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Jia W, Dou W, Zeng H, Wang Q, Shi P, Liu J, Liu Z, Zhang J, Zhang J. Diagnostic value of serum CRP, PCT and IL-6 in children with nephrotic syndrome complicated by infection: a single center retrospective study. Pediatr Res 2024; 95:722-728. [PMID: 37773440 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02830-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose was to look into the diagnostic value of serum CRP, PCT and IL-6 in children with nephrotic syndrome co-infection. METHODS One hundred and forty-nine children with nephrotic syndrome who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in this study. The children were divided into three groups: bacterial infection group, non-bacterial infection group, and non-infection group. The diagnostic value was analyzed and compared using the ROC curve. RESULTS There was no statistically significant difference in the Leukocyte counts among three groups. The mean results of serum CRP, PCT and IL-6 were significantly higher in the bacterial infection group compared to those in the non-infection group (p < 0.05). AUC of CRP, PCT, IL-6 in bacterial infection were 0.791, 0.859, 0.783. The following combinations CRP + PCT + IL-6, IL-6 + PCT, CRP + PCT significantly increased the efficiency of bacterial infection diagnosis, the AUCs were 0.881, 0.884, and 0.884, respectively. AUC of PCT in non-bacterial infection was 0.663. The combinations of these three clinical indicators performed no better than PCT in ROC analysis. CONCLUSION Normal CRP or IL-6 levels do not rule out the diagnosis of bacterial infection in children on long-term glucocorticoid therapy. The appropriate combination of two or three indicators can improve the diagnostic value. IMPACT This study evaluated the diagnostic value of the serum concentrations of CRP, PCT and IL-6 and assessed whether the value of their combined application is better than when used alone for diagnosing primary nephrotic syndrome complicated by infection. The elevation in leukocyte count cannot be used to diagnose children with nephrotic syndromes on long-term glucocorticoid treatment who have bacterial infections. Normal CRP or IL-6 levels do not rule out the diagnosis of bacterial infection in children on long-term glucocorticoid therapy. The appropriate combination of two or three indicators can improve diagnostic value, sensitivity, and specificity.
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- Wanyu Jia
- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
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Yao H, Deng Y, Du G, Wang Y, Tang G. Elevated serum fibrinogen levels in Chinese patients with minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis: An observational study. Exp Dermatol 2024; 33:e14915. [PMID: 37638770 DOI: 10.1111/exd.14915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Fibrinogen is a protein that reflects systemic inflammation and regulates the immune response to disease. However, there is a scarcity of data on fibrinogen in recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). We aimed to test the hypothesis that fibrinogen is involved in the aetiology of RAS. Between November 2016 and November 2018, we included 109 minor RAS patients and 29 age- and sex-matched controls in a single-center, observational study. Their clinical history and ulcer manifestations led to the diagnosis of minor RAS. The ulcer severity score (USS) was used to assess disease severity, and fibrinogen was also collected. We conducted three analyses: Analysis 1 (comparison of fibrinogen levels between patients and controls), Analysis 2 (comparison of fibrinogen levels between high and low USS patients) and Analysis 3 (comparison of fibrinogen levels between before and after anti-inflammatory treatment in patients). The fibrinogen levels in the 109 minor RAS patients were statistically higher than in the 29 controls (mean [SD], 2.6 [0.5] vs. 2.3 [0.3]; Student's t-test, p < 0.001). However, there were no significant differences in fibrinogen levels among the 43 patients with high USS and the 39 patients with low USS (mean [SD], 2.7 [0.5] vs. 2.6 [0.4]; Student's t-test, p = 0.278). Furthermore, fibrinogen levels were significantly higher before anti-inflammatory treatment in comparison to those after anti-inflammatory treatment in the 35 paired patients (mean [SD], 2.6 [0.4] vs. 2.5 [0.4]; Student's t-test, p = 0.026). Interestingly, fibrinogen levels were significantly higher in the 35 paired patients after anti-inflammatory treatment compared to the 29 control subjects (mean [SD], 2.5 [0.4] vs. 2.3 [0.3]; Student's t-test, p = 0.026]. Fibrinogen may play a role in the aetiology of RAS and may be a drug target for RAS treatment. Clinicians should be alert that high serum fibrinogen levels might be associated with the risk of RAS.
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- Hui Yao
- Department of Oral Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China
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Martinez GJ, Appleton M, Kipp ZA, Loria AS, Min B, Hinds TD. Glucocorticoids, their uses, sexual dimorphisms, and diseases: new concepts, mechanisms, and discoveries. Physiol Rev 2024; 104:473-532. [PMID: 37732829 PMCID: PMC11281820 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00021.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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The normal stress response in humans is governed by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis through heightened mechanisms during stress, raising blood levels of the glucocorticoid hormone cortisol. Glucocorticoids are quintessential compounds that balance the proper functioning of numerous systems in the mammalian body. They are also generated synthetically and are the preeminent therapy for inflammatory diseases. They act by binding to the nuclear receptor transcription factor glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which has two main isoforms (GRα and GRβ). Our classical understanding of glucocorticoid signaling is from the GRα isoform, which binds the hormone, whereas GRβ has no known ligands. With glucocorticoids being involved in many physiological and cellular processes, even small disruptions in their release via the HPA axis, or changes in GR isoform expression, can have dire ramifications on health. Long-term chronic glucocorticoid therapy can lead to a glucocorticoid-resistant state, and we deliberate how this impacts disease treatment. Chronic glucocorticoid treatment can lead to noticeable side effects such as weight gain, adiposity, diabetes, and others that we discuss in detail. There are sexually dimorphic responses to glucocorticoids, and women tend to have a more hyperresponsive HPA axis than men. This review summarizes our understanding of glucocorticoids and critically analyzes the GR isoforms and their beneficial and deleterious mechanisms and the sexual differences that cause a dichotomy in responses. We also discuss the future of glucocorticoid therapy and propose a new concept of dual GR isoform agonist and postulate why activating both isoforms may prevent glucocorticoid resistance.
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- Genesee J Martinez
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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Nguyen VT, Fields CJ, Ashley NT. Temporal dynamics of pro-inflammatory cytokines and serum corticosterone following acute sleep fragmentation in male mice. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288889. [PMID: 38096187 PMCID: PMC10721077 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea is increasing worldwide, leading to disordered sleep patterns and inflammatory responses in brain and peripheral tissues that predispose individuals to chronic disease. Pro-inflammatory cytokines activate the inflammatory response and are normally regulated by glucocorticoids secreted from adrenal glands. However, the temporal dynamics of inflammatory responses and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation in relation to acute sleep fragmentation (ASF) are undescribed. Male C57BL/6J mice were exposed to ASF or control conditions (no ASF) over specified intervals (1, 2, 6, or 24 h) and cytokine gene expression (IL-1β, TNF-α) in brain and peripheral tissues as well as serum glucocorticoid and interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration were assessed. The HPA axis was rapidly activated, leading to elevated serum corticosterone from 1-24 h of ASF compared with controls. This activation was followed by elevated serum IL-6 concentration from 6-24 h of ASF. The tissue to first exhibit increased pro-inflammatory gene expression from ASF was heart (1 h of ASF). In contrast, pro-inflammatory gene expression was suppressed in hypothalamus from 1 h of ASF, but elevated at 6 h. Because the HPA axis was activated throughout ASF, this suggests that brain, but not peripheral, pro-inflammatory responses were rapidly inhibited by glucocorticoid immunosuppression.
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- Van Thuan Nguyen
- Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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Callaway CS, Mouchantat LM, Bitler BG, Bonetto A. Mechanisms of Ovarian Cancer-Associated Cachexia. Endocrinology 2023; 165:bqad176. [PMID: 37980602 PMCID: PMC10699881 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqad176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Cancer-associated cachexia occurs in 50% to 80% of cancer patients and is responsible for 20% to 30% of cancer-related deaths. Cachexia limits survival and treatment outcomes, and is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality during cancer. Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in women, and recent studies have begun to highlight the prevalence and clinical impact of cachexia in this population. Here, we review the existing understanding of cachexia pathophysiology and summarize relevant studies assessing ovarian cancer-associated cachexia in clinical and preclinical studies. In clinical studies, there is increased evidence that reduced skeletal muscle mass and quality associate with worse outcomes in subjects with ovarian cancer. Mouse models of ovarian cancer display cachexia, often characterized by muscle and fat wasting alongside inflammation, although they remain underexplored relative to other cachexia-associated cancer types. Certain soluble factors have been identified and successfully targeted in these models, providing novel therapeutic targets for mitigating cachexia during ovarian cancer. However, given the relatively low number of studies, the translational relevance of these findings is yet to be determined and requires more research. Overall, our current understanding of ovarian cancer-associated cachexia is insufficient and this review highlights the need for future research specifically aimed at exploring mechanisms of ovarian cancer-associated cachexia by using unbiased approaches and animal models representative of the clinical landscape of ovarian cancer.
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- Chandler S Callaway
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Ren J, Wang XQ, Nakao T, Libby P, Shi GP. Differential Roles of Interleukin-6 in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 Infection and Cardiometabolic Diseases. CARDIOLOGY DISCOVERY 2023; 3:166-182. [PMID: 38152628 PMCID: PMC10750760 DOI: 10.1097/cd9.0000000000000096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can lead to a cytokine storm, unleashed in part by pyroptosis of virus-infected macrophages and monocytes. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has emerged as a key participant in this ominous complication of COVID-19. IL-6 antagonists have improved outcomes in patients with COVID-19 in some, but not all, studies. IL-6 signaling involves at least 3 distinct pathways, including classic-signaling, trans-signaling, and trans-presentation depending on the localization of IL-6 receptor and its binding partner glycoprotein gp130. IL-6 has become a therapeutic target in COVID-19, cardiovascular diseases, and other inflammatory conditions. However, the efficacy of inhibition of IL-6 signaling in metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, may depend in part on cell type-dependent actions of IL-6 in controlling lipid metabolism, glucose uptake, and insulin sensitivity owing to complexities that remain to be elucidated. The present review sought to summarize and discuss the current understanding of how and whether targeting IL-6 signaling ameliorates outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated clinical complications, focusing predominantly on metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.
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- Jingjing Ren
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Nguyen VT, Fields CJ, Ashley NT. Inflammation from Sleep Fragmentation Starts in the Periphery Rather than Brain in Male Mice. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2544592. [PMID: 36824854 PMCID: PMC9949171 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2544592/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Obstructive sleep apnea is increasing worldwide, leading to disordered sleep patterns and inflammatory responses in brain and peripheral tissues that predispose individuals to chronic disease. Pro-inflammatory cytokines activate the inflammatory response and are normally regulated by glucocorticoids secreted from adrenal glands. However, the temporal dynamics of inflammatory responses and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation in relation to acute sleep fragmentation (ASF) are undescribed. Male C57BL/6J mice were exposed to ASF or control conditions (no ASF) over specified intervals (1, 2, 6, and 24 h) and cytokine gene expression (IL-1beta, TNF-alpha) in brain and peripheral tissues as well as serum glucocorticoid and interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration were assessed. The HPA axis was rapidly activated, leading to elevated serum corticosterone from 1-24 h of ASF compared with controls. This activation was followed by elevated serum IL-6 concentration from 6-24 h of ASF. The tissue to first exhibit increased pro-inflammatory gene expression from ASF was heart (1 h of ASF). In contrast, pro-inflammatory gene expression was suppressed in hypothalamus after 1 h of ASF, but elevated after 6 h. Because the HPA axis was activated throughout ASF, this suggests that brain, but not peripheral, pro-inflammatory responses were rapidly inhibited by glucocorticoid immunosuppression.
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Groza Y, Jemelkova J, Kafkova LR, Maly P, Raska M. IL-6 and its role in IgA nephropathy development. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2022; 66:1-14. [PMID: 35527168 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2022.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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IL-6 is considered one of the well characterized cytokines exhibiting homeostatic, pro- and anti-inflammatory activities, depending on the receptor variant and the induced intracellular cis- or trans-signaling responses. IL-6-activated pathways are involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, survival, differentiation, and cell metabolism changes. Deviations in IL-6 levels or abnormal response to IL-6 signaling are associated with several autoimmune diseases including IgA nephropathy (IgAN), one of most frequent primary glomerulonephritis worldwide. IgAN is associated with increased plasma concentration of IL-6 and increased plasma concentration of aberrantly galactosylated IgA1 immunoglobulin (Gd-IgA1). Gd-IgA1 is specifically recognized by autoantibodies, leading to the formation of circulating immune complexes (CIC) with nephritogenic potential, since CIC deposited in the glomerular mesangium induce mesangial cells proliferation and glomerular injury. Infection of the upper respiratory or digestive tract enhances IL-6 production and in IgAN patients is often followed by the macroscopic hematuria. This review recapitulates general aspects of IL-6 signaling and summarizes experimental evidences about IL-6 involvement in the etiopathogenesis of IgA nephropathy through the production of Gd-IgA1 and regulation of mesangial cell proliferation.
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- Yaroslava Groza
- Laboratory of Ligand Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV Research Center, Prumyslova 595, Vestec 252 50, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 3, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 3, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Ligand Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV Research Center, Prumyslova 595, Vestec 252 50, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 3, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic.
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Chatterton RT. Functions of dehydroepiandrosterone in relation to breast cancer. Steroids 2022; 179:108970. [PMID: 35122788 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2022.108970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although DHEA sulfate (DS) is the most abundant steroid in the circulation, breast fluid contains an approximately 80-fold greater concentration than serum. Transport of DS into cells requires organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs), which are specific for cell type, cell location, and substrate, but may have a broader specificity for housekeeping functions. Specific classes, which may be modified by soluble factors including neutral steroids, have been identified in the breast. After transport, DS may be cleaved to DHEA by ubiquitous sulfatases, which may be modified by the cell milieu, or DHEA may enter by diffusion. Synthesis from cholesterol does not occur because CYP17B12 and cytochrome b5 are lacking in breast tissues. Case-control studies reveal a positive association of serum DS with risk of breast cancer. The association is even greater with DHEA, particularly in postmenopausal women with HR + invasive tumors. Metabolites of DHEA, androstenedione and testosterone, are associated with breast cancer but DHEA is likely to have an independent role as well. Mechanisms by which DHEA may promote breast cancer relate to its effect in increasing circulating IGF-I, by inhibiting the suppressive effect of glucocorticoids, and by promoting retention of pre-adipocytes with aromatase activity. In addition, DHEA may interact with the G-protein coupled receptor GPER for stimulation of miR-21 and subsequent activation of the MAPK pathway. DHEA also has antitumor properties that relate to stimulation of immunity, suppression of inflammation, and elevation of adipose tissue adiponectin synthesis. The net effect may depend on the which factors predominate.
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- Robert T Chatterton
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern, Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School. Chicago, IL 60911, USA.
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Aldosari Z, Abbasian N, Robinson K, Bevington A, Watson E. Low pH up-regulates interleukin-6 mRNA in L6-G8C5 rat skeletal muscle cells independent of pH sensing by SNAT2(SLC38A2) transporters. FASEB Bioadv 2022; 4:138-152. [PMID: 35141477 PMCID: PMC8814557 DOI: 10.1096/fba.2021-00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Exercise is known to create a transient, but potent increase in skeletal muscle expression of potentially anti-inflammatory myokine interleukin-6 (IL-6). This effect may be clinically important in managing chronic inflammatory states. It has previously been proposed that lactic acidosis following exercise promotes this IL-6 up-regulation, but the mechanism of this acidosis effect is unknown. Rat skeletal muscle cell line L6-G8C5 has been used previously to model metabolic effects of acidosis, sensing low pH through the resulting inhibition of amino acid transporter SNAT2(SLC38A2). Use of ionophore ionomycin to model the rise in intracellular Ca2+ concentration occurring in contracting muscle strongly up-regulates IL-6 mRNA in L6-G8C5 myotubes. This study used this model to test the hypothesis that low extracellular pH (7.1) enhances ionomycin-induced IL-6 mRNA up-regulation by inhibiting SNAT2. Incubation of L6-G8C5 myotubes for 6 h with 0.5 µM ionomycin at control pH (7.4) resulted in a 15-fold increase in IL-6 mRNA which was further enhanced (1.74-fold) at pH 7.1. In contrast low pH had no significant effect on IL-6 mRNA without ionomycin, nor on the IL-6 mRNA increase that was induced by cyclic stretch. Even though pH 7.1 halved the transport activity of SNAT2, alternative methods of SNAT2 inhibition (JNK inhibitor SP600125; SNAT2 antagonist MeAIB; or SNAT2 silencing with siRNA) did not mimic the enhancing effect of low pH on IL-6 mRNA. On the contrary, JNK inhibition blunted the effect of pH 7.1 with ionomycin, but had no effect at pH 7.4. It is concluded that low pH promotes Ca2+/ionomycin-induced up-regulation of IL-6 mRNA through a novel SNAT2-independent JNK-dependent pH-sensing pathway not previously described in this skeletal muscle model.
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- Ziyad Aldosari
- Department of Respiratory SciencesUniversity of LeicesterLeicesterUK
- Department of Medical Laboratories SciencesCollege of Applied Medical Sciences in AlquwayiyahShaqra UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- School of Life and Medical SciencesUniversity of HertfordshireHatfieldUK
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- Department of Respiratory SciencesUniversity of LeicesterLeicesterUK
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- Department of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of LeicesterLeicesterUK
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Homeostatic Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Activity by Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1: From Physiology to Clinic. Cells 2021; 10:cells10123441. [PMID: 34943949 PMCID: PMC8699886 DOI: 10.3390/cells10123441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) represent a well-known class of lipophilic steroid hormones biosynthesised, with a circadian rhythm, by the adrenal glands in humans and by the inter-renal tissue in teleost fish (e.g., zebrafish). GCs play a key role in the regulation of numerous physiological processes, including inflammation, glucose, lipid, protein metabolism and stress response. This is achieved through binding to their cognate receptor, GR, which functions as a ligand-activated transcription factor. Due to their potent anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressive action, synthetic GCs are broadly used for treating pathological disorders that are very often linked to hypoxia (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory, allergic, infectious, and autoimmune diseases, among others) as well as to prevent graft rejections and against immune system malignancies. However, due to the presence of adverse effects and GC resistance their therapeutic benefits are limited in patients chronically treated with steroids. For this reason, understanding how to fine-tune GR activity is crucial in the search for novel therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing GC-related side effects and effectively restoring homeostasis. Recent research has uncovered novel mechanisms that inhibit GR function, thereby causing glucocorticoid resistance, and has produced some surprising new findings. In this review we analyse these mechanisms and focus on the crosstalk between GR and HIF signalling. Indeed, its comprehension may provide new routes to develop novel therapeutic targets for effectively treating immune and inflammatory response and to simultaneously facilitate the development of innovative GCs with a better benefits-risk ratio.
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Fiebelkow J, Guendel A, Guendel B, Mehwald N, Jetka T, Komorowski M, Waldherr S, Schaper F, Dittrich A. The tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 increases robustness and information transfer within IL-6-induced JAK/STAT signalling. Cell Commun Signal 2021; 19:94. [PMID: 34530865 PMCID: PMC8444181 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-021-00770-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Cell-to-cell heterogeneity is an inherent feature of multicellular organisms and is central in all physiological and pathophysiological processes including cellular signal transduction. The cytokine IL-6 is an essential mediator of pro- and anti-inflammatory processes. Dysregulated IL-6-induced intracellular JAK/STAT signalling is associated with severe inflammatory and proliferative diseases. Under physiological conditions JAK/STAT signalling is rigorously controlled and timely orchestrated by regulatory mechanisms such as expression of the feedback-inhibitor SOCS3 and activation of the protein-tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 (PTPN11). Interestingly, the function of negative regulators seems not to be restricted to controlling the strength and timely orchestration of IL-6-induced STAT3 activation. Exemplarily, SOCS3 increases robustness of late IL-6-induced STAT3 activation against heterogenous STAT3 expression and reduces the amount of information transferred through JAK/STAT signalling. Methods Here we use multiplexed single-cell analyses and information theoretic approaches to clarify whether also SHP2 contributes to robustness of STAT3 activation and whether SHP2 affects the amount of information transferred through IL-6-induced JAK/STAT signalling. Results SHP2 increases robustness of both basal, cytokine-independent STAT3 activation and early IL-6-induced STAT3 activation against differential STAT3 expression. However, SHP2 does not affect robustness of late IL-6-induced STAT3 activation. In contrast to SOCS3, SHP2 increases the amount of information transferred through IL-6-induced JAK/STAT signalling, probably by reducing cytokine-independent STAT3 activation and thereby increasing sensitivity of the cells. These effects are independent of SHP2-dependent MAPK activation. Conclusion In summary, the results of this study extend our knowledge of the functions of SHP2 in IL-6-induced JAK/STAT signalling. SHP2 is not only a repressor of basal and cytokine-induced STAT3 activity, but also ensures robustness and transmission of information.![]() Plain English summary Cells within a multicellular organism communicate with each other to exchange information about the environment. Communication between cells is facilitated by soluble molecules that transmit information from one cell to the other. Cytokines such as interleukin-6 are important soluble mediators that are secreted when an organism is faced with infections or inflammation. Secreted cytokines bind to receptors within the membrane of their target cells. This binding induces activation of an intracellular cascade of reactions called signal transduction, which leads to cellular responses. An important example of intracellular signal transduction is JAK/STAT signalling. In healthy organisms signalling is controlled and timed by regulatory mechanisms, whose activation results in a controlled shutdown of signalling pathways. Interestingly, not all cells within an organism are identical. They differ in the amount of proteins involved in signal transduction, such as STAT3. These differences shape cellular communication and responses to intracellular signalling. Here, we show that an important negative regulatory protein called SHP2 (or PTPN11) is not only responsible for shutting down signalling, but also for steering signalling in heterogeneous cell populations. SHP2 increases robustness of STAT3 activation against variable STAT3 amounts in individual cells. Additionally, it increases the amount of information transferred through JAK/STAT signalling by increasing the dynamic range of pathway activation in heterogeneous cell populations. This is an amazing new function of negative regulatory proteins that contributes to communication in heterogeneous multicellular organisms in health and disease. Video Abstract
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12964-021-00770-7.
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- Jessica Fiebelkow
- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.,Karolinska Institutet, Clintec, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Insilico Medicine, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Dynamic Systems: Systems Engineering (CDS), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,Magdeburg Center for Systems Biology (MACS), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. .,Center for Dynamic Systems: Systems Engineering (CDS), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. .,Magdeburg Center for Systems Biology (MACS), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Kow CS, Hasan SS. Corticosteroid Plus Tocilizumab in COVID-19: When Two Is Better Than One. Chest 2021; 159:2108-2109. [PMID: 33965134 PMCID: PMC8097392 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- Chia Siang Kow
- School of Postgraduate Studies, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England; School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
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Karska‐Basta I, Pociej‐Marciak W, Chrząszcz M, Kubicka‐Trząska A, Romanowska‐Dixon B, Sanak M. Altered plasma cytokine levels in acute and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy. Acta Ophthalmol 2021; 99:e222-e231. [PMID: 32701204 PMCID: PMC7984262 DOI: 10.1111/aos.14547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate plasma levels of selected cytokines and investigate their correlation with choroidal thickness (CT) in patients with acute and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). METHODS We enrolled 30 patients with acute CSC, 30 patients with chronic CSC and 20 controls. Plasma concentrations of 12 cytokines, interleukins IL-8, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-12 p70, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interferon-γ, tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), were measured using multiplex immunoassays. Differences in cytokine levels between groups were assessed. We also investigated correlations between cytokine levels and CT using swept-source optical coherence tomography, as well as an association between plasma cytokine profile and systemic hypertension. RESULTS We noted differences in IL-6 (p = 0.005), IL-10 (p = 0.03), IL-12 p70 (p = 0.028) and VEGF (p = 0.029) levels between groups. Pro-inflammatory IL-12 p70 and multidirectional IL-10 cytokines were upregulated, while pro-angiogenic VEGF was downregulated in chronic CSC as compared with controls (p = 0.005, p = 0.025 and p = 0.027, respectively). Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was upregulated in acute and chronic CSC (p = 0.030 and p = 0.005, respectively). Interleukin-5 (IL-5), IL-6 and IL-12 levels correlated with mean CT in acute CSC (p = 0.008, p = 0.003 and p = 0.044, respectively), while IL-8, IL-6 and TNF-α plasma levels correlated with hypertension in chronic CSC (p = 0.005, p = 0.033 and p = 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION We provided new evidence for the possible role of plasma cytokines in the pathogenesis of CSC. Our results suggest that IL-6 may be important in the pathophysiology of acute and chronic CSC. The association between inflammatory response and hypertension in patients with CSC was also confirmed.
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- Izabella Karska‐Basta
- Faculty of MedicineDepartment of OphthalmologyClinic of Ophthalmology and Ocular OncologyJagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakówPoland
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- Faculty of MedicineDepartment of OphthalmologyClinic of Ophthalmology and Ocular OncologyJagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakówPoland
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- Faculty of MedicineDepartment of OphthalmologyClinic of Ophthalmology and Ocular OncologyJagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakówPoland
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- Faculty of MedicineDepartment of OphthalmologyClinic of Ophthalmology and Ocular OncologyJagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakówPoland
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- Faculty of MedicineDepartment of OphthalmologyClinic of Ophthalmology and Ocular OncologyJagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakówPoland
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- Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineMolecular Biology and Clinical Genetics UnitJagiellonian University Medical CollegeKrakówPoland
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Marchi D, Santhakumar K, Markham E, Li N, Storbeck KH, Krone N, Cunliffe VT, van Eeden FJM. Bidirectional crosstalk between Hypoxia-Inducible Factor and glucocorticoid signalling in zebrafish larvae. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008757. [PMID: 32379754 PMCID: PMC7237044 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In the last decades in vitro studies highlighted the potential for crosstalk between Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-(HIF) and glucocorticoid-(GC) signalling pathways. However, how this interplay precisely occurs in vivo is still debated. Here, we use zebrafish larvae (Danio rerio) to elucidate how and to what degree hypoxic signalling affects the endogenous glucocorticoid pathway and vice versa, in vivo. Firstly, our results demonstrate that in the presence of upregulated HIF signalling, both glucocorticoid receptor (Gr) responsiveness and endogenous cortisol levels are repressed in 5 days post fertilisation larvae. In addition, despite HIF activity being low at normoxia, our data show that it already impedes both glucocorticoid activity and levels. Secondly, we further analysed the in vivo contribution of glucocorticoids to HIF activity. Interestingly, our results show that both glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) play a key role in enhancing it. Finally, we found indications that glucocorticoids promote HIF signalling via multiple routes. Cumulatively, our findings allowed us to suggest a model for how this crosstalk occurs in vivo.
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- Davide Marchi
- The Bateson Centre & Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (DM); (FJMv)
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur, India
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- The Bateson Centre & Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- The Bateson Centre & Department of Oncology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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- The Bateson Centre & Department of Oncology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- The Bateson Centre & Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- The Bateson Centre & Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (DM); (FJMv)
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Klepsch O, Namer LS, Köhler N, Kaempfer R, Dittrich A, Schaper F. Intragenic regulation of SOCS3 isoforms. Cell Commun Signal 2019; 17:70. [PMID: 31238931 PMCID: PMC6593527 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-019-0379-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Inflammatory reactions are commonly affected by stress responses. Interleukin-6 signalling is part of the inflammatory response and is stringently regulated by the feedback inhibitor SOCS3 expressed in a short and long isoform. Here, we studied the inhibitory potential of the two SOCS3 isoforms. Furthermore, we analysed the regulation of SOCS3 isoform expression and the role of PKR stress kinase signalling in SOCS3 protein expression. Methods We performed Western blotting, reporter assays, genetic analyses and manipulations for studying SOCS3 isoform expression and activation of signalling components involved in interleukin-6-induced and PKR-dependent signalling. Results Interleukin-6-induced endogenous expression of both SOCS3 isoforms was found in distinct cell types. Forced expression of either the long or short SOCS3 isoform demonstrated equal inhibitory activity of each isoform and confirmed longer half-life of the short isoform. Study of intragenic regulation of SOCS3 isoform expression revealed that (i) the 5′-UTR of SOCS3 mRNA restrains specifically expression of the long SOCS3 isoform, (ii) expression of the long isoform restrains expression of the short isoform, and (iii) signalling through the stress kinase PKR does not impact on SOCS3 isoform ratio. Conclusions Both SOCS3 isoforms show a similar potential for inhibiting interleukin-6 signalling but differ in their half-lives. Relative expression of the isoforms depends on intragenic elements yet is independent of PKR signalling. Graphic abstract ![]()
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12964-019-0379-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Oliver Klepsch
- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, 9112102, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, 9112102, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Xie Y, Tolmeijer S, Oskam JM, Tonkens T, Meijer AH, Schaaf MJM. Glucocorticoids inhibit macrophage differentiation towards a pro-inflammatory phenotype upon wounding without affecting their migration. Dis Model Mech 2019; 12:dmm.037887. [PMID: 31072958 PMCID: PMC6550045 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.037887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoid drugs are widely used to treat immune-related diseases, but their use is limited by side effects and by resistance, which especially occurs in macrophage-dominated diseases. In order to improve glucocorticoid therapies, more research is required into the mechanisms of glucocorticoid action. In the present study, we have used a zebrafish model for inflammation to study glucocorticoid effects on the innate immune response. In zebrafish larvae, the migration of neutrophils towards a site of injury is inhibited upon glucocorticoid treatment, whereas migration of macrophages is glucocorticoid resistant. We show that wounding-induced increases in the expression of genes that encode neutrophil-specific chemoattractants (Il8 and Cxcl18b) are attenuated by the synthetic glucocorticoid beclomethasone, but that beclomethasone does not attenuate the induction of the genes encoding Ccl2 and Cxcl11aa, which are required for macrophage recruitment. RNA sequencing on FACS-sorted macrophages shows that the vast majority of the wounding-induced transcriptional changes in these cells are inhibited by beclomethasone, whereas only a small subset is glucocorticoid-insensitive. As a result, beclomethasone decreases the number of macrophages that differentiate towards a pro-inflammatory (M1) phenotype, which we demonstrated using a tnfa:eGFP-F reporter line and analysis of macrophage morphology. We conclude that differentiation and migration of macrophages are regulated independently, and that glucocorticoids leave the chemotactic migration of macrophages unaffected, but exert their anti-inflammatory effect on these cells by inhibiting their differentiation to an M1 phenotype. The resistance of macrophage-dominated diseases to glucocorticoid therapy can therefore not be attributed to an intrinsic insensitivity of macrophages to glucocorticoids. Summary: In a zebrafish model for inflammation, glucocorticoids do not affect the migration of macrophages, but inhibit their differentiation towards an M1 phenotype, by strongly attenuating transcriptional responses in these cells.
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- Yufei Xie
- Animal Science and Health Cluster, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Animal Science and Health Cluster, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Animal Science and Health Cluster, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Animal Science and Health Cluster, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Animal Science and Health Cluster, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Animal Science and Health Cluster, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Billing U, Jetka T, Nortmann L, Wundrack N, Komorowski M, Waldherr S, Schaper F, Dittrich A. Robustness and Information Transfer within IL-6-induced JAK/STAT Signalling. Commun Biol 2019; 2:27. [PMID: 30675525 PMCID: PMC6338669 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0259-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cellular communication via intracellular signalling pathways is crucial. Expression and activation of signalling proteins is heterogenous between isogenic cells of the same cell-type. However, mechanisms evolved to enable sufficient communication and to ensure cellular functions. We use information theory to clarify mechanisms facilitating IL-6-induced JAK/STAT signalling despite cell-to-cell variability. We show that different mechanisms enabling robustness against variability complement each other. Early STAT3 activation is robust as long as cytokine concentrations are low. Robustness at high cytokine concentrations is ensured by high STAT3 expression or serine phosphorylation. Later the feedback-inhibitor SOCS3 increases robustness. Channel Capacity of JAK/STAT signalling is limited by cell-to-cell variability in STAT3 expression and is affected by the same mechanisms governing robustness. Increasing STAT3 amount increases Channel Capacity and robustness, whereas increasing STAT3 tyrosine phosphorylation reduces robustness but increases Channel Capacity. In summary, we elucidate mechanisms preventing dysregulated signalling by enabling reliable JAK/STAT signalling despite cell-to-cell heterogeneity.
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- Ulrike Billing
- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Division of Modelling in Biology and Medicine, Pawinskiego 5B, 02- 106, Warszawa, Poland
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- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Division of Modelling in Biology and Medicine, Pawinskiego 5B, 02- 106, Warszawa, Poland
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Celestijnenlaan 200f - box 2424, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Noorzehi G, Pasbakhsh P, Borhani-Haghighi M, Kashani IR, Madadi S, Tahmasebi F, Nekoonam S, Azizi M. Microglia polarization by methylprednizolone acetate accelerates cuprizone induced demyelination. J Mol Histol 2018; 49:471-479. [PMID: 30143908 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-018-9786-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Glucocorticoids (GC) are known as inflammatory drugs, which are used in neuroinflammatory diseases. Unlike the classic picture, recent studies have revealed that some GC drugs exacerbate inflammatory responses in their acute and prolonged administration. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating inflammatory disorder, in which reactive M1 microglia phenotype play a central role. Since methylprednisolone (MP), as a synthetic GC, are commonly used by MS patients, in this study, we evaluated the effect of long-term administration of MP on microglia polarization in cuprizone (CPZ)-induced MS model. The immunostaining results showed that chronic exposure to MP in the CPZ treated mice increased the number of Iba-1 positive microglia, which significantly expressed IP10 as M1 marker than arginase as M2 marker. MP treatment induced significant amplification in the transcript levels of iNOS and TNF-α (M1-related markers) in the corpus callosum of the MS mice, whereas no change detected in the expression of IL-10 (M2-related marker) between the groups. In addition, evaluation of myelin by luxol fast blue staining and transmission electron microscopy revealed that prolonged MP administration increased demyelination in comparison to the CPZ group. In conclusion, our results show that chronic MP therapy in the CPZ-induced demyelination model of MS polarized microglia to M1 pro-inflammatory phenotype.
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- Golaleh Noorzehi
- School of Medicine, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Street, 1417613151, Tehran, Iran
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Modulation of hepatic inflammation and energy-sensing pathways in the rat liver by high-fructose diet and chronic stress. Eur J Nutr 2018; 58:1829-1845. [PMID: 29845385 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-018-1730-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE High-fructose consumption and chronic stress are both associated with metabolic inflammation and insulin resistance. Recently, disturbed activity of energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) was recognized as mediator between nutrient-induced stress and inflammation. Thus, we analyzed the effects of high-fructose diet, alone or in combination with chronic stress, on glucose homeostasis, inflammation and expression of energy sensing proteins in the rat liver. METHODS In male Wistar rats exposed to 9-week 20% fructose diet and/or 4-week chronic unpredictable stress we measured plasma and hepatic corticosterone level, indicators of glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism, hepatic inflammation (pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels, Toll-like receptor 4, NLRP3, activation of NFκB, JNK and ERK pathways) and levels of energy-sensing proteins AMPK, SIRT1 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1α). RESULTS High-fructose diet led to glucose intolerance, activation of NFκB and JNK pathways and increased intrahepatic IL-1β, TNFα and inhibitory phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 on Ser307. It also decreased phospho-AMPK/AMPK ratio and increased SIRT1 expression. Stress alone increased plasma and hepatic corticosterone but did not influence glucose tolerance, nor hepatic inflammatory or energy-sensing proteins. After the combined treatment, hepatic corticosterone was increased, glucose tolerance remained preserved, while hepatic inflammation was partially prevented despite decreased AMPK activity. CONCLUSION High-fructose diet resulted in glucose intolerance, hepatic inflammation, decreased AMPK activity and reduced insulin sensitivity. Chronic stress alone did not exert such effects, but when applied together with high-fructose diet it could partially prevent fructose-induced inflammation, presumably due to increased hepatic glucocorticoids.
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Selective ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily C Gene Expression and Proinflammatory Mediators Released by BEAS-2B after PM 2.5, Budesonide, and Cotreated Exposures. Mediators Inflamm 2017; 2017:6827194. [PMID: 28900313 PMCID: PMC5576432 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6827194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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ATP-binding cassette subfamily C (ABCC) genes code for phase III metabolism proteins that translocate xenobiotic (e.g., particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5)) and drug metabolites outside the cells. IL-6 secretion is related with the activation of the ABCC transporters. This study assesses ABCC1–4 gene expression changes and proinflammatory cytokine (IL-6, IL-8) release in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) exposed to PM2.5 organic extract, budesonide (BUD, used to control inflammation in asthmatic patients), and a cotreatment (Co-T: PM2.5 and BUD). A real-time PCR assay shows that ABCC1 was upregulated in BEAS-2B exposed after 6 and 7 hr to PM2.5 extract or BUD but downregulated after 6 hr of the Co-T. ABCC3 was downregulated after 6 hr of BUD and upregulated after 6 hr of the Co-T exposures. ABCC4 was upregulated after 5 hr of PM2.5 extract, BUD, and the Co-T exposures. The cytokine assay revealed an increase in IL-6 release by BEAS-2B exposed after 5 hr to PM2.5 extract, BUD, and the Co-T. At 7 hr, the Co-T decreases IL-6 release and IL-8 at 6 hr. In conclusion, the cotreatment showed an opposite effect on exposed BEAS-2B as compared with BUD. The results suggest an interference of the BUD therapeutic potential by PM2.5.
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Alston CI, Dix RD. Reduced frequency of murine cytomegalovirus retinitis in C57BL/6 mice correlates with low levels of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS)1 and SOCS3 expression within the eye during corticosteroid-induced immunosuppression. Cytokine 2017; 97:38-41. [PMID: 28558309 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIDS-related human cytomegalovirus retinitis remains a leading cause of blindness worldwide. We compared two C57BL/6 mouse models of experimental murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) retinitis for intraocular expression of suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS)1 and SOCS3, host proteins that are inducible negative feedback regulators of cytokine signaling. These mouse models differed in method of immune suppression, one by retrovirus-induced immune suppression (MAIDS) and the other by corticosteroid-induced immune suppression. Following subretinal injection of MCMV to induce retinitis, intraocular SOCS1 and SOCS3 were only mildly stimulated, and often without significance, within MCMV-infected eyes during the progression of MCMV retinitis in corticosteroid-immunosuppressed mice, contrary to MCMV-infected eyes of mice with MAIDS that showed significant high stimulation of SOCS1 and SOCS3 expression in agreement with previous findings. Frequency and severity of retinitis as well as amounts of intraocular infectious MCMV in corticosteroid-immunosuppressed mice were also unexpectedly lower than values previously reported for MAIDS animals during MCMV retinitis. These data reveal a major difference between two mouse models of experimental MCMV retinitis and suggest a possible link between the amplitude of SOCS1 and SOCS3 stimulation and severity of disease in these models.
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- Christine I Alston
- Viral Immunology Center, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Viral Immunology Center, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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Glucocorticoids (GCs; referred to clinically as corticosteroids) are steroid hormones with potent anti-inflammatory and immune modulatory profiles. Depending on the context, these hormones can also mediate pro-inflammatory activities, thereby serving as primers of the immune system. Their target receptor, the GC receptor (GR), is a multi-tasking transcription factor, changing its role and function depending on cellular and organismal needs. To get a clearer idea of how to improve the safety profile of GCs, recent studies have investigated the complex mechanisms underlying GR functions. One of the key findings includes both pro- and anti-inflammatory roles of GR, and a future challenge will be to understand how such paradoxical findings can be reconciled and how GR ultimately shifts the balance to a net anti-inflammatory profile. As such, there is consensus that GR deserves a second life as a drug target, with either refined classic GCs or a novel generation of nonsteroidal GR-targeting molecules, to meet the increasing clinical needs of today to treat inflammation and cancer.
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Banuelos J, Lu NZ. A gradient of glucocorticoid sensitivity among helper T cell cytokines. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2016; 31:27-35. [PMID: 27235091 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Helper T (Th) cells secret specific cytokines that promote immune responses whereas glucocorticoids limit the extent of immune responses by inhibiting cytokine secretion and other functions of Th cells. However, glucocorticoid resistance develops in subgroups of patients with Th cell-driven diseases such as asthma and Crohn's disease. Recent evidence supports that Th1, Th2, and Th17 cells have distinct glucocorticoid sensitivity. Th1 cells are sensitive to glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis and cytokine suppression while Th2 cells are sensitive to the latter but not the former and Th17 cells are resistant to both. This gradient of glucocorticoid sensitivity of Th cells corresponds to the glucocorticoid sensitivity of the diseases they underlie. We identify the mechanisms contributing to distinct glucocorticoid sensitivity of Th cells and their cytokines in the literature, as this information is useful to improve treatment strategies for glucocorticoid resistant immunological disorders.
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- Jesus Banuelos
- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States, United States
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- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States, United States.
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Pinno J, Bongartz H, Klepsch O, Wundrack N, Poli V, Schaper F, Dittrich A. Interleukin-6 influences stress-signalling by reducing the expression of the mTOR-inhibitor REDD1 in a STAT3-dependent manner. Cell Signal 2016; 28:907-16. [PMID: 27094713 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine and a strong activator of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR). In contrast, mTOR activity is negatively regulated by Regulated in Development and DNA Damage Responses 1 (REDD1). Expression of REDD1 is induced by cellular stressors such as glucocorticoids and DNA damaging agents. We show that the expression of basal as well as stress-induced REDD1 is reduced by IL-6. The reduction of REDD1 expression by IL-6 is independent of proteasomal or caspase-mediated degradation of REDD1 protein. Instead, induction of REDD1 mRNA is reduced by IL-6. The regulation of REDD1 expression by IL-6 is independent of Phosphatidylinositide-3-Kinase (PI3K) and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) signalling but depends on the expression and activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3). Furthermore, the reduction of basal REDD1 expression by IL-6 correlates with IL-6-induced activation of mTOR signalling. Inhibition of STAT3 activation blocks IL-6-induced mTOR activation. In summary, we present a novel STAT3-dependent mechanism of both IL-6-induced activation of mTOR and IL-6-dependent reversion of stress-induced inhibition of mTOR activity.
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- Jessica Pinno
- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, Gebäude 28, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, Gebäude 28, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, Gebäude 28, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, Gebäude 28, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center (MBC), Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, Gebäude 28, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, Gebäude 28, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Schaper F, Rose-John S. Interleukin-6: Biology, signaling and strategies of blockade. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2015; 26:475-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2015.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Dittrich A, Hessenkemper W, Schaper F. Systems biology of IL-6, IL-12 family cytokines. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2015; 26:595-602. [PMID: 26187858 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Interleukin-6-type cytokines play important roles in the communication between cells of multicellular organisms. They are involved in the regulation of complex cellular processes such as proliferation and differentiation and act as key player during inflammation and immune response. A major challenge is to understand how these complex non-linear processes are connected and regulated. Systems biology approaches are used to tackle this challenge in an iterative process of quantitative experimental and mathematical analyses. Here we review quantitative experimental studies and systems biology approaches dealing with the function of Interleukin-6-type cytokines in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. These approaches cover the analyses of signal transduction on a cellular level up to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies on a whole organism level.
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- Anna Dittrich
- Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Alam N, Xu W, Atenafu EG, Uhm J, Seftel M, Gupta V, Kuruvilla J, Lipton JH, Messner HA, Kim DDH. Risk model incorporating donor IL6 and IFNG genotype and gastrointestinal GVHD can discriminate patients at high risk of steroid refractory acute GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 2015; 50:734-42. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2015.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Identification of eQTLs for hepatic Xbp1s and Socs3 gene expression in mice fed a high-fat, high-caloric diet. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2015; 5:487-96. [PMID: 25617409 PMCID: PMC4390565 DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.016626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a highly prevalent form of human hepatic disease and feeding mice a high-fat, high-caloric (HFHC) diet is a standard model of NAFLD. To better understand the genetic basis of NAFLD, we conducted an expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis of mice fed a HFHC diet. Two-hundred sixty-five (A/J × C57BL/6J) F2 male mice were fed a HFHC diet for 8 wk. eQTL analysis was utilized to identify genomic regions that regulate hepatic gene expression of Xbp1s and Socs3. We identified two overlapping loci for Xbp1s and Socs3 on Chr 1 (164.0–185.4 Mb and 174.4–190.5 Mb, respectively) and Chr 11 (41.1–73.1 Mb and 44.0–68.6 Mb, respectively), and an additional locus for Socs3 on Chr 12 (109.9–117.4 Mb). C57BL/6J-Chr 11A/J/ NaJ mice fed a HFHC diet manifested the A/J phenotype of increased Xbp1s and Socs3 gene expression (P < 0.05), whereas C57BL/6J-Chr 1A/J/ NaJ mice retained the C57BL/6J phenotype. In addition, we replicated the eQTLs on Chr 1 and Chr 12 (LOD scores ≥3.5) using mice from the BXD murine reference panel challenged with CCl4 to induce chronic liver injury and fibrosis. We have identified overlapping eQTLs for Xbp1 and Socs3 on Chr 1 and Chr 11, and consomic mice confirmed that replacing the C57BL/6J Chr 11 with the A/J Chr 11 resulted in an A/J phenotype for Xbp1 and Socs3 gene expression. Identification of the genes for these eQTLs will lead to a better understanding of the genetic factors responsible for NAFLD and potentially other hepatic diseases.
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Mauer J, Denson JL, Brüning JC. Versatile functions for IL-6 in metabolism and cancer. Trends Immunol 2015; 36:92-101. [PMID: 25616716 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Owing to its abundance in inflammatory settings, interleukin IL-6 is frequently viewed as a proinflammatory cytokine, with functions that parallel those of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and IL-1β in the context of inflammation. However, accumulating evidence points to a broader role for IL-6 in a variety of (patho)physiological conditions, including functions related to the resolution of inflammation. We review recent findings on the complex biological functions governed by IL-6 signaling, focusing on its role in inflammation-associated cancer and metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We propose that the anti-inflammatory functions of IL-6 may extend to multiple settings and cell types, and suggest that these dimensions should be incorporated in therapeutic approaches to these diseases. Finally, we outline important areas of inquiry towards understanding this pleiotropic cytokine.
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- Jan Mauer
- Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.
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Vliagoftis H. Psychological stress and asthma: a new enemy within. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2014; 164:109-11. [PMID: 24943960 DOI: 10.1159/000363447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Harissios Vliagoftis
- Pulmonary Research Group and Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada
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Frank MG, Hershman SA, Weber MD, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Chronic exposure to exogenous glucocorticoids primes microglia to pro-inflammatory stimuli and induces NLRP3 mRNA in the hippocampus. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014; 40:191-200. [PMID: 24485491 PMCID: PMC3912460 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chronic stress as well as chronic treatment with glucocorticoids (GCs) primes the neuroinflammatory response to a subsequent pro-inflammatory challenge. However, it remains unclear whether chronic GCs sensitize the response of key CNS immune substrates (i.e. microglia) to pro-inflammatory stimuli. In the present set of studies, male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sham surgery or were adrenalectomized and then treated with varying concentrations of corticosterone (CORT; 0, 25, 50, and 75 μg/ml) administered in their drinking water. After 10 days of CORT exposure, whole hippocampus was collected and expression of glial activation markers measured or hippocampal microglia were isolated and challenged with LPS to probe for CORT-induced sensitization of pro-inflammatory responses. Chronic CORT exposure increased the gene expression of NLRP3, Iba-1, MHCII, and NF-κBIα in a concentration dependent manner. Chronic CORT (75 μg/ml) exposure potentiated the microglial proinflammatory response (TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6 and NLRP3) to LPS compared to the microglial response of sham surgery animals treated with vehicle. The present set of results demonstrate that chronic exposure to GCs primes microglia to pro-inflammatory stimuli and add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that a permissive function of GCs is that of an endogenous danger signal or alarmin.
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- Matthew G. Frank
- Corresponding Author: Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, Campus Box 345, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA, Tel: +1-303-919-8116, Fax: +1-303-492-2967,
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Garbers C, Kuck F, Aparicio-Siegmund S, Konzak K, Kessenbrock M, Sommerfeld A, Häussinger D, Lang PA, Brenner D, Mak TW, Rose-John S, Essmann F, Schulze-Osthoff K, Piekorz RP, Scheller J. Cellular senescence or EGFR signaling induces Interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor expression controlled by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Cell Cycle 2013; 12:3421-32. [PMID: 24047696 DOI: 10.4161/cc.26431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Interleukin 6 (IL-6) signaling plays a role in inflammation, cancer, and senescence. Here, we identified soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) as a member of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Senescence-associated sIL-6R upregulation was mediated by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). sIL-6R was mainly generated by a disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10)-dependent ectodomain shedding to enable IL-6 trans-signaling. In vivo, heterozygous PTEN-knockout mice exhibited higher mTOR activity and increased sIL-6R levels. Moreover, aberrant EGF receptor (EGFR) activation triggered IL-6 synthesis. In analogy to senescence, EGFR-induced activation of mTOR also induced IL-6R expression and sIL-6R generation. Hence, mTOR activation reprograms IL-6 non-responder cells into IL-6 responder cells. Our data suggest that mTOR serves as a central molecular switch to facilitate cellular IL-6 classic and trans-signaling via IL-6R upregulation with direct implications for cellular senescence and tumor development.
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- Christoph Garbers
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II; Medical Faculty; Heinrich-Heine-University; Düsseldorf, Germany
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Dittrich A, Siewert E, Schaper F. Determination of protein turnover rates in the JAK/STAT pathway using a radioactive pulse-chase approach. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 967:69-80. [PMID: 23296722 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-242-1_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The turnover rate of different protein species in a signal transduction network strongly affects the impact of the given species on the outcome of a stimulus. Whereas stable, long-lived proteins mainly account for the transmission of a signal, unstable short-lived species often comprise regulatory functions. Here, we describe a method to determine the half-lives of proteins of the JAK/STAT pathway by a pulse-chase approach in cell culture. First, radioactive labeling with (35)S-methionine is carried out to label newly synthesized proteins (pulse). Subsequently, the dynamics of the decay of these proteins is monitored in the absence of labeled amino acids over a defined time period (chase). For this purpose the protein of interest is isolated by immunoprecipitation from total cell lysates, separated on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel, and subsequently visualized by autoradiography.
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- Anna Dittrich
- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Busillo JM, Cidlowski JA. The five Rs of glucocorticoid action during inflammation: ready, reinforce, repress, resolve, and restore. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2013; 24:109-19. [PMID: 23312823 PMCID: PMC3667973 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Glucocorticoids are essential for maintaining homeostasis and regulate a wide variety of physiological processes. Therapeutically, synthetic glucocorticoids are widely prescribed for the treatment of inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and malignancies of lymphoid origin. In this review we examine emerging evidence highlighting both proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory actions of glucocorticoids on both the innate and adaptive immune systems. We incorporate these findings into the more traditional anti-inflammatory role attributed to glucocorticoids, and propose how the two seemingly disparate processes seamlessly work together to resolve cellular responses to inflammatory stimuli. These ideas provide a framework by which glucocorticoids ready and reinforce the innate immune system, and repress the adaptive immune system, to help to resolve inflammation and restore homeostasis.
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- John M Busillo
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Fish RJ, Neerman-Arbez M. Fibrinogen gene regulation. Thromb Haemost 2012; 108:419-26. [PMID: 22836683 DOI: 10.1160/th12-04-0273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The Aα, Bβ and γ polypeptide chains of fibrinogen are encoded by a three gene cluster on human chromosome four. The fibrinogen genes (FGB-FGA-FGG) are expressed almost exclusively in hepatocytes where their output is coordinated to ensure a sufficient mRNA pool for each chain and maintain an abundant plasma fibrinogen protein level. Fibrinogen gene expression is controlled by the activity of proximal promoters which contain binding sites for hepatocyte transcription factors, including proteins which influence fibrinogen transcription in response to acute-phase inflammatory stimuli. The fibrinogen gene cluster also contains cis regulatory elements; enhancer sequences with liver activities identified by sequence conservation and functional genomics. While the transcriptional control of this gene cluster is fascinating biology, the medical impetus to understand fibrinogen gene regulation stems from the association of cardiovascular disease risk with high level circulating fibrinogen. In the general population this level varies from about 1.5 to 3.5 g/l. This variation between individuals is influenced by genotype, suggesting there are genetic variants contributing to fibrinogen levels which reside in fibrinogen regulatory loci. A complete picture of how fibrinogen genes are regulated will therefore point towards novel sources of regulatory variants. In this review we discuss regulation of the fibrinogen genes from proximal promoters and enhancers, the influence of acute-phase stimulation, post-transcriptional regulation by miRNAs and functional regulatory variants identified in genetic studies. Finally, we discuss the fibrinogen locus in light of recent advances in understanding chromosomal architecture and suggest future directions for researching the mechanisms that control fibrinogen expression.
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- Richard J Fish
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Garbers C, Hermanns HM, Schaper F, Müller-Newen G, Grötzinger J, Rose-John S, Scheller J. Plasticity and cross-talk of interleukin 6-type cytokines. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2012; 23:85-97. [PMID: 22595692 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/06/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokines are critically involved in health and disease. The duration and strength of IL-6-type cytokine-mediated signaling is tightly regulated to avoid overshooting activities. Here, molecular mechanisms of inter-familiar cytokine cross-talk are reviewed which regulate dynamics and strength of IL-6 signal transduction. Both plasticity and cytokine cross-talk are significantly involved in pro- and anti-inflammatory/regenerative properties of IL-6-type cytokines. Furthermore, we focus on IL-6-type cytokine/cytokine receptor plasticity and cross-talk exemplified by the recently identified composite cytokines IL-30/IL-6R and IL-35, the first inter-familiar IL-6/IL-12 family member. The complete understanding of the intra- and extracellular cytokine networks will aid to develop novel tailor-made therapeutic strategies with reduced side effects.
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- Christoph Garbers
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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