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Park IW, Fiadjoe HK, Chaudhary P. Impact of Annexin A2 on virus life cycles. Virus Res 2024; 345:199384. [PMID: 38702018 PMCID: PMC11091703 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2024.199384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
Abstract
Due to the limited size of viral genomes, hijacking host machinery by the viruses taking place throughout the virus life cycle is inevitable for the survival and proliferation of the virus in the infected hosts. Recent reports indicated that Annexin A2 (AnxA2), a calcium- and lipid-binding cellular protein, plays an important role as a critical regulator in various steps of the virus life cycle. The multifarious AnxA2 functions in cells, such as adhesion, adsorption, endocytosis, exocytosis, cell proliferation and division, inflammation, cancer metastasis, angiogenesis, etc., are intimately related to the various clinical courses of viral infection. Ubiquitous expression of AnxA2 across multiple cell types indicates the broad range of susceptibility of diverse species of the virus to induce disparate viral disease in various tissues, and intracellular expression of AnxA2 in the cytoplasmic membrane, cytosol, and nucleus suggests the involvement of AnxA2 in the regulation of the different stages of various virus life cycles within host cells. However, it is yet unclear as to the molecular processes on how AnxA2 and the infected virus interplay to regulate virus life cycles and thereby the virus-associated disease courses, and hence elucidation of the molecular mechanisms on AnxA2-mediated virus life cycle will provide essential clues to develop therapeutics deterring viral disease.
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- In-Woo Park
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States.
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States.
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Chikkamenahalli LL, Jessen E, Bernard CE, Ip WE, Breen-Lyles M, Cipriani G, Pullapantula SR, Li Y, AlAsfoor S, Wilson L, Koch KL, Kuo B, Shulman RJ, Chumpitazi BP, McKenzie TJ, Kellogg TA, Tonascia J, Hamilton FA, Sarosiek I, McCallum R, Parkman HP, Pasricha PJ, Abell TL, Farrugia G, Dasari S, Grover M. Single cell atlas of human gastric muscle immune cells and macrophage-driven changes in idiopathic gastroparesis. iScience 2024; 27:108991. [PMID: 38384852 PMCID: PMC10879712 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Gastrointestinal immune cells, particularly muscularis macrophages (MM) interact with the enteric nervous system and influence gastrointestinal motility. Here we determine the human gastric muscle immunome and its changes in patients with idiopathic gastroparesis (IG). Single cell sequencing was performed on 26,000 CD45+ cells obtained from the gastric tissue of 20 subjects. We demonstrate 11 immune cell clusters with T cells being most abundant followed by myeloid cells. The proportions of cells belonging to the 11 clusters were similar between IG and controls. However, 9/11 clusters showed 578-11,429 differentially expressed genes. In IG, MM had decreased expression of tissue-protective and microglial genes and increased the expression of monocyte trafficking and stromal activating genes. Furthermore, in IG, IL12 mediated JAK-STAT signaling involved in the activation of tissue-resident macrophages and Eph-ephrin signaling involved in monocyte chemotaxis were upregulated. Patients with IG had a greater abundance of monocyte-like cells. These data further link immune dysregulation to the pathophysiology of gastroparesis.
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- Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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Grindheim AK, Patil SS, Nebigil CG, Désaubry L, Vedeler A. The flavagline FL3 interferes with the association of Annexin A2 with the eIF4F initiation complex and transiently stimulates the translation of annexin A2 mRNA. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1094941. [PMID: 37250892 PMCID: PMC10214161 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1094941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Introduction: Annexin A2 (AnxA2) plays a critical role in cell transformation, immune response, and resistance to cancer therapy. Besides functioning as a calcium- and lipidbinding protein, AnxA2 also acts as an mRNA-binding protein, for instance, by interacting with regulatory regions of specific cytoskeleton-associated mRNAs. Methods and Results: Nanomolar concentrations of FL3, an inhibitor of the translation factor eIF4A, transiently increases the expression of AnxA2 in PC12 cells and stimulates shortterm transcription/translation of anxA2 mRNA in the rabbit reticulocyte lysate. AnxA2 regulates the translation of its cognate mRNA by a feed-back mechanism, which can partly be relieved by FL3. Results obtained using the holdup chromatographic retention assay results suggest that AnxA2 interacts transiently with eIF4E (possibly eIF4G) and PABP in an RNA-independent manner while cap pulldown experiments indicate a more stable RNA-dependent interaction. Short-term (2 h) treatment of PC12 cells with FL3 increases the amount of eIF4A in cap pulldown complexes of total lysates, but not of the cytoskeletal fraction. AnxA2 is only present in cap analogue-purified initiation complexes from the cytoskeletal fraction and not total lysates confirming that AnxA2 binds to a specific subpopulation of mRNAs. Discussion: Thus, AnxA2 interacts with PABP1 and subunits of the initiation complex eIF4F, explaining its inhibitory effect on translation by preventing the formation of the full eIF4F complex. This interaction appears to be modulated by FL3. These novel findings shed light on the regulation of translation by AnxA2 and contribute to a better understanding of the mechanism of action of eIF4A inhibitors.
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- Ann Kari Grindheim
- Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Regenerative Nanomedicine Laboratory (UMR1260), Faculty of Medicine, FMTS, INSERM-University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Regenerative Nanomedicine Laboratory (UMR1260), Faculty of Medicine, FMTS, INSERM-University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Dadashkhan S, Mirmotalebisohi SA, Poursheykhi H, Sameni M, Ghani S, Abbasi M, Kalantari S, Zali H. Deciphering crucial genes in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis and drug repurposing: A systems biology approach. J Proteomics 2023; 280:104890. [PMID: 36966969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2023.104890] [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: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/10/2023]
Abstract
This study employed systems biology and high-throughput technologies to analyze complex molecular components of MS pathophysiology, combining data from multiple omics sources to identify potential biomarkers and propose therapeutic targets and repurposed drugs for MS treatment. This study analyzed GEO microarray datasets and MS proteomics data using geWorkbench, CTD, and COREMINE to identify differentially expressed genes associated with MS disease. Protein-protein interaction networks were constructed using Cytoscape and its plugins, and functional enrichment analysis was performed to identify crucial molecules. A drug-gene interaction network was also created using DGIdb to propose medications. This study identified 592 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with MS disease using GEO, proteomics, and text-mining datasets. 37 DEGs were found to be important by topographical network studies, and 6 were identified as the most significant for MS pathophysiology. Additionally, we proposed six drugs that target these key genes. Crucial molecules identified in this study were dysregulated in MS and likely play a key role in the disease mechanism, warranting further research. Additionally, we proposed repurposing certain FDA-approved drugs for MS treatment. Our in silico results were supported by previous experimental research on some of the target genes and drugs. SIGNIFICANCE: As the long-lasting investigations continue to discover new pathological territories in neurodegeneration, here we apply a systems biology approach to determine multiple sclerosis's molecular and pathophysiological origin and identify multiple sclerosis crucial genes that contribute to candidating new biomarkers and proposing new medications.
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- Sadaf Dadashkhan
- Molecular Medicine Research Centre, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany; Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of New Scientist, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education & Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Pan H, Guo Z, Lv P, Hu K, Wu T, Lin Z, Xue Y, Zhang Y, Guo Z. Proline/serine-rich coiled-coil protein 1 inhibits macrophage inflammation and delays atherosclerotic progression by binding to Annexin A2. Clin Transl Med 2023; 13:e1220. [PMID: 36932468 PMCID: PMC10023832 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis (AS), the main pathological basis of life-threatening cardiovascular disease, is essentially caused by chronic macrophage inflammation. Overexpression of proline/serine-rich coiled-coil protein 1 (PSRC1) reduces macrophage inflammatory responses and delays AS development. However, the exact mechanism of PSRC1 is unclear. METHODS Proteins interacting with PSRC1 were screened by proteomics in RAW264.7 cells, followed by RT-qPCR, immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence to explore the specific mechanistic pathways affecting inflammation. CRISPR-Cas9 constructs for PSRC1-/- ApoE-/- (DKO) mice and high-fat diet-fed ApoE-/- and DKO mice were used for AS models for in vivo experiments. Upstream transcription factors of PSRC1 were predicted by ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq and UCSC, and the regulatory mechanism was verified by ChIP-qPCR and dual luciferase assays. Peripheral blood serum and monocytes were collected from coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and non-CAD patients. RESULTS Increased binding of ANXA2 to PSRC1 in macrophages under oxidized low-density lipoprotein stimulation and decreased release of ANXA2 to the extracellular compartment were observed. Knockdown of ANXA2 in AS model mice delayed AS progression. Knockdown of ANXA2 in DKO mice reversed the AS-promoting effect of PSRC1 knockdown. Mechanistically, ANXA2 promotes STAT3 phosphorylation, which in turn promotes inflammatory responses. In addition, SP1 is a PSRC1 upstream repressive transcription factor, and the SP1 inhibitor mithramycin (Mith) elevated PSRC1 expression and exerted anti-AS effects in AS model mice. Patients with CAD had considerably greater serum levels of ANXA2 than those without CAD, and Mith reduced the secretion of ANXA2 in peripheral blood monocytes of CAD patients. CONCLUSION In macrophages, PSRC1 can interact with ANXA2 to inhibit its extracellular release and delay AS development. SP1 is an upstream transcription factor of PSRC1 and inhibits the transcription of PSRC1. The SP1 inhibitor Mith can elevate PSRC1 levels and slow AS progression while reducing ANXA2 release from monocytes in CAD patients. Mith is expected to be a new agent for AS treatment.
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- Hangyu Pan
- Department of CardiologyState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure ResearchNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of PharmacyZhujiang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of Cardiovascular SurgeryNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of CardiologyState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure ResearchNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of Medicine UltrasonicsNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of CardiologyShenzhen HospitalHuazhong University of Science and Technology UnionShenzhenChina
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- Department of General PracticeNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of CardiologyState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure ResearchNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of CardiologyHuiqiao Medical CenterNanfang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Vogt BJ, Peters DK, Anseth KS, Aguado BA. Inflammatory serum factors from aortic valve stenosis patients modulate sex differences in valvular myofibroblast activation and osteoblast-like differentiation. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:6341-6353. [PMID: 36226463 PMCID: PMC9741081 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm00844k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a sexually dimorphic cardiovascular disease that is driven by fibrosis and calcification of the aortic valve leaflets. Circulating inflammatory factors present in serum from AVS patients contribute to sex differences in valve fibro-calcification by driving the activation of valvular interstitial cells (VICs) to myofibroblasts and/or osteoblast-like cells. However, the molecular mechanisms by which inflammatory factors contribute to sex-specific valve fibro-calcification remain largely unknown. In this study, we identified inflammatory factors present in serum samples from AVS patients that regulate sex-specific myofibroblast activation and osteoblast-like differentiation. After correlating serum proteomic datasets with clinical and in vitro myofibroblast datasets, we identified annexin A2 and cystatin C as candidate inflammatory factors that correlate with both AVS patient severity and myofibroblast activation measurements in vitro. Validation experiments utilizing hydrogel biomaterials as cell culture platforms that mimic the valve extracellular matrix confirmed that annexin A2 and cystatin C promote sex-specific VIC activation to myofibroblasts via p38 MAPK signaling. Additionally, annexin A2 and cystatin C increase osteoblast-like differentiation primarily in male VICs. Our results implicate serum inflammatory factors as potential AVS biomarkers that also contribute to sexually dimorphic AVS progression by driving VIC myofibroblast activation and/or osteoblast-like differentiation. Collectively, the results herein further our overall understanding as to how biological sex may impact inflammation-driven AVS and may lead to the development of sex-specific drug treatment strategies.
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- Brandon J Vogt
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80303, USA
- BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Wang G, Duan J, Pu G, Ye C, Li Y, Xiu W, Xu J, Liu B, Zhu Y, Wang C. The Annexin A2-Notch regulatory loop in hepatocytes promotes liver fibrosis in NAFLD by increasing osteopontin expression. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2022; 1868:166413. [PMID: 35413401 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The mechanisms underlying the progression of liver disease from simple hepatic steatosis to advanced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver fibrosis warrant further investigation. Increased mRNA levels of Annexin A2 protein (Anxa2) have been observed in patients with NASH. However, the role of Anxa2 in NASH remains unclear. METHODS The protein levels of Anxa2 were analyzed in the livers of mice and patients with NASH. Anxa2-knockout and -knockdown mice were generated, and NASH was induced through a high fructose, palmitate, and cholesterol (FPC) diet or methionine- and choline-deficient (MCD) diet. FINDINGS We found elevated expression of Anxa2 in the livers of patients and mice with NASH. Anxa2 knockdown but not knockout ameliorated liver fibrosis in both FPC and MCD diet-fed mice. Liver-specific Anxa2 overexpression increased collagen deposition in mice fed a normal diet. Mechanistically, Anxa2 overexpression in hepatocytes promoted hepatic stellate cell activation in a paracrine manner by increasing osteopontin expression. Notch inhibition suppressed the exogenous overexpression of Anxa2-induced osteopontin and endogenous Anxa2 expression. Additionally, Anxa2 overexpression accelerated the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice fed a high-fat diet. Moreover, Anxa2 levels were higher in NAFLD patients with advanced liver fibrosis than in those with mild liver fibrosis, as determined using the Gene Expression Omnibus database. INTERPRETATION In conclusion, we found increased Anxa2 expression in hepatocytes promoted liver fibrosis in NASH mice by increasing osteopontin expression. The Anxa2-Notch positive regulatory loop contributes to this process and represents a novel target for the treatment of NASH-related liver fibrosis.
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- Guangyan Wang
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Regeneration, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital and Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
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Alksne M, Kalvaityte M, Simoliunas E, Gendviliene I, Barasa P, Rinkunaite I, Kaupinis A, Seinin D, Rutkunas V, Bukelskiene V. Dental pulp stem cell-derived extracellular matrix: autologous tool boosting bone regeneration. Cytotherapy 2022; 24:597-607. [PMID: 35304075 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2022.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AIMS To facilitate artificial bone construct integration into a patient's body, scaffolds are enriched with different biologically active molecules. Among various scaffold decoration techniques, coating surfaces with cell-derived extracellular matrix (ECM) is a rapidly growing field of research. In this study, for the first time, this technology was applied using primary dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) and tested for use in artificial bone tissue construction. METHODS Rat DPSCs were grown on three-dimensional-printed porous polylactic acid scaffolds for 7 days. After the predetermined time, samples were decellularized, and the remaining ECM detailed proteomic analysis was performed. Further, DPSC-secreated ECM impact to mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) behaviour as well as its role in osteoregeneration induction were analysed. RESULTS It was identified that DPSC-specific ECM protein network ornamenting surface-enhanced MSC attachment, migration and proliferation and even promoted spontaneous stem cell osteogenesis. This protein network also demonstrated angiogenic properties and did not stimulate MSCs to secrete molecules associated with scaffold rejection. With regard to bone defects, DPSC-derived ECM recruited endogenous stem cells, initiating the bone self-healing process. Thus, the DPSC-secreted ECM network was able to significantly enhance artificial bone construct integration and induce successful tissue regeneration. CONCLUSIONS DPSC-derived ECM can be a perfect tool for decoration of various biomaterials in the context of bone tissue engineering.
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- Milda Alksne
- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- National Center of Pathology, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Molecular Insights on the Possible Role of Annexin A2 in COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Post-Infection Complications. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222011028. [PMID: 34681689 PMCID: PMC8538098 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected >235 million people and killed over 4.8 million individuals worldwide. Although vaccines have been developed for prophylactic management, there are no clinically proven antivirals to treat the viral infection. Continuous efforts are being made all over the world to develop effective drugs but these are being delayed by periodic outbreak of mutated SARS-CoV-2 and a lack of knowledge of molecular mechanisms underlying viral pathogenesis and post-infection complications. In this regard, the involvement of Annexin A2 (AnxA2), a lipid-raft related phospholipid-binding protein, in SARS-CoV-2 attachment, internalization, and replication has been discussed. In addition to the evidence from published literature, we have performed in silico docking of viral spike glycoprotein and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase with human AnxA2 to find the molecular interactions. Overall, this review provides the molecular insights into a potential role of AnxA2 in the SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and post-infection complications, especially thrombosis, cytokine storm, and insulin resistance.
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Leduc C, Dupont L, Joannes L, Monseur C, Baiwir D, Mazzucchelli G, Deroanne C, Colige A, Bekhouche M. In vivo N-Terminomics Highlights Novel Functions of ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14 in Skin Collagen Matrix Building. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:643178. [PMID: 33816558 PMCID: PMC8017238 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.643178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type I motif (ADAMTS)2 and ADAMTS14 were originally known for their ability to cleave the aminopropeptides of fibrillar collagens. Previous work using N-terminomic approach (N-TAILS) in vitro led to the identification of new substrates, including some molecules involved in TGF-β signaling. Here, N-TAILS was used to investigate the substrates of these two enzymes in vivo, by comparing the N-terminomes of the skin of wild type mice, mice deficient in ADAMTS2, in ADAMTS14 and in both ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14. This study identified 68 potential extracellular and cell surface proteins, with the majority of them being cleaved by both enzymes. These analyses comfort their role in collagen matrix organization and suggest their implication in inflammatory processes. Regarding fibrillar collagen, this study demonstrates that both ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14 are involved in the processing of the aminopropeptide of alpha1 and alpha2 type V collagen. It also revealed the existence of several cleavage sites in the Col1 domain and in the C-propeptide of type I collagens. In addition to collagens and other extracellular proteins, two major components of the cell cytoskeleton, actin and vimentin, were also identified as potential substrates. The latter data were confirmed in vitro using purified enzymes and could potentially indicate other functions for ADAMTS2 and 14. This original investigation of mouse skin degradomes by N-terminomic highlights the essential role of ADAMTS2 and ADAMTS14 in collagen matrix synthesis and turnover, and gives clues to better understand their functions in skin pathophysiology. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD022179.
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- Cédric Leduc
- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA Proteomic Facility, GIGA-Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA Proteomic Facility, GIGA-Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.,Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/University of Lyon Unité Mixte de Recherche 5305, Lyon, France.,Faculté d'Odontologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Qiu LW, Liu YF, Cao XQ, Wang Y, Cui XH, Ye X, Huang SW, Xie HJ, Zhang HJ. Annexin A2 promotion of hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis via the immune microenvironment. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26:2126-2137. [PMID: 32476780 PMCID: PMC7235202 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i18.2126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer with a dismal prognosis, especially when diagnosed at advanced stages. Annexin A2 (ANXA2), is found to promote cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. However, the underlining mechanisms of ANXA2 in immune escape of HCC remain poorly understood up to now. Herein, we summarized the molecular function of ANXA2 in HCC and its relationship with prognosis. Furthermore, we tentatively elucidated the underlying mechanism of ANXA2 immune escape of HCC by upregulating the proportion of regulatory T cells and the expression of several inhibitory molecules, and by downregulating the proportion of natural killer cells and dendritic cells and the expression of several inhibitory molecules or effector molecules. We expect a lot of in-depth studies to further reveal the underlying mechanism of ANXA2 in immune escape of HCC in the future.
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- Li-Wei Qiu
- Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University (Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute), Beijing 101149, China
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- Emergency Department, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Electric Power Hospital, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
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Roth K, Strickland J, Copple BL. Regulation of macrophage activation in the liver after acute injury: Role of the fibrinolytic system. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26:1879-1887. [PMID: 32390699 PMCID: PMC7201151 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i16.1879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The liver functions, in part, to prevent exposure of the body to potentially harmful substances ingested in the diet. While it is highly efficient at accomplishing this, it is frequently prone to liver injury due to the biotransformation of xenobiotics into toxic metabolites. To counter this injury, the liver has evolved a unique capacity to rapidly and efficiently repair itself. Successful resolution of acute liver injury relies on hepatic macrophage populations that orchestrate the reparative response. After injury, Kupffer cells, the resident macrophages of the liver, become activated and secrete proinflammatory cytokines. These cytokines recruit other immune cells, including monocyte-derived macrophages, to the liver where they contribute to the repair process. Monocyte-derived macrophages traffic into the necrotic foci where they rapidly phagocytose dead cell debris. Simultaneous with this process, these cells change phenotype from a proinflammatory macrophage to a pro-restorative macrophage that produce pro-mitogenic growth factors and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Ultimately this process triggers resolution of inflammation, and along with proliferation of other hepatic cells, restores the liver architecture and function. While the mechanisms regulating specific macrophage functions during repair remain to be elucidated, recent studies indicate a key role for the fibrinolytic system in coordinating macrophage function during repair. In this review, we will highlight the function and role of hepatic macrophages in repair after acute liver injury, and will discuss the role of the fibrinolytic enzyme, plasmin, in regulation of these various processes.
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- Katherine Roth
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States
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林 子, 刘 丹, 薛 雅, 吴 同, 曾 晓, 郭 志, 曹 世. [Serum annexin A2 level is significantly elevated in patients with coronary heart disease]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2020; 40:382-387. [PMID: 32376582 PMCID: PMC7167329 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.03.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the correlation of annexin A2 with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAD) and the severity of CAD. METHODS We collected data from a total of 200 inpatients admitted in our department between August, 2017 and August, 2019. According to the. RESULTS of coronary angiography, the patients were divided into CAD group (n=150) and non-CAD (n=50), and the CAD patients was further divided, according to their clinical stability, into stable angina (SAP) group and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) group. Serum levels of annexin A2, MPO and PON1 were detected in all these patients, and their correlations with CAD, disease severity, and degree of coronary artery stenosis were analyzed.ResultsThe levels of annexin A2 and MPO were significantly higher in CAD patients than in non-CAD patients (P < 0.05). Among the CAD patients, those with ACS had significantly higher levels of annexin A2 (P < 0.05) and lower levels of PON-1 (P < 0.05) than those with SAP, but annexin A2 level was not significantly correlated with coronary lesion count, Gensini score, or the co-morbidity of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Annexin A2 is significantly elevated in patients with CAD, especially in those with ACS, and can be used as a predictor of clinical instability.
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- 子祥 林
- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学南方医院心血管内科,广东 广州 510515Department of Cadiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Cell-surface translocation of annexin A2 contributes to bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by mediating inflammatory response in mice. Clin Sci (Lond) 2020; 133:789-804. [PMID: 30902828 DOI: 10.1042/cs20180687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bleomycin, a widely used anti-cancer drug, may give rise to pulmonary fibrosis, a serious side effect which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite the intensive efforts, the precise pathogenic mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis still remain to be clarified. Our previous study showed that bleomycin bound directly to annexin A2 (ANXA2, or p36), leading to development of pulmonary fibrosis by impeding transcription factor EB (TFEB)-induced autophagic flux. Here, we demonstrated that ANXA2 also played a critical role in bleomycin-induced inflammation, which represents another major cause of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. We found that bleomycin could induce the cell surface translocation of ANXA2 in lung epithelial cells through exosomal secretion, associated with enhanced interaction between ANXA2 and p11. Knockdown of ANXA2 or blocking membrane ANXA2 mitigated bleomycin-induced activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway and production of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 in lung epithelial cells. ANXA2-deficient (ANXA2-/-) mice treated with bleomycin exhibit reduced pulmonary fibrosis along with decreased cytokine production compared with bleomycin-challenged wild-type mice. Further, the surface ANXA2 inhibitor TM601 could ameliorate fibrotic and inflammatory response in bleomycin-treated mice. Taken together, our results indicated that, in addition to disturbing autophagic flux, ANXA2 can contribute to bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by mediating inflammatory response.
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Li C, Ma Y, Fei F, Zheng M, Li Z, Zhao Q, Du J, Liu K, Lu R, Zhang S. Critical role and its underlying molecular events of the plasminogen receptor, S100A10 in malignant tumor and non-tumor diseases. J Cancer 2020; 11:826-836. [PMID: 31949486 PMCID: PMC6959022 DOI: 10.7150/jca.36203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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S100A10 is a small molecular weight protein expressed in the cytoplasm of many cells and one of the members of the S100 protein family that binds calcium and forms the largest subgroup of EF-hand proteins. The regulatory processes of S100A10 are complicated. S100A10 participates in the regulation of a variety of tumor and non-tumor diseases through cascade reactions with multitudinous signaling molecules. In malignant tumors, such as acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and lung cancer, S100A10 is likely involved in their progression, including invasion and metastasis through the regulation of plasmin production and subsequent plasmin-dependent stimulation of other proteases, such as matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9. Both the plasmin and MMPs are capable of inducing degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and basement membrane, which is a critical step for tumor progression. In non-tumor diseases, the distribution of S100A10 in the brain and its interaction with 5-hydroxytryptamine 1B (5-HT1B) receptor, an important mediator in the central nervous system that maintains a dynamic balance of the neurotransmitters, correlates with depression-like behavior. S100A10 also participates in inflammatory responses through the regulation of peripheral macrophage migration to the inflammatory sites, which depends on the generation of plasmin and other proteinases at the surface of macrophages. Considerable attention should be paid to understand the significant role of S100A10 in the modulation of malignant tumor and non-tumor diseases.
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- Chunyuan Li
- Department of Pathology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of ophthalmology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, P.R. China
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Reciprocal regulation of pro-inflammatory Annexin A2 and anti-inflammatory Annexin A1 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Mol Biol Rep 2018; 46:83-95. [PMID: 30426384 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-018-4448-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Annexin A2 has been implicated in several immune modulated diseases including Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pannus formation. The most relied treatment option for RA pathogenesis is glucocorticoids. Glucocorticoids regulate the synthesis, phosphorylation and cellular deposition of Annexin A1. This annexin mediates the anti-inflammatory actions of glucocorticoids. These two first characterized members of annexin superfamily proteins acts reciprocally, one as an anti-inflammatory and the other proinflammatory in nature. The possibility of these molecules as soluble biomarkers and as an upstream regulator of major cytokine devastation at RA microenvironment has not been previously explored. Current study elucidates the reciprocal regulation of these two annexins in RA pathogenesis. These Annexin A2/A1 and downstream cytokines in RA serum were analysed by ELISA. Western blot, Immunocytochemistry, immunoprecipitation and Immunohistochemistry were adapted to analyse these molecules in tissue and synovial fibroblasts and also in different experimental conditions. Significant increase in the level of Annexin A2 was noticed in naïve RA patients compared to controls (14.582 ± 1.766 ng/ml vs. 7.37 ± 1.450 ng/ml; p ≤ 0.001). In remission cases significant low levels was detected. On the contrary, significant decrease in the level of Annexin A1 was noticed in naïve RA patients compared to healthy controls (12.322 ± 2.91 vs. 16.998 ± 4.298 ng/ml; p ≤ 0.001), wherein remission cases serum Annexin A1 was significantly high. The knockdown of proinflammatory Annexin A2 by siRNA/antibody treatment could mimic the glucocorticoid treatment as which induced cellular Annexin A1 and membrane translocation resulting in the terminal action. Current data elucidating the regulatory interplay between Annexin A2 and Annexin A1 in RA pathogenesis.
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Annexins in Translational Research: Hidden Treasures to Be Found. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19061781. [PMID: 29914106 PMCID: PMC6032224 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The vertebrate annexin superfamily (AnxA) consists of 12 members of a calcium (Ca2+) and phospholipid binding protein family which share a high structural homology. In keeping with this hallmark feature, annexins have been implicated in the Ca2+-controlled regulation of a broad range of membrane events. In this review, we identify and discuss several themes of annexin actions that hold a potential therapeutic value, namely, the regulation of the immune response and the control of tissue homeostasis, and that repeatedly surface in the annexin activity profile. Our aim is to identify and discuss those annexin properties which might be exploited from a translational science and specifically, a clinical point of view.
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Iparraguirre L, Muñoz-Culla M, Prada-Luengo I, Castillo-Triviño T, Olascoaga J, Otaegui D. Circular RNA profiling reveals that circular RNAs from ANXA2 can be used as new biomarkers for multiple sclerosis. Hum Mol Genet 2018. [PMID: 28651352 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, with higher prevalence in women, in whom the immune system is dysregulated. This dysregulation has been shown to correlate with changes in transcriptome expression as well as in gene-expression regulators, such as non-coding RNAs (e.g. microRNAs). Indeed, some of these have been suggested as biomarkers for multiple sclerosis even though few biomarkers have reached the clinical practice. Recently, a novel family of non-coding RNAs, circular RNAs, has emerged as a new player in the complex network of gene-expression regulation. MicroRNA regulation function through a 'sponge system' and a RNA splicing regulation function have been proposed for the circular RNAs. This regulating role together with their high stability in biofluids makes them seemingly good candidates as biomarkers. Given the dysregulation of both protein-coding and non-coding transcriptome that have been reported in multiple sclerosis patients, we hypothesised that circular RNA expression may also be altered. Therefore, we carried out expression profiling of 13.617 circular RNAs in peripheral blood leucocytes from multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls finding 406 differentially expressed (P-value < 0.05, Fold change > 1.5) and demonstrate after validation that, circ_0005402 and circ_0035560 are underexpressed in multiple sclerosis patients and could be used as biomarkers of the disease.
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- Leire Iparraguirre
- Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain.,Spanish Network of Multiple Sclerosis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain.,Spanish Network of Multiple Sclerosis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Neurology Department, Donostia University Hospital, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain.,Spanish Network of Multiple Sclerosis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Neurology Department, Donostia University Hospital, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurosciences Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain.,Spanish Network of Multiple Sclerosis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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Amhimmid Badr S, Waheeb Fahmi M, Mahmoud Nomir M, Mohammad El-Shishtawy M. Calcium channel α2δ1 subunit as a novel biomarker for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Biol Med 2018; 15:52-60. [PMID: 29545968 PMCID: PMC5842334 DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2017.0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objective: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide. The identification of new simple, inexpensive and highly accurate markers for HCC diagnosis and screening is needed. This case-control study evaluates the role of annexin A2 and voltage-gated calcium channels α2δ1 subunit as serum biomarkers for HCC diagnosis. Methods: The study comprised three groups: group 1, 50 patients with an initial diagnosis of HCC associated with chronic hepatitis C virus infection; group 2, 25 patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and cirrhosis without any evidence of HCC; and group 3, 15 healthy controls. All participants were subjected to clinical and laboratory investigations, and radiological scanning. The serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), annexin A2, and the α2δ1 subunit were evaluated by using ELISA technique. Results: The serum levels of annexin A2 significantly increased in patients with HCC (10.4±2.5 ng/mL; P<0.001) or with cirrhosis (9.31±1.8 ng/mL;P<0.001) comparing to that of healthy controls (0.296±0.09 ng/mL). However, there was no significant difference in serum annexin A2 levels in patients with HCC comparing to those with cirrhosis. Serum α2δ1 subunit significantly increased in patients with HCC (20.12±3.7 ng/mL) comparing to that in patients with cirrhosis (10.41±3.4 ng/mL,P<0.001) and healthy controls (10.2±2.9 ng/mL,P<0.001).
Conclusions: The serum α2δ1 subunit may function as a new biomarker for HCC diagnosis. Conversely, serum annexin A2 has low diagnostic value as an HCC marker, especially in patients with underlying cirrhosis.
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Solbak SMØ, Abdurakhmanov E, Vedeler A, Danielson UH. Characterization of interactions between hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase, annexin A2 and RNA - effects on NS5B catalysis and allosteric inhibition. Virol J 2017; 14:236. [PMID: 29228983 PMCID: PMC5725786 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-017-0904-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Direct acting antivirals (DAAs) provide efficient hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy and clearance for a majority of patients, but are not available or effective for all patients. They risk developing HCV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), for which the mechanism remains obscure and therapy is missing. Annexin A2 (AnxA2) has been reported to co-precipitate with the non-structural (NS) HCV proteins NS5B and NS3/NS4A, indicating a role in HCC tumorigenesis and effect on DAA therapy. Methods Surface plasmon resonance biosensor technology was used to characterize direct interactions between AnxA2 and HCV NS5B, NS3/NS4 and RNA, and the subsequent effects on catalysis and inhibition. Results No direct interaction between AnxA2 and NS3/NS4A was detected, while AnxA2 formed a slowly dissociating, high affinity (KD = 30 nM), complex with NS5B, decreasing its catalytic activity and affinity for the allosteric inhibitor filibuvir. The RNA binding of the two proteins was independent and AnxA2 and NS5B interacted with different RNAs in ternary complexes of AnxA2:NS5B:RNA, indicating specific preferences. Conclusions The complex interplay revealed between NS5B, AnxA2, RNA and filibuvir, suggests that AnxA2 may have an important role for the progression and treatment of HCV infections and the development of HCC, which should be considered also when designing new allosteric inhibitors. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12985-017-0904-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sara M Ø Solbak
- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. .,Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Defour A, Medikayala S, Van der Meulen JH, Hogarth MW, Holdreith N, Malatras A, Duddy W, Boehler J, Nagaraju K, Jaiswal JK. Annexin A2 links poor myofiber repair with inflammation and adipogenic replacement of the injured muscle. Hum Mol Genet 2017; 26:1979-1991. [PMID: 28334824 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Repair of skeletal muscle after sarcolemmal damage involves dysferlin and dysferlin-interacting proteins such as annexins. Mice and patient lacking dysferlin exhibit chronic muscle inflammation and adipogenic replacement of the myofibers. Here, we show that similar to dysferlin, lack of annexin A2 (AnxA2) also results in poor myofiber repair and progressive muscle weakening with age. By longitudinal analysis of AnxA2-deficient muscle we find that poor myofiber repair due to the lack of AnxA2 does not result in chronic inflammation or adipogenic replacement of the myofibers. Further, deletion of AnxA2 in dysferlin deficient mice reduced muscle inflammation, adipogenic replacement of myofibers, and improved muscle function. These results identify multiple roles of AnxA2 in muscle repair, which includes facilitating myofiber repair, chronic muscle inflammation and adipogenic replacement of dysferlinopathic muscle. It also identifies inhibition of AnxA2-mediated inflammation as a novel therapeutic avenue for treating muscle loss in dysferlinopathy.
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- Aurelia Defour
- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Research in Myology 75013, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, INSERM UMRS975, CNRS FRE3617, GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris 13, Paris, France
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- Center for Research in Myology 75013, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, INSERM UMRS975, CNRS FRE3617, GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris 13, Paris, France
- Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Ulster University, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SJ UK
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
- Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20052 USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
- Department of Integrative Systems Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20052 USA
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Wang Z, Wei Q, Han L, Cao K, Lan T, Xu Z, Wang Y, Gao Y, Xue J, Shan F, Feng J, Xie X. Tenascin-c renders a proangiogenic phenotype in macrophage via annexin II. J Cell Mol Med 2017; 22:429-438. [PMID: 28857429 PMCID: PMC5742692 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Tenascin-c is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein, the expression of which relates to the progression of atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and heart failure. Annexin II acts as a cell surface receptor of tenascin-c. This study aimed to delineate the role of tenascin-c and annexin II in macrophages presented in atherosclerotic plaque. Animal models with atherosclerotic lesions were established using ApoE-KO mice fed with high-cholesterol diet. The expression of tenascin-c and annexin II in atherosclerotic lesions was determined by qRT-PCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry analysis. Raw 264.7 macrophages and human primary macrophages were exposed to 5, 10 and 15 μg/ml tenascin-c for 12 hrs. Cell migration as well as the proangiogenic ability of macrophages was examined. Additionally, annexin II expression was delineated in raw 264.7 macrophages under normal condition (20% O2 ) for 12 hrs or hypoxic condition (1% O2 ) for 6-12 hrs. The expression of tenascin-c and annexin II was markedly augmented in lesion aorta. Tenascin-c positively regulated macrophage migration, which was dependent on the expression of annexin II in macrophages. VEGF release from macrophages and endothelial tube induction by macrophage were boosted by tenascin-c and attenuated by annexin II blocking. Furthermore, tenascin-c activated Akt/NF-κB and ERK signalling through annexin II. Lastly, hypoxia conditioning remarkably facilitates annexin II expression in macrophages through hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α but not HIF-2α. In conclusion, tenascin-c promoted macrophage migration and VEGF expression through annexin II, the expression of which was modulated by HIF-1α.
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- Zhiyang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Integrated Medical Information, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Integrated Medical Information, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Integrated Medical Information, Xi'an, China
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Foley JH, Conway EM. Cross Talk Pathways Between Coagulation and Inflammation. Circ Res 2017; 118:1392-408. [PMID: 27126649 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.116.306853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 378] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Anatomic pathology studies performed over 150 years ago revealed that excessive activation of coagulation occurs in the setting of inflammation. However, it has taken over a century since these seminal observations were made to delineate the molecular mechanisms by which these systems interact and the extent to which they participate in the pathogenesis of multiple diseases. There is, in fact, extensive cross talk between coagulation and inflammation, whereby activation of one system may amplify activation of the other, a situation that, if unopposed, may result in tissue damage or even multiorgan failure. Characterizing the common triggers and pathways are key for the strategic design of effective therapeutic interventions. In this review, we highlight some of the key molecular interactions, some of which are already showing promise as therapeutic targets for inflammatory and thrombotic disorders.
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- Jonathan H Foley
- From the Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (J.H.F.); Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis Unit, Royal Free NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (J.H.F.); and Centre for Blood Research, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (E.M.C.)
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- From the Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (J.H.F.); Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis Unit, Royal Free NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (J.H.F.); and Centre for Blood Research, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (E.M.C.).
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Nicolaou O, Kousios A, Hadjisavvas A, Lauwerys B, Sokratous K, Kyriacou K. Biomarkers of systemic lupus erythematosus identified using mass spectrometry-based proteomics: a systematic review. J Cell Mol Med 2016; 21:993-1012. [PMID: 27878954 PMCID: PMC5387176 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Advances in mass spectrometry technologies have created new opportunities for discovering novel protein biomarkers in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We performed a systematic review of published reports on proteomic biomarkers identified in SLE patients using mass spectrometry‐based proteomics and highlight their potential disease association and clinical utility. Two electronic databases, MEDLINE and EMBASE, were systematically searched up to July 2015. The methodological quality of studies included in the review was performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analyses guidelines. Twenty‐five studies were included in the review, identifying 241 SLE candidate proteomic biomarkers related to various aspects of the disease including disease diagnosis and activity or pinpointing specific organ involvement. Furthermore, 13 of the 25 studies validated their results for a selected number of biomarkers in an independent cohort, resulting in the validation of 28 candidate biomarkers. It is noteworthy that 11 candidate biomarkers were identified in more than one study. A significant number of potential proteomic biomarkers that are related to a number of aspects of SLE have been identified using mass spectrometry proteomic approaches. However, further studies are required to assess the utility of these biomarkers in routine clinical practice.
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- Orthodoxia Nicolaou
- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.,Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.,Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Rheumatology, Université catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.,Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Maji S, Chaudhary P, Akopova I, Nguyen PM, Hare RJ, Gryczynski I, Vishwanatha JK. Exosomal Annexin II Promotes Angiogenesis and Breast Cancer Metastasis. Mol Cancer Res 2016; 15:93-105. [PMID: 27760843 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-16-0163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Tumor-derived exosomes are emerging mediators of tumorigenesis and tissue-specific metastasis. Proteomic profiling has identified Annexin II as one of the most highly expressed proteins in exosomes; however, studies focused on the biological role of exosomal Annexin II (exo-Anx II) are still lacking. In this study, mechanistic insight was sought regarding exo-Anx II and its function in angiogenesis and breast cancer metastasis. Multiple in vitro and in vivo techniques were used to study the role of exo-Anx II in angiogenesis. Using atomic force microscopy and Western blotting, exo-Anx II expression was characterized in normal and breast cancer cells. In addition, organ-specific metastatic breast cancer cells and animal models were used to define the role exo-Anx II in breast cancer metastasis. Results revealed that exo-Anx II expression is significantly higher in malignant cells than normal and premetastatic breast cancer cells. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that exo-Anx II promotes tPA-dependent angiogenesis. Furthermore, in vivo analysis indicated that metastatic exosomes create a favorable microenvironment for metastasis, and exo-Anx II plays an important role in this process, as priming with Anx II-depleted exosomes reduces brain (∼4-fold) and lung (∼2-fold) metastasis. Upon delineating the mechanism, it was discovered that exo-Anx II causes macrophage-mediated activation of the p38MAPK, NF-κB, and STAT3 pathways and increased secretion of IL6 and TNFα. These data demonstrate an important role for exo-Anx II in breast cancer pathogenesis. IMPLICATIONS Exosome-associated Annexin II plays an important role in angiogenesis and breast cancer metastasis, which can be exploited as a potential biomarker as well as a therapeutic target for diagnosis and treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Mol Cancer Res; 15(1); 93-105. ©2016 AACR.
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- Sayantan Maji
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas. .,Institute for Cancer Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.,Institute for Cancer Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.,Institute for Cancer Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.,Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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Herath TDK, Darveau RP, Seneviratne CJ, Wang CY, Wang Y, Jin L. Heterogeneous Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS modulates immuno-inflammatory response, antioxidant defense and cytoskeletal dynamics in human gingival fibroblasts. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29829. [PMID: 27538450 PMCID: PMC4990928 DOI: 10.1038/srep29829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Periodontal (gum) disease is a highly prevalent infection and inflammation accounting for the majority of tooth loss in adult population worldwide. Porphyromonas gingivalis is a keystone periodontal pathogen and its lipopolysaccharide (PgLPS) acts as a major virulence attribute to the disease. Herein, we deciphered the overall host response of human gingival fibroblasts (HGFs) to two featured isoforms of tetra-acylated PgLPS1435/1449 and penta-acylated PgLPS1690 with reference to E. coli LPS through quantitative proteomics. This study unraveled differentially expressed novel biomarkers of immuno-inflammatory response, antioxidant defense and cytoskeletal dynamics in HGFs. PgLPS1690 greatly upregulated inflammatory proteins (e.g. cyclophilin, inducible nitric oxide synthase, annexins, galectin, cathepsins and heat shock proteins), whereas the anti-inflammatory proteins (e.g. Annexin A2 and Annexin A6) were significantly upregulated by PgLPS1435/1449. Interestingly, the antioxidants proteins such as mitochondrial manganese-containing superoxide dismutase and peroxiredoxin 5 were only upregulated by PgLPS1690. The cytoskeletal rearrangement-related proteins like myosin were differentially regulated by these PgLPS isoforms. The present study gives new insight into the biological properties of P. gingivalis LPS lipid A moiety that could critically modulate immuno-inflammatory response, antioxidant defense and cytoskeletal dynamics in HGFs, and thereby enhances our understanding of periodontal pathogenesis.
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- Thanuja D K Herath
- National Dental Centre Singapore, Singapore.,Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology &Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Förster Y, Schmidt JR, Wissenbach DK, Pfeiffer SEM, Baumann S, Hofbauer LC, von Bergen M, Kalkhof S, Rammelt S. Microdialysis Sampling from Wound Fluids Enables Quantitative Assessment of Cytokines, Proteins, and Metabolites Reveals Bone Defect-Specific Molecular Profiles. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159580. [PMID: 27441377 PMCID: PMC4956113 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Bone healing involves a variety of different cell types and biological processes. Although certain key molecules have been identified, the molecular interactions of the healing progress are not completely understood. Moreover, a clinical routine for predicting the quality of bone healing after a fracture in an early phase is missing. This is mainly due to a lack of techniques to comprehensively screen for cytokines, growth factors and metabolites at their local site of action. Since all soluble molecules of interest are present in the fracture hematoma, its in-depth assessment could reveal potential markers for the monitoring of bone healing. Here, we describe an approach for sampling and quantification of cytokines and metabolites by using microdialysis, combined with solid phase extractions of proteins from wound fluids. By using a control group with an isolated soft tissue wound, we could reveal several bone defect-specific molecular features. In bone defect dialysates the neutrophil chemoattractants CXCL1, CXCL2 and CXCL3 were quantified with either a higher or earlier response compared to dialysate from soft tissue wound. Moreover, by analyzing downstream adaptions of the cells on protein level and focusing on early immune response, several proteins involved in the immune cell migration and activity could be identified to be specific for the bone defect group, e.g. immune modulators, proteases and their corresponding inhibitors. Additionally, the metabolite screening revealed different profiles between the bone defect group and the control group. In summary, we identified potential biomarkers to indicate imbalanced healing progress on all levels of analysis.
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- Yvonne Förster
- University Center of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery and Center for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research, University Hospital “Carl Gustav Carus”, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital “Carl Gustav Carus”, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Centre for Microbial Communities, University of Aalborg, Aalborg East, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Coburg, Coburg, Germany
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- University Center of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery and Center for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research, University Hospital “Carl Gustav Carus”, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Dresden, Germany
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Müller HDHD, Cvikl BB, Lussi AA, Gruber RR. Salivary pellets induce a pro-inflammatory response involving the TLR4-NF-kB pathway in gingival fibroblasts. BMC Oral Health 2016; 17:15. [PMID: 27430277 PMCID: PMC4948095 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-016-0229-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Whole saliva provokes a substantial pro-inflammatory response in gingival fibroblasts. This raises the question whether the salivary pellet, which is used for diagnostic purposes, also has a pro-inflammatory capacity and, if yes, what the underlying mechanisms at the molecular level are. Methods We examined the ability of extensively washed salivary pellets to provoke the expression of chemokines in gingival fibroblasts by real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunoassays. Protein composition was determined with proteomic analysis. Endotoxins were analyzed by a Limulus assay and removed by affinity chromatography. The inhibitors TAK-242 and BAY11-7082 were used to determine the involvement of the TLR4 and NF-kB signaling, respectively. Western blot was performed to detect phosphorylated p65. Results The experiments show that salivary pellets and the corresponding washing solution contain pro-inflammatory activity without impairing cell viability. Proteomic analysis revealed proteins with a binding capacity for lipopolysaccharides, and the Limulus assay indicated the presence of endotoxin in the salivary pellets. Blocking TLR4 with TAK-242 and depletion of endotoxins both lowered the capacity of salivary pellets to increase chemokine expression and phosphorylation of p65. BAY11-7082 suppressed chemokine expression in response to the salivary pellets. Autoclaving salivary pellets also reduced their pro-inflammatory activity. Conclusions The data support the molecular mechanism of a TLR4-NF-kB-dependent pro-inflammatory response of the gingival fibroblasts exposed to preparations of washed salivary pellets. Together, the data indicate that the salivary pellet is rich in endotoxin but it is mainly a heat labile fraction that accounts for the chemokine expression in the bioassay. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12903-016-0229-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Heinz-Dieter H-D Müller
- Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3010, Bern, Switzerland. .,Department of Oral Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Capobianco V, Caterino M, Iaffaldano L, Nardelli C, Sirico A, Del Vecchio L, Martinelli P, Pastore L, Pucci P, Sacchetti L. Proteome analysis of human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (hA-MSCs) reveals impaired antioxidant ability, cytoskeleton and metabolic functionality in maternal obesity. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25270. [PMID: 27125468 PMCID: PMC4850482 DOI: 10.1038/srep25270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Maternal obesity increases the risk of obesity and/or obesity-related diseases in the offspring of animal models. The aim of this study was to identify metabolic dysfunctions that could represent an enhanced risk for human obesity or obesity-related diseases in newborn or in adult life, similar to what occurs in animal models. To this aim, we studied the proteome of 12 obese (Ob-) and 6 non-obese (Co-) human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (hA-MSCs) obtained from women at delivery by cesarean section (pre-pregnancy body mass index [mean ± SD]: 42.7 ± 7.7 and 21.3 ± 3.3 kg/m2, respectively). The proteome, investigated by two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis/mass spectrometry, revealed 62 differently expressed proteins in Ob- vs Co-hA-MSCs (P < 0.05), nine of which were confirmed by western blotting. Bioinformatics analysis showed that these 62 proteins are involved in several statistically significant pathways (P < 0.05), including the stress response, cytoskeleton and metabolic pathways. Oxidative stress was shown to be an early triggering factor of tissue fat accumulation and obesity-related disorders in the offspring of obese animal models. Our finding of a reduced stress response in Ob-hA-MSCs suggests that a similar mechanism could occur also in humans. Long-term follow-up studies of newborns of obese mothers are required to verify this hypothesis.
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- Valentina Capobianco
- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Scienze Riproduttive ed Odontostomatologiche, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Scienze Riproduttive ed Odontostomatologiche, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze chimiche, Via Cintia, Complesso Monte Sant'Angelo 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate S.C.a R.L., Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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The Annexin a2 Promotes Development in Arthritis through Neovascularization by Amplification Hedgehog Pathway. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150363. [PMID: 26963384 PMCID: PMC4786284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The neovascularization network of pannus formation plays a crucial role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Annexin a2 (Axna2) is an important mediating agent that induces angiogenesis in vascular diseases. The correlation between Axna2 and pannus formation has not been studied. Here, we provided evidence that compared to osteoarthritis (OA) patients and healthy people, the expression of Axna2 and Axna2 receptor (Axna2R) were up-regulated in patients with RA. Joint swelling, inflammation and neovascularization were increased significantly in mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) that were exogenously added Axna2. Cell experiments showed that Axna2 promoted HUVEC proliferation by binding Axna2R, and could activate Hedgehog (HH) signaling and up-regulate the expression of Ihh and Gli. Besides, expression of Ihh, Patched (Ptc), Smoothened (Smo) and Gli and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), angiogenic growth factor of HH signaling downstream, were down-regulated after inhibition of expression Axna2R on HUVEC. Together, our research definitely observed that over-expression of Axna2 could promote the development of CIA, especially during the process of pannus formation for the first time. Meanwhile, Axna2 depended on combining Axna2R to activate and enlarge HH signaling and the expression of its downstream VEGF, Ang-2 and MMP-2 to promote HUVEC proliferation, and eventually caused to angiogenesis. Therefore, the role of Axna2 is instructive for understanding the development of RA, suppress the effect of Axna2 might provide a new potential measure for treatment of RA.
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Annexin A2 binds to endosomes and negatively regulates TLR4-triggered inflammatory responses via the TRAM-TRIF pathway. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15859. [PMID: 26527544 PMCID: PMC4630631 DOI: 10.1038/srep15859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) derived from Gram-negative bacteria activates plasma membrane signaling via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) on host cells and triggers innate inflammatory responses, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated. Here we reveal a role for annexin A2 (AnxA2) in host defense against infection as anxa2−/− mice were highly susceptible to Gram-negative bacteria-induced sepsis with enhanced inflammatory responses. Computing analysis and biochemical experiments identified that constitutive AnxA2 expression facilitated TLR4 internalization and its subsequent translocation into early endosomal membranes. It activated the TRAM-dependent endosomal signaling, leading to the release of anti-inflammatory cytokines. Importantly, AnxA2 deficiency prolonged TLR4-mediated signaling from the plasma membrane, which was attributable to pro-inflammatory cytokine production (IL-6, TNFα and IL-1β). Thus, AnxA2 directly exerted negative regulation of inflammatory responses through TLR4-initiated TRAM-TRIF pathway occurring on endosomes. This study reveals AnxA2 as a critical regulator in infection-initiated inflammation, which protects the host from excessive inflammatory damage.
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Influenza A virus (IAV) is a serious global health problem worldwide due to frequent and severe outbreaks. IAV causes significant morbidity and mortality in the elderly population, due to the ineffectiveness of the vaccine and the alteration of T cell immunity with ageing. The cellular and molecular link between ageing and virus infection is unclear and it is possible that damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) may play a role in the raised severity and susceptibility of virus infections in the elderly. DAMPs which are released from damaged cells following activation, injury or cell death can activate the immune response through the stimulation of the inflammasome through several types of receptors found on the plasma membrane, inside endosomes after endocytosis as well as in the cytosol. In this review, the detriment in the immune system during ageing and the links between influenza virus infection and ageing will be discussed. In addition, the role of DAMPs such as HMGB1 and S100/Annexin in ageing, and the enhanced morbidity and mortality to severe influenza infection in ageing will be highlighted.
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Collins ES, Butt AQ, Gibson DS, Dunn MJ, Fearon U, van Kuijk AW, Gerlag DM, Pontifex E, Veale DJ, Tak PP, FitzGerald O, Pennington SR. A clinically based protein discovery strategy to identify potential biomarkers of response to anti-TNF-α treatment of psoriatic arthritis. Proteomics Clin Appl 2015; 10:645-62. [PMID: 26108918 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201500051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can be treated using biologic therapies targeting biomolecules such as tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukins (IL)-17 and IL-23. Although 70% PsA patients respond well to therapy, 30% patients show no or limited clinical improvement. Biomarkers that predict response to therapy would help to avoid unnecessary use of expensive biologics in nonresponding patients and enable alternative treatments to be explored. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patient synovial tissue samples from two clinical studies were analysed using difference in-gel electrophoresis-based proteomics to identify protein expression differences in response to anti-TNF-α treatment. Subsequent multiplexed MRM measurements were used to verify potential biomarkers. RESULTS A total of 119 proteins were differentially expressed (p<0.05) in response to anti-TNF-α treatment and 25 proteins were differentially expressed (p<0.05) between "good responders" and "poor responders". From these differentially expressed proteins, MRM assays were developed for four proteins to explore their potential as treatment predictive biomarkers. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Gel-based proteomics strategy has demonstrated differential protein expression in synovial tissue of PsA patients, in response to anti-TNF-α treatment. Development of multiplex MRM assays to these differentially expressed proteins has the potential to predict response to therapy and allow alternative, more effective treatments to be explored sooner.
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- Emily S Collins
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, University of Ulster, C-TRIC, Londonderry, UK
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, F4-105, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, F4-105, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, F4-105, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Li R, Tan S, Yu M, Jundt MC, Zhang S, Wu M. Annexin A2 Regulates Autophagy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection through the Akt1-mTOR-ULK1/2 Signaling Pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 195:3901-11. [PMID: 26371245 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Earlier studies reported that a cell membrane protein, Annexin A2 (AnxA2), plays multiple roles in the development, invasion, and metastasis of cancer. Recent studies demonstrated that AnxA2 also functions in immunity against infection, but the underlying mechanism remains largely elusive. Using a mouse infection model, we reveal a crucial role for AnxA2 in host defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as anxa2(-/-) mice manifested severe lung injury, systemic dissemination, and increased mortality compared with wild-type littermates. In addition, anxa2(-/-) mice exhibited elevated inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ), decreased bacterial clearance by macrophages, and increased superoxide release in the lung. We further identified an unexpected molecular interaction between AnxA2 and Fam13A, which activated Rho GTPase. P. aeruginosa infection induced autophagosome formation by inhibiting Akt1 and mTOR. Our results indicate that AnxA2 regulates autophagy, thereby contributing to host immunity against bacteria through the Akt1-mTOR-ULK1/2 signaling pathway.
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- Rongpeng Li
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58203; College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 211800, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58203; College of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58203; Department of Thoracic Oncology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People's Republic of China; and
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58203
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58203; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58203;
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Kumari S, Malla R. New Insight on the Role of Plasminogen Receptor in Cancer Progression. CANCER GROWTH AND METASTASIS 2015; 8:35-42. [PMID: 26279629 PMCID: PMC4521684 DOI: 10.4137/cgm.s27335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Revised: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Plasminogen system plays a crucial role in physiological and pathological events related to tissue regeneration, wound healing, immune response, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis. It gets activated when plasminogen associates with its cell surface receptors. Latest information on some of the well-explored plasminogen receptors such as annexin II–S100A10, cytokeratin 8, α-enolase, plasminogen receptor (KT) (Plg-R(KT)) and histone H2B has been discussed in the present review. These receptors can pave the way for effective new therapeutic and diagnostic strategies to counteract malignant diseases. CONCLUSION The present review concludes the key role of plasminogen receptors in extracellular matrix degradation, infiltration into surrounding tissues, neovascularization, invasion, metastasis and drug resistance. This review also discusses the possible effect of blocking these plasminogen receptors with monoclonal antibodies and DNA-based vaccination or silencing plasminogen receptor gene using small interfering RNA or short hairpin RNA to counteract cancer invasion and metastasis.
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- Seema Kumari
- Cancer Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Cancer Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Rangel-Zúñiga OA, Camargo A, Marin C, Peña-Orihuela P, Pérez-Martínez P, Delgado-Lista J, González-Guardia L, Yubero-Serrano EM, Tinahones FJ, Malagón MM, Pérez-Jiménez F, Roche HM, López-Miranda J. Proteome from patients with metabolic syndrome is regulated by quantity and quality of dietary lipids. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:509. [PMID: 26152126 PMCID: PMC4493955 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1725-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Metabolic syndrome is a multi-component disorder associated to a high risk of cardiovascular disease. Its etiology is the result of a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors, including dietary habits. We aimed to identify the target proteins modulated by the long-term consumption of four diets differing in the quality and quantity of lipids in the whole proteome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Results A randomized, controlled trial conducted within the LIPGENE study assigned 24 MetS patients for 12 weeks each to 1 of 4 diets: a) high-saturated fatty acid (HSFA), b) high-monounsaturated fatty acid (HMUFA), c) low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diets supplemented with placebo (LFHCC) and d) low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diets supplemented with long chain (LC) n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (LFHCC n-3). We analyzed the changes induced in the proteome of both nuclear and cytoplasmic fractions of PBMC using 2-D proteomic analysis. Sixty-seven proteins were differentially expressed after the long-term consumption of the four diets. The HSFA diet induced the expression of proteins responding to oxidative stress, degradation of ubiquitinated proteins and DNA repair. However, HMUFA, LFHCC and LFHCC n-3 diets down-regulated pro-inflammatory and oxidative stress-related proteins and DNA repairing proteins. Conclusion The long-term consumption of HSFA, compared to HMUFA, LFHCC and LFHCC n-3, seems to increase the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome, such as inflammation and oxidative stress, and seem lead to DNA damage as a consequence of high oxidative stress. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1725-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Oriol Alberto Rangel-Zúñiga
- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. .,Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain.
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. .,Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- UCD Institute of Food & Health/UCD Conway Institute, School of Public Health and Population Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Av. Menendez Pidal s/n. 14004, Córdoba, Spain. .,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Han Y, Ye J, Dong Y, Xu Z, DU Q. Expression and significance of annexin A2 in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and the association with E-cadherin. Exp Ther Med 2015; 10:549-554. [PMID: 26622352 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2015.2565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Annexin A2 is a calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein, involved in invasion, angiogenesis and migration in cancer cells. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the expression levels of annexin A2 and E-cadherin in gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC), and to investigate the association between the expression of annexin A2 and that of E-cadherin and Ki67, in addition to various clinicopathological factors. This study included 126 patients that were histopathologically diagnosed with GAC. Tissue samples were acquired by surgical resection, and annexin A2 mRNA expression levels were determined using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Annexin A2, E-cadherin and Ki67 protein expression levels were detected using western blot analysis and/or immunohistochemical staining. The expression of annexin A2 mRNA and protein was significantly upregulated in the GAC tissues. Annexin A2 expression was detected in 52/126 cases (41.3%) of gastric cancer (GC), and correlations were identified between annexin A2 expression and Tumor, Node, Metastasis (TNM) stage (P=0.002), lymph node metastasis (P=0.016) and distal metastasis (P=0.005). The positive expression rates of E-cadherin and Ki67 in the tumor tissue of patients with GAC were 27.8% (35/126) and 56.2% (71/126), respectively. A negative correlation was observed between the expression of annexin A2 and E-cadherin (P<0.001). No significant association was detected between the expression levels of annexin A2 and Ki67 (P=0.801). In conclusion, upregulated annexin A2 expression was associated with lymph node metastasis, distal metastasis, advanced TNM stage and E-cadherin expression in patients with GAC. The association between the expression of annexin A2 and that of E-cadherin may indicate an underlying mechanism by which annexin A2 contributes to the metastasis in GC, and thus annexin A2 may represent a potential target for the treatment of GAC.
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- Yuehua Han
- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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Joo NS, Evans IAT, Cho HJ, Park IH, Engelhardt JF, Wine JJ. Proteomic analysis of pure human airway gland mucus reveals a large component of protective proteins. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116756. [PMID: 25706550 PMCID: PMC4338240 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Airway submucosal glands contribute to innate immunity and protect the lungs by secreting mucus, which is required for mucociliary clearance and which also contains antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-proteolytic and anti-oxidant proteins. We stimulated glands in tracheal trimmings from three lung donors and collected droplets of uncontaminated mucus as they formed at the gland orifices under an oil layer. We analyzed the mucus using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Analysis identified 5486 peptides and 441 proteins from across the 3 samples (269-319 proteins per subject). We focused on 269 proteins common to at least 2 0f 3 subjects, of which 102 (38%) had protective or innate immunity functions. While many of these have long been known to play such roles, for many others their cellular protective functions have only recently been appreciated in addition to their well-studied biologic functions (e.g. annexins, apolipoproteins, gelsolin, hemoglobin, histones, keratins, and lumican). A minority of the identified proteins are known to be secreted via conventional exocytosis, suggesting that glandular secretion occurs via multiple mechanisms. Two of the observed protective proteins, major vault protein and prohibitin, have not been observed in fluid from human epithelial cultures or in fluid from nasal or bronchoalveolar lavage. Further proteomic analysis of pure gland mucus may help clarify how healthy airways maintain a sterile environment.
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- Nam Soo Joo
- The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States of America
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- The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America
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- The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States of America
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- The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America
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Senthilkumaran C, Hewson J, Ollivett TL, Bienzle D, Lillie BN, Clark M, Caswell JL. Localization of annexins A1 and A2 in the respiratory tract of healthy calves and those experimentally infected with Mannheimia haemolytica. Vet Res 2015; 46:6. [PMID: 25827591 PMCID: PMC4327810 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-014-0134-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Annexins A1 and A2 are proteins known to function in the stress response, dampening inflammatory responses and mediating fibrinolysis. We found, in healthy cattle recently arrived to a feedlot, that lower levels of these proteins correlated with later development of pneumonia. Here we determine the localization of annexin A1 and A2 proteins in the respiratory tract and in leukocytes, in healthy calves and those with Mannheimia haemolytica pneumonia. In healthy calves, immunohistochemistry revealed cytoplasmic expression of annexin A1 in the surface epithelium of large airways, tracheobronchial glands and goblet cells, to a lesser degree in small airways, but not in alveolar epithelium. Immunocytochemistry labeled annexin A1 in the cytoplasm of neutrophils from blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, while minimal surface expression was detected by flow cytometry in monocytes, macrophages and lymphocytes. Annexin A2 expression was detected in surface epithelium of small airways, some mucosal lymphocytes, and endothelium, with weak expression in large airways, tracheobronchial glands and alveolar septa. For both proteins, the level of expression was similar in tissues collected five days after intrabronchial challenge with M. haemolytica compared to that from sham-inoculated calves. Annexins A1 and A2 were both detected in leukocytes around foci of coagulative necrosis, and in necrotic cells in the center of these foci, as well as in areas outlined above. Thus, annexins A1 and A2 are proteins produced by airway epithelial cells that may prevent inflammation in the healthy lung and be relevant to development of pneumonia in stressed cattle.
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Annexin A2 as a target endothelial cell membrane autoantigen in Behçet's disease. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8162. [PMID: 25641213 PMCID: PMC4313095 DOI: 10.1038/srep08162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cell membrane proteins are believed to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. However, few membrane autoantigens have been linked with Behçet's disease. Here, a cell-chip was performed to identify autoantibody target cells, and the suspected autoantigens were detected using immunoblotting. The amino acid sequences of the detected proteins were determined using LC-MALDI-TOF/TOF. Putative proteins were recombinantly expressed and purified, and a corresponding ELISA was developed and clinically validated using real clinical samples. It was found that a 36-kDa membrane protein--annexin A2--was detected in approximately one-third of the patients' blood circulation. The immunohistochemistry results showed that annexin A2 was highly expressed in vascular endothelial cells. Moreover, vascular involvement was significantly higher in the anti-annexin A2 antibody-positive group versus the anti-annexin A2 antibody-negative group among all the clinical samples analyzed, indicating that annexin A2 is a novel endothelial cell membrane antigen involved in Behçet's disease.
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Cañas F, Simonin L, Couturaud F, Renaudineau Y. Annexin A2 autoantibodies in thrombosis and autoimmune diseases. Thromb Res 2014; 135:226-30. [PMID: 25533130 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2014.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by arterial, venous or small-vessel thrombotic events, and recurrent miscarriages or fetal loss. APS diagnosis is based on the repeated detection of anti-phospholipid (PL) antibodies (Ab), typically associated with anti-β2 glycoprotein I (β2GPI)-Ab. Recent studies suggest that anti-β2GPI Ab activity involves a protein complex including β2GPI and annexin A2 (ANXA2). Anti-ANXA2 Ab recognizes this complex, and these Ab can effectively promote thrombosis by inhibiting plasmin generation, and by activating endothelial cells. Therefore, anti-ANXA2 Ab represent a new biomarker, which can be detected in up to 25% of APS patients. Moreover, anti-ANXA2 Ab have been detected, in thrombotic associated diseases including pre-eclampsia, in other autoimmune diseases, and in cancer.
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- Felipe Cañas
- INSERM ESPRI, ERI29/EA2216 Immunology, Pathology and Immunotherapy, Labex IGO, SFR ScinBios, Réseau canaux ioniques et Réseau épigénétique du Cancéropôle Grand Ouest, European University of Brittany, Brest, France; Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA) School of Medicine and Health Sciences Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- INSERM ESPRI, ERI29/EA2216 Immunology, Pathology and Immunotherapy, Labex IGO, SFR ScinBios, Réseau canaux ioniques et Réseau épigénétique du Cancéropôle Grand Ouest, European University of Brittany, Brest, France; Laboratory of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Brest University Medical School Hospital, Morvan, Brest, France; Department of Internal Medicine, Brest University Medical School Hospital, Cavale Blanche, Brest, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Brest University Medical School Hospital, Cavale Blanche, Brest, France
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- INSERM ESPRI, ERI29/EA2216 Immunology, Pathology and Immunotherapy, Labex IGO, SFR ScinBios, Réseau canaux ioniques et Réseau épigénétique du Cancéropôle Grand Ouest, European University of Brittany, Brest, France; Laboratory of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Brest University Medical School Hospital, Morvan, Brest, France.
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Islam N, Whitehouse M, Mehendale S, Hall M, Tierney J, O'Connell E, Blom A, Bannister G, Hinde J, Ceredig R, Bradley BA. Post-traumatic immunosuppression is reversed by anti-coagulated salvaged blood transfusion: deductions from studying immune status after knee arthroplasty. Clin Exp Immunol 2014; 177:509-20. [PMID: 24749651 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Major trauma increases vulnerability to systemic infections due to poorly defined immunosuppressive mechanisms. It confers no evolutionary advantage. Our objective was to develop better biomarkers of post-traumatic immunosuppression (PTI) and to extend our observation that PTI was reversed by anti-coagulated salvaged blood transfusion, in the knowledge that others have shown that non-anti-coagulated (fibrinolysed) salvaged blood was immunosuppressive. A prospective non-randomized cohort study of patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty included 25 who received salvaged blood transfusions collected post-operatively into acid-citrate-dextrose anti-coagulant (ASBT cohort), and 18 non-transfused patients (NSBT cohort). Biomarkers of sterile trauma included haematological values, damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), cytokines and chemokines. Salvaged blood was analysed within 1 and 6 h after commencing collection. Biomarkers were expressed as fold-changes over preoperative values. Certain biomarkers of sterile trauma were common to all 43 patients, including supranormal levels of: interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1-receptor-antagonist, IL-8, heat shock protein-70 and calgranulin-S100-A8/9. Other proinflammatory biomarkers which were subnormal in NSBT became supranormal in ASBT patients, including IL-1β, IL-2, IL-17A, interferon (IFN)-γ, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α and annexin-A2. Furthermore, ASBT exhibited subnormal levels of anti-inflammatory biomarkers: IL-4, IL-5, IL-10 and IL-13. Salvaged blood analyses revealed sustained high levels of IL-9, IL-10 and certain DAMPs, including calgranulin-S100-A8/9, alpha-defensin and heat shock proteins 27, 60 and 70. Active synthesis during salvaged blood collection yielded increasingly elevated levels of annexin-A2, IL-1β, Il-1-receptor-antagonist, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-17A, IFN-γ, TNF-α, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α. Elevated levels of high-mobility group-box protein-1 decreased. In conclusion, we demonstrated that anti-coagulated salvaged blood reversed PTI, and was attributed to immune stimulants generated during salvaged blood collection.
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- N Islam
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, 1st Floor Learning & Research Building, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway; Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Institute of Technology Tralee, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
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Sandström von Tobel J, Zoia D, Althaus J, Antinori P, Mermoud J, Pak HS, Scherl A, Monnet-Tschudi F. Immediate and delayed effects of subchronic Paraquat exposure during an early differentiation stage in 3D-rat brain cell cultures. Toxicol Lett 2014; 230:188-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Andrade JMO, Lemos FDO, da Fonseca Pires S, Millán RDS, de Sousa FB, Guimarães ALS, Qureshi M, Feltenberger JD, de Paula AMB, Neto JTM, Lopes MTP, Andrade HMD, Santos RAS, Santos SHS. Proteomic white adipose tissue analysis of obese mice fed with a high-fat diet and treated with oral angiotensin-(1-7). Peptides 2014; 60:56-62. [PMID: 25102447 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Angiotensin-(1-7) has been described as a new potential therapeutic tool for the treatment and prevention of metabolic disorders by regulating several pathways in visceral white adipose tissue (vWAT). The aim of this study was to access the proteins differentially regulated by Ang-(1-7) using proteomic analysis of visceral adipose tissue. Male mice were divided into three groups and fed for 60 days, with each group receiving one of the following diets: standard diet+HPβCD (ST), high fat diet+HPβCD (HFD) and high fat diet+Ang-(1-7)/HPβCD (HFD+Ang-(1-7)). Body weight, fat weight and food intake were measured. At the end of treatment, Ang-(1-7) induced a decrease in body and fat weight. Differential proteomic analysis using two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) combined with mass spectrometry were performed. Results of protein mapping of mesenteric adipose tissue using 2-DE revealed the presence of about 450 spots in each gel (n=3/treatment) with great reproducibility (>70%). Image analysis and further statistical analysis allowed the detection and identification of eight proteins whose expression was modulated in response to HFD when compared to ST. Among these, two proteins showed a sensitive response to Ang-(1-7) treatment (eno1 and aldehyde dehydrogenase). In addition, three proteins were expressed statistically different between HFD+Ang-(1-7) and HFD groups, and four proteins were modulated compared to standard diet. In conclusion, comparative proteomic analysis of a mice model of diet-induced obesity allowed us to outline possible pathways involved in the response to Ang-(1-7), suggesting that Ang-(1-7) may be a useful tool for the treatment of metabolic disorders.
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- João Marcus Oliveira Andrade
- Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Nursing Department, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Pharmacology Department, Biological Sciences Institute (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Parasitology Department, Biological Sciences Institute (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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- Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Physical Training School, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Pharmacology Department, Biological Sciences Institute (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Parasitology Department, Biological Sciences Institute (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT-NanoBiofar), Physiology Department, Biological Sciences Institute (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Pharmacology Department, Biological Sciences Institute (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Lei Y, Wang K, Deng L, Chen Y, Nice EC, Huang C. Redox Regulation of Inflammation: Old Elements, a New Story. Med Res Rev 2014; 35:306-40. [PMID: 25171147 DOI: 10.1002/med.21330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Yunlong Lei
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041 P.R. China
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research Center; Chongqing Medical University; Chongqing 400016 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041 P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041 China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Monash University; Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041 P.R. China
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Tarassishin L, Casper D, Lee SC. Aberrant expression of interleukin-1β and inflammasome activation in human malignant gliomas. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103432. [PMID: 25054228 PMCID: PMC4108401 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objective Glioblastoma is the most frequent and malignant form of primary brain tumor with grave prognosis. Mounting evidence supports that chronic inflammation (such as chronic overactivation of IL-1 system) is a crucial event in carcinogenesis and tumor progression. IL-1 also is an important cytokine with species-dependent regulations and roles in CNS cell activation. While much attention is paid to specific anti-tumor immunity, little is known about the role of chronic inflammation/innate immunity in glioma pathogenesis. In this study, we examined whether human astrocytic cells (including malignant gliomas) can produce IL-1 and its role in glioma progression. Methods We used a combination of cell culture, real-time PCR, ELISA, western blot, immunocytochemistry, siRNA and plasmid transfection, micro-RNA analysis, angiogenesis (tube formation) assay, and neurotoxicity assay. Results Glioblastoma cells produced large quantities of IL-1 when activated, resembling macrophages/microglia. The activation signal was provided by IL-1 but not the pathogenic components LPS or poly IC. Glioblastoma cells were highly sensitive to IL-1 stimulation, suggesting its relevance in vivo. In human astrocytes, IL-1β mRNA was not translated to protein. Plasmid transfection also failed to produce IL-1 protein, suggesting active repression. Suppression of microRNAs that can target IL-1α/β did not induce IL-1 protein. Glioblastoma IL-1β processing occurred by the NLRP3 inflammasome, and ATP and nigericin increased IL-1β processing by upregulating NLRP3 expression, similar to macrophages. RNAi of annexin A2, a protein strongly implicated in glioma progression, prevented IL-1 induction, demonstrating its new role in innate immune activation. IL-1 also activated Stat3, a transcription factor crucial in glioma progression. IL-1 activated glioblastoma-conditioned media enhanced angiogenesis and neurotoxicity. Conclusions Our results demonstrate unique, species-dependent immune activation mechanisms involving human astrocytes and astrogliomas. Specifically, the ability to produce IL-1 by glioblastoma cells may confer them a mesenchymal phenotype including increased migratory capacity, unique gene signature and proinflammatory signaling.
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- Leonid Tarassishin
- Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Saunders NR, Noor NM, Dziegielewska KM, Wheaton BJ, Liddelow SA, Steer DL, Ek CJ, Habgood MD, Wakefield MJ, Lindsay H, Truettner J, Miller RD, Smith AI, Dietrich WD. Age-dependent transcriptome and proteome following transection of neonatal spinal cord of Monodelphis domestica (South American grey short-tailed opossum). PLoS One 2014; 9:e99080. [PMID: 24914927 PMCID: PMC4051688 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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This study describes a combined transcriptome and proteome analysis of Monodelphis domestica response to spinal cord injury at two different postnatal ages. Previously we showed that complete transection at postnatal day 7 (P7) is followed by profuse axon growth across the lesion with near-normal locomotion and swimming when adult. In contrast, at P28 there is no axon growth across the lesion, the animals exhibit weight-bearing locomotion, but cannot use hind limbs when swimming. Here we examined changes in gene and protein expression in the segment of spinal cord rostral to the lesion at 24 h after transection at P7 and at P28. Following injury at P7 only forty genes changed (all increased expression); most were immune/inflammatory genes. Following injury at P28 many more genes changed their expression and the magnitude of change for some genes was strikingly greater. Again many were associated with the immune/inflammation response. In functional groups known to be inhibitory to regeneration in adult cords the expression changes were generally muted, in some cases opposite to that required to account for neurite inhibition. For example myelin basic protein expression was reduced following injury at P28 both at the gene and protein levels. Only four genes from families with extracellular matrix functions thought to influence neurite outgrowth in adult injured cords showed substantial changes in expression following injury at P28: Olfactomedin 4 (Olfm4, 480 fold compared to controls), matrix metallopeptidase (Mmp1, 104 fold), papilin (Papln, 152 fold) and integrin α4 (Itga4, 57 fold). These data provide a resource for investigation of a priori hypotheses in future studies of mechanisms of spinal cord regeneration in immature animals compared to lack of regeneration at more mature stages.
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- Norman R. Saunders
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Genetics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia
- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Center for Evolutionary & Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Serum annexin A2 levels in acute brucellosis and brucellar spondylodiscitis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 33:1855-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2155-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Annexin A2: its molecular regulation and cellular expression in cancer development. DISEASE MARKERS 2014; 2014:308976. [PMID: 24591759 PMCID: PMC3925611 DOI: 10.1155/2014/308976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2013] [Revised: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Annexin A2 (ANXA2) orchestrates multiple biologic processes and clinical associations, especially in cancer progression. The structure of ANXA2 affects its cellular localization and function. However, posttranslational modification and protease-mediated N-terminal cleavage also play critical roles in regulating ANXA2. ANXA2 expression levels vary among different types of cancers. With some cancers, ANXA2 can be used for the detection and diagnosis of cancer and for monitoring cancer progression. ANXA2 is also required for drug-resistance. This review discusses the feasibility of ANXA2 which is active in cancer development and can be a therapeutic target in cancer management.
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Ka SM, Tsai PY, Chao TK, Yang SM, Hung YJ, Chen JS, Shui HA, Chen A. Urine annexin A1 as an index for glomerular injury in patients. DISEASE MARKERS 2014; 2014:854163. [PMID: 24591769 PMCID: PMC3925619 DOI: 10.1155/2014/854163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND We recently demonstrated high urine levels of annexin A1 (ANXA1) protein in a mouse Adriamycin-induced glomerulopathy (ADG) model. OBJECTIVE To establish ANXA1 as a potential biomarker for glomerular injury in patients. METHODS A time-course study in the mouse ADG model, followed by renal tissues and urine samples from patients with various types of glomerular disorders for ANXA1. RESULTS Urinary ANXA1 protein was (1) detectable in both the ADG model and in patients except those with minimal change disease (MCD); (2) positively correlated with renal lesions in patients; and (3) early detectable in diabetes patients with normoalbuminuria. CONCLUSIONS ANXA1 is a universal biomarker that is helpful in the early diagnosis, prognostic prediction, and outcome monitoring of glomerular injury. Measurement of urinary ANXA1 protein levels can help in differentiating MCD from other types of glomerular disorders.
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- Shuk-Man Ka
- Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Pharmacology, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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