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Phinney NZ, Huang X, Toombs JE, Brekken RA. Development of betabodies: The next generation of phosphatidylserine targeting agents. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107681. [PMID: 39159812 PMCID: PMC11416255 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107681] [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: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Externalized phosphatidylserine (PS) is a phospholipid and a selective marker of the tumor microenvironment (TME). It is exposed on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane of tumor-associated endothelial cells, apoptotic tumor cells, and some viable tumor cells, where it functions in part to suppress immune responses by binding to PS receptors expressed on tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells. PS has been targeted with antibodies, such as bavituximab, that bind the phospholipid via a cofactor, β2-glycoprotein 1 (β2GP1); these antibodies showed excellent specificity for tumor vasculature and induce an immune stimulatory environment. We have advanced this concept by developing the next generation of PS targeting agent, a fusion protein (betabody) constructed by linking PS-binding domain V of β2GP1 to the Fc of an IgG2a. Betabodies bind to externalized PS with high affinity (∼1 nM), without the requirement of a co-factor and localize robustly to the TME. We demonstrate that betabodies are a direct PS-targeting agent that has the potential to be used as anti-tumor therapy, drug delivery vehicles, and tools for imaging the TME.
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- Natalie Z Phinney
- Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Cancer Biology Graduate Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Cancer Biology Graduate Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Bode K, Bujupi F, Link C, Hein T, Zimmermann S, Peiris D, Jaquet V, Lepenies B, Weyd H, Krammer PH. Dectin-1 Binding to Annexins on Apoptotic Cells Induces Peripheral Immune Tolerance via NADPH Oxidase-2. Cell Rep 2020; 29:4435-4446.e9. [PMID: 31875551 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Uptake of apoptotic cells (ACs) by dendritic cells (DCs) and induction of a tolerogenic DC phenotype is an important mechanism for establishing peripheral tolerance to self-antigens. The receptors involved and underlying signaling pathways are not fully understood. Here, we identify Dectin-1 as a crucial tolerogenic receptor binding with nanomolar affinity to the core domain of several annexins (annexin A1, A5, and A13) exposed on ACs. Annexins bind to Dectin-1 on a site distinct from the interaction site of pathogen-derived β-glucans. Subsequent tolerogenic signaling induces selective phosphorylation of spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK), causing activation of NADPH oxidase-2 and moderate production of reactive oxygen species. Thus, mice deficient for Dectin-1 develop autoimmune pathologies (autoantibodies and splenomegaly) and generate stronger immune responses (cytotoxic T cells) against ACs. Our data describe an important immunological checkpoint system and provide a link between immunosuppressive signals of ACs and maintenance of peripheral immune tolerance.
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- Kevin Bode
- Division of Immunogenetics, Research Program Immunology and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Faculty of Biosciences, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Immunogenetics, Research Program Immunology and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Faculty of Biosciences, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Immunogenetics, Research Program Immunology and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Faculty of Biosciences, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Immunogenetics, Research Program Immunology and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Faculty of Biosciences, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Free University Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Attana AB, Greta Arwidssons v. 21, 11419 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; Immunology Unit and Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Immunogenetics, Research Program Immunology and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Immunogenetics, Research Program Immunology and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Kim Y, Wu L, Park HC, Yang HC. Reduction of fibrous encapsulation by polyethylene glycol-grafted liposomes containing phosphatidylserine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 15:065007. [PMID: 32615550 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/aba238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Biomedical implants tend to induce fibrous encapsulation which can cause malfunction of devices and local discomfort of patients. The purpose of this study was to reduce foreign body-induced fibrous capsule formation by immunomodulation of macrophages. Polyethylene-glycol-grafted liposomes containing phosphatidylserine (PEG-PSLs) were used to modulate macrophages. Mixed cellulose ester (MCE) membranes coated with a PEG-PSLs-entrapped alginate-gelatin matrix were subcutaneously implanted into rats, and the thickness of the fibrous capsule around each MCE membrane was analyzed after four weeks. PEG-PSLs significantly reduced fibrous capsule thickness, while liposomes containing phosphatidylserine (PSLs) did not affect fibrosis. In in vitro assays, PEG-PSLs suppressed TGF-β1 secretion and multinucleated giant cell (MGC) formation in IL-4-treated RAW 264.7, a murine macrophage cell line. Although PSLs inhibited MGC formation, they exerted no effect on the secretion of TGF- β1, which is known to be an important factor in tissue fibrosis. Therefore, our results suggest that PEG-PSLs reduce fibrous capsule formation by mediating the suppression of TGF-β1 secretion from macrophages.
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- Yongjoon Kim
- Department of Dental Biomaterials Science, Dental Research Institute and BK21 Plus Program, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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Scott‐Hewitt N, Perrucci F, Morini R, Erreni M, Mahoney M, Witkowska A, Carey A, Faggiani E, Schuetz LT, Mason S, Tamborini M, Bizzotto M, Passoni L, Filipello F, Jahn R, Stevens B, Matteoli M. Local externalization of phosphatidylserine mediates developmental synaptic pruning by microglia. EMBO J 2020; 39:e105380. [PMID: 32657463 PMCID: PMC7429741 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Neuronal circuit assembly requires the fine balance between synapse formation and elimination. Microglia, through the elimination of supernumerary synapses, have an established role in this process. While the microglial receptor TREM2 and the soluble complement proteins C1q and C3 are recognized as key players, the neuronal molecular components that specify synapses to be eliminated are still undefined. Here, we show that exposed phosphatidylserine (PS) represents a neuronal "eat-me" signal involved in microglial-mediated pruning. In hippocampal neuron and microglia co-cultures, synapse elimination can be partially prevented by blocking accessibility of exposed PS using Annexin V or through microglial loss of TREM2. In vivo, PS exposure at both hippocampal and retinogeniculate synapses and engulfment of PS-labeled material by microglia occurs during established developmental periods of microglial-mediated synapse elimination. Mice deficient in C1q, which fail to properly refine retinogeniculate connections, have elevated presynaptic PS exposure and reduced PS engulfment by microglia. These data provide mechanistic insight into microglial-mediated synapse pruning and identify a novel role of developmentally regulated neuronal PS exposure that is common among developing brain structures.
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- Nicole Scott‐Hewitt
- F.M. Kirby Center for NeurobiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric ResearchThe Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCambridgeMAUSA
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas UniversityPieve Emanuele (MI)Italy
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
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- Unit of Advanced Optical MicroscopyHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
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- F.M. Kirby Center for NeurobiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Laboratory of NeurobiologyMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingenGermany
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Cell BiologyLeibniz‐Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)BerlinGermany
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- F.M. Kirby Center for NeurobiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
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- F.M. Kirby Center for NeurobiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas UniversityPieve Emanuele (MI)Italy
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas UniversityPieve Emanuele (MI)Italy
- Present address:
Department of NeurologyWashington UniversitySt. LouisMOUSA
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- Laboratory of NeurobiologyMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingenGermany
- University of GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- F.M. Kirby Center for NeurobiologyBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric ResearchThe Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCambridgeMAUSA
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBoston Children's HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain PathologyNeurocenterHumanitas Clinical and Research Center ‐ IRCCSRozzano (MI)Italy
- CNR Institute of NeuroscienceMilanoItaly
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Low H, Mukhamedova N, Capettini LDSA, Xia Y, Carmichael I, Cody SH, Huynh K, Ditiatkovski M, Ohkawa R, Bukrinsky M, Meikle PJ, Choi SH, Field S, Miller YI, Sviridov D. Cholesterol Efflux-Independent Modification of Lipid Rafts by AIBP (Apolipoprotein A-I Binding Protein). Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2020; 40:2346-2359. [PMID: 32787522 PMCID: PMC7530101 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.120.315037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE AIBP (apolipoprotein A-I binding protein) is an effective and selective regulator of lipid rafts modulating many metabolic pathways originating from the rafts, including inflammation. The mechanism of action was suggested to involve stimulation by AIBP of cholesterol efflux, depleting rafts of cholesterol, which is essential for lipid raft integrity. Here we describe a different mechanism contributing to the regulation of lipid rafts by AIBP. Approach and Results: We demonstrate that modulation of rafts by AIBP may not exclusively depend on the rate of cholesterol efflux or presence of the key regulator of the efflux, ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter A-I). AIBP interacted with phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, which was associated with increased abundance and activation of Cdc42 and rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton. Cytoskeleton rearrangement was accompanied with reduction of the abundance of lipid rafts, without significant changes in the lipid composition of the rafts. The interaction of AIBP with phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate was blocked by AIBP substrate, NADPH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate), and both NADPH and silencing of Cdc42 interfered with the ability of AIBP to regulate lipid rafts and cholesterol efflux. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that an underlying mechanism of regulation of lipid rafts by AIBP involves PIP-dependent rearrangement of the cytoskeleton.
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- Hann Low
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.)
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (L.d.S.A.C., Y.X., S.-H.C., S.F., Y.I.M.).,Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (L.d.S.A.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (L.d.S.A.C., Y.X., S.-H.C., S.F., Y.I.M.)
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- Department of Monash Micro Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (I.C., S.H.C.)
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- Department of Monash Micro Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (I.C., S.H.C.)
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.)
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.)
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.).,Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan (R.O.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, DC (M.B.)
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (L.d.S.A.C., Y.X., S.-H.C., S.F., Y.I.M.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (L.d.S.A.C., Y.X., S.-H.C., S.F., Y.I.M.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla (L.d.S.A.C., Y.X., S.-H.C., S.F., Y.I.M.)
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.L., N.M., K.H., M.D., R.O., P.J.M., D.S.).,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia (D.S.)
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Garg S, Shivappagowdar A, Hada RS, Ayana R, Bathula C, Sen S, Kalia I, Pati S, Singh AP, Singh S. Plasmodium Perforin-Like Protein Pores on the Host Cell Membrane Contribute in Its Multistage Growth and Erythrocyte Senescence. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:121. [PMID: 32266171 PMCID: PMC7105882 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The pore forming Plasmodium Perforin Like Proteins (PPLP), expressed in all stages of the parasite life cycle are critical for completion of the parasite life cycle. The high sequence similarity in the central Membrane Attack Complex/ Perforin (MACPF) domain among PLPs and their distinct functional overlaps define them as lucrative target for developing multi-stage antimalarial therapeutics. Herein, we evaluated the mechanism of Pan-active MACPF Domain (PMD), a centrally located and highly conserved region of PPLPs, and deciphered the inhibitory potential of specifically designed PMD inhibitors. The E. coli expressed rPMD interacts with erythrocyte membrane and form pores of ~10.5 nm height and ~24.3 nm diameter leading to hemoglobin release and dextran uptake. The treatment with PMD induced erythrocytes senescence which can be hypothesized to account for the physiological effect of disseminated PLPs in loss of circulating erythrocytes inducing malaria anemia. The anti-PMD inhibitors effectively blocked intraerythrocytic growth by suppressing invasion and egress processes and protected erythrocytes against rPMD induced senescence. Moreover, these inhibitors also blocked the hepatic stage and transmission stage parasite development suggesting multi-stage, transmission-blocking potential of these inhibitors. Concievably, our study has introduced a novel set of anti-PMD inhibitors with pan-inhibitory activity against all the PPLPs members which can be developed into potent cross-stage antimalarial therapeutics along with erythrocyte senescence protective potential to occlude PPLPs mediated anemia in severe malaria.
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- Swati Garg
- Department of Life Science, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
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- Department of Life Science, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
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- Department of Life Science, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Life Science, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Lee JS. Immunologic Mechanism of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Transplantation. KOREAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION 2017. [DOI: 10.4285/jkstn.2017.31.3.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Jong Soo Lee
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
- Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan, Korea
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Li R, Chiguru S, Li L, Kim D, Velmurugan R, Kim D, Devanaboyina SC, Tian H, Schroit A, Mason RP, Ober RJ, Ward ES. Targeting Phosphatidylserine with Calcium-Dependent Protein-Drug Conjugates for the Treatment of Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 17:169-182. [PMID: 28939556 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-17-0092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
In response to cellular stress, phosphatidylserine is exposed on the outer membrane leaflet of tumor blood vessels and cancer cells, motivating the development of phosphatidylserine-specific therapies. The generation of drug-conjugated phosphatidylserine-targeting agents represents an unexplored therapeutic approach, for which antitumor effects are critically dependent on efficient internalization and lysosomal delivery of the cytotoxic drug. In the current study, we have generated phosphatidylserine-targeting agents by fusing phosphatidylserine-binding domains to a human IgG1-derived Fc fragment. The tumor localization and pharmacokinetics of several phosphatidylserine-specific Fc fusions have been analyzed in mice and demonstrate that Fc-Syt1, a fusion containing the synaptotagmin 1 C2A domain, effectively targets tumor tissue. Conjugation of Fc-Syt1 to the cytotoxic drug monomethyl auristatin E results in a protein-drug conjugate (PDC) that is internalized into target cells and, due to the Ca2+ dependence of phosphatidylserine binding, dissociates from phosphatidylserine in early endosomes. The released PDC is efficiently delivered to lysosomes and has potent antitumor effects in mouse xenograft tumor models. Interestingly, although an engineered, tetravalent Fc-Syt1 fusion shows increased binding to target cells, this higher avidity variant demonstrates reduced persistence and therapeutic effects compared with bivalent Fc-Syt1. Collectively, these studies show that finely tuned, Ca2+-switched phosphatidylserine-targeting agents can be therapeutically efficacious. Mol Cancer Ther; 17(1); 169-82. ©2017 AACR.
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- Ran Li
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas.,Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas
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- China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas. .,Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas
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Zimmerman JF, Parameswaran R, Murray G, Wang Y, Burke M, Tian B. Cellular uptake and dynamics of unlabeled freestanding silicon nanowires. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1601039. [PMID: 28028534 PMCID: PMC5161427 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
The ability to seamlessly merge electronic devices with biological systems at the cellular length scale is an exciting prospect for exploring new fundamental cell biology and in designing next-generation therapeutic devices. Semiconductor nanowires are well suited for achieving this goal because of their intrinsic size and wide range of possible configurations. However, current studies have focused primarily on delivering substrate-bound nanowire devices through mechanical abrasion or electroporation, with these bulkier substrates negating many of the inherent benefits of using nanoscale materials. To improve on this, an important next step is learning how to distribute these devices in a drug-like fashion, where cells can naturally uptake and incorporate these electronic components, allowing for truly noninvasive device integration. We show that silicon nanowires (SiNWs) can potentially be used as such a system, demonstrating that label-free SiNWs can be internalized in multiple cell lines (96% uptake rate), undergoing an active "burst-like" transport process. Our results show that, rather than through exogenous manipulation, SiNWs are internalized primarily through an endogenous phagocytosis pathway, allowing cellular integration of these materials. To study this behavior, we have developed a robust set of methodologies for quantitatively examining high-aspect ratio nanowire-cell interactions in a time-dependent manner on both single-cell and ensemble levels. This approach represents one of the first dynamic studies of semiconductor nanowire internalization and offers valuable insight into designing devices for biomolecule delivery, intracellular sensing, and photoresponsive therapies.
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- John F. Zimmerman
- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Diseases, School of Life Sciences and Medical Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Wang X, Yang C. Programmed cell death and clearance of cell corpses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:2221-36. [PMID: 27048817 PMCID: PMC11108496 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2196-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Programmed cell death is critical to the development of diverse animal species from C. elegans to humans. In C. elegans, the cell death program has three genetically distinguishable phases. During the cell suicide phase, the core cell death machinery is activated through a protein interaction cascade. This activates the caspase CED-3, which promotes numerous pro-apoptotic activities including DNA degradation and exposure of the phosphatidylserine "eat me" signal on the cell corpse surface. Specification of the cell death fate involves transcriptional activation of the cell death initiator EGL-1 or the caspase CED-3 by coordinated actions of specific transcription factors in distinct cell types. In the cell corpse clearance stage, recognition of cell corpses by phagocytes triggers several signaling pathways to induce phagocytosis of apoptotic cell corpses. Cell corpse-enclosing phagosomes ultimately fuse with lysosomes for digestion of phagosomal contents. This article summarizes our current knowledge about programmed cell death and clearance of cell corpses in C. elegans.
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- Xiaochen Wang
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, No. 7 Science Park Road, Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Bevers EM, Williamson PL. Getting to the Outer Leaflet: Physiology of Phosphatidylserine Exposure at the Plasma Membrane. Physiol Rev 2016; 96:605-45. [PMID: 26936867 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00020.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylserine (PS) is a major component of membrane bilayers whose change in distribution between inner and outer leaflets is an important physiological signal. Normally, members of the type IV P-type ATPases spend metabolic energy to create an asymmetric distribution of phospholipids between the two leaflets, with PS confined to the cytoplasmic membrane leaflet. On occasion, membrane enzymes, known as scramblases, are activated to facilitate transbilayer migration of lipids, including PS. Recently, two proteins required for such randomization have been identified: TMEM16F, a scramblase regulated by elevated intracellular Ca(2+), and XKR8, a caspase-sensitive protein required for PS exposure in apoptotic cells. Once exposed at the cell surface, PS regulates biochemical reactions involved in blood coagulation, and bone mineralization, and also regulates a variety of cell-cell interactions. Exposed on the surface of apoptotic cells, PS controls their recognition and engulfment by other cells. This process is exploited by parasites to invade their host, and in specialized form is used to maintain photoreceptors in the eye and modify synaptic connections in the brain. This review discusses what is known about the mechanism of PS exposure at the surface of the plasma membrane of cells, how actors in the extracellular milieu sense surface exposed PS, and how this recognition is translated to downstream consequences of PS exposure.
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- Edouard M Bevers
- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; and Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; and Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Pujari R, Kumar N, Ballal S, Eligar SM, Anupama S, Bhat G, Swamy BM, Inamdar SR, Shastry P. Rhizoctonia bataticola lectin (RBL) induces phenotypic and functional characteristics of macrophages in THP-1 cells and human monocytes. Immunol Lett 2015; 163:163-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 12/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ginisty A, Gély-Pernot A, Abaamrane L, Morel F, Arnault P, Coronas V, Benzakour O. Evidence for a Subventricular Zone Neural Stem Cell Phagocytic Activity Stimulated by the Vitamin K-Dependent Factor Protein S. Stem Cells 2015; 33:515-25. [DOI: 10.1002/stem.1862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Aurélie Ginisty
- CNRS ERL 7368; Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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- CNRS ERL 7368; Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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- CNRS ERL 7368; Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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- LITEC, EA 4331; University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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- CNRS ERL 7368; Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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- CNRS ERL 7368; Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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- CNRS ERL 7368; Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, University of Poitiers; Poitiers cedex 09 France
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Rieger D, Assinger A, Einfinger K, Sokolikova B, Geiger M. Protein C inhibitor (PCI) binds to phosphatidylserine exposing cells with implications in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and activated platelets. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101794. [PMID: 25000564 PMCID: PMC4084980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Protein C Inhibitor (PCI) is a secreted serine protease inhibitor, belonging to the family of serpins. In addition to activated protein C PCI inactivates several other proteases of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems, suggesting a regulatory role in hemostasis. Glycosaminoglycans and certain negatively charged phospholipids, like phosphatidylserine, bind to PCI and modulate its activity. Phosphatidylerine (PS) is exposed on the surface of apoptotic cells and known as a phagocytosis marker. We hypothesized that PCI might bind to PS exposed on apoptotic cells and thereby influence their removal by phagocytosis. Using Jurkat T-lymphocytes and U937 myeloid cells, we show here that PCI binds to apoptotic cells to a similar extent at the same sites as Annexin V, but in a different manner as compared to live cells (defined spots on ∼10-30% of cells). PCI dose dependently decreased phagocytosis of apoptotic Jurkat cells by U937 macrophages. Moreover, the phagocytosis of PS exposing, activated platelets by human blood derived monocytes declined in the presence of PCI. In U937 cells the expression of PCI as well as the surface binding of PCI increased with time of phorbol ester treatment/macrophage differentiation. The results of this study suggest a role of PCI not only for the function and/or maturation of macrophages, but also as a negative regulator of apoptotic cell and activated platelets removal.
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- Daniela Rieger
- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Physiology, Center for Phsiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Stevenson EV, Collins-McMillen D, Kim JH, Cieply SJ, Bentz GL, Yurochko AD. HCMV reprogramming of infected monocyte survival and differentiation: a Goldilocks phenomenon. Viruses 2014; 6:782-807. [PMID: 24531335 PMCID: PMC3939482 DOI: 10.3390/v6020782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The wide range of disease pathologies seen in multiple organ sites associated with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection results from the systemic hematogenous dissemination of the virus, which is mediated predominately by infected monocytes. In addition to their role in viral spread, infected monocytes are also known to play a key role in viral latency and life-long persistence. However, in order to utilize infected monocytes for viral spread and persistence, HCMV must overcome a number of monocyte biological hurdles, including their naturally short lifespan and their inability to support viral gene expression and replication. Our laboratory has shown that HCMV is able to manipulate the biology of infected monocytes in order to overcome these biological hurdles by inducing the survival and differentiation of infected monocytes into long-lived macrophages capable of supporting viral gene expression and replication. In this current review, we describe the unique aspects of how HCMV promotes monocyte survival and differentiation by inducing a “finely-tuned” macrophage cell type following infection. Specifically, we describe the induction of a uniquely polarized macrophage subset from infected monocytes, which we argue is the ideal cellular environment for the initiation of viral gene expression and replication and, ultimately, viral spread and persistence within the infected host.
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- Emily V Stevenson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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Miles LA, Lighvani S, Baik N, Parmer CM, Khaldoyanidi S, Mueller BM, Parmer RJ. New insights into the role of Plg-RKT in macrophage recruitment. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 309:259-302. [PMID: 24529725 PMCID: PMC4060795 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800255-1.00005-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Plasminogen (PLG) is the zymogen of plasmin, the major enzyme that degrades fibrin clots. In addition to its binding and activation on fibrin clots, PLG also specifically interacts with cell surfaces where it is more efficiently activated by PLG activators, compared with the reaction in solution. This results in association of the broad-spectrum proteolytic activity of plasmin with cell surfaces that functions to promote cell migration. Here, we review emerging data establishing a role for PLG, plasminogen receptors and the newly discovered plasminogen receptor, Plg-RKT, in macrophage recruitment in the inflammatory response, and we address mechanisms by which the interplay between PLG and its receptors regulates inflammation.
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- Lindsey A Miles
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA; Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, USA
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The interaction of plasminogen with cell surfaces results in promotion of plasmin formation and retention on the cell surface. This results in arming cell surfaces with the broad-spectrum proteolytic activity of plasmin. Over the past quarter century, key functional consequences of the association of plasmin with the cell surface have been elucidated. Physiologic and pathophysiologic processes with plasmin-dependent cell migration as a central feature include inflammation, wound healing, oncogenesis, metastasis, myogenesis, and muscle regeneration. Cell surface plasmin also participates in neurite outgrowth and prohormone processing. Furthermore, plasmin-induced cell signaling also affects the functions of inflammatory cells, via production of cytokines, reactive oxygen species, and other mediators. Finally, plasminogen receptors regulate fibrinolysis. In this review, we highlight emerging data that shed light on longstanding controversies and raise new issues in the field. We focus on (1) the impact of the recent X-ray crystal structures of plasminogen and the development of antibodies that recognize cell-induced conformational changes in plasminogen on our understanding of the interaction of plasminogen with cells; (2) the relationship between apoptosis and plasminogen binding to cells; (3) the current status of our understanding of the molecular identity of plasminogen receptors and the discovery of a structurally unique novel plasminogen receptor, Plg-RKT; (4) the determinants of the interplay between distinct plasminogen receptors and cellular functions; and (5) new insights into the role of colocalization of plasminogen and plasminogen activator receptors on the cell surface.
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- Lindsey A Miles
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Chai Y, Tian D, Yang Y, Feng G, Cheng Z, Li W, Ou G. Apoptotic regulators promote cytokinetic midbody degradation in C. elegans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 199:1047-55. [PMID: 23253479 PMCID: PMC3529525 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201209050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Cell death genes are essential for apoptosis and other cellular events, but their nonapoptotic functions are not well understood. The midbody is an important cytokinetic structure required for daughter cell abscission, but its fate after cell division remains elusive in metazoans. In this paper, we show through live-imaging analysis that midbodies generated by Q cell divisions in Caenorhabditis elegans were released to the extracellular space after abscission and subsequently internalized and degraded by the phagocyte that digests apoptotic Q cell corpses. We further show that midbody degradation is defective in apoptotic cell engulfment mutants. Externalized phosphatidylserine (PS), an engulfment signal for corpse phagocytosis, exists on the outer surface of the midbody, and inhibiting PS signaling delayed midbody clearance. Thus, our findings uncover a novel function of cell death genes in midbody internalization and degradation after cell division.
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- Yongping Chai
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Lioi AB, Rodriguez ALR, Funderburg NT, Feng Z, Weinberg A, Sieg SF. Membrane damage and repair in primary monocytes exposed to human β-defensin-3. J Leukoc Biol 2012; 92:1083-91. [PMID: 22837529 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0112046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Interactions of AMPs with plasma membranes of primary human immune cells are poorly characterized. Analysis of PI exclusion as a measure of membrane integrity indicated that hBD-3 caused membrane perturbations in monocytes but not T or B cells at concentrations typically used to kill bacteria or to induce activation of APCs. Bleb-like structures were observed in monocytes exposed to hBD-3. These cells also increased surface expression of LAMP1, a membrane repair marker after exposure to hBD-3. Furthermore, cell death was enhanced by adding an inhibitor of membrane repair. Removal of cholesterol from membranes resulted in greater susceptibility of cells to hBD-3, but cholesterol content was not different between the cell types, as assessed by filipin staining. Freshly isolated monocytes expressed higher levels of the negatively charged phospholipid, PS, on their outer leaflet compared with B or T cells. Preincubation of monocytes with molecules that bind PS protected these cells from hBD-3-induced membrane damage, suggesting that outer-membrane PS expression can at least partially explain monocyte susceptibility to hBD-3. The potential for membrane disruption caused by AMPs should be evaluated in various cell types when considering these molecules for therapeutic applications in humans.
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- Anthony B Lioi
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Mapes J, Chen YZ, Kim A, Mitani S, Kang BH, Xue D. CED-1, CED-7, and TTR-52 regulate surface phosphatidylserine expression on apoptotic and phagocytic cells. Curr Biol 2012; 22:1267-75. [PMID: 22727702 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phosphatidylserine (PS) normally confined to the cytoplasmic leaflet of plasma membrane (PM) is externalized to the exoplasmic leaflet (exPS) during apoptosis, where it serves as an "eat-me" signal to phagocytes. In addition, some living cells such as macrophages also express exPS. RESULTS A secreted Annexin V (sAnxV::GFP) PS sensor reveals that exPS appears early on apoptotic cells in C. elegans embryos and decreases in older or unengulfed apoptotic cells. This decrease in exPS expression is blocked by loss of CED-7, an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter, or TTR-52, a secreted PS binding protein. Phagocytic cells also express exPS, which is dependent on the activity of CED-7, TTR-52, and TTR-52-interacting phagocyte receptor CED-1. Interestingly, a secreted lactadherin PS sensor (sGFP::Lact(C1C2)) labels apoptotic cells but not phagocytes, prevents sAnxV::GFP from labeling phagocytes, and compromises phagocytosis. Immuno-electron micrographs of embryos expressing sAnxV::GFP or sGFP::Lact(C1C2) reveal the presence of extracellular PS-containing vesicles between the apoptotic cell and neighboring cells, which are absent or greatly reduced in the ced-7 and ttr-52 mutants, respectively, indicating that CED-7 and TTR-52 promote the generation of extracellular PS vesicles. Loss of the tat-1 gene, which maintains PS asymmetry in the PM, restores phagocyte exPS expression in ced-1, ced-7, and ttr-52 mutants and partially rescues their engulfment defects. CONCLUSIONS CED-7 and TTR-52 may promote the efflux of PS from apoptotic cells through the generation of extracellular PS vesicles, which lead to exPS expression on phagocytes via TTR-52 and CED-1 to facilitate cell corpse clearance.
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- James Mapes
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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C. elegans secreted lipid-binding protein NRF-5 mediates PS appearance on phagocytes for cell corpse engulfment. Curr Biol 2012; 22:1276-84. [PMID: 22727700 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND During programmed cell death, apoptotic cells are rapidly removed by phagocytes. How dying cells are recognized remains poorly understood. RESULTS Here we identify a secreted lipid transfer/LPS-binding family protein, NRF-5, which is required for efficient clearance of cell corpses. We observed that phosphatidylserine (PS), which is externalized to the outer leaflet of plasma membranes in apoptotic cells, is also detected on the surface of engulfing cells. Loss of NRF-5 function completely blocks PS appearance on engulfing cells but causes accumulation of PS on apoptotic cells, a phenotype observed in both ced-7(lf) and ttr-52(lf) mutants. The NRF-5 protein is expressed in and secreted from body wall muscle cells and clusters around apoptotic cells in a CED-7-dependent manner. NRF-5 associates with TTR-52, binds PS, and displays lipid transfer activity in vitro. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that NRF-5 may act with CED-7 and TTR-52 to mediate PS transfer from apoptotic cells to engulfing cells and thus promotes engulfment by phagocytes.
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Brown GC, Neher JJ. Eaten alive! Cell death by primary phagocytosis: 'phagoptosis'. Trends Biochem Sci 2012; 37:325-32. [PMID: 22682109 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Revised: 05/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Phagoptosis, also called primary phagocytosis, is a recently recognised form of cell death caused by phagocytosis of viable cells, resulting in their destruction. It is provoked by exposure of 'eat-me' signals and/or loss of 'don't-eat-me' signals by viable cells, causing their phagocytosis by phagocytes. Phagoptosis mediates turnover of erythrocytes, neutrophils and other cells, and thus is quantitatively one of the main forms of cell death in the body. It defends against pathogens and regulates inflammation and immunity. However, recent results indicate that inflamed microglia eat viable brain neurons in models of neurodegeneration, and cancer cells can evade phagocytosis by expressing a 'don't-eat-me' signal, suggesting that too much or too little phagoptosis can contribute to pathology. This review provides an overview of the molecular signals that regulate phagoptosis and the physiological and pathological circumstances in which it has been observed.
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- Guy C Brown
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK.
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A cell undergoing apoptosis demonstrates multitude of characteristic morphological and biochemical features, which vary depending on the inducer of apoptosis, cell type and the "time window" at which the process of apoptosis is observed. Because the gross majority of apoptotic hallmarks can be revealed by flow and image cytometry, the cytometric methods become a technology of choice in diverse studies of cellular demise. Variety of cytometric methods designed to identify apoptotic cells, detect particular events of apoptosis and probe mechanisms associated with this mode of cell death have been developed during the past two decades. In the present review, we outline commonly used methods that are based on the assessment of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, activation of caspases, DNA fragmentation, and plasma membrane alterations. We also present novel developments in the field such as the use of cyanine SYTO and TO-PRO family of probes. Strategies of selecting the optimal multiparameter approaches, as well as potential difficulties in the experimental procedures, are thoroughly summarized.
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Phagocytotic competence of differentiated U937 cells for colloidal drug delivery systems in immune cells. Inflammation 2011; 34:99-110. [PMID: 20419390 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-010-9213-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Drug delivery into immune cells has high potential for the treatment of all kinds of inflammation, allowing a target-oriented transport of active agents. The advantage of this local drug release is the prevention of negative effects of systemic applications and low-dose application. Thereby, the phagocytotic capability of mature phagocytes is essential. Microparticles can be loaded with immune regulatory substances to control and terminate inflammatory processes. In this study, silica microparticles were co-incubated with monocyte/macrophage-like cells in order to determine phagocytotic particle uptake. The phorbol ester-triggered differentiation was proven by the increased expression of surface markers as phosphatidylserine and CD14 and enhanced lysosomal activity. Particle/cell co-incubation results in cell surface attachment followed by phagocytosis. Phagolysosomal ingestion could be determined by co-localization using fluorescence staining techniques. In contrast, no particle interaction with undifferentiated cells could be found. Under phagolysosomal conditions, multilayer degradation within 22 h could be shown, indicating a valuable carrier basis design for the time-controlled delivery of active agents. Subsequently, it can be assumed that a higher differentiation degree allows phagocytosis of microparticles, providing drug delivery into immuno-active cells.
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Das R, Plow EF. Phosphatidylserine as an anchor for plasminogen and its plasminogen receptor, histone H2B, to the macrophage surface. J Thromb Haemost 2011; 9:339-49. [PMID: 21040449 PMCID: PMC3881192 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04132.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Plasminogen (Plg) binding to cell surface Plg receptors (Plg-Rs) on the surface of macrophages facilitates Plg activation and migration of these cells. Histone H2B (H2B) acts as a Plg-R and its cell surface expression is up-regulated when monocytes are differentiated to macrophages via a pathway dependent on L-type Ca(2+) channels and intracellular Ca(2+). OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the mechanism by which H2B, a protein without a transmembrane domain, is retained on the macrophage surface. METHODS THP-1 monocytoid cells were induced to differentiate with interferon gamma + Vitamin D3 or to undergo apoptosis by treatment with camptothecin. Flow cytometry and cell surface biotinylation followed by Western blotting were used to measure the interrelationship between Plg binding, cell surface expression of H2B and outer membrane exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS). RESULTS H2B interacted directly with PS via an electrostatic interaction. Anti-PS or PS binding proteins, annexin V and protein S, diminished H2B interaction with PS on the surface of differentiated or apoptotic cells and these same reagents inhibited Plg binding to these cells. L-type Ca(2+) channels played a significant role in PS exposure, H2B surface expression and Plg binding induced either by differentiation or apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that H2B tethers to the surface of cells by interacting with PS on differentiated or apoptotic monocytoid cells. L-type Ca(2+) channels regulate PS exposure on the surface of these cells. The exposed PS interacts directly with H2B and hence provides sites for Plg to bind to.
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- R Das
- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Frey B, Gaipl US. The immune functions of phosphatidylserine in membranes of dying cells and microvesicles. Semin Immunopathol 2010; 33:497-516. [DOI: 10.1007/s00281-010-0228-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mikołajczyk TP, Skrzeczyńska-Moncznik JE, Zarebski MA, Marewicz EA, Wiśniewska AM, Dzieba M, Dobrucki JW, Pryjma JR. Interaction of human peripheral blood monocytes with apoptotic polymorphonuclear cells. Immunology 2009; 128:103-13. [PMID: 19689740 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Macrophages have the potential to recognize apoptotic neutrophils and phagocytose them while the same function for monocytes is uncertain. In fact, early findings indicated that monocytes started to phagocytose neutrophils on the third day of differentiation to macrophages. Here we show, using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy, that peripheral blood monocytes phagocytose apoptotic but not freshly isolated granulocytes. Recognition of apoptotic cells is predominantly connected with CD16(+) monocytes (CD14(high) CD16(+) and CD14(dim) CD16(+)) and requires CD36. Clearance of apoptotic polymorphonuclear leucocytes appears to be independent of the CD14 mechanism. Uptake of apoptotic Jurkat T cells by monocytes is CD14 and CD36 dependent. Liposomes containing phosphatidyl-l-serine reduce binding of apoptotic polymorphonuclear leucocytes. Lipopolysaccharide-activated subpopulations of monocytes while in contact with apoptotic cells produce more anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 whereas the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta is reduced.
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- Tomasz P Mikołajczyk
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa, Cracow, Poland.
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Lund PK, Øvstebø R, Møller AW, Olstad OK, Landsverk KS, Hellum M, Kierulf P. Using global gene expression patterns to characterize Annexin V positive and negative human monocytes in culture. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2009; 69:251-64. [DOI: 10.1080/00365510802499399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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This chapter illustrates some of the considerations that need to be made when analyzing nitric oxide (NO) metabolism of the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. These considerations are pertinent to other bacteria and, in particular, other pathogens. First, because of the small culture volumes that can generally be managed safely, culture experiments are maintained in small volumes. We show a method for simultaneously measuring oxygen and nitric oxide during growth of N. meningitidis in a bioreactor/electrode chamber adapted from commercially available equipment. NO and NO-generating compounds can be used to investigate the impact of NO on N. meningitidis metabolism and gene expression in pure culture. Also, methods are described for analyzing the role of NO during the interaction between N. meningitidis and human macrophage cells that generate NO.
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Distinct MAPK signaling pathways, p21 up-regulation and caspase-mediated p21 cleavage establishes the fate of U937 cells exposed to 3-hydrogenkwadaphnin: Differentiation versus apoptosis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2008; 230:86-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Revised: 02/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Apoptotic cell death is an essential and highly ordered process that contributes to both the development and the homeostasis of multicellular organisms. It is associated with dramatic biochemical and cell biological events within the dying cell, including fragmentation of the nucleus and the redistribution of intracellular proteins and membrane lipids. It has long been apparent that phagocytic clearance of the cell corpse is an integral part of the apoptotic process; apoptotic clearance also may be essential in tissue homeostasis. During the cell death process, apoptotic cells acquire new cell surface determinants for specific recognition by responder phagocytes and suppression of immune responsiveness. Recent studies indicate that these determinants are well conserved throughout metazoan evolution; remarkably, their recognition shows no species-specific restriction. Professional and non-professional phagocytes recognize and respond to apoptotic cells similarly, notably with the immediate-early transcriptional repression of a variety of specific genes including those encoding inflammatory cytokines. Secondary responses following engulfment of the apoptotic corpse, utilizing several distinct mechanisms, enhance and sustain this apoptotic suppression. In this review, we highlight the central role of apoptotic cells in innate homeostatic regulation of immunity.
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Boettner DR, Huston CD, Linford AS, Buss SN, Houpt E, Sherman NE, Petri WA. Entamoeba histolytica phagocytosis of human erythrocytes involves PATMK, a member of the transmembrane kinase family. PLoS Pathog 2008; 4:e8. [PMID: 18208324 PMCID: PMC2211552 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0040008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Entamoeba histolytica is the cause of amebic colitis and liver abscess. This parasite induces apoptosis in host cells and utilizes exposed ligands such as phosphatidylserine to ingest the apoptotic corpses and invade deeper into host tissue. The purpose of this work was to identify amebic proteins involved in the recognition and ingestion of dead cells. A member of the transmembrane kinase family, phagosome-associated TMK96 (PATMK), was identified in a proteomic screen for early phagosomal proteins. Anti-peptide affinity-purified antibody produced against PATMK demonstrated that it was a type I integral membrane protein that was expressed on the trophozoite surface, and that co-localized with human erythrocytes at the site of contact. The role of PATMK in erythrophagocytosis in vitro was demonstrated by: (i) incubation of ameba with anti-PATMK antibodies; (ii) PATMK mRNA knock-down using a novel shRNA expression system; and (iii) expression of a carboxy-truncation of PATMK (PATMKΔ932). Expression of the carboxy-truncation of PATMKΔ932 also caused a specific reduction in the ability of E. histolytica to establish infection in the intestinal model of amebiasis, however these amebae retained the ability to cause hepatic abscesses when directly injected in the liver. In conclusion, PATMK was identified as a member of the TMK family that participates in erythrophagocytosis and is uniquely required for intestinal infection. There is a highly ordered process by which the parasite Entamoeba histolytica interacts with human cells. Adherence via a parasite lectin is followed in seconds by killing, with only the corpse and not a living cell ingested by the ameba. This process is so central to pathogenesis that clinicians use the presence of ingested erythrocytes to identify E. histolytica and distinguish it from harmless commensal amebae of the gut. We hypothesized that identification of molecules involved in the ingestion of the corpse might provide insight into how amebae cause colitis. We identified a member of the transmembrane kinase family as an early component of the phagosome. Inhibition of this kinase blocked red cell ingestion and prevented amebae from colonizing and invading the gut. There was no impact on dominant-negative parasites to cause liver abscess, suggesting the pathogenesis program differs between anatomic sites. Future studies of the transmembrane kinanse in erythrophagocytosis may provide insight into how amebae colonize and invade the gut, with the ultimate goal of preventing disease.
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- Douglas R Boettner
- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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van Genderen HO, Kenis H, Hofstra L, Narula J, Reutelingsperger CPM. Extracellular annexin A5: functions of phosphatidylserine-binding and two-dimensional crystallization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:953-63. [PMID: 18334229 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2007] [Revised: 01/22/2008] [Accepted: 01/23/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In normal healthy cells phosphatidylserine is located in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. However, on activated platelets, dying cells and under specific circumstances also on various types of viable leukocytes phosphatidylserine is actively externalized to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. Annexin A5 has the ability to bind in a calcium-dependent manner to phosphatidylserine and to form a membrane-bound two-dimensional crystal lattice. Based on these abilities various functions for extracellular annexin A5 on the phosphatidylserine-expressing plasma membrane have been proposed. In this review we describe possible mechanisms for externalization of annexin A5 and various processes in which extracellular annexin A5 may play a role such as blood coagulation, apoptosis, phagocytosis and formation of plasma membrane-derived microparticles. We further highlight the recent discovery of internalization of extracellular annexin A5 by phosphatidylserine-expressing cells.
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- Hugo O van Genderen
- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Guzik K, Potempa J. Friendly fire against neutrophils: proteolytic enzymes confuse the recognition of apoptotic cells by macrophages. Biochimie 2007; 90:405-15. [PMID: 17964056 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Physiologically the only acceptable fate for almost all damaged or unwanted cells is their apoptotic death, followed by engulfment of the corpses by healthy neighbors or professional phagocytes. Efficient clearance of cells that have succumbed to apoptosis is crucial for normal tissue homeostasis, and for the modulation of immune responses. The disposal of apoptotic cells is finely regulated by a highly redundant system of receptors, bridging molecules and 'eat me' signals. The complexity of the system is reflected by the term: 'engulfment synapse', used to describe the interaction between a phagocytic cell and its target. In healthy humans, dying neutrophils are the most abundant and important targets for such recognition and engulfment. In inflammation the scope and importance of this complicated task is further increased. Paradoxically, despite growing evidence highlighting the priority of neutrophils clearance, the recognition of these cells by phagocytes is not as well understood as the recognition of other apoptotic cell types. New findings indicate that the interaction of phosphatidylserine (PS) on apoptotic neutrophils with its receptor on macrophages is not as critical for the specific clearance of neutrophil corpses it was previously believed. In this review we focus on recent findings regarding alternative, PS-independent "eat me" signals expressed on neutrophils during cell death and activation. Based on our own research, we emphasize the clearance of dying neutrophils, especially at the focus of bacterial infection; and the associated inflammatory reaction, which occurs in a highly proteolytic milieu containing both host and bacteria-derived proteinases. In these environments, eat-me signals expressed by neutrophils are drastically modified; arguing against the phospholipid-based detection of apoptotic cells, but supporting the importance of proteinaceous ligand(s) for the recognition of neutrophils by macrophages. In this context we discuss the effect of the gingipain R (Rgp) proteinases from Porphyromonas gingivalis on neutrophils interactions with macrophages. Since the recognition of apoptotic neutrophils is an important fundamental process, serving multiple functions in the regulation of immunity and homeostasis, we hypothesize that many pathogenic bacteria may have developed similar strategies to confuse macrophage-neutrophil interaction as a common pathogenic strategy.
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- Krzysztof Guzik
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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Williamson P, Halleck MS, Malowitz J, Ng S, Fan X, Krahling S, Remaley AT, Schlegel RA. Transbilayer phospholipid movements in ABCA1-deficient cells. PLoS One 2007; 2:e729. [PMID: 17710129 PMCID: PMC1939730 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Tangier disease is an inherited disorder that results in a deficiency in circulating levels of HDL. Although the disease is known to be caused by mutations in the ABCA1 gene, the mechanism by which lesions in the ABCA1 ATPase effect this outcome is not known. The inability of ABCA1 knockout mice (ABCA1−/−) to load cholesterol and phospholipids onto apoA1 led to a proposal that ABCA1 mediates the transbilayer externalization of phospholipids, an activity integral not only to the formation of HDL particles but also to another, distinct process: the recognition and clearance of apoptotic cells by macrophages. Expression of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the surface of both macrophages and their apoptotic targets is required for efficient engulfment of the apoptotic cells, and it has been proposed that ABCA1 is required for transbilayer externalization of PS to the surface of both cell types. To determine whether ABCA1 is responsible for any of the catalytic activities known to control transbilayer phospholipid movements, these activities were measured in cells from ABCA1−/− mice and from Tangier individuals as well as ABCA1-expressing HeLa cells. Phospholipid movements in either normal or apoptotic lymphocytes or in macrophages were not inhibited when cells from knockout and wildtype mice or immortalized cells from Tangier individuals vs normal individuals were compared. Exposure of PS on the surface of normal thymocytes, apoptotic thymocytes and elicited peritoneal macrophages from wildtype and knockout mice or B lymphocytes from normal and Tangier individuals, as measured by annexin V binding, was also unchanged. No evidence was found of ABCA1-stimulated active PS export, and spontaneous PS movement to the outer leaflet in the presence or absence of apoA1 was unaffected by the presence or absence of ABCA1. Normal or Tangier B lymphocytes and macrophages were also identical in their ability to serve as targets or phagocytes, respectively, in apoptotic cell clearance assays. No evidence was found to support the suggestion that ABCA1 is involved in transport to the macrophage cell surface of annexins I and II, known to enhance phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. These results show that mutations in ABCA1 do not measurably reduce the rate of transbilayer movements of phospholipids in either the engulfing macrophage or the apoptotic target, thus discounting catalysis of transbilayer movements of phospholipids as the mechanism by which ABCA1 facilitates loading of phospholipids and cholesterol onto apoA1.
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- Patrick Williamson
- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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van Genderen H, Kenis H, Lux P, Ungeth L, Maassen C, Deckers N, Narula J, Hofstra L, Reutelingsperger C. In vitro measurement of cell death with the annexin A5 affinity assay. Nat Protoc 2007; 1:363-7. [PMID: 17406257 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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One of the hallmarks of cell death is the cell surface-expression of phosphatidylserine. Expression of phosphatidylserine at the cell surface can be measured in vitro with the phosphatidylserine-binding protein annexin A5 conjugated to fluorochromes. This measurement can be made by flow cytometry or by confocal scanning-laser microscopy. The annexin A5 affinity assay comprises the incubation of cells stimulated to execute cell death with fluorescence-labeled annexin A5 and propidium iodide. Living cells are annexin A5-negative and propidium iodide negative, cells in the early phases of cell death are annexin A5 positive-and propidium iodide-negative, and secondary necrotic cells are annexin A5-positive and propidium iodide-positive. The entire procedure takes about 30 minutes for flow cytometry and 45 minutes for confocal scanning-laser microscopy. Various precautions and considerations are discussed further in the protocol described here.
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- Hugo van Genderen
- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Yotsumoto S, Kakiuchi T, Aramaki Y. Enhancement of IFN-gamma production for Th1-cell therapy using negatively charged liposomes containing phosphatidylserine. Vaccine 2007; 25:5256-62. [PMID: 17583394 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Revised: 05/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We have developed an efficient method of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induction for Th1-cell therapy. OVA (ovalbumin)-specific Th1 clone 42-6A cells cocultured with antigen presenting cells (APCs) from spleen resulted in high levels of OVA-specific IFN-gamma production by the treatment of phosphatidylserine (PS), but not phosphatidic acid (PA), liposomes-encapsulated OVA (OVA-liposomes). The IFN-gamma production was increased in a manner dependent on the PS content of the liposomes and inhibited by the addition of annexin V, a PS binding protein. Furthermore, coadministration of Th1 cells plus OVA-liposomes in mice strikingly enhanced IFN-gamma levels in serum and in spleen cells compared with that of Th1 cells plus OVA. In addition, serum levels of IL-12 p70 increased and ongoing OVA-specific IgE immune response was dramatically attenuated. These results first suggest that antigen delivery using negatively charged liposomes containing PS is very useful for the enhancement of IFN-gamma production in Th1-cell therapy.
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- Satoshi Yotsumoto
- Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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Matsumoto K, Terakawa M, Fukuda S, Saito H. Rapid and strong induction of apoptosis in human eosinophils by anti-CD30 mAb-coated microspheres and phagocytosis by macrophages. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2007; 143 Suppl 1:60-7. [PMID: 17541279 DOI: 10.1159/000101407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eosinophils represent a potential therapeutic target in allergic diseases. We previously reported that two clones of anti-CD30 mAbs (HRS-4 and Ber-H8) induced extremely rapid and intense apoptosis in human eosinophils in vitro, but only when the mAbs were immobilized on plates [Matsumoto K, J Immunol 2004;172:2186]. As the initial step towards clinical application of these anti-CD30 mAbs in the treatment of allergic diseases, we made an attempt to clarify two issues; first, whether or not anti-CD30 mAb-coated microspheres can efficiently induce apoptosis in human eosinophils, and second, whether or not these apoptotic eosinophils can be phagocytosed by macrophages without the release of granular proteins. METHODS Purified human eosinophils were treated with anti-CD30 mAb-coated polystyrene microspheres (diameter, 1.44 mum). Apoptosis was determined by annexin V-binding. For the phagocytosis assay, eosinophils were co-cultured with monocyte-derived human macrophages or PMA-pretreated U-937 cells. Phagocytosis was determined by light microscopy and by the eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) concentration in the supernatant. RESULTS Anti-CD30 mAb-coated, but not control IgG1-coated microspheres significantly reduced eosinophil survival in a dose-dependent manner. Marked phagocytosis of the apoptotic eosinophils by macrophages was also observed when the eosinophils were treated with anti-CD30 mAb-coated microspheres. The apoptotic eosinophils released large amounts of EDN in the absence of macrophages; however, the EDN levels were significantly decreased when the eosinophils were co-cultured with macrophages. CONCLUSIONS Anti-CD30 mAb-coated microspheres are capable of inducing rapid and strong apoptosis in human eosinophils. Furthermore, the apoptotic eosinophils were also phagocytosed by macrophages with minimal release of the granular proteins.
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- Kenji Matsumoto
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Bortner CD, Sifre MI, Cidlowski JA. New approaches for determining apoptotic volume decrease in cells. Methods Enzymol 2007; 428:161-81. [PMID: 17875417 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(07)28009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The loss of cell volume or cell shrinkage, termed apoptotic volume decrease (AVD), is a classical characteristic of apoptosis. Microscopy, Coulter electronic sizing, and/or flow cytometry has traditionally been the means to measure this characteristic of apoptosis. Although electronic cell sizing allows for precise determination of changes in cell size, these measurements provide data on the entire population of apoptotic cells. In contrast, flow cytometry examines and separates unique populations of apoptotic cells based on the light-scattering properties of the cells to determine alterations in cellular dimensions. However, this technique does not provide exact measurements of cell size and volume. The Cell Lab Quanta SC flow cytometer combines the power of electronic sizing with the ability to isolate and examine unique populations of apoptotic cells to determine exact changes in cell size as they undergo cell death. This chapter describes several methods for using the Cell Lab Quanta SC to study AVD during apoptosis.
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- Carl D Bortner
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Mosley RL, Benner EJ, Kadiu I, Thomas M, Boska MD, Hasan K, Laurie C, Gendelman HE. Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress and the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease. CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH 2006; 6:261-281. [PMID: 18060039 PMCID: PMC1831679 DOI: 10.1016/j.cnr.2006.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Neuroinflammatory processes play a significant role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Epidemiologic, animal, human, and therapeutic studies all support the presence of an neuroinflammatory cascade in disease. This is highlighted by the neurotoxic potential of microglia . In steady state, microglia serve to protect the nervous system by acting as debris scavengers, killers of microbial pathogens, and regulators of innate and adaptive immune responses. In neurodegenerative diseases, activated microglia affect neuronal injury and death through production of glutamate, pro-inflammatory factors, reactive oxygen species, quinolinic acid amongst others and by mobilization of adaptive immune responses and cell chemotaxis leading to transendothelial migration of immunocytes across the blood-brain barrier and perpetuation of neural damage. As disease progresses, inflammatory secretions engage neighboring glial cells, including astrocytes and endothelial cells, resulting in a vicious cycle of autocrine and paracrine amplification of inflammation perpetuating tissue injury. Such pathogenic processes contribute to neurodegeneration in PD. Research from others and our own laboratories seek to harness such inflammatory processes with the singular goal of developing therapeutic interventions that positively affect the tempo and progression of human disease.
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- R. Lee Mosley
- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas School at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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Xiao-rui S, Nuttall A. Phosphatidylserine-positive particles in the apical domain of sensory hair cells. J Otol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1672-2930(06)50017-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Munoz LE, Franz S, Pausch F, Fürnrohr B, Sheriff A, Vogt B, Kern PM, Baum W, Stach C, von Laer D, Brachvogel B, Poschl E, Herrmann M, Gaipl US. The influence on the immunomodulatory effects of dying and dead cells of Annexin V. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 81:6-14. [PMID: 17005907 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0306166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Apoptotic and necrotic cells expose phosphatidylserine (PS). This membrane modification ensures a swift recognition and uptake by phagocytes of the dying and dead cells. Annexin V (AxV) preferentially binds to anionic phospholipids and thereby, modulates the clearance process. First, we analyzed the influence of AxV on the immunogenicity of apoptotic cells. The addition to apoptotic cells of AxV prior to their injection into mice increased their immunogenicity significantly. Next, we studied the influence of endogenous AxV on the allogeneic reaction against apoptotic and necrotic cells. To preserve heat-labile, short-lived "danger signals," we induced necrosis by mechanical stress. Wild-type mice showed a strong, allogeneic delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction. In contrast, AxV-deficient animals showed almost no allogeneic DTH reaction, indicating that endogenous AxV increases the immune response against dead cells. Furthermore, AxV-deficient macrophages had a higher immunosuppressive potential in vitro. Next, we analyzed the influence of AxV on chronic macrophage infection with HIV-1, known to expose PS on its surface. The infectivity in human macrophages of HIV-1 was reduced significantly in the presence of AxV. Finally, we show that AxV also blocked the in vitro uptake by macrophages of primary necrotic cells. Similar to apoptotic cells, necrotic cells generated by heat treatment displayed an anti-inflammatory activity. In contrast, mechanical stress-induced necrotic cells led to a decreased secretion of IL-10, indicating a more inflammatory potential. From the experiments presented above, we conclude that AxV influences the clearance of several PS-exposing particles such as viruses, dying, and dead cells.
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- Luis E Munoz
- Institute for Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicne 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Glueckstrasse 4a, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Boullier A, Li Y, Quehenberger O, Palinski W, Tabas I, Witztum JL, Miller YI. Minimally Oxidized LDL Offsets the Apoptotic Effects of Extensively Oxidized LDL and Free Cholesterol in Macrophages. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006; 26:1169-76. [PMID: 16484596 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000210279.97308.9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Lipid-loaded macrophage-derived foam cells populate atherosclerotic lesions and produce many pro-inflammatory and plaque-destabilizing factors. An excessive accumulation of extensively oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL) or free cholesterol (FC), both of which are believed to be major lipid components of macrophages in advanced lesions, rapidly induces apoptosis in macrophages. Indeed, there is evidence of macrophage death in lesions, but how the surviving macrophages avoid death induced by OxLDL, FC, and other factors is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS Minimally oxidized LDL (mmLDL), which is an early product of progressive LDL oxidation in atherosclerotic lesions, countered OxLDL-induced or FC-induced apoptosis and stimulated macrophage survival both in cell culture and in vivo. DNA fragmentation and caspase-3 activity in OxLDL-treated peritoneal macrophages were significantly reduced by coincubation with mmLDL. In a separate set of experiments, mmLDL significantly reduced annexin V binding to macrophages in which apoptosis was induced by FC loading. In both cellular models, mmLDL activated a pro-survival PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, and PI3K inhibitors, wortmannin and LY294002, eliminated the pro-survival effect of mmLDL. Immunohistochemical examination demonstrated phospho-Akt in murine atherosclerotic lesions. CONCLUSIONS Minimally oxidized LDL, an early form of oxidized LDL in atherosclerotic lesions, may contribute to prolonged survival of macrophage foam cells in lesions via a PI3K/Akt-dependent mechanism.
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- Agnès Boullier
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0682, USA
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Tunbridge AJ, Stevanin TM, Lee M, Marriott HM, Moir JWB, Read RC, Dockrell DH. Inhibition of macrophage apoptosis by Neisseria meningitidis requires nitric oxide detoxification mechanisms. Infect Immun 2006; 74:729-33. [PMID: 16369030 PMCID: PMC1346626 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.1.729-733.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Host-driven macrophage apoptosis contributes to innate immunity during bacterial infection. Neisseria meningitidis inhibits apoptosis in a variety of cells, but its impact on macrophage apoptosis is unknown. We demonstrate that N. meningitidis prevents macrophage apoptosis via genes encoding nitric oxide detoxification and a porin, PorB.
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- Anne J Tunbridge
- Division of Genomic Medicine, F-Floor, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, United Kingdom
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Kenis H, van Genderen H, Deckers NM, Lux PAG, Hofstra L, Narula J, Reutelingsperger CPM. Annexin A5 inhibits engulfment through internalization of PS-expressing cell membrane patches. Exp Cell Res 2005; 312:719-26. [PMID: 16380116 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Revised: 11/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Apoptosis and subsequent clearance of apoptotic cells are important for the prevention of diseases. Therefore, it is essential to understand the mechanisms underlying the biology of phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells. The best characterized "eat me" signal on the surface of apoptotic cells is phosphatidylserine (PS). Recently, we demonstrated that annexin A5 mediates the internalization of PS-expressing membrane patches and down regulates surface expression of tissue factor. Here, we investigated the role of PS in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells using annexin A5. Using a novel flow cytometric-based phagocytosis assay, we observed that engulfment was inhibited with 20% if annexin A5 was added to PS-expressing cells that had completed apoptosis. The inhibition increased to more than 50% if annexin A5 was added during the apoptotic process. This inhibition is specific for annexin A5, since the mutant M23 and annexin A1 did not further increase the inhibition of phagocytosis when added during the apoptotic process. Interestingly, cells with internalized annexin A5 still express PS at their surface. We conclude that other ligands within the PS-expressing membrane patch act together with PS as an "eat me" signal.
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- Heidi Kenis
- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Fürnrohr BG, Sheriff A, Munoz L, von Briesen H, Urbonaviciute V, Neubert K, Kalden JR, Herrmann M, Voll RE. Signals, receptors, and cytokines involved in the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of apoptotic cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/sita.200500071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Boettner DR, Huston CD, Sullivan JA, Petri WA. Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar utilize externalized phosphatidylserine for recognition and phagocytosis of erythrocytes. Infect Immun 2005; 73:3422-30. [PMID: 15908370 PMCID: PMC1111853 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.6.3422-3430.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Amebic erythrophagocytosis is characteristic of invasive amebiasis, and mutants deficient in erythrocyte ingestion are avirulent. We sought to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying erythrocyte phagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica. Following adherence to amebae, erythrocytes became round and crenulated, and phosphatidylserine (PS) was exposed on their outer membrane leaflets. These changes were similar to the effects of calcium treatment on erythrocytes, which we utilized to separate ameba-induced exposure of erythrocyte PS from the process of phagocytosis. The adherence and phagocytosis of calcium-treated erythrocytes were less inhibited by galactose than were those of healthy erythrocytes, suggesting the existence of an amebic coreceptor specific for PS. To test whether PS was recognized by amebae, calcium-treated cells were incubated with annexin V prior to adherence to or ingestion by E. histolytica. Annexin V blocked both adherence (50% +/- 12% inhibition; P < 0.05) and phagocytosis (65% +/- 10%; P < 0.05), providing evidence that at least one galactose-independent coreceptor was involved in the adherence and ingestion of red blood cells. The coreceptor was inhibited by phospho-l-serine and to a lesser extent by phospho-d-serine but not by phospho-l-threonine, which is consistent with the coreceptor functioning in the adherence and ingestion of erythrocytes via recognition of PS. We expanded our investigations to the highly related but noninvasive parasite Entamoeba dispar and demonstrated that it was deficient in red-blood-cell adherence, induction of PS exposure, and phagocytosis. These findings establish phosphatidylserine involvement in erythrophagocytosis by amebae and suggest the existence of a PS receptor on the surfaces of both E. histolytica and E. dispar.
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- Douglas R Boettner
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, P. O. Box 801340, Rm. 2115, MR4 Building, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
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Dalgaard J, Beckstrøm KJ, Jahnsen FL, Brinchmann JE. Differential capability for phagocytosis of apoptotic and necrotic leukemia cells by human peripheral blood dendritic cell subsets. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 77:689-98. [PMID: 15728242 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1204711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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CD11c+ dendritic cells (DC) and plasmacytoid DC (PDC) are the two major DC subsets in human peripheral blood. For the purpose of immunotherapy with DC, it is important to investigate the phagocytosis of killed tumor cells by different DC subsets. Using immature monocyte-derived DC (iMoDC) as reference, we have compared the ability of CD11c+ DC and PDC to phagocytose apoptotic and necrotic K562 leukemia cells. Freshly isolated CD11c+ DC phagocytosed apoptotic and necrotic K562 cells, whereas PDC did not show any evidence of uptake of dead cells. Blocking studies showed that CD36 is importantly involved in uptake of apoptotic and necrotic material. CD91 and CD11c were also involved. In addition, we found that beta5 integrin was expressed on CD11c+ DC but not in its classical association with alphaV. Uptake of apoptotic K562 cells by CD11c+ DC was increased following incubation with granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin (IL)-4, alone or in combination with transforming growth factor-beta1, to levels comparable with those observed for iMoDC. Phagocytosis of dead cellular material by the GM-CSF/IL-4-treated CD11c+ DC was largely restricted to a subset expressing low levels of human leukocyte antigen-DR and CD83. Thus, the relationship between phagocytosis of antigenic material and expression of maturation-related cell-surface molecules is similar for CD11c+ DC and MoDC. We conclude that CD11c+ DC in peripheral blood are precursor cells, which under the influence of cytokines, differentiate to cells with DC phenotype and function.
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- Jakob Dalgaard
- Institute of Immunology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Sognsvannsveien 20, N-0027 Oslo, Norway.
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Jackson SM, Capra JD. IgH V-Region Sequence Does Not Predict the Survival Fate of Human Germinal Center B Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:2805-13. [PMID: 15728490 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Germinal center (GC) B cell survival fate is governed in part by the outcome of successful/failed BCR-mediated interactions with accessory cells. However, the extent to which the BCR primary sequence influences such interactions is not fully understood. Over 1000 IgV(H)4 family cDNAs were sequenced from living (annexin V(-)) and apoptotic (annexin V(+) or from within tingible body macrophages) GC B cell fractions from seven tonsils. Results surprisingly demonstrate that living and dying GC B cells do not significantly differ in IgV(H), D, or J(H) gene segment use; HCDR3 length or positive charge; or mutation frequency. Additionally, equivalent IgH cDNA sequences were identified in both fractions, suggesting that BCR sequence alone is an unreliable predictor of GC B cell survival.
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- Stephen M Jackson
- Molecular Immunogenetics, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Ma G, Greenwell-Wild T, Lei K, Jin W, Swisher J, Hardegen N, Wild CT, Wahl SM. Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor binds to annexin II, a cofactor for macrophage HIV-1 infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 200:1337-46. [PMID: 15545357 PMCID: PMC2211913 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The distribution of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) at entry portals indicates its involvement in defending the host from pathogens, consistent with the ability of SLPI to inhibit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection by an unknown mechanism. We now demonstrate that SLPI binds to the membrane of human macrophages through the phospholipid-binding protein, annexin II. Based on the recent identification of human cell membrane phosphatidylserine (PS) in the outer coat of HIV-1, we define a novel role for annexin II, a PS-binding moiety, as a cellular cofactor supporting macrophage HIV-1 infection. Moreover, this HIV-1 PS interaction with annexin II can be disrupted by SLPI or other annexin II–specific inhibitors. The PS–annexin II connection may represent a new target to prevent HIV-1 infection.
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- Ge Ma
- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, NIDCR, NIH, 30 Convent Dr., MSC4352, Building 30, Room 320, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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