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Huang X, Shen W, Veizades S, Liang G, Sayed N, Nguyen PK. Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Sex and Age Diversity of Gene Expression in Mouse Endothelial Cells. Front Genet 2021; 12:590377. [PMID: 33679877 PMCID: PMC7929607 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.590377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Although it is well-known that sex and age are important factors regulating endothelial cell (EC) function, the impact of sex and age on the gene expression of ECs has not been systematically analyzed at the single cell level. In this study, we performed an integrated characterization of the EC transcriptome of five major organs (e.g., fat, heart-aorta, lung, limb muscle, and kidney) isolated from male and female C57BL/6 mice at 3 and 18 months of age. A total of 590 and 252 differentially expressed genes (DEGS) were identified between females and males in the 3- and 18-month subgroups, respectively. Within the younger and older group, there were 177 vs. 178 DEGS in fat, 305 vs. 469 DEGS in heart/aorta, 22 vs. 37 DEGS in kidney, 26 vs. 439 DEGS in limb muscle, and 880 vs. 274 DEGS in lung. Interestingly, LARS2, a mitochondrial leucyl tRNA synthase, involved in the translation of mitochondrially encoded genes was differentially expressed in all organs in males compared to females in the 3-month group while S100a8 and S100a9, which are calcium binding proteins that are increased in inflammatory and autoimmune states, were upregulated in all organs in males at 18 months. Importantly, findings from RNAseq were confirmed by qPCR and Western blot. Gene enrichment analysis found genes enriched in protein targeting, catabolism, mitochondrial electron transport, IL 1- and IL 2- signaling, and Wnt signaling in males vs. angiogenesis and chemotaxis in females at 3 months. In contrast, ECs from males and females at 18-months had up-regulation in similar pathways involved in inflammation and apoptosis. Taken together, our findings suggest that gene expression is largely similar between males and females in both age groups. Compared to younger mice, however, older mice have increased expression of genes involved in inflammation in endothelial cells, which may contribute to the development of chronic, non-communicable diseases like atherosclerosis, hypertension, and Alzheimer's disease with age.
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- Xianxi Huang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
- Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, United States
- Edinburgh Medical School, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, United States
- Cardiology Section, Department of Veteran Affairs, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, United States
- Cardiology Section, Department of Veteran Affairs, Palo Alto, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Patricia K. Nguyen
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Single-cell RNA sequencing in vision research: Insights into human retinal health and disease. Prog Retin Eye Res 2020; 83:100934. [PMID: 33383180 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Gene expression provides valuable insight into cell function. As such, vision researchers have frequently employed gene expression studies to better understand retinal physiology and disease. With the advent of single-cell RNA sequencing, expression experiments provide an unparalleled resolution of information. Instead of studying aggregated gene expression across all cells in a heterogenous tissue, single-cell technology maps RNA to an individual cell, which facilitates grouping of retinal and choroidal cell types for further study. Single-cell RNA sequencing has been quickly adopted by both basic and translational vision researchers, and single-cell level gene expression has been studied in the visual systems of animal models, retinal organoids, and primary human retina, RPE, and choroid. These experiments have generated detailed atlases of gene expression and identified new retinal cell types. Likewise, single-cell RNA sequencing investigations have characterized how gene expression changes in the setting of many retinal diseases, including how choroidal endothelial cells are altered in age-related macular degeneration. In addition, this technology has allowed vision researchers to discover drivers of retinal development and model rare retinal diseases with induced pluripotent stem cells. In this review, we will overview the growing number of single-cell RNA sequencing studies in the field of vision research. We will summarize experimental considerations for designing single-cell RNA sequencing experiments and highlight important advancements in retinal, RPE, choroidal, and retinal organoid biology driven by this technology. Finally, we generalize these findings to genes involved in retinal degeneration and outline the future of single-cell expression experiments in studying retinal disease.
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Golubev AG. COVID-19: A Challenge to Physiology of Aging. Front Physiol 2020; 11:584248. [PMID: 33343386 PMCID: PMC7745705 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.584248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The death toll of the current COVID-19 pandemic is strongly biased toward the elderly. COVID-19 case fatality rate (CFR) increases with age exponentially, its doubling time being about 7 years, irrespective of countries and epidemic stages. The same age-dependent mortality pattern known as the Gompertz law is featured by the total mortality and its main constituents attributed to cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological, and oncological diseases. Among patients dying of COVID-19, most have at least one of these conditions, whereas none is found in most of those who pass it successfully. Thus, gerontology is indispensable in dealing with the pandemic, which becomes a benchmark for validating the gerontological concepts and advances. The two basic alternative gerontological concepts imply that either aging results from the accumulation of stochastic damage, or is programmed. Based on these different grounds, several putative anti-aging drugs have been proposed as adjuvant means for COVID-19 prevention and/or treatment. These proposals are reviewed in the context of attributing the molecular targets of these drugs to the signaling pathways between the sensors of resource availability and the molecular mechanisms that allocate resources to storage, growth and reproduction or to self-maintenance and repair. Each of the drugs appears to reproduce only a part of the physiological responses to reduced resource availability caused by either dietary calories restriction or physical activity promotion, which are the most robust means of mitigating the adverse manifestations of aging. In the pathophysiological terms, the conditions of the endothelium, which worsen as age increases and may be significantly improved by the physical activity, is a common limiting factor for the abilities to withstand both physical stresses and challenges imposed by COVID-19. However, the current anti-epidemic measures promote sedentary indoor lifestyles, at odds with the most efficient behavioral interventions known to decrease the vulnerability to both the severe forms of COVID-19 and the prevalent aging-associated diseases. To achieve a proper balance in public health approaches to COVID-19, gerontologists should be involved in crosstalk between virologists, therapists, epidemiologists, and policy makers. The present publication suggests a conceptual background for that.
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- Aleksei G. Golubev
- N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Zhu L, Duan W, Wu G, Zhang D, Wang L, Chen D, Chen Z, Yang B. Protective effect of hydrogen sulfide on endothelial cells through Sirt1-FoxO1-mediated autophagy. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 8:1586. [PMID: 33437785 PMCID: PMC7791216 DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-3647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background As a new member of the vasculoprotective gasotransmitter family, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) functions similar to nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO). Endothelial cell (EC) death and autophagy enable cells to cope with the progression of cardiovascular diseases. However, the impacts and underlying mechanisms of H2S in the autophagic process in ECs are not completely understood. Here, we investigated the effects of H2S on autophagy in human vascular ECs. Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were exposed to different concentrations (0, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 µmol/L) GYY4137 (H2S donor) for indicated times (0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 h), with or without pre-treatment with the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) or bafilomycin A1. HUVECs were transfected with sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) overexpression plasmids (PIRES-Sirt1), Sirt1-siRNAs or forkhead box O1 (FoxO1)-siRNA using Lipofectamine 2000. Cell autophagy was evaluated via Western blotting and fluorescence microscopy. Co-immunoprecipitation assay was used to measure acetylation level of FoxO1. The distribution of FoxO1 in the cytoplasm and nucleus was observed using Western blotting and immunofluorescence. Western blotting, flow cytometric analysis, and cell count kit-8 assay were conducted to evaluate the effect of H2S on the oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) induced apoptosis of HUVECs. Results Using both gain- and loss-of-function experiments, we showed that Sirt1-dependent activation of FoxO1, including its nuclear translocation and deacetylation, was critical for mediating H2S-induced autophagy in ECs. Furthermore, H2S-induced autophagy protected ECs from Ox-LDL-induced apoptosis by activating Sirt1. Conclusions These results suggest that Sirt1-mediated autophagy in ECs is a novel mechanism by which H2S exerts vascular-protective actions.
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- Lin Zhu
- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Huang JW, Xie C, Niu Z, He LJ, Li JJ. The relation between Helicobacter pylori immunoglobulin G seropositivity and leukocyte telomere length in US adults from NHANES 1999-2000. Helicobacter 2020; 25:e12760. [PMID: 33002310 DOI: 10.1111/hel.12760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) immunoglobulin G (IgG) seropositivity is prevalent but its relation with leukocyte telomere length (LTL), a cellular aging biomarker, is unclear. METHODS Among 3,472 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycle 1999-2000, LTL was measured with the quantitative polymerase chain reaction. H pylori IgG was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and defined as seropositivity with an immune status ratio score > 0.9. We used linear regression models to examine the relation of H pylori IgG seropositivity with continuous LTL and logistic regression for the relation with short LTL (<10th percentile of the population distribution) adjusting for potential confounders. We stratified the analyses by a priori selected variables. RESULTS Population prevalence of H pylori IgG seropositivity was 31.5% in the overall population with higher prevalence found in those with older age, other races than non-Hispanic whites, lower education, and being born out of the United States. Continuous LTL was non-significantly shorter in those with H Pylori IgG seropositivity versus seronegativity (mean difference = -40.3 bp, 95% CI: -112.4, 31.9). This difference was not significant after adjusting for potential confounders nor stratifying by potential effect modifiers. H Pylori IgG seropositivity was significantly associated with short LTL among the elderly (55-75 years, adjusted OR: 3.06, 95% CI: 1.17, 7.99), but not in the overall population (OR: 1.28, 95% CI: 0.81-2.02). CONCLUSION H Pylori IgG seropositivity was not associated with continuous LTL in the general population but may be associated with an excessively short LTL in the elderly.
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- Jin-Wen Huang
- Department of Gastroenterology, People's Hospital of Longhua District of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Cancer Prevention Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Endoscopy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Aging-Associated Alterations in Mammary Epithelia and Stroma Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108566. [PMID: 33378681 PMCID: PMC7898263 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aging is closely associated with increased susceptibility to breast cancer, yet there have been limited systematic studies of aging-induced alterations in the mammary gland. Here, we leverage high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing to generate a detailed transcriptomic atlas of young and aged murine mammary tissues. By analyzing epithelial, stromal, and immune cells, we identify age-dependent alterations in cell proportions and gene expression, providing evidence that suggests alveolar maturation and physiological decline. The analysis also uncovers potential pro-tumorigenic mechanisms coupled to the age-associated loss of tumor suppressor function and change in microenvironment. In addition, we identify a rare, age-dependent luminal population co-expressing hormone-sensing and secretory-alveolar lineage markers, as well as two macrophage populations expressing distinct gene signatures, underscoring the complex heterogeneity of the mammary epithelia and stroma. Collectively, this rich single-cell atlas reveals the effects of aging on mammary physiology and can serve as a useful resource for understanding aging-associated cancer risk. Using single-cell RNA-sequencing, Li et al. compare mammary epithelia and stroma in young and aged mice. Age-dependent changes at cell and gene levels provide evidence suggesting alveolar maturation, functional deterioration, and potential pro-tumorigenic and inflammatory alterations. Additionally, identification of heterogeneous luminal and macrophage subpopulations underscores the complexity of mammary lineages.
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Lee G, Hoang T, Jung E, Jung S, Han S, Chung M, Chae S, Chae H. Anthocyanins attenuate endothelial dysfunction through regulation of uncoupling of nitric oxide synthase in aged rats. Aging Cell 2020; 19:e13279. [PMID: 33274583 PMCID: PMC7744959 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Endothelial dysfunction is one of the main age‐related arterial phenotypes responsible for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older adults. This endothelial dysfunction results from decreased bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) arising downstream of endothelial oxidative stress. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of anthocyanins and the underlying mechanism in rat thoracic aorta and human vascular endothelial cells in aging models. In vitro, cyanidin‐3‐rutinoside (C‐3‐R) and cyanidin‐3‐glucoside (C‐3‐G) inhibited the d‐galactose (d‐gal)‐induced senescence in human endothelial cells, as indicated by reduced senescence‐associated‐β‐galactosidase activity, p21, and p16INK4a. Anthocyanins blocked d‐gal‐induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and NADPH oxidase activity. Anthocyanins reversed d‐gal‐mediated inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) serine phosphorylation and SIRT1 expression, recovering NO level in endothelial cells. Also, SIRT1‐mediated eNOS deacetylation was shown to be involved in anthocyanin‐enhanced eNOS activity. In vivo, anthocyanin‐rich mulberry extract was administered to aging rats for 8 weeks. In vivo, mulberry extract alleviated endothelial senescence and oxidative stress in the aorta of aging rats. Consistently, mulberry extract also raised serum NO levels, increased phosphorylation of eNOS, increased SIRT1 expression, and reduced nitrotyrosine in aortas. The eNOS acetylation was higher in the aging group and was restored by mulberry extract treatment. Similarly, SIRT1 level associated with eNOS decreased in the aging group and was restored in aging plus mulberry group. These findings indicate that anthocyanins protect against endothelial senescence through enhanced NO bioavailability by regulating ROS formation and reducing eNOS uncoupling.
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- Geum‐Hwa Lee
- Non‐Clinical Evaluation Center Biomedical Research Institute Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
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- Non‐Clinical Evaluation Center Biomedical Research Institute Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
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- Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods (CTCF2) Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
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- Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods (CTCF2) Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
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- Department of Oral Physiology School of Dentistry & Institute of Oral Bioscience Jeonbuk National University Jeonju Korea
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- Department of Pathology Jeonbuk National University Medical School Jeonju Korea
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- Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods (CTCF2) Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
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- Non‐Clinical Evaluation Center Biomedical Research Institute Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
- School of Pharmacy Jeonbuk National University Jeonju Korea
- Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University‐Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital Jeonju Korea
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Li PH, Zhang R, Cheng LQ, Liu JJ, Chen HZ. Metabolic regulation of immune cells in proinflammatory microenvironments and diseases during ageing. Ageing Res Rev 2020; 64:101165. [PMID: 32898718 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The process of ageing includes molecular changes within cells and interactions between cells, eventually resulting in age-related diseases. Although various cells (immune cells, parenchymal cells, fibroblasts and endothelial cells) in tissues secrete proinflammatory signals in age-related diseases, immune cells are the major contributors to inflammation. Many studies have emphasized the role of metabolic dysregulation in parenchymal cells in age-related inflammatory diseases. However, few studies have discussed metabolic modifications in immune cells during ageing. In this review, we introduce the metabolic dysregulation of major nutrients (glucose, lipids, and amino acids) within immune cells during ageing, which leads to dysfunctional NAD + metabolism that increases immune cell senescence and leads to the acquisition of the corresponding senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). We then focus on senescent immune cell interactions with parenchymal cells and the extracellular matrix and their involvement in angiogenesis, which lead to proinflammatory microenvironments in tissues and inflammatory diseases at the systemic level. Elucidating the roles of metabolic modifications in immune cells during ageing will provide new insights into the mechanisms of ageing and therapeutic directions for age-related inflammatory diseases.
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- Pei-Heng Li
- Department of Internal Medicine, Peking Union Medical college Hospital, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Buck Institute for Research on Ageing, Novato, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Pang L, Liu Y, Shen M, Ye J, Chen R, Lan Z, Wu Z, Guo Y, Zhang P. Influence of aging on deterioration of patients with COVID-19. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:26248-26262. [PMID: 33232272 PMCID: PMC7803552 DOI: 10.18632/aging.202136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Aging is an important factor affecting the deterioration of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aging and degeneration of various tissues and organs in the elderly lead to impaired organ function. Underlying conditions such as chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in aged patients are associated with higher mortality. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily interacts with the cell surface receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 and other accessory proteins such as 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) and CD147. Thus, altered receptor signals in aging and chronic disease play a role in SARS-CoV-2 infection, and are associated with a higher risk of deterioration in different organs. In this review, after a brief introduction to the link between aging and receptors for SARS-CoV-2, we focus on the risk of deterioration in different organs of COVID-19 patients considering aging as the main factor. We further discuss the structural and/or physiological changes in the immune system and organs (lung, heart, kidney, vessels, nerve system), as well as those associated with diabetes, in aging patients, and speculate on the most likely mechanisms underlying the deterioration of COVID-19 patients.
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- Limin Pang
- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Raoping County People's Hospital, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Boai Hospital of Zhongshan, Southern Medical University, Zhongshan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Jian B, Hu M, Cai W, Zhang B, Lu Z. Update of Immunosenescence in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Front Immunol 2020; 11:585655. [PMID: 33362768 PMCID: PMC7756147 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.585655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Aging of the central nervous system (CNS) is closely associated with chronic sterile low-grade inflammation in older organisms and related immune response. As an amplifier for neuro-inflammaging, immunosenescence remodels and deteriorates immune systems gradually with the passage of time, and finally contributes to severe outcomes like stroke, dementia and neurodegeneration in elderly adults. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), one of the major causes of vascular dementia, has an intensive connection with the inflammatory response and immunosenescence plays a crucial role in the pathology of this disorder. In this review, we discuss the impact of immunosenescence on the development of CSVD and its underlying mechanism. Furthermore, the clinical practice significance of immunosenescence management and the diagnosis and treatment of CSVD will be also discussed.
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- Banghao Jian
- Department of Neurology, Center for Mental and Neurological Disorders and Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Mental and Neurological Disorders and Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Mental and Neurological Disorders and Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Center of Clinical Immunology, Center for Mental and Neurological Disorders and Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Mental and Neurological Disorders and Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Mental and Neurological Disorders and Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Jiang F, Xu XR, Li WM, Xia K, Wang LF, Yang XC. Monotropein alleviates H2O2‑induced inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis via NF‑κB/AP‑1 signaling. Mol Med Rep 2020; 22:4828-4836. [PMID: 33173962 PMCID: PMC7646929 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2020.11548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Aging is a major risk factor in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Oxidative stress and inflammation are involved in the pathogenesis of CVD, and are closely associated with senescent vascular endothelial cells. Monotropein (Mtp) exerts various bioactive roles, including anti‑inflammatory and antioxidative effects. The aim of the present study was to investigate the function of Mtp in senescent endothelial cells. An MTT assay was performed to evaluate the influence of Mtp on H2O2‑stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Senescent cells were assessed by determining the expression of senescence‑associated β‑galactosidase, high mobility group AT‑hook 1 and DNA damage marker γ‑H2A.X variant histone. Malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH‑Px) and proinflammatory cytokine concentrations were estimated using assay kits to evaluate the levels of oxidative stress and inflammation in HUVECs. The TUNEL assay was performed to identify apoptotic cells. Furthermore, the expression levels of endothelial cell adhesion factors, NF‑κB, activator protein‑1 (AP‑1) and apoptotic proteins were determined via western blotting. Mtp enhanced HUVEC viability following H2O2 stimulation. H2O2‑mediated increases in MDA, proinflammatory cytokine and endothelial cell adhesion factor levels were decreased by Mtp treatment, whereas Mtp reversed H2O2‑mediated downregulation of SOD and GSH‑Px activity. Furthermore, Mtp inhibited cell apoptosis, NF‑κB activation and AP‑1 expression in H2O2‑stimulated HUVECs; however, NF‑κB activator counteracted the anti‑inflammatory, antioxidative and antiapoptotic effects of Mtp. The present study indicated that Mtp ameliorated H2O2‑induced inflammation and oxidative stress potentially by regulating NF‑κB/AP‑1.
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- Feng Jiang
- Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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Volino-Souza M, de Oliveira GV, Conte-Junior CA, Alvares TS. Covid-19 Quarantine: Impact of Lifestyle Behaviors Changes on Endothelial Function and Possible Protective Effect of Beetroot Juice. Front Nutr 2020; 7:582210. [PMID: 33195371 PMCID: PMC7609412 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2020.582210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The current recommendation for reducing person-to-person Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) transmission is social distancing, including remote work and school, and home confinement. However, confinement may cause negative feelings, such as frustration, anger, boredom, and stress, in quarantined people. Furthermore, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity behaviors are commonly linked to home confinement, leading to weight gain, metabolic disorders, smoking, and exacerbated alcohol consumption. As a result, these unhealthy behaviors are typically linked to vascular endothelium damage (endothelial dysfunction), which is a first step for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Given that CVD is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, attenuating the progression of endothelial dysfunction is very important for the control of CVD. Consuming vegetable rich in nitrate, such as beetroots, may be an effective way to prevent endothelial dysfunction. Several emerging studies have recommended beetroot juice in order to improve endothelial function in hypertensive, hypercholesterolemic individuals, as well as in those with CVD risk factors. Therefore, nitrate-rich vegetable consumption, such as beetroot, should be encouraged to be included in the diet during confinement from COVID-19 outbreaks in order to alleviate the potential negative effect of home confinement on cardiovascular health.
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- Mônica Volino-Souza
- Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism Research Group, Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Food Science (PPGCAL), Institute of Chemistry (IQ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism Research Group, Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Nanotechnology Network, Carlos Chagas Filho Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism Research Group, Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Food Science (PPGCAL), Institute of Chemistry (IQ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Nanotechnology Network, Carlos Chagas Filho Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism Research Group, Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Food Science (PPGCAL), Institute of Chemistry (IQ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Bioactive Products and Biosciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Machado-Oliveira G, Ramos C, Marques ARA, Vieira OV. Cell Senescence, Multiple Organelle Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis. Cells 2020; 9:E2146. [PMID: 32977446 PMCID: PMC7598292 DOI: 10.3390/cells9102146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Atherosclerosis is an age-related disorder associated with long-term exposure to cardiovascular risk factors. The asymptomatic progression of atherosclerotic plaques leads to major cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including acute myocardial infarctions or cerebral ischemic strokes in some cases. Senescence, a biological process associated with progressive structural and functional deterioration of cells, tissues and organs, is intricately linked to age-related diseases. Cell senescence involves coordinated modifications in cellular compartments and has been demonstrated to contribute to different stages of atheroma development. Senescence-based therapeutic strategies are currently being pursued to treat and prevent CVD in humans in the near-future. In addition, distinct experimental settings allowed researchers to unravel potential approaches to regulate anti-apoptotic pathways, facilitate excessive senescent cell clearance and eventually reverse atherogenesis to improve cardiovascular function. However, a deeper knowledge is required to fully understand cellular senescence, to clarify senescence and atherogenesis intertwining, allowing researchers to establish more effective treatments and to reduce the cardiovascular disorders' burden. Here, we present an objective review of the key senescence-related alterations of the major intracellular organelles and analyze the role of relevant cell types for senescence and atherogenesis. In this context, we provide an updated analysis of therapeutic approaches, including clinically relevant experiments using senolytic drugs to counteract atherosclerosis.
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- Gisela Machado-Oliveira
- CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal; (C.R.); (A.R.A.M.)
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- CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal; (C.R.); (A.R.A.M.)
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Bo Y, Jian Z, Zhi-Jun S, Quing W, Hua Z, Chuan-Wei L, Yu-Kang C. Panax notoginseng saponins alleviates advanced glycation end product-induced apoptosis by upregulating SIRT1 and antioxidant expression levels in HUVECs. Exp Ther Med 2020; 20:99. [PMID: 32973948 PMCID: PMC7506886 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2020.9229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The present study examined whether Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) alleviated advanced glycation end product (AGE)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). HUVECs were incubated with 300 µg/ml AGEs alone or AGEs and PNS (0.05, 0.5 or 1 mg/ml) for 48 h. The results of the present study demonstrated that PNS effectively promoted cell viability, inhibited apoptosis and suppressed the activity of caspase-3 in AGE-induced HUVECs. The activities of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and malondialdehyde were reduced, and superoxide dismutase activity was increased following treatment with PNS. Furthermore, PNS significantly increased the expression of silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 proteins, and suppressed the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxyggenase-2 proteins in AGE-induced HUVECs. Therefore, the present study demonstrated that PNS reduced AGE-induced apoptosis by upregulating SIRT1 and antioxidants in HUVECs. The present findings suggest that the PNS may as an important pharmacological agent for AGE-induced cardiovascular injury.
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- Yang Bo
- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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Lee HY, Kim HK, Hoang TH, Yang S, Kim HR, Chae HJ. The correlation of IRE1α oxidation with Nox4 activation in aging-associated vascular dysfunction. Redox Biol 2020; 37:101727. [PMID: 33010578 PMCID: PMC7530295 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Oxidative stress attributable to the activation of a Nox4-containing NADPH oxidase is involved in aging-associated vascular dysfunction. However, the Nox4-induced signaling mechanism for the vascular alteration in aging remains unclear. In an aged aorta, the expression of Nox4 mRNA and protein by Nox family of genes was markedly increased compared with a young aorta. Nox4 localization mainly to ER was also established. In the aorta of Nox4 WT mice aged 23–24 months (aged), reactive oxygen species (ROS) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)/oxidative stress were markedly increased compared with the counter KO mice. Furthermore, endothelial functions including eNOS coupling process and acetylcholine-induced vasodilation were significantly disturbed in the aged WT, slightly affected in the counter KO aorta. Consistently, in d-galactose-induced in vitro aging condition, ER-ROS and its associated ER Nox4 expression and activity were highly increased. Also, in chronic d-galactose-treated condition, IRE1α phosphorylation and XBP-1 splicing and were transiently increased, but IRE1α sulfonation was robustly increased in the aging Nox4 WT condition when compared to the counter KO condition. In vitro D-gal-induced aging study, the phenomenon were abrogated with Nox4 knock-down condition and was significantly decreased in GKT, Nox4 inhibitor and 4-PBA, ER chemical chaperone-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The state of Nox4-based ER redox imbalance/ROS accumulation is suggested to determine the pathway “the UPR; IRE1α phosphorylation and XBP-1 splicing and the UPR failure; IRE1α cysteine-based oxidation, especially sulfonation, finally controlling aging-associated vascular dysfunction.
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- Hwa-Young Lee
- Department of Pharmacology and Institute of New Drug Development, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, Republic of Korea; Non-Clinical Evaluation Center Biomedical Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, South Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Institute of New Drug Development, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, Republic of Korea; Non-Clinical Evaluation Center Biomedical Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 16499, Republic of Korea
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- College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 152, Republic of Korea
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- Non-Clinical Evaluation Center Biomedical Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, South Korea; School of Pharmacy, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54907, Republic of Korea.
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Pro-Aging Effects of Xanthine Oxidoreductase Products. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:antiox9090839. [PMID: 32911634 PMCID: PMC7555004 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9090839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The senescence process is the result of a series of factors that start from the genetic constitution interacting with epigenetic modifications induced by endogenous and environmental causes and that lead to a progressive deterioration at the cellular and functional levels. One of the main causes of aging is oxidative stress deriving from the imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species and their scavenging through antioxidants. Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) activities produce uric acid, as well as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, which all may be relevant to such equilibrium. This review analyzes XOR activity through in vitro experiments, animal studies and clinical reports, which highlight the pro-aging effects of XOR products. However, XOR activity contributes to a regular level of ROS and RNS, which appears essential for the proper functioning of many physiological pathways. This discourages the use of therapies with XOR inhibitors, unless symptomatic hyperuricemia is present.
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Yang D, Wei G, Long F, Nie H, Tian X, Qu L, Wang S, Li P, Qiu Y, Wang Y, Hong W, Ni T, Liu X, Zhu YZ. Histone methyltransferase Smyd3 is a new regulator for vascular senescence. Aging Cell 2020; 19:e13212. [PMID: 32779886 PMCID: PMC7511874 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Endothelial cell senescence is one of the main risk factors contributing to vascular diseases. As increasing number of “epigenetic drugs” entering clinical trials, understanding the mechanism of epigenetic regulation in vascular aging has significant implications in finding targets to cure vascular diseases. However, the epigenetic regulation of endothelial senescence remains unclear. Based on the findings that increased protein level of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methyltransferase Smyd3 and elevated H3K4me3 modification happened in angiotensin II (Ang II)‐induced senescence in rat endothelial cells, we are curious about whether and how Smyd3 can regulate endothelial senescence. We found that an increase of Smyd3 alone promoted senescence‐associated phenotypes, while knockdown of Smyd3 blocked senescence in endothelial cells. Furthermore, Smyd3‐specific inhibitor reversed vascular senescence‐associated phenotypes at cellular level. Importantly, Ang II‐induced vascular senescence can be greatly alleviated in Smyd3 knockout (KO) mice and those treated with Smyd3 inhibitor. Mechanistically, Smyd3 directly bound to the promoter region of Cdkn1a (coding for p21), then caused its increased H3K4me3 level and elevated gene expression, and ultimately gave rise to senescence‐associated phenotypes. Intriguingly, Smyd3‐mediated p21 upregulated expression also exists in human tissues of vascular disease, indicating it is probably an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in regulating vascular senescence. Thus, Smyd3 can act as a novel factor regulating endothelial senescence through transcriptionally promoting p21 expression. Blocking the Smyd3‐p21 signaling axis may also have potential medical implications in treating diseases related to vascular aging.
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- Di Yang
- Department of Pharmacology Human Phenome Institute School of Pharmacy Fudan University Shanghai China
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and School of Pharmacy Macau University of Science and Technology Taipa China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering & MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Human Phenome Institute School of Life Sciences and Huashan Hospital Fudan University Shanghai China
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- Department of Pharmacology Human Phenome Institute School of Pharmacy Fudan University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering & MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Human Phenome Institute School of Life Sciences and Huashan Hospital Fudan University Shanghai China
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- Human Aging Research Institute School of Life Sciences Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery Changzheng Hospital Second Military Medical University Shanghai China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research Qilu HospitalShandong University Jinan China
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- College of Pharmacy Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang China
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- College of Pharmacy Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang China
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- College of Pharmacy Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang China
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology Singapore City Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering & MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development Human Phenome Institute School of Life Sciences and Huashan Hospital Fudan University Shanghai China
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- Department of Pharmacology Human Phenome Institute School of Pharmacy Fudan University Shanghai China
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- Department of Pharmacology Human Phenome Institute School of Pharmacy Fudan University Shanghai China
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and School of Pharmacy Macau University of Science and Technology Taipa China
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Global transcriptional downregulation of TREX and nuclear trafficking machinery as pan-senescence phenomena: evidence from human cells and tissues. Exp Mol Med 2020; 52:1351-1359. [PMID: 32859952 PMCID: PMC8080647 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-020-00490-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking (NCT) of macromolecules is a fundamental process in eukaryotes that requires tight controls to maintain proper cell functions. Downregulation of the classical NCT pathway in senescent cells has been reported. However, whether this is a hallmark that exists across all types of cellular senescence remains unknown, and whether the mRNA export machinery is altered during senescence has not been demonstrated. Here, we show that the global transcriptomic downregulation of both the TREX (transcription-export) machinery and classical NLS-dependent protein transport machinery is a hallmark of varying types of senescence. A gene set-based approach using 25 different studies showed that the TREX-NCT gene set displays distinct common downregulated patterns in senescent cells versus its expression in their nonsenescent counterparts regardless of the senescence type, such as replicative senescence (RS), tumor cell senescence (TCS), oncogene-induced senescence (OIS), stem cell senescence (SCS), progeria and endothelial cell senescence (ECS). Similar patterns of TREX-NCT gene downregulation were also shown in two large human tissue genomic databases, the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases. We also found that early-stage cancer tissues show consistent age-related patterns of TREX-NCT enrichment, suggesting the potential significance of TREX-NCT genes in determining cell fate in the early stage of tumorigenesis. Moreover, human cancer tissues exhibit an opposite TREX-NCT enrichment pattern with aging, indicating that deviation from age-related changes in TREX-NCT genes may provide a novel but critical clue for the age-dependent pathogenesis of cancer and increase in cancer incidence with aging. Proteins that move genetic information out of the nucleus and into the rest of the cell may be important in aging, and serve as markers of early-stage cancer. DNA is stored in the cell’s nucleus, and the messages which it encodes must be exported from the nucleus for gene expression. Aging is thought to be linked to a decrease in this export, but the exact mechanism remains unclear. Sung Young Kim, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and co-workers investigated key nuclear export proteins in healthy, cancerous, and aging cells. They found that nuclear export is strongly decreased in aging cells and shows distinctive patterns in very-early-stage cancer cells. These results shed further light on the cellular basis of aging, and may provide novel biomarkers for early cancer detection.
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Watanabe R, Berry GJ, Liang DH, Goronzy JJ, Weyand CM. Pathogenesis of Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis-Similarities and Differences. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2020; 22:68. [PMID: 32845392 DOI: 10.1007/s11926-020-00948-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) are auto-inflammatory and autoimmune diseases with a highly selective tissue tropism for medium and large arteries. In both diseases, CD4+ T cells and macrophages form granulomatous lesions within the arterial wall, a tissue site normally protected by immune privilege. Vascular lesions can be accompanied by an extravascular component, typically an intense hepatic acute phase response that produces well-known laboratory abnormalities, e.g., elevated ESR and CRP. It is unclear whether GCA and TAK lie on a spectrum of disease or whether they represent fundamentally different disease processes. RECENT FINDINGS GCA and TAK share many clinical features, but there are substantial differences in genetics, epidemiology, disease mechanisms, response to treatment, and treatment complications that give rise to different disease trajectories. A significant difference lies in the composition of the wall-infiltrating immune cell compartment, which in TAK includes a significant population of CD8+ T cells as well as natural killer cells, specifying disparate disease effector pathways mediating tissue damage and vessel wall remodeling. Despite the similarities in tissue tropism and histomorphology, GCA and TAK are two distinct vasculitides that rely on separate disease mechanisms and require disease-specific approaches in diagnosis and management.
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- Ryu Watanabe
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Building Room 2225, 269 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA, 94305-5166, USA.,Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Building Room 2225, 269 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA, 94305-5166, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Building Room 2225, 269 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA, 94305-5166, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Building Room 2225, 269 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA, 94305-5166, USA.
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Wyman AE, Nguyen TTT, Karki P, Tulapurkar ME, Zhang CO, Kim J, Feng TG, Dabo AJ, Todd NW, Luzina IG, Geraghty P, Foronjy RF, Hasday JD, Birukova AA, Atamas SP, Birukov KG. SIRT7 deficiency suppresses inflammation, induces EndoMT, and increases vascular permeability in primary pulmonary endothelial cells. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12497. [PMID: 32719338 PMCID: PMC7385158 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69236-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Acute lung injury (ALI), a common condition in critically ill patients, has limited treatments and high mortality. Aging is a risk factor for ALI. Sirtuins (SIRTs), central regulators of the aging process, decrease during normal aging and in aging-related diseases. We recently showed decreased SIRT7 expression in lung tissues and fibroblasts from patients with pulmonary fibrosis compared to controls. To gain insight into aging-related mechanisms in ALI, we investigated the effects of SIRT7 depletion on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory responses and endothelial barrier permeability in human primary pulmonary endothelial cells. Silencing SIRT7 in pulmonary artery or microvascular endothelial cells attenuated LPS-induced increases in ICAM1, VCAM1, IL8, and IL6 and induced endomesenchymal transition (EndoMT) with decreases in VE-Cadherin and PECAM1 and increases in collagen, alpha-smooth muscle actin, TGFβ receptor 1, and the transcription factor Snail. Loss of endothelial adhesion molecules was accompanied by increased F-actin stress fibers and increased endothelial barrier permeability. Together, these results show that an aging phenotype induced by SIRT7 deficiency promotes EndoMT with impaired inflammatory responses and dysfunction of the lung vascular barrier.
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- Anne E Wyman
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Research Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Dias IHK, Milic I, Heiss C, Ademowo OS, Polidori MC, Devitt A, Griffiths HR. Inflammation, Lipid (Per)oxidation, and Redox Regulation. Antioxid Redox Signal 2020; 33:166-190. [PMID: 31989835 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2020.8022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Significance: Inflammation increases during the aging process. It is linked to mitochondrial dysfunction and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Mitochondrial macromolecules are critical targets of oxidative damage; they contribute to respiratory uncoupling with increased ROS production, redox stress, and a cycle of senescence, cytokine production, and impaired oxidative phosphorylation. Targeting the formation or accumulation of oxidized biomolecules, particularly oxidized lipids, in immune cells and mitochondria could be beneficial for age-related inflammation and comorbidities. Recent Advances: Inflammation is central to age-related decline in health and exhibits a complex relationship with mitochondrial redox state and metabolic function. Improvements in mass spectrometric methods have led to the identification of families of oxidized phospholipids (OxPLs), cholesterols, and fatty acids that increase during inflammation and which modulate nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), activator protein 1 (AP1), and NF-κB redox-sensitive transcription factor activity. Critical Issues: The kinetic and spatial resolution of the modified lipidome has profound and sometimes opposing effects on inflammation, promoting initiation at high concentration and resolution at low concentration of OxPLs. Future Directions: There is an emerging opportunity to prevent or delay age-related inflammation and vascular comorbidity through a resolving (oxy)lipidome that is dependent on improving mitochondrial quality control and restoring redox homeostasis.
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- Irundika H K Dias
- Aston Medical Research Institute, Aston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Aston Research Center for Healthy Ageing, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Aston Research Center for Healthy Ageing, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Ageing Clinical Research, Department II of Internal Medicine and Cologne Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, and CECAD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Aston Research Center for Healthy Ageing, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Aston Medical Research Institute, Aston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Hindilerden F, Yonal-Hindilerden I, Sevtap S, Kart-Yasar K. Immune Thrombocytopenia in a Very Elderly Patient With Covid-19. Front Med (Lausanne) 2020; 7:404. [PMID: 32754609 PMCID: PMC7365892 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a decreased number of platelets and mucocutaneous bleeding. Many viruses have been identified as triggers of the autoimmune process, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), parvovirus, rubella, and measles. Association with the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 infection (Covid-19 infection) has been rarely reported. Here, we report the oldest case of ITP patient triggered by the novel coronavirus infection. He showed inadequate response to IVIG but responded to corticosteroids with no severe adverse events. Further studies are warranted to determine the optimal therapeutic strategies for ITP with the Covid-19 infection.
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- Fehmi Hindilerden
- Hematology Clinic, Bakirköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Bakirköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Bakirköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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Wang H, Zhou Y, Yin Z, Chen L, Jin L, Cui Q, Xue L. Transcriptome analysis of common and diverged circulating miRNAs between arterial and venous during aging. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:12987-13004. [PMID: 32609094 PMCID: PMC7377886 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Circulating miRNAs have received extensive attention as non-invasive biomarkers for prediction and diagnosis of disease. However, most samples have been obtained from peripheral venous blood. To evaluate whether peripheral venous miRNAs represent circulating miRNAs from all blood vessels under a given condition, such as aging, we compared the miRNA profiles of venous and arterial plasma between young and aged rats by Illumina next-generation sequencing. The DEseq2 tool was used to obtain differentially-expressed miRNAs. We observed 105 aging-related deregulated miRNAs in vein and 62 in artery, which were highly associated with cell survival and inflammation, respectively. On the other hand, the young and aged groups exhibited a unique arterial-venous bias. There were 54 differentially-expressed miRNAs in the young group and 42 in the aged group; only 8 miRNAs were shared. Further transcriptional factors enrichment analysis found that the shared miRNAs could be partially upregulated by NF-κB and SIRT1. These transcriptional factors could be organ-specific and/or regulated in physiological and aging states as possible causal factors. This study suggested the potential application of circulating miRNAs, which reflect the systematic response to certain conditions, such as aging, and the importance of origin selection for candidate circulating miRNAs.
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- Hao Wang
- Medical Research Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Biobank, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Medical Research Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Biobank, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Medical Research Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.,Biobank, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Oxidative Stress and New Pathogenetic Mechanisms in Endothelial Dysfunction: Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9061995. [PMID: 32630452 PMCID: PMC7355625 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including heart and pathological circulatory conditions, are the world's leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Endothelial dysfunction involved in CVD pathogenesis is a trigger, or consequence, of oxidative stress and inflammation. Endothelial dysfunction is defined as a diminished production/availability of nitric oxide, with or without an imbalance between endothelium-derived contracting, and relaxing factors associated with a pro-inflammatory and prothrombotic status. Endothelial dysfunction-induced phenotypic changes include up-regulated expression of adhesion molecules and increased chemokine secretion, leukocyte adherence, cell permeability, low-density lipoprotein oxidation, platelet activation, and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration. Inflammation-induced oxidative stress results in an increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mainly derived from mitochondria. Excessive ROS production causes oxidation of macromolecules inducing cell apoptosis mediated by cytochrome-c release. Oxidation of mitochondrial cardiolipin loosens cytochrome-c binding, thus, favoring its cytosolic release and activation of the apoptotic cascade. Oxidative stress increases vascular permeability, promotes leukocyte adhesion, and induces alterations in endothelial signal transduction and redox-regulated transcription factors. Identification of new endothelial dysfunction-related oxidative stress markers represents a research goal for better prevention and therapy of CVD. New-generation therapeutic approaches based on carriers, gene therapy, cardiolipin stabilizer, and enzyme inhibitors have proved useful in clinical practice to counteract endothelial dysfunction. Experimental studies are in continuous development to discover new personalized treatments. Gene regulatory mechanisms, implicated in endothelial dysfunction, represent potential new targets for developing drugs able to prevent and counteract CVD-related endothelial dysfunction. Nevertheless, many challenges remain to overcome before these technologies and personalized therapeutic strategies can be used in CVD management.
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Li L, Su C, Chen X, Wang Q, Jiao W, Luo H, Tang J, Wang W, Li S, Guo S. Chlorogenic Acids in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review of Dietary Consumption, Pharmacology, and Pharmacokinetics. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:6464-6484. [PMID: 32441927 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chlorogenic acids (CGAs) have gained considerable attention as pervasive human dietary constituents with potential cardiovascular-preserving effects. The main sources include coffee, yerba mate, Eucommia ulmodies leaves, and Lonicerae Japonicae Flos. CGA consumption can reduce the risks of hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and other factors associated with cardiovascular risk, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. This review recapitulates recent advances of CGAs in the cardiovascular-preserving effects, pharmacokinetics, sources, and safety. Emerging evidence indicates that CGAs exhibit circulatory guarding properties through the suppression of oxidative stress, leukocyte infiltration, platelet aggregation, platelet-leukocyte interactions, vascular remodeling, and apoptosis as well as the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism and vasodilatory action in the cardiovascular system. CGAs exert these effects by acting on complex signaling networks, but the global mechanisms are still not clear. The oral bioavailability of CGA is poor, and there is a potential sensitization concern about CGA. The bioactive metabolites, systematic toxicity, and optimized structure are needed for further identification.
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- Lin Li
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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Millyard A, Layden JD, Pyne DB, Edwards AM, Bloxham SR. Impairments to Thermoregulation in the Elderly During Heat Exposure Events. Gerontol Geriatr Med 2020; 6:2333721420932432. [PMID: 32596421 PMCID: PMC7297481 DOI: 10.1177/2333721420932432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Heat waves represent a public health risk to elderly people, and typically result in an increased rate of hospital admissions and deaths. Studies of thermoregulation in this cohort have generally focused on single elements such as sweating capacity. Sweating capacity and skin blood flow reduce with age, reducing ability to dissipate heat. Perception of effort during heat exposure is emerging as an area that needs further investigation as the elderly appear to lack the ability to adequately perceive increased physiological strain during heat exposure. The role of the gut and endotoxemia in heat stress has received attention in young adults, while the elderly population has been neglected. This shortcoming offers another potential avenue for identifying effective integrated health interventions to reduce heat illnesses. Increasing numbers of elderly individuals in populations worldwide are likely to increase the incidence of heat wave-induced deaths if adequate interventions are not developed, evaluated, and implemented. In this narrative-style review we identify and discuss health-related interventions for reducing the impact of heat illnesses in the elderly.
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- University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Oliveira GV, Volino-Souza M, Cordeiro EM, Alvares TS. Fish protein hydrolysate supplementation improves vascular reactivity in individuals at high risk factors for cardiovascular disease: A pilot study. PHARMANUTRITION 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phanu.2020.100186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Salmon EE, Breithaupt JJ, Truskey GA. Application of Oxidative Stress to a Tissue-Engineered Vascular Aging Model Induces Endothelial Cell Senescence and Activation. Cells 2020; 9:cells9051292. [PMID: 32455928 PMCID: PMC7290800 DOI: 10.3390/cells9051292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Clinical studies have established a connection between oxidative stress, aging, and atherogenesis. These factors contribute to senescence and inflammation in the endothelium and significant reductions in endothelium-dependent vasoreactivity in aged patients. Tissue-engineered blood vessels (TEBVs) recapitulate the structure and function of arteries and arterioles in vitro. We developed a TEBV model for vascular senescence and examined the relative influence of endothelial cell and smooth muscle cell senescence on vasoreactivity. Senescence was induced in 2D endothelial cell cultures and TEBVs by exposure to 100 µM H2O2 for one week to model chronic oxidative stress. H2O2 treatment significantly increased senescence in endothelial cells and mural cells, human neonatal dermal fibroblasts (hNDFs), as measured by increased p21 levels and reduced NOS3 expression. Although H2O2 treatment induced senescence in both the endothelial cells (ECs) and hNDFs, the functional effects on the vasculature were endothelium specific. Expression of the leukocyte adhesion molecule vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) was increased in the ECs, and endothelium-dependent vasodilation decreased. Vasoconstriction and endothelium-independent vasodilation were preserved despite mural cell senescence. The results suggest that the functional effects of vascular cell senescence are dominated by the endothelium.
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- Ellen E. Salmon
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +01-919-660-5147
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Progerin Expression Induces Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Senescence in Human Coronary Endothelial Cells. Cells 2020; 9:cells9051201. [PMID: 32408587 PMCID: PMC7290406 DOI: 10.3390/cells9051201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare premature aging disorder notably characterized by precocious and deadly atherosclerosis. Almost 90% of HGPS patients carry a LMNA p.G608G splice variant that leads to the expression of a permanently farnesylated abnormal form of prelamin-A, referred to as progerin. Endothelial dysfunction is a key determinant of atherosclerosis, notably during aging. Previous studies have shown that progerin accumulates in HGPS patients’ endothelial cells but also during vascular physiological aging. However, whether progerin expression in human endothelial cells can recapitulate features of endothelial dysfunction is currently unknown. Herein, we evaluated the direct impact of exogenously expressed progerin and wild-type lamin-A on human endothelial cell function and senescence. Our data demonstrate that progerin, but not wild-type lamin-A, overexpression induces endothelial cell dysfunction, characterized by increased inflammation and oxidative stress together with persistent DNA damage, increased cell cycle arrest protein expression and cellular senescence. Inhibition of progerin prenylation using a pravastatin–zoledronate combination partly prevents these defects. Our data suggest a direct proatherogenic role of progerin in human endothelial cells, which could contribute to HGPS-associated early atherosclerosis and also potentially be involved in physiological endothelial aging participating to age-related cardiometabolic diseases.
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Unveiling the Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress on Age-Related Cardiovascular Diseases. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2020; 2020:1954398. [PMID: 32454933 PMCID: PMC7232723 DOI: 10.1155/2020/1954398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The global population above 60 years has been growing exponentially in the last decades, which is accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of age-related chronic diseases, highlighting cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, and heart failure. Aging is the main risk factor for these diseases. Such susceptibility to disease is explained, at least in part, by the increase of oxidative stress, in which it damages cellular components such as proteins, DNA, and lipids. In addition, the chronic inflammatory process in aging “inflammaging” also contributes to cell damage, creating a stressful environment which drives to the development of CVDs. Taken together, it is possible to identify the molecular connection between oxidative stress and the inflammatory process, especially by the crosstalk between the transcription factors Nrf-2 and NF-κB which are mediated by redox signalling and are involved in aging. Therapies that control this process are key targets in the prevention/combat of age-related CVDs. In this review, we show the basics of inflammation and oxidative stress, including the crosstalk between them, and the implications on age-related CVDs.
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Venturini W, Olate-Briones A, Valenzuela C, Méndez D, Fuentes E, Cayo A, Mancilla D, Segovia R, Brown NE, Moore-Carrasco R. Platelet Activation Is Triggered by Factors Secreted by Senescent Endothelial HMEC-1 Cells In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21093287. [PMID: 32384773 PMCID: PMC7246568 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aging is one of the main risk factors for the development of chronic diseases, with both the vascular endothelium and platelets becoming functionally altered. Cellular senescence is a form of permanent cell cycle arrest initially described in primary cells propagated in vitro, although it can also be induced by anticancer drugs and other stressful stimuli. Attesting for the complexity of the senescent phenotype, senescent cells synthesize and secrete a wide variety of bioactive molecules. This “senescence-associated secretory phenotype” (SASP) endows senescent cells with the ability to modify the tissue microenvironment in ways that may be relevant to the development of various physiological and pathological processes. So far, however, the direct role of factors secreted by senescent endothelial cells on platelet function remains unknown. In the present work, we explore the effects of SASP factors derived from senescent endothelial cells on platelet function. To this end, we took advantage of a model in which immortalized endothelial cells (HMEC-1) were induced to senesce following exposure to doxorubicin, a chemotherapeutic drug widely used in the clinic. Our results indicate that (1) low concentrations of doxorubicin induce senescence in HMEC-1 cells; (2) senescent HMEC-1 cells upregulate the expression of selected components of the SASP and (3) the media conditioned by senescent endothelial cells are capable of inducing platelet activation and aggregation. These results suggest that factors secreted by senescent endothelial cells in vivo could have a relevant role in the platelet activation observed in the elderly or in patients undergoing therapeutic stress.
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- Whitney Venturini
- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (D.M.); (E.F.)
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7500000, Chile
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
- Núcleo Científico Multidisciplinario, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (D.M.); (E.F.)
- Thrombosis Research Center, Medical Technology School, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohaematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000 Chile
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (D.M.); (E.F.)
- Thrombosis Research Center, Medical Technology School, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohaematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000 Chile
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (D.M.); (E.F.)
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (D.M.); (E.F.)
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Talca Medical School, Talca 3460000, Chile; (W.V.); (A.O.-B.); (C.V.); (A.C.); (D.M.); (R.S.)
- Programa de Investigación Asociativa en Cáncer Gástrico (PIA-CG), Talca 3460000, Chile
- Correspondence: (N.E.B.); (R.M.-C.)
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile; (D.M.); (E.F.)
- Programa de Investigación Asociativa en Cáncer Gástrico (PIA-CG), Talca 3460000, Chile
- Correspondence: (N.E.B.); (R.M.-C.)
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Kolodziejczyk AM, Kucinska M, Jakubowska A, Sokolowska P, Rosowski M, Tkacz‐Szczesna B, Komorowski P, Makowski K, Walkowiak B. Endothelial cell aging detection by means of atomic force spectroscopy. J Mol Recognit 2020; 33:e2853. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Molecular and Nanostructural Biophysics Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Medical University of Lodz Lodz Poland
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- Molecular and Nanostructural Biophysics Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
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- Nanomaterial Structural Research Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Molecular and Nanostructural Biophysics Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering Lodz University of Technology Lodz Poland
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- Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering Lodz University of Technology Lodz Poland
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- Nanomaterial Structural Research Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Molecular and Nanostructural Biophysics Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory Bionanopark Ltd Lodz Poland
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering Lodz University of Technology Lodz Poland
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Griffiths HR, Rooney MCO, Perrie Y. Does Dysregulation of Redox State Underpin the Decline of Innate Immunity with Aging? Antioxid Redox Signal 2020; 32:1014-1030. [PMID: 31989832 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2020.8021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Significance: Antibacterial defense invokes the innate immune system as a first responder, with neutrophils phagocytozing and forming neutrophil extracellular traps around pathogens in a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent manner. Increased NOX2 activity and mitochondrial ROS production in phagocytic, antigen-presenting cells (APCs) affect local cytokine secretion and proteolysis of antigens for presentation to T cells at the immune synapse. Uncontrolled oxidative post-translational modifications to surface and cytoplasmic proteins in APCs during aging can impair innate immunity. Recent Advances: NOX2 plays a role in the maturation of dendritic cells, but paradoxically NOX2 activity has also been shown to promote viral pathogenicity. Accumulating evidence suggests that a reducing environment is essential to inhibit pathogen proliferation, facilitate antigenic processing in the endosomal lumen, and enable an effective immune synapse between APCs and T cells. This suggests that the kinetics and location of ROS production and reducing potential are important for effective innate immunity. Critical Issues: During aging, innate immune cells are less well able to phagocytoze, kill bacteria/viruses, and process proteins into antigenic peptides-three key steps that are necessary for developing a specific targeted response to protect against future exposure. Aberrant control of ROS production and impaired Nrf2-dependent reducing potential may contribute to age-associated immune decline. Future Directions: Local changes in redox potential may be achieved through adjuvant formulations to improve innate immunity. Further work is needed to understand the timing of delivery for redox modulators to facilitate innate immune cell recruitment, survival, antigen processing and presentation activity without disrupting essential ROS-dependent bacterial killing.
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- Helen R Griffiths
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Khor ES, Wong PF. The roles of MTOR and miRNAs in endothelial cell senescence. Biogerontology 2020; 21:517-530. [PMID: 32246301 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-020-09876-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Accumulation of senescent cells in vascular endothelium is known to contribute to vascular aging and increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. The involvement of classical pathways such as p53/p21 and p16/pRB in cellular senescence are well described but there are emerging evidence supporting the increasingly important role of mammalian target of rapamycin (MTOR) as driver of cellular senescence via these pathways or other effector molecules. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a highly conserved group of small non-coding RNAs (18-25 nucleotides), instrumental in modulating the expression of target genes associated with various biological and cellular processes including cellular senescence. The inhibition of MTOR activity is predominantly linked to cellular senescence blunting and prolonged lifespan in model organisms. To date, known miRNAs regulating MTOR in endothelial cell senescence remain limited. Herein, this review discusses the roles of MTOR and MTOR-associated miRNAs in regulating endothelial cell senescence, including the crosstalk between MTOR Complex 1 (MTORC1) and cell cycle pathways and the emerging role of MTORC2 in cellular senescence. New insights on how MTOR and miRNAs coordinate underlying molecular mechanisms of endothelial senescence will provide deeper understanding and clarity to the complexity of the regulation of cellular senescence.
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- Eng-Soon Khor
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Near-infrared spectroscopy-derived muscle oxygen saturation during exercise recovery and flow-mediated dilation are impaired in HIV-infected patients. Microvasc Res 2020; 130:104004. [PMID: 32234365 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2020.104004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy has been associated with the presence of endothelial dysfunction in HIV-infected patients, which may impair oxygen delivery to muscles during exercise and exercise recovery. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to assess muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) kinetics during exercise in different clinical populations in order to evaluate the balance between oxygen delivery and utilization by muscles. However, studies assessing SmO2 in HIV-infected patients have not been conducted. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate NIRS-derived SmO2 during rhythmic handgrip exercise and flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in HIV-infected patients (HIV) compared to non-HIV-infected controls (N-HIV). Eighteen HIV and 17 N-HIV individuals underwent FMD assessment by ultrasound. The subjects then performed one set of rhythmic handgrip exercise until fatigue at 30% maximal isometric voluntary contraction. SmO2 was measured during entire exercise and 2-min exercise 3recovery. Muscle oxygen resaturation rate (upslope of the SmO2 over 10 s of recovery) was calculated. A significant lower FMD (3.5 ± 1.7 vs 5.9 ± 1.5%, P < 0.001) and slower oxygen resaturation rate (0.78 ± 0.4 vs 1.14 ± 0.4%·s-1, P = 0.020) in HIV as compared to N-HIV group were observed. In conclusion, our findings demonstrated that HIV-infected patients had reduced FMD and impaired muscle oxygenation during exercise recovery compared to non-HIV individuals.
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Ramadan R, Vromans E, Anang DC, Goetschalckx I, Hoorelbeke D, Decrock E, Baatout S, Leybaert L, Aerts A. Connexin43 Hemichannel Targeting With TAT-Gap19 Alleviates Radiation-Induced Endothelial Cell Damage. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:212. [PMID: 32210810 PMCID: PMC7066501 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Emerging evidence indicates an excess risk of late occurring cardiovascular diseases, especially atherosclerosis, after thoracic cancer radiotherapy. Ionizing radiation (IR) induces cellular effects which may induce endothelial cell dysfunction, an early marker for atherosclerosis. In addition, intercellular communication through channels composed of transmembrane connexin proteins (Cxs), i.e. Gap junctions (direct cell-cell coupling) and hemichannels (paracrine release/uptake pathway) can modulate radiation-induced responses and therefore the atherosclerotic process. However, the role of endothelial hemichannel in IR-induced atherosclerosis has never been described before. MATERIALS AND METHODS Telomerase-immortalized human Coronary Artery/Microvascular Endothelial cells (TICAE/TIME) were exposed to X-rays (0.1 and 5 Gy). Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA damage, cell death, inflammatory responses, and senescence were assessed with or without applying a Cx43 hemichannel blocker (TAT-Gap19). RESULTS We report here that IR induces an increase in oxidative stress, cell death, inflammatory responses (IL-8, IL-1β, VCAM-1, MCP-1, and Endothelin-1) and premature cellular senescence in TICAE and TIME cells. These effects are significantly reduced in the presence of the Cx43 hemichannel-targeting peptide TAT-Gap19. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that endothelial Cx43 hemichannels contribute to various IR-induced processes, such as ROS, cell death, inflammation, and senescence, resulting in an increase in endothelial cell damage, which could be protected by blocking these hemichannels. Thus, targeting Cx43 hemichannels may potentially exert radioprotective effects.
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- Raghda Ramadan
- Radiobiology Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), Mol, Belgium
- Department of Fundamental and Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Health Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Biomedical Research Institute and Transnational University of Limburg, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Protein Chemistry, Proteomics and Epigenetic Signaling Group, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Fundamental and Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Fundamental and Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Radiobiology Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), Mol, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Fundamental and Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Radiobiology Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), Mol, Belgium
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Auclair M, Guénantin AC, Fellahi S, Garcia M, Capeau J. HIV antiretroviral drugs, dolutegravir, maraviroc and ritonavir-boosted atazanavir use different pathways to affect inflammation, senescence and insulin sensitivity in human coronary endothelial cells. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226924. [PMID: 31971958 PMCID: PMC6977740 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Aging HIV-infected antiretroviral-treatment (ART)-controlled patients often present cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities. Thus, it is mandatory that life-long used ART has no cardiometabolic toxicity. Protease inhibitors have been associated with cardiometabolic risk, integrase-strand-transfer-inhibitors (INSTI) with weight gain and the CCR5 inhibitor maraviroc with improved vascular function. We have previously reported that the INSTI dolutegravir and maraviroc improved, and ritonavir-boosted atazanavir(atazanavir/r) worsened, inflammation and senescence in human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC)s from adult controls. Here, we analyzed the pathways involved in the drugs' effects on inflammation, senescence and also insulin resistance. METHODS We analyzed the involvement of the anti-inflammatory SIRT-1 pathway in HCAECs. Then, we performed a transcriptomic analysis of the effect of dolutegravir, maraviroc and atazanavir/r and used siRNA-silencing to address ubiquitin-specific-peptidase-18 (USP18) involvement into ART effects. RESULTS Dolutegravir reduced inflammation by decreasing NFκB activation and IL-6/IL-8/sICAM-1/sVCAM-1 secretion, as did maraviroc with a milder effect. However, when SIRT-1 was inhibited by splitomicin, the drugs anti-inflammatory effects were maintained, indicating that they were SIRT-1-independant. From the transcriptomic analysis we selected USP18, previously shown to decrease inflammation and insulin-resistance. USP18-silencing enhanced basal inflammation and senescence. Maraviroc still inhibited NFκB activation, cytokine/adhesion molecules secretion and senescence but the effects of dolutegravir and atazanavir/r were lost, suggesting that they involved USP18. Otherwise, in HCAECs, dolutegravir improved and atazanavir/r worsened insulin resistance while maraviroc had no effect. In USP18-silenced cells, basal insulin resistance was increased, but dolutegravir and atazanavir/r kept their effect on insulin sensitivity, indicating that USP18 was dispensable. CONCLUSION USP18 reduced basal inflammation, senescence and insulin resistance in coronary endothelial cells. Dolutegravir and atazanavir/r, but not maraviroc, exerted opposite effects on inflammation and senescence that involved USP18. Otherwise, dolutegravir improved and atazanavir/r worsened insulin resistance independently of USP18. Thus, in endothelial cells, dolutegravir and atazanavir/r oppositely affected pathways leading to inflammation, senescence and insulin resistance.
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- Martine Auclair
- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Inserm UMR_S938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Inserm UMR_S938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Inserm UMR_S938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
- Department of Biochemistry, Tenon Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Inserm UMR_S938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Inserm UMR_S938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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Dong F, Dong S, Liang Y, Wang K, Qin Y, Zhao X. miR‑20b inhibits the senescence of human umbilical vein endothelial cells through regulating the Wnt/β‑catenin pathway via the TXNIP/NLRP3 axis. Int J Mol Med 2020; 45:847-857. [PMID: 31922218 PMCID: PMC7015131 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Endothelial cell senescence is closely related to the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases and microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) are considered as therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease. The current study aimed to investigate the role of miR-20b in the senescence process of endothelial cells and its underlying mechanism. Cell viability, proportion of senescent cells and the cell cycle were respectively determined by Cell Counting Kit-8, SA-β-galactosidase and flow cytometry. The relative expressions of mRNA and protein were detected by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting, respectively. The possible target genes and binding sites of miR-20b were predicted using Targetscan and further verified by dual luciferase reporter assay. The present study found that H2O2 inhibited cell viability, caused cell cycle arrest in G1 phase, decreased miR-20b level and induced cell senescence. Moreover, high expression of miR-20b promoted cell viability and reduced H2O2-induced cell senescence, whereas low expression of miR-20b produced the opposite effects. Thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP) was predicted as a target gene for miR-20b and knockdown of TXNIP increased cell viability, inhibited cell senescence, reduced the expression of p16, p21, TXNIP, NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) and cleaved Caspase-1 and reversed the promoting effects of the miR-20b inhibitor and H2O2 on cell senescence. Furthermore, the knockdown of TXNIP inhibited the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. The finding reveals that high expression of miR-20b inhibits the senescence of human umbilical vein endothelial cells through regulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway via the TXNIP/NLRP3 axis.
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- Feifei Dong
- Department of Cardiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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Noncoding RNAs in Vascular Aging. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2020; 2020:7914957. [PMID: 31998442 PMCID: PMC6969641 DOI: 10.1155/2020/7914957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Increases in age are accompanied by vascular aging, which can lead to a variety of chronic diseases, including atherosclerosis and hypertension. Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have become a research hotspot in different fields of life sciences in recent years. For example, these molecules have been found to have regulatory roles in many physiological and pathological processes. Many studies have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) and long ncRNAs (lncRNAs) also play a regulatory role in vascular aging. Endothelial cells (ECs) and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are important components of blood vessels, and the senescence of both cell types promotes the occurrence of vascular aging. This review provides a contemporary update on the molecular mechanisms underlying the senescence of ECs and VSMCs and the regulatory role of miRNAs and lncRNAs in this process.
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Soto-Avellaneda A, Morrison BE. Central nervous system and peripheral cell labeling by vascular endothelial cadherin-driven lineage tracing in adult mice. Neural Regen Res 2020; 15:1856-1866. [PMID: 32246634 PMCID: PMC7513977 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.280317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Understanding the contribution of endothelial cells to the progenitor pools of adult tissues has the potential to inform therapies for human disease. To address whether endothelial cells transdifferentiate into non-vascular cell types, we performed cell lineage tracing analysis using transgenic mice engineered to express a fluorescent marker following activation by tamoxifen in vascular endothelial cadherin promoter-expressing cells (VEcad-CreERT2; B6 Cg-Gt(ROSA)26Sortm9(CAG-tdTomato)Hze). Activation of target-cell labeling following 1.5 months of ad libitum feeding with tamoxifen-laden chow in 4–5 month-old mice resulted in the tracing of central nervous system and peripheral cells that include: cerebellar granule neurons, ependymal cells, skeletal myocytes, pancreatic beta cells, pancreatic acinar cells, tubular cells in the renal cortex, duodenal crypt cells, ileal crypt cells, and hair follicle stem cells. As Nestin expression has been reported in a subset of endothelial cells, Nes-CreERT2 mice were also utilized in these conditions. The tracing of cells in adult Nes-CreERT2 mice revealed the labeling of canonical progeny cell types such as hippocampal and olfactory granule neurons as well as ependymal cells. Interestingly, Nestin tracing also labeled skeletal myocytes, ileal crypt cells, and sparsely marked cerebellar granule neurons. Our findings provide support for endothelial cells as active contributors to adult tissue progenitor pools. This information could be of particular significance for the intravenous delivery of therapeutics to downstream endothelial-derived cellular targets. The animal experiments were approved by the Boise State University Institute Animal Care and Use Committee (approval No. 006-AC15-018) on October 31, 2018.
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- Biomolecular Ph.D. Program, Boise State University; Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
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Bamodu O, Chao TY. Dissecting the functional pleiotropism of lysine demethylase 5B in physiology and pathology. JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/jcrp.jcrp_5_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Thounaojam MC, Bartoli M. MicroRNA-34a and vascular senescence in diabetes. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 11:11799-11800. [PMID: 31866581 PMCID: PMC6949098 DOI: 10.18632/aging.102625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Menaka C Thounaojam
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Niu Z, Li K, Xie C, Wen X. Adverse Birth Outcomes and Birth Telomere Length: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Pediatr 2019; 215:64-74.e6. [PMID: 31630890 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To synthesize previous findings on the difference in birth telomere length between newborns with and without intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or with and without preterm birth. STUDY DESIGN We systematically searched 3 databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science) for publications that examined the relationships of IUGR or preterm birth with birth telomere length. We conducted meta-analysis to pool the estimated difference in birth telomere length either between IUGR and non-IUGR or between preterm birth and full-term birth. Subgroup analyses were conducted by tissues (newborn blood vs placenta) and techniques used for telomere length measurement (quantitative polymerase chain reaction [qPCR] vs telomere restriction fragment). RESULTS We included 11 articles on comparing birth telomere length between IUGR (combined n = 227) and non-IUGR (n = 1897) and 7 articles on comparing birth telomere length between preterm birth (n = 182) and full-term birth (n = 1320). We found IUGR was associated with shorter birth telomere length only when birth telomere length was measured in placenta (pooled standardized mean difference [SMD] = -0.85; 95% CI -1.13 to -0.57; IUGR/non-IUGR n = 87/173), but not in newborn blood (pooled SMD = 0.00, 95% CI -0.18 to 0.19; IUGR/non-IUGR n = 148/1733). Birth telomere length was significantly longer in preterm birth than in full-term birth when birth telomere length was measured by qPCR (pooled SMD = 0.40, 95% CI 0.18-0.63; preterm birth/full-term birth n = 137/682) but not by telomere restriction fragment (pooled SMD = 0.05, 95% CI -0.29 to 0.38; preterm birth/full-term birth n = 44/444). CONCLUSIONS IUGR is associated with shorter placental telomere length and preterm birth is associated with longer birth telomere length measured by qPCR.
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- Zhongzheng Niu
- Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, New York, NY
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- Department of Cancer Prevention Research, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
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John CM, Khaddaj Mallat R, Mishra RC, George G, Singh V, Turnbull JD, Umeshappa CS, Kendrick DJ, Kim T, Fauzi FM, Visser F, Fedak PWM, Wulff H, Braun AP. SKA-31, an activator of Ca 2+-activated K + channels, improves cardiovascular function in aging. Pharmacol Res 2019; 151:104539. [PMID: 31707036 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2019.104539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Aging represents an independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, and is associated with complex structural and functional alterations in the vasculature, such as endothelial dysfunction. Small- and intermediate-conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ channels (KCa2.3 and KCa3.1, respectively) are prominently expressed in the vascular endothelium, and pharmacological activators of these channels induce robust vasodilation upon acute exposure in isolated arteries and intact animals. However, the effects of prolonged in vivo administration of such compounds are unknown. In our study, we hypothesized that such treatment would ameliorate aging-related cardiovascular deficits. Aged (∼18 months) male Sprague Dawley rats were treated daily with either vehicle or the KCa channel activator SKA-31 (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal injection; n = 6/group) for 8 weeks, followed by echocardiography, arterial pressure myography, immune cell and plasma cytokine characterization, and tissue histology. Our results show that SKA-31 administration improved endothelium-dependent vasodilation, reduced agonist-induced vascular contractility, and prevented the aging-associated declines in cardiac ejection fraction, stroke volume and fractional shortening, and further improved the expression of endothelial KCa channels and associated cell signalling components to levels similar to those observed in young male rats (∼5 months at end of study). SKA-31 administration did not promote pro-inflammatory changes in either T cell populations or plasma cytokines/chemokines, and we observed no overt tissue histopathology in heart, kidney, aorta, brain, liver and spleen. SKA-31 treatment in young rats had little to no effect on vascular reactivity, select protein expression, tissue histology, plasma cytokines/chemokines or immune cell properties. Collectively, these data demonstrate that administration of the KCa channel activator SKA-31 improved aging-related cardiovascular function, without adversely affecting the immune system or promoting tissue toxicity.
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- Cini Mathew John
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Dept. of Cardiac Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Pharmacology and Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Cardiac Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.
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Kim GD. SIRT1-Mediated Protective Effect of Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem against High-Glucose-Induced Senescence in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11112625. [PMID: 31684006 PMCID: PMC6893469 DOI: 10.3390/nu11112625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem (AS) is widely been for treating many diseases, enhancing energy, and boosting immunity; however, its protective effects against high-glucose (HG)-triggered endothelial dysfunction and the potential underlying mechanisms have not been investigated. In this study, we determined the effect of AS on senescence in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and elucidated the mechanisms underlying its anti-aging effects. The senescence model of endothelial cells (ECs) was established by culturing HUVECs in media containing HG (30 mM). We found that the proportion of senescent (senescence-associated β-galactosidase+) cells in the HG group was significantly higher than that in the control group; however, this increase was suppressed by AS treatment. Moreover, cell cycle analysis revealed that AS (20 μg/mL) significantly recovered HG-induced cell cycle arrest in ECs, and Western blot revealed that AS prevented HG-induced decreases in silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) level and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) phosphorylation. These results show that AS delayed HG-induced senescence in ECs by modulation of the SIRT1/5′ AMP-activated protein kinase and AKT/eNOS pathways.
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- Gi Dae Kim
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyungnam University, Changwon-si 51767, Korea.
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Kadlecová A, Maková B, Artal-Sanz M, Strnad M, Voller J. The plant hormone kinetin in disease therapy and healthy aging. Ageing Res Rev 2019; 55:100958. [PMID: 31479763 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2019.100958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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It has been more than 60 years since the discovery of kinetin, the first known member of a group of plant hormones called cytokinins. In this review we summarize the health-promoting activity of kinetin in animal systems, ranging from cells cultured in vitro through invertebrates to mammals. Kinetin has been shown to modulate aging, to delay age-related physiological decline and to protect against some neurodegenerative diseases. We also review studies on its mechanism of action, as well as point out gaps in our current knowledge.
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- Alena Kadlecová
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology, CISIC-JA-University Pablo de Olavide, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Carretera de Utrera km 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Hněvotínská 3, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Johnson SA, Litwin NS, Seals DR. Age-Related Vascular Dysfunction: What Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Need to Know. J Acad Nutr Diet 2019; 119:1785-1796. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Aging Evaluation of Pigment-Protein Complex Extracted from Chlorella Pyrenoidosa. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17100586. [PMID: 31623220 PMCID: PMC6836285 DOI: 10.3390/md17100586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress contributes to chronic inflammatory processes implicated in aging, referred to as “inflamm-aging.” In this study, the potential anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects of a pigment–protein complex (PPC) from Chlorella pyrenoidosa were investigated using lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages and D-galactose (D-gal)-induced aging in a murine model. Results indicated that PPC inhibits the production of the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6, and the inflammatory mediator nitric oxide (NO) in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. It also protected mice from D-gal induced informatory aging by increasing the activity of the antioxidant enzyme, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), inhibiting D-gal-induced NF-κB upregulation, and increasing PPARs expression in the brain and gut. The findings indicated that PPC has favorable anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties, and could be useful in the treatment of acute inflammation and senescence diseases.
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Golshiri K, Ataei Ataabadi E, Portilla Fernandez EC, Jan Danser AH, Roks AJM. The importance of the nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in age-related cardiovascular disease: Focus on phosphodiesterase-1 and soluble guanylate cyclase. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2019; 127:67-80. [PMID: 31495057 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Among ageing-related illnesses, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality causing one-third of all deaths worldwide. Ageing evokes a number of functional, pharmacological and morphological changes in the vasculature, accompanied by a progressive failure of protective and homeostatic mechanisms, resulting in target organ damage. Impaired vasomotor, proliferation, migration, antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory function in both the endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells are parts of the vascular ageing phenotype. The endothelium regulates these functions by the release of a wide variety of active molecules including endothelium-derived relaxing factors such as nitric oxide, prostacyclin (PGI2 ) and endothelium-derived hyperpolarization (EDH). During ageing, a functional decay of the nitric oxide pathway takes place. Nitric oxide signals to VSMC and other important cell types for vascular homeostasis through the second messenger cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). Maintenance of proper cGMP levels is an important goal in sustainment of proper vascular function during ageing. For this purpose, different components can be targeted in this signalling system, and among them, phosphodiesterase-1 (PDE1) and soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) are crucial. This review focuses on the role of PDE1 and sGC in conditions that are relevant for vascular ageing.
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- Keivan Golshiri
- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Luo W, Wang Y, Yang H, Dai C, Hong H, Li J, Liu Z, Guo Z, Chen X, He P, Li Z, Li F, Jiang J, Liu P, Li Z. Heme oxygenase-1 ameliorates oxidative stress-induced endothelial senescence via regulating endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation and coupling. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 10:1722-1744. [PMID: 30048241 PMCID: PMC6075439 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIM Premature senescence of vascular endothelial cells is a leading cause of various cardiovascular diseases. Therapies targeting endothelial senescence would have important clinical implications. The present study was aimed to evaluate the potential of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) as a therapeutic target for endothelial senescence. METHODS AND RESULTS Upregulation of HO-1 by Hemin or adenovirus infection reversed H2O2-induced senescence in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs); whereas depletion of HO-1 by siRNA or HO-1 inhibitor protoporphyrin IX zinc (II) (ZnPP) triggered HUVEC senescence. Mechanistically, overexpression of HO-1 enhanced the interaction between HO-1 and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and promoted the interaction between eNOS and its upstream kinase Akt, thus resulting in an enhancement of eNOS phosphorylation at Ser1177 and a subsequent increase of nitric oxide (NO) production. Moreover, HO-1 induction prevented the decrease of eNOS dimer/monomer ratio stimulated by H2O2 via its antioxidant properties. Contrarily, HO-1 silencing impaired eNOS phosphorylation and accelerated eNOS uncoupling. In vivo, Hemin treatment alleviated senescence of endothelial cells of the aorta from spontaneously hypertensive rats, through upregulating eNOS phosphorylation at Ser1177. CONCLUSIONS HO-1 ameliorated endothelial senescence through enhancing eNOS activation and defending eNOS uncoupling, suggesting that HO-1 is a potential target for treating endothelial senescence.
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- Wenwei Luo
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Infinitus (China) Co. Ltd, Guangzhou 510663, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; National and Local United Engineering Lab of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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