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Distler JHW, Jüngel A, Caretto D, Schulze-Horsel U, Kowal-Bielecka O, Gay RE, Michel BA, Müller-Ladner U, Kalden JR, Gay S, Distler O. Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 released from glycosaminoglycans mediates its profibrotic effects in systemic sclerosis via the release of interleukin-4 from T cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:214-25. [PMID: 16385517 DOI: 10.1002/art.21497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1; CCL2) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of fibrotic diseases and is up-regulated in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of the present study was to examine the mechanisms by which MCP-1 mediates its profibrotic effects in the setting of SSc. METHODS The expression of receptors for MCP-1 on dermal fibroblasts was analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence-activated cell sorting. The ability of extracellular matrix proteins to bind and release MCP-1 was quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Th0 cells were isolated using a magnetic-activated cell sorting system and were stimulated twice in the presence of MCP-1. The synthesis of collagen was measured using the Sircol collagen assay kit. RESULTS The glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate, but not fibronectin or collagens, bound and released MCP-1 in a time-dependent manner. MCP-1 that was released from chondroitin sulfate induced the differentiation of interleukin-4 (IL-4)-producing T cells in a dose-dependent manner. In turn, dermal fibroblasts from patients with SSc expressed IL-4 receptor, and stimulation with IL-4 significantly increased the production of collagen in dermal fibroblasts. In contrast, CCR2a and CCR2b, as well as D6 and US28 (other potential receptors of MCP-1), were not detectable in SSc and normal fibroblasts, and their expression was not induced by platelet-derived growth factor, IL-1beta, or IL-4. In addition, MCP-1 had no direct effects on collagen production by fibroblasts. CONCLUSION MCP-1 has no direct effects on dermal fibroblasts but contributes to fibrosis in patients with SSc by inducing the differentiation of IL-4-producing T cells. Because MCP-1 has both proinflammatory and profibrotic effects, pharmacologic targeting of MCP-1 could be a promising therapeutic approach in SSc.
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- Jörg H W Distler
- Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Ryschich E, Lizdenis P, Ittrich C, Benner A, Stahl S, Hamann A, Schmidt J, Knolle P, Arnold B, Hämmerling GJ, Ganss R. Molecular fingerprinting and autocrine growth regulation of endothelial cells in a murine model of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res 2006; 66:198-211. [PMID: 16397233 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinogenesis, highly vascularized tumors develop through two distinct morphologic phases of neovascularization. We show that increased vascular caliber occurs first, followed by extensive vessel sprouting in late-stage carcinomas. To define molecular pathways in tumor neovascularization, endothelial cells were directly purified from normal liver and advanced tumors. Gene expression profiling experiments were then designed to identify genes enriched in the vascular compartment. We report that Cathepsin S is the major protease specifically overexpressed during vessel sprouting. We also show that the CC chemokines CCL2 and CCL3 are secreted by neovessels and stimulate proliferation through their cognate receptors in an autocrine fashion. This suggests that chemokine signaling represents the most prominent signaling pathway in tumor-associated endothelial cells and directly regulates vessel remodeling. Furthermore, high angiogenic activity is associated with attenuated lymphocyte extravasation and correlates with expression of the immunomodulatory cytokine interleukin 10. This is the first comprehensive study addressing liver-specific vascular changes in a murine autochthonous tumor model. These novel insights into liver angiogenesis infer an environmental control of neovascularization and have important implications for the design of antiangiogenic therapies.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Communication/physiology
- Cell Growth Processes/physiology
- Cell Movement/physiology
- Chemokines/biosynthesis
- Chemokines/genetics
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Endothelial Cells/pathology
- Endothelial Cells/physiology
- Leukocytes/immunology
- Leukocytes/pathology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/blood supply
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/genetics
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/pathology
- Signal Transduction
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/biosynthesis
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/biosynthesis
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Sakai N, Wada T, Furuichi K, Shimizu K, Kokubo S, Hara A, Yamahana J, Okumura T, Matsushima K, Yokoyama H, Kaneko S. MCP-1/CCR2-dependent loop for fibrogenesis in human peripheral CD14-positive monocytes. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 79:555-63. [PMID: 16415174 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0305127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Monocyte/macrophage (Momicron) migration to sites of inflammation is a prerequisite cause of organ fibrosis. The recruitment and activation of Mo are regulated by C-C chemokines, especially monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 [(MCP-1)/CC chemokine ligand 2], which interacts with CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2). However, the mechanisms leading to fibrosis via MCP-1/CCR2 signaling in Mo remain to be investigated. The effect of MCP-1 on the expression of MCP-1, CCR2, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), and type I collagen in circulating human CD14-positive Mo was investigated. In addition, the impact of MCP-1-specific or TGF-beta1-specific antisense (AS) phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) was examined to explore the involvement of autocrine/paracrine production of MCP-1 and TGF-beta1 by human CD14-positive Mo. Furthermore, specific CCR2 inhibitors were applied to examine the involvement of CCR2 signaling for the promotion of a fibrogenic response. The stimulation of Mo with MCP-1 increased mRNA levels of TGF-beta1 and a pro-alpha1 chain of type I collagen (COL1A1) as well as protein synthesis. Similarly, the expression of MCP-1 and CCR2 was enhanced by the stimulation with MCP-1 in dose- and time-dependent manners. This positive loop via MCP-1 was reduced by pretreatment with MCP-1-specific AS-ODN. It was also noted that pretreatment with TGF-beta1-specific AS-ODN partially reduced COL1A1 mRNA levels. Finally, transcripts of these molecules were suppressed by pretreatment with specific CCR2 inhibitors. The present study demonstrated that human peripheral CD14-positive Mo contribute directly to fibrogenesis by a MCP-1/CCR2-dependent amplification loop. These data suggest that fibrogenic processes in Mo regulated by MCP-1/CCR2 may be novel, therapeutic targets for combating organ fibrosis.
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MESH Headings
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokine CCL2/immunology
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/drug effects
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Collagen Type I/immunology
- Collagen Type I/metabolism
- Collagen Type I, alpha 1 Chain
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Down-Regulation/drug effects
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Feedback, Physiological/drug effects
- Feedback, Physiological/immunology
- Fibrosis/immunology
- Fibrosis/metabolism
- Fibrosis/physiopathology
- Humans
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/immunology
- Monocytes/drug effects
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, Chemokine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/antagonists & inhibitors
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
- Transforming Growth Factor beta1
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- Norihiko Sakai
- Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Yang X, Lu P, Ishida Y, Kuziel WA, Fujii C, Mukaida N. Attenuated liver tumor formation in the absence of CCR2 with a concomitant reduction in the accumulation of hepatic stellate cells, macrophages and neovascularization. Int J Cancer 2006; 118:335-45. [PMID: 16052523 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The liver parenchyma is populated by hepatocytes and several nonparenchymal cell types, including Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells. Both Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells are responsive to the chemokine CCL2, but the precise roles of CCL2 and these cells in liver tumor formation remain undefined. Hence, we investigated the effects of the lack of the major CCL2 receptor, CCR2, on liver tumor formation induced by intraportal injection of the murine colon adenocarcinoma cell line, colon 26. Wild-type mice showed macroscopic tumor foci in the liver 10 days after injection of colon 26 cells. After 10 days, CCL2 proteins were detected predominantly in tumor cells, coincident with increased intratumoral macrophage and hepatic stellate cell numbers. Although tumor formation occurred at similar rates in wild-type and CCR2-deficient mice up to 10 days after tumor cell injection, the number and size of tumor foci were significantly attenuated in CCR2-deficient mice relative to wild-type mice thereafter. Moreover, neovascularization and matrix metalloproteinase 2 expression were diminished in CCR2-deficient mice with a concomitant reduction in the accumulation of macrophages and hepatic stellate cells. Furthermore, matrix metalloproteinase 2 was detected predominantly in hepatic stellate cells but not in macrophages. We provided the first definitive evidence that the absence of CCR2-mediated signals can reduce the trafficking of hepatic stellate cells, a main source of matrix metalloproteinase 2, and consequently can diminish neovascularization during liver tumor formation.
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- Xiaoqin Yang
- Division of Molecular Bioregulation, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Leni Moldovan
- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, 473 W 12th Ave., Room 305A, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Spring H, Schüler T, Arnold B, Hämmerling GJ, Ganss R. Chemokines direct endothelial progenitors into tumor neovessels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:18111-6. [PMID: 16326806 PMCID: PMC1312396 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0507158102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 10/20/2005] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Tumor neovasculature substantially derives from sprouting of existing vessels, whereas the functional contribution of bone marrow-derived progenitors to neovessels remains controversial. We used transgenic mouse models of multistep carcinogenesis to monitor incorporation of bone marrow-derived cells into the neovasculature and to elucidate mechanisms of endothelial precursor cell (EPC) recruitment into the tumor microenvironment. We unequivocally demonstrate integration of bone marrow cells into the tumor vasculature as a late event in carcinogenesis that temporally correlates with VEGF release by the tumor and mobilization of circulating EPC in the periphery. Moreover, we demonstrate a chemokine-dependent mechanism of EPC homing into tumor, whereby neovessels of late-stage tumors release a battery of CC chemokines, which direct CCR2(+) and CCR5(+) progenitors into the vasculature. Thus, we show that tumor vessels promote their own growth and development in a self-amplifying fashion.
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- Herbert Spring
- Biomedical Structure Analysis Group, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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Olsnes C, Heimdal JH, Kross KW, Olofsson J, Aarstad HJ. Viable head and neck tumor spheroids stimulate in vitro autologous monocyte MCP-1 secretion through soluble substances and CD14/lectin-like receptors. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2005; 262:953-60. [PMID: 16328410 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0902-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2004] [Accepted: 11/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Biopsies from carcinoma tissue and benign control mucosa from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients were used to establish fragment (F)-spheroids in vitro. We have previously shown that autologous monocytes co-cultured with F-spheroids in vitro augment their secretion of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1). Presently, the aims of the present work were to study whether the metabolic activity, secreted products and/or specific receptor/ligand on the surface of the F-spheroids and monocytes are necessary for stimulation of the monocyte MCP-1 secretion upon F-spheroid co-culture. Actinomycin D (1 mug/ml for 24 h) pre-treatment of the F-spheroids abolished the monocyte MCP-1 co-culture response. Co-culture of monocytes and F-spheroids separated by a semi-permeable membrane showed a decreased, but still present, monocyte MCP-1 co-culture response. Conditioned medium from F-spheroids stimulated allogenous monocytes to secrete MCP-1. The addition of glucose or galactose, but not mannose, to co-cultures partially inhibited the monocyte MCP-1 co-culture response. The addition of anti-CD14 antibody diminished the MCP-1 co-culture response. In conclusion, the monocyte MCP-1 co-culture response is dependent on metabolically active spheroids, secreted stimuli, and is augmented by direct contact with F-spheroids, possibly via lectin-like receptors and the CD14 receptor.
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- Carla Olsnes
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Jackson CJ, Xue M, Thompson P, Davey RA, Whitmont K, Smith S, Buisson-Legendre N, Sztynda T, Furphy LJ, Cooper A, Sambrook P, March L. Activated protein C prevents inflammation yet stimulates angiogenesis to promote cutaneous wound healing. Wound Repair Regen 2005; 13:284-94. [PMID: 15953048 DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2005.00130311.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Activated protein C (APC) is a serine protease that plays a central role in physiological anticoagulation, and has more recently been shown to be a potent anti-inflammatory mediator. Using cultured human cells, we show here that APC up-regulates the angiogenic promoters matrix metalloproteinase-2 in skin fibroblasts and umbilical vein endothelial cells, vascular endothelial growth factor in keratinocytes and fibroblasts, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in fibroblasts. In the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane assay, APC promoted the granulation/remodeling phases of wound healing by markedly stimulating angiogenesis as well as promoting reepithelialization. In a full-thickness rat skin-healing model, a single topical application of APC enhanced wound healing compared to saline control. APC-treated wounds had markedly more blood vessels on day 7 and a significantly lower infiltration of neutrophils at days 4 and 7. The broad spectrum matrix metallo-proteinase, GM6001, prevented the ability of APC to promote wound healing. In summary, our results show that APC promotes cutaneous wound healing via a complex mechanism involving stimulation of angiogenesis and inhibition of inflammation. These unique properties of APC make it an attractive therapeutic agent to promote the healing of chronic wounds.
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- Christopher J Jackson
- The Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratories, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Ferreira AM, Rollins BJ, Faunce DE, Burns AL, Zhu X, Dipietro LA. The effect of MCP-1 depletion on chemokine and chemokine-related gene expression: evidence for a complex network in acute inflammation. Cytokine 2005; 30:64-71. [PMID: 15804597 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2004.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2004] [Revised: 11/04/2004] [Accepted: 12/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The expression of chemokines has been suggested to involve an interdependent network, with the absence of a single chemokine affecting the expression of multiple other chemokines. Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1), a member of C-C chemokine superfamily, plays a critical role in the recruitment and activation of leukocytes during acute inflammation. To examine the effect of the loss of MCP-1 on expression of the chemokine network, we compared the mRNA expression profiles of MCP-1(-/-) and wild type mice during the acute inflammatory phase of excisional wounds. Utilizing a mouse cDNA array containing 514 chemokine and chemokine related genes, the loss of MCP-1 was observed to cause a significant upregulation of nine genes (Decorin, Persephin, IL-1beta, MIP-2, MSP, IL1ra, CCR5, CCR3, IL-11) and significant downregulation of two genes (CCR4 and CD3Z) in acute wounds. The array data was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The effect of MCP-1 deletion on chemokine expression was further examined in isolated macrophages. Compared to wild type, LPS-stimulated peritoneal macrophages from MCP-1(-/-) mice showed a significant increase in the expression of RANTES, MIP-1beta, MIP-1alpha and MIP-2 mRNA. The data suggest that loss of a single chemokine perturbs the chemokine network not only in the setting of acute inflammation but even in an isolated inflammatory cell, the macrophage.
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- Ahalia M Ferreira
- Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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De Paepe B, De Bleecker JL. ?-chemokine receptor expression in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Muscle Nerve 2005; 31:621-7. [PMID: 15772970 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Beta-chemokines attract and activate T cells and monocytes and have a key role in chronic inflammation. Certain beta-chemokines, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), have been reported to be upregulated in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). We studied the distribution of beta-chemokine receptors in polymyositis (PM), sporadic inclusion-body myositis (sIBM), dermatomyositis (DM), and control samples. CCR1-5 were localized to blood vessels in all samples. In addition, increased endothelial expression of CCR2A was observed in IIM. Subsets of inflammatory cells, identified as macrophages and T cells, in all three types of IIM expressed CCR2A, CCR2B, CCR3, CCR4, and CCR5. In contrast to an earlier report, we found CCR2B to be the most prominent MCP-1 receptor on inflammatory cells in IIM, especially in PM and sIBM. Strong CCR4 expression was present on myonuclei of regenerating muscle fibers. The prominence of the CCR2 receptors further underlines the importance of the interaction with their ligand MCP-1 in the immunopathogenesis of IIM and puts CCR2B forward as a potential target for future therapeutic intervention.
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MESH Headings
- Blood Vessels/immunology
- Blood Vessels/pathology
- Blotting, Western
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Endothelial Cells/immunology
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Macrophages/immunology
- Muscle, Skeletal/blood supply
- Muscle, Skeletal/immunology
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Myositis/immunology
- Myositis/pathology
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, CCR4
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- Boel De Paepe
- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Laboratory, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Warren GL, Hulderman T, Mishra D, Gao X, Millecchia L, O'Farrell L, Kuziel WA, Simeonova PP. Chemokine receptor CCR2 involvement in skeletal muscle regeneration. FASEB J 2004; 19:413-5. [PMID: 15601671 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-2421fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Chemokines, signaling through the CCR2 receptor, are highly expressed in injured skeletal muscle. Their target specificity depends on the cellular expression of the specific receptors. Here we demonstrate that, in freeze-injured muscle, CCR2 co-localized with Mac-3, a marker of activated macrophages as well as with myogenin, a marker of activated muscle precursor cells. The degeneration/regeneration process in skeletal muscle of CCR2-/- and wild-type mice was not significantly different at day 3. However in contrast to the regenerated muscle of the wild-type mice, the muscle from CCR2-/- mice was characterized by impaired regeneration, inflammation, and fibrotic response at day 14, increased fat infiltration, fibrosis, and calcification at day 21, and impaired strength recovery until at least 28 days post-injury. Consistently, the increased expression of Mac-1 and TNF-alpha was prolonged in the injured muscle of CCR2-/- mice. The expression pattern of the myogenic factors MyoD and myogenin was similar for both types of mice, while NCAM, which is associated with the initiation of fusion of muscle precursor cells, was more increased in the injured muscle of CCR2-/- mice. In conclusion, the study delineates that signaling through CCR2 is involved in muscle precursor cell activities necessary for complete and rapid regeneration of injured skeletal muscle.
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- Gordon L Warren
- Department of Physical Therapy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Guo J, Van Eck M, de Waard V, Maeda N, Benson GM, Groot PHE, Van Berkel TJC. The presence of leukocyte CC-chemokine receptor 2 in CCR2 knockout mice promotes atherogenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2004; 1740:453-9. [PMID: 15949714 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2004.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 10/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To selectively determine the role of leukocyte CC-chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) in atherogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS Bone marrow progenitor cells harvested from CCR2(+/+) mice were transplanted into irradiated CCR2(-/-) mice, representing the whole-body absence of CCR2 except in leukocytes. Transplantation of CCR2(-/-) bone marrow into CCR2(-/-) mice served as control. Eight weeks after bone marrow transplantation, the diet of regular chow was switched to a high-cholesterol diet for another 10 weeks in order to induce atherosclerosis. No significant differences in serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels were observed between the two groups. However, the mean cross-sectional aortic root lesion area of CCR2(+/+)-->CCR2(-/-) mice amounted up to 12.28+/-3.28x10(4) microm(2), compared with only 3.08+/-0.74 x 10(4) microm(2) observed in the CCR2(-/-)-->CCR2(-/-) group. Thus, the presence of CCR2 exclusively on leukocytes induces a fourfold increase in aortic lesion area. This extent of lesion development was comparable to C57Bl/6 mice receiving CCR2(+/+) bone marrow (10.08+/-3.30x10(4) microm(2)). CONCLUSION These results point at a dominant role of leukocyte CCR2 in atherogenesis, implying that CCR2 from nonleukocyte sources, like endothelial cells or smooth muscle cells, is less critical in the initiation of atherosclerosis. Pharmacological inhibition of leukocyte CCR2 function might be a promising strategy to prevent atherosclerosis.
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- Jian Guo
- Division of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Hong KH, Ryu J, Han KH. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-induced angiogenesis is mediated by vascular endothelial growth factor-A. Blood 2004; 105:1405-7. [PMID: 15498848 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-08-3178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has been recognized as an angiogenic chemokine. In the present study, we investigated the detailed mechanism by which MCP-1 induces angiogenesis. We found that MCP-1 up-regulated hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) gene expression in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs), which induced vascular endothelial growth factor-A(165) (VEGF-A(165)) expression in the aortic wall and HAECs through activation of p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). In vivo angiogenesis assay using chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) showed that MCP-1-induced angiogenesis was as potent as that induced by VEGF-A(165) and completely inhibited by a VEGF inhibitor, Flt(2-11). The inhibition of RhoA small G protein did not affect MCP-1-induced VEGF-A(165) production and secretion but completely blocked both MCP-1- and VEGF-A-induced new vessel formation, as determined by CAM assay. These results suggest that MCP-1-induced angiogenesis is composed largely of 2 sequential steps: the induction of VEGF-A gene expression by MCP-1 and the subsequent VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Angiogenesis Inducing Agents/administration & dosage
- Animals
- Aorta, Abdominal/physiology
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL2/administration & dosage
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Humans
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
- Male
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/biosynthesis
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/physiology
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- Kyung Hee Hong
- Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap-2 dong Songpa-gu 138-736, Seoul, South Korea
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Niiyama H, Kai H, Yamamoto T, Shimada T, Sasaki KI, Murohara T, Egashira K, Imaizumi T. Roles of endogenous monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in ischemia-induced neovascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 44:661-6. [PMID: 15358037 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2004] [Revised: 03/18/2004] [Accepted: 04/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the role of endogenous monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 in ischemia-induced neovascularization. BACKGROUND Roles of inflammatory changes including macrophage infiltration are suggested in ischemic neovascularization. METHODS Unilateral hindlimb ischemia was induced by excising surgically the entire femoral artery and vein in mice. Immediately after operation, plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid encoding a dominant negative mutant of MCP-1 (7ND) or the empty plasmid (mock) was injected into the ipsilateral thigh adductor muscle. RESULTS In mock-treated mice, MCP-1 was upregulated transiently in ischemic hindlimb peaking at day 3. Serial laser Doppler blood flow (LDBF) analysis showed an abrupt decrease in blood flow, followed by a recovery to the near-normal levels in mock-treated mice; 7ND treatment had no effects on the initial decrease in LDBF but deteriorated the recovery. At day 3, macrophage infiltration and inductions of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were prominent in the ischemic adductor muscle in mock-treated mice; 7ND treatment significantly reduced macrophage infiltration and suppressed TNF-alpha and VEGF inductions in response to ischemia. At day 21, postmortem angiography and anti-CD31 immunohistostaining revealed well-developed collateral vessels and capillary formation, respectively, in the ischemic muscle of mock-treated mice; 7ND overexpression remarkably suppressed the collateral vessel formation and capillary formation. CONCLUSIONS Endogenous MCP-1 may play a role in ischemia-induced neovascularization by recruiting macrophages that activate TNF-alpha and VEGF inductions.
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- Hiroshi Niiyama
- Third Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
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Song L, Pachter JS. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 alters expression of tight junction-associated proteins in brain microvascular endothelial cells. Microvasc Res 2004; 67:78-89. [PMID: 14709405 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2003.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1) is recognized to mediate extravasation of mononuclear leukocytes into the brain during a variety of neuroinflammatory conditions. In large part produced by parenchymal neural cells during these disease states, it is unclear how this chemokine can stimulate the migration of circulating leukocytes that lie behind the highly impermeant blood-brain barrier (BBB). Based on the premise that disruption of tight junctions (TJs) could foster leukocyte extravasation, experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that MCP-1 alters the expression and/or distribution of the TJ-associated proteins zonulae occludens-1 (ZO-1) and occludin in brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC) comprising the BBB. Exposure to MCP-1 caused a loss in immunostaining of ZO-1 at inter-endothelial junctional regions in both cultured BMEC and isolated brain microvessels, as well as a similar effect on occludin in cultured BMEC, but did not alter occludin staining in microvessels. In cellular fractionation experiments, ZO-1 associated predominantly with the detergent-resistant cytoskeletal framework (CSK) in both cultured BMEC and brain microvessels, while a slimmer majority of occludin partitioned with the CSK. Following MCP-1 exposure, ZO-1 was reduced in the CSK fraction of cultured BMEC and microvessels, with a shift of ZO-1 to the detergent-soluble fraction in both cases. Occludin exhibited a similar pattern of MCP-1-induced loss and shift from the CSK in cultured BMEC, but remained nearly constant in microvessels. Lastly, expression of caveolin-1, a major structural component of membrane microdomains thought to be functionally complexed with TJs, was additionally altered by MCP-1 treatment of both cultured BMEC and microvessels. These results indicate that, in addition to its chemotactic activity, MCP-1 might alter BBB integrity during CNS inflammation.
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- Li Song
- Blood-Brain Barrier Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Wondergem J, Wedekind LE, Bart CI, Chin A, van der Laarse A, Beekhuizen H. Irradiation of mechanically-injured human arterial endothelial cells leads to increased gene expression and secretion of inflammatory and growth promoting cytokines. Atherosclerosis 2004; 175:59-67. [PMID: 15186947 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2003] [Revised: 02/12/2004] [Accepted: 02/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Radiation therapy is applied to inhibit neointima formation after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). In this study, we evaluated the effect of irradiation on re-endothelialisation of circular denuded tracks made in post-confluent cultures of arterial endothelial cells (ECs) and on cellular factors involved in this process. Image analysis and time-lapse microcinematography revealed cell migration into denuded areas starting 4h after injury. Fifty percent coverage was achieved at 14.8 +/- 2.0 h. Using competitive PCR and flow cytometry techniques, no significant changes in mRNA expression of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-8 (IL-8), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF or FGF-2), transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), platelet-derived growth factor A (PDGF-A), platelet-derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) and tissue factor (TF), and surface molecule expression of anti-intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), anti-vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), anti-platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), MHC-1, TF and Fas were observed. However, injury did significantly (P < 0.05) elevate the release of IL-8 and FGF-2 protein in the cell culture supernatant, as assessed by ELISA. Radiation (15Gy) given immediately after injury did not affect the kinetics of re-endothelialisation up to 48 h, in spite of the fact that no cell divisions were observed. Thereafter cell density decreased and cultures deteriorated. Compared to cultures exposed to injury alone, radiation induced significant (P < 0.05) increases in mRNA levels of IL-8 (1.35 +/- 0.10-fold increase at 4h), FGF-2 (1.62 +/- 0.10-fold at 4h; 1.76 +/- 0.33-fold at 24h) and IL-1beta (2.76 +/- 0.40-fold at 24h), whereas mRNA levels of TGF-beta1, PDGF-A and PDGF-B increased about 1.2-fold. IL-8 and FGF-2 protein concentrations in the media were higher than those observed in non-irradiated injured cell cultures; however, this difference was not significant. Radiation induced a 2.3 +/- 0.3-fold increase (P < 0.05) in Fas surface expression only. In conclusion, irradiation of mechanically-injured human EC leads to increased gene expression and protein secretion of inflammatory and growth promoting cytokines.
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- J Wondergem
- Department of Clinical Oncology, K1-P, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Stamatovic SM, Keep RF, Kunkel SL, Andjelkovic AV. Potential role of MCP-1 in endothelial cell tight junction 'opening': signaling via Rho and Rho kinase. J Cell Sci 2004; 116:4615-28. [PMID: 14576355 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The expression of the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) receptor CCR2 by brain endothelial cells suggests that MCP-1 may have other functions than purely driving leukocyte migration into brain parenchyma during inflammation. This study examines one of these potential novel roles of MCP-1 regulation of endothelial permeability using primary cultures of mouse brain endothelial cells. MCP-1 induces reorganization of actin cytoskeleton (stress fiber formation) and redistribution of tight junction proteins, ZO-1, ZO-2 occludin and claudin-5, from the Triton X-100-soluble to the Triton X-100-insoluble fractions. These morphological changes are associated with a decrease in transendothelial electrical membrane resistance and an increase in [14C]inulin permeability. MCP-1 did not induce these events in brain endothelial cells prepared from mice genotype CCR2-/-. The Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 and inhibition of Rho (C3 exoenzyme, and dominant negative mutant of Rho, RhoT19N) prevented MCP-1-induced stress fiber assembly, reorganization of tight junction proteins and alterations in endothelial permeability. In all, this suggests that a small GTPase Rho and Rho kinase have a pivotal role in MCP-1-induced junction disarrangement. These data are the first to strongly suggest that MCP-1, via CCR2 present on brain endothelial cells, contributes to increased brain endothelial permeability.
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- Svetlana M Stamatovic
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Singh UP, Singh S, Iqbal N, Weaver CT, McGhee JR, Lillard JW. IFN-gamma-inducible chemokines enhance adaptive immunity and colitis. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2004; 23:591-600. [PMID: 14585199 DOI: 10.1089/107999003322485099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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T helper type 1 (Th1) cells secreting interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) have been closely associated with Crohn's disease (CD). Monokine-induced by IFN-gamma (MIG), IFN-gamma-inducible T cell alpha chemoattractant (I-TAC), and IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10 (IP-10), are chemokines that bind CXCR3 and mediate the chemotaxis of leukocytes. IP-10, MIG, and CXCR3 have been shown to be expressed at sites of CD. The current study stems from our recent findings that IP-10, MIG, and I-TAC significantly contribute to the development of Th1-mediated inflammatory responses. To better understand the role of CXCR3 interactions during CD, we characterized the effects of IP-10, MIG, I-TAC, and CXCR3+ T cells on mucosal immune responses. IP-10, MIG, and I-TAC significantly enhanced antigen-specific serum and mucosal antibodies through Th1-mediated events and CD28 modulation. Additionally, the adoptive transfer of naive CXCR3+ T cells and CD4+CD45RB(HI) to T cell receptor beta (TCRbeta) x delta(-/-) mice resulted in the onset of murine colitis. Taken together, these studies suggest that IP-10, MIG, I-TAC, and CXCR3 interactions are involved in mucosal immune responses required for the induction of CD.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Antibody Specificity
- CD28 Antigens/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Division
- Chemokines/genetics
- Chemokines/immunology
- Chemokines/metabolism
- Colitis/genetics
- Colitis/immunology
- Colitis/metabolism
- Crohn Disease/genetics
- Crohn Disease/immunology
- Crohn Disease/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Ligands
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR3
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
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- Udai P Singh
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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Gordillo GM, Onat D, Stockinger M, Roy S, Atalay M, Beck FM, Sen CK. A key angiogenic role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in hemangioendothelioma proliferation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 287:C866-73. [PMID: 15163622 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00238.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Angiomatous lesions are common in infants and children. Hemangioendotheliomas (HE) represent one type of these lesions. Endothelial cell proliferation and the development of vascular/blood cell-filled spaces are inherent in the growth of HE. Therefore, understanding mechanisms that regulate the proliferation of these lesions should provide key insight into mechanisms regulating angiogenesis. A murine model was used to test the significance of monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 in HE proliferation. EOMA cells, a cell line derived from a spontaneously arising murine HE, generate these lesions with 100% efficiency when injected subcutaneously into syngeneic mice. MCP-1 produced by EOMA cells recruit macrophages, which were shown to induce angiogenic behavior in EOMA cells by stimulating transwell migration and inducing sprout formation on type I collagen gels. When EOMA cells were injected into MCP-1(-/-) mice, only 50% of the mice developed tumors, presumably because the low levels of MCP-1 expressed by the injected EOMA cells were enough to overcome any host deficits of this chemokine. When EOMA cells were coinjected with a neutralizing antibody to MCP-1, tumors failed to develop in any of the treated mice, including syngeneic 129P3, C57Bl/6 (wild type), and MCP-1(-/-). These results present the first evidence that MCP-1 is required for HE proliferation and may promote the growth of these lesions by stimulating angiogenic behavior of endothelial cells. This study has produced the first in vivo evidence of a complete response for any neoplasm, specifically a vascular proliferative lesion, to anti-MCP-1 therapy in animals with intact immune systems.
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- Gayle M Gordillo
- Division of Plastic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, 410 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Brueckmann M, Hoffmann U, De Rossi L, Weiler HM, Liebe V, Lang S, Kaden JJ, Borggrefe M, Haase KK, Huhle G. Activated protein C inhibits the release of macrophage inflammatory protein-1-alpha from THP-1 cells and from human monocytes. Cytokine 2004; 26:106-13. [PMID: 15135804 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2004.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2003] [Revised: 12/22/2003] [Accepted: 01/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several lines of evidence have implicated activated protein C (APC) to be an endogenous inhibitor of the inflammatory septic cascade. APC may exhibit direct anti-inflammatory properties, independent of its antithrombotic effects. Chemokines influence the interaction of monocytes at the endothelium during infection and sepsis and are involved in the molecular events leading to an adverse and lethal outcome of sepsis. Defining regulatory mechanisms on the monocytic release profile of the proinflammatory C-C chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-1-alpha (MIP-1-alpha) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) might have therapeutic implications for the treatment of sepsis. We established a monocytic cell model of inflammation by the addition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and examined the effect of human APC on LPS-stimulated chemokine release from the monocytic cell line THP-1. We found that human APC in supra-physiological concentrations of 2.5-10 microg/ml inhibited the LPS-induced release of the chemokines MIP-1-alpha and MCP-1, as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) at 6 up to 24 h. In addition to experiments on THP-1 cells, recombinant human APC in concentrations of 50 ng/ml was found to have an inhibiting effect on the release of MIP-1-alpha from freshly isolated mononuclear cells of septic patients. The ability of APC to decrease the release of the C-C chemokine MIP-1-alpha from the monocytic cell line THP-1 and from human monocytes may identify a novel immunomodulatory pathway by which APC exerts its anti-inflammatory action and may contribute to control the inflammatory response in sepsis.
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- Martina Brueckmann
- 1st Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
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Schecter AD, Berman AB, Yi L, Ma H, Daly CM, Soejima K, Rollins BJ, Charo IF, Taubman MB. MCP-1-dependent signaling in CCR2(-/-) aortic smooth muscle cells. J Leukoc Biol 2004; 75:1079-85. [PMID: 15020650 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0903421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1, CCL2) is a mediator of inflammation that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a wide variety of human diseases. CCR2, a heterotrimeric G-coupled receptor, is the only known receptor that functions at physiologic concentrations of MCP-1. Despite the importance of CCR2 in mediating MCP-1 responses, several recent studies have suggested that there may be another functional MCP-1 receptor. Using arterial smooth muscle cells (SMC) from CCR2(-/-) mice, we demonstrate that MCP-1 induces tissue-factor activity at physiologic concentrations. The induction of tissue factor by MCP-1 is blocked by pertussis toxin and 1,2-bis(O-aminophenyl-ethane-ethan)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid-acetoxymethyl ester, suggesting that signal transduction through the alternative receptor is G(alphai)-coupled and dependent on mobilization of intracellular Ca(2+). MCP-1 induces a time- and concentration-dependent phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases p42/44. The induction of tissue factor activity by MCP-1 is blocked by PD98059, an inhibitor of p42/44 activation, but not by SB203580, a selective p38 inhibitor. These data establish that SMC possess an alternative MCP-1 receptor that signals at concentrations of MCP-1 that are similar to those that activate CCR2. This alternative receptor may be important in mediating some of the effects of MCP-1 in atherosclerotic arteries and in other inflammatory processes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL2/pharmacology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go/metabolism
- Homozygote
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Monocytes/drug effects
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Pertussis Toxin/pharmacology
- Phosphorylation
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Thromboplastin/metabolism
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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- Alison D Schecter
- The Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Hillyer P, Mordelet E, Flynn G, Male D. Chemokines, chemokine receptors and adhesion molecules on different human endothelia: discriminating the tissue-specific functions that affect leucocyte migration. Clin Exp Immunol 2004; 134:431-41. [PMID: 14632748 PMCID: PMC1808903 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2003.02323.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The selective accumulation of different leucocyte populations during inflammation is regulated by adhesion molecules and chemokines expressed by vascular endothelium. This study examined how chemokine production and the expression of adhesion molecules and chemokine receptors vary between endothelia from different vascular beds. Human saphenous vein endothelium was compared with lung and dermal microvascular endothelia and with umbilical vein endothelium and a bone-marrow endothelial cell line. All endothelia produced CCL2 and CXCL8 constitutively, whereas CXCL10 and CCL5 were only secreted after tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha or interferon (IFN)-gamma stimulation. In combination with TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma suppressed CXCL8 but enhanced CCL5 and CXCL10, whereas transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta reduced secretion of all chemokines. Basal chemokine secretion was higher from umbilical vein than other endothelial cells. Chemokine receptors, CXCR1, CXCR3 and CCR3, were present on all endothelia but highest on saphenous vein. CCR4, CCR5, CCR6, CXCR2, CXCR4 and CXCR5 were also detected at variable levels on different endothelia. The variation between endothelia in chemokine secretion was much greater than the variations in adhesion molecules, both on resting cells and following cytokine stimulation. These results indicate that it is the tissue-specific variations in endothelial chemokine secretion rather than variations in adhesion molecules that can explain the different patterns of inflammation and leucocyte traffic seen in non-lymphoid tissues.
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- P Hillyer
- Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Speyer CL, Neff TA, Warner RL, Guo RF, Sarma JV, Riedemann NC, Murphy ME, Murphy HS, Ward PA. Regulatory effects of iNOS on acute lung inflammatory responses in mice. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2004; 163:2319-28. [PMID: 14633605 PMCID: PMC1892362 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63588-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The role of endogenous NO in the regulation of acute lung injury is not well defined. We investigated the effects of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS) on the acute inflammatory response in mouse lungs. Acute lung injury was induced by intratracheal instillation of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into wild-type (WT) mice and mice deficient in iNOS (iNOS(-/-)) or eNOS (eNOS(-/-)). Endpoints of inflammatory injury were myeloperoxidase (MPO) content and leak of albumin into lung. Inflammatory injury was similar in WT and eNOS(-/-) mice but was substantially increased in iNOS(-/-) mice. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids of iNOS(-/-) and WT mice showed similar levels of CXC chemokines (MIP-2, KC) but enhanced levels of CC chemokines (MCP-1, MCP-3). Increased lung content of MPO in iNOS(-/-) mice was reduced by anti-MCP-1 to values found in WT mice. In vitro stimulation of microvascular endothelial cells with LPS and IFN gamma revealed elevated production of CXC and CC chemokines in cells from iNOS(-/-) mice when compared to endothelial cells from iNOS(+/+) mice. Peritoneal macrophages from iNOS(-/-) donors also revealed increased production of CC chemokines after stimulation with LPS and interferon (IFN gamma). These data indicate that absence of iNOS causes enhanced lung inflammatory responses in mice which may be related to enhanced production of MCP-1 by endothelial cells and macrophages. It appears that iNOS affects the lung inflammatory response by regulating chemokine production.
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- Cecilia L Speyer
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0602, USA
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Katsushi H, Kazufumi N, Hideki F, Katsumasa M, Hiroshi M, Kengo K, Hiroshi D, Nobuyoshi S, Tetsuro E, Hiromi M, Tohru O. Epoprostenol Therapy Decreases Elevated Circulating Levels of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ J 2004; 68:227-31. [PMID: 14993777 DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a rare disease characterized by progressively increased resistance of the pulmonary arteries associated with vascular remodeling. Infiltration of inflammatory cells in affected vessels is a common pathological finding. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is recognized as a potent chemotactic and activating factor for monocytes and leukocytes, but its significance in PPH is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS Serum MCP-1 concentrations were measured in 16 PPH patients and the results were compared with those in 16 normal controls. MCP-1 concentrations in PPH patients (265.6+/-29.5 pg/ml) were significantly elevated compared with those in normal controls (119.6+/-6.9 pg/ml, p<0.0001). In 9 patients (3 men, 6 women; mean age, 29+/-3 years), repeated MCP-1 and hemodynamic measurements were performed prior to and during intravenous epoprostenol therapy. During a mean follow-up period of 7+/-1 months, MCP-1 concentrations were significantly reduced (288.8+/-122.8 to 185.9+/-117.5 pg/ml, p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Circulating MCP-1 concentrations are increased in PPH patients, but can alleviated by chronic intravenous epoprostenol therapy. The increase in MCP-1 might be one of the important factors responsible for the disease development in patients with PPH.
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- Hashimoto Katsushi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Japan.
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Habibipour S, Oswald TM, Zhang F, Joshi P, Zhou XC, Dorsett-Martin W, Lineaweaver WC. Effect of Sodium Diphenylhydantoin on Skin Wound Healing in Rats. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003; 112:1620-7. [PMID: 14578793 DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000086773.96319.da] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study evaluated the effect of phenytoin (sodium diphenylhydantoin) on skin wound healing in a rat model. The study was divided into two parts. In part I, 20 mul of phenytoin (10 mg/ml) was subcutaneously injected into the 3-cm dorsal full-thickness incisional wounds of 14 rats on postoperative days 0, 3, and 6. Twelve rats that received saline injections were used as the controls. The skin samples were harvested and tested for tensile strength and histology. An additional 12 rats with the same incisional wounds were tested for chemokine gene expressions. In part II, 20 mul of phenytoin (10 mg/ml) was applied topically once a day on a 4 x 4 cm area of the open dorsal wounds of 10 rats. Saline was applied to the wounds of the 10 control group rats. The wounds were measured weekly. The results showed that the average tensile strength of the phenytoin-treated wound was 0.49 +/- 0.08 MPa compared with the control group at 0.02 +/- 0.01 MPa (p < 0.05). The density ratio of chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP-1) to beta-actin in the phenytoin-treated group was also significantly higher than in the control group (p < 0.05). Histologic analysis of the phenytoin group showed a large amount of fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis, and neovascularization. Phenytoin-treated wounds were also smaller at 1 to 6 weeks postoperatively than the control group wounds. The authors conclude that the administration of phenytoin can promote wound healing and significantly increase MCP-1 expression. Phenytoin-treated wounds showed significant increase in collagen deposition and neovascularization, which resulted in an increased wound tensile strength and accelerated healing of both open and closed wounds.
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Shallo H, Plackett TP, Heinrich SA, Kovacs EJ. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and macrophage infiltration into the skin after burn injury in aged mice. Burns 2003; 29:641-7. [PMID: 14556721 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(03)00070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Clinical observations and laboratory studies have shown a delay in dermal wound healing in aged subjects. Since macrophages play a key role in wound healing, we investigated age related differences in MCP-1 production and monocyte recruitment to the wound following burn injury using a murine model. The present study shows that there is an increase in MCP-1 levels in the burned-normal skin interface at 1-day post burn in both young and aged burned mice compared to sham injured mice. However, the levels of MCP-1 in aged burned mice (133.16+/-36.55pg/mg protein) were approximately half the levels of young burned mice (286.15+/-45.36pg/mg protein, P<0.05). Additionally, at 4 days post burn, MCP-1 levels in aged mice (290.73+/-101.98) reached the same levels as in young mice (243.97+/-36.71). There was no difference in macrophage accumulation into the wound between young and aged at either time point. These data demonstrate that the difference in dermal MCP-1 levels between the young and aged is not associated with a difference in macrophage infiltration to the wound following burn injury, suggesting that the lower MCP-1 content in the aged is possibly affecting other phases of wound healing in the aged.
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- Hilda Shallo
- Department of Cell Biology, 2160 South First Avenue, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 60513, Maywood, IL, USA
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Ambati BK, Joussen AM, Kuziel WA, Adamis AP, Ambati J. Inhibition of corneal neovascularization by genetic ablation of CCR2. Cornea 2003; 22:465-7. [PMID: 12827053 DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200307000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine if genetic ablation of the chemokine receptor CCR2 (involved in leukocyte and endothelial chemotaxis) inhibits the development of corneal neovascularization. METHODS Wild-type C57BL/6J mice, as well as species-specific counterparts with targeted homozygous disruption of the CCR2, underwent chemical and mechanical denudation of corneal and limbal epithelium. Corneas were harvested 2 weeks after injury. Neovascularization was quantified by CD31 immunostaining. RESULTS The mean percentages of neovascularized corneal area in control mice and CCR2-deficient mice 2 weeks after denudation were 58.3% and 38.8% (P = 0.047), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Development of corneal neovascularization is inhibited in CCR2-deficient mice.
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- Balamurali K Ambati
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 30907, USA.
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Jinnouchi K, Terasaki Y, Fujiyama S, Tomita K, Kuziel WA, Maeda N, Takahashi K, Takeya M. Impaired hepatic granuloma formation in mice deficient in C-C chemokine receptor 2. J Pathol 2003; 200:406-16. [PMID: 12845637 DOI: 10.1002/path.1362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Granulomas are characterized histologically by a nodular collection of macrophages with occasional admixture of epithelioid cells, multinucleate giant cells, and other immunocompetent cells. Chemokines are considered to play an important role in the recruitment of these constituent cells of granulomas. The present study has examined the effect of a deficiency of C-C chemokine receptor-2 (CCR2) on hepatic granuloma formation induced by a single injection of Zymosan A. In CCR2+/+ mice, the number and the size of granulomas gradually increased until they reached peak values at 10 days after the injection. In contrast, both the number and the size of granulomas were smaller in CCR2-/- mice than in CCR2+/+ mice from days 5 to 21. They showed low peaks at day 5, after which the number and the size of the granulomas gradually decreased. Immunohistochemical analysis of the constituent granuloma cells using cell type-specific monoclonal antibodies revealed rapid accumulation of blood monocytes, with subsequent differentiation to macrophages, in CCR2+/+ mice during days 2-10. This process was greatly impaired in CCR2-/- mice and granulomas remained small. At all time points, the percentage of polymorphonuclear cells in granulomas was higher in CCR2-/- mice than in CCR2+/+ mice. Interestingly, multinucleate giant cells were frequently observed in granulomas in CCR2-/- mice, whereas they rarely appeared in CCR2+/+ mice. Profiles of liver cytokine RNA levels as well as serum cytokine levels revealed reduced expression of the Th1 cytokine IFN-gamma in CCR2-/- mice. These data clearly indicate that signalling through CCR2 has many effects on the normal growth and development of hepatic granulomas.
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- Katsunori Jinnouchi
- Second Department of Pathology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 862-0811, Japan
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Salcedo R, Oppenheim JJ. Role of chemokines in angiogenesis: CXCL12/SDF-1 and CXCR4 interaction, a key regulator of endothelial cell responses. Microcirculation 2003; 10:359-70. [PMID: 12851652 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2002] [Accepted: 02/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chemokines are small proteins that act as cell attractants via the activation of G protein-coupled receptors. Chemokines play an important role in several pathophysiological processes such as inflammation and immunity. Many proinflammatory chemokines also support the development of vascular blood supply at the site of inflammation. Similarly, tumor-generated chemokines can contribute to tumor growth by promoting angiogenesis. Recently, significant advances have been made in understanding the contribution of chemokines to the angiogenesis process. This review will discuss first the evidence supporting the direct contribution of different chemokine subfamily members, including CC, CXC, and CX3C chemokines, as positive or negative regulators of the angiogenesis process based on the expression of their cognate receptors on endothelial cells. Additionally, the relationship between classic angiogenic factors and chemokine receptor expression on endothelial cells, and the implications of chemokine production by cancer cells will be analyzed with particular emphasis on the CXCL12/stromal-cell derived factor-1 interaction with CXCR4.
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- Rosalba Salcedo
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
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Schecter AD, Berman AB, Taubman MB. Chemokine receptors in vascular smooth muscle. Microcirculation 2003; 10:265-72. [PMID: 12851644 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2002] [Accepted: 02/01/2003] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Atherosclerosis is considered to be an inflammatory disease. Chemokines are low-molecular-weight proteins that exert their effects, in part, through mediating leukocytic infiltration into the vessel wall. Recently, studies have determined that chemokines and their receptors are present, and function on other cellular components comprising the arterial wall, such as the endothelium and vascular smooth muscle. Smooth muscle cells (SMC) constitute the major cellular element of the arterial wall and are located predominantly in the arterial media. Recent studies have demonstrated that SMC possess a number of functional chemokine receptors, including CCR5, CXCR4, and a receptor for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). It is likely that SMC are increasingly recognized as potential targets for chemokines, and that these effects may influence a variety of normal and pathological processes involving SMC such as atherosclerosis and arterial injury.
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- Alison D Schecter
- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, New York, NY 14642, USA.
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Solomon MF, Kuziel WA, Mann DA, Simeonovic CJ. The role of chemokines and their receptors in the rejection of pig islet tissue xenografts. Xenotransplantation 2003; 10:164-77. [PMID: 12588649 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2003.01146.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The mechanism by which inflammatory cells are recruited to pig islet tissue (proislet) xenografts was investigated by examining the intragraft mRNA expression of murine alpha- and beta-chemokines in CBA/H mice from days 3 to 10 post-transplant. Xenograft rejection was associated with early intragraft transcript expression for monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) (3 to 5 days), IP-10 (3 to 4 days) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) (3 to 5 days) and subsequent expression of eotaxin (days 4 to 10), MIP-1beta (days 4 and 5) and regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) (days 4 to 6) mRNA. This pattern was consistent with the early recruitment of macrophages (MCP-1, MIP-1alpha), the influx of CD4 T cells (MCP-1, MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, IP-10 and RANTES) and the characteristic infiltrate of eosinophils (eotaxin and RANTES) associated with islet xenograft rejection. Inhibition of beta-chemokine signaling in CCR2-/- mice (which lack the major co-receptor for MCP-1) resulted in retarded macrophage and CD4 T cell recruitment, enhanced eosinophil influx and a minor delay in rejection, compared with wildtype mice; there was little effect on leukocyte infiltration in xenografts harvested from CCR5-/- mice (lacking the co-receptor for MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta and RANTES). The impeded migration of leukocytes into xenografts in CCR2-/- hosts was associated with delayed intragraft expression of MCP-1 and RANTES mRNA; absence of MCP-1/CCR2-mediated signaling led to enhanced intragraft expression of MCP-1, MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta mRNA. These findings suggest that MCP-1 plays an important role in regulating macrophage and CD4 T cell infiltration to xenograft sites via the CCR2 signaling pathway. Additional treatment of xenografted CCR2-/- transplant recipients with anti-interleukin-(IL)-4 and anti-IL-5 mAbs further delayed xenograft rejection demonstrating the potential for combined antirejection strategies in facilitating pig islet xenotransplantation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Chemokine CCL2/genetics
- Chemokine CCL2/immunology
- Chemokine CCL3
- Chemokine CCL4
- Chemokine CCL5/genetics
- Chemokine CCL5/immunology
- Chemokine CXCL10
- Chemokines/genetics
- Chemokines/immunology
- Chemokines, CXC/genetics
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Gene Expression/immunology
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Graft Survival/immunology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Interleukin-4/immunology
- Interleukin-5/immunology
- Islets of Langerhans Transplantation/immunology
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/genetics
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Knockout
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, CCR5/genetics
- Receptors, CCR5/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Swine
- Transplantation, Heterologous/immunology
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- Michelle F Solomon
- Division of Molecular Medicine, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Bernardini G, Ribatti D, Spinetti G, Morbidelli L, Ziche M, Santoni A, Capogrossi MC, Napolitano M. Analysis of the role of chemokines in angiogenesis. J Immunol Methods 2003; 273:83-101. [PMID: 12535800 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(02)00420-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Chemokines, a large family of inflammatory cytokines, have been shown to play a critical role in the regulation of angiogenesis during several pathophysiologic processes, such as tumor growth, wound healing and ischemia. Semiquantitative or quantitative angiogenesis assays are commonly utilized to screen the angiogenic or angiostatic activity of chemokines. These include in vitro endothelial cell activation assays and ex vivo or in vivo models of neovascularization. Chemokines may exert their regulatory activity on angiogenesis directly or as a consequence of leukocyte infiltration and/or the induction of growth factor expression. The effect of chemokines on endothelium can be assessed by performing in vitro assays on purified endothelial cell populations or by in vivo assays. Nevertheless, each model used to evaluate the angiogenic or angiostatic activity of a discrete factor has advantages and limitations. Thus, in order to avoid under- or overestimating the regulatory effect of chemokines on angiogenesis and to evaluate all aspects of the angiogenic process, multiple assays are usually performed. This review summarizes past and recent studies on chemokines as modulators of angiogenesis with particular emphasis on the methods currently used for the assessment of chemokine-mediated angiogenic or angiostatic responses.
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- Giovanni Bernardini
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 324, La Sapienza 00161, Italy.
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The association of chemokines with endothelial cells (EC) and extracellular matrices is required for the prototypical pro-emigratory and pro-migratory in vivo activity of these molecules, respectively. In order to investigate chemokine binding to intact microanatomical structures, e.g. venular EC, we have developed an in situ binding assay. This is an autoradiographic morphological method in which the saturable binding of radiolabeled chemokines is studied in vitro in pieces of viable tissues. This article discusses the general applicability, advantages and shortcomings of the in situ binding assay in comparison with the other techniques available for visualizing chemokine receptor binding by cells in the tissues. We used this assay to demonstrate: (a) selective specific binding of CXC and CC chemokines to the EC of postcapillary venules but not capillaries or arteries; (b) selective specific binding of CC chemokines to the EC of afferent lymphatic vessels; and (c) selective specific binding of inflammatory chemokines to the EC lining high endothelial venules (HEV) in lymph nodes. The assessment of ligand cross-competition provided a fingerprint of chemokine-binding specificity of the EC in each of these microanatomical sites. This fingerprint could be paralleled with the chemokine-binding profiles of two non-signaling chemokine-binding molecules, Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) and D6, present in venular and lymphatic EC, respectively. These observations allowed us to put forward the hypotheses regarding the involvement of EC DARC and D6 in chemokine transport and presentation by the EC.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Carrier Proteins/immunology
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL2/immunology
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL5/immunology
- Chemokine CCL5/metabolism
- Chemokines, CC/immunology
- Chemokines, CC/metabolism
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Chemokines, CXC/metabolism
- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Epithelial Cells/immunology
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lymphatic System/immunology
- Lymphatic System/metabolism
- Mice
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/metabolism
- Radioligand Assay/methods
- Receptors, CCR10
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Skin/cytology
- Skin/immunology
- Chemokine Receptor D6
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- Antal Rot
- Novartis Forschungsinstitut, Brunnerstrasse 59, 1235 Vienna, Austria.
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Ram S, Bass K, Abreo K, Baier RJ, Kruger TE. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha -308 gene polymorphism is associated with synthetic hemodialysis graft failure. J Investig Med 2003; 51:19-26. [PMID: 12580317 DOI: 10.2310/6650.2003.33522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Progressive venous stenosis mediated, in part, by inflammatory cytokines is a major cause of synthetic hemodialysis graft failure. A tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene polymorphism (G to A, position -308) has been shown to increase plasma cytokine levels and severity of diseases with an underlying inflammatory component. METHODS We genotyped 67 patients with synthetic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts and examined the association of the high-(AA or GA) and low- (GG) production TNF-alpha-08 genotypes with the rate of graft failures/thrombosis and graft survival. RESULTS Hemodialysis patients with the high-production TNF-alpha genotypes had a significantly increased rate of PTFE graft failure at 90 days (37.2% versus 14%) and 1 year (62.8% versus 34.4%) after graft placement compared with patients with the low-production genotype (respectively). Hemodialysis patients with the high-production TNF-alpha genotypes had significantly lower cumulative PTFE graft survival at 1 year (29.4% +/- 11.1% versus 71.2 +/- 6.8%) and 2 years (22.1% +/- 10.5% versus 48.2 +/- 8.1%) compared with patients with the low-production genotype (respectively). Patients with the A allele had approximately twice the mean thrombosis rate compared with those who had the low-production TNF-alpha genotype (3.3 +/- 0.8 versus 1.7 +/- 0.4 thromboses/patient/year, respectively; mean +/- SEM, p < .05). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that the TNF-alpha -308 A allele is associated with increased PTFE graft thrombosis and failure in hemodialysis patients.
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- Sunanda Ram
- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA
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Amiri KI, Richmond A. Fine tuning the transcriptional regulation of the CXCL1 chemokine. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 74:1-36. [PMID: 14510072 PMCID: PMC3140403 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(03)01009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Constitutive activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) plays a major role in inflammatory diseases as well as cancer by inducing the endogenous expression of many proinflammatory proteins such as chemokines, and facilitating escape from apoptosis. The constitutive expression of chemokines such as CXCL1 has been correlated with growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis of cancers such as melanoma. The transcription of CXCL1 is regulated through interactions of NF-κB with other transcriptional regulatory molecules such as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) and cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP). It has been proposed that these two proteins interact with NF-κB and other enhancers to form an enhanceosome at the promoter region of CXCL1 and modulate CXCL1 transcription. In addition to these positive cofactors, a negative regulator, CAAT displacement protein (CDP), may also be involved in the transcriptional regulation of CXCL1. It has been postulated that the elevated expression of CXCL1 in melanomas is due to altered interaction between these molecules. CDP interaction with the promoter down-regulates transcription, whereas PARP and/or CBP interactions enhance transcription. Thus, elucidation of the interplay between components of the enhanceosome of this gene is important in finding more efficient and new therapies for conditions such as cancer as well as acute and chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Katayoun Izadshenas Amiri
- Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Middleton J, Patterson AM, Gardner L, Schmutz C, Ashton BA. Leukocyte extravasation: chemokine transport and presentation by the endothelium. Blood 2002; 100:3853-60. [PMID: 12433694 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v100.12.3853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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At sites of inflammation and in normal immune surveillance, chemokines direct leukocyte migration across the endothelium. Many cell types that are extravascular can produce chemokines, and for these mediators to directly elicit leukocyte migration from the blood, they would need to reach the luminal surface of the endothelium. This article reviews the evidence that endothelial cells are active in transcytosing chemokines to their luminal surfaces, where they are presented to leukocytes. The endothelial binding sites that transport and present chemokines include glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and possibly the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC). The binding residues on chemokines that interact with GAGs are discussed, as are the carbohydrate structures on GAGs that bind these cytokines. The expression of particular GAG structures by endothelial cells may lend selectivity to the type of chemokine presented in a given tissue, thereby contributing to selective leukocyte recruitment. At the luminal surface of the endothelium, chemokines are preferentially presented to blood leukocytes on the tips of microvillous processes. Similarly, certain adhesion molecules and chemokine receptors are also preferentially distributed on leukocyte and endothelial microvilli, and evidence suggests an important role for these structures in creating the necessary surface topography for leukocyte migration. Finally, the mechanisms of chemokine transcytosis and presentation by endothelial cells are incorporated into the current model of chemokine-driven leukocyte extravasation.
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- Jim Middleton
- Leopold Muller Arthritis Research Centre, Centre for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, United Kingdom.
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Ohta M, Kitadai Y, Tanaka S, Yoshihara M, Yasui W, Mukaida N, Haruma K, Chayama K. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression correlates with macrophage infiltration and tumor vascularity in human esophageal squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Cancer 2002; 102:220-4. [PMID: 12397639 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tumor angiogenesis requires the production of angiogenic factors by tumor and stromal cells. Macrophages are key effectors of angiogenesis and reported to contribute to tumor angiogenesis in several carcinomas. To investigate interactions between tumor cells and macrophages in angiogenesis, we examined macrophage infiltration, tumor vascularity and expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in 57 archival specimens from patients with esophageal dysplasia (n = 9) and squamous cell carcinomas (n = 48). Expression of MCP-1 mRNA was also examined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 7 esophageal carcinoma cell lines and fresh biopsy specimens from 14 patients. The number of infiltrating macrophages correlated closely with expression of VEGF by tumor cells and with neovascularization. Of the 7 cell lines, 4 (TE-1, 3, 5 and 13) constitutively expressed MCP-1 mRNA. In 9 (64.3%) of the 14 patients, MCP-1 mRNA was expressed at high levels in tumor tissues as compared to normal mucosa. MCP-1 immunoreactivity increased with the depth of tumor invasion (Tis 0%, T1 26.3%, T2, T3 42.1%). Moreover, macrophage and vessel counts were significantly higher in MCP-1-positive tumors than in MCP-1-negative tumors. Normal and dysplastic esophageal squamous epithelium showed no staining or faint cytoplasmic staining of MCP-1. Expression of CCR2 immunoreactivity was detected in the cytoplasm of mononuclear cells but not of vascular endothelial cells. These results suggest that interactions between cancer cells and macrophages are important for tumor angiogenesis. MCP-1 may play a role in progression of human esophageal carcinoma through its role in angiogenesis.
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- Masahiro Ohta
- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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Wolf G, Jocks T, Zahner G, Panzer U, Stahl RAK. Existence of a regulatory loop between MCP-1 and TGF-beta in glomerular immune injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 283:F1075-84. [PMID: 12372783 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00349.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Glomerular upregulation of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), followed by an influx of monocytes resulting eventually in extracellular matrix deposition is a common sequel of many types of glomerulonephritis. However, it is not entirely clear how early expression of MCP-1 is linked to the later development of glomerulosclerosis. Because transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a key regulator of extracellular matrix proteins, we hypothesized that there might be a regulatory loop between early glomerular MCP-1 induction and subsequent TGF-beta expression. To avoid interference with other cytokines that may be released from infiltrating monocytes, isolated rat kidneys were perfused with a polyclonal anti-thymocyte-1 antiserum (ATS) and rat serum (RS) as a complement source to induce glomerular injury. Renal TGF-beta protein and mRNA expressions were strongly stimulated after perfusion with ATS-RS. This effect was attenuated by coperfusion with a neutralizing anti-MCP-1 but was partly mimicked by perfusion with recombinant MCP-1 protein. On the other hand, renal MCP-1 expression and production were stimulated by administration of ATS-RS. Additional perfusion with an anti-TGF-beta antibody further aggravated this increase, whereas application of recombinant TGF-beta protein reduced MCP-1 formation. Our data demonstrate an intrinsic regulatory loop in which increased MCP-1 levels stimulate TGF-beta formation in resident glomerular cells in the absence of infiltrating immune competent cells.
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- Gunter Wolf
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Hamburg, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Voevoda MI, Ustinov SN, Yudin NS, Dolgikh MM, Kuznetsova TN, Maksimov VN, Kulikov IV, Gromov AA, Shabalin AV, Semaeva EV, Kobzev VF, Baum SR, Gafarov VV, Malyutina SK, Romaschenko AG, Nikitin Y. Association of the CCR2 chemokine receptor gene polymorphism with myocardial infarction. DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES : PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SECTIONS 2002; 385:367-70. [PMID: 12469616 DOI: 10.1023/a:1019973120289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- M I Voevoda
- Research Institute of Therapy, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladimirovskii spusk 2a, Novosibirsk, 630005 Russia
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COPD is a major health problem, with patients showing a progressively declining, largely irreversible, change in lung function. This is associated with chronic airways inflammation and structural remodeling, including loss of alveolar walls, and goblet cell metaplasia with mucus hypersecretion. Inflammatory cells may contribute to the airway remodeling via secretion of proteases, fibrotic or mitogenic growth factors, and cytokines. In turn, airway remodeling may contribute to the clinical symptoms of COPD. Currently available therapies are directed to improvement of clinical symptoms and reduction of the airways inflammation. The commonly used glucocorticosteroids are expected to reduce the inflammation by acting on kinases or transcription factors necessary for expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines or chemokines. However, several long-term and short-term studies showed that glucocorticosteroids are rather ineffective in improving lung function and reducing the airway inflammation in patients with COPD. New therapeutic strategies may reduce the inflammation and alleviate the clinical symptoms of COPD. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-8, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 are important chemotactic proteins for macrophages and neutrophils, the predominant inflammatory cells associated with COPD. As lung levels of these cytokines are higher in COPD compared to non-COPD patients, they may represent targets for novel therapies.
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- W I De Boer
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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(1) Chemokines play a central role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, contributing to leukocyte recruitment, angiogenesis and also proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells into atherosclerotic plaques. (2) Leukocytes and endothelial cells are an important source of chemokines, and many of the risk factors associated with atherosclerosis increase chemokine expression. There is now a body of evidence to suggest that interactions between cells such as leukocytes and endothelial cells amplify chemokine release, and this may contribute to sustained chemokine generation in inflammatory conditions. (3) This article summarises, briefly, what is currently known about chemokines release. A number of important pharmacological strategies used in the treatment of atherosclerosis inhibit chemokine release and the extent to which this may contribute to their therapeutic effect will be discussed. Understanding the mechanisms controlling chemokine expression is essential for the design of specific therapeutic interventions in atherosclerosis.
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- Anne Burke-Gaffney
- Unit of Critical Care, National Heart and Lung Institute Division, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK.
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Radiotherapeutic normal tissue injury can be viewed as two simultaneously ongoing and interacting processes. The first has many features in common with the healing of traumatic wounds. The second is a set of transient or permanent alterations of cellular and extracellular components within the irradiated volume. In contrast to physical trauma, fractionated radiation therapy produces a series of repeated insults to tissues that undergo significant changes during the course of radiotherapy. Normal tissue responses are also influenced by rate of dose accumulation and other factors that relate to the radiation therapy schedule. This article reviews the principles of organised normal tissue responses during and after radiation therapy, the effect of radiation therapy on these responses, as well as some of the mechanisms underlying the development of recognisable injury. Important clinical implications relevant to these processes are also discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- James W Denham
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Newcastle University, Locked Bag 7, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW 2310, Newcastle, Australia
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Cheng SS, Lukacs NW, Kunkel SL. Eotaxin/CCL11 suppresses IL-8/CXCL8 secretion from human dermal microvascular endothelial cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:2887-94. [PMID: 11884459 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.6.2887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The CC chemokine eotaxin/CCL11 is known to bind to the receptor CCR3 on eosinophils and Th2-type lymphocytes. In this study, we demonstrate that CCR3 is expressed on a subpopulation of primary human dermal microvascular endothelial cells and is up-regulated by TNF-alpha. We found that incubation of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells with recombinant eotaxin/CCL11 suppresses TNF-alpha-induced production of the neutrophil-specific chemokine IL-8/CXCL8. The eotaxin/CCL11-suppressive effect on endothelial cells was not seen on IL-1beta-induced IL-8/CXCL8 release. Eotaxin/CCL11 showed no effect on TNF-alpha-induced up-regulation of growth-related oncogene-alpha or IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10, two other CXC chemokines tested, and did not affect production of the CC chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CCL2 and RANTES/CCL5, or the adhesion molecules ICAM-1 and E-selectin. These results suggest that eotaxin/CXCL11 is not effecting a general suppression of TNF-alphaR levels or signal transduction. Suppression of IL-8/CXCL8 was abrogated in the presence of anti-CCR3 mAb, pertussis toxin, and wortmannin, indicating it was mediated by the CCR3 receptor, G(i) proteins, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling. Eotaxin/CCL11 decreased steady state levels of IL-8/CXCL8 mRNA in TNF-alpha-stimulated cells, an effect mediated in part by an acceleration of IL-8 mRNA decay. Eotaxin/CCL11 may down-regulate production of the neutrophil chemoattractant IL-8/CXCL8 by endothelial cells in vivo, acting as a negative regulator of neutrophil recruitment. This may play an important biological role in the prevention of overzealous inflammatory responses, aiding in the resolution of acute inflammation or transition from neutrophilic to mononuclear/eosinophilic inflammation.
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MESH Headings
- Androstadienes/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL11
- Chemokines/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines, CC/genetics
- Chemokines, CC/pharmacology
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Humans
- Interleukin-8/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-8/genetics
- Interleukin-8/metabolism
- Microcirculation/cytology
- Microcirculation/immunology
- Microcirculation/metabolism
- Pertussis Toxin
- RNA Stability/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, CCR3
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Skin/blood supply
- Skin/cytology
- Skin/immunology
- Skin/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella/pharmacology
- Wortmannin
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- Sara S Cheng
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Vasculitis is defined by the presence of leukocytes in the vessel wall with reactive damage to mural structures, leading to tissue ischemia and necrosis. The immunopathologic events that initiate the process of vascular inflammation and blood vessel damage are unclear. Damage of vascular endothelial cells and the recruitment and accumulation of the inflammatory infiltrate are determined by the endothelial cell and the bystanders, including the expression of adhesion molecules, the secretion of peptides and hormones, and the specific interaction with inflammatory cells. In addition to the endothelial cells, which provide costimulatory function, other cellular components and nonendothelial structures of the vessel wall are involved in controlling the inflammatory process, serve as antigen-presenting cells, and contribute with inflammatory mediators.
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- Raquel Cuchacovich
- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112-2822, USA.
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The chemokine receptor CCR2 mediates the binding and internalization of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 along brain microvessels. J Neurosci 2002. [PMID: 11717355 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-23-09214.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Previous results from this laboratory revealed the presence of high-affinity saturable binding sites for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) along human brain microvessels (Andjelkovic et al., 1999; Andjelkovic and Pachter, 2000), which suggested that CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), the recognized receptor for this chemokine, was expressed by the brain microvascular endothelium. To test the role of CCR2 directly in mediating MCP-1 interactions with the brain microvasculature, we assessed MCP-1 binding activity in murine brain microvessels isolated from wild-type mice and from CCR2 (-/-) mice engineered to lack this receptor. Results demonstrate that MCP-1 binding is greatly attenuated in microvessels prepared from CCR2 (-/-) mice compared with wild-type controls. Moreover, microvessels from wild-type mice exhibited MCP-1-induced downmodulation in MCP-1 binding and a recovery of binding activity that was not dependent on de novo protein synthesis. Furthermore, MCP-1 was shown to be internalized within wild-type microvessels, but not within microvessels obtained from CCR2 (-/-) mice, additionally demonstrating that CCR2 is obligatory for MCP-1 endocytosis. Last, internalization of MCP-1, but not transferrin, was observed to be inhibited by disruption of caveolae. Internalized MCP-1 also colocalized at some sites with caveolin-1, a major protein of caveolae, implying that this chemokine is endocytosed, in part, via nonclathrin-coated vesicles. These results prompt consideration that MCP-1 signals may be relayed across the blood-brain barrier by highly specialized interactions of this chemokine with its cognate receptor, CCR2, along brain microvascular endothelial cells.
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Reinares L, Figueredo A, Rueda A, Pontes J, Rodr??guez A, Ruiz-Yag??e M, Hern??ndez-Presa M, Pueyo C, Hern??ndez G, Fern??ndez-Cruz A, Pati??o R. Atorvastatin Reduces Expression of the CCR2 and MAC-1 Receptors on Monocytes, and Plasma Levels of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 and C-Reactive Protein, in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease. Clin Drug Investig 2002. [DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200222010-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Szabo I, Wetzel MA, Rogers TJ. Cell-density-regulated chemotactic responsiveness of keratinocytes in vitro. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 117:1083-90. [PMID: 11710916 DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01546.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Keratinocytes represent the main constituents of the epidermis and have been found to play a regulatory role in a variety of inflammatory skin diseases. The functional activity of keratinocytes is highly heterogeneous, and depends on the cell localization in the epidermal architecture, and the maturation or differentiation state of the cells. Spontaneously proliferating HaCaT cells, showing several similarities to basal epidermal keratinocytes, were found to respond to external chemoattractants, including the chemokines RANTES (regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted) and interleukin-8 and the mu-opioid agonist DAMGO ([d-ala2, N-Me-Phe4, Gly-ol5]enkephalin) in migration assays. The chemotactic responsiveness was highly dependent on the cell density of the monolayer, with greatest chemotactic activity at the highest cell density. Whereas RANTES was found to be the most potent chemoattractant, constitutive RANTES production was also detected in the HaCaT cultures. We found an inverse correlation between constitutive RANTES production and chemotactic responsiveness toward external RANTES, suggesting a possible functional down-modulation of the RANTES receptors, CC chemokine receptor 1 and CC chemokine receptor 5, during culture. Results from confocal laser scanning microscopy showed reduced CC chemokine receptor 1, but not CC chemokine receptor 5, expression by HaCaT cells at low cell densities, which was abolished in the presence of neutralizing antibodies against RANTES. The total CC chemokine receptor 1 pool (surface and intracellular receptors), however, showed no significant change during in vitro culture. Chemotactic responsiveness toward RANTES was directly correlated with the level of CC chemokine receptor 1 surface expression. Taken together these results show that with keratinocyte proliferation and the progressive increase in cell density there are dramatic alterations in keratinocyte function.
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- I Szabo
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
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Ekekezie II, Thibeault DW, Garola RE, Truog WE. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and its receptor CCR-2 in piglet lungs exposed to inhaled nitric oxide and hyperoxia. Pediatr Res 2001; 50:633-40. [PMID: 11641460 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200111000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), acting through its C-C chemokine receptor 2 (CCR-2), has important roles in inflammation, angiogenesis, and wound repair. The individual and combined effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) and hyperoxia on lung MCP-1 and CCR-2 in relation to lung leukocyte dynamics are unknown. Because MCP-1 gene is up-regulated by oxidants, we hypothesized that inhaled NO with hyperoxia will increase MCP-1 production and CCR-2 expression more than either gas alone. We randomly assigned young piglets to breathe room air (RA), RA+50 ppm NO (RA+NO), O(2), or O(2)+NO for 1 or 5 d before sacrifice. Lungs were lavaged and tissues preserved for hybridization studies, Western blotting, histology, and immunohistochemistry. The results show that lung MCP-1 production and alveolar macrophage count were significantly elevated in the 5-d O(2) and O(2)+NO groups relative to the RA group (p < or = 0.05). In contrast, lung CCR-2 abundance was diminished in the O(2) group (p </= 0.05), but not in the O(2)+NO group, compared with the RA group. No difference was detected in any variable studied at 24 h. CCR-2 distribution was similar in all groups with staining of alveolar septa, macrophages, vascular endothelium, and the luminal epithelial surface of airways. We conclude that although hyperoxia increases MCP-1 in young piglet lungs, it also decreases CCR-2 abundance, which may limit participation of MCP-1 in alveolar macrophage recruitment. Inhaled NO, unlike hyperoxia, has no significant independent effect, but its concurrent administration during hyperoxia attenuates the decremental effect of hyperoxia on CCR-2 abundance.
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- I I Ekekezie
- Section of Neonatology, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinic, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri 64108-9883, USA.
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Volin MV, Woods JM, Amin MA, Connors MA, Harlow LA, Koch AE. Fractalkine: a novel angiogenic chemokine in rheumatoid arthritis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2001; 159:1521-30. [PMID: 11583978 PMCID: PMC1850492 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62537-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Angiogenesis is an important aspect of the vasculoproliferation found in the rheumatoid arthritic (RA) pannus. We have previously implicated members of the CXC chemokine family as potent angiogenic mediators in RA. We investigated the possibility that the sole member of the CX(3)C chemokine family, fractalkine (fkn), induces angiogenesis and that fkn might mediate angiogenesis in RA. Recombinant human fkn significantly induced migration of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs), a facet of the angiogenic response, in the pmol/L range in a concentration-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Fkn also induced the formation of significantly more endothelial tubes on Matrigel than did a negative control (P < 0.05). Fkn significantly induced 2.3-fold more blood vessel growth than control in the in vivo Matrigel plug assays (P < 0.05). We identified HMVEC expression of the fkn receptor, CX(3)CR1. Next, we determined if RA synovial fluid (SF)-induced angiogenesis was fkn-dependent. SFs from six RA patients immunodepleted of soluble fkn induced 56% less migration of HMVECs than did sham-depleted RA SFs (P < 0.05). In vivo, immunodepletion of fkn from six RA SFs significantly inhibited their angiogenic activity in Matrigel plug assays (P < 0.05). Immunodepletion of fkn from five RA synovial tissue homogenates inhibited their ability to induce angiogenesis in in vivo Matrigel plug assays (P < 0.05). These results establish a new function for fkn as an angiogenic mediator and suggest that it may mediate angiogenesis in RA.
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MESH Headings
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/complications
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/physiopathology
- CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CX3CL1
- Chemokines, CX3C/pharmacology
- Chemokines, CX3C/physiology
- Chemotactic Factors/metabolism
- Chemotaxis/physiology
- Collagen/pharmacology
- Drug Combinations
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Humans
- Laminin/pharmacology
- Membrane Proteins/pharmacology
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Microcirculation
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/etiology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/pathology
- Proteoglycans/pharmacology
- Receptors, Cytokine/metabolism
- Receptors, HIV/metabolism
- Skin/blood supply
- Synovial Fluid/drug effects
- Synovial Fluid/metabolism
- Synovial Fluid/physiology
- Synovial Membrane/physiopathology
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Affiliation(s)
- M V Volin
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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