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Lee YG, Yang N, Chun I, Porazzi P, Carturan A, Paruzzo L, Sauter CT, Guruprasad P, Pajarillo R, Ruella M. Apoptosis: a Janus bifrons in T-cell immunotherapy. J Immunother Cancer 2023; 11:e005967. [PMID: 37055217 PMCID: PMC10106075 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer. In particular, immune checkpoint blockade, bispecific antibodies, and adoptive T-cell transfer have yielded unprecedented clinical results in hematological malignancies and solid cancers. While T cell-based immunotherapies have multiple mechanisms of action, their ultimate goal is achieving apoptosis of cancer cells. Unsurprisingly, apoptosis evasion is a key feature of cancer biology. Therefore, enhancing cancer cells' sensitivity to apoptosis represents a key strategy to improve clinical outcomes in cancer immunotherapy. Indeed, cancer cells are characterized by several intrinsic mechanisms to resist apoptosis, in addition to features to promote apoptosis in T cells and evade therapy. However, apoptosis is double-faced: when it occurs in T cells, it represents a critical mechanism of failure for immunotherapies. This review will summarize the recent efforts to enhance T cell-based immunotherapies by increasing apoptosis susceptibility in cancer cells and discuss the role of apoptosis in modulating the survival of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the tumor microenvironment and potential strategies to overcome this issue.
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- Yong Gu Lee
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Simpson DS, Pang J, Weir A, Kong IY, Fritsch M, Rashidi M, Cooney JP, Davidson KC, Speir M, Djajawi TM, Hughes S, Mackiewicz L, Dayton M, Anderton H, Doerflinger M, Deng Y, Huang AS, Conos SA, Tye H, Chow SH, Rahman A, Norton RS, Naderer T, Nicholson SE, Burgio G, Man SM, Groom JR, Herold MJ, Hawkins ED, Lawlor KE, Strasser A, Silke J, Pellegrini M, Kashkar H, Feltham R, Vince JE. Interferon-γ primes macrophages for pathogen ligand-induced killing via a caspase-8 and mitochondrial cell death pathway. Immunity 2022; 55:423-441.e9. [PMID: 35139355 PMCID: PMC8822620 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cell death plays an important role during pathogen infections. Here, we report that interferon-γ (IFNγ) sensitizes macrophages to Toll-like receptor (TLR)-induced death that requires macrophage-intrinsic death ligands and caspase-8 enzymatic activity, which trigger the mitochondrial apoptotic effectors, BAX and BAK. The pro-apoptotic caspase-8 substrate BID was dispensable for BAX and BAK activation. Instead, caspase-8 reduced pro-survival BCL-2 transcription and increased inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), thus facilitating BAX and BAK signaling. IFNγ-primed, TLR-induced macrophage killing required iNOS, which licensed apoptotic caspase-8 activity and reduced the BAX and BAK inhibitors, A1 and MCL-1. The deletion of iNOS or caspase-8 limited SARS-CoV-2-induced disease in mice, while caspase-8 caused lethality independent of iNOS in a model of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. These findings reveal that iNOS selectively licenses programmed cell death, which may explain how nitric oxide impacts disease severity in SARS-CoV-2 infection and other iNOS-associated inflammatory conditions.
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- Daniel S. Simpson
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia,College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Immunology, Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50931, Germany
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,ARC Centre for Fragment-Based Design, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Immunology, Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50931, Germany
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia; The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia,The Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia,Corresponding author
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Ibrahim SA, Abdel-Gaber SA, Ibrahim MA, Amin EF, Mohammed RK, Abdelrahman AM. Nitric Oxide Modulation as a Potential Molecular Mechanism Underlying the Protective Role of NaHS in Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2021; 15:676-682. [PMID: 34503437 DOI: 10.2174/1874467214666210909154609] [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: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM Liver IR is a frequent clinical complication with high morbidity and mortality. The present study evaluated the possible protective effect of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), a H2S donor, in IR-induced hepatic injury and explored the mechanisms of actions of the investigated drug. METHODS Male albino rats (200-230 g) were divided into the following groups: group 1:Sham-operated non treated rats, group 2: IR non treated rats, group 3: L-NNA + IR rats, group 4: NaHS + IR rats, group 5: L-NNA + NaHS + IR rats. Blood samples were collected for ALT determination. Liver tissue samples were used for the assessment of GPx, catalase, SOD, MDA, total nitrites and TNF-α. Parts from the liver were fixed in 10% formalin solution for histopathological examination and immunohistochemical examination of iNOS, eNOS and caspase-3. RESULTS NaHS protected the liver against IR. This hepatoprotection was associated with normalization of antioxidant enzyme activity and decrease in hepatic MDA, TNF-α and expression of caspase-3 and iNOS. CONCLUSION NaHS is hepatoprotective in IR injury. The hepatoprotective effects of NaHS are associated with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects. These effects are probably mediated via NO modulation.
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- Salwa A Ibrahim
- Department of Pharmacology, Minia University Faculty of Medicine, Minia. Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Minia University Faculty of Medicine, Minia. Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Minia University Faculty of Medicine, Minia. Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Minia University Faculty of Medicine, Minia. Egypt
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- Department of Pathology, Minia University Faculty of Medicine, Minia. Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Minia University Faculty of Medicine, Minia. Egypt
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Ma KH, Lippner DS, Basi KA, DeLeon SM, Cappuccio WR, Rhoomes MO, Hildenberger DM, Hoard-Fruchey HM, Rockwood GA. Cyanide Poisoning Compromises Gene Pathways Modulating Cardiac Injury in Vivo. Chem Res Toxicol 2021; 34:1530-1541. [PMID: 33914522 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Smoke inhalation from a structure fire is a common route of cyanide poisoning in the U.S. Cyanide inhibits cellular respiration, often leading to death. Its rapid distribution throughout the body can result in injuries to multiple organs, and cyanide victims were reported to experience myocardial infarction and other cardiac complications. However, molecular mechanisms of such complications are yet to be elucidated. While FDA-approved CN antidotes such as sodium thiosulfate and hydroxocobalamin are clinically used, they have foreseeable limitations during mass casualty situations because they require intravenous administration. To facilitate the development of better antidotes and therapeutic treatments, a global view of molecular changes induced by cyanide exposure is necessary. As an exploratory pursuit, we performed oligonucleotide microarrays to establish cardiac transcriptomes of an animal model of nose-only inhalation exposure to hydrogen cyanide (HCN), which is relevant to smoke inhalation. We also profiled cardiac transcriptomes after subcutaneous injection of potassium cyanide (KCN). Although the KCN injection model has often been used to evaluate medical countermeasures, this study demonstrated that cardiac transcriptomes are largely different from that of the HCN inhalation model at multiple time points within 24 h after exposure. Pathway analysis identified that HCN-induced transcriptomes were enriched with genes encoding mediators of pathways critical in modulation of cardiac complications and that a large number of such genes were significantly decreased in expression. We utilized the upstream regulatory analysis to propose drugs that can be potentially employed to treat cyanide-induced cardiac complications.
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- Ki H Ma
- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Medical Toxicology Research Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 8350 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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Calabrese F, Schiavon M, Perissinotto E, Lunardi F, Marulli G, Di Gregorio G, Pezzuto F, Edith Vuljan S, Forin E, Wiegmann B, Jonigk D, Warnecke G, Rea F. Organ Care System Lung resulted in lower apoptosis and iNOS expression in donor lungs. Am J Transplant 2020; 20:3639-3648. [PMID: 32652873 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury after lung transplantation is still today an important complication in up to 25% of patients. The Organ Care System (OCS) Lung, an advanced normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion system, was found to be effective in reducing primary graft dysfunction compared to standard organ care (SOC) but studies on tissue/molecular pathways that could explain these more effective clinical results are lacking. This observational longitudinal study aimed to investigate IR injury in 68 tissue specimens collected before and after reperfusion from 17 OCS and 17 SOC preserved donor lungs. Several tissue analyses including apoptosis evaluation and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression (by immunohistochemistry and real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction) were performed. Lower iNOS expression and apoptotic index were distinctive of OCS preserved tissues at pre- and post-reperfusion times, independently from potential confounding factors. Moreover, OCS recipients had lower acute cellular rejection at the first 6-month follow-up. In conclusion, IR injury, in terms of apoptosis and iNOS expression, was less frequent in OCS- than in SOC-preserved lungs, which could eventually explain a better clinical outcome. Further studies are needed to validate our data and determine the role of iNOS expression as a predictive biomarker of the complex IR injury mechanism.
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- Fiorella Calabrese
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,German Center of Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- German Center of Lung Research, Hannover, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,German Center of Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Serman Y, Fuentealba RA, Pasten C, Rocco J, Ko BCB, Carrión F, Irarrázabal CE. Emerging new role of NFAT5 in inducible nitric oxide synthase in response to hypoxia in mouse embryonic fibroblast cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2019; 317:C31-C38. [PMID: 31067085 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00054.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
We previously described the protective role of the nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5) during hypoxia. Alternatively, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is also induced by hypoxia. Some evidence indicates that NFAT5 is essential for the expression of iNOS in Toll-like receptor-stimulated macrophages and that iNOS inhibition increases NFAT5 expression in renal ischemia-reperfusion. Here we studied potential NFAT5 target genes stimulated by hypoxia in mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells. We used three types of MEF cells associated with NFAT5 gene: NFAT5 wild type (MEF-NFAT5+/+), NFAT5 knockout (MEF-NFAT5-/-), and NFAT5 dominant-negative (MEF-NFAT5Δ/Δ) cells. MEF cells were exposed to 21% or 1% O2 in a time course curve of 48 h. We found that, in MEF-NFAT5+/+ cells exposed to 1% O2, NFAT5 was upregulated and translocated into the nuclei, and its transactivation domain activity was induced, concomitant with iNOS, aquaporin 1 (AQP-1), and urea transporter 1 (UTA-1) upregulation. Interestingly, in MEF-NFAT5-/- or MEF-NFAT5Δ/Δ cells, the basal levels of iNOS and AQP-1 expression were strongly downregulated, but not for UTA-1. The upregulation of AQP-1, UTA-1, and iNOS by hypoxia was blocked in both NFAT5-mutated cells. The iNOS induction by hypoxia was recovered in MEF-NFAT5-/- MEF cells, when recombinant NFAT5 protein expression was reconstituted, but not in MEF-NFAT5Δ/Δ cells, confirming the dominant-negative effect of MEF-NFAT5Δ/Δ cells. We did not see the rescue effect on AQP-1 expression. This work provides novel and relevant information about the signaling pathway of NFAT5 during responses to oxygen depletion in mammalian cells and suggests that the expression of iNOS induced by hypoxia is dependent on NFAT5.
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- Yair Serman
- Laboratorio de Fisiología Integrativa y Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de los Andes , Santiago , Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Integrativa y Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de los Andes , Santiago , Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Integrativa y Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de los Andes , Santiago , Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Integrativa y Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de los Andes , Santiago , Chile
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Programa de Inmunología Traslacional, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo , Santiago , Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Integrativa y Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Universidad de los Andes , Santiago , Chile
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Zhao L, Zheng X, Liu J, Zheng R, Yang R, Wang Y, Sun L. The placental transcriptome of the first-trimester placenta is affected by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2019; 17:50. [PMID: 31262321 PMCID: PMC6604150 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-019-0494-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The placenta is a highly specialized temporary organ that is related to fetal development and pregnancy outcomes, and epidemiological data demonstrate an increased risk of placental abnormality after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET). METHODS This study examines alterations in the transcriptome profile of first-trimester placentas from IVF-ET pregnancies and analyzes the potential mechanisms that play a role in the adverse perinatal outcomes associated with IVF-ET procedures. Four human placental villi from first-trimester samples were obtained through fetal bud aspiration from patients subjected to IVF-ET due to oviductal factors. An additional four control human placental villi were derived from a group of subjects who spontaneously conceived a twin pregnancy. We analyzed their transcriptomes by microarray. Then, RT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry were utilized to analyze several dysregulated genes to validate the microarray results. Biological functions and pathways were analyzed with bioinformatics tools. RESULTS A total of 3405 differentially regulated genes were identified as significantly dysregulated (> 2-fold change; P < 0.05) in the IVF-ET placenta in the first trimester: 1910 upregulated and 1495 downregulated genes. Functional enrichment analysis of the differentially regulated genes demonstrated that the genes were involved in more than 50 biological processes and pathways that have been shown to play important roles in the first trimester in vivo. These pathways can be clustered into coagulation cascades, immune response, transmembrane signaling, metabolism, cell cycle, stress control, invasion and vascularization. Nearly the same number of up- and downregulated genes participate in the same biological processes related to placental development and maintenance. Procedures utilized in IVF-ET altered the expression of first-trimester placental genes that are critical to these biological processes and triggered a compensatory mechanism during early implantation in vivo. CONCLUSION These data provide a potential basis for further analysis of the higher frequency of adverse perinatal outcomes following IVF-ET, with the ultimate goal of developing safer IVF-ET protocols.
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- Liang Zhao
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Jishuitan, Hospital, No. 31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Jishuitan, Hospital, No. 31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Jishuitan, Hospital, No. 31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Jishuitan, Hospital, No. 31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, People's Republic of China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49, Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49, Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Jishuitan, Hospital, No. 31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, People's Republic of China.
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Parida S, Mishra SR, Mishra C, Mohapatra S, Dalai N, Mahapatra APK, Kundu AK. Impact of heat stress on transcriptional abundance of HSP70 in cardiac cells of goat. Anim Biotechnol 2019; 31:223-228. [PMID: 30857447 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2019.1583574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The present study was aimed to document the effect of heat stress on the transcriptional abundance of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) mRNA in cultured cardiac cells of goat. The heart tissues (n = 6) from different goats were used for the culture study. The cardiac cells obtained from different heart tissues were cultured in 24 well cell culture plates and incubated in a humidified CO2 (5%) incubator at 37 °C. The cardiac cells were allowed to become 75-80% confluent after 72 h of incubation. Thereafter, the cardiac cells were subjected to heat exposure at 42 °C (heat exposed) for 0, 20, 60 and 100 min. The cardiac cells exposed to heat stress at 42 °C for 0 min was taken as control. The relative abundance of HSP70 mRNA was gradually up-regulated (p < .05) from 20 to 100 min of heat exposure and reached the zenith (p < .05) at 100 min of heat challenge. The present finding highlights that, HSP70 could possibly act as a cytoprotective factor and may promote cardiac cell survival against the detrimental effect of heat stress. Moreover, this study may serve as the harbinger to conduct further research work on expression kinetics of HSP70 in cardiac cells of goat including other livestock species.
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- S Parida
- Department of Veterinary Physiology, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology, C.V.Sc & A.H., O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, India
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Lee M, Wang C, Jin SW, Labrecque MP, Beischlag TV, Brockman MA, Choy JC. Expression of human inducible nitric oxide synthase in response to cytokines is regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 130:278-287. [PMID: 30391674 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.10.441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The production of nitric oxide (NO) by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and the regulation of gene expression by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are important for many aspects of human cell biology. However, little is known about whether iNOS expression is controlled by HIFs in human cells. Stimulation of A549 human lung epithelial cells with cytokines (TNF, IL-1 and IFNγ) increased the nuclear accumulation of HIF-1 in normoxic conditions. Activation of HIF-1 by hypoxia or CoCl2 was not sufficient to induce iNOS expression. However, pharmacological inhibition of HIF-1 reduced the induction of iNOS expression in A549 cells and primary human astrocytes. Moreover, elimination of HIF-1α expression and activity by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing significantly reduced the induction of human iNOS gene promoter, mRNA and protein expression by cytokine stimulation. Three putative hypoxia response elements (HRE) are present within the human iNOS gene promoter and elimination of an HRE at -4981 bp reduced the induction of human iNOS promoter activity in response to cytokine stimulation. These findings establish an important role for HIF-1α in the induction of human iNOS gene expression in response to cytokine stimulation.
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- Martin Lee
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Centre for Cell Biology, Development and Disease, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Centre for Cell Biology, Development and Disease, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Centre for Cell Biology, Development and Disease, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Centre for Cell Biology, Development and Disease, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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NOS2 deficiency has no influence on the radiosensitivity of the hematopoietic system. Cell Biosci 2018; 8:33. [PMID: 29736233 PMCID: PMC5922011 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-018-0228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Objective Previous studies have shown that inhibition of inducible NO synthase (NOS2 or iNOS) with an inhibitor can selectively protect several normal tissues against radiation during radiotherapy. However, the role of NOS2 in ionizing radiation (IR)-induced bone marrow (BM) suppression is unknown and thus was investigated in the present study using NOS2−/− and wild-type mice 14 days after they were exposed to a sublethal dose of total body irradiation (TBI). Methods The effects of different doses of IR (1, 2 and 4 Gy) on the apoptosis and colony-forming ability of bone marrow cells from wild-type (WT) and NOS2−/− mice were investigated in vitro. In addition, we exposed NOS2−/− mice and WT mice to 6-Gy TBI or sham irradiation. They were euthanized 14 days after TBI for analysis of peripheral blood cell counts and bone marrow cellularity. Colony-forming unit-granulocyte and macrophage, burst-forming unit-erythroid and CFU-granulocyte, erythroid, macrophage in bone marrow cells from the mice were determined to evaluate the function of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), and the ability of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to self-renew was analysed by the cobblestone area forming cell assay. The cell cycling of HPCs and HSCs were measured by flow cytometry. Results Exposure to 2 and 4 Gy IR induced bone marrow cell apoptosis and inhibited the proliferation of HPCs in vitro. However, there was no difference between the cells from WT mice and NOS2−/− mice in response to IR exposure in vitro. Exposure of WT mice and NOS2−/− mice to 6 Gy TBI decreased the white blood cell, red blood cell, and platelet counts in the peripheral blood and bone marrow mononuclear cells, and reduced the colony-forming ability of HPCs (P < 0.05), damaged the clonogenic function of HSCs. However, these changes were not significantly different in WT and NOS2−/− mice. Conclusion These data suggest that IR induces BM suppression in a NOS2-independent manner.
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Kiang JG, Smith JT, Anderson MN, Elliott TB, Gupta P, Balakathiresan NS, Maheshwari RK, Knollmann-Ritschel B. Hemorrhage enhances cytokine, complement component 3, and caspase-3, and regulates microRNAs associated with intestinal damage after whole-body gamma-irradiation in combined injury. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184393. [PMID: 28934227 PMCID: PMC5608216 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hemorrhage following whole-body γ-irradiation in a combined injury (CI) model increases mortality compared to whole-body γ-irradiation alone (RI). The decreased survival in CI is accompanied by increased bone marrow injury, decreased hematocrit, and alterations of miRNA in the kidney. In this study, our aim was to examine cytokine homeostasis, susceptibility to systemic bacterial infection, and intestinal injury. More specifically, we evaluated the interleukin-6 (IL-6)-induced stress proteins including C-reactive protein (CRP), complement 3 (C3), Flt-3 ligand, and corticosterone. CD2F1 male mice received 8.75 Gy 60Co gamma photons (0.6 Gy/min, bilateral) which was followed by a hemorrhage of 20% of the blood volume. In serum, RI caused an increase of IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-5, IL-6, IL-12, IL-13, IL-15, IL-17A, IL-18, G-CSF, CM-CSF, eotaxin, IFN-γ, MCP-1, MIP, RANTES, and TNF-α, which were all increased by hemorrhage alone, except IL-9, IL-17A, and MCP-1. Nevertheless, CI further elevated RI-induced increases of these cytokines except for G-CSF, IFN- γ and RANTES in serum. In the ileum, hemorrhage in the CI model significantly enhanced RI-induced IL-1β, IL-3, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-18, and TNF-α concentrations. In addition, Proteus mirabilis Gram(-) was found in only 1 of 6 surviving RI mice on Day 15, whereas Streptococcus sanguinis Gram(+) and Sphingomonas paucimobilis Gram(-) were detected in 2 of 3 surviving CI mice (with 3 CI mice diseased due to inflammation and infection before day 15) at the same time point. Hemorrhage in the CI model enhanced the RI-induced increases in C3 and decreases in CRP concentrations. However, hemorrhage alone did not alter the basal levels, but hemorrhage in the CI model displayed similar increases in Flt-3 ligand levels as RI did. Hemorrhage alone altered the basal levels of corticosterone early after injury, which then returned to the baseline, but in RI mice and CI mice the increased corticosterone concentration remained elevated throughout the 15 day study. CI increased 8 miRNAs and decreased 10 miRNAs in serum, and increased 16 miRNA and decreased 6 miRNAs in ileum tissue. Among the altered miRNAs, CI increased miR-34 in the serum and ileum which targeted an increased phosphorylation of ERK, p38, and increased NF-κB, thereby leading to increased iNOS expression and activation of caspase-3 in the ileum. Further, let-7g/miR-98 targeted the increased phosphorylation of STAT3 in the ileum, which is known to bind to the iNOS gene. These changes may correlate with cell death in the ileum of CI mice. The histopathology displayed blunted villi and villus edema in RI and CI mice. Based on the in silico analysis, miR-15, miR-99, and miR-100 were predicted to regulate IL-6 and TNF. These results suggest that CI-induced alterations of cytokines/chemokines, CRP, and C3 cause a homeostatic imbalance and may contribute to the pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal injury. Inhibitory intervention in these responses may prove therapeutic for CI and improve recovery of the ileal morphologic damage.
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- Juliann G. Kiang
- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Urban-Chmiel R, Balicki I, Wernicki A. Heat Shock Proteins 70kDa, Eosinophil Cationic Protein, and Nitric Oxide During Chronic Superficial Keratitis in Dogs. Top Companion Anim Med 2017; 32:8-12. [PMID: 28750792 DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The objective of the study is to determine the levels of eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), heat shock proteins 70, and nitric oxide ions measured as nitrite ions (Griess reaction) in dogs with chronic superficial keratitis (CSK). The study was conducted on 24 dogs with CSK. Blood sera from the animals were tested for concentrations of heat shock proteins 70, ECP, and nitrite ions before treatment and again 5 weeks and 6 months after treatment. Dogs with CSK were treated for 6 months with various regimes involving the use of ophthalmic drops containing dexamethasone, dimethyl sulfoxide, and cyclosporine. The control group consisted of 16 clinically healthy German Shepherds. The results obtained indicated a significant (P ≤ 0.05) elevation in the concentrations of heat shock proteins 70 and nitrite ions in dogs with CSK in comparison to healthy dogs and dogs after 5 weeks of therapy. After 6 months of treatment, concentrations of heat shock proteins 70, ECP, and nitrite ions had fallen below pretreatment values. Significant correlations were found between concentrations of heat shock proteins 70, ECP, and nitrite ions in healthy animals and animals with CSK. The elevated concentrations of heat shock proteins 70, ECP, and nitrite ions in dogs with CSK may indicate that the disease was both localized and systemic. The significant correlation between levels of heat shock proteins 70 and nitrite ions suggests that these parameters may be used as indirect indicators of CSK.
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- Renata Urban-Chmiel
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Subdepartment of Veterinary Prevention and Avian Diseases, Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases, University of Life Sciences Lublin, Głęboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery, University of Life Sciences Lublin, Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Subdepartment of Veterinary Prevention and Avian Diseases, Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases, University of Life Sciences Lublin, Głęboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
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Kiang JG. Exacerbation of Mild Hypoxia on Acute Radiation Syndrome and Subsequent Mortality. ADAPTIVE MEDICINE 2017; 9:28-33. [PMID: 34616568 PMCID: PMC8491646 DOI: 10.4247/am.2017.abg170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mild hypoxia induced by 20% hemorrhage results in increases in few cytokine concentrations and sclerostin levels in blood, but shows no changes in bone formation, bone marrow cellularity, and gastrointestinal (GI) integrity and no systemic bacterial infection as well as no subsequent mortality. On the other hand, severe hypoxia induced by 40% hemorrhage causes significant increases in most cytokine concentrations, GI injury, lung injury, systemic bacterial infection, cellular ATP reduction and subsequent mortality. The severe hypoxia drastically damages GI and lung morphology, elevates cytokine concentrations in blood and increases inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in cells that is mediated by transcription factors NF-κB/NF-IL6, subsequently producing free radicals that disrupt mitochondria. ATP depletion, p53 phosphorylation, and caspase-3 activation are found, suggesting cell apoptosis. As a result, mortality occurs. However, when mild hypoxia follows ionizing radiation, the mild hypoxia significantly enhances radiation-induced mortality and acute radiation syndrome, including injury of bone marrow, GI, kidney, and lung. The synergism also occurs at the molecular level, resulting in alteration of microRNAs, amplification of iNOS expression, cytokine increases, sepsis, and ATP depletion. This is the first demonstration of synergistic effects between mild hypoxia and ionizing radiation.
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- Juliann G Kiang
- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Department of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
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Madhu BP, Singh KP, Saminathan M, Singh R, Shivasharanappa N, Sharma AK, Malik YS, Dhama K, Manjunatha V. Role of nitric oxide in the regulation of immune responses during rabies virus infection in mice. Virusdisease 2016; 27:387-399. [PMID: 28004019 PMCID: PMC5142598 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-016-0343-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Rabies virus (RABV) stimulates nitric oxide (NO) production, which either triggers T cell differentiation or suppresses T cell function depending on its concentration. Herein, we assessed the potential role of NO in regulation of immune responses during RABV infection in mice model. The experimental animals were divided into four groups and 100LD50 of challenge virus standard (CVS) strain of RABV was inoculated intracerebrally on day 0 and subsequently aminoguanidine (AG; inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) was injected intraperitoneally twice a day, up to 6 days. The samples were collected at 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12 days post infection (DPI). The immune cells including CD4+, CD8+ T lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells were estimated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and splenocytes. Serum total NO concentration, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, direct fluorescent antibody technique and TUNEL assay was performed. Infection with CVS resulted in significant early increase in CD4+, CD8+ and NK cells in blood and spleen until 2 DPI. From 4 DPI onwards significant reduction was noticed in these parameters which coincided with increased NO on 4 DPI, rising to maximum on 8 DPI, until their death on 10 DPI. Conversely, the CVS-AG treated group showed lower levels of NO and increased number of CD4+, CD8+ and NK cells. Increased number of cells in blood and spleen coincided with increased survival time, delayed development of clinical signs, reduced viral load and less apoptotic cells. NO played important role in regulation of immune responses during RABV infection. The findings of present study confirmed the role of NO and/or iNOS using iNOS inhibitor (aminoguanidine) in immune response during RABV infection, which would further help in understanding the virus immunopathogenesis with adoption of newer antiviral strategies to counter the progression of disease.
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Pathology Laboratory, Centre for Animal Disease Research and Diagnosis (CADRAD), ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Animal Science Section, ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Goa India
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Division of Biological Standardization, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Wild Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bannerghatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka India
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Erekat NS. Apoptotic Mediators are Upregulated in the Skeletal Muscle of Chronic/Progressive Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2015; 298:1472-8. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Nour S. Erekat
- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medicine; Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST); Irbid Jordan
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Xie L, Zhang X, Qi D, Guo X, Pang B, Du Y, Zou X, Guo S, Zhao X. Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide production in plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) at high altitude on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Nitric Oxide 2014; 38:38-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acute ethanol gavage attenuates hemorrhage/resuscitation-induced hepatic oxidative stress in rats. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2012; 2012:983427. [PMID: 22550557 PMCID: PMC3328156 DOI: 10.1155/2012/983427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Acute ethanol intoxication increases the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Hemorrhagic shock with subsequent resuscitation (H/R) also induces ROS resulting in cellular and hepatic damage in vivo. We examined the role of acute ethanol intoxication upon oxidative stress and subsequent hepatic cell death after H/R. 14 h before H/R, rats were gavaged with single dose of ethanol or saline (5 g/kg, EtOH and ctrl; H/R_EtOH or H/R_ctrl, resp.). Then, rats were hemorrhaged to a mean arterial blood pressure of 30 ± 2 mmHg for 60 min and resuscitated. Two control groups underwent surgical procedures without H/R (sham_ctrl and sham_EtOH, resp.). Liver tissues were harvested at 2, 24, and 72 h after resuscitation. EtOH-gavage induced histological picture of acute fatty liver. Hepatic oxidative (4-hydroxynonenal, 4-HNE) and nitrosative (3-nitrotyrosine, 3-NT) stress were significantly reduced in EtOH-gavaged rats compared to controls after H/R. Proapoptotic caspase-8 and Bax expressions were markedly diminished in EtOH-gavaged animals compared with controls 2 h after resuscitation. EtOH-gavage increased antiapoptotic Bcl-2 gene expression compared with controls 2 h after resuscitation. iNOS protein expression increased following H/R but was attenuated in EtOH-gavaged animals after H/R. Taken together, the data suggest that acute EtOH-gavage may attenuate H/R-induced oxidative stress thereby reducing cellular injury in rat liver.
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Kuffler DP. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: can it prevent irradiation-induced necrosis? Exp Neurol 2012; 235:517-27. [PMID: 22465460 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Radiosurgery is an important non-invasive procedure for the treatment of tumors and vascular malformations. However, in addition to killing target tissues, cranial irradiation induces damage to adjacent healthy tissues leading to neurological deterioration in both pediatric and adult patients, which is poorly understood and insufficiently treatable. To minimize irradiation damage to healthy tissue, not the optimal therapeutic irradiation dose required to eliminate the target lesion is used but lower doses. Although the success rate of irradiation surgery is about 95%, 5% of patients suffer problems, most commonly neurological, that are thought to be a direct consequence of irradiation-induced inflammation. Although no direct correlation has been demonstrated, the appearance and disappearance of inflammation that develops following irradiation commonly parallel the appearance and disappearance of neurological side effects that are associated with the neurological function of the irradiated brain regions. These observations have led to the hypothesis that brain inflammation is causally related to the observed neurological side effects. Studies indicate that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) applied after the appearance of irradiation-induced neurological side effects reduces the incidence and severity of those side effects. This may result from HBOT reducing inflammation, promoting angiogenesis, and influencing other cellular functions thereby suppressing events that cause the neurological side effects. However, it would be significantly better for the patient if rather than waiting for neurological side effects to become manifest they could be avoided. This review examines irradiation-induced neurological side effects, methods that minimize or resolve those side effects, and concludes with a discussion of whether HBOT applied following irradiation, but before manifestation of neurological side effects may prevent or reduce the appearance of irradiation-induced neurological side effects.
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- Damien P Kuffler
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Puerto Rico.
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Kiang JG, Agravante NG, Smith JT, Bowman PD. 17-DMAG diminishes hemorrhage-induced small intestine injury by elevating Bcl-2 protein and inhibiting iNOS pathway, TNF-α increase, and caspase-3 activation. Cell Biosci 2011; 1:21. [PMID: 21711488 PMCID: PMC3135504 DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-1-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hemorrhage increases inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and depletes ATP levels in various tissues. Previous studies have shown that geldanamycin, an inducer of heat shock protein 70kDa (HSP-70) and inhibitor of iNOS, limits both processes. Reduction in NO production limits lipid peroxidation, apoptosome formation, and caspase-3 activation, thereby increasing cellular survival and reducing the sequelae of hemorrhage. The poor solubility of geldanamycin in aqueous solutions, however, limits its effectiveness as a drug. 17-DMAG is a water-soluble analog of geldanamycin that might have greater therapeutic utility. This study investigated the effectiveness of 17-DMAG at reducing hemorrhagic injury in mouse small intestine. RESULTS In mice, the hemorrhage-induced iNOS increase correlated with increases in Kruppel-like factor 6 (KLF6) and NF-kB and a decrease in KLF4. As a result, increases in NO production and lipid peroxidation occurred. Moreover, hemorrhage also resulted in decreased Bcl-2 and increased TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10 concentrations, p53 protein, caspase-3 activation, and cellular ATP depletion. A shortening and widening of villi in the small intestine was also observed. Treatment with 17-DMAG significantly reduced the hemorrhage-induced increases in iNOS protein, jejunal alteration, and TNF-α and IL-10 concentrations, but 17-DMAG did not affect the hemorrhage-induced increases in p53 and IL-6 concentration. 17-DMAG treatment by itself upregulated HSP-70, Bcl-2, and p53. CONCLUSION Since 17-DMAG is water soluble, bioactive, and not toxic, 17-DMAG may prove useful as a prophylactic drug for hemorrhage.
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- Juliann G Kiang
- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Radiation Biology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Radiation Combined Injury Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA
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The abnormal decrease or the lack of oxygen supply to cells and tissues is called hypoxia. This condition is commonly seen in various diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, also in solid cancers. Pre-clinical and clinical studies have shown that hypoxic cancers are extremely aggressive, resistant to standard therapies (chemotherapy and radiotherapy), and thus very difficult to eradicate. Hypoxia affects both the tumor and the immune cells via various pathways. This review summarizes the most common effects of hypoxia on immune cells that play a key role in the anti-tumor response, the limitation of current therapies, and the potential solutions that were developed for hypoxic malignancies.
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- Patricia Yotnda
- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, 77030, Houston, TX, USA.
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Effect of hypertonic saline resuscitation on CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and gammadelta T cells after hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in relation to apoptosis and iNOS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 67:975-82. [PMID: 19901657 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181b83b7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation induce immunosuppression. CD4CD25 regulatory T cells and gammadeltaT cells may affect these immunosuppressive conditions. Hypertonic saline resuscitation reduces damage to organs and apoptosis and also restores immunosuppressive condition. We investigated how hypertonic saline resuscitation affected the induction of CD4CD25 regulatory T cells and gammadeltaT cells, and their apoptosis after hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation, and its relationship to inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) (nitric oxide production). METHODS Male inbred C57BL6/J mice 8-week to 12-week-old as wild type and iNOS gene knock out (iNOS-/-), weighing 20 g to 35 g, were used. Hemorrhagic shock model of +/-40 mm Hg for 60 minutes was setup. Animals were randomly assigned to the following four resuscitation group: (1) wild HS: resuscitation with hypertonic saline (4 mL/Kg of 7.5% NaCl) and shed blood (SB), (2) wild 2LR: resuscitation with lactated Ringer's solution (two times the volume of the SB) and SB, (3) iNOS knockout HS, and (4) iNOS knockout 2LR. Untreated groups for wild and iNOS knockout mice were designated as control groups. Samples of thymus and spleen were harvested at 2 hours, 6 hours, 24 hours, and 48 hours after resuscitation. CD4CD25 regulatory T cells and gammadeltaT cells were analyzed using three-color flow cytometry. RESULTS (1) gammadelta T cells increased earlier at 24 hours and CD4CD25 regulatory T cells increased later at 48 hours compared with controls in spleen of wild type (p < 0.01). (2) Hypertonic saline resuscitation suppressed gammadelta T cells compared with 2LR at 24 hours in iNOS knockout mice in spleen (p < 0.05). Hypertonic saline resuscitation increased apoptosis of CD4CD25 regulatory T cells at 48 hours in iNOS knockout mice in spleen (p < 0.01). (3) CD4CD25 regulatory T cells of iNOS knockout both in HS and 2LR groups at 48 hours decreased compared with wild type both in HS and 2LR groups in spleen (p < 0.01). (4) Apoptotic gammadelta T cells both in spleen and thymus in iNOS knockout mice at 48 hours increased compared with those in wild type (p < 0.05, respectively, except gammadelta T cells 2LR in spleen: p = 0.058). CONCLUSION gammadelta T cells increased earlier at 24 hours, whereas CD4CD25 regulatory T cells increased later at 48 hours in spleen of wild type. Hypertonic saline was effective without the presence of iNOS, i.e., decreased gammadelta T cells at 24 hours and increased apoptosis of CD4CD25 regulatory T cells at 48 hours. CD4CD25 regulatory T cells at 48 hours without iNOS decreased compared with those of wild type. gammadelta T cells at 48 hours induced apoptosis under the condition without iNOS in spleen and thymus. iNOS worked as an accelerating factor for immunosuppressive condition, affected apoptosis, and immunoenhancing effect by hypertonic saline.
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Hypoxia induces T-cell apoptosis by inhibiting chemokine C receptor 7 expression: the role of adenosine receptor A(2). Cell Mol Immunol 2009; 7:77-82. [PMID: 20029460 DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2009.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hypoxia is a major characteristic of the tumor microenvironment, and its effects on immune cells are proposed to be important factors for the process of tumor immune escape. It has been reported that hypoxia affects the function of dendritic cells and the antitumor function of T cells. Here we discuss the effects of hypoxia on T-cell survival. Our results showed that hypoxia induced apoptosis of T cells. Adenosine and adenosine receptors (AR) are important to the hypoxia-related signaling pathway. Using AR agonists and antagonists, we demonstrated that hypoxia-induced apoptosis of T cells was mediated by A(2a )and A(2b) receptors. Furthermore, we are the first, to our knowledge, to report that hypoxia significantly inhibited the expression of chemokine C receptor 7 (CCR7) of T cells via the A(2)R signal pathway, perhaps representing a mechanism of hypoxia-induced apoptosis of T cells. Collectively, our research demonstrated that hypoxia induces T-cell apoptosis by the A(2)R signaling pathway partly by suppressing CCR7. Blocking the A(2)R signaling pathway and/or activation of CCR7 can increase the anti-apoptosis function of T cells and may become a new strategy to improve antitumor potential.
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Kiang JG, Smith JT, Agravante NG. Geldanamycin analog 17-DMAG inhibits iNOS and caspases in gamma-irradiated human T cells. Radiat Res 2009; 172:321-30. [PMID: 19708781 DOI: 10.1667/rr1585.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and NO production increase after radiation exposure. We showed previously that inhibiting iNOS expression prevents hemorrhage injury; we therefore investigated whether inhibiting iNOS expression also limits radiation injury. Human Jurkat T cells were exposed to gamma radiation (2, 4, 6 or 8 Gy), and cell lysates were collected for analysis at selected times afterward. Radiation exposure increased iNOS expression within 4 h postirradiation by increasing the levels of the iNOS transcription factors NF-kappaB and KLF6. By 24 h postirradiation cell viability was reduced. In these cells, NO production, lipid peroxidation, protein nitration, apoptosomes (formed by cytochrome c, caspase 9 and Apaf-1), and caspase 3 activity were significantly elevated, suggesting that the iNOS pathway had been activated. Treatment with the iNOS inhibitors 17-DMAG or L-NIL-6 24 h prior to irradiation limited these changes, as did treatment with iNOS siRNA to silence the iNOS gene. These results suggest radiation injury involves the iNOS pathway, and iNOS-mediated NO produced endogenously in the T cell alters overall T-cell function and results in apoptosis and cell lethality. Control of iNOS expression may represent a useful approach for protecting T cells from radiation injury.
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- Juliann G Kiang
- Department of Radiation Biology, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5603, USA.
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Dunn WB, Brown M, Worton SA, Crocker IP, Broadhurst D, Horgan R, Kenny LC, Baker PN, Kell DB, Heazell AEP. Changes in the metabolic footprint of placental explant-conditioned culture medium identifies metabolic disturbances related to hypoxia and pre-eclampsia. Placenta 2009; 30:974-80. [PMID: 19775752 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2009] [Revised: 08/18/2009] [Accepted: 08/21/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a multi-system disorder thought to be mediated by circulating factors released from damaged placental villous trophoblast. There is extensive evidence of changes in the villous tissue in PE, some of which may be replicated by culturing villous tissue in hypoxic conditions. Metabolic footprinting offers a hypothesis-generating strategy to investigate factors released from this tissue in vitro. This study investigated differences in the factors released from villous trophoblast from uncomplicated pregnancies (n=6) and those with PE (n=6). In both cases, explanted placental villous fragments were cultured for 96 h in 1% O(2) (hypoxia) or 6% O(2) (placental normoxia). Metabolites consumed from and released into serum-conditioned culture medium were analysed by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS). The relative concentration of 154 features of the metabolic footprint were observed to change in culture medium from uncomplicated pregnancies cultured in normoxic and hypoxic conditions (p<0.00005). 21 and 80 features were also different in culture medium from PE versus uncomplicated pregnancies cultured in hypoxic and normoxic conditions, respectively (p<0.00005). When comparing all 4 groups, 47 metabolic features showed a similar relative concentration in PE-derived media cultured in normoxic conditions to conditioned media from normal villous tissue cultured in hypoxic conditions. These data suggest that hypoxia may have a role in the placental pathogenesis of PE. Three areas of metabolism were highlighted for systems biology investigation; glutamate and glutamine, tryptophan metabolism and leukotriene or prostaglandin metabolism.
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- W B Dunn
- Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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Zhang D, Shen J, Wang C, Zhang X, Chen J. GSH-dependent iNOS and HO-1 mediated apoptosis of human Jurkat cells induced by nickel(II). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2009; 24:404-414. [PMID: 18830972 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms by which nickel compounds cause immune cytotoxicity are far from understood. Our preliminary data suggested that nickel(II) induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells by mitochondrial pathway, specifically via mitochondrial membrane potential dissipation and antiapoptotic gene bcl-2 down-regulation. The main goal of this study was to further investigate the toxicity of nickel, especially the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on immune cells, which finally induced apoptosis. Nickel was found to induce glutathione (GSH) depletion in a dose- and time-dependent manner. When Jurkat cells were preincubated with antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC), apoptosis was inhibited distinctly, which suggested that ROS played an initial role in nickel immune toxicity. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and Nitric oxide (NO) which may play an important role in regulatory and protective processes in cells were assayed upon nickel treatment. A significant increase in HO-1 mRNA levels was detected in nickel treated cells. We confirmed that reduction of Nitrate levels in Jurkat cells was due to down-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), not endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Expression changes of HO-1 and iNOS were markedly blocked when Jurkat cells were preincubated with NAC, suggesting that ROS resulted in HO-1 and iNOS dysfunction in Jurkat cells. We supposed that the immune toxicity of nickel(II) was mainly due to GSH depletion and finally led to apoptosis, probably via changing the expression levels of HO-1 and iNOS in human T lymphocytes.
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Kilic S, Tasdemir N, Lortlar N, Yuksel B, Budak G, Batioglu S. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) immunoreactivities in rat ovaries and uterine tubes after tubal ligation: a controlled immunohistochemical study. EUR J CONTRACEP REPR 2009; 13:431-7. [PMID: 19117260 DOI: 10.1080/13625180802267052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of tubal ligation on ovarian and tubal tissues by means of immunohistochemical evaluation of two hypoxia related mediators: vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). DESIGN Fourteen Sprague-Dawley female rats were divided into two groups: a tubal ligation (Pomeroy technique) was carried out on rats in group 1 (n = 7) whereas those in group 2 served as controls (n = 7). Salpingo-oophorectomy was performed in group 1 during the second oestrous period following tubal ligation. Rats in group 2 were submitted to a salpingo-oophorectomy, as well. VEGF and iNOS immunoreactivities in ovarian and tubal tissues were evaluated by means of immunohistochemistry. Immunohistochemical scores and number of antral follicles were compared. RESULTS In the ovary, VEGF immunoreactivity was significantly more intense in the granulosa (p = 0.002) and the theca cells (p = 0.001) of rats in group 1 but, in ovarian medulla (p = 0.259) and germinal epithelium (p = 0.209), it was not significantly different from that of rats in group 2. The iNOS immunoreactivity in ovarian granulosa cells (p = 0.073) and germinal epithelial cells (p = 0.805) did not differ between the two groups. The cytoplasmic VEGF (p = 0.001) and iNOS (p = 0.017) immunoreactivities in the uterine tube, were significantly more intense in group 1. However, VEGF immunoreactivity in the lamina propria of the uterine tube (p = 0.209) was of similar intensity in both groups. CONCLUSION Tubal ligation may lead to supraphysiological hypoxia as evidenced by increased VEGF and iNOS immunoreactivities in ovarian and tubal tissues.
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- Sevtap Kilic
- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Research Hospital, Ankara.
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