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Sequential Increase in Complement Factor I, iC3b, and Cells Expressing CD11b or CD14 in Cutaneous Vasculitis. Anal Cell Pathol 2022; 2022:3888734. [PMID: 35747245 PMCID: PMC9213176 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3888734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mast cells contribute to the pathogenesis of cutaneous vasculitis through complement C3 that is cleaved to C3b and then to iC3b by complement factor I. The receptor of iC3b, CD11b, is expressed on neutrophils and monocytes and CD14 on monocytes. Their role in vasculitis is obscure. In this study, frozen skin biopsies from the nonlesional skin, initial petechial lesion, and palpable purpura lesion from 10 patients with immunocomplex-mediated small vessel vasculitis were studied immunohistochemically for complement factor I, iC3b, CD11b, and CD14. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 5 healthy subjects were used to study cell migration and cytokine secretion. Already, the nonlesional skin revealed marked immunostaining of complement factor I, iC3b, CD11b, and CD14, and their expression increased sequentially in initial petechial and palpable purpura lesions. Mast cell C3c correlated to iC3b, and both of them correlated to CD11b+ and CD14+ cells, in the nonlesional skin. The stimulation of mononuclear cells with 0.01-0.1 μg/ml iC3b induced cell migration in the transwell assay. C3a stimulated slightly interleukin-8 secretion, whereas 1 μg/ml iC3b inhibited it slightly, in 4/5 subjects. In conclusion, the C3-C3b-iC3b axis is activated already in the early vasculitis lesion leading to progressive accumulation of CD11b+ and CD14+ cells.
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Pastwińska J, Żelechowska P, Walczak-Drzewiecka A, Brzezińska-Błaszczyk E, Dastych J. The Art of Mast Cell Adhesion. Cells 2020; 9:E2664. [PMID: 33322506 PMCID: PMC7764012 DOI: 10.3390/cells9122664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cell adhesion is one of the basic phenomena occurring in a living organism, affecting many other processes such as proliferation, differentiation, migration, or cell viability. Mast cells (MCs) are important elements involved in defending the host against various pathogens and regulating inflammatory processes. Due to numerous mediators, they are contributing to the modulation of many basic cellular processes in a variety of cells, including the expression and functioning of different adhesive molecules. They also express themselves many adhesive proteins, including ICAM-1, ICAM-3, VCAM-1, integrins, L-selectin, E-cadherin, and N-cadherin. These molecules enable MCs to interact with other cells and components of the extracellular matrix (ECM), creating structures such as adherens junctions and focal adhesion sites, and triggering a signaling cascade. A thorough understanding of these cellular mechanisms can create a better understanding of MC biology and reveal new goals for MC targeted therapy. This review will focus on the current knowledge of adhesion mechanisms with the involvement of MCs. It also provides insight into the influence of MCs or MC-derived mediators on the adhesion molecule expression in different cells.
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- Joanna Pastwińska
- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 93-232 Lodz, Poland; (J.P.); (A.W.-D.)
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, 92-213 Lodz, Poland; (P.Ż.); (E.B.-B.)
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, 92-213 Lodz, Poland; (P.Ż.); (E.B.-B.)
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 93-232 Lodz, Poland; (J.P.); (A.W.-D.)
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, 92-213 Lodz, Poland; (P.Ż.); (E.B.-B.)
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 93-232 Lodz, Poland; (J.P.); (A.W.-D.)
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Rahkola D, Laitala J, Siiskonen H, Pelkonen J, Harvima IT. Mast Cells Are a Marked Source for Complement C3 Products That Associate with Increased CD11b-Positive Cells in Keratinocyte Skin Carcinomas. Cancer Invest 2019; 37:73-84. [DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2019.1565765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Dina Rahkola
- Department of Dermatology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Dermatology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Dermatology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Eastern Finland Laboratory Centre (ISLAB), University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Dermatology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Wakefield DL, Holowka D, Baird B. The FcεRI Signaling Cascade and Integrin Trafficking Converge at Patterned Ligand Surfaces. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:mbc.E17-03-0208. [PMID: 28794269 PMCID: PMC5687038 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-03-0208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We examined the spatial targeting of early and downstream signaling mediated by the IgE receptor (FcεRI) in RBL mast cells utilizing surface-patterned 2,4 dinitrophenyl (DNP) ligands. Micron-sized features of DNP are presented as densely immobilized conjugates of bovine serum albumin (DNP-BSA) or mobile in a supported lipid bilayer (DNP-SLB). Although soluble anti-DNP IgE binds uniformly across features for both pattern types, IgE bound to FcεRI on cells shows distinctive distributions: uniform for DNP-SLB and edge-concentrated for DNP-BSA. These distributions of IgE-FcεRI propagate to the spatial recruitment of early signaling proteins, including spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), linker for activation of T cells (LAT), and activated phospholipase C gamma 1 (PLCγ1), which all localize with engaged receptors. We found stimulated polymerization of F-actin is not required for Syk recruitment but is progressively involved in the recruitment of LAT and PLCγ1. We further found β1- and β3-integrins colocalize with IgE-FcεRI at patterned ligand surfaces as cells spread. This recruitment corresponds to directed exocytosis of recycling endosomes (REs) containing these integrins and their fibronectin ligand. Together, our results show targeting of signaling components, including integrins, to regions of clustered IgE-FcεRI in processes that depend on stimulated actin polymerization and outward trafficking of REs.
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- Devin L Wakefield
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- Current address: Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, 91010
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Liu X, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhan M, Chen H, Fang Z, Xu C, Chen H, He S. Induction of Mast Cell Accumulation by Tryptase via a Protease Activated Receptor-2 and ICAM-1 Dependent Mechanism. Mediators Inflamm 2016; 2016:6431574. [PMID: 27378825 PMCID: PMC4917695 DOI: 10.1155/2016/6431574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mast cells are primary effector cells of allergy, and recruitment of mast cells in involved tissue is one of the key events in allergic inflammation. Tryptase is the most abundant secretory product of mast cells, but little is known of its influence on mast cell accumulation. Using mouse peritoneal model, cell migration assay, and flow cytometry analysis, we investigated role of tryptase in recruiting mast cells. The results showed that tryptase induced up to 6.7-fold increase in mast cell numbers in mouse peritoneum following injection. Inhibitors of tryptase, an antagonist of PAR-2 FSLLRY-NH2, and pretreatment of mice with anti-ICAM-1, anti-CD11a, and anti-CD18 antibodies dramatically diminished tryptase induced mast cell accumulation. On the other hand, PAR-2 agonist peptides SLIGRL-NH2 and tc-LIGRLO-NH2 provoked mast cell accumulation following injection. These implicate that tryptase induced mast cell accumulation is dependent on its enzymatic activity, activation of PAR-2, and interaction between ICAM-1 and LFA-1. Moreover, induction of trans-endothelium migration of mast cells in vitro indicates that tryptase acts as a chemoattractant. In conclusion, provocation of mast cell accumulation by mast cell tryptase suggests a novel self-amplification mechanism of mast cell accumulation. Mast cell stabilizers as well as PAR-2 antagonist agents may be useful for treatment of allergic reactions.
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- Xin Liu
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121001, China
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121001, China
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121001, China
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121001, China
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- Allergy and Inflammation Research Institute, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, China
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- Allergy and Inflammation Research Institute, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, China
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- Allergy and Inflammation Research Institute, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, China
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- Allergy and Inflammation Research Institute, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, China
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121001, China
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Lee NY, Chung KS, Jin JS, Bang KS, Eom YJ, Hong CH, Nugroho A, Park HJ, An HJ. Effect of Chicoric Acid on Mast Cell-Mediated Allergic Inflammation in Vitro and in Vivo. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2015; 78:2956-2962. [PMID: 26593037 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Chicoric acid (dicaffeoyl-tartaric acid), is a natural phenolic compound found in a number of plants, such as chicory (Cichorium intybus) and Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea), which possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and analgesic activities. Although these biological effects of chicoric acid have been investigated, there are no reports of its antiallergic-related anti-inflammatory effects in human mast cells (HMC)-1 or anaphylactic activity in a mouse model. Therefore, we investigated the antiallergic-related anti-inflammatory effect of chicoric acid and its underlying mechanisms of action using phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate plus calcium ionophore A23187 (PMACI)-stimulated HMC-1 cells. Chicoric acid decreased the mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1β. We studied the inhibitory effects of chicoric acid on the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and activation of caspase-1. However, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation was not sufficient to abrogate the stimulus. In addition, we investigated the ability of chicoric acid to inhibit compound 48/80-induced systemic anaphylaxis in vivo. Oral administration of chicoric acid at 20 mg/kg inhibited histamine release and protected mice against compound 48/80-induced anaphylactic mortality. These results suggest that chicoric acid has an antiallergic-related anti-inflammatory effect that involves modulating mast cell-mediated allergic responses. Therefore, chicoric acid could be an efficacious agent for allergy-related inflammatory disorders.
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- Na Young Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University , Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-702, Republic of Korea
- Department of Herbal Medicine Resources, Chonbuk National University , Iksan 570-752, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University , Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Medicine Resources, Chonbuk National University , Iksan 570-752, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University , Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University , Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Lambung Mangkurat University , Banjarbaru, Indonesia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Health Sciences, Sangji University , Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University , Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-702, Republic of Korea
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Haddon DJ, Jarrell JA, Hughes MR, Snyder K, McNagny KM, Kattah MG, Utz PJ. Measurement of mast cell surface molecules by high-throughput immunophenotyping using transcription (HIT). Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1220:381-400. [PMID: 25388264 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1568-2_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Here we describe the application of a highly multiplexed proteomic assay, called HIT (high-throughput immunophenotyping using transcription), to analyze human mast cell surface antigens at rest and during stimulation. HIT allows analysis of up to 100 analytes, including surface antigens and intracellular phosphoproteins, transcription factors, and cytokines, in a single experiment. Briefly, anti-mouse monovalent Fab fragments are covalently conjugated with barcoded oligonucleotides to generate a panel of conjugates. The oligonucleotide-Fab fragment conjugates are bound to monoclonal primary antibodies, creating a cocktail of up to 48 unique barcoded primary antibodies. As few as 100,000 mast cells are stained with the cocktail and the barcodes of the bound primary antibodies are amplified by in vitro transcription with fluorescently labeled NTPs. The resulting barcoded transcripts are quantified using a microarray spotted with oligonucleotides that are complementary to the barcoded transcripts. Differences in levels of the barcoded transcripts correlate well with actual protein levels and are capable of detecting stimulation-dependent changes in protein levels. HIT is an invaluable, broad-spectrum approach for characterizing mast cell surface antigens, signaling molecules, transcription factors, and cytokines.
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- D James Haddon
- Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Building, Room 2215A, Mail Code 5166, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Teodosio C, Mayado A, Sánchez-Muñoz L, Morgado JM, Jara-Acevedo M, Álvarez-Twose I, García-Montero AC, Matito A, Caldas C, Escribano L, Orfao A. The immunophenotype of mast cells and its utility in the diagnostic work-up of systemic mastocytosis. J Leukoc Biol 2014; 97:49-59. [PMID: 25381388 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.5ru0614-296r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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SM comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders, characterized by an abnormal accumulation of clonal MCs in 1 or more tissues, frequently involving the skin and BM. Despite the fact that most adult patients (>90%) carry the same genetic lesion (D816V KIT mutation), the disease presents with multiple variants with very distinct clinical and biologic features, a diverse prognosis, and different therapeutic requirements. Recent advances in the standardization of the study of BM MC by MFC allowed reproducible identification and characterization of normal/reactive MCs and their precursors, as well as the establishment of the normal MC maturational profiles. Analysis of large groups of patients versus normal/reactive samples has highlighted the existence of aberrant MC phenotypes in SM, which are essential for the diagnosis of the disease. In turn, 3 clearly distinct and altered maturation-associated immunophenotypic profiles have been reported recently in SM, which provide criteria for the distinction between ISM patients with MC-restricted and multilineage KIT mutation; thus, immunphenotyping also contributes to prognostic stratification of ISM, particularly when analysis of the KIT mutation on highly purified BM cells is not routinely available in the diagnostic work-up of the disease.
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- Cristina Teodosio
- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- *Servicio General de Citometría, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/University of Salamanca and Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and Centro de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha, Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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Kritas S, Saggini A, Varvara G, Murmura G, Caraffa A, Antinolfi P, Tomato E, Pantalone A, Neri G, Frydas S, Rosati M, Tei M, Speziali A, Saggini R, Pandolfi F, Cerulli G, Theoharides T, Conti P. Impact of Mast Cells in Rejection of Allografts. EUR J INFLAMM 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x1301100305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Mast cells in the tissue are located close to nerves in and around the small vessels where they orchestrate important immune response after antigen recognition through Toll-like receptors. Mast cells can activate T and B lymphocytes and dendritic cells and have been postulated to act directly within tissue allografts and/or to induce indirect effects via inflammatory mediator release, therefore they have been shown to play an indispensable role in allograft tolerance. Major limitation in the success of transplantation is the immune response of the recipient to the donor tissue. The failure of tissue grafting is caused by an inflammatory reaction called rejection. Mast cells play a role during immune response and are elicited with transplanted allograft and also may exhibit their immune-regulatory effects directly through secretion of modulatory cytokines and activation of metabolic pathways. However, the role of mast cells in transplantation is poorly understood. The most severe rejection episodes have been found in patients with an increased number of mast cells. Mast cell mediators which can activate latent forms of TGF-β or increase angiotensin II levels are capable of inducing fibrosis through various mechanisms, activating fibroblasts and inducing collagen synthesis. Mast cells are also implicated in regulatory T-cell functions and are required to sustain peripheral tolerance via Treg, therefore there is an interaction between mast cells and Treg cells. Treg create IL-9 in enhancing mast cell growth and Chemotaxis, suggesting that Treg and mast cells form a functional unit that mediates graft tolerance. In this study we concentrate our attention on the role of mast cells in rejection of allografts and try to understand the role of mast cell-related immune mechanisms in organ transplantation.
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- S.K. Kritas
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Dental School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Orthopedic Division, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Orthopedic Division, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Immunology Division, Medical School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Orthopedic Division, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, G. d'Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
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- Gynecology Clinic, Pescara Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Nicola's Foundation, Onlus, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, G. d'Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Nicola's Foundation, Onlus, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Biochemistry and Internal Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Immunology Division, Medical School, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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CADM1 isoforms differentially regulate human mast cell survival and homotypic adhesion. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:2751-64. [PMID: 22438059 PMCID: PMC3400039 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-0948-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), expressed by human lung mast cells (HLMCs), mediates their adhesion to airway smooth muscle (ASM), and contributes to ASM-dependent HLMC proliferation and survival. CADM1 is expressed in alternatively spliced isoforms, but those present in HLMCs and their function are not known. We cloned three functional and one cryptic non-functional isoform with alternative splicing between exons 7/11 and 1/2, respectively, from HLMCs and human MC lines (HMC-1 and LAD2). Differentiated HLMCs and LAD2 cells expressed the functional isoform SP4 containing exons 7/8/11 (~80% of clones), as well as SP1 (exons 7/8/9/11) and a novel SP6 (exons 7/8/9/10/11). In contrast, immature HMC-1 cells expressed only functional SP4. SP4 overexpression in HMC-1 cells and HLMCs augmented homotypic adhesion to a greater extent than SP1 in various conditions. In contrast, CADM1 downregulation abolished homotypic adhesion, indicating that CADM1 is the sole receptor mediating mast cell aggregation. CADM1-mediated adhesion was enhanced by the presence of cell survival factors. SP1 overexpression in HMC-1 cells compromised survival compared to SP4 overexpression or control. CADM1 downregulation resulted in reduced viability and decreased expression of the pro-survival protein Mcl-1L, but not Blc-2 or Bcl-XL, and increased caspase-3/7 activity in both HMC-1 cells and HLMCs. This coincided with decreased basal Kit levels in HLMCs. In summary, human MCs express multiple CADM1 isoforms which exhibit differential regulation of survival and homotypic adhesion. The most highly expressed SP4 isoform is likely to contribute to MC aggregation and longevity in mastocytosis, and augment the pathophysiology of allergic diseases.
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A review of mast cells and liver disease: What have we learned? Dig Liver Dis 2010; 42:529-36. [PMID: 20363674 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mast cells are recognized as diverse and highly complicated cells. Aside from their notorious role in allergic inflammatory reactions, mast cells are being implicated in numerous disease processes from heart disease to cancer. Mast cells have been implicated in liver pathogenesis including hepatitis and host allograft rejection after liver transplantation. AIMS The aim of this review is to discuss the traditional function of mast cells, their location and anatomy with regards to hepatic vasculature and the role of mast cells in hepatic diseases including liver regeneration and rejection. Finally, we will touch on the role of mast cells in liver cancer. In conclusion, we hope that the reader comes away with a better understanding of the diverse and potential role(s) that mast cells may play in liver pathologies.
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Dougherty RH, Sidhu SS, Raman K, Solon M, Solberg OD, Caughey GH, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV. Accumulation of intraepithelial mast cells with a unique protease phenotype in T(H)2-high asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; 125:1046-1053.e8. [PMID: 20451039 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Revised: 03/01/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previously, we found that mast cell tryptases and carboxypeptidase A3 (CPA3) are differentially expressed in the airway epithelium in asthmatic subjects. We also found that asthmatic subjects can be divided into 2 subgroups ("T(H)2 high" and "T(H)2 low" asthma) based on epithelial cell gene signatures for the activity of T(H)2 cytokines. OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize intraepithelial mast cells (IEMCs) in asthma. METHODS We performed gene expression profiling in epithelial brushings and stereology-based quantification of mast cell numbers in endobronchial biopsy specimens from healthy control and asthmatic subjects before and after treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs). We also performed gene expression and protein quantification studies in cultured airway epithelial cells and mast cells. RESULTS By means of unsupervised clustering, mast cell gene expression in the airway epithelium related closely to the expression of IL-13 signature genes. The levels of expression of mast cell genes correlate positively with lung function improvements with ICSs. IEMC density was 2-fold higher than normal in subjects with T(H)2-high asthma compared with that seen in subjects with T(H)2-low asthma or healthy control subjects (P = .015 for both comparisons), and these cells were characterized by expression of tryptases and CPA3 but not chymase. IL-13 induced expression of stem cell factor in cultured airway epithelial cells, and mast cells exposed to conditioned media from IL-13-activated epithelial cells showed downregulation of chymase but no change in tryptase or CPA3 expression. CONCLUSION IEMC numbers are increased in subjects with T(H)2-high asthma, have an unusual protease phenotype (tryptase and CPA3 high and chymase low), and predict responsiveness to ICSs. IL-13-stimulated production of stem cell factor by epithelial cells potentially explains mast cell accumulation in T(H)2-high asthmatic epithelium.
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- Ryan H Dougherty
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Mast cells are versatile tissue regulator cells controlling major intestinal functions such as epithelial secretion, epithelial permeability, blood flow, neuroimmune interactions, and peristalsis. Most importantly, mast cells are key regulators of the integrity and function of the gastrointestinal barrier. At the same time, they can act as immunomodulatory cells by reacting to various exogenous signals from bacteria, viruses, and parasites through innate recognition receptors, such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs) or through receptors of the specific immune system, such as immunoglobulins (Igs) bound to their cell surface. This mast cell function is enhanced by an intensive cross talk of mast cells with other cells of the innate or adaptive immune systems. Finally, mast cells act as inflammatory cells mediating diseases such as allergy, once they become dysregulated because of excess of allergen, allergen-specific IgE and cytokines, or invading microbes. The present article focuses on the human mast cell functions in the intestine and compares the data with those derived from animal experiments. In particular, the role of bacteria and TLRs expression by mast cells for allergic reactions are discussed.
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- Stephan C Bischoff
- Department of Nutritional Medicine and Immunology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
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de Mora F, de la Fuente C, Jasmin P, Gatto H, Marco A, Ferrer L, Fondati A, Fondevila D, Torres R. Evaluation of the expression of P-selectin, ICAM-1, and TNF-alpha in bacteria-free lesional skin of atopic dogs with low-to-mild inflammation. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2007; 115:223-9. [PMID: 17166594 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2006] [Revised: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Canine atopic dermatitis (AD) is a pruritic skin condition that shares many clinical and pathophysiological features with its human counterpart. A major therapeutic challenge of AD is the control of the skin inflammatory process. A detailed knowledge of the pro-inflammatory molecules involved in cell recruitment in AD would allow for a better control of the disease. We thus have studied the protein expression of P-selectin, ICAM-1 and TNF-alpha in the lesional and non-lesional skin of atopic dogs that had been treated for bacterial infections. Despite a low-to-mild inflammatory process, P-selectin protein was clearly upregulated in the lesional skin areas when compared with non-lesional skin (four-fold average increase). This P-selectin upregulation was accompanied by signs of functional changes such as increased cell margination, and membrane-associated protein expression. Although the expression of ICAM-1 and TNF-alpha was not enhanced in the lesional versus the non-lesional skin, there was a trend towards a correlated upregulation of both molecules. Further studies will help elucidate the significance of the substantial overexpression of P-selectin in canine AD, in particular in a scenario where bacterial antigens are not contributing as pro-inflammatory stimuli.
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- F de Mora
- Department of Pharmacology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
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The past decade has confronted us with a striking abundance of novel findings regarding the roles of mast cells in immune responses in health and disease. Newly developed models and techniques have enabled clear-cut dissection of the mast cell contribution in these settings. We now understand that mast cells possess critical effector functions not only within the traditional context of allergic reactions. It is likely that mast cells played pivotal roles in primitive immune systems, yet these functions have been masked in the recent eras by newer immune functions, such as adaptive immunity. Conceivably, mast cells should be refocused on so as to obtain new insights about diverse pathologic conditions, ultimately leading to novel therapeutic approaches targeting these fascinating cells.
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- Ido Bachelet
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, The Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Fernandez NJ, West KH, Jackson ML, Kidney BA. Immunohistochemical and histochemical stains for differentiating canine cutaneous round cell tumors. Vet Pathol 2005; 42:437-45. [PMID: 16006603 DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-4-437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Immunohistochemical and histochemical stains are useful adjunct techniques in the diagnosis of canine cutaneous round cell tumors, which can appear histologically similar. We applied a panel of monoclonal antibodies (recognizing tryptase, chymase, serotonin for mast cells; CD1a, CD18, MHC class II for histiocytes; CD3 for T lymphocytes; CD79a for B lymphocytes and plasma cells) and one histochemical stain (naphthol AS-D chloroacetate for chymase activity) to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of canine cutaneous mast cell tumors, histiocytomas, lymphosarcomas, plasmacytomas, and unidentified round cell tumors. Of 21 tumors with a histologic diagnosis of mast cell tumor, 7/7 (100%) grade I, 6/7 (85.7%) grade II, and 3/7 (42.9%) grade III tumors were diagnosed as mast cell tumors based on positive staining for tryptase antigen and chymase activity. Mast cells were positive for both tryptase antigen and chymase activity, indicating equal efficacy of tryptase immunohistochemistry and chymase histochemistry. Chymase was detected immunohistochemically in both tumor and nontumor cells, while serotonin was not detected in most mast cell tumors, and thus, neither was useful in the diagnosis of mast cell tumors. Immunohistochemistry to detect CD18 and MHC class II was equally effective in staining histiocytomas, although lymphosarcoma must be ruled out through the use of CD3 and CD79a immunohistochemistry. Immunohistochemistry using three different monoclonal antibodies to human CD1a showed no cross-reactivity in canine histiocytomas and was not useful. A final diagnosis was obtained for 4/5 (80%) of the unidentified tumors, indicating the usefulness of multiple stains in poorly differentiated round cell tumors.
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- N J Fernandez
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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Mast cells have mainly been studied in the setting of allergic disease, but the importance of mast cells for host defence against several pathogens has now been well established. The location of mast cells, which are found closely associated with blood vessels, allows them to have a crucial sentinel role in host defence. The mast cell has a unique 'armamentarium' of receptor systems and mediators for responding to pathogen-associated signals. Studies of this intriguing immune-effector cell provide important insights into the complex mechanisms by which appropriate innate and acquired immune responses are initiated.
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- Jean S Marshall
- Dalhousie Inflammation Group, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5, Canada.
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E-cadherin is one of the cell adhesion molecules normally expressed on epithelial cells. We previously reported that murine bone marrow-derived mast cells express E-cadherin that could be involved in homophilic binding with epithelial cell E-cadherin. In the present study we examined whether E-cadherin is also expressed in human mast cell HMC-1. Gene expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin was observed in HMC-1 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), while N-cadherin expression was undetectable. cDNA sequencing of HMC-1 E-cadherin revealed no deletions or mutations. E-cadherin expression in HMC-1 was confirmed by immunoblotting as well as by flow cytometric analyses. In the presence of E-cadherin blocking antibody or a synthetic E-cadherin decapeptide with HAV sequence in culture medium, adhesion of HMC-1 cells to the A431 epithelial cell monolayer was slightly but significantly suppressed. In contrast, N- or P-cadherin decapeptides did not suppress the binding. These results indicated that human mast cell HMC-1 expresses E-cadherin, and is possibly involved in cellular interactions with epithelial cells, while other functions still remain to be elucidated.
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- Minoru Nishida
- Department of Medical Zoology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Subramaniam M, Sugiyama K, Coy DH, Kong Y, Miller YE, Weller PF, Wada K, Wada E, Sunday ME. Bombesin-like peptides and mast cell responses: relevance to bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168:601-11. [PMID: 12807697 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200212-1434oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bombesin-like peptides (BLPs) are elevated in newborns who later develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). In baboon models, anti-BLP blocking antibodies abrogate BPD. We now demonstrate hyperplasia of both neuroendocrine cells and mast cells in lungs of baboons with BPD, compared with non-BPD controls or BLP antibody-treated BPD baboons. To determine whether BLPs are proinflammatory, bombesin was administered intratracheally to mice. Forty-eight hours later, we observed increased numbers of lung mast cells. We analyzed murine mast cells for BLP receptor gene expression, and identified mRNAs encoding bombesin receptor subtype 3 and neuromedin-B receptor (NMB-R), but not gastrin-releasing peptide receptor. Only NMB-R-null mice accumulated fewer lung mast cells after bombesin treatment. Bombesin, gastrin-releasing peptide, NMB, and a bombesin receptor subtype 3-specific ligand induced mast cell proliferation and chemotaxis in vitro. These observations support a role for multiple BLPs in promoting mast cell responses, suggesting a mechanistic link between BLPs and chronic inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Meera Subramaniam
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pathology, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Hollander C, Nyström M, Janciauskiene S, Westin U. Human mast cells decrease SLPI levels in type II - like alveolar cell model, in vitro. Cancer Cell Int 2003; 3:14. [PMID: 12952550 PMCID: PMC194615 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-3-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2003] [Accepted: 08/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: Mast cells are known to accumulate at sites of inflammation and upon activation to release their granule content, e.g. histamine, cytokines and proteases. The secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) is produced in the respiratory mucous and plays a role in regulating the activity of the proteases. RESULT: We have used the HMC-1 cell line as a model for human mast cells to investigate their effect on SLPI expression and its levels in cell co-culture experiments, in vitro. In comparison with controls, we found a significant reduction in SLPI levels (by 2.35-fold, p < 0.01) in a SLPI-producing, type II-like alveolar cell line, (A549) when co-cultured with HMC-1 cells, but not in an HMC-1-conditioned medium, for 96 hours. By contrast, increased SLPI mRNA expression (by 1.58-fold, p < 0.05) was found under the same experimental conditions. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed mast cell transmigration in co-culture with SLPI-producing A549 cells for 72 and 96 hours. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that SLPI-producing cells may assist mast cell migration and that the regulation of SLPI release and/or consumption by mast cells requires interaction between these cell types. Therefore, a "local relationship" between mast cells and airway epithelial cells might be an important step in the inflammatory response.
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- Camilla Hollander
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Lund, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Pathophysiology, University of Lund, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
- Department of Surgery, University of Lund, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Lund, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
- Department of Surgical Pathophysiology, University of Lund, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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Núñez-López R, Escribano L, Schernthaner GH, Prados A, Rodríguez-González R, Díaz-Agustín B, López A, Hauswirth A, Valent P, Almeida J, Bravo P, Orfao A. Overexpression of complement receptors and related antigens on the surface of bone marrow mast cells in patients with systemic mastocytosis. Br J Haematol 2003; 120:257-65. [PMID: 12542483 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04055.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Depending on their stage of maturation and other factors, mast cell (MC) subsets differ from each other in terms of the expression of complement-associated antigens. This study analysed the expression of various complement-related cell surface antigens (CD11b/CR3, CD11c/CR4, CD35/CR1, CD55/DAF, CD59/MIRL, CD88/C5aR) on bone marrow mast cells (BMMC) in patients suffering from systemic mastocytosis (SM), other haematological diseases and non-haematological disorders (control groups). Expression of complement-associated cell surface antigens was analysed by flow cytometry. There were clear immunophenotypic differences between BMMC obtained from patients with SM and those from the control subjects: the percentage of patients expressing surface CD11c, CD35 and CD88 was significantly higher in patients with SM (76%, 100%, 54%) than in the control subjects (58%, 11%, 18%) (P < 0.05). In addition, the levels of CD11c, CD35 and CD88 expressed per MC (sites per cell) were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in SM than in the control group. Expression of the complement regulatory molecules CD55 and CD59 was detected in BMMC in all patients analysed. However, the levels of CD59 per BMMC were higher in patients with SM as compared with the control subjects, which could help to explain the formation of BMMC aggregates in the former group of individuals. Together, our results showed that BMMC in systemic mastocytosis overexpressed the cell surface membrane receptors involved in binding of complement components and complement-mediated cell activation. Whether this pathological expression of complement receptors is of pathophysiological significance remains to be determined.
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Kaburagi Y, Hasegawa M, Nagaoka T, Shimada Y, Hamaguchi Y, Komura K, Saito E, Yanaba K, Takehara K, Kadono T, Steeber DA, Tedder TF, Sato S. The cutaneous reverse Arthus reaction requires intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and L-selectin expression. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:2970-8. [PMID: 11884469 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.6.2970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The deposition of immune complexes (IC) induces an acute inflammatory response with tissue injury. IC-induced inflammation is mediated by inflammatory cell infiltration, a process highly regulated by expression of multiple adhesion molecules. To assess the role of L-selectin and ICAM-1 in this pathogenetic process, the cutaneous reverse passive Arthus reaction was examined in mice lacking L-selectin (L-selectin(-/-)), ICAM-1 (ICAM-1(-/-)), or both (L-selectin/ICAM-1(-/-)). Edema and hemorrhage, which peaked 4 and 8 h after IC challenge, respectively, were significantly reduced in L-selectin(-/-), ICAM-1(-/-), and L-selectin/ICAM-1(-/-) mice compared with wild-type littermates. In general, edema and hemorrhage were more significantly inhibited in ICAM-1(-/-) mice than in L-selectin(-/-) mice, but were most significantly reduced in L-selectin/ICAM-1(-/-) mice compared with ICAM-1(-/-) or L-selectin(-/-) mice. Decreased edema and hemorrhage correlated with reduced neutrophil and mast cell infiltration in all adhesion molecule-deficient mice, but leukocyte infiltration was most affected in L-selectin/ICAM-1(-/-) mice. Reduced neutrophil and mast cell infiltration was also observed for all mutant mice in the peritoneal Arthus reaction. Furthermore, cutaneous TNF-alpha production was inhibited in each deficient mouse, which paralleled the reductions in cutaneous inflammation. These results indicate that ICAM-1 and L-selectin cooperatively contribute to the cutaneous Arthus reaction by regulating neutrophil and mast cell recruitment and suggest that ICAM-1 and L-selectin are therapeutic targets for human IC-mediated disease.
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- Yuko Kaburagi
- Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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Inamura H, Kurosawa M, Kuwasaki T, Kamada Y, Kayaba H, Chihara J. Expression of adhesion molecules on cord-blood-derived, cultured human mast cells and effect of dexamethasone on intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression on the mast cells treated by phorbol myristate acetate. Allergy 2002. [DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.00001.x-i1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Page S, Ammit AJ, Black JL, Armour CL. Human mast cell and airway smooth muscle cell interactions: implications for asthma. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2001; 281:L1313-23. [PMID: 11704524 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2001.281.6.l1313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Asthma is characterized by inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, and remodeling of the airway. Human mast cells (HMCs) play a central role in all of these changes by releasing mediators that cause exaggerated bronchoconstriction, induce human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cell proliferation, and recruit and activate inflammatory cells. Moreover, the number of HMCs present on asthmatic HASM is increased compared with that on nonasthmatic HASM. HASM cells also have the potential to actively participate in the inflammatory process by synthesizing cytokines and chemokines and expressing surface molecules, which have the capacity to perpetuate the inflammatory mechanisms present in asthma. This review specifically examines how the mediators of HMCs have the capacity to modulate many functions of HASM; how the synthetic function of HASM, particularly through the release and expression of stem cell factor, has the potential to influence HMC number and activation in an extraordinarily potent and proinflammatory manner; and how these interactions between HMCs and HASM have potential consequences for airway structure and inflammation relevant to the disease process of asthma.
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- S Page
- Respiratory Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Bos JD, Pasch MC, Asghar SS. Defensins and complement systems from the perspective of skin immunity and autoimmunity. Clin Dermatol 2001; 19:563-72. [PMID: 11604303 DOI: 10.1016/s0738-081x(00)00174-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J D Bos
- Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Ishiguro T, Kadosawa T, Mori K, Takagi S, Okumura M, Fujinaga T. Establishment and characterization of a new canine mast cell tumor cell line. J Vet Med Sci 2001; 63:1031-4. [PMID: 11642274 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A new cell line (CoMS) was established from a 3-year-old male mongrel dog with mast cell tumor of the oral mucosa. CoMS cells grow in suspension with a doubling time of 27.0 +/- 0.7 hr. The cytoplasmic granules were formalin-sensitive, showed diverse appearances in their ultrastructural findings and contained heparin proteoglycan and neutral protease chymase. Calcium ionophore A23187, substance P and concanavalin A caused significant histamine release from CoMS cells, while compound 48/80 failed to release histamine. This cell line will make an available source for studies on canine mast cell tumors.
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- T Ishiguro
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Inamura H, Kurosawa M, Kuwasaki T, Kamada Y, Kayaba H, Chihara J. Expression of adhesion molecules on cord-blood-derived, cultured human mast cells and effect of dexamethasone on intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression on the mast cells treated by phorbol myristate acetate. Allergy 2001. [DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.00011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Until recently, mast cells have been viewed primarily as harmful because of their key role as effector cells of allergic and potentially lethal anaphylactic reactions. Their contribution to human health appeared instead to be limited to the elimination of parasites. There is, however, growing evidence for additional beneficial functions of mast cells, particularly regarding the initiation of acquired immune reactions. Thus, mast cells can phagocytize diverse particles, take up antigens, and express a number of receptors, particularly MHC class I and II antigens, ICAM-1 and -3, CD43, CD80, CD86 and CD40L which allow them to interact with T and B lymphocytes. They can also secrete numerous cytokines that induce and enhance recruitment and functions of lymphocytes. Finally, there is good evidence that mast cells present e.g. pollen and bacterial antigens, respond to bacterial superantigens, but fail to react to endogenously produced antigens or superantigens. Mast cells can also activate B cells directly to produce IgE, but this activity and the ability to produce IL-4 or IL-13 is restricted primarily to basophil leukocytes and mucosal mast cells. Finally, recent evidence attributes a pivotal role to the cells in natural immunity to bacteria. There is also emerging evidence that mast cells can downmodulate the immune response. While these data require further clarification, the basic ability of mast cells to initiate innate and acquired immune reactions can no longer be questioned.
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- B M Henz
- Department of Dermatology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Babina M, Krautheim M, Grützkau A, Henz BM. Human leukemic (HMC-1) mast cells are responsive to 1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3): selective promotion of ICAM-3 expression and constitutive presence of vitamin D(3) receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 273:1104-10. [PMID: 10891379 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Expression levels of adhesion molecules on HMC-1 mast cells were examined prior to and following administration of 1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)]. While most receptors (including ICAM-1) remained unchanged by the treatment, solely ICAM-3 expression was promoted in a dose- and time-dependent fashion, peaking at 50 nM of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) and 72 h, illustrating that like other myeloid cells, human mast cells are 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) responsive, yet in a highly selective manner. Flow cytometric results were confirmed by ELISA, by semiquantitative RT-PCR, and functionally by showing enhanced anti-ICAM-3 mediated homotypic aggregation of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) pretreated cells. Since cellular responsiveness is conferred by the vitamin D(3) receptor (VDR), we examined human mast cells for its expression. VDR was constitutively present in both HMC-1 and skin mast cells by RT-PCR technique and in nuclear extracts of HMC-1 cells by Western blot analysis. Our data thus suggest that human mast cells are direct targets of 1, 25(OH)(2)D(3) action.
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- M Babina
- Department of Dermatology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, D-13344, Germany
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Sanmugalingam D, Wardlaw AJ, Bradding P. Adhesion of human lung mast cells to bronchial epithelium: evidence for a novel carbohydrate‐mediated mechanism. J Leukoc Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.68.1.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Devika Sanmugalingam
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Leicester University Medical School, United Kingdom
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Leicester University Medical School, United Kingdom
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Leicester University Medical School, United Kingdom
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Babina M, Mammeri K, Henz BM. ICAM-3 (CD50) is expressed by human mast cells: induction of homotypic mast cell aggregation via ICAM-3. CELL ADHESION AND COMMUNICATION 2000; 7:195-209. [PMID: 10626904 DOI: 10.3109/15419069909010802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Intercellular adhesion molecule-3 (ICAM-3, CD50), an adhesion receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is suggested to play a key role in adhesive cellular interactions during the initial phase of an immune response. We here provide evidence that ICAM-3 is abundantly expressed by cells of the human mast cell line HMC-1 and, to a lower degree, by purified skin mast cells, as demonstrated by flow-cytometry, ELISA and RT-PCR. ICAM-3 immunoprecipitated from surface biotinylated HMC-1 cells migrates as a broad band of Mr 124,000 by Western blot analysis. We also demonstrate that monoclonal antibodies directed against ICAM-3 are capable of inducing rapid HMC-1 cell aggregation, the extent of which strongly depends on the epitope recognized by the mAb applied. Interestingly, although inhibitable by two of six mAbs against LFA-1, HMC-1 aggregation induced via ICAM-3 appears to be mediated by an adhesive pathway independent of LFA-1. Dermal mast cells are also aggregated with anti-ICAM-3 mAbs, a phenomenon which has not been described before for isolated tissue mast cells. However, this process displays slower kinetics, as compared to HMC-1 cells. That anti-ICAM-3 mAbs are able to mediate biological effects is further illustrated by their capability to increase stimulation-dependent release of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8 from HMC-1 cells. Taken together, these results indicate that ICAM-3 is not only expressed by immature and mature human mast cells, but also possesses functional relevance and may therefore play a significant role in mast cell associated processes.
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- M Babina
- Department of Dermatology, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Wimazal F, Ghannadan M, Müller MR, End A, Willheim M, Meidlinger P, Schernthaner GH, Jordan JH, Hagen W, Agis H, Sperr WR, Czerwenka K, Lechner K, Valent P. Expression of homing receptors and related molecules on human mast cells and basophils: a comparative analysis using multi-color flow cytometry and toluidine blue/immunofluorescence staining techniques. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1999; 54:499-507. [PMID: 10599889 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mast cells (MC) and blood basophils (Ba) are multifunctional effector cells of the immune system and accumulate in areas of ongoing disease. However, despite of similar morphology, MC and Ba differ from each other in terms of cell surface receptor expression, mediator content, and tissue distribution. In order to gain new insights into mechanisms and molecules responsible for the distribution and accumulation of MC and Ba, we have investigated expression of homing receptors on primary human MC (lung, n=28; uterus, n=17), Ba (healthy donors, n=64), the mast cell line HMC-1, and the basophil line KU-812. Expression of cell surface antigens on MC and Ba was analyzed by mAb and indirect immunofluorescence staining techniques. In addition to previous findings, Ba were found to react with mAb against the selectin-ligands sLe(x) (CD15s) and PSGL-1 (CD162), L-selectin (CD62L), beta7-integrin, the 'matrix-receptor' neurothelin (CD147), platelet-endothelial cell tetraspan antigen-3 (PETA-3=CD151), and BST-1 (CD157). Novel antigens detectable on MC (lung and uterus) were CD147, CD151, CD157 and CD49c (VLA-3alpha). By contrast, MC were not recognized by mAb to sLe(x), PSGL-1, L-selectin, or beta7 integrin. No reactivity of Ba or MC with mAb to syndecan-1 (CD138), VE-cadherin (CD144), MUC18/MCAM (CD146), MGC-24 (CD164), or ALCAM (CD166) was found. The cell lines HMC-1 and KU-812 expressed a similar profile of antigens when compared to primary cells. In summary, Ba and MC express a unique profile of homing molecules. Apparently, Ba differ from MC in expression of recognition receptors relevant for binding to endothelium and consecutive transmigration.
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- F Wimazal
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna, Austria
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Rosenkranz AR, Coxon A, Maurer M, Gurish MF, Austen KF, Friend DS, Galli SJ, Mayadas TN. Cutting Edge: Impaired Mast Cell Development and Innate Immunity in Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18, CR3)-Deficient Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.12.6463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18, CR3), a β2 integrin expressed on leukocytes, is important in leukocyte migration. We demonstrate that Mac-1 is also expressed on peritoneal mast cells and LPS stimulated bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells, and that Mac-1-deficient mice, which lack this receptor, have significant reductions in the numbers of mast cells resident in the peritoneal cavity, peritoneal wall, and dorsal skin. The reduced numbers of mast cells in Mac-1-deficient mice may have important functional consequences, in that Mac-1-deficient mice exhibit significantly increased mortality after cecal ligation and puncture, a model of acute septic peritonitis in which host resistance has been shown to be dependent on both mast cells and complement. These findings demonstrate that Mac-1 is required for the expression of normal levels of mast cells in the peritoneal cavity, peritoneal wall, and certain areas of the skin, as well as for maintaining adequate mast cell-dependent host defense against bacterial infection.
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- ‡Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- ‡Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- ‡Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Ackermann L, Pelkonen J, Harvima IT. Staphylococcal enterotoxin B inhibits the production of interleukin-4 in a human mast-cell line HMC-1. Immunology 1998; 94:247-52. [PMID: 9741348 PMCID: PMC1364212 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00508.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Staphylococcal enterotoxins belong to the recently characterized group of immunocytotropic bacterial superantigens that are potent mitogens for human T cells. Superantigens are presented, but without intracellular processing, to T cells by monocyte/macrophages, Langerhans' cells and keratinocytes via the class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Superantigens have been demonstrated to act as potent inducers of several proinflammatory cytokines in the antigen-presenting cells such as interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). As mast cells participate in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory skin disorders such as atopic dermatitis (AD), which is often aggravated by staphylococcal infections, we studied the effect of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) superantigen on the histamine release and IL-4 expression in a human mast-cell line (HMC-1). Incubation of SEB (50 micrograms/ml) with HMC-1 cells for 45 min, could not induce any histamine release. The HMC-1 cells were also stimulated with various concentrations of SEB (0, 1, 10, 20, 50 micrograms/ml) for 1, 2, 3 and 4 days. Clear dose-dependent inhibition of IL-4 protein production and release was observed on day 4 without any observed effect on cell viability. Compared with unstimulated HMC-1 cells, after 50 micrograms/ml SEB stimulation, the IL-4 mRNA levels decreased steadily in the 2, 6, 18 and 24 hr samples in repeated experiments as measured with the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. In comparison, a biphasic decrease in TNF-alpha expression was found. Our results show that an human leukaemic mast cells, superantigen stimulation downregulates the production of IL-4.
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- L Ackermann
- Department of Dermatology, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
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Grabbe J, Welker P, Grützkau A, Dippel E, Nürnberg W, Zuberbier T, Henz BM. Induction of human leukaemic mast cell differentiation by fibroblast supernatants, but not by stem cell factor. Scand J Immunol 1998; 47:324-31. [PMID: 9600313 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00307.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In order to explore the potential existence of human mast cell growth factors other than stem cell factor (SCF), we have compared SCF to L-cell fibroblast supernatants (LCS) during in vitro mast cell differentiation, using human leukaemic mast cells (HMC-1 cells) which contain a gain-of-function mutated SCF receptor (c-Kit) as model. At baseline, cells exhibited an immature phenotype, with <25% being metachromatic or chloroacetate esterase, tryptase and FcepsilonRIalpha positive. Intracellular levels of histamine, tryptase, TNF-alpha and chymase were low, whereas 83% of cells were c-Kit positive. During a 10 day culture with 30% LCS, a significant, time-dependent increase of all mast cell markers, except for chymase and c-Kit, was observed at the protein and for tryptase and FcepsilonRIalpha also at the mRNA level. Cytoplasmatic granulation and stimulated histamine and leukotriene C4 release were increased as well. In contrast to LCS, rhSCF induced none of these changes in HMC-1 cells. On Sephadex G100 fractionation of LCS, HMC-1 cells increased tryptase activity with fractions between 40 and 60, and below 10 kDa, away from the SCF peak. These data show that HMC-1 cells fail to differentiate in response to SCF and that in addition to SCF, LCS contains other human mast cell growth factors.
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- J Grabbe
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University, Lübeck, Germany
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Fleming TJ, Donnadieu E, Song CH, Laethem FV, Galli SJ, Kinet JP. Negative regulation of Fc epsilon RI-mediated degranulation by CD81. J Exp Med 1997; 186:1307-14. [PMID: 9334370 PMCID: PMC2199099 DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.8.1307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Signaling through the high affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E (Fc epsilon RI) results in the coordinate activation of tyrosine kinases before calcium mobilization. Receptors capable of interfering with the signaling of antigen receptors, such as Fc epsilon RI, recruit tyrosine and inositol phosphatases that results in diminished calcium mobilization. Here, we show that antibodies recognizing CD81 inhibit Fc epsilon RI-mediated mast cell degranulation but, surprisingly, without affecting aggregation-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation, calcium mobilization, or leukotriene synthesis. Furthermore, CD81 antibodies also inhibit mast cell degranulation in vivo as measured by reduced passive cutaneous anaphylaxis responses. These results reveal an unsuspected calcium-independent pathway of antigen receptor regulation, which is accessible to engagement by membrane proteins and on which novel therapeutic approaches to allergic diseases could be based.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/isolation & purification
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Cell Degranulation/immunology
- Cloning, Molecular
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Immunoglobulin E/physiology
- Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute
- Male
- Mast Cells/immunology
- Mast Cells/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/isolation & purification
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis/immunology
- Peptides/isolation & purification
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, IgE/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, IgE/metabolism
- Receptors, IgE/physiology
- Tetraspanin 28
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- T J Fleming
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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