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Abdelrazek SMR, Connon RE, Sanchez C, Atencio B, Mauduit F, Lehman B, Hallett SL, Atkinson SD, Foott JS, Daniels ME. Responses to pathogen exposure in sentinel juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River, CA. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 11:coad066. [PMID: 37649642 PMCID: PMC10465009 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coad066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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This study investigated how the deployment of juvenile Chinook salmon in ambient river conditions and the subsequent exposure to and infection by pathogens was associated with the changes in the expression of genes involved in immune system functioning, general stress and host development. Juvenile fish were deployed in sentinel cages for 21 days in the Sacramento River, CA, USA. Gill, kidney and intestinal tissue were sampled at 0, 7, 14 and 21 days post-deployment. Pathogen detection and host response were assessed by a combination of molecular and histopathological evaluation. Our findings showed that fish became infected by the parasites Ceratonova shasta, Parvicapsula minibicornis and Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, and to a lesser extent, the bacteria Flavobacterium columnare and Rickettsia-like organisms. Co-infection was common among sentinel fish. Expression of investigated genes was altered following deployment and was often associated with pathogen abundance. This study provides a foundation for future avenues of research investigating pathogens that affect out-migrating Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River, and offers crucial knowledge related to conservation efforts.
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- Samah M R Abdelrazek
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Affiliated with Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Affiliated with Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- California Nevada Fish Health Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anderson, CA 96007, USA
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Affiliated with Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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Zhang XT, Yu YY, Xu HY, Huang ZY, Liu X, Cao JF, Meng KF, Wu ZB, Han GK, Zhan MT, Ding LG, Kong WG, Li N, Takizawa F, Sunyer JO, Xu Z. Prevailing Role of Mucosal Igs and B Cells in Teleost Skin Immune Responses to Bacterial Infection. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2021; 206:1088-1101. [PMID: 33495235 PMCID: PMC11152320 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The skin of vertebrates is the outermost organ of the body and serves as the first line of defense against external aggressions. In contrast to mammalian skin, that of teleost fish lacks keratinization and has evolved to operate as a mucosal surface containing a skin-associated lymphoid tissue (SALT). Thus far, IgT representing the prevalent Ig in SALT have only been reported upon infection with a parasite. However, very little is known about the types of B cells and Igs responding to bacterial infection in the teleost skin mucosa, as well as the inductive or effector role of the SALT in such responses. To address these questions, in this study, we analyzed the immune response of trout skin upon infection with one of the most widespread fish skin bacterial pathogens, Flavobacterium columnare This pathogen induced strong skin innate immune and inflammatory responses at the initial phases of infection. More critically, we found that the skin mucus of fish having survived the infection contained significant IgT- but not IgM- or IgD-specific titers against the bacteria. Moreover, we demonstrate the local proliferation and production of IgT+ B cells and specific IgT titers, respectively, within the SALT upon bacterial infection. Thus, our findings represent the first demonstration that IgT is the main Ig isotype induced by the skin mucosa upon bacterial infection and that, because of the large surface of the skin, its SALT probably represents a prominent IgT-inductive site in fish.
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- Xiao-Ting Zhang
- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Fukui Prefectural University, Obama, Fukui 917-0003, Japan
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China;
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
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Zhang X, Ding L, Yu Y, Kong W, Yin Y, Huang Z, Zhang X, Xu Z. The Change of Teleost Skin Commensal Microbiota Is Associated With Skin Mucosal Transcriptomic Responses During Parasitic Infection by Ichthyophthirius multifillis. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2972. [PMID: 30619329 PMCID: PMC6305302 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Teleost skin serves as the first line of defense against invading pathogens, and contain a skin-associated lymphoid tissue (SALT) that elicit gut-like immune responses against antigen stimulation. Moreover, exposed to the water environment and the pathogens therein, teleost skin is also known to be colonized by diverse microbial communities. However, little is known about the interactions between microbiota and the teleost skin mucosal immune system, especially dynamic changes about the interactions under pathogen infection. We hypothesized that dramatic changes of microbial communities and strong mucosal immune response would be present in the skin of aquatic vertebrate under parasite infection. To confirm this hypothesis, we construct an infected model with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), which was experimentally challenged by Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ich). H & E staining of trout skin indicates the successful invasion of Ich and shows the morphological changes caused by Ich infection. Critically, increased mRNA expression levels of immune-related genes were detected in trout skin from experimental groups using qRT-PCR, which were further studied by RNA-Seq analysis. Here, through transcriptomics, we detected that complement factors, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and antimicrobial genes were strikingly induced in the skin of infected fish. Moreover, high alpha diversity values of microbiota in trout skin from the experimental groups were discovered. Interestingly, we found that Ich infection led to a decreased abundance of skin commensals and increased colonization of opportunistic bacteria through 16S rRNA pyrosequencing, which were mainly characterized by lose of Proteobacteria and increased intensity of Flavobacteriaceae. To our knowledge, our results suggest for the first time that parasitic infection could inhibit symbionts and offer opportunities for other pathogens' secondary infection in teleost skin.
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- Xiaoting Zhang
- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Downregulation of monocytic differentiation via modulation of CD147 by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189701. [PMID: 29253870 PMCID: PMC5734787 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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CD147 is an activation induced glycoprotein that promotes the secretion and activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and is upregulated during the differentiation of macrophages. Interestingly, some of the molecular functions of CD147 rely on its glycosylation status: the highly glycosylated forms of CD147 induce MMPs whereas the lowly glycosylated forms inhibit MMP activation. Statins are hydroxy-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors that block the synthesis of mevalonate, thereby inhibiting all mevalonate-dependent pathways, including isoprenylation, N-glycosylation and cholesterol synthesis. In this study, we investigated the role of statins in the inhibition of macrophage differentiation and the associated process of MMP secretion through modulation of CD147. We observed that differentiation of the human monocytic cell line THP-1 to a macrophage phenotype led to upregulation of CD147 and CD14 and that this effect was inhibited by statins. At the molecular level, statins altered CD147 expression, structure and function by inhibiting isoprenylation and N-glycosylation. In addition, statins induced a shift of CD147 from its highly glycosylated form to its lowly glycosylated form. This shift in N-glycosylation status was accompanied by a decrease in the production and functional activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9. In conclusion, these findings describe a novel molecular mechanism of immune regulation by statins, making them interesting candidates for autoimmune disease therapy.
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is associated with the development of neurocognitive disorders in many infected individuals, including a broad spectrum of motor impairments and cognitive deficits. Despite extensive research, the pathogenesis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) is still not clear. This review provides a comprehensive view of HAND, including HIV neuroinvasion, HAND diagnosis and different level of disturbances, influence of highly-active antiretroviral therapy to HIV-associated dementia (HAD), possible pathogenesis of HAD, etc. Together, this review will give a thorough and clear understanding of HAND, especially HAD, which will be vital for future research, diagnosis and treatment.
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- Li Zhou
- Retroviral Genetics Division, Center for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney , Australia
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- Retroviral Genetics Division, Center for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney , Australia
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Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect of Ipomoea obscura (L) and its mode of action through the inhibition of proinflammatory cytokines, nitric oxide and COX-2. Inflammation 2011; 34:171-83. [PMID: 20473561 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-010-9221-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ipomoea obscura (L) is a widely used medicinal plant. In this study, we investigated its anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect using in vitro and in vivo models. Methanolic extract of I. obsucra (10 mg/kg b.wt) was given interaperitoneally before inducing inflammation (both acute and chronic) and tumor to mice. I. obscura produced significant inhibition of 55.6%, 42%, and 65% in the paw edema of animals induced by carrageenan, dextran, and formalin respectively. The extract was also a potent inhibitor of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO, CRP, and proinflammatory cytokine production via gene expression in peritoneal macrophages. TNF-α production by macrophage culture treated with LPS was found to be significantly inhibited by I. obscura. The extract was 100% toxic at a concentration of 500 µg/mL for both Dalton's lymphoma ascites (DLA) and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells. The extract was also found to inhibit tumor cell proliferation in a dose and time-dependent manner. It could also inhibit solid tumor development in mice induced with DLA cells and increased life span of mice bearing EAC tumor to 83% and 53.8%, respectively. This anti-inflammatory effect of the extract is assumed to result mainly from the inhibition of some key enzymes and mediators involved in the inflammation and/or cell signaling pathways such as iNOS, COX-2, and proinflammatory cytokines. This anti-inflammatory property might be the reason for its anti-tumor effects.
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Burr KL, Robinson JI, Rastogi S, Boylan MT, Coates PJ, Lorimore SA, Wright EG. Radiation-Induced Delayed Bystander-Type Effects Mediated by Hemopoietic Cells. Radiat Res 2010; 173:760-8. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1937.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Synthetic Plasmodium-like hemozoin activates the immune response: a morphology - function study. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6957. [PMID: 19742308 PMCID: PMC2734055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence points to an important role for hemozoin (HZ), the malaria pigment, in the immunopathology related to this infection. However, there is no consensus as to whether HZ exerts its immunostimulatory activity in absence of other parasite or host components. Contamination of native HZ preparations and the lack of a unified protocol to produce crystals that mimic those of Plasmodium HZ (PHZ) are major technical limitants when performing functional studies with HZ. In fact, the most commonly used methods generate a heterogeneous nanocrystalline material. Thus, it is likely that such aggregates do not resemble to PHZ and differ in their inflammatory properties. To address this issue, the present study was designed to establish whether synthetic HZ (sHZ) crystals produced by different methods vary in their morphology and in their ability to activate immune responses. We report a new method of HZ synthesis (the precise aqueous acid-catalyzed method) that yields homogeneous sHZ crystals (Plasmodium-like HZ) which are very similar to PHZ in their size and physicochemical properties. Importantly, these crystals are devoid of protein and DNA contamination. Of interest, structure-function studies revealed that the size and shape of the synthetic crystals influences their ability to activate inflammatory responses (e.g. nitric oxide, chemokine and cytokine mRNA) in vitro and in vivo. In summary, our data confirm that sHZ possesses immunostimulatory properties and underline the importance of verifying by electron microscopy both the morphology and homogeneity of the synthetic crystals to ensure that they closely resemble those of the parasite. Periodic quality control experiments and unification of the method of HZ synthesis are key steps to unravel the role of HZ in malaria immunopathology.
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Cokić VP, Beleslin-Cokić BB, Smith RD, Economou AP, Wahl LM, Noguchi CT, Schechter AN. Stimulated stromal cells induce gamma-globin gene expression in erythroid cells via nitric oxide production. Exp Hematol 2009; 37:1230-7. [PMID: 19576950 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2009] [Revised: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 06/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We have previously shown that nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the hydroxyurea-induced increase of gamma-globin gene expression in cultured human erythroid progenitor cells and that hydroxyurea increases NO production in endothelial cells via endothelial NO synthase (NOS). We have now expanded those studies to demonstrate that stimulation of gamma-globin gene expression is also mediated by NOS induction in stromal cells within the bone marrow microenvironment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using NO analyzer, we measured NO production in endothelial and macrophage cell cultures. In coculture studies of erythroid and stromal cells, we measured globin gene expression during stimulation by NO inducers. RESULTS Hydroxyurea (30-100 microM) induced NOS-dependent production of NO in human macrophages (up to 1.2 microM). Coculture studies of human macrophages with erythroid progenitor cells also resulted in induction of gamma-globin mRNA expression (up to threefold) in the presence of hydroxyurea. NOS-dependent stimulation of NO by lipopolysaccharide (up to 0.6 microM) has been observed in human macrophages. We found that lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma together increased gamma-globin gene expression (up to twofold) in human macrophage/erythroid cell cocultures. Coculture of human bone marrow endothelial cells with erythroid progenitor cells also induced gamma-globin mRNA expression (2.4-fold) in the presence of hydroxyurea (40 microM). CONCLUSION These results demonstrate an arrangement by which NO and fetal hemoglobin inducers may stimulate globin genes in erythroid cells via the common paracrine effect of bone marrow stromal cells.
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- Vladan P Cokić
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, 11129 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Hamahata A, Enkhbaatar P, Kraft ER, Lange M, Leonard SW, Traber MG, Cox RA, Schmalstieg FC, Hawkins HK, Whorton EB, Horvath EM, Szabo C, Traber LD, Herndon DN, Traber DL. gamma-Tocopherol nebulization by a lipid aerosolization device improves pulmonary function in sheep with burn and smoke inhalation injury. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:425-33. [PMID: 18503777 PMCID: PMC2555991 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Revised: 04/17/2008] [Accepted: 04/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fire accident victims who sustain both thermal injury to skin and smoke inhalation have gross evidence of systemic and pulmonary oxidant damage and acute lung injury. We hypothesized that gamma-tocopherol (gT), a reactive O(2) and N(2) scavenger, when delivered into the airway, would attenuate lung injury induced by burn and smoke inhalation. Acute lung injury was induced in chronically prepared, anesthetized sheep by 40% total burn surface area, third-degree skin burn and smoke insufflation (48 breaths of cotton smoke, <40 degrees C). The study groups were: (1) Sham (not injured, flaxseed oil (FO)-nebulized, n=6); (2) SA-neb (injured, saline-nebulized, n=6); (3) FO-neb (injured, FO-nebulized, n=6); and (4) gT+FO-neb (injured, gT and FO-nebulized, n=6). Nebulization was started 1 h postinjury, and 24 ml of FO with or without gT (51 mg/ml) was delivered into airways over 47 h using our newly developed lipid aerosolization device (droplet size: 2.5-5 microm). The burn- and smoke inhalation-induced pathological changes seen in the saline group were attenuated by FO nebulization; gT addition further improved pulmonary function. Pulmonary gT delivery along with a FO source may be a novel effective treatment strategy in management of patients with acute lung injury.
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- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
- * Corresponding author. Fax: +(409) 772-6409., E-mail address: (D.L. Traber)
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Meglumine antimonate directly increases phagocytosis, superoxide anion and TNF-alpha production, but only via TNF-alpha it indirectly increases nitric oxide production by phagocytes of healthy individuals, in vitro. Int Immunopharmacol 2008; 8:1633-8. [PMID: 18692597 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2008.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2008] [Revised: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Leishmania has developed mechanisms to escape from immune defense of phagocytes by inhibiting microbicidal oxygen and nitrogen radicals. This work evaluated the influence of meglumine antimonate (Sb(V)) on the phagocyte functions involved in the defense against leishmania, through phagocytosis, reactive oxygen, nitrogen and TNF-alpha production in the absence or presence of the drug, in vitro. Meglumine antimonate increased the number of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ingested by monocyte and the percentage of these cells engaged in phagocytosis, which resulted in an increase of the monocyte phagocytic index by 158%. Meglumine antimonate also increased the number of S. cerevisiae ingested by neutrophil and the percentage of these cells engaged in phagocytosis, increasing the neutrophil phagocytic index by 219%. The median of percent reduction of NBT was significantly increased after treatment with this pentavalent antimony from 89.5% to 96.5%. Meglumine antimonate had no influence on nitric oxide production, but it significantly increased the mean+/-SEM production of tumor necrosis factor by 230%. However, monocytes incubated with TNF significantly increased NO production. This antimonial increased the phagocytic capacity of monocytes and neutrophils and enhanced superoxide anion production by phagocytes, which represent the first line of defense against the parasite. Furthermore, meglumine antimonate increased TNF, and via this cytokine, it may also indirectly increase NO production. Our data suggest that these immunomodulatory effects of meglumine antimonate may play a role in fighting leishmania and that meglumine antimonate provides the phagocytes with a mechanism that prevents leishmania from escaping immune defense.
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Vissers YLJ, von Meyenfeldt MF, Luiking YC, Dejong CHC, Buurman WA, Deutz NEP. Presence of tumour inhibits the normal post-operative response in arginine and NO production in non-cachectic mice. Clin Sci (Lond) 2007; 112:527-32. [PMID: 17212586 DOI: 10.1042/cs20060340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have described recently that cancer patients have low plasma arginine concentrations, even without weight loss being present, suggesting that decreased arginine availability may be a specific feature of the presence of tumour. As arginine is important in post-operative repair, we hypothesized that abnormalities in arginine metabolism in cancer lead to an aberrant post-operative response in arginine and NO metabolism. To investigate this, we studied post-operative alterations in arginine and NO production and the acute-phase response in MCA (methylcholanthrene) sarcoma-bearing mice. Controls, mice with small MCA tumours (<15% of carcass weight) and large MCA tumours (>15% of carcass weight) were studied, either with or without undergoing laparotomy. The stable isotopes L-[guanidino-(15)N(2)-(2)H(2)]arginine and L-[ureido-(15)N]citrulline were used to study whole-body arginine and NO production rates. SAP (serum amyloid P component) concentrations were measured to assess the acute-phase response. Significance was tested using Mann-Whitney U test. In healthy FVB mice, laparotomy significantly increased whole-body arginine production (from 42+/-3 to 54+/-3 nmol x 10 g(-1) of carcass weight x min(-1)), NO production (from 1.1+/-0.1 to 1.4+/-0.2 nmol x 10 g(-1) of carcass weight x min(-1)) and levels of SAP (from 4+/-1 to 115+/-23 ng/ml), whereas in all MCA tumour-bearing mice baseline values of arginine metabolism and SAP concentration were already elevated and the response to laparotomy was absent. In conclusion, MCA tumour-bearing mice had a disturbed post-operative metabolic response, as evidenced by attenuated post-operative arginine and NO production, concomitant with an attenuated acute-phase response. This indicates that altered arginine metabolism may be an important characteristic of the metabolic changes in cancer.
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- Yvonne L J Vissers
- Department of Surgery, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Oh I, Ozaki K, Sato K, Meguro A, Tatara R, Hatanaka K, Nagai T, Muroi K, Ozawa K. Interferon-gamma and NF-kappaB mediate nitric oxide production by mesenchymal stromal cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:956-62. [PMID: 17336935 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2007] [Accepted: 02/11/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been shown to have an immunosuppressive effect. Previously, we demonstrated that nitric oxide (NO) is one of the immunomodulatory mediators of MSCs. We herein show that primary mouse bone marrow MSCs and three cell lines that mimic MSCs suppress both differentiation and proliferation in Th1 condition, whereas the suppression in Th2 condition is mild. NO production is inversely correlated with T cell proliferation in Th1 and Th2 conditions. NO is highly induced in Th1 and minimally induced in Th2. Moreover, an inhibitor of NO synthase restores both proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production in Th1 condition. Furthermore, an anti-IFN-gamma antibody strongly inhibits NO production and an inhibitor of NF-kappaB reduces the level of induction of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in MSCs. Taken together, our results suggest that NO plays a significant role in the modification of Th1 and Th2 differentiation by MSCs, and that both IFN-gamma and NF-kappaB are critical for NO production by MSCs.
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- I Oh
- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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Plouffe DA, Hanington PC, Walsh JG, Wilson EC, Belosevic M. Comparison of select innate immune mechanisms of fish and mammals. Xenotransplantation 2005; 12:266-77. [PMID: 15943775 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2005.00227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The study of innate immunity has become increasingly popular since the discovery of homologs of many of the innate immune system components and pathways in lower organisms including invertebrates. As fish occupy a key position in the evolution of the innate and adaptive immune responses, there has been a great deal of interest regarding similarities and differences between their defense mechanisms and those of higher vertebrates. This review focuses on describing select mechanisms of the innate immune responses of fish and the implications for evolution of immunity in higher vertebrates.
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- Debbie A Plouffe
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Roy S, Sharma S, Sharma M, Aggarwal R, Bose M. Induction of nitric oxide release from the human alveolar epithelial cell line A549: an in vitro correlate of innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Immunology 2004; 112:471-80. [PMID: 15196216 PMCID: PMC1782514 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2004.01905.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In view of the presence of a large number of epithelial cells in the alveoli of the lung and their ability to produce various cytokines and chemokines, the possible role of alveolar epithelial cells in the innate immune response to tuberculosis was examined. The human alveolar epithelial cell line A549 was used as a model. The ability of A549 cells to induce nitric oxide (NO) in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection was taken as an in vitro correlate of innate immunity. M. tuberculosis infection induced A549 cells to produce significant levels of NO and to express inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA at 48 hr of infection. However, the amount of NO released at this point was not mycobactericidal. Cytokine stimulation (interferon-gamma, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta, alone or in combination) of the infected A549 cells induced a higher concentration of NO. The study of colony-forming units (CFU) as a measure of the mycobactericidal capacity of A549 cells revealed a reduction in CFU of M. tuberculosis by 39.29% (from 10.62 +/- 0.48 - 6.392 +/- 0.54) following cytokine stimulation of the infected cells. Interestingly gamma-irradiated M. tuberculosis H37Rv could also induce higher than basal level of NO. Therefore we examined mycobacterial antigenic components for their possible role in NO production. We observed that A549 cells produced significantly higher amounts of NO at 48 hr when treated with mycobacterial whole cell lysates, cell wall or cell membrane preparations. The release of NO and the resultant mycobactericidal activity could be further enhanced by simultaneously conditioning the M. tuberculosis infected A549 cells with cytokine and mycobacterial components. These results suggest that alveolar epithelial cells respond to their microenvironment, which is constituted of various cytokines and macrophage-processed antigens and may contribute to the innate immune response to tuberculosis.
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- Sugata Roy
- Department of Microbiology, V. P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Sarmento A, Marques F, Ellis AE, Afonso A. Modulation of the activity of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) head-kidney macrophages by macrophage activating factor(s) and lipopolysaccharide. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 16:79-92. [PMID: 15123313 DOI: 10.1016/s1050-4648(03)00031-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2002] [Revised: 02/20/2003] [Accepted: 03/11/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The aim of this study was to establish the requirements for macrophage activating factor (MAF) production by sea bass head-kidney leucocytes and the kinetics of macrophage activation when exposed to MAF-containing supernatants and/or lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a known macrophage stimulant. MAF activity was found in culture supernatants of total head-kidney leucocytes pulsed with 5 microg ml(-1)Con A, 5 or 10 ng ml(-1)PMA and 100 ng ml(-1)calcium ionophore, or 10 microg ml(-1)Con A alone, as assessed by the capacity to prime macrophages for enhanced production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI). Mixed leucocyte cultures from two or eight fish showed higher MAF activity after stimulation, indicating that a mixed leucocyte reaction was also important for MAF production. MAF-induced activation of macrophage cultures was highest at 18 h of exposure and was lost by 72 h except for MAF induced by Con A-stimulation alone. LPS primed macrophages for increased ROI production at early incubation times and down-regulated ROI production after 24 h. LPS had no effect in further stimulating the MAF-induced priming effect on production of ROI and down-regulated the MAF-priming by 48 h. Sea bass head-kidney macrophages did not show increased nitrite production when exposed to MAF and/or LPS, which may be related to their differentiation status.
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- Amélia Sarmento
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, Porto 4150-180, Portugal
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Mettu SR, Wig JD, Khullar M, Singh G, Gupta R. Efficacy of serum nitric oxide level estimation in assessing the severity of necrotizing pancreatitis. Pancreatology 2004; 3:506-13; discussion 513-4. [PMID: 14718751 DOI: 10.1159/000076021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2003] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of nitric oxide in the pathophysiology of necrotizing pancreatitis is unclear. METHODS In a prospective study, the clinical course of 40 patients diagnosed as having acute necrotizing pancreatitis was followed using computed tomography severity score (CTSS) and serial APACHE II scoring. The serum nitric oxide levels in the form of reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI) were estimated on admission and on day 3. Occurrence of complications, need for intervention, incidence of organ failure, and outcome were noted. The efficacy of CTSS, APACHE II scores, and RNI levels in predicting morbidity and mortality was assessed. The correlation between CTSS, APACHE II scores, and RNI levels was studied. RESULTS The study group showed significantly higher levels of RNI as compared with the control group (159.1 vs. 106.0 nmol/ml, p < 0.05). The RNI levels were not affected by the occurrence of local complications or distant-organ failure. The RNI levels on admission were significantly higher in the subset of patients who developed bacterial sepsis (195.5 vs. 134.7 nmol/ml, p < 0.05). The RNI levels on admission in the non-survivors were higher as compared with those of the survivors (216.0 vs. 140.1 nmol/ml, p < 0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between the RNI levels and the CTSS in these patients (p < 0.05). There was no correlation between RNI levels and APACHE II scores. CONCLUSIONS Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is associated with raised serum nitric oxide levels at its early stage. Patients with higher serum nitric oxide levels are at a significantly higher risk of sepsis and mortality.
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- Srinivas Reddy Mettu
- Department of Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160-012, India
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Rico G, Leandro E, Rojas S, Giménez JA, Kretschmer RR. The monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor produced by Entamoeba histolytica inhibits induced nitric oxide production in human leukocytes. Parasitol Res 2003; 90:264-7. [PMID: 12884017 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0780-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2002] [Accepted: 10/15/2002] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor, an anti-inflammatory pentapeptide produced by Entamoeba histolytica, inhibits the in vitro production of nitric oxide induced by cytokines (INF-gamma, TNF-alpha) or PMA in human leukocytes. This can be added to the other previously reported functional effects of this factor, such as the inhibition of monocyte locomotion and the synthesis of reactive oxygen intermediates in both monocytes and neutrophils. The decreased nitric oxide production may interfere with the killing of amebas by neutrophils in the early invasive stages of amebiasis, when oxidative mechanisms are used [reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates either individually or synergistically via peroxynitrite (ONOO(-))], and in the advanced stages, when both non-oxidative and oxidative (including nitric oxide) mechanisms are employed by macrophages. Diminished nitric oxide production by leukocytes may also contribute to the paucity of late inflammatory components in amebic abscess of the liver and other amebic lesions.
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- G Rico
- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Coordinación de Investigación Médica, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Apdo. Postal A-047, Mexico City, D.F. 06703, Mexico
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Smith KR, Uyeminami DL, Kodavanti UP, Crapo JD, Chang LY, Pinkerton KE. Inhibition of tobacco smoke-induced lung inflammation by a catalytic antioxidant. Free Radic Biol Med 2002; 33:1106-14. [PMID: 12374622 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(02)01003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cigarette smokers experience airway inflammation and epithelial damage, the mechanisms of which are unknown. One potential cause may be free radicals either in tobacco smoke or produced during persistent inflammation. Inflammation may also be a driving force to cause airway epithelium to undergo changes leading to squamous cell metaplasia. To test whether tobacco smoke-induced inflammation could be reduced by a catalytic antioxidant, manganese(III)meso-tetrakis(N,N'-diethyl-1,3-imidazolium-2-yl) porphyrin (AEOL 10150) was given by intratracheal instillation to rats exposed to filtered air or tobacco smoke. Exposure to tobacco smoke for 2 d or 8 weeks (6 h/d, 3 d/week) significantly increased the number of cells recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). AEOL 10150 significantly decreased BAL cell number in tobacco smoke-treated rats. Significant reductions in neutrophils were noted at 2 d and macrophages at 8 weeks. Lymphocytes were significantly reduced by AEOL 10150 at both time points. Squamous cell metaplasia following 8 weeks of tobacco smoke exposure was 12% of the total airway epithelial area in animals exposed to tobacco smoke without AEOL 10150, compared with 2% in animals exposed to tobacco smoke, but treated with AEOL 10150 (p <.05). We conclude that a synthetic catalytic antioxidant decreased the adverse effects of exposure to tobacco smoke.
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- Kevin R Smith
- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Neumann NF, Stafford JL, Barreda D, Ainsworth AJ, Belosevic M. Antimicrobial mechanisms of fish phagocytes and their role in host defense. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 25:807-825. [PMID: 11602197 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(01)00037-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Phagocytosis is a primitive defense mechanism in all multicellular animals. Phagocytes such as macrophages and neutrophils play an important role in limiting the dissemination of infectious agents, and are responsible for the eventual destruction of phagocytosed pathogens. These cells have evolved elaborate killing mechanisms for destroying pathogens. In addition to their repertoire of degradative enzymes and antimicrobial peptides, macrophages and neutrophils can be activated to produce a number of highly toxic molecules. Production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates by these cells are potent cytotoxic mechanisms against bacteria and protozoan pathogens. Studies in fish suggest that the biological basis of these inducible killing mechanisms is similar to those described in mammals. More recent work suggest novel roles for regulating these killing responses in fish. In this review, we describe the biological basis of these killing mechanisms and how they are regulated in fish.
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- N F Neumann
- National Water Research Institute, Canada Center for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 4A6.
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Rico G, Leandro E, Rojas S, Giménez J, Kretschmer R. The effect of the monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor (MLIF) produced by Entamoeba histolytica upon nitric oxide production by human leukocytes. Arch Med Res 2000; 31:S90-1. [PMID: 11070237 DOI: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00164-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- G Rico
- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI (CMN-SXXI), Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico.
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Chronic inflammation in humans has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several types of cancer. In animals, experimentally-induced tumor growth was found to be enhanced at sites of injury. However, a direct demonstration in vivo that an inflammatory agent applied locally at the tumor site can promote a switch into a highly proliferative state of tumor growth, has not yet been documented. The present work was designed to test, in a syngeneic primary tumor model in mice, whether a commonly used inflammatory agent, carrageenan, could cause acceleration of tumor growth and to investigate the cellular mechanisms mediating such a process. Local injection of carrageenan into a tissue site containing tumor cells produced an accelerated rate of tumor growth at that site which was characterized by a decreased percentage of apoptotic cells and an increased proportion of cells at the S and G2/M phases of the cell cycle. The pro-tumorigenic effect of carrageenan is dose-dependent and can be exerted at any time throughout the course of the tumor growth. Furthermore, the effect is prostaglandin-mediated since the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin totally abrogated it. Experiments with tumors cells in culture have shown that carrageenan actually inhibits cell proliferation as well as increases apoptosis. Thus, the tumor promoting effects of carrageenan in vivo appear to arise not from a direct effect on the tumor cells per se but rather through induction of host-dependent humoral/cellular responses that generate increased levels of prostanoids and pro-inflammatory cytokines that accelerate tumor growth. These data demonstrate for the first time that an acute, local inflammatory stimuli can induce accelerated tumor growth at the affected site and provide further support for a mechanism-based, anti-tumorigenic action of anti-inflammatory drugs.
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- A Raz
- Department of Biochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
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Neumann NF, Barreda DR, Belosevic M. Generation and functional analysis of distinct macrophage sub-populations from goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) kidney leukocyte cultures. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2000; 10:1-20. [PMID: 10938719 DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1999.0221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Three distinct sub-populations of macrophages derived from goldfish kidney leukocyte cultures were generated and characterised. The sub-populations designated as R1, R2 and R3-type macrophages had distinct morphological, cytochemical and flow cytometric profiles, and also differed in their anti-microbial functions after activation with macrophage activation factors (MAF) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The R1-type macrophages were small cells that contained acid phosphatase, but lacked myeloperoxidase and non-specific esterase. The R2-type macrophages were morphologically similar to mature tissue macrophages of mammals, and were positive for acid phosphatase, myeloperoxidase and non-specific esterase. The R3-type macrophages were round cells with eccentrically placed nuclei and resembled mammalian monocytes. This sub-population stained for acid phosphatase, myeloperoxidase and non-specific esterase. The R2 and R3-type macrophages exhibited distinct functional responses after activation with MAF and/or LPS. R2-type macrophages were potent producers of nitric oxide, while R3-type macrophages produced little or no nitric oxide after activation with MAF and LPS. The R2 and R3-type macrophages also exhibited unique respiratory burst responses (ROI) after treatment with MAF and/or LPS. After treatment with MAF and LPS, activated R2 macrophages were primed for ROI after only 6 h of stimulation with the activating agents, and continued to exhibit a strong ROI response for an extended cultivation period (48 h). In contrast, activated R3-type macrophages showed an early ROI response (6 h after treatment with MAF and LPS), which decreased significantly by 48 h after treatment with the activating agents. Our results suggest that the analysis of the mechanisms of induction of fish anti-microbial responses may be dependent upon the concerted actions of functionally distinct macrophage sub-populations.
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- N F Neumann
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Grant RS, Passey R, Matanovic G, Smythe G, Kapoor V. Evidence for increased de novo synthesis of NAD in immune-activated RAW264.7 macrophages: a self-protective mechanism? Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 372:1-7. [PMID: 10562410 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The parent pyridine nucleotide NAD is the end product of oxidative tryptophan catabolism via the kynurenine pathway. Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase, the rate-limiting enzyme for this pathway, is induced by the proinflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of interferon-gamma treatment on intracellular NAD concentration in the murine macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7. A significant increase in intracellular NAD concentration was observed following 24 h exposure to interferon-gamma. This cytokine-mediated increase in NAD concentration was markedly enhanced by the inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase or nitric oxide synthase or following treatment with the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone. NAD production was dependent on both the presence of tryptophan in the culture medium and on functional indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity. In agreement with previous studies a marked increase in nitric oxide production was observed in these cells following activation with interferon-gamma. These results provide evidence for the first time that de novo synthesis of NAD from tryptophan is increased concomitantly with free radical production in RAW 264.7 macrophages stimulated with interferon-gamma. This increase in NAD biosynthesis may provide an improved supply of substrate to the nuclear repair enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase assisting in DNA repair and hence cell viability.
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- R S Grant
- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Weinberg JB. Nitric oxide production and nitric oxide synthase type 2 expression by human mononuclear phagocytes: a review. Mol Med 1999. [PMID: 9848075 PMCID: PMC2230318 DOI: 10.1007/bf03401758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- J B Weinberg
- VA University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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Pampusch MS, Bennaars AM, Harsch S, Murtaugh MP. Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in porcine immune cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1998; 61:279-89. [PMID: 9613441 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(97)00139-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Porcine immune cells were examined for the ability to produce inducible nitric oxide synthase following in vitro or in vivo stimulation. Enzyme activity and product formation were not detected following stimulation of porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), splenocytes, or alveolar macrophages with a combination of ConA and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or recombinant porcine interferon gamma and LPS. In vitro engulfment of Haemophilus parasuis by macrophages also failed to induce inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity or nitrite formation. Swine Herpes Virus infection led to a small but significant increase in level of nitrite detected in lung lavage fluid, whereas the infection of pigs with Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome Virus did not alter the lavage fluid nitrite levels. iNOS mRNA was detected in both stimulated and unstimulated porcine immune cells and in macrophages from both control and infected animals suggesting that it is constitutively expressed with little or no upregulation following cellular stimulation. The results presented in this paper indicate that the reactive nitrogen intermediate pathway is not an vital innate immune response in the pig.
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- M S Pampusch
- Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.
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Christen S, Woodall AA, Shigenaga MK, Southwell-Keely PT, Duncan MW, Ames BN. gamma-tocopherol traps mutagenic electrophiles such as NO(X) and complements alpha-tocopherol: physiological implications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:3217-22. [PMID: 9096373 PMCID: PMC20349 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.7.3217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Peroxynitrite, a powerful mutagenic oxidant and nitrating species, is formed by the near diffusion-limited reaction of .NO and O2.- during activation of phagocytes. Chronic inflammation induced by phagocytes is a major contributor to cancer and other degenerative diseases. We examined how gamma-tocopherol (gammaT), the principal form of vitamin E in the United States diet, and alpha-tocopherol (alphaT), the major form in supplements, protect against peroxynitrite-induced lipid oxidation. Lipid hydroperoxide formation in liposomes (but not isolated low-density lipoprotein) exposed to peroxynitrite or the .NO and O2.- generator SIN-1 (3-morpholinosydnonimine) was inhibited more effectively by gammaT than alphaT. More importantly, nitration of gammaT at the nucleophilic 5-position, which proceeded in both liposomes and human low density lipoprotein at yields of approximately 50% and approximately 75%, respectively, was not affected by the presence of alphaT. These results suggest that despite alphaT's action as an antioxidant gammaT is required to effectively remove the peroxynitrite-derived nitrating species. We postulate that gammaT acts in vivo as a trap for membrane-soluble electrophilic nitrogen oxides and other electrophilic mutagens, forming stable carbon-centered adducts through the nucleophilic 5-position, which is blocked in alphaT. Because large doses of dietary alphaT displace gammaT in plasma and other tissues, the current wisdom of vitamin E supplementation with primarily alphaT should be reconsidered.
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- S Christen
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Igietseme JU, Uriri IM, Chow M, Abe E, Rank RG. Inhibition of intracellular multiplication of human strains of Chlamydia trachomatis by nitric oxide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 232:595-601. [PMID: 9126319 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6335] [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: 02/04/2023]
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It was previously shown that murine T cell clones could inhibit the intracellular growth of the mouse strain of Chlamydia trachomatis by cytokine-mediated induction of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) system in epithelial cells, an effect enhanced by direct epithelial-T cell interaction via specific adhesion molecules. These findings and other recent reports showing that human mucosal epithelial cells secrete nitric oxide (NO) via iNOS expression would suggest that mucosal epithelial-derived NO may be involved in mucosal defense against Chlamydia and other pathogens that infect epithelial cells. As an initial approach to investigating whether NO contributes to chlamydial control in humans, the present studies evaluated the susceptibility of human isolates of C. trachomatis to NO delivered by chemical donors or via induction of the epithelial iNOS system by a cytokine-secreting T cell clone. It was found that a chlamydial-specific, cytokine-secreting, murine T lymphocyte clone (clone 2.14-0) could inhibit the intraepithelial growth of human strains of Chlamydia trachomatis (serovar E and H, and Lymphogranuloma venerum type L2) via the iNOS pathway when the clone was co-cultured with chlamydial-infected epithelial cells. Furthermore, treatment of infected epithelial cells with 50 microM of the NO donor, S-nitroso-L-glutathione, resulted in significant inhibition (approximately 70%) of chlamydial multiplication, while the NO scavenger, myoglobin plus ascorbate, could reverse the effect, demonstrating that NO could directly inhibit human strains of Chlamydia. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that the IFN-gamma-inducible iNOS pathway can contribute to chlamydial control in humans.
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- J U Igietseme
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, USA
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Devitt A, Lund PA, Morris AG, Pearce JH. Induction of alpha/beta interferon and dependent nitric oxide synthesis during Chlamydia trachomatis infection of McCoy cells in the absence of exogenous cytokine. Infect Immun 1996; 64:3951-6. [PMID: 8926054 PMCID: PMC174322 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.3951-3956.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The propensity of two Chlamydia trachomatis strains (L2/434/Bu [biovar LGV] and E/DK20/ON [biovar trachoma]) to induce putative host defense responses upon infection of McCoy (mouse) cell cultures was examined. Both strains induced production of alpha/beta interferon and nitric oxide (NO) by McCoy cells. NO synthesis was mediated by the inducible isoform of NO synthase as indicated by the ability of cycloheximide or the arginine analog NG-monomethyl-L-arginine to abolish NO production; the extent of the response was dependent upon the dose of chlamydiae applied. Incubation of McCoy cells with chloramphenicol prior to infection reduced NO production by strain 434 but not by DK20, suggesting that initial chlamydial metabolism was essential to induction by the LGV strain. Antibody inhibition studies indicated that NO synthesis was dependent upon production of alpha/beta interferon and induction via lipopolysaccharide. Overall, our findings show that chlamydiae are capable of the induction of interferon and NO in murine fibroblasts in the absence of exogenous cytokines. However, the role of NO as an antichlamydial effector could not be clearly demonstrated since treatment with an arginine analog, while suppressing NO production, gave no consistent enhancement of infected cell numbers.
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- A Devitt
- Microbial Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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