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Nevarez-Mejia J, Jin YP, Pickering H, Parmar R, Valenzuela NM, Sosa RA, Heidt S, Fishbein GA, Rozengurt E, Baldwin WM, Fairchild RL, Reed EF. Human leukocyte antigen class I antibody-activated endothelium promotes CD206+ M2 macrophage polarization and MMP9 secretion through TLR4 signaling and P-selectin in a model of antibody-mediated rejection and allograft vasculopathy. Am J Transplant 2024; 24:406-418. [PMID: 38379280 PMCID: PMC11110958 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) elicit alloimmune responses against the graft vasculature, leading to endothelial cell (EC) activation and monocyte infiltration during antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). AMR promotes chronic inflammation and remodeling, leading to thickening of the arterial intima termed transplant vasculopathy or cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in heart transplants. Intragraft-recipient macrophages serve as a diagnostic marker in AMR; however, their polarization and function remain unclear. In this study, we utilized an in vitro Transwell coculture system to explore the mechanisms of monocyte-to-macrophage polarization induced by HLA I DSA-activated ECs. Anti-HLA I (IgG or F(ab')2) antibody-activated ECs induced the polarization of M2 macrophages with increased CD206 expression and MMP9 secretion. However, inhibition of TLR4 signaling or PSGL-1-P-selectin interactions significantly decreased both CD206 and MMP9. Monocyte adherence to Fc-P-selectin coated plates induced M2 macrophages with increased CD206 and MMP9. Moreover, Fc-receptor and IgG interactions synergistically enhanced active-MMP9 in conjunction with P-selectin. Transcriptomic analysis of arteries from DSA+CAV+ rejected cardiac allografts and multiplex-immunofluorescent staining illustrated the expression of CD68+CD206+CD163+MMP9+ M2 macrophages within the neointima of CAV-affected lesions. These findings reveal a novel mechanism linking HLA I antibody-activated endothelium to the generation of M2 macrophages which secrete vascular remodeling proteins contributing to AMR and CAV pathogenesis.
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- Jessica Nevarez-Mejia
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Inflammation & Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Inflammation & Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Bartish M, Abraham MJ, Gonçalves C, Larsson O, Rolny C, Del Rincón SV. The role of eIF4F-driven mRNA translation in regulating the tumour microenvironment. Nat Rev Cancer 2023; 23:408-425. [PMID: 37142795 DOI: 10.1038/s41568-023-00567-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Cells can rapidly adjust their proteomes in dynamic environments by regulating mRNA translation. There is mounting evidence that dysregulation of mRNA translation supports the survival and adaptation of cancer cells, which has stimulated clinical interest in targeting elements of the translation machinery and, in particular, components of the eukaryotic initiation factor 4F (eIF4F) complex such as eIF4E. However, the effect of targeting mRNA translation on infiltrating immune cells and stromal cells in the tumour microenvironment (TME) has, until recently, remained unexplored. In this Perspective article, we discuss how eIF4F-sensitive mRNA translation controls the phenotypes of key non-transformed cells in the TME, with an emphasis on the underlying therapeutic implications of targeting eIF4F in cancer. As eIF4F-targeting agents are in clinical trials, we propose that a broader understanding of their effect on gene expression in the TME will reveal unappreciated therapeutic vulnerabilities that could be used to improve the efficacy of existing cancer therapies.
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- Margarita Bartish
- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Alfano D, Franco P, Stoppelli MP. Modulation of Cellular Function by the Urokinase Receptor Signalling: A Mechanistic View. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:818616. [PMID: 35493073 PMCID: PMC9045800 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.818616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR or CD87) is a glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol anchored (GPI) membrane protein. The uPAR primary ligand is the serine protease urokinase (uPA), converting plasminogen into plasmin, a broad spectrum protease, active on most extracellular matrix components. Besides uPA, the uPAR binds specifically also to the matrix protein vitronectin and, therefore, is regarded also as an adhesion receptor. Complex formation of the uPAR with diverse transmembrane proteins, including integrins, formyl peptide receptors, G protein-coupled receptors and epidermal growth factor receptor results in intracellular signalling. Thus, the uPAR is a multifunctional receptor coordinating surface-associated pericellular proteolysis and signal transduction, thereby affecting physiological and pathological mechanisms. The uPAR-initiated signalling leads to remarkable cellular effects, that include increased cell migration, adhesion, survival, proliferation and invasion. Although this is beyond the scope of this review, the uPA/uPAR system is of great interest to cancer research, as it is associated to aggressive cancers and poor patient survival. Increasing evidence links the uPA/uPAR axis to epithelial to mesenchymal transition, a highly dynamic process, by which epithelial cells can convert into a mesenchymal phenotype. Furthermore, many reports indicate that the uPAR is involved in the maintenance of the stem-like phenotype and in the differentiation process of different cell types. Moreover, the levels of anchor-less, soluble form of uPAR, respond to a variety of inflammatory stimuli, including tumorigenesis and viral infections. Finally, the role of uPAR in virus infection has received increasing attention, in view of the Covid-19 pandemics and new information is becoming available. In this review, we provide a mechanistic perspective, via the detailed examination of consolidated and recent studies on the cellular responses to the multiple uPAR activities.
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Barbosa-Lima G, Hottz ED, de Assis EF, Liechocki S, Souza TML, Zimmerman GA, Bozza FA, Bozza PT. Dengue virus-activated platelets modulate monocyte immunometabolic response through lipid droplet biogenesis and cytokine signaling. J Leukoc Biol 2020; 108:1293-1306. [PMID: 32663907 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.4ma0620-658r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Dengue is characterized as one of the most important arthropod-borne human viral diseases, representing a public health problem. Increased activation of immune cells is involved in the progression of infection to severe forms. Recently, our group demonstrated the contribution of platelet-monocyte interaction to inflammatory responses in dengue, adding to evolving evidence that platelets have inflammatory functions and can regulate different aspects of innate immune responses. Furthermore, stimuli-specific-activated platelets can promote phenotypic changes and metabolic reprogramming in monocytes. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the roles of dengue virus (DENV)-activated platelets on immunometabolic reprogramming of monocytes in vitro, focusing on lipid droplet (LD) biogenesis. We demonstrated that platelets exposed to DENV in vitro form aggregates with monocytes and signal to LD formation and CXCL8/IL-8, IL-10, CCL2, and PGE2 secretion. Pharmacologic inhibition of LD biogenesis prevents PGE2 secretion, but not CXCL8/IL-8 release, by platelet-monocyte complexes. In exploring the mechanisms involved, we demonstrated that LD formation in monocytes exposed to DENV-activated platelets is partially dependent on platelet-produced MIF. Additionally, LD formation is higher in monocytes, which have platelets adhered on their surface, suggesting that beyond paracrine signaling, platelet adhesion is an important event in platelet-mediated modulation of lipid metabolism in monocytes. Together, our results demonstrate that activated platelets aggregate with monocytes during DENV infection and signal to LD biogenesis and the secretion of inflammatory mediators, which may contribute to dengue immunopathogenesis.
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- Giselle Barbosa-Lima
- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,National Institute for Science and Technology on Innovation on Neglected Diseases (INCT/IDN), Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Molecular Medicine Program and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,Intensive Medicine Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Disease Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,D'Or Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Fang J, Wang J, Chen F, Xu Y, Zhang H, Wang Y. α7nAChR Deletion Aggravates Myocardial Infarction and Enhances Systemic Inflammatory Reaction via mTOR-Signaling-Related Autophagy. Inflammation 2020; 42:1190-1202. [PMID: 30806956 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-019-00979-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) has been previously reported to play an alleviative role in myocardial infarction (MI). In this study, we investigated its specific mechanism. α7nAChR-/- mice and its control (α7nAChR+/+) were used for the study of α7nAChR. Left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion was conducted for the creation of mice MI model and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used as inflammatory stressor in murine peritoneal macrophages. Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and echocardiography was used for the detection of infarct size and cardiac function, respectively. Western blot was conducted for the testing of autophagy-related proteins and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for the testing of proinflammatory cytokines. Rapamycin was used for the induction of autophagy through inhibiting mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-related signaling. We found that knocking out α7nAChR enhanced the cardiac infarct size and damaged cardiac function in MI. α7nAChR deficiency increased the levels of several proinflammatory cytokines in serum and spleen from MI mice as well as murine macrophages under inflammatory stress. α7nAChR deletion decreased the level of autophagy in spleen from MI mice and macrophages under inflammatory stress. Rapamycin alleviated the cardiac function and systemic inflammatory reaction in MI mice as well as inflammatory reaction in macrophages under inflammatory stress, which was attenuated by knocking out α7nAChR. Our current study investigated the mechanism of α7nAChR-mediated cardio-protective and anti-inflammatory effect related to mTOR-related autophagy, which might provide a novel insight in the treatment of MI.
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- Jinyan Fang
- Department of Emergency, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 261 HuanSha Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The 903th Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Emergency, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 261 HuanSha Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Emergency, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 261 HuanSha Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Emergency, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 261 HuanSha Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Emergency, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 261 HuanSha Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Hottz ED, Bozza FA, Bozza PT. Platelets in Immune Response to Virus and Immunopathology of Viral Infections. Front Med (Lausanne) 2018; 5:121. [PMID: 29761104 PMCID: PMC5936789 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Platelets are essential effector cells in hemostasis. Aside from their role in coagulation, platelets are now recognized as major inflammatory cells with key roles in the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Activated platelets have key thromboinflammatory functions linking coagulation to immune responses in various infections, including in response to virus. Recent studies have revealed that platelets exhibit several pattern recognition receptors (PRR) including those from the toll-like receptor, NOD-like receptor, and C-type lectin receptor family and are first-line sentinels in detecting and responding to pathogens in the vasculature. Here, we review the main mechanisms of platelets interaction with viruses, including their ability to sustain viral infection and replication, their expression of specialized PRR, and activation of thromboinflammatory responses against viruses. Finally, we discuss the role of platelet-derived mediators and platelet interaction with vascular and immune cells in protective and pathophysiologic responses to dengue, influenza, and human immunodeficiency virus 1 infections.
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- Eugenio D Hottz
- Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Departamento de Bioquimica, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Medicina Intensiva, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Sonmez O, Sonmez M. Role of platelets in immune system and inflammation. Porto Biomed J 2017; 2:311-314. [PMID: 32258788 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbj.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Platelets have significant role in modulating clot formation. Additionally, emerging data indicates that platelets have considerable roles in inflammation and immune response. Platelets gather at the damaged cite and adhere to white blood cells. Subsequently, they release cytokines and chemokines which are chemotactic for neutrophils and monocytes. Therefore, platelets are necessary for targeting lymphocytes, neutrophils and monocytes to inflammation site. Those interactions enhance inflammation. Moreover, platelets serve as an immune cell by engulfing microbes. Presence of platelets affect prognosis in some bacterial or viral infection and several other diseases.
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- Ozge Sonmez
- Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medicine Faculty, English Medicine Programme, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Department of Haematology, Trabzon, Turkey
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PSGL-1: A New Player in the Immune Checkpoint Landscape. Trends Immunol 2017; 38:323-335. [PMID: 28262471 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) has long been studied as an adhesion molecule involved in immune cell trafficking and is recognized as a regulator of many facets of immune responses by myeloid cells. PSGL-1 also regulates T cell migration during homeostasis and inflammatory settings. However, recent findings indicate that PSGL-1 can also negatively regulate T cell function. Because T cell differentiation is finely tuned by multiple positive and negative regulatory signals that appropriately scale the magnitude of the immune response, PSGL-1 has emerged as an important checkpoint during this process. We summarize what is known regarding PSGL-1 structure and function and highlight how it may act as an immune checkpoint inhibitor in T cells.
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Middleton EA, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA. Platelets in Pulmonary Immune Responses and Inflammatory Lung Diseases. Physiol Rev 2016; 96:1211-59. [PMID: 27489307 PMCID: PMC6345245 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00038.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Platelets are essential for physiological hemostasis and are central in pathological thrombosis. These are their traditional and best known activities in health and disease. In addition, however, platelets have specializations that broaden their functional repertoire considerably. These functional capabilities, some of which are recently discovered, include the ability to sense and respond to infectious and immune signals and to act as inflammatory effector cells. Human platelets and platelets from mice and other experimental animals can link the innate and adaptive limbs of the immune system and act across the immune continuum, often also linking immune and hemostatic functions. Traditional and newly recognized facets of the biology of platelets are relevant to defensive, physiological immune responses of the lungs and to inflammatory lung diseases. The emerging view of platelets as blood cells that are much more diverse and versatile than previously thought further predicts that additional features of the biology of platelets and of megakaryocytes, the precursors of platelets, will be discovered and that some of these will also influence pulmonary immune defenses and inflammatory injury.
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- Elizabeth A Middleton
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Miyazaki Y, Vieira-de-Abreu A, Harris ES, Shah AM, Weyrich AS, Castro-Faria-Neto HC, Zimmerman GA. Integrin αDβ2 (CD11d/CD18) is expressed by human circulating and tissue myeloid leukocytes and mediates inflammatory signaling. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112770. [PMID: 25415295 PMCID: PMC4240710 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Integrin α(D)β(2) is the most recently identified member of the leukocyte, or β(2), subfamily of integrin heterodimers. Its distribution and functions on human leukocytes have not been clearly defined and are controversial. We examined these issues and found that α(D)β(2) is prominently expressed by leukocytes in whole blood from healthy human subjects, including most polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes. We also found that α(D)β(2) is displayed by leukocytes in the alveoli of uninjured and inflamed human lungs and by human monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells, indicating broad myeloid expression. Using freshly-isolated human monocytes, we found that α(D)β(2) delivers outside-in signals to pathways that regulate cell spreading and gene expression. Screening expression analysis followed by validation of candidate transcripts demonstrated that engagement of α(D)β(2) induces mRNAs encoding inflammatory chemokines and cytokines and secretion of their protein products. Thus, α(D)β(2) is a major member of the integrin repertoire of both circulating and tissue myeloid leukocytes in humans. Its broad expression and capacity for outside-in signaling indicate that it is likely to have important functions in clinical syndromes of infection, inflammation, and tissue injury.
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- Yasunari Miyazaki
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States of America
- Laboratório de Immunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States of America
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States of America
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- Laboratório de Immunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States of America
- Laboratório de Immunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Schmid DI, Schwertz H, Jiang H, Campbell RA, Weyrich AS, McIntyre TM, Zimmerman GA, Kraiss LW. Translational control of JunB, an AP-1 transcription factor, in activated human endothelial cells. J Cell Biochem 2013; 114:1519-28. [PMID: 23297064 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Stimulated endothelial cells (EC) assume an activated phenotype with pro-inflammatory and prothrombotic features, requiring new gene and protein expression. New protein synthesis in activated EC is largely regulated by transcriptional events controlled by a variety of transcription factors. However, post-transcriptional control of gene expression also influences phenotype and allows the cell to alter protein expression in a faster and more direct way than is typically possible with transcriptional mechanisms. We sought to demonstrate that post-transcriptional control of gene expression occurs during EC activation. Using thrombin-activated EC and a high-throughput, microarray-based approach, we identified a number of gene products that may be regulated through post-transcriptional mechanisms, including the AP-1 transcription factor JunB. Using polysome profiling, cytoplasts and other standard cell biologic techniques, JunB is shown to be regulated at a post-transcriptional level during EC activation. In activated EC, the AP-1 transcription factor JunB, is regulated on a post-transcriptional level. Signal-dependent control of translation may regulate transcription factor expression and therefore, subsequent transcriptional events in stimulated EC.
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- Douglas I Schmid
- Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
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Rondina MT, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA. Platelets as cellular effectors of inflammation in vascular diseases. Circ Res 2013; 112:1506-19. [PMID: 23704217 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.113.300512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Platelets are chief effector cells in hemostasis. In addition, they are multifaceted inflammatory cells with functions that span the continuum from innate immune responses to adaptive immunity. Activated platelets have key thromboinflammatory activities in a variety of vascular disorders and vasculopathies. Recently identified inflammatory and immune activities provide insights into the biology of these versatile blood cells that are directly relevant to human vascular diseases.
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- Matthew T Rondina
- Department of Medicine and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Urokinase receptor surface expression regulates monocyte migration and is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. Int J Cardiol 2012; 161:103-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chauhan S, Boyd DD. Regulation of u-PAR gene expression by H2A.Z is modulated by the MEK-ERK/AP-1 pathway. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:600-13. [PMID: 21937508 PMCID: PMC3258129 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The urokinase receptor (u-PAR) which is largely regulated at the transcriptional level has been implicated in tumor progression. In this study, we explored the epigenetic regulation of u-PAR and showed that the histone variant H2A.Z negatively regulates its expression in multiple cell lines. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that H2A.Z was enriched at previously characterized u-PAR-regulatory regions (promoter and a downstream enhancer) and dissociates upon activation of gene expression by phorbol ester (PMA). Using specific chemical and dominant negative expression constructs, we show that the MEK–ERK signaling pathway terminating at AP-1 transcription factors intersects with the epigenetic control of u-PAR expression by H2A.Z. Furthermore, we demonstrate that two other AP-1 targets (MMP9 gene and miR-21 microRNA) are also H2A.Z regulated. In conclusion, our work demonstrates that (i) the expression of two genes and a microRNA all implicated in tumor progression are directly regulated by H2A.Z and (ii) MEK–ERK signaling terminating at AP-1 intersects with the epigenetic control of target gene expression by H2A.Z.
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- Santosh Chauhan
- Department of Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Takahashi D, Fujihara M, Azuma H, Wakamoto S, Sato S, Kato T, Ikeda H. Adhesive interaction between peripheral blood mononuclear cells and activated platelets in the presence of anti-human leukocyte antigen Class I alloantibody causes production of IL-1β and IL-8. Vox Sang 2011; 102:250-7. [PMID: 21923858 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01549.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Activated platelets form heterogeneous aggregates of platelets and monocytes, which are involved in a variety of inflammatory disorders. Some anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class I antibodies have been shown to activate platelets. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human leukocyte antigen-A2-positive or HLA-A2-negative platelets were incubated with HLA-A2-negative peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) in the presence of anti-HLA-A2 serum at 37°C. The binding of platelets to monocytes was analysed by flow cytometry. The levels of IL-1 β and IL-8 in the culture supernatant were determined by ELISA. RESULTS Anti-HLA-A2 serum increased the formation of aggregates between monocytes and HLA-A2-positive platelets, but not HLA-A2-negative platelets, in a dose-dependent manner. Antiserum also increased the number of platelets bound to monocytes in a time-dependent manner. The addition of anti-P-selectin glycoprotein ligand (PSGL-1) mAb almost completely inhibited the formation of platelet-monocyte aggregates as well as the number of platelets bound to monocytes. When HLA-A2-positive or HLA-A2-negative platelets were incubated with HLA-A2-negative PBMNCs in the presence of anti-HLA-A2, the level of IL-1β and IL-8 in the supernatant of coculture was significantly higher in HLA-A2-positive platelets than in HLA-A2-negative platelets. The addition of anti-PSGL-1 mAb partially but significantly inhibited the production of both IL-1β and IL-8. CONCLUSIONS The activation of platelets with anti-HLA Class I alloantibody caused the formation of platelet-monocyte aggregates, followed by the production of IL-1β and IL-8, in a cognate antigen-antibody manner. The adhesive interaction of P-selectin and PSGL-1 at least partially contributed to these phenomena.
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- D Takahashi
- Japanese Red Cross, Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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Vieira-de-Abreu A, Campbell RA, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA. Platelets: versatile effector cells in hemostasis, inflammation, and the immune continuum. Semin Immunopathol 2011; 34:5-30. [PMID: 21818701 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-011-0286-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Platelets are chief effector cells in hemostasis. In addition, however, their specializations include activities and intercellular interactions that make them key effectors in inflammation and in the continuum of innate and adaptive immunity. This review focuses on the immune features of human platelets and platelets from experimental animals and on interactions between inflammatory, immune, and hemostatic activities of these anucleate but complex and versatile cells. The experimental findings and evidence for physiologic immune functions include previously unrecognized biologic characteristics of platelets and are paralleled by new evidence for unique roles of platelets in inflammatory, immune, and thrombotic diseases.
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- Adriana Vieira-de-Abreu
- Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Accelerated urokinase-receptor protein turnover triggered by interference with the addition of the glycolipid anchor. Biochem J 2011; 434:233-42. [PMID: 21143195 DOI: 10.1042/bj20101573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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u-PAR (urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor), anchored to the cell surface via a glycolipid moiety, drives tumour progression. We previously reported that colon cancer cells (RKO clone 2 FS2), attenuated for in vivo tumorigenicity, are diminished >15-fold for u-PAR display when compared with their tumorigenic isogenic counterparts (RKO clone 2), this disparity not reflecting altered transcription/mRNA stability. FACS, confocal microscopy and Western blotting using a fused u-PAR-EGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein) cDNA revealed a >14-fold differential in the u-PAR-EGFP signal between the isogenic cells, ruling out alternate splicing as a mechanism. Although metabolic labelling indicated similar synthesis rates, pulse-chase revealed accelerated u-PAR-EGFP turnover in the RKO clone 2 FS2 cells. Expression in RKO clone 2 cells of a u-PAR-EGFP protein unable to accept the glycolipid moiety yielded diminished protein amounts, thus mirroring the low endogenous protein levels evident with RKO clone 2 FS2 cells. Transcript levels for the phosphatidylglycan anchor biosynthesis class B gene required for glycolipid synthesis were reduced by 65% in RKO clone 2 FS2 cells, and forced overexpression in these cells partially restored endogenous u-PAR. Thus attenuated u-PAR levels probably reflects accelerated turnover triggered by inefficient addition of the glycolipid moiety.
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Gorantla B, Asuthkar S, Rao JS, Patel J, Gondi CS. Suppression of the uPAR-uPA system retards angiogenesis, invasion, and in vivo tumor development in pancreatic cancer cells. Mol Cancer Res 2011; 9:377-89. [PMID: 21389187 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-10-0452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Despite existing chemotherapy and surgical resection strategies, pancreatic cancer is one of the major causes of mortality in the United States with a 5-year mean survival rate of less than 5%. The activation of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor-urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPAR-uPA) system in the development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma has been well established. In the present study, we used 2 pancreatic cancer cell lines, MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 to show the effects of uPAR and uPA downregulation. From the results, we observed that RNAi expressing plasmids efficiently downregulated mRNA and protein expression of uPAR and uPA. In vitro and in vivo angiogenic assays revealed a significant decrease in the angiogenic potential of MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 cells that were downregulated for both uPAR and uPA. From the angiogenesis antibody array analysis, we observed that the simultaneous downregulation of uPAR and uPA resulted in the downregulation of angiogenin and overexpression of RANTES. Further, FACS analysis showed that the simultaneous downregulation of uPAR and uPA caused the accumulation of cells in the sub-G(0/1) phase in both MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 cells. In addition, Western blot analysis revealed that downregulation of uPAR and uPA caused the activation of caspase 8 and CAD, which is indicative of apoptosis, and in vivo TUNEL assay confirmed these results. Finally, we observed the nuclear localization of uPA and that uPA interacts with the transcription factor Lhx-2. Taken together, the results of the present study show that the targeting of the uPAR-uPA system has therapeutic potential.
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- Bharathi Gorantla
- Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL 61605, USA
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Eicosanoids in the innate immune response: TLR and non-TLR routes. Mediators Inflamm 2010; 2010. [PMID: 20689730 PMCID: PMC2905620 DOI: 10.1155/2010/201929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The variable array of pattern receptor expression in different cells of the innate immune system explains the induction of distinct patterns of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism. Peptidoglycan and mannan were strong stimuli in neutrophils, whereas the fungal extract zymosan was the most potent stimulus in monocyte-derived dendritic cells since it induced the production of PGE2, PGD2, and several cytokines including a robust IL-10 response. Zymosan activated κB-binding activity, but inhibition of NF-κB was associated with enhanced IL-10 production. In contrast, treatments acting on CREB (CRE binding protein), including PGE2, showed a direct correlation between CREB activation and IL-10 production. Therefore, in dendritic cells zymosan induces il10 transcription by a CRE-dependent mechanism that involves autocrine secretion of PGE2, thus unraveling a functional cooperation between eicosanoid production and cytokine production.
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Mazumder B, Li X, Barik S. Translation control: a multifaceted regulator of inflammatory response. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:3311-9. [PMID: 20304832 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A robust innate immune response is essential to the protection of all vertebrates from infection, but it often comes with the price tag of acute inflammation. If unchecked, a runaway inflammatory response can cause significant tissue damage, resulting in myriad disorders, such as dermatitis, toxic shock, cardiovascular disease, acute pelvic and arthritic inflammatory diseases, and various infections. To prevent such pathologies, cells have evolved mechanisms to rapidly and specifically shut off these beneficial inflammatory activities before they become detrimental. Our review of recent literature, including our own work, reveals that the most dominant and common mechanism is translational silencing, in which specific regulatory proteins or complexes are recruited to cis-acting RNA structures in the untranslated regions of single or multiple mRNAs that code for the inflammatory protein(s). Enhancement of the silencing function may constitute a novel pharmacological approach to prevent immunity-related inflammation.
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- Barsanjit Mazumder
- Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, College of Science, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA.
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E-selectin engages PSGL-1 and CD44 through a common signaling pathway to induce integrin alphaLbeta2-mediated slow leukocyte rolling. Blood 2010; 116:485-94. [PMID: 20299514 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-12-259556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In inflamed venules, neutrophils rolling on E-selectin induce integrin alpha(L)beta(2)-dependent slow rolling on intercellular adhesion molecule-1 by activating Src family kinases (SFKs), DAP12 and Fc receptor-gamma (FcRgamma), spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), and p38. E-selectin signaling cooperates with chemokine signaling to recruit neutrophils into tissues. Previous studies identified P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) as the essential E-selectin ligand and Fgr as the only SFK that initiate signaling to slow rolling. In contrast, we found that E-selectin engagement of PSGL-1 or CD44 triggered slow rolling through a common, lipid raft-dependent pathway that used the SFKs Hck and Lyn as well as Fgr. We identified the Tec kinase Bruton tyrosine kinase as a key signaling intermediate between Syk and p38. E-selectin engagement of PSGL-1 was dependent on its cytoplasmic domain to activate SFKs and slow rolling. Although recruiting phosphoinositide-3-kinase to the PSGL-1 cytoplasmic domain was reported to activate integrins, E-selectin-mediated slow rolling did not require phosphoinositide-3-kinase. Studies in mice confirmed the physiologic significance of these events for neutrophil slow rolling and recruitment during inflammation. Thus, E-selectin triggers common signals through distinct neutrophil glycoproteins to induce alpha(L)beta(2)-dependent slow rolling.
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Cunningham O, Campion S, Perry VH, Murray C, Sidenius N, Docagne F, Cunningham C. Microglia and the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor/uPA system in innate brain inflammation. Glia 2010; 57:1802-14. [PMID: 19459212 PMCID: PMC2816357 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) receptor (uPAR) is a GPI-linked cell surface protein that facilitates focused plasmin proteolytic activity at the cell surface. uPAR has been detected in macrophages infiltrating the central nervous system (CNS) and soluble uPAR has been detected in the cerebrospinal fluid during a number of CNS pathologies. However, its expression by resident microglial cells in vivo remains uncertain. In this work, we aimed to elucidate the murine CNS expression of uPAR and uPA as well as that of tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) during insults generating distinct and well-characterized inflammatory responses; acute intracerebral lipopolysaccharide (LPS), acute kainate-induced neurodegeneration, and chronic neurodegeneration induced by prion disease inoculation. All three insults induced marked expression of uPAR at both mRNA and protein level compared to controls (naïve, saline, or control inoculum-injected). uPAR expression was microglial in all cases. Conversely, uPA transcription and activity was only markedly increased during chronic neurodegeneration. Dissociation of uPA and uPAR levels in acute challenges is suggestive of additional proteolysis-independent roles for uPAR. PAI-1 was most highly expressed upon LPS challenge, whereas tissue plasminogen activator mRNA was constitutively present and less responsive to all insults studied. These data are novel and suggest much wider involvement of the uPAR/uPA system in CNS function and pathology than previously supposed.
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Selectin-mediated activation of endothelial cells induces expression of CCL5 and promotes metastasis through recruitment of monocytes. Blood 2009; 114:4583-91. [PMID: 19779041 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-10-186585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hematogenous metastasis is promoted by interactions of tumor cells with leukocytes, platelets, and the endothelium in the local intravascular microenvironment. Here we show that the activation of the microvascular endothelium results in recruitment of monocytes to metastatic tumor cells and promotes the establishment of the metastatic microenvironment. This inflammatory-like endothelial response was observed in microvascular endothelial cells only. Microarray analysis of microvascular endothelial cells cocultured with tumor cells in the presence of leukocytes and platelets revealed a specific gene expression profile. Selectin-mediated interactions of tumor cells with platelets and leukocytes activated endothelial cells and induced production of C-C chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5). Inhibition of CCL5-dependent monocyte recruitment during the early phase of metastasis by a CCL5 receptor antagonist strongly reduced tumor cell survival and attenuated metastasis. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that the endothelial expression of CCL5 contributes to the formation of a permissive metastatic microenvironment.
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Williams MR, Sakurai Y, Zughaier SM, Eskin SG, McIntire LV. Transmigration across activated endothelium induces transcriptional changes, inhibits apoptosis, and decreases antimicrobial protein expression in human monocytes. J Leukoc Biol 2009; 86:1331-43. [PMID: 19706840 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0209062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We investigated the hypothesis that transmigration drives monocyte transcriptional changes. Using Agilent whole human genome microarrays, we identified over 692 differentially expressed genes (2x, P<0.05) in freshly isolated human monocytes following 1.5 h of transmigration across IL-1beta-stimulated ECs compared with untreated monocytes. Genes up-regulated by monocyte transmigration belong to a number of over-represented functional groups including immune response and inhibition of apoptosis. qRT-PCR confirmed increased expression of MCP-1 and -3 and of NAIP following monocyte transmigration. Additionally, quantification of Annexin V binding revealed a reduction in apoptosis following monocyte transmigration. Comparison of gene expression in transmigrated monocytes with additional controls (monocytes that failed to transmigrate and monocytes incubated beneath stimulated ECs) revealed 89 differentially expressed genes, which were controlled by the process of diapedesis. Functional annotation of these genes showed down-regulation of antimicrobial genes (e.g., alpha-defensin down 50x, cathelicidin down 9x, and CTSG down 3x). qRT-PCR confirmed down-regulation of these genes. Immunoblots confirmed that monocyte diapedesis down-regulates alpha-defensin protein expression. However, transmigrated monocytes were functional and retained intact cytokine and chemokine release upon TLR ligand exposure. Overall, these data indicate that the process of monocyte transmigration across stimulated ECs promotes further monocyte recruitment and inhibits monocyte apoptosis. Unexpectedly, following transmigration, monocytes displayed reduced antimicrobial protein expression.
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- Marcie R Williams
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0535, USA
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Olson KE, Booth GC, Poulin F, Sonenberg N, Beretta L. Impaired myelopoiesis in mice lacking the repressors of translation initiation, 4E-BP1 and 4E-BP2. Immunology 2008; 128:e376-84. [PMID: 19175792 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We investigated the role of two repressors of translation initiation in granulocytic differentiation using mice with a null mutation in the 4E-BP1 gene or with a null mutation in the 4E-BP2 gene. We show that 4E-BP1(-/-) and 4E-BP2(-/-) mice exhibit an increased number of immature granulocytic precursors, associated with a decreased number of mature granulocytic elements compared with wild-type mice, which is suggestive of an impaired granulocytic differentiation. Clonogenetic analyses revealed a reduced number of granulocytic colonies and concomitant increase in granulo-monocytic colonies in 4E-BP(-/-) mice. Finally, a slight expansion of monocytic cells was observed in the 4E-BP2(-/-) mice. In contrast, we did not observe any significant difference in thymocyte maturation in these mice. These results, together with the fact that 4E-BPs are markedly induced during granulo-monocytic differentiation of myeloid cells in vitro, highlight the pivotal role of 4E-BP1 and 4E-BP2 in the early phases of myelopoiesis. These results represent the first in vivo evidence of the involvement of translation in the early phases of granulo-monocytic differentiation and further extend the role of translation in haematopoietic differentiation.
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- Katie E Olson
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Kingsmore SF, Kennedy N, Halliday HL, Van Velkinburgh JC, Zhong S, Gabriel V, Grant J, Beavis WD, Tchernev VT, Perlee L, Lejnine S, Grimwade B, Sorette M, Edgar JDM. Identification of diagnostic biomarkers for infection in premature neonates. Mol Cell Proteomics 2008; 7:1863-75. [PMID: 18622029 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m800175-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Infection is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Premature neonates are particularly susceptible to infection because of physiologic immaturity, comorbidity, and extraneous medical interventions. Additionally premature infants are at higher risk of progression to sepsis or severe sepsis, adverse outcomes, and antimicrobial toxicity. Currently initial diagnosis is based upon clinical suspicion accompanied by nonspecific clinical signs and is confirmed upon positive microbiologic culture results several days after institution of empiric therapy. There exists a significant need for rapid, objective, in vitro tests for diagnosis of infection in neonates who are experiencing clinical instability. We used immunoassays multiplexed on microarrays to identify differentially expressed serum proteins in clinically infected and non-infected neonates. Immunoassay arrays were effective for measurement of more than 100 cytokines in small volumes of serum available from neonates. Our analyses revealed significant alterations in levels of eight serum proteins in infected neonates that are associated with inflammation, coagulation, and fibrinolysis. Specifically P- and E-selectins, interleukin 2 soluble receptor alpha, interleukin 18, neutrophil elastase, urokinase plasminogen activator and its cognate receptor, and C-reactive protein were observed at statistically significant increased levels. Multivariate classifiers based on combinations of serum analytes exhibited better diagnostic specificity and sensitivity than single analytes. Multiplexed immunoassays of serum cytokines may have clinical utility as an adjunct for rapid diagnosis of infection and differentiation of etiologic agent in neonates with clinical decompensation.
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Yang L, Hamilton SR, Sood A, Kuwai T, Ellis L, Sanguino A, Lopez-Berestein G, Boyd DD. The previously undescribed ZKSCAN3 (ZNF306) is a novel "driver" of colorectal cancer progression. Cancer Res 2008; 68:4321-30. [PMID: 18519692 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-0407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A relatively new view of colorectal cancer is that its development/progression reflects the contribution of a large set of altered gene products in varying combinations, each providing a "fitness advantage." In searching for novel contributing gene products using Unigene cluster data mining, we found overrepresentation of expressed sequence tags corresponding to a previously uncharacterized gene (ZKSCAN3) in colorectal tumors. ZKSCAN3 was pursued for several reasons: (a) its sequence similarity with bowl required for Drosophila hindgut development; (b) it lies in a chromosomal region (6p22.1) amplified in colorectal cancer; and (c) its coding sequence predicts tandem C(2)H(2) zinc finger domains present in a class of proteins gaining attention for their role in oncogenesis/tumor progression. Reverse transcription-PCR confirmed overexpression in colorectal tumor tissue compared with adjacent nonmalignant mucosa due in part to gene amplification determined by Southern blotting. Further, immunohistochemistry with an antibody generated to the predicted protein sequence revealed higher ZKSCAN3 expression in invasive compared with noninvasive tumors. Intriguingly, the ZKSCAN3 protein was also expressed in tumors wild-type for genes (APC, p53, K-Ras) commonly targeted in colorectal cancer. ZKSCAN3 knockdown in two independent colon cancer cell lines impaired anchorage-independent growth and orthotopic tumor growth, whereas overexpression in a third cell line had the opposite effect and increased 5-fluorouracil resistance. Liposomal delivery of a ZKSCAN3-targeting small interfering RNA reduced tumorigenicity of orthotopic colon cancer. Thus, the hitherto uncharacterized ZKSCAN3 adds to an expanding set of encoded products contributing to the progression of colorectal cancer.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Zimmerman GA, Weyrich AS. Signal-dependent protein synthesis by activated platelets: new pathways to altered phenotype and function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008; 28:s17-24. [PMID: 18296586 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.107.160218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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New biologic activities of platelets continue to be discovered, indicating that concepts of platelet function in hemostasis, thrombosis, and inflammation require reconsideration as new paradigms evolve. Studies done over 3 decades ago demonstrated that mature circulating platelets have protein synthetic capacity, but it was thought to be low level and inconsequential. In contrast, recent discoveries demonstrate that platelets synthesize protein products with important biologic activities in a rapid and sustained fashion in response to cellular activation. This process, termed signal-dependent translation, uses a constitutive transcriptome and specialized pathways, and can alter platelet phenotype and functions in a fashion that can have clinical relevance. Signal-dependent translation and consequent protein synthesis are examples of a diverse group of posttranscriptural mechanisms in activated platelets that are now being revealed.
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- Guy A Zimmerman
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
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May AE, Seizer P, Gawaz M. Platelets: Inflammatory Firebugs of Vascular Walls. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008; 28:s5-10. [DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.107.158915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Andreas E. May
- From the Medizinische Klinik III, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- From the Medizinische Klinik III, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- From the Medizinische Klinik III, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
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Maya-Monteiro CM, Almeida PE, D'Avila H, Martins AS, Rezende AP, Castro-Faria-Neto H, Bozza PT. Leptin induces macrophage lipid body formation by a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase- and mammalian target of rapamycin-dependent mechanism. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:2203-10. [PMID: 18039669 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706706200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone/cytokine that links nutritional status with neuroendocrine and immune functions. Lipid bodies (lipid droplets) are emerging as dynamic organelles with roles in lipid metabolism and inflammation. Here we investigated the roles of leptin in signaling pathways involved in cytoplasmic lipid body biogenesis and leukotriene B(4) synthesis in macrophages. Our results demonstrated that leptin directly activated macrophages and induced the formation of adipose differentiation-related protein-enriched lipid bodies. Newly formed lipid bodies were sites of 5-lipoxygenase localization and correlated with an enhanced capacity of leukotriene B(4) production. We demonstrated that leptin-induced macrophage activation was dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activity, since the lipid body formation was inhibited by LY294002 and was absent in the PI3K knock-out mice. Leptin induces phosphorylation of p70(S6K) and 4EBP1 key downstream signaling intermediates of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in a rapamycin-sensitive mechanism. The mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin, inhibited leptin-induced lipid body formation, both in vivo and in vitro. In addition, rapamycin inhibited leptin-induced adipose differentiation-related protein accumulation in macrophages and lipid body-dependent leukotriene synthesis, demonstrating a key role for mTOR in lipid body biogenesis and function. Our results establish PI3K/mTOR as an important signaling pathway for leptin-induced cytoplasmic lipid body biogenesis and adipose differentiation-related protein accumulation. Furthermore, we demonstrate a previously unrecognized link between intracellular (mTOR) and systemic (leptin) nutrient sensors in macrophage lipid metabolism. Leptin-induced increased formation of cytoplasmic lipid bodies and enhanced inflammatory mediator production in macrophages may have implications for obesity-related cardiovascular diseases.
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- Clarissa M Maya-Monteiro
- Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ21045-900 Brazil.
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Yang L, Avila H, Wang H, Trevino J, Gallick GE, Kitadai Y, Sasaki T, Boyd DD. Plasticity in urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) display in colon cancer yields metastable subpopulations oscillating in cell surface uPAR density--implications in tumor progression. Cancer Res 2007; 66:7957-67. [PMID: 16912170 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It is becoming increasingly clear that tumor growth and progression is not entirely due to genetic aberrations but also reflective of tumor cell plasticity. It follows therefore that proteins contributing to tumor progression oscillate in their expression a contention yet to be shown. Because the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) promotes tumor growth and invasion, we determined whether its expression is itself plastic. In fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), three independent colon cancer clonal populations revealed the expected Gaussian distribution for cell surface uPAR display. However, subcloning of cells collected from the trailing edge of the FACS yielded subpopulations, displaying low cell surface uPAR number. Importantly, these subclones spontaneously reverted to cells enriched in uPAR display, indicating a metastable phenotype. uPAR display plasticity was associated with divergent in vivo behavior with weak tumor growth and progression segregating with receptor deficiency. Mechanistically, reduced uPAR display reflected not repressed gene expression but a switch in uPAR protein trafficking from membrane insertion to shedding. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that uPAR cell surface density is oscillatory and we propose that such an event might well contribute to tumor progression.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Cancer Biology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Fernández N, González A, Valera I, Alonso S, Crespo MS. Mannan and peptidoglycan induce COX-2 protein in human PMN via the mammalian target of rapamycin. Eur J Immunol 2007; 37:2572-82. [PMID: 17683115 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737262] [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: 01/21/2023]
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The induction of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) protein expression was assessed in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) stimulated via receptors of the innate immune system. Peptidoglycan (PGN) and mannan, and at a lower extent the bacterial lipoprotein mimic palmitoyl-3-cysteine-serine-lysine-4, induced COX-2 protein expression. In contrast, lipoteichoic acid and muramyldipeptide were irrelevant stimuli. The mRNA encoding COX-2 was present in resting PMN at an extent quite similar to that detected in stimulated PMN, whereas the expression of COX-2 protein was undetectable. Treatment with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor (PI3K) wortmaninn, the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor rapamycin, and the translation inhibitor cycloheximide blocked the induction of COX-2 protein in response to mannan and PGN, whereas the transcriptional inhibitor actinomycin D did not show a significant effect. These results disclose a capability of pathogen-associated molecular patterns to induce the oxidative metabolism of arachidonic acid more robust than that of PMN archetypal chemoattractants, since mannan and PGN make it coincidental the release of arachidonic acid with a rapid induction of COX-2 protein regulated by a signaling cascade involving PI3K, mTOR, and the translation machinery. This mechanism of COX-2 protein induction expression in PMN is substantially different from that operative in mononuclear phagocytes, which is highly dependent on transcriptional regulation.
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- Nieves Fernández
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valladolid, Spain
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Gondi CS, Kandhukuri N, Dinh DH, Gujrati M, Rao JS. Down-regulation of uPAR and uPA activates caspase-mediated apoptosis and inhibits the PI3K/AKT pathway. Int J Oncol 2007; 31:19-27. [PMID: 17549401 PMCID: PMC1905845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) play a major role in invasion and proliferation. A growing body of evidence has suggested that the uPA system promotes tumor metastasis by several different mechanisms, and not just solely by breaking down the ECM. In this study we have used RNAi-mediated simultaneous down-regulation of uPAR and uPA to determine the signaling pathway molecules and caspase-mediated apoptosis. From our in vitro experiments, we have observed that plasmid-based RNAi-mediated down-regulation of uPAR and uPA in SNB19 human glioma cells caused a decrease in the levels of uPAR protein and uPA enzyme activities. In addition, we observed a decrease in the phosphorylation of the Ras-activated pathway molecules such as FAK, p38MAPK, JNK and ERK1/2, as well as the MEK-activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3k) pathway, and also retarded the dephosphorylation of p-AKTser473 and p-mTORser2448, indicative of a feedback signaling mechanism of the uPAR-uPA system. Activation of caspase 8 accompanied by the release of cytochrome c and cleavage of PARP was also observed and indicative of Fas-mediated apoptosis. The use of FMK-VAD-FAK peptides coupled with FITC indicated activation of polycaspases, which was accompanied by the presence of fragmented nuclei. Our studies provide evidence for the presence of a feedback response of the uPAR-uPA system indicative of the multifaceted role of uPAR, and also the therapeutic potential of simultaneously targeting uPAR and uPA in cancer patients.
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- Christopher S Gondi
- Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
- *Correspondence: J.S. Rao, Ph.D., Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Department of Biomedical & Therapeutic Sciences, One Illini Drive, Peoria, IL 61605, USA: e-mail:
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Fox R, Nhan TQ, Law GL, Morris DR, Liles WC, Schwartz SM. PSGL-1 and mTOR regulate translation of ROCK-1 and physiological functions of macrophages. EMBO J 2007; 26:505-15. [PMID: 17245434 PMCID: PMC1783463 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Rho-associated kinases (ROCKs) are critical molecules involved in the physiological functions of macrophages, such as chemotaxis and phagocytosis. We demonstrate that macrophage adherence promotes rapid changes in physiological functions that depend on translational upregulation of preformed ROCK-1 mRNA, but not ROCK-2 mRNA. Before adherence, both ROCK mRNAs were present in the cytoplasm of macrophages, whereas ROCK proteins were undetectable. Macrophage adherence promoted signaling through P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1)/Akt/mTOR that resulted in synthesis of ROCK-1, but not ROCK-2. Following synthesis, ROCK-1 was catalytically active. In addition, there was a rapamycin/sirolimus-sensitive enhanced loading of ribosomes on preformed ROCK-1 mRNAs. Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin abolished ROCK-1 synthesis in macrophages resulting in an inhibition of chemotaxis and phagocytosis. Macrophages from PSGL-1-deficient mice recapitulated pharmacological inhibitor studies. These results indicate that receptor-mediated regulation at the level of translation is a component of a rapid set of mechanisms required to direct the macrophage phenotype upon adherence and suggest a mechanism for the immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effects of rapamycin/sirolimus.
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- Richard Fox
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, 815 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Tel.: +1 206 390 2997; Fax: +1 206 897 1540; E-mail:
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto/University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, 815 Mercer Street, Room 421, Seattle, WA 98109-4714, USA. Tel.: +1 206 543 0258; Fax: +1 206 897 1540; E-mail:
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Xu J, Cai J, Anderson B, Wagner B, Albrecht R, Peek SF, Suresh M, Darien BJ. Cloning and functional characterization of recombinant equine P-selectin. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2007; 116:115-30. [PMID: 17306378 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.01.004] [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: 10/19/2006] [Revised: 01/03/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The recent molecular characterization and sequencing of equine P-selectin (ePsel), and its glycoprotein ligand, P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1), have provided the tools for further investigation into their role in leukocyte trafficking. Here, we report the generation of a genetically engineered chimeric protein (ePsel-IgG) in which the equine P-selectin lectin and epithelial growth factor (EGF) domains were covalently linked to the equine IgG1 heavy chain constant region. The soluble ePsel-IgG was observed to bind to equine monocytes by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. Furthermore, equine monocytes bound to immobilized ePsel-IgG in a time course and dose dependent manner. Not only did ePsel-IgG act as an adhesion molecule, it was also found to activate ERK1/2 kinase and induce IL-8 mRNA expression in equine monocytes. That all of the aforementioned ePsel-IgG-induced cell binding and cell signaling were abolished by the addition of EDTA, suggested that ePsel-IgG chimera mediated events occurred via the P-selectin ligand, PSGL-1. We were able to demonstrate that 78% of equine monocytes cross-reacted with anti-human HECA-452 antibody, which recognizes the sialy-Lewis X (sLex) epitope, a well-known carbohydrate binding site on human PSGL-1. Pre-incubation of equine PBMC with neuraminidase or O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase (OSGP) reduced ePsel-IgG monocyte binding to 36% or 60%, respectively. Taken together, these data suggest that there might be two ligand recognition sites on P-selectin, one of which recognizes sLex and another which recognizes P-selectin ligand core protein. The ePsel-IgG chimera can be a useful as a reagent for further studies on the role of equine P-selectin and signal transduction in inflammatory events in horse.
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- Jin Xu
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1102, USA
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Weyrich AS, Denis MM, Schwertz H, Tolley ND, Foulks J, Spencer E, Kraiss LW, Albertine KH, McIntyre TM, Zimmerman GA. mTOR-dependent synthesis of Bcl-3 controls the retraction of fibrin clots by activated human platelets. Blood 2006; 109:1975-83. [PMID: 17110454 PMCID: PMC1801071 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-08-042192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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New activities of human platelets continue to emerge. One unexpected response is new synthesis of proteins from previously transcribed RNAs in response to activating signals. We previously reported that activated human platelets synthesize B-cell lymphoma-3 (Bcl-3) under translational control by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Characterization of the ontogeny and distribution of the mTOR signaling pathway in CD34+ stem cell-derived megakaryocytes now demonstrates that they transfer this regulatory system to developing proplatelets. We also found that Bcl-3 is required for condensation of fibrin by activated platelets, demonstrating functional significance for mTOR-regulated synthesis of the protein. Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin blocks clot retraction by human platelets. Platelets from wild-type mice synthesize Bcl-3 in response to activation, as do human platelets, and platelets from mice with targeted deletion of Bcl-3 have defective retraction of fibrin in platelet-fibrin clots mimicking treatment of human platelets with rapamycin. In contrast, overexpression of Bcl-3 in a surrogate cell line enhanced clot retraction. These studies identify new features of post-transcriptional gene regulation and signal-dependant protein synthesis in activated platelets that may contribute to thrombus and wound remodeling and suggest that posttranscriptional pathways are targets for molecular intervention in thrombotic disorders.
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- Andrew S Weyrich
- Department of Internal Medicine, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Dixon DA, Tolley ND, Bemis-Standoli K, Martinez ML, Weyrich AS, Morrow JD, Prescott SM, Zimmerman GA. Expression of COX-2 in platelet-monocyte interactions occurs via combinatorial regulation involving adhesion and cytokine signaling. J Clin Invest 2006; 116:2727-38. [PMID: 16998585 PMCID: PMC1570372 DOI: 10.1172/jci27209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 08/01/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Tight regulation of COX-2 expression is a key feature controlling eicosanoid production in atherosclerosis and other inflammatory syndromes. Adhesive interactions between platelets and monocytes occur in these conditions and deliver specific signals that trigger inflammatory gene expression. Using a cellular model of monocyte signaling induced by activated human platelets, we identified the central posttranscriptional mechanisms that regulate timing and magnitude of COX-2 expression. Tethering of monocytes to platelets and to purified P-selectin, a key adhesion molecule displayed by activated platelets, induces NF-kappaB activation and COX-2 promoter activity. Nevertheless, COX-2 mRNA is rapidly degraded, leading to aborted protein synthesis. Time-dependent signaling of monocytes induces a second phase of transcript accumulation accompanied by COX-2 enzyme synthesis and eicosanoid production. Here, generation of IL-1beta, a proinflammatory cytokine, promoted stabilization of COX-2 mRNA by silencing of the AU-rich mRNA decay element (ARE) in the 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of the mRNA. Consistent with observed mRNA stabilization, activated platelets or IL-1beta treatment induced cytoplasmic accumulation and enhanced ARE binding of the mRNA stability factor HuR in monocytes. These findings demonstrate that activated platelets induce COX-2 synthesis in monocytes by combinatorial signaling to transcriptional and posttranscriptional checkpoints. These checkpoints may be altered in disease and therefore useful as targets for antiinflammatory intervention.
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- Dan A Dixon
- Department of Biological Sciences and South Carolina Cancer Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA.
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Wang H, Yan C, Asangani I, Allgayer H, Boyd DD. Identification of an histone H3 acetylated/K4-methylated-bound intragenic enhancer regulatory for urokinase receptor expression. Oncogene 2006; 26:2058-70. [PMID: 17001307 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The transcriptionally regulated urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (u-PAR) contributes to cancer progression. Although previous studies have identified multiple 5' regulatory elements, these cis motifs cannot fully account for u-PAR expression prompting a search for hitherto uncharacterized regulatory elements. DNase I hypersensitivity and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays using u-PAR-expressing colon cancer cells indicated a hypersensitive region (+665/+2068) in intron 1 enriched with acetylated histone 3 (H3) and H3 methylated at lysine 4, markers of regulatory regions. The +665/+2068 region increased transcription from a u-PAR-promoter in an orientation- and distance-independent manner fulfilling the criteria of an enhancer. Optimal stimulation of the u-PAR promoter by phorbol ester required this enhancer. Systematic truncations combined with DNase I footprinting revealed two protected regions (+1060/+1099 and +1123/+1134) with deletion of the latter practically abolishing enhancer activity. The +1123/+1134 region harbored non-consensus activator protein-1 and Ets1 binding sites bound with c-Jun (and/or the related JunD/JunB) and c-Fos (and/or the related FosB/Fra-1/Fra-2) as revealed with chromatin immunoprecipitation. Further, nuclear extract from resected colon cancers showed elevated protein binding to a +1123/+1134-spanning probe coordinate with elevated u-PAR protein. Thus, we have defined a novel intragenic enhancer in the u-PAR gene required for constitutive and inducible expression.
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- H Wang
- Department of Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Lindemann SW, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA. Signaling to translational control pathways: diversity in gene regulation in inflammatory and vascular cells. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2005; 15:9-17. [PMID: 15795158 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2004.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Revised: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 10/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The expression of a subset of genes is strongly controlled at translational checkpoints, a major mechanism of posttranscriptional regulation. Inflammatory and vascular cells receive outside-in signals to specialized pathways that regulate translation of specific messenger RNAs in a transcript-specific fashion and thereby influence key features of cellular phenotype. These pathways and the expression of proteins that they control may be dysregulated in cardiovascular diseases and are therapeutic targets.
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- Stephan W Lindemann
- Department of Internal Medicine and the Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Platelets have intricate signaling mechanisms and participate in a breadth of cellular interactions. This diversity is frequently unrecognized. In addition to being the chief cellular effectors of haemostasis, platelets are innate inflammatory cells that have previously unrecognized molecular pathways and synthetic capacities, which can link innate and adaptive responses in the immune continuum. Characterization of these features and parallel in vivo observations identify new sentinel, surveillance and information-transfer functions. Recent observations indicate that platelets have key roles in adaptive responses to microbial and antigen challenge, in addition to their well known acute defensive activities in tissue injury, and suggest that these mechanisms can be dysregulated in disease. Ongoing characterization of the platelet transcriptome, secretome and proteome also suggest that additional functions of platelets relevant to innate and adaptive immunity remain to be discovered. This Review is the third in a series on interactions between haemostasis and inflammation.
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- Andrew S Weyrich
- Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, 15 North 2030 East, Room 4220, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Yost CC, Denis MM, Lindemann S, Rubner FJ, Marathe GK, Buerke M, McIntyre TM, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA. Activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes rapidly synthesize retinoic acid receptor-alpha: a mechanism for translational control of transcriptional events. J Exp Med 2004; 200:671-80. [PMID: 15337793 PMCID: PMC2212748 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2004] [Accepted: 07/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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In addition to releasing preformed granular proteins, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) synthesize chemokines and other factors under transcriptional control. Here we demonstrate that PMNs express an inducible transcriptional modulator by signal-dependent activation of specialized mechanisms that regulate messenger RNA (mRNA) translation. HL-60 myelocytic cells differentiated to surrogate PMNs respond to activation by platelet activating factor by initiating translation and with appearance of specific mRNA transcripts in polyribosomes. cDNA array analysis of the polyribosome fraction demonstrated that retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha, a transcription factor that controls the expression of multiple genes, is one of the polyribosome-associated transcripts. Quiescent surrogate HL60 PMNs and primary human PMNs contain constitutive message for RAR-alpha but little or no protein. RAR-alpha protein is rapidly synthesized in response to platelet activating factor under the control of a specialized translational regulator, mammalian target of rapamycin, and is blocked by the therapeutic macrolide rapamycin, events consistent with features of the 5' untranslated region of the transcript. Newly synthesized RAR-alpha modulates production of interleukin-8. Rapid expression of a transcription factor under translational control is a previously unrecognized mechanism in human PMNs that indicates unexpected diversity in gene regulation in this critical innate immune effector cell.
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- Christian C Yost
- Department of Pediatrics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Baker W, Schneider BASP, Kulkarni A, Sloan G, Schaub R, Sypek J, Cannon JG. P-selectin inhibition suppresses muscle regeneration following injury. J Leukoc Biol 2004; 76:352-8. [PMID: 15155778 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1102528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This investigation sought to determine if P-selectin-mediated mechanisms contributed to macrophage localization in damaged muscle, an essential process for muscle regeneration. Mice were injected intravenously (i.v.) with soluble P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (sPSGL-1) at 5, 50, or 200 microg/mouse or with 100 microl vehicle alone, and then, lengthening contractions were induced in hindlimb plantar-flexor muscles. The contractions caused fiber damage in soleus muscles, with maximal invasion by CD11b+ mononuclear cells at 24 h post-injury and substantial accumulation of CD11b+ mononuclear cells in the extracellular matrix up to 7 days post-injury. sPSGL-1 treatment caused a dose-dependent decrease in the number of regenerating fibers (P=0.021), as determined by developmental myosin heavy chain (dMHC) expression. This expression was reduced 93% at 7 days post-injury by the highest dose of sPSGL-1, which had no significant influence on intrafiber or extracellular accumulation of cells expressing CD11b, a general marker for phagocytic cells. Additional mice were injected i.v. with 20 microg anti-P-selectin or isotype-control immunoglobulin G and were then subjected to lengthening contractions as before. At 7 days post-injury, soleus muscles from anti-P-selectin-treated mice contained 48% fewer mononuclear cells that bound ER-BMDM1 (P=0.019), a marker for mature macrophages and dendritic cells, and 84% fewer fibers expressing dMHC (P = 0.006), compared with muscles from isotype-injected, control mice. The number of CD11b+ cells was not significantly different between groups. The results are consistent with the concept that P-selectin is involved in the recruitment, maturation, and/or activation of cells that are critical for muscle fiber regeneration.
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- Wallace Baker
- Department of Medical Technology, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912-0100
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Wang H, Yang L, Jamaluddin MS, Boyd DD. The Kruppel-like KLF4 Transcription Factor, a Novel Regulator of Urokinase Receptor Expression, Drives Synthesis of This Binding Site in Colonic Crypt Luminal Surface Epithelial Cells. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:22674-83. [PMID: 15031282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401257200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (u-PAR) plays a central role in cell migration, growth, and invasion and is regulated, in part, transcriptionally. In mice, u-PAR expression is restricted to a few tissues, one of which is the colon. We therefore screened a colon expression library for regulators of u-PAR promoter activity and identified a zinc finger protein bearing consensus sequences to the Kruppel-like family of transcription factors and showing partial homology with one of the members, KLF4. Like u-PAR, KLF4 expression is predominant in the luminal surface epithelial cells of the colonic crypt, and we hypothesized that u-PAR synthesis in these cells is directed by this transcription factor. Colon cells from KLF4 null mice showed a dramatic reduction in u-PAR protein compared with wild-type mice. Conversely, KLF4 expression in HCT116 colon cancer cells increased the amount of u-PAR protein/mRNA. Transient transfection of KLF4 with a reporter driven by 5'-deleted u-PAR promoter fragments indicated the requirement of the proximal 200 base pairs for optimal expression. Mobility-shifting experiments demonstrated binding of KLF4 to multiple regions of the u-PAR promoter (-154/-128, -105/-71, and -51/-24), and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays confirmed the binding of KLF4 to the endogenous promoter. Deletion of the -144/-123 promoter region diminished but did not eliminate the ability of KLF4 to transactivate the u-PAR promoter, suggesting cooperativity of these binding sites with respect to activation of gene expression. In conclusion, we have identified KLF4 as a novel regulator of u-PAR expression that drives the synthesis of u-PAR in the luminal surface epithelial cells of the colon.
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MESH Headings
- Alcian Blue/pharmacology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Separation
- Chromatin/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Colon/cytology
- Colon/metabolism
- Colon/pathology
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Epithelium/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Library
- Genes, Reporter
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Kruppel-Like Factor 4
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
- Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Precipitin Tests
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Transfection
- Up-Regulation
- Zinc Fingers
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- Heng Wang
- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Lindemann SW, Yost CC, Denis MM, McIntyre TM, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA. Neutrophils alter the inflammatory milieu by signal-dependent translation of constitutive messenger RNAs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:7076-81. [PMID: 15118085 PMCID: PMC406468 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401901101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The mechanisms by which neutrophils, key effector cells of the innate immune system, express new gene products in inflammation are largely uncharacterized. We found that they rapidly translate constitutive mRNAs when activated, a previously unrecognized response. One of the proteins synthesized without a requirement for transcription is the soluble IL-6 receptor alpha, which translocates to endothelial cells and induces a temporal switch to mononuclear leukocyte recruitment. Its synthesis is regulated by a specialized translational control pathway that is inhibited by rapamycin, a bacterial macrolide with therapeutic efficacy in transplantation, inflammatory syndromes, and neoplasia. Signal-dependent translation in activated neutrophils may be a critical mechanism for alteration of the inflammatory milieu and a therapeutic target.
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- Stephan W Lindemann
- Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah, 15 North, 20230 East, Building 533, Room 4220, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Cipollone F, Rocca B, Patrono C. Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression and Inhibition in Atherothrombosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2004; 24:246-55. [PMID: 14592854 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000104005.92603.f2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Arachidonic acid metabolism plays an important role in acute ischemic syndromes affecting the coronary or cerebrovascular territory, as reflected by biochemical measurements of eicosanoid biosynthesis and the results of inhibitor trials in these settings. Two cyclooxygenase (COX)-isozymes have been characterized, COX-1 and COX-2, that differ in terms of regulatory mechanisms of expression, tissue distribution, substrate specificity, preferential coupling to upstream and downstream enzymes, and susceptibility to inhibition by the extremely heterogeneous class of COX-inhibitors. Although the role of platelet COX-1 in acute coronary syndromes and ischemic stroke is firmly established through ≈20 years of thromboxane metabolite measurements and aspirin trials, the role of COX-2 expression and inhibition in atherothrombosis is substantially uncertain, because the enzyme was first characterized in 1991 and selective COX-2 inhibitors became commercially available only in 1998. In this review, we discuss the pattern of expression of COX-2 in the cellular players of atherothrombosis, its role as a determinant of plaque “vulnerability,” and the clinical consequences of COX-2 inhibition. Recent studies from our group suggest that variable expression of upstream and downstream enzymes in the prostanoid biosynthetic cascade may represent important determinants of the functional consequences of COX-2 expression and inhibition in different clinical settings.
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- Francesco Cipollone
- Center of Excellence on Aging, G. D'Annunzio University of Chieti School of Medicine, Chieti, Italy
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Macrophages and neutrophils are the professional phagocytes of the innate immune system. Once in the inflammatory joint or the vasculitic lesion, macrophages and neutrophils contribute to the pathology observed. This article examines the mechanisms by which phagocytes contribute to the pathogenesis of these diseases.
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- Hongtao Liu
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 3-315, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Luettich K, Schmidt C. TGFbeta1 activates c-Jun and Erk1 via alphaVbeta6 integrin. Mol Cancer 2003; 2:33. [PMID: 14572313 PMCID: PMC222989 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-2-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2003] [Accepted: 09/23/2003] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) plays an important role in animal development and many cellular processes. A variety of cellular functions that are required for tumor metastasis are controlled by integrins, a family of cell adhesion receptors. Overexpression of alphaVbeta6 integrin is associated with lymph node metastasis of gastric carcinomas. It has been demonstrated that a full TGFbeta1 signal requires both alphaVbeta6 integrin and SMAD pathway. TGFbeta1 binds to alphaVbeta6 via the DLXXL motif, a freely accessible amino acid sequence in the mature form of TGFbeta1. Binding of mature TGFbeta1 to alphaVbeta6 leads to immobilization and tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins, which are associated with focal adhesions, a hallmark of integrin-mediated signal transduction. Here, we show that binding of mature TGFbeta1 recruits the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 1 (MEKK1), a mediator of c-Jun activation, and the extracellular signaling-regulated kinase-1 (Erk1) to focal adhesions. In addition, the p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) is associated with focal adhesions and differentially phosphorylated upon TGFbeta1 stimulation. We conclude that TGFbeta1 activates c-Jun via the MEKK1/p38 MAP kinase pathway and influences cytoskeletal organization. These finding may provide a link between TGFbeta1 and the metastatic behavior of cancers.
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- Karsta Luettich
- Department of Dermatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York, 10021, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology and Molecular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Platelets are small in size and simple in structure. Nevertheless, these anucleate cytoplasts utilize complex molecular systems to regulate a variety of biological functions. Here we review evolutionary paths, traditional roles, and previously unrecognized biological capacities of platelets that interface thrombosis with inflammation and potentially identify new roles in inflammatory diseases.
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- A S Weyrich
- Department of Internal Medicine and the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
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Li G, Kim YJ, Mantel C, Broxmeyer HE. P-selectin enhances generation of CD14+CD16+ dendritic-like cells and inhibits macrophage maturation from human peripheral blood monocytes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:669-77. [PMID: 12847232 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Endothelial cells play a critical role in monocyte differentiation. Platelets also affect terminal maturation of monocytes in vitro. P-selectin is an important adhesion molecule expressed on both endothelial cells and activated platelets. We investigated its effects on human peripheral blood monocyte differentiation under the influence of different cytokines. Generation of dendritic-like cells (DLCs) from peripheral blood monocytes was promoted by immobilized P-selectin in the presence of M-CSF and IL-4 as judged by dendritic cell (DC) morphology; increased expression of CD1a, a DC marker; low phagocytic activity; and high alloreactivity to naive T cells. In contrast to typical DCs, DLCs expressed CD14 and FcgammaRIII (CD16). These features link the possible identity of DLCs to that of an uncommon CD14(+)CD16(+)CD64(-) monocyte subset found to be expanded in a variety of pathological conditions. Functionally, DLCs generated by P-selectin in combination with M-CSF plus IL-4 primed naive allogeneic CD4(+) T cells to produce significantly less IFN-gamma than cells generated by BSA in the presence of M-CSF and IL-4. P-selectin effects on enhancing CD14(+)CD16(+) DLC generation were completely abrogated by pretreatment of cells with the protein kinase C delta inhibitor rottlerin, but not by classical protein kinase C inhibitor Gö6976. Immobilized P-selectin also inhibited macrophage differentiation in response to M-CSF alone as demonstrated by morphology, phenotype, and phagocytosis analysis. The effects of P-selectin on macrophage differentiation were neutralized by pretreatment of monocytes with Ab against P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1. These results suggest a novel role for P-selectin in regulating monocyte fate determination.
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- Geling Li
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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