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Xiong Y, Qin F, Wei S, Yang X, Li J, Wu C, Zhang F, Yuan J. Targeting Adenosine A2b Receptor Promotes Penile Rehabilitation of Refractory Erectile Dysfunction. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2306514. [PMID: 38874549 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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The mechanisms of adenosine and specific adenosine receptor subtypes in promoting penile rehabilitation remain unclear. Single-cell RNA sequencing of human corpus cavernosum, adenosine deaminase (ADA) and adenosine receptors knock-out mice (ADA-/-, A1-/-, A2a-/-, A2b-/-, and A3-/-), and primary corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells are used to determine receptor subtypes responsible for adenosine-induced erection. Three rat models are established to characterize refractory erectile dysfunction (ED): age-related ED, bilateral cavernous nerve crush related ED (BCNC), and diabetes mellitus-induced ED. In single-cell RNA sequencing data, the corpus cavernosum of ED patients show a decrease in adenosine A1, A2a and A2b receptors. In vivo, A2b receptor knock-out abolishes adenosine-induced erection but not that of A1, A2a, or A3 receptor. Under hypoxic conditions in vitro, activating the A2b receptor increases HIF-1α and decreases PDE5 expression. In refractory ED models, activating the A2b receptor with Bay 60-6583 improves erectile function and down-regulates HIF-1α and TGF-β. Administering Dipyridamole (40 mg Kg-1) to BCNC rats improve penile adenosine levels and erectile function. Our study reveals that the A2b receptor mediates adenosine-induced penile erection. Activating the A2b receptor promotes penile rehabilitation of refractory ED by alleviating hypoxia and fibrosis.
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- Yang Xiong
- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Urology and Andrology Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
- Division of Urology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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Zimmermann H. History of ectonucleotidases and their role in purinergic signaling. Biochem Pharmacol 2020; 187:114322. [PMID: 33161020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ectonucleotidases are key for purinergic signaling. They control the duration of activity of purinergic receptor agonists. At the same time, they produce hydrolysis products as additional ligands of purinergic receptors. Due to the considerable diversity of enzymes, purinergic receptor ligands and purinergic receptors, deciphering the impact of extracellular purinergic receptor control has become a challenge. The first group of enzymes described were the alkaline phosphatases - at the time not as nucleotide-metabolizing but as nonspecific phosphatases. Enzymes now referred to as nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases and ecto-5'-nucleotidase were the first and only nucleotide-specific ectonucleotidases identified. And they were the first group of enzymes related to purinergic signaling. Additional research brought to light a surprising number of ectoenzymes with broad substrate specificity, which can also hydrolyze nucleotides. This short overview traces the development of the field and briefly highlights important results and benefits for therapies of human diseases achieved within nearly a century of investigations.
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- Herbert Zimmermann
- Goethe University, Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Adenosine is an ancient extracellular signaling molecule that regulates various biological functions via activating four G-protein-coupled receptors, A1, A2A, A2B, and A3 adenosine receptors. As such, several studies have highlighted a role for adenosine signaling in affecting the T cell development in the thymus. Recent studies indicate that adenosine is produced in the context of apoptotic thymocyte clearance. This review critically discusses the involvement of adenosine and its receptors in the complex interplay that exists between the developing thymocytes and the thymic macrophages which engulf the apoptotic cells. This crosstalk contributes to the effective and immunologically silent removal of apoptotic thymocytes, as well as affects the TCR-driven T-cell selection processes.
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- Krisztina Köröskényi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences of Dental Faculty, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences of Dental Faculty, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences of Dental Faculty, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Joós G, Jákim J, Kiss B, Szamosi R, Papp T, Felszeghy S, Sághy T, Nagy G, Szondy Z. Involvement of adenosine A3 receptors in the chemotactic navigation of macrophages towards apoptotic cells. Immunol Lett 2017; 183:62-72. [PMID: 28188820 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The first step in the clearance of apoptotic cells is chemotactic migration of macrophages towards the apoptotic cells guided by find-me signals provided by the dying cells. Upon sensing the chemotactic signals, macrophages release ATP. ATP is then degraded to ADP, AMP and adenosine to trigger purinergic receptors concentrated at the leading edge of the cell. Previous studies have shown that in addition to the chemotactic signals, this purinergic autocrine signaling is required to amplify and translate chemotactic signals into directional motility. In the present study the involvement of adenosine A3 receptors (A3R) was studied in the chemotactic migration of macrophages directed by apoptotic thymocyte-derived find-me signals. By taking video images in vitro, we demonstrate 1, by administering apyrase, which degrades ATP and ADP, that the purinergic autocrine signaling is required for maintaining both the velocity and the directionality of macrophage migration towards the apoptotic thymocytes; 2, by readding 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine, an adenosine analogue, to apyrase treated cells that the adenosine receptor signaling alone is sufficient to act so; and 3, by studying migration of various adenosine receptor null or adenosine receptor antagonist-treated macrophages, that the individual loss of the A3R signaling leads to the loss of chemotactic navigation. Though loss of A3Rs does not affect the phagocytotic capacity of macrophages, intraperitoneally-injected apoptotic thymocytes were cleared with a delayed kinetics by A3R null macrophages in vivo due to the impaired chemotactic navigation. All together these data demonstrate the involvement of macrophage A3Rs in the proper chemotactic navigation and consequent in vivo clearance of apoptotic cells. Interestingly, loss of A3Rs did not affect the in vivo clearance of apoptotic thymocytes in the dexamethasone-treated thymus.
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- Gergely Joós
- Dental Biochemistry Section, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hungary
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- Dental Biochemistry Section, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hungary
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- Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Dental Biochemistry Section, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hungary
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- Dental Biochemistry Section, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Hungary.
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Cellular stress or apoptosis triggers the release of ATP, ADP and other nucleotides into the extracellular space. Extracellular nucleotides function as autocrine and paracrine signalling molecules by activating cell-surface P2 purinergic receptors that elicit pro-inflammatory immune responses. Over time, extracellular nucleotides are metabolized to adenosine, leading to reduced P2 signalling and increased signalling through anti-inflammatory adenosine (P1 purinergic) receptors. Here, we review how local purinergic signalling changes over time during tissue responses to injury or disease, and we discuss the potential of targeting purinergic signalling pathways for the immunotherapeutic treatment of ischaemia, organ transplantation, autoimmunity or cancer.
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- Caglar Cekic
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Sándor K, Pallai A, Duró E, Legendre P, Couillin I, Sághy T, Szondy Z. Adenosine produced from adenine nucleotides through an interaction between apoptotic cells and engulfing macrophages contributes to the appearance of transglutaminase 2 in dying thymocytes. Amino Acids 2016; 49:671-681. [PMID: 27236567 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-016-2257-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) has been known for a long time to be associated with the in vivo apoptosis program of various cell types, including T cells. Though the expression of the enzyme is strongly induced in mouse thymocytes following apoptosis induction in vivo, no significant induction of TG2 can be detected, when thymocytes are induced to die by the same stimuli in vitro indicating that signals arriving from the tissue environment are required for the proper in vivo induction of the enzyme. Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that two of these signals, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and retinoids, are produced by macrophages engulfing apoptotic cells. However, in addition to TGF-β and retinoids, engulfing macrophages produce adenosine as well. Here, we show that in vitro adenosine, adenosine, and retinoic acid or adenosine, TGF-β and retinoic acids together can significantly enhance the TG2 mRNA expression in dying thymocytes. The effect of adenosine is mediated via adenosine A2A receptors (A2ARs) and the A2AR-triggered adenylate cyclase signaling pathway. In accordance, loss of A2ARs in A2AR null mice significantly attenuates the in vivo induction of TG2 following apoptosis induction in the thymus indicating that adenosine indeed contributes in vivo to the apoptosis-related appearance of the enzyme. We also demonstrate that adenosine is produced extracellularly during engulfment of apoptotic thymocytes, partly from adenine nucleotides released via thymocyte pannexin-1 channels. Our data reveal a novel crosstalk between macrophages and apoptotic cells, in which apoptotic cell uptake-related adenosine production contributes to the appearance of TG2 in the dying thymocytes.
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- Katalin Sándor
- Division of Dental Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt.98., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Division of Dental Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt.98., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Division of Dental Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt.98., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U952, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 7224, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,UPMC Université Paris 06, 9 quai Saint Bernard, Paris, Ile de France, France
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- UMR-IEM 6218 Molecular Immunology and Embryology, Transgenose Institute, CNRS, 45071, Orléans, France
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- Division of Dental Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt.98., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Division of Dental Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt.98., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary. .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt.98., Debrecen, 4012, Hungary.
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O'Brien WG, Berka V, Tsai AL, Zhao Z, Lee CC. CD73 and AMPD3 deficiency enhance metabolic performance via erythrocyte ATP that decreases hemoglobin oxygen affinity. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13147. [PMID: 26249166 PMCID: PMC4650700 DOI: 10.1038/srep13147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Erythrocytes are the key target in 5′-AMP induced hypometabolism. To understand how regulation of endogenous erythrocyte AMP levels modulates systemic metabolism, we generated mice deficient in both CD73 and AMPD3, the key catabolic enzymes for extracellular and intra-erythrocyte AMP, respectively. Under physiological conditions, these mice displayed enhanced capacity for physical activity accompanied by significantly higher food and oxygen consumption, compared to wild type mice. Erythrocytes from Ampd3−/− mice exhibited higher half-saturation pressure of oxygen (p50) and about 3-fold higher levels of ATP and ADP, while they maintained normal 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG), methemoglobin levels and intracellular pH. The affinity of mammalian hemoglobin for oxygen is thought to be regulated primarily by 2,3-BPG levels and pH (the Bohr effect). However, our results show that increased endogenous levels of ATP and ADP, but not AMP, directly increase the p50 value of hemoglobin. Additionally, the rise in erythrocyte p50 directly correlates with an enhanced capability of systemic metabolism.
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- William G O'Brien
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA 77030
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA 77030
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA 77030
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA 77030
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA 77030
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Bruzzese L, Rostain JC, Née L, Condo J, Mottola G, Adjriou N, Mercier L, Berge-Lefranc JL, Fromonot J, Kipson N, Lucciano M, Durand-Gorde JM, Jammes Y, Guieu R, Ruf J, Fenouillet E. Effect of hyperoxic and hyperbaric conditions on the adenosinergic pathway and CD26 expression in rat. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 119:140-7. [PMID: 25997945 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00223.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The nucleoside adenosine acts on the nervous and cardiovascular systems via the A2A receptor (A2AR). In response to oxygen level in tissues, adenosine plasma concentration is regulated in particular via its synthesis by CD73 and via its degradation by adenosine deaminase (ADA). The cell-surface endopeptidase CD26 controls the concentration of vasoactive and antioxidant peptides and hence regulates the oxygen supply to tissues and oxidative stress response. Although overexpression of adenosine, CD73, ADA, A2AR, and CD26 in response to hypoxia is well documented, the effects of hyperoxic and hyperbaric conditions on these elements deserve further consideration. Rats and a murine Chem-3 cell line that expresses A2AR were exposed to 0.21 bar O2, 0.79 bar N2 (terrestrial conditions; normoxia); 1 bar O2 (hyperoxia); 2 bar O2 (hyperbaric hyperoxia); 0.21 bar O2, 1.79 bar N2 (hyperbaria). Adenosine plasma concentration, CD73, ADA, A2AR expression, and CD26 activity were addressed in vivo, and cAMP production was addressed in cellulo. For in vivo conditions, 1) hyperoxia decreased adenosine plasma level and T cell surface CD26 activity, whereas it increased CD73 expression and ADA level; 2) hyperbaric hyperoxia tended to amplify the trend; and 3) hyperbaria alone lacked significant influence on these parameters. In the brain and in cellulo, 1) hyperoxia decreased A2AR expression; 2) hyperbaric hyperoxia amplified the trend; and 3) hyperbaria alone exhibited the strongest effect. We found a similar pattern regarding both A2AR mRNA synthesis in the brain and cAMP production in Chem-3 cells. Thus a high oxygen level tended to downregulate the adenosinergic pathway and CD26 activity. Hyperbaria alone affected only A2AR expression and cAMP production. We discuss how such mechanisms triggered by hyperoxygenation can limit, through vasoconstriction, the oxygen supply to tissues and the production of reactive oxygen species.
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- Laurie Bruzzese
- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Conception Hospital, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMRT24, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development, and Networks (IFSTTAR), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris France
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- UMR MD2, Institute of Biological Research, French Defense Ministry (IRBA), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France; National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), Institute of Biological Science, Paris, France
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Ohta A, Sitkovsky M. Extracellular adenosine-mediated modulation of regulatory T cells. Front Immunol 2014; 5:304. [PMID: 25071765 PMCID: PMC4091046 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Extracellular adenosine-dependent suppression and redirection of pro-inflammatory activities are mediated by the signaling through adenosine receptors on the surface of most immune cells. The immunosuppression by endogenously-produced adenosine is pathophysiologically significant since inactivation of A2A/A2B adenosine receptor (A2AR/A2BR) and adenosine-producing ecto-enzymes CD39/CD73 results in the higher intensity of immune response and exaggeration of inflammatory damage. Regulatory T cells (Treg) can generate extracellular adenosine, which is implicated in the immunoregulatory activity of Tregs. Interestingly, adenosine has been shown to increase the numbers of Tregs and further promotes their immunoregulatory activity. A2AR-deficiency in Tregs reduces their immunosuppressive efficacy in vivo. Thus, adenosine is not only directly and instantly inhibiting to the immune response through interaction with A2AR/A2BR on the effector cells, but also adenosine signaling can recruit other immunoregulatory mechanisms, including Tregs. Such interaction between adenosine and Tregs suggests the presence of a positive feedback mechanism, which further promotes negative regulation of immune system through the establishment of immunosuppressive microenvironment.
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- Akio Ohta
- New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University , Boston, MA , USA
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- New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University , Boston, MA , USA
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Burnstock G. Purinergic signalling in endocrine organs. Purinergic Signal 2014; 10:189-231. [PMID: 24265070 PMCID: PMC3944044 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-013-9396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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There is widespread involvement of purinergic signalling in endocrine biology. Pituitary cells express P1, P2X and P2Y receptor subtypes to mediate hormone release. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) regulates insulin release in the pancreas and is involved in the secretion of thyroid hormones. ATP plays a major role in the synthesis, storage and release of catecholamines from the adrenal gland. In the ovary purinoceptors mediate gonadotrophin-induced progesterone secretion, while in the testes, both Sertoli and Leydig cells express purinoceptors that mediate secretion of oestradiol and testosterone, respectively. ATP released as a cotransmitter with noradrenaline is involved in activities of the pineal gland and in the neuroendocrine control of the thymus. In the hypothalamus, ATP and adenosine stimulate or modulate the release of luteinising hormone-releasing hormone, as well as arginine-vasopressin and oxytocin. Functionally active P2X and P2Y receptors have been identified on human placental syncytiotrophoblast cells and on neuroendocrine cells in the lung, skin, prostate and intestine. Adipocytes have been recognised recently to have endocrine function involving purinoceptors.
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- Geoffrey Burnstock
- Autonomic Neuroscience Centre, University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK,
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Tesone AJ, Svoronos N, Allegrezza MJ, Conejo-Garcia JR. Pathological mobilization and activities of dendritic cells in tumor-bearing hosts: challenges and opportunities for immunotherapy of cancer. Front Immunol 2013; 4:435. [PMID: 24339824 PMCID: PMC3857526 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A common characteristic of solid tumors is the pathological recruitment of immunosuppressive myeloid cells, which in certain tumors includes dendritic cells (DCs). DCs are of particular interest in the field of cancer immunotherapy because they induce potent and highly specific anti-tumor immune responses, particularly in the early phase of tumorigenesis. However, as tumors progress, these cells can be transformed into regulatory cells that contribute to an immunosuppressive microenvironment favoring tumor growth. Therefore, controlling DC phenotype has the potential to elicit effective anti-tumor responses while simultaneously weakening the tumor’s ability to protect itself from immune attack. This review focuses on the dual nature of DCs in the tumor microenvironment, the regulation of DC phenotype, and the prospect of modifying DCs in situ as a novel immunotherapeutic approach.
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- Amelia J Tesone
- Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Wistar Institute , Philadelphia, PA , USA
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Cekic C, Sag D, Day YJ, Linden J. Extracellular adenosine regulates naive T cell development and peripheral maintenance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 210:2693-706. [PMID: 24145516 PMCID: PMC3832923 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20130249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Adenosine receptor signaling inhibits TCR-induced activation of PI3K–Akt to reduce IL-7Rα expression on T cells, thereby regulating development and maintenance of naive T cells in the periphery. Adenosine produced as a byproduct of metabolic activity is present in all tissues and produces dose-dependent suppression of TCR signaling. Naive T cell maintenance depends on inhibition of TCR signals by environmental sensors, which are yet to be fully defined. We produced mice with a floxed adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) gene, Adora2a, and show that either global A2AR deletion or cre-mediated T cell deletion elicits a decline in the number of naive but not memory T cells. A2AR signaling maintains naive T cells in a quiescent state by inhibiting TCR-induced activation of the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)–AKT pathway, thereby reducing IL-7Rα down-regulation and naive T cell apoptosis. Patterns of IL-7Rα expression on T cells in chimeric mice reconstituted with Adora2a+/+ and Adora2a−/− bone marrow cells suggest that decreased IL-7Rα in naive T cells is a cell-intrinsic consequence of Adora2a deletion. In addition, A2AR expression increases in early thymic T cell development and contributes to progression of double-negative thymic precursors to single-positive thymocytes with increased IL-7Rα expression. Therefore, A2AR signaling regulates T cell development and maintenance to sustain normal numbers of naive T cells in the periphery.
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- Caglar Cekic
- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Sulaiman GM. Role of caffeic acid phenethyl ester on mitomycin C induced clastogenesis: analysis of chromosome aberrations, micronucleus, mitotic index and adenosine deaminase activity in vivo. J Appl Genet 2012; 53:213-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s13353-012-0089-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Revised: 01/29/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Moon HG, Tae YM, Kim YS, Gyu Jeon S, Oh SY, Song Gho Y, Zhu Z, Kim YK. Conversion of Th17-type into Th2-type inflammation by acetyl salicylic acid via the adenosine and uric acid pathway in the lung. Allergy 2010; 65:1093-103. [PMID: 20337611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Allergen-specific T-cell responses orchestrate airway inflammation, which is a characteristic of asthma. Recent evidence suggests that noneosinophilic asthma can be developed by mixed Th1 and Th17 cell responses when exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-containing allergens. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the therapeutic or adverse effects of acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) on the expression of Th1-type and Th17-type inflammation induced by airway exposure to LPS-containing allergens. METHODS Th1 + Th17 asthma and Th2 asthma mouse models were generated by intranasal sensitization with ovalbumin (OVA) and LPS and intraperitoneal sensitization with OVA and alum, respectively. Therapeutic or adverse effects were evaluated after allergen challenge using pharmacologic and transgenic approaches. RESULTS Lung infiltration of eosinophils was enhanced in OVA/LPS-sensitized mice by ASA treatment, which was accompanied by the enhanced production of eotaxin. These changes were associated with the down-regulation of Th17 cell response, which was partly dependent on adenosine receptor A1 and A3 subtypes, but up-regulation of allergen-specific IL-13 production from T cells. Lung inflammation induced by LPS-containing allergen was markedly reduced in IL-13-deficient mice in the context of ASA treatment, but not without ASA. Meanwhile, adenosine levels in the lung were enhanced by ASA treatment. Moreover, lung infiltration of eosinophils induced by ASA treatment was reversed by co-treatment of a xanthine oxidase inhibitor (allopurinol). CONCLUSION These findings suggest that ASA changes Th17-type into Th2-type inflammation mainly via the adenosine and uric acid metabolic pathway in the lung.
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- H-G Moon
- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Korea
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Meijer P, Wouters CW, van den Broek PHH, de Rooij M, Scheffer GJ, Smits P, Rongen GA. Upregulation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase by rosuvastatin increases the vasodilator response to ischemia. Hypertension 2010; 56:722-7. [PMID: 20679180 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.110.155689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) are effective in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. Although originally developed to improve lipid profile, statins have demonstrated a surplus of beneficial pleiotropic effects, including improved endothelial function, reduced inflammation, and increased tolerance to ischemia-reperfusion injury. In preclinical studies, increased ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity, the key enzyme in extracellular adenosine formation, plays an important role in these effects. Because human data are absent, we explored the effects of rosuvastatin on ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity and the clinical relevance of increased extracellular adenosine during ischemia in humans in vivo. The forearm vasodilator responses to 3 increasing periods of forearm ischemia (2, 5, and 13 minutes) were determined during placebo and caffeine (an adenosine receptor antagonist) infusion into the brachial artery. At the end of an 8-day treatment period with rosuvastatin (20 mg per day), this whole procedure was repeated. During both experiments, ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity was determined. Vasodilator responses are expressed as the percentage increase in forearm blood flow ratio from baseline. Rosuvastatin increased ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity by 49±17% and enhanced the vasodilator response after 2, 5, and 13 minutes of ischemia in the absence (146±19, 330±26, and 987±133 to 312±77, 566±107, and 1533±267) but not in the presence of caffeine (98±25, 264±54, and 727±111 versus 95±19, 205±34, and 530±62). Rosuvastatin increases extracellular formation of adenosine in humans in vivo probably by enhancing ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity. This action results in the improvement of reactive hyperemia and may further enhance the clinical benefit of statins, in particular in conditions of ischemia.
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- Patrick Meijer
- Departments of Pharmacology-Toxicology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Moon HG, Kim YS, Choi JP, Choi DS, Yoon CM, Jeon SG, Gho YS, Kim YK. Aspirin attenuates the anti-inflammatory effects of theophylline via inhibition of cAMP production in mice with non-eosinophilic asthma. Exp Mol Med 2010; 42:47-60. [PMID: 19887894 DOI: 10.3858/emm.2010.42.1.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Theophylline is commonly used to treat severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) characterized by non-eosinophilic inflammation. Acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) is one of the most widely used medications worldwide, but up to 20% of patients with asthma experience aggravated respiratory symptoms after taking ASA. Here we evaluated the adverse effect of ASA on the therapeutic effect of theophylline in mice with non-eosinophilic asthma. A non-eosinophilic asthma mouse model was induced by airway sensitization with lipopolysaccharide-containing allergen and then challenged with allergen alone. Therapeutic intervention was performed during allergen challenge. Theophylline inhibited lung inflammation partly induced by Th1 immune response. ASA attenuated the beneficial effects of theophylline. However, co-administration of the ASA metabolite salicylic acid (SA) showed no attenuating effect on theophylline treatment. The therapeutic effect of theophylline was associated with increase in cAMP levels, which was blocked by co-treatment of theophylline and ASA. ASA co-treatment also attenuated the anti-inflammatory effects of a specific phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor. These results demonstrate that ASA reverses anti-inflammatory effects of theophylline, and that ASA exerts its adverse effects through the inhibition of cAMP production. Our data suggest that ASA reverses lung inflammation in patients taking theophylline, although clinical evidence will be needed.
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- Hyung-Geun Moon
- Department of Life Science, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
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Adenosine is an endogenous autocoid that regulates a multitude of bodily functions. Its anti-inflammatory actions are well known to rheumatologists since it mediates many of the anti-inflammatory effects of a number of antirheumatic drugs such as methotrexate. However, inflammatory and tissue regenerative responses are intricately linked, with wound healing being a prime example. It has only recently been appreciated that adenosine has a key role in tissue regenerative and fibrotic processes. An understanding of these processes may shed new light on potential therapeutic options in diseases such as scleroderma where tissue fibrosis features prominently.
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Kato H, Jochim RC, Lawyer PG, Valenzuela JG. Identification and characterization of a salivary adenosine deaminase from the sand fly Phlebotomus duboscqi, the vector of Leishmania major in sub-Saharan Africa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 210:733-40. [PMID: 17297134 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Two transcripts coding for an adenosine deaminase (ADA) were identified by sequencing a Phlebotomus duboscqi salivary gland cDNA library. Adenosine deaminase was previously reported in the saliva of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis but it was not present in the saliva of the sand flies Phlebotomus papatasi, P. argentipes, P. perniciosus and P. ariasi, suggesting that this enzyme is only present in the saliva of sand flies from the genus Lutzomyia. In the present work, we tested the hypothesis that the salivary gland transcript coding for ADA in Phlebotomus duboscqi, a sister species of Phlebotomus papatasi, produces an active salivary ADA. Salivary gland homogenates of P. duboscqi converted adenosine to inosine, suggesting the presence of ADA activity in the saliva of this species of sand fly; furthermore, this enzymatic activity was significantly reduced when using either salivary glands of recently blood-fed sand flies or punctured salivary glands, suggesting that this enzyme is secreted in the saliva of this insect. This enzymatic activity was absent from the saliva of P. papatasi. In contrast to other Phlebotomus sand flies, we did not find AMP or adenosine in P. duboscqi salivary glands as measured by HPLC-photodiode array. To confirm that the transcript coding for ADA was responsible for the activity observed in the saliva of this sand fly, we cloned this transcript into a prokaryotic expression vector and produced a soluble and active recombinant protein of approximately 60 kDa that was able to convert adenosine to inosine. Extracts of bacteria transformed with control plasmids did not show this activity. These results suggest that P. duboscqi transcripts coding for ADA are responsible for the activity detected in the salivary glands of this sand fly and that P. duboscqi acquired this activity independently from other Phlebotomus sand flies. This is another example of a gene recruitment event in salivary genes of blood-feeding arthropods that may be relevant for blood feeding and, because of the role of ADA in immunity, it may also play a role in parasite transmission.
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- Hirotomo Kato
- Vector Molecular Biology Unit, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Marinello E, Carlucci F, Rosi F, Floccari F, Raspadori D, Tabucchi A. Purine metabolism in B-cell lymphocytic leukemia: a microarray approach. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2007; 25:1277-81. [PMID: 17065106 DOI: 10.1080/01457630600890545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is an adult-onset highly heterogeneous malignancy characterized by a cells resistance to apoptosis rather than to highly proliferative cells. In previous research, we evidenced an imbalance of purine metabolism in B-CLL cells. Since the extracellular adenosine has been proved to induce apoptosis via A2b receptor, enzymes involved in adenosine metabolism could play an important role in apoptosis resistance of B-CLL cells. We prepared a microarray chip for the analysis of 50 selected genes that could be of interest in B-CLL: enzymes of purine de-novo, salvage and catabolic pathway, oxidative stress enzymes, and apoptotis-related proteins. Preliminary results identify many genes of purine metabolism that exhibit low or high expression, while genes involved in signal transduction and apoptosis exhibit lower alterations even if of remarkable interest. This application of microarray technique seems promising and at least a subset of these genes will be valid candidates for further studies.
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- E Marinello
- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolic Sciences and Biochemistry, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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Dynamic purine signaling and metabolism during neutrophil-endothelial interactions. Purinergic Signal 2005; 1:229-39. [PMID: 18404508 PMCID: PMC2096542 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-005-6323-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2004] [Revised: 03/07/2005] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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During episodes of hypoxia and inflammation, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) move into underlying tissues by initially passing between endothelial cells that line the inner surface of blood vessels (transendothelial migration, TEM). TEM creates the potential for disturbances in vascular barrier and concomitant loss of extravascular fluid and resultant edema. Recent studies have demonstrated a crucial role for nucleotide metabolism and nucleoside signaling during inflammation. These studies have implicated multiple adenine nucleotides as endogenous tissue protective mechanisms invivo. Here, we review the functional components of vascular barrier, identify strategies for increasing nucleotide generation and nucleoside signaling, and discuss potential therapeutic targets to regulate the vascular barrier during inflammation.
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Hashikawa T, Hooker SW, Maj JG, Knott-Craig CJ, Takedachi M, Murakami S, Thompson LF. Regulation of adenosine receptor engagement by ecto-adenosine deaminase. FASEB J 2003; 18:131-3. [PMID: 14630704 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0011fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Adenosine deaminase (ADA) can localize to the cell surface through its interaction with CD26. Using CD26-transfected cells, we demonstrate that cell surface ADA (ecto-ADA) can regulate adenosine receptor engagement by degrading extracellular adenosine (Ado) to inosine. This ability was dependent upon CD26 expression, the extent of CD26 saturation with ecto-ADA, and the kinetics of the cAMP response. Thus, the cAMP response was markedly decreased when CD26-transfected cells were incubated with an exogenous source of ADA to increase ecto-ADA expression. The ability of ecto-ADA to inhibit the cAMP response was demonstrated by treatment with the specific ADA inhibitor 2'-deoxycoformycin. This inhibited the ability of ecto-ADA to degrade Ado and increased the cAMP response. Although CD26 expression on human thymocytes was low compared with that of CD26-transfected cells, it was saturated with ecto-ADA. When thymocytes incubated at high densities (to mimic the situation in tissues) were exposed to exogenous adenosine, the cAMP response was dramatically decreased by ecto-ADA. We conclude that ecto-ADA has the potential to regulate adenosine receptor-mediated cAMP responses in vivo in tissues with CD26+ cells and sufficient cell death caused by apoptosis or inflammation to provide a source of ADA to bind to CD26.
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- Tomoko Hashikawa
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Immunobiology and Cancer Research Program, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Molecular and Cell Biology of Adenosine Receptors. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(03)01005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Van De Wiele CJ, Vaughn JG, Blackburn MR, Ledent CA, Jacobson M, Jiang H, Thompson LF. Adenosine kinase inhibition promotes survival of fetal adenosine deaminase–deficient thymocytes by blocking dATP accumulation. J Clin Invest 2002. [DOI: 10.1172/jci0215683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Van De Wiele CJ, Vaughn JG, Blackburn MR, Ledent CA, Jacobson M, Jiang H, Thompson LF. Adenosine kinase inhibition promotes survival of fetal adenosine deaminase-deficient thymocytes by blocking dATP accumulation. J Clin Invest 2002; 110:395-402. [PMID: 12163459 PMCID: PMC151094 DOI: 10.1172/jci15683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Thymocyte development past the CD4(-)CD8(-) stage is markedly inhibited in adenosine deaminase-deficient (ADA-deficient) murine fetal thymic organ cultures (FTOCs) due to the accumulation of ADA substrates derived from thymocytes failing developmental checkpoints. Such cultures can be rescued by overexpression of Bcl-2, suggesting that apoptosis is an important component of the mechanism by which ADA deficiency impairs thymocyte development. Consistent with this conclusion, ADA-deficient FTOCs were partially rescued by a rearranged T cell receptor beta transgene that permits virtually all thymocytes to pass the beta-selection checkpoint. ADA-deficient cultures were also rescued by the adenosine kinase inhibitor 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosine (5'A5'dAdo), indicating that the metabolite responsible for the inhibition of thymocyte development is not adenosine or deoxyadenosine, but a phosphorylated derivative of an ADA substrate. Correction of ADA-deficient FTOCs by 5'A5'dAdo correlated with reduced accumulation of dATP, implicating this compound as the toxic metabolite. In ADA-inhibited FTOCs rescued with a Bcl-2 transgene, however, dATP levels were superelevated, suggesting that cells failing positive and negative selection continued to contribute to the accumulation of ADA substrates. Our data are consistent with dATP-induced mitochondrial cytochrome c release followed by apoptosis as the mechanism by which ADA deficiency leads to reduced thymic T cell production.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine Deaminase/metabolism
- Adenosine Kinase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Adenosylhomocysteinase
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Survival
- Deoxyadenine Nucleotides/metabolism
- Deoxyadenosines/pharmacology
- Hydrolases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics
- Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists
- Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A
- Receptor, Adenosine A2B
- Receptor, Adenosine A3
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/genetics
- Thymus Gland/cytology
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- C Justin Van De Wiele
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, USA
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Narravula S, Lennon PF, Mueller BU, Colgan SP. Regulation of endothelial CD73 by adenosine: paracrine pathway for enhanced endothelial barrier function. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:5262-8. [PMID: 11046060 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.9.5262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During episodes of inflammation, multiple cell types release adenine nucleotides in the form of ATP, ADP, 5'-AMP, and adenosine. In particular, following activation, polymorphonuclear leukocytes release larger quantities of 5'-AMP. Extracellular 5'-AMP is metabolized to adenosine by surface-expressed 5'-ectonucleotidase (CD73). Adenosine liberated by this process activates surface adenosine A(2B) receptors, results in endothelial junctional reorganization, and promotes barrier function. We hypothesized that adenosine signaling to endothelia provides a paracrine loop for regulated expression of CD73 and enhanced endothelial barrier function. Using an in vitro microvascular endothelial model, we investigated the influence of 5'-AMP; adenosine; and adenosine analogues on CD73 transcription, surface expression, and function. Initial experiments revealed that adenosine and adenosine analogues induce CD73 mRNA (RT-PCR), surface expression (immunoprecipitation of surface biotinylated CD73), and function (HPLC analysis of etheno-AMP conversion to ethenoadenosine) in a time- and concentration-dependent fashion. Subsequent studies revealed that similar exposure conditions increase surface protein through transcriptional induction of CD73. Analysis of DNA-binding activity by EMSA identified a functional role for CD73 cAMP response element and, moreover, indicated that multiple cAMP agonists induce transcriptional activation of functional CD73. Induced CD73 functioned to enhance 5'-AMP-mediated promotion of endothelial barrier (measured as a paracellular flux of 70-kDa FITC-labeled tracer). These results provide an example of transcriptional induction of enzyme (CD73) by enzymatic product (adenosine) and define a paracrine pathway for the regulated expression of vascular endothelial CD73 and barrier function.
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- S Narravula
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Division of Hematology and Oncology, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Thompson LF, Van de Wiele CJ, Laurent AB, Hooker SW, Vaughn JG, Jiang H, Khare K, Kellems RE, Blackburn MR, Hershfield MS, Resta R. Metabolites from apoptotic thymocytes inhibit thymopoiesis in adenosine deaminase-deficient fetal thymic organ cultures. J Clin Invest 2000; 106:1149-57. [PMID: 11067867 PMCID: PMC301416 DOI: 10.1172/jci9944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2000] [Accepted: 09/25/2000] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Murine fetal thymic organ culture was used to investigate the mechanism by which adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency causes T-cell immunodeficiency. C57BL/6 fetal thymuses treated with the specific ADA inhibitor 2'-deoxycoformycin exhibited features of the human disease, including accumulation of dATP and inhibition of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase enzyme activity. Although T-cell receptor (TCR) Vbeta gene rearrangements and pre-TCR-alpha expression were normal in ADA-deficient cultures, the production of alphabeta TCR(+) thymocytes was inhibited by 95%, and differentiation was blocked beginning at the time of beta selection. In contrast, the production of gammadelta TCR(+) thymocytes was unaffected. Similar results were obtained using fetal thymuses from ADA gene-targeted mice. Differentiation and proliferation were preserved by the introduction of a bcl-2 transgene or disruption of the gene encoding apoptotic protease activating factor-1. The pan-caspase inhibitor carbobenzoxy-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone also significantly lessened the effects of ADA deficiency and prevented the accumulation of dATP. Thus, ADA substrates accumulate and disrupt thymocyte development in ADA deficiency. These substrates derive from thymocytes that undergo apoptosis as a consequence of failing to pass developmental checkpoints, such as beta selection.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine Deaminase/deficiency
- Adenosine Deaminase/genetics
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Fetus/cytology
- Fetus/metabolism
- Hematopoiesis
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- L F Thompson
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 73104, USA.
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Haskó G, Kuhel DG, Chen JF, Schwarzschild MA, Deitch EA, Mabley JG, Marton A, Szabó C. Adenosine inhibits IL-12 and TNF-[alpha] production via adenosine A2a receptor-dependent and independent mechanisms. FASEB J 2000; 14:2065-74. [PMID: 11023991 DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-0508com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 389] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Interleukin 12 (IL-12) is a crucial cytokine in the regulation of T helper 1 vs. T helper 2 immune responses. In the present study, we investigated the effect of the endogenous purine nucleoside adenosine on the production of IL-12. In mouse macrophages, adenosine suppressed IL-12 production. Although the order of potency of adenosine receptor agonists suggested the involvement of A2a receptors, data obtained with A2a receptor-deficient mice showed that the adenosine suppression of IL-12 and even TNF-alpha production is only partly mediated by A2a receptor ligation. Studies with adenosine receptor antagonists or the adenosine uptake blocker dipyridamole showed that adenosine released endogenously also decreases IL-12. Although adenosine increases IL-10 production, the inhibition of IL-12 production is independent of the increased IL-10. The mechanism of action of adenosine was not associated with alterations of the activation of the p38 and p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinases or the phosphorylation of the c-Jun terminal kinase. Adenosine failed to affect steady-state levels of either IL-12 p35 or p40 mRNA, but augmented IL-10 mRNA levels. In summary, adenosine inhibits IL-12 production via various adenosine receptors. These results support the notion that adenosine-based therapies might be useful in certain autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases.
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- G Haskó
- Inotek Corp., Beverly, Massachusetts 01915, USA.
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Hershfield MS. IMMUNODEFICIENCY CAUSED BY ADENOSINE DEAMINASE DEFICIENCY. Radiol Clin North Am 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(22)00185-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Abbott CA, McCaughan GW, Levy MT, Church WB, Gorrell MD. Binding to human dipeptidyl peptidase IV by adenosine deaminase and antibodies that inhibit ligand binding involves overlapping, discontinuous sites on a predicted beta propeller domain. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 266:798-810. [PMID: 10583373 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is an atypical serine protease that modifies the biological activities of certain chemokines and neuropeptides. In addition, human DPPIV, also known as the T-cell activation antigen CD26, binds adenosine deaminase (ADA) to the T-cell surface, thus protecting the T-cell from adenosine-mediated inhibition of proliferation. Mutations were engineered into DPPIV (five point, 16 single point and six deletion mutations) to examine the binding of ADA and 19 monoclonal antibodies. Deletions of C-terminal residues from the 738-residue extracellular portion of DPPIV showed that the 214 residues C-terminal to Ser552 were not required for ADA binding and that peptidase activity could be ablated by deletion of 20 residues from the C-terminus. Point mutations at either of two locations, Leu294 and Val341, ablated ADA binding. Binding by six anti-DPPIV antibodies that inhibited ADA binding was found to require Leu340 to Arg343 and Thr440/Lys441 but not the 214 residues C-terminal to Ser552. The 13 other antibodies studied bound to a truncated DPPIV consisting of amino acids 1-356. Therefore, the binding sites on DPPIV of ADA and antibodies that inhibit ADA binding are discontinuous and overlapping. Moreover, the 47 and 97 residue spacing of amino acids in these binding sites concords with their location on a beta propeller fold consisting of repeated beta sheets of about 50 amino acids.
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- C A Abbott
- A.W. Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
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The role of adenosine receptor engagement in murine T-cell development was evaluated by culturing day 15-16 fetal thymic lobes in the presence of various concentrations of the adenosine receptor agonist 5'-(N-ethyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (NECA) or the adenosine receptor antagonist 8-phenyl-theophylline (8-PT) using the fetal thymic organ culture (FTOC) system. Before and 8 days after culture, thymocytes were isolated, counted, and analyzed for the expression of CD4 and CD8 T-cell differentiation molecules. Analysis of fresh thymocytes prior to culture showed that the majority of cells were of the CD4 single-positive or CD4+ CD8+ immature phenotype. Eight days after culture with media alone, 44% of cells were CD4+ and 23% were CD8+, and the number of viable thymocytes had increased from 1.7 x 10(5) to 2.2 x 10(5) cells per thymic lobe. A dose-dependent inhibition of maturation was observed in cultures with 8-PT, with greater than 85% inhibition at 50 microM. The double-positive thymocyte subset was most severely depleted. The number of cells obtained from cultures with NECA was also reduced, with about 65% inhibition at 50 microM, especially the CD8+ subset that was most severely affected. These results suggest that adenosine receptor engagement is required for normal T-cell differentiation and that adenosine receptor agonists and antagonists have distinct effects on thymocyte differentiation. An understanding of the cell-type-specific and developmental expression of adenosine receptors will help elucidate the mechanisms by which adenosine receptor engagement influences T-cell development.
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- M Hamad
- Department of Medical Technology, Zarka Private University, Jordan
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Apasov SG, Sitkovsky MV. The extracellular versus intracellular mechanisms of inhibition of TCR-triggered activation in thymocytes by adenosine under conditions of inhibited adenosine deaminase. Int Immunol 1999; 11:179-89. [PMID: 10069416 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.2.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The absence or low levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in humans result in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which is characterized by hypoplastic thymus, T lymphocyte depletion and autoimmunity. Deficiency of ADA causes increased levels of both intracellular and extracellular adenosine, although only the intracellular lymphotoxicity of accumulated adenosine is considered in the pathogenesis of ADA SCID. It is shown that extracellular but not intracellular adenosine selectively inhibits TCR-triggered up-regulation of activation markers and apoptotic events in thymocytes under conditions of ADA deficiency. The effects of intracellular adenosine are dissociated from effects of extracellular adenosine in experiments using an adenosine transporter blocker. We found that prevention of toxicity of intracellular adenosine led to survival of TCR-cross-linked thymocytes in long-term (4 days) assays, but it was not sufficient for normal T cell differentiation under conditions of inhibited ADA. Surviving TCR-cross-linked thymocytes had a non-activated phenotype due to extracellular adenosine-mediated, TCR-antagonizing signaling. Taken together the data suggest that both intracellular toxicity and signaling by extracellular adenosine may contribute to pathogenesis of ADA SCID. Accordingly, extracellular adenosine may act on thymocytes, which survived intracellular toxicity of adenosine during ADA deficiency by counteracting TCR signaling. This, in turn, could lead to failure of positive and negative selection of thymocytes, and to additional elimination of thymocytes or autoimmunity of surviving T cells.
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- S G Apasov
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA
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Yamashita Y, Hooker SW, Jiang H, Laurent AB, Resta R, Khare K, Coe A, Kincade PW, Thompson LF. CD73 expression and fyn-dependent signaling on murine lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol 1998; 28:2981-90. [PMID: 9808167 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199810)28:10<2981::aid-immu2981>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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CD73 is a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored protein with both ecto-enzyme activity (ecto-5'-nucleotidase) and signal transducing capabilities for human T lymphocytes. We now report an analysis of the distribution and function of CD73 in murine lymphoid tissues made possible by the development of the first monoclonal antibodies (mAb) specific for murine CD73. Subsets of T and B lymphocytes are CD73+ and the level of expression increases with lymphocyte maturation in both species. Among B cells, CD73 is largely restricted to cells which have undergone isotype switching. The signal transmitting function of CD73 is also conserved, as splenic T cells treated with anti-CD73 mAb plus phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate proliferate and secrete IL-2. Fyn-/- mice are unresponsive to CD73 ligation, however, demonstrating the requirement for this tyrosine kinase in CD73-mediated signal transduction. CD73 is down-regulated after mAb plus cross-linking, suggesting that expression may be controlled by interaction with a ligand. Only small numbers of thymocytes are CD73+, so CD73 receptor functions are unlikely to be important for developing T cells. However, immunohistochemical analysis reveals that reticular and vascular cells throughout the thymus and other lymphoid tissues are markedly CD73+. Therefore, CD73 might mediate lymphocyte-stromal cell interactions or condition the local microenvironment to facilitate lymphocyte development and/or function.
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- Y Yamashita
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, USA
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Thompson LF. New models for the study of adenosine deaminase deficiency. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1998; 431:447-9. [PMID: 9598108 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5381-6_88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- L F Thompson
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, USA
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CD73 or ecto-5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT) is a widely expressed ecto-enzyme which catalyzes the dephosphorylation of AMP and other nucleoside monophosphates. CD73 participates in purine salvage through this enzymatic activity, supplying cells with precursors for energy metabolism and nucleic acid biosynthesis. As an enzyme that produces adenosine, CD73 can also regulate adenosine receptor engagement in many tissues. However, CD73 also has functions independent of its enzyme activity. Like many glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored molecules, it transmits potent activation signals in T cells when ligated by antibodies. Less compelling evidence suggests that CD73 may function as a cell adhesion molecule. In the human immune system, CD73 is expressed on subsets of T and B cells, on germinal center follicular dendritic cells, and on thymic medullary reticular fibroblasts and epithelial cells. Many challenging areas remain to be explored before the role of CD73 in the immune system will be fully understood. These include an evaluation of the role of adenosine receptors in lymphoid development, the identification of physiological CD73 ligands, a functional assessment of the GPI anchor, and an analysis of the intricate cell-type-specific and developmental regulation of CD73 expression.
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- R Resta
- Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, USA
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Zimmermann H, Pearson JD. Extracellular Metabolism of Nucleotides and Adenosine in the Cardiovascular System. DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5603-9_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- R Resta
- Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, USA. regina
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