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Lee YJ, Park M, Kim HY, Kim JK, Kim WK, Lim SC, Kang KW. Circulating small extracellular vesicles promote proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells via AXL and MerTK activation. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2023; 44:984-998. [PMID: 36450791 PMCID: PMC10104856 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-022-01029-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) after vascular injury lead to neointimal hyperplasia, thus aggravating vascular diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying neointima formation are not fully elucidated. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are mediators of various intercellular communications. The potential of EVs as regulators in cardiovascular diseases has raised significant interest. In the current study we investigated the role of circulating small extracellular vesicles (csEVs), the most abundant EVs (1010 EVs/mL serum) in VSMC functions. csEVs were prepared from bovine, porcine or rat serum. We showed that incubation with csEVs (0.5 × 1010-2 × 1010) dose-dependently enhanced the proliferation and migration of VSMCs via the membrane phosphatidylserine (PS). In rats with ligation of right carotid artery, we demonstrated that application of csEVs in the ligated vessels aggravated neointima formation via interaction of membrane PS with injury. Furthermore, incubation with csEVs markedly enhanced the phosphorylation of AXL and MerTK in VSMCs. Pretreatment with BSM777607 (pan-TAM inhibitor), bemcentinib (AXL inhibitor) or UNC2250 (MerTK inhibitor) blocked csEV-induced proliferation and migration of VSMCs. We revealed that csEV-activated AXL and MerTK shared the downstream signaling pathways of Akt, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) that mediated the effects of csEVs. We also found that csEVs increased the expression of AXL through activation of transcription factor YAP, which might constitute an AXL-positive feedback loop to amplify the signals. Finally, we demonstrated that dual inhibition of AXL/MerTK by ONO-7475 (0.1 µM) effectively hindered csEV-mediated proliferation and migration of VSMCs in ex vivo mouse aorta injury model. Based on these results, we propose an essential role for csEVs in proliferation and migration of VSMCs and highlight the feasibility of dual AXL/MerTK inhibitors in the treatment of vascular diseases.
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- Young Joo Lee
- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Hanyang University, Gyeonggi-do, 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neuroscience, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Medical school, Chosun University, Gwangju, 61453, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Up-regulated serum levels of TAM receptor tyrosine kinases in a group of Egyptian autistic children. J Neuroimmunol 2022; 364:577811. [PMID: 35033774 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577811] [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: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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TAM receptor family belongs to receptor tyrosine kinases (TAMRTKs). It includes three receptors; Tyro-3, Axl and Mer. TAMRTKs has a great role in resolution of inflammation due to their role in clearance of apoptotic cells by macrophages. Dysregulated TAM signaling pathways are associated with many autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammatory disorders. Autism may be an autoimmune disease in some patients. This work was the first study that investigated serum levels of the soluble ectodomain shed TAMRTKs in a group of autistic children. Serum levels of TAMRTKs were measured by ELISA in 30 autistic children aged between 3.5 and 11 years and 30 age and sex-matched healthy control children. Serum levels of TAMRTKs were significantly higher in autistic children than healthy control children (P < 0.001). Patients with severe autism had significantly higher serum levels of TAMRTKs than patients with mild to moderate autism (P < 0.01). In addition, there were significant positive correlations between scores of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and serum levels of TAMRTKs in autistic patients, (P < 0.01). In conclusions, serum levels of TAMRTKs were up-regulated in autistic children with significant positive correlations with the degree of the disease severity. This initial report requires further studies to investigate the relationship between TAMRTKs and autism.
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Zhou L, Matsushima GK. Tyro3, Axl, Mertk receptor-mediated efferocytosis and immune regulation in the tumor environment. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 361:165-210. [PMID: 34074493 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2021.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Three structurally related tyrosine receptor cell surface kinases, Tyro3, Axl, and Mertk (TAM) have been recognized to modulate immune function, tissue homeostasis, cardiovasculature, and cancer. The TAM receptor family appears to operate in adult mammals across multiple cell types, suggesting both widespread and specific regulation of cell functions and immune niches. TAM family members regulate tissue homeostasis by monitoring the presence of phosphatidylserine expressed on stressed or apoptotic cells. The detection of phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cells requires intermediary molecules that opsonize the dying cells and tether them to TAM receptors on phagocytes. This complex promotes the engulfment of apoptotic cells, also known as efferocytosis, that leads to the resolution of inflammation and tissue healing. The immune mechanisms dictating these processes appear to fall upon specific family members or may involve a complex of different receptors acting cooperatively to resolve and repair damaged tissues. Here, we focus on the role of TAM receptors in triggering efferocytosis and its consequences in the regulation of immune responses in the context of inflammation and cancer.
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- Liwen Zhou
- UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; UNC Integrative Program for Biological & Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
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Huang XF, Li Z, De Guzman E, Robinson P, Gensler L, Ward MM, Rahbar MH, Lee M, Weisman MH, Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT, Klingberg E, Forsblad-d'Elia H, McCluskey P, Wakefield D, Coombes JS, Fiatarone Singh MA, Mavros Y, Vlahovich N, Hughes DC, Marzo-Ortega H, Van der Horste-Bruinsma I, O'Shea F, Martin TM, Rosenbaum J, Breban M, Jin ZB, Leo P, Reveille JD, Wordsworth BP, Brown MA. Genomewide Association Study of Acute Anterior Uveitis Identifies New Susceptibility Loci. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 61:3. [PMID: 32492107 PMCID: PMC7415282 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.61.6.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Purpose Acute anterior uveitis (AAU) is a common intraocular inflammatory disease. AAU occurs in 30% to 50% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and both conditions are strongly associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27, implying a shared etiology. This study aims to apply genomewide association study (GWAS) to characterize the genetic associations of AAU and their relationship to the genetics of AS. Methods We undertook the GWAS analyses in 2752 patients with AS with AAU (cases) and 3836 patients with AS without AAU (controls). There were 7,436,415 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) available after SNP microarray genotyping, imputation, and quality-control filtering. Results We identified one locus associated with AAU at genomewide significance: rs9378248 (P = 2.69 × 10−8, odds ratio [OR] = 0.78), lying close to HLA-B. Suggestive association was observed at 11 additional loci, including previously reported AS loci ERAP1 (rs27529, P = 2.19 × 10−7, OR = 1.22) and NOS2 (rs2274894, P = 8.22 × 10−7, OR = 0.83). Multiple novel suggestive associations were also identified, including MERTK (rs10171979, P = 2.56 × 10−6, OR = 1.20), KIFAP3 (rs508063, P = 5.64 × 10−7, OR = 1.20), CLCN7 (rs67412457, P = 1.33 × 10−6, OR = 1.25), ACAA2 (rs9947182, P = 9.70 × 10−7, OR = 1.37), and 5 intergenic loci. The SNP-based heritability is approximately 0.5 for AS alone, and is much higher (approximately 0.7) for AS with AAU. Consistent with the high heritability, a genomewide polygenic risk score shows strong power in identifying individuals at high risk of either AS with AAU or AS alone. Conclusions We report here the first GWAS for AAU and identify new susceptibility loci. Our findings confirm the strong overlap in etiopathogenesis of AAU with AS, and also provide new insights into the genetic basis of AAU.
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Kasikara C, Davra V, Calianese D, Geng K, Spires TE, Quigley M, Wichroski M, Sriram G, Suarez-Lopez L, Yaffe MB, Kotenko SV, De Lorenzo MS, Birge RB. Pan-TAM Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor BMS-777607 Enhances Anti–PD-1 mAb Efficacy in a Murine Model of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2019; 79:2669-2683. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-2614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Suda K, Akagi T, Nakanishi H, Noma H, Ikeda HO, Kameda T, Hasegawa T, Tsujikawa A. Evaluation of Structure-Function Relationships in Longitudinal Changes of Glaucoma using the Spectralis OCT Follow-Up Mode. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17158. [PMID: 30464292 PMCID: PMC6249277 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35419-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The detection of glaucoma progression is an essential part of glaucoma management. Subjectivity of standard automated perimetry (SAP) prevents the accurate evaluation of progression, thus the detection of structural changes by optical coherence tomography (OCT) is attracting attention. Despite its objectivity, there is controversy about the appropriateness of the use of OCT, because many previous studies have indicated OCT results may not reflect the deterioration of visual field. A reason for this dissociation may be the test-retest variability of OCT, a major cause of which is misplacement of the measurement location. Recent advantages of spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT), especially Spectralis OCT with an eye-tracking system (follow-up mode) enable measurement at approximately the same location as previous examinations. In addition to utilizing Spectralis follow-up mode, we introduced structure-function relationship map and nonlinear relationship between SAP and OCT results in considering structure-function relationship in longitudinal changes. The introduction of these two ideas in our study population improved the correlation between the SAP and OCT (R = 0.589 at most). The results of this study support the practical use of OCT in glaucoma progression but also stress the importance of focus on the corresponding focal changes and the consideration of disease severity.
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- Kenji Suda
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8562, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Analysis of receptor tyrosine kinase genetics identifies two novel risk loci in GAS6 and PROS1 in Behçet's disease. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26662. [PMID: 27222359 PMCID: PMC4879572 DOI: 10.1038/srep26662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The TAM kinase (Tyro3, Axl, Mer) and its two ligands (Gas6 and protein S) have been shown to play an important regulatory role in the innate immune response. The present study aimed to investigate whether the tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tag SNPs) of these 5 protein-coding genes are associated with Behçet’s disease (BD). A two-stage association study was performed in a total of 907 BD patients and 1780 healthy controls. Altogether 32 polymorphisms were tested, using a Sequenom MassARRAY genotyping method in the first stage and a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay in the replication phase. Real-time PCR was performed to test the relative mRNA expression level of GAS6 and PROS1 from different SNP genotyped healthy individuals. The frequency of the C allele and CC genotype of rs9577873 in GAS6 (Pc = 4.92 × 10−5, Pc = 1.91 × 10−5, respectively) and A allele and AA genotype of rs4857037 in PROS1 (Pc = 1.85 × 10−6, Pc = 4.52 × 10−7, respectively) were significantly increased in BD. GAS6 expression in CC carriers of rs9577873 was significantly lower than that in CT/TT individuals (P = 0.001). Decreased expression of GAS6 and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and IFN-γ: P = 4.23 × 10−4, P = 0.011, respectively) in individuals carrying the CC genotype suggest that the TAM-GAS6/PROS1 signal pathway may be involved in the pathogenesis of BD.
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Ji R, Meng L, Jiang X, CVM NK, Ding J, Li Q, Lu Q. TAM receptors support neural stem cell survival, proliferation and neuronal differentiation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115140. [PMID: 25514676 PMCID: PMC4267817 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tyro3, Axl and Mertk (TAM) receptor tyrosine kinases play multiple functional roles by either providing intrinsic trophic support for cell growth or regulating the expression of target genes that are important in the homeostatic regulation of immune responses. TAM receptors have been shown to regulate adult hippocampal neurogenesis by negatively regulation of glial cell activation in central nervous system (CNS). In the present study, we further demonstrated that all three TAM receptors were expressed by cultured primary neural stem cells (NSCs) and played a direct growth trophic role in NSCs proliferation, neuronal differentiation and survival. The cultured primary NSCs lacking TAM receptors exhibited slower growth, reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis as shown by decreased BrdU incorporation and increased TUNEL labeling, than those from the WT NSCs. In addition, the neuronal differentiation and maturation of the mutant NSCs were impeded, as characterized by less neuronal differentiation (β-tubulin III+) and neurite outgrowth than their WT counterparts. To elucidate the underlying mechanism that the TAM receptors play on the differentiating NSCs, we examined the expression profile of neurotrophins and their receptors by real-time qPCR on the total RNAs from hippocampus and primary NSCs; and found that the TKO NSC showed a significant reduction in the expression of both nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), but accompanied by compensational increases in the expression of the TrkA, TrkB, TrkC and p75 receptors. These results suggest that TAM receptors support NSCs survival, proliferation and differentiation by regulating expression of neurotrophins, especially the NGF.
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- Rui Ji
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
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- Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States of America
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Mice lacking Axl and Mer tyrosine kinase receptors are susceptible to experimental autoimmune orchitis induction. Immunol Cell Biol 2014; 93:311-20. [PMID: 25403570 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2014.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The mammalian testis is an immunoprivileged organ where male germ cell autoantigens are immunologically ignored. Both systemic immune tolerance to autoantigens and local immunosuppressive milieu contribute to the testicular immune privilege. Testicular immunosuppression has been intensively studied, but information on systemic immune tolerance to autoantigens is lacking. In the present study, we aimed to determine the role of Axl and Mer receptor tyrosine kinases in maintaining the systemic tolerance to male germ cell antigens using the experimental autoimmune orchitis (EAO) model. Axl and Mer double-knockout (Axl(-/-)Mer(-/-)) mice developed evident EAO after a single immunization with germ cell homogenates emulsified with complete Freund's adjuvant. EAO was characterized by the accumulation of macrophages and T lymphocytes in the testis. Damage to the seminiferous epithelium was also observed. EAO induction was associated with pro-inflammatory cytokine upregulation in the testes, impaired permeability of the blood-testis barrier and generation of autoantibodies against germ cell antigens in Axl(-/-)Mer(-/-) mice. Immunization also induced mild EAO in Axl or Mer single-gene-knockout mice. By contrast, a single immunization failed to induce EAO in wild-type mice. The results indicate that Axl and Mer receptors cooperatively regulate the systemic immune tolerance to male germ cell antigens.
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Papotto PH, Marengo EB, Sardinha LR, Goldberg AC, Rizzo LV. Immunotherapeutic strategies in autoimmune uveitis. Autoimmun Rev 2014; 13:909-16. [PMID: 24833504 PMCID: PMC4181827 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Autoimmune uveitis is an organ-specific disorder characterized by irreversible lesions to the eye that predominantly affect people in their most productive years and is among the leading causes of visual deficit and blindness. Currently available therapies are effective in the treatment of a wide spectrum of uveitis, but are often associated with severe side effects. Here, we review ongoing research with promising immunomodulatory therapeutic strategies, describing their specific features, interactions and the responses triggered by the targeted immune molecules that aim to minimize clinical complications and the likelihood of disease relapse. We first review the main features of the disease, diagnostic tools, and traditional forms of therapy, as well as the animal models predominantly used to understand the pathogenesis and test the novel intervention approaches aiming to control the acute immune and inflammatory responses and to dampen chronic responses. Both exploratory research and clinical trials have targeted either the blockade of effector pathways or of their companion co-stimulatory molecules. Examples of targets are T cell receptors (CD3), their co-stimulatory receptors (CD28, CTLA-4) and corresponding ligands (B7-1 and B7-2, also known as CD80 and CD86), and cytokines like IL-2 and their receptors. Here, we summarize the available evidence on effectiveness of these treatments in human and experimental uveitis and highlight a novel CD28 antagonist monovalent Fab′ antibody, FR104, which has shown preclinical efficacy suppressing effector T cells while enhancing regulatory T cell function and immune tolerance in a humanized graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) mice model and is currently being tested in a mouse autoimmune uveitis model with encouraging results.
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- Pedro Henrique Papotto
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein 627-701, 2-SS Bloco A, 05651-901 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein 627-701, 2-SS Bloco A, 05651-901 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein 627-701, 2-SS Bloco A, 05651-901 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein 627-701, 2-SS Bloco A, 05651-901 São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto de Investigação em Imunologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (iii-INCT), Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein 627-701, 2-SS Bloco A, 05651-901 São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto de Investigação em Imunologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (iii-INCT), Brazil.
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Ji R, Tian S, Lu HJ, Lu Q, Zheng Y, Wang X, Ding J, Li Q, Lu Q. TAM receptors affect adult brain neurogenesis by negative regulation of microglial cell activation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 191:6165-77. [PMID: 24244024 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1302229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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TAM tyrosine kinases play multiple functional roles, including regulation of the target genes important in homeostatic regulation of cytokine receptors or TLR-mediated signal transduction pathways. In this study, we show that TAM receptors affect adult hippocampal neurogenesis and loss of TAM receptors impairs hippocampal neurogenesis, largely attributed to exaggerated inflammatory responses by microglia characterized by increased MAPK and NF-κB activation and elevated production of proinflammatory cytokines that are detrimental to neuron stem cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation. Injection of LPS causes even more severe inhibition of BrdU incorporation in the Tyro3(-/-)Axl(-/-)Mertk(-/-) triple-knockout (TKO) brains, consistent with the LPS-elicited enhanced expression of proinflammatory mediators, for example, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and inducible NO synthase, and this effect is antagonized by coinjection of the anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin in wild-type but not TKO brains. Conditioned medium from TKO microglia cultures inhibits neuron stem cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation. IL-6 knockout in Axl(-/-)Mertk(-/-) double-knockout mice overcomes the inflammatory inhibition of neurogenesis, suggesting that IL-6 is a major downstream neurotoxic mediator under homeostatic regulation by TAM receptors in microglia. Additionally, autonomous trophic function of the TAM receptors on the proliferating neuronal progenitors may also promote progenitor differentiation into immature neurons.
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- Rui Ji
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202
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Li Q, Lu Q, Lu H, Tian S, Lu Q. Systemic autoimmunity in TAM triple knockout mice causes inflammatory brain damage and cell death. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64812. [PMID: 23840307 PMCID: PMC3688737 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The Tyro3, Axl and Mertk (TAM) triply knockout (TKO) mice exhibit systemic autoimmune diseases, with characteristics of increased proinflammatory cytokine production, autoantibody deposition and autoreactive lymphocyte infiltration into a variety of tissues. Here we show that TKO mice produce high level of serum TNF-α and specific autoantibodies deposited onto brain blood vessels. The brain-blood barrier (BBB) in mutant brains exhibited increased permeability for Evans blue and fluorescent-dextran, suggesting a breakdown of the BBB in the mutant brains. Impaired BBB integrity facilitated autoreactive T cells infiltrating into all regions of the mutant brains. Brain autoimmune disorder caused accumulation of the ubiquitin-reactive aggregates in the mutant hippocampus, and early formation of autofluorescent lipofuscins in the neurons throughout the entire brains. Chronic neuroinflammation caused damage of the hippocampal mossy fibers and neuronal apoptotic death. This study shows that chronic systemic inflammation and autoimmune disorders in the TKO mice cause neuronal damage and death.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Autoantibodies/blood
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/pathology
- Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism
- Brain Damage, Chronic/genetics
- Brain Damage, Chronic/immunology
- Brain Damage, Chronic/pathology
- CA3 Region, Hippocampal/blood supply
- CA3 Region, Hippocampal/immunology
- CA3 Region, Hippocampal/pathology
- Capillary Permeability/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Dentate Gyrus/blood supply
- Dentate Gyrus/immunology
- Dentate Gyrus/pathology
- Endothelial Cells/immunology
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Inclusion Bodies/metabolism
- Inflammation Mediators/metabolism
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, 129 Strain
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Microvessels/immunology
- Microvessels/metabolism
- Neurons/physiology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/blood
- Ubiquitinated Proteins/metabolism
- c-Mer Tyrosine Kinase
- Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
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Affiliation(s)
- Qiutang Li
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- The James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- School of Basic Medicine and Beijing Tong-Ren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- The James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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Adamus G, Wang S, Kyger M, Worley A, Lu B, Burrows GG. Systemic immunotherapy delays photoreceptor cell loss and prevents vascular pathology in Royal College of Surgeons rats. Mol Vis 2012; 18:2323-37. [PMID: 22977300 PMCID: PMC3441155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Degenerative retinopathies, including retinitis pigmentosa, age-related retinal degeneration, autoimmune retinopathy, and related diseases affect millions of people around the world. Currently, there is no effective treatment for most of those diseases. We investigated systemic recombinant T-cell receptor ligand (RTL) immunotherapy for preventing retinal degeneration and vascular damage in the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat model of retinal degeneration. METHODS RCS rats were treated with RTL220 tethered to interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) peptide or control RTL101 without peptide by subcutaneous administration starting at the onset of photoreceptor degeneration or after the degenerative process began daily or every other day and performed for a 13-week period. The retinal cross sections and whole mounts were prepared to determine histopathology, leaking vessels, and formation of vascular complexes. Immunofluorescent studies evaluated microglia and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 chemokine in treated retinas. Optokinetic studies were performed to determine visual acuity. RESULTS Systemic treatment with RTL220 prevented decreases in outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness and showed a significantly higher number of nuclei than control rats treated with RTL101 or vehicle. RTL220 was also effective in protecting retinal vasculature from leakage and the formation of abnormal vascular complexes even when the treatment was administered after the degenerative process was initiated. Visual acuity measurement showed that rats treated with RTL220 performed significantly better than those with RTL101 and untreated age-matched controls at P60 and P90. Biodistribution studies showed that RTL220 cleared slowly from the administration site. Moreover, RTL220-treated retinas had a significantly reduced number of activated microglia in the subretinal space, decreased monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in the retina, inhibited T-cell responses, and reduced anti-interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein autoantibody titers. Treatment with the control RTL101 (without a specific peptide tethered) or vehicle alone did not inhibit microglia activation or protect photoreceptors or vasculature. CONCLUSIONS RTL therapy augmented photoreceptor cell survival, protected vasculature, and increased visual function in the RTL rat. Targeting chronic autoimmunity with RTLs can be an effective therapeutic alternative in delaying retinal degeneration. Subcutaneous delivery of RTLs alone or combined with other drugs could be an attractive option for long-term therapy for retinal degenerative diseases.
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- Grazyna Adamus
- Ocular Immunology Laboratory, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Ocular Immunology Laboratory, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Ocular Immunology Laboratory, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Ocular Immunology Laboratory, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Ocular Immunology Laboratory, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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Zheng Y, Wang Q, Xiao B, Lu Q, Wang Y, Wang X. Involvement of receptor tyrosine kinase Tyro3 in amyloidogenic APP processing and β-amyloid deposition in Alzheimer's disease models. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39035. [PMID: 22701746 PMCID: PMC3372537 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disease known to humankind. It is characterized by brain atrophy, extracellular amyloid plaques, and intracellular neurofibril tangles. β-amyloid cascade is considered the major causative player in AD. Up until now, the mechanisms underlying the process of Aβ generation and accumulation in the brain have not been well understood. Tyro3 receptor belongs to the TAM receptor subfamily of receptor protein tyrosine kinases (RPTKs). It is specifically expressed in the neurons of the neocortex and hippocampus. In this study, we established a cell model stably expressing APPswe mutants and producing Aβ. We found that overexpression of Tyro3 receptor in the cell model significantly decreased Aβ generation and also down-regulated the expression of β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE1). However, the effects of Tyro3 were inhibited by its natural ligand, Gas6, in a concentration-dependent manner. In order to confirm the role of Tyro3 in the progression of AD development, we generated an AD transgenic mouse model accompanied by Tyro3 knockdown. We observed a significant increase in the number of amyloid plaques in the hippocampus in the mouse model. More plaque-associated clusters of astroglia were also detected. The present study may help researchers determine the role of Tyro3 receptor in the neuropathology of AD.
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- Yan Zheng
- Department of Physiology, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Ye F, Han L, Lu Q, Dong W, Chen Z, Shao H, Kaplan HJ, Li Q, Lu Q. Retinal self-antigen induces a predominantly Th1 effector response in Axl and Mertk double-knockout mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2011; 187:4178-86. [PMID: 21918185 PMCID: PMC3190567 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The TAM family of receptors (Tyro3, Axl, and Mertk) plays an important role in the negative regulation of response of dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages to pathogenic stimuli, and mice lacking this receptor family develop spontaneous lupus-like systemic autoimmunity against a variety of tissues, including retina. To study the molecular mechanism underlying the TAM regulation of APC functions and subsequent effects on the induction of an autoimmune response against the eye, we examined CD4 T cell differentiation following retinal self-antigen immunization. CD4 T cells prepared from naive or interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP)1-20-immunized Axl and Mertk double-knockout (dko) mice reacted to activation using anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 Abs or to bolster by self-antigen in vitro with a predominantly Th1 effector response, as characterized by increased IFN-γ production and higher frequency of IFN-γ-positive CD4 T cells. The Th17 effector response to IRBP immunization was similar in dko mice to that in wild-type controls, as shown by ELISA measurement of IL-17A in the culture medium and flow cytometric analysis of IL-17A-secreting CD4 T cells. Interestingly, APCs or DCs isolated from IRBP-immunized dko mice exhibited a greater ability to drive the Th1 response. The production of two driving cytokines for Th1 differentiation, IL-12 and IL-18, was dramatically increased in dko DCs and macrophages, and LPS stimulation bolstered their production. The preferential development into the Th1 subset in dko mice suggests that the cytokine milieu produced by the mutant mice in vivo or by mutant APCs in vitro selectively creates a differentiation environment favoring the Th1 effector response.
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- Fei Ye
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- School of Basic Medicine Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tong-Ren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- School of Basic Medicine Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- School of Basic Medicine Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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