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Dourado TMH, Nascimento DC, Rosa MH, Assis VO, Pimenta GF, Alves-Filho JC, Tirapelli CR. Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism partially prevents dysfunction of T cell maturation in rats chronically treated with ethanol. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2024:10.1007/s00210-024-03382-3. [PMID: 39172146 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-024-03382-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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Ethanol consumption induces thymic atrophy and affects T cell maturation in the thymus. However, the mechanisms underlying such effects still need to be fully understood. We attempted to investigate the role of mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) on ethanol-induced thymic atrophy, T cell maturation dysfunction, and the role of oxidative stress in such responses. Male Wistar Hannover rats were treated with ethanol (20%; in volume ratio) and/or potassium canrenoate, an antagonist of MR (MRA; 30 mg/kg/day, gavage) for five weeks. Blockade of MR prevented ethanol-induced increases in the number of double-positive (CD4+CD8+), CD8+ single-positive (CD4-CD8+), CD4+ single-positive (CD4+CD8-), and Foxp3+CD4+ (Treg) cells in the thymus. Ethanol increased NOX2-derived superoxide (O2•-), lipoperoxidation, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the thymus. Pretreatment with the MRA fully prevented these responses. Apocynin, an antioxidant, prevented ethanol-induced increases in the number of double-positive and CD8+ single-positive cells but failed to prevent the rise in the number of CD4+ single-positive and Treg cells induced by ethanol. Apocynin, but not the MRA, prevented thymic atrophy induced by ethanol. Our findings provided novel evidence for the participation of MR in thymic dysfunction induced by ethanol consumption. Oxidative stress mediates the increase in double-positive and CD8+ single-positive cells in response to MR activation, while positive regulation of CD4+ single-positive and Treg cells is independent of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is a significant mechanism of thymic atrophy associated with ethanol consumption, but this response is independent of MR activation.
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- Thales M H Dourado
- Laboratório de Farmacologia, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, CEP 14040-902, Brazil
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Pesquisa Em Doenças Inflamatórias, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Pesquisa Em Doenças Inflamatórias, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, CEP 14040-902, Brazil
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, CEP 14040-902, Brazil
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Pesquisa Em Doenças Inflamatórias, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, CEP 14040-902, Brazil.
- Departamento de Ciências BioMoleculares, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Tharmalingam J, Gangadaran P, Rajendran RL, Ahn BC. Impact of Alcohol on Inflammation, Immunity, Infections, and Extracellular Vesicles in Pathogenesis. Cureus 2024; 16:e56923. [PMID: 38665743 PMCID: PMC11043057 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.56923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Alcohol consumption is a widespread social activity with a complex and multifaceted impact on human health. Although moderate alcohol consumption has been associated with certain potential health benefits, excessive or chronic alcohol use can disrupt the body's immune balance, promote inflammation, and increase susceptibility to infections. The deleterious effects associated with alcohol toxicity include the loss of cell integrity. When cells lose their integrity, they also lose the capacity to communicate with other systems. One of the systems disturbed by alcohol toxicity is extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated communication. EVs are critical mediators of cell-to-cell communication. They play a significant role in alcohol-induced pathogenesis, facilitating communication and molecular exchange between cells, thereby potentially contributing to alcohol-related health issues. Investigating their involvement in this context is fundamental to resolving the intricate mechanisms behind the health consequences of alcohol use and may pave the way for innovative approaches for mitigating the adverse effects of alcohol on immune health. Understanding the role of EVs in the context of alcohol-induced pathogenesis is essential for comprehending the mechanisms behind alcohol-related health issues.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, KOR
- Department of Biomedical Science, BK (Brain Korea) 21 FOUR (Fostering Outstanding Universities for Research) Program, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, KOR
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, KOR
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, KOR
- Department of Biomedical Science, BK (Brain Korea) 21 FOUR (Fostering Outstanding Universities for Research) Program, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, KOR
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Hasa E, Hartmann P, Schnabl B. Liver cirrhosis and immune dysfunction. Int Immunol 2022; 34:455-466. [PMID: 35792761 PMCID: PMC9447994 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxac030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Cirrhosis is end-stage liver disease resulting from various etiologies and is a common cause of death worldwide. The progression from compensated to decompensated cirrhosis to acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is due to multiple factors, including continuation of alcohol use or continued exposure to other toxins, an imbalance of the gut microbiota (dysbiosis), increased gut permeability and a disrupted immune response. This disrupted immune response is also named cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction, which is characterized by worsening systemic inflammation with concomitant immune paralysis, as liver disease deteriorates. This review highlights central immunologic events during the exacerbation of cirrhosis and characterizes the different immune cell populations involved therein.
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Baldari S, Manni I, Di Rocco G, Paolini F, Palermo B, Piaggio G, Toietta G. Reduction of Cell Proliferation by Acute C 2H 6O Exposure. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13194999. [PMID: 34638483 PMCID: PMC8508324 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13194999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Alcoholic beverages and acetaldehyde formed during their metabolism are carcinogenic to humans. Alcohol drinking may affect bone marrow stem cell niche, suppressing physiological hematopoiesis and ultimately reducing the organism’s capacity to fight against cancer, infections, and to promote tissue regeneration. To elucidate in vivo the cellular mechanisms associated with alcohol intake toxicity, we used a mouse model in which proliferating cells produce the firefly’s light-emitting protein. In this animal, alcohol exposure transiently “turns off the light”, indicating a negative effect on cell proliferation in the bone marrow and spleen. Pharmacological treatment with substances interfering with ethanol metabolism, reducing acetaldehyde production, partially restores the physiological cell proliferation rate. Over 560 million people worldwide have increased susceptibility to acetaldehyde toxicity and 4% of cancer deaths are attributable to alcohol. Our model might provide a suitable tool to further investigate in vivo the effects of alcohol metabolism and aldehydes production on carcinogenesis. Abstract Endogenous acetaldehyde production from the metabolism of ingested alcohol exposes hematopoietic progenitor cells to increased genotoxic risk. To develop possible therapeutic strategies to prevent or reverse alcohol abuse effects, it would be critical to determine the temporal progression of acute ethanol toxicity on progenitor cell numbers and proliferative status. We followed the variation of the cell proliferation rate in bone marrow and spleen in response to acute ethanol intoxication in the MITO-Luc mouse, in which NF-Y-dependent cell proliferation can be assessed in vivo by non-invasive bioluminescent imaging. One week after ethanol administration, bioluminescent signals in bone marrow and spleen decreased below the level corresponding to physiological proliferation, and they progressively resumed to pre-treatment values in approximately 4 weeks. Boosting acetaldehyde catabolism by administration of an aldehyde dehydrogenase activity activator or administration of polyphenols with antioxidant activity partially restored bone marrow cells’ physiological proliferation. These results indicate that in this mouse model, bioluminescent alteration reflects the reduction of the physiological proliferation rate of bone marrow progenitor cells due to the toxic effect of aldehydes generated by alcohol oxidation. In summary, this study presents a novel view of the impact of acute alcohol intake on bone marrow cell proliferation in vivo.
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- Silvia Baldari
- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy; (S.B.); (F.P.); (B.P.)
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- Stabilimento Allevatore Fornitore Utilizzatore (SAFU), IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy; (I.M.); (G.P.)
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- Unit of Cellular Networks and Molecular Therapeutic Targets, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy;
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy; (S.B.); (F.P.); (B.P.)
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy; (S.B.); (F.P.); (B.P.)
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- Stabilimento Allevatore Fornitore Utilizzatore (SAFU), IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy; (I.M.); (G.P.)
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy; (S.B.); (F.P.); (B.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-06-5266-2604
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Nakagami Y, Uchino K, Okada H, Suzuki K, Enomoto M, Mizuno S, Yamamoto H, Hanamura I, Nakayama T, Tani H, Takami A. Potential role of Howell-Jolly bodies in identifying functional hyposplenism: a prospective single-institute study. Int J Hematol 2020; 112:544-552. [PMID: 32572828 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-020-02925-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although patients with cancer and immunosuppression are at a risk of functional hyposplenism, how to detect it promptly remains unclear. Since hyposplenism allows erythrocytes with nuclear remnants (Howell-Jolly bodies [HJBs]) to appear in the peripheral blood, HJB detection by a routine microscopic examination may help identify patients with functional hyposplenism. This prospective study was thus performed to determine the underlying diseases in patients who presented with HJBs. Of 100 consecutive patients presenting with HJBs, 73 had a history of splenectomy. The remaining 27 had hematologic cancer (n = 6, 22%), non-hematologic cancer (n = 8, 30%), hepatic disorders (n = 4, 15%), premature neonates (n = 3, 11%), hemolytic anemia (n = 2, 7%), autoimmune disorders (n = 2, 7%) and miscellaneous diseases (n = 2, 7%), and their prior treatments included chemotherapy (n = 8, 30%), steroids (n = 7, 26%) and molecular-targeted therapy (n = 3, 11%). Among the 27 patients, 22 had computed tomography scans available: 3 (14%) had underlying diseases in the spleen, and the remaining 19 (86%) were all found to have a decreased splenic volume, including 11 (50%) with more than 50% of the ideal value. The present findings suggest that HJB detection identifies patients with potentially functional hyposplenism who should receive appropriate interventional treatment, such as vaccination and prophylactic antibiotics.
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- Yuya Nakagami
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan.,Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan.,Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan.,Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan.,Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, 480-1195, Japan. .,Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
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Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Worsens Survival and Alters Gut Epithelial Apoptosis and CD8+ T Cell Function After Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pneumonia-Induced Sepsis. Shock 2020; 51:453-463. [PMID: 29664837 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000001163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Mortality is higher in septic patients with a history of alcohol use disorder than in septic patients without a history of chronic alcohol usage. We have previously described a model of chronic alcohol ingestion followed by sepsis from cecal ligation and puncture in which alcohol-fed septic mice have higher mortality than water-fed septic mice, associated with altered gut integrity and increased production of TNF and IFNγ by splenic CD4 T cells without alterations in CD8 T cell function. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this represents a common host response to the combination of alcohol and sepsis by creating a new model in which mice with chronic alcohol ingestion were subjected to a different model of sepsis. C57Bl/6 mice were randomized to receive either alcohol or water for 12 weeks and then subjected to Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Mice were sacrificed either 24 hours after the onset of sepsis or followed for survival. Alcohol-fed septic mice had significantly higher 7-day mortality than water-fed septic mice (96% vs 58%). This was associated with a 5-fold increase in intestinal apoptosis in alcohol-fed septic animals, accompanied by an increase in the pro-apoptotic protein Bax. Serum IL-6 levels were higher and IL-2 levels were lower in alcohol-fed septic mice. In contrast, CD8 T cell frequency was lower in alcohol-fed mice than water-fed septic mice, associated with increased production of IFNγ and TNF in stimulated splenocytes. No significant differences were noted in CD4 T cells, lung injury or bacteremia. Mice with chronic alcohol ingestion thus have increased mortality regardless of their septic insult, associated with changes in both the gut and the immune system.
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Costello R, Kissenpfennig A, Martins PN, McDaid J. Development of transplant immunosuppressive agents - considerations in the use of animal models. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2018; 13:1041-1053. [PMID: 30332905 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2018.1535589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The development of all immunosuppressant agents to date has involved the experimental use of large and small animal models. Over the last half-century, immunosuppressive drugs have extended the lives of transplant patients worldwide. However, the use of animal models in the development of these drugs is not perfect, and this has brought to light a number of issues including idiosyncratic reactions that are found in animal models but not in humans. The 2006 highly publicized case of the 'elephant man' TGN 1412 drug trial highlights the importance of being cogent of the limitations of animal models. Areas covered: This review covers the utility and limitations of the use of animal models for the development of immunosuppressant agents. This includes both large and small animal models, particularly rodent models in the transplant setting. Expert opinion: The use of animal models represents a critical stage in the development of immunosuppressive drugs. Limitations include physiological differences to humans; this is especially true of immunologically naïve lab rodents with small memory cell populations. Toxic drug levels may differ widely between species. Animal models are also costly and raise ethical concerns. However, there is currently no way to recreate the complex environment of the human immune system purely in vitro.
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- Russell Costello
- a Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine , Queen's University , Belfast , UK
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- a Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine , Queen's University , Belfast , UK
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- b Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, UMass Memorial Medical Center , University of Massachusetts , Worchester , MA , USA
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- c Department of Transplant Surgery , City Hospital , Belfast , UK
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Liu X, Connaghan KP, Wei Y, Yang Z, Li MD, Chang SL. Involvement of the Hippocampus in Binge Ethanol-Induced Spleen Atrophy in Adolescent Rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2016; 40:1489-500. [PMID: 27265021 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ethanol (EtOH) affects the immune system. Binge drinking of hard liquor initiates a stress response. This form of drinking is popular during adolescence, which involves maturation of the immune system. The spleen is a key immune organ, and spleen atrophy is associated with immunosuppression. While the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis plays a key role in the initial stress response, the hippocampus may be involved in stress beyond the HPA axis. METHODS Blood ethanol concentration (BEC), blood endotoxin levels, and plasma corticosterone levels were measured following binge EtOH treatment. Absolute and relative spleen sizes were analyzed, and stress-related gene expression was compared in the hypothalamus and hippocampus. Polymerase chain reaction array was performed to analyze the expression profile of EtOH metabolism and immune regulation-related genes in the spleen. Relationships among variables were analyzed using the Pearson correlation. RESULTS At 24 hours following a 3-day EtOH treatment, no significant difference in BEC was detected between EtOH-treated and control rats. Average plasma endotoxin levels in EtOH-treated animals were significantly higher than in controls, and spleen size was significantly lower. Spleen size did not correlate with plasma endotoxin levels; however, it did significantly negatively correlate with plasma corticosterone levels. Spleen size significantly negatively correlated with hippocampal CRH expression and significantly positively correlated with hippocampal MR expression. No correlation was observed in the hypothalamus. Significantly higher hippocampal CRH and significantly lower MR expression was seen in low spleen/body weight (sp-wt) ratio rats. No gene was found to decrease expression ≥1.5-fold (p < 0.05) in the spleen of high sp-wt group, whereas expression of several genes, including Gabra1, Gabra5, Ifnb1, Irf9, Il12b, and Cx3cr1, decreased significantly in the low sp-wt group. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that binge EtOH exposure causes lower spleen size in adolescents and that the hippocampus and stress may be associated with alterations in spleen structure and gene expression.
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- Xiangqian Liu
- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey.,Department of Biological Sciences , Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
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McDaid J, Scott CJ, Kissenpfennig A, Chen H, Martins PN. The utility of animal models in developing immunosuppressive agents. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 759:295-302. [PMID: 25814252 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The immune system comprises an integrated network of cellular interactions. Some responses are predictable, while others are more stochastic. While in vitro the outcome of stimulating a single type of cell may be stereotyped and reproducible, in vivo this is often not the case. This phenomenon often merits the use of animal models in predicting the impact of immunosuppressant drugs. A heavy burden of responsibility lies on the shoulders of the investigator when using animal models to study immunosuppressive agents. The principles of the three R׳s: refine (less suffering,), reduce (lower animal numbers) and replace (alternative in vitro assays) must be applied, as described elsewhere in this issue. Well designed animal model experiments have allowed us to develop all the immunosuppressive agents currently available for treating autoimmune disease and transplant recipients. In this review, we examine the common animal models used in developing immunosuppressive agents, focusing on drugs used in transplant surgery. Autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, are covered elsewhere in this issue. We look at the utility and limitations of small and large animal models in measuring potency and toxicity of immunosuppressive therapies.
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- James McDaid
- Department Transplant Surgery, City Hospital, 11th floor, Lisburn Road, BT9 7AB Belfast, UK
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- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Research Center, CHUM, Notre-Dame Hospital, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department Surgery, Division of Transplantation, UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA
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Kaphalia L, Calhoun WJ. Alcoholic lung injury: metabolic, biochemical and immunological aspects. Toxicol Lett 2013; 222:171-9. [PMID: 23892124 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chronic alcohol abuse is a systemic disorder and a risk factor for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A significant amount of ingested alcohol reaches airway passages in the lungs and can be metabolized via oxidative and non-oxidative pathways. About 90% of the ingested alcohol is metabolized via hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)-catalyzed oxidative pathway. Alcohol can also be metabolized by cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), particularly during chronic alcohol abuse. Both the oxidative pathways, however, are associated with oxidative stress due to the formation of acetaldehyde and/or reactive oxygen species (ROS). Alcohol ingestion is also known to cause endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which can be mediated by oxidative and/or non-oxidative metabolites of ethanol. An acute as well as chronic alcohol ingestions impair protective antioxidants, oxidize reduced glutathione (GSH, cellular antioxidant against ROS and oxidative stress), and suppress innate and adaptive immunity in the lungs. Oxidative stress and suppressed immunity in the lungs of chronic alcohol abusers collectively are considered to be major risk factors for infection and development of pneumonia, and such diseases as ARDS and COPD. Prior human and experimental studies attempted to identify common mechanisms by which alcohol abuse directly causes toxicity to alveolar epithelium and respiratory tract, particularly lungs. In this review, the metabolic basis of lung injury, oxidative and ER stress and immunosuppression in experimental models and alcoholic patients, as well as potential immunomodulatory therapeutic strategies for improving host defenses against alcohol-induced pulmonary infections are discussed.
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- Lata Kaphalia
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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Rehman S, Chandel N, Salhan D, Rai P, Sharma B, Singh T, Husain M, Malhotra A, Singhal PC. Ethanol and vitamin D receptor in T cell apoptosis. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2012; 8:251-61. [PMID: 23054367 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-012-9393-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ethanol has been demonstrated to cause T cell apoptosis. In the present study, we evaluated the role of VDR and the renin angiotensin system (RAS) in oxidative stress-induced T cell apoptosis. Ethanol-treated human T cells displayed down regulation of vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the activation of the RAS in the form of enhanced T cell renin expression and angiotensin II (Ang II) production. The silencing of VDR with siRNA displayed the activation of the RAS, and activation of the VDR resulted in the down regulation of the RAS. It suggested that ethanol-induced T cell RAS activation was dependent on the VDR status. T cell ROS generation by ethanol was found to be dose dependent. Conversely, ethanol-induced ROS generation was inhibited if VDR was activated or Ang II was blocked by an angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor blocker (Losartan). Furthermore, it was observed that ethanol not only induced double strand breaks in T cells but also attenuated DNA repair response, whereas, VDR activation inhibited ethanol-induced double strand breaks and also enhanced DNA repairs. Since free radical scavengers inhibited ethanol-induced DNA damage, it would indicate that ethanol-induced DNA damage was mediated through ROS generation. These findings indicated that ethanol-induced T cell apoptosis was mediated through ROS generation in response to ethanol-induced down regulation of VDR and associated activation of the RAS.
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- Shabina Rehman
- Immunology Center, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, 100 Community Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021, USA
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Continuous versus discontinuous drinking of an ethanol liquid diet in peripubertal rats: effect on 24-h variation of lymph node and splenic mitogenic responses and lymphocyte subset populations. Alcohol 2011; 45:183-92. [PMID: 20843641 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Revised: 08/08/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Excessive alcohol consumption continues to be a major public health problem, particularly in the adolescent and young adult populations. Generally, such a behavior tends to be confined to the weekends, to attain frequently binge drinking. This study in peripubertal male rats compares the effect of the discontinuous feeding of a liquid diet containing a moderate amount of ethanol (6.2% wt/vol) to that of continuous ethanol administration or a control diet, taking as end points the 24-h variations of plasma prolactin levels and mitogenic responses and lymphocyte subset populations in submaxillary lymph nodes and spleen. Animals received the ethanol liquid diet starting on day 35 of life, the diet being similar to that given to controls except for that maltose was isocalorically replaced by ethanol. Ethanol provided 36% of the total caloric content. Every week, the discontinuous ethanol group received the ethanol diet for 3 days and the control liquid diet for the remaining 4 days. After 4 weeks, rats were killed at six time intervals, beginning at 0900 h. A significant decrease of splenic cells' response to concanavalin A, and of lymph node and splenic cells' response to lipopolysaccharide was found in rats under the discontinuous ethanol regime, when compared with control- or ethanol-chronic rats. Under discontinuous ethanol feeding, mean values of lymph node and splenic CD8(+) and CD4(+)-CD8(+) cells decreased, whereas those of lymph node and splenic T cells, and splenic B cells, augmented. In rats chronically fed with ethanol, splenic mean levels of CD8(+) and CD4(+)-CD8(+) cells augmented. Both modalities of ethanol administration disrupted the 24 h variation in immune function seen in controls. Mean plasma prolactin levels increased by 3.6-fold and 8.5-fold in rats chronically or discontinuously fed with alcohol, respectively. The immune parameters examined in an additional group of rats fed regular chow and water ad libitum did not differ significantly from control liquid diet. The results support the view that the discontinuous drinking of a moderate amount of ethanol can be more harmful for the immune system than a continuous ethanol intake, presumably by inducing a greater stress as indicated by the augmented plasma prolactin levels observed.
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Sugimura T, Kashiwagi M, Matsusue A, Hara K, Kageura M, Kubo SI. Application of the drowning index to actual drowning cases. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2010; 12:68-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Revised: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Míguez-Burbano MJ, Nair M, Lewis JE, Fishman J. The role of alcohol on platelets, thymus and cognitive performance among HIV-infected subjects: are they related? Platelets 2009; 20:260-7. [PMID: 19459132 PMCID: PMC4933293 DOI: 10.1080/09537100902964759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Our objective was to evaluate whether thrombocytopenia and small thymus volume, which may be associated with hazardous alcohol consumption, are predictors of cognitive performance after highly-active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). To achieve this goal 165 people living with HIV starting HAART underwent thymus magnetic resonance imaging, cognitive (HIV Dementia Score [HDS] and the California Verbal Learning Test [CVLT]), immune and laboratory assessments at baseline and after 6 months of HAART. At baseline, hazardous alcohol consumption was significantly correlated with both thymus size (r = -0.44, p = 0.003) and thrombocytopenia (r = 0.28, p = 0.001). Of interest, thrombocytopenic patients were characterized by a smaller thymus size. Individuals with and without cognitive impairment differed in alcohol consumption, platelet counts and thymus size, suggesting that they may be risk factors for neurological abnormalities. In fact, after HAART hazardous alcohol use associations with thrombocytopenia were related to cognitive decline (learning = -0.2 +/- 0.8, recall = -0.3 +/- 0.1 and HDS = -0.5). This contrasted with improvements on every cognitive measure (learning = 1.6 +/- 0.3, p = 0.0001, recall = 2.2 +/- 0.4, p = 0.0001 and HDS = 1.0, p = 0.05) in those with neither alcohol use nor thrombocytopenia. In adjusted analyses for sociodemographics, adherence and immune measurements, reduced thymus size was associated with a 90% and thrombocytopenia with a 70% increase in the risk of scoring in the demented range after HAART (RR = 1.9, p < 0.05 and RR = 1.7, p = 0.03) and with low CVLT scores (thymus volume RR = 2.0, p = 0.04, chronic alcohol use p = 0.05 and thrombocytopenia p = 0.06). Thymus volume and platelet counts were negatively affected by alcohol and were predictors of cognitive performance and improvements after HAART. These results could have important clinical and therapeutic implications.
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Myers LP, Fan R, Zheng Q, Pruett SB. Sodium Methyldithiocarbamate Causes Thymic Atrophy by an Indirect Mechanism of Corticosterone Up-Regulation. J Immunotoxicol 2008; 2:97-106. [PMID: 18958663 DOI: 10.1080/15476910591006673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pneumocystis pneumonia: an opportunistic infection occurring in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 20:26-8. [PMID: 18090986 DOI: 10.1097/meg.0b013e3282f16a10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pneumocystis pneumonia usually occurs in immunosuppressed individuals, generally those with underlying T-lymphocyte disorders. Patients with alcoholic liver disease display immune responses consistent with those observed in immunocompromised individuals and alcohol is a potent immunosuppressor. Long-term corticotherapy represents a risk for Pneumocystis pneumonia. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 1998 to 2006, seven patients hospitalized in our Liver Intensive Care Unit for severe alcoholic hepatitis had a diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia. All had liver biopsies revealing histologic evidence of alcoholic hepatitis. The diagnosis of pneumocystosis was established by the detection in the bronchoalveolar lavage of the characteristic pathogen, with Giemsa staining or immunofluorescence assay, in addition to the presence of clinical and radiological signs of pneumopathy. RESULTS All seven patients had a Maddrey score higher than 32. Six patients received corticotherapy for alcoholic hepatitis treatment before the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia. All patients developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and needed mechanical ventilation. In three patients, the test for cytomegalovirus was also positive in the bronchoalveolar lavage. All seven patients died in spite of receiving appropriate treatment. CONCLUSION Chronic alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease are both associated with an important degree of immunosuppression. Corticotherapy, even for a short period, may aggravate this immunodeficiency and predispose these patients to severe opportunistic infections.
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Hote PT, Sahoo R, Jani TS, Ghare SS, Chen T, Joshi-Barve S, McClain CJ, Barve SS. Ethanol inhibits methionine adenosyltransferase II activity and S-adenosylmethionine biosynthesis and enhances caspase-3-dependent cell death in T lymphocytes: relevance to alcohol-induced immunosuppression. J Nutr Biochem 2007; 19:384-91. [PMID: 17869084 PMCID: PMC4867115 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Revised: 05/18/2007] [Accepted: 05/23/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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An important aspect in alcohol abuse-associated immune suppression is the loss of T helper CD4(+) lymphocytes, leading to impairment of multiple immune functions. Our work has shown that ethanol can sensitize CD4(+) T lymphocytes to caspase-3-dependent activation-induced cell death (AICD). It has been demonstrated that the formation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) catalyzed by methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) II is essential for CD4(+) T-cell activation and proliferation. Since ethanol is known to affect SAMe metabolism in hepatocytes, we investigated the effect of ethanol on MAT II activity/expression, SAMe biosynthesis and cell survival in CD4(+) T lymphocytes. We demonstrate for the first time that ethanol at a physiologically relevant concentration (25 mM) substantially decreased the enzymatic activity of MAT II in T lymphocytes. Ethanol was observed to decrease the transcription of MAT2A, which encodes the catalytic subunit of MAT II and is vital for MAT II activity and SAMe biosynthesis. Furthermore, correspondent to its effect on MAT II, ethanol decreased intracellular SAMe levels and enhanced caspase-3-dependent AICD. Importantly, restoration of intracellular SAMe levels by exogenous SAMe supplementation considerably decreased both caspase-3 activity and apoptotic death in T lymphocytes. In conclusion, our data show that MAT II and SAMe are critical molecular components essential for CD4(+) T-cell survival that are affected by ethanol, leading to enhanced AICD. Furthermore, these studies provide a clinical paradigm for the development of much needed therapy using SAMe supplementation in the treatment of immune dysfunction induced by alcohol abuse.
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- Prachi T Hote
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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Since its discovery in 1989, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has become a major public health problem. HCV chronically infects an estimated 170 million people worldwide. The seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibody in the United States has been estimated at 1.8%, which corresponds to approximately 4 million people. HCV is the most common chronic blood borne infection in the United States, and the leading cause of liver transplantation in developed countries. Injection drug use is the dominant mode of HCV transmission and accounts for up to 90% of current infections. Opiates and other drug abuse, such as alcohol, have been implicated as cofactors in the pathogenesis of HCV disease. Injection drug use has been the most common risk factor identified in alcoholics with HCV infection. Both opiates and alcohol contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality from HCV disease. These drugs most likely act synergistically to promote the development and progression of HCV disease. However, there is limited information available concerning the interaction of the drug abuse with the host cell innate immunity against HCV infection, which is a major barrier to fundamental understanding of the immunopathogenesis of HCV disease. Therefore, defining the role of the drug abuse in the development of chronic HCV infection is of crucial importance and should provide practical guidance toward the reduction of risk factors that interfere with therapeutic approaches for HCV infection and disease. This review paper focuses on the interplay between drug abuse (opiates and alcohol), innate immunity and HCV in the context of the development of HCV disease.
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- Ting Zhang
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Jiménez V, Cardinali DP, Alvarez MP, Fernández MP, Boggio V, Esquifino AI. Effect of chronic ethanol feeding on 24-hour rhythms of mitogenic responses and lymphocyte subset populations in thymus and spleen of peripubertal male rats. Neuroimmunomodulation 2005; 12:357-65. [PMID: 16557036 DOI: 10.1159/000091129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This work analyzes the effect of chronic ethanol feeding on the 24-hour variation of mitogenic responses and lymphocyte subset populations in thymus and spleen. Animals were maintained under a 12:12-hour light/dark photoperiod and they received a liquid diet for 4 weeks, starting on day 35 of life. The ethanol-fed group received a similar diet to controls except that maltose was isocalorically replaced by ethanol. Ethanol replacement provided 36% of the total caloric content of the diet. Rats were killed at 6 time intervals around the clock, beginning at Zeitgeber time (ZT) 1 (ZT 0 = lights on). Under ethanol intake the splenic and thymic weight decreased. In addition, mean values of the thymic, but not of the splenic T cell number decreased, and mean values of the thymic and splenic CD8+ and CD4+CD8+ number increased. Consequently, the thymic T/B ratio and the thymic and splenic CD4+/CD8+ ratio decreased in ethanol-fed rats. At the same time there was a significant increase in the response of the thymic cells to LPS. The ethanol diet modified the 24-hour rhythmicity of thymic and splenic T, B and CD4+CD8+ cells, thymic CD4+ and splenic CD8+ cells, thymic and splenic T/B and CD4+/CD8+ ratios, as well as of mitogenic responses in both tissues. Chronic ethanol administration presumably affects the endogenous clock that modulates the circadian variation of immune responsiveness in growing rats.
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- Vanessa Jiménez
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Kapasi AA, Patel G, Goenka A, Nahar N, Modi N, Bhaskaran M, Reddy K, Franki N, Patel J, Singhal PC. Ethanol promotes T cell apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway. Immunology 2003; 108:313-20. [PMID: 12603597 PMCID: PMC1782900 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Clinical reports suggest that acute ethanol intoxication is often associated with lymphopenia. Previously, ethanol was reported to invoke thymocyte apoptosis. We studied the effect of ethanol on T cell apoptosis. In addition, we evaluated the molecular mechanism of ethanol-induced T cell apoptosis. Human T cells harvested from healthy subjects after an alcohol drinking binge showed enhanced T cell apoptosis (before, 0.4 +/- 0.2% versus after, 19.6 +/- 2.5% apoptotic lymphocytes/field; P < 0.001). In in vitro studies, ethanol in a concentration of 50 mm and higher enhanced the apoptosis of Jurkat cells. DNA isolated from ethanol-treated Jurkat cells displayed integer multiples of 180 base pairs. Ethanol decreased Jurkat cell expression of Bcl-2, whereas ethanol increased Jurkat cell expression of Bax. Jurkat cells treated with ethanol also showed translocation of cytochrome C into cytosol. Moreover, a caspase-9 inhibitor partially inhibited ethanol-induced Jurkat cell apoptosis. In in vivo studies, after binge drinking, T cell expression of Bcl-2 also decreased. In addition, binge drinking induced the cleavage of caspase-3, suggesting activation of caspase-3 in T cells. These results suggest that ethanol promotes T cell apoptosis through the activation of intrinsic or mitochondrial pathway.
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- Aditi A Kapasi
- Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA
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Alcohol Potentiates HIV-1 Infection of Human Blood Mononuclear Phagocytes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200212000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wang X, Douglas SD, Metzger DS, Guo CJ, Li Y, O'Brien CP, Song L, Davis-Vogal A, Ho WZ. Alcohol Potentiates HIV-1 Infection of Human Blood Mononuclear Phagocytes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02496.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wang X, Douglas SD, Metzger DS, Guo CJ, Li Y, O'Brien CP, Song L, Davis-Vogal A, Ho WZ. Alcohol potentiates HIV-1 infection of human blood mononuclear phagocytes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002; 26:1880-6. [PMID: 12500113 PMCID: PMC4015111 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000042148.50808.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute and chronic alcohol abuse impairs various functions of the immune system and thus has been implicated as a cofactor in HIV infection. The mechanisms by which alcohol affects the function of human immune cells that are the targets for HIV are unknown. METHODS Human blood monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) were incubated with or without alcohol (10-40 mM) for 24 hr and then infected with HIV for 24 hr. Culture supernatants were harvested for HIV reverse transcription assay. HIV entry receptor (CCR5, CD4, and CXCR4) expression was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and flow cytometry assays. Beta-chemokines were analyzed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Different HIV strains (Bal, SF-162, 89.6, and UG024) were used for infection experiments. In addition, ADA (macrophage-tropic strain) and murine leukemia virus envelope-pseudotyped HIV infection was carried out. RESULTS Although alcohol had little effect on HIV T-lymphocyte-tropic strain infection, it significantly enhanced HIV R5 strain infection in MDM. The enhancing effect of alcohol on the HIV R5 strain was further evidenced by the observation that the R5 (ADA) strain envelope-pseudotyped HIV infection is markedly increased by alcohol, whereas murine leukemia virus envelope-pseudotyped HIV infection was not affected. Alcohol significantly up-regulated CCR5 receptor expression and inhibited the endogenous production of beta-chemokines by MDM. CONCLUSION Alcohol, through the down-regulation of beta-chemokine production and the up-regulation of CCR5 receptor expression, enhances HIV R5 strain infection of MDM and may have an important role as a cofactor in the progression of HIV disease.
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- Xu Wang
- Division of Immunologic and Infectious Disease, Joseph Stokes Jr Research Institute at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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It is widely accepted that alcohol exposure is a causative factor in the occurrence of burn or other traumatic injury. It is less well known that individuals who have consumed alcohol before sustaining an injury suffer from increased morbidity and mortality compared with the morbidity and mortality of non-alcohol-consuming subjects with similar injuries. Complications due to bacterial infection are the most common burn sequelae in injured patients and are frequently associated with depressed immunity. Independently, alcohol exposure and injury have been shown to influence cellular immunity negatively. These changes in immunity are closely linked to injury- or alcohol-induced alterations in the cytokine milieu in both clinical studies and animal models. Not surprisingly, the combination of insult of alcohol exposure and burn injury results in immune suppression that is greater in magnitude and duration compared with either insult alone. The combined effects of alcohol and injury on immunity have been examined in a limited number of studies. However, results of these studies support the suggestion that altered cytokine production is an integral part of the immune dysregulation and increased mortality that is observed. In particular, the increased presence of macrophage-derived mediators observed after burn or alcohol exposure alone seems to be synergistically increased in a combined injury model. Although more research is needed, it is likely that therapeutic modalities that include manipulation of cytokine networks to boost cellular immunity may improve outcome for patients who sustain injuries subsequent to consuming alcohol.
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Kim JH, Mun YJ, Woo WH, Jeon KS, An NH, Park JS. Effects of the ethanol extract of Cichorium intybus on the immunotoxicity by ethanol in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2002; 2:733-44. [PMID: 12095163 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(02)00008-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Effects of the ethanol extract of Cichorium intybus (CIEE) on the immunotoxicity of ethanol (EtOH) were investigated in ICR mice. Mice were divided into four groups, and CIEE at dose of 300 mg/kg was orally administered to mice daily for 28 consecutive days, and normal mice were given vehicle. Mice treated with EtOH were given freely with 20% w/v EtOH solution. The results of this study are summarized as follows: The combination of CIEE and EtOH showed significant increases in the circulating leukocytes and the relative weights of liver, spleen and thymus, as compared with those in mice treated with EtOH alone. However, the body weight gain was not affected. Splenic plaque forming cells (PFC) and hemagglutination (HA) titers to sheep red blood cells (SRBC), and the secondary IgG antibody response to bovine serum albumin (BSA) were markedly enhanced by CIEE plus EtOH treatment as compared with the treatment of EtOH alone. In mice receiving the combination of CIEE and EtOH when compared with EtOH alone-treated mice, there were also significant increases in delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction, phagocytic activity, natural killer (NK) cell activity and cell proliferation as well as interferony (IFN-gamma) secretion. In the case of interleukin-4 (IL-4) content, however, an insignificant induction observed by CIEE plus EtOH treatment. These findings indicate that the immunotoxicity induced by EtOH is significantly restored or prevented by CIEE treatment.
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- Joung-Hoon Kim
- Department of Newly-Developed Drugs, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chunbuk, South Korea.
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Kelkar S, Dong Q, Xiao Y, Joshi-Barve S, McClain CJ, Barve SS. Ethanol Enhances Activation-Induced Caspase-3 Dependent Cell Death in T Lymphocytes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Guo TL, Zhang LX, Chen JP, Nguyen VA, White KL, Gao B. Differential STAT5 activation and phenotypic marker expression by immune cells following low levels of ethanol consumption in mice. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2002; 24:121-38. [PMID: 12022440 DOI: 10.1081/iph-120003408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ethanol has been recognized as an immunosuppressive agent for many years. Effects of high levels of ethanol consumption on immune functions have been extensively studied, but little is known about the effects of low levels (scuh as 5% ethanol) of ethanol consumption. Herein we report that exposure of mice to 5% ethanol for 4-8 weeks decreases IL-2-augmented splenic NK cell activity, decreases the numbers of NK cells in spleen and liver, decreases the number of granulocytes (Gr-l+) in bone marrow and spleen, and decreases the percentages of B cells in liver. In contrast, the percentages of CD4+CD8+ thymocytes, CD4+CD8- splenocytes, CD4+CD8- liver nonparenchymal cells, CD3+ splenocytes, and CD3+ bone marrow cells were increased. Furthermore, exposure to 5% ethanol increases STAT5 activation in T cells and liver cells while decreases STAT5 activation in NK cells. Taken together, these findings suggest that low levels of ethanol consumption can differentially modulate immune cells in thymus, spleen, bone marrow and liver, which may be due to differential regulation of STAT5 activation by ethanol.
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- Tai L Guo
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0613, USA.
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Sibley DA, Osna N, Kusynski C, Wilkie L, Jerrells TR. Alcohol consumption is associated with alterations in macrophage responses to interferon-gamma and infection by Salmonella typhimurium. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2001; 32:73-83. [PMID: 11750225 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2001.tb00537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Abuse of ethanol (EtOH) by human beings and administration of EtOH to experimental animals has been shown to be associated with a suppression of the immune system. Consumption of EtOH has also been associated with an increased incidence and severity of infections of human beings and experimental animals, which has been attributed to the immunosuppression associated with EtOH consumption. It has been shown that EtOH also affects the function of macrophages (MØ), which are important effector cells in the innate and adaptive immune responses to infectious agents. The present studies were designed to investigate the effects of EtOH on MØ function with an animal model of EtOH consumption. The experiments reported in this paper were done with inflammatory MØ and were designed to determine the effects of EtOH on the ability of inflammatory MØ to respond to interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to control the intracellular growth of Salmonella typhimurium, as well as the production of proinflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide. The ability of MØ from EtOH-fed mice to respond to bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide (LPS)) and IFN-gamma was also evaluated. MØ isolated from EtOH-fed mice did not respond as well to IFN-gamma as MØ isolated from control mice as measured by control of S. typhimurium, as well as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and nitric oxide production. Interleukin (IL)-6 production was not affected. Activation of MØ from EtOH-fed mice with LPS and IFN-gamma produced levels of nitric oxide and TNF only slightly less than the levels seen in MØ from control mice, but a significant decrease in IL-6 was seen when MØ from EtOH-fed mice were stimulated with this combination. Flow cytometric analyses showed that IFN-gamma receptor expression was not affected by EtOH. Together the data presented in this paper show that consumption of EtOH is associated with changes in inflammatory MØ responses to IFN-gamma.
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- D A Sibley
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Starkenburg S, Munroe ME, Waltenbaugh C. Early Alteration in Leukocyte Populations and Th1/Th2 Function in Ethanol-Consuming Mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02339.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Shellito JE, Zheng MQ, Ye P, Ruan S, Shean MK, Kolls J. Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Host Release of Interleukin-17 During Pulmonary Infection With Klebsiella pneumoniae. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02293.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bautista AP, Wang E. Chronic ethanol intoxication enhances the production of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 by hepatocytes after human immunodeficiency virus-1 glycoprotein 120 vaccination. Alcohol 2001; 24:35-44. [PMID: 11524180 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(01)00140-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Chemokines are implicated in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection. Thus, this work examined the regulation of chemokines --i.e., cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2)--produced by hepatocytes after HIV-1 glycoprotein 120 (gp120) vaccination in Wistar rats fed with ethanol for 30 weeks. HIV-1 gp120 in complete Freund's adjuvant was given by intrainguinal route at a dose of 5 g/kg, followed by two booster shots in incomplete Freund's adjuvant at a weekly interval. Samples were taken 1 week after the last injection was given. Results show that anti-HIV-1 gp120 antibody titer was suppressed by 40% in the ethanol-fed rats, compared with findings in the parallel controls. However, serum CINC and MIP-2 levels were more elevated in the ethanol-fed rats than in the pair-fed group. The likely sources of these chemokines are the hepatocytes. After HIV-1 gp120 treatment, isolated hepatocytes obtained from the ethanol-fed group produced more CINC and MIP-2 than did those of pair-fed rats. Concomitantly, mRNA expression for these two chemokines and hepatic sequestration of neutrophils were upregulated. Ethanol feeding alone suppressed chemokine release, but it did not alter mRNA expression in isolated hepatocytes. Administration of Freund's adjuvant (without HIV-1 gp120) did not induce chemokine release in vivo and did not prime isolated hepatocytes for enhanced chemokine production in vitro. These results show that chronic ethanol intoxication affects the ability of the host to respond to HIV-1 gp120 vaccination.
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- A P Bautista
- Department of Physiology and NIAAA-Sponsored Alcohol Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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Krolewiecki AJ, Leon S, Scott PA, Nolan TJ, Schad GA, Abraham D. Effect of Chronic Ethanol Consumption on Protective T-Helper 1 and T-Helper 2 Immune Responses Against the Parasites Leishmania major and Strongyloides stercoralis in Mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02252.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kim JH, Mun YJ, Chun HJ, Jeon KS, Kim YO, Woo WH. Effect of biphenyl dimethyl dicarboxylate on the humoral immunosuppression by ethanol. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 2000; 22:905-13. [PMID: 11090699 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(00)00053-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of biphenyl dimethyl dicarboxylate (PMC) on the humoral immunosuppression by ethanol (EtOH) in ICR mice. PMC at a dose of 6 mg/kg was orally administered to mice daily for 28 consecutive days, and the control mice were given vehicle. Mice treated with EtOH were given freely with 20% EtOH instead of water. The results of this study are summarized as follows; a gain of body weight and the relative weights of spleen and liver were significantly increased by combination of PMC and EtOH, as compared with those in mice treated with EtOH alone. Splenic plaque forming cells (PFC) and hemagglutination (HA) titers to sheep red blood cells (SRBC), and the secondary IgG antibody response to bovine serum albumin (BSA) were decreased by the treatment of EtOH alone, then restored to normal level by PMC treatment. The elevations of serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (S-GPT) and total protein levels caused by EtOH were reduced to normal level by the combination of PMC and EtOH. In addition, lower serum albumin and A/G ratio were also increased to normal level. These findings indicate that PMC has a protective effect against EtOH-induced humoral immunosuppression.
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- J H Kim
- Department of Newly-Developed Drugs, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Shinyong-dong, Iksan, 570-749, Chunbuk, South Korea.
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Emeson EE, Manaves V, Emeson BS, Chen L, Jovanovic I. Alcohol Inhibits the Progression as Well as the Initiation of Atherosclerotic Lesions in C57Bl/6 Hyperlipidemic Mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02117.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Messingham KA, Fontanilla CV, Colantoni A, Duffner LA, Kovacs EJ. Cellular immunity after ethanol exposure and burn injury: dose and time dependence. Alcohol 2000; 22:35-44. [PMID: 11109026 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(00)00100-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Acute ethanol exposure prior to burn injury increases the immune dysfunction seen with burn alone, which has been partially attributed to increased circulating and splenic macrophage production of interleukin-6 (IL-6). The current studies examined the effect dose and timing of ethanol exposure prior to burn on cellular immunity. Mice with high (300 mg/dl) circulating levels of ethanol at the time of burn demonstrated further suppression of the delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) and splenocyte proliferative responses in comparison to mice with moderate (100 mg/dl) ethanol levels. Interestingly, the increase in macrophage IL-6 secretion seen at the moderate dose was not augmented at the high dose; however, the circulating IL-6 levels did reveal a further increase at the high ethanol dose. There were no alterations in splenocyte subset populations and/or apoptosis at the moderate vs. the high ethanol dose. Moderate ethanol exposure 24 h, in comparison to 30 min, before injury resulted in similar decreases in the DTH. These results suggest that the dose-dependent effects of ethanol on immunity following burn injury are not the result of splenic macrophage IL-6 production as shown at the moderate dose and that the immune suppressive effects of ethanol in this model persist after it is cleared from the circulation.
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- K A Messingham
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Despite many decades of research, the reasons why only a relatively small proportion of individuals who consume excessive quantities of alcohol develop clinically significant liver disease remain unknown. The association with features of autoimmune diseases, including hypergammaglobulinaemia, circulating autoantibodies, inheritance of certain immunogenetic (HLA) markers and response to corticosteroid therapy in some patients has led to a persistent impression that altered immune regulation with a relative loss of self-tolerance underlies susceptibility to the development of the more severe forms of alcoholic liver disease (alcoholic hepatitis and/or cirrhosis). However, review of the data from the numerous studies that have been conducted over the past 30 years fails to reveal sufficiently convincing evidence that autoimmunity plays a primary role in alcohol-related liver damage. In particular, most of the wide range of circulating autoantibodies that have been reported in patients are found mainly at low titres, are not confined to those with severe liver injury, and are probably more likely to be a response to the hepatic insult than causally related to liver damage. Additionally, an association with various HLA phenotypes has not been confirmed by meta-analysis. Interpretation is complicated by evidence that alcohol may have direct effects on some components of the immune system but, if there is an immunogenetic basis for alcoholic liver disease, the present evidence suggests that this might be related more to cytokine gene polymorphisms than to a predisposition to autoimmunity per se.
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Bautista AP. Impact of alcohol on the ability of Kupffer cells to produce chemokines and its role in alcoholic liver disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000; 15:349-56. [PMID: 10824877 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Chemokines are implicated in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease in humans and in experimental models of alcohol intoxication. The major sources of these chemokines are Kupffer cells which represent more than 80% of tissue macrophages in the body. Kupffer cells are highly responsive to the effects of ethanol, endotoxin and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 glycoprotein120. These agents, either independently or in combination, may exacerbate the production of chemokines. Chemokines are agents that are highly chemotactic to mononuclear cells and granulocytes. The levels of these chemokines in sera and tissue are elevated in patients with alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis, diseased livers, viral hepatitis, and in experimental models of chronic alcohol intoxication. Alcohol-induced influx of endotoxin from the gut into the portal circulation is suggested to play an important role in the activation of Kupffer cells which leads to enhanced chemokine release. The up-regulation of chemokines during alcohol consumption is selective. During the early phase of alcoholic liver disease, C-X-C or alpha-chemokines predominate. This is also associated with neutrophilic infiltration of the liver. In the later stage, up-regulation of C-C or beta-chemokine production and migration of mononuclear cells into the liver are observed, and this may lead to liver cirrhosis. Selective up-regulation of chemokine synthesis and release may involve differential modulation of the transcription factors required for chemokine gene expression. Increased cytokine release following alcohol consumption may also regulate chemokine secretion in Kupffer cells via paracrine and autocrine mechanisms and vice versa. In addition, infection with HIV-1 may further compromise the liver to more damage. During HIV-1 infection, a pre-existing liver disease superimposed on chronic alcohol consumption may also exacerbate HIV-1 replication and lymphocytic infiltration in the liver, because of the ability of HIV-1 gp120 to stimulate chemokine production by Kupffer cells and stimulate migration of inflammatory leucocytes in the liver.
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- A P Bautista
- Department of Physiology and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism-Sponsored Alcohol Research Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA.
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Padgett EL, Sibley DA, Jerrells TR. Effect of adrenalectomy on ethanol-associated changes in lymphocyte cell numbers and subpopulations in thymus, spleen, and gut-associated lymphoid tissues. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 2000; 22:285-98. [PMID: 10689102 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(99)00083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Consumption of ethanol (ETOH) by experimental animals and human beings is associated with elevated serum levels of corticosteroids. One of the most robust findings associated with ETOH consumption is a loss of lymphocytes from thymus and spleen, as well as from peripheral lymphoid organs to include mesenteric lymph nodes and Peyer's patches, which are lymphoid organs associated with the gastrointestinal tract. To study the role of corticosteroids in loss of cells from thymus, spleen, and gut-associated lymphoid organs, adrenalectomized (ADX) or intact C57Bl/6 mice were fed a liquid diet containing ETOH (to supply 36% of calories as ETOH) or an isocaloric control diet with a pair-feeding protocol. Loss of lymphocytes from all lymphoid organs was associated closely with serum corticosterone levels in both ETOH-fed and pair-fed groups. ETOH-fed ADX animals showed much less cell loss than did ETOH-fed intact animals. However, there was still an association between ETOH consumption and cell loss when cell loss in ETOH-fed ADX animals was compared with that in ADX pair-fed and ADX chow-fed groups. In both intact and ADX animals ETOH consumption was associated with a loss of immature (CD4(+) and CD8(+)) cells from the thymus. These data lead to the suggestion that corticosteroids are responsible for most of the cell loss from thymus, spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes, and Peyer's patches in association with ETOH consumption. Some cell loss, however, is independent of corticosteroids. The data presented here also support the suggestion that cell loss from lymphoid organs could be the result of nutritional factors.
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- E L Padgett
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130, USA
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19 Hepatitis C virus infection and alcohol. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-5326(00)80023-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Laso FJ, Iglesias-Osma C, Ciudad J, López A, Pastor I, Orfao A. Chronic alcoholism is associated with an imbalanced production of Th-1/Th-2 cytokines by peripheral blood T cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1999. [PMID: 10470972 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the present study, we analyzed, at the intracellular level, the pattern of cytokine secretion by the major CD4+ and CD8strong+ peripheral blood (PB) T-cell subsets in patients with chronic alcoholism, and we correlated it both with the ethanol (EtOH) intake status and with the presence or not of alcoholic liver disease. METHODS For that purpose, a total of 30 chronic alcoholic patients, 10 without liver disease (AWLD group) and 20 diagnosed with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) were studied. In all cases, flow cytometric measurement of intracellular expression of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin (IL)-2, and IL-4 was performed on PB CD4+ and CD8strong+ T lymphocytes. RESULTS After studying AWLD patients, we found increased numbers of both CD4+ and CD8strong+ PB T cells with detectable cytoplasmic levels of the IL-2 and IFN-gamma T helper (Th)-1-associated cytokines, the greater increase being observed for this latter cytokine (p<0.001 for CD4+ and p<0.01 for CD8strong+ T cells). Regarding ALC patients, the pattern of expression of intracellular cytokines by PB T cells was different depending on the status of EtOH intake at the moment of entering this study. Accordingly, as in AWLD patients, ALC individuals who were actively drinking also displayed increased numbers of both CD4+ and CD8strong+ T cells expressing Th-1-associated cytokines. However, in these patients, expression of IFN-gamma, although being significantly greater than that observed in control individuals (p<0.05), was significantly lower than that in AWLD patients (p<0.01 and p<0.05, for CD4+ and CD8strong+ T cells, respectively). After a withdrawal period of > or =1 yr, ALC patients did not show significant changes in the cytoplasmic expression of Th-1-associated cytokines compared with the control group; in contrast, these patients showed a marked increase on the proportion of CD4+ and CD8strong+ T cells expressing IL-4, a Th-2-associated cytokine (p<0.01). After considering the ratio between the number of T cells expressing Th- (IFN-gamma)- and Th-2 (IL-4)-associated cytokines in each individual, we found that there was a significant imbalance in this ratio, with a predominance of IFN-gamma-producing T cells over IL-4+ T lymphocytes during EtOH intake. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that in patients with chronic alcoholism, active EtOH intake is associated with a Th-1 pattern of cytokine production by PB T cells.
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- F J Laso
- Servicio de Medicina Interna II, Hospital Universitario, Salamanca, Spain.
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Li X, Grossman CJ, Mendenhall CL, Hurtubise P, Rouster SD, Roselle GA, Gartside P. Host response to mycobacterial infection in the alcoholic rat: male and female dimorphism. Alcohol 1998; 16:207-12. [PMID: 9744851 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(98)00004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Increased susceptibility to tuberculosis occurs in the alcoholic. One explanation for the altered susceptibility is a change in T-lymphocyte modulation. To evaluate this, 24 male and 24 female Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with either a Lieber-type liquid ethanol diet (LED) or an isocaloric control (LCD). After 2 weeks, half the subjects were infected with BCG (10(8) colony-forming units) and sacrificed after 42 days. Splenic helper (CD4) and suppressor/cytoxic (CD8) cells were quantitated by flow cytometry. By three-way analysis of variance, splenic cellularity was significantly increased by infection (p < 0.0001) but suppressed by LED (p = 0.0002). There was a marginal sexual difference (p = 0.065) with females exhibiting a 35% lower response while on alcohol. Examining lymphocyte subsets, the most significant changes were observed after infection (BCG) and alcohol treatment (LED). CD4 levels were diminished by LED (p = 0.0002) but markedly increased by infection (p < 0.0001), producing a highly significant interaction that affected both absolute number (p < 0.0001) and relative percent present (p = 0.0078). CD8 was influenced only by infection (p < 0.0001). This resulted in a infection-related increase in the CD4/CD8 ratio which was lower with LED (p = 0.0032). Splenic T-lymphocytes, predominately CD4, are involved in the host response to BCG hepatitis and are adversely influenced by LED, which may contribute to increased susceptibility.
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- X Li
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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Shellito JE. Alcohol and host defense against pulmonary infection with Pneumocystis carinii. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998; 22:208S-211S. [PMID: 9727637 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb04003.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- J E Shellito
- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA
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Shellito JE, Olariu R. Alcohol decreases T-lymphocyte migration into lung tissue in response to Pneumocystis carinii and depletes T-lymphocyte numbers in the spleens of mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998; 22:658-63. [PMID: 9622447 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb04308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Previous work from our laboratory has shown that chronic alcohol consumption in mice creates immunosuppression sufficient to permit infection with the opportunistic pathogen Pneumocystis carinii. Host defense against P. carinii is critically dependent upon host T lymphocytes. In these experiments, we address the effect of chronic alcohol consumption on recruitment of T lymphocytes into infected lung tissue and on lymphocytes in host lymphoid tissue. We find that mice administered alcohol in drinking water and then inoculated with P. carinii show significantly decreased recruitment of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes into lung tissue in comparison with control mice. Additional experiments show significant depletion of CD4+ lymphocytes in spleens from alcohol mice and decreased numbers of activated T lymphocytes. Analysis of surface expression of the adhesion molecules LFA-1, VLA-4, and ICAM-1 show no significant differences in lymphocytes from alcohol-consuming mice, and lymphocyte chemotaxis in vitro is also unaltered. We conclude that chronic consumption of alcohol impairs lung recruitment of lymphocytes in response to an infectious challenge. This impaired lymphocyte recruitment may be a consequence of depletion of T lymphocytes in host lymphoid tissue. Impaired recruitment of lymphocytes may explain the increased morbidity and mortality of pulmonary infections in alcoholic subjects.
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- J E Shellito
- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Alcohol Research Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA
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Laso FJ, Iglesias MC, López A, Ciudad J, San Miguel JF, Orfao A. Increased interleukin-12 serum levels in chronic alcoholism. J Hepatol 1998; 28:771-7. [PMID: 9625311 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(98)80226-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS In the present study the serum levels of interleukin-12 were analyzed in alcoholic patients in order to explore the possible relationship between them and both the ethanol intake status and the existence of alcoholic liver disease. METHODS For that purpose interleukin-12 levels were analyzed in a total of 26 alcoholic patients. Additionally, both interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 serum levels were measured in the same patients as a means of exploring the balance between the T-helper-1 and T-helper-2 immune responses. All patients had consumed at least 90 g of ethanol per day for more than 5 years. Fourteen were alcoholics without liver disease (AWLD group) and the other 12 patients were diagnosed as having alcoholic liver cirrhosis. In parallel to the patients, 10 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers were included in the study. RESULTS Our results show that interleukin-12 serum levels are significantly increased in AWLD patients as compared to normal controls (p<0.05). In patients with cirrhosis, interleukin-12 serum levels varied, depending on the ethanol intake status at the time of evaluation. Accordingly, as compared to normal controls, significantly increased concentrations of serum interleukin-12 were found in the alcoholic liver cirrhosis patients with active ethanol intake (ALCET group) (p<0.01), while in the cirrhotic individuals with at least 1 year of alcohol withdrawal interleukin-12 serum levels remained within the normal range. Only the cirrhotic patients had increased interferon-gamma serum levels. Among them, the highest levels were found for individuals from the ALCET group, the differences with respect to the healthy subjects being close to statistical significance (p=0.05). No significant differences were detected regarding interleukin-4 serum levels for any of the groups of patients analyzed compared to the control individuals. CONCLUSIONS Our results show the existence of a relationship between ethanol intake and increased interleukin-12 serum levels, suggesting that this cytokine may play an important role in the induction of the immunological abnormalities found in chronic alcoholism, independently of whether or not alcoholic liver disease is present.
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- F J Laso
- Servicio de Medicina Interna II, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
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Jerrells TR, Weinberg J. Influence of Ethanol Consumption on Immune Competence of Adult Animals Exposed to Ethanol In Utero. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03665.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peterson JD, Vasquez K, Waltenbaugh C. Interleukin-12 Therapy Restores Cell-Mediated Immunity in Ethanol-Consuming Mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Livant EJ, Welles EG, Ewald SJ. Chronic Ethanol Exposure Alters Leukocyte Subsets in Repopulating Spleens, But Does Not Alter Negative Selection in Thymuses of Sublethally Irradiated Mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04484.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Laso FJ, Lapena P, Madruga JI, San Miguel JF, Orfao A, Iglesias MC, Alvarez-Mon M. Alterations in Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Interferon-gamma, and Interleukin-6 Production by Natural Killer Cell-Enriched Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Chronic Alcoholism: Relationship with Liver Disease and Ethanol Intake. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04442.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Na HR, Zhu X, Stewart GL, Seelig LL. Ethanol Consumption Suppresses Cell-Mediated Inflammatory Responses and Increases T-Helper Type 2 Cytokine Secretion in Trichinella spiralis-Infected Rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04435.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Monahan CM, Padgett EL, Biber KL, Moscatello KM, Johnston FL, Wolcott RM. Dose Response to Ethanol-Containing Liquid Diets for Use in a Murine Model for Studies of Biological Effects due to Ethanol Consumption. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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