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Wilkinson-Berka JL, Tan G, Jaworski K, Harbig J, Miller AG. Identification of a retinal aldosterone system and the protective effects of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism on retinal vascular pathology. Circ Res 2008; 104:124-33. [PMID: 19038868 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.176008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is being evaluated as a treatment for diabetic retinopathy; however, whether the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and aldosterone influence retinal vascular pathology is unknown. We examined the effect of MR antagonism on pathological angiogenesis in rats with oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR). To determine the mechanisms by which the MR and aldosterone may influence retinal angiogenesis; inflammation and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) were evaluated in OIR and cultured bovine retinal endothelial cells (BRECs) and bovine retinal pericytes (BRPs). In OIR, MR antagonism (spironolactone) was antiangiogenic. Aldosterone may mediate the pathogenic actions of MR in the retina, with 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 mRNA being detected and with aldosterone stimulating proliferation and tubulogenesis in BRECs and exacerbating angiogenesis in OIR, which was attenuated with spironolactone. The MR and aldosterone modulated retinal inflammation, with leukostasis and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mRNA and protein in OIR being reduced by spironolactone and increased by aldosterone. A reduction in G6PD may be an early response to aldosterone. In BRECs, BRPs, and early OIR, aldosterone reduced G6PD mRNA, and in late OIR, aldosterone increased mRNA for the NAD(P)H oxidase subunit Nox4. A functional retinal MR-aldosterone system was evident with MR expression, translocation of nuclear MR, and aldosterone synthase expression, which was modulated by RAAS blockade. We make the first report that MR and aldosterone influence retinal vasculopathy, which may involve inflammatory and G6PD mechanisms. MR antagonism may be relevant when developing treatments for retinopathies that target the RAAS.
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Dace DS, Khan AA, Kelly J, Apte RS. Interleukin-10 promotes pathological angiogenesis by regulating macrophage response to hypoxia during development. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3381. [PMID: 18852882 PMCID: PMC2557127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2008] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aberrant angiogenesis in the eye is the most common cause of blindness. The current study examined the role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in ischemia-induced pathological angiogenesis called neovascularization during postnatal development. IL-10 deficiency resulted in significantly reduced pathological retinal angiogenesis. In contrast to the choroicapillaris where IL-10 interferes with macrophage influx, IL-10 did not prevent anti-angiogenic macrophages from migrating to the retina in response to hypoxia. Instead, IL-10 promoted retinal angiogenesis by altering macrophage angiogenic function, as macrophages from wild-type mice demonstrated increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and nitric oxide (NO) compared to IL-10 deficient macrophages. IL-10 appears to directly affect macrophage responsiveness to hypoxia, as macrophages responded to hypoxia with increased levels of IL-10 and STAT3 phosphorylation as opposed to IL-10 deficient macrophages. Also, IL-10 deficient macrophages inhibited the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells in response to hypoxia while wild-type macrophages failed to do so. These findings suggest that hypoxia guides macrophage behavior to a pro-angiogenic phenotype via IL-10 activated pathways.
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- Dru S. Dace
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Developmental Biology Program, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Zhang SX, Wang JJ, Dashti A, Wilson K, Zou MH, Szweda L, Ma JX, Lyons TJ. Pigment epithelium-derived factor mitigates inflammation and oxidative stress in retinal pericytes exposed to oxidized low-density lipoprotein. J Mol Endocrinol 2008; 41:135-43. [PMID: 18586837 PMCID: PMC2714421 DOI: 10.1677/jme-08-0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Oxidized and/or glycated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) may mediate capillary injury in diabetic retinopathy. The mechanisms may involve pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant effects on retinal capillary pericytes. In this study, these effects, and the protective effects of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), were defined in a primary human pericyte model. Human retinal pericytes were exposed to 100 microg/ml native LDL (N-LDL) or heavily oxidized glycated LDL (HOG-LDL) with or without PEDF at 10-160 nM for 24 h. To assess pro-inflammatory effects, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) secretion was measured by ELISA, and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation was detected by immunocytochemistry. Oxidative stress was determined by measuring intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) formation, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression, and nitric oxide (NO) production. The results showed that MCP-1 was significantly increased by HOG-LDL, and the effect was attenuated by PEDF in a dose-dependent manner. PEDF also attenuated the HOG-LDL-induced NF-kappaB activation, suggesting that the inhibitory effect of PEDF on MCP-1 was at least partially through the blockade of NF-kappaB activation. Further studies demonstrated that HOG-LDL, but not N-LDL, significantly increased ONOO(-) formation, NO production, and iNOS expression. These changes were also alleviated by PEDF. Moreover, PEDF significantly ameliorated HOG-LDL-induced ROS generation through up-regulation of superoxide dismutase 1 expression. Taken together, these results demonstrate pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant effects of HOG-LDL on retinal pericytes, which were effectively ameliorated by PEDF. Suppressing MCP-1 production and thus inhibiting macrophage recruitment may represent a new mechanism for the salutary effect of PEDF in diabetic retinopathy and warrants more studies in future.
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- Sarah X Zhang
- Department of Medicine Endocrinology, Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, 331A, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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Proinflammatory cytokines and angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in vitreous of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and eales' disease. Retina 2008; 28:817-24. [PMID: 18536597 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0b013e31816576d5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the mechanism of angiogenesis in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and Eales' disease (ED) on the basis of the levels of proinflammatory cytokines, angiogenic growth factor, and antiangiogenic factor in the vitreous humor. METHODS Twenty-five patients with PDR, 10 patients with ED, and 25 with macular hole (MH) as control subjects were studied. The concentration of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8, IL-1 beta; chemokine-monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1); angiogenic factor-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); and antiangiogenic factor-pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) in the vitreous fluid obtained from the eyes during vitrectomy were measured by sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1, and VEGF levels in the vitreous were significantly higher in PDR (P < 0.0001) and ED (P < 0.0001) than in MH patients. Conversely, the vitreous level of PEDF was significantly reduced in PDR (P < 0.0001) but not in ED. A significant correlation was observed between VEGF and IL-6 in ED patients. CONCLUSION The authors demonstrate the importance of VEGF in retinal neovascularization of ED which is an idiopathic inflammatory venous occlusion. Further study is required to understand the interrelationship between VEGF and inflammatory cytokines in PDR and ED.
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Ning A, Cui J, To E, Ashe KH, Matsubara J. Amyloid-beta deposits lead to retinal degeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008; 49:5136-43. [PMID: 18566467 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To compare the temporal and spatial expression patterns of amyloid precursor protein (APP), amyloid-beta deposits, inflammatory chemokines, and apoptosis in the retina of a mouse model of Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS Retinas of transgenic mice harboring a mutant presenilin (PS1) and a mutant APP gene were processed for TUNEL and immunohistochemistry with antibodies against APP, amyloid-beta, monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1, and F4/80. Comparisons were made between age groups and between transgenic and wild-type congeners. RESULTS The neuroretina demonstrated age-dependent increases in APP in the ganglion cells (RGCs) and in neurons of the inner nuclear layer (INL). Amyloid-beta demonstrated significant age-dependent deposition in the nerve fiber layer (NFL). TUNEL-positive RGC increased in an age-dependent fashion and in transgenic compared with wild-type congeners. Concomitant overexpression of MCP-1 and intense immunoreactivity for F4/80 suggested that RGCs upregulate MCP-1 in response to amyloid-beta. Activated microglia proliferated in response to MCP-1. In the outer retina, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) demonstrated moderate age-dependent APP immunoreactivity, but nearby drusenlike deposits were not present. Amyloid-beta was observed in the choriocapillaris of the older animals. CONCLUSIONS Amyloid-beta deposits accumulate with age in the retina of a transgenic mouse model of AD. The amyloid-beta loads are accompanied by increased immunoreactivity for MCP-1, F4/80, and TUNEL-positive profiles in the RGC layer. The results suggest that amyloid-beta causes neurodegeneration in the retina of the doubly mutant transgenic mouse model of AD.
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- Allison Ning
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Davies MH, Stempel AJ, Powers MR. MCP-1 deficiency delays regression of pathologic retinal neovascularization in a model of ischemic retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008; 49:4195-202. [PMID: 18487365 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The present study investigates whether retinal neovascularization (NV) and apoptosis are altered in MCP-1-deficient ((-/-)) mice in the OIR model. METHODS Postnatal day (P) 7 MCP-1(-/-) and C57BL/6 (B6) mice were exposed to 75% oxygen for 5 days and then recovered in room air. Immunostaining was performed to localize macrophages/microglia within retinal whole mounts and cross-sections. Retinopathy was qualitatively assessed in FITC-dextran-perfused retinas, and preretinal NV was quantified on P17, P21, and P24. TUNEL analysis was used to compare apoptosis between B6 and MCP-1(-/-) mice. RESULTS MCP-1(-/-) and B6 mice revealed normal vascular development in room air controls and similar vaso-obliteration in oxygen-exposed mice on P12. MCP-1(-/-) mice exhibited significantly reduced vascular tuft-associated F4/80(+) cells compared with B6 mice. FITC-dextran-perfused retinas exhibited prominent neovascular tufts on P17, and quantification of preretinal nuclei revealed no significant differences between MCP-1(-/-) and B6 mice. In contrast, on P21 and P24, MCP-1(-/-) mice exhibited significant increases in preretinal neovascular nuclei compared with B6 controls. These increases in NV in the MCP-1(-/-) mice were associated with a significant reduction in vascular tuft apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that the absence of MCP-1 does not alter normal retinal vascular development. Furthermore, MCP-1(-/-) mice exhibit a similar neovascular response on P17. However, the reduction in tuft-associated macrophages/microglia in the MCP-1(-/-) mice correlates with reduced vascular tuft apoptosis and delayed regression of retinal NV. These findings suggest that macrophages/microglia may contribute to tuft regression through their proapoptotic properties.
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- Michael H Davies
- Department of Pediatrics, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Kakehashi A, Inoda S, Mameuda C, Kuroki M, Jono T, Nagai R, Horiuchi S, Kawakami M, Kanazawa Y. Relationship among VEGF, VEGF receptor, AGEs, and macrophages in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2008; 79:438-45. [PMID: 18053608 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE We studied the roles of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), its receptor (flt-1), advanced glycation end products (AGEs), and macrophages in the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS Ocular fluid and small specimens of iris and neovascular membrane were obtained from 30 patients who underwent vitreous surgery (19 eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy [PDR], 11 eyes with non-diabetic ocular diseases). VEGF and AGE levels in ocular fluid were assayed by ELISA. Immunohistochemical studies of VEGF, flt-1, AGEs, and macrophage were performed on the ocular tissues. RESULTS The mean VEGF and AGE levels in the vitreous (695.7pg/ml and 2.4mg/ml, respectively) were significantly higher in diabetic than in non-diabetic eyes (25.9pg/ml, p=0.0007 and 1.3mg/ml, p=0.005, respectively). Likewise, in the aqueous humor, VEGF and AGE levels were significantly higher in diabetic than in non-diabetic eyes. VEGF levels in the vitreous and aqueous humor were correlated significantly (r=0.6; p=0.02), but AGEs were not. The VEGF levels were not correlated with AGE levels in the aqueous or vitreous. In the iris, VEGF, AGEs, and macrophages were stained more prominently in the specimens from patients with diabetes than from patients without diabetes, while flt-1 staining did not differ. The Neovascular membranes were stained much more prominently for all (VEGF, flt-1, AGEs and macrophages) even when compared with the iris from patients with diabetes. CONCLUSIONS By analyzing aqueous and vitreous humor, proliferative membranes, and iris from the same patients, the current clinical study strongly supports previous reports that showed the role of VEGF, macrophages, and AGEs in the development of diabetic proliferative retinopathy. From the results of the current study, we showed that flt-1 plays an important role in the development of retinal neovascular membranes but the role is uncertain in the iris and retina.
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- Akihiro Kakehashi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Omiya, Japan.
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Zhang LN, da Cunha V, Martin-McNulty B, Rutledge J, Vergona R, Sullivan ME, Wang YXJ. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 or macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha deficiency does not affect angiotensin II-induced intimal hyperplasia in carotid artery ligation model. Cardiovasc Pathol 2007; 16:231-6. [PMID: 17637431 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Revised: 11/28/2006] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Angiotensin II (Ang II) promotes atherosclerotic vascular diseases, in which proinflammatory and proliferative effects play a major pathogenic role. Ang II up-regulates chemokines, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha, which are important pro-inflammatory factors mediating infiltration of inflammatory cells into atherosclerotic lesion. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the presence of MCP-1 or MIP-1alpha is essential in Ang II-induced intimal hyperplasia in the carotid artery ligation model. METHODS Six-month-old male C57BL/6-, MCP-1-, or MIP-1alpha-deficient mice underwent ligation of the common left carotid artery and were randomly assigned to receive either vehicle or Ang II (1.4 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) via a subcutaneously implanted osmotic infusion pump (model 2004, Alzet) for 4 weeks. RESULTS Ang II not only increased MCP-1 and MIP-1alpha production but also enhanced neo-intimal formation, media thickness, and adventitia development in the ligated carotid arteries in C57BL/6 mice. However, MCP-1 or MIP-1alpha deficiency failed to affect intimal hyperplasia in vascular remodeling. CONCLUSION These results indicate that MCP-1 or MIP-1alpha may not be essential in mediating the proliferative effects of Ang II, a major pathological changes in intimal hyperplasia in the carotid artery ligation model.
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- Le-Ning Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, Berlex Bioscience, Richmond, CA 94806, USA.
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Blood vessels that supply the inner portion of the retina are extensively reorganized during development. The vessel regression, sprouting angiogenesis, vascular remodelling and vessel differentiation events involved critically depend on cell-cell signalling between different cellular components such as neurons, glia, endothelial cells, pericytes and immune cells. Studies in mice using transgenic and gene deletion approaches have started to unravel the genetic basis of some of these signalling pathways and have lead to a much improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling retinal blood vessel behaviour both during development and under pathological conditions. Such insight will provide the basis of future therapeutic approaches aimed at manipulating retinal blood vessels.
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- Marcus Fruttiger
- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, UK.
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Harada C, Okumura A, Namekata K, Nakamura K, Mitamura Y, Ohguro H, Harada T. Role of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and nuclear factor kappa B in the pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2006; 74:249-56. [PMID: 16730843 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Intraocular concentrations of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) are increased in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor, and NF-kappaB binding site is located in gene promoter of MCP-1. This study was conducted to investigate the potential role of MCP-1 and NF-kappaB in the pathogenesis of PDR. Epiretinal membrane (ERM) samples were obtained during vitrectomy from 19 eyes with PDR and 16 eyes with idiopathic ERM. They were processed for RT-PCR analysis. Four PDR ERMs were processed for immunohistochemical analysis. In addition, cultured Müller glial cells were stimulated with glycated albumin or high glucose. After the stimulation, we examined nuclear localization of NF-kappaB p50, MCP-1 promoter activity, and MCP-1 concentration in culture media. MCP-1 mRNA expression was significantly higher in PDR (74%) than in idiopathic ERMs (38%) (P < 0.05). Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that MCP-1 protein is colocalized with active form of NF-kappaB p50. In vitro studies demonstrated that glycated albumin or high glucose induces NF-kappaB activation followed by up-regulation of MCP-1 promoter activity and protein production in glial cells. These results suggest that MCP-1, under the regulation of NF-kappaB, is involved in the pathogenesis of PDR.
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- Chikako Harada
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan
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Takanohashi A, Yabe T, Schwartz JP. Pigment epithelium-derived factor induces the production of chemokines by rat microglia. Glia 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.20351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Nakayama T, Mutsuga N, Yao L, Tosato G. Prostaglandin E2 promotes degranulation-independent release of MCP-1 from mast cells. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 79:95-104. [PMID: 16275896 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0405226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mast cells (MCs) are common components of inflammatory infiltrates and a source of proangiogenic factors. Inflammation is often accompanied by vascular changes. However, little is known about modulation of MC-derived proangiogenic factors during inflammation. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the proinflammatory mediator prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on MC expression and release of proangiogenic factors. We report that PGE2 dose-dependently induces primary MCs to release the proangiogenic chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). This release of MCP-1 is complete by 2 h after PGE2 exposure, reaches levels of MCP-1 at least 15-fold higher than background, and is not accompanied by degranulation or increased MCP-1 gene expression. By immunoelectron microscopy, MCP-1 is detected within MCs at a cytoplasmic location distinct from the secretory granules. Dexamethasone and cyclosporine A inhibit PGE2-induced MCP-1 secretion by approximately 60%. Agonists of PGE2 receptor subtypes revealed that the EP1 and EP3 receptors can independently mediate MCP-1 release from MCs. These observations identify PGE2-induced MCP-1 release from MCs as a pathway underlying inflammation-associated angiogenesis and extend current understanding of the activities of PGE2.
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- Takayuki Nakayama
- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Nishi T, Maier CM, Hayashi T, Saito A, Chan PH. Superoxide dismutase 1 overexpression reduces MCP-1 and MIP-1 alpha expression after transient focal cerebral ischemia. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2005; 25:1312-24. [PMID: 15829914 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines are quickly upregulated in response to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury; however, the relationship between I/R-induced oxidative stress and cytokine/chemokine expression has not been elucidated. We investigated the temporal profile of cytokine and chemokine gene expression in transient focal cerebral ischemia using complementary DNA array technology. Among 96 genes studied, 10, 4, 11, and 5 genes were increased at 6, 12, 24, and 72 h of reperfusion, respectively, whereas, 4, 11, 8, and 21 genes, respectively, were decreased. To clarify the relationship between chemokines and oxidative stress, we compared the gene and protein expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) in wild-type (WT) mice and copper/zinc-superoxide dismutase (SOD 1) transgenic (Tg) mice. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and MIP-1 alpha mRNA were significantly upregulated at 6 to 12 h of reperfusion. In the SOD 1 Tg mice, however, MCP-1 and MIP-1 alpha mRNA expression was significantly decreased 12 h postinsult. In the WT mice, MCP-1 and MIP-1 alpha protein expression peaked 24 h after onset of reperfusion determined by immunohistochemistry. In the SOD 1 Tg mice, MCP-1 and MIP-1 alpha immunopositive cells were reduced, as were concentrations of these proteins (measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) at 24 h of reperfusion. Our results suggest that MCP-1 and MIP-1 alpha expression is influenced by I/R-induced oxidative stress after transient focal stroke.
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- Tatsuro Nishi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Yoshida S, Yamaji Y, Yoshida A, Noda Y, Kumano Y, Ishibashi T. Rapid genotyping for most common TGFBI mutations with real-time polymerase chain reaction. Hum Genet 2005; 116:518-24. [PMID: 15744520 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1269-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2004] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Recent studies of the corneal dystrophies (CDs) have shown that most cases of granular CD, Avellino CD, and lattice CD type I are caused by mutations in the human transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid diagnostic assay to detect mutations in the TGFBI gene. Sixty-six patients from 64 families with TGFBI-associated CD were studied. A primer probe set was designed to examine the genome from exons 4 and 12 of the TGFBI gene in order to identify mutant and wild-type alleles. A region spanning the mutations was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a commercial cycler. Mutations were then identified by melting curve analysis of the hybrid formed between the PCR product and a specific fluorescent probe. Using this system, we clearly distinguished each CD genotype (homozygous and heterozygous 418G-->A, heterozygous 417C-->T, heterozygous 1710C-->T, and wild-type) of all the patients by means of the clearly distinct melting peaks at different temperatures. One thermal cycling took approximately 54 min, and all results were completely in concordance with the genotypes determined by conventional DNA sequencing. Thus, the technique is accurate and can be used for routine clinical diagnosis. We expect that our new method will help in making precise diagnoses of patients with atypical CDs and aid the revision of the clinical classification of inherited corneal diseases based on the genetic pathogenesis.
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- Shigeo Yoshida
- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
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Takanohashi A, Yabe T, Schwartz JP. Pigment epithelium-derived factor induces the production of chemokines by rat microglia. Glia 2005; 51:266-78. [PMID: 15816038 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Many studies have shown that pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) has neurotrophic effects on retinal cells and hippocampal, spinal cord, and cerebellar granule cell neurons, but much less work has examined the effects of PEDF on glia. In this study, we show that PEDF changes microglial morphology within 1 h of exposure, to a more deactivated form, while having no effect on the expression of such activation markers as OX-42 and ED-1. In contrast, urea activates acid phosphatase, and PEDF blocks that activation. PEDF also activates NFkappaB, accompanied by the induction of mRNAs and proteins for the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha, MIP-2, and MIP-3alpha. All the chemokines stimulate acid phosphatase activity, and high doses of MIP-2 and MIP-3alpha), alter the morphology of the microglia at 1 h after treatment. These results suggest that the use of PEDF for clinical treatments, such as for retinal neovascularization, brain injury, or ischemia, should be undertaken with caution because of the possibility of induction of inflammation caused by microglial or other immune cell migration in response to the chemokines induced by PEDF.
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- Asako Takanohashi
- Neurotrophic Factors Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0151, USA
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Niiyama H, Kai H, Yamamoto T, Shimada T, Sasaki KI, Murohara T, Egashira K, Imaizumi T. Roles of endogenous monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in ischemia-induced neovascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 44:661-6. [PMID: 15358037 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2004] [Revised: 03/18/2004] [Accepted: 04/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the role of endogenous monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 in ischemia-induced neovascularization. BACKGROUND Roles of inflammatory changes including macrophage infiltration are suggested in ischemic neovascularization. METHODS Unilateral hindlimb ischemia was induced by excising surgically the entire femoral artery and vein in mice. Immediately after operation, plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid encoding a dominant negative mutant of MCP-1 (7ND) or the empty plasmid (mock) was injected into the ipsilateral thigh adductor muscle. RESULTS In mock-treated mice, MCP-1 was upregulated transiently in ischemic hindlimb peaking at day 3. Serial laser Doppler blood flow (LDBF) analysis showed an abrupt decrease in blood flow, followed by a recovery to the near-normal levels in mock-treated mice; 7ND treatment had no effects on the initial decrease in LDBF but deteriorated the recovery. At day 3, macrophage infiltration and inductions of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were prominent in the ischemic adductor muscle in mock-treated mice; 7ND treatment significantly reduced macrophage infiltration and suppressed TNF-alpha and VEGF inductions in response to ischemia. At day 21, postmortem angiography and anti-CD31 immunohistostaining revealed well-developed collateral vessels and capillary formation, respectively, in the ischemic muscle of mock-treated mice; 7ND overexpression remarkably suppressed the collateral vessel formation and capillary formation. CONCLUSIONS Endogenous MCP-1 may play a role in ischemia-induced neovascularization by recruiting macrophages that activate TNF-alpha and VEGF inductions.
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- Hiroshi Niiyama
- Third Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Yoshida S, Yoshida A, Ishibashi T. Induction of IL-8, MCP-1, and bFGF by TNF-alpha in retinal glial cells: implications for retinal neovascularization during post-ischemic inflammation. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2004; 242:409-13. [PMID: 15029502 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0874-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2003] [Revised: 01/07/2004] [Accepted: 01/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We have demonstrated that macrophages/microglia were activated during post-ischemic inflammation in a mouse model of ischemic retinal neovascularization, and that the angiogenesis induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) appeared to be modulated through such angiogenic factors as interleukin-8 (IL-8), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in microvascular endothelial cells. We have extended these studies, and investigated whether TNF-alpha is localized in macrophages/microglia in the mouse model of retinal neovascularization, and whether TNF-alpha can induce angiogenic factors in retinal glial cells. METHODS C57BL/6 J pups were placed in a 75% oxygen environment on postnatal day 7 (P7) for 5 days and then returned to room air. The co-localization of TNF-alpha with macrophages/microglia in the ischemic retina was examined by fluorescent immunohistochemistry. Bovine retinal glial cells were isolated for Northern blot analysis to quantify the expression levels of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), IL-8, bFGF, and VEGF. RESULTS Double staining of retinas revealed that the TNF-alpha expression level was enhanced in macrophages/microglia 4 days after the hypoxia. Cellular mRNA levels of MCP-1, IL-8, and bFGF, but not VEGF, were increased after treating retinal glial cells with TNF-alpha (100 U/ml). CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that TNF-alpha is produced by activated macrophages/microglia and may participate in retinal neovascularization during post-ischemic inflammation through the induction of potent angiogenic factors in an autocrine or paracrine manner.
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- Shigeo Yoshida
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Maidashi, 812-8582 Fukuoka, Japan.
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Yoshida S, Yoshida A, Matsui H, Takada YI, Ishibashi T. Involvement of macrophage chemotactic protein-1 and interleukin-1beta during inflammatory but not basic fibroblast growth factor-dependent neovascularization in the mouse cornea. J Transl Med 2003; 83:927-38. [PMID: 12861033 DOI: 10.1097/01.lab.0000075642.11787.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Corneal neovascularization develops in several pathologic conditions, but its underlying mechanisms remain elusive. We used a mouse inflammatory corneal model (corneas cauterized with silver nitrate) and assessed the role of monocyte/macrophage-attracting factors, macrophage chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), and a proinflammatory cytokine, IL-1beta, on macrophage recruitment and neovascularization. Both MCP-1, IL-1beta protein, and mRNA levels increased markedly 12 hours after the chemical cauterization. In situ hybridization showed that MCP-1 was located in corneal epithelial cells, and IL-1beta was located in corneal epithelial cells and infiltrating inflammatory cells. In addition, double staining of corneas with antibodies specific for monocytes/macrophages and IL-1beta revealed that IL-1beta was found in infiltrating monocytes/macrophages at Day 2 after cauterization. Both IL-1beta and MCP-1 induced neovascularization in a rat cornea model, and the cauterization-induced corneal neovascularization was partially inhibited by subconjunctival injection of anti-IL-1beta or anti-MCP-1. Coadministration of two antibodies inhibited corneal neovascularization slightly more than that by the administration of each. In contrast, administration of the anti-MCP-1 or anti-IL-1beta showed minimal inhibition of basic fibroblast growth factor-driven corneal neovascularization by mouse cornea assay. Cauterized corneas treated with anti-MCP-1 antibody had significantly fewer monocytes/macrophages than control. These results indicate the existence of distinct monocyte/macrophage-involved angiogenic pathways in mouse cornea, in which MCP-1 released from corneal epithelial cells attracts monocytes/macrophages into the cornea, where they release IL-1beta leading to inflammatory neovascularization. In addition, the IL-1beta and MCP-1 released from the corneal epithelial cells may directly induce corneal neovascularization.
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- Shigeo Yoshida
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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