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Iba T, Nagakari K. The effect of plasma-derived activated protein C on leukocyte cell-death and vascular endothelial damage. Thromb Res 2015; 135:963-9. [PMID: 25813362 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The role of leukocyte and its death in the progression in inflammation attracts attention nowadays. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of activated protein C (APC) on leucocyte cell death and vascular endothelial damage in sepsis. METHODS Wistar rats were infused with lipopolysaccharide (8.0mg/kg) concomitantly with either a low dose (0.5mg/kg), a high dose (5.0mg/kg) of plasma-derived APC or albumin. One and 3hours after the injections, the mesenteric microcirculation was observed by intravital microscopy. The serum levels of nucleosome and High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) were measured in each group. In another series, cultured leukocyte cell-death in the medium supplemented with serum obtained from each group was examined in vitro. RESULTS Microcirculatory disturbance was significantly suppressed in both the high-dose and low-dose groups compared to the control group (P<0.01, 0.05, respectively). The bleeding area was significantly increased in the control and high-dose groups (P<0.05, 0.01, respectively). Serum levels of cell death markers such as nucleosome and HMGB1 were significantly decreased in the treatment groups (P<0.01), and the protective effect was more pronounced in high-dose group. Cell death suppression was most prominent in high-dose group and the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) was significantly suppressed in the treatment groups. CONCLUSION Low-dose plasma-derived APC exerted protective effects on the microcirculation without increasing the risk of bleeding. The protective effect against leukocyte cell death and the suppressive effect on NETs formation of APC might be related to its beneficial effects.
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- Toshiaki Iba
- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of MedicineJapan.
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of MedicineJapan.
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McKelvey K, Jackson CJ, Xue M. Activated protein C: A regulator of human skin epidermal keratinocyte function. World J Biol Chem 2014; 5:169-179. [PMID: 24921007 PMCID: PMC4050111 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v5.i2.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Activated protein C (APC) is a physiological anticoagulant, derived from its precursor protein C (PC). Independent of its anticoagulation, APC possesses strong anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic and barrier protective properties which appear to be protective in a number of disorders including chronic wound healing. The epidermis is the outermost skin layer and provides the first line of defence against the external environment. Keratinocytes are the most predominant cells in the epidermis and play a critical role in maintaining epidermal barrier function. PC/APC and its receptor, endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), once thought to be restricted to the endothelium, are abundantly expressed by skin epidermal keratinocytes. These cells respond to APC by upregulating proliferation, migration and matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity and inhibiting apoptosis/inflammation leading to a wound healing phenotype. APC also increases barrier function of keratinocyte monolayers by promoting the expression of tight junction proteins and re-distributing them to cell-cell contacts. These cytoprotective properties of APC are mediated through EPCR, protease-activated receptors, epidermal growth factor receptor or Tie2. Future preventive and therapeutic uses of APC in skin disorders associated with disruption of barrier function and inflammation look promising. This review will focus on APC’s function in skin epidermis/keratinocytes and its therapeutical potential in skin inflammatory conditions.
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N'Dilimabaka N, Taoufiq Z, Zougbédé S, Bonnefoy S, Lorthiois A, Couraud PO, Rebollo A, Snounou G, Mazier D, Moreno Sabater A. P. falciparum isolate-specific distinct patterns of induced apoptosis in pulmonary and brain endothelial cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90692. [PMID: 24686750 PMCID: PMC3970966 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The factors implicated in the transition from uncomplicated to severe clinical malaria such as pulmonary oedema and cerebral malaria remain unclear. It is known that alterations in vascular integrity due to endothelial cell (EC) activation and death occur during severe malaria. In this study, we assessed the ability of different P. falciparum clinical isolates to induce apoptosis in ECs derived from human lung and brain. We observed that induction of EC apoptosis was sensitive to the environmental pH and required direct contact between the parasite and the cell, though it was not correlated to the ability of the parasite to cytoadhere. Moreover, the extent of induced apoptosis in the two EC types varied with the isolate. Analysis of parasite genes transcript led us to propose that the activation of different pathways, such as Plasmodium apoptosis-linked pathogenicity factors (PALPF), PALPF-2, PALPF-5 and PF11_0521, could be implied in EC death. These observations provide an experimental framework to decipher the molecular mechanism implicated in the genesis of severe malaria.
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- Nadine N'Dilimabaka
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Moléculaire des Parasites, CNRS URA 2581, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMRS 945, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMRS 945, Paris, France
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Gill SE, Taneja R, Rohan M, Wang L, Mehta S. Pulmonary microvascular albumin leak is associated with endothelial cell death in murine sepsis-induced lung injury in vivo. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88501. [PMID: 24516666 PMCID: PMC3917898 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response that targets multiple components of the cardiovascular system including the microvasculature. Microvascular endothelial cells (MVEC) are central to normal microvascular function, including maintenance of the microvascular permeability barrier. Microvascular/MVEC dysfunction during sepsis is associated with barrier dysfunction, resulting in the leak of protein-rich edema fluid into organs, especially the lung. The specific role of MVEC apoptosis in septic microvascular/MVEC dysfunction in vivo remains to be determined. To examine pulmonary MVEC death in vivo under septic conditions, we used a murine cecal ligation/perforation (CLP) model of sepsis and identified non-viable pulmonary cells with propidium iodide (PI) by intravital videomicroscopy (IVVM), and confirmed this by histology. Septic pulmonary microvascular Evans blue (EB)-labeled albumin leak was associated with an increased number of PI-positive cells, which were confirmed to be predominantly MVEC based on specific labeling with three markers, anti-CD31 (PECAM), anti-CD34, and lectin binding. Furthermore, this septic death of pulmonary MVEC was markedly attenuated by cyclophosphamide-mediated depletion of neutrophils (PMN) or use of an anti-CD18 antibody developed for immunohistochemistry but shown to block CD18-dependent signaling. Additionally, septic pulmonary MVEC death was iNOS-dependent as mice lacking iNOS had markedly fewer PI-positive MVEC. Septic PI-positive pulmonary cell death was confirmed to be due to apoptosis by three independent markers: caspase activation by FLIVO, translocation of phosphatidylserine to the cell surface by Annexin V binding, and DNA fragmentation by TUNEL. Collectively, these findings indicate that septic pulmonary MVEC death, putatively apoptosis, is a result of leukocyte activation and iNOS-dependent signaling, and in turn, may contribute to pulmonary microvascular barrier dysfunction and albumin hyper-permeability during sepsis.
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- Sean E. Gill
- Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Xue M, Jackson CJ. Activated protein C and its potential applications in prevention of islet β-cell damage and diabetes. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2014; 95:323-63. [PMID: 24559924 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800174-5.00013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Activated protein C (APC) is derived from its precursor, protein C (PC). Originally thought to be synthesized exclusively by the liver, recent reports have shown that PC is also produced by many other cells including pancreatic islet β cells. APC functions as a physiological anticoagulant with anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and barrier-stabilizing properties. APC exerts its protective effects via an intriguing mechanism requiring combinations of endothelial PC receptor, protease-activated receptors, epidermal growth factor receptor, Tie2 or CD11b, depending on cell types. Diabetes is a chronic condition resulted from the body's inability to produce and/or properly use insulin. The prevalence of diabetes has risen dramatically and has become one of the major causes of premature mortality and morbidity worldwide. Diabetes prevention is an ideal approach to reduce this burden. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are the major forms of diabetes mellitus, and both are characterized by an autoimmune response, intraislet inflammation, β-cell apoptosis, and progressive β-cell loss. Protecting β-cell from damage is critical in both prevention and treatment of diabetes. Recent in vitro and animal studies show that APC's strong anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties are beneficial in preventing β-cell destruction and diabetes in the NOD mouse model of type 1 diabetes. Future preventive and therapeutic uses of APC in diabetes look very promising.
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- Meilang Xue
- Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratories, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, The University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratories, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, The University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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Hawkes M, Elphinstone RE, Conroy AL, Kain KC. Contrasting pediatric and adult cerebral malaria: the role of the endothelial barrier. Virulence 2013; 4:543-55. [PMID: 23924893 PMCID: PMC5359751 DOI: 10.4161/viru.25949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Malaria affects millions of people around the world and a small subset of those infected develop cerebral malaria. The clinical presentation of cerebral malaria differs between children and adults, and it has been suggested that age-related changes in the endothelial response may account for some of these differences. During cerebral malaria, parasites sequester within the brain microvasculature but do not penetrate into the brain parenchyma and yet, the infection causes severe neurological symptoms. Endothelial dysfunction is thought to play an important role in mediating these adverse clinical outcomes. During infection, the endothelium becomes activated and more permeable, which leads to increased inflammation, hemorrhages, and edema in the surrounding tissue. We hypothesize that post-natal developmental changes, occurring in both endothelial response and the neurovascular unit, account for the differences observed in the clinical presentations of cerebral malaria in children compared with adults.
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