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Chan WK, Williams J, Sorathia K, Pray B, Abusaleh K, Bian Z, Sharma A, Hout I, Nishat S, Hanel W, Sloan SL, Yasin A, Denlinger N, Zhang X, Muthusamy N, Vasu S, de Lima M, Yang Y, Baiocchi R, Alinari L. A novel CAR-T cell product targeting CD74 is an effective therapeutic approach in preclinical mantle cell lymphoma models. Exp Hematol Oncol 2023; 12:79. [PMID: 37740214 PMCID: PMC10517521 DOI: 10.1186/s40164-023-00437-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtype which remains incurable despite multimodal approach including chemoimmunotherapy followed by stem cell transplant, targeted approaches such as the BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, and CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. CD74 is a nonpolymorphic type II integral membrane glycoprotein identified as an MHC class II chaperone and a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor. Our group previously reported on CD74's abundant expression in MCL and its ability to increase via pharmacological inhibition of autophagosomal degradation. Milatuzumab, a fully humanized anti-CD74 monoclonal antibody, demonstrated significant activity in preclinical lymphoma models but failed to provide meaningful benefits in clinical trials mainly due to its short half-life. We hypothesized that targeting CD74 using a CAR-T cell would provide potent and durable anti-MCL activity. METHODS We engineered a second generation anti-CD74 CAR with 4-1BB and CD3ζ signaling domains (74bbz). Through in silico and rational mutagenesis on the scFV domain, the 74bbz CAR was functionally optimized for superior antigen binding affinity, proliferative signaling, and cytotoxic activity against MCL cells in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS Functionally optimized 74bbz CAR-T cells (clone 42105) induced significant killing of MCL cell lines, and primary MCL patient samples including one relapse after commercial CD19 CAR-T cell therapy with direct correlation between antigen density and cytotoxicity. It significantly prolonged the survival of an animal model established in NOD-SCIDγc-/- (NSG) mice engrafted with a human MCL cell line Mino subcutaneously compared to controls. Finally, while CD74 is also expressed on normal immune cell subsets, treatment with 74bbz CAR-T cells resulted in minimal cytotoxicity against these cells both in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Targeting CD74 with 74bbz CAR-T cells represents a new cell therapy to provide a potent and durable and anti-MCL activity.
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- Wing Keung Chan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics/Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 400 W. 12th Ave, 481D Wiseman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Zou D, Tian S, Zhang T, Zhuoma N, Wu G, Wang M, Dong L, Rossiter SJ, Zhao H. Vulture Genomes Reveal Molecular Adaptations Underlying Obligate Scavenging and Low Levels of Genetic Diversity. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:3649-3663. [PMID: 33944941 PMCID: PMC8382910 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Obligate scavenging on the dead and decaying animal matter is a rare dietary specialization that in extant vertebrates is restricted to vultures. These birds perform essential ecological services, yet many vulture species have undergone recent steep population declines and are now endangered. To test for molecular adaptations underlying obligate scavenging in vultures, and to assess whether genomic features might have contributed to their population declines, we generated high-quality genomes of the Himalayan and bearded vultures, representing both independent origins of scavenging within the Accipitridae, alongside a sister taxon, the upland buzzard. By comparing our data to published sequences from other birds, we show that the evolution of obligate scavenging in vultures has been accompanied by widespread positive selection acting on genes underlying gastric acid production, and immunity. Moreover, we find evidence of parallel molecular evolution, with amino acid replacements shared among divergent lineages of these scavengers. Our genome-wide screens also reveal that both the Himalayan and bearded vultures exhibit low levels of genetic diversity, equating to around a half of the mean genetic diversity of other bird genomes examined. However, demographic reconstructions indicate that population declines began at around the Last Glacial Maximum, predating the well-documented dramatic declines of the past three decades. Taken together, our genomic analyses imply that vultures harbor unique adaptations for processing carrion, but that modern populations are genetically depauperate and thus especially vulnerable to further genetic erosion through anthropogenic activities.
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- Dahu Zou
- Department of Ecology, Tibetan Centre for Ecology and Conservation at WHU-TU, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ecology, Tibetan Centre for Ecology and Conservation at WHU-TU, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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- Research Center for Ecology, College of Science, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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- Xining Wildlife Park of Qinghai Province, Xining, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ecology, Tibetan Centre for Ecology and Conservation at WHU-TU, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Research Center for Ecology, College of Science, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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Koh W, Wu A, Penland L, Treutlein B, Neff NF, Mantalas GL, Blumenfeld YJ, El-Sayed YY, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM, Quake SR. Single Cell Transcriptomes Derived from Human Cervical and Uterine Tissue during Pregnancy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 3:e1800336. [PMID: 32648692 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201800336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This work presents the workflow for generating single cell transcriptomes derived from primary human uterine and cervical tissue obtained during planned cesarean hysterectomies. In total, a catalogue of 310 single cell transcriptomes are obtained, cell types present in these biopsies are inferred, and specific genes defining each of the cellular types present in the tissue are identified. Further validation of the inferred cell identity is also demonstrated via meta-analysis of independent repositories in literature generated by bulk sequenced data of fluorescence-activated cell sorting sorted cells.
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- Winston Koh
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Molecular Engineering Lab, Agency of Science, Technology & Research, 61 Biopolis Drive, #03-13 Proteos, Singapore, 138673, Singapore
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- Division of Life Science and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Howait M, Albassam A, Yamada C, Sasaki H, Bahammam L, Azuma MM, Cintra LTA, Satoskar AR, Yamada S, White R, Kawai T, Movila A. Elevated Expression of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Promotes Inflammatory Bone Resorption Induced in a Mouse Model of Periradicular Periodontitis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 202:2035-2043. [PMID: 30737274 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Locally produced osteoclastogenic factor RANKL plays a critical role in the development of bone resorption in periradicular periodontitis. However, because RANKL is also required for healthy bone remodeling, it is plausible that a costimulatory molecule that upregulates RANKL production in inflammatory periradicular periodontitis may be involved in the pathogenic bone loss processes. We hypothesized that macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) would play a role in upregulating the RANKL-mediated osteoclastogenesis in the periradicular lesion. In response to pulp exposure, the bone loss and level of MIF mRNA increased in the periradicular periodontitis, which peaked at 14 d, in conjunction with the upregulated expressions of mRNAs for RANKL, proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β), chemokines (MCP-1 and SDF-1), and MIF's cognate receptors CXCR4 and CD74. Furthermore, expressions of those mRNAs were found significantly higher in wild-type mice compared with that of MIF-/- mice. In contrast, bacterial LPS elicited the production of MIF from ligament fibroblasts in vitro, which, in turn, enhanced their productions of RANKL and TNF-α. rMIF significantly upregulated the number of TRAP+ osteoclasts in vitro. Finally, periapical bone loss induced in wild-type mice were significantly diminished in MIF-/- mice. Altogether, the current study demonstrated that MIF appeared to function as a key costimulatory molecule to upregulate RANKL-mediated osteoclastogenesis, leading to the pathogenically augmented bone resorption in periradicular lesions. These data also suggest that the approach to neutralize MIF activity may lead to the development of a therapeutic regimen for the prevention of pathogenic bone loss in periradicular periodontitis.
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- Mohammed Howait
- School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115.,Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.,The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142
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- School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115.,Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.,The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142
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- College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33324
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- School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115.,The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142.,School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142.,School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; and
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- Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Tohoku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115
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- College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33324
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- School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115; .,The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142.,College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33324
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Qureshi N, Li P, Gu Q. Probiotic therapy in Helicobacter pylori infection: a potential strategy against a serious pathogen? Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:1573-1588. [PMID: 30610283 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-09580-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is a highly prevalent human pathogen responsible for chronic inflammation of the gastric tissues, gastroduodenal ulcers, and cancer. The treatment includes a pair of antibiotics with a proton pump inhibitor PPI. Despite the presence of different treatments, the infection rate is still increasing both in developed and developing states. The challenge of treatment failure is greatly due to the resistance of H. pylori to antibiotics and its side effects. Probiotics potential to cure H. pylori infection is well-documented. Probiotics combined with conventional treatment regime appear to have great potential in eradicating H. pylori infection, therefore, provide an excellent alternative approach to manage H. pylori load and its threatening disease outcome. Notably, anti-H. pylori activity of probiotics is strain specific,therefore establishing standard guidelines regarding the dose and formulation of individual strain is inevitable. This review is focused on probiotic's antagonism against H. pylori summarizing their three main potential aspects: their efficiency (i) as an alternative to H. pylori eradication treatment, (ii) as an adjunct to H. pylori eradication treatment and (iii) as a vaccine delivery vehicle.
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- Nuzhat Qureshi
- Key Laboratory for Food Microbial Technology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Food Microbial Technology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Food Microbial Technology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, People's Republic of China.
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Reyes VE, Peniche AG. Helicobacter pylori Deregulates T and B Cell Signaling to Trigger Immune Evasion. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 421:229-265. [PMID: 31123892 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15138-6_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori is a prevalent human pathogen that successfully establishes chronic infection, which leads to clinically significant gastric diseases including chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), and gastric cancer (GC). H. pylori is able to produce a persistent infection due in large part to its ability to hijack the host immune response. The host adaptive immune response is activated to strategically and specifically attack pathogens and normally clears them from the infected host. Since B and T lymphocytes are central mediators of adaptive immunity, in this chapter we review their development and the fundamental mechanisms regulating their activation in order to understand how some of the normal processes are subverted by H. pylori. In this review, we place particular emphasis on the CD4+ T cell responses, their subtypes, and regulatory mechanisms because of the expanding literature in this area related to H. pylori. T lymphocyte differentiation and function are finely orchestrated through a series of cell-cell interactions, which include immune checkpoint receptors. Among the immune checkpoint receptor family, there are some with inhibitory properties that are exploited by tumor cells to facilitate their immune evasion. Gastric epithelial cells (GECs), which act as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in the gastric mucosa, are induced by H. pylori to express immune checkpoint receptors known to sway T lymphocyte function and thus circumvent effective T effector lymphocyte responses. This chapter reviews these and other mechanisms used by H. pylori to interfere with host immunity in order to persist.
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- Victor E Reyes
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA
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Nothnick WB, Falcone T, Olson MR, Fazleabas AT, Tawfik OW, Graham A. Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Receptor, CD74, is Overexpressed in Human and Baboon ( Papio Anubis) Endometriotic Lesions and Modulates Endometriotic Epithelial Cell Survival and Interleukin 8 Expression. Reprod Sci 2018; 25:1557-1566. [PMID: 29592775 DOI: 10.1177/1933719118766262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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CD74 is the primary receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Although expression of MIF has been described in endometriotic lesions, the cellular localization and function of the MIF receptor, CD74, are poorly understood. To further explore the role of CD74 in the pathophysiology of endometriosis, we utilized specimens from women with diagnostically confirmed endometriosis, women with no signs or symptoms of endometriosis (controls), and 8 baboons with experimentally induced endometriosis. Compared to eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis, CD74 transcript expression was significantly increased in endometriotic lesion tissue. Similarly, cellular expression of CD74 was significantly greater in ectopic lesion tissue compared to paired eutopic endometrium, which both expressed greater CD74 expression compared to eutopic endometrium from control patients. Localization of CD74 was predominant to epithelial cells of ectopic and matched eutopic endometrium and was not influenced by the stage of the menstrual cycle. Eutopic endometrium from control patients did not express detectable levels of CD74 protein by immunohistochemistry. This pattern of expression and CD74 protein localization could be recapitulated in endometriotic lesion tissue from baboons with experimentally induced disease. Transfection of the endometriotic epithelial cell lines, 12Z with CD74 short hairpin RNA (shRNA), resulted in a significant decrease in CD74 protein expression, which was associated with a significant reduction in cellular proliferation as well as the expression of the prosurvival cytokine interleukin 8. Together, these data support the hypothesis that CD74 is elevated in endometriotic lesion tissue and may contribute to the pathogenesis of endometriosis by promoting cell survival.
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- Warren B Nothnick
- 1 Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.,2 Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- 3 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- 4 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- 4 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- 5 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- 1 Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Zhou Y, Chen H, Liu L, Yu X, Sukhova GK, Yang M, Zhang L, Kyttaris VC, Tsokos GC, Stillman IE, Ichimura T, Bonventre JV, Libby P, Shi GP. CD74 Deficiency Mitigates Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-like Autoimmunity and Pathological Findings in Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 198:2568-2577. [PMID: 28219888 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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CD74 mediates MHC class-II antigenic peptide loading and presentation and plays an important role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus. C57BL/6 Faslpr mice that develop spontaneous lupus-like autoimmunity and pathology showed elevated CD74 expression in the inflammatory cell infiltrates and the adjacent tubular epithelial cells (TECs) in kidneys affected by lupus nephritis but negligible levels in kidneys from age-matched wild-type mice. The inflammatory cytokine IFN-γ or IL-6 induced CD74 expression in kidney TECs in vitro. The presence of kidney TECs from Faslpr mice, rather than from wild-type mice, produced significantly stronger histones, dsDNA, and ribonucleoprotein-Smith Ag complex-induced CD4+ T cell activation. Splenocytes from CD74-deficient FaslprCd74-/- mice had muted responses in a MLR and to the autoantigen histones. Compared with FaslprCd74+/+ mice, FaslprCd74-/- mice had reduced kidney and spleen sizes, splenic activated T cells and B cells, serum IgG and autoantibodies, urine albumin/creatinine ratio, kidney Periodic acid-Schiff score, IgG and C3 deposition, and serum IL-6 and IL-17A levels, but serum IL-2 and TGF-β levels were increased. Study of chronic graft-versus-host C57BL/6 mice that received donor splenocytes from B6.C-H2bm12 /KhEg mice and those that received syngeneic donor splenocytes yielded similar observations. CD74 deficiency reduced lupus-like autoimmunity and kidney pathology in chronic graft-versus-host mice. This investigation establishes the direct participation of CD74 in autoimmunity and highlights a potential role for CD74 in kidney TECs, together with professional APCs in systemic lupus erythematosus.
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- Yi Zhou
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.,Research Institute of Nephrology, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.,Department of Biology, School of Life Science, Huzhou Teachers College, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China;
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nan Fang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215; and
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215; and
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115;
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Nagata Y, Yoshihisa Y, Matsunaga K, Rehman MU, Kitaichi N, Shimizu T. Role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in pollen-induced allergic conjunctivitis and pollen dermatitis in mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0115593. [PMID: 25647395 PMCID: PMC4315585 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pollen is a clinically important airborne allergen and one of the major causes of allergic conjunctivitis. A subpopulation of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) are also known to have exacerbated skin eruptions on the face, especially around the eyelids, after contact with pollen. This pollen-induced skin reaction is now known as pollen dermatitis. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pluripotent cytokine that plays an essential role in allergic inflammation. Recent findings suggest that MIF is involved in several allergic disorders, including AD. In this study, MIF knockout (KO), MIF transgenic (Tg) and WT littermate mice were immunized with ragweed (RW) pollen or Japanese cedar (JC) pollen and challenged via eye drops. We observed that the numbers of conjunctiva- and eyelid-infiltrating eosinophils were significantly increased in RW and JC pollen-sensitized MIF Tg compared with WT mice or MIF KO mice. The mRNA expression levels of eotaxin, interleukin (IL)-5 and IL-13 were increased in pollen-sensitized eyelid skin sites of MIF Tg mice. An in vitro analysis revealed that high eotaxin expression was induced in dermal fibroblasts by MIF combined with stimulation of IL-4 or IL-13. This eotaxin expression was inhibited by the treatment with CD74 siRNA in fibroblasts. These findings indicate that MIF can induce eosinophil accumulation in the conjunctiva and eyelid dermis exposed to pollen. Therefore, targeted inhibition of MIF might result as a new option to control pollen-induced allergic conjunctivitis and pollen dermatitis.
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- Yuka Nagata
- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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CD44 and CD74: The promising candidates for molecular targeted therapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Dent Res J (Isfahan) 2015; 12:181-6. [PMID: 25878685 PMCID: PMC4387632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Considering molecular target therapy concept in the treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), many attempts have been performed to introduce an effective molecular marker during recent years. Several investigations have emphasized on the role of CD44 in various cancers and few studies have mentioned CD24 and CD74. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between CD44, CD24 and CD74 expressions and several clinical or histopathological factors in OSCC patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In our analytical cross-sectional study, forty primary OSCC specimens were immunohistochemically stained for CD44, CD24, and CD74 proteins. Then, the relationship between their expressions and age, sex, lymph node metastasis, and histopathologic grading was statistically analyzed using Mann-Whitney nonparametric and t-test. Furthermore, P < 0.05 was considered as significant. RESULTS CD44 and CD74 proteins were significantly over-expressed in OSCC patients with high grade (P = 0.001 and P = 0.001) as compared to those with low grade. Furthermore, CD74 immunoreactivity showed significantly higher expression in patients with lower age (P = 0.039). Considering lymph node metastasis, we observed significant overexpression of CD74 in patients with no lymph node involvement (P = 0.033). CONCLUSION Our observations support the significant role of membranous CD44 protein in progression of OSCC and also introduce CD74 protein as a probable interfering factor in different aspects of OSCC.
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Alzahrani S, Lina TT, Gonzalez J, Pinchuk IV, Beswick EJ, Reyes VE. Effect of Helicobacter pylori on gastric epithelial cells. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:12767-12780. [PMID: 25278677 PMCID: PMC4177462 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The gastrointestinal epithelium has cells with features that make them a powerful line of defense in innate mucosal immunity. Features that allow gastrointestinal epithelial cells to contribute in innate defense include cell barrier integrity, cell turnover, autophagy, and innate immune responses. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a spiral shape gram negative bacterium that selectively colonizes the gastric epithelium of more than half of the world’s population. The infection invariably becomes persistent due to highly specialized mechanisms that facilitate H. pylori’s avoidance of this initial line of host defense as well as adaptive immune mechanisms. The host response is thus unsuccessful in clearing the infection and as a result becomes established as a persistent infection promoting chronic inflammation. In some individuals the associated inflammation contributes to ulcerogenesis or neoplasia. H. pylori has an array of different strategies to interact intimately with epithelial cells and manipulate their cellular processes and functions. Among the multiple aspects that H. pylori affects in gastric epithelial cells are their distribution of epithelial junctions, DNA damage, apoptosis, proliferation, stimulation of cytokine production, and cell transformation. Some of these processes are initiated as a result of the activation of signaling mechanisms activated on binding of H. pylori to cell surface receptors or via soluble virulence factors that gain access to the epithelium. The multiple responses by the epithelium to the infection contribute to pathogenesis associated with H. pylori.
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Porcine CD74 is involved in the inflammatory response activated by nuclear factor kappa B during porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) infection. Arch Virol 2013; 158:2285-95. [PMID: 23736979 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1750-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Human CD74 induces a signalling cascade that results in the activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB); however, porcine CD74 has not been widely studied. In this study, we show that porcine CD74 is mainly expressed in cells of the macrophage lineage and can be induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), polyinosinic acid-polycytidylic acid [Poly(I:C)], and infection with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in vitro. In addition, we confirmed that porcine CD74 can activate NF-κB by promoting IκBα degradation and nuclear translocation of p65. Furthermore, the transcription of NF-κB-regulated genes [Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Interleukin-8 (IL-8), and COX-2] was upregulated in response to the overexpression of porcine CD74. In general, porcine CD74 significantly enhanced the inflammatory response by regulating the NF-κB signalling pathway during PCV2 infection, which suggests that porcine CD74 may be implicated in the pathogenesis of PCV2 infection.
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Baerlecken NT, Nothdorft S, Stummvoll GH, Sieper J, Rudwaleit M, Reuter S, Matthias T, Schmidt RE, Witte T. Autoantibodies against CD74 in spondyloarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013; 73:1211-4. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Mun SH, Won HY, Hernandez P, Aguila HL, Lee SK. Deletion of CD74, a putative MIF receptor, in mice enhances osteoclastogenesis and decreases bone mass. J Bone Miner Res 2013; 28:948-59. [PMID: 23044992 PMCID: PMC3563845 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Revised: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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CD74 is a type II transmembrane protein that can act as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and plays a role in MIF-regulated responses. We reported that MIF inhibited osteoclast formation and MIF knockout (KO) mice had decreased bone mass. We therefore examined if CD74 was involved in the ability of MIF to alter osteoclastogenesis in cultured bone marrow (BM) from wild-type (WT) and CD74-deficient (KO) male mice. We also measured the bone phenotype of CD74 KO male mice. Bone mass in the femur of 8-week-old mice was measured by micro-computed tomography and histomorphometry. Bone marrow cells from CD74 KO mice formed 15% more osteoclast-like cells (OCLs) with macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) and receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) (both at 30 ng/mL) compared to WT. Addition of MIF to WT cultures inhibited OCL formation by 16% but had no effect on CD74KO cultures. The number of colony forming unit granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) in the bone marrow of CD74 KO mice was 26% greater than in WT controls. Trabecular bone volume (TBV) in the femurs of CD74 KO male mice was decreased by 26% compared to WT. In addition, cortical area and thickness were decreased by 14% and 11%, respectively. Histomorphometric analysis demonstrated that tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)(+) osteoclast number and area were significantly increased in CD74 KO by 35% and 43%, respectively compared to WT. Finally, we examined the effect of MIF on RANKL-induced-signaling pathways in bone marrow macrophage (BMM) cultures. MIF treatment decreased RANKL-induced nuclear factor of activated T cells, cytoplasmic 1 (NFATc1) and c-Fos protein in BMM cultures by 70% and 41%, respectively. Our data demonstrate that CD74 is required for MIF to affect in vitro osteoclastogenesis. Further, the bone phenotype of CD74 KO mice is similar to that of MIF KO mice. MIF treatment of WT cultures suppressed RANKL-induced activator protein 1 (AP-1) expression, which resulted in decreased osteoclast differentiation in vitro. We propose that CD74 plays a critical role in the MIF inhibition of osteoclastogenesis.
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- Se Hwan Mun
- UCONN Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-1835, USA
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Sekiguchi H, Washida K, Murakami A. Suppressive Effects of Selected Food Phytochemicals on CD74 Expression in NCI-N87 Gastric Carcinoma Cells. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2011; 43:109-17. [PMID: 18818744 PMCID: PMC2533715 DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.2008054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most widespread human pathogens, and plays major roles in chronic gastritis and gastric cancer. CD74 of gastric epithelial cells has recently been identified as an adhesion molecule to urease in H. pylori. In this study, we found that CD74 is highly expressed in a constitutive manner in NCI-N87 human gastric carcinoma cells at both the protein and mRNA levels as compared with Hs738St./Int fetal gastric cells. Subsequently, a novel cell-based ELISA able to rapidly screen the suppressive agents of CD74 expression was established. NCI-N87 cells were treated separately with 25 different food phytochemicals (4–100 µM) for 48 h and subjected to our novel assay. From those results, a citrus coumarin, bergamottin, was indicated to be the most promising compound with an LC50/IC50 value greater than 7.1, followed by luteolin (>5.4), nobiletin (>5.3), and quercetin (>5.1). Our findings suggest that these CD74 suppressants are unique candidates for preventing H. pylori adhesion and subsequent infection with reasonable action mechanisms.
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- Hirotaka Sekiguchi
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Liu S, Chen F, Dai Y, Wu C, Ni Q, Yu W. Molecular characterization and tissue-specific expression of invariant chain in the muscovy duck (Cairina moschata). GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2011; 10:2867-80. [DOI: 10.4238/2011.november.22.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Gold DV, Stein R, Burton J, Goldenberg DM. Enhanced expression of CD74 in gastrointestinal cancers and benign tissues. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2010; 4:1-12. [PMID: 21228923 PMCID: PMC3016099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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CD74, a transmembrane glycoprotein that associates with MHC II, is an important chaperone that regulates antigen presentation for immune response. In addition, CD74 is the receptor for macrophage migration-inhibitory factor which, when bound to CD74, initiates survival pathways and cell proliferation. Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded clinical specimens were evaluated by immunohistochemical procedures for expression of CD74. Overall, expression of CD74 within gastrointestinal carcinomas showed a statistically greater expression than in the normal tissue counterparts (P<0.001 or better). CD74 expression was observed in 95% of pancreatic carcinomas with the majority of cases presenting a mostly intense, diffuse labeling pattern. The results suggested a trend towards greater expression within the higher grade carcinomas (P=0.06). Colorectal and gastric carcinomas gave similar results with 60% and 86%, respectively, positive for CD74 with an intense, diffuse staining pattern. We hypothesized that precursor lesions would express levels of CD74 as high, or higher, than their respective carcinomas, since activation of survival pathways would be of particular importance at the early stages of neoplastic development. For PanIN lesions there was greater expression of CD74 within higher grade, PanIN-3 lesions, whereas the colonic adenomas showed no such trend, but overall, a higher frequency and intensity of CD74 labeling than was observed within the colon carcinomas. These findings are supportive of a role for CD74 in the development and maintenance of gastrointestinal neo-plasia, and provide a rationale for development of therapeutic agents that are able to block CD74 function, specifically within the tumor cell.
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- David V Gold
- Garden State Cancer Center, Center for Molecular Medicine and Immunology Belleville, NJ 07109, USA.
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Berkova Z, Tao RH, Samaniego F. Milatuzumab - a promising new immunotherapeutic agent. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2010; 19:141-9. [PMID: 19968579 DOI: 10.1517/13543780903463854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Milatuzumab is a new immunotherapeutic agent targeting CD74, a membrane protein preferentially expressed in hematopoietic cancers and some solid tumors. Broad expression and fast internalization makes CD74 an ideal target for cancer therapy. We reviewed published articles about CD74 and milatuzumab. We present a comprehensive review of CD74 functions and provide explanation of milatuzumab antitumor effects. This review describes CD74 protein biology with the emphasis on the role of CD74 in tumor survival and its new role in regulation of the Fas death receptor. The development of CD74 targeting therapies to induce tumor regression and cancer cell apoptosis is described and results of clinical trials are discussed. Milatuzumab shows selective binding and rapid internalization into CD74-positive cancer cells. Milatuzumab with and without conjugated toxins synergizes with other chemotherapeutic agents and elicits significant antitumor effects in mice. In a Phase I trial, milatuzumab showed no severe adverse effects in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and it stabilized the disease in some patients for up to 12 weeks. Ongoing trials testing different treatment schedules of milatuzumab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma indicate that milatuzumab shows no severe adverse effects in humans.
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- Zuzana Berkova
- The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Beswick EJ, Reyes VE. CD74 in antigen presentation, inflammation, and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15:2855-61. [PMID: 19533806 PMCID: PMC2699002 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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CD74 is a protein whose initial role in antigen presentation was recognized two decades ago. Recent studies have revealed that it has additional functions as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor and as a receptor for an important human pathogen, Helicobacter pylori (H pylori). The role of CD74 as a receptor is important because after binding of migration inhibitory factor or H pylori, NF-κB and Erk1/2 activation occurs, along with the induction of proinflammatory cytokine secretion. This review provides an up-to-date account of the functions of CD74 and how it might be involved in inflammation and cancer within the gastrointestinal tract.
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Takahashi K, Koga K, Linge HM, Zhang Y, Lin X, Metz CN, Al-Abed Y, Ojamaa K, Miller EJ. Macrophage CD74 contributes to MIF-induced pulmonary inflammation. Respir Res 2009; 10:33. [PMID: 19413900 PMCID: PMC2681459 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-10-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 05/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND MIF is a critical mediator of the host defense, and is involved in both acute and chronic responses in the lung. Neutralization of MIF reduces neutrophil accumulation into the lung in animal models. We hypothesized that MIF, in the alveolar space, promotes neutrophil accumulation via activation of the CD74 receptor on macrophages. METHODS To determine whether macrophage CD74 surface expression contributes MIF-induced neutrophil accumulation, we instilled recombinant MIF (r-MIF) into the trachea of mice in the presence or absence of anti-CD74 antibody or the MIF specific inhibitor, ISO-1. Using macrophage culture, we examined the downstream pathways of MIF-induced activation that lead to neutrophil accumulation. RESULTS Intratracheal instillation of r-MIF increased the number of neutrophils as well as the concentration of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) and keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC) in BAL fluids. CD74 was found to be expressed on the surface of alveolar macrophages, and MIF-induced MIP-2 accumulation was dependent on p44/p42 MAPK in macrophages. Anti-CD74 antibody inhibited MIF-induced p44/p42 MAPK phosphorylation and MIP-2 release by macrophages. Furthermore, we show that anti-CD74 antibody inhibits MIF-induced alveolar accumulation of MIP-2 (control IgG vs. CD74 Ab; 477.1 +/- 136.7 vs. 242.2 +/- 102.2 pg/ml, p < 0.05), KC (1796.2 +/- 436.1 vs. 1138.2 +/- 310.2 pg/ml, p < 0.05) and neutrophils (total number of neutrophils, 3.33 +/- 0.93 x 104 vs. 1.90 +/- 0.61 x 104, p < 0.05) in our mouse model. CONCLUSION MIF-induced neutrophil accumulation in the alveolar space results from interaction with CD74 expressed on the surface of alveolar macrophage cells. This interaction induces p44/p42 MAPK activation and chemokine release. The data suggest that MIF and its receptor, CD74, may be useful targets to reduce neutrophilic lung inflammation, and acute lung injury.
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- Koichiro Takahashi
- Center for Heart and Lung Research, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA.
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Altered gene expression patterns in dendritic cells after severe trauma: implications for systemic inflammation and organ injury. Shock 2008; 30:344-51. [PMID: 18323745 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e3181673eb4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells and members of the adoptive immunity. In addition, they play an important role in innate immunity within the systemic inflammatory response to trauma and sepsis. In this study, gene expression patterns of DC in patients with multiple trauma were studied. Total RNA was isolated from highly purified DCs (purity>95%) that were enriched from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and whole blood, respectively. Samples were obtained from 10 multiple trauma patients (injury severity score, 35.4+/-10.6 on day of admission) and 5 healthy volunteers (control). Aliquots of target cDNAs and reference samples (cDNA derived from the monocytic cell line SIGM5) were cohybridized on a thematic medium-density microarray assessing 780 inflammation-related transcripts. Twenty transcripts were up-regulated in DCs of multiple trauma patients compared with healthy volunteers, whereas these differences were missed when RNA from whole blood was subjected to transcriptomic profiling. This cluster included central effector molecules of DC such as transcripts encoding for 5-lipoxygenase and the corresponding leukotriene 4 receptor, which regulate DC migration, adoptive immune responses, and airway inflammation, as well as CD74, CXCL4, or platelet factor 4, a chemokine not implicated as a product of DCs to date. In addition, genes involved in antiapoptosis (BCL2), intracellular signal transduction (mitogen-activated protein kinase), and secretion of mediators (VAMP2) were found to be up-regulated. The up-regulated transcripts suggest that life span and signaling function of DCs are altered by trauma. Furthermore, these data confirm and expand the central role of chemokines and lipid mediators as effector molecules of DC-mediated immune responses in systemic inflammation associated with severe trauma.
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Carli C, Leclerc P, Metz CN, Akoum A. Direct effect of macrophage migration inhibitory factor on sperm function: possible involvement in endometriosis-associated infertility. Fertil Steril 2007; 88:1240-7. [PMID: 17658526 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2006] [Revised: 01/31/2007] [Accepted: 01/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) on sperm capacitation, a maturational process that occurs in the female reproductive tract and enables spermatozoa to become fully competent at fertilizing the oocyte. DESIGN Incubation of Percoll-washed spermatozoa with varying concentrations of human recombinant MIF or fetal cord serum (positive control). SETTING Human reproduction research laboratories. INTERVENTION(S) Fresh semen samples obtained from healthy volunteers after a minimum of 2 days of sexual abstinence. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Protein tyrosine phosphorylation by Western blotting, the acrosomal status upon binding to the Pisum sativum agglutinin conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate, and sperm motility by computer-assisted sperm analysis. RESULTS MIF displayed a dose-dependent effect on the phosphotyrosine content of p105 and p81, the two major tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins associated with human sperm capacitation. A significant induction of tyrosine phosphorylation was seen at 2 ng/mL of MIF for both p105 and p81, but a trend for a down-regulation of the basal tyrosine phosphorylation level was noted at elevated concentrations (12-24 ng/mL). MIF pretreatment of spermatozoa resulted in a dose-dependent change in the acrosome reaction induced by the Ca(2+) ionophore A23187. After being increased at 1-4 ng/mL MIF with a statistically significant effect observed at 4 ng/mL, the acrosome reaction gradually decreased and fell below the control levels at higher concentrations. Furthermore, a significant decrease in the motility of spermatozoa was observed after exposure to an elevated concentration of MIF (12 ng/mL). CONCLUSION(S) The present data indicate that MIF may play a physiological role in sperm capacitation but may have deleterious effects on sperm function at abnormal pathophysiological levels, which suggests a role in endometriosis-associated infertility.
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- Endocrinologie de la Reproduction, Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ), Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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H pylori is probably the most prevalent human pathogen worldwide. Since it was initially suggested in 1983 by Marshall and Warren to be implicated in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease, H pylori has also been implicated in gastric carcinoma and was classified as a class I carcinogen. In the last two decades, a noteworthy body of research has revealed the multiple processes that this gram negative bacterium activates to cause gastroduodenal disease in humans. Most infections are acquired early in life and may persist for the life of the individual. While infected individuals mount an inflammatory response that becomes chronic, along with a detectable adaptive immune response, these responses are ineffective in clearing the infection. H pylori has unique features that allow it to reside within the harsh conditions of the gastric environment, and also to evade the host immune response. In this review, we discuss the various virulence factors expressed by this bacterium and how they interact with the host epithelium to influence pathogenesis.
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N/A, 任 建. N/A. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2005; 13:2605-2609. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v13.i21.2605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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