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Ji X, Zhou F, Zhang Y, Deng R, Xu W, Bai M, Liu Y, Shao L, Wang X, Zhou L. Butyrate stimulates hepatic gluconeogenesis in mouse primary hepatocytes. Exp Ther Med 2018; 17:1677-1687. [PMID: 30783436 PMCID: PMC6364177 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.7136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Butyrate is a major short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) produced by microbial fermentation of dietary fiber in the gastrointestinal tract. Butyrate is also a well-known broad-spectrum histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. Butyrate has been reported to improve energy metabolism in rodents, which is associated with its beneficial effects on skeletal muscle, brown fat tissue and pancreatic β-cells. The present study investigated the direct effect of butyrate on hepatic gluconeogenesis in mouse primary hepatocytes and the underlying mechanism. Isolated mouse primary hepatocytes were incubated with sodium butyrate, other HDAC inhibitors and other SCFAs. Hepatic glucose production was measured and gluconeogenic gene expression was detected by polymerase chain reaction analysis. The phosphorylation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB) was assessed by western blot analysis. The results revealed that sodium butyrate dose-dependently increased hepatic glucose production and gluconeogenic gene expression in isolated mouse primary hepatocytes. Trichostatin A, a potent broad-spectrum HDAC inhibitor, had the opposite effect. Similar to sodium butyrate, propionate, which is another SCFA, promoted hepatic glucose production and gluconeogenic gene expression in the presence or absence of gluconeogenic substrates, which were further enhanced by cAMP. Furthermore, sodium butyrate also increased the accumulation of intracellular ATP and induced the phosphorylation of CREB in mouse hepatocytes. In conclusion, the present study suggested that butyrate stimulates hepatic gluconeogenesis and induces gluconeogenic gene expression as a substrate and cAMP/CREB signaling activator.
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- Xueying Ji
- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- The Very Important Person Department, East Hospital, Shanghai Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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Huang W, Zhou L, Guo H, Xu Y, Xu Y. The role of short-chain fatty acids in kidney injury induced by gut-derived inflammatory response. Metabolism 2017; 68:20-30. [PMID: 28183450 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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It has been found that several circulating metabolites derived from gut microbiota fermentation associate with a systemic immuno-inflammatory response and kidney injury, which has been coined the gut-kidney axis. Recent evidence has suggested that short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are primarily originated from fermentation of dietary fiber in the gut, play an important role in regulation of immunity, blood pressure, glucose and lipid metabolism, and seem to be the link between microbiota and host homeostasis. In addition to their important role as fuel for colonic epithelial cells, SCFAs also modulate different cell signal transduction processes via G-protein coupled receptors, and act as epigenetic regulators by the inhibition of histone deacetylase and as potential mediators involved in the autophagy pathway. Though controversial, an intimate connection between SCFAs and kidney injury has been revealed, suggesting that SCFAs may act as new therapeutic targets of kidney injury. This review is intended to provide an overview of the impact of SCFAs and the potential link to kidney injury induced by gut-derived inflammatory response.
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- Wei Huang
- Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (Macau University of Science and Technology), Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China; Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, PR China. 646000
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, PR China. 646000
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- Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (Macau University of Science and Technology), Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China
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- Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (Macau University of Science and Technology), Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China.
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- Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, PR China; Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, PR China. 646000.
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Kovarik JJ, Hölzl MA, Hofer J, Waidhofer-Söllner P, Sobanov Y, Koeffel R, Saemann MD, Mechtcheriakova D, Zlabinger GJ. Eicosanoid modulation by the short-chain fatty acid n-butyrate in human monocytes. Immunology 2013; 139:395-405. [PMID: 23398566 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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n-Butyrate deriving from bacterial fermentation in the mammalian intestine is a key determinant in gastrointestinal homeostasis. We examined the effects of this short-chain fatty acid and Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR) and TLR4 engagement on inflammatory/immunity-associated genes, cyclo-oxygenases (COXs), prostaglandins (PGs) and leukotrienes (LTs) in human monocytes. Before RNA isolation, freshly isolated human monocytes were co-incubated for different time-points with 1 mm n-butyrate alone or in combination with bacterial stimuli. Based on a knowledge-driven approach, a signature of 180 immunity/inflammation-associated genes was picked and real-time PCR analysis was performed. Pathway analysis was carried out using a web-based database analysing program. Based on these gene expression studies the findings were evaluated at the protein/mediator level by Western blot analysis, FACS and ELISA. Following co-incubation with n-butyrate and lipopolysaccharide, key enzymes of the eicosanoid pathway, like PTGS2 (COX-2), TXS, ALOX5, LTA4H and LTC4S, were significantly up-regulated compared with stimulation with lipopolysaccharide alone. Furthermore, release of the lipid mediators PGE(2), 15d-PGJ(2), LTB(4) and thromboxane B(2) was increased by n-butyrate. Regarding signalling, n-butyrate had no additional effect on mitogen-activated protein kinase and interfered differently with early and late phases of nuclear factor-κB signalling. Our results suggest that among many other mediators of eicosanoid signalling n-butyrate massively induces PGE(2) production by increasing the expression of PTGS2 (COX-2) in monocytes following TLR4 and TLR2 activation and induces secretion of LTB(4) and thromboxane B(2). This underscores the role of n-butyrate as a crucial mediator of gut-specific immunity.
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- Johannes J Kovarik
- Institute of Immunology, Centre of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Kumar M, Nagpal R, Verma V, Kumar A, Kaur N, Hemalatha R, Gautam SK, Singh B. Probiotic metabolites as epigenetic targets in the prevention of colon cancer. Nutr Rev 2012; 71:23-34. [PMID: 23282249 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2012.00542.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Dietary interventions for preventing colon cancer have recently attracted increased attention from researchers and clinicians. The probiotics have emerged as potential therapeutic agents but are also regarded as healthy dietary supplements for nutrition and health applications. The probiotic metabolome may interfere with various cellular and molecular processes, including the onset and progression of colon cancer. Probiotic metabolites may lead to the modulation of diverse cellular signal transduction and metabolic pathways. The gut microbial metabolites (organic acids, bacteriocins, peptides, etc.) have been noted to interact with multiple key targets in various metabolic pathways that regulate cellular proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, inflammation, angiogenesis, and metastasis. Progress in this field suggests that epigenetic alterations will be widely used in the near future to manage colon cancer. The present review provides insights into the molecular basis of the therapeutic applications and the chemopreventive activities of certain probiotic metabolites, with emphasis on the interaction between these metabolites and the molecular signaling cascades that are considered to be epigenetic targets in preventing colon cancer.
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- Manoj Kumar
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India.
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Wang A, Si H, Liu D, Jiang H. Butyrate activates the cAMP-protein kinase A-cAMP response element-binding protein signaling pathway in Caco-2 cells. J Nutr 2012; 142:1-6. [PMID: 22113869 PMCID: PMC6498458 DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.148155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Butyrate is a major SCFA produced by microbial fermentation of dietary fiber in the gastrointestinal tract. Butyrate is widely thought to mediate the benefits of fiber and resistant starch consumption to colon health in humans. Besides serving as a substrate for energy production, butyrate has many regulatory effects in animals. Little is known about the signaling mechanisms underlying the regulatory effects of butyrate and other SCFA. In this study, we determined whether butyrate can activate cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA)- cAMP response element (CRE)-binding protein (CREB) signaling in Caco-2 cells, a model of intestinal epithelial cells. Butyrate promoted luciferase expression from a CRE-reporter construct, induced phosphorylation of CREB, increased the activity of PKA, and elevated the levels of cAMP in Caco-2 cells. These data suggest that butyrate activates cAMP-PKA-CREB signaling in Caco-2 cells. Butyrate, however, had no effect on the activities of adenylyl cyclase (AC) and phosphodiesterase (PDE), two enzymes that determine the production and degradation of intracellular cAMP, respectively. Because the activities of AC and PDE are primarily regulated by G protein-coupled receptor (GPR)-mediated intracellular signaling, lack of an effect of butyrate on these two enzymes suggests that butyrate does not activate cAMP-PKA-CREB signaling through GPR. Butyrate-treated Caco-2 cells had greater concentrations of ATP than untreated cells. Because ATP is the substrate for cAMP production, this difference suggests that butyrate may activate cAMP-PKA-CREB signaling in Caco-2 cells through increased ATP production. Overall, this study raises the possibility that some of the regulatory effects of butyrate in animals, including those on the colonocytes, may be mediated by the cAMP-PKA-CREB signaling pathway at the cellular level.
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- Aihua Wang
- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Meijer K, de Vos P, Priebe MG. Butyrate and other short-chain fatty acids as modulators of immunity: what relevance for health? Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2010; 13:715-21. [PMID: 20823773 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0b013e32833eebe5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW High-fiber diets have been shown to reduce plasma concentrations of inflammation markers. Increased production of fermentation-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) is one of the factors that could exert these positive effects. This review examines the effects of SCFAs on immune cells and discusses the relevance of their effects on systemic inflammation, as frequently seen in obesity. RECENT FINDINGS SCFAs have been shown to reduce chemotaxis and cell adhesion; this effect is dependent on type and concentration of SCFA. In spite of conflicting results, especially butyrate seems to have an anti-inflammatory effect, mediated by signaling pathways like nuclear factor-κB and inhibition of histone deacetylase. The discrepancies in the results could be explained by differences in cell types used and their proliferative and differentiation status. SUMMARY SCFAs show anti-inflammatory effects and seem to have the potency to prevent infiltration of immune cells from the bloodstream in, for example, the adipose tissue. In addition, their ability to inhibit the proliferation and activation of T cells and to prevent adhesion of antigen-presenting cells could be important as it recently has been shown that obesity-associated inflammation might be antigen-dependent. More studies with concentrations in micromolar range are needed to approach more physiological concentrations.
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- Kees Meijer
- Center for Medical Biomics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Bailón E, Cueto-Sola M, Utrilla P, Rodríguez-Cabezas ME, Garrido-Mesa N, Zarzuelo A, Xaus J, Gálvez J, Comalada M. Butyrate in vitro immune-modulatory effects might be mediated through a proliferation-related induction of apoptosis. Immunobiology 2010; 215:863-73. [PMID: 20149475 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2010.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 01/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Survival and proliferation signals are two processes closely interrelated and finely controlled in most cell types, whose deregulation may lead to carcinogenesis. In the last decade, different studies have suggested that both cellular functions are also intimately associated with other cellular activities such as differentiation and cellular activation, especially in immune cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate on the proliferation and activation state of different cell types involved in inflammatory bowel disease. We focused on intestinal epithelial cells, macrophages and T-lymphocytes, using both primary non-transformed cultures and established cell lines. The results showed that low concentrations of butyrate inhibited the proliferation of all the immune cell types tested in this work, whereas it only induced apoptosis in activated T-lymphocytes, non-differentiated epithelial cells and macrophage cell lines, but not in differentiated epithelial cells or primary macrophages. Butyrate apoptosis induction was mediated by caspase-3/7 activation. This SCFA was only able to modify cell activation, measured as expression of inflammatory cytokines, in those cell types in which apoptosis was induced. In conclusion, our results suggest a cell type-specificity of the immune-modulatory effects of butyrate based on the proliferation/activation characteristic physiology of these processes in different cells types.
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- Elvira Bailón
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Choi Y, Park SK, Kim HM, Kang JS, Yoon YD, Han SB, Han JW, Yang JS, Han G. Histone deacetylase inhibitor KBH-A42 inhibits cytokine production in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells and in vivo endotoxemia model. Exp Mol Med 2009; 40:574-81. [PMID: 18985016 DOI: 10.3858/emm.2008.40.5.574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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In light of the anti-inflammatory properties of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) and trichostatin A (TSA), we examined a new HDAC inhibitor KBH-A42 for its anti-inflammatory activities. KBH-A42 showed noteworthy anti-inflammatory properties in vitro via suppression of the production of TNF-alpha, a proinflammatory cytokine, and nitric oxide (NO), a proinflammatory effector molecule, in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells and peritoneal macrophages. It also inhibited TNF-alpha production in vivo as demonstrated in a LPS-induced mouse endotoxemia model. The levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6 and iNOS mRNAs determined by RT-PCR propose that the inhibition of these pro-inflammatory mediators by KBH-A42 resulted from inhibiting expression of these genes. However, the EMSA study to see the effect of KBH-A42 on the binding of NF-kappaB, a transcription factor, to a specific DNA sequence showed that the binding of NF-kappaB to DNA was not changed regardless of increasing the concentration of KBH-A42 in the presence and absence of LPS stimulation. Interestingly, DNA binding of another transcription factor AP-1 dose-dependently increased by KBH-A42. KBH-A42 differentially regulated the phosphorylation of MAP kinases. While the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and SAPK/JNK was not affected by KBH-A42, the phosphorylation of p38 decreased by KBH-A42. These results showed that KBH-A42 inhibits production of proinflammatory cytokines in macrophages by decreasing their mRNA levels, and p38 kinase is involved in the KBH-A42-mediated inhibition.
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- Yongseok Choi
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Bosisio D, Vulcano M, Del Prete A, Sironi M, Salvi V, Salogni L, Riboldi E, Leoni F, Dinarello CA, Girolomoni G, Sozzani S. Blocking TH17-polarizing cytokines by histone deacetylase inhibitors in vitro and in vivo. J Leukoc Biol 2008; 84:1540-8. [PMID: 18780875 PMCID: PMC2614600 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0708401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2008] [Revised: 08/04/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are small molecules inducing cell-cycle arrest, differentiation, and apoptosis, currently undergoing clinical trials as anticancer drugs. In addition, emerging evidence suggests HDAC inhibitors may have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties as well, although the molecular mechanisms remain poorly defined. Given the central role of dendritic cells (DC) in the induction and maintenance of the inflammatory and immune response, we investigated the effects of HDAC inhibitors on the maturation and activation of human monocyte-derived DC in the presence of LPS and IFN-gamma. Our results show that the production of T(H)1- and T(H)17-inducing cytokines, namely IL-12 and IL-23, was inhibited by trichostatin A (72% and 52%, respectively) and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (86% and 83%). Strikingly, HDAC inhibitors were effective if added simultaneously as well as after the proinflammatory challenge, and their effect was not associated to a reduction of expression or function of LPS/IFN-gamma receptors. These findings were confirmed in two different murine models. In addition, HDAC inhibitors selectively blocked the production of T(H)1-attracting chemokines CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11. The reduction of T(H)1- and T(H)17-inducing cytokines as well as T(H)1-attracting chemokines may represent relevant mechanisms through which HDAC inhibitors at nonproapoptotic doses exert their immunomodulatory properties.
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- Daniela Bosisio
- Section of General Pathology and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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Xu J, Deng X, Demetriou AA, Farkas DL, Hui T, Wang C. Factors released from cholestatic rat livers possibly involved in inducing bone marrow hepatic stem cell priming. Stem Cells Dev 2008; 17:143-55. [PMID: 18225978 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that bone marrow beta 2m(-)/Thy-1+ hepatic stem cells (BMHSCs) were able to engraft in vivo and differentiate into functioning hepatocytes in vitro. Our transcriptomic profiling on BMHSCs derived from rats subjected to common bile duct ligation (CBDL) demonstrated CBDL-derived beta 2m(-)/Thy-1+ BMHSCs expressed hepatocyte-like genes and shared more commonly expressed genes with hepatocytes, suggesting that an "on-site" priming of BMHSCs into hepatocyte lineage was initiated under the condition of CBDL. In this paper, transcriptomic profiling was carried out on livers from rats with CBDL to identify candidate factors released from cholestatic livers possibly involved in the priming of BMHSCs using Affymetrix Rat Genome U34A arrays. In CBDL rat livers, 1,091 probe sets were differentially expressed, of which 188 up-regulated probe sets were annotated as "extracellular" components. Gene ontology analysis showed many up-regulated genes belonged to cytokines, chemokines and growth factors, including Il1b, Il18, Ptn, Spp1, Grn, Ccl2, Cxcl1, Pf4, Tgfb, and Tgfb3. Cell differentiation and proliferation regulation factors such as Dmbt1, Efna1, Lgals1, Lep, Pmp2, and Gas6 were also induced in CBDL livers. Furthermore, many proteolysis and peptidolysis genes such as Mmp2, Mmp12, Mmp14, and Mmp23 were up-regulated in CBDL livers. Gene expression profiling showed that many cytokine-, chemokine-, growth factor- as well as certain extracellular protein-related genes were induced in CBDL livers, suggesting that these genes may be involved in hepatic BMHSCs priming.
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- Jun Xu
- Department of Medicine and Burns & Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Potrykus J, Mahaney B, White RL, Bearne SL. Proteomic investigation of glucose metabolism in the butyrate-producing gut anaerobeFusobacterium varium. Proteomics 2007; 7:1839-53. [PMID: 17464938 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A proteome survey and MS analysis were conducted to investigate glucose metabolism in Fusobacterium varium, a butyrate-producing constituent of the indigenous human gut microflora. The bacterium was capable of catabolizing glucose as the main energy source via the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway. 2-DE analyses revealed that the apparent concentrations of the six identified glycolytic enzymes (pyruvate kinase, enolase, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, phosphoglycerate kinase, triosephosphate isomerase, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) were specifically increased in response to the presence of glucose in the chemically defined minimal growth medium, and did not diminish when the medium was additionally supplemented with L-glutamate, an amino acid readily fermented by members of the Fusobacterium genus. A substrate pool depletion study revealed that the sugar, and not the amino acid, is the more efficient growth substrate. Both proteomics and substrate pool depletion studies revealed that F. varium can simultaneously utilize both glucose and L-glutamate as energy sources. Enzymes involved in L-glutamate metabolism were also identified, including an NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase and two enzymes of the methylaspartate pathway of L-glutamate catabolism (glutamate mutase and methylaspartate ammonia-lyase). Their apparent intracellular concentrations were elevated when the bacterium was cultured in media supplemented with excess L-glutamate. Our observation that the apparent concentrations of specific proteins were elevated in response to a particular growth substrate supplied as an energy source provides the first evidence for the presence of a nutrient-responsive mechanism governing intracellular protein concentration in F. varium.
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- Joanna Potrykus
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Raz I, Gollop N, Polak-Charcon S, Schwartz B. Isolation and characterisation of new putative probiotic bacteria from human colonic flora. Br J Nutr 2007; 97:725-34. [PMID: 17349085 DOI: 10.1017/s000711450747249x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The present study describes a novel bacterial isolate exhibiting high ability to synthesise and secrete butyrate. The novel isolated bacterium was obtained from human faeces and grown in selective liquid intestinal microflora medium containing rumen fluid under microaerobic conditions. Its probiotic properties were demonstrated by the ability of the isolate to survive high acidity and medium containing bile acids and the ability to adhere to colon cancer cells (Caco-2) in vitro. Phylogenetic identity to Enterococcus durans was established using specific primers for 16S rRNA (99% probability). PCR analyses with primers to the bacterial gene encoding butyrate kinase, present in the butyrogenic bacteria Clostridium, showed that this gene is present in E. durans. The in vivo immunoprotective and anti-inflammatory effects of E. durans were assessed in dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis in Balb/c mice. Administration of E. durans ameliorated histological, clinical and biochemical scores directly related to intestinal inflammation whereas the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus delbrueckii was ineffective in this regard. Colonic cDNA concentrations of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha were significantly down regulated in DSS-treated E. durans-fed mice but not in control or DSS-treated L. delbrueckii- fed mice. Fluorescent in situ hybridisation analyses of colonic tissue from mice fed E. durans, using a butyrate kinase probe, demonstrated that E. durans significantly adheres to the colonic tissue. The novel isolated bacterium described in the present paper, upon further characterisation, can be developed into a useful probiotic aimed at the treatment of patients suffering from ulcerative colitis.
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- Irit Raz
- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors induce antigen specific anergy in lymphocytes: a comparative study. Int Immunopharmacol 2006; 6:1673-81. [PMID: 16979121 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2006] [Revised: 06/22/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Induction of immune tolerance to transplanted tissue continues to be a challenge for organ transplantation. In the present study, six widely used histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDAI), sodium butyrate (n-butyrate), Trichostatin A, Oxamflatin, Scriptaid, HDAC I and HDAC III, were examined for ability to induce antigen-specific immune anergy in cloned and naïve murine CD4(+) T cells. When first compared for their ability to inhibit histone deacetylation Trichostatin A was found to be 10 times more potent than HDAC III, Oxamflatin and Scriptaid and 10(4) times more potent than n-butyrate. When we compared ability to inhibit CD4(+) T cell proliferation in response to IL-2 stimulation, Trichostatin A was the most potent with 100% inhibition using 100 nM Trichostatin A, while 1 muM of HDAC III, Oxamflatin and Scriptaid and 1 mM of n-butyrate were required for this effect. When the tolerogenic activity of Trichostatin A, Scriptaid and n-butyrate were compared using cloned Th1 cells specific for keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), all three HDAI were effective, but Trichostatin A was again the most potent. Finally, Trichostatin A (0.05 mM) was shown to induce anergy in OT-II ovalbumin-specific naïve CD4(+) T-cells. We concluded that Trichostatin A was the most potent HDAI with regard to inhibition of histone deacetylation and the ability to induce antigen-specific anergy in both cloned and naïve CD4(+) T cells. These results will guide future studies examining HDAIs for ability to induce clinical tolerance in organ transplantation.
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Weber TE, Kerr BJ. Butyrate differentially regulates cytokines and proliferation in porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2006; 113:139-47. [PMID: 16725211 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although butyrate modulates proliferation and cytokine production by PBMC in some species, the role of butyrate as a regulator of immunocyte function in the pig has not been studied. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to determine whether butyrate influences peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proliferation, cytokine secretion and mRNA expression in the pig in vitro. We also sought to determine whether alterations in cytokine production attributable to butyrate were associated with changes in the expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3). Porcine PBMC were isolated from venous blood and stimulated with concanavalin A (ConA) in the presence or absence of sodium butyrate at 0.2 or 2.0 mM. Butyrate at 2.0 mM suppressed (P<0.05) ConA-induced PBMC proliferation and led to a paradoxical increase (P<0.05) in IL-2 mRNA expression. The secretion and mRNA expression of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) by ConA-activated PBMC was increased (P<0.05) by butyrate at 2.0 mM. Exposing activated PBMC to butyrate at 2.0 mM decreased (P<0.05) the secretion of interleukin-10 (IL-10). In contrast, butyrate at 0.2 mM increased (P<0.05) both IL-10 secretion and mRNA expression. Activation of porcine PBMC with ConA increased (P<0.05) the expression of SOCS3 mRNA, and butyrate treatment further augmented (P<0.05) SOCS3 mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner. Mechanistically, pretreatment with the adenyl cyclase inhibitor 2,5-dideoxyadenosine abolished (P<0.05) the inhibitory effect of 2.0 mM butyrate on IL-10 secretion, and partially reversed (P<0.05) the increase in IFN-gamma secretion induced by 2.0mM butyrate. These data indicate that the effect of butyrate on cytokine production by porcine PBMC is dose-dependent, and that butyrate increases the expression of SOCS3 in activated PBMC. In addition, we provide evidence that the effects of butyrate on IFN-gamma and IL-10 production are mediated in part via a cAMP-dependent mechanism.
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- Thomas E Weber
- National Swine Research and Information Center, USDA, ARS, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Schütz S, Chemnitz J, Spillner C, Frohme M, Hauber J, Kehlenbach RH. Stimulated expression of mRNAs in activated T cells depends on a functional CRM1 nuclear export pathway. J Mol Biol 2006; 358:997-1009. [PMID: 16580684 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
In metazoans, the nuclear export of bulk mRNAs is mediated by the export receptor TAP, together with its binding partner p15. A number of viral mRNAs, including the unspliced and partially spliced mRNA species of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), however, use an alternative export route via the importin beta-related export receptor CRM1. This raises the question of whether a subset of cellular mRNAs might be exported by CRM1 as well. To identify such mRNAs, we performed a systematic screen in different cell lines, using representational difference analyses of cDNA (cDNA-RDA). In HeLa and Cl-4 cells no cellular transcripts could be identified as exported via CRM1. In contrast, we found a number of CRM1-dependent mRNAs in Jurkat T cells, most of which are induced during a T cell response. One of the identified gene products, the dendritic cell marker CD83, was analyzed in detail. CD83 expression depends on a functional CRM1 pathway in activated Jurkat T cells as well as in a heterologous expression system, independent of activation. Our results point to an important role of the CRM1-dependent export pathway for the expression of CD83 and other genes under conditions of T cell activation.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Gene Expression
- Genes, env
- HIV/genetics
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins/genetics
- In Vitro Techniques
- Jurkat Cells
- Karyopherins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Karyopherins/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Exportin 1 Protein
- CD83 Antigen
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- Sylvia Schütz
- University of Heidelberg, Department of Virology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Nakamura T, Kukita T, Shobuike T, Nagata K, Wu Z, Ogawa K, Hotokebuchi T, Kohashi O, Kukita A. Inhibition of histone deacetylase suppresses osteoclastogenesis and bone destruction by inducing IFN-beta production. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:5809-16. [PMID: 16237073 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.9.5809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Osteoclasts are bone-resorptive multinucleated cells that are differentiated from hemopoietic cell lineages of monocyte/macrophages in the presence of receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL) and M-CSF. Downstream signaling molecules of the receptor of RANKL, RANK, modulate the differentiation and the activation of osteoclasts. We recently found that histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs), known as anticancer agents, selectively suppressed osteoclastogenesis in vitro. However, the molecular mechanism underlying inhibitory action of HDIs in osteoclastogenesis and the effect of HDIs on pathological bone destruction are still not remained to be elucidated. In this study, we show that a depsipeptide, FR901228, inhibited osteoclast differentiation by not only suppressing RANKL-induced nuclear translocation of NFATc1 but also increasing the mRNA level of IFN-beta, an inhibitor of osteoclastogenesis. The inhibition of osteoclast formation by FR901228 was abrogated by the addition of IFN-beta-neutralizing Ab. In addition, treatment of adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats revealed that FR901228 inhibited not only disease development in a prophylactic model but also bone destruction in a therapeutic model. Furthermore, immunostaining of the joints of therapeutically treated rats revealed significant production of IFN-beta in synovial cells. Taken together, these data suggest that a HDI inhibits osteoclastogenesis and bone destruction by a novel action to induce the expression of osteoclast inhibitory protein, IFN-beta.
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- Takahiro Nakamura
- Department of Pathology and Biodefense, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
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Blanchard F, Chipoy C. Histone deacetylase inhibitors: new drugs for the treatment of inflammatory diseases? Drug Discov Today 2005; 10:197-204. [PMID: 15708534 DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6446(04)03309-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors induce cell cycle arrest and differentiation in cancer cells and have been in Phase I-II clinical trials for the treatment of various solid or haematological malignancies. In recent years, HDAC inhibitors have emerged as potent contenders for anti-inflammatory drugs, offering new lines of therapeutic intervention for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus erythematosus. The molecular mode of action of HDAC inhibitors is still controversial but seems to rely on reduced inflammatory mediator production, such as nitric oxide or cytokines, which implies inhibition of the transcription factor NF-kappaB. These anti-inflammatory effects will hopefully lead us to appreciate the complex anti-tumour effects of HDAC inhibitors.
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- Frédéric Blanchard
- Laboratory of Pathophysiology of Bone Resorption and Therapy of Primitive Bone Tumours, Université Nantes, EA 3822,1 rue Gaston Veil, 44035 Nantes cedex 1, France
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Säemann MD, Zlabinger GJ. How to make clinical use of bacterial evasion strategies. Eur J Clin Invest 2003; 33:189-90. [PMID: 12641535 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2003.01145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- M D Säemann
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Austria.
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Williams EA, Coxhead JM, Mathers JC. Anti-cancer effects of butyrate: use of micro-array technology to investigate mechanisms. Proc Nutr Soc 2003; 62:107-15. [PMID: 12740065 DOI: 10.1079/pns2002230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Epidemiological evidence suggests that a high intake of resistant starch and NSP protects against colo-rectal cancer. The mechanisms underlying this protection are thought to be mediated by the short-chain fatty acid butyrate, which is present in the colonic lumen in millimolar concentrations as a result of bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates that have resisted digestion in the small intestine. In vitro studies have shown that butyrate displays a host of chemo-preventative properties including increased apoptosis, reduced proliferation, down regulation of angiogenesis, enhanced immunosurveillance and anti-inflammatory effects in colo-rectal cancer cell lines. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the apparent chemo-preventative actions of butyrate are largely unknown. The evidence supporting the role of butyrate as an anti-cancer agent is reviewed, with particular emphasis on those studies that have attempted to elucidate the mechanism of action of butyrate. Our understanding of the mechanistic action of butyrate and its role in cancer prevention is likely to advance considerably in this post-genomic era with the application of genomic and proteomic technologies. Studies are described that have used gene array and proteomic techniques to investigate the response of colo-rectal cancer cells to butyrate. These pioneering studies illustrate the potential of these technologies to help characterise the molecular responses of the cancer cell to butyrate, and to define the role of butyrate (and other nutrients) in the prevention of colo-rectal cancer.
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- Elizabeth A Williams
- Human Nutrition Research Centre, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
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