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Szulc-Dąbrowska L, Bossowska-Nowicka M, Struzik J, Toka FN. Cathepsins in Bacteria-Macrophage Interaction: Defenders or Victims of Circumstance? Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:601072. [PMID: 33344265 PMCID: PMC7746538 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.601072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Macrophages are the first encounters of invading bacteria and are responsible for engulfing and digesting pathogens through phagocytosis leading to initiation of the innate inflammatory response. Intracellular digestion occurs through a close relationship between phagocytic/endocytic and lysosomal pathways, in which proteolytic enzymes, such as cathepsins, are involved. The presence of cathepsins in the endo-lysosomal compartment permits direct interaction with and killing of bacteria, and may contribute to processing of bacterial antigens for presentation, an event necessary for the induction of antibacterial adaptive immune response. Therefore, it is not surprising that bacteria can control the expression and proteolytic activity of cathepsins, including their inhibitors – cystatins, to favor their own intracellular survival in macrophages. In this review, we summarize recent developments in defining the role of cathepsins in bacteria-macrophage interaction and describe important strategies engaged by bacteria to manipulate cathepsin expression and activity in macrophages. Particularly, we focus on specific bacterial species due to their clinical relevance to humans and animal health, i.e., Mycobacterium, Mycoplasma, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Salmonella, Shigella, Francisella, Chlamydia, Listeria, Brucella, Helicobacter, Neisseria, and other genera.
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- Lidia Szulc-Dąbrowska
- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wejskiego, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wejskiego, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wejskiego, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wejskiego, Warsaw, Poland.,Center for Integrative Mammalian Research, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Woods A, Andrian T, Sharp G, Bicer EM, Vandera KKA, Patel A, Mudway I, Dailey LA, Forbes B. Development of new in vitro models of lung protease activity for investigating stability of inhaled biological therapies and drug delivery systems. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2019; 146:64-72. [PMID: 31756380 PMCID: PMC6963770 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Proteases play a vital role in lung health and are critically important to the metabolic clearance of inhaled protein-based therapeutics after inhalation. Surprisingly little is known about lung fluid protease composition and there is a consequent lack of biorelevant experimental models, which limits research and development in the burgeoning field of inhaled biologics. The aim of this study was to quantify proteases in human lung fluid and to use this data to design novel in vitro experimental models of lung lining fluid possessing biorelevant lung protease activity for use in biopharmaceutical stability studies. As a proof of concept, these novel models were used to investigate the effect of proteolytic activity on the stability of albumin nanoparticles, a biologic nanoparticle formulation widely investigated as a pulmonary drug delivery system. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was collected from healthy human volunteers and proteomic analysis was used to quantify the predominant proteases. Based on these data, four new lung protease models were constructed based on: (i) trypsin as a sole protease, (ii) dipeptidyl peptidase IV, cathepsin D, cathepsin H, and angiotensin converting enzyme in ratio and concentration to mimic the protease concentration in healthy lungs. Neutrophil elastase was used to model protease activity in inflammation. Albumin nanoparticles of 100 nm diameter remained intact over 48 h in phosphate buffered saline, but were degraded more rapidly in trypsin (50% reduction in 10 min) compared to the healthy lung protease model (50% reduction in 150 min). The addition of neutrophil elastase to the healthy lung protease model resulted in a similar, but more variable degradation profile. Nanoparticle degradation was associated with concomitant appearance of small fragments and aggregates. In conclusion, we have characterised the protease concentration in the lungs of healthy humans, designed models of lung protease activity and demonstrated their utility in studying albumin nanoparticle degradation. These methods and models have wide application to study the influence of proteases in lung disease, expression of proteases in respiratory cell culture models, stability of peptide and protein-based drugs and inhaled drug delivery systems.
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- Arcadia Woods
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom; MRC Centre for Environment and Health and NIHR-HPRU in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards, School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health and NIHR-HPRU in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards, School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str.4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
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Zutshi S, Kumar S, Chauhan P, Bansode Y, Nair A, Roy S, Sarkar A, Saha B. Anti-Leishmanial Vaccines: Assumptions, Approaches, and Annulments. Vaccines (Basel) 2019; 7:vaccines7040156. [PMID: 31635276 PMCID: PMC6963565 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines7040156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Leishmaniasis is a neglected protozoan parasitic disease that occurs in 88 countries but a vaccine is unavailable. Vaccination with live, killed, attenuated (physically or genetically) Leishmania have met with limited success, while peptide-, protein-, or DNA-based vaccines showed promise only in animal models. Here, we critically assess several technical issues in vaccination and expectation of a host-protective immune response. Several studies showed that antigen presentation during priming and triggering of the same cells in infected condition are not comparable. Altered proteolytic processing, antigen presentation, protease-susceptible sites, and intracellular expression of pathogenic proteins during Leishmania infection may vary dominant epitope selection, MHC-II/peptide affinity, and may deter the reactivation of desired antigen-specific T cells generated during priming. The robustness of the memory T cells and their functions remains a concern. Presentation of the antigens by Leishmania-infected macrophages to antigen-specific memory T cells may lead to change in the T cells' functional phenotype or anergy or apoptosis. Although cells may be activated, the peptides generated during infection may be different and cross-reactive to the priming peptides. Such altered peptide ligands may lead to suppression of otherwise active antigen-specific T cells. We critically assess these different immunological issues that led to the non-availability of a vaccine for human use.
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India.
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India.
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India.
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India.
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- Department of Human Physiology with Community Health, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Trident Academy of Creative Technology, Bhubaneswar 751024, India.
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India.
- Department of Biotechnology, Trident Academy of Creative Technology, Bhubaneswar 751024, India.
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Gumpper K, Sermersheim M, Zhu MX, Lin PH. Skeletal Muscle Lysosomal Function via Cathepsin Activity Measurement. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1854:35-43. [PMID: 28842895 DOI: 10.1007/7651_2017_64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Muscle wasting or cachexia is commonly associated with aging and many diseases such as cancer, infection, autoimmune disorders, and trauma. Decrease in muscle mass, or muscle atrophy, is often caused by dysfunction of protein proteolytic systems, such as lysosomes, which regulate protein turnover and homeostasis. Lysosomes contain many hydrolases and proteases and, thus, represent the major organelle that control protein turnover. Recently, lysosomes have emerged as a signaling hub to integrate cellular functions of nutrient sensing and metabolism, autophagy, phagocytosis, and endocytosis, which are all related to tissue homeostasis. In this chapter, we describe the protocol used to measure lysosomal proteinase (cathepsins) activity in the skeletal muscle. A better understanding of lysosomal function in muscle homeostasis is critical in developing new therapeutic approaches to prevent muscle wasting.
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- Kristyn Gumpper
- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Howe CL, Lafrance-Corey RG, Sundsbak RS, Sauer BM, Lafrance SJ, Buenz EJ, Schmalstieg WF. Hippocampal protection in mice with an attenuated inflammatory monocyte response to acute CNS picornavirus infection. Sci Rep 2012; 2:545. [PMID: 22848791 PMCID: PMC3408132 DOI: 10.1038/srep00545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Neuronal injury during acute viral infection of the brain is associated with the development of persistent cognitive deficits and seizures in humans. In C57BL/6 mice acutely infected with the Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus, hippocampal CA1 neurons are injured by a rapid innate immune response, resulting in profound memory deficits. In contrast, infected SJL and B6xSJL F1 hybrid mice exhibit essentially complete hippocampal and memory preservation. Analysis of brain-infiltrating leukocytes revealed that SJL mice mount a sharply attenuated inflammatory monocyte response as compared to B6 mice. Bone marrow transplantation experiments isolated the attenuation to the SJL immune system. Adoptive transfer of B6 inflammatory monocytes into acutely infected B6xSJL hosts converted these mice to a hippocampal damage phenotype and induced a cognitive deficit marked by failure to recognize a novel object. These findings show that inflammatory monocytes are the critical cellular mediator of hippocampal injury during acute picornavirus infection of the brain.
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- Charles L Howe
- Department of Neurology, College ofMedicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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Ping P, Vondriska TM, Creighton CJ, Gandhi TKB, Yang Z, Menon R, Kwon MS, Cho SY, Drwal G, Kellmann M, Peri S, Suresh S, Gronborg M, Molina H, Chaerkady R, Rekha B, Shet AS, Gerszten RE, Wu H, Raftery M, Wasinger V, Schulz-Knappe P, Hanash SM, Paik YK, Hancock WS, States DJ, Omenn GS, Pandey A. A functional annotation of subproteomes in human plasma. Proteomics 2005; 5:3506-19. [PMID: 16104058 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The data collected by Human Proteome Organization's Plasma Proteome Pilot project phase was analyzed by members of our working group. Accordingly, a functional annotation of the human plasma proteome was carried out. Here, we report the findings of our analyses. First, bioinformatic analyses were undertaken to determine the likely sources of plasma proteins and to develop a protein interaction network of proteins identified in this project. Second, annotation of these proteins was performed in the context of functional subproteomes involved in the coagulation pathway, the mononuclear phagocytic system, the inflammation pathway, the cardiovascular system, and the liver; as well as the subset of proteins associated with DNA binding activities. Our analyses contributed to the Plasma Proteome Database (http://www.plasmaproteomedatabase.org), an annotated database of plasma proteins identified by HPPP as well as from other published studies. In addition, we address several methodological considerations including the selective enrichment of post-translationally modified proteins by the use of multi-lectin chromatography as well as the use of peptidomic techniques to characterize the low molecular weight proteins in plasma. Furthermore, we have performed additional analyses of peptide identification data to annotate cleavage of signal peptides, sites of intra-membrane proteolysis and post-translational modifications. The HPPP-organized, multi-laboratory effort, as described herein, resulted in much synergy and was essential to the success of this project.
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- Peipei Ping
- Department of Physiology and Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Wu HM, Jin M, Marsh CB. Toward functional proteomics of alveolar macrophages. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 288:L585-95. [PMID: 15757951 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00305.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Alveolar macrophages (AM) belong to a phenotype of macrophages with distinct biological functions and important pathophysiological roles in lung health and disease. The molecular details determining AM differentiation from blood monocytes and AM roles in lung homeostasis are largely unknown. With the use of different technological platforms, advances in the field of proteomics have made it possible to search for differences in protein expression between AM and their precursor monocytes. Proteome features of each cell type provide new clues into understanding mononuclear phagocyte biology. In-depth analyses using subproteomics and subcellular proteomics offer additional information by providing greater protein resolution and detection sensitivity. With the use of proteomic techniques, large-scale mapping of phosphorylation differences between the cell types have become possible. Furthermore, two-dimensional gel proteomics can detect germline protein variants and evaluate the impact of protein polymorphisms on an individual's susceptibility to disease. Finally, surface-enhanced laser desorption and ionization (SELDI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry offers an alternative method to recognizing differences in protein patterns between AM and monocytes or between AM under different pathological conditions. This review details the current status of this field and outlines future directions in functional proteomic analyses of AM and monocytes. Furthermore, this review presents viewpoints of integrating proteomics with translational topics in lung diseases to define the mechanisms of disease and to uncover new diagnostic and therapeutic targets.
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- Haifeng M Wu
- Departments of Pathology, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Jin M, Opalek JM, Marsh CB, Wu HM. Proteome comparison of alveolar macrophages with monocytes reveals distinct protein characteristics. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004; 31:322-9. [PMID: 15130903 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2004-0080oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are a subset of tissue macrophages situated in the alveolar milieu. Compared with their precursor blood monocytes, AMs exhibit distinct physiologic functions unique to their anatomic location. However, the molecular details that control monocyte differentiation into AMs remain unknown. This study employed a proteomic approach to define protein characteristics that distinguish AMs from monocytes. AMs and monocytes were obtained from six nonsmoking, healthy donors. Whole cell lysates from each donor's AMs and monocytes were analyzed by two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoreses. The protein density for each protein spot in a 2D gel was compared between these two cell types. Proteins that demonstrated consistent level changes of greater than 2.5-fold in all six donors were subjected to tandem mass spectrometry for protein identity. Using this process, we revealed proteome changes in AMs that relate to their physiologic roles in proteolysis, actin reorganization, and cellular adaptation in the unique alveolar milieu. By comparison, blood monocytes displayed higher levels of the proteins involved in transcription, metabolism, inflammation, and in the control of proteolysis. These results provide new insights into the biology of mononuclear phagocytes and set a basis for future causality studies.
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- Ming Jin
- Department of Pathology, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institutes, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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El-Gedaily A, Schoedon G, Schneemann M, Schaffner A. Constitutive and regulated expression of platelet basic protein in human monocytes. J Leukoc Biol 2003; 75:495-503. [PMID: 14673015 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0603288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Platelet basic protein (PBP) and several of its derivatives are known for their broad range of functions as signaling molecules and cationic antimicrobial peptides and were considered hitherto megakaryocyte- and platelet-specific. In search of glucocorticoid-regulated antimicrobial systems of monocytes, we found a 15-fold down-regulation of PBP mRNA by differential display. Regulation was confirmed in vivo even at low prednisone doses. Quantitative mRNA analyses confirmed down-regulation also for platelets. Western blotting and immunostains showed down-regulation at the protein level. Pro-PBP derivatives were in the size range of 7.5-14 kD and in immunostains, gave granular cytoplasmatic patterns. Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10 induced a similar down-regulation. Phagocytosis resulted in an increase of smaller derivatives in the range of 7.5 kD. Stimulation with interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharide did decrease expression of PBP and affected derivatization. Expression of PBP and its derivatives is not restricted to the megakaryocytic cell lineage. PBP and some of its derivatives might contribute to the antimicrobial armamentarium of mononuclear phagocytes or have monokine functions. Our studies define PBPs as one among the many immunosuppressive targets of glucocorticoids.
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- Ahmed El-Gedaily
- Department of Medicine, Research Unit Medical Clinic B, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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Zerrahn J, Schaible UE, Brinkmann V, Guhlich U, Kaufmann SHE. The IFN-inducible Golgi- and endoplasmic reticulum- associated 47-kDa GTPase IIGP is transiently expressed during listeriosis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:3428-36. [PMID: 11907101 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.7.3428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Members of the 47-kDa GTPase family are implicated in an IFN-gamma-induced, as yet unclear, mechanism that confers innate resistance against infection with intracellular pathogens. Overt immunological parameters are apparently uncompromised in mice deficient for individual members and the prototype of this family, IGTP, localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum. This suggests that these GTPases are involved in intracellular defense. We analyzed the expression of the 47-kDa GTPase cognate, IIGP, in splenic sections from mice infected with the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes by immunohistochemistry. An early transient IIGP induction was observed revealing the IFN-gamma responsiveness of cellular subcompartments within the spleen in early listeriosis. Marginal metallophilic macrophages and endothelial cells within the red and white pulp strongly expressed IIGP, while other splenocytes remained negative. In vitro analyses show that both type I and type II IFNs are prime stimuli for IIGP induction in various cells, including L. monocytogenes-infected or LPS-stimulated macrophages, endothelial cells, and activated T cells. Contrary to the subcellular localization of IGTP, IIGP was predominantly associated with the Golgi apparatus and also localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum. We conclude that IIGP exerts a distinct role in IFN-induced intracellular membrane trafficking or processing.
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- Jens Zerrahn
- Department of Immunology and Core Facility Microscopy, Max Planck Institute for Infectionbiology, Berlin, Germany.
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Prada-Delgado A, Carrasco-Marin E, Bokoch GM, Alvarez-Dominguez C. Interferon-gamma listericidal action is mediated by novel Rab5a functions at the phagosomal environment. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:19059-65. [PMID: 11262414 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101639200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Control and clearance of Listeria monocytogenes infection is an interferon-gamma-dependent process. The listericidal mechanism of action involves activation of NADPH oxidase and inducible nitric-oxide synthase to produce reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediate radicals, respectively. Recently, we have described in a nonpathogenic model of L. monocytogenes (hemolysin negative mutant strain) that the interferon-gamma-inducible GTPase Rab5a contributed to Listeria destruction in resting macrophages. Here, we report in a pathogenic model of L. monocytogenes (hemolysin-positive strain) that Rab5a plays a central role in Listeria destruction induced by interferon-gamma and within the phagosomal environment. These findings reveal the importance of Rab5a as the responsible factor mediating the listericidal action of interferon-gamma. Active Rab5a causes remodeling of the phagosomal environment, facilitates the translocation of Rac2 to LM phagosomes, and regulates the activity of this GTPase. Rac2 activation and translocation governs the phagocyte NADPH oxidase activity and the consequent reactive oxygen intermediate production that leads to killing of the pathogen.
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- A Prada-Delgado
- Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa," Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Disis ML, West HL, Schiffman K. Cancer Vaccines for the Treatment and Prevention of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer 2000; 1:294-301. [PMID: 14733635 DOI: 10.3816/clc.2000.n.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cancer vaccines targeting non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been studied for decades; clinical trials, for the most part, have focused on the use of autologous and allogeneic whole-tumor cell vaccines. Recent advances in molecular biology and immunology, however, have allowed the identification of many tumor antigens involved in the generation of immunity to NSCLC. Although small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is commonly thought of as an immunogenic tumor, it is now clear that NSCLC is also capable of eliciting an endogenous immune response in patients with the disease and, in fact, has a natural history that may make NSCLC more amenable to vaccine therapy as an adjuvant treatment strategy. This review will high-light the major components of the immune system that may potentially interact with tumor-associated proteins as well as outline the immunologic similarities and differences between SCLC and NSCLC. Tumor antigens that elicit immune responses in patients with NSCLC will be discussed. Finally, clinical trials of whole-tumor cell vaccines, both autologous and allogeneic, and tumor antigen-specific vaccines will also be discussed.
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- M L Disis
- Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6527, USA.
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Matveyeva M, Hartmann CB, Harrison MT, Cabral GA, McCoy KL. Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol selectively increases aspartyl cathepsin D proteolytic activity and impairs lysozyme processing by macrophages. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 2000; 22:373-81. [PMID: 10708885 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(99)00092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) causes an antigen-dependent defect in the ability of macrophages to activate helper T cells, and this drug-induced impairment is mediated through the peripheral CB2 receptor. Various requirements for the processing of the antigen, lysozyme, were examined to determine where along the pathway THC exerts its influence. A THC-exposed macrophage hybridoma inefficiently stimulated interleukin-2 secretion by a helper T cell hybridoma in response to native lysozyme and its reduced form, suggesting that disulfide bond reduction was unaffected. Cell surface expression of major histocompatibility complex class II molecules was normal on THC-exposed macrophages. The drug-exposed macrophages also competently presented a lysozyme peptide to the T cells, indicating that the class II molecules were functional. The proteolytic activity of two thiol cathepsins was unaltered, but aspartyl cathepsin D activity was significantly increased in THC-exposed macrophages. Thus, selective up-regulation of aspartyl cathepsin activity accompanied the deficiency in lysozyme processing and may contribute, at least in part, to the antigen-dependent processing defect in THC-exposed macrophages.
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- M Matveyeva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980678, Richmond, VA 23298-0678, USA
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Chen SH, Arany I, Apisarnthanarax N, Rajaraman S, Tyring SK, Horikoshi T, Brysk H, Brysk MM. Response of keratinocytes from normal and psoriatic epidermis to interferon-gamma differs in the expression of zinc-alpha(2)-glycoprotein and cathepsin D. FASEB J 2000; 14:565-71. [PMID: 10698972 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.3.565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Psoriasis is a T cell-mediated inflammatory disease characterized by hyperproliferation and by aberrant differentiation. We found cathepsin D and zinc-alpha(2)-glycoprotein, two catalytic enzymes associated with apoptosis and desquamation, to be present in the stratum corneum of the normal epidermis but absent from the psoriatic plaque. Psoriasis is characterized by an altered response to interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), including the induction of apoptosis in normal but not in psoriatic keratinocytes, often with opposite effects on gene expression of suprabasal proteins. We found that IFN-gamma binding and signaling were attenuated in psoriasis: The IFN-gamma receptor, the signal transducer and activator of transcription STAT-1, and the interferon regulatory factor IRF-1 were strongly up-regulated by IFN-gamma in normal keratinocytes, but not in psoriatic ones. IFN-gamma strongly up-regulated the expression of the catalytic enzymes cathepsin D and zinc-alpha(2)-glycoprotein in normal keratinocytes but down-regulated them in psoriatic ones; the reverse was true of the apoptotic suppressor bcl-2. We believe that the aberrant response to IFN-gamma plays a central role in the pathophysiology of psoriasis, particularly the disruption of apoptosis and desquamation.
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- S H Chen
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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Montaner LJ, da Silva RP, Sun J, Sutterwala S, Hollinshead M, Vaux D, Gordon S. Type 1 and Type 2 Cytokine Regulation of Macrophage Endocytosis: Differential Activation by IL-4/IL-13 as Opposed to IFN-γ or IL-10. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.8.4606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cytokine regulation of endocytic activity in primary human macrophages was studied to define ultrastructural changes and mechanisms of pinocytic regulation associated with cytokines secreted by activated T cells. The effects of IFN-γ (type 1) and IL-4/IL-13 and IL-10 (type 2) cytokines on fluid phase and mannose receptor-mediated endocytosis were assessed by horseradish peroxidase and colloidal gold-BSA uptake and computer-assisted morphometric analysis. IL-4 and IL-13 enhanced fluid phase pinocytosis and mannose receptor-mediated uptake by activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Inhibition of actin assembly showed that both cytokines exerted actin-dependent and -independent effects. Ultrastructurally, IL-4 and IL-13 increased tubular vesicle formation underneath the plasma membrane and at pericentriolar sites, concurrent with decreased particle sorting to lysosomes. By contrast, IL-10 or IFN-γ decreased both fluid phase pinocytosis and mannose receptor-mediated uptake. IFN-γ stimulated increased particle sorting to perinuclear lysosomes, while IL-10 decreased this activity. In summary, our data document differential effects on macrophage endocytic functions by type 1 or type 2 cytokines associated with induction and effector pathways in immunity.
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- *The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- †Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- †Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- †Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Lewis2 TA, Hartmann CB, McCoy KL. Gallium Arsenide Modulates Proteolytic Cathepsin Activities and Antigen Processing by Macrophages. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.5.2151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a semiconductor utilized in the electronics industry. Chemical exposure of animals causes a local inflammatory reaction, but systemic immunosuppression. Mice were administered i.p. 200 mg/kg GaAs crystals or latex beads, or vehicle. Five days after exposure, splenic macrophages were defective, whereas thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages (PEC) were more efficient in processing the Ag, pigeon cytochrome c, than vehicle control macrophages. Various aspects of the MHC class II Ag-processing pathway were examined. Both macrophage populations normally presented a peptide fragment to the CD4+ T cells. Surface MHC class II expression on the PEC was up-regulated, but splenic cells had normal MHC class II expression. PEC had elevated levels of glutathione and cysteine, major physiologic reducing thiols. However, the cysteine content of splenic macrophages was diminished. Proteolytic activities of aspartyl cathepsin D, and thiol cathepsins B and L were decreased significantly in splenic macrophages. On the other hand, thiol cathepsin activities were increased selectively in PEC. Latex bead-exposed PEC were not more potent APC, and their thiol cathepsin activities were unchanged, indicating that phagocytosis and nonspecific irritation were not responsible. The phenotype of PEC directly exposed to GaAs mirrored cytokine-activated macrophages, in contrast to splenic macrophages from a distant site. Therefore, GaAs exposure differentially modulated cathepsin activities in splenic macrophages and PEC, which correlated with their Ag-processing efficiency. Perhaps such distinct alterations may contribute to the local inflammation and systemic immunotoxicity caused by chemical exposure.
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- Timothy A. Lewis2
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298
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McCluskey J, Farris AD, Keech CL, Purcell AW, Rischmueller M, Kinoshita G, Reynolds P, Gordon TP. Determinant spreading: lessons from animal models and human disease. Immunol Rev 1998; 164:209-29. [PMID: 9795778 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1998.tb01222.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spreading of the immune response is a common theme in organ-specific and systemic autoimmune diseases. We evaluated whether some of the mixed antinuclear antibody patterns characteristic of systemic autoimmunity might be the result of determinant spreading from a single initiating event. Immunisation of healthy mice with individual protein components of the La/Ro ribonucleoprotein (RNP) targeted in systemic lupus erythematosus and primary Sjögren's syndrome induced autoantibodies recognising Ro60 (SS-A), Ro52 (SS-A) and La (SS-B) and in some cases the molecular chaperones calreticulin and Grp78. The endogenous antigen(s) driving determinant spreading might be derived from physiological apoptosis which could explain the involvement of some chaperone proteins in the autoimmune response. Diversified anti-La/Ro antibody responses were initiated by challenge with a single subdominant T epitope of La even though some self epitopes of La were efficiently tolerised. The pattern of autoantibody responses in primary Sjögren's syndrome was strongly influenced by HLA class II phenotype which we speculate controls activation of T cells recognising defined peptides from the La/Ro RNP. In this way, HLA class II alleles may be critical in influencing initiation and spreading of systemic autoimmune reactions. Molecular mimicry of such determinants by exogenous agents might readily initiate spreading of an autoimmune response in genetically susceptible hosts.
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- J McCluskey
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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McKisic MD, Macy JD, Delano ML, Jacoby RO, Paturzo FX, Smith AL. Mouse parvovirus infection potentiates allogeneic skin graft rejection and induces syngeneic graft rejection. Transplantation 1998; 65:1436-46. [PMID: 9645799 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199806150-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The recently identified autonomous mouse parvovirus designated mouse parvovirus-1 (MPV-1) persists in adult BALB/c mice for at least 9 weeks, infects lymphoid tissues, interferes with the ability of cloned T cells to proliferate, and exhibits immunomodulatory properties. As a consequence of these findings, the present studies were undertaken to characterize further the inmunomodulatory effects of MPV-1 on T cell-mediated immune responses in vivo and in vitro. METHODS To evaluate the effect of MPV-1 infection on CD8+ T cell-mediated responses, BALB/c-H2dm2 mice were infected after transplantation of allogeneic BALB/c skin. RESULTS MPV-1 potentiated the rejection of allogeneic skin grafts. This potentiation was not a result of virus infecting the cellular or vascular component of the graft as determined by in situ hybridization, but was mediated by T cells. However, the proliferative capacity of alloantigen-reactive lymphocytes from graft-sensitized infected mice was diminished. MPV-1 also induced the rejection of syngeneic skin grafts, and T cells from these infected graft-sensitized mice lysed syngeneic P815 target cells. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that MPV-1 infection of skin-grafted mice may disrupt normal mechanisms of peripheral tolerance and provide a unique model to study virus-induced autoimmunity.
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- M D McKisic
- Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Siew LK, Beech JT, Thompson SJ, Elson CJ. Effect of T-helper cytokine environment on specificity of T-cell responses to mycobacterial 65,000 MW heat-shock protein. Immunology 1998; 93:493-7. [PMID: 9659220 PMCID: PMC1364126 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00007.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The purpose of this work was to determine if the fine specificity of T cells differed between mice immunized with an antigen in a T helper 1 (Th1) cytokine-dominated environment as compared with a T helper 2 (Th2) cytokine-dominated environment. It was found that splenic T cells from mice immunized with mycobacterial heat-shock protein (hsp 65) and interleukin-12 (IL-12) produced less interleukin-4 (IL-4) and more interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in response to stimulation with hsp 65 in vitro than did T cells from mice immunized with hsp 65 alone. The T-cell proliferative response to hsp 65 did not differ between the two groups of mice, although the responses were higher than those of T cells from non-immunized mice. Strikingly, T cells from mice given hsp 65 and IL-12 gave significantly higher responses to six peptides (corresponding to the sequence of hsp 65) to which T cells from mice immunized with hsp 65 alone did not respond. It is considered that different epitopes are presented to T cells (possibly owing to changes in antigen processing) if the environment is shifted, by IL-12, from Th2 towards Th1 cytokines.
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- L K Siew
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol, UK
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Brazil MI, Weiss S, Stockinger B. Excessive degradation of intracellular protein in macrophages prevents presentation in the context of major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:1506-14. [PMID: 9209504 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The endogenous major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II presentation pathway allows biosynthesized, intracellular antigens access for presentation to MHC class II-restricted T cells. This pathway has been well documented in B cells and fibroblasts, but may not be universally available in all antigen-presenting cell types. This study compares the ability of different antigen-presenting cells, expressing endogenous C5 protein (fifth component of mouse complement) as a result of transfection, to present their biosynthesized C5 to MHC class II-restricted T cells. B cells and fibroblasts expressing C5 were able to present several epitopes of this protein with MHC class II molecules, whereas macrophages were unable to do so, but readily presented C5 from an extracellular source. However, macrophage presentation of endogenous C5 could be achieved when they were treated with low doses of the lysosomotropic agent ammonium chloride. In the presence of an inhibitor of autophagy, presentation of endogenous C5 was abrogated, indicating that biosynthesized C5 is shuttled into lysosomal compartments for degradation before making contact with MHC class II molecules. Taken together, this suggests that proteolytic activity in lysosomes of macrophages may be excessive, compared with fibroblasts and B cells, and destroys epitopes of the C5 protein before they can gain access to MHC class II molecules. Thus, there are inherent differences in presentation pathways between antigen-presenting cell types; this could reflect their specialized functions within the immune system with macrophages focussing preferentially on internalization, degradation, and presentation of extracellular material.
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- M I Brazil
- Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, GB
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Giebel J, Rechkemmer G, Reimer R, Sewing KF, Fanghänel J, Schwenk M. Cultured gastric parietal cells from the guinea pig: adherence, cell growth and stimulus coupling of Ca2+ and cyclic AMP. Ann Anat 1996; 178:405-12. [PMID: 8931851 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-9602(96)80126-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The aim of the study was to establish cell culture conditions for responsive guinea pig parietal cells. Parietal cells were isolated by a pronase/collagenase method, enriched by counterflow elutriation and cultured on plastic culture dishes in minimum essential medium. Precoating with gelatine or collagen increased adherence; optimum fetal calf serum concentration was 10%. Parietal cells were cultured for up to 120 h. Intracellular calcium levels in cells cultured for 48 h were 150 nmol/l and increased to 320 nmol/l after stimulation with carbachol and to 250 nmol/l after histamine stimulation as determined by video imaging microscopy. Intracellular cyclic AMP levels were increased 9-fold by histamine in cells cultured for 24 h and more than 30-fold in cells cultured for 48 h. The results show that guinea pig parietal cells grow in primary culture and are suitable for studying second messenger coupling.
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- J Giebel
- Department of General Pharmacology, Medical School, Hannover
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Adachi Y, Mio T, Striz I, Carnevali S, Romberger DJ, Spurzem JR, Heires P, Illig MG, Ertl RF, Rennard SI. Lipopolysaccharide increases fibronectin production and release from cultured lung fibroblasts partially through proteolytic activity. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 1996; 127:448-55. [PMID: 8621982 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2143(96)90062-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Fibronectin is a major product of fibroblasts and can mediate diverse functions including wound healing. Chronic bacterial infections are generally associated with a marked decreased in the ability to repair. We therefore hypothesized that bacterial endotoxin, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), might alter fibroblast fibronectin production. LPS augmented fibronectin production by fibroblasts and also stimulated the release of fibronectin from cell layers. An increase in new protein synthesis appeared to account for part of the increased fibronectin, because the inhibitor of protein synthesis, cycloheximide, inhibited the increase in total production of fibronectin. Cycloheximide did not attenuate the increased release of fibronectin into the culture medium. This increased release appeared to be caused, at least in part, by fragmentation of fibronectin by proteases contained in LPS preparations. In this regard all preparations of LPS tested were found to cleave fibronectin. Finally, zymograms indicated that LPS could also cleave gelatin with at least two bands of proteolytic activity but that it did not cleave bovine serum albumin or ovalbumin. These results indicate that the ability of bacterial products to alter fibronectin production and to degrade this macromolecule may account for altered wound repair that occurs with chronic bacterial infection.
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- Y Adachi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-5300, USA
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Siegrist CA, Martinez-Soria E, Kern I, Mach B. A novel antigen-processing-defective phenotype in major histocompatibility complex class II-positive CIITA transfectants is corrected by interferon-gamma. J Exp Med 1995; 182:1793-9. [PMID: 7500024 PMCID: PMC2192235 DOI: 10.1084/jem.182.6.1793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Presentation of exogenous protein antigens to T lymphocytes is based on the intersection of two complex pathways: (a) synthesis, assembly, and transport of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-invariant chain complexes from the endoplasmic reticulum to a specialized endosomal compartment, and (b) endocytosis, denaturation, and proteolysis of antigens followed by loading of antigenic peptides onto newly synthesized MHC class II molecules. It is believed that expression of MHC class II heterodimers, invariant chain and human leukocyte antigen-DM is both necessary and sufficient to reconstitute a functional MHC class II loading compartment in antigen-presenting cells. Expression of each of these essential molecules is under the control of the MHC class II transactivator CIITA. Unexpectedly, however, whereas interferon gamma stimulation does confer effective antigen-processing function to nonprofessional antigen presenting cells, such as melanoma cells, expression of the CIITA transactivator alone is not sufficient. Activation of antigen-specific T cells thus requires additional CIITA-independent factor(s), and such factor(s) can be induced by interferon gamma.
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- C A Siegrist
- L. Jeantet Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Simon DI, Xu H, Vaughan DE. Cathepsin D-like aspartyl protease activity mediates the degradation of tissue-type plasminogen activator/plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 complexes in human monocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1268:143-51. [PMID: 7662701 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(95)00063-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the most important inhibitor of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in plasma and plays a major role in the regulation of fibrinolysis. Plasma t-PA/PAI-1 complexes are cleared via a receptor-dependent mechanism in hepatocytes, while the fate of complexes formed in the extracellular matrix and in thrombi is less well understood. In this study, the degradation of t-PA/PAI-1 complexes by monocytes was examined. THP-1 monocytoid cells and freshly isolated human monocytes internalize and degrade [125I]t-PA/PAI-1 complexes at rates of 11.4 +/- 5.9 (mean +/- S.D.) and 44.6 +/- 6.3 ng/10(6) cells/h, respectively. Degradation is blocked by receptor-associated protein (RAP), indicating a member of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family is involved in the uptake/degradation of t-PA/PAI-1 complexes by monocytes. Degradation of t-PA/PAI-1 complexes is also inhibited by chloroquine and by pepstatin A, suggesting that a lysosomal aspartyl protease is likely involved. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting demonstrated that the purified lysosomal aspartyl protease, cathepsin D, is capable of digesting t-PA (t1/2 15 min), active PAI-1 (t1/2 2 h), and t-PA/PAI-1 complex (t1/2 30 min). Cathepsin D sequentially cleaves PAI-1 after hydrophobic amino acids, yielding lower molecular weight fragments. PAI-1 conformation influences the degradative efficiency of cathepsin D, with vitronectin-bound PAI-1 and latent PAI-1 exhibiting resistance to proteolysis and > 10-fold prolongation in t1/2. These data provide evidence that t-PA/PAI-1 complexes are internalized by human monocytes via a member of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family, and identifies cathepsin D-like aspartyl protease activity as largely responsible for the degradation of these complexes. Furthermore, vitronectin-bound PAI-1 and latent PAI-1 are relatively resistant to degradation by cathepsin D, which may be of importance in complex physiological environments.
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- D I Simon
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Elson CJ, Barker RN, Thompson SJ, Williams NA. Immunologically ignorant autoreactive T cells, epitope spreading and repertoire limitation. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1995; 16:71-6. [PMID: 7534085 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(95)80091-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The factors that may cause antigen-presenting cells to alter the pattern of protein processing and presentation to autoreactive T cells, and thereby stimulate autoimmune disease, are currently under debate. In this article, Chris Elson and colleagues suggest that cytokines associated with T helper 1 (Th1) cells alter the processing of proteins and that this effect can be counteracted by Th2-associated cytokines.
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- C J Elson
- University of Bristol Dept of Pathology and Microbiology, UK
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Zuraw BL, Sugimoto S, Parsons CL, Hugli T, Lotz M, Koziol J. Activation of urinary kallikrein in patients with interstitial cystitis. J Urol 1994; 152:874-8. [PMID: 8051740 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)32595-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A potential pathophysiological role for the urinary kallikrein-kinin system is suggested by the prominent symptoms of bladder pain and urinary frequency in interstitial cystitis. Kallikrein activity in the urine of 84 patients with interstitial cystitis and 33 normal volunteers was determined by cleavage of the synthetic substrate Val-Leu-Arg-pNA. Interstitial cystitis patients had significantly higher levels of kallikrein activity than did the normal volunteers. Kallikrein activity was correlated with symptoms of bladder pain and voiding frequency. The percentage of total urinary kallikrein in the active form correlated with active kallikrein levels and was also increased in interstitial cystitis patients, particularly those with higher levels of pain. Patients who underwent hydrodistention and subsequently experienced relief from the bladder symptoms had a decrease in urinary kallikrein levels, whereas patients who failed to improve following hydrodistention did not.
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- B L Zuraw
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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Lehmann PV, Sercarz EE, Forsthuber T, Dayan CM, Gammon G. Determinant spreading and the dynamics of the autoimmune T-cell repertoire. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1993; 14:203-8. [PMID: 7686009 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(93)90163-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 380] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In this article the authors propose a dynamic model of autoimmunity with T-cell recruitment and selection leading to changes in the specificity of the anti-self response during the course of disease. They argue that these changes are due to alterations in self-antigen presentation that lead to the display of previously cryptic self-determinants. Mechanisms that could underlie this differential self-presentation are proposed.
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- P V Lehmann
- Dept of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Kang YH, Lee CH, Monroy RL, Dwivedi RS, Odeyale C, Newball HH. Uptake, distribution and fate of bacterial lipopolysaccharides in monocytes and macrophages: an ultrastructural and functional correlation. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY REVIEWS 1992; 5:381-419. [PMID: 1581555 DOI: 10.1016/0892-0354(92)90016-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are important components of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria, induce a number of host responses both beneficial and harmful. The present review elucidates the uptake, distribution and functions of LPS in mononuclear phagocytes in an attempt to gain an insight into the mechanisms which control the pathogenesis of LPS mediated septic shock. The unique feature of LPS bilayer structure, the tagged LPS and antibodies to LPS provide means for studying binding, uptake, fate and subcellular distribution of LPS in tissues and cells. LPS bind to monocytes and macrophages by specific interaction via receptors such as scavenger receptors, CD14 and CD18 and by non-specific interactions, and enter the cells via receptor-mediated endocytosis, absorptive pinocytosis, phagocytosis, and diffusion. The ingested LPS are localized in pinocytic vesicles, phagocytic vacuoles, cytoplasm, mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and nucleus. The interactions of LPS with monocytes and macrophages trigger a broad spectrum of cellular responses, including production of important bioactive factors or mediators, such as IL-1, TNF, interferons, prostaglandins, and macrophage-derived growth factor, which are implicated in the pathogenesis of septic shock and wound healing. However, there is no conclusive evidence indicating that production of the mediators can only be induced through specific interactions.
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- Y H Kang
- Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20889-5055
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