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KUBRYCHT J, MAXOVÁ H, NYČ O, VAJNER L, NOVOTNÁ J, HEZINOVÁ A, TRNKOVÁ A, VRABLOVÁ K, VYTÁŠEK R, VALOUŠKOVÁ V. Isolation of Rat Lung Mast Cells for Purposes of One-Week Cultivation Using Novel Percoll Variant Percoll PLUS. Physiol Res 2011; 60:83-93. [DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.931956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Prolonged cultivation of separated rat lung mast cells (LMC) in vitro is necessary to better investigate a possible role of LMC in different stages of tissue remodeling induced by hypoxia. Rat lung mast cells (LMC) were separated using a protocol including an improved proteolytic extraction and two subsequent density gradient separations on Ficoll-Paque PLUS and a new generation of Percoll, i.e. Percoll PLUS. Instead of usual isotonic stock Percoll solution, an alternative “asymptotically isotonic” stock solution was more successful in our density separation of LMC on Percoll PLUS. Separated cells were cultivated for six days in media including stem cell factor, interleukins IL-3 and IL-6, and one of two alternative mixtures of antibiotics. These cultivations were performed without any contamination and with only rare changes in cell size and morphology. Model co-cultivation of two allogenic fractions of LMC often caused considerable rapid changes in cell morphology and size. In contrast to these observations no or rare morphological changes were found after cultivation under hypoxic conditions. In conclusions, we modified separation on Percoll PLUS to be widely used, altered LMC separation with respect to purposes of long-lasting cultivation and observed some model morphological changes of LMC.
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- J. KUBRYCHT
- Department of Physiology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Zhang J, Takahashi HK, Liu K, Wake H, Liu R, Sadamori H, Matsuda H, Yagi T, Yoshino T, Mori S, Nishibori M. Histamine inhibits adhesion molecule expression in human monocytes, induced by advanced glycation end products, during the mixed lymphocyte reaction. Br J Pharmacol 2010; 160:1378-86. [PMID: 20590628 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00800.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Post-transplant diabetes mellitus is a frequent complication among transplant recipients. Ligation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) with their receptor on monocytes/macrophages plays important roles in the genesis of diabetic complications. The enhancement of adhesion molecule expression on monocytes/macrophages activates T-cells, reducing allograft survival. Out of four distinct AGE subtypes (AGE-2, AGE-3, AGE-4 and AGE-5), only AGE-2 and AGE-3 induced expression of intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs), output of cytokines and proliferation of lymphocytes, during the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). Here we have assessed the role of histamine in the actions of AGEs during the MLR. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Human peripheral blood cells were used in these experiments. Flow cytometry was used to examine the expression of the ICAM-1, B7.1, B7.2 and CD40. Production of the cytokine interferon-gamma, and levels of cAMP were determined by elisa. Lymphocyte proliferation was determined by [(3)H]-thymidine uptake. KEY RESULTS Histamine concentration dependently inhibited the action of AGE-2 and AGE-3. The actions of histamine were antagonized by an H(2)-receptor antagonist, famotidine, and mimicked by H(2)/H(4)-receptor agonists, dimaprit and 4-methylhistamine. The effects of histamine were reversed by a protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor, H89, and mimicked by dibutyryl cAMP and an adenylate cyclase activator, forskolin. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Histamine down-regulated AGE-2- and AGE-3-induced expression of adhesion molecules, cytokine production and lymphocyte proliferation via histamine H(2) receptors and the cAMP/PKA pathway.
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- J Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Histamine and histamine receptors in pathogenesis and treatment of multiple sclerosis. Neuropharmacology 2010; 59:180-9. [PMID: 20493888 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2010] [Revised: 05/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease associated with chronic inflammatory demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS). Due to disease complexity and heterogeneity, its pathogenesis remains unknown and despite extensive studies, specific effective treatments have not yet been developed. The factors behind the initiation of the inflammatory reactions in CNS have not been identified until now. MS is considered as a complex disease depending on genetic as well as environmental factors. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the preferential experimental rodent model for MS. Histamine [2-(4-imidazole) ethylamine] is a ubiquitous inflammatory mediator of diverse physiological processes including neurotransmission, secretion of pituitary hormones, and regulation of the gastrointestinal and circulatory systems which can modulate immune responses. Histamine functions are mediated through four G-protein coupled receptors that are named H1-H4 receptor. Histamine is implicated as an important factor in pathophysiology of MS and EAE. It has been shown that histamine can change the permeability of blood brain barrier, which leads to elevation of infiltrated cells in CNS and neuroinflammation. In contrast, there are evidence that show the protective role of histamine in MS and its animal model, EAE. In this review, we try to clarify the role of histamine in pathogenesis of MS, as well as we evaluate the efficacy of histamine receptors agonists and antagonists in treatment of this disease.
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Schneider E, Leite-de-Moraes M, Dy M. Histamine, Immune Cells and Autoimmunity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 709:81-94. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8056-4_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Mori S, Takahashi HK, Nishibori M. [Inducible histamine protects mice from hepatitis through H2-receptor stimulation]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2008; 128:247-53. [PMID: 18239372 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.128.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Histamine is well known for its roles in allergic diseases and anaphylaxis through H(1)-receptor stimulation. The H(1)-receptor stimulation by histamine results in an increase in vascular permeability, vasodilatation, and stimulation of nerve terminals in primary sensory neurons, thereby accelerating the inflammatory responses. On the other hand, histamine has been demonstrated to be involved in the regulation of innate and acquired immune responses through H(2)-receptors. In a previous study with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, we observed that histamine exerts various regulatory effects on monocyte/macrophage function. In this review, we discuss how inducible histamine protects mice from lethal hepatitis, induced by heat-killed P.acnes (1 mg, i.v.) followed by challenge with a low dose of lipopolysaccharide (1 microg), by reducing the excessive cytokine response in the liver. In addition, from in vivo studies with histidine decarboxylase knockout and H(1)-, H(2)-receptor knockout mice, the protective effect of histamine against fulminant hepatitis is shown to be elicited through H(2)-receptor stimulation.
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- Shuji Mori
- School of Pharmacy, Shujitsu University, Okayama City, Japan
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Gapeyev AB, Mikhailik EN, Chemeris NK. Anti-inflammatory effects of low-intensity extremely high-frequency electromagnetic radiation: frequency and power dependence. Bioelectromagnetics 2008; 29:197-206. [PMID: 18044738 DOI: 10.1002/bem.20381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Using a model of acute zymosan-induced footpad edema in NMRI mice, the frequency and power dependence of anti-inflammatory effect of low-intensity extremely high-frequency electromagnetic radiation (EHF EMR) was found. Single whole-body exposure of animals to EHF EMR at the intensity of 0.1 mW/cm(2) for 20 min at 1 h after zymosan injection reduced both the footpad edema and local hyperthermia on average by 20% at the frequencies of 42.2, 51.8, and 65 GHz. Some other frequencies from the frequency range of 37.5-70 GHz were less effective or not effective at all. At fixed frequency of 42.2 GHz and intensity of 0.1 mW/cm(2), the effect had bell-shaped dependence on exposure duration with a maximum at 20-40 min. Reduction of intensity to 0.01 mW/cm(2) resulted in a change of the effect dependence on exposure duration to a linear one. Combined action of cyclooxygenase inhibitor sodium diclofenac and EHF EMR exposure caused a partial additive effect of decrease in footpad edema. Combined action of antihistamine clemastine and EHF EMR exposure caused a dose-dependent abolishment of the anti-inflammatory effect of EHF EMR. The results obtained suggest that arachidonic acid metabolites and histamine are involved in realization of anti-inflammatory effects of low-intensity EHF EMR.
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- A B Gapeyev
- Institute of Cell Biophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
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Hegyesi H, Colombo L, Pállinger E, Tóth S, Boer K, Molnár V, Falus A. Impact of systemic histamine deficiency on the crosstalk between mammary adenocarcinoma and T cells. J Pharmacol Sci 2007; 105:66-73. [PMID: 17895589 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0070636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of lack of histamine (HA) on tumor growth and functions of T cells in order further to illustrate the mechanism of immunological tolerance induction by HA. We assessed the phenotype and cytokine production of splenic lymphocytes in syngeneic HA-free (histidine decarboxylase knock-out) (HDC KO) and wild-type mice, inoculated subcutaneously with the LM2 murine breast cancer cell line. Relative quantification of target mRNA was performed with a TaqMan real-time RT-PCR assay. The CD4(+)CD25(high+) Treg cell numbers were significantly smaller in the tumor-bearing KO mice than in the wild type ones measured by flow-cytometry. The expression of forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) decreased significantly and the copies of splenic Tbox-21 (T-bet) transcriptional factor mRNA was higher in HDC KO tumor-bearing mice than those of normal mice. The cytokine levels showed that a smaller number of interleukin-13-producing Th2 cells were elicited compared to interferon-gamma-producing Th1 cells in the tumor-bearing HDC KO mice. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that endogenous histamine stimulates the growth of breast adenocarcinoma tumor implants in mice by suppressing anti-tumor immunity.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma/pathology
- Adenocarcinoma/physiopathology
- Animals
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- Cell Communication/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytokines/genetics
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Flow Cytometry
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Histamine/deficiency
- Histidine Decarboxylase/genetics
- Histidine Decarboxylase/metabolism
- Immunophenotyping
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/immunology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/physiopathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Box Domain Proteins/genetics
- T-Box Domain Proteins/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/physiology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/physiology
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- Hargita Hegyesi
- Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, SE Nagyvarad ter 4, Budapest, 1089 Hungary.
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Prolongation of Survival of Fully Allogeneic Cardiac Grafts and Generation of Regulatory Cells by a Histamine Receptor 2 Antagonist. Transplantation 2007; 84:1288-97. [PMID: 18049114 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000287641.69795.cc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gapeev AB, Lushnikov KV, Shumilina YV, Chemeris NK. Pharmacological analysis of the antiinflammatory effects of low-intensity extremely-high-frequency electromagnetic radiation. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2006. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350906060121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Musio S, Gallo B, Scabeni S, Lapilla M, Poliani PL, Matarese G, Ohtsu H, Galli SJ, Mantegazza R, Steinman L, Pedotti R. A key regulatory role for histamine in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: disease exacerbation in histidine decarboxylase-deficient mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:17-26. [PMID: 16365391 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.1.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Histamine can modulate the cytokine network and influence Th1 and Th2 balance and Ab-isotype switching. Thus, pharmacological blockade or genetic deletion of specific histamine receptors has been shown to reduce the severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a prototypic Th1-mediated disease with similarities to human multiple sclerosis. To study the comprehensive contribution of endogenous histamine to the expression of EAE, we attempted to induce EAE in histidine decarboxylase-deficient mice, which are genetically unable to make histamine. In this study, we show that EAE is significantly more severe in HDC-/-, histamine-deficient mice, with diffuse inflammatory infiltrates, including a prevalent granulocytic component, in the brain and cerebellum. Unlike splenocytes from wild-type mice, splenocytes from HDC-/- mice do not produce histamine in response to the myelin Ag, whereas production of IFN-gamma, TNF, and leptin are increased in HDC-/- splenocytes in comparison to those from wild-type mice. Endogenous histamine thus appears to regulate importantly the autoimmune response against myelin and the expression of EAE, in this model, and to limit immune damage to the CNS. Understanding which receptor(s) for histamine is/are involved in regulating autoimmunity against the CNS might help in the development of new strategies of treatment for EAE and multiple sclerosis.
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- Silvia Musio
- Immunology and Muscular Pathology Unit, National Neurological Institute "C. Besta," Milan, Italy
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Fujimoto Y, Iwagaki H, Ozaki M, Ogino T, Murata H, Sun DS, Sadamori H, Takahashi HK, Tanaka N, Yagi T. Involvement of prostaglandin receptors (EPR2–4) in in vivo immunosuppression of PGE2 in rat skin transplant model. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1131-9. [PMID: 15914318 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2004] [Revised: 12/09/2004] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is known to modulate immune responses and is widely viewed as a general immunosuppressant. There have been recognized four receptors for PGE2 (EP1-EP4 receptor) so far, and EP2 and EP4 receptors are mainly involved in the immunosuppressive effect of PGE2 in vitro. In the present study we examined the in vivo immunosuppressive effects of selective EP receptor agonists using a high-responder rat skin transplantation model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Skin allografts from ACI donors were transplanted onto LEW recipients. Agents were injected everyday between day 0 and day 5 after skin transplantation at the dose of 300 microg/kg subcutaneously. Survival of the skin allograft, histological changes and changes of the intragraft cytokine expressions were analyzed using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We also assessed the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) assay using splenocytes. RESULTS PGE2 significantly prolonged allograft survival (18.8+/-1.5 days) compared with untreated control (14.8+/-0.8 days). EP2R+EP3R+EP4R agonists also prolonged allograft survival (18.0+/-1.0 days) although EP3R agonist or EP2R+EP4R agonists alone failed (15.5+/-0.7, 15.4+/-1.3 days, respectively). RT-PCR analysis in the skin grafts demonstrated IL-10 up-regulation and IFN-gamma down-regulation in all groups except untreated control and EP2R agonist-treated groups. MLR was significantly reduced in groups of EP2R+EP4R agonists, EP2R+EP3R+EP4R agonists and PGE2, compared with untreated control. CONCLUSIONS The effect of PGE2 to prolong the survival of skin transplant requires the action of a combination of three receptors, i.e., EP2+EP3+EP4.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Dinoprostone/pharmacology
- Female
- Graft Survival/drug effects
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
- Male
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred ACI
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/physiology
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 Subtype
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3 Subtype
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP4 Subtype
- Skin Transplantation/immunology
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- Yoshimi Fujimoto
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Transplant and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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A number of recent studies have led to a reappraisal of the functional capacities of histamine in immunity and hematopoiesis. This change of perspective was provided by the following findings: (1) the evidence for multiple cellular sources of histamine, differing from mature basophils and mast cells by their ability to newly synthesize and liberate the mediator without prior storage, (2) the discovery of a novel histamine receptor (H4R), preferentially expressed on hematopoietic and immunocompetent cells, (3) the potential intracellular activity of histamine through cytochrome P450 and (4) the demonstration of a histamine-cytokine cross-talk. Indeed, cytokines not only modulate the degranulation process of histamine but also control its neosynthesis by the histamine-forming enzyme, histidine decarboxylase (HDC), at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. In turn, histamine intervenes in the intricate cytokine network, regulating cytokine production by immune cells through distinct receptors signaling distinct biological effects. This type of regulation is particularly relevant in the context of TH1/TH2 differentiation, autoimmunity and tumor immunotherapy.
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- Michel Dy
- CNRS UMR 8147, Paris V University, Hôpital Necker, 161 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Yokoyama M, Yokoyama A, Mori S, Takahashi HK, Yoshino T, Watanabe T, Watanabe T, Ohtsu H, Nishibori M. Inducible histamine protects mice from P. acnes-primed and LPS-induced hepatitis through H2-receptor stimulation. Gastroenterology 2004; 127:892-902. [PMID: 15362044 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Inducible histamine and histamine H2-receptors have been suggested to be involved in innate immune response. METHODS We examined a functional role of inducible histamine in the protection against hepatic injury and lethality in Propionibacterium acnes -primed and lipopolysaccharide-induced hepatitis, using histidine decarboxylase knockout and H2-receptor knockout mice. RESULTS Lipopolysaccharide challenge after Propionibacterium acnes priming increased histidine decarboxylase activity in the liver of wild-type mice, associated with a marked elevation of histamine turnover. Histidine decarboxylase-like immunoreactivity was observed in CD68-positive Kupffer cells/macrophages. Treatment of wild-type mice with famotidine or ranitidine but not d -chlorpheniramine augmented hepatic injury and inhibited the survival rate significantly. The same dose of Propionibacterium acnes and lipopolysaccharide induced severe hepatitis and high lethality in histidine decarboxylase knockout and H2-receptor knockout mice; the former were rescued by the subcutaneous injection of histamine. Immunohistochemical study supported the protective role of histamine against the apoptosis of hepatocytes. Histamine suppressed the expression of IL-18 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in the liver, leading to the reduced plasma levels of cytokines including IL-18, TNF-alpha, IL-12, IFN-gamma, and IL-6. CONCLUSIONS These findings as a whole indicated that endogenously produced histamine in Kupffer cells/macrophages plays a very important role in preventing excessive innate immune response in endotoxin-induced fulminant hepatitis through the stimulation of H2-receptors.
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- Minori Yokoyama
- Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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Tamura R, Takahashi HK, Iwagaki H, Yagi T, Mori S, Yoshino T, Nishibori M, Tanaka N. Effect of beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists on intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, B7, and CD40 expression in mixed lymphocyte reaction. Transplantation 2004; 77:293-301. [PMID: 14742996 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000101517.48541.7b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The plasma interleukin (IL)-18 level is elevated in acute rejection after organ transplantation. Although beta2-adrenergic receptor (AR) agonists suppress the rejection of organ and tissue transplants, little is known about their action mechanisms. We examined the effects of endogenous catecholamines and beta2-AR agonists on the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, B7.1, B7.2, CD40, and CD40 ligand (CD40L) in human mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) and in an in vitro model of acute rejection in the presence or absence of IL-18. METHODS ICAM-1, B7.1 B7.2, CD40, and CD40L expression on monocytes was measured by flow cytometry, and the production of interferon (IFN)-gamma and IL-12 was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Lymphocytes proliferation in MLR was measured by [3H]-thymidine uptake. The relevant AR subtypes were characterized using subtype-selective agonists and antagonists. RESULTS beta2-AR agonists inhibited the expression of ICAM-1 and CD40 during MLR in the absence of IL-18. Among IL-18-induced expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, B7.2, CD40, and CD40L, beta2-AR agonists inhibited ICAM-1 and CD40 expression. beta2-AR agonists prevented the production of IFN-gamma and IL-12 in the presence of IL-18 but had no effect in the absence of IL-18. beta2-AR agonists inhibited lymphocyte proliferation in IL-18-treated MLR. CONCLUSIONS We found that beta2-AR agonists strongly inhibited the expression of ICAM-1 and CD40, irrespective of the presence or absence of IL-18, which is different from that of histamine and prostaglandin E2.
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- Ryuji Tamura
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplant, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama City, Japan
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Mulenga A, Macaluso KR, Simser JA, Azad AF. The American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, encodes a functional histamine release factor homolog. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:911-919. [PMID: 12915182 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(03)00097-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have identified a functional Dermacentor variabilis histamine release factor (DVHRF) homolog and shown that it is a secreted tick saliva protein. The 945 base pair (bp) full-length DVHRF cDNA has a 522 bp open reading frame that encodes a 20 kDa (173 amino acid) polypeptide. Sequence analysis showed that the two HRF signature amino acid sequences were conserved in DVHRF, indicating close structural similarity between DVHRF and other characterized HRF homologs. Northern and Western blotting analyses of partially fed and unfed ticks indicates that neither DVHRF transcriptional nor translational regulation were influenced by tick feeding activity. Like its counterparts from the mammalian system, tick DVHRF is expressed in various tissues, as assessed by both Northern and Western blotting analyses. Furthermore, an Escherichia coli-expressed recombinant DVHRF induced histamine secretion from a rat basophilic leukemic cell line in a dose-dependent manner. Extensive experimental evidence has shown that high levels of histamine at tick attachment sites impede the biological success of feeding ticks and, in response, ticks secrete histamine-binding proteins to minimize the adverse effects of histamine. Our results suggest the existence of a tick-derived multifaceted control mechanism for levels of histamine at tick feeding sites.
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- Albert Mulenga
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Morichika T, Takahashi HK, Iwagaki H, Yagi T, Saito S, Kubo S, Yoshino T, Akagi T, Mori S, Nishibori M, Tanaka N. Effect of prostaglandin E2 on intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and B7 expression in mixed lymphocyte reaction. Transplantation 2003; 75:2100-5. [PMID: 12829919 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000066580.49583.b3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The elevation of plasma interleukin (IL)-18 levels and the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 and B7 on monocytes are involved in acute rejection. Prostaglandin (PG) E2 suppresses the rejection in animal transplantation models; however, little is known about its action mechanism. We examined the effect of PGE2 on the expression of ICAM-1 and B7 in the human mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR) in the presence or absence of IL-18. METHODS We measured the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on human monocytes by flow cytometry and determined the associated production of interferon-gamma and IL-12 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The modulatory effects of PGE2 and the relevant PGE2 receptor subtypes were characterized pharmacologically. RESULTS PGE2 inhibited the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on monocytes in MLR in a concentration-dependent manner. Whereas IL-18 significantly induced the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 on monocytes in MLR and the production of interferon-gamma and IL-12, PGE2 inhibited these IL-18-initiated enhancements. The effects of PGE2 were mimicked by selective EP2 and EP4 agonists, but not by EP1 and EP3 agonists. CONCLUSION PGE2 strongly inhibited MLR with respect to the expression of ICAM-1, B7.1, and B7.2 via the EP2 and EP4 receptors, irrespective of the presence or absence of IL-18. In the previous study, histamine inhibited ICAM-1 expression in the presence of IL-18 but had no effect in the absence of IL-18. These results indicate that the inhibitory effect of PGE2 may be more general and stronger than that of histamine and may play an important role in future immunosuppressive strategies.
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- Toshihiko Morichika
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplant, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama City, Japan
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Nishibori M, Takahashi HK, Mori S. The regulation of ICAM-1 and LFA-1 interaction by autacoids and statins: a novel strategy for controlling inflammation and immune responses. J Pharmacol Sci 2003; 92:7-12. [PMID: 12832849 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.92.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Histamine, prostaglandin E(2), and catecholamines have been demonstrated to regulate the innate and acquired immune responses. In this review, we describe one of the mechanisms common to the action of these agonists; the regulation of the expression of costimulatory adhesion molecules such as ICAM-1 and B7 antigens on monocytes/macrophages. The specific receptor subtypes involved in the action of each agonist were H(2) for histamine, EP(2)/EP(4) for prostaglandin E(2), and beta(2) for catecholamines, all of which are coupled with adenylate cyclase via Gs protein. The regulation of the expression of adhesion molecules by these agonists in turn leads to the modulation of subsequent cytokine production mediated by cell-cell interaction under different stimuli. Histamine is synthesized in monocytes and T cells by the induction of histidine decarboxylase. The inducible histamine has different dynamics from that in storage granules of mast cells and basophils. Also, noradrenaline appears to be synthesized in lymphocytes. Thus, immune cells can produce histamine, prostaglandins, and noradrenaline by themselves and modulate the cell-cell interaction between monocytes and other cells. Some of the inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase were shown to bind to the ICAM-1-binding domain of LFA-1, reducing the interaction mediated by ICAM-1/LFA-1. The regulation of interaction mediated by adhesion molecules may provide a new target for controlling inflammatory and immune responses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Masahiro Nishibori
- Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Japan.
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