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Sayson SG, Ashbaugh A, Cushion MT. Extracellular vesicles from Pneumocystis carinii-infected rats impair fungal viability but are dispensable for macrophage functions. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0365323. [PMID: 38236033 PMCID: PMC10845964 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03653-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Pneumocystis spp. are host obligate fungal pathogens that can cause severe pneumonia in mammals and rely heavily on their host for essential nutrients. The lack of a sustainable in vitro culture system poses challenges in understanding their metabolism, and the acquisition of essential nutrients from host lungs remains unexplored. Transmission electron micrographs show that extracellular vesicles (EVs) are found near Pneumocystis spp. within the lung. We hypothesized that EVs transport essential nutrients to the fungi during infection. To investigate this, EVs from P. carinii- and P. murina-infected rodents were biochemically and functionally characterized. These EVs contained host proteins involved in cellular, metabolic, and immune processes as well as proteins with homologs found in other fungal EV proteomes, indicating that Pneumocystis may release EVs. Notably, EV uptake by P. carinii indicated their potential involvement in nutrient acquisition and a possibility for using engineered EVs for efficient therapeutic delivery. However, EVs added to P. carinii in vitro did not show increased growth or viability, implying that additional nutrients or factors are necessary to support their metabolic requirements. Exposure of macrophages to EVs increased proinflammatory cytokine levels but did not affect macrophages' ability to kill or phagocytose P. carinii. These findings provide vital insights into P. carinii and host EV interactions, yet the mechanisms underlying P. carinii's survival in the lung remain uncertain. These studies are the first to isolate, characterize, and functionally assess EVs from Pneumocystis-infected rodents, promising to enhance our understanding of host-pathogen dynamics and therapeutic potential.IMPORTANCEPneumocystis spp. are fungal pathogens that can cause severe pneumonia in mammals, relying heavily on the host for essential nutrients. The absence of an in vitro culture system poses challenges in understanding their metabolism, and the acquisition of vital nutrients from host lungs remains unexplored. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are found near Pneumocystis spp., and it is hypothesized that these vesicles transport nutrients to the pathogenic fungi. Pneumocystis proteins within the EVs showed homology to other fungal EV proteomes, suggesting that Pneumocystis spp. release EVs. While EVs did not significantly enhance P. carinii growth in vitro, P. carinii displayed active uptake of these vesicles. Moreover, EVs induced proinflammatory cytokine production in macrophages without compromising their ability to combat P. carinii. These findings provide valuable insights into EV dynamics during host-pathogen interactions in Pneumocystis pneumonia. However, the precise underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. This research also raises the potential for engineered EVs in therapeutic applications.
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- Steven G. Sayson
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Cicchinelli S, Pignataro G, Gemma S, Piccioni A, Picozzi D, Ojetti V, Franceschi F, Candelli M. PAMPs and DAMPs in Sepsis: A Review of Their Molecular Features and Potential Clinical Implications. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:962. [PMID: 38256033 PMCID: PMC10815927 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020962] [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: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Sepsis is a serious organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune host reaction to a pathogen. The innate immunity is programmed to react immediately to conserved molecules, released by the pathogens (PAMPs), and the host (DAMPs). We aimed to review the molecular mechanisms of the early phases of sepsis, focusing on PAMPs, DAMPs, and their related pathways, to identify potential biomarkers. We included studies published in English and searched on PubMed® and Cochrane®. After a detailed discussion on the actual knowledge of PAMPs/DAMPs, we analyzed their role in the different organs affected by sepsis, trying to elucidate the molecular basis of some of the most-used prognostic scores for sepsis. Furthermore, we described a chronological trend for the release of PAMPs/DAMPs that may be useful to identify different subsets of septic patients, who may benefit from targeted therapies. These findings are preliminary since these pathways seem to be strongly influenced by the peculiar characteristics of different pathogens and host features. Due to these reasons, while initial findings are promising, additional studies are necessary to clarify the potential involvement of these molecular patterns in the natural evolution of sepsis and to facilitate their transition into the clinical setting.
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- Sara Cicchinelli
- Department of Emergency, S.S. Filippo e Nicola Hospital, 67051 Avezzano, Italy;
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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- Department of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRRCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (A.P.); (D.P.); (V.O.); (F.F.)
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Li K, Huang Z, Liu C, Xu Y, Chen W, Shi L, Li C, Zhou F, Zhou F. Transcriptomic analysis of human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells treated with LPS. Cell Signal 2023; 111:110870. [PMID: 37633475 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2023.110870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has a rapid onset and progression, which lead to the severity and complexity of the primary disease and significantly increase the fatality rate of patients. Transcriptomics provides some ideas for clarifying the mechanism of ARDS, exploring prevention and treatment targets, and searching for related specific markers. In this study, RNA-Seq technology was used to observe the gene expression of human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVECs) induced by LPS, and to excavate the key genes and signaling pathways in ARDS process. A total of 2300 up-regulated genes were detected, and a corresponding 1696 down-regulated genes were screened. Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis, and protein-protein interaction (PPI) were also used for functional annotation of key genes. TFDP1 was identified as a cell cycle-dependent differentially expressed gene, and its reduced expression was verified in LPS-treated PMVECs and lung tissues of CLP-induced mice. In addition, the inhibition of TFDP1 on inflammation and apoptosis, and the promotion of proliferation were confirmed. The decreased expression of E2F1, Rb, CDK1 and the activation of MAPK signaling pathway were substantiated in the in vivo and in vitro models of ARDS. Moreover, SREBF1 has been demonstrated to be involved in cell cycle arrest in PMVECs by inhibiting CDK1. Our study shows that transcriptomics combined with basic research can broaden the investigation of ARDS mechanisms and may provide a basis for future mechanistic innovations.
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- Kaili Li
- Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Tumor Center, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, 400030 Chongqing Municipality, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China
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- Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China; Department of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016 Chongqing, China.
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Yehia Kamel M, Zekry Attia J, Mahmoud Ahmed S, Hassan Saeed Z, Welson NN, Yehia Abdelzaher W. Protective effect of rivastigmine against lung injury in acute pancreatitis model in rats via Hsp 70/IL6/ NF-κB signaling cascade. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2023; 37:3946320231222804. [PMID: 38112159 PMCID: PMC10734328 DOI: 10.1177/03946320231222804] [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: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Acute lung injury (ALI) that develops as a result of AP can progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome. Some hypotheses are proposed to explain the pathophysiology of AP and its related pulmonary hazards. This experiment aimed to evaluate the mitigating action of rivastigmine (Riva) in lung injury that occurs on the top of acute pancreatitis (AP) induced in rats. Thirty-two male Wister rats were randomized to one of four groups: control, Riva-treated, acute pancreatitis (AP), and acute pancreatitis treated by Riva. Serum amylase and lipase levels were assessed. Pulmonary oxidative stress and inflammatory indicators were estimated. A pancreatic and pulmonary histopathological examination, as well as an immunohistochemical study of HSP70, was carried out. Riva significantly attenuated the L-arginine-related lung injury that was characterized by increased pulmonary inflammatory biomarkers (interleukin-6 [IL-6]), nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), increased pulmonary oxidative markers (total nitrite/nitrate [NOx]), MDA, decreased total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and reduced glutathione level (GSH)) with increased caspase-3 expression. Therefore, Riva retains potent ameliorative effects against lung injury that occur on the top of AP by relieving oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis via HSP70/IL6/NF-κB signaling.
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- Maha Yehia Kamel
- Department of Pharmacology, Minia University, Faculty of Medicine, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Anesthesia and I.C.U, Minia University, Faculty of Medicine, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Delegated to Deraya University, New Minia City, Egypt
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Beni-Suef University, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef, Egypt
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Guihur A, Rebeaud ME, Fauvet B, Tiwari S, Weiss YG, Goloubinoff P. Moderate Fever Cycles as a Potential Mechanism to Protect the Respiratory System in COVID-19 Patients. Front Med (Lausanne) 2020; 7:564170. [PMID: 33043037 PMCID: PMC7517715 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.564170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Mortality in COVID-19 patients predominantly results from an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which lungs alveolar cells undergo programmed cell death. Mortality in a sepsis-induced ARDS rat model is reduced by adenovirus over-expression of the HSP70 chaperone. A natural rise of body temperature during mild fever can naturally accumulate high cellular levels of HSP70 that can arrest apoptosis and protect alveolar lung cells from inflammatory damages. However, beyond 1-2 h of fever, no HSP70 is being further produced and a decreased in body temperature required to the restore cell's ability to produce more HSP70 in a subsequent fever cycle. We suggest that antipyretics may be beneficial in COVID-19 patients subsequent to several hours of mild (<38.8°C) advantageous fever, allowing lung cells to accumulate protective HSP70 against damages from the inflammatory response to the virus SARS-CoV-2. With age, the ability to develop fever and accumulate HSP70 decreases. This could be ameliorated, when advisable to do so, by thermotherapies and/or physical training.
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- Anthony Guihur
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Yuan X, Zhu J, Kang Q, He X, Guo D. Protective Effect of Hesperidin Against Sepsis-Induced Lung Injury by Inducing the Heat-Stable Protein 70 (Hsp70)/Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4)/ Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response 88 (MyD88) Pathway. Med Sci Monit 2019; 25:107-114. [PMID: 30608918 PMCID: PMC6329256 DOI: 10.12659/msm.912490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Sepsis-induced lung injury is associated with high mortality. The present investigation evaluated the protective effect of hesperidin against sepsis-induced lung injury and also postulates the possible mechanism of its action. Material/Methods Lung injury was induced by sepsis in all animals, in which sepsis was produced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Animals were treated with hesperidin 10 and 20 mg/kg i.v. 30 min after the surgery. Oxygenation index and lung injury score were determined and levels of pro-inflammatory mediators and markers of oxidative stress were also estimated in the lung tissues. Moreover, expression of caspase-3, B-cell lymphoma (Bcl-2), Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), heat-stable protein 70 (Hsp70) and myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) protein was estimated by Western blot assay and immunofluorescence assay. Results Hesperidin attenuated the partial pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) ratio and lung injury score in CLP-induced lung injury mice. There was a significant (p<0.01) decrease in the level of pro-inflammatory mediators in the lung tissue of CLP-induced lung injury mice. Moreover, markers of oxidative stress were attenuated in the hesperidin-treated group. Treatment with hesperidin attenuated the expression of caspase-3, Bcl-2, TLR4, Hsp70, and MyD88 protein in the lung tissue of CLP-induced lung injury mice. Conclusions Hesperidin protects against lung injury by attenuating the Hsp70/TLR4/MyD88 pathway in CLP-induced lung injury mice.
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- Xiaoyan Yuan
- Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China (mainland).,Department of Emergency Medicine, Shanghai Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China (mainland)
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- Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China (mainland).,General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Shanghai Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China (mainland)
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- Medical Laboratory, Shanghai Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China (mainland)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Shanghai Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China (mainland)
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Zhang XP, Zhang WT, Qiu Y, Ju MJ, Tu GW, Luo Z. Understanding Gene Therapy in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Curr Gene Ther 2019; 19:93-99. [PMID: 31267871 DOI: 10.2174/1566523219666190702154817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and its complications remain lifethreatening conditions for critically ill patients. The present therapeutic strategies such as prone positioning ventilation strategies, nitric oxide inhalation, restrictive intravenous fluid management, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) do not contribute much to improving the mortality of ARDS. The advanced understanding of the pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome suggests that gene-based therapy may be an innovative method for this disease. Many scientists have made beneficial attempts to regulate the immune response genes of ARDS, maintain the normal functions of alveolar epithelial cells and endothelial cells, and inhibit the fibrosis and proliferation of ARDS. Limitations to effective pulmonary gene therapy still exist, including the security of viral vectors and the pulmonary defense mechanisms against inhaled particles. Here, we summarize and review the mechanism of gene therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome and its application.
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- Xue-Peng Zhang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, No. 179 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 668 Jinghu Road, Huli District, Xiamen 361015, China
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Rump K, Adamzik M. Function of aquaporins in sepsis: a systematic review. Cell Biosci 2018; 8:10. [PMID: 29449936 PMCID: PMC5807818 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-018-0211-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sepsis is a common cause of death in intensive care units worldwide. Due to the high complexity of this immunological syndrome development of novel therapeutic strategies is urgent. Promising drug targets or biomarkers may depict aquaporins (AQPs) as they regulate crucial key mechanisms of sepsis. MAIN BODY Here we report on base of the current literature that several AQPs are involved in different physiological processes of sepsis. In immune system mainly AQPs 3, 5 and 9 seem to be important, as they regulate the migration of different immune cells. Several studies showed that AQP3 is essential for T cell function and macrophage migration and that AQP5 and AQP9 regulate neutrophil cell migration and impact sepsis survival. Additionally, to the function in immune system AQPs 1 and 5 play a role in sepsis induced lung injury and their downregulation after inflammatory stimuli impair lung injury. By contrast, AQP4 expression is up-regulated during brain inflammation and aggravates brain edema in sepsis. In kidney AQP2 expression is downregulated during sepsis and can cause renal failure. Some studies also suggest a role of AQP1 in cardiac function. CONCLUSION In conclusion, AQPs are involved in many physiological dysfunctions in sepsis and their expressions are differently regulated. Additional research on the regulatory mechanisms of aquaporins may identify potential therapeutic targets.
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- Katharina Rump
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, In der Schornau 23-25, 45882 Bochum, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, In der Schornau 23-25, 45882 Bochum, Germany
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Ikwegbue PC, Masamba P, Oyinloye BE, Kappo AP. Roles of Heat Shock Proteins in Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, Human Inflammatory Diseases, and Cancer. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2017; 11:E2. [PMID: 29295496 PMCID: PMC5874698 DOI: 10.3390/ph11010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) play cytoprotective activities under pathological conditions through the initiation of protein folding, repair, refolding of misfolded peptides, and possible degradation of irreparable proteins. Excessive apoptosis, resulting from increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) cellular levels and subsequent amplified inflammatory reactions, is well known in the pathogenesis and progression of several human inflammatory diseases (HIDs) and cancer. Under normal physiological conditions, ROS levels and inflammatory reactions are kept in check for the cellular benefits of fighting off infectious agents through antioxidant mechanisms; however, this balance can be disrupted under pathological conditions, thus leading to oxidative stress and massive cellular destruction. Therefore, it becomes apparent that the interplay between oxidant-apoptosis-inflammation is critical in the dysfunction of the antioxidant system and, most importantly, in the progression of HIDs. Hence, there is a need to maintain careful balance between the oxidant-antioxidant inflammatory status in the human body. HSPs are known to modulate the effects of inflammation cascades leading to the endogenous generation of ROS and intrinsic apoptosis through inhibition of pro-inflammatory factors, thereby playing crucial roles in the pathogenesis of HIDs and cancer. We propose that careful induction of HSPs in HIDs and cancer, especially prior to inflammation, will provide good therapeutics in the management and treatment of HIDs and cancer.
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- Paul Chukwudi Ikwegbue
- Biotechnology and Structural Biochemistry (BSB) Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
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- Biotechnology and Structural Biochemistry (BSB) Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
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- Biotechnology and Structural Biochemistry (BSB) Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
- Department of Biochemistry, Afe Babalola University, PMB 5454, Ado-Ekiti 360001, Nigeria.
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- Biotechnology and Structural Biochemistry (BSB) Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
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Wang P, He Q, Zhu J. Emodin-8-O-glucuronic acid, from the traditional Chinese medicine qinghuobaiduyin, affects the secretion of inflammatory cytokines in LPS-stimulated raw 264.7 cells via HSP70. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:2368-72. [DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Zhang X, Li J, Li C, Li Y, Zhu W, Zhou H, Ding Z, Liu L. HSPA12B attenuates acute lung injury during endotoxemia in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2015; 29:599-606. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2015.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Sepsis, a poorly understood syndrome of disordered inflammation, is the leading cause of death in critically ill patients. Lung injury, in the form of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), is the most common form of organ injury in sepsis. The heat shock response, during which heat shock proteins (HSPs) are expressed, is an endogenous mechanism to protect cells from injury. We have found that the abundance of pulmonary HSP70 is not increased after cecal ligation and double puncture (CLP) in a rat model of sepsis-induced ARDS. Using the HIV-1 trans-activator of transcription (TAT) cell-penetrating protein, we enhanced HSP70 protein abundance in the lung. We found that intratracheal administration of HSP70 using the TAT methodology, just after CLP (CLP-TAT-HSP70), when compared with treatment with phosphate buffered saline (CLP-phosphate buffered saline), significantly increased HSP70 abundance in the lung 24 and 48 h after surgery. Treatment of septic rats with TAT-HSP70 increased HSP70 abundance in histologically normal and abnormal lung regions. In addition, TAT-HSP70 treatment significantly decreased the levels of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant 1 24 h after CLP. The TAT-HSP70 treatment reduced myeloperoxidase abundance 48 h after CLP and attenuated histological evidence of inflammation at both 24 and 48 h. Administration of TAT-HSP70 also improved 48-h survival in this rat model of sepsis. Thus, intratracheal administration of TAT-HSP70 increased HSP70 abundance in the lung and attenuated the lung injury. Enhancing pulmonary HSP70 using TAT is a novel potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of ARDS that will be explored further.
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- M. Melanie Lyons
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Biostatistics Consulting Unit, Office of Nursing Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Heat shock protein 72 expressing stress in sepsis: unbridgeable gap between animal and human studies--a hypothetical "comparative" study. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:101023. [PMID: 24524071 PMCID: PMC3912989 DOI: 10.1155/2014/101023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72) exhibits a protective role during times of increased risk of pathogenic challenge and/or tissue damage. The aim of the study was to ascertain Hsp72 protective effect differences between animal and human studies in sepsis using a hypothetical “comparative study” model.
Forty-one in vivo (56.1%), in vitro (17.1%), or combined (26.8%) animal and 14 in vivo (2) or in vitro (12) human Hsp72 studies (P < 0.0001) were enrolled in the analysis. Of the 14 human studies, 50% showed a protective Hsp72 effect compared to 95.8% protection shown in septic animal studies (P < 0.0001). Only human studies reported Hsp72-associated mortality (21.4%) or infection (7.1%) or reported results (14.3%) to be nonprotective (P < 0.001). In animal models, any Hsp72 induction method tried increased intracellular Hsp72 (100%), compared to 57.1% of human studies (P < 0.02), reduced proinflammatory cytokines (28/29), and enhanced survival (18/18). Animal studies show a clear Hsp72 protective effect in sepsis. Human studies are inconclusive, showing either protection or a possible relation to mortality and infections. This might be due to the fact that using evermore purified target cell populations in animal models, a lot of clinical information regarding the net response that occurs in sepsis is missing.
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Zhu J, Wang P, He Q, Zhou J, Luo C. Evidence of an anti-apoptotic effect of qinghuobaiduyin on intestinal mucosa following burn injury. Exp Ther Med 2013; 6:1390-1396. [PMID: 24255668 PMCID: PMC3829758 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2013.1314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Burn injuries are common in wartime and in times of peace. The prevention and therapy of ischemia-reperfusion injury to the organs, in particular the intestine, during the burn shock and recovery process has become a popular yet challenging area of research. Studies concerning the apoptosis of the cells of the burned intestinal mucosa have gained considerable attention. Qinghuobaiduyin (QHBDY) is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been used as a clinical prescription since 1995 to treat burn patients due to its opsonization function in the immune system and favorable clinical therapeutic effect. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of QHBDY on the apoptosis of intestinal mucosa following burn injury. An animal model was constructed comprising severely burned rats that were treated with various dosages of QHBDY. Tissues from the small intestine were collected to investigate the apoptosis rate by TUNEL assay and the protein expression levels of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and caspase-3 by immunohistochemistry. In addition, IEC-18 cells treated with QHBDY and burn serum were investigated. The cell apoptosis rate was analyzed by flow cytometry (FCM), the protein expression levels of Hsp70 were measured by western blot analysis and caspase-3 activity was analyzed by a colorimetric assay. The results showed that in animal experiments, compared with the burned group, the apoptosis rates in the treatment group was decreased, the protein expression level of Hsp70 was increased while Caspase-3 was decreased. In cell experiments, after treatment with QHBDY, the cell apoptosis rate was lower than that of the burn serum group. In addition, Hsp70 protein expression was upregulated and caspase-3 activity was decreased. QHBDY may play an important role in the prevention of apoptosis at the whole animal and cellular levels.
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- Jie Zhu
- Department of Burn and Plastics Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China
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Chronic alcohol ingestion increases mortality and organ injury in a murine model of septic peritonitis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62792. [PMID: 23717394 PMCID: PMC3661585 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Patients admitted to the intensive care unit with alcohol use disorders have increased morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine how chronic alcohol ingestion alters the host response to sepsis in mice. Methods Mice were randomized to receive either alcohol or water for 12 weeks and then subjected to cecal ligation and puncture. Mice were sacrificed 24 hours post-operatively or followed seven days for survival. Results Septic alcohol-fed mice had a significantly higher mortality than septic water-fed mice (74% vs. 41%, p = 0.01). This was associated with worsened gut integrity in alcohol-fed mice with elevated intestinal epithelial apoptosis, decreased crypt proliferation and shortened villus length. Further, alcohol-fed mice had higher intestinal permeability with decreased ZO-1 and occludin protein expression in the intestinal tight junction. The frequency of splenic and bone marrow CD4+ T cells was similar between groups; however, splenic CD4+ T cells in septic alcohol-fed mice had a marked increase in both TNF and IFN-γ production following ex vivo stimulation. Neither the frequency nor function of CD8+ T cells differed between alcohol-fed and water-fed septic mice. NK cells were decreased in both the spleen and bone marrow of alcohol-fed septic mice. Pulmonary myeloperoxidase levels and BAL levels of G-CSF and TFG-β were higher in alcohol-fed mice. Pancreatic metabolomics demonstrated increased acetate, adenosine, xanthine, acetoacetate, 3-hydroxybutyrate and betaine in alcohol-fed mice and decreased cytidine, uracil, fumarate, creatine phosphate, creatine, and choline. Serum and peritoneal cytokines were generally similar between alcohol-fed and water-fed mice, and there were no differences in bacteremia, lung wet to dry weight, or pulmonary, liver or splenic histology. Conclusions When subjected to the same septic insult, mice with chronic alcohol ingestion have increased mortality. Alterations in intestinal integrity, the host immune response, and pancreatic metabolomics may help explain this differential response.
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Bromberg Z, Goloubinoff P, Saidi Y, Weiss YG. The membrane-associated transient receptor potential vanilloid channel is the central heat shock receptor controlling the cellular heat shock response in epithelial cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57149. [PMID: 23468922 PMCID: PMC3584136 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The heat shock response (HSR) is a highly conserved molecular response to various types of stresses, including heat shock, during which heat-shock proteins (Hsps) are produced to prevent and repair damages in labile proteins and membranes. In cells, protein unfolding in the cytoplasm is thought to directly enable the activation of the heat shock factor 1 (HSF-1), however, recent work supports the activation of the HSR via an increase in the fluidity of specific membrane domains, leading to activation of heat-shock genes. Our findings support the existence of a plasma membrane-dependent mechanism of HSF-1 activation in animal cells, which is initiated by a membrane-associated transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor (TRPV). We found in various non-cancerous and cancerous mammalian epithelial cells that the TRPV1 agonists, capsaicin and resiniferatoxin (RTX), upregulated the accumulation of Hsp70, Hsp90 and Hsp27 and Hsp70 and Hsp90 respectively, while the TRPV1 antagonists, capsazepine and AMG-9810, attenuated the accumulation of Hsp70, Hsp90 and Hsp27 and Hsp70, Hsp90, respectively. Capsaicin was also shown to activate HSF-1. These findings suggest that heat-sensing and signaling in mammalian cells is dependent on TRPV channels in the plasma membrane. Thus, TRPV channels may be important drug targets to inhibit or restore the cellular stress response in diseases with defective cellular proteins, such as cancer, inflammation and aging.
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- Zohar Bromberg
- Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
- Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Impaired hepatocellular regeneration in murine sepsis is dependent on regulatory protein levels. Shock 2012; 36:471-7. [PMID: 21937957 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e31822d60ff] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sepsis is a poorly understood syndrome. Therefore, we examined the mechanisms underlying failed regeneration in sham-operated (SO), mildly septic (cecal ligation and single puncture [CLP]), and severely septic (cecal ligation with two punctures [2CLP]) C57Bl6 mice. Relative to no operation (T0) or SO, CLP, but not 2CLP, increased the number of cells staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen, a marker for cell division. Levels of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) were detected at T0 and after SO. CLP increased pRb abundance, whereas 2CLP decreased it. Changes in phosphorylated pRb were similar but more profound. The abundance of the transcription factor E2F was unaltered by SO, CLP, or 2CLP. However, E2F DNA binding activity, although unchanged after SO, increased after CLP and decreased after 2CLP. The abundance of cyclin D1 in nuclear fractions increased following CLP but decreased after 2CLP. Neither SO nor 2CLP altered the abundance of the cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 4. However, cdk-4 abundance increased after CLP. Finally, CLP increased the steady-state abundance of the mRNAs encoding thymidine kinase, DNA polymerase α, and dihydrofolate reductase, all required for DNA replication. No changes were noted after 2CLP. We conclude that 2CLP impaired hepatocyte proliferation following 2CLP in part via impaired cyclin D1/cdk-4-induced phosphorylation of pRb, maintaining the association between pRb and E2F and inhibited E2F transcriptional activity.
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Aschkenasy G, Bromberg Z, Raj N, Deutschman CS, Weiss YG. Enhanced Hsp70 expression protects against acute lung injury by modulating apoptotic pathways. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26956. [PMID: 22132083 PMCID: PMC3223157 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a highly lethal inflammatory lung disorder. Apoptosis plays a key role in its pathogenesis. We showed that an adenovirus expressing the 70 kDa heat shock protein Hsp70 (AdHSP) protected against sepsis-induced lung injury. In this study we tested the hypothesis that AdHSP attenuates apoptosis in sepsis-induced lung injury. Sepsis was induced in rats via cecal ligation and double puncture (2CLP). At the time of 2CLP PBS, AdHSP or AdGFP (an adenoviral vector expressing green fluorescent protein) were injected into the tracheas of septic rats. 48 hours later, lungs were isolated. One lung was fixed for TUNEL staining and immunohistochemistry. The other was homogenized to isolate cytosolic and nuclear protein. Immunoblotting, gel filtration and co-immunoprecipitation were performed in these extracts. In separate experiments MLE-12 cells were incubated with medium, AdHSP or AdGFP. Cells were stimulated with TNFα. Cytosolic and nuclear proteins were isolated. These were subjected to immunoblotting, co- immunoprecipitation and a caspase-3 activity assay. TUNEL assay demonstrated that AdHSP reduced alveolar cell apoptosis. This was confirmed by immunohistochemical detection of caspase 3 abundance. In lung isolated from septic animals, immunoblotting, co-immunoprecipitation and gel filtration studies revealed an increase in cytoplasmic complexes containing caspases 3, 8 and 9. AdHSP disrupted these complexes. We propose that Hsp70 impairs apoptotic cellular pathways via interactions with caspases. Disruption of large complexes resulted in stabilization of lower molecular weight complexes, thereby, reducing nuclear caspase-3. Prevention of apoptosis in lung injury may preserve alveolar cells and aid in recovery.
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- Gabriella Aschkenasy
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and the Stavropoulos Sepsis Research Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and the Stavropoulos Sepsis Research Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and the Stavropoulos Sepsis Research Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Wang C, Shi C, Liu L, Wang C, Qiao W, Gu Z, Wang X. Lanthanum Element Induced Imbalance of Mineral Nutrients, HSP 70 Production and DNA-Protein Crosslink, Leading to Hormetic Response of Cell Cycle Progression in Root Tips of Vicia faba L. seedlings. Dose Response 2011; 10:96-107. [PMID: 22423233 DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.11-041.wang] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The effects and mechanisms of rare earth elements on plant growth have not been extensively characterized. In the current study, Vicia faba L. seedlings were cultivated in lanthanum (La)-containing solutions for 10 days to investigate the possible effects and mechanisms of La on cell proliferation and root lengthening in roots. The results showed that increasing La levels resulted in abnormal calcium (Ca), Ferrum (Fe) or Potassium (K) contents in the roots. Flow cytometry analysis revealed G1/S and S/G2 arrests in response to La treatments in the root tips. Heat shock protein 70 (HSP 70) production showed a U-shaped dose response to increasing La levels. Consistent with its role in cell cycle regulation, HSP 70 fluctuated in parallel with the S-phase ratios and proliferation index. Furthermore, DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) enhanced at higher La concentrations, perhaps involved in blocking cell progression. Taken together, these data provide important insights into the hormetic effects and mechanisms of REE(s) on plant cell proliferation and growth.
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Devaney J, Contreras M, Laffey JG. Clinical review: gene-based therapies for ALI/ARDS: where are we now? CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2011; 15:224. [PMID: 21699743 PMCID: PMC3218971 DOI: 10.1186/cc10216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) confer substantial morbidity and mortality, and have no specific therapy. The accessibility of the distal lung epithelium via the airway route, and the relatively transient nature of ALI/ARDS, suggest that the disease may be amenable to gene-based therapies. Ongoing advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of ALI/ARDS have revealed multiple therapeutic targets for gene-based approaches. Strategies to enhance or restore lung epithelial and/or endothelial cell function, to strengthen lung defense mechanisms against injury, to speed clearance of infection and to enhance the repair process following ALI/ARDS have all demonstrated promise in preclinical models. Despite three decades of gene therapy research, however, the clinical potential for gene-based approaches to lung diseases including ALI/ARDS remains to be realized. Multiple barriers to effective pulmonary gene therapy exist, including the pulmonary architecture, pulmonary defense mechanisms against inhaled particles, the immunogenicity of viral vectors and the poor transfection efficiency of nonviral delivery methods. Deficits remain in our knowledge regarding the optimal molecular targets for gene-based approaches. Encouragingly, recent progress in overcoming these barriers offers hope for the successful translation of gene-based approaches for ALI/ARDS to the clinical setting.
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- James Devaney
- Lung Biology Group, Regenerative Medicine Institute, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, Orbsen Building, National University of Ireland, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
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McConnell KW, Fox AC, Clark AT, Chang NYN, Dominguez JA, Farris AB, Buchman TG, Hunt CR, Coopersmith CM. The role of heat shock protein 70 in mediating age-dependent mortality in sepsis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:3718-25. [PMID: 21296977 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sepsis is primarily a disease of the aged, with increased incidence and mortality occurring in aged hosts. Heat shock protein (HSP) 70 plays an important role in both healthy aging and the stress response to injury. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of HSP70 in mediating mortality and the host inflammatory response in aged septic hosts. Sepsis was induced in both young (6- to 12-wk-old) and aged (16- to 17-mo-old) HSP70(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice to determine whether HSP70 modulated outcome in an age-dependent fashion. Young HSP70(-/-) and WT mice subjected to cecal ligation and puncture, Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia, or Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia had no differences in mortality, suggesting HSP70 does not mediate survival in young septic hosts. In contrast, mortality was higher in aged HSP70(-/-) mice than aged WT mice subjected to cecal ligation and puncture (p = 0.01), suggesting HSP70 mediates mortality in sepsis in an age-dependent fashion. Compared with WT mice, aged septic HSP70(-/-) mice had increased gut epithelial apoptosis and pulmonary inflammation. In addition, HSP70(-/-) mice had increased systemic levels of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-1β compared with WT mice. These data demonstrate that HSP70 is a key determinant of mortality in aged, but not young hosts in sepsis. HSP70 may play a protective role in an age-dependent response to sepsis by preventing excessive gut apoptosis and both pulmonary and systemic inflammation.
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- Kevin W McConnell
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Goebel U, Siepe M, Schwer CI, Schibilsky D, Brehm K, Priebe HJ, Schlensak C, Loop T. Postconditioning of the Lungs with Inhaled Carbon Monoxide After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pigs. Anesth Analg 2011; 112:282-91. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318203f591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Kilpatrick LE, Standage SW, Li H, Raj NR, Korchak HM, Wolfson MR, Deutschman CS. Protection against sepsis-induced lung injury by selective inhibition of protein kinase C-δ (δ-PKC). J Leukoc Biol 2010; 89:3-10. [PMID: 20724665 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0510281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Inflammation and proinflammatory mediators are activators of δ-PKC. In vitro, δ-PKC regulates proinflammatory signaling in neutrophils and endothelial and epithelial cells, cells that can contribute to lung tissue damage associated with inflammation. In this study, a specific δ-PKC TAT peptide inhibitor was used to test the hypothesis that inhibition of δ-PKC would attenuate lung injury in an animal model of ARDS. Experimental ARDS was induced in rats via 2CLP, a model of polymicrobial sepsis. Following 2CLP surgery, the δ-PKC TAT inhibitory peptide (2CLP+δ-PKC TAT in PBS) or PBS (2CLP+PBS) was administered intratracheally. Controls consisted of SO, where animals underwent a laparotomy without 2CLP. Twenty-four hours after SO or 2CLP, blood, BALF, and lung tissue were collected. 2CLP induced δ-PKC phosphorylation in the lung within 24 h. Treatment with the δ-PKC TAT inhibitory peptide significantly decreased pulmonary δ-PKC phosphorylation, indicating effective inhibition of δ-PKC activation. Plasma and BALF levels of the chemokines CINC-1 and MIP-2 were elevated in 2CLP + PBS rats as compared with SO rats. Treatment with δ-PKC TAT reduced 2CLP-induced elevations in chemokine levels in BALF and plasma, suggesting that δ-PKC modulated chemokine expression. Most importantly, intratracheal administration of δ-PKC TAT peptide significantly attenuated inflammatory cell infiltration, disruption of lung architecture, and pulmonary edema associated with 2CLP. Thus, δ-PKC is an important regulator of proinflammatory events in the lung. Targeted inhibition of δ-PKC exerted a lung-protective effect 24 h after 2CLP.
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- Laurie E Kilpatrick
- Temple University School of Medicine, 3307 North Broad St., PAH-206, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Heat-shock protein 70 expression in the seminal plasma of patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2010; 13:338-42. [DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2010.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Haque R, Umstead TM, Freeman WM, Floros J, Phelps DS. The impact of surfactant protein-A on ozone-induced changes in the mouse bronchoalveolar lavage proteome. Proteome Sci 2009; 7:12. [PMID: 19323824 PMCID: PMC2666657 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-7-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Ozone is a major component of air pollution. Exposure to this powerful oxidizing agent can cause or exacerbate many lung conditions, especially those involving innate immunity. Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) plays many roles in innate immunity by participating directly in host defense as it exerts opsonin function, or indirectly via its ability to regulate alveolar macrophages and other innate immune cells. The mechanism(s) responsible for ozone-induced pathophysiology, while likely related to oxidative stress, are not well understood. Methods We employed 2-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE), a discovery proteomics approach, coupled with MALDI-ToF/ToF to compare the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) proteomes in wild type (WT) and SP-A knockout (KO) mice and to assess the impact of ozone or filtered air on the expression of BAL proteins. Using the PANTHER database and the published literature most identified proteins were placed into three functional groups. Results We identified 66 proteins and focused our analysis on these proteins. Many of them fell into three categories: defense and immunity; redox regulation; and protein metabolism, modification and chaperones. In response to the oxidative stress of acute ozone exposure (2 ppm; 3 hours) there were many significant changes in levels of expression of proteins in these groups. Most of the proteins in the redox group were decreased, the proteins involved in protein metabolism increased, and roughly equal numbers of increases and decreases were seen in the defense and immunity group. Responses between WT and KO mice were similar in many respects. However, the percent change was consistently greater in the KO mice and there were more changes that achieved statistical significance in the KO mice, with levels of expression in filtered air-exposed KO mice being closer to ozone-exposed WT mice than to filtered air-exposed WT mice. Conclusion We postulate that SP-A plays a role in reactive oxidant scavenging in WT mice and that its absence in the KO mice in the presence or absence of ozone exposure results in more pronounced, and presumably chronic, oxidative stress.
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- Rizwanul Haque
- Penn State Center for Host defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research and the Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Penn State Center for Host defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research and the Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- The Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Penn State Center for Host defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research and the Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.,The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Penn State Center for Host defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research and the Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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