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High-density lipoprotein phospholipids interfere with dendritic cell Th1 functional maturation. Immunobiology 2012; 217:91-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2011.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2010] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Sanecka A, Ansems M, van Hout-Kuijer MA, Looman MWG, Prosser AC, Welten S, Gilissen C, Sama IE, Huynen MA, Veltman JA, Jansen BJH, Eleveld-Trancikova D, Adema GJ. Analysis of genes regulated by the transcription factor LUMAN identifies ApoA4 as a target gene in dendritic cells. Mol Immunol 2011; 50:66-73. [PMID: 22209087 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Revised: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 12/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen presenting cells of the immune system that play a crucial role in initiating immune responses and maintaining self tolerance. Better understanding of the molecular basis of DC immunobiology is required to improve DC-based immunotherapies. We previously described the interaction of transcription factor LUMAN (also known as CREB3 or LZIP) with the DC-specific transmembrane protein DC-STAMP in DCs. Target genes of LUMAN and its role in DCs are currently unknown. In this study we set out to identify genes regulated by LUMAN in DCs using microarray analysis. Expression of a constitutively active form of LUMAN in mouse DC cell line D2SC/1 identified Apolipoprotein A4 (ApoA4) as its target gene. Subsequent validation experiments, bioinformatics-based promoter analysis, and silencing studies confirmed that ApoA4 is a true target gene of LUMAN in bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs).
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- Anna Sanecka
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Yao X, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. New kids on the block: the emerging role of apolipoproteins in the pathogenesis and treatment of asthma. Chest 2011; 140:1048-1054. [PMID: 21972383 DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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New treatments are needed for patients with severe asthma. We hypothesized that a clinically relevant experimental model of house dust mite (HDM)-induced murine asthma could be used to discover new pathways that regulate disease severity. In HDM-challenged mice, genome-wide expression profiling of the asthmatic lung transcriptome identified apolipoprotein E (apoE) as a steroid-unresponsive gene with persistently upregulated expression despite dexamethasone treatment. ApoE and low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) knockout mice were used to demonstrate that apoE, which is produced by lung macrophages, functions in a paracrine fashion by binding to LDLRs expressed on ciliated airway epithelial cells, to negatively modulate airway hyperreactivity, mucin gene expression, and goblet cell hyperplasia. Furthermore, administration of an apoE mimetic peptide, which corresponded to the LDLR-binding domain of apoE, prevented the induction of airway inflammation, airway hyperreactivity, and goblet cell hyperplasia in HDM-challenged apoE knockout mice. This suggests that therapeutic strategies that activate the apoE-LDLR pathway, such as apoE mimetic peptides, may represent a novel treatment approach for patients with asthma. Similarly, we showed that administration of a 5A apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide attenuated the induction of HDM-mediated asthma in mice. These preclinical data suggest that apoE and apoA-I mimetic peptides might be developed into alternative treatments for patients with severe asthma. Future clinical trials will be required to determine whether inhaled apolipoprotein E or apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptides are effective for the treatment of severe asthma, including patients with phenotypes that lack effective therapeutic options.
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- Xianglan Yao
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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Bassendine MF, Sheridan DA, Felmlee DJ, Bridge SH, Toms GL, Neely RDG. HCV and the hepatic lipid pathway as a potential treatment target. J Hepatol 2011; 55:1428-40. [PMID: 21718665 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Atherosclerosis has been described as a liver disease of the heart [1]. The liver is the central regulatory organ of lipid pathways but since dyslipidaemias are major contributors to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes rather than liver disease, research in this area has not been a major focus for hepatologists. Virus-host interaction is a continuous co-evolutionary process [2] involving the host immune system and viral escape mechanisms [3]. One of the strategies HCV has adopted to escape immune clearance and establish persistent infection is to make use of hepatic lipid pathways. This review aims to: • update the hepatologist on lipid metabolism • review the evidence that HCV exploits hepatic lipid pathways to its advantage • discuss approaches to targeting host lipid pathways as adjunctive therapy.
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Muller O, Delrue L, Hamilos M, Vercauteren S, Ntalianis A, Trana C, Mangiacapra F, Dierickx K, De Bruyne B, Wijns W, Behfar A, Barbato E, Terzic A, Vanderheyden M, Bartunek J. Transcriptional fingerprint of human whole blood at the site of coronary occlusion in acute myocardial infarction. EUROINTERVENTION 2011; 7:458-66. [PMID: 21764664 DOI: 10.4244/eijv7i4a75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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AIMS Transcriptome patterns associated with acute myocardial infarction at the site of coronary occlusion are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to decipher the angiogenic, atherosclerotic, and inflammatory mRNA profiles in whole blood samples collected at the site of coronary occlusion in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS AND RESULTS In five consecutive patients with STEMI, blood was sampled at the site of occlusion (local) and in the systemic circulation (peripheral) during primary percutaneous coronary intervention. RNA was extracted from whole blood samples. Among 221 genes involved in angiogenesis, inflammation and atherosclerosis, 24 were shown to be differentially modulated locally, by analysis with custom-designed DNA array technology. Validation in 28 distinct STEMI patients using real-time quantitative PCR identified seven out of these 24 genes to be consistently and significantly upregulated in local versus peripheral blood (p<0.05). Three genes were chemokine family members (CCL2, CCL18 and CXCL12), three genes belonged to the cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix family (FN1, CDH5 and SPP1), and one gene was representative of the lipoprotein family (APOE). CONCLUSIONS We identified a set of whole blood transcripts induced at the site of coronary occlusion in the acute phase of myocardial infarction. Resolved genes indicate a predominant role for chemokines, cell-extracellular matrix, and lipoprotein alterations in the pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction and the initial response to myocardial injury.
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- Olivier Muller
- Cardiovascular Center and Translational Cardiology Unit, Aalst, Belgium
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Yao X, Dai C, Fredriksson K, Lam J, Gao M, Keeran KJ, Nugent GZ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Jeffries N, Lin J, Kaler M, Shamburek R, Costello R, Csako G, Dahl M, Nordestgaard BG, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. Human apolipoprotein E genotypes differentially modify house dust mite-induced airway disease in mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 302:L206-15. [PMID: 22058162 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00110.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is an endogenous negative regulator of airway hyperreactivity (AHR) and mucous cell metaplasia in experimental models of house dust mite (HDM)-induced airway disease. The gene encoding human apoE is polymorphic, with three common alleles (ε2, ε3, and ε4) reflecting single amino acid substitutions at amino acids 112 and 158. The objective of this study was to assess whether the human apoE alleles modify airway responses to repeated nasal HDM challenges. Mice expressing the human apoE ε2 (huApoE2), ε3 (huApoE3), or ε4 (huApoE4) alleles received nasal HDM challenges, and airway responses were compared with mice expressing the endogenous murine apoE gene (muApoE). huApoE3 mice displayed significant reductions in AHR, mucous cell metaplasia, and airway inflammation compared with muApoE mice. The attenuated severity of airway inflammation in huApoE3 mice was associated with reductions in lung mRNA levels of Th2 and Th17 cytokines, as well as chemokines (CCL7, CCL11, CCL24). huApoE4 mice had an intermediate phenotype, with attenuated AHR and IgE production, compared with muApoE mice, whereas airway inflammation and mucous cell metaplasia were not reduced. In contrast, HDM-induced airway responses were not modified in mice expressing the huApoE2 allele. We conclude that the polymorphic huApoE alleles differentially modulate HDM-induced airway disease, which can be stratified, in rank order of increasing disease severity, ε3 < ε4 < ε2. These results raise the possibility that the polymorphic apoE alleles may modify disease severity in human asthma.
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- Xianglan Yao
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 6D03, MSC 1590, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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Getz GS, Vanderlaan PA, Reardon CA. Natural killer T cells in lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis. Thromb Haemost 2011; 106:814-9. [PMID: 21946866 DOI: 10.1160/th11-05-0336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cells of both the innate and adaptive immune system participate in the development of atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disorder of medium and large arteries. Natural killer T (NKT) cells express surface markers characteristic of natural killer cells and conventional T cells and bridge the innate and adaptive immune systems. The development and activation of NKT cells is dependent upon CD1d, a MHC-class I-type molecule that presents lipids, especially glycolipids to the T cell receptors on NKT cells. There are two classes of NKT cells; invariant NKT cells that express a semi-invariant T cell receptor and variant NKT cells. This review summarises studies in murine models in which the effect of the activation, overexpression or deletion of NKT cells or only invariant NKT cells on atherosclerosis has been examined.
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- G S Getz
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Garg S, Sharma M, Ung C, Tuli A, Barral DC, Hava DL, Veerapen N, Besra GS, Hacohen N, Brenner MB. Lysosomal trafficking, antigen presentation, and microbial killing are controlled by the Arf-like GTPase Arl8b. Immunity 2011; 35:182-93. [PMID: 21802320 PMCID: PMC3584282 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Antigen presentation and microbial killing are critical arms of host defense that depend upon cargo trafficking into lysosomes. Yet, the molecular regulators of traffic into lysosomes are only partly understood. Here, using a lysosome-dependent immunological screen of a trafficking shRNA library, we identified the Arf-like GTPase Arl8b as a critical regulator of cargo delivery to lysosomes. Homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) complex members were identified as effectors of Arl8b and were dependent on Arl8b for recruitment to lysosomes, suggesting that Arl8b-HOPS plays a general role in directing traffic to lysosomes. Moreover, the formation of CD1 antigen-presenting complexes in lysosomes, their delivery to the plasma membrane, and phagosome-lysosome fusion were all markedly impaired in Arl8b silenced cells resulting in corresponding defects in T cell activation and microbial killing. Together, these results define Arl8b as a key regulator of lysosomal cellular and immunological functions.
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- Salil Garg
- Harvard Division of Medical Sciences, Graduate Program in Immunology and Harvard-MIT MD PhD Program, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Chuang KI, Leung B, Hsu N, Harris HW. Heparin protects against septic mortality via apoE-antagonism. Am J Surg 2011; 202:325-35. [PMID: 21741028 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a component of plasma lipoproteins, increases septic mortality in a rodent model of sepsis, presumably by enhancing lipid antigen presentation to antigen-presenting cells via the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR). Downstream, this culminates in natural killer T (NKT) cell activation and cytokine secretion. To determine whether apoE antagonism would protect against septic mortality in mice, apoE-LDLR binding was antagonized using heparin, which can inhibit apoE's LDLR-binding site. METHODS C57BL/6 mice underwent cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) and heparin infusion. Serum partial thromboplastin time and alanine aminotransferase were measured at 24 hours, and survival was monitored for 7 days after CLP. LDLR+/+ and LDLR-/- fibroblasts were incubated with apoE and heparin to measure apoE internalization. Hepatic NKT cells and cytokine levels were quantified via fluorescence-activated cell sorting. RESULTS Heparin decreased CLP-induced mortality by 50% versus saline-treated controls, independent of anticoagulation. LDLR+/+ fibroblasts displayed decreased uptake of apoE when treated concurrently with heparin for 12 hours. In septic mice, hepatic alanine aminotransferase levels, hepatic NKT cells, and plasma cytokine levels decreased after heparin treatment. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that heparin protects against septic mortality independent of its anticoagulant effect. This protective effect is associated with the inhibition of apoE-LDLR binding, diminished NKT proliferation and cytokine production, and hepatic dysfunction. These findings indicate a potential clinical role for apoE antagonism in the treatment of sepsis.
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- Kelley I Chuang
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco-East Bay, Oakland, CA, USA
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an extremely successful pathogen that demonstrates the capacity to modulate its host both at the cellular and tissue levels. At the cellular level, the bacterium enters its host macrophage and arrests phagosome maturation, thus avoiding many of the microbicidal responses associated with this phagocyte. Nonetheless, the intracellular environment places certain demands on the pathogen, which, in response, senses the environmental shifts and upregulates specific metabolic programs to allow access to nutrients, minimize the consequences of stress, and sustain infection. Despite its intracellular niche, Mycobacterium tuberculosis demonstrates a marked capacity to modulate the tissues surrounding infected cells through the release of potent, bioactive cell wall constituents. These cell wall lipids are released from the host cell by an exocytic process and induce physiological changes in neighboring phagocytes, which drives formation of a granuloma. This tissue response leads to the generation and accumulation of caseous debris and the progression of the human tuberculosis granuloma. Completion of the life cycle of tuberculosis requires damaging the host to release infectious bacteria into the airways to spread the infection. This damage reflects the pathogen's ability to subvert the host's innate and acquired immune responses to its own nefarious ends.
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- David G Russell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Nakken B, Varga T, Szatmari I, Szeles L, Gyongyosi A, Illarionov PA, Dezso B, Gogolak P, Rajnavolgyi E, Nagy L. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ-Regulated Cathepsin D Is Required for Lipid Antigen Presentation by Dendritic Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:240-7. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Podbielska M, Levery SB, Hogan EL. The structural and functional role of myelin fast-migrating cerebrosides: pathological importance in multiple sclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 6:159-179. [PMID: 22701512 DOI: 10.2217/clp.11.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A family of neutral glycosphingolipids containing a 3-O-acetyl-sphingosine galactosylceramide (3-SAG) has been characterized. Seven new derivatives of galactosylceramide (GalCer), designated as fast-migrating cerebrosides (FMCs) by TLC retention factor, have been identified. The simplest compounds - FMC-1 and FMC-2 - of this series have been characterized as the 3-SAG containing nonhydroxy and hydroxy fatty acyl, respectively. The next two - FMC-3 and FMC-4 - add 6-O-acetyl-galactose and the most complex glycosphingolipids, FMC-5, -6 and -7, are 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-3-SAG. These hydrophobic myelin lipid biomarkers coappear with GalCer during myelinogenesis and disappear along with GalCer in de- or dys-myelinating disorders. Myelin lipid antigens, including FMCs, are keys to myelin biology, opening the possibility of new and novel immune modulatory tools for treatment of autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis.
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- Maria Podbielska
- Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Department of Neurology, Georgia Health Sciences University, 1120 15th Street, Building CB2803, Augusta, GA 30912-2620, USA
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Exogenous control of the expression of Group I CD1 molecules competent for presentation of microbial nonpeptide antigens to human T lymphocytes. Clin Dev Immunol 2011; 2011:790460. [PMID: 21603161 PMCID: PMC3095450 DOI: 10.1155/2011/790460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 01/12/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Group I CD1 (CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c) glycoproteins expressed on immature and mature dendritic cells present nonpeptide antigens (i.e., lipid or glycolipid molecules mainly of microbial origin) to T cells. Cytotoxic CD1-restricted T lymphocytes recognizing mycobacterial lipid antigens were found in tuberculosis patients. However, thanks to a complex interplay between mycobacteria and CD1 system, M. tuberculosis possesses a successful tactic based, at least in part, on CD1 downregulation to evade CD1-dependent immunity. On the ground of these findings, it is reasonable to hypothesize that modulation of CD1 protein expression by chemical, biological, or infectious agents could influence host's immune reactivity against M. tuberculosis-associated lipids, possibly affecting antitubercular resistance. This scenario prompted us to perform a detailed analysis of the literature concerning the effect of external agents on Group I CD1 expression in order to obtain valuable information on the possible strategies to be adopted for driving properly CD1-dependent immune functions in human pathology and in particular, in human tuberculosis.
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Onat A, Can G, Rezvani R, Cianflone K. Complement C3 and cleavage products in cardiometabolic risk. Clin Chim Acta 2011; 412:1171-9. [PMID: 21419112 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Revised: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This review summarizes available evidence on the role of serum complement component 3 (C3), produced by liver, adipocytes and activated macrophages at inflammation sites, and C3 cleavage products linking lipoproteins and metabolism to immunity. C3 and cleavage products are modified in several associated metabolic disorders including obesity, insulin resistance, type-2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular diseases. Circulating C3 is independently and linearly associated with serum triglycerides, C-reactive protein (CRP), waist circumference and in some populations inversely with current smoking. The complement cascade is activated during myocardial ischemia and likely mediates immune and inflammatory responses in ischemic myocardium. Serum complement activation is elevated in unstable rather than stable angina pectoris suggesting added contribution to damage extension in acute coronary syndromes. In logistic regression models for incident metabolic syndrome (MetS), increasing C3 concentrations predicted MetS in women, after adjusting for continuous values of 3 major MetS components and other confounders, with a relative risk similar in magnitude to an established component suggesting elevated C3 likely constitutes part of the cluster of MetS in women. C3 interacts with MetS in men for independently conferring risk of incident type-2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD). In women, though C3 is equally predictive of cardiometabolic risk, it is less so additively to MetS components or to CRP. Evidence suggests that circulating C3 might serve as a signal for an immune process that enhances - via mediation of increased apolipoprotein (apo) E levels - the development of dysfunctional apoA-I particles rendering them diabetogenic and atherogenic in populations prone to MetS or subsets of populations harboring impaired glucose tolerance. C3 activation also leads to production of chemoattractants C3a and C5a, and acylation stimulating protein (ASP, C3adesArg), a lipogenic hormone, which contribute additionally to the metabolic phenotypes generated. These observations have clinical and public health implications.
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- Altan Onat
- Cardiology Department, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sakamoto N, Rosenberg AS. Apolipoprotein B binding domains: evidence that they are cell-penetrating peptides that efficiently deliver antigenic peptide for cross-presentation of cytotoxic T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:5004-11. [PMID: 21402897 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are a good source of cholesterol, which is important in cellular homeostasis and production of steroids. Apolipoprotein B-100 (ApoB-100), the sole protein component of LDL, is known to bind to cell surface LDL receptor (LDLR) or cell surface-bound proteoglycans and to be internalized into cells. We found that APCs, consisting of macrophages and dendritic cells, upregulate LDLR on culture in vitro without obvious stimulation. In contrast, T cell populations only upregulate LDLR on activation. Thus, we strategized that tagging immunogens to ApoB-100 might be a useful means to target Ag to APCs. We generated fusion proteins consisting of receptor binding sites in ApoB-100, coupled to OVA peptide (ApoB-OVA), as Ag delivery vehicles and demonstrated that this novel delivery method successfully cross-presented OVA peptides in eliciting CTL responses. Surprisingly, internalization of ApoB-OVA peptide occurred via cell surface proteoglycans rather than LDLRs, consistent with evidence that structural elements of ApoB-100 indicate it to have cell-penetrating peptide properties. Finally, we used this strategy to assess therapeutic vaccination in a tumor setting. OVA-expressing EL-4 tumors grew progressively in mice immunized with ApoB-100 alone but regressed in mice immunized with ApoB-OVA fusion protein, coinciding with development of OVA-specific CTLs. Thus, to our knowledge, this is the first article to describe the cell-penetrating properties of a conserved human origin cell penetrating peptide that may be harnessed as a novel vaccination strategy as well as a therapeutics delivery device.
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- Norihisa Sakamoto
- Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Wu L, Van Kaer L. Natural killer T cells in health and disease. Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2011; 3:236-51. [PMID: 21196373 DOI: 10.2741/s148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a subset of T lymphocytes that share surface markers and functional characteristics with both conventional T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. Most NKT cells express a semi-invariant T cell receptor that reacts with glycolipid antigens presented by the major histocompatibility complex class I-related protein CD1d on the surface of antigen-presenting cells. NKT cells become activated during a variety of infections and inflammatory conditions, rapidly producing large amounts of immunomodulatory cytokines. NKT cells can influence the activation state and functional properties of multiple other cell types in the immune system and, thus, modulate immune responses against infectious agents, autoantigens, tumors, tissue grafts and allergens. One attractive aspect of NKT cells is that their immunomodulatory activities can be readily harnessed with cognate glycolipid antigens, such as the marine sponge-derived glycosphingolipid alpha-galactosylceramide. These properties of NKT cells are being exploited for therapeutic intervention to prevent or treat cancer, infections, and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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- Lan Wu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Room A-5301, Medical Center North, 1161 21st Avenue South, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2363, USA
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Kolbus D, Wigren M, Ljungcrantz I, Söderberg I, Alm R, Björkbacka H, Nilsson J, Fredrikson GN. Immunization with cationized BSA inhibits progression of disease in ApoBec-1/LDL receptor deficient mice with manifest atherosclerosis. Immunobiology 2010; 216:663-9. [PMID: 21247654 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Immune responses against modified self-antigens generated by hypercholesterolemia play an important role in atherosclerosis identifying the immune system as a possible novel target for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. It has recently been shown that these immune responses can be modulated by subcutaneous injection of adjuvant. In the present study we immunized 25-week old ApoBec-1/LDL receptor deficient mice with manifest atherosclerosis with adjuvant and two different concentrations of the carrier molecule cationized BSA (cBSA). Plasma levels of Th2-induced apolipoprotein B (apoB)/IgG1 immune complexes were increased in the cBSA immunized groups verifying induction of immunity against a self-antigen. Mice were sacrificed at 36 weeks of age and atherosclerosis was monitored by en face Oil red O staining of the aorta. Immunization with 100 μg cBSA inhibited plaque progression, whereas the lower dose (50 μg) did not. In addition, the higher dose induced a more stable plaque phenotype, indicated by a higher content of collagen and less macrophages and T cells in the plaques. Moreover, there was an increased ratio of Foxp3+/Foxp3⁻ T cells in the circulation suggesting activation of a regulatory T cell response. In conclusion, we show that immunization with cBSA induces an immune response against apoB as well as an activation of Treg cells. This was associated with development of a more stable plaque phenotype and reduced atherosclerosis progression.
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- Daniel Kolbus
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Skane University Hospital in Malmö, Lund University, Sweden
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Leung B, Harris HW. NKT cells: the culprits of sepsis? J Surg Res 2010; 167:87-95. [PMID: 21035139 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sepsis is currently a leading cause of death in hospital intensive care units. Previous studies suggest that the pathophysiology of sepsis involves the hyperactivation of complex pro-inflammatory cascades that include the activation of various immune cells and the exuberant secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines by these cells. Natural killer T-cells (NKT) are a sub-lineage of T cells that share characteristics of conventional T cells and NK cells, and bridge innate and adaptive immunity. More recently, NKT cells have been implicated in microbial immunity, including the onset of sepsis. Moreover, apolipoprotein E (apoE), a component of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, has been shown to be protective in endotoxemia and gram-negative infections in addition to its well-known role in lipid metabolism. Here, we will review the role of NKT cells in sepsis and septic shock, the immunoregulatory role of apoE in the host immune response to infection, and propose a mechanism for this immunoregulation.
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- Briana Leung
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0104, USA
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Sepsis is currently a leading cause of death in hospital intensive care units. Previous studies suggest that the pathophysiology of sepsis involves the hyperactivation of complex proinflammatory cascades that include the activation of various immune cells and the exuberant secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by these cells. Natural killer T-cells (NKTs) are a sublineage of T cells that share characteristics of conventional T cells and NK cells and bridge innate and adaptive immunity. More recently, NKT cells have been implicated in microbial immunity, including the onset of sepsis. Moreover, apolipoprotein E (apoE), a component of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, has been shown to be protective in endotoxemia and gram-negative infections in addition to its well-known role in lipid metabolism. Here, we will review the role of NKT cells in sepsis and septic shock, the immunoregulatory role of apoE in the host immune response to infection, and propose a mechanism for this immunoregulation.
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Zhu Y, Zhang W, Veerapen N, Besra G, Cresswell P. Calreticulin controls the rate of assembly of CD1d molecules in the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:38283-92. [PMID: 20861015 PMCID: PMC2992262 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.170530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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CD1d is an MHC class I-like molecule comprised of a transmembrane glycoprotein (heavy chain) associated with β2-microglobulin (β2m) that presents lipid antigens to NKT cells. Initial folding of the heavy chain involves its glycan-dependent association with calreticulin (CRT), calnexin (CNX), and the thiol oxidoreductase ERp57, and is followed by assembly with β2m to form the heterodimer. Here we show that in CRT-deficient cells CD1d heavy chains convert to β2m-associated dimers at an accelerated rate, indicating faster folding of the heavy chain, while the rate of intracellular transport after assembly is unaffected. Unlike the situation with MHC class I molecules, antigen presentation by CD1d is not impaired in the absence of CRT. Instead, there are elevated levels of stable and functional CD1d on the surface of CRT-deficient cells. Association of the heavy chains with the ER chaperones Grp94 and Bip is observed in the absence of CRT, and these may replace CRT in mediating CD1d folding and assembly. ER retention of free CD1d heavy chains is impaired in CRT-deficient cells, allowing their escape and subsequent expression on the plasma membrane. However, these free heavy chains are rapidly internalized and degraded in lysosomes, indicating that β2m association is required for the exceptional resistance of CD1d to lysosomal degradation that is normally observed.
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- Yajuan Zhu
- Department of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA
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Reduced expression of apolipoprotein E receptor type 2 in peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with major depressive disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010; 34:1007-10. [PMID: 20493228 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We measured the mRNA levels of apolipoprotein E receptor type 2 (ApoER2) and very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) in peripheral blood lymphocytes from 43 patients with major depressive disorder (27 drug-free patients and 16 medicated patients) and 43 age-matched healthy controls using a quantitative real-time RT-PCR method. The correlations between mRNA levels of both receptors and clinical variables in patients were also examined. The expression of ApoER2 mRNA, but not VLDLR, was significantly lower in patients as compared to controls, irrespective of the medication status. There was no statistically significant correlation between the reduction of ApoER2 mRNA levels and any of the clinical variables measured in patients. Results from this preliminary study suggest that the expression of ApoER2 may serve as a trait marker for major depressive disorder.
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Yao X, Fredriksson K, Yu ZX, Xu X, Raghavachari N, Keeran KJ, Zywicke GJ, Kwak M, Amar MJA, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. Apolipoprotein E negatively regulates house dust mite-induced asthma via a low-density lipoprotein receptor-mediated pathway. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 182:1228-38. [PMID: 20622028 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201002-0308oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Distinct sets of corticosteroid-unresponsive genes modulate disease severity in asthma. OBJECTIVES To identify corticosteroid-unresponsive genes that provide new insights into disease pathogenesis and asthma therapeutics. METHODS Experimental murine asthma was induced by nasal administration of house dust mite for 5 days per week. Dexamethasone and apolipoprotein E (apo E) mimetic peptides were administered via osmotic minipumps. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Genome-wide expression profiling of the lung transcriptome in a house dust mite-induced model of murine asthma identified increases in apo E mRNA levels that persisted despite corticosteroid treatment. House dust mite-challenged apo E⁻(/)⁻ mice displayed enhanced airway hyperreactivity and goblet cell hyperplasia, which could be rescued by administration of an apo E(130-149) mimetic peptide. Administration of the apo E(130-149) mimetic peptide to house dust mite-challenged apo E⁻(/)⁻ mice also inhibited eosinophilic airway inflammation, IgE production, and the expression of Th2 and Th17 cytokines. House dust mite-challenged low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) knockout mice displayed a similar phenotype as apo E⁻(/)⁻ mice with enhanced airway hyperreactivity, goblet cell hyperplasia, and mucin gene expression, but could not be rescued by the apo E(130-149) mimetic peptide, consistent with a LDLR-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSIONS These findings for the first time identify an apo E-LDLR pathway as an endogenous negative regulator of airway hyperreactivity and goblet cell hyperplasia in asthma. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that strategies that activate the apo E-LDLR pathway, such as apo E mimetic peptides, might be developed into a novel treatment approach for patients with asthma.
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- Xianglan Yao
- Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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Zeissig S, Dougan SK, Barral DC, Junker Y, Chen Z, Kaser A, Ho M, Mandel H, McIntyre A, Kennedy SM, Painter GF, Veerapen N, Besra GS, Cerundolo V, Yue S, Beladi S, Behar SM, Chen X, Gumperz JE, Breckpot K, Raper A, Baer A, Exley MA, Hegele RA, Cuchel M, Rader DJ, Davidson NO, Blumberg RS. Primary deficiency of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in human abetalipoproteinemia is associated with loss of CD1 function. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:2889-99. [PMID: 20592474 DOI: 10.1172/jci42703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Abetalipoproteinemia (ABL) is a rare Mendelian disorder of lipid metabolism due to genetic deficiency in microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP). It is associated with defects in MTP-mediated lipid transfer onto apolipoprotein B (APOB) and impaired secretion of APOB-containing lipoproteins. Recently, MTP was shown to regulate the CD1 family of lipid antigen-presenting molecules, but little is known about immune function in ABL patients. Here, we have shown that ABL is characterized by immune defects affecting presentation of self and microbial lipid antigens by group 1 (CD1a, CD1b, CD1c) and group 2 (CD1d) CD1 molecules. In dendritic cells isolated from ABL patients, MTP deficiency was associated with increased proteasomal degradation of group 1 CD1 molecules. Although CD1d escaped degradation, it was unable to load antigens and exhibited functional defects similar to those affecting the group 1 CD1 molecules. The reduction in CD1 function resulted in impaired activation of CD1-restricted T and invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and reduced numbers and phenotypic alterations of iNKT cells consistent with central and peripheral CD1 defects in vivo. These data highlight MTP as a unique regulator of human metabolic and immune pathways and reveal that ABL is not only a disorder of lipid metabolism but also an immune disease involving CD1.
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- Sebastian Zeissig
- Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Kockx M, Jessup W, Kritharides L. Cyclosporin A and atherosclerosis--cellular pathways in atherogenesis. Pharmacol Ther 2010; 128:106-18. [PMID: 20598751 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2010] [Accepted: 06/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA) is an immunosuppressant drug widely used in organ transplant recipients and people with autoimmune disorders. Long term treatment with CsA is associated with many side effects including hyperlipidemia and an increased risk of atherosclerosis. While its immunosuppressive effects are closely linked to its effects on T cell activation via the inhibition of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) pathway, the precise mechanisms underlying its cardiovascular effects appear to involve multiple pathways additional to those relevant for immunosuppression. These include inhibition of calcineurin activity and intracellular cyclophilin peptidylprolyl isomerase and chaperone activities, inhibition of pro-inflammatory extracellular cyclophilin A, and NFAT-independent transcriptional effects. CsA demonstrates complex effects on lipoprotein metabolism and bile acid production, and affects endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and macrophages, all of which are critical to the atherosclerotic process. Interpretation of the available data is hampered as many experimental models are used to study the effects of CsA in vivo and in vitro, leading to diverse and often contradictory findings. In this review we will describe the cellular mechanisms related to CsA-induced hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, with a focus on identifying pro-atherogenic pathways that are distinct from those relevant to its immunosuppressant effects. The potential of CsA analogues to avoid such sequelae will be discussed.
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- Maaike Kockx
- Macrophage Biology Group, Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Braun NA, Mendez-Fernandez YV, Covarrubias R, Porcelli SA, Savage PB, Yagita H, Van Kaer L, Major AS. Development of spontaneous anergy in invariant natural killer T cells in a mouse model of dyslipidemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010; 30:1758-65. [PMID: 20539017 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.110.206045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated whether dyslipidemia-associated perturbed invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell function is due to intrinsic changes in iNKT cells or defects in the ability of antigen-presenting cells to activate iNKT cells. METHODS AND RESULTS We compared iNKT cell expansion and cytokine production in C57BL/6J (B6) and apolipoprotein E-deficient (apoE(-/-)) mice. In response to in vivo stimulation with alpha-galactosylceramide, a prototypic iNKT cell glycolipid antigen, apoE(-/-) mice showed significantly decreased splenic iNKT cell expansion at 3 days after injection, a profile associated with iNKT cell anergy due to chronic stimulation. This decrease in expansion and cytokine production was accompanied by a 2-fold increase in percentage of iNKT cells expressing the inhibitory marker programmed death-1 in apoE(-/-) mice compared with controls. However, in vivo and in vitro blockade of programmed death-1 using monoclonal antibody was not able to restore functions of iNKT cells from apoE(-/-) mice to B6 levels. iNKT cells from apoE(-/-) mice also had increased intracellular T cell receptor and Ly49 expression, a phenotype associated with previous activation. Changes in iNKT cell functions were cell autonomous, because dendritic cells from apoE(-/-) mice were able to activate B6 iNKT cells, but iNKT cells from apoE(-/-) mice were not able to respond to B6 dendritic cells. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that chronic dyslipidemia induces an iNKT cell phenotype that is unresponsive to further simulation by exogenous glycolipid and that sustained unresponsiveness is iNKT cell intrinsic.
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- Nicole A Braun
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Freigang S, Zadorozhny V, McKinney MK, Krebs P, Herro R, Pawlak J, Kain L, Schrantz N, Masuda K, Liu Y, Savage PB, Bendelac A, Cravatt BF, Teyton L. Fatty acid amide hydrolase shapes NKT cell responses by influencing the serum transport of lipid antigen in mice. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:1873-84. [PMID: 20484813 PMCID: PMC2877940 DOI: 10.1172/jci40451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The potent regulatory properties of NKT cells render this subset of lipid-specific T cells a promising target for immunotherapeutic interventions. The marine sponge glycolipid alpha-galactosylceramide (alphaGalCer) is the proto-typic NKT cell agonist, which elicits this function when bound to CD1d. However, our understanding of the in vivo properties of NKT cell agonists and the host factors that control their bioactivity remains very limited. In this report, we isolated the enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) from mouse serum as an alphaGalCer-binding protein that modulates the induction of key effector functions of NKT cells in vivo. FAAH bound alphaGalCer in vivo and in vitro and was required for the efficient targeting of lipid antigens for CD1d presentation. Immunization of Faah-deficient mice with alphaGalCer resulted in a reduced systemic cytokine production, but enhanced expansion of splenic NKT cells. This distinct NKT response conferred a drastically increased adjuvant effect and strongly promoted protective CTL responses. Thus, our findings identify not only the presence of FAAH in normal mouse serum, but also its critical role in the tuning of immune responses to lipid antigens by orchestrating their transport and targeting for NKT cell activation. Our results suggest that the serum transport of lipid antigens directly shapes the quality of NKT cell responses, which could potentially be modulated in support of novel vaccination strategies.
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- Stefan Freigang
- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Immunology and
Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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The immune-modulatory role of apolipoprotein E with emphasis on multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Clin Dev Immunol 2010; 2010:186813. [PMID: 20613949 PMCID: PMC2896842 DOI: 10.1155/2010/186813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a 34.2 kDa glycoprotein characterized by its wide tissue distribution and multiple functions. The nonlipid-related properties of apoE include modulating inflammation and oxidation, suppressing T cell proliferation, regulating macrophage functions, and facilitating lipid antigen presentation by CD1 molecules to natural killer T (NKT) cells, and so forth. Increasing studies have revealed that APOE ε allele might be associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), although evidence is still not sufficient enough. In this review, we summarized the current progress of the immunomodulatory functions of apoE, with special focus on the association of APOE ε allele with the clinical features of MS and of its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).
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Lee Y, Kockx M, Raftery MJ, Jessup W, Griffith R, Kritharides L. Glycosylation and sialylation of macrophage-derived human apolipoprotein E analyzed by SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry: evidence for a novel site of glycosylation on Ser290. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:1968-81. [PMID: 20511397 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900430-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a 34-kDa glycoprotein secreted from various cells including hepatocytes and macrophages and plays an important role in remnant lipoprotein clearance, immune responses, Alzheimer disease, and atherosclerosis. Cellular apoE and plasma apoE exist as multiple glycosylated and sialylated glycoforms with plasma apoE being less glycosylated/sialylated than cell-derived apoE. Some of the glycan structures on plasma apoE are characterized; however, the more complicated structures on plasma and cellular/secreted apoE remain unidentified. We investigated glycosylation and sialylation of cellular and secreted apoE from primary human macrophages by one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Our results identify eight different glycoforms with (HexNAc)(2)-Hex(2)-(NeuAc)(2) being the most complex glycan detected on Thr(194) in both cellular and secreted apoE. Four additional glycans were identified on apoE(283-299), and using beta-elimination/alkylation by methylamine in vitro, we identified Ser(290) as a novel site of glycan attachment. Comparison of plasma and cellular/secreted apoE from the same donor confirmed that cell-derived apoE is more extensively sialylated than plasma apoE. Given the importance of the C terminus of apoE in regulating apoE solubility, stability, and lipid binding, these results may have important implications for our understanding of apoE biochemistry.
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- Youra Lee
- Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Kinetic assessment and therapeutic modulation of metabolic and inflammatory profiles in mice on a high-fat and cholesterol diet. PPAR Res 2010; 2010:970164. [PMID: 20445733 PMCID: PMC2859407 DOI: 10.1155/2010/970164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The kinetics of metabolic and inflammatory parameters associated with obesity were evaluated in a murine diet-induced obesity (DIO) model using a diet high in fat and cholesterol. Cellular infiltration and mediator production were assessed and shown to be therapeutically modulated by the PPARgamma agonist rosiglitazone. C57BL/6 mice were maintained on a 45% fat/ 0.12% cholesterol (HF/CH) or Chow diet for 3, 6, 16, or 27 weeks. Flow cytometry was employed to monitor peripheral blood monocytes and adipose tissue macrophages (ATM). Gene expression and protein analysis methods were used to evaluate mediator production from total epididymal fat (EF), stromal vascular fraction (SVF), and sorted SVF cells. To investigate therapeutic intervention, mice were fed a HF/CH diet for 12 weeks and then a diet formulated with rosiglitazone (5 mg/kg) for an additional 6 weeks. A HF/CH diet correlated with obesity and a dramatic proinflammatory state. Therapeutic intervention with rosiglitazone attenuated the HF/CH induced inflammation. In addition, a novel population was found that expressed the highest levels of the pro-inflammatory mediators CCL2 and IL-6.
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Chuang K, Elford EL, Tseng J, Leung B, Harris HW. An expanding role for apolipoprotein E in sepsis and inflammation. Am J Surg 2010; 200:391-7. [PMID: 20409531 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 10/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a component of plasma lipoproteins, plays an important, but poorly defined role in sepsis. We have shown that injecting apoE increases septic mortality in a rat model of gram-negative bacterial sepsis, with concomitant hepatic natural killer T (NKT) cell proliferation and activation. The presumed mechanism for this apoE-mediated mortality is that apoE can bind and traffic antigens, presumed to include lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and promote activation of dendritic cells (DC) with subsequent NKT activation and cytokine release. Thus, we sought to prove that LPS was the antigen responsible for the increased NKT activation enhanced by the presence of apoE. METHODS We isolated murine marrow-derived DCs, pulsed them with lipid antigen (LPS, and positive controls alpha-galactosylceramide [alpha-GalCer] and isoglobotrihexosylceramide 3 [iGb3]) with or without apoE, and then cocultured the DCs with hybridoma NKTs. NKT activation was measured by interleukin-2 (IL-2) supernatant levels using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS LPS at different concentrations was a weak stimulus for NKT activation regardless of apoE presence. When apoE was present, iGb3, an endogenous ligand analog, elicited more than a 2-fold increase in IL-2 response when compared with iGb3 alone (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate an endogenous ligand, not LPS, may be responsible for NKT activation. A molecular remnant similar to iGb3 could act as a damage-associated molecular pattern and play a prominent role in animal models of sepsis.
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- Kelley Chuang
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, East Bay, Oakland, USA
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De Libero G, Mori L. How the immune system detects lipid antigens. Prog Lipid Res 2010; 49:120-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2009.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Revised: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Berbée JFP, Coomans CP, Westerterp M, Romijn JA, Havekes LM, Rensen PCN. Apolipoprotein CI enhances the biological response to LPS via the CD14/TLR4 pathway by LPS-binding elements in both its N- and C-terminal helix. J Lipid Res 2010; 51:1943-52. [PMID: 20335569 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m006809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Timely sensing of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is critical for the host to fight invading Gram-negative bacteria. We recently showed that apolipoprotein CI (apoCI) (apoCI1-57) avidly binds to LPS, involving an LPS-binding motif (apoCI48-54), and thereby enhances the LPS-induced inflammatory response. Our current aim was to further elucidate the structure and function relationship of apoCI with respect to its LPS-modulating characteristics and to unravel the mechanism by which apoCI enhances the biological activity of LPS. We designed and generated N- and C-terminal apoCI-derived peptides containing varying numbers of alternating cationic/hydrophobic motifs. ApoCI1-38, apoCI1-30, and apoCI35-57 were able to bind LPS, whereas apoCI1-23 and apoCI46-57 did not bind LPS. In line with their LPS-binding characteristics, apoCI1-38, apoCI1-30, and apoCI35-57 prolonged the serum residence of 125I-LPS by reducing its association with the liver. Accordingly, both apoCI1-30 and apoCI35-57 enhanced the LPS-induced TNFalpha response in vitro (RAW 264.7 macrophages) and in vivo (C57Bl/6 mice). Additional in vitro studies showed that the stimulating effect of apoCI on the LPS response resembles that of LPS-binding protein (LBP) and depends on CD14/ Toll-like receptor 4 signaling. We conclude that apoCI contains structural elements in both its N-terminal and C-terminal helix to bind LPS and to enhance the proinflammatory response toward LPS via a mechanism similar to LBP.
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- Jimmy F P Berbée
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Strominger JL. An Alternative Path for Antigen Presentation: Group 1 CD1 Proteins. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:3303-5. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1090008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Braun NA, Covarrubias R, Major AS. Natural killer T cells and atherosclerosis: form and function meet pathogenesis. J Innate Immun 2010; 2:316-24. [PMID: 20375560 DOI: 10.1159/000296915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2010] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by dyslipidemia and accumulation of lipids in the arterial intima, with activation of both innate and adaptive immunity. Reciprocally, dyslipidemia associated with atherosclerosis can perturb normal immune function. Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a specialized group of immune cells that share characteristics with both conventional T cells and natural killer cells. However, unlike these cells, NKT cells recognize glycolipid antigens and produce both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines upon activation. Because of these unique characteristics, NKT cells have recently been ascribed a role in the regulation of immunity and inflammation, including cardiovascular disease. In addition, NKT cells represent a bridge between dyslipidemia and immune regulation. This review summarizes the current knowledge of NKT cells and discusses the interplay between dyslipidemia and the normal functions of NKT cells and how this might modulate inflammation and atherosclerosis.
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- Nicole A Braun
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6300, USA
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The role of apolipoprotein E in Guillain-Barré syndrome and experimental autoimmune neuritis. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010; 2010:357412. [PMID: 20182542 PMCID: PMC2825561 DOI: 10.1155/2010/357412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Accepted: 12/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a 34.2 kDa glycosylated protein characterized by its wide tissue distribution and multiple functions. ApoE has been widely studied in lipid metabolism, cardiocerebrovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment, and so forth. Recently, a growing body of evidence has pointed to nonlipid related properties of apoE, including suppression of T cell proliferation, regulation of macrophage function, facilitation of lipid antigen presentation by CD1 molecules to natural killer T (NKT) cells, and modulation of inflammation and oxidation. By these properties, apoE impacts physiology and pathophysiology at multiple levels. The present paper summarizes updated studies on the immunoregulatory function of apoE, with special focus on isoform-specific effects of apoE on Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN).
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Salio M, Silk JD, Cerundolo V. Recent advances in processing and presentation of CD1 bound lipid antigens. Curr Opin Immunol 2010; 22:81-8. [PMID: 20080041 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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It is well established that different populations of alphabeta T lymphocytes can recognize not only peptides in the context of MHC class I and class II molecules, but also foreign and self-lipids in association with CD1 proteins, which share structural similarities with MHC class I molecules. CD1 molecules are comprised of five isoforms, known as group 1 (CD1a, b, c, e) and group 2 (CD1d) CD1, presenting lipid antigens to conventional T lymphocytes or innate-like T cells bearing an invariant T cell receptor (TCR) and known as invariant NKT (iNKT) cells. During the last couple of years, several papers have been published describing important aspects of the mechanisms controlling the processing and presentation of endogenous and exogenous CD1 lipid antigens, which will be the main focus of this review.
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- Mariolina Salio
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Wang Y, Ghoshal S, Ward M, de Villiers W, Woodward J, Eckhardt E. Chylomicrons promote intestinal absorption and systemic dissemination of dietary antigen (ovalbumin) in mice. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8442. [PMID: 20041190 PMCID: PMC2793525 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background A small fraction of dietary protein survives enzymatic degradation and is absorbed in potentially antigenic form. This can trigger inflammatory responses in patients with celiac disease or food allergies, but typically induces systemic immunological tolerance (oral tolerance). At present it is not clear how dietary antigens are absorbed. Most food staples, including those with common antigens such as peanuts, eggs, and milk, contain long-chain triglycerides (LCT), which stimulate mesenteric lymph flux and postprandial transport of chylomicrons through mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and blood. Most dietary antigens, like ovalbumin (OVA), are emulsifiers, predicting affinity for chylomicrons. We hypothesized that chylomicron formation promotes intestinal absorption and systemic dissemination of dietary antigens. Methodology/Principal Findings Absorption of OVA into MLN and blood was significantly enhanced when OVA was gavaged into fasted mice together with LCT compared with medium-chain triglycerides (MCT), which do not stimulate chylomicron formation. The effect of LCT was blocked by the addition of an inhibitor of chylomicron secretion, Pluronic L-81. Adoptively transferred OVA-specific DO11.10 T-cells proliferated more extensively in peripheral lymph nodes when OVA was gavaged with LCT than with MCT or LCT plus Pluronic L-81, suggesting that dietary OVA is systemically disseminated. Most dietary OVA in plasma was associated with chylomicrons, suggesting that these particles mediate systemic antigen dissemination. Intestinal-epithelial CaCo-2 cells secreted more cell-associated, exogenous OVA when stimulated with oleic-acid than with butyric acid, and the secreted OVA appeared to be associated with chylomicrons. Conclusions/Significance Postprandial chylomicron formation profoundly affects absorption and systemic dissemination of dietary antigens. The fat content of a meal may affect immune responses to dietary antigens by modulating antigen absorption and transport.
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- Yuehui Wang
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Venkataswamy MM, Porcelli SA. Lipid and glycolipid antigens of CD1d-restricted natural killer T cells. Semin Immunol 2009; 22:68-78. [PMID: 19945296 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In spite of their relatively limited antigen receptor repertoire, CD1d-restricted NKT cells recognize a surprisingly diverse range of lipid and glycolipid antigens. Recent studies of natural and synthetic CD1d-presented antigens provide an increasingly detailed picture of how the specific structural features of these lipids and glycolipids influence their ability to be presented to NKT cells and stimulate their diverse immunologic functions. Particularly for synthetic analogues of alpha-galactosylceramides which have been the focus of intense recent investigation, it is becoming clear that the design of glycolipid antigens with the ability to precisely control the specific immunologic activities of NKT cells is likely to be feasible. The emerging details of the mechanisms underlying the structure-activity relationship of NKT cell antigens will assist greatly in the design and production of immunomodulatory agents for the precise manipulation of NKT cells and the many other components of the immune system that they influence.
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- Manjunatha M Venkataswamy
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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De Libero G, Collmann A, Mori L. The cellular and biochemical rules of lipid antigen presentation. Eur J Immunol 2009; 39:2648-56. [PMID: 19728312 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The recognition of both protein and lipid antigens follows similar strategies that rely on different molecular mechanisms. APC present lipid antigens exploiting the same mechanisms implicated in lipid translocation, lipoprotein assembly and lipid degradation. An important issue is how the lipid structure contributes to antigenicity. Lipid hydrophobicity influences the modes of internalization by APC, the trafficking through different membrane compartments, the binding to CD1 molecules and the stability of antigenic complexes. Some glycolipids with large hydrophilic parts require processing of the sugar moieties exerted by lysosomal hydrolases. Finally, extraction of lipids from membranes, their solubilization and loading on CD1 molecules are facilitated by the same lysosomal lipid-binding proteins that are also instrumental in lipid catabolism. More recent investigations reveal how lipid-specific immunity is regulated during infections. In this review we describe the main cellular and biochemical rules of lipid antigen presentation and discuss their implications in anti-microbial and autoimmune responses.
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- Gennaro De Libero
- Experimental Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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van Vliet P, Westendorp RGJ, Eikelenboom P, Comijs HC, Frölich M, Bakker E, van der Flier W, van Exel E. Parental history of Alzheimer disease associated with lower plasma apolipoprotein E levels. Neurology 2009; 73:681-7. [PMID: 19720974 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181b59c2e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Variation in APOE genotype is a determinant of Alzheimer disease (AD), but the risk associated with variation in plasma apoE levels has yet to be determined. Here, we studied offspring with and without a parental history of AD to identify the effect of plasma apoE levels at middle age on the risk of late-onset AD. METHODS Some 203 offspring from 92 families with a parental history of AD were compared with 197 offspring from 97 families without a parental history of AD. APOE genotypes and plasma apoE levels were assessed in all offspring. Difference in plasma apoE level between subjects with and without a parental history of AD was calculated using robust linear regression, both stratified and adjusted for APOE genotype. RESULTS Offspring with a parental history of AD were more likely to be an APOE epsilon4 allele carrier (46% vs 21%, p < 0.001) than offspring without such a parental history. Mean plasma apoE levels strongly decreased from epsilon2 to epsilon3epsilon3 to epsilon4 carriers (p < 0.001). Offspring with a parental history of AD had lower plasma apoE levels than subjects without such a history, both in analyses adjusted for APOE genotype (difference: -0.21 mg/dL, p = 0.02) and when using standardized Z scores, when stratified for APOE genotype (difference: -0.22, p = 0.009). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that lower plasma apoE levels in middle age could be a risk factor for Alzheimer disease in old age, independent of APOE genotype.
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- P van Vliet
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics (C2-R), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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CD1d-restricted natural killer (NKT) cells are important contributors to antigen-specific antibody responses. There is, therefore, considerable interest in the design and implementation of strategies to appropriately activate NKT cells and boost vaccine-induced protective antibody responses. In order to achieve these goals, investigators are examining the mechanisms by which NKT cells enhance antibody responses. Although information is limited, it is now appreciated that both cognate and noncognate interactions between CD1d-expressing B cells and NKT cells drive enhanced antibody responses. NKT cells may provide B-cell help in the form of direct receptor-mediated interactions as well as by secretion of soluble effectors, including cytokines. In this article, we review the evidence in support of these mechanisms and discuss how they likely take place in the context of interactions of NKT cells with other cell types, such as dendritic cells and helper T cells. We also discuss the evidence that NKT cells affect discrete differentiation events in the multistep process by which a naive B cell experiences antigen and develops into a memory B cell or an antibody-secreting plasma cell. Since most information on NKT cells and humoral immunity has been derived from murine studies, we discuss what is known about human NKT cells and humoral immunity. We offer thoughts on whether the findings in murine systems will translate to humans.
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- Mark L Lang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Wozniak MA, Maude RJ, Innes JA, Hawkey PM, Itzhaki RF. Apolipoprotein E-ɛ2 confers risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in women from the Indian subcontinent – A preliminary study. J Infect 2009; 59:219-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Baena A, Porcelli SA. Evasion and subversion of antigen presentation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2009; 74:189-204. [PMID: 19563525 PMCID: PMC2753606 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01301.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most successful of human pathogens and has acquired the ability to establish latent or progressive infection and persist even in the presence of a fully functioning immune system. The ability of M. tuberculosis to avoid immune-mediated clearance is likely to reflect a highly evolved and coordinated program of immune evasion strategies, including some that interfere with antigen presentation to prevent or alter the quality of T-cell responses. Here, we review an extensive array of published studies supporting the view that antigen presentation pathways are targeted at many points by pathogenic mycobacteria. These studies show the multiple potential mechanisms by which M. tuberculosis may actively inhibit, subvert or otherwise modulate antigen presentation by major histocompatibility complex class I, class II and CD1 molecules. Unraveling the mechanisms by which M. tuberculosis evades or modulates antigen presentation is of critical importance for the development of more effective new vaccines based on live attenuated mycobacterial strains.
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- Andres Baena
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Kim J, Basak JM, Holtzman DM. The role of apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease. Neuron 2009; 63:287-303. [PMID: 19679070 PMCID: PMC3044446 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1046] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2009] [Revised: 06/22/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although there have been numerous studies attempting to elucidate the underlying mechanism for this increased risk, how apoE4 influences AD onset and progression has yet to be proven. However, prevailing evidence suggests that the differential effects of apoE isoforms on Abeta aggregation and clearance play the major role in AD pathogenesis. Other potential mechanisms, such as the differential modulation of neurotoxicity and tau phosphorylation by apoE isoforms as well as its role in synaptic plasticity and neuroinflammation, have not been ruled out. Inconsistent results among studies have made it difficult to define whether the APOE epsilon4 allele represents a gain of toxic function, a loss of neuroprotective function, or both. Therapeutic strategies based on apoE propose to reduce the toxic effects of apoE4 or to restore the physiological, protective functions of apoE.
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- Jungsu Kim
- Department of Neurology, Developmental Biology, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Boes M, Stoppelenburg AJ, Sillé FCM. Endosomal processing for antigen presentation mediated by CD1 and Class I major histocompatibility complex: roads to display or destruction. Immunology 2009; 127:163-70. [PMID: 19476512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The presentation of antigen in a form that can be recognized by T lymphocytes of the immune system requires antigen processing and association of antigen-derived fragments with molecules encoded by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus or by the CD1 locus. Much emphasis on antigen processing and presentation in the last decades has focused on what we consider 'conventional routes' of antigen processing and presentation, whereby extracellular antigens are processed for presentation via Class II MHC complexes and cytosolic antigens are presented as peptide-Class I MHC complexes. We here highlight two other pathways in myeloid dendritic cells, those of lipid antigen presentation in association with CD1 and of peptide cross-presentation via Class I MHC complexes. Some pathogens evade immune recognition through inhibition of antigen presentation of phagosomal origin. Deviations in endosomal antigen processing and presentation are also seen in individuals suffering from glycosphingolipid lysosomal lipid storage diseases. We summarize recent developments in the endosomal antigen processing and presentation pathway, for display as lipid-CD1 complexes to natural killer T cells and as peptide-Class I MHC complexes to CD8 T cells.
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- Marianne Boes
- Department of Pediatric Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, the Netherlands.
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Apolipoprotein-mediated lipid antigen presentation in B cells provides a pathway for innate help by NKT cells. Blood 2009; 114:2411-6. [PMID: 19620401 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-04-211417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells are innate-like lymphocytes that recognize lipid antigens and have been shown to enhance B-cell activation and antibody production. B cells typically recruit T-cell help by presenting internalized antigens recognized by their surface antigen receptor. Here, we demonstrate a highly efficient means whereby human B cells present lipid antigens to NKT cells, capturing the antigen using apolipoprotein E (apoE) and the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R). ApoE dramatically enhances B-cell presentation of alpha-galactosylceramide (alphaGalCer), an exogenous CD1d presented antigen, inducing activation of NKT cells and the subsequent activation of B cells. B cells express the LDL-R on activation, and the activation of NKT cells by B cells is completely LDL-R dependent, as shown by blocking experiments and the complete lack of presentation when using apoE2, an isoform of apoE incapable of LDL-R binding. The dependence on apoE and the LDL-R is much more pronounced in B cells than we had previously seen in dendritic cells, which can apparently use alternate pathways of lipid antigen uptake. Thus, B cells use an apolipoprotein-mediated pathway of lipid antigen presentation, which constitutes a form of innate help for B cells by NKT cells.
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Kockx M, Guo DL, Traini M, Gaus K, Kay J, Wimmer-Kleikamp S, Rentero C, Burnett JR, Le Goff W, Van Eck M, Stow JL, Jessup W, Kritharides L. Cyclosporin A decreases apolipoprotein E secretion from human macrophages via a protein phosphatase 2B-dependent and ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1)-independent pathway. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:24144-54. [PMID: 19589783 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.032615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cyclosporin A (CsA) is an immunosuppressant that inhibits protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B/calcineurin) and is associated with hyperlipidemia, decreased cholesterol efflux via ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), and increased risk of atherosclerosis. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is an important regulator of lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis, the secretion of which from human macrophages is regulated by the serine/threonine protein kinase A (PKA) and intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) (Kockx, M., Guo, D. L., Huby, T., Lesnik, P., Kay, J., Sabaretnam, T., Jary, E., Hill, M., Gaus, K., Chapman, J., Stow, J. L., Jessup, W., and Kritharides, L. (2007) Circ. Res. 101, 607-616). As PP2B is Ca(2+)-dependent and has been linked to PKA-dependent processes, we investigated whether CsA modulated apoE secretion. CsA dose- and time-dependently inhibited secretion of apoE from primary human macrophages and from Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with human apoE and increased cellular apoE levels without affecting apoE mRNA. [(35)S]Met kinetic modeling studies showed that CsA inhibited both secretion and degradation of apoE, increasing the half-life of cellular apoE 2-fold. CsA also inhibited secretion from primary human Tangier disease macrophages and from mouse macrophages deficient in ABCA1, indicating that the effect is independent of the known inhibition of ABCA1 by CsA. The role of PP2B in mediating apoE secretion was confirmed using additional peptide and chemical inhibitors of PP2B. Importantly, kinetic modeling, live-cell imaging, and confocal microscopy all indicated that CsA inhibited apoE secretion by mechanisms quite distinct from those of PKA inhibition, most likely inducing accumulation of apoE in the endoplasmic reticulum compartment. Taken together, these results establish a novel mechanism for the pro-atherosclerotic effects of CsA, and establish for the first time a role for PP2B in regulating the intracellular transport and secretion of apoE.
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- Maaike Kockx
- Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Zajonc DM, Kronenberg M. Carbohydrate specificity of the recognition of diverse glycolipids by natural killer T cells. Immunol Rev 2009; 230:188-200. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2009.00802.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tomiyama-Hanayama M, Rakugi H, Kohara M, Mima T, Adachi Y, Ohishi M, Katsuya T, Hoshida Y, Aozasa K, Ogihara T, Nishimoto N. Effect of interleukin-6 receptor blockage on renal injury in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F679-84. [PMID: 19570877 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.90680.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hyperlipidemia has been demonstrated to be associated with renal disease, yet the mechanism of renal injury is still poorly understood. Inflammation that occurs with the hyperlipidemia has been considered to play an important role in development of glomerular injury. In the present study, we investigated the role of interleukin-6 (IL-6), a key inflammatory molecule, on renal injury in apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE(-/-)) mice with severe hypercholesterolemia. The 6-wk-old mice were fed a high-fat diet and administered weekly rat anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody (MR16-1), control rat IgG, or saline for a total of 4 wk. We examined histopathological changes in the kidney and urinary excretion of protein and albumin. Saline- and IgG-treated mice showed remarkable proteinuria at 10 wk of age, whereas MR16-1-treated mice exhibited significantly lower levels. Renal histopathology of saline- and IgG-treated mice revealed striking lipid deposits and foam cells in the glomerular tuft, juxtaglomerular area, and arteriolar wall along with range of mesangial cell proliferation and matrix expansion. Notably, the severity of lipid deposits and mesangial cell proliferation were significantly reduced in MR16-1-treated mice. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that mesangial IL-6 expression was dramatically reduced in MR16-1-treated mice compared with IgG-treated mice. Blocking the IL-6 receptor prevented progression of proteinuria and renal lipid deposit, as well as the mesangial cell proliferation associated with severe hyperlipoproteinemia. These results clearly demonstrate that IL-6 plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of hyperlipidemia-induced glomerular injury in ApoE(-/-) mice and suggests the usefulness of anti-IL-6 receptor antibody in treatments for hyperlipidemia-induced organ damage.
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- Mari Tomiyama-Hanayama
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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