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Kuse N, Noyori O, Takahashi N, Zhang Y, Suzu S, Takiguchi M. Recognition of HIV-1-infected fibrocytes lacking Nef-mediated HLA-B downregulation by HIV-1-specific T cells. J Virol 2024; 98:e0079124. [PMID: 38940584 PMCID: PMC11264601 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00791-24] [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: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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Fibrocytes were reported to be host cells for HIV-1, but the immunological recognition of HIV-1-infected fibrocytes has not been studied. Here, we investigated the recognition of HIV-1-infected fibrocytes by HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells. CD8+ T cells specific for five HIV-1 epitopes (HLA-A*24:02-restricted, HLA-B*52:01-restricted, and HLA-C*12:02-restricted epitopes) produced IFN-γ and expressed CD107a after coculture with HIV-1-infected fibrocytes. HIV-1-infected fibrocytes were effectively killed by HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells. Although it is well known that HIV-1 Nef-mediated downregulation of HLA-A and HLA-B critically affects the T cell recognition of HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells and HIV-1-infected macrophages, Nef downregulated HLA-A, but not HLA-B, in HIV-1-infected fibrocytes. These findings suggested that HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells could recognize HIV-1-infected fibrocytes more strongly than HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells or HIV-1-infected macrophages. HIV-1-infected fibrocytes were also recognized by HIV-1-specific HLA-DR-restricted T cells, indicating that HIV-1-infected fibrocytes can present HIV-1 epitopes to helper T cells. Collectively, these findings suggest that fibrocytes have an important role as antigen-presenting cells during HIV-1 infection. The present study demonstrates effective recognition of HIV-1-infected fibrocytes by HIV-1-specific T cells and suggests possible roles of fibrocytes in the induction and maintenance of HIV-1-specific T cells. IMPORTANCE Fibrocytes were identified as unique hematopoietic cells with the features of both macrophages and fibroblasts and were demonstrated to be host cells for HIV-1. However, T cell recognition of HIV-1-infected fibrocytes has not been studied. We investigated the recognition of HIV-1-infected fibrocytes by HIV-1-specific T cells. HIV-1-infected fibrocytes were effectively recognized and killed by CD8+ T cells specific for HIV-1 epitopes presented by HLA-A, HLA-B, or HLA-C and were recognized by HIV-1-specific HLA-DR-restricted CD4+ T cells. HIV-1 Nef-mediated downregulation of HLA-A and HLA-B was found in HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells, whereas Nef did not downregulate HLA-B in HIV-1-infected fibrocytes. These results suggest that HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells recognize HIV-1-infected fibrocytes more strongly than HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells. The present study suggests the importance of fibrocytes in the induction and maintenance of HIV-1-specific T cells.
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- Nozomi Kuse
- Division of International Collaboration Research, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Infection and Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Infection and Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of International Collaboration Research, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Infection and Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of International Collaboration Research, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Dong Y, He L, Zhu Z, Yang F, Ma Q, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Liu X. The mechanism of gut-lung axis in pulmonary fibrosis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1258246. [PMID: 38362497 PMCID: PMC10867257 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1258246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a terminal change of a lung disease that is marked by damage to alveolar epithelial cells, abnormal proliferative transformation of fibroblasts, excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM), and concomitant inflammatory damage. Its characteristics include short median survival, high mortality rate, and limited treatment effectiveness. More in-depth studies on the mechanisms of PF are needed to provide better treatment options. The idea of the gut-lung axis has emerged as a result of comprehensive investigations into the microbiome, metabolome, and immune system. This theory is based on the material basis of microorganisms and their metabolites, while the gut-lung circulatory system and the shared mucosal immune system act as the connectors that facilitate the interplay between the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. The emergence of a new view of the gut-lung axis is complementary and cross-cutting to the study of the mechanisms involved in PF and provides new ideas for its treatment. This article reviews the mechanisms involved in PF, the gut-lung axis theory, and the correlation between the two. Exploring the gut-lung axis mechanism and treatments related to PF from the perspectives of microorganisms, microbial metabolites, and the immune system. The study of the gut-lung axis and PF is still in its early stages. This review systematically summarizes the mechanisms of PF related to the gut-lung axis, providing ideas for subsequent research and treatment of related mechanisms.
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- Yawei Dong
- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gansu Provincial Prescription Mining and Innovative Translational Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Gansu Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine New Product Creation Engineering Laboratory, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Sikking MA, Stroeks SL, Marelli-Berg F, Heymans SR, Ludewig B, Verdonschot JA. Immunomodulation of Myocardial Fibrosis. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2023; 8:1477-1488. [PMID: 38093747 PMCID: PMC10714184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2023.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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Immunotherapy is a potential cornerstone in the treatment of myocardial fibrosis. During a myocardial insult or heart failure, danger signals stimulate innate immune cells to produce chemokines and profibrotic cytokines, which initiate self-escalating inflammatory processes by attracting and stimulating adaptive immune cells. Stimulation of fibroblasts by inflammatory processes and the need to replace damaged cardiomyocytes fosters reshaping of the cardiac fibroblast landscape. In this review, we discuss new immunomodulatory strategies that manipulate and direct cardiac fibroblast activation and differentiation. In particular, we highlight immunomodulatory strategies that target fibroblasts such as chimeric antigen receptor T cells, interleukin-11, and invariant natural killer T-cells. Moreover, we discuss the potential of manipulating both innate and adaptive immune system components for the translation into clinical validation. Clearly, multiple pathways should be considered to develop innovative approaches to ameliorate myocardial fibrosis and hence to reduce the risk of heart failure.
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- Maurits A. Sikking
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Cardiovascular Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Lurje I, Gaisa NT, Weiskirchen R, Tacke F. Mechanisms of organ fibrosis: Emerging concepts and implications for novel treatment strategies. Mol Aspects Med 2023; 92:101191. [PMID: 37236017 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2023.101191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Fibrosis, or tissue scarring, develops as a pathological deviation from the physiological wound healing response and can occur in various organs such as the heart, lung, liver, kidney, skin, and bone marrow. Organ fibrosis significantly contributes to global morbidity and mortality. A broad spectrum of etiologies can cause fibrosis, including acute and chronic ischemia, hypertension, chronic viral infection (e.g., viral hepatitis), environmental exposure (e.g., pneumoconiosis, alcohol, nutrition, smoking) and genetic diseases (e.g., cystic fibrosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency). Common mechanisms across organs and disease etiologies involve a sustained injury to parenchymal cells that triggers a wound healing response, which becomes deregulated in the disease process. A transformation of resting fibroblasts into myofibroblasts with excessive extracellular matrix production constitutes the hallmark of disease, however, multiple other cell types such as immune cells, predominantly monocytes/macrophages, endothelial cells, and parenchymal cells form a complex network of profibrotic cellular crosstalk. Across organs, leading mediators include growth factors like transforming growth factor-β and platelet-derived growth factor, cytokines like interleukin-10, interleukin-13, interleukin-17, and danger-associated molecular patterns. More recently, insights into fibrosis regression and resolution of chronic conditions have deepened our understanding of beneficial, protective effects of immune cells, soluble mediators and intracellular signaling. Further in-depth insights into the mechanisms of fibrogenesis can provide the rationale for therapeutic interventions and the development of targeted antifibrotic agents. This review gives insight into shared responses and cellular mechanisms across organs and etiologies, aiming to paint a comprehensive picture of fibrotic diseases in both experimental settings and in human pathology.
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- Isabella Lurje
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Kuziel G, Moore BN, Haugstad GP, Arendt LM. Fibrocytes enhance mammary gland fibrosis in obesity. FASEB J 2023; 37:e23049. [PMID: 37342915 PMCID: PMC10316715 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202300399rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Obesity rates continue to rise, and obese individuals are at higher risk for multiple types of cancer, including breast cancer. Obese mammary fat is a site of chronic, macrophage-driven inflammation, which enhances fibrosis within adipose tissue. Elevated fibrosis within the mammary gland may contribute to risk for obesity-associated breast cancer. To understand how inflammation due to obesity enhanced fibrosis within mammary tissue, we utilized a high-fat diet model of obesity and elimination of CCR2 signaling in mice to identify changes in immune cell populations and their impact on fibrosis. We observed that obesity increased a population of CD11b+ cells with the ability to form myofibroblast-like colonies in vitro. This population of CD11b+ cells is consistent with fibrocytes, which have been identified in wound healing and chronic inflammatory diseases but have not been examined in obesity. In CCR2-null mice, which have limited ability to recruit myeloid lineage cells into obese adipose tissue, we observed reduced mammary fibrosis and diminished fibrocyte colony formation in vitro. Transplantation of myeloid progenitor cells, which are the cells of origin for fibrocytes, into the mammary glands of obese CCR2-null mice resulted in significantly increased myofibroblast formation. Gene expression analyses of the myeloid progenitor cell population from obese mice demonstrated enrichment for genes associated with collagen biosynthesis and extracellular matrix remodeling. Together these results show that obesity enhances recruitment of fibrocytes to promote obesity-induced fibrosis in the mammary gland.
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- Genevra Kuziel
- Cancer Biology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706, U.S.A
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- Cancer Biology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison WI 53706, U.S.A
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706, U.S.A
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Liu JX, Chen AN, Yu Q, Shi KT, Liu YB, Guo CL, Wang ZZ, Yao Y, Pan L, Lu X, Xu K, Wang H, Zeng M, Liu C, Schleimer RP, Wu N, Liao B, Liu Z. MEX3B inhibits collagen production in eosinophilic nasal polyps by downregulating epithelial cell TGFBR3 mRNA stability. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e159058. [PMID: 36976645 PMCID: PMC10243817 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.159058] [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: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Although the expression of Mex3 RNA-binding family member B (MEX3B) is upregulated in human nasal epithelial cells (HNECs) predominately in the eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) subtype, its functions as an RNA binding protein in airway epithelial cells remain unknown. Here, we revealed the role of MEX3B based on different subtypes of CRS and demonstrated that MEX3B decreased the TGF-β receptor III (TGFBR3) mRNA level by binding to its 3' UTR and reducing its stability in HNECs. TGF-βR3 was found to be a TGF-β2-specific coreceptor in HNECs. Knocking down or overexpressing MEX3B promoted or inhibited TGF-β2-induced phosphorylation of SMAD2 in HNECs, respectively. TGF-βR3 and phosphorylated SMAD2 levels were downregulated in CRSwNP compared with controls and CRS without nasal polyps with a more prominent downregulation in the eosinophilic CRSwNP. TGF-β2 promoted collagen production in HNECs. Collagen abundance decreased and edema scores increased in CRSwNP compared with control, again more prominently in the eosinophilic type. Collagen expression in eosinophilic CRSwNP was negatively correlated with MEX3B but positively correlated with TGF-βR3. These results suggest that MEX3B inhibits tissue fibrosis in eosinophilic CRSwNP by downregulating epithelial cell TGFBR3 expression; consequently, MEX3B might be a valuable therapeutic target against eosinophilic CRSwNP.
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- Jin-Xin Liu
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Clinical Medical Research Center of Hepatic Surgery at Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine; and
- Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, and
- Cell Architecture Research Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tongji Hospital; and
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Verçosa BLA, Muniz-Junqueira MI, Menezes-Souza D, Fujiwara RT, Borges LDF, Melo MN, Vasconcelos AC. MCP-1/IL-12 ratio expressions correlated with adventitial collagen depositions in renal vessels and IL-4/IFN-γ expression correlated with interstitial collagen depositions in the kidneys of dogs with canine leishmaniasis. Mol Immunol 2023; 156:61-76. [PMID: 36889187 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2023.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Collagen deposition is a common event in chronic inflammation, and canine Leishmaniosis (CanL) is generally associated with a long and chronic evolution. Considering that the kidney shows fibrinogenic changes during CanL, and the balance of cytokines/chemokines regulates the profibrinogenic and antifibrinogenic immune responses differently, it can be hypothesized that the balance of cytokines/chemokines can be differentially expressed in the renal tissue in order to determine the expression of collagen depositions in the kidneys. This study aimed to measure collagen deposition and to evaluate cytokine/chemokine expressions in the kidney by means of qRT-PCR in sixteen Leishmania-infected dogs and six uninfected controls. Kidney fragments were stained with hematoxylin & eosin (H&E), Masson's Trichrome, Picrosirius Red, and Gomori's reticulin. Intertubular and adventitial collagen depositions were evaluated by the morphometric approach. Cytokine RNA expressions were measured by means of qRT-PCR to identify molecules involved in chronic collagen depositions in kidneys with CanL. Collagen depositions were related to the presence of clinical signs, and more intense intertubular collagen depositions occurred in infected dogs. Adventitial collagen deposition, as morphometrically measured by the average area of the collagen, was more intense in clinically affected dogs than in subclinically infected dogs. TNF-α/TGF-β, MCP1/IL-12, CCL5/IL-12, IL-4/IFN-γ, and IL-12/TGF-β expressions were associated with clinical manifestations in dogs with CanL. The IL-4/IFN-α ratio was more commonly expressed and upregulated in clinically affected dogs, and downregulated in subclinically infected dogs. Furthermore, MCP-1/IL-12 and CCL5/IL-12 were more commonly expressed in subclinically infected dogs. Strong positive correlations were detected between morphometric values of interstitial collagen depositions and MCP-1/IL-12, IL-12, and IL-4 mRNA expression levels in the renal tissues. Adventitial collagen deposition was correlated with TGF-β, IL-4/IFN-γ, and TNF-α/TGF-β. In conclusion, our results showed the association of MCP-1/IL-12 and CCL5/IL-12 ratios with an absence of clinical signs, as well as an IL-4/IFN-α ratio with adventitial and intertubular collagen depositions in dogs with visceral leishmaniosis.
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- Barbara Laurice Araújo Verçosa
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório de Imunologia Celular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Kim J, Go H, Lim JS, Oh JS, Ahn SM, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B, Hong S. Circulating and renal fibrocytes are associated with interstitial fibrosis in lupus nephritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023; 62:914-923. [PMID: 35703942 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Fibrocytes, the extracellular matrix-producing cells derived from bone marrow progenitors, contribute to organ fibrosis. We investigated the presence and characteristics of fibrocytes in the peripheral blood and kidney of patients with lupus nephritis (LN), and the association of the abundance of fibrocytes with renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) in LN fibrogenesis. METHODS Fibrocytes were identified with type I collagen (colI), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), CD34 and CD45 using flow cytometry and confocal imaging. The associations between the levels of fibrocytes and pathological features of patients with LN were analysed. The contribution of RTECs to fibrocyte generation was determined using LN sera-treated HK-2 cells. RESULTS Spindle-shaped fibrocytes (colI+α-SMA+CD34+CD45+ cells) were present in the peripheral blood and their abundance was especially high in LN patients with interstitial fibrosis compared with healthy control. Renal fibrocytes (colI+α-SMA+CD45+ cells) were found in the tubulointerstitium in patients with LN, and their numbers were significantly associated with the degrees of chronicity indices including interstitial fibrosis and renal dysfunction. Stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with supernatants from LN serum-treated HK-2 cells led to a significant generation of fibrocytes, which was abrogated by the addition of IL-6 neutralizing antibody. CONCLUSION Fibrocytes were significantly increased in the blood and kidney tissue of patients with LN, especially those with interstitial fibrosis. Fibrocytes could be differentiated from blood cells, with an active contribution from RTECs. Our results show a possible link between fibrocytes and tubulointerstitial fibrosis, which may serve as a novel therapeutic target for LN fibrogenesis.
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- Jihye Kim
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine.,Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center
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- Clinical Research Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
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- Department of Information Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
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Kirolos SA, Pilling D, Gomer RH. The extracellular sialidase NEU3 primes neutrophils. J Leukoc Biol 2022; 112:1399-1411. [PMID: 35899930 PMCID: PMC9701152 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3a0422-217rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Some extracellular glycoconjugates have sialic acid as the terminal sugar, and sialidases are enzymes that remove this sugar. Mammals have 4 sialidases and can be elevated in inflammation and fibrosis. In this report, we show that incubation of human neutrophils with the extracellular human sialidase NEU3, but not NEU1, NEU2 or NEU4, induces human male and female neutrophils to change from a round to a more amoeboid morphology, causes the primed human neutrophil markers CD11b, CD18, and CD66a to localize to the cell cortex, and decreases the localization of the unprimed human neutrophil markers CD43 and CD62-L at the cell cortex. NEU3, but not the other 3 sialidases, also causes human male and female neutrophils to increase their F-actin content. Human neutrophils treated with NEU3 show a decrease in cortical levels of Sambucus nigra lectin staining and an increase in cortical levels of peanut agglutinin staining, indicating a NEU3-induced desialylation. The inhibition of NEU3 by the NEU3 inhibitor 2-acetylpyridine attenuated the NEU3 effect on neutrophil morphology, indicating that the effect of NEU3 is dependent on its enzymatic activity. Together, these results indicate that NEU3 can prime human male and female neutrophils, and that NEU3 is a potential regulator of inflammation.
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- Sara A Kirolos
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Di Carmine S, Scott MM, McLean MH, McSorley HJ. The role of interleukin-33 in organ fibrosis. DISCOVERY IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 1:kyac006. [PMID: 38566909 PMCID: PMC10917208 DOI: 10.1093/discim/kyac006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Interleukin (IL)-33 is highly expressed in the nucleus of cells present at barrier sites and signals via the ST2 receptor. IL-33 signalling via ST2 is essential for return to tissue homeostasis after acute inflammation, promoting fibrinogenesis and wound healing at injury sites. However, this wound-healing response becomes aberrant during chronic or sustained inflammation, leading to transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) release, excessive extracellular matrix deposition, and fibrosis. This review addresses the role of the IL-33 pathway in fibrotic diseases of the lung, liver, gastrointestinal tract, skin, kidney and heart. In the lung and liver, IL-33 release leads to the activation of pro-fibrotic TGF-β, and in these sites, IL-33 has clear pro-fibrotic roles. In the gastrointestinal tract, skin, and kidney, the role of IL-33 is more complex, being both pro-fibrotic and tissue protective. Finally, in the heart, IL-33 serves cardioprotective functions by favouring tissue healing and preventing cardiomyocyte death. Altogether, this review indicates the presence of an unclear and delicate balance between resolving and pro-fibrotic capabilities of IL-33, which has a central role in the modulation of type 2 inflammation and fibrosis in response to tissue injury.
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- Samuele Di Carmine
- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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Kletukhina S, Mutallapova G, Titova A, Gomzikova M. Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Extracellular Vesicles in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911212. [PMID: 36232511 PMCID: PMC9569825 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial fibrotic disease that leads to disability and death within 5 years of diagnosis. Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease with a multifactorial etiology. The concept of aberrant regeneration of the pulmonary epithelium reveals the pathogenesis of IPF, according to which repeated damage and death of alveolar epithelial cells is the main mechanism leading to the development of progressive IPF. Cell death provokes the migration, proliferation and activation of fibroblasts, which overproduce extracellular matrix, resulting in fibrotic deformity of the lung tissue. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promising therapies for pulmonary fibrosis. MSCs, and EVs derived from MSCs, modulate the activity of immune cells, inhibit the expression of profibrotic genes, reduce collagen deposition and promote the repair of damaged lung tissue. This review considers the molecular mechanisms of the development of IPF and the multifaceted role of MSCs in the therapy of IPF. Currently, EVs-MSCs are regarded as a promising cell-free therapy tool, so in this review we discuss the results available to date of the use of EVs-MSCs for lung tissue repair.
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- Sevindzh Kletukhina
- Laboratory of Intercellular Communication, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Intercellular Communication, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- Morphology and General Pathology Department, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Intercellular Communication, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-917-8572269
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Kopytina V, Pascual-Antón L, Toggweiler N, Arriero-País EM, Strahl L, Albar-Vizcaíno P, Sucunza D, Vaquero JJ, Steppan S, Piecha D, López-Cabrera M, González-Mateo GT. Steviol glycosides as an alternative osmotic agent for peritoneal dialysis fluid. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:868374. [PMID: 36052133 PMCID: PMC9424724 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.868374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement technique that requires repeated exposure of the peritoneum to hyperosmolar PD fluids (PDFs). Unfortunately, it promotes alterations of the peritoneal membrane (PM) that affects its functionality, including mesothelial-mesenchymal transition (MMT) of mesothelial cells (MCs), inflammation, angiogenesis, and fibrosis. Glucose is the most used osmotic agent, but it is known to be at least partially responsible, together with its degradation products (GDP), for those changes. Therefore, there is a need for more biocompatible osmotic agents to better maintain the PM. Herein we evaluated the biocompatibility of Steviol glycosides (SG)-based fluids. Methods: The ultrafiltration and transport capacities of SG-containing and glucose-based fluids were analyzed using artificial membranes and an in vivo mouse model, respectively. To investigate the biocompatibility of the fluids, Met-5A and human omental peritoneal MCs (HOMCs) were exposed in vitro to different types of glucose-based PDFs (conventional 4.25% glucose solution with high-GDP level and biocompatible 2.3% glucose solution with low-GDP level), SG-based fluids or treated with TGF-β1. Mice submitted to surgery of intraperitoneal catheter insertion were treated for 40 days with SG- or glucose-based fluids. Peritoneal tissues were collected to determine thickness, MMT, angiogenesis, as well as peritoneal washings to analyze inflammation. Results: Dialysis membrane experiments demonstrated that SG-based fluids at 1.5%, 1%, and 0.75% had a similar trend in weight gain, based on curve slope, as glucose-based fluids. Analyzing transport capacity in vivo, 1% and 0.75% SG-based fluid-exposed nephrectomized mice extracted a similar amount of urea as the glucose 2.3% group. In vitro, PDF with high-glucose (4.25%) and high-GDP content induced mesenchymal markers and angiogenic factors (Snail1, Fibronectin, VEGF-A, FGF-2) and downregulates the epithelial marker E-Cadherin. In contrast, exposition to low-glucose-based fluids with low-GDP content or SG-based fluids showed higher viability and had less MMT. In vivo, SG-based fluids preserved MC monolayer, induced less PM thickness, angiogenesis, leukocyte infiltration, inflammatory cytokines release, and MMT compared with glucose-based fluids. Conclusion: SG showed better biocompatibility as an osmotic agent than glucose in vitro and in vivo, therefore, it could alternatively substitute glucose in PDF.
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- Valeria Kopytina
- Department of Immunology, Molecular Biology Research Center Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Molecular Biology Research Center Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurter, St. Wendel, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Molecular Biology Research Center Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurter, St. Wendel, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, IdiPAZ Research Institute, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alcalá (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alcalá (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, St. Wendel, Germany
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- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, St. Wendel, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Molecular Biology Research Center Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Manuel López-Cabrera, ; Guadalupe-Tirma González-Mateo,
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- Department of Immunology, Molecular Biology Research Center Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nephrology, IdiPAZ Research Institute, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Manuel López-Cabrera, ; Guadalupe-Tirma González-Mateo,
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Singh S, Allwood BW, Chiyaka TL, Kleyhans L, Naidoo CC, Moodley S, Theron G, Segal LN. Immunologic and imaging signatures in post tuberculosis lung disease. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2022; 136:102244. [PMID: 36007338 PMCID: PMC10061373 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2022.102244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Post Tuberculosis Lung Disease (PTLD) affects millions of tuberculosis survivors and is a global health burden. The immune mechanisms that drive PTLD are complex and have historically been under investigated. Here, we discuss two immune-mediated paradigms that could drive human PTLD. We review the characteristics of a fibrotic granuloma that favors the development of PTLD via an abundance of T-helper-2 and T-regulatory cells and an upregulation of TGF-β mediated collagen deposition. Next, we discuss the post-primary tuberculosis paradigm and the complex mixture of caseous pneumonia, cavity formation and fibrosis that can also lead to PTLD. We review the delicate balance between cellular subsets and cytokines of the innate and adaptive immune system in conjunction with host-derived proteases that can perpetuate the parenchymal lung damage seen in PTLD. Next, we discuss the role of novel host directed therapies (HDT) to limit the development of PTLD and in particular, the recent repurposing of established medications such as statins, metformin and doxycycline. Finally, we review the emerging role of novel imaging techniques as a non-invasive modality for the early recognition of PTLD. While access to computed tomography imaging is unlikely to be available widely in countries with a high TB burden, its use in research settings can help phenotype PTLD. Due to a lack of disease-specific biomarkers and controlled clinical trials, there are currently no evidence-based recommendations for the management of PTLD. It is likely that an integrated antifibrotic strategy that could simultaneously target inflammatory and pro-fibrotic pathways will probably emerge as a successful way to treat this complex condition. In a disease spectrum as wide as PTLD, a single immunologic or radiographic marker may not be sufficient and a combination is more likely to be a successful surrogate that could aid in the development of successful HDTs.
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- S Singh
- NYU Langone Translational Lung Biology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Avenue, MSB 594, New York, NY, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University & Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa.
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- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- NYU Langone Translational Lung Biology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Avenue, MSB 594, New York, NY, USA.
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Talbott HE, Mascharak S, Griffin M, Wan DC, Longaker MT. Wound healing, fibroblast heterogeneity, and fibrosis. Cell Stem Cell 2022; 29:1161-1180. [PMID: 35931028 PMCID: PMC9357250 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2022.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Fibroblasts are highly dynamic cells that play a central role in tissue repair and fibrosis. However, the mechanisms by which they contribute to both physiologic and pathologic states of extracellular matrix deposition and remodeling are just starting to be understood. In this review article, we discuss the current state of knowledge in fibroblast biology and heterogeneity, with a primary focus on the role of fibroblasts in skin wound repair. We also consider emerging techniques in the field, which enable an increasingly nuanced and contextualized understanding of these complex systems, and evaluate limitations of existing methodologies and knowledge. Collectively, this review spotlights a diverse body of research examining an often-overlooked cell type-the fibroblast-and its critical functions in wound repair and beyond.
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- Heather E Talbott
- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Microenvironment Targeted Delivery. Cells 2022; 11:cells11152322. [PMID: 35954166 PMCID: PMC9367455 DOI: 10.3390/cells11152322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects an increasing number of people globally, yet treatment options remain limited. At present, conventional treatments depending on drug therapy do not show an ideal effect in reversing the lung damage or extending the lives of IPF patients. In recent years, more and more attention has focused on extracellular vesicles (EVs) which show extraordinary therapeutic effects in inflammation, fibrosis disease, and tissue damage repair in many kinds of disease therapy. More importantly, EVs can be modified or used as a drug or cytokine delivery tool, targeting injury sites to enhance treatment efficiency. In light of this, the treatment strategy of mesenchymal stem cell-extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) targeting the pulmonary microenvironment for IPF provides a new idea for the treatment of IPF. In this review, we summarized the inflammation, immune dysregulation, and extracellular matrix microenvironment (ECM) disorders in the IPF microenvironment in order to reveal the treatment strategy of MSC-EVs targeting the pulmonary microenvironment for IPF.
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Cao Q, Mertens RT, Sivanathan KN, Cai X, Xiao P. Macrophage orchestration of epithelial and stromal cell homeostasis in the intestine. J Leukoc Biol 2022; 112:313-331. [PMID: 35593111 PMCID: PMC9543232 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3ru0322-176r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The intestinal tract is a complex ecosystem where numerous cell types of epithelial, immune, neuronal, and endothelial origin coexist in an intertwined, highly organized manner. The functional equilibrium of the intestine relies heavily on the proper crosstalk and cooperation among each cell population. Furthermore, macrophages are versatile, innate immune cells that participate widely in the modulation of inflammation and tissue remodeling. Emerging evidence suggest that macrophages are central in orchestrating tissue homeostasis. Herein, we describe how macrophages interact with epithelial cells, neurons, and other types of mesenchymal cells under the context of intestinal inflammation, followed by the therapeutic implications of cellular crosstalk pertaining to the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Qian Cao
- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,The Key Laboratory for Immunity and Inflammatory Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Gera J, Budakoti P, Suhag M, Mandal L, Mandal S. Physiological ROS controls Upd3-dependent modeling of ECM to support cardiac function in Drosophila. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabj4991. [PMID: 35179958 PMCID: PMC8856619 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj4991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Despite their highly reactive nature, reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the physiological level serve as signaling molecules regulating diverse biological processes. While ROS usually act autonomously, they also function as local paracrine signals by diffusing out of the cells producing them. Using in vivo molecular genetic analyses in Drosophila, we provide evidence for ROS-dependent paracrine signaling that does not entail ROS release. We show that elevated levels of physiological ROS within the pericardial cells activate a signaling cascade transduced by Ask1, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and p38 to regulate the expression of the cytokine Unpaired 3 (Upd3). Upd3 released by the pericardial cells controls fat body-specific expression of the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein Pericardin, essential for cardiac function and healthy life span. Therefore, our work reveals an unexpected inter-organ communication circuitry wherein high physiological levels of ROS regulate cytokine-dependent modulation of cardiac ECM with implications in normal and pathophysiological conditions.
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- Jayati Gera
- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Developmental Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
- Corresponding author.
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Ueno A, Jijon HB, Peng R, Sparksman S, Mainoli B, Filyk A, Li Y, Wilson S, Novak K, Panaccione R, Hirota S, Dufour A, Lu C, Beck PL. Association of Circulating Fibrocytes With Fibrostenotic Small Bowel Crohn's Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022; 28:246-258. [PMID: 34428284 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izab157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fibrocytes are hematopoietic cells with features of mesenchymal cells found in the circulation and inflammatory sites implicated in promoting fibrosis in many fibroinflammatory diseases. However, their role(s) in the development of intestinal fibrosis is poorly understood. Here, we investigated a potential role of fibrocytes in the development of fibrosis in Crohn's disease (CD) and sought factors that may impact their development and function. METHODS Plasma and mononuclear cells were collected from patients with and without fibrostenotic CD. Fibrocytes defined as CD11b+, CD34+, and Collagen 1+ were correlated with clinical assessments of fibrosis, including evaluation using intestinal ultrasound. We measured the levels of relevant circulating molecules via Luminex and studied the effect of patient plasma proteins on fibrocyte differentiation. RESULTS Fibrocyte numbers were increased in CD patients with stricturing Crohn's disease compared with patients with an inflammatory phenotype (P = .0013), with strong correlation between fibrocyte numbers and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI), a measure of bowel elasticity on intestinal ultrasound (R = .8383, P = .0127). Fibrostenotic plasma was a more potent inducer of fibrocyte differentiation in both primary human monocytes and cell line and contained increased levels of cytokines implicated in fibrocyte differentiation compared with plasma from inflammatory patients. Interestingly, increased fibrocyte numbers at time of ultrasound were associated with escalation of medical therapy and endoscopic/surgical management of small bowel strictures at 30 months follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Circulating fibrocytes strongly correlate with fibrostenotic disease in CD, and they may serve as predictors for escalation of medical +/- surgical therapy.
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- Aito Ueno
- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Yanagihara T, Scallan C, Ask K, Kolb MR. Emerging therapeutic targets for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: preclinical progress and therapeutic implications. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2021; 25:939-948. [PMID: 34784834 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2021.2006186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive lung disease with high associated morbidity and mortality. The therapeutic landscape has significantly changed in the last 20 years with two drugs currently approved that have demonstrated the ability to slow disease progression. Despite these developments, survival in IPF is limited, so there is a major interest in therapeutic targets which could serve to open up new therapeutic avenues. AREAS COVERED We review the most recent information regarding drug targets and therapies currently being investigated in preclinical and early-stage clinical trials. EXPERT OPINION The complex pathogenesis of IPF and variability in disease course and response to therapy highlights the importance of a precision approach to therapy. Novel technologies including transcriptomics and the use of serum biomarkers, will become essential tools to guide future drug development and therapeutic decision making particularly as it pertains to combination therapy.
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- Toyoshi Yanagihara
- Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Research Institute at St Joseph's Healthcare, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Research Institute at St Joseph's Healthcare, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Research Institute at St Joseph's Healthcare, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Zhou Y, Luo Z, Liao C, Cao R, Hussain Z, Wang J, Zhou Y, Chen T, Sun J, Huang Z, Liu B, Zhang X, Guan Y, Deng T. MHC class II in renal tubules plays an essential role in renal fibrosis. Cell Mol Immunol 2021; 18:2530-2540. [PMID: 34556823 PMCID: PMC8545940 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-021-00763-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Immunomodulation is considered a potential therapeutic approach for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although it has been previously reported that CD4+ T cells contribute to the development of renal fibrosis, the role of MHC class II (MHCII) in the development of renal fibrosis remains largely unknown. The present study reports that the expression of MHCII molecules in renal cortical tubules is upregulated in mouse renal fibrosis models generated by unilateral ureter obstruction (UUO) and folic acid (FA). Proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTECs) are functional antigen-presenting cells that promote the proliferation of CD4+ T cells in an MHCII-dependent manner. PTECs from mice with renal fibrosis had a stronger ability to induce T cell proliferation and cytokine production than control cells. Global or renal tubule-specific ablation of H2-Ab1 significantly alleviated renal fibrosis following UUO or FA treatment. Renal expression of profibrotic genes showed a consistent reduction in H2-Ab1 gene-deficient mouse lines. Moreover, there was a marked increase in renal tissue CD4+ T cells after UUO or FA treatment and a significant decrease following renal tubule-specific ablation of H2-Ab1. Furthermore, renal tubule-specific H2-Ab1 gene knockout mice exhibited higher proportions of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and lower proportions of Th2 cells in the UUO- or FA-treated kidneys. Finally, Immunohistochemistry (IHC) studies showed increased renal expression of MHCII and the profibrotic gene α smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in CKD patients. Together, our human and mouse data demonstrate that renal tubular MHCII plays an important role in the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis.
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- Yunfeng Zhou
- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Department of Physiology, Medical Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Department of Physiology, Medical Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Biological Therapy Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, Department of Immunology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.416992.10000 0001 2179 3554Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Shenzhen Guangming Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Biological Therapy Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, Department of Immunology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.263488.30000 0001 0472 9649Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Systemic Aging and Intervention, National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology (Shenzhen), Medical Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.411971.b0000 0000 9558 1426Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Advanced Institute of Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- grid.411971.b0000 0000 9558 1426Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Advanced Institute of Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- grid.452708.c0000 0004 1803 0208National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China ,Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China ,grid.216417.70000 0001 0379 7164Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Clinical Immunology Center, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Ghanem M, Homps-Legrand M, Garnier M, Morer L, Goletto T, Frija-Masson J, Wicky PH, Jaquet P, Bancal C, Hurtado-Nedelec M, de Chaisemartin L, Jaillet M, Mailleux A, Quesnel C, Poté N, Debray MP, de Montmollin E, Neukirch C, Borie R, Taillé C, Crestani B. Blood fibrocytes are associated with severity and prognosis in COVID-19 pneumonia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2021; 321:L847-L858. [PMID: 34496650 PMCID: PMC8562948 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00105.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Increased blood fibrocytes are associated with a poor prognosis in fibrotic lung diseases. We aimed to determine whether the percentage of circulating fibrocytes could be predictive of severity and prognosis during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Blood fibrocytes were quantified by flow cytometry as CD45+/CD15-/CD34+/collagen-1+ cells in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia. In a subgroup of patients admitted in an intensive care unit (ICU), fibrocytes were quantified in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Serum amyloid P (SAP), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), CXCL12, CCL2, and FGF2 concentrations were measured. We included 57 patients in the hospitalized group (median age = 59 yr [23-87]) and 16 individuals as healthy controls. The median percentage of circulating fibrocytes was higher in the patients compared with the controls (3.6% [0.2-9.2] vs. 2.1% [0.9-5.1], P = 0.04). Blood fibrocyte count was lower in the six patients who died compared with the survivors (1.6% [0.2-4.4] vs. 3.7% [0.6-9.2], P = 0.02). Initial fibrocyte count was higher in patients showing a complete lung computed tomography (CT) resolution at 3 mo. Circulating fibrocyte count was decreased in the ICU group (0.8% [0.1-2.0]), whereas BAL fibrocyte count was 6.7% (2.2-15.4). Serum SAP and TGF-β1 concentrations were increased in hospitalized patients. SAP was also increased in ICU patients. CXCL12 and CCL2 were increased in ICU patients and negatively correlated with circulating fibrocyte count. We conclude that circulating fibrocytes were increased in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia, and a lower fibrocyte count was associated with an increased risk of death and a slower resolution of lung CT opacities.
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- Mada Ghanem
- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, APHP, DMU DREAM, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation et Médecine Périopératoire, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- APHP, Service de Réanimation Médicale et Infectieuse, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- APHP, Service de Réanimation Médicale et Infectieuse, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- APHP, Laboratoire d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, APHP, Laboratoire d'immunologie, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, Inserm, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, APHP, DMU DREAM, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation et Médecine Périopératoire, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie pathologique, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Paris, Inserm, U1152, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre de référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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Chang CJ, Lin CF, Chen BC, Lin PY, Chen CL. SHP2: The protein tyrosine phosphatase involved in chronic pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis. IUBMB Life 2021; 74:131-142. [PMID: 34590785 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), including pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, and asthma, are significant global health problems due to their prevalence and rising incidence. The roles of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) in controlling tyrosine phosphorylation of targeting proteins modulate multiple physiological cellular responses and contribute to the pathogenesis of CRDs. Src homology-2 domain-containing PTP2 (SHP2) plays a pivotal role in modulating downstream growth factor receptor signaling and cytoplasmic PTKs, including MAPK/ERK, PI3K/AKT, and JAK/STAT pathways, to regulate cell survival and proliferation. In addition, SHP2 mutation and activation are commonly implicated in tumorigenesis. However, little is known about SHP2 in chronic pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis. This review discusses the potential involvement of SHP2 deregulation in chronic pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis, as well as the therapeutic effects of targeting SHP2 in CRDs.
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- Chun-Jung Chang
- School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Pulmonary Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Just SA, Nielsen C, Werlinrud JC, Larsen PV, Hejbøl EK, Tenstad HB, Daa Schrøder H, Barington T, Torfing T, Humby F, Lindegaard H. Fibrocytes in early and long-standing rheumatoid arthritis: a 6-month trial with repeated synovial biopsy, imaging and lung function test. RMD Open 2021; 7:rmdopen-2020-001494. [PMID: 33674419 PMCID: PMC7938972 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Objectives To correlate the level of fibrocytes in peripheral blood, synovial tissue and in vitro culture in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with changes in disease activity, imaging and pulmonary function. Methods Twenty patients with early RA (ERA) and 20 patients with long-standing RA (LRA) were enrolled in a 6-month prospective study. Sixteen patients undergoing wrist arthroscopy were healthy controls. Patients with RA underwent pulmonary function tests, ultrasound and synovial ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the same wrist at baseline and 6 months. Wrist MRI was performed at baseline (all) and 6 months (ERA). Circulating fibrocytes were measured by flow cytometry, in vitro by the number of monocytes that were differentiated to fibrocytes and in synovial biopsies by counting in histological sections. Results Fibrocytes were primarily located around vessels and in the subintimal area in the synovium. Fibrocyte levels did not decline during the trial despite effective RA treatment. In the ERA group, increased synovitis assessed by ultrasound was moderate and strongly correlated with an increase in circulating and synovial fibrocyte levels, respectively. Increased synovitis assessed by MRI during the trial in the ERA group was moderately correlated with both increased numbers of circulating and cultured fibrocytes. Absolute diffusion capacity level was overall weakly negatively correlated with the level of circulating and synovial fibrocytes. The decline in diffusion capacity during the trial was moderately correlated with increased levels of synovial fibrocytes. Conclusion Our findings suggest that fibrocytes are involved in RA pathogenesis, both in the synovium and the reduction in lung function seen in a part of patients with RA. Trial registration number NCT02652299.
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- Søren Andreas Just
- Department of Rheumatology, Odense Universitetshospital, Odense, Denmark .,Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Svendborg Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Mental Health Services, Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Svendborg Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Odense Universitetshospital, Odense, Denmark
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Stein MC, Braun F, Krebs CF, Bunders MJ. Kidney organoid systems for studies of immune-mediated kidney diseases: challenges and opportunities. Cell Tissue Res 2021; 385:457-473. [PMID: 34309728 PMCID: PMC8310776 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-021-03499-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Acute and chronic kidney diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in the global population. Many nephropathies are considered to be immune-mediated with dysregulated immune responses playing an important role in the pathogenesis. At present, targeted approaches for many kidney diseases are still lacking, as the underlying mechanisms remain insufficiently understood. With the recent development of organoids—a three-dimensional, multicellular culture system, which recapitulates important aspects of human tissues—new opportunities to investigate interactions between renal cells and immune cells in the pathogenesis of kidney diseases arise. To date, kidney organoid systems, which reflect the structure and closer resemble critical aspects of the organ, have been established. Here, we highlight the recent advances in the development of kidney organoid models, including pluripotent stem cell-derived kidney organoids and primary epithelial cell-based tubuloids. The employment and further required advances of current organoid models are discussed to investigate the role of the immune system in renal tissue development, regeneration, and inflammation to identify targets for the development of novel therapeutic approaches of immune-mediated kidney diseases.
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- Melissa C Stein
- Research Department Virus Immunology, Leibniz-Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology (HCTI), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Department Virus Immunology, Leibniz-Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany.
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Fibrosis, the Bad Actor in Cardiorenal Syndromes: Mechanisms Involved. Cells 2021; 10:cells10071824. [PMID: 34359993 PMCID: PMC8307805 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiorenal syndrome is a term that defines the complex bidirectional nature of the interaction between cardiac and renal disease. It is well established that patients with kidney disease have higher incidence of cardiovascular comorbidities and that renal dysfunction is a significant threat to the prognosis of patients with cardiac disease. Fibrosis is a common characteristic of organ injury progression that has been proposed not only as a marker but also as an important driver of the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndromes. Due to the relevance of fibrosis, its study might give insight into the mechanisms and targets that could potentially be modulated to prevent fibrosis development. The aim of this review was to summarize some of the pathophysiological pathways involved in the fibrotic damage seen in cardiorenal syndromes, such as inflammation, oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress, which are known to be triggers and mediators of fibrosis.
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Gao M, Wang J, Zang J, An Y, Dong Y. The Mechanism of CD8 + T Cells for Reducing Myofibroblasts Accumulation during Renal Fibrosis. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11070990. [PMID: 34356613 PMCID: PMC8301885 DOI: 10.3390/biom11070990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Renal fibrosis is a hallmark of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a common manifestation of end-stage renal disease that is associated with multiple types of renal insults and functional loss of the kidney. Unresolved renal inflammation triggers fibrotic processes by promoting the activation and expansion of extracellular matrix-producing fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. Growing evidence now indicates that diverse T cells and macrophage subpopulations play central roles in the inflammatory microenvironment and fibrotic process. The present review aims to elucidate the role of CD8+ T cells in renal fibrosis, and identify its possible mechanisms in the inflammatory microenvironment.
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Wang CH, Weng CM, Huang TT, Lee MJ, Lo CY, Chen MC, Chou CL, Kuo HP. Anti-IgE therapy inhibits chemotaxis, proliferation and transformation of circulating fibrocytes in patients with severe allergic asthma. Respirology 2021; 26:842-850. [PMID: 34109713 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Circulating fibrocytes act as precursors of myofibroblasts, contribute to airway remodelling in chronic asthma and migrate to injured tissues by expressing CXCR4 and CCR7. Anti-IgE therapy improves severe allergic asthma (SAA) control and airway remodelling in T2-high SAA. The effects of anti-IgE therapy on fibrocyte activities were investigated in this study. METHODS The expression of CCR7, CXCR4, ST2 and α-SMA (α-smooth muscle actin) in both circulating and cultured fibrocytes from all patients with asthma was measured, and was repeated after omalizumab treatment in SAA. Fibrocytes recruitment, proliferation and transformation were also measured in response to anti-IgE therapy. RESULTS Omalizumab effectively improved asthma control and pulmonary function in T2-high SAA, associated with a decline in serum levels of IL-33 and IL-13. Omalizumab down-regulates CXCR4 and CCR7 expression of fibrocytes, which could suppress fibrocyte recruitment into the lungs. Omalizumab also suppressed the increased number of fibrocytes and α-SMA+ fibrocytes within the cultured non-adherent non-T (NANT) cells after 3-7 days of culture. The decrease in serum levels of IL-33 by omalizumab contributed to the effectiveness in inhibiting fibrocyte recruitment, proliferation and myofibroblast transformation through IL-33/ST2 axis. The elevated IL-13 expression in SAA patients potentiated the effects of IL-33 by increasing ST2 expression. CONCLUSION Omalizumab reduced the number of circulating fibrocytes, cell and number of fibrocytes as well as α-SMA+ fibrocytes after 3-7 days of culture in SAA patients. IL-33 and IL-13 may be implicated in the effectiveness of omalizumab in inhibiting fibrocyte activation contributing partly to the clinical benefits in reducing lamina propria and basement membrane thickening.
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- Chun-Hua Wang
- Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Pulmonary Medicine Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Respiratory therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pulmonary Medicine Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pulmonary Disease Research Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pulmonary Medicine Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Thoracic Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pulmonary Medicine Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Thoracic Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Bedos L, Grahn BH, Philibert H, Campbell J, Sandmeyer L. Histologic, immunohistochemical, and scanning electron microscopic comparison of pre-iridal monocellular and fibrovascular membranes in normal and glaucomatous canine globes. Vet Ophthalmol 2021; 24:361-373. [PMID: 33904639 DOI: 10.1111/vop.12894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES (i) To evaluate immunohistochemical labeling of pre-iridal monocellular and fibrovascular membranes and (ii) describe the light and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) characteristics of these membranes in glaucomatous and normal/control canine globes. MATERIALS AND METHODS All globes were evaluated with light microscopy. Immunohistochemical labeling for CD18, Smooth muscle actin (SMA), and CD117 was completed on 40 canine globes with congenital/anterior segment dysgenesis-associated glaucoma (n = 10), primary/goniodysgenesis-associated glaucoma (n = 10), secondary glaucoma (n = 10), and normal/control globes (n = 10). SEM was completed on 10 globes: 5 with monocellular membranes, 3 with fibrovascular membranes, and 2 without a histologically detectable membrane. RESULTS Monocellular membranes were detected in all normal/control globes with light microscopy and appeared to be morphologically very similar to those in diseased globes. CD18 labeling was detected in 9/10 monocellular membranes in normal/control globes, 15/23 monocellular, and 7/8 fibrovascular membranes in globes with glaucoma. SMA and CD117 labeling was not detected in monocellular membranes of normal/control globes. SMA was expressed in 10/23 monocellular and 7/8 fibrovascular membranes of glaucomatous globes. CD117 was expressed in 7/23 monocellular and 5/8 fibrovascular membranes of glaucomatous globes. SEM of monocellular membranes revealed a continuous sheet of mostly spindle cells and few individual round cells that extended over the anterior iris face in normal/control and all glaucomatous globes. CONCLUSION Pre-iridal monocellular membranes are a normal component of the anterior iris surface, and CD18 immunoreactivity suggests some cells within these are of leukocytic origin. SMA and CD117 labeling of monocellular membranes in glaucomatous, but not normal/control globes, suggest metaplastic cellular change secondary to intraocular pathology related to glaucoma.
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- Leila Bedos
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,3WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- 3WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,3WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Ren J, Lu X, Griffiths R, Privratsky JR, Crowley SD. Twist1 in T Lymphocytes Augments Kidney Fibrosis after Ureteral Obstruction. KIDNEY360 2021; 2:784-794. [PMID: 35373065 PMCID: PMC8791343 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0007182020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Background Twist1 is a basic helix-loop-helix domain-containing transcription factor that participates in diverse cellular functions, including epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the cellular immune response. Although Twist1 plays critical roles in the initiation and progression of kidney diseases, the effects of Twist1 in the T lymphocyte on the progression of renal fibrosis require elucidation. Methods 129/SvEv mice with a floxed allele for the gene encoding Twist1 or TNFα were bred with CD4-Cre mice to yield CD4-Cre+ Twist1flox/flox (Twist1-TKO) or CD4-Cre+ TNFflox/flox (TNF-TKO) mice with robust, but selective, deletion of Twist1 or TNFα mRNA in T cells, respectively. Twist1 TKO, TNF TKO, and WT controls underwent UUO with assessment of kidney fibrosis and T-cell phenotype at 14 days. Results Compared with WT controls, obstructed kidneys from Twist1 TKO mice had attenuated extracellular matrix deposition. Despite this diminished fibrosis, Twist1 TKO obstructed kidneys contained more CD8+ T cells than in WTs. These intrarenal CD8+ T cells exhibited greater activation and higher levels of TNFα expression than those from WT obstructed kidneys. Further, we found that selective deletion of TNFα from T cells exaggerated renal scar formation and injury after UUO, highlighting the capacity of T-cell TNF to constrain fibrosis in the kidney. Conclusions Twist1 in T cells promotes kidney fibrogenesis, in part, by curtailing the renal accumulation of TNF-elaborating T cells.
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- Jiafa Ren
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Durham Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Durham Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Durham Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Durham Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Durham Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Mawa PA, Kincaid-Smith J, Tukahebwa EM, Webster JP, Wilson S. Schistosomiasis Morbidity Hotspots: Roles of the Human Host, the Parasite and Their Interface in the Development of Severe Morbidity. Front Immunol 2021; 12:635869. [PMID: 33790908 PMCID: PMC8005546 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.635869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Schistosomiasis is the second most important human parasitic disease in terms of socioeconomic impact, causing great morbidity and mortality, predominantly across the African continent. For intestinal schistosomiasis, severe morbidity manifests as periportal fibrosis (PPF) in which large tracts of macro-fibrosis of the liver, visible by ultrasound, can occlude the main portal vein leading to portal hypertension (PHT), sequelae such as ascites and collateral vasculature, and ultimately fatalities. For urogenital schistosomiasis, severe morbidity manifests as pathology throughout the urinary system and genitals, and is a definitive cause of squamous cell bladder carcinoma. Preventative chemotherapy (PC) programmes, delivered through mass drug administration (MDA) of praziquantel (PZQ), have been at the forefront of schistosomiasis control programmes in sub-Saharan Africa since their commencement in Uganda in 2003. However, despite many successes, 'biological hotspots' (as distinct from 'operational hotspots') of both persistent high transmission and morbidity remain. In some areas, this failure to gain control of schistosomiasis has devastating consequences, with not only persistently high infection intensities, but both "subtle" and severe morbidity remaining prevalent. These hotspots highlight the requirement to revisit research into severe morbidity and its mechanisms, a topic that has been out of favor during times of PC implementation. Indeed, the focality and spatially-structured epidemiology of schistosomiasis, its transmission persistence and the morbidity induced, has long suggested that gene-environmental-interactions playing out at the host-parasite interface are crucial. Here we review evidence of potential unique parasite factors, host factors, and their gene-environmental interactions in terms of explaining differential morbidity profiles in the human host. We then take the situation of schistosomiasis mansoni within the Albertine region of Uganda as a case study in terms of elucidating the factors behind the severe morbidity observed and the avenues and directions for future research currently underway within a new research and clinical trial programme (FibroScHot).
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- Patrice A. Mawa
- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council-Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI and LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
- Department of Immunology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED), Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences (PPS), Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Herts, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED), Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences (PPS), Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Herts, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Scalise RFM, De Sarro R, Caracciolo A, Lauro R, Squadrito F, Carerj S, Bitto A, Micari A, Bella GD, Costa F, Irrera N. Fibrosis after Myocardial Infarction: An Overview on Cellular Processes, Molecular Pathways, Clinical Evaluation and Prognostic Value. Med Sci (Basel) 2021; 9:medsci9010016. [PMID: 33804308 PMCID: PMC7931027 DOI: 10.3390/medsci9010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The ischemic injury caused by myocardial infarction activates a complex healing process wherein a powerful inflammatory response and a reparative phase follow and balance each other. An intricate network of mediators finely orchestrate a large variety of cellular subtypes throughout molecular signaling pathways that determine the intensity and duration of each phase. At the end of this process, the necrotic tissue is replaced with a fibrotic scar whose quality strictly depends on the delicate balance resulting from the interaction between multiple actors involved in fibrogenesis. An inflammatory or reparative dysregulation, both in term of excess and deficiency, may cause ventricular dysfunction and life-threatening arrhythmias that heavily affect clinical outcome. This review discusses cellular process and molecular signaling pathways that determine fibrosis and the imaging technique that can characterize the clinical impact of this process in-vivo.
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- Renato Francesco Maria Scalise
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.L.); (F.S.); (A.B.)
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.L.); (F.S.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.L.); (F.S.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, A.O.U. Policlinico “G. Martino”, 98100 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-090-221-23-41; Fax: +39-090-221-23-81
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinic “G. Martino”, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy; (R.F.M.S.); (R.D.S.); (A.C.); (S.C.); (G.D.B.); (N.I.)
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Karhadkar TR, Pilling D, Gomer RH. Serum Amyloid P inhibits single stranded RNA-induced lung inflammation, lung damage, and cytokine storm in mice. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0245924. [PMID: 33481950 PMCID: PMC7822324 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 is a single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus and contains GU-rich sequences distributed abundantly in the genome. In COVID-19, the infection and immune hyperactivation causes accumulation of inflammatory immune cells, blood clots, and protein aggregates in lung fluid, increased lung alveolar wall thickness, and upregulation of serum cytokine levels. A serum protein called serum amyloid P (SAP) has a calming effect on the innate immune system and shows efficacy as a therapeutic for fibrosis in animal models and clinical trials. Here we show that aspiration of the GU-rich ssRNA oligonucleotide ORN06 into mouse lungs induces all of the above COVID-19-like symptoms. Men tend to have more severe COVID-19 symptoms than women, and in the aspirated ORN06 model, male mice tended to have more severe symptoms than female mice. Intraperitoneal injections of SAP starting from day 1 post ORN06 aspiration attenuated the ORN06-induced increase in the number of inflammatory cells and formation of clot-like aggregates in the mouse lung fluid, reduced ORN06-increased alveolar wall thickness and accumulation of exudates in the alveolar airspace, and attenuated an ORN06-induced upregulation of the inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12p70, IL-23, and IL-27 in serum. SAP also reduced D-dimer levels in the lung fluid. In human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, SAP attenuated ORN06-induced extracellular accumulation of IL-6. Together, these results suggest that aspiration of ORN06 is a simple model for both COVID-19 as well as cytokine storm in general, and that SAP is a potential therapeutic for diseases with COVID-19-like symptoms and/or a cytokine storm.
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- Tejas R. Karhadkar
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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Shenderov K, Collins SL, Powell JD, Horton MR. Immune dysregulation as a driver of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. J Clin Invest 2021; 131:143226. [PMID: 33463535 DOI: 10.1172/jci143226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, reducing their quality of life and leading to death from respiratory failure within years of diagnosis. Treatment options remain limited, with only two FDA-approved drugs available in the United States, neither of which reverse the lung damage caused by the disease or prolong the life of individuals with IPF. The only cure for IPF is lung transplantation. In this review, we discuss recent major advances in our understanding of the role of the immune system in IPF that have revealed immune dysregulation as a critical driver of disease pathophysiology. We also highlight ways in which an improved understanding of the immune system's role in IPF may enable the development of targeted immunomodulatory therapies that successfully halt or potentially even reverse lung fibrosis.
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- Kevin Shenderov
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Zaidi Y, Aguilar EG, Troncoso M, Ilatovskaya DV, DeLeon-Pennell KY. Immune regulation of cardiac fibrosis post myocardial infarction. Cell Signal 2021; 77:109837. [PMID: 33207261 PMCID: PMC7720290 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pathological changes resulting from myocardial infarction (MI) include extracellular matrix alterations of the left ventricle, which can lead to cardiac stiffness and impair systolic and diastolic function. The signals released from necrotic tissue initiate the immune cascade, triggering an extensive inflammatory response followed by reparative fibrosis of the infarct area. Immune cells such as neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, mast cells, T-cells, and dendritic cells play distinct roles in orchestrating this complex pathological condition, and regulate the balance between pro-fibrotic and anti-fibrotic responses. This review discusses how molecular signals between fibroblasts and immune cells mutually regulate fibrosis post-MI, and outlines the emerging pharmacological targets and therapies for modulating inflammation and cardiac fibrosis associated with MI.
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- Yusra Zaidi
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 30 Courtenay Drive, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 30 Courtenay Drive, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 30 Courtenay Drive, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 30 Courtenay Drive, Charleston, SC 29425, USA; Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA.
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Riley LA, Merryman WD. Cadherin-11 and cardiac fibrosis: A common target for a common pathology. Cell Signal 2020; 78:109876. [PMID: 33285242 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cardiac fibrosis represents an enormous health concern as it is prevalent in nearly every form of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Fibrosis is characterized by the activation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, a contractile cell type that secretes significant amounts of extracellular matrix components; however, the onset of this condition is also due to persistent inflammation and the cellular responses to a changing mechanical environment. In this review, we provide an overview of the pro-fibrotic, pro-inflammatory, and biomechanical mechanisms that lead to cardiac fibrosis in cardiovascular diseases. We then discuss cadherin-11, an intercellular adhesion protein present on both myofibroblasts and inflammatory cells, as a potential link for all three of the fibrotic mechanisms. Since experimentally blocking cadherin-11 dimerization prevents fibrotic diseases including cardiac fibrosis, understanding how this protein can be targeted for therapeutic use could lead to better treatments for patients with heart disease.
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- Lance A Riley
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA.
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Saunders R, Kaur D, Desai D, Berair R, Chachi L, Thompson RD, Siddiqui SH, Brightling CE. Fibrocyte localisation to the ASM bundle in asthma: bidirectional effects on cell phenotype and behaviour. Clin Transl Immunology 2020; 9:e1205. [PMID: 33209301 PMCID: PMC7662089 DOI: 10.1002/cti2.1205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objectives Airway hyper‐responsiveness and persistent airflow obstruction contribute to asthma pathogenesis and symptoms, due in part to airway smooth muscle (ASM) hypercontractility and increased ASM mass. Fibrocytes have been shown to localise to the ASM in asthma however it is not known whether fibrocytes localise to the ASM in nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In addition, the potential consequences of fibrocyte localisation to ASM as regards asthma pathophysiology has not been widely studied. Methods Fibrocytes and proliferating cells were enumerated in ASM in bronchial tissue using immunohistochemistry. The effects of primary ASM and fibrocytes upon each other in terms of phenotype and behaviour following co‐culture were investigated by assessing cell number, size, apoptotic status, phenotype and contractility in in vitro cell‐based assays. Results Increased fibrocyte number in the ASM was observed in asthma versus NAEB, but not NAEB and COPD versus controls, and confirmed in asthma versus controls. ASM proliferation was not detectably different in asthmatics versus healthy controls in vivo. No difference in proliferation, apoptotic status or size of ASM was seen following culture with/without fibrocytes. Following co‐culture with ASM from asthmatics versus nonasthmatics, fibrocyte smooth muscle marker expression and collagen gel contraction were greater. Following co‐culture, fibrocyte CD14 expression was restored with the potential to contribute to asthma pathogenesis via monocyte‐mediated processes dependent on the inflammatory milieu. Conclusion Further understanding of mechanisms of fibrocyte recruitment to and/or differentiation within the ASM may identify novel therapeutic targets to modulate ASM dysfunction in asthma.
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- Ruth Saunders
- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK.,Present address: University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK.,Present address: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester Leicester UK
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Raglianti V, Rossi GM, Vaglio A. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: an update for nephrologists. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020; 36:1773-1781. [PMID: 33005943 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare condition characterized by the development of a peri-aortic and peri-iliac tissue showing chronic inflammatory infiltrates and pronounced fibrosis. Ureteral entrapment with consequent obstructive uropathy is one of the most common complications of IRF, which can lead to acute renal failure and, in the long term, to varying degrees of chronic kidney disease. IRF may be isolated or develop in association with autoimmune diseases (e.g. Hashimoto's thyroiditis and psoriasis) and other fibro-inflammatory disorders (often within the spectrum of immunoglobulin G4-related disease), which suggests that it should be considered as a potentially systemic condition. IRF is an immune-mediated disease: genetic variants (e.g. human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*03) and environmental agents (mainly exposure to asbestos and smoking) are strongly associated with an increased risk of developing the disease, while a complex network of chemokines (e.g. CXCL12 and C-C moti chemokine 11 (CCL11)) and cytokines [e.g. interleukin (IL)-6, IL-12 and IL-13] is likely to orchestrate the inflammatory response and simultaneously promote fibrosis. Glucocorticoids, alone or in combination with traditional immunosuppressants such as methotrexate and mycophenolate mofetil, are usually efficacious and promptly induce disease remission; however, up to 50% of patients relapse, thus requiring repeat immunosuppressive courses. Biologic drugs, namely rituximab, are being explored for the treatment of IRF. In addition to medical therapies, interventional procedures (mainly ureteral stenting) are required to relieve ureteral obstruction, whereas surgical ureterolysis is generally reserved to refractory cases. If appropriately treated, then the overall and renal prognosis of IRF are good, with <5% patients developing end-stage renal disease.
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- Valentina Raglianti
- Deptartment of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Nephrology Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Deptartment of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.,Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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Baci D, Bosi A, Parisi L, Buono G, Mortara L, Ambrosio G, Bruno A. Innate Immunity Effector Cells as Inflammatory Drivers of Cardiac Fibrosis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E7165. [PMID: 32998408 PMCID: PMC7583949 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Despite relevant advances made in therapies for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), they still represent the first cause of death worldwide. Cardiac fibrosis and excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling are common end-organ features in diseased hearts, leading to tissue stiffness, impaired myocardial functional, and progression to heart failure. Although fibrosis has been largely recognized to accompany and complicate various CVDs, events and mechanisms driving and governing fibrosis are still not entirely elucidated, and clinical interventions targeting cardiac fibrosis are not yet available. Immune cell types, both from innate and adaptive immunity, are involved not just in the classical response to pathogens, but they take an active part in "sterile" inflammation, in response to ischemia and other forms of injury. In this context, different cell types infiltrate the injured heart and release distinct pro-inflammatory cytokines that initiate the fibrotic response by triggering myofibroblast activation. The complex interplay between immune cells, fibroblasts, and other non-immune/host-derived cells is now considered as the major driving force of cardiac fibrosis. Here, we review and discuss the contribution of inflammatory cells of innate immunity, including neutrophils, macrophages, natural killer cells, eosinophils and mast cells, in modulating the myocardial microenvironment, by orchestrating the fibrogenic process in response to tissue injury. A better understanding of the time frame, sequences of events during immune cells infiltration, and their action in the injured inflammatory heart environment, may provide a rationale to design new and more efficacious therapeutic interventions to reduce cardiac fibrosis.
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- Denisa Baci
- Immunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy;
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Unit of Immunology, IRCCS MultiMedica, 20138 Milan, Italy;
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- Immunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy;
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Perugia School of Medicine, 06123 Perugia, Italy;
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- Unit of Immunology, IRCCS MultiMedica, 20138 Milan, Italy;
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Bradshaw AD, DeLeon-Pennell KY. T-cell regulation of fibroblasts and cardiac fibrosis. Matrix Biol 2020; 91-92:167-175. [PMID: 32438054 PMCID: PMC7434661 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2020.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Inflammation contributes to the development of heart failure (HF) through multiple mechanisms including regulating extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation and deposition. Interactions between cells in the myocardium orchestrates the magnitude and duration of inflammatory cell recruitment and ECM remodeling events associated with HF. More recently, studies have shown T-cells have signficant roles in post-MI wound healing. T-cell biology in HF illustrates the complexity of cross-talk between inflammatory cell types and resident fibroblasts. This review will focus on T-cell recruitment to the myocardium and T-cell specific factors that might influence cardiac wound healing and fibrosis in the heart with consideration of age and sex as important factors in T-cell activity.
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- Amy D Bradshaw
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401, United States.
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Karhadkar TR, Pilling D, Gomer RH. Serum Amyloid P inhibits single stranded RNA-induced lung inflammation, lung damage, and cytokine storm in mice. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2020. [PMID: 32869032 DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.26.269183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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SARS-CoV-2 is a single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus and contains GU-rich sequences distributed abundantly in the genome. In COVID-19, the infection and immune hyperactivation causes accumulation of inflammatory immune cells, blood clots, and protein aggregates in lung fluid, increased lung alveolar wall thickness, and upregulation of serum cytokine levels. A serum protein called serum amyloid P (SAP) has a calming effect on the innate immune system and shows efficacy as a therapeutic for fibrosis in animal models and clinical trials. In this report, we show that aspiration of the GU-rich ssRNA oligonucleotide ORN06 into mouse lungs induces all of the above COVID-19-like symptoms. Men tend to have more severe COVID-19 symptoms than women, and in the aspirated ORN06 model, male mice tended to have more severe symptoms than female mice. Intraperitoneal injections of SAP starting from day 1 post ORN06 aspiration attenuated the ORN06-induced increase in the number of inflammatory cells and formation of clot-like aggregates in the mouse lung fluid, reduced ORN06-increased alveolar wall thickness and accumulation of exudates in the alveolar airspace, and attenuated an ORN06-induced upregulation of the inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12p70, IL-23, and IL-27 in serum. Together, these results suggest that aspiration of ORN06 is a simple model for both COVID-19 as well as cytokine storm in general, and that SAP is a potential therapeutic for diseases with COVID-19-like symptoms as well as diseases that generate a cytokine storm.
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Guo T, Zou L, Ni J, Zhou Y, Ye L, Yang X, Zhu Z. Regulatory T Cells: An Emerging Player in Radiation-Induced Lung Injury. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1769. [PMID: 32849634 PMCID: PMC7417370 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs), which have long been recognized as essential regulators of both inflammation and autoimmunity, also impede effective antitumor immune response due to their immunosuppressive properties. Combined radiotherapy and immunotherapeutic interventions focusing on the removal of Tregs have recently garnered interest as a promising strategy to reverse immunosuppression. Meanwhile, Tregs are emerging as a key player in the pathogenesis of radiation-induced lung injury (RILI), a frequent and potentially life-threatening complication of thoracic radiotherapy. Recognition of the critical role of Tregs in RILI raises the important question of whether radiotherapy combined with Treg-targeting immunotherapy offers any beneficial effects in the protection of normal lung tissue. This present review focuses on the contributions of Tregs to RILI, with particular emphasis on the suspected differential role of Tregs in the pneumonitic phase and fibrotic phase of RILI. We also introduce recent progress on the potential mechanisms by which Tregs modulate RILI and the crosstalk among Tregs, other infiltrating T cells, fibrocytes, and resident epithelial cells driving disease pathogenesis. Finally, we discuss whether Tregs also hold promise as a potential target for immunotherapeutic interventions for RILI.
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- Tiantian Guo
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Recent Advances: The Imbalance of Immune Cells and Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10050338. [PMID: 32466214 PMCID: PMC7277978 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10050338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Recent advancement in the immunological understanding of genesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has implicated a decline in anti-tumour immunity on the background of chronic inflammatory state of liver parenchyma. The development of HCC involves a network of immunological activity in the tumour microenvironment involving continuous interaction between tumour and stromal cells. The reduction in anti-tumour immunity is secondary to changes in various immune cells and cytokines, and the tumour microenvironment plays a critical role in modulating the process of liver fibrosis, hepatocarcinogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), tumor invasion and metastasis. Thus, it is considered as one of primary factor behind the despicable tumour behavior and observed poor survival; along with increased risk of recurrence following treatment in HCC. The primary intent of the present review is to facilitate the understanding of the complex network of immunological interactions of various immune cells, cytokines and tumour cells associated with the development and progression of HCC.
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Regulatory T cells are a double-edged sword in pulmonary fibrosis. Int Immunopharmacol 2020; 84:106443. [PMID: 32334385 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease. The pathogenesis of PF has not been clearly elucidated, and there is no obvious effective treatment to arrest the progression of PF to date. A long-term chronic inflammatory response and inappropriate repair process after lung injury are important causes and pathological processes of PF. As an influential type of the body's immune cells, regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an irreplaceable role in inhibiting the inflammatory response and promoting the repair of lung tissue. However, the exact roles of Tregs in the process of PF have not been clearly established, and the available literature concerning the roles of Tregs in PF are contradictory. First, Tregs can advance the progression of pulmonary fibrosis by secreting platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and other related factors, promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and affecting the Th1 and Th2 balance, etc. Second, Tregs can inhibit PF by promoting the repair of epithelial cell damage, inhibiting the accumulation of fibroblasts, and strongly inhibiting the production and function of other related pro-inflammatory factors and pro-inflammatory cells. Accordingly, in this review, we focus on the multiple roles of Tregs in different models and different pulmonary fibrosis phases, thereby providing theoretical support for a better understanding of the multiple roles of these cells in PF and a theoretical basis for identifying targets for PF therapy.
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Purpose This review highlights the roles of fibrocytes—their origin, markers, regulation and functions—including contributions to corneal wound healing and fibrosis. Methods Literature review. Results Peripheral blood fibroblast-like cells, called fibrocytes, are primarily generated as mature collagen-producing cells in the bone marrow. They are likely derived from the myeloid lineage, although the exact precursor remains unknown. Fibrocytes are identified by a combination of expressed markers, such as simultaneous expression of CD34 or CD45 or CD11b and collagen type I or collagen type III. Fibrocytes migrate into the wound from the blood where they participate in pathogen clearance, tissue regeneration, wound closure and angiogenesis. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) and adiponectin induce expression of α-smooth muscle actin and extracellular matrix proteins through activation of Smad3 and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase pathways, respectively. Fibrocytes are important contributors to the cornea wound healing response and there are several mechanisms through which fibrocytes contribute to fibrosis in the cornea and other organs, such as their differentiation into myofibroblasts, production of matrix metalloproteinase, secretion of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase, and release of TGF-β1. In some tissues, fibrocytes may also contribute to the basement membrane regeneration and to the resolution of fibrosis. Conclusions New methods that block fibrocyte generation, fibrocyte migration, and their differentiation into myofibroblasts, as well as their production of matrix metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase, and TGF-β1, have therapeutic potential to reduce the accumulation of collagens, maintain tissue integrity and retard or prevent the development of fibrosis.
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Kidney allograft fibrosis: what we learned from latest translational research studies. J Nephrol 2020; 33:1201-1211. [PMID: 32193834 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-020-00726-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To add new molecular and pathogenetic insights into the biological machinery associated to kidney allograft fibrosis is a major research target in nephrology and organ transplant translational medicine. Interstitial fibrosis associated to tubular atrophy (IF/TA) is, in fact, an inevitable and progressive process that occurs in almost every type of chronic allograft injury (particularly in grafts from expanded criteria donors) characterized by profound remodeling and excessive production/deposition of fibrillar extracellular matrix (ECM) with a great clinical impact. IF/TA is detectable in more than 50% of kidney allografts at 2 years. However, although well studied, the complete cellular/biological network associated with IF/TA is only partially evaluated. In the last few years, then, thanks to the introduction of new biomolecular technologies, inflammation in scarred/fibrotic parenchyma areas (recently acknowledged by the BANFF classification) has been recognized as a pivotal element able to accelerate the onset and development of the allograft chronic damage. Therefore, in this review, we focused on some new pathogenetic elements involved in graft fibrosis (including epithelial/endothelial to mesenchymal transition, oxidative stress, activation of Wnt and Hedgehog signaling pathways, fatty acids oxidation and cellular senescence) that, in our opinion, could become in future good candidates as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
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She G, Ren YJ, Wang Y, Hou MC, Wang HF, Gou W, Lai BC, Lei T, Du XJ, Deng XL. K Ca3.1 Channels Promote Cardiac Fibrosis Through Mediating Inflammation and Differentiation of Monocytes Into Myofibroblasts in Angiotensin II -Treated Rats. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 8:e010418. [PMID: 30563389 PMCID: PMC6405723 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.010418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background Cardiac fibrosis is a core pathological process associated with heart failure. The recruitment and differentiation of primitive fibroblast precursor cells of bone marrow origin play a critical role in pathological interstitial cardiac fibrosis. The KC a3.1 channels are expressed in both ventricular fibroblasts and circulating mononuclear cells in rats and are upregulated by angiotensin II . We hypothesized that KC a3.1 channels mediate the inflammatory microenvironment in the heart, promoting the infiltrated bone marrow-derived circulating mononuclear cells to differentiate into myofibroblasts, leading to myocardial fibrosis. Methods and Results We established a cardiac fibrosis model in rats by infusing angiotensin II to evaluate the impact of the specific KC a3.1 channel blocker TRAM -34 on cardiac fibrosis. At the same time, mouse CD 4+ T cells and rat circulating mononuclear cells were separated to investigate the underlying mechanism of the TRAM -34 anti-cardiac fibrosis effect. TRAM -34 significantly attenuated cardiac fibrosis and the inflammatory reaction and reduced the number of fibroblast precursor cells and myofibroblasts. Inhibition of KC a3.1 channels suppressed angiotensin II -stimulated expression and secretion of interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 in CD 4+ T cells and interleukin-4- or interleukin-13-induced differentiation of monocytes into fibrocytes. Conclusions KC a3.1 channels facilitate myocardial inflammation and the differentiation of bone marrow-derived monocytes into myofibroblasts in cardiac fibrosis caused by angiotensin II infusion.
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- Gang She
- 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China.,5 Department of Pathology Xi'an Guangren Hospital Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 5 Department of Pathology Xi'an Guangren Hospital Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 3 Basic Experiment Teaching Center School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 4 Cardiovascular Research Centre School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 2 Department of Pathology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China.,6 Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China.,4 Cardiovascular Research Centre School of Basic Medical Sciences Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center Xi'an Shaanxi China
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Roife D, Fleming JB, Gomer RH. Fibrocytes in the Tumor Microenvironment. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1224:79-85. [PMID: 32036606 PMCID: PMC7212529 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35723-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tumors have long been compared to chronic wounds that do not heal, since they share many of the same molecular and cellular processes. In normal wounds, healing processes lead to restoration of cellular architecture, while in malignant tumors, these healing processes become dysregulated and contribute to growth and invasion of neoplastic cells into the surrounding tissues. Fibrocytes are fibroblast-like cells that differentiate from bone marrow-derived CD14+ circulating monocytes and aid wound healing. Although most monocytes will differentiate into macrophages after extravasating into a tissue, signals present in a wound environment can cause some monocytes to differentiate into fibrocytes. The fibrocytes secrete matrix proteins and inflammatory cytokines, activate local fibroblasts to proliferate and increase extracellular matrix production, and promote angiogenesis, and because fibrocytes are contractile, they also help wound contraction. There is now emerging evidence that fibrocytes are present in the tumor microenvironment, attracted by the chronic tissue damage and cytokines from both cancer cells and other immune cells. Fibrocytes may aid in the survival and spread of neoplastic cells, so these wound-healing cells may be a promising target for anticancer research in future studies.
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- David Roife
- Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology/ILSB, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Tsotridou E, Loukovitis E, Zapsalis K, Pentara I, Asteriadis S, Tranos P, Zachariadis Z, Anogeianakis G. A Review of Last Decade Developments on Epiretinal Membrane Pathogenesis. MEDICAL HYPOTHESIS, DISCOVERY & INNOVATION OPHTHALMOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 9:91-110. [PMID: 32490016 PMCID: PMC7134239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Epiretinal membrane (ERM) is a pathologic tissue that develops at the vitreoretinal interface. ERM is responsible for pathological changes of vision with varying degrees of clinical significance. It is either idiopathic or secondary to a wide variety of diseases such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). A great variation in the prevalence of idiopathic ERM among different ethnic groups proposed that genetic and lifestyle factors may play a role in ERM occurrence. Histopathological studies demonstrate that various cell types including retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, fibrocytes, fibrous astrocytes, myofibroblast-like cells, glial cells, endothelial cells (ECs) and macrophages, as well as trophic and transcription factors, including transforming growth factor (TGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) etc., are directly or indirectly involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic or secondary ERMs. These processes are driven (on the last count) by more than 50 genes, such as Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF), CCL2 (chemokine (C-C motif) ligand )), Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1 )MALAT1(, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, TGF-β2, Interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10, VEGF and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), some of which have been studied more intensely than others. The present paper tried to summarize, highlight and cross-correlate the major findings made in the last decade on the function of these genes and their association with different types of cells, genes and gene expression products in the ERM formation.
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- Eleni Tsotridou
- Ophthalmica Eye Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Ophthalmica Eye Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Department of Ophthalmology, 424 General Military Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Ophthalmica Eye Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Ophthalmica Eye Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Ophthalmica Eye Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece.,Association for Training in Biomedical Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Smith TJ, Bartalena L. Will biological agents supplant systemic glucocorticoids as the first-line treatment for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy? Eur J Endocrinol 2019; 181:D27-D43. [PMID: 31370005 PMCID: PMC7398270 DOI: 10.1530/eje-19-0389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this article, the two authors present their opposing points of view concerning the likelihood that glucocorticoids will be replaced by newly developed biological agents in the treatment of active, moderate-to-severe thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). TAO is a vexing, disfiguring and potentially blinding autoimmune manifestation of thyroid autoimmunity. One author expresses the opinion that steroids are nonspecific, frequently fail to improve the disease and can cause sometimes serious side effects. He suggests that glucocorticoids should be replaced as soon as possible by more specific and safer drugs, once they become available. The most promising of these are biological agents. The other author argues that glucocorticoids are proven effective and are unlikely to be replaced by biologicals. He reasons that while they may not uniformly result in optimal benefit, they have been proven effective in many reports. He remains open minded about alternative therapies such as biologicals but remains skeptical that they will replace steroids as the first-line therapy for active, moderate-to-severe TAO without head-to-head comparative clinical trials demonstrating superiority. Despite these very different points of view, both authors are optimistic about the availability of improved medical therapies for TAO, either as single agents or in combination. Further, both agree that better treatment options are needed to improve the care of our patients with active moderate-to-severe TAO.
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- Terry J. Smith
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Division of metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- Department of Medicine & Surgery,University of Insubria, Endocrine Unit, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Viale Borri, 57, 21100 Varese, Italy
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Nicastro M, Vescovini R, Maritati F, Palmisano A, Urban ML, Incerti M, Fenaroli P, Peyronel F, Benigno GD, Mangieri D, Volpi R, Becchi G, Romagnani P, Corradi D, Vaglio A. Fibrocytes in Chronic Periaortitis: A Novel Mechanism Linking Inflammation and Fibrosis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2019; 71:1913-1922. [DOI: 10.1002/art.41024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- University of Florence and Meyer Children's Hospital Florence Italy
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- University of Florence and Meyer Children's Hospital Florence Italy
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