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Lutterloh EC, Opal SM. Antibodies against RAGE in sepsis and inflammation: implications for therapy. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2007; 8:1193-6. [PMID: 17563255 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.8.9.1193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Many agents have been tried in the hope of providing clinical benefit in sepsis and inflammatory processes. The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is involved in inflammation and sepsis, and anti-RAGE antibodies have been studied in models of diabetic complications, chronic inflammation and sepsis. Several characteristics of RAGE make anti-RAGE antibody an attractive treatment possibility. The pathophysiology of sepsis and inflammation is incompletely understood. The complicated nature of these processes may make new techniques, such as computer simulation and genomics, vital in understanding how to target therapies.
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Robinet A, Alouane L, Hoizey G, Millart H. Advanced-glycation end products (AGEs) derived from glycated albumin suppress early beta1-adrenergic preconditioning. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2007; 21:35-43. [PMID: 17227443 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00451.x] [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] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ischemic heart disease in diabetic patients might be linked to the accumulation of advanced-glycation end products (AGEs). In ischemic rat hearts, expression of receptor for AGEs and its ligands is significantly enhanced and involved in cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury even in the absence of diabetes. It has recently been reported that diabetic human myocardium cannot be protected by preconditioning. In this context, our hypothesis was that beta1-adrenergic preconditioning might be altered in the presence of AGEs. Using an isolated non-working rat heart model, this study investigated the effect of AGEs on cardioprotection induced by transient beta1-adrenoceptor (beta1-AR) stimulation with xamoterol (Xa). After 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) pre-treatment and a 20-min stabilization period, hearts were perfused at constant pressure for 20 min, then subjected to 40 min of global ischemia and 30 min of reperfusion (I/R, Ctrl); and exposed to 0.01 microm Xa for 5 min framed with or without 15.2 microm albumin (Alb) or glycated albumin (Gly Alb). The main endpoints were the mean coronary flow (MCF), the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), rate-pressure product (RPP) and creatine kinase (CK) release and necrosis area. XA induced an increase in the MCF after I/R (t = 85 min), a protective effect on the LVEDP, an improvement in RPP, a decrease of CK release during reperfusion and a reduction of necrotic area. The beneficial effects induced by Xa during reperfusion were suppressed by the administration of Gly Alb during Xa infusion, whereas Alb did not hamper Xa-induced protection. These results suggest that AGEs suppress the cardioprotection resulting from the activation of beta1-ARs and thus might contribute to cardiovascular damages seen in diabetic patients.
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- Arnaud Robinet
- Department of Pharmacology, Reims University Hospital, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51095, Reims Cedex, France.
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Ramasamy R, Yan SF, Schmidt AM. The RAGE connection to diabetes and atherosclerosis: an intertwined web of advanced glycation and inflammation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.2217/17460875.2.2.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nagai R, Fujiwara Y, Mera K, Otagiri M. Investigation of pathways of advanced glycation end-products accumulation in macrophages. Mol Nutr Food Res 2007; 51:462-7. [PMID: 17390398 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200600255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Advanced glycation end-products (AGE) play a role in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including diabetic complications and atherosclerosis. In atherosclerotic lesions of human aortas, AGE are localized in the extracellular matrix and intracellularly in foam cells. Two interpretations are possible for AGE accumulation inside macrophages, one is endocytic uptake of extracellular AGE-proteins by scavenger receptors; the other is intracellular AGE formation inside the macrophages. In the present study, we determined the pathways involved in AGE accumulation inside macrophages. RAW 264.7 cells, a murine macrophage cell line, incubated with BSA and 1600 mM glucose for 40 weeks, recognized heavily modified AGE- BSA. In contrast, the cells showed no ligand activity for mildly modified AGE-BSA, prepared by incubating BSA with 50 mM glucose for 24 weeks. Nepsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML)-modified proteins of about 65 kDa were detected in human monocyte-derived macrophages incubated for 7 days with 30 mM glucose and phorbol myristate acetate. Furthermore, CML was generated when glycated protein was incubated with hypochloric acid. Taken together, our results indicate that AGE detected inside foam cells in atherosclerotic lesions are generated intracellularly rather than representing endocytic uptake of extracellular AGE-proteins by scavenger receptors.
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- Ryoji Nagai
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Schmitt A, Nöller J, Schmitt J. The binding of advanced glycation end products to cell surfaces can be measured using bead-reconstituted cellular membrane proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:1389-99. [PMID: 17481574 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2006] [Revised: 03/23/2007] [Accepted: 03/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that arise from the reaction of sugars with protein side chains are supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases and therefore the effects of AGEs on cells are the objective of numerous investigations. Although different cellular responses to AGEs can be measured in cell culture studies, knowledge about the nature of AGE-binding and the involved cell surface receptors is poor. The measurement of AGE-binding to cell surfaces bears the potential to gain a deeper understanding about the nature of AGE-binding to cell surface proteins and could be applied as a preliminary test before performing cell culture studies on AGE effects. Herein, a new material and method for the detection of AGE-binding to cell surfaces is introduced, which has the potential to facilitate the detection of binding. In the present paper, the detection of AGE-binding to cell surface proteins using an artificial system of cellular membrane proteins reconstituted on beads (TRANSIL CaCo-2) is described. The binding of a BSA-AGE derived from a 37 degrees C incubation with 500 mM Glc (BSA-Glc 500) and the corresponding control to this artificial system was compared with the binding to intact cells and was found to be in good agreement. Additionally, the K(d) for the binding of the BSA-Glc 500 used in the study to CaCo-2 surfaces was determined using FITC-labelled samples in a flow cytometric approach. Competitive binding studies were performed using a set of non-labelled BSA-AGEs to compete with FITC-labelled BSA-Glc 500 for the cell surface binding sites. The binding was found to be inhibited to different extends, virtually depending on the degree of arginine modifications within the modified protein used for competition. Additionally, the effects of all AGEs used in the study on CaCo-2 cells was measured using the detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are known to be induced as a primary result of AGE-receptor binding. The induction of ROS was found to linearly correlate to the capacity of the individual AGE to displace FITC-labelled BSA-Glc 500 in competitive binding studies. Therefore, the data indicate, that at least in case of CaCo-2 cells the detection of cell surface binding can serve as a reliable preliminary test for a potential cell-damaging effect of AGEs.
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- Annett Schmitt
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Clinical Research at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Leipzig, Inselstr. 22, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Zen K, Chen CXJ, Chen YT, Wilton R, Liu Y. Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts mediates neutrophil migration across intestinal epithelium. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:2483-90. [PMID: 17277156 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.4.2483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) is an Ig superfamily cell surface receptor that interacts with a diverse array of ligands associated with inflammatory responses. In this study, we provide evidence demonstrating that RAGE is involved in inflammatory responses in the intestines. We showed that RAGE is expressed in intestinal epithelial cells, primarily concentrated at the lateral membranes close to the apical cell junction complexes. Although RAGE expression was low in epithelium under normal conditions, this protein was up-regulated after treatment with the inflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma and/or TNF-alpha. RAGE expression was also elevated in colon tissue samples from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Using in vitro transmigration assays, we found that RAGE mediates neutrophil (polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN)) adhesion to, and subsequent migration across, intestinal epithelial monolayers. This activity appears to be mediated by the binding of RAGE to the PMN-specific beta(2) integrin CD11b/CD18. Thus, these results provide a novel mechanism for the regulation of PMN transepithelial migration and may suggest a new therapeutic target for intestinal inflammation.
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- Ke Zen
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Diabetic nephropathy remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the diabetic population and is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure in the Western World. Despite current therapeutics including intensified glycemic control and blood pressure lowering agents, renal disease continues to progress relentlessly in diabetic patients, albeit at a lower rate. It is well recognized that metabolic and hemodynamic factors play a central role in accelerating renal disease in diabetes. However, recent experimental studies have suggested that increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a result of the diabetic milieu may play a central role in the progression of diabetic microvascular complications. These ROS appear to be generated primarily from mitochondrial sources and via the enzyme, NADPH oxidase. This review focuses on how ROS play a deleterious role in the diabetic kidney and how they are involved in crosstalk among various signaling pathways, ultimately leading to renal dysfunction and structural injury.
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- Melinda T Coughlan
- Albert Einstein Centre for Diabetes Complications, Wynn Domain, Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Pullerits R, Brisslert M, Jonsson IM, Tarkowski A. Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products triggers a proinflammatory cytokine cascade via beta2 integrin Mac-1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 54:3898-907. [PMID: 17133598 DOI: 10.1002/art.22217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a cell surface molecule that binds a variety of ligands, including high mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 (HMGB-1), a potent proinflammatory cytokine. RAGE-ligand interaction leads to an inflammatory response. A truncated form of the receptor, soluble RAGE (sRAGE), has been suggested to function as a decoy abrogating cellular activation, but its endogenous activity is not fully understood. We undertook this study to assess the properties of sRAGE in vivo and in vitro and to analyze the role of sRAGE in HMGB-1-induced arthritis. METHODS Mice were injected intraarticularly with HMGB-1 and treated systemically with sRAGE prior to histologic joint evaluation. All animals were subjected to peritoneal lavage to assess the local effect of sRAGE treatment. For in vitro studies, mouse splenocytes were incubated with sRAGE followed by assessment of NF-kappaB activation and cytokine production. The chemotactic properties of sRAGE were investigated using in vitro migration assay. RESULTS Soluble RAGE was determined to have proinflammatory properties since it gave rise to production of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and macrophage inflammatory protein 2. This effect was triggered by interaction with leukocyte beta2 integrin Mac-1 and was mediated via NF-kappaB. Systemic treatment with sRAGE significantly down-regulated HMGB-1-triggered arthritis, but the observed effect was due to a deviation of the inflammatory response from the joint to the peritoneal cavity rather than a genuine antiinflammatory effect. Apart from its proinflammatory properties, sRAGE was proven to act as a chemotactic stimulus for neutrophils. CONCLUSION We conclude that sRAGE interacts with Mac-1, thereby acting as an important proinflammatory and chemotactic molecule.
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- Rille Pullerits
- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Moser B, Szabolcs MJ, Ankersmit HJ, Lu Y, Qu W, Weinberg A, Herold KC, Schmidt AM. Blockade of RAGE suppresses alloimmune reactions in vitro and delays allograft rejection in murine heart transplantation. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:293-302. [PMID: 17241110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE), a multiligand member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, interacts with proinflammatory AGEs, the products of nonenzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins; high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), also known as amphoterin and S100/calgranulins to amplify inflammation and tissue injury. Previous studies showed that blockade of RAGE suppressed recruitment of proinflammatory mechanisms in murine models. We tested the hypothesis that RAGE contributes to alloimmune responses and report that in vivo, acute rejection of fully allogeneic cardiac allografts in a murine model of heterotopic cardiac transplantation is significantly delayed by pharmacological antagonism of RAGE. In parallel, allogeneic T-cell proliferation in the mixed lymphocyte reaction is, at least in part, RAGE-dependent. These data provide the first insights into key roles for RAGE in allorecognition responses and suggest that antagonism of this receptor may exert beneficial effects in allogeneic organ transplantation.
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- B Moser
- Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. [corrected]
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Nomoto K, Tsuneyama K, Abdel Aziz HO, Takahashi H, Murai Y, Cui ZG, Fujimoto M, Kato I, Hiraga K, Hsu DK, Liu FT, Takano Y. Disrupted galectin-3 causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in male mice. J Pathol 2007; 210:469-77. [PMID: 17029217 DOI: 10.1002/path.2065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Galectin-3, a beta-galactoside-binding animal lectin, is a multifunctional protein. Previous studies have suggested that galectin-3 may play an important role in inflammatory responses. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasingly recognized as a liver condition that may progress to end-stage liver disease and based on the known functions of galectin-3, it was hypothesized that galectin-3 might play a role in the development of NAFLD. Thus, this study investigated the role of galectin-3 in NAFLD by comparing galectin-3 knockout (gal3(-/-)) mice and wild-type (gal3(+/+)) mice. The livers of gal3(-/-) male mice at 6 months of age histologically displayed mild to severe fatty change. The liver weight per body weight ratio, serum alanine aminotransferase levels, liver triglyceride levels, and liver lipid peroxide in gal3(-/-) mice were significantly increased compared with those in gal3(+/+) mice. Furthermore, the hepatic protein levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGE), receptor for AGE (RAGE), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) were increased in gal3(-/-) mice relative to gal3(+/+) mice. In conclusion, this study suggests that the absence of gal3 can cause clinico-pathological features in male mice similar to those of NAFLD.
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- K Nomoto
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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Kobayashi S, Kubo H, Suzuki T, Ishizawa K, Yamada M, He M, Yamamoto Y, Yamamoto H, Sasano H, Sasaki H, Suzuki S. Endogenous Secretory Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 175:184-9. [PMID: 17023736 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200602-212oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RATIONALE The receptor for advanced glycation end products is a multiligand receptor that plays an important role in regulating the invasiveness and metastatic potential of cancer cells. A recently discovered novel splice variant, the endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end products, mediates the receptor for advanced glycation end-product-associated cell responses by functioning as a decoy receptor. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the expression pattern of endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end products in non-small cell lung carcinoma, and analyze its impact on prognosis. METHODS We performed immunohistochemical evaluation in 182 non-small cell lung carcinoma surgical specimens. The effect of an overexpressed receptor in cancer cell proliferation was also evaluated. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end-product expression in cytoplasm was reduced or absent in 137 of the 182 (75%) carcinomas in contrast to normal lung tissues. mRNA expression was also suppressed in cancer cells. Overexpression of the secretory receptor in lung cancer cell lines had an inhibitory effect on cell proliferation, suggesting the reduced receptor expression accelerated tumor growth. Among patients with low expression of the cytoplasmic secretory receptor, the overall survival rate was significantly lower than that of patients with normal expression (p = 0.0003). This association was most prominent in TNM stage I patients (p = 0.0001). In a multivariate analysis, endogenous secretory receptor immunoreactivity was an independent prognostic factor with a relative risk of 3.1. CONCLUSIONS The cytoplasmic endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end-product expression has the potential to be a prognostic factor for predicting the outcome of curative surgery in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alternative Splicing
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/mortality
- Cell Proliferation
- Cytoplasm/chemistry
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- Female
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung Neoplasms/chemistry
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/mortality
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products
- Receptors, Immunologic/analysis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Treatment Outcome
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- Seiichi Kobayashi
- Department of Geriatric and Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryoumachi, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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Lutterloh EC, Opal SM, Pittman DD, Keith JC, Tan XY, Clancy BM, Palmer H, Milarski K, Sun Y, Palardy JE, Parejo NA, Kessimian N. Inhibition of the RAGE products increases survival in experimental models of severe sepsis and systemic infection. Crit Care 2007; 11:R122. [PMID: 18042296 PMCID: PMC2246216 DOI: 10.1186/cc6184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Revised: 09/25/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), a multi-ligand member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, contributes to acute and chronic disease processes, including sepsis. METHODS We studied the possible therapeutic role of RAGE inhibition in the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model of polymicrobial sepsis and a model of systemic listeriosis using mice genetically deficient in RAGE expression or mice injected with a rat anti-murine RAGE monoclonal antibody. RESULTS The 7-day survival rates after CLP were 80% for RAGE-/- mice (n = 15) (P < 0.01 versus wild-type), 69% for RAGE+/- mice (n = 23), and 37% for wild-type mice (n = 27). Survival benefits were evident in BALB/c mice given anti-RAGE antibody (n = 15 per group) over serum-treated control animals (P < 0.05). Moreover, delayed treatment with anti-RAGE antibody up to 24 hours after CLP resulted in a significant survival benefit compared with control mice. There was no significant increase in tissue colony counts from enteric Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria in animals treated with anti-RAGE antibody. RAGE-/-, RAGE+/-, and anti-RAGE antibody-treated animals were resistant to lethality from Listeria monocytogenes by almost two orders of magnitude compared with wild-type mice. CONCLUSION Further studies are warranted to determine the clinical utility of anti-RAGE antibody as a novel treatment for sepsis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Disease Models, Animal
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/antagonists & inhibitors
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/biosynthesis
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/genetics
- Listeriosis/metabolism
- Listeriosis/mortality
- Listeriosis/therapy
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products
- Receptors, Immunologic/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- Sepsis/genetics
- Sepsis/mortality
- Sepsis/therapy
- Survival Rate
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/metabolism
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/mortality
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/therapy
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- Emily C Lutterloh
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, RI 02860
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, RI 02860
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- Wyeth Research, 35 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Wyeth Research, 35 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Wyeth Research, 35 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Wyeth Research, 35 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Wyeth Research, 35 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Wyeth Research, 35 Cambridge Park Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, RI 02860
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, RI 02860
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, RI 02860
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Asami J, Odani H, Ishii A, Oide K, Sudo T, Nakamura A, Miyata N, Otsuka N, Maeda K, Nakagawa J. Suppression of AGE precursor formation following unilateral ureteral obstruction in mouse kidneys by transgenic expression of alpha-dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2006; 70:2899-905. [PMID: 17151462 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) of kidneys causes acute generation of carbonyl stress. By electrospray ionization/liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (ESI/LC/MS) we measured the content of methyl glyoxal, glyoxal, and 3-deoxyglucosone in mouse kidney extracts following UUO. UUO resulted in elevation of these dicarbonyls in the obstructed kidneys. Furthermore, the accumulation of 3-deoxyglucosone was significantly reduced in the kidneys of mice transgenic for alpha-dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase (DCXR) as compared to their wild-type littermates, demonstrating 4.91+/-2.04 vs. 6.45+/-1.85 ng/mg protein (P=0.044) for the obstructed kidneys, and 3.68+/-1.95 vs. 5.20+/-1.39 ng/mg protein (P=0.026) for the contralateral kidneys. On the other hand, collagen III content in kidneys showed no difference as monitored by in situ hybridization. Collectively, DCXR may function in the removal of renal alpha-dicarbonyl compounds under oxidative circumstances, but it was not sufficient to suppress acute renal fibrosis during 7 d of UUO by itself.
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- Jun Asami
- Medicinal Research Laboratories, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
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Morbini P, Villa C, Campo I, Zorzetto M, Inghilleri S, Luisetti M. The receptor for advanced glycation end products and its ligands: a new inflammatory pathway in lung disease? Mod Pathol 2006; 19:1437-45. [PMID: 16941014 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The binding of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) with its ligands begins a sustained period of cellular activation and inflammatory signal amplification in different tissues and diseases. This binding could represent an as yet uninvestigated pathway of inflammatory reaction in the lung, where the presence of the receptor has been largely documented and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are produced by nonenzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins and lipids, driven by smoke and pollutants exposure or inflammatory stress. We immunohistochemically assessed the expression of RAGE and of its major proinflammatory ligands, N-epsilon-carboxy-methyl-lysine, S100B and S-100A12 in normal lung and in non-neoplastic lung disorders including smoke-related airway disease, granulomatous inflammation, postobstructive damage and usual interstitial pneumonia. In normal lung low expression of the receptor was observed in bronchiolar epithelia, type II pneumocytes, macrophages and some endothelia. S100A12 and S100B were expressed, respectively, in granulocytes and in dendritic cells. Carboxy-methyl-lysine was present in bronchiolar epithelia and macrophages. In all pathological conditions associated with inflammation and lung damage overexpression of both the receptor and of AGEs was observed in bronchiolar epithelia, type II alveolar pneumocytes, alveolar macrophages and endothelia. RAGE overexpression was more evident in epithelia associated with inflammatory cell aggregates. Fibroblasts in usual interstitial pneumonia expressed both the receptor and AGEs. The number of S100A12 and S100B immunoreactive inflammatory cells was variable. S100A12 was also expressed in mononuclear inflammatory cells and in activated epithelia. The activation of the inflammatory pathway controlled by the RAGE is not specific of a single lung disease, however, it may be relevant as a nonspecific pathway of sustained inflammation in lung tissue, and on this basis therapeutic approaches based on receptor blockage can be envisaged.
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- Patrizia Morbini
- Dipartimento di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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Yan SF, Yan SD, Herold K, Ramsamy R, Schmidt AM. Receptor for advanced glycation end products and the cardiovascular complications of diabetes and beyond: lessons from AGEing. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2006; 35:511-24, viii. [PMID: 16959583 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2006.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The presence of elevated blood glucose levels characterizes the diabetic state. Hyperglycemia may be caused by a number of underlying factors; however, the consequences of chronically elevated glucose are similar. Both the macrovasculature and microvasculature are exquisitely sensitive to the long-term effects of elevated blood glucose. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetes, regardless of the underlying cause of hyperglycemia. Although other substrates, such as DNA, are susceptible to glycation, this article addresses the impact of nonenzymatic glycation on the proteome. The impact of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs) on alteration of protein function and signal transduction mechanisms contributes to the pathogenesis of diabetes complications. This suggests that blocking the generation or molecular impact of AGEs may modulate the complications of diabetes.
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- Shi Fang Yan
- Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168th Street, P&S 17-501, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Avery NC, Bailey AJ. The effects of the Maillard reaction on the physical properties and cell interactions of collagen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:387-95. [PMID: 16962252 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2006.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 07/04/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The non-enzymic glycation of collagen occurs as its turnover decreases during maturation, with complex carbohydrates accumulating slowly and the end-products of these reactions being permanent. The nature of these advanced glycation end-reaction products (AGEs) can be categorised as: 1) cross-linking: intermolecular cross-linking may occur between two adjacent molecules and involve lysine to lysine or lysine to arginine residues. Several compounds have been characterised. They are believed to be located between the triple helical domains of adjacent molecules in the fibre resulting in major changes of the physical properties, primarily, fibre stiffness, thermal denaturation temperature and enzyme resistance, all of which increase slowly with age but the rate is accelerated in diabetes mellitus due to high glucose levels: 2) side-chain modifications: these changes alter the charge profile of the molecule affecting the interactions within the fibre and if they occur at specific sites can affect the cell-collagen interaction. Modification of arginine within the sites RGD and GFOGER recognised by the two specific integrins (alpha1beta2 and alpha2beta1) for collagen reduce cell interactions during turnover and for platelet interactions (alpha1beta2). These changes can ultimately affect repair of, for example, vascular damage and dermal wound healing in diabetes mellitus. Both types of modification are deleterious to the optimal properties of collagen as a supporting framework structure and as a controlling factor in cell matrix interactions. Glycation during ageing and diabetes is therefore responsible for malfunctioning of the diverse collagenous tissues throughout the body.
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- N C Avery
- Collagen Research Group, University of Bristol, Langford, BS40 5DU Bristol, UK
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Goldin A, Beckman JA, Schmidt AM, Creager MA. Advanced glycation end products: sparking the development of diabetic vascular injury. Circulation 2006; 114:597-605. [PMID: 16894049 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.621854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1532] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are proteins or lipids that become glycated after exposure to sugars. AGEs are prevalent in the diabetic vasculature and contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. The presence and accumulation of AGEs in many different cell types affect extracellular and intracellular structure and function. AGEs contribute to a variety of microvascular and macrovascular complications through the formation of cross-links between molecules in the basement membrane of the extracellular matrix and by engaging the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). Activation of RAGE by AGEs causes upregulation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB and its target genes. Soluble AGEs activate monocytes, and AGEs in the basement membrane inhibit monocyte migration. AGE-bound RAGE increases endothelial permeability to macromolecules. AGEs block nitric oxide activity in the endothelium and cause the production of reactive oxygen species. Because of the emerging evidence about the adverse effects of AGEs on the vasculature of patients with diabetes, a number of different therapies to inhibit AGEs are under investigation.
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- Alison Goldin
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Huebschmann AG, Regensteiner JG, Vlassara H, Reusch JEB. Diabetes and advanced glycoxidation end products. Diabetes Care 2006; 29:1420-32. [PMID: 16732039 DOI: 10.2337/dc05-2096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Amy G Huebschmann
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Mailstop F-729, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Monteiro FA, Cardoso I, Sousa MM, Saraiva MJ. In vitro inhibition of transthyretin aggregate-induced cytotoxicity by full and peptide derived forms of the soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). FEBS Lett 2006; 580:3451-6. [PMID: 16716307 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2006] [Revised: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 05/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by systemic extracellular deposition of transthyretin (TTR) amyloid fibrils. The latter have been proposed to trigger neurodegeneration through engagement of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). Here we show that TTR interaction with RAGE is conserved across mouse and human species and is not dependent on RAGE glycosylation. Moreover, strand D of TTR structure seems important for the TTR-RAGE interaction as well as a motif in RAGE (residues 102-118) located within the V-domain; this motif suppressed TTR aggregate-induced cytotoxicity in cell culture.
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Takeda M, Ojima M, Yoshioka H, Inaba H, Kogo M, Shizukuishi S, Nomura M, Amano A. Relationship of serum advanced glycation end products with deterioration of periodontitis in type 2 diabetes patients. J Periodontol 2006; 77:15-20. [PMID: 16579698 DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.77.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND A close relationship between diabetes and chronic periodontitis has been demonstrated. We previously found that Porphyromonas gingivalis with the type II fimA gene is an infectious factor closely associated with the deterioration seen in diabetic periodontitis patients. In the present study, we examined whether other biomarkers are related to the development and deterioration of periodontitis often seen in type 2 diabetic individuals. METHODS A total of 97 type 2 diabetes patients with and without periodontitis were recruited, and their periodontal and diabetic conditions were analyzed. The ratio (%) of teeth with an attachment loss >5 mm among all teeth in each subject was used as an index of periodontal deterioration. Peripheral blood was tested for levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), advanced glycation end products (AGEs), C-reactive protein (CRP), and cytokines (tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-alpha and interleukin [IL]-1beta). Subgingival plaque samples were also examined for the occurrences of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Tannerella forsythensis, Treponema denticola, and Prevotella intermedia. RESULTS Serum AGEs were significantly associated with deterioration of periodontitis, whereas no other serum biochemical marker or bacterial occurrence showed a clear relationship with that condition. CONCLUSION AGEs may be factors associated with diabetic periodontitis and may be useful as biomarkers that reflect such deterioration.
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- Munehiro Takeda
- Department of Oral Frontier Biology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita-Osaka, Japan
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Wilton R, Yousef MA, Saxena P, Szpunar M, Stevens FJ. Expression and purification of recombinant human receptor for advanced glycation endproducts in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2006; 47:25-35. [PMID: 16510295 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Revised: 01/10/2006] [Accepted: 01/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) is a multiligand receptor that binds a variety of structurally and functionally unrelated ligands, including advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), amyloid fibrils, amphoterin, and members of the S100 family of proteins. The receptor has been implicated in the pathology of diabetes as well as in inflammatory processes and tumor cell metastasis. For the present study, the extracellular region of RAGE (exRAGE) was expressed as a soluble, C-terminal hexahistidine-tagged fusion protein in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli. Proper processing and folding of the purified protein, predicted to contain three immunoglobulin-type domains, was supported by the results of electrospray mass spectroscopy and circular dichroism experiments. Sedimentation velocity experiments showed that exRAGE was primarily monomeric in solution. Binding to several RAGE ligands, including AGE-BSA, immunoglobulin light chain amyloid fibrils, and glycosaminoglycans, was demonstrated using pull-down, dot-blot, or enzyme-linked microplate assays. Using surface plasmon resonance, the interaction of exRAGE with AGE-BSA was shown to fit a two-site model, with KD values of 88 nM and 1.4 microM. The E. coli-derived exRAGE did not bind the advanced glycation endproduct Nepsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine, as reported for the cellular receptor, and the possible role of RAGE glycosylation in recognition of this ligand is discussed. This new RAGE construct will facilitate detailed studies of RAGE-ligand interactions and provides a platform for preparation of site-directed mutants for future structure/function studies.
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MESH Headings
- Amyloid/genetics
- Amyloid/metabolism
- Amyloidosis/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Extracellular Space/chemistry
- Extracellular Space/genetics
- Extracellular Space/metabolism
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/biosynthesis
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/genetics
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Ligands
- Models, Chemical
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Peptide Fragments/biosynthesis
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Binding/genetics
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/isolation & purification
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- Rosemarie Wilton
- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biophysics Core Facility, University of Chicago 60637, USA.
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Nakano N, Fukuhara-Takaki K, Jono T, Nakajou K, Eto N, Horiuchi S, Takeya M, Nagai R. Association of Advanced Glycation End Products with A549 Cells, a Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Line, Is Mediated by a Receptor Distinct from the Scavenger Receptor Family and RAGE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 139:821-9. [PMID: 16751589 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cellular interactions with advanced glycation end products (AGE)-modified proteins are known to induce several biological responses, not only endocytic uptake and degradation, but also the induction of cytokines and growth factors, combined responses that may be linked to the development of diabetic vascular complications. In this study we demonstrate that A549 cells, a human pulmonary epithelial cell line, possess a specific binding site for AGE-modified bovine serum albumin (AGE-BSA) (K(d) = 27.8 nM), and additionally for EN-RAGE (extracellular newly identified RAGE binding protein) (K(d) = 118 nM). Western blot and RT-PCR analysis showed that RAGE (receptor for AGE) is highly expressed on A549 cells, while the expression of other known AGE-receptors such as galectin-3 and SR-A (class A scavenger receptor), are below the level of detection. The binding of (125)I-AGE-BSA to these cells is inhibited by unlabeled AGE-BSA, but not by EN-RAGE. In contrast, the binding of (125)I-EN-RAGE is significantly inhibited by unlabeled EN-RAGE and soluble RAGE, but not by AGE-BSA. Our results indicate that A549 cells possess at least two binding sites, one specific for EN-RAGE and the other specific for AGE-BSA. The latter receptor on A549 cells is distinct from the scavenger receptor family and RAGE.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cells, Cultured
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/metabolism
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/pharmacokinetics
- Humans
- Lung/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products
- Receptors, Immunologic/agonists
- Receptors, Immunologic/classification
- Receptors, Scavenger/agonists
- Receptors, Scavenger/classification
- Receptors, Scavenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Serum Albumin, Bovine/metabolism
- Serum Albumin, Bovine/pharmacokinetics
- Signal Transduction
- Substrate Specificity
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- Nahoko Nakano
- Departments of Medical Biochemistry, Psychiatry, and Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo 1-1-1, Kumamoto 860-8556
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Ramasamy R, Yan SF, Schmidt AM. The RAGE axis and endothelial dysfunction: maladaptive roles in the diabetic vasculature and beyond. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2006; 15:237-43. [PMID: 16226677 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2005.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2005] [Revised: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 08/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Receptor for advanced glycation end product (RAGE) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell surface molecules. The ligand-RAGE axis is emerging as a central mechanism linked to vascular injury and atherosclerosis in diabetes and in euglycemia. The repertoire of RAGE ligands, including advanced glycation end products, S100/calgranulins, high-mobility group box 1, amyloid-beta peptide, and Mac-1, transcends RAGE biology from specifically the science of diabetic complications to central aspects of the inflammatory response and oxidative stress. Experiments in cell culture and in vivo support the notion that interaction of RAGE ligands with RAGE activates key signal transduction pathways that modulate fundamental cellular properties, thereby leading to vascular and inflammatory cell perturbation. These considerations support the premise that the ligand-RAGE axis may be an important target for therapeutic intervention in cardiovascular disease and, fundamentally, in initiation and amplification of inflammatory responses.
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- Ravichandran Ramasamy
- Division of Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Xu B, Ji Y, Yao K, Cao YX, Ferro A. Inhibition of human endothelial cell nitric oxide synthesis by advanced glycation end-products but not glucose: relevance to diabetes. Clin Sci (Lond) 2006; 109:439-46. [PMID: 16022682 DOI: 10.1042/cs20050183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Endothelial dysfunction, with decreased NO (nitric oxide) biosynthesis, may play a pathophysiological role in diabetic vasculopathy. The aim of the present study was to determine the relative contributions of glucose and AGE (advanced glycation end-product) accumulation in suppressing NOS-3 (the endothelial isoform of NO synthase). Cultured HUVECs (human umbilical vein endothelial cells) were incubated with different concentrations of glucose, unmodified albumin or AGE-modified albumin for different times. NOS activity was measured from the conversion of L-[(3)H]arginine into L-[(3)H]citrulline, and the expression, serine phosphorylation and O-glycosylation of NOS-3 were determined by Western blotting. High (25 mmol/l) glucose, for up to 12 days of incubation, had no effect on the activity or expression of NOS-3, nor on its degree of serine phosphorylation or O-glycosylation, compared with physiological (5 mmol/l) glucose. By contrast, AGE-modified albumin exerted a concentration- and time-dependent suppression of NOS-3 expression in HUVECs at a range of concentrations (0-200 mg/l) found in diabetic plasma; this was evident after 24 h, whereas inhibition of NOS activity was seen after only 3 h incubation with AGE-modified albumin, consistent with our previous observations of rapid suppression of NOS-3 serine phosphorylation and NOS-3 activity by AGE-modified albumin. In conclusion, AGE-modified albumin suppresses NOS-3 activity in HUVECs through two mechanisms: one rapid, involving suppression of its serine phosphorylation, and another slower, involving a decrease in its expression. We also conclude that, in the context of the chronic hyperglycaemia in diabetes, the effects of AGEs on endothelial NO biosynthesis are considerably more important than those of glucose.
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- Biao Xu
- Department of Cardiology, Gulou Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210009, China
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Coughlan MT, Cooper ME, Forbes JM. Can Advanced Glycation End Product Inhibitors Modulate More than One Pathway to Enhance Renoprotection in Diabetes? Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1043:750-8. [PMID: 16037302 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1333.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Although advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been postulated to contribute to diabetic nephropathy in their own right, advanced glycation is clearly only one pathway by which renal injury may be induced in diabetes. The interaction between metabolic and hemodynamic factors amplifies the deleterious effects of the diabetic milieu, thereby reducing the threshold for microvascular injury via common mechanisms. This includes interactions between AGE-mediated pathways and the renin angiotensin system, oxidative stress, protein kinase C, and growth factors, which play a significant role in the development and progression of diabetic renal disease. As it is likely that the future of preventive therapy will not involve a single "cure-all" agent, it seems that a highly relevant question in diabetic nephropathy should be, which pathogenic pathways are already addressed by currently available therapies? Combination therapies that target multiple pathways may ultimately be more successful than those that modify a single pathway. Therefore, research into synergistic interactions among the various pathogenic pathways leading to diabetic complications is critical in order to develop interventions that confer optimal end-organ protection.
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- Melinda T Coughlan
- Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetes Complications, Baker Heart Research Institute, P.O. Box 6492, St. Kilda Rd. Central, Melbourne 8008, Australia.
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Somoza V, Lindenmeier M, Hofmann T, Frank O, Erbersdobler HF, Baynes JW, Thorpe SR, Heidland A, Zill H, Bek S, Huber J, Weigle T, Scheidler S, Busch AE, Sebeková K. Dietary Bread Crust Advanced Glycation End Products Bind to the Receptor for AGEs in HEK-293 Kidney Cells but Are Rapidly Excreted after Oral Administration to Healthy and Subtotally Nephrectomized Rats. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1043:492-500. [PMID: 16037271 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1333.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In renal HEK-293 cells, the dietary Maillard reaction compounds casein-linked Nepsilon-carboxymethyllysine (CML), CML, bread crust (BC), and pronyl-glycine (a key compound formed in association with the process-induced heat impact applied to bread dough) all showed activation of p38-MAP kinase. Expression of the C-terminus truncated receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) resulted in a reduction of HEK-293-MAP kinase activation. As these findings suggested a RAGE-mediated activating effect of CML, BC, and pronyl-glycine on kidney cellular signal transduction pathways, an in vivo study was performed. Male Wistar rats were subjected to a sham operation (CTRL, n = 20) or to 5/6 nephrectomy (NX, n = 20). Both groups were randomized into two subgroups and fed 20 g of a diet containing either 25% by weight BC or wheat starch (WS). GC-MS analyses of CML, carboxyethyllysine (CEL), and pentosidine revealed increased levels of CML and CEL in the liver but decreased levels of CML in the kidneys of CTRL and NX rats fed the BC diet compared to those on the WS diet. However, urinary levels of CML were also elevated in the CTRL and NX rats on the BC diet, pointing to enhanced excretion of AGEs after BC administration. Although renal insufficiency in the NX rats was reflected by proteinuria, the renal handling of CML and, presumably, other AGEs was not impaired.
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- Veronika Somoza
- German Research Center for Food Chemistry, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany.
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Kaneko M, Bucciarelli L, Hwang YC, Lee L, Yan SF, Schmidt AM, Ramasamy R. Aldose Reductase and AGE-RAGE Pathways: Key Players in Myocardial Ischemic Injury. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1043:702-9. [PMID: 16037296 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1333.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease represents the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. The impact of cardiac disease includes increased sensitivity of diabetic myocardium to ischemic episodes and diabetic cardiomyopathy, manifested as a subnormal functional response of the diabetic heart independent of coronary artery disease. In this context, we were to our knowledge the first to demonstrate that diabetes increases glucose flux via the first and key enzyme, aldose reductase, of the polyol pathway, resulting in impaired glycolysis under normoxic and ischemic conditions in diabetic myocardium. Our laboratory has been investigating the role of the polyol pathway in mediating myocardial ischemic injury in diabetics. Furthermore, the influence of the aldose reductase pathway in facilitating generation of key potent glycating compounds has led us to investigate the impact of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in myocardial ischemic injury in diabetics. The potent impact of increased flux via the aldose reductase pathway and the increased AGE interactions with its receptor (RAGE) resulting in cardiac dysfunction will be discussed in this chapter.
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- Michiyo Kaneko
- Division of Surgical Science, P&S 17-401, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168th St., New York, NY 10032, USA
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Kishikawa H, Mine S, Kawahara C, Tabata T, Hirose A, Okada Y, Tanaka Y. Glycated albumin and cross-linking of CD44 induce scavenger receptor expression and uptake of oxidized LDL in human monocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 339:846-51. [PMID: 16325770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Accepted: 11/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Functional role of CD44, a principal receptor of hyaluronan, and glycated albumin for differentiation of resting human monocytes isolated by counterflow centrifugal elutriation was investigated. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that amadori-modified glycated albumin induced expression of CD44 as well as macrophage scavenger receptors (MSRs) such as CD36 and CD68 on resting monocytes. Crosslinking of CD44 on monocytes also induced MSR expression. Furthermore, CD44 crosslinking and/or glycated albumin enhanced the uptake of oxidized-low density lipoprotein in monocytes and foam cell formation. Taken together, engagement of CD44 (e.g., hyaluronan) and glycated albumin induced the differentiation of resting monocytes into foam macrophages through the induction of MSRs, implying that CD44 could be involved in atherosclerotic lesions of those such as diabetic patients.
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- Hirofumi Kishikawa
- First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Suzuki D, Toyoda M, Yamamoto N, Miyauchi M, Katoh M, Kimura M, Maruyama M, Honma M, Umezono T, Yagame M. Relationship between the expression of advanced glycation end-products (AGE) and the receptor for AGE (RAGE) mRNA in diabetic nephropathy. Intern Med 2006; 45:435-41. [PMID: 16679697 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is one of several advanced glycation end-product (AGE)-specific cellular receptors. To evaluate the relationship between AGE and RAGE in renal tissues of diabetic nephropathy (DN), we examined the levels of expression of AGE protein and of RAGE mRNA. We also investigated the relationships among the degree of mesangial expansion and the expression of AGE and RAGE mRNA. PATIENTS AND METHODS Renal biopsy tissues were obtained from 20 patients with DN. We performed immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal anti-AGE antibody and in situ hybridization using non-radioactive oligonucleotide RAGE probe on these tissues. We also examined five control renal samples. We evaluated the intensity of positive anti-AGE antibody staining and the percentage of cells positive for RAGE mRNA. We also measured the total glomerular area and mesangial area in glomeruli using an automatic image analyzer. We then calculated the percentage of mesangial area as a proportion of the total glomerular area (%Mes). RESULTS Anti-AGE antibody was detected in the expanded mesangial matrix in DN but not in control samples. RAGE mRNA expression was detected mainly in glomerular intrinsic cells, including glomerular mesangial and epithelial cells, in both DN and control. %Mes correlated significantly with both the intensity of anti-AGE antibody positive staining and the percentage of cells positive for RAGE mRNA. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that both AGE and RAGE are associated with the development and progression of DN.
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- Daisuke Suzuki
- Division of Nephrology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara
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Glycation and RAGE: Common Links in the Pathogenesis of Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes. Can J Diabetes 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(06)04007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Demling N, Ehrhardt C, Kasper M, Laue M, Knels L, Rieber EP. Promotion of cell adherence and spreading: a novel function of RAGE, the highly selective differentiation marker of human alveolar epithelial type I cells. Cell Tissue Res 2005; 323:475-88. [PMID: 16315007 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0069-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/27/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) is expressed under pathological conditions in many tissues and has been assigned many functions. We demonstrate, in normal human lung tissue, the preferential and highly abundant expression of RAGE by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In addition, RAGE expression, as a specific differentiation marker of alveolar epithelial type I cells (AT I cells), and its localization to the basolateral plasma membrane have been confirmed by means of newly raised monoclonal antibodies. The physiological function of RAGE on AT I cells has previously remained elusive. By using HEK293 cells transfected with cDNA encoding for full-length RAGE, we show that RAGE enhances the adherence of epithelial cells to collagen-coated surfaces and has a striking capacity for inducing cell spreading. The preferential binding of RAGE to collagen has been confirmed by assaying the binding of soluble RAGE to various substrates. RAGE might thus assist AT I cells to acquire a spreading morphology, thereby ensuring effective gas exchange and alveolar stability.
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- Nina Demling
- Institute of Immunology, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 42, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Geroldi D, Falcone C, Emanuele E, D'Angelo A, Calcagnino M, Buzzi MP, Scioli GA, Fogari R. Decreased plasma levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products in patients with essential hypertension. J Hypertens 2005; 23:1725-9. [PMID: 16093918 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000177535.45785.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Advanced glycation end-products (AGE) may cause vascular stiffening by forming crosslinks through the collagen molecule or by interaction with their cellular transductional receptor (RAGE). A secreted isoform of RAGE, termed soluble RAGE (sRAGE), may contribute to the removal/detoxification of AGE by acting as a decoy. Here we studied the plasma sRAGE levels in hypertensive and normotensive human subjects. We also investigated the relationship between blood pressure parameters and plasma sRAGE concentrations. DESIGN A cross-sectional case-control study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The outpatient clinic of a university teaching hospital. Participants were 147 never-treated patients with essential hypertension (87 men and 60 women, aged 50 +/- 10 years) and 177 normotensive controls (118 men and 59 women, aged 49 +/- 10 years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Plasma sRAGE levels determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure. RESULTS The plasma concentration of sRAGE [median (interquartile range)] was 1206 (879-1658) pg/ml in hypertensive subjects and 1359 (999-2198) pg/ml in normotensive controls (P = 0.002). Simple correlation analysis revealed that log-transformed sRAGE levels were inversely correlated with SBP (r = -0.11; P < 0.001) and PP (r = -0.23; P < 0.001). Forward-selection multiple regression analysis revealed that log-transformed sRAGE levels were determined more strongly by PP (F = 3.127, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Plasma sRAGE levels are decreased in patients with essential hypertension and are inversely related to PP. Our results raise the possibility that sRAGE may play a role in arterial stiffening and its complications.
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- Diego Geroldi
- Interdepartmental Center for Research in Molecular Medicine (CIRMC), Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapeutics, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, University of Pavia, Piazzale Golgi 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Chronic hyperglycemia and oxidative stress in diabetes results in the formation and accumulation advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs have a wide range of chemical, cellular, and tissue effects that contribute to the development of microvascular complications. In particular, AGEs appear to have a key role in the diabetic nephropathy. Their importance as downstream mediators of tissue injury in diabetic kidney disease is demonstrated by animal studies using inhibitors of advanced glycation to retard the development of nephropathy without directly influencing glycemic control. AGE modification of proteins may produce in changes charge, solubility, and conformation leading to molecular dysfunction as well as disrupting interactions with other proteins. AGEs also interact with specific receptors and binding proteins to influence the renal expression of growth factors and cytokines, implicated in the progression of diabetic renal disease. The effects of AGEs appears to be synergistic with other pathogenic pathways in diabetes including oxidative stress, hypertension, and activation of the renin-angiotensin system. Each of these pathways may be activated by AGEs, and each may promote the formation of AGEs in the vicious cycle associated with progressive renal damage. It is likely that therapies that inhibit the formation of AGEs or remove established AGE modifications will form an important component part of future therapy in patients with diabetes, acting in concert with conventional approaches to prevent diabetic renal injury.
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- Merlin C Thomas
- Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetes Complications, Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Gu L, Hagiwara S, Fan Q, Tanimoto M, Kobata M, Yamashita M, Nishitani T, Gohda T, Ni Z, Qian J, Horikoshi S, Tomino Y. Role of receptor for advanced glycation end-products and signalling events in advanced glycation end-product-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in differentiated mouse podocytes. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005; 21:299-313. [PMID: 16263740 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Upregulation of local monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) production is involved in glomerular damage through macrophage recruitment and activation in diabetic nephropathy. Treatment of db/db mice with soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) prevented recruitment of macrophages to the glomeruli and reduced albuminuria, suggesting that binding of ligands and RAGE may be involved in MCP-1 expression. Therefore, we investigated the role of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in MCP-1 production by podocytes and signalling events after RAGE activation. METHODS MCP-1 gene and protein expression were examined by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in differentiated mouse podocytes. Dichlorofluorescein-sensitive intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was measured by confocal microscopy. RAGE, phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases, nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, c-Jun and Sp1 were studied using western blotting and immunocytochemistry. RESULTS Both differentiated and undifferentiated podocytes expressed RAGE. MCP-1 was induced by AGEs and carboxymethyllysine (CML) in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner in differentiated podocytes. Neutralizing antibody for RAGE suppressed AGE- and CML-induced MCP-1 production. AGEs and CML rapidly generated intracellular ROS in podocytes. Blocking of ROS by using N-acetyl-l-cysteine abolished CML and H(2)O(2)-induced MCP-1 expression. Phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) was found in podocytes incubated with CML and was prevented by N-acetyl-l-cysteine or 7'-amino 4 [trifluoromethyl]. PD98059, an inhibitor of ERK, partially prevented CML-induced MCP-1 gene expression. NF-kappaB and Sp1 were translocated into the nucleus after podocytes were incubated with CML for 60 min. Parthenolide and mithramycin A, inhibitors of NF-kappaB and Sp1, respectively, abolished CML-induced MCP-1 gene expression in a dose-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that AGEs and CML induce MCP-1 expression in podocytes through activation of RAGE and generation of intracellular ROS. NF-kappaB and Sp1 regulate MCP-1 gene transcription.
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- Leyi Gu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Bohlender JM, Franke S, Stein G, Wolf G. Advanced glycation end products and the kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 289:F645-59. [PMID: 16159899 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00398.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are a heterogeneous group of protein and lipids to which sugar residues are covalently bound. AGE formation is increased in situations with hyperglycemia (e.g., diabetes mellitus) and is also stimulated by oxidative stress, for example in uremia. It appears that activation of the renin-angiotensin system may contribute to AGE formation through various mechanisms. Although AGEs could nonspecifically bind to basement membranes and modify their properties, they also induce specific cellular responses including the release of profibrogenic and proinflammatory cytokines by interacting with the receptor for AGE (RAGE). However, additional receptors could bind AGEs, adding to the complexity of this system. The kidney is both: culprit and target of AGEs. A decrease in renal function increases circulating AGE concentrations by reduced clearance as well as increased formation. On the other hand, AGEs are involved in the structural changes of progressive nephropathies such as glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis, and tubular atrophy. These effects are most prominent in diabetic nephropathy, but they also contribute to renal pathophysiology in other nondiabetic renal diseases. Interference with AGE formation has therapeutic potential for preventing the progression of chronic renal diseases, as shown from data of animal experiments and, more recently, the first clinical trials.
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- Jürgen M Bohlender
- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinik Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, Jena, Germany.
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Kim W, Hudson BI, Moser B, Guo J, Rong LL, Lu Y, Qu W, Lalla E, Lerner S, Chen Y, Yan SSD, D'Agati V, Naka Y, Ramasamy R, Herold K, Yan SF, Schmidt AM. Receptor for advanced glycation end products and its ligands: a journey from the complications of diabetes to its pathogenesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005; 1043:553-61. [PMID: 16037278 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1338.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Many studies have suggested that the expression of RAGE (receptor for advanced glycation end products) is upregulated in human tissues susceptible to the long-term complications of diabetes. From the kidneys to the macrovessels of the aorta, RAGE expression is upregulated in a diverse array of cell types, from glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes) to endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, and inflammatory mononuclear phagocytes and lymphocytes. Although RAGE was first described as a receptor for advanced glycation end products (AGEs), the key finding that RAGE was also a signaling receptor for proinflammatory S100/calgranulins and amphoterin, led to the premise that even in euglycemia, ligand-RAGE interaction propagated inflammatory mechanisms linked to chronic cellular perturbation and tissue injury. Indeed, such considerations suggested that RAGE might even participate in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Our studies have shown that pharmacological and/or genetic deletion/mutation of the receptor attenuates the development of hyperglycemia in NOD mice; in mice with myriad complications of diabetes, interruption of ligand-RAGE interaction prevents or delays the chronic complications of the disease in both macro- and microvessel structures. Taken together, these findings suggest that RAGE is "at the right place and time" to contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetes and it complications. Studies are in progress to test the premise that antagonism of this interaction is a logical strategy for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
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- William Kim
- Division of Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168th St., P&S 17-501, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Wada R, Yagihashi S. Role of advanced glycation end products and their receptors in development of diabetic neuropathy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005; 1043:598-604. [PMID: 16037282 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1338.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Diabetic neuropathy is a life-threatening complication involving both peripheral and autonomic nerves. The hyperglycemia-induced polyol pathway as well as enhanced oxidative stress are among the factors implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy. Their effects are possibly exerted by direct nerve tissue damage or mediated by endothelial injury or vascular dysfunction. Formation of advanced glycation end product (AGE) is another important candidate for the cause of peripheral neuropathy. Indeed, the levels of AGEs were increased in the serum and also in the peripheral nerves obtained from diabetic patients. Structural and functional proteins of those nerves are also glycated, resulting in impaired nerve function and characteristic pathologic alterations. In addition, interaction between AGEs and their receptors induce biological effects on the target tissues for diabetic complications. In the peripheral nerve, the receptor for AGE (RAGE) is expressed in endothelial and Schwann cells. It is thus anticipated that interactions between AGEs and RAGE facilitate endoneural vascular dysfunction, leading to microangiopathy in the peripheral nerve. The roles of these mechanisms, in particular on the molecular mechanisms of AGE-RAGE interactions in the development of diabetic neuropathy are largely still speculative and yet to be explored.
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- Ryuichi Wada
- Department of Pathology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562 Japan.
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Gruber P, Hofmann T. Chemoselective synthesis of peptides containing major advanced glycation end-products of lysine and arginine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 66:111-24. [PMID: 16083438 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.2005.00279.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Useful methodologies have been developed, enabling the straightforward synthesis of peptides containing N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)-L-lysine (CML) and N(epsilon)-(carboxyethyl)-L-lysine (CEL), the major glycation end-products of lysine. These lysine derivatives were successfully incorporated into growing peptide chains via standard Fmoc/Ot-Bu peptide synthesis procedures. For the synthesis of peptides containing major glycation end-products of arginine, synthetic routes have been developed enabling the transformation of ornithine residues in peptides into the well-known arginine-derived advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) Glarg, carboxymethyl-L-arginine (CMA), MG-H1, MG-H2, MG-H3, and carboxyethyl-L-arginine (CEA), respectively, by means of special modifying agents. Furthermore, it was shown that Glarg-containing peptides become quantitatively hydrolyzed into CMA-peptides under physiologic conditions. A similar reaction was observed in case of a MG-H3-peptide, which turned into a CEA-peptide under these conditions.
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- P Gruber
- Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Bierhaus A, Humpert PM, Morcos M, Wendt T, Chavakis T, Arnold B, Stern DM, Nawroth PP. Understanding RAGE, the receptor for advanced glycation end products. J Mol Med (Berl) 2005; 83:876-86. [PMID: 16133426 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0688-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 928] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/20/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs), S100/calgranulins, HMGB1-proteins, amyloid-beta peptides, and the family of beta-sheet fibrils have been shown to contribute to a number of chronic diseases such as diabetes, amyloidoses, inflammatory conditions, and tumors by promoting cellular dysfunction via binding to cellular surface receptors. The receptor for AGEs (RAGE) is a multiligand receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell surface molecules acting as counter-receptor for these diverse molecules. Engagement of RAGE converts a brief pulse of cellular activation to sustained cellular dysfunction and tissue destruction. The involvement of RAGE in pathophysiologic processes has been demonstrated in murine models of chronic disease using either a receptor decoy such as soluble RAGE (sRAGE), RAGE neutralizing antibodies, or a dominant-negative form of the receptor. Studies with RAGE-/- mice confirmed that RAGE contributes, at least in part, to the development of late diabetic complications, such as neuropathy and nephropathy, macrovascular disease, and chronic inflammation. Furthermore, deletion of RAGE provided protection from the lethal effects of septic shock caused by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). In contrast, deletion of RAGE had no effect on the host response in delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH). Despite the lack of effect seen in adaptive immunity by the deletion of RAGE, administration of the receptor decoy, sRAGE, still afforded a protective effect in RAGE-/- mice. Thus, sRAGE is likely to sequester ligands, thereby preventing their interaction with other receptors in addition to RAGE. These data suggest that, just as RAGE is a multiligand receptor, its ligands are also likely to recognize several receptors in mediating their biologic effects.
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Wendt T, Harja E, Bucciarelli L, Qu W, Lu Y, Rong LL, Jenkins DG, Stein G, Schmidt AM, Yan SF. RAGE modulates vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis in a murine model of type 2 diabetes. Atherosclerosis 2005; 185:70-7. [PMID: 16076470 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 06/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Previous studies demonstrated that induction of diabetes with streptozotocin (stz) accelerated atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic apo E null (-/-) mice. Blockade of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts (RAGE) in those animals suppressed acceleration of atherosclerotic lesion area, in a manner independent of changes in levels of glucose, insulin or lipids. In the present studies, we extended these concepts to a murine model of type 2 diabetes, and bred apo E -/- mice into the db/db background. Db/db mice are a model of obesity and insulin resistance-mediated hyperglycemia. Compared to apo E -/- m/db (non-diabetic) mice, apo E -/- db/db (diabetic) mice displayed accelerated atherosclerosis at the aortic sinus. Consistent with an important role for RAGE in this process, administration of soluble (s) RAGE, the extracellular ligand-binding domain of RAGE, resulted in significantly reduced atherosclerotic lesion area in a glycemia- and lipid-independent manner. In parallel, apo E -/- db/db mice displayed RAGE-dependent enhanced expression of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1, tissue factor and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 antigen/activity in aortae compared to non-diabetic animals. In addition, consistent with the premise that upregulation of RAGE ligands and RAGE occurs even in the non-diabetic, hyperlipidemic state, albeit to lesser degrees than in diabetes, administration of sRAGE to apo E -/- m/db mice resulted in decreased atherosclerotic lesion area at the aortic sinus. Taken together, these findings establish a new murine model for the study of atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes and highlight important roles for RAGE in proatherogenic mechanisms in hyperglycemia triggered by insulin resistance.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Aorta, Thoracic/pathology
- Arteritis/etiology
- Arteritis/metabolism
- Arteritis/prevention & control
- Atherosclerosis/etiology
- Atherosclerosis/metabolism
- Atherosclerosis/prevention & control
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/administration & dosage
- Glycation End Products, Advanced/metabolism
- Immunoblotting
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products
- Receptors, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Treatment Outcome
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism
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- Thoralf Wendt
- Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 W, 168th Street, Black Building 1705, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Kanková K, Sebeková K. Genetic variability in the RAGE gene: Possible implications for nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, and understanding the susceptibility to diabetic complications. Mol Nutr Food Res 2005; 49:700-9. [PMID: 15937999 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200500007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Complex chemical processes called nonenzymatic glycation and glycoxidation are one of the interesting examples of potentially harmful interaction between nutrition and disease. This review summarizes factors influencing the extent of glycoxidation in health and disease and especially focuses on the role of genetic variability in "glycoxidation-related genes" in a disease and diet-related pathogenesis. Possible interaction between genetic variability in relevant loci and dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is considered. As AGEs possess a wide range of chemical and biological effects, the interindividual functional variability in systems dealing with glycoxidation could have a significant nutrigenomic and nutrigenetic consequences.
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- Katerina Kanková
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacotherapy, Slovak Medical University, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Gomes R, Sousa Silva M, Quintas A, Cordeiro C, Freire A, Pereira P, Martins A, Monteiro E, Barroso E, Ponces Freire A. Argpyrimidine, a methylglyoxal-derived advanced glycation end-product in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Biochem J 2005; 385:339-45. [PMID: 15281912 PMCID: PMC1134703 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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FAP (familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy) is a systemic amyloid disease characterized by the formation of extracellular deposits of transthyretin. More than 80 single point mutations are associated with amyloidogenic behaviour and the onset of this fatal disease. It is believed that mutant forms of transthyretin lead to a decreased stability of the tetramer, which dissociates into monomers that are prone to unfolding and aggregation, later forming beta-fibrils in amyloid deposits. This theory does not explain the formation of beta-fibrils nor why they are toxic to nearby cells. Age at disease onset may vary by decades for patients with the same mutation. Moreover, non-mutated transthyretin also forms the same deposits in SSA (senile systemic amyloidosis), suggesting that mutations may only accelerate this process, but are not the determinant factor in amyloid fibril formation and cell toxicity. We propose that glycation is involved in amyloidogenesis, since amyloid fibrils present several properties common to glycated proteins. It was shown recently that glycation causes the structural transition from the folded soluble form to beta-fibrils in serum albumin. We identified for the first time a methylglyoxal-derived advanced glycation end-product, argpyrimidine [N(delta)-(5-hydroxy-4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)-L-ornithine] in amyloid fibrils from FAP patients. Unequivocal argpyrimidine identification was achieved chromatographically by amino acid analysis using dabsyl (4-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4'-sulphonyl) chloride. Argpyrimidine was found at a concentration of 162.40+/-9.05 pmol/mg of protein in FAP patients, and it was not detected in control subjects. The presence of argpyrimidine in amyloid deposits from FAP patients supports the view that protein glycation is an important factor in amyloid diseases.
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- Ricardo Gomes
- *Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- *Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- *Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- *Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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- †Unidade de Transplantação, Hospital de Curry Cabral, 1069-166 Lisboa, Portugal
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- †Unidade de Transplantação, Hospital de Curry Cabral, 1069-166 Lisboa, Portugal
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- †Unidade de Transplantação, Hospital de Curry Cabral, 1069-166 Lisboa, Portugal
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- †Unidade de Transplantação, Hospital de Curry Cabral, 1069-166 Lisboa, Portugal
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- †Unidade de Transplantação, Hospital de Curry Cabral, 1069-166 Lisboa, Portugal
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- *Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Ishiguro H, Nakaigawa N, Miyoshi Y, Fujinami K, Kubota Y, Uemura H. Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and its ligand, amphoterin are overexpressed and associated with prostate cancer development. Prostate 2005; 64:92-100. [PMID: 15666359 DOI: 10.1002/pros.20219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Advanced glycation end products (AGE) are produced with normal aging. Recently, some reports indicated that the interaction between AGE and the cognate receptor (RAGE) has a role in cancer dependent. METHODS We investigated RAGE and amphoterin mRNA expression in prostate cancer cell lines (DU145, PC-3, and LNCaP cells), hormone-refractory prostate cancer tissues, and paired untreated primary prostate cancer and normal prostate (including benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)) tissues using real-time quantitative PCR. Moreover, to confirm the AGE-RAGE interaction in prostate cancer, DU145 cells stimulated with AGE-bovine serum albumin (AGE-BSA) were examined by in vitro matrigel assay, cell viability assay, MTT assay, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and Western blot. RESULTS DU145 cells, a hormone-independent prostate cancer cell line, showed the highest RAGE mRNA expression. Amphoterin mRNA was expressed in all three cell lines. In prostate tissues, untreated prostate cancer tissue and hormone-refractory prostate cancer tissue showed higher RAGE and amphoterin mRNA expression than normal prostate tissue. The AGE-RAGE interaction induced the invasion and growth in DU145 cells stimulated with AGE-BSA. CONCLUSIONS The AGE-RAGE interaction is important in prostate cancer development, and inhibition of this interaction has potential as a new molecular target for cancer therapy or prevention.
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- Hitoshi Ishiguro
- Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Forbes JM, Thorpe SR, Thallas-Bonke V, Pete J, Thomas MC, Deemer ER, Bassal S, El-Osta A, Long DM, Panagiotopoulos S, Jerums G, Osicka TM, Cooper ME. Modulation of Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-1 Inhibition in Diabetic Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:2363-72. [PMID: 15930093 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2005010062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Recent studies have identified that first-line renoprotective agents that interrupt the renin-angiotensin system not only reduce BP but also can attenuate advanced glycation end product (AGE) accumulation. This study used in vitro, preclinical, and human approaches to explore the potential effects of these agents on the modulation of the receptor for AGE (RAGE). Bovine aortic endothelial cells that were exposed to the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) ramiprilat in the presence of high glucose demonstrated a significant increase in soluble RAGE (sRAGE) secreted into the medium. In streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, ramipril treatment (ACEi) at 3 mg/L for 24 wk reduced the accumulation of skin collagen-linked carboxymethyllysine and pentosidine, as well as circulating and renal AGE. Renal gene upregulation of total RAGE (all three splice variants) was observed in ACEi-treated animals. There was a specific increase in the gene expression of the splice variant C-truncated RAGE (sRAGE). There were also increases in sRAGE protein identified within renal cells with ACEi treatment, which showed AGE-binding ability. This was associated with decreases in renal full-length RAGE protein from ACEi-treated rats. Decreases in plasma soluble RAGE that were significantly increased by ACEi treatment were also identified in diabetic rats. Similarly, there was a significant increase in plasma sRAGE in patients who had type 1 diabetes and were treated with the ACEi perindopril. Complexes between sRAGE and carboxymethyllysine were identified in human and rodent diabetic plasma. It is postulated that ACE inhibition reduces the accumulation of AGE in diabetes partly by increasing the production and secretion of sRAGE into plasma.
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- Josephine M Forbes
- Address correspondence to: Dr. Josephine Forbes, Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetes Complications, Baker Heart Research Institute, P.O. Box 6492, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 8008, Australia.
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Bito R, Hino S, Baba A, Tanaka M, Watabe H, Kawabata H. Degradation of oxidative stress-induced denatured albumin in rat liver endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C531-42. [PMID: 15872008 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00431.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We previously identified conformationally denatured albumin (D2 and D3 albumin) in rats with endotoxicosis (Bito R, Shikano T, and Kawabata H. Biochim Biophys Acta 1646: 100-111, 2003). In the present study, we attempted first to confirm whether the denatured albumins generally increase in conditions of oxidative stress and second to characterize the degradative process of the denatured albumin using primary cultured rat liver endothelial cells. We used five models of oxidative stress, including endotoxicosis, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, acute inflammation, and aging, and found that serum concentrations of D3 albumin correlate with the serum levels of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance (R = 0.87), whereas the concentrations of D2 albumin are 0.52. Ligand blot analysis showed that the D3 albumin binds to gp18 and gp30, which are known endothelial scavenger receptors for chemically denatured albumin. Primary cultured rat liver endothelial cells degraded the FITC-D3 albumin, and the degradation rate decreased to approximately 60% of control levels in response to anti-gp18 and anti-gp30 antibodies, respectively. An equimolar mixture of these antibodies produced an additive inhibitory effect on both uptake and degradation, resulting in levels approximately 20% those of the control. Furthermore, filipin and digitonin, inhibitors of the caveolae-related endocytic pathway, reduced the FITC-D3 albumin uptake and degradation to <20%. Laser-scanning confocal microscopic observation supported these data regarding the uptake and degradation of D3 albumin. These results indicate that conformationally denatured D3 albumin occurs generally under oxidative stress and is degraded primarily via gp18- and gp30-mediated and caveolae-related endocytosis in liver endothelial cells.
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- Ryuji Bito
- Laboratory for Nutritional Biochemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan
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Rong LL, Yan SF, Wendt T, Hans D, Pachydaki S, Bucciarelli LG, Adebayo A, Qu W, Lu Y, Kostov K, Lalla E, Yan SD, Gooch C, Szabolcs M, Trojaborg W, Hays AP, Schmidt AM. RAGE modulates peripheral nerve regeneration via recruitment of both inflammatory and axonal outgrowth pathways. FASEB J 2005; 18:1818-25. [PMID: 15576485 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-1900com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Axotomy of peripheral nerve stimulates events in multiple cell types that initiate a limited inflammatory response to axonal degeneration and simultaneous outgrowth of neurites into the distal segments after injury. We found that pharmacological blockade of RAGE impaired peripheral nerve regeneration in mice subjected to RAGE blockade and acute crush of the sciatic nerve. As our studies revealed that RAGE was expressed in axons and in infiltrating mononuclear phagocytes upon injury, we tested the role of RAGE in these distinct cell types on nerve regeneration. Transgenic mice expressing signal transduction-deficient RAGE in mononuclear phagocytes or peripheral neurons were generated and subjected to unilateral crush injury to the sciatic nerve. Transgenic mice displayed decreased functional and morphological recovery compared with littermate controls, as assessed by motor and sensory conduction velocities; and myelinated fiber density. In double transgenic mice expressing signal transduction deficient RAGE in both mononuclear phagocytes and peripheral neurons, regeneration was even further impaired, suggesting the critical interplay between RAGE-modulated inflammation and neurite outgrowth in nerve repair. These findings suggest that RAGE signaling in inflammatory cells and peripheral neurons plays an important role in plasticity of the peripheral nervous system.
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- Ling Ling Rong
- Departments of Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Rong LL, Trojaborg W, Qu W, Kostov K, Yan SD, Gooch C, Szabolcs M, Hays AP, Schmidt AM. Antagonism of RAGE suppresses peripheral nerve regeneration. FASEB J 2005; 18:1812-7. [PMID: 15576484 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-1899com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Axotomy of peripheral nerve triggers events that coordinate a limited inflammatory response to axonal degeneration and initiation of neurite outgrowth. Inflammatory and neurite outgrowth-promoting roles for the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) have been suggested, so we tested its role in peripheral nerve regeneration. Analysis of immunohistochemical localization of RAGE by confocal microscopy revealed that RAGE was expressed in axons and infiltrating mononuclear phagocytes upon unilateral sciatic nerve crush in mice. Administration of soluble RAGE, the extracellular ligand binding domain of RAGE, or blocking F(ab')2 fragments of antibodies raised to either RAGE or its ligands, S100/calgranulins or amphoterin, reduced functional recovery as assessed by motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities and sciatic functional index and reduced regeneration, as assessed by myelinated fiber density after acute crush of the sciatic nerve. In parallel, in mice subjected to RAGE blockade, decreased numbers of mononuclear phagocytes infiltrated the distal nerve segments after crush. These findings provide the first evidence of an innate function of the ligand/RAGE axis and suggest that RAGE plays an important role in regeneration of the peripheral nervous system.
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- Ling Ling Rong
- Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Tomino Y, Tsuge T, Suzuki Y, Gu L, Tanimoto M, Gohda T, Horikoshi S. Basic research in progressive glomerulopathies: The role of fibrosing factors in IgA nephropathy and diabetic nephropathy. Kidney Int 2005:S92-5. [PMID: 15752250 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.09422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yasuhiko Tomino
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Zhou J, Cai B, Jang YP, Pachydaki S, Schmidt AM, Sparrow JR. Mechanisms for the induction of HNE- MDA- and AGE-adducts, RAGE and VEGF in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Exp Eye Res 2005; 80:567-80. [PMID: 15781285 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Accepted: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pathological features of age-related macular degeneration such as the formation of extracellular deposits and neovascularization are frequently viewed as outcomes of compromising processes within retinal pigment epithelial cells, but the initiating circumstances are poorly understood. Here we tested the hypothesis that photooxidation events initiated by A2E, a blue light-excitable aging fluorophore of the retinal pigment epithelium, can set the stage for altered cellular signaling and changes in the expression of genes that can impact the extracellular milieu. Proteins modified by lipid peroxidation products (4-hydroxynonenal; malondialdhyde) and advanced glycation end products were detected at sites of blue light irradiation both in association with the cultured A2E-laden retinal pigment epithelial cells and within the fibronectin substrate on which the cells were grown. RAGE, the cell surface receptor that transduces the effects of advanced glycation end products, was also upregulated, and RAGE expression co-localized with the deposition of advanced glycation end products. Blue light triggered alterations in gene expression was also evidenced by elevations in both transcripts and protein for vascular endothelial growth factor, a potent angiogenic and permeability-enhancing factor. These findings indicate that cell associated and extracellular modification of proteins by lipid peroxidation products and advanced glycation end products together with increased expression of RAGE and vascular endothelial growth factor may be induced consequent to blue light illumination of A2E-burdened retinal pigment epithelial cells. Thus, photooxidative events that are not an immediate threat to retinal pigment epithelial cell viability may nevertheless elicit sustained perturbation that could ultimately alter neighboring tissues and impact retinal pigment epithelial cell function.
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- Jilin Zhou
- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, 630 W. 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA
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