an array of inflammatory mediators involved in cytotoxicity to helminths and tissue destruction in chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma. However, it has become evident that eosinophils are also involved in regulatory mechanisms modulating local tissue immune responses. Eosinophils take part in remodelling and repair mechanisms and contribute to the localized innate and acquired immune response as well as systemic adaptive immunity. In addition, eosinophils are involved in neuroimmune interactions modulating the functional activity of peripheral nerves. Neuromediators can also modulate the functional activity of eosinophils, revealing bidirectional interactions between the two cell types. Eosinophils are tissue-resident cells and have been found in close vicinity of peripheral nerves. This review describes neuroimmune interactions between eosinophil granulocytes and peripheral nerves and highlights why eosinophils are important in allergic diseases such as asthma.
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- Ulrike Raap
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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O'Brien LM, Fitzpatrick E, Baird AW, Campion DP. Eosinophil-nerve interactions and neuronal plasticity in rat gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) in response to enteric parasitism. J Neuroimmunol 2008; 197:1-9. [PMID: 18495257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2007] [Revised: 04/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Intestinal lymphoid tissues and Peyer's patches (PP) are innervated sites of immune surveillance in the gastrointestinal tract. Following infection with F. hepatica, neuronal hyperplasia and significantly increased eosinophil and mast cell trafficking to colonic PP sites were evident in rat tissues. Nerve-eosinophil associations were significantly elevated in infected colon and colonic PP, as were colonic tissue levels of the circulatory recruitment factors IL-5 and eotaxin. Increased immunoreactivity for neuronal plasticity markers GAP-43 and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) was also found in infected tissues. Such neuronal alterations in the PP during enteric parasitism may have functional consequences on particular or pathogen uptake.
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- L M O'Brien
- UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine and the Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Jiang Y, Chen G, Zheng Y, Lu L, Wu C, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Cao X. TLR4 signaling induces functional nerve growth factor receptor p75NTR on mouse dendritic cells via p38MAPK and NF-kappa B pathways. Mol Immunol 2008; 45:1557-66. [PMID: 18006062 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2007] [Accepted: 10/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Many neuropeptides that are produced by immune cells have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of immunological disorders. Nerve growth factor (NGF) and its receptors are found to be widely expressed in the immune system and regulate both innate and adaptive immune responses. However, the underlying mechanisms by which NGF contributes to pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases remain to be fully understood. Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent initiator for inflammatory and immune responses upon recognization and activation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs). In this study, we demonstrated that stimulation with TLR ligand lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but not lipoteichoic acid (LTA), Poly (I:C) and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN), could significantly induce expression of NGF and NGF receptor p75(NTR) on mouse bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) in vitro in dose- and time-dependent manners. The expression of NGF and NGF receptor p75(NTR) also increased on splenic DCs isolated from the mice injected with LPS in vivo. However, there was no such effect on DCs derived from TLR4-deficient mice, indicating the LPS-induced upregulation of NGF and p75(NTR) was TLR4 pathway-dependent. Furthermore, LPS-induced upregulation of NGF and p75(NTR) could be inhibited by p38MAPK inhibitor SB203580 and NF-kappaB inhibitor PDTC, suggesting TLR4-triggered activation of p38MAPK and NF-kappaB pathways are responsible for the process. Interestingly, NGF could markedly promote LPS-pretreated BMDCs to secret IL-12p40 and TNF-alpha, which could be abolished by pretreatment with p75(NTR) antagonist or the specific small interference RNA duplex targeting p75(NTR) (p75-siRNA), suggesting the inducible p75(NTR) is critical for the TLR4-initiated inflammatory effect of NGF on BMDCs. Thus, TLR4 signaling can induce expression of NGF and p75 (NTR) on DCs via activation of p38 MAPK and NF-kappaB pathways, suggesting that NGF may be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases.
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- Yingming Jiang
- Institute of Immunology and National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Freund-Michel V, Frossard N. The nerve growth factor and its receptors in airway inflammatory diseases. Pharmacol Ther 2007; 117:52-76. [PMID: 17915332 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 07/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The nerve growth factor (NGF) belongs to the neurotrophin family and induces its effects through activation of 2 distinct receptor types: the tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA) receptor, carrying an intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity in its intracellular domain, and the receptor p75 for neurotrophins (p75NTR), belonging to the death receptor family. Through activation of its TrkA receptor, NGF activates signalling pathways, including phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma), phosphatidyl-inositol 3-kinase (PI3K), the small G protein Ras, and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK). Through its p75NTR receptor, NGF activates proapoptotic signalling pathways including the MAPK c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), ceramides, and the small G protein Rac, but also activates pathways promoting cell survival through the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). NGF was first described by Rita Levi-Montalcini and collaborators as an important factor involved in nerve differentiation and survival. Another role for NGF has since been established in inflammation, in particular of the airways, with increased NGF levels in chronic inflammatory diseases. In this review, we will first describe NGF structure and synthesis and NGF receptors and their signalling pathways. We will then provide information about NGF in the airways, describing its expression and regulation, as well as pointing out its potential role in inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, and remodelling process observed in airway inflammatory diseases, in particular in asthma.
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- V Freund-Michel
- EA 3771 Inflammation and Environment in Asthma, University Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg I, Faculty of Pharmacy, Illkirch, France.
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DiScipio RG, Schraufstatter IU. The role of the complement anaphylatoxins in the recruitment of eosinophils. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 7:1909-23. [PMID: 18039528 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2007] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Eosinophils are blood and tissue immune cells that participate in a diverse range of activities normally beneficial for the host defense, but in circumstances of untoward inflammatory conditions these cells can be responsible for pathological responses. Accordingly the transit of eosinophils from the blood to tissues is a subject of considerable importance in immunology. In this article we review how the complement anaphylatoxins, C3a and C5a bring about eosinophil extravasation. These mediators do not merely provide a chemotactic or haptotactic gradient but are responsible for orchestrating innumerable responses by other cells types, including of endothelial cells, mast cells, and basophils in order to create an environment that is conducive for eosinophil infiltration. C5a has the capacity to prime the endothelium directly to present P-selectin, and C5a stimulated generation of eosinophil hydrogen peroxide and other oxidants can cause additional upregulation of endothelial P-selectin and ICAM-1. Moreover, the anaphylatoxins have the ability to recruit mast cells and basophils and can stimulate these cells to release IL-4 and IL-13, which by augmenting endothelial VCAM-1, convey some selectivity for eosinophils. The anaphylatoxins also have the capability to evoke the release and activation of eosinophil MMP-9, which is employed by this cell type to digest its way past the subendothelial matrix. Finally, because C3a and C5a can stimulate the generation of nitric oxide along with the secretion of histamine and LTC4 from several cell types, the anaphylatoxins can bring about an increase in vascular permeability that facilitates eosinophil accumulation at sites of allergic inflammation.
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- Richard G DiScipio
- La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine, 4570 Executive Dr. #100, San Diego, CA 92122, USA.
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Chung YJ, Farraj A, Coates NH, Gavett SH, Ward MDW. Increased neurotrophin production in a Penicillium chrysogenum-induced allergic asthma model in mice. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2007; 70:1020-6. [PMID: 17497413 DOI: 10.1080/15287390601172023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Neurotrophins, including nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and neurotrophin (NT)-3, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of many features and symptoms of asthma. The role of neurotrophins in fungal allergic asthma, however, is unknown. Repeated pulmonary challenge with Penicillium chrysogenum extract (PCE) induces dose-dependent allergic asthma-like responses in mice. The aim of this study was to investigate whether neurotrophins are involved in the PCE-induced allergic airway response in mice. Mice were exposed to 10, 20, 50, or 70 microg PCE by involuntary aspiration 4 times over 1 mo. Bronchial alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was collected immediately before and after the final exposure. The levels of NGF, NT-3, and NT-4 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The lungs were fixed and processed for immunohistochemical examination of NGF production. PCE-exposed mice had dose-dependent increases in NGF, NT-3, and NT-4 in both BALF and sera. Exposures to PCE produced elevation in positive immunohistochemical staining for NGF in the airway epithelium and smooth muscle cells, in addition to infiltrated cells such as mononuclear cells, eosinophils, and macrophages. Taken together, this is the first study to link fungal allergic asthma in an experimental model with enhanced production of neurotrophins in the airways, and suggests that neurotrophins may play a role in the etiology of mold-induced asthma in humans.
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- Yong Joo Chung
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Recruitment and activation of eosinophils into the airways of asthma patients is suggested to be a contributing causative agent in the histopathologies and lung dysfunction that are characteristic of asthma. Recent studies in mouse models of asthma and in human patients implicate eosinophils in immune regulation and remodeling in the lung in addition to their hypothesized role as destructive agents. Specifically, eosinophils not only participate in release of granule proteins, lipid mediators, reactive oxygen species, cytokines, and growth factors but also function through complex cell-cell interactions to elicit chronic T helper 2 inflammation in the lung. This review highlights the roles of eosinophils in asthma.
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- Elizabeth A Jacobsen
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, SCJMRB-RESEARCH, Mayo Clinic Arizona, 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
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Rochlitzer S, Nassenstein C, Braun A. The contribution of neurotrophins to the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. Biochem Soc Trans 2006; 34:594-9. [PMID: 16856870 DOI: 10.1042/bst0340594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The neurotrophins nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, NT-3 (neurotrophin 3) and NT-4 are known for regulating neuron development, function and survival. Beyond this, neurotrophins were found to exert multiple effects on non-neuronal cells such as immune cells, smooth muscle and epithelial cells. In allergic asthma, airway inflammation, airway obstruction, AHR (airway hyperresponsiveness) and airway remodelling are characteristic features, indicating an intensive interaction between neuronal, structural and immune cells in the lung. In allergic asthma patients, elevated neurotrophin levels in the blood and locally in the lung are commonly observed. Additionally, structural cells of the lung and immune cells, present in the lung during airway inflammation, were shown to be capable of neurotrophin production. A functional relationship between neurotrophins and the main features of asthma was revealed, as airway obstruction, airway inflammation, AHR and airway remodelling were all shown to be stimulated by neurotrophins. The aim of the present review is to provide an overview of neurotrophin sources and target cells in the lung, concerning their possible role as mediators between structural cells, immune cells and neurons, connecting the different features of allergic asthma.
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- S Rochlitzer
- Immunology and Allergology, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Nikolai-Fuchs-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Nassenstein C, Möhring UH, Luttmann W, Virchow JC, Braun A. Differential expression of the neurotrophin receptors p75NTR, TrkA, TrkB and TrkC in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 57 Suppl 2:55-63. [PMID: 16584874 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2006.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Neurotrophins are involved in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. In addition to their influence on afferent sensory nerves within the lung, it has been shown in the last years that these factors modulate allergic airway inflammation. The knowledge about their immunomodulatory roles on diverse subsets of immune cells is still fragmentary and incomplete. Since neurotrophin receptor surface expression is essential for neurotrophin action, the aim of our study was to systematically investigate the expression pattern of the low affinity pan neurotrophin receptor p75NTR as well as the high-affinity receptors TrkA, TrkB and TrkC in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Our results show that each of the receptors has an individual expression pattern in diverse immune cell subtypes. However, there were no differences in neurotrophin receptor expression in healthy controls and patients with allergies.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Asthma/immunology
- Asthma/pathology
- Cell Survival
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Male
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor/genetics
- Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor/metabolism
- Receptor, trkA/genetics
- Receptor, trkA/metabolism
- Receptor, trkB/genetics
- Receptor, trkB/metabolism
- Receptor, trkC/genetics
- Receptor, trkC/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rhinitis/immunology
- Rhinitis/pathology
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- Christina Nassenstein
- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent studies have gained widespread information about the complex regulation of genetic, environmental, immunologic, and pharmacologic factors that contribute to the development of allergic inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis. Neuroimmune mechanisms, however, still remain to be elucidated. This review will focus on the interaction between the cutaneous immune and peripheral nervous system in allergic inflammatory skin such as atopic dermatitis. RECENT FINDINGS Neuropeptides and neuropeptide-positive nerve fibres are prominently increased in lesions of atopic dermatitis. The density of nerve fibres is increased while peripheral nerve endings are in an active state of excitation. In this regard, neurotrophins particularly described for their functional role on nerve cells are also expressed in atopic dermatitis skin. In addition, neurotrophins modulate the functional role of eosinophils as main target effector cells in atopic dermatitis, as described recently. Interestingly, eosinophils are capable of neurotrophin as well as neuropeptide production itself, pointing to a bidirectional communication between neuronal cell populations and main target effector cells. SUMMARY Neurotrophins and neuropeptides modulate both the functional activity of sensory neurons and immune cells. We have therefore developed the concept of a neuroimmune network between target effector cells and sensory nerves that links pathogenic events to dysfunctions of the cutaneous immune and peripheral nervous system in allergic inflammatory skin diseases.
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- Ulrike Raap
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany.
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Nockher WA, Renz H. Neurotrophins in allergic diseases: From neuronal growth factors to intercellular signaling molecules. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 117:583-9. [PMID: 16522457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Revised: 11/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Understanding the complex pathophysiology of allergic diseases has been a main challenge of clinical and experimental research for many years. It is well known that the allergic inflammation triggers neuronal dysfunction and structural changes in the diseased tissues such as the airways or the skin. Recent evidence has emerged that the inflammatory response is also controlled by resident tissue cells such as neurons and structural cells. Therefore, signaling molecules that mediate inflammatory interactions among immune, neuronal, and structural cells are becoming a focus of allergy research. Neurotrophins, a family of homologous growth factors initially discovered in the nervous system, display such bidirectional signaling. The expression of neurotrophins, such as nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), is highly upregulated during allergic inflammation. Neurons, structural cells, and invading immune cells were now identified not only as sources but also as targets of neurotrophins within the inflamed tissue. In this review, we provide an actual overview of the role of neurotrophins in the pathobiology of allergic diseases. We discuss recent findings in human and animal studies such as the regulation of neurotrophin expression during allergic inflammation and the effect of neurotrophins on the development and magnitude of allergic reactions.
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- Wolfgang Andreas Nockher
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.
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Long considered to be secondary cells characterized mainly by their ability to be recruited to inflammation sites, these cells are now known to release a wide array of cytotoxic mediators. Moreover they participate in immune response regulation by producing Th1 and Th2 cytokines as well as regulatory cytokines and chemokines. This review describes recent findings about their expression of surface molecules, eosinophil mediators, and the role of both in these novel eosinophil functions.
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- Véronique Decot
- Unité de thérapie cellulaire et banque de tissus, CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
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Nassenstein C, Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Renz H, Braun A. Nerve growth factor: the central hub in the development of allergic asthma? Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 533:195-206. [PMID: 16458292 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Neurotrophins like nerve growth factor (NGF), originally described as nerve growth factors in neuronal development, have been implicated in many physiological processes in the last years. They are now regarded as important factors involved in the resolution of pathological conditions. NGF has profound effects on inflammation, repair and remodeling of tissues. However, in the lung these beneficial effects can transact into disease promoting actions, e.g., in allergic inflammation or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Overproduction of NGF then enhances inflammation, and promotes (neuronal) airway hyperreactivity and neurogenic inflammation. We hypothesize that NGF overexpression in certain vulnerable time windows during infancy could be a major risk factor for the development of asthma symptoms.
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- Christina Nassenstein
- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, 30625 Hannover, and Department of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Hospital of the Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Bischoff SC, Gebhardt T. Role of Mast Cells and Eosinophils in Neuroimmune Interactions Regulating Mucosal Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2006; 579:177-208. [PMID: 16620019 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-33778-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Stephan C Bischoff
- Division of Clinical Nutrition/Prevention and Immunology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Yost BL, Gleich GJ, Jacoby DB, Fryer AD. The changing role of eosinophils in long-term hyperreactivity following a single ozone exposure. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 289:L627-35. [PMID: 15923207 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00377.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ozone hyperreactivity over 24 h is mediated by blockade of inhibitory M2 muscarinic autoreceptors by eosinophil major basic protein. Because eosinophil populations in the lungs fluctuate following ozone, the contribution of eosinophils to M2 dysfunction and airway hyperreactivity was measured over several days. After one exposure to ozone, M2 function, vagal reactivity, smooth muscle responsiveness, and inflammation were measured in anesthetized guinea pigs. Ozone-induced hyperreactivity to vagal stimulation persisted over 3 days. Although hyperreactivity one day after ozone is mediated by eosinophils, AbVLA-4 did not inhibit either eosinophil accumulation in the lungs or around the nerves or prevent hyperreactivity at this time point. Two days after ozone, eosinophils in BAL, around airway nerves and in lungs, were decreased, and neuronal M2 receptor function was normal, although animals were still hyperreactive to vagal stimulation. Depleting eosinophils with AbIL-5 prevented hyperreactivity, thus eosinophils contribute to vagal hyperreactivity by mechanisms separate from M2 receptor blockade. Three days after ozone, vagal hyperreactivity persisted, eosinophils were again elevated in BAL in lungs and around nerves, and M2 receptors were again dysfunctional. At this point, airway smooth muscle was also hyperresponsive to methacholine. Eosinophil depletion with AbIL-5, AbVLA-4, or cyclophosphamide protected M2 function 3 days after ozone and prevented smooth muscle hyperreactivity. However, vagal hyperreactivity was significantly potentiated by eosinophil depletion. The site of hyperreactivity, muscle or nerve, changes over 3 days after a single exposure to ozone. Additionally, the role of eosinophils is complex; they mediate hyperreactivity acutely while chronically may be involved in repair.
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- Bethany L Yost
- Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Johns Hospkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Bracci-Laudiero L, Aloe L, Caroleo MC, Buanne P, Costa N, Starace G, Lundeberg T. Endogenous NGF regulates CGRP expression in human monocytes, and affects HLA-DR and CD86 expression and IL-10 production. Blood 2005; 106:3507-14. [PMID: 16099883 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-10-4055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Our recent results on autocrine nerve growth factor (NGF) synthesis in B lymphocytes, which directly regulates the expression and release of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a neuropeptide known to down-regulate immune response, led us to propose an anti-inflammatory action of NGF. In the present work, we investigated whether the endogenous synthesis of NGF can regulate the expression of CGRP in other antigen-presenting cells, such as monocytes, and whether this may have a functional effect. Our data indicate that human monocytes synthesize basal levels of NGF and CGRP and that, following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation, NGF and CGRP expression are both up-regulated. When endogenous NGF is neutralized, the up-regulation of CGRP expression induced by LPS is inhibited. The expression of membrane molecules involved in T-cell activation such as human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DR) and CD86 is affected by endogenous NGF, and similar effects were obtained using a CGRP(1) receptor antagonist. In addition, NGF deprivation in LPS-treated monocytes significantly decreases interleukin 10 (IL-10) synthesis. Our findings indicate that endogenous NGF synthesis has a functional role and may represent a physiologic mechanism to down-regulate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and CD86 expression and alter the development of immune responses.
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Frossard N, Freund V, Advenier C. Nerve growth factor and its receptors in asthma and inflammation. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 500:453-65. [PMID: 15464052 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2004] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a high molecular weight peptide that belongs to the neurotrophin family. It is synthesized by various structural and inflammatory cells and activates two types of receptors, the TrkA (tropomyosin-receptor kinase A) receptor and the p75(NTR) receptor, in the death receptor family. NGF was first studied for its essential role in neuronal growth and survival. Recent reports indicate that it may also help mediate inflammation, especially in the airways. Several studies in animals have reported that NGF may induce bronchial hyperresponsiveness, an important feature of asthma, by increasing sensory innervation. It may also induce migration and activation of inflammatory cells, which infiltrate the bronchial mucosa, and of structural cells, including epithelial, smooth muscle cells and pulmonary fibroblasts. Increased NGF expression and release is observed in asthma patients after bronchial provocation with allergen. Taken together, the data from the literature suggest that NGF may play a role in inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and airway remodelling in asthma and may help us to understand the neuro-immune cross-talk involved in chronic inflammatory airway diseases.
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- Nelly Frossard
- EA 3771 "Inflammation and Environment in Asthma" Université Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg-I, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France.
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Nockher WA, Renz H. Neurotrophins in clinical diagnostics: pathophysiology and laboratory investigation. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 352:49-74. [PMID: 15653100 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2004] [Revised: 09/24/2004] [Accepted: 10/05/2004] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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There is now growing evidence that a number of multifunctional signaling molecules, originally discovered as signal molecules in specific cells, exert their effects in various other tissue compartments. Neurotrophins, a class of homologues growth factors initially discovered to promote neuronal growth and survival, display such a dual activity and contribute to the development of a variety of non-neuronal tissues. Nowadays, several examples of essential non-neuronal functions played by neurotrophins and of variations of neurotrophin expression that accompany these processes can be presented. As will be shown, neurotrophins are found in many body tissues produced by a variety of non-neuronal cell types such as immune cells, adipocytes, endothelia, epithelia, fibroblasts, keratinocytes and endocrine cells. Assuming a general role as growth and survival factors, changes in neurotrophin expression may reflect physiological or pathological processes, such as activation, proliferation or repair followed by injury in the tissues. Neurotrophins were also present in the systemic blood circulation and variations in blood concentrations indicate vascular as well as peripheral production. In this review, we will discuss changes in local and systemic neurotrophin concentrations as well as their known pathophysiological relationship in various inflammatory and non-inflammatory disorders. Beside the nervous system, these will include diseases of the airways, skin and joints as well as systemic autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, new aspects of neurotrophin actions in maintenance of body energy balance and in reproductive endocrinology will be presented.
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- Wolfgang Andreas Nockher
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital, Philipps Universität, 35033 Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Germany.
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Bachar O, Adner M, Uddman R, Cardell LO. Prolonged exposure to NT-3 attenuates cholinergic nerve-mediated contractions in cultured murine airways. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005; 147:81-9. [PMID: 15848126 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2004] [Revised: 01/28/2005] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chronic airway inflammation may induce subsequent airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) including pathological alteration of neural activity. Asthmatic airways contain elevated levels of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) albeit, their effect on neural activity is unclear. This study evaluates the effects of NT-3 and BDNF on nerve mediated airway contractions in vitro. Tracheal segments from BALB/c J mice were cultured for 4 days with NT-3 or BDNF. Responsiveness to electric field stimulation (EFS) was evaluated in organ-bath and innervation patterns were examined by quantitative immunohistochemistry. In cultured segments the EFS-induced contractions were inhibited by tetrodotoxin or atropine. NT-3 reduced the EFS contractions in a concentration-dependent manner whereas BDNF had no effect. The amount of nerve fibers, found in conjunction with the tracheal smooth muscle, was similar in NT-3 treated and control segments. In conclusion, NT-3 attenuates cholinergic nerve-mediated contractions of airway in vitro. Considering the elevated levels of NT-3 found in asthmatic airways, the findings imply a protective role of NT-3 in AHR.
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- Ofir Bachar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Laboratory of Clinical Experimental Allergy Research, Malmö University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden.
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Nagai T, Arai Y, Emori M, Nunome SY, Yabe T, Takeda T, Yamada H. Anti-allergic activity of a Kampo (Japanese herbal) medicine "Sho-seiryu-to (Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang)" on airway inflammation in a mouse model. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 4:1353-65. [PMID: 15313433 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2003] [Revised: 11/23/2003] [Accepted: 05/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Effects of a Kampo (Japanese herbal) medicine "Sho-seiryu-to (SST, Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang in Chinese)", which has been used for the treatment of allergic bronchial asthma clinically, were examined on ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized allergic airway inflammation model (i.e., bronchial asthma) in a mouse. When SST was orally administered at 0.5 g/kg/day from day 1 to 6 days after OVA inhalation, SST reduced the OVA-specific IgE antibody titer in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids at 7 days after the OVA inhalation. CD4(+) T cells obtained from the mouse lung produced more interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5 but less interferon (IFN)-gamma than T cells from nonsensitized control animals. However, oral administration of SST reduced the production of IL-4 and IL-5 and the production of IFN-gamma returned to the control level. In addition, the IL-4 level was increased in the BAL fluid of the OVA-sensitized animals compared to the nonsensitized control, while the IFN-gamma levels decreased. SST reduced the IL-4 levels in the BAL fluids and returned the IFN-gamma level to control levels. Nerve growth factor (NGF) was increased in the BAL fluids of the OVA-sensitized mice over that of nonsensitized mice, but oral administration of SST augmented the NGF levels to approximately 2 times higher than in the sensitized mice. Although lung cells obtained from sensitized mice produced higher levels of NGF than nonsensitized mice, oral administration of SST augmented the production of NGF by the lung cells even higher ( approximately 2 times more than cells from sensitized mice). Administration of anti-NGF antibody to the airway blocked the effects of SST. These results suggest that SST modulates Th1/Th2 balance in the lungs and augmentation of NGF in the lungs may be related to the effects of SST. Pinellic acid (9S, 12S, 13S-trihydroxy-10E-octadecenoic acid), one component of the herbs of SST [Int. Immunopharmacol. 2 (2002) 1183], was purified from the tuber of Pinellia ternata Breitenbach. Oral administration of pinellic acid (50 microg/kg/day) also reduced the OVA-specific IgE antibody titer in BAL fluids from the sensitized mouse. This result suggests that pinellic acid is one of active ingredient(s) in SST.
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- Takayuki Nagai
- Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
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Bachar O, Adner M, Uddman R, Cardell LO. Nerve growth factor enhances cholinergic innervation and contractile response to electric field stimulation in a murine in vitro model of chronic asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 2004; 34:1137-45. [PMID: 15248863 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.1868.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by airway hyper-responsiveness. Alterations in the neurogenic control are believed to contribute to the pathogenesis. Yet, the long-term interaction between nerves and inflammatory mediators, such as the neurotrophin nerve growth factor (NGF), are not fully understood much due to the absence of appropriate experimental assays. OBJECTIVE To develop an ex vivo mouse organ culture assay and to investigate the effects of NGF on nerve-mediated airway contractions. METHOD Mouse tracheal segments were cultured in periods of up to 16 days. Their contractile responses to electric field stimulation (EFS) were investigated. In addition, the effect of 4 days of NGF treatment was analysed using EFS and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS EFS (0.2-25.6 Hz) induced reproducible and frequency-dependent cholinergic contractions of both fresh and cultured tracheal segments. The main part of the EFS response was blocked by tetrodotoxin or atropine. After 4 days in culture, regional differences appeared, with stronger EFS responses in distal than in proximal segments. More nerve fibres were seen in distal segments than in proximal segments. Treatment with NGF during 4 days of culture increased the innervation of the proximal segments, at the same time as the cholinergic contractile responses to EFS were enhanced dose-dependently. CONCLUSION Culture of tracheal segments appears to be a suitable assay for the examination of long-term effects induced by inflammatory mediators on neurally mediated airway contractions. NGF treatment enhanced the cholinergic, nerve-dependent contractions and increased the amount of nerve fibres seen in the murine tracheal segments, suggesting a role for NGF in the development of airway hyper-responsiveness.
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- O Bachar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Laboratory of Clinical Experimental Allergy Research, Malmö University Hospital, SE-20502, Malmö, Sweden.
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Curran DR, Morgan RK, Kingham PJ, Durcan N, McLean WG, Walsh MT, Costello RW. Mechanism of eosinophil induced signaling in cholinergic IMR-32 cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2004; 288:L326-32. [PMID: 15466250 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00254.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Eosinophils interact with nerve cells, leading to changes in neurotransmitter release, altered nerve growth, and protection from cytokine-induced apoptosis. In part, these interactions occur as a result of activation of neural nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, which is activated by adhesion of eosinophils to neural intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). The mechanism and consequence of signaling after eosinophil adhesion to nerve cells were investigated. Eosinophil membranes, which contain eosinophil adhesion molecules but not other eosinophil products, were coincubated with IMR-32 cholinergic nerve cells. The studies showed that there were two mechanisms of activation of NF-kappaB, one of which was dependent on reactive oxygen species, since it was inhibited with diphenyleneiodonium. This occurred at least 30 min after coculture of eosinophils and nerves. An earlier phase of NF-kappaB activation occurred within 2 min of eosinophil adhesion and was mediated by tyrosine kinase-dependent phosphorylation of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 (IRAK-1). Coimmunoprecipitation experiments showed that both extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and IRAK-1 were recruited to ICAM-1 rapidly after coculture with eosinophil membranes. This was accompanied by an induction of ICAM-1, which was mediated by an IRAK-1-dependent pathway. These data indicate that adhesion of eosinophils to IMR-32 nerves via ICAM-1 leads to important signaling events, mediated via IRAK-1, and these in turn lead to expression of adhesion molecules.
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- David R Curran
- Department of Medicine, RCSI, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Lambiase A, Micera A, Sgrulletta R, Bonini S, Bonini S. Nerve growth factor and the immune system: old and new concepts in the cross-talk between immune and resident cells during pathophysiological conditions. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2004; 4:425-30. [PMID: 15349043 DOI: 10.1097/00130832-200410000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review provides an overview of nerve growth factor and its involvement in the immune system. Furthermore, recent data are provided revealing new important insights into the mechanisms of action of nerve growth factor in allergic reaction. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies on the effects of nerve growth factor on the immune cells involved allergic reaction, and on the potential role of nerve growth factor in tissue remodelling are presented. SUMMARY Nerve growth factor has an extended function from the nervous system to a wide range of activities in the immune system. Several papers have highlighted the role of the factor in allergic inflammation. This review describes old and new concepts of nerve growth factor in the immune system: the relation between nerve growth factor and the main cells taking part in allergic inflammatory disorders, structural cells, mediators and cytokines/chemokines, as well as the mechanisms leading to nerve growth factor increase. Understanding these complex mechanisms will introduce new therapeutic approaches for nerve growth factor in the immune system, in addition to those already established in the nervous system.
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- Alessandro Lambiase
- CIR Ophthalmology Laboratory, 'Campus Bio-Medico' and G.B. Bietti Eye Foundation, and San Raffaele H Research, Rome, Italy
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INTRODUCTION The nerve growth factor (NGF) is known as a factor involved in neuronal growth and survival. From recent studies it may also be considered as a mediator of inflammation, in particular in the airways. STATE OF ART Several animal studies have shown that NGF may increase the sensory innervation, and participate in the bronchial hyperresponsiveness and inflammation observed in the airways of asthmatic patients. Different cell types are capable of secreting NGF: inflammatory cells that infiltrate the bronchial mucosa, and structural cells such as epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells and pulmonary fibroblasts. Furthermore, increased NGF levels have been detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from asthmatic patients. PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSION Altogether, these results suggest that NGF may play a role in inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and airway remodelling in asthma, and may lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms occurring in chronic inflammatory diseases, in particular asthma.
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- V Freund
- EA 3771 Inflammation et environnement dans l'asthme, Université Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg-I, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France
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Prominent blood and tissue eosinophilia is manifested in a number of inflammatory states, particularly in allergic diseases. Eosinophils are a source of numerous cytokines and growth factors, thus in principle they can display both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory activities as well as immunoregulatory ones. In this review, we will discuss the cross-talk between eosinophils and other cell types that they come in contact with in the inflammatory milieu, such as mast cells, fibroblasts and endothelial cells. 'New' roles for eosinophils in cancer and novel activatory signals will also be described.
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- A Munitz
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Walsh MT, Curran DR, Kingham PJ, Morgan RK, Durcan N, Gleich GJ, McLean WG, Costello RW. Effect of eosinophil adhesion on intracellular signaling in cholinergic nerve cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004; 30:333-41. [PMID: 12855409 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0188oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Eosinophil localization to cholinergic nerves occurs in a variety of inflammatory conditions, including asthma. This localization is mediated by interactions between eosinophil integrins and neuronal vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Eosinophil-nerve cell interactions lead to generation of neuronal reactive oxygen species and release of eosinophil proteins. The effects of eosinophil adhesion on neuronal intracellular signaling pathways were investigated. Eosinophil adhesion to IMR32 cholinergic nerves led to a rapid and sustained activation of the nuclear transcription factors nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB and activator protein (AP)-1 in the nerve cells. Eosinophil binding to neuronal ICAM-1 led to a rapid activation of ERK1/2 in nerve cells. Inhibition of ERK1/2 prevented NF-kappaB activation. Eosinophil adhesion to VCAM-1 resulted in AP-1 activation, mediated partially by rapid activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. These data show that adhesion of eosinophils induces mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent activation of the transcription factors NF-kappaB and AP-1 in nerve cells, indicating that eosinophil adhesion may control nerve growth and phenotype.
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