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Gong X, Zhao Q, Zhang H, Liu R, Wu J, Zhang N, Zou Y, Zhao W, Huo R, Cui R. The Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Exosomes on Metabolic Reprogramming in Scar Formation and Wound Healing. Int J Nanomedicine 2024; 19:9871-9887. [PMID: 39345908 PMCID: PMC11438468 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s480901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 09/17/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Pathological scarring results from aberrant cutaneous wound healing due to the overactivation of biological behaviors of human skin fibroblasts, characterized by local inordinate inflammation, excessive extracellular matrix and collagen deposition. Yet, its underlying pathogenesis opinions vary, which could be caused by increased local mechanical tension, enhanced and continuous inflammation, gene mutation, as well as cellular metabolic disorder, etc. Metabolic reprogramming is the process by which the metabolic pattern of cells undergoes a systematic adjustment and transformation to adapt to the changes of the external environment and meet the needs of their growth and differentiation. Therefore, the abnormality of metabolic reprogramming in cells within wounds and scars attaches great importance to scar formation. Mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes (MSC-Exo) are the extracellular vesicles that play an important role in tissue repair, cancer treatment as well as immune and metabolic regulation. However, there is not a systematic work to detail the relevant studies. Herein, we gave a comprehensive summary of the existing research on three main metabolisms, including glycometabolism, lipid metabolism and amino acid metabolism, and MSC-Exo regulating metabolic reprogramming in wound healing and scar formation for further research reference.
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- Xiangan Gong
- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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Gong K, Chen J, Yin X, Wu M, Zheng H, Jiang L. Untargeted metabolomics analysis reveals spatial metabolic heterogeneity in different intestinal segments of type 1 diabetic mice. Mol Omics 2024; 20:128-137. [PMID: 37997452 DOI: 10.1039/d3mo00163f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been reported to cause systematic metabolic disorders, but metabolic changes in different intestinal segments of T1D remain unclear. In this study, we analyzed metabolic profiles in the jejunum, ileum, cecum and colon of streptozocin-induced T1D and age-matched control (CON) mice by an LC-MS-based metabolomics method. The results show that segment-specific metabolic disorders occurred in the gut of T1D mice. In the jejunum, we found that T1D mainly led to disordered amino acid metabolism and most amino acids were significantly lower relative to CON mice. Moreover, fatty acid metabolism was disrupted mainly in the ileum, cecum and colon of T1D mice, such as arachidonic acid, alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid metabolism. Thus, our study reveals spatial metabolic heterogeneity in the gut of T1D mice and provides a metabolic view on diabetes-associated intestinal diseases.
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- Kaiyan Gong
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou 325060, China.
- Wenzhou Municipal Key Laboratory for Applied Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Informatics, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou 325060, China
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da Silva BAF, Pessoa RT, da Costa RHS, de Oliveira MRC, Ramos AGB, de Lima Silva MG, da Silva LYS, Medeiros CR, Florencio SGL, Ribeiro-Filho J, Coutinho HDM, Raposo A, Yoo S, Han H, de Menezes IRA, Quintans Júnior LJ. Evaluation of the antiedematogenic and anti-inflammatory properties of Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae) bark extract in experimental models of inflammation. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 166:115249. [PMID: 37597323 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Edema is one of the obvious indicators of inflammation and a crucial factor to take into account when assessing a substance's capacity to reduce inflammation. We aimed to evaluate the antiedematogenic and anti-inflammatory profile of the hydroethanolic barks extract of Ximenia americana (HEXA). The possible antiedematogenic and anti-inflammatory effect of EHXA (50, 100 mg/kg and 250 mg/kg v.o) was evaluated using the paw edema induced by carrageenan, zymosan, dextran, CFA and by different agents inflammatory (serotonin, histamine, arachidonic acid and PGE2), and pleurisy model induced by carrageenan and its action on IL-1β and TNF-α levels was also evaluated. HEXA demonstrated a significant antiedematogenic effect at concentrations of 50, 100 and 250 mg/kg on paw edema induced by carrageenan, zymosan and dextran. However, the concentration of 50 mg/kg as standard, demonstrating the effect in the subchronic model, induced CFA with inhibition of 59.06 %. In models of histamine-induced paw edema, HEXA showed inhibition of - 30 min: 40.49 %, 60 min: 44.70 % and 90 min: 48.98 %; serotonin inhibition - 30 min: 57.09 %, 60 min: 66.04 % and 90 min: 61.79 %; arachidonic acid inhibition - 15 min: 36.54 %, 30 min: 51.10 %, 45 min: 50.32 % and 60 min: 76.17 %; and PGE2 inhibition - 15 min: 67.78 %, 30 min: 62.30 %, 45 min: 54.25 % and 60 min: 47.92 %. HEXA significantly reduced (p < 0.01) leukocyte migration in the pleurisy model and reduced TNF-α and IL-1β levels in pleural lavage (p < 0.0001). The results showed that HEXA has the potential to have an antiedematogenic impact in both acute and chronic inflammation processes, with a putative mode of action including the suppression or regulation of inflammatory mediators.
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- Bruno Anderson Fernandes da Silva
- Laboratory of Neurosciences and Pharmacological Assays, Department of Physiology, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil; Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- CECAPE College, Av. Padre Cícero, 3917 - São José, Juazeiro do Norte, CE 63024-015, Brazil
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- CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Audit Team, Hanmoo Convention (Oakwood Premier), 49, Teheran-ro 87-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06164, South Korea.
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- College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, South Korea.
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Chemistry, Department of Biological Chemical, Regional University of Cariri, Cel Antonio Luis 1161, Pimenta, CEP 63105- 000, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neurosciences and Pharmacological Assays, Department of Physiology, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil; Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil
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Tomalka JA, Owings A, Galeas-Pena M, Ziegler CG, Robinson TO, Wichman TG, Laird H, Williams HB, Dhaliwal NS, Everman S, Zafar Y, Shalek AK, Horwitz BH, Ordovas-Montanes J, Glover SC, Gibert Y. Enhanced production of eicosanoids in plasma and activation of DNA damage pathways in PBMCs are correlated with the severity of ancestral COVID-19 infection. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.09.14.23295549. [PMID: 37745424 PMCID: PMC10516085 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.14.23295549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Background Many questions remain unanswered regarding the implication of lipid metabolites in severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. By re-analyzed sequencing data from the nasopharynx of a previously published cohort, we found that alox genes, involved in eicosanoid synthesis, were up-regulated in high WHO score patients, especially in goblet cells. Herein, we aimed to further understand the roles played by eicosanoids during severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods and findings We performed a total fatty acid panel on plasma and bulk RNA-seq analysis on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from 10 infected and 10 uninfected patients. Univariate comparison of lipid metabolites revealed that lipid metabolites were increased in SARS-CoV-2 patients including the lipid mediators Arachidonic Acid (AA) and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA). AA, EPA and the fatty acids Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and Docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), were positively correlated to WHO disease severity score. Transcriptomic analysis demonstrated that COVID-19 patients can be segregated based on WHO scores. Ontology, KEGG and Reactome analysis identified pathways enriched for genes related to innate immunity, interactions between lymphoid and nonlymphoid cells, interleukin signaling and, cell cycling pathways. Conclusions Our study offers an association between nasopharynx mucosa eicosanoid genes expression, specific serum inflammatory lipids and, subsequent DNA damage pathways activation in PBMCs to severity of COVID-19 infection.
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- Jeffrey A. Tomalka
- Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Emory University School of Medicine. Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tulane University School of Medicine. New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Program in Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard Medical School & MIT, Boston, MA, USA
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Graduate Program in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Program in Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard Medical School & MIT, Boston, MA, USA
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Graduate Program in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tulane University School of Medicine. New Orleans, LA, USA
- Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology; Cancer Center and Research Institute. University of Mississippi Medical Center. Jackson, MS, USA
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- Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology; Cancer Center and Research Institute. University of Mississippi Medical Center. Jackson, MS, USA
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Matar DY, Ng B, Darwish O, Wu M, Orgill DP, Panayi AC. Skin Inflammation with a Focus on Wound Healing. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle) 2023; 12:269-287. [PMID: 35287486 PMCID: PMC9969897 DOI: 10.1089/wound.2021.0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Significance: The skin is the crucial first-line barrier against foreign pathogens. Compromise of this barrier presents in the context of inflammatory skin conditions and in chronic wounds. Skin conditions arising from dysfunctional inflammatory pathways severely compromise the quality of life of patients and have a high economic impact on the U.S. health care system. The development of a thorough understanding of the mechanisms that can disrupt skin inflammation is imperative to successfully modulate this inflammation with therapies. Recent Advances: Many advances in the understanding of skin inflammation have occurred during the past decade, including the development of multiple new pharmaceuticals. Mechanical force application has been greatly advanced clinically. Bioscaffolds also promote healing, while reducing scarring. Critical Issues: Various skin inflammatory conditions provide a framework for analysis of our understanding of the phases of successful wound healing. The large burden of chronic wounds on our society continues to focus attention on the chronic inflammatory state induced in many of these skin conditions. Future Directions: Better preclinical models of disease states such as chronic wounds, coupled with enhanced diagnostic abilities of human skin, will allow a better understanding of the mechanism of action. This will lead to improved treatments with biologics and other modalities such as the strategic application of mechanical forces and scaffolds, which ultimately results in better outcomes for our patients.
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- Dany Y. Matar
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, California Northstate University College of Medicine, Elk Grove, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Stotts C, Corrales-Medina VF, Rayner KJ. Pneumonia-Induced Inflammation, Resolution and Cardiovascular Disease: Causes, Consequences and Clinical Opportunities. Circ Res 2023; 132:751-774. [PMID: 36927184 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.122.321636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
Abstract
Pneumonia is inflammation in the lungs, which is usually caused by an infection. The symptoms of pneumonia can vary from mild to life-threatening, where severe illness is often observed in vulnerable populations like children, older adults, and those with preexisting health conditions. Vaccines have greatly reduced the burden of some of the most common causes of pneumonia, and the use of antimicrobials has greatly improved the survival to this infection. However, pneumonia survivors do not return to their preinfection health trajectories but instead experience an accelerated health decline with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms of this association are not well understood, but a persistent dysregulated inflammatory response post-pneumonia appears to play a central role. It is proposed that the inflammatory response during pneumonia is left unregulated and exacerbates atherosclerotic vascular disease, which ultimately leads to adverse cardiac events such as myocardial infarction. For this reason, there is a need to better understand the inflammatory cross talk between the lungs and the heart during and after pneumonia to develop therapeutics that focus on preventing pneumonia-associated cardiovascular events. This review will provide an overview of the known mechanisms of inflammation triggered during pneumonia and their relevance to the increased cardiovascular risk that follows this infection. We will also discuss opportunities for new clinical approaches leveraging strategies to promote inflammatory resolution pathways as a novel therapeutic target to reduce the risk of cardiac events post-pneumonia.
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- Cameron Stotts
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R).,Centre for Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., V.F.C.-M.).,University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R)
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- Centre for Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., V.F.C.-M.).,Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (V.F.C-M).,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada (V.F.C.-M)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R).,University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R)
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Hussain H, Vutipongsatorn K, Jiménez B, Antcliffe DB. Patient Stratification in Sepsis: Using Metabolomics to Detect Clinical Phenotypes, Sub-Phenotypes and Therapeutic Response. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12050376. [PMID: 35629881 PMCID: PMC9145582 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12050376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Infections are common and need minimal treatment; however, occasionally, due to inappropriate immune response, they can develop into a life-threatening condition known as sepsis. Sepsis is a global concern with high morbidity and mortality. There has been little advancement in the treatment of sepsis, outside of antibiotics and supportive measures. Some of the difficulty in identifying novel therapies is the heterogeneity of the condition. Metabolic phenotyping has great potential for gaining understanding of this heterogeneity and how the metabolic fingerprints of patients with sepsis differ based on survival, organ dysfunction, disease severity, type of infection, treatment or causative organism. Moreover, metabolomics offers potential for patient stratification as metabolic profiles obtained from analytical platforms can reflect human individuality and phenotypic variation. This article reviews the most relevant metabolomic studies in sepsis and aims to provide an overview of the metabolic derangements in sepsis and how metabolic phenotyping has been used to identify sub-groups of patients with this condition. Finally, we consider the new avenues that metabolomics could open, exploring novel phenotypes and untangling the heterogeneity of sepsis, by looking at advances made in the field with other -omics technologies.
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- Humma Hussain
- Division of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; (H.H.); (K.V.)
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- Division of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; (H.H.); (K.V.)
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- Section of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK;
- National Phenome Centre, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; (H.H.); (K.V.)
- Correspondence:
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Trongtrakul K, Thonusin C, Pothirat C, Chattipakorn SC, Chattipakorn N. Past Experiences for Future Applications of Metabolomics in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shocks. Metabolites 2021; 12:metabo12010001. [PMID: 35050123 PMCID: PMC8779293 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A disruption of several metabolic pathways in critically ill patients with sepsis indicates that metabolomics might be used as a more precise tool for sepsis and septic shock when compared with the conventional biomarkers. This article provides information regarding metabolomics studies in sepsis and septic shock patients. It has been shown that a variety of metabolomic pathways are altered in sepsis and septic shock, including amino acid metabolism, fatty acid oxidation, phospholipid metabolism, glycolysis, and tricarboxylic acid cycle. Based upon this comprehensive review, here, we demonstrate that metabolomics is about to change the world of sepsis biomarkers, not only for its utilization in sepsis diagnosis, but also for prognosticating and monitoring the therapeutic response. Additionally, the future direction regarding the establishment of studies integrating metabolomics with other molecular modalities and studies identifying the relationships between metabolomic profiles and clinical characteristics to address clinical application are discussed in this article. All of the information from this review indicates the important impact of metabolomics as a tool for diagnosis, monitoring therapeutic response, and prognostic assessment of sepsis and septic shock. These findings also encourage further clinical investigations to warrant its use in routine clinical settings.
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- Konlawij Trongtrakul
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; (K.T.); (C.P.)
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- Metabolomics Unit, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
- Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Correspondence: (C.T.); (N.C.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; (K.T.); (C.P.)
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- Metabolomics Unit, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
- Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Department of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Metabolomics Unit, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
- Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Correspondence: (C.T.); (N.C.)
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Guerra B, Issinger OG. Role of Protein Kinase CK2 in Aberrant Lipid Metabolism in Cancer. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2020; 13:ph13100292. [PMID: 33027921 PMCID: PMC7601870 DOI: 10.3390/ph13100292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Uncontrolled proliferation is a feature defining cancer and it is linked to the ability of cancer cells to effectively adapt their metabolic needs in response to a harsh tumor environment. Metabolic reprogramming is considered a hallmark of cancer and includes increased glucose uptake and processing, and increased glutamine utilization, but also the deregulation of lipid and cholesterol-associated signal transduction, as highlighted in recent years. In the first part of the review, we will (i) provide an overview of the major types of lipids found in eukaryotic cells and their importance as mediators of intracellular signaling pathways (ii) analyze the main metabolic changes occurring in cancer development and the role of oncogenic signaling in supporting aberrant lipid metabolism and (iii) discuss combination strategies as powerful new approaches to cancer treatment. The second part of the review will address the emerging role of CK2, a conserved serine/threonine protein kinase, in lipid homeostasis with an emphasis regarding its function in lipogenesis and adipogenesis. Evidence will be provided that CK2 regulates these processes at multiple levels. This suggests that its pharmacological inhibition combined with dietary restrictions and/or inhibitors of metabolic targets could represent an effective way to undermine the dependency of cancer cells on lipids to interfere with tumor progression.
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Pretreatment with zinc protects Kupffer cells following administration of microbial products. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 127:110208. [PMID: 32417689 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Systemic inflammation and severe fibrosis can reduce serum zinc levels, while zinc supplementation is reported to improve the prognosis of patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the clinical application of serum zinc in patients with CLD and the anti-infective mechanism of zinc supplementation. METHODS Based on the serum zinc level, 149 CLD patients were divided into 3 groups and their clinical parameters were compared. In in-vitro experiments, microbial isolates derived from patients were used to stimulate human liver non-parenchymal cells, and the zinc sulfate solution was added in certain experiments. The effect of zinc was compared by LDH and thromboxane A2 levels in the cell supernatant. RESULT Compared with other groups, patients with low serum zinc levels had significantly higher C-reactive protein (CRP), total bilirubin, INR, creatinine, and MELD scores, while albumin and GOT levels were reduced. Only CRP and albumin were significantly correlated with serum zinc in both low and normal-zinc groups. Bacterial isolates significantly increased LDH levels in Kupffer cells (KCs) and stellate cells but had no effect on sinusoidal endothelial cells, whereas zinc pretreatment protected KCs but not stellate cells. Thromboxane A2 secreted by KCs can also be induced by bacterial stimulation, accompanied by increased gene expression of Myd88, MAPK and NF-kB, while zinc pretreatment can attenuate that. CONCLUSION Serum zinc levels can be used to estimate infection and liver fibrosis in CLD patients. As a new antibacterial weapon, zinc supplementation acts on KCs through Myd88-MAPK related pathways.
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Štibrániová I, Bartíková P, Holíková V, Kazimírová M. Deciphering Biological Processes at the Tick-Host Interface Opens New Strategies for Treatment of Human Diseases. Front Physiol 2019; 10:830. [PMID: 31333488 PMCID: PMC6617849 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ticks are obligatory blood-feeding ectoparasites, causing blood loss and skin damage in their hosts. In addition, ticks also transmit a number of various pathogenic microorganisms that cause serious diseases in humans and animals. Ticks evolved a wide array of salivary bioactive compounds that, upon injection into the host skin, inhibit or modulate host reactions such as hemostasis, inflammation and wound healing. Modulation of the tick attachment site in the host skin involves mainly molecules which affect physiological processes orchestrated by cytokines, chemokines and growth factors. Suppressing host defense reactions is crucial for tick survival and reproduction. Furthermore, pharmacologically active compounds in tick saliva have a promising therapeutic potential for treatment of some human diseases connected with disorders in hemostasis and immune system. These disorders are often associated to alterations in signaling pathways and dysregulation or overexpression of specific cytokines which, in turn, affect mechanisms of angiogenesis, cell motility and cytoskeletal regulation. Moreover, tick salivary molecules were found to exert cytotoxic and cytolytic effects on various tumor cells and have anti-angiogenic properties. Elucidation of the mode of action of tick bioactive molecules on the regulation of cell processes in their mammalian hosts could provide new tools for understanding the complex changes leading to immune disorders and cancer. Tick bioactive molecules may also be exploited as new pharmacological inhibitors of the signaling pathways of cytokines and thus help alleviate patient discomfort and increase patient survival. We review the current knowledge about tick salivary peptides and proteins that have been identified and functionally characterized in in vitro and/or in vivo models and their therapeutic perspective.
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- Iveta Štibrániová
- Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Dileep KV, Remya C, Tintu I, Mandal PK, Karthe P, Haridas M, Sadasivan C. Crystal structure of phospholipase A 2 in complex with 1-naphthaleneacetic acid. IUBMB Life 2018; 70:995-1001. [PMID: 30120882 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2 ) is one of the rate limiting enzymes involved in the production of arachidonic acid, a potent inflammatory mediator. PLA2 is widely distributed all over the animal kingdom. It is also seen in inflammatory exudation and venoms of different organisms. The studies demonstrated that PLA2 inhibitors have broad spectrum activities that they can either be used against inflammation or envenomation. In this study, the inhibitory activity of 1-napthaleneacetic acid (NAA) against porcine pancreatic PLA2 has been explained through isothermal titration calorimetry and enzyme kinetics studies. The atomic level of interactions of NAA with PLA2 was also studied using X-ray crystallography. Apart from these findings, the theoretical binding affinities and mode of interactions of two naphthalene-based NSAIDs such as naproxen (NAP) and nabumetone (NAB) were studied through molecular modeling. The studies proved that the selected ligands are binding at the doorway of the active site cleft and hindering the substrate entry to the active site. The study brings out a potential scaffold for the designing of broad spectrum PLA2 inhibitors which can be used for inflammation or envenomation. © 2018 IUBMB Life, 70(10):995-1001, 2018.
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- Kalarickal V Dileep
- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India.,Inter University Centre for Bioscience, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India.,Inter University Centre for Bioscience, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India
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Coutinho HDM, de Morais Oliveira-Tintino CD, Tintino SR, Pereira RLS, de Freitas TS, da Silva MAP, Franco JL, da Cunha FAB, da Costa JGM, de Menezes IRA, Boligon AA, da Rocha JBT, Rocha MI, Dos Santos JFS. Toxicity against Drosophila melanogaster and antiedematogenic and antimicrobial activities of Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze (Amaranthaceae). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:10353-10361. [PMID: 28597384 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9366-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Bioactive phytocompounds are studied by several bioactivities demonstrated, as their cytotoxic effects. The aim of this work was to evaluate the phytochemical profile, the toxic effect using the Drosophila melanogaster animal model and the anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect of the Alternanthera brasiliana (EEAB) ethanol extract. The phytochemical profile was performed using HPLC. The cytotoxic effect was evaluated in vivo using D. melanogaster. The anti-inflammatory effect was determined by neurogenic and antiedematogenic assays, and the antimicrobial activity was assayed using a microdilution method to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the EEAB alone and in association with antibiotics. The main compound identified on the EEAB was luteolin (1.93%). Its cytotoxic effect was demonstrated after 24 h in the concentrations of 10, 20 and 40 mg/mL. The extract demonstrated an antiedematogenic effect, with a reduction of the edema between 35.57 and 64.17%. The MIC of the extract was ≥1.024 μg/mL, thus being considered clinically irrelevant. However, when the EEAB was associated with gentamicin, a synergism against all bacterial strains assayed was observed: Staphylococcus aureus (SA10), Escherichia coli (EC06) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA24). Due to these results, the EEAB demonstrated a low toxicity in vivo and anti-inflammatory and synergistic activities. These are promising results, mainly against microbial pathogens, and the compounds identified can be a source of carbon backbones for the discovery and creation of new drugs.
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- Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho
- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Botânica Aplicada - Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioprospecção do Semiárido, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa de produtos Naturais - LPPN, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Química Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioprospecção do Semiárido, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil
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Interleukin-17A Aggravates Middle Ear Injury Induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae through the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway. Infect Immun 2017; 85:IAI.00438-17. [PMID: 28739823 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00438-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common bacterial infectious diseases in children aged 2 to 7 years worldwide. We previously demonstrated that interleukin-17A (IL-17A) promotes an acute inflammatory response characterized by the influx of neutrophils into the middle ear cavity during Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced AOM. In general, the inflammatory response is viewed as an effector that frequently causes local tissue damage. However, little is known about the pathogenic effects of IL-17A in AOM. Here, we investigated the pathogenic effects of IL-17A by using wild-type (WT) and IL-17A knockout (KO) mouse models. The results showed that the pathogenic effects of AOM, including weight loss, histopathological changes, and proinflammatory cytokine production, were more severe in WT mice than in IL-17A KO mice, suggesting that IL-17A aggravates tissue damage in AOM. Furthermore, these pathogenic effects were found to be dependent on p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and could be reversed in the presence of a p38 MAPK-specific inhibitor. It was also demonstrated that IL-17A promoted the production of neutrophil myeloperoxidase (MPO) through the p38 MAPK signaling pathway, which was responsible for the middle ear tissue injury. These data support the conclusion that IL-17A contributes to middle ear injury through the p38 MAPK signaling pathway.
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Pischke SE, Gustavsen A, Orrem HL, Egge KH, Courivaud F, Fontenelle H, Despont A, Bongoni AK, Rieben R, Tønnessen TI, Nunn MA, Scott H, Skulstad H, Barratt-Due A, Mollnes TE. Complement factor 5 blockade reduces porcine myocardial infarction size and improves immediate cardiac function. Basic Res Cardiol 2017; 112:20. [PMID: 28258298 PMCID: PMC5336537 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-017-0610-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Inhibition of complement factor 5 (C5) reduced myocardial infarction in animal studies, while no benefit was found in clinical studies. Due to lack of cross-reactivity of clinically used C5 antibodies, different inhibitors were used in animal and clinical studies. Coversin (Ornithodoros moubata complement inhibitor, OmCI) blocks C5 cleavage and binds leukotriene B4 in humans and pigs. We hypothesized that inhibition of C5 before reperfusion will decrease infarct size and improve ventricular function in a porcine model of myocardial infarction. In pigs (Sus scrofa), the left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded (40 min) and reperfused (240 min). Coversin or placebo was infused 20 min after occlusion and throughout reperfusion in 16 blindly randomized pigs. Coversin significantly reduced myocardial infarction in the area at risk by 39% (p = 0.03, triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining) and by 19% (p = 0.02) using magnetic resonance imaging. The methods correlated significantly (R = 0.92, p < 0.01). Tissue Doppler echocardiography showed increased systolic displacement (31%, p < 0.01) and increased systolic velocity (29%, p = 0.01) in coversin treated pigs. Interleukin-1β in myocardial microdialysis fluid was significantly reduced (31%, p < 0.05) and tissue E-selectin expression was significantly reduced (p = 0.01) in the non-infarcted area at risk by coversin treatment. Coversin ablated plasma C5 activation throughout the reperfusion period and decreased myocardial C5b-9 deposition, while neither plasma nor myocardial LTB4 were significantly reduced. Coversin substantially reduced the size of infarction, improved ventricular function, and attenuated interleukin-1β and E-selectin in this porcine model by inhibiting C5. We conclude that inhibition of C5 in myocardial infarction should be reconsidered.
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- Soeren E Pischke
- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.b. 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway.
- K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
- Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.b. 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.b. 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.b. 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Immunology Research Centre, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Akari Therapeutics Plc, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.b. 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.b. 4950 Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Research Laboratory, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway
- Faculty of Health Sciences, K.G. Jebsen TREC, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Inducible Expression of a Resistance-Nodulation-Division-Type Efflux Pump in Staphylococcus aureus Provides Resistance to Linoleic and Arachidonic Acids. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:1893-905. [PMID: 25802299 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02607-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Although Staphylococcus aureus is exposed to antimicrobial fatty acids on the skin, in nasal secretions, and in abscesses, a specific mechanism of inducible resistance to this important facet of innate immunity has not been identified. Here, we have sequenced the genome of S. aureus USA300 variants selected for their ability to grow at an elevated concentration of linoleic acid. The fatty acid-resistant clone FAR7 had a single nucleotide polymorphism resulting in an H₁₂₁Y substitution in an uncharacterized transcriptional regulator belonging to the AcrR family, which was divergently transcribed from a gene encoding a member of the resistance-nodulation-division superfamily of multidrug efflux pumps. We named these genes farR and farE, for regulator and effector of fatty acid resistance, respectively. Several lines of evidence indicated that FarE promotes efflux of antimicrobial fatty acids and is regulated by FarR. First, expression of farE was strongly induced by arachidonic and linoleic acids in an farR-dependent manner. Second, an H₁₂₁Y substitution in FarR resulted in increased expression of farE and was alone sufficient to promote increased resistance of S. aureus to linoleic acid. Third, inactivation of farE resulted in a significant reduction in the inducible resistance of S. aureus to the bactericidal activity of 100 μM linoleic acid, increased accumulation of [(14)C]linoleic acid by growing cells, and severely impaired growth in the presence of nonbactericidal concentrations of linoleic acid. Cumulatively, these findings represent the first description of a specific mechanism of inducible resistance to antimicrobial fatty acids in a Gram-positive pathogen. IMPORTANCE Staphylococcus aureus colonizes approximately 25% of humans and is a leading cause of human infectious morbidity and mortality. To persist on human hosts, S. aureus must have intrinsic defense mechanisms to cope with antimicrobial fatty acids, which comprise an important component of human innate defense mechanisms. We have identified a novel pair of genes, farR and farE, that constitute a dedicated regulator and effector of S. aureus resistance to linoleic and arachidonic acids, which are major fatty acids in human membrane phospholipid. Expression of farE, which encodes an efflux pump, is induced in an farR-dependent mechanism, in response to these antimicrobial fatty acids that would be encountered in a tissue abscess.
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15-Deoxy- γ 12,14-prostaglandin J2 Reduces Liver Impairment in a Model of ConA-Induced Acute Hepatic Inflammation by Activation of PPAR γ and Reduction in NF- κ B Activity. PPAR Res 2014; 2014:215631. [PMID: 25120564 PMCID: PMC4121249 DOI: 10.1155/2014/215631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective. 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2) reduces inflammation and has been identified as an anti-inflammatory prostaglandin in numerous animal models. In this study, we investigated both effects of 15d-PGJ2 and its protection mechanism in concanavalin A- (ConA-) induced autoimmune hepatitis in mice. Materials and Methods. In vivo, Balb/C mice were injected with ConA (25 mg/kg) to induce acute autoimmune hepatitis, and 15d-PGJ2 (10 μg or 25 μg) was administered 1 h before the ConA injection. The histological grade, proinflammatory cytokine levels, and NF-κB and PPARγ activity were determined 6, 12, and 24 h after the ConA injection. In vitro, LO2 cells and RAW264.7 cells were pretreated with 15d-PGJ2 (2 μM) 1 h before the stimulation with ConA (30 μg/mL). The NF-κB and PPARγ activity were determined 30 min after the ConA administration. Results. Pretreatment with 15d-PGJ2 reduced the pathological effects of ConA-induced autoimmune hepatitis and significantly reduced the levels of cytokines after injection. 15d-PGJ2 activated PPARγ, blocked the degradation of IκBα, and inhibited the translocation of NF-κB into the nucleus. Conclusion. These results indicate that 15d-PGJ2 protects against ConA-induced autoimmune hepatitis by reducing proinflammatory cytokines. This reduction in inflammation may correlate with the activation of PPARγ and the reduction in NF-κB activity.
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Inhibition of inflammatory injure by polysaccharides from Bupleurum chinense through antagonizing P-selectin. Carbohydr Polym 2014; 105:20-5. [PMID: 24708947 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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P-selectin-mediated adhesion between endothelium and neutrophils is a crucial process leading to acute inflammatory injure. Thus, P-selectin has been considered as promising target for therapeutics of acute inflammatory-related diseases. In the present study, the water-soluble polysaccharides (BCPs) were isolated from Bupleurum chinense, and we evaluated their therapeutical effects on acute inflammatory injure and antagonistic function against P-selectin-mediated neutrophil adhesion. Our results showed that BCPs significantly impaired the leukocyte infiltration and relieve lung injury in LPS-induced acute pneumonia model. BCPs significantly blocked the binding of P-selectin to neutrophils and inhibited P-selectin-mediated neutrophils rolling along CHO-P cell monolayer. The result from in vitro protein binding assay showed a direct evidence indicating that BCPs-treatment significantly eliminated the interaction between rhP-Fc and its physiological ligand PSGL-1 at protein level. Together, these results provide a novel therapeutical strategy for amelioration of inflammation-related disease processes by polysaccharides from B. chinense.
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Kubala SA, Patil SU, Shreffler WG, Hurley BP. Pathogen induced chemo-attractant hepoxilin A3 drives neutrophils, but not eosinophils across epithelial barriers. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2013; 108:1-8. [PMID: 24315875 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Pathogen induced migration of neutrophils across mucosal epithelial barriers requires epithelial production of the chemotactic lipid mediator, hepoxilin A3 (HXA3). HXA3 is an eicosanoid derived from arachidonic acid. Although eosinophils are also capable of penetrating mucosal surfaces, eosinophilic infiltration occurs mainly during allergic processes whereas neutrophils dominate mucosal infection. Both neutrophils and eosinophils can respond to chemotactic gradients of certain eicosanoids, however, it is not known whether eosinophils respond to pathogen induced lipid mediators such as HXA3. In this study, neutrophils and eosinophils were isolated from human blood and placed on the basolateral side of polarized epithelial monolayers grown on permeable Transwell filters and challenged by various chemotactic gradients of distinct lipid mediators. We observed that both cell populations migrated across epithelial monolayers in response to a leukotriene B4 (LTB4) gradient, whereas only eosinophils migrated toward a prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) gradient. Interestingly, while pathogen induced neutrophil trans-epithelial migration was substantial, pathogen induced eosinophil trans-epithelial migration was not observed. Further, gradients of chemotactic lipids derived from pathogen infected epithelial cells known to be enriched for HXA3 as well as purified HXA3 drove significant numbers of neutrophils across epithelial barriers, whereas eosinophils failed to respond to these gradients. These data suggest that although the eicosanoid HXA3 serves as an important neutrophil chemo-attractant at mucosal surfaces during pathogenic infection, HXA3 does not appear to exhibit chemotactic activity toward eosinophils.
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- S A Kubala
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases and the Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases and the Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases and the Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Mucosal Immunology & Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
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Całkosiński I, Rosińczuk-Tonderys J, Bazan J, Dzierzba K, Całkosińska M, Majda J, Dobrzyński M, Bronowicka-Szydełko A. The influence of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on hematological parameters during experimentally induced pleuritis in rats. Inflammation 2013; 36:387-404. [PMID: 23100032 PMCID: PMC3591537 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-012-9558-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Proper functioning of homeostatic mechanisms is characteristic for every healthy organism and enables adapting to environmental changes. These complicated systematic reactions can neutralize the harmful stress factors leading to various inflammatory reactions. The aim of this study was to determine dynamic changes in the inflammatory reaction after single 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) administration of 5 μg/kg body weight into rats with experimentally induced pleuritis. These changes were observed by monitoring the hematological blood parameters during inflammation. The obtained results proved that dioxins contribute to various changes in the character of the inflammatory response. TCDD administration before pleuritis initiation caused an increase of lymphocytes and significant decrease of the number of neutrophils during inflammation. The current study proved that administration of low TCDD dose (seven times lower than used in other studies) can cause thymus, spleen, or lymphatic gland atrophy. This finding indicates the toxic influence of small TCDD dose especially on the immune system.
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- Ireneusz Całkosiński
- Department of Nervous System Diseases, The Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Bartla 5, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Nervous System Diseases, The Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Bartla 5, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Nervous System Diseases, The Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Bartla 5, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Chalubinskiego 10, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Outpatient Clinic Medcom in Wojkowice, Wojkowice 28B, 55-020 Zurawina, Poland
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- Department of Diagnostics Laboratory, 4th Military Academic Hospital in Wroclaw, Weigla 5, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Pedodontics, Wroclaw Medical University, Krakowska 26, 50-425 Wroclaw, Poland
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Buckner MMC, Antunes LCM, Gill N, Russell SL, Shames SR, Finlay BB. 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 inhibits macrophage colonization by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69759. [PMID: 23922794 PMCID: PMC3724865 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2) is an anti-inflammatory downstream product of the cyclooxygenase enzymes. It has been implicated to play a protective role in a variety of inflammatory mediated diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, neural damage, and myocardial infarctions. Here we show that 15d-PGJ2 also plays a role in Salmonella infection. Salmonella enterica Typhimurium is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen that is able to survive and replicate inside phagocytic immune cells, allowing for bacterial dissemination to systemic sites. Salmonella species cause a wide range of morbidity and mortality due to gastroenteritis and typhoid fever. Previously we have shown that in mouse models of typhoid fever, Salmonella infection causes a major perturbation in the prostaglandin pathway. Specifically, we saw that 15d-PGJ2 production was significantly increased in both liver and feces. In this work we show that 15d-PGJ2 production is also significantly increased in macrophages infected with Salmonella. Furthermore, we show that the addition of 15d-PGJ2 to Salmonella infected RAW264.7, J774, and bone marrow derived macrophages is sufficient to significantly reduce bacterial colonization. We also show evidence that 15d-PGJ2 is reducing bacterial uptake by macrophages. 15d-PGJ2 reduces the inflammatory response of these infected macrophages, as evidenced by a reduction in the production of cytokines and reactive nitrogen species. The inflammatory response of the macrophage is important for full Salmonella virulence, as it can give the bacteria cues for virulence. The reduction in bacterial colonization is independent of the expression of Salmonella virulence genes SPI1 and SPI2, and is independent of the 15d-PGJ2 ligand PPAR-γ. 15d-PGJ2 also causes an increase in ERK1/2 phosphorylation in infected macrophages. In conclusion, we show here that 15d-PGJ2 mediates the outcome of bacterial infection, a previously unidentified role for this prostaglandin.
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- Michelle M. C. Buckner
- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Barratt-Due A, Thorgersen EB, Egge K, Pischke S, Sokolov A, Hellerud BC, Lindstad JK, Pharo A, Bongoni AK, Rieben R, Nunn M, Scott H, Mollnes TE. Combined inhibition of complement C5 and CD14 markedly attenuates inflammation, thrombogenicity, and hemodynamic changes in porcine sepsis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 191:819-27. [PMID: 23761634 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Complement and the TLR family constitute two important branches of innate immunity. We previously showed attenuating effects on inflammation and thromogenicity by inhibiting the TLR coreceptor CD14 in porcine sepsis. In the present study, we explored the effect of the C5 and leukotriene B4 inhibitor Ornithodoros moubata complement inhibitor (OmCI; also known as coversin) alone and combined with anti-CD14 on the early inflammatory, hemostatic, and hemodynamic responses in porcine Escherichia coli-induced sepsis. Pigs were randomly allocated to negative controls (n = 6), positive controls (n = 8), intervention with OmCI (n = 8), or with OmCI and anti-CD14 (n = 8). OmCI ablated C5 activation and formation of the terminal complement complex and significantly decreased leukotriene B4 levels in septic pigs. Granulocyte tissue factor expression, formation of thrombin-antithrombin complexes (p < 0.001), and formation of TNF-α and IL-6 (p < 0.05) were efficiently inhibited by OmCI alone and abolished or strongly attenuated by the combination of OmCI and anti-CD14 (p < 0.001 for all). Additionally, the combined therapy attenuated the formation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (p < 0.05), IL-1β, and IL-8, increased the formation of IL-10, and abolished the expression of wCD11R3 (CD11b) and the fall in neutrophil cell count (p < 0.001 for all). Finally, OmCI combined with anti-CD14 delayed increases in heart rate by 60 min (p < 0.05) and mean pulmonary artery pressure by 30 min (p < 0.01). Ex vivo studies confirmed the additional effect of combining anti-CD14 with OmCI. In conclusion, upstream inhibition of the key innate immunity molecules, C5 and CD14, is a potential broad-acting treatment regimen in sepsis as it efficiently attenuated inflammation and thrombogenicity and delayed hemodynamic changes.
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- Andreas Barratt-Due
- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, National Hospital, University of Oslo, 0424 Oslo, Norway.
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Barratt-Due A, Pischke SE, Brekke OL, Thorgersen EB, Nielsen EW, Espevik T, Huber-Lang M, Mollnes TE. Bride and groom in systemic inflammation--the bells ring for complement and Toll in cooperation. Immunobiology 2013; 217:1047-56. [PMID: 22964230 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Attenuating the sepsis-induced systemic inflammatory response, with subsequent homeostatic imbalance, has for years been one of the main tasks in sepsis related research. Complement and the TLR family constitute two important upstream sensor and effector-systems of innate immunity. Although they act as partly independent branches of pattern recognition, recent evidence indicate a considerable cross-talk implying that they can either compensate, synergize or antagonize each other. Combined inhibition of these pathways is therefore a particularly interesting approach with a profound anti-inflammatory potential. In previous preclinical studies, we demonstrated that targeting the key molecules C3 or C5 of complement and CD14 of the TLR family had a vast anti-inflammatory effect on Gram-negative bacteria-induced inflammation and sepsis. In this review, we elucidate the significance of these key molecules as important targets for intervention in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Finally, we argue that a combined inhibition of complement and CD14 represent a potential general treatment regimen, beyond the limit of sepsis, including non-infectious systemic inflammation and ischemia reperfusion injury.
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- Andreas Barratt-Due
- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway.
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D'Elia RV, Harrison K, Oyston PC, Lukaszewski RA, Clark GC. Targeting the "cytokine storm" for therapeutic benefit. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2013; 20:319-27. [PMID: 23283640 PMCID: PMC3592351 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00636-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Inflammation is the body's first line of defense against infection or injury, responding to challenges by activating innate and adaptive responses. Microbes have evolved a diverse range of strategies to avoid triggering inflammatory responses. However, some pathogens, such as the influenza virus and the Gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis, do trigger life-threatening "cytokine storms" in the host which can result in significant pathology and ultimately death. For these diseases, it has been proposed that downregulating inflammatory immune responses may improve outcome. We review some of the current candidates for treatment of cytokine storms which may prove useful in the clinic in the future and compare them to more traditional therapeutic candidates that target the pathogen rather than the host response.
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Tamang DL, Pirzai W, Priebe GP, Traficante DC, Pier GB, Falck JR, Morisseau C, Hammock BD, McCormick BA, Gronert K, Hurley BP. Hepoxilin A(3) facilitates neutrophilic breach of lipoxygenase-expressing airway epithelial barriers. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:4960-9. [PMID: 23045615 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A feature shared by many inflammatory lung diseases is excessive neutrophilic infiltration. Neutrophil homing to airspaces involve multiple factors produced by several distinct cell types. Hepoxilin A(3) is a neutrophil chemoattractant produced by pathogen-infected epithelial cells that is hypothesized to facilitate neutrophil breach of mucosal barriers. Using a Transwell model of lung epithelial barriers infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we explored the role of hepoxilin A(3) in neutrophil transepithelial migration. Pharmacological inhibitors of the enzymatic pathways necessary to generate hepoxilin A(3), including phospholipase A(2) and 12-lipoxygenase, potently interfere with P. aeruginosa-induced neutrophil transepithelial migration. Both transformed and primary human lung epithelial cells infected with P. aeruginosa generate hepoxilin A(3) precursor arachidonic acid. All four known lipoxygenase enzymes capable of synthesizing hepoxilin A(3) are expressed in lung epithelial cell lines, primary small airway epithelial cells, and human bronchial epithelial cells. Lung epithelial cells produce increased hepoxilin A(3) and lipid-derived neutrophil chemotactic activity in response to P. aeruginosa infection. Lipid-derived chemotactic activity is soluble epoxide hydrolase sensitive, consistent with hepoxilin A(3) serving a chemotactic role. Stable inhibitory structural analogs of hepoxilin A(3) are capable of impeding P. aeruginosa-induced neutrophil transepithelial migration. Finally, intranasal infection of mice with P. aeruginosa promotes enhanced cellular infiltrate into the airspace, as well as increased concentration of the 12-lipoxygenase metabolites hepoxilin A(3) and 12-hydroxyeicosa-5Z,8Z,10E,14Z-tetraenoic acid. Data generated from multiple models in this study provide further evidence that hepoxilin A(3) is produced in response to lung pathogenic bacteria and functions to drive neutrophils across epithelial barriers.
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- David L Tamang
- Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Barratt-Due A, Thorgersen EB, Lindstad JK, Pharo A, Lissina O, Lambris JD, Nunn MA, Mollnes TE. Ornithodoros moubata complement inhibitor is an equally effective C5 inhibitor in pigs and humans. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:4913-9. [PMID: 21964028 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Experimental evidence suggests that C inhibition and more particularly combined inhibition of C and the TLR coreceptor CD14 may be of therapeutic benefit in sepsis and other inflammatory conditions. A barrier to the testing and further development of many inhibitors is that their activity is species specific. Pig is a relevant species for experimental models of human disease, and this study undertakes a comprehensive comparison of the inhibitory efficacy of the C5 inhibitor Ornithodoros moubata C inhibitor (OmCI) in human and porcine whole blood ex vivo models of Escherichia coli-induced sepsis. The effect of OmCI on complement activity in pigs undergoing E. coli sepsis was also examined. Porcine and human serum, and whole blood anticoagulated with lepirudin, was incubated with E. coli and the effect of OmCI investigated. The ex vivo results were virtually identical in pig and human. OmCI completely ablated the activity of all three C pathways at 0.64 μM. E. coli-induced C activation and expression of CD11b (wCD11R3 in the pig), was abolished ex vivo at 0.32 μM OmCI. Combining anti-CD14 and OmCI reduced the formation of IL-8 and TNF-α more potently than the single inhibitors. OmCI also efficiently bound E. coli-induced leukotriene B(4) in pig and human plasma. In support of our ex vivo findings, in vivo the activity of all C pathways was inhibited at 0.6 mg OmCI/kg pig. In conclusion, OmCI efficiently inhibited pig and human C activation, has accompanying anti-inflammatory effects and is a promising candidate inhibitor for further in vivo studies of sepsis.
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- Andreas Barratt-Due
- Institute of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, and University of Oslo, N-0027 Oslo, Norway.
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Anstead GM, Zhang Q, Melby PC. Malnutrition promotes prostaglandin over leukotriene production and dysregulates eicosanoid-cytokine crosstalk in activated resident macrophages. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2009; 81:41-51. [PMID: 19541468 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2009.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Revised: 12/17/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We previously described a murine model of malnutrition that mimicked features of moderate human malnutrition, and led to increased dissemination of Leishmania donovani. In this study, we investigated the effect of malnutrition on macrophage production of cytokines, prostaglandins (PGs), and leukotrienes (LTs). Using either LPS or calcium ionophore A23187 as a stimulus, macrophages from the malnourished mice produced a 3-fold higher PG/LT ((PGE(2)+6-keto-PGF(1alpha))/(LTB(4)+cysteinyl leukotrienes)) ratio than macrophages from well-nourished mice. LPS-stimulated macrophages from the malnourished mice produced decreased levels of TNF-alpha, GM-CSF, and IL-10, but similar levels of IL-6 and NO compared to well-nourished mice. A complex crosstalk between the eicosanoids and cytokines in the LPS-stimulated macrophages from the malnourished mice was evident by the following: (1) high levels of PG secretion despite low levels of TNF-alpha; (2) supplemental IL-10 modulated the excessive PG production; (3) GM-CSF rectified the PG/LT ratio, but did not correct the abnormal cytokine profile; and (4) inhibitors of cyclooxygenase decreased the PG/LT ratio, but did not affect TNF-alpha. Thus, in this model of malnutrition, there is a relative increase in anti-inflammatory PGs compared to pro-inflammatory LTs, which may contribute to immunodeficiency.
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- G M Anstead
- Research Service, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA.
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Sahni SK, Rydkina E. Host-cell interactions with pathogenic Rickettsia species. Future Microbiol 2009; 4:323-39. [PMID: 19327117 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Pathogenic Rickettsia species are Gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria responsible for the spotted fever and typhus groups of diseases around the world. It is now well established that a majority of sequelae associated with human rickettsioses are the outcome of the pathogen's affinity for endothelium lining the blood vessels, the consequences of which are vascular inflammation, insult to vascular integrity and compromised vascular permeability, collectively termed 'Rickettsial vasculitis'. Signaling mechanisms leading to transcriptional activation of target cells in response to Rickettsial adhesion and/or invasion, differential activation of host-cell signaling due to infection with spotted fever versus typhus subgroups of Rickettsiae, and their contributions to the host's immune responses and determination of cell fate are the major subtopics of this review. Also included is a succinct analysis of established in vivo models and their use for understanding Rickettsial interactions with host cells and pathogenesis of vasculotropic rickettsioses. Continued progress in these important but relatively under-explored areas of bacterial pathogenesis research should further highlight unique aspects of Rickettsial interactions with host cells, elucidate the biological basis of endothelial tropism and reveal novel chemotherapeutic and vaccination strategies for debilitating Rickettsial diseases.
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- Sanjeev K Sahni
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Kobayashi M, Yoshiki R, Sakabe J, Kabashima K, Nakamura M, Tokura Y. Expression of toll-like receptor 2, NOD2 and dectin-1 and stimulatory effects of their ligands and histamine in normal human keratinocytes. Br J Dermatol 2008; 160:297-304. [PMID: 19016710 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08897.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epidermal keratinocytes are involved in the skin innate immunity and express toll-like receptors (TLRs) and other innate immune proteins. The epidermis is continuously exposed to pathogenic gram-positive bacteria or fungi. However, few studies have examined the function and expression of innate immune proteins in keratinocytes. Histamine, which is well known for itch and allergy, is closely associated with innate immunity, but its influence on epidermal innate immunity is still unclear. OBJECTIVES To clarify the expression of innate immune proteins in keratinocytes stimulated by ligand pathogen-associated molecules, and the function of histamine in this process. METHODS We investigated the effects of lipopeptide (MALP-2, 1-100 ng mL(-1); ligand for TLR2), peptidoglycan (PGN, 0.02-2 microg mL(-1); ligand for NOD2) and beta-glucan (1-100 microg mL(-1); ligand for dectin-1) in the presence or absence of histamine on mRNA expression of TLR2, NOD2 and dectin-1 as well as human beta-defensin 2 by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes. TLR2 expression was also examined at the cell surface and intracellularly, as determined by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. The quantities of interleukin (IL)-1alpha and IL-8 produced by keratinocytes were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS At the mRNA level, TLR2 was enhanced by PGN but not by its ligand MALP-2 or by beta-glucan; NOD2 was easily induced by all three ligands; and dectin-1 was enhanced by its ligand beta-glucan. These enhanced expressions were further augmented by histamine at 1 microg mL(-1). While the surface expression of TLR2 was barely detectable by flow cytometry even after stimulation, the intracellular expression of TLR2 was apparently elevated by PGN and further promoted by histamine. A confocal microscopic analysis also revealed the enhanced expression of TLR2 in the cytoplasm. The expression of TLR2, NOD2 and dectin-1 was functional, as these pathogen-associated molecules induced the production of IL-1alpha, IL-8 and defensin, and again, histamine greatly enhanced this production. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrated that the expression of functional innate immune receptors is augmented by the pathogen-associated molecules in a ligand-feed forward or nonrelated manner in keratinocytes, and histamine promotes their expression and the resultant production of cytokines and defensins.
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- M Kobayashi
- Department of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
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Pareja-Santos A, Oliveira Souza VM, Bruni FM, Sosa-Rosales JI, Lopes-Ferreira M, Lima C. Delayed polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration is an important component of Thalassophryne maculosa venom pathogenesis. Toxicon 2008; 52:106-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2007] [Revised: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Winnall WR, Muir JA, Liew S, Hirst JJ, Meachem SJ, Hedger MP. Effects of chronic celecoxib on testicular function in normal and lipopolysaccharide-treated rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 32:542-55. [PMID: 18522674 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00895.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Celecoxib (Celebrex), an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2; prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2; EC 1.14.99.1), is widely used in the treatment of chronic inflammation and pain. COX-2 is constitutively expressed in the testis, where it is responsible for prostaglandin production, so inhibition of this enzyme should have effects on testicular function. The effects of administering celecoxib (oral with feed, 0.15% w/w) for 5 weeks on normal testis function and the response to low dose (0.1 mg/kg body weight) or high dose (5.0 mg/kg) lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were examined in adult male rats. Celecoxib caused a 60% reduction in testicular interstitial fluid (IF) prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) concentrations, accompanied by a compensatory increase in COX-2 mRNA expression. Celecoxib increased IF volume by 30%, but had no effect on testis weight, testis morphology or serum testosterone levels. In the celecoxib-fed rats, the dose-dependent inhibitory effects of LPS on testis weight, IF volume and serum testosterone levels were significantly diminished. However, celecoxib had no effect on COX-2 protein levels or LPS-induced expression of the inflammatory mediators interleukin-1beta, tumour necrosis factor-alpha or inducible nitric-oxide synthase. A similar lack of inhibition of LPS-induced cytokine expression by another COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398, was observed in vitro. These data indicate that celecoxib reduces intratesticular activity of COX-2 (as indicated by PGE(2) levels) and inhibits IF formation in the testis, but has no appreciable effect on steroidogenesis or spermatogenesis, at least in the short term. Celecoxib does not appear to alter the ability of the testis to mount an inflammatory response but opposes the deleterious effects of inflammation on IF formation and testosterone production. These results indicate significant roles for products of the COX-2 pathway in testicular vascular control and steroidogenesis, which may have implications for men with marginal fertility taking celecoxib for extended periods, but also highlight the potential of this drug to ameliorate testicular damage caused by systemic or local inflammation.
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- Wendy R Winnall
- Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia.
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Yuhas Y, Azoulay-Alfaguter I, Berent E, Ashkenazi S. Rifampin inhibits prostaglandin E2 production and arachidonic acid release in human alveolar epithelial cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:4225-30. [PMID: 17908941 PMCID: PMC2168000 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00985-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Rifampin, a potent antimicrobial agent, is a major drug in the treatment of tuberculosis. There is evidence that rifampin also serves as an immunomodulator. Based on findings that arachidonic acid and its metabolites are involved in the pathogeneses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, we investigated whether rifampin affects prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) production in human alveolar epithelial cells stimulated with interleukin-1beta. Rifampin caused a dose-dependent inhibition of PGE(2) production. At doses of 100, 50, and 25 microg/ml, it inhibited PGE(2) production by 75%, 59%, and 45%, respectively (P < 0.001). Regarding the mechanism involved, rifampin caused a time- and dose-dependent inhibition of arachidonic acid release from the alveolar cells. At doses of 100, 50, 25, and 10 mug/ml, it significantly inhibited the release of arachidonic acid by 93%, 64%, 58%, and 35%, respectively (P < 0.001). Rifampin did not affect the phosphorylation of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) or the expression of cyclooxygenase-2. The inhibition of PGE(2), and presumably other arachidonic acid products, probably contributes to the efficacy of rifampin in the treatment of tuberculosis and may explain some of its adverse effects.
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- Yael Yuhas
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva 49100, Israel.
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Eyster KM. The membrane and lipids as integral participants in signal transduction: lipid signal transduction for the non-lipid biochemist. ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION 2007; 31:5-16. [PMID: 17327576 DOI: 10.1152/advan.00088.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Reviews of signal transduction have often focused on the cascades of protein kinases and protein phosphatases and their cytoplasmic substrates that become activated in response to extracellular signals. Lipids, lipid kinases, and lipid phosphatases have not received the same amount of attention as proteins in studies of signal transduction. However, lipids serve a variety of roles in signal transduction. They act as ligands that activate signal transduction pathways as well as mediators of signaling pathways, and lipids are the substrates of lipid kinases and lipid phosphatases. Cell membranes are the source of the lipids involved in signal transduction, but membranes also constitute lipid barriers that must be traversed by signal transduction pathways. The purpose of this review is to explore the magnitude and diversity of the roles of the cell membrane and lipids in signal transduction and to highlight the interrelatedness of families of lipid mediators in signal transduction.
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- Kathleen M Eyster
- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA.
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Winnall WR, Ali U, O'Bryan MK, Hirst JJ, Whiley PAF, Muir JA, Hedger MP. Constitutive expression of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 by somatic and spermatogenic cells is responsible for prostaglandin E2 production in the adult rat testis. Biol Reprod 2007; 76:759-68. [PMID: 17251525 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.053124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Prostaglandins (PGs), particularly PGE(2), have been implicated in the control of testicular steroidogenesis, spermatogenesis, and local immunity. However, virtually nothing is known about the expression or activity of the prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthases (PTGSs; also referred to as the cyclooxygenases), the specific rate-limiting enzymes responsible for PG production, in the adult testis. This activity was investigated in rats under normal conditions and during lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation using quantitative real-time PCR, in situ hybridization, Western blotting, and PGE(2) measurements by ELISA. The mRNA for both the "constitutive" Ptgs1 and the "inducible" Ptgs2 forms was detected in multiple testicular cell types. Testicular Ptgs2 expression was substantially higher than that of Ptgs1, and testicular production of PGE(2) in vitro was found to be suppressed by a specific PTGS2 inhibitor (NS-398), but not by an inhibitor of PTGS1. Further investigation indicated that 1) PGE(2) production in the adult testis is attributable to constitutive expression of PTGS2 by somatic (Leydig cells and Sertoli cells) and spermatogenic cells; 2) testicular macrophages constitutively produce relatively low levels of PTGS2 and PGE(2) but are the only cell type to respond significantly to an inflammatory stimulus by increasing production of PGE(2); and 3) testicular PTGS2 expression and intratesticular PGE(2) levels are only marginally affected by acute inflammation. These data point toward a previously unanticipated maintenance role for the "inducible" PTGS2 enzyme in normal testicular function, as well as an anomalous response of testicular PTGS2 to inflammatory stimuli. Both observations are consistent with the reduced capacity of the testis to initiate and support inflammatory reactions.
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- Wendy R Winnall
- Monash Institute of Medical Research, , Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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Spreer A, Gerber J, Baake D, Hanssen M, Huether G, Nau R. Antiinflammatory but no neuroprotective effects of melatonin under clinical treatment conditions in rabbit models of bacterial meningitis. J Neurosci Res 2007; 84:1575-9. [PMID: 16998917 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Neuronal injury is frequent in bacterial meningitis, resulting in a high rate of death and neurological sequelae. In a search of potential neuroprotective strategies for treatment of bacterial meningitis, the antioxidant melatonin was neuroprotective in cell culture experiments and in a rabbit Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis model, when treatment was started at the time of infection. In the present study, adjunctive melatonin treatment applied from the beginning of antibiotic therapy 12 hr after infection at a dose of 1.67 mg/kg/hr resulted in plasma concentrations of 451 +/- 198 ng/ml, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of 154 +/- 57 ng/ml and a CSF-to-plasma ratio of 0.38 +/- 0.19 (mean +/- SD). Melatonin therapy had antiinflammatory effects but did not reduce neuronal injury in either a rabbit model of gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae or gram-negative Escherichia coli meningitis.
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- Annette Spreer
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Lieb J. Lithium and antidepressants: Stimulating immune function and preventing and reversing infection. Med Hypotheses 2007; 69:8-11. [PMID: 17287092 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability to safely and economically stimulate immune function would transform the humanitarian and economic landscapes of nosocomial, surgical and antibiotic-resistant infections, as well as reduce the burden of epidemics, pandemics and bioterrorism. Such stimulation is widely held to be beyond our reach, an unfortunate misconception. As early as the mid 1980s sufficient evidence had accumulated to be able to state with conviction that lithium and antidepressants have these properties. Excessive production of prostaglandin E2 activates microorganisms and suppresses immune function, and lithium and antidepressants oppose prostaglandin E2. Immunostimulation is non-specific, possibly relevant to all infections, pertinent to one, two, or more concurrent infections, and highly cost/effective. In controlled studies an antidepressant would be relevant to that agent and only that agent, rendering such studies worthless. Over the past twenty years 22 drug companies have declined interest in developing antidepressants as antiinfectives. It would be unethical to deny the infected these well documented benefits.
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Forlenza OV, Schaeffer EL, Gattaz WF. The role of phospholipase A2 in neuronal homeostasis and memory formation: implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2006; 114:231-8. [PMID: 17131232 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-006-0597-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2006] [Accepted: 10/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) is a key enzyme in cerebral phospholipid metabolism. Preliminary post-mortem studies have shown that PLA(2) activity is decreased in frontal and parietal areas of the AD brain, which is in accordance with recent (31)P-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy evidence of reduced phospholipid turnover in the pre-frontal cortex of moderately demented AD patients. Such abnormality may also be observed in peripheral cells, and reduced PLA(2) activity in platelet membranes of AD patients, and correlates with the severity of dementia. In rat hippocampal slices, PLA(2) has been implicated in mechanisms of synaptic plasticity. In adult rats, the stereotaxic injection of PLA(2) inhibitors in the CA1 area of hippocampus impaired, in a dose-dependent manner, the formation of short- and long-term memory. Additionally, such inhibition resulted in a reduction of the fluidity of hippocampal membranes. In primary cultures of cortical and hippocampal neurons, the inhibition of PLA(2) precluded neurite outgrowth, and the sustained inhibition of the enzyme in mature cultures lead to loss of viability. Taken together, these findings reinforce the involvement of PLA(2) enzymes in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration processes, and further suggest that reduced PLA(2) activity, probably reducing membrane phospholipids breakdown, may contribute to the memory impairment in AD.
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- O V Forlenza
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department & Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Khoury P, Baroody FM, Klemens JJ, Thompson K, Naclerio RM. Effect of montelukast on bacterial sinusitis in allergic mice. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2006; 97:329-35. [PMID: 17042138 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)60797-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND In mice, allergic rhinitis augments the infectious and inflammatory response to Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced sinusitis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of cysteinyl leukotriene antagonism on the severity of bacterial infection. METHODS We performed 3 parallel, placebo-controlled experiments. In the first, mice were ovalbumin sensitized and ovalbumin challenged to show the effects of montelukast on the allergic inflammation; in the second, we evaluated the effect of montelukast on S. pneumoniae infection; in the third, we used mice that were both allergic and infected. Montelukast was given starting 2 days after sensitization until the day before euthanasia. One day after drug treatment began, the mice were inoculated intranasally with S. pneumoniae in the infected groups. Nasal hypersensitivity was measured with histamine challenges before the first sensitization and on the day before euthanasia. On the fifth day after infection, mice were euthanized, nasal lavage was performed, bacteria were cultured, and inflammatory cells in the sinuses were quantified. RESULTS Mice that were infected only tended toward having increased bacterial counts from nasal lavage in the montelukast-treated group. The mice that were allergic and infected experienced significantly higher bacterial counts (P < .05). All 3 montelukast treatment groups had significantly decreased eosinophil counts as well as T-lymphocyte counts. CONCLUSIONS Montelukast reduces the manifestations of allergic rhinitis in mice. Surprisingly, montelukast led to an increase in bacterial growth in infected mice. This suggests an effect of the cysteinyl leukotrienes on the innate response to bacterial infection.
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- Paneez Khoury
- Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Spreer A, Gerber J, Hanssen M, Schindler S, Hermann C, Lange P, Eiffert H, Nau R. Dexamethasone increases hippocampal neuronal apoptosis in a rabbit model of Escherichia coli meningitis. Pediatr Res 2006; 60:210-5. [PMID: 16864706 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000227553.47378.9f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Mortality and long-term sequelae rates are high among adults and children with acute bacterial meningitis. Adjunctive treatment with dexamethasone has been shown to reduce systemic complications in bacterial meningitis patients, but corticosteroid treatment may have detrimental effects on hippocampal function. We evaluated the effect of dexamethasone treatment in addition to antibiotic therapy in a rabbit model of Escherichia coli meningitis. A moderate anti-inflammatory effect of dexamethasone could be demonstrated with respect to the inflammatory mediator prostaglandin E2, whereas no significant effect of dexamethasone on tumor necrosis factor-alpha, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, protein, lactate, indicators of global neuronal damage, or blood gas analysis was found. Dexamethasone, however, increased the rate of apoptotic neurons in the granular layer of the hippocampal dentate gyrus. In view of the proapoptotic effect of adjunctive dexamethasone on hippocampal neuronal cells in animal models of Gram-positive and Gram-negative meningitis, the application of dexamethasone should be considered carefully in those forms of bacterial meningitis for which no evidence-based data of beneficial effect in humans are available, such as neonatal meningitis, bacillary Gram-negative meningitis or nosocomial forms of meningitis (e.g. following neurosurgery).
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- Annette Spreer
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany
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Kantarci A, Van Dyke TE. Lipoxin signaling in neutrophils and their role in periodontal disease. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2005; 73:289-99. [PMID: 15979867 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2005.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Endogenous molecules involved in counterregulation of inflammatory responses provide an opportunity to explore new therapeutic approaches based on manipulation of new pathways that may reduce the possibility of unwanted toxic side effects. Lipoxins (LX) are trihydroxytetraene-containing eicosanoids that are generated within the vascular lumen during cell-cell interactions or at mucosa through leukocyte-epithelial cell interactions. Transcellular biosynthetic pathways are the major lipoxin biosynthetic routes where LX are formed in vivo during inflammation and serve as "stop signals" that regulate key steps in leukocyte trafficking. In this review, recent findings in lipoxin generation, impact on the resolution of acute inflammation, and organ protection from neutrophil-mediated injury are presented. Periodontitis, specifically localized aggressive periodontitis, which is recognized as an example of neutrophil-mediated tissue injury, is discussed as a disease model where LX and other endogenous pro-resolution pathway mediators could have potential value.
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- Alpdogan Kantarci
- Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 100 East Newton Street, G-05, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Tsitsigiannis DI, Bok JW, Andes D, Nielsen KF, Frisvad JC, Keller NP. Aspergillus cyclooxygenase-like enzymes are associated with prostaglandin production and virulence. Infect Immun 2005; 73:4548-59. [PMID: 16040966 PMCID: PMC1201276 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.8.4548-4559.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Oxylipins comprise a family of oxygenated fatty acid-derived signaling molecules that initiate critical biological activities in animals, plants, and fungi. Mammalian oxylipins, including the prostaglandins (PGs), mediate many immune and inflammation responses in animals. PG production by pathogenic microbes is theorized to play a role in pathogenesis. We have genetically characterized three Aspergillus genes, ppoA, ppoB, and ppoC, encoding fatty acid oxygenases similar in sequence to specific mammalian prostaglandin synthases, the cyclooxygenases. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis showed that production of PG species is decreased in both Aspergillus nidulans and A. fumigatus ppo mutants, implicating Ppo activity in generating PGs. The A. fumigatus triple-ppo-silenced mutant was hypervirulent in the invasive pulmonary aspergillosis murine model system and showed increased tolerance to H(2)O(2) stress relative to that of the wild type. We propose that Ppo products, PG, and/or other oxylipins may serve as activators of mammalian immune responses contributing to enhanced resistance to opportunistic fungi and as factors that modulate fungal development contributing to resistance to host defenses.
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Bogatcheva NV, Sergeeva MG, Dudek SM, Verin AD. Arachidonic acid cascade in endothelial pathobiology. Microvasc Res 2005; 69:107-27. [PMID: 15896353 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2005.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2004] [Revised: 01/21/2005] [Accepted: 01/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Arachidonic acid (AA) and its metabolites (eicosanoids) represent powerful mediators, used by organisms to induce and suppress inflammation as a part of the innate response to disturbances. Several cell types participate in the synthesis and release of AA metabolites, while many cell types represent the targets for eicosanoid action. Endothelial cells (EC), forming a semi-permeable barrier between the interior space of blood vessels and underlying tissues, are of particular importance for the development of inflammation, since endothelium controls such diverse processes as vascular tone, homeostasis, adhesion of platelets and leukocytes to the vascular wall, and permeability of the vascular wall for cells and fluids. Proliferation and migration of endothelial cells contribute significantly to new vessel development (angiogenesis). This review discusses endothelial-specific synthesis and action of arachidonic acid derivatives with a particular focus on the mechanisms of signal transduction and associated intracellular protein targets.
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- Natalia V Bogatcheva
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Lappegård KT, Riesenfeld J, Brekke OL, Bergseth G, Lambris JD, Mollnes TE. Differential Effect of Heparin Coating and Complement Inhibition on Artificial Surface-Induced Eicosanoid Production. Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 79:917-23. [PMID: 15734405 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Contact between blood and artificial surfaces induces an inflammatory response including activation of leukocytes and platelets, as well as complement and other plasma cascade systems. In the present study we investigated the roles of complement and surface modification in polyvinyl chloride-induced synthesis of eicosanoids (arachidonic acid metabolites). METHODS Human whole blood was incubated in rotating loops of polyvinyl chloride or heparin-coated polyvinyl chloride tubing for 4 hours. Plasma concentrations of the eicosanoids leukotriene B4, prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2 were quantified. RESULTS Polyvinyl chloride induced a substantial increase in leukotriene B4, prostaglandin E2, and thromboxane B2. Inhibition of complement activation by the complement factor 3 binding peptide compstatin or blockade of the complement factor 5a receptor with a specific antagonist significantly and specifically inhibited the synthesis of leukotriene B4, whereas thromboxane B2 and prostaglandin E2 synthesis were apparently complement independent. The increase in all three mediators was significantly reduced by the heparin coating. Indomethacin abolished the increase of the cyclooxygenase products prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2, but had no effect on the increase of the lipoxygenase product leukotriene B4, consistent with the specificity of indomethacin for the cyclooxygenase and confirming the specificity of complement inhibition. CONCLUSIONS Polyvinyl chloride-induced increase in all three eicosanoids was attenuated by heparin coating, whereas complement inhibition selectively reduced the synthesis of leukotriene B4.
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- Knut Tore Lappegård
- Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital, Bodø and University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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Awad AB, Burr AT, Fink CS. Effect of resveratrol and beta-sitosterol in combination on reactive oxygen species and prostaglandin release by PC-3 cells. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2005; 72:219-26. [PMID: 15664307 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2004.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2004] [Accepted: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The objective of this project was to identify some possible mechanisms by which two common phytochemicals, resveratrol and beta-sitosterol, inhibit the growth of human prostate cancer PC-3 cells. These mechanisms include the effect of the phytochemicals on apoptosis, cell cycle progression, prostaglandin synthesis and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Prostaglandins have been known to play a role in regulating cell growth and apoptosis. PC-3 cells were supplemented with 50 microM resveratrol or 16 microM beta-sitosterol alone or in combination for up to 5 days. Phytochemical supplementation resulted in inhibition in cell growth. beta-Sitosterol was more potent than resveratrol and the combination of the two resulted in greater inhibition than supplementation with either alone. Long-term supplementation with resveratrol or beta-sitosterol elevated basal prostaglandin release but beta-sitosterol was much more potent than resveratrol in this regard. beta-Sitosterol was more effective than resveratrol in inducing apoptosis and the combination had an intermediate effect after 1 day of supplementation. Cells supplemented with resveratrol were arrested at the G1 phase and at the G2/M phase in the case of beta-sitosterol while the combination resulted in cell arrest at the two phases of the cell cycle. beta-Sitosterol increased ROS production while resveratrol decreased ROS production. The combination of the two phytochemicals resulted in an intermediate level of ROS. The observed changes in prostaglandin levels and ROS production by these two phytochemicals may suggest their mediation in the growth inhibition. The reduction in ROS level and increase by resveratrol supplementation in PC-3 cells reflects the antioxidant properties of resveratrol. It was concluded that these phytochemicals may induce the inhibition of tumor growth by stimulating apoptosis and arresting cells at different locations in the cell cycle and the mechanism may involve alterations in ROS and prostaglandin production.
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- Atif B Awad
- Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, 15 Farber Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Puertollano MA, Puertollano E, Ruiz-Bravo A, Jiménez-Valera M, De Pablo MA, De Cienfuegos GA. Changes in the immune functions and susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice fed dietary lipids. Immunol Cell Biol 2005; 82:370-6. [PMID: 15283846 DOI: 10.1111/j.0818-9641.2004.01262.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The direct examination of the effects that fish oil diets (composed of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) exert on immune system function indicates a reduction of host natural resistance to infectious diseases mainly because of a suppression of immune function generated by the fatty acids contained in this diet. Here, we evaluated the concentration of IL-12, IL-4, prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene B4 in the serum from BALB/c mice receiving four different diets. Each group was fed a diet that differed only in the source of fat: a low-fat diet (2.5% by weight), an olive oil diet (20% by weight), a fish oil diet (20% by weight) or a hydrogenated coconut oil diet (20% by weight). Mice were fed for 4 weeks and then infected with the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. An initial reduction in the Th1-type response as a result of a decrease in IL-12p70 secretion, an inefficient action of IL-4 (Th2-type response) and no modification of pro-inflammatory lipid-mediator production could be, at least in part, the key events responsible for the inadequate elimination of L. monocytogenes from the spleens of mice fed a fish oil diet. Furthermore, our results suggest that the type of dietary lipids may affect the circulating concentration of IL-12p70 and IL-4, leading to a modulation in the protective cellular immune response to L. monocytogenes infection.
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- María A Puertollano
- Unit of Microbiology, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Jaén, Spain
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Gosselin J, Borgeat P, Flamand L. Leukotriene B4 Protects Latently Infected Mice against Murine Cytomegalovirus Reactivation following Allogeneic Transplantation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:1587-93. [PMID: 15661920 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.3.1587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Human CMV is often associated with transplant rejection and opportunistic infections such as pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients. Current anti-CMV therapies, although effective, show relatively high toxicity, which seriously limits their long-term use. In this study, we provide evidence that leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) plays an important role in the fight against murine CMV (MCMV) infection in vivo. Intravenous administration of 50 and 500 ng/kg/day of LTB(4) to mice infected with a lethal dose of MCMV significantly increases their survival (50 and 70%, respectively), compared with the placebo-treated group (10% of survival). In mice infected with a sublethal dose of MCMV and treated daily with 50 ng/kg/day of LTB(4), the salivary gland viral loads were found to be reduced by 66% compared with the control group. Furthermore, using an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation mouse model, the frequency of MCMV reactivation from latently infected mice was much lower (38%) in LTB(4) (500 ng/kg)-treated mice than in the placebo-treated group (78%). Finally, in experiments using 5-lipoxygenase-deficient mice, MCMV viral loads in salivary glands were found to be higher in animals unable to produce leukotrienes than in the control groups, supporting a role of endogenous 5-lipoxygenase products, possibly LTB(4), in host defense against CMV infection.
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- Jean Gosselin
- Laboratory of Viral Immunology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval Research Center, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada.
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Loers G, Aboul-Enein F, Bartsch U, Lassmann H, Schachner M. Comparison of myelin, axon, lipid, and immunopathology in the central nervous system of differentially myelin-compromised mutant mice: a morphological and biochemical study. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 27:175-89. [PMID: 15485773 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2004] [Revised: 05/27/2004] [Accepted: 06/08/2004] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The present study was carried out to compare different myelin-compromised mouse mutants with regard to myelin morphology in relation to axon-, lipid-, and immunopathology as a function of age. Mouse mutants deficient in the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and myelin basic protein (MBP) display subtle and severe myelin pathologies in the central nervous system (CNS), respectively. Animals doubly deficient in MAG and the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) show defects similar to those present in MAG single mutants while mice deficient in MAG and the nonreceptor type tyrosine kinase Fyn are severely hypomyelinated, in addition to the MAG-specific myelin abnormalities. These mutant mice showed distinct myelin pathologies in different regions of the central nervous system and generally displayed a decrease in axonal integrity with age. Myelin pathology did not correlate locally with axon transection and with an involvement of the immune system as seen by numbers of CD3-positive lymphocytes and MAC-3-positive macrophages. Interestingly, the degree of these cellular abnormalities also did not correlate with abnormalities in levels of phospholipids, arachidonic acid, cholesterol, and apolipoprotein E (apoE). Moreover, these changes in lipid metabolism, including immune system-related arachidonic acid, preceded cellular pathology. The combined observations point to differences, but also similarities in the relation of myelin, axon, and immunopathology with genotype, and to a common aggravation of the phenotype with age.
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- Gabriele Loers
- Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Universität Hamburg, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Kantarci A, Van Dyke TE. Lipoxins in chronic inflammation. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ORAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL BIOLOGISTS 2003; 14:4-12. [PMID: 12764016 DOI: 10.1177/154411130301400102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The discovery of endogenous molecules involved in counterregulation of inflammatory responses that may lead to tissue injury provides an opportunity to explore new therapeutic approaches based on manipulation of new pathways. Natural counterregulatory pathways may reduce the possibility of unwanted toxic side-effects. Lipoxins are trihydroxytetraene-containing eicosanoids that are generated within the vascular lumen during platelet-leukocyte interactions and at mucosal surfaces via leukocyte-epithelial cell interactions. During cell-cell interactions, transcellular biosynthetic pathways are the major lipoxin biosynthetic routes, and thus, in humans, lipoxins are formed in vivo during multicellular responses, such as inflammation and asthma. This branch of the eicosanoid cascade generates specific tetraene-containing products that serve as "stop signals" for neutrophils that regulate key steps in leukocyte trafficking and prevent neutrophil-mediated tissue injury. These novel anti-inflammatory lipid mediators also appear to facilitate the resolution of the acute inflammatory response. In this review, recent findings and new concepts pertaining to the generation of lipoxins and their impact on the resolution of acute inflammation, and organ protection from leukocyte-mediated injury, are presented. The parallels and possible associations with periodontal diseases are discussed.
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- Alpdogan Kantarci
- Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, 100 East Newton Street G-05, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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