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Zhang X, Zhang Y, Wu T, He H, Peng R, Jin K, Mo H, Qu F, Tang J, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Zhou Z, Fan J, Li J, Liu Z. Fish decay-accelerating factor (DAF) regulates intestinal complement pathway and immune response to bacterial challenge. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 151:109741. [PMID: 38964436 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Decay-accelerating factor (DAF) is an essential member of the complement regulatory protein family that plays an important role in immune response and host homeostasis in mammals. However, the immune function of DAF has not been well characterized in bony fish. In this study, a complement regulatory protein named CiDAF was firstly characterized from Ctenopharyngodon idella and its potential roles were investigated in intestine following bacterial infection. Similar to mammalian DAFs, CiDAF has multiple complement control protein (CCP) functional domains, suggesting the evolutionary conservation of DAFs. CiDAF was broadly expressed in all tested tissues, with a relatively high expression level detected in the spleen and kidney. In vivo immune challenge experiments revealed that CiDAF strongly responded to bacterial pathogens (Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas veronii) and PAMPs (lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or muramyl dipeptide (MDP)) challenges. In vitro RNAi experiments indicated that knockdown of CiDAF could upregulate the expression of complement genes (C4b, C5 and C7) and inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-8). Moreover, 2000 ng/mL of CiDAF agonist progesterone effectively alleviated LPS- or MDP-induced intestinal inflammation by regulating expression of complement factors, TLR/PepT1 pathway genes and inflammatory cytokines. Overall, these findings revealed that CiDAF may act as a negative regulator of intestinal complement pathway and immune response to bacterial challenge in grass carp.
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- Xia Zhang
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China; State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China; State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Yueyang Yumeikang Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Yueyang, 414100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Department of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China.
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Zhou H, Hara H, Cooper DK. The complex functioning of the complement system in xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation 2019; 26:e12517. [PMID: 31033064 PMCID: PMC6717021 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The role of complement in xenotransplantation is well-known and is a topic that has been reviewed previously. However, our understanding of the immense complexity of its interaction with other constituents of the innate immune response and of the coagulation, adaptive immune, and inflammatory responses to a xenograft is steadily increasing. In addition, the complement system plays a function in metabolism and homeostasis. New reviews at intervals are therefore clearly warranted. The pathways of complement activation, the function of the complement system, and the interaction between complement and coagulation, inflammation, and the adaptive immune system in relation to xenotransplantation are reviewed. Through several different mechanisms, complement activation is a major factor in contributing to xenograft failure. In the organ-source pig, the detrimental influence of the complement system is seen during organ harvest and preservation, for example, in ischemia-reperfusion injury. In the recipient, the effect of complement can be seen through its interaction with the immune, coagulation, and inflammatory responses. Genetic-engineering and other therapeutic methods by which the xenograft can be protected from the effects of complement activation are discussed. The review provides an updated source of reference to this increasingly complex subject.
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- Hongmin Zhou
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Blood group antigens represent polymorphic traits inherited among individuals and populations. At present, there are 34 recognized human blood groups and hundreds of individual blood group antigens and alleles. Differences in blood group antigen expression can increase or decrease host susceptibility to many infections. Blood groups can play a direct role in infection by serving as receptors and/or coreceptors for microorganisms, parasites, and viruses. In addition, many blood group antigens facilitate intracellular uptake, signal transduction, or adhesion through the organization of membrane microdomains. Several blood groups can modify the innate immune response to infection. Several distinct phenotypes associated with increased host resistance to malaria are overrepresented in populations living in areas where malaria is endemic, as a result of evolutionary pressures. Microorganisms can also stimulate antibodies against blood group antigens, including ABO, T, and Kell. Finally, there is a symbiotic relationship between blood group expression and maturation of the gastrointestinal microbiome.
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- Laura Cooling
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Pathogenesis of human diffusely adhering Escherichia coli expressing Afa/Dr adhesins (Afa/Dr DAEC): current insights and future challenges. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 27:823-69. [PMID: 25278576 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00036-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The pathogenicity and clinical pertinence of diffusely adhering Escherichia coli expressing the Afa/Dr adhesins (Afa/Dr DAEC) in urinary tract infections (UTIs) and pregnancy complications are well established. In contrast, the implication of intestinal Afa/Dr DAEC in diarrhea is still under debate. These strains are age dependently involved in diarrhea in children, are apparently not involved in diarrhea in adults, and can also be asymptomatic intestinal microbiota strains in children and adult. This comprehensive review analyzes the epidemiology and diagnosis and highlights recent progress which has improved the understanding of Afa/Dr DAEC pathogenesis. Here, I summarize the roles of Afa/Dr DAEC virulence factors, including Afa/Dr adhesins, flagella, Sat toxin, and pks island products, in the development of specific mechanisms of pathogenicity. In intestinal epithelial polarized cells, the Afa/Dr adhesins trigger cell membrane receptor clustering and activation of the linked cell signaling pathways, promote structural and functional cell lesions and injuries in intestinal barrier, induce proinflammatory responses, create angiogenesis, instigate epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like events, and lead to pks-dependent DNA damage. UTI-associated Afa/Dr DAEC strains, following adhesin-membrane receptor cell interactions and activation of associated lipid raft-dependent cell signaling pathways, internalize in a microtubule-dependent manner within urinary tract epithelial cells, develop a particular intracellular lifestyle, and trigger a toxin-dependent cell detachment. In response to Afa/Dr DAEC infection, the host epithelial cells generate antibacterial defense responses. Finally, I discuss a hypothetical role of intestinal Afa/Dr DAEC strains that can act as "silent pathogens" with the capacity to emerge as "pathobionts" for the development of inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal carcinogenesis.
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Buranda T, Swanson S, Bondu V, Schaefer L, Maclean J, Mo Z, Wycoff K, Belle A, Hjelle B. Equilibrium and kinetics of Sin Nombre hantavirus binding at DAF/CD55 functionalized bead surfaces. Viruses 2014; 6:1091-111. [PMID: 24618810 PMCID: PMC3970141 DOI: 10.3390/v6031091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Decay accelerating factor (DAF/CD55) is targeted by many pathogens for cell entry. It has been implicated as a co-receptor for hantaviruses. To examine the binding of hantaviruses to DAF, we describe the use of Protein G beads for binding human IgG Fc domain-functionalized DAF ((DAF)2-Fc). When mixed with Protein G beads the resulting DAF beads can be used as a generalizable platform for measuring kinetic and equilibrium binding constants of DAF binding targets. The hantavirus interaction has high affinity (24–30 nM; kon ~ 105 M−1s−1, koff ~ 0.0045 s−1). The bivalent (DAF)2-Fc/SNV data agree with hantavirus binding to DAF expressed on Tanoue B cells (Kd = 14.0 nM). Monovalent affinity interaction between SNV and recombinant DAF of 58.0 nM is determined from competition binding. This study serves a dual purpose of presenting a convenient and quantitative approach of measuring binding affinities between DAF and the many cognate viral and bacterial ligands and providing new data on the binding constant of DAF and Sin Nombre hantavirus. Knowledge of the equilibrium binding constant allows for the determination of the relative fractions of bound and free virus particles in cell entry assays. This is important for drug discovery assays for cell entry inhibitors.
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- Tione Buranda
- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4640, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4640, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4640, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Planet Biotechnology Inc., 25571 Clawiter Road, Hayward, CA 94545, USA.
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- Planet Biotechnology Inc., 25571 Clawiter Road, Hayward, CA 94545, USA.
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- Planet Biotechnology Inc., 25571 Clawiter Road, Hayward, CA 94545, USA.
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- Planet Biotechnology Inc., 25571 Clawiter Road, Hayward, CA 94545, USA.
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- Planet Biotechnology Inc., 25571 Clawiter Road, Hayward, CA 94545, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4640, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Banadakoppa M, Goluszko P, Liebenthal D, Nowicki BJ, Nowicki S, Yallampalli C. PI3K/Akt pathway restricts epithelial adhesion of Dr + Escherichia coli by down-regulating the expression of decay accelerating factor. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2014; 239:581-94. [PMID: 24599886 DOI: 10.1177/1535370214522183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The urogenital microbial infection in pregnancy is an important cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains which express Dr fimbriae (Dr+) are associated with unique gestational virulence and they utilize cell surface decay accelerating factor (DAF or CD55) as one of the cellular receptor before invading the epithelial cells. Previous studies in our laboratory established that nitric oxide reduces the rate of E. coli invasion by delocalizing the DAF protein from cell surface lipid rafts and down-regulating its expression. The phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) cell signal pathway plays an important role in host-microbe interaction because many bacteria including E. coli activate this pathway in order to establish infection. In the present study, we showed that the PI3K/Akt pathway negatively regulated the expression of DAF on the epithelial cell surface and thus inhibited the adhesion of Dr(+) E. coli to epithelial cells. Initially, using two human cell lines Ishikawa and HeLa which differ in constitutive activity of PI3K/Akt, we showed that DAF levels were associated with the PI3K/Akt pathway. We then showed that the DAF gene expression was up-regulated and the Dr(+) E. coli adhesion increased after the suppression of PI3K/Akt pathway in Ishikawa cells using inhibitor LY294002, and a plasmid which allowed the expression of PI3K/Akt regulatory protein PTEN. The down-regulation of PTEN protein using PTEN-specific siRNA activated the PI3K/Akt pathway, down-regulated the DAF, and decreased the adhesion of Dr(+) E. coli. We conclude that the PI3K/Akt pathway regulated the DAF expression in a nitric oxide independent manner.
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- Manu Banadakoppa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Basmarke-Wehelie R, Sjölinder H, Jurkowski W, Elofsson A, Arnqvist A, Engstrand L, Hagner M, Wallin E, Guan N, Kuranasekera H, Aro H, Jonsson AB. The complement regulator CD46 is bactericidal to Helicobacter pylori and blocks urease activity. Gastroenterology 2011; 141:918-28. [PMID: 21699774 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Revised: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS CD46 is a C3b/C4b binding complement regulator and a receptor for several human pathogens. We examined the interaction between CD46 and Helicobacter pylori (a bacterium that colonizes the human gastric mucosa and causes gastritis), peptic ulcers, and cancer. METHODS Using gastric epithelial cells, we analyzed a set of H pylori strains and mutants for their ability to interact with CD46 and/or influence CD46 expression. Bacterial interaction with full-length CD46 and small CD46 peptides was evaluated by flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and bacterial survival analyses. RESULTS H pylori infection caused shedding of CD46 into the extracellular environment. A soluble form of CD46 bound to H pylori and inhibited growth, in a dose- and time-dependent manner, by interacting with urease and alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, which are essential bacterial pathogenicity-associated factors. Binding of CD46 or CD46-derived synthetic peptides blocked the urease activity and ability of bacteria to survive in acidic environments. Oral administration of one CD46 peptide eradicated H pylori from infected mice. CONCLUSIONS CD46 is an antimicrobial agent that can eradicate H pylori. CD46 peptides might be developed to treat H pylori infection.
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- Rahma Basmarke-Wehelie
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Chronic gastritis induced by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the strongest known risk factor for adenocarcinoma of the distal stomach, yet the effects of bacterial eradication on carcinogenesis remain unclear. H. pylori isolates possess substantial genotypic diversity, which engenders differential host inflammatory responses that influence clinical outcome. H. pylori strains that possess the cag pathogenicity island and secrete a functional cytotoxin induce more severe gastric injury and further augment the risk for developing distal gastric cancer. Carcinogenesis is also influenced by host genetic diversity, particularly involving immune response genes such as interleukin-1ß and tumor necrosis factor-α. Human trials and anima studies have indicated that eradication of H. pylori prior to the development of atrophic gastritis offers the best chance for prevention of gastric cancer. However, although the timing of intervention influences the magnitude of suppression of premalignant and neoplastic lesions, bacterial eradication, even in longstanding infections, is of clear benefit to the host. It is important to gain insight into the pathogenesis of H. pylori-induced gastritis and adenocarcinoma not only to develop more effective treatments for gastric cancer, but also because it might serve as a paradigm for the role of chronic inflammation in the genesis of other malignancies that arise within the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Richard M Peek
- Division of Gastroenterology Departments of Medicine and Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN, USA 37232; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Nashville, TN, USA 37212.
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Hoffman SM, Wang H, Pope MR, Fleming SD. Helicobacter infection alters MyD88 and Trif signalling in response to intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion. Exp Physiol 2010; 96:104-13. [PMID: 21056969 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.055426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ischaemia-reperfusion-induced intestinal injury requires both Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signalling through myeloid differentiation primary response gene (88) (MyD88) and complement activation. As a common Gram-negative intestinal pathogen, Helicobacter hepaticus signals through TLR4 and upregulates the complement inhibitor, decay accelerating factor (DAF; CD55). Since ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is complement dependent, we hypothesized that Helicobacter infection may alter IR-induced intestinal damage. Infection increased DAF transcription and subsequently decreased complement activation in response to IR without altering intestinal damage in wild-type mice. Ischaemia-reperfusion induced similar levels of DAF mRNA expression in uninfected wild-type, MyD88(-/-) or TIR-domain-containing adaptor-inducing interferon-β (Trif)-deficient mice. However, during infection, IR-induced DAF transcription was significantly attenuated in Trif-deficient mice. Likewise, IR-induced intestinal damage, complement component 3 deposition and prostaglandin E(2) production were attenuated in Helicobacter-infected, Trif-deficient but not MyD88(-/-) mice. While infection attenuated IR-induced cytokine production in wild-type and MyD88(-/-) mice, there was no further decrease in Trif-deficient mice. These data indicate distinct roles for MyD88 and Trif in IR-induced inflammation and suggest that chronic, undetected infections, such as Helicobacter, alter the use of the adaptor proteins to induce damage.
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- Sara M Hoffman
- Kansas State University, Division of Biology, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Hylton DJ, Phillips LM, Hoffman SM, Fleming SD. Hemorrhage-induced intestinal damage is complement-independent in Helicobacter hepaticus-infected mice. Shock 2010; 34:467-74. [PMID: 20220569 PMCID: PMC2998760 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e3181dc077e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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With more than half of the world population infected, Helicobacter infection is an important public health issue associated with gastrointestinal cancers and inflammatory bowel disease. Animal studies indicate that complement and oxidative stress play a role in Helicobacter infections. Hemorrhage (HS) induces tissue damage that is attenuated by blockade of either complement activation or oxidative stress products. Therefore, we hypothesized that chronic Helicobacter hepaticus infection would modulate HS-induced intestinal damage and inflammation. To test this hypothesis, we examined HS-induced jejunal damage and inflammation in uninfected and H. hepaticus-infected mice. Helicobacter hepaticus infection increased HS-induced midjejunal mucosal damage despite attenuating complement activation. In addition, infection alone increased chemokine secretion, changing the HS-induced neutrophil infiltration to a macrophage-mediated inflammatory response. The HS-induced macrophage infiltration correlated with increased secretion of tumor necrosis factor-α and nitric oxide in the infected mice. Together, these data indicate that Helicobacter infection modulates the mechanism of HS-induced intestinal damage and inflammation from a complement-mediated response to a macrophage response with elevated tumor necrosis factor-α and nitric oxide. These data indicate that chronic low-level infections change the response to trauma and should be considered when designing and administering therapeutics.
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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Allison CC, Kufer TA, Kremmer E, Kaparakis M, Ferrero RL. Helicobacter pylori induces MAPK phosphorylation and AP-1 activation via a NOD1-dependent mechanism. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 183:8099-109. [PMID: 20007577 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori rapidly activates MAPKs and transcription factors, NF-kappaB and AP-1, in gastric epithelial cells following host attachment. Activation of these signal transducers is largely dependent on the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI)-encoded Type IV Secretion System. H. pylori was shown to translocate peptidoglycan through the Type IV Secretion System, which is recognized by the pathogen recognition molecule, NOD1, thus resulting in NF-kappaB activation. The mechanisms of H. pylori-induced MAPK and AP-1 activation, however, are less well defined and therefore, we assessed the contribution of NOD1 to their activation. For this, we used gastric epithelial cell lines, stably expressing siRNA to either NOD1 or a control gene. In siNOD1-expressing cells stimulated with cagPAI(+) H. pylori, we observed significant reductions in p38 and ERK phosphorylation (p < 0.05), whereas the levels of Jnk phosphorylation remained unchanged. Consistent with a previous report, however, we were able to demonstrate NOD1-dependent Jnk phosphorylation by the invasive pathogen Shigella flexneri, highlighting pathogen-specific host responses to infection. We also show that NOD1 was essential for H. pylori induction of not only NF-kappaB, but also AP-1 activation, implying that NOD1 induces robust proinflammatory responses, in an attempt to rapidly control infection. Pharmacological inhibition of p38 and ERK activity significantly reduced IL-8 production in response to H. pylori, further emphasizing the importance of MAPKs in innate immune responses to the pathogen. Thus, for the first time we have shown the important role for NOD1 in MAPK and AP-1 activation in response to cagPAI(+) H. pylori.
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- Cody C Allison
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Fischer W, Prassl S, Haas R. Virulence Mechanisms and Persistence Strategies of the Human Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009; 337:129-71. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01846-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kawai T, Takeshita S, Imoto Y, Matsumoto Y, Sakashita M, Suzuki D, Shibasaki M, Tamari M, Hirota T, Arinami T, Fujieda S, Noguchi E. Associations between decay-accelerating factor polymorphisms and allergic respiratory diseases. Clin Exp Allergy 2009; 39:1508-14. [PMID: 19681921 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03316.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Allergic diseases such as asthma and allergic rhinitis are major causes of morbidity in developed countries. The pathology underlying allergic respiratory diseases is considered to be IgE-mediated type I allergy characterized by mucosal inflammation that occurs in response to allergen exposure. They are common diseases involving a complex inheritance. Complement systems are known to play an important role in allergic diseases. Decay-accelerating factor (DAF) is important for the regulation of the complement system and is a good candidate for determining the susceptibility to allergic diseases. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate whether polymorphisms in the DAF gene are associated with allergic respiratory diseases in the Japanese population. METHODS We performed mutation screenings of DAF and conducted a tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) association analysis for 684 unrelated adult individuals with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) with Japanese ceder pollen, 188 mite-sensitive adults with asthma, and 346 unrelated non-allergic healthy controls. RESULTS DAF is located in the tight linkage disequilibrium (LD) block spanning 62 kb. The tag SNP analysis revealed that rs10746463 was significantly associated with SAR (P=0.00033) and mite-sensitive adult asthma (P=0.044). The rs2564978 and rs3841376 haplotypes, which are located in the promoter region of DAF, were in complete LD with rs10746463 (r2=1). Luciferase reporter assays with constructs containing the 5' flanking regions of DAF showed that the plasmid with rs2564978 C/rs3841376 deletion (the risk haplotype) had a statistically significantly lower transcriptional activity than that containing the rs2564978 T/rs3841376 insertion. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that DAF is one of the genes involved in conferring susceptibility to allergic respiratory diseases and show that decreased levels of DAF may be associated with the enhanced specific IgE responses occurring in allergic diseases in the Japanese population.
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- T Kawai
- Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Bao L, Haas M, Pippin J, Wang Y, Miwa T, Chang A, Minto AW, Petkova M, Qiao G, Song WC, Alpers CE, Zhang J, Shankland SJ, Quigg RJ. Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis induced in mice lacking decay-accelerating factor in T cells. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:1264-74. [PMID: 19349693 DOI: 10.1172/jci36000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 02/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Heritable and acquired diseases of podocytes can result in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). We modeled FSGS by passively transferring mouse podocyte-specific sheep Abs into BALB/c mice. BALB/c mice deficient in the key complement regulator, decay-accelerating factor (DAF), but not WT or CD59-deficient BALB/c mice developed histological and ultrastructural features of FSGS, marked albuminuria, periglomerular monocytic and T cell inflammation, and enhanced T cell reactivity to sheep IgG. All of these findings, which are characteristic of FSGS, were substantially reduced by depleting CD4+ T cells from Daf(-/-) mice. Furthermore, WT kidneys transplanted into Daf(-/-) recipients and kidneys of DAF-sufficient but T cell-deficient Balb/(cnu/nu) mice reconstituted with Daf(-/-) T cells developed FSGS. In contrast, DAF-deficient kidneys in WT hosts and Balb/(cnu/nu) mice reconstituted with DAF-sufficient T cells did not develop FSGS. Thus, we have described what we believe to be a novel mouse model of FSGS attributable to DAF-deficient T cell immune responses. These findings add to growing evidence that complement-derived signals shape T cell responses, since T cells that recognize sheep Abs bound to podocytes can lead to cellular injury and development of FSGS.
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- Lihua Bao
- University of Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA.
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Peek RM. Helicobacter pylori infection and disease: from humans to animal models. Dis Model Mech 2009; 1:50-5. [PMID: 19048053 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.000364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Informative and tractable animal models that are colonized by well-defined microbial pathogens represent ideal systems for the study of complex human diseases. Helicobacter pylori colonization of the stomach is a strong risk factor for peptic ulceration and distal gastric cancer. However, gastritis has no adverse consequences for most hosts and emerging evidence suggests that H. pylori prevalence is inversely related to gastroesophageal reflux disease and allergic disorders. These observations indicate that eradication may not be appropriate for certain populations due to the potentially beneficial effects conferred by persistent gastric inflammation. Animal models have provided an invaluable resource with which to study H. pylori pathogenesis and carcinogenesis, and have permitted the development of a focused approach to selectively target human populations at high-risk of disease.
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- Richard M Peek
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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O'Brien DP, Romero-Gallo J, Schneider BG, Chaturvedi R, Delgado A, Harris EJ, Krishna U, Ogden SR, Israel DA, Wilson KT, Peek RM. Regulation of the Helicobacter pylori cellular receptor decay-accelerating factor. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:23922-30. [PMID: 18579524 PMCID: PMC2527108 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801144200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Chronic gastritis induced by Helicobacter pylori is the strongest known risk factor for peptic ulceration and distal gastric cancer, and adherence of H. pylori to gastric epithelial cells is critical for induction of inflammation. One H. pylori constituent that increases disease risk is the cag pathogenicity island, which encodes a secretion system that translocates bacterial effector molecules into host cells. Decay-accelerating factor (DAF) is a cellular receptor for H. pylori and a mediator of the inflammatory response to this pathogen. H. pylori induces DAF expression in human gastric epithelial cells; therefore, we sought to define the mechanism by which H. pylori up-regulates DAF and to extend these findings into a murine model of H. pylori-induced injury. Co-culture of MKN28 gastric epithelial cells with the wild-type H. pylori cag(+) strain J166 induced transcriptional expression of DAF, which was attenuated by disruption of a structural component of the cag secretion system (cagE). H. pylori-induced expression of DAF was dependent upon activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway but not NF-kappaB. Hypergastrinemic INS-GAS mice infected with wild-type H. pylori demonstrated significantly increased DAF expression in gastric epithelium versus uninfected controls or mice infected with an H. pylori cagE(-) isogenic mutant strain. These results indicate that H. pylori cag(+) strains induce up-regulation of a cognate cellular receptor in vitro and in vivo in a cag-dependent manner, representing the first evidence of regulation of an H. pylori host receptor by the cag pathogenicity island.
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- Daniel P. O'Brien
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department
of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology, and
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2279 and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
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Suganuma M, Yamaguchi K, Ono Y, Matsumoto H, Hayashi T, Ogawa T, Imai K, Kuzuhara T, Nishizono A, Fujiki H. TNF-alpha-inducing protein, a carcinogenic factor secreted from H. pylori, enters gastric cancer cells. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:117-22. [PMID: 18412243 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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TNF-alpha inducing protein (Tip alpha) is secreted from Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori): it is a potent inducer of TNF-alpha and chemokine genes, mediated through NF-kappaB activation, and it also induces tumor-promoting activity in Bhas 42 cells. To investigate the carcinogenic mechanisms of H. pylori with Tip alpha, we first examined how Tip alpha acts on gastric epithelial cells. We found that fluorescent-Tip alpha specifically bound to, and then entered, the cells in a dose- and temperature-dependent manner, whereas deletion mutant of Tip alpha (del-Tip alpha), an inactive form, neither bound to nor entered the cells, suggesting the presence of a specific binding molecule. Mutagenesis analysis of Tip alpha revealed that a dimer formation of Tip alpha with a disulfide bond is required for both specific binding and induction of TNF-alpha gene expression. A confocal laser scanning microscope revealed some Tip alpha in the nuclei, but del-Tip alpha was not present, which indicated that an active form of Tip alpha can penetrate the nucleus and may be involved in the induction of TNF-alpha gene expression. Examination of Tip alpha production and secretion in 28 clinical isolates revealed that H. pylori obtained from gastric cancer patients secreted Tip alpha in significantly higher amounts than did H. pylori from patients with chronic gastritis, suggesting that Tip alpha is an essential factor in H. pylori inflammation and cancer microenvironment in the human stomach. Tip alpha is thus a new carcinogenic factor of H. pylori that can enter the nucleus through a specific binding molecule, and its mechanism of action is completely different from that of CagA.
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- Masami Suganuma
- Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan.
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Hatakeyama M. SagA of CagA in Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis. Curr Opin Microbiol 2008; 11:30-7. [PMID: 18243773 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Revised: 12/15/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Much attention has recently been given to the role of the Helicobacter pylori CagA protein, the only as yet identified H. pylori protein that is delivered into the host gastric epithelial cells by a type IV secretion system, in the development of H. pylori-associated diseases, including gastric carcinoma. This review summarizes the latest advances in our understanding of pathogenic actions of H. pylori CagA, particularly focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying CagA entry into the host cells as well as CagA-mediated perturbation of host cell signaling involved in proliferation, motility, differentiation, and polarity, which contributes malignant transformation of mammalian cells.
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- Masanori Hatakeyama
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Amieva MR, El-Omar EM. Host-bacterial interactions in Helicobacter pylori infection. Gastroenterology 2008; 134:306-23. [PMID: 18166359 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 370] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 10/21/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori are spiral-shaped gram-negative bacteria with polar flagella that live near the surface of the human gastric mucosa. They have evolved intricate mechanisms to avoid the bactericidal acid in the gastric lumen and to survive near, to attach to, and to communicate with the human gastric epithelium and host immune system. This interaction sometimes results in severe gastric pathology. H pylori infection is the strongest known risk factor for the development of gastroduodenal ulcers, with infection being present in 60%-80% of gastric and 95% of duodenal ulcers.(1)H pylori is also the first bacterium to be classified as a definite carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer because of its epidemiologic relationship to gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.(2) In the last 25 years, since H pylori was first described and cultured, a complete paradigm shift has occurred in our clinical approach to these gastric diseases, and more than 20,000 scientific publications have appeared on the subject. From the medical point of view, H pylori is a formidable pathogen responsible for much morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, H pylori infection occurs in approximately half of the world population, with disease being an exception rather than the rule. Understanding how this organism interacts with its host is essential for formulating an intelligent strategy for dealing with its most important clinical consequences. This review offers an insight into H pylori host-bacterial interactions.
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- Manuel R Amieva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Cane G, Moal VLL, Pagès G, Servin AL, Hofman P, Vouret-Craviari V. Up-regulation of intestinal vascular endothelial growth factor by Afa/Dr diffusely adhering Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1359. [PMID: 18159242 PMCID: PMC2147078 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 11/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Angiogenesis has been recently described as a novel component of inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis. The level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been found increased in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis mucosa. To question whether a pro-inflammatory Escherichia coli could regulate the expression of VEGF in human intestinal epithelial cells, we examine the response of cultured human colonic T84 cells to infection by E. coli strain C1845 that belongs to the typical Afa/Dr diffusely adhering E. coli family (Afa/Dr DAEC). METHODOLOGY VEGF mRNA expression was examined by Northern blotting and q-PCR. VEGF protein levels were assayed by ELISA and its bioactivity was analysed in endothelial cells. The bacterial factor involved in VEGF induction was identified using recombinant E. coli expressing Dr adhesin, purified Dr adhesin and lipopolysaccharide. The signaling pathway activated for the up-regulation of VEGF was identified using a blocking monoclonal anti-DAF antibody, Western blot analysis and specific pharmacological inhibitors. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS C1845 bacteria induce the production of VEGF protein which is bioactive. VEGF is induced by adhering C1845 in both a time- and bacteria concentration-dependent manner. This phenomenon is not cell line dependent since we reproduced this observation in intestinal LS174, Caco2/TC7 and INT407 cells. Up-regulation of VEGF production requires: (1) the interaction of the bacterial F1845 adhesin with the brush border-associated decay accelerating factor (DAF, CD55) acting as a bacterial receptor, and (2) the activation of a Src protein kinase upstream of the activation of the Erk and Akt signaling pathways. CONCLUSIONS Results demonstrate that a Afa/Dr DAEC strain induces an adhesin-dependent activation of DAF signaling that leads to the up-regulation of bioactive VEGF in cultured human intestinal cells. Thus, these results suggest a link between an entero-adherent, pro-inflammatory E. coli strain and angiogenesis which appeared recently as a novel component of IBD pathogenesis.
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- Gaëlle Cane
- CNRS UMR 6543, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Inserm, Unité 756
- Université Paris-Sud 11, Faculté de Pharmacie, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- CNRS UMR 6543, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Inserm, Unité 756
- Université Paris-Sud 11, Faculté de Pharmacie, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Inserm, ERI-21, Faculté de Médecine de Nice, Nice, France
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- CNRS UMR 6543, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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We propose that microbes that have developed persistent relationships with human hosts have evolved cross-signalling mechanisms that permit homeostasis that conforms to Nash equilibria and, more specifically, to evolutionarily stable strategies. This implies that a group of highly diverse organisms has evolved within the changing contexts of variation in effective human population size and lifespan, shaping the equilibria achieved, and creating relationships resembling climax communities. We propose that such ecosystems contain nested communities in which equilibrium at one level contributes to homeostasis at another. The model can aid prediction of equilibrium states in the context of further change: widespread immunodeficiency, changing population densities, or extinctions.
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Molecular correlates of host specialization in Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1120. [PMID: 17971880 PMCID: PMC2040198 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background The majority of Staphylococcus aureus isolates that are recovered from either serious infections in humans or from mastitis in cattle represent genetically distinct sets of clonal groups. Moreover, population genetic analyses have provided strong evidence of host specialization among S. aureus clonal groups associated with human and ruminant infection. However, the molecular basis of host specialization in S. aureus is not understood. Methodology/Principal Findings We sequenced the genome of strain ET3-1, a representative isolate of a common bovine mastitis-causing S. aureus clone. Strain ET3-1 encodes several genomic elements that have not been previously identified in S. aureus, including homologs of virulence factors from other Gram-positive pathogens. Relative to the other sequenced S. aureus associated with human infection, allelic variation in ET3-1 was high among virulence and surface-associated genes involved in host colonization, toxin production, iron metabolism, antibiotic resistance, and gene regulation. Interestingly, a number of well-characterized S. aureus virulence factors, including protein A and clumping factor A, exist as pseudogenes in ET3-1. Whole-genome DNA microarray hybridization revealed considerable similarity in the gene content of highly successful S. aureus clones associated with bovine mastitis, but not among those clones that are only infrequently recovered from bovine hosts. Conclusions/Significance Whole genome sequencing and comparative genomic analyses revealed a set of molecular genetic features that distinguish clones of highly successful bovine-associated S. aureus optimized for mastitis pathogenesis in cattle from those that infect human hosts or are only infrequently recovered from bovine sources. Further, the results suggest that modern bovine specialist clones diverged from a common ancestor resembling human-associated S. aureus clones through a combination of foreign DNA acquisition and gene decay.
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The complement system is an important component of the innate immune system and a modulator of adaptive immunity. The entire complement system is focused on C3 and C5. Thus, there are proteins that activate C3 and C5, those that regulate this activation, and those that transduce the effects of C3 and C5 activation products; each can affect the kidney in renal injury. The normal kidney has the inherent capacity to protect itself from complement activation through cellular expression of decay-accelerating factor, membrane cofactor protein (in human beings), and Crry (in rodents). In addition, plasma factor H protects vascular spaces in the kidney. Although the main function of these proteins is to limit complement activation, there is now considerable evidence that they can transduce signals on engagement in immune cells. The G-protein-coupled 7-span transmembrane receptors for C3a and C5a, and the integral membrane complement receptors (CR) for C3b, iC3b, and C3dg, are expressed outside the kidney, particularly in cells of hematopoietic and immune lineage. These are important in renal injury through their infiltration of the kidney and/or by affecting kidney-directed immune responses. There is mounting evidence that intrinsic glomerular and tubular cell C3aR and C5aR expression and activation also can affect renal injury. CR1 on podocytes and the beta2 integrins CR3 and CR4 in kidney dendritic cells have functions that remain poorly defined. Cells of the kidney also have the capacity to produce and activate their own complement proteins. Thus, intrinsic renal cells express decay-accelerating factor, membrane cofactor protein, Crry, C3aR, C5aR, CR1, CR3, and CR4. These can be engaged by C3 and C5 activation products derived from systemic and local pools in renal injury. Given their capacity to provide signals that influence kidney cellular behavior, their activation can have substantial effects in renal injury. Defining these in a cell- and disease-specific fashion is an exciting challenge for future research.
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- Tipu S Puri
- Section of Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Zhang X, Kimura Y, Fang C, Zhou L, Sfyroera G, Lambris JD, Wetsel RA, Miwa T, Song WC. Regulation of Toll-like receptor-mediated inflammatory response by complement in vivo. Blood 2007; 110:228-36. [PMID: 17363730 PMCID: PMC1896115 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-12-063636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and complement are 2 components of innate immunity that are critical for first-line host defense and elicitation of adaptive immune responses. Many pathogen-associated molecular patterns activate both TLR and complement, but whether and how these 2 systems, when coactivated in vivo, interact with each other has not been well studied. We demonstrate here a widespread regulation of TLR signaling by complement in vivo. The TLR ligands lipopolysacharride (TLR4), zymosan (TLR2/6), and CpG oligonucleotide (TLR9) caused, in a complement-dependent manner, strikingly elevated plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and IL-1beta, and/or decreased plasma IL-12 levels in mice deficient in the membrane complement inhibitor decay-accelerating factor (DAF). A similar outcome was observed in wild-type mice cotreated with the TLR ligands and cobra venom factor, a potent complement activator. The regulatory effect of complement on TLR-induced cytokine production in vivo was mediated by the anaphylatoxin receptors C5aR and C3aR. Additionally, changes in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cytokine production in DAF-deficient mice correlated with increased mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor-kappaB activation in the spleen. These results reveal a strong interaction between complement and TLR signaling in vivo and suggest a novel mechanism by which complement promotes inflammation and modulates adaptive immunity.
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- Xinhua Zhang
- Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Although chronic Helicobacter pylori infection is the strongest known risk factor for development of gastric adenocarcinoma, only a small proportion of infected individuals will ever develop tumours. This article discusses various bacterial, host and environmental factors which may influence an individual's susceptibility. RECENT FINDINGS Recent research on bacterial virulence factors has focussed upon the cag pathogenicity island, particularly its roles in regulating epithelial growth and adhesion. Studies of host genetic factors have included several analyses of polymorphisms in inflammatory cytokines in human cohorts. Animal studies have recently clarified the roles of dysregulated epithelial apoptosis, proliferation and differentiation pathways during gastric carcinogenesis, and novel experiments involving H. felis infection of bone marrow transplanted irradiated mice have suggested that gastric cancer may originate from bone marrow-derived stem cells. Important roles for signalling between epithelial and mesenchymal cells, particularly myofibroblasts, are also emerging. Recent research on the importance of environmental factors has demonstrated how helminth coinfection may protect against atrophic gastritis and T helper type 1 responses. SUMMARY Complex interactions between several bacterial, host genetic and environmental factors determine whether H. pylori infected individuals develop gastric carcinoma. The importance of bone marrow stem cell engraftment during human gastric neoplasia is an area requiring urgent investigation.
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- D Mark Pritchard
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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H pylori is probably the most prevalent human pathogen worldwide. Since it was initially suggested in 1983 by Marshall and Warren to be implicated in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease, H pylori has also been implicated in gastric carcinoma and was classified as a class I carcinogen. In the last two decades, a noteworthy body of research has revealed the multiple processes that this gram negative bacterium activates to cause gastroduodenal disease in humans. Most infections are acquired early in life and may persist for the life of the individual. While infected individuals mount an inflammatory response that becomes chronic, along with a detectable adaptive immune response, these responses are ineffective in clearing the infection. H pylori has unique features that allow it to reside within the harsh conditions of the gastric environment, and also to evade the host immune response. In this review, we discuss the various virulence factors expressed by this bacterium and how they interact with the host epithelium to influence pathogenesis.
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