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Wang X, Xie L, Liu C. CCR2 antagonist attenuates calcium oxalate-induced kidney oxidative stress and inflammation by regulating macrophage activation. Exp Anim 2024; 73:211-222. [PMID: 38199255 PMCID: PMC11091353 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.23-0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) is a monocyte chemokine associated with oxidative stress and inflammation. Kidney stones (KS) are composed of calcium oxalate (CaOx), which trigger renal oxidative stress and inflammatory. This study aims to evaluate the effects of CCR2 on KS in vivo and in vitro. Eight-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were intraperitoneally injected with glyoxylate (GOX) daily to establish a KS model, and along with CCR2 antagonist (INCB3344) treatment on days 2, 4, and 6. The results showed that CCR2 antagonist reduced renal injury markers (blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine), alleviated renal tubular injury and CaOx crystal deposition. CCR2 antagonist also decreased CCR2 expression induced by GOX treatment and increased Nrf2 expression. GOX treatment promoted malondialdehyde (MDA) production, decreased glutathione (GSH) content, and inhibited catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, however, CCR2 antagonist attenuated the above effects of GOX. CCR2 antagonist had inhibitory effects on GOX-induced inflammatory cytokine expression (IL1B, IL6 and MCP1), and inhibited apoptosis by increasing Bcl-2 expression and decreasing Bax and cleaved-caspase 3 expression. In vitro experiments were performed by co-culture model of CaOx-induced damaged HK-2 cells and macrophage-like THP-1 cells. CCR2 antagonist inhibited CaOx-induced THP-1 cell M1 polarization by decreasing the TNF-α, IL6 and iNOS levels, and further alleviated CaOx-induced oxidative stress damage, inflammatory response and apoptosis of HK-2 cells. The study suggests that CCR2 antagonist may be resistant to CaOx crystals-induced oxidative stress and inflammation by inhibiting macrophage M1 polarization.
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- Xinpeng Wang
- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 300211, P.R. China
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Lin L, Liao ZH, Li CQ. Insight into the role of mitochondrion-related gene anchor signature in mitochondrial dysfunction of neutrophilic asthma. J Asthma 2024:1-42. [PMID: 38294718 DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2024.2311241] [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: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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OBJECTIVE At present, targeting molecular-pharmacological therapy is still difficult in neutrophilic asthma. The investigation aims to identify and validate mitochondrion-related gene signatures for diagnosis and specific targeting therapeutics in neutrophilic asthma. METHODS Bronchial biopsy samples of neutrophilic asthma and healthy people were identified from GSE143304 dataset and then matched with human mitochondrial gene data to obtain mitochondria-related differential genes (MitoDEGs). Signature mitochondria-related diagnostic markers were jointly screened by support vector machine (SVM) analysis, least absolute shrinkage, and selection operator (LASSO) regression. The expression of marker MitoDEGs was evaluated by validation datasets GSE147878 and GSE43696. The diagnostic value was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Meanwhile, the infiltrating immune cells were analyzed by the CIBERSORT. Finally, oxidative stress level and mitochondrial functional morphology for asthmatic mice and BEAS-2B cells were evaluated. The expression of signature MitoDEGs was verified by qPCR. RESULTS 67 MitoDEGs were identified. Five signature MitoDEGs (SOD2, MTHFD2, PPTC7, NME6, and SLC25A18) were further screened out. The area under the curve (AUC) of signature MitoDEGs presented a good diagnostic performance (more than 0.9). There were significant differences in the expression of signature MitoDEGs between neutrophilic asthma and non-neutrophilic asthma. In addition, the basic features of mitochondrial dysfunction were demonstrated by in vitro and in vivo experiments. The expression of signature MitoDEGs in the neutrophilic asthma mice presented a significant difference from the control group. CONCLUSIONS These MitoDEGs signatures in neutrophilic asthma may hold potential as anchor diagnostic and therapeutic targets in neutrophilic asthma.
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- Lu Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning Guangxi, 530021
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning Guangxi, 530021
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning Guangxi, 530021
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Wang L, Wang D, Zhang T, Ma Y, Tong X, Fan H. The role of immunometabolism in macrophage polarization and its impact on acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1117548. [PMID: 37020557 PMCID: PMC10067752 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1117548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Lung macrophages constitute the first line of defense against airborne particles and microbes and are key to maintaining pulmonary immune homeostasis. There is increasing evidence suggesting that macrophages also participate in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), including the modulation of inflammatory responses and the repair of damaged lung tissues. The diversity of their functions may be attributed to their polarized states. Classically activated or inflammatory (M1) macrophages and alternatively activated or anti-inflammatory (M2) macrophages are the two main polarized macrophage phenotypes. The precise regulatory mechanism of macrophage polarization is a complex process that is not completely understood. A growing body of literature on immunometabolism has demonstrated the essential role of immunometabolism and its metabolic intermediates in macrophage polarization. In this review, we summarize macrophage polarization phenotypes, the role of immunometabolism, and its metabolic intermediates in macrophage polarization and ALI/ARDS, which may represent a new target and therapeutic direction.
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- Lian Wang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Geriatrics and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Wang L, Yuan X, Li Z, Zhi F. The Role of Macrophage Autophagy in Asthma: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy. Mediators Inflamm 2023; 2023:7529685. [PMID: 37181813 PMCID: PMC10175021 DOI: 10.1155/2023/7529685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease frequently associated with airway inflammation and remodeling. The development of asthma involves various inflammatory phenotypes that impact therapeutic effects, and macrophages are master innate immune cells in the airway that exert diverse functions including phagocytosis, antigen presentation, and pathogen clearance, playing an important role in the pathogeneses of asthma. Recent studies have indicated that autophagy of macrophages affects polarization of phenotype and regulation of inflammation, which implies that regulating autophagy of macrophages may be a potential strategy for the treatment of asthma. Thus, this review summarizes the signaling pathways and effects of macrophage autophagy in asthma, which will provide a tactic for the development of novel targets for the treatment of this disease.
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- Lijie Wang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
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- Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, Heilongjiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150006, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
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- Department of Medical, The First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
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Mo Y, Kang SY, Bang JY, Kim Y, Jeong J, Jeong EM, Kim HY, Cho SH, Kang HR. Intravenous Mesenchymal Stem Cell Administration Modulates Monocytes/Macrophages and Ameliorates Asthmatic Airway Inflammation in a Murine Asthma Model. Mol Cells 2022; 45:833-845. [PMID: 36380733 PMCID: PMC9676992 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2022.0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Although asthma is a common chronic airway disease that responds well to anti-inflammatory agents, some patients with asthma are unresponsive to conventional treatment. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have therapeutic potential for the treatment of inflammatory diseases owing to their immunomodulatory properties. However, the target cells of MSCs are not yet clearly known. This study aimed to determine the effect of human umbilical cord-derived MSCs (hUC-MSCs) on asthmatic lungs by modulating innate immune cells and effector T cells using a murine asthmatic model. Intravenously administered hUC-MSCs reduced airway resistance, mucus production, and inflammation in the murine asthma model. hUC-MSCs attenuated not only T helper (Th) 2 cells and Th17 cells but also augmented regulatory T cells (Tregs). As for innate lymphoid cells (ILC), hUC-MSCs effectively suppressed ILC2s by downregulating master regulators of ILC2s, such as Gata3 and Tcf7. Finally, regarding lung macrophages, hUC-MSCs reduced the total number of macrophages, particularly the proportion of the enhanced monocyte-derived macrophage population. In a closer examination of monocyte-derived macrophages, hUC-MSCs reduced the M2a and M2c populations. In conclusion, hUC-MSCs can be considered as a potential anti- asthmatic treatment given their therapeutic effect on the asthmatic airway inflammation in a murine asthma model by modulating innate immune cells, such as ILC2s, M2a, and M2c macrophages, as well as affecting Tregs and effector T cells.
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- Yosep Mo
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon 21565, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jeju National University College of Pharmacy, Jeju 63243, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Medical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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Wu GR, Zhou M, Wang Y, Zhou Q, Zhang L, He L, Zhang S, Yu Q, Xu Y, Zhao J, Xiong W, Wang CY. Blockade of Mbd2 by siRNA-loaded liposomes protects mice against OVA-induced allergic airway inflammation via repressing M2 macrophage production. Front Immunol 2022; 13:930103. [PMID: 36090987 PMCID: PMC9453648 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.930103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
ObjectiveTo address the role of methyl-CpG-binding domain 2 (MBD2) in the pathogenesis of asthma and its potential as a target for the asthmatic therapy.MethodsStudies were conducted in asthmatic patients and macrophage-specific Mbd2 knockout mice to dissect the role of MBD2 in asthma pathogenesis. Additionally, RNAi-based therapy with Mbd2 siRNA-loaded liposomes was conducted in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic airway inflammation mouse model.ResultsAsthmatic patients and mice challenged with OVA exhibited upregulated MBD2 expression in macrophages, especially in alternatively activated (M2) macrophages. In particular, macrophage-specific knockout of Mbd2 protected mice from OVA-induced allergic airway inflammation and suppressed the M2 program. Notably, intratracheal administration of liposomes carrying Mbd2 siRNA decreased the expression of Mbd2 and prevented OVA-induced allergic airway inflammation in mice, as indicated by the attenuated airway inflammation and mucus production.ConclusionsThe above data indicate that Mbd2 implicates in the pathogenesis of asthma predominantly by regulating the polarization of M2 macrophages, which supports that Mbd2 could be a viable target for treatment of asthma in clinical settings.
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- Guo-Rao Wu
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai East Hospital; School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Cong-Yi Wang, ; Weining Xiong,
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Cong-Yi Wang, ; Weining Xiong,
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Intratracheal administration of mesenchymal stem cells modulates lung macrophage polarization and exerts anti-asthmatic effects. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11728. [PMID: 35821386 PMCID: PMC9276742 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14846-y] [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: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess immunomodulatory properties that have therapeutic potential for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. This study investigates the effects of direct MSC administration on asthmatic airways. Umbilical cord MSCs (ucMSCs) were intratracheally administered to six-week-old female BALB/c mice sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin; airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), analyses of airway inflammatory cells, lung histology, flow cytometry, and quantitative real-time PCR were performed. Furthermore, ex vivo and in vitro experiments were performed to assess the effects of ucMSC on M2 activation. Intratracheally administered ucMSCs decreased degree of airway resistance and the number of inflammatory cells such as T helper 2 (Th2) cells, type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), and macrophages in the murine asthma model. Particularly, MHCII and CD86 expression diminished in dendritic cells and alveolar macrophages (AMs) following ucMSC treatment. SiglecF+CD11c+CD11b- AMs show a negative correlation with type II inflammatory cells including Th2 cells, ILC2, and eosinophils in asthmatic mice and were restored following intratracheal ucMSCs treatment. In addition, ucMSCs decreased the macrophage polarization to M2, particularly M2a. The expression levels of markers associated with M2 polarization and Th2 inflammation were also decreased. ucMSC reduced Il-12 and Tnfa expression as well as that of M2 markers such as Cd206 and Retnla ex vivo. Furthermore, the in vitro study using IL-4 treated macrophages confirmed that both direct and indirect MSC treatment significantly reduced the expression of Il-5 and Il-13. In conclusion, ucMSCs appear to suppress type II inflammation by regulating lung macrophages via soluble mediators.
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Toraldo DM, Rizzo E, Conte L. Effects of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on lung microbiota and local immune response in long-term treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): utility of titration and therapeutic index. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2022; 395:849-858. [PMID: 35435466 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-022-02237-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Administration of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) is one of the most controversial issues in the treatment of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Associations between these drugs and increased incidence of severe pneumonia and other respiratory infections have already been reported in literature, as well as effects on the immune system and on the lung microbiota. ICS vary in their pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties, despite being widely considered therapeutically similar. The use of ICS requires, therefore, a deep knowledge of their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to obtain the maximum benefit and the least side effects. Defining new phenotypes-endotypes of COPD may lead to novel pharmacological and therapeutic scenarios while define the correct indications for prescription of ICS. Titration is certainly an important means by which these objectives can be achieved.
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- Domenico Maurizio Toraldo
- Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Rehabilitation, "V. Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy.
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- Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Lecce (ASL Lecce), Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research Applied to Medicine (DReAM), University of Salento and Local Health Authority of Lecce (ASL Lecce), "V. Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy.,Laboratory of Biomedical Physics and Environment, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Jo WS, Kang S, Jeong SK, Bae MJ, Lee CG, Son Y, Lee HJ, Jeong MH, Kim SH, Moon C, Shin IS, Kim JS. Low Dose Rate Radiation Regulates M2-like Macrophages in an Allergic Airway Inflammation Mouse Model. Dose Response 2022; 20:15593258221117349. [PMID: 36003321 PMCID: PMC9393681 DOI: 10.1177/15593258221117349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigated the effects of low dose rate radiation (LDR) on M1 and M2
macrophages in an ovalbumin-induced mouse model of allergic airway inflammation
and asthma. After exposure to LDR (1 Gy, 1.818 mGy/h) for 24 days, mice were
euthanized and the changes in the number of M1 and M2 macrophages in the
bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung, and M2-associated cytokine levels, were
assessed. LDR treatment not only restored the M2-rich microenvironment but also
ameliorated asthma-related progression in a macrophage-dependent manner. In an
ovalbumin-induced mouse model, LDR treatment significantly inhibited M2, but not
M1, macrophage infiltration. M2-specific changes in macrophage polarization
during chronic lung disease reversed the positive effects of LDR. Moreover, the
levels of cytokines, including chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL) 24, CCL17,
transforming growth factor beta 1, and matrix metalloproteinase-9, decreased in
ovalbumin-sensitized/challenged mice upon exposure to LDR. Collectively, our
results indicate that LDR exposure suppressed asthmatic progression, including
mucin accumulation, inflammation, and Type 2 T helper (Th2) cytokine
(interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13) production. In conclusion, LDR exposure decreased
Th2 cytokine secretion in M2 macrophages, resulting in a reduction in
eosinophilic inflammation in ovalbumin-sensitized/challenged mice.
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- Wol Soon Jo
- Dongnam Institute of Radiological
& Medical Sciences, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and
BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National
University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Dongnam Institute of Radiological
& Medical Sciences, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Dongnam Institute of Radiological
& Medical Sciences, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Dongnam Institute of Radiological
& Medical Sciences, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Institute of Radiological &
Medical Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Institute of Radiological &
Medical Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Dong-A University College of
Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and
BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National
University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and
BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National
University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and
BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National
University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- In Sik Shin, College of Veterinary Medicine
and BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic
of Korea.
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- Dongnam Institute of Radiological
& Medical Sciences, Busan, Republic of Korea
- College of Veterinary Medicine and
BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National
University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Joong Sun Kim, College of Veterinary
Medicine and BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National University, 77
Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
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Elfsmark L, Ågren L, Akfur C, Jonasson S. Ammonia exposure by intratracheal instillation causes severe and deteriorating lung injury and vascular effects in mice. Inhal Toxicol 2022; 34:145-158. [PMID: 35452355 DOI: 10.1080/08958378.2022.2064566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ammonia (NH3) is a corrosive alkaline gas that can cause life-threatening injuries by inhalation. The aim was to establish a disease model for NH3-induced injuries similar to acute lung injury (ALI) described in exposed humans and investigate the progression of lung damage, respiratory dysfunction and evaluate biomarkers for ALI and inflammation over time. METHODS Female BALB/c mice were exposed to an NH3 dose of 91.0 mg/kg·bw using intratracheal instillation and the pathological changes were followed for up to 7 days. RESULTS NH3 instillation resulted in the loss of body weight along with a significant increase in pro-inflammatory mediators in both bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (e.g. IL-1β, IL-6, KC, MMP-9, SP-D) and blood (e.g. IL-6, Fibrinogen, PAI-1, PF4/CXCL4, SP-D), neutrophilic lung inflammation, alveolar damage, increased peripheral airway resistance and methacholine-induced airway hyperresponsiveness compared to controls at 20 h. On day 7 after exposure, deteriorating pathological changes such as increased macrophage lung infiltration, heart weights, lung hemorrhages and coagulation abnormalities (elevated plasma levels of PAI-1, fibrinogen, endothelin and thrombomodulin) were observed but no increase in lung collagen. Some of the analyzed blood biomarkers (e.g. RAGE, IL-1β) were unaffected despite severe ALI and may not be significant for NH3-induced damages. CONCLUSIONS NH3 induces severe acute lung injuries that deteriorate over time and biomarkers in lungs and blood that are similar to those found in humans. Therefore, this model has potential use for developing diagnostic tools for NH3-induced ALI and for finding new therapeutic treatments, since no specific antidote has been identified yet.
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- Linda Elfsmark
- Swedish Defence Research Agency, CBRN Defence and Security, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swedish Defence Research Agency, CBRN Defence and Security, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swedish Defence Research Agency, CBRN Defence and Security, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swedish Defence Research Agency, CBRN Defence and Security, Umeå, Sweden
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Gulhane AV, Chen DL. Overview of positron emission tomography in functional imaging of the lungs for diffuse lung diseases. Br J Radiol 2022; 95:20210824. [PMID: 34752146 PMCID: PMC9153708 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20210824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a quantitative molecular imaging modality increasingly used to study pulmonary disease processes and drug effects on those processes. The wide range of drugs and other entities that can be radiolabeled to study molecularly targeted processes is a major strength of PET, thus providing a noninvasive approach for obtaining molecular phenotyping information. The use of PET to monitor disease progression and treatment outcomes in DLD has been limited in clinical practice, with most of such applications occurring in the context of research investigations under clinical trials. Given the high costs and failure rates for lung drug development efforts, molecular imaging lung biomarkers are needed not only to aid these efforts but also to improve clinical characterization of these diseases beyond canonical anatomic classifications based on computed tomography. The purpose of this review article is to provide an overview of PET applications in characterizing lung disease, focusing on novel tracers that are in clinical development for DLD molecular phenotyping, and briefly address considerations for accurately quantifying lung PET signals.
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- Avanti V Gulhane
- Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, United States
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Kang H, Bang JY, Mo Y, Shin JW, Bae B, Cho SH, Kim HY, Kang HR. Effect of Acinetobacter lwoffii on the modulation of macrophage activation and asthmatic inflammation. Clin Exp Allergy 2021; 52:518-529. [PMID: 34874580 DOI: 10.1111/cea.14077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although lung macrophages are directly exposed to external stimuli, their exact immunologic roles in asthma are still largely unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-asthmatic effect of Acinetobacter lwoffii in terms of lung macrophage modulation. METHODS Six-week-old female BALB/c mice were sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin (OVA) with or without intranasal administration of A. lwoffii during the sensitization period. Airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation were evaluated. Using flow cytometry, macrophages were subclassified according to their activation status. In the in vitro study, a murine alveolar macrophage cell line (MH-S) treated with or without A. lwoffii before IL-13 stimulation were analysed by quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS In a murine asthma model, the number of inflammatory cells, including macrophages and eosinophils, decreased in mice treated with A. lwoffii (A. lwoffii/OVA group) compared with untreated mice (OVA group). The enhanced expression of MHCII in macrophages in the OVA group was decreased by A. lwoffii treatment. M2 macrophage subtypes were significantly altered. A. lwoffii treatment decreased CD11b+ M2a and CD11b+ M2c macrophages, which showed strong positive correlations with Th2 cells, ILC2 and eosinophils. In contrast, CD11b+ M2b macrophages were significantly increased by A. lwoffii treatment and showed strong positive correlations with ILC1 and ILC3. In vitro, A. lwoffii down-regulated the expression of M2 markers related but up-regulated those related to M2b macrophages. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Intranasal A. lwoffii exposure suppresses asthma development by suppressing the type 2 response via modulating lung macrophage activation, shifting M2a and M2c macrophages to M2b macrophages.
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- Hanbit Kang
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Internal medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Medical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Internal medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Wilkinson ML, Gow AJ. Effects of fatty acid nitroalkanes on signal transduction pathways and airway macrophage activation. Innate Immun 2021; 27:353-364. [PMID: 34375151 PMCID: PMC8419298 DOI: 10.1177/17534259211015330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Fatty acid nitroalkenes are reversibly-reactive electrophiles that are endogenously detectable at nM concentrations and display anti-inflammatory, pro-survival actions. These actions are elicited through the alteration of signal transduction proteins via a Michael addition on nucleophilic cysteine thiols. Nitrated fatty acids (NO2-FAs), like 9- or 10-nitro-octadec-9-enolic acid, will act on signal transduction proteins directly or on key regulatory proteins to cause an up-regulation or down-regulation of the protein's expression, yielding an anti-inflammatory response. These responses have been characterized in many organ systems, such as the cardiovascular system, with the pulmonary system less well defined. Macrophages are one of the most abundant immune cells in the lung and are essential in maintaining lung homeostasis. Despite this, macrophages can play a role in both acute and chronic lung injury due to up-regulation of anti-inflammatory signal transduction pathways and down-regulation of pro-inflammatory pathways. Through their propensity to alter signal transduction pathways, NO2-FAs may be able to reduce macrophage activation during pulmonary injury. This review will focus on the implications of NO2-FAs on macrophage activation in the lung and the signal transduction pathways that may be altered, leading to reduced pulmonary injury.
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- Melissa L Wilkinson
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The State University of New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The State University of New Jersey, USA
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Chen DL, Agapov E, Wu K, Engle JT, Solingapuram Sai KK, Arentson E, Spayd KJ, Moreland KT, Toth K, Byers DE, Pierce RA, Atkinson JJ, Laforest R, Gelman AE, Holtzman MJ. Selective Imaging of Lung Macrophages Using [ 11C]PBR28-Based Positron Emission Tomography. Mol Imaging Biol 2021; 23:905-913. [PMID: 34137002 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-021-01617-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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PURPOSE We tested whether the translocator protein (TSPO)-targeted positron emission tomography (PET) tracer, N-acetyl-N-(2-[11C]methoxybenzyl)-2-phenoxy-5-pyridinamine ([11C]PBR28), could distinguish macrophage dominant from neutrophilic inflammation better than 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) in mouse models of lung inflammation and assessed TSPO association with macrophages in lung tissue from the mouse models and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). PROCEDURES MicroPET imaging quantified [11C]PBR28 and [18F]FDG lung uptake in wild-type (Wt) C57BL/6J or heterozygous transgenic monocyte-deficient Wt/opT mice at 49 days after Sendai virus (SeV) infection, during macrophage-dominant inflammation, and in Wt mice at 3 days after SeV infection or 24 h after endotoxin instillation during neutrophilic inflammation. Immunohistochemical staining for TSPO in macrophages and neutrophils was performed using Mac3 and Ly6G for cell identification in mouse lung sections and CD68 and neutrophil elastase (NE) in human lung sections taken from explanted lungs from patients with COPD undergoing lung transplantation and donor lungs rejected for transplantation. Differences in tracer uptake among SeV-infected, endotoxin-treated, and uninfected/untreated control mice and in TSPO staining between neutrophils and macrophage populations in human lung sections were tested using analysis of variance. RESULTS In Wt mice, [11C]PBR28 uptake (% injected dose/ml lung tissue) increased significantly with macrophage-dominant inflammation at 49 days (D49) after SeV infection compared to controls (p = <0.001) but not at 3 days (D49) after SeV infection (p = 0.167). [11C]PBR28 uptake was unchanged at 24 h after endotoxin instillation (p = 0.958). [18F]FDG uptake increased to a similar degree in D3 and D49 SeV-infected and endotoxin-treated Wt mice compared to controls with no significant difference in the degree of increase among the tested conditions. [11C]PBR28 but not [18F]FDG lung uptake at D49 post-SeV infection was attenuated in Wt/opT mice compared to Wt mice. TSPO localized predominantly to macrophages in mouse lung tissue by immunostaining, and TSPO staining intensity was significantly higher in CD68+ cells compared to neutrophils in the human lung sections. CONCLUSIONS PET imaging with [11C]PBR28 can specifically detect macrophages versus neutrophils during lung inflammation and may be a useful biomarker of macrophage accumulation in lung disease.
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- Delphine L Chen
- Division of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. .,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. .,Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 1144 Eastlake Ave E, # LG2-200, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Cheng P, Li S, Chen H. Macrophages in Lung Injury, Repair, and Fibrosis. Cells 2021; 10:cells10020436. [PMID: 33670759 PMCID: PMC7923175 DOI: 10.3390/cells10020436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fibrosis progression in the lung commonly results in impaired functional gas exchange, respiratory failure, or even death. In addition to the aberrant activation and differentiation of lung fibroblasts, persistent alveolar injury and incomplete repair are the driving factors of lung fibrotic response. Macrophages are activated and polarized in response to lipopolysaccharide- or bleomycin-induced lung injury. The classically activated macrophage (M1) and alternatively activated macrophage (M2) have been extensively investigated in lung injury, repair, and fibrosis. In the present review, we summarized the current data on monocyte-derived macrophages that are recruited to the lung, as well as alveolar resident macrophages and their polarization, pyroptosis, and phagocytosis in acute lung injury (ALI). Additionally, we described how macrophages interact with lung epithelial cells during lung repair. Finally, we emphasized the role of macrophage polarization in the pulmonary fibrotic response, and elucidated the potential benefits of targeting macrophage in alleviating pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Peiyong Cheng
- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China;
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300350, China;
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China;
- Department of Basic Medicine, Haihe Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300350, China;
- Key Research Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention for State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin 300350, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regenerative Medicine, Tianjin 300350, China
- Correspondence:
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Abundance of Non-Polarized Lung Macrophages with Poor Phagocytic Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8100398. [PMID: 33050042 PMCID: PMC7650830 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8100398] [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: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Lung macrophages are the key immune effector cells in the pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Several studies have shown an increase in their numbers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) of subjects with COPD compared to controls, suggesting a pathogenic role in disease initiation and progression. Although reduced lung macrophage phagocytic ability has been previously shown in COPD, the relationship between lung macrophages' phenotypic characteristics and functional properties in COPD is still unclear. (1) Methods: Macrophages harvested from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of subjects with and without COPD (GOLD grades, I-III) were immuno-phenotyped, and their function and gene expression profiles were assessed using targeted assays. (2) Results: BAL macrophages from 18 COPD and 10 (non-COPD) control subjects were evaluated. The majority of macrophages from COPD subjects were non-polarized (negative for both M1 and M2 markers; 77.9%) in contrast to controls (23.9%; p < 0.001). The percentages of these non-polarized macrophages strongly correlated with the severity of COPD (p = 0.006) and current smoking status (p = 0.008). Non-polarized macrophages demonstrated poor phagocytic function in both the control (p = 0.02) and COPD (p < 0.001) subjects. Non-polarized macrophages demonstrated impaired ability to phagocytose Staphylococcus aureus (p < 0.001). They also demonstrated reduced gene expression for CD163, CD40, CCL13 and C1QA&B, which are involved in pathogen recognition and processing and showed an increased gene expression for CXCR4, RAF1, amphiregulin and MAP3K5, which are all involved in promoting the inflammatory response. (3) Conclusions: COPD is associated with an abundance of non-polarized airway macrophages that is related to the severity of COPD. These non-polarized macrophages are predominantly responsible for the poor phagocytic capacity of lung macrophages in COPD, having reduced capacity for pathogen recognition and processing. This could be a key risk factor for COPD exacerbation and could contribute to disease progression.
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Xu HN, Lin Z, Gandhi CK, Amatya S, Wang Y, Li LZ, Floros J. Sex and SP-A2 Dependent NAD(H) Redox Alterations in Mouse Alveolar Macrophages in Response to Ozone Exposure: Potential Implications for COVID-19. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:antiox9100915. [PMID: 32992843 PMCID: PMC7601279 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9100915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Co-enzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(H)) redox plays a key role in macrophage function. Surfactant protein (SP-) A modulates the functions of alveolar macrophages (AM) and ozone (O3) exposure in the presence or absence of SP-A and reduces mouse survival in a sex-dependent manner. It is unclear whether and how NAD(H) redox status plays a role in the innate immune response in a sex-dependent manner. We investigated the NAD(H) redox status of AM from SP-A2 and SP-A knockout (KO) mice in response to O3 or filtered air (control) exposure using optical redox imaging technique. We found: (i) In SP-A2 mice, the redox alteration of AM in response to O3 showed sex-dependence with AM from males being significantly more oxidized and having a higher level of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species than females; (ii) AM from KO mice were more oxidized after O3 exposure and showed no sex differences; (iii) AM from female KO mice were more oxidized than female SP-A2 mice; and (iv) Two distinct subpopulations characterized by size and redox status were observed in a mouse AM sample. In conclusions, the NAD(H) redox balance in AM responds to O3 in a sex-dependent manner and the innate immune molecule, SP-A2, contributes to this observed sex-specific redox response.
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- He N. Xu
- Britton Chance Laboratory of Redox Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (H.N.X.); (Z.L.)
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- Britton Chance Laboratory of Redox Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (H.N.X.); (Z.L.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Host Defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; (C.K.G.); (S.A.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Host Defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; (C.K.G.); (S.A.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Host Defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; (C.K.G.); (S.A.); (Y.W.)
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- Britton Chance Laboratory of Redox Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (H.N.X.); (Z.L.)
- Correspondence: (L.Z.L.); (J.F.)
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- Departments of Pediatric and Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
- Correspondence: (L.Z.L.); (J.F.)
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Kutuk MO, Tufan E, Gokcen C, Kilicaslan F, Karadag M, Mutluer T, Yektas C, Coban N, Kandemir H, Buber A, Coskun S, Acikbas U, Guler G, Topal Z, Celik F, Altintas E, Giray A, Aka Y, Kutuk O. Cytokine expression profiles in Autism spectrum disorder: A multi-center study from Turkey. Cytokine 2020; 133:155152. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2020.155152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hackett EE, Sheedy FJ. An Army Marches on Its Stomach: Metabolic Intermediates as Antimicrobial Mediators in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:446. [PMID: 32984072 PMCID: PMC7477320 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The cells of the immune system are reliant on their metabolic state to launch effective responses to combat mycobacterial infections. The bioenergetic profile of the cell determines the molecular fuels and metabolites available to the host, as well as to the bacterial invader. How cells utilize the nutrients in their microenvironment—including glucose, lipids and amino acids—to sustain their functions and produce antimicrobial metabolites, and how mycobacteria exploit this to evade the immune system is of great interest. Changes in flux through metabolic pathways alters the intermediate metabolites present. These intermediates are beginning to be recognized as key modulators of immune signaling as well as direct antimicrobial effectors, and their impact on tuberculosis infection is becoming apparent. A better understanding of how metabolism impacts immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and how it is regulated and thus can be manipulated will open the potential for novel therapeutic interventions and vaccination strategies.
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- Emer E Hackett
- Macrophage Homeostasis, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Macrophage Homeostasis, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Hisert KB, Birkland TP, Schoenfelt KQ, Long ME, Grogan B, Carter S, Liles WC, McKone EF, Becker L, Manicone AM, Gharib SA. CFTR Modulator Therapy Enhances Peripheral Blood Monocyte Contributions to Immune Responses in People With Cystic Fibrosis. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:1219. [PMID: 33013356 PMCID: PMC7461946 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.01219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background CFTR modulators decrease some etiologies of CF airway inflammation; however, data indicate that non-resolving airway infection and inflammation persist in individuals with CF and chronic bacterial infections. Thus, identification of therapies that diminish airway inflammation without allowing unrestrained bacterial growth remains a critical research goal. Novel strategies for combatting deleterious airway inflammation in the CFTR modulator era require better understanding of cellular contributions to chronic CF airway disease, and how inflammatory cells change after initiation of CFTR modulator therapy. Peripheral blood monocytes, which traffic to the CF airway, can develop both pro-inflammatory and inflammation-resolving phenotypes, represent intriguing cellular targets for focused therapies. This therapeutic approach, however, requires a more detailed knowledge of CF monocyte cellular programming and phenotypes. Material and Methods In order to characterize the inflammatory phenotype of CF monocytes, and how these cells change after initiation of CFTR modulator therapy, we studied adults (n=10) with CF, chronic airway infections, and the CFTR-R117H mutations before and 7 days after initiation of ivacaftor. Transcriptomes of freshly isolated blood monocytes were interrogated by RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) followed by pathway-based analyses. Plasma concentrations of cytokines and chemokines were evaluated by multiplex ELISA. Results RNAseq identified approximately 50 monocyte genes for which basal expression was significantly changed in all 10 subjects after 7 days of ivacaftor. Of these, the majority were increased in expression post ivacaftor, including many genes traditionally associated with enhanced inflammation and immune responses. Pathway analyses confirmed that transcriptional programs were overwhelmingly up-regulated in monocytes after 7 days of ivacaftor, including biological modules associated with immunity, cell cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and the unfolded protein response. Ivacaftor increased plasma concentrations of CXCL2, a neutrophil chemokine secreted by monocytes and macrophages, and CCL2, a monocyte chemokine. Conclusions Our results demonstrate that ivacaftor causes acute changes in blood monocyte transcriptional profiles and plasma chemokines, and suggest that increased monocyte inflammatory signals and changes in myeloid cell trafficking may contribute to changes in airway inflammation in people taking CFTR modulators. To our knowledge, this is the first report investigating the transcriptomic response of circulating blood monocytes in CF subjects treated with a CFTR modulator.
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- Katherine B Hisert
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, United States.,Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Center for Lung Biology, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Becerra-Diaz M, Song M, Heller N. Androgen and Androgen Receptors as Regulators of Monocyte and Macrophage Biology in the Healthy and Diseased Lung. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1698. [PMID: 32849595 PMCID: PMC7426504 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Androgens, the predominant male sex hormones, drive the development and maintenance of male characteristics by binding to androgen receptor (AR). As androgens are systemically distributed throughout the whole organism, they affect many tissues and cell types in addition to those in male sexual organs. It is now clear that the immune system is a target of androgen action. In the lungs, many immune cells express ARs and are responsive to androgens. In this review, we describe the effects of androgens and ARs on lung myeloid immune cells-monocytes and macrophages-as they relate to health and disease. In particular, we highlight the effect of androgens on lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung fibrosis. We also discuss the therapeutic use of androgens and how circulating androgens correlate with lung disease. In addition to human studies, we also discuss how mouse models have helped to uncover the effect of androgens on monocytes and macrophages in lung disease. Although the role of estrogen and other female hormones has been broadly analyzed in the literature, we focus on the new perspectives of androgens as modulators of the immune system that target myeloid cells during lung inflammation.
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Macrophages-the immune effector guardians of the lung: impact of corticosteroids on their functional responses. Clin Sci (Lond) 2020; 134:1631-1635. [PMID: 32608490 PMCID: PMC7330501 DOI: 10.1042/cs20200382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Lung macrophages (LMs) are key immune effector cells that protect the lung from inhaled particulate matter, noxious gases and pathogens. In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), there is an abundance of macrophages in airspaces and lung tissues suggesting that they play an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Furthermore, macrophage phenotype and functional properties are altered in COPD toward a more pro-inflammatory state, characterized by reduced pathogen recognition and processing ability and dysfunctional tissue repair qualities. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs), used in the management of COPD, has been shown to reduce acute exacerbations of COPD but is also associated with increased occurrence of pneumonia. Corticosteroids treatment altered LM phenotypic characteristics and their functional properties, and this commentary discusses current knowledge and also the gaps in our understanding of the impact of ICS on LMs phenotype and function. A better understanding of how ICSs impact the immune-inflammatory responses in the lung, in particular ICSs’ effects on LMs, could allow more selective personalized tailoring of the use of ICSs in COPD to improve disease progression, morbidity and mortality.
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Fall F, Lamy E, Brollo M, Naline E, Lenuzza N, Thévenot E, Devillier P, Grassin-Delyle S. Metabolic reprograming of LPS-stimulated human lung macrophages involves tryptophan metabolism and the aspartate-arginosuccinate shunt. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0230813. [PMID: 32267860 PMCID: PMC7141605 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lung macrophages (LM) are in the first line of defense against inhaled pathogens and can undergo phenotypic polarization to the proinflammatory M1 after stimulation with Toll-like receptor agonists. The objective of the present work was to characterize the metabolic alterations occurring during the experimental M1 LM polarization. Human LM were obtained from resected lungs and cultured for 24 hrs in medium alone or with 10 ng.mL-1 lipopolysaccharide. Cells and culture supernatants were subjected to extraction for metabolomic analysis with high-resolution LC-MS (HILIC and reverse phase -RP- chromatography in both negative and positive ionization modes) and GC-MS. The data were analyzed with R and the Worklow4Metabolomics and MetaboAnalyst online infrastructures. A total of 8,741 and 4,356 features were detected in the intracellular and extracellular content, respectively, after the filtering steps. Pathway analysis showed involvement of arachidonic acid metabolism, tryptophan metabolism and Krebs cycle in the response of LM to LPS, which was confirmed by the specific quantitation of selected compounds. This refined analysis highlighted a regulation of the kynurenin pathway as well as the serotonin biosynthesis pathway, and an involvement of aspartate-arginosuccinate shunt in the malate production. Macrophages M1 polarization is accompanied by changes in the cell metabolome, with the differential expression of metabolites involved in the promotion and regulation of inflammation and antimicrobial activity. The analysis of this macrophage immunometabolome may be of interest for the understanding of the pathophysiology of lung inflammatory disesases.
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- Fanta Fall
- Infection et inflammation, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INSERM, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- Infection et inflammation, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INSERM, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- Laboratoire Mécanismes moléculaires et pharmacologiques de l’obstruction bronchique, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Suresnes, France
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- Laboratoire Mécanismes moléculaires et pharmacologiques de l’obstruction bronchique, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Suresnes, France
- Hôpital Foch, Département des maladies des voies respiratoires, Suresnes, France
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- Laboratory for Data Sciences and Decision, CEA, LIST, MetaboHUB, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory for Data Sciences and Decision, CEA, LIST, MetaboHUB, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire Mécanismes moléculaires et pharmacologiques de l’obstruction bronchique, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Suresnes, France
- Hôpital Foch, Département des maladies des voies respiratoires, Suresnes, France
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- Infection et inflammation, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INSERM, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
- Hôpital Foch, Département des maladies des voies respiratoires, Suresnes, France
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Lung Macrophage Functional Properties in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030853. [PMID: 32013028 PMCID: PMC7037150 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is caused by the chronic exposure of the lungs to toxic particles and gases. These exposures initiate a persistent innate and adaptive immune inflammatory response in the airways and lung tissues. Lung macrophages (LMs) are key innate immune effector cells that identify, engulf, and destroy pathogens and process inhaled particles, including cigarette smoke and particulate matter (PM), the main environmental triggers for COPD. The number of LMs in lung tissues and airspaces is increased in COPD, suggesting a potential key role for LMs in initiating and perpetuating the chronic inflammatory response that underpins the progressive nature of COPD. The purpose of this brief review is to discuss the origins of LMs, their functional properties (chemotaxis, recruitment, mediator production, phagocytosis and apoptosis) and changes in these properties due to exposure to cigarette smoke, ambient particulate and pathogens, as well as their persistent altered functional properties in subjects with established COPD. We also explore the potential to therapeutically modulate and restore LMs functional properties, to improve impaired immune system, prevent the progression of lung tissue destruction, and improve both morbidity and mortality related to COPD.
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Garcia GL, Valenzuela A, Manzoni T, Vaughan AE, López CB. Distinct Chronic Post-Viral Lung Diseases upon Infection with Influenza or Parainfluenza Viruses Differentially Impact Superinfection Outcome. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2019; 190:543-553. [PMID: 31866346 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma remain prevalent human lung diseases. Variability in epithelial and inflammatory components that results in pathologic heterogeneity complicates the development of treatments for these diseases. Early childhood infection with parainfluenza virus or respiratory syncytial virus is strongly associated with the development of asthma and COPD later in life, and exacerbations of these diseases correlate with the presence of viral RNA in the lung. Well-characterized animal models of postviral chronic lung diseases are necessary to study the underlying mechanisms of viral-related COPD and asthma and to develop appropriate therapies. In this study, we cross-analyzed chronic lung disease caused by infection with Sendai virus (SeV) or influenza A virus in mice. Differences were observed in lesion composition and inflammatory profiles between SeV- and influenza A virus-induced long-term lung disease. In addition, a primary SeV infection led to worsened pathologic findings on secondary heterologous viral challenge, whereas the reversed infection scheme protected against disease in response to a secondary viral challenge >1 month after the primary infection. These data demonstrate the differential effect of primary viral infections in the susceptibility to disease exacerbation in response to a different secondary viral infection and highlight the usefulness of these viral models as tools to understand the underlying mechanisms that mediate distinct chronic postviral lung diseases.
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- Geyon L Garcia
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Zhao H, Moarbes V, Gaudreault V, Shan J, Aldossary H, Cyr L, Fixman ED. Sex Differences in IL-33-Induced STAT6-Dependent Type 2 Airway Inflammation. Front Immunol 2019; 10:859. [PMID: 31118931 PMCID: PMC6504808 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Sex differences in asthma prevalence are well-documented but poorly understood. Murine models have contributed to our understanding of mechanisms that could regulate this sex disparity, though the majority of these studies have examined responses present after Th2 adaptive immunity is established. We have now investigated how sex influences acute activation of innate cell populations in the lung upon initial exposure to the model antigen, ovalbumin (OVA), in the presence of IL-33 (OVA+IL-33), to prime the lungs for type 2 immunity. We also examined how inflammatory responses induced by OVA+IL-33 were altered in mice lacking the STAT6 transcription factor, which is activated by IL-13, an effector cytokine of IL-33. Our data demonstrate that type 2 inflammation induced by OVA+IL-33 was more severe in female mice compared to males. Females exhibited greater cytokine and chemokine production, eosinophil influx and activation, macrophage polarization to the alternatively activated phenotype, and expansion of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). While increases in ILC2s and eosinophils were largely independent of STAT6 in both males and females, many other responses were STAT6-dependent only in female mice. Our findings indicate that a subset of type 2 inflammatory responses induced by OVA+IL-33 require STAT6 in both males and females and that enhanced type 2 inflammation in females, compared to males, is associated with greater IL-13 protein production. Our findings suggest blunted IL-13 production in males may protect against type 2 inflammation initiated by OVA+IL-33 delivery to the lung.
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- Hedi Zhao
- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Kim MJ, Shim DH, Cha H, Moon K, Yang CM, Hwang SJ, Kim KW, Park JH, Lee C, Elias JA, Sohn MH, Lee JM. Chitinase 3-like 1 protein plays a critical role in respiratory syncytial virus-induced airway inflammation. Allergy 2019; 74:685-697. [PMID: 30402955 PMCID: PMC7159489 DOI: 10.1111/all.13661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Background Chitinase 3‐like 1 protein (CHI3L1) (YKL‐40 in humans and breast regression protein [BRP]‐39 in mice) is required for optimal allergen sensitization and Th2 inflammation in various chronic inflammatory diseases including asthma. However, the role of CHI3L1 in airway inflammation induced by respiratory viruses has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between CHI3L1 and airway inflammation caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Methods We measured YKL‐40 levels in human nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) from hospitalized children presenting with acute respiratory symptoms. Wild‐type (WT) and BRP‐39 knockout (KO) C57BL/6 mice were inoculated with live RSV (A2 strain). Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung tissue samples were obtained on day 7 after inoculation to assess lung inflammation, airway reactivity, and expression of cytokines and BRP‐39. Results In human subjects, YKL‐40 and IL‐13 levels in NPA were higher in children with RSV infection than in control subjects. Expression of BRP‐39 and Th2 cytokines, IL‐13 in particular, was increased following RSV infection in mice. Airway inflammation caused by RSV infection was reduced in BRP‐39 KO mice as compared to WT mice. Th2 cytokine levels were not increased in the lungs of RSV‐infected BRP‐39 KO mice. BRP‐39 regulated M2 macrophage activation in RSV‐infected mice. Additionally, treatment with anti‐CHI3L1 antibody attenuated airway inflammation and Th2 cytokine production in RSV‐infected WT mice. Conclusion These findings suggest that CHI3L1 could contribute to airway inflammation induced by RSV infection. CHI3L1 could be a potential therapeutic candidate for attenuating Th2‐associated immunopathology during RSV infection.
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- Min Jung Kim
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics Severance Hospital Institute of Allergy Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics Severance Hospital Institute of Allergy Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Brown University Providence Rhode Island USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Brown University Providence Rhode Island USA
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- Department of Pediatrics Severance Hospital Institute of Allergy Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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Pemmari A, Paukkeri EL, Hämäläinen M, Leppänen T, Korhonen R, Moilanen E. MKP-1 promotes anti-inflammatory M(IL-4/IL-13) macrophage phenotype and mediates the anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2018; 124:404-415. [PMID: 30388313 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Macrophage polarization refers to the ability of these cells to adopt different functional phenotypes according to their environment. Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) is known to regulate the classical lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pro-inflammatory macrophage activation and the inflammatory response. Here, we investigated the effects of MKP-1 on the anti-inflammatory and healing-promoting macrophage phenotype induced by cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 and examined the potential mediator role of MKP-1 in glucocorticoid effects on the two macrophage phenotypes. In MKP-1-deficient macrophages treated with IL-4 and IL-13 to induce the anti-inflammatory phenotype, the expression of phenotypic markers arginase 1, Ym-1 and FGF2 was reduced as compared to wild-type cells. In contrast, LPS-induced expression of the pro-inflammatory factors IL-6 and iNOS was significantly higher in MKP-1-deficient macrophages. Dexamethasone suppressed the pro-inflammatory phenotype and enhanced the anti-inflammatory phenotype. Interestingly, both of these glucocorticoid effects were attenuated in macrophages from MKP-1-deficient mice. Accordingly, dexamethasone increased MKP-1 expression in both LPS- and IL4+13-treated wild-type cells. In conclusion, the findings support MKP-1 as an endogenous mechanism able to shift macrophage activation from the classical pro-inflammatory state towards the anti-inflammatory and healing-promoting phenotype. In addition, MKP-1 was found to mediate the anti-inflammatory effects of dexamethasone in a dualistic manner: by suppressing the pro-inflammatory macrophage activation and by enhancing the healing-promoting macrophage phenotype.
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- Antti Pemmari
- The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Grassin-Delyle S, Abrial C, Salvator H, Brollo M, Naline E, Devillier P. The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in the Production of Cytokines by Human Lung Macrophages. J Innate Immun 2018; 12:63-73. [PMID: 30557876 DOI: 10.1159/000494463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Toll-like receptor (TLR) family is involved in the recognition of and response to microbial infections. These receptors are expressed in leukocytes. TLR stimulation induces the production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Given that human lung macrophages (LMs) constitute the first line of defense against inhaled pathogens, the objective of this study was to investigate the expression and function of TLR subtypes in this cell population. METHODS Human primary LMs were obtained from patients undergoing surgical resection. The RNA and protein expression levels of TLRs, chemokines, and cytokines were assessed after incubation with subtype-selective agonists. RESULTS In human LMs, the TLR expression level varied from one subtype to another. Stimulation with subtype-selective agonists induced an intense, concentration- and time-dependent increase in the production of chemokines and cytokines. TLR4 stimulation induced the strongest effect, whereas TLR9 stimulation induced a much weaker response. CONCLUSIONS The stimulation of TLRs in human LMs induces intense cytokine and chemokine production, a characteristic of the proinflammatory M1 macrophage phenotype.
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- Stanislas Grassin-Delyle
- Département des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France, .,INSERM UMR 1173 et Plateforme de spectrométrie de masse MasSpecLab, UFR des Sciences de la Santé Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Saclay, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France,
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie UPRES EA220, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- Département des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France.,Laboratoire de Pharmacologie UPRES EA220, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie UPRES EA220, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- Département des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France.,Laboratoire de Pharmacologie UPRES EA220, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- Département des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France.,Laboratoire de Pharmacologie UPRES EA220, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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Perales-Puchalt A, Svoronos N, Villarreal DO, Zankharia U, Reuschel E, Wojtak K, Payne KK, Duperret EK, Muthumani K, Conejo-Garcia JR, Weiner DB. IL-33 delays metastatic peritoneal cancer progression inducing an allergic microenvironment. Oncoimmunology 2018; 8:e1515058. [PMID: 30546956 PMCID: PMC6287802 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2018.1515058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Ovarian cancer is frequently diagnosed as peritoneal carcinomatosis. Unlike other tumor locations, the peritoneal cavity is commonly exposed to gut-breaching and ascending genital microorganisms and has a unique immune environment. IL-33 is a local cytokine that can activate innate and adaptive immunity. We studied the effectiveness of local IL-33 delivery in the treatment of cancer that has metastasized to the peritoneal cavity. Direct peritoneal administration of IL-33 delayed the progression of metastatic peritoneal cancer. Prolongation in survival was not associated with a direct effect of IL-33 on tumor cells, but with major changes in the immune microenvironment of the tumor. IL-33 promoted a significant increase in the leukocyte compartment of the tumor immunoenvironment and an allergic cytokine profile. We observed a substantial increase in the number of activated CD4+ T-cells accompanied by peritoneal eosinophil infiltration, B-cell activation and activation of peritoneal macrophages which displayed tumoricidal capacity. Depletion of CD4+ cells, eosinophils or macrophages reduced the anti-tumor effects of IL-33 but none of these alone were sufficient to completely abrogate its positive benefit. In conclusion, local administration of IL-33 generates an allergic tumor environment resulting in a novel approach for treatment of metastatic peritoneal malignancies, such as advanced ovarian cancer.
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA.,Oncology Discovery, Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, USA
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- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadlephia, PA, USA
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- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadlephia, PA, USA
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- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadlephia, PA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL USA
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- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadlephia, PA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL USA
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- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadlephia, PA, USA
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Coleman SL, Shaw OM. Progress in the understanding of the pathology of allergic asthma and the potential of fruit proanthocyanidins as modulators of airway inflammation. Food Funct 2018; 8:4315-4324. [PMID: 29140397 DOI: 10.1039/c7fo00789b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease characterized by sensitization of the airways, and the development of immunoglobulin E antibodies, to benign antigens. The established pathophysiology of asthma includes recurrent lung epithelial inflammation, excessive mucus production, bronchial smooth muscle hyperreactivity, and chronic lung tissue remodeling, resulting in reversible airflow restriction. Immune cells, including eosinophils and the recently characterized type 2 innate lymphoid cells, infiltrate into the lung tissue as part of the inflammatory response in allergic asthma. It is well established that a diet high in fruits and vegetables results in a reduction of the risk of developing inflammatory diseases. Secondary plant metabolites, such as proanthocyanidins which are found in apples, blackcurrants, boysenberries, cranberries, and grapes, have shown promising results in reducing or preventing allergic asthma airway inflammation. Recent evidence has also highlighted the importance of microbiome-mediated metabolism of plant polyphenols in modulating the immune system. In this review, we will discuss advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of allergic asthma, including the role of the microbiome in lung immune function, and how proanthocyanidins modulate the airway inflammation. We will highlight the potential of dietary proanthocyanidins to impact on allergic asthma and the immune system.
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- Sara L Coleman
- Food and Wellness Group, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
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Yanagibashi T, Satoh M, Nagai Y, Koike M, Takatsu K. Allergic diseases: From bench to clinic - Contribution of the discovery of interleukin-5. Cytokine 2018; 98:59-70. [PMID: 28863833 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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T helper 2 cells produce a number of cytokines including inteleukin (IL)-5, IL-4 and IL-13. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) also produce IL-5 under sterile conditions. IL-5 is interdigitating homodimeric glycoprotein and a member of the four α helical bundle motifs conserved among hematopoietic cytokines. IL-5 exerts its effects on target cells via IL-5 receptor (IL-5R), composed of an IL-5R α and βc subunit. The membrane proximal proline-rich motif of the cytoplasmic domain of both IL-5R α and βc subunits is essential for IL-5 signal transduction. Although IL-5 was initially identified by its ability to support the growth and terminal differentiation of mouse B cells into antibody-secreting cells, recombinant IL-5 exerts pleiotropic activities on various target cells. For example, IL-5 is now recognized as the major maturation and differentiation factor for eosinophils in mice and humans. Overexpression of IL-5 in mouse significantly increases eosinophil numbers and antibody levels in vivo, while mice lacking a functional gene for IL-5 or IL-5R display developmental and functional impairments in B cell and eosinophil lineages. In mice, the role of the IL-5/IL-5R system in the production and secretion of Immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgA in mucosal tissues has been reported. Although eosinophils protect against invading pathogens including virus, bacteria and helminthes, they are also involved in the pathogenesis of various diseases, such as food allergy, asthma, and inflammatory bowel diseases. The recent expansion in our understanding in the context of IL-5 and IL-5-producing ILC2s in eosinophil activation and the pathogenesis of eosinophil-dependent inflammatory diseases has led to advances in therapeutic options. A new therapy currently under invetigarion in clinical trials uses humanized monoclonal antibodies against IL-5 or the IL-5R. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the functions of IL-5 and its receptor, the innate regulation of IL-5-producing cells, and therapeutic potential of anti-IL-5 and anti-eosinophil (IL-5R) antibodies.
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- Tsutomu Yanagibashi
- Toyama Prefectural Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, 17-1 Nakataikouyama, Imizu City, Toyama 939-0363, Japan; Department of Immunobiology and Pharmacological Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Otemachi Finamcial City Grand Cube, 1-9-2, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8185, Japan
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- Department of Immunobiology and Pharmacological Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; JST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Otemachi Finamcial City Grand Cube, 1-9-2, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8185, Japan
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- Toyama Prefectural Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, 17-1 Nakataikouyama, Imizu City, Toyama 939-0363, Japan; Department of Immunobiology and Pharmacological Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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Castillo EF, Zheng H, Yang XO. Orchestration of epithelial-derived cytokines and innate immune cells in allergic airway inflammation. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2018; 39:19-25. [PMID: 29169815 PMCID: PMC5866749 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Allergic asthma, a chronic respiratory disease, is a leading worldwide health problem, which inflames and constricts the airways, leading to breathing difficulty. Many studies have focused on the pathogenesis contributed by the adaptive immune system, including CD4+ T lymphocytes in delayed type hypersensitivity and B cell-produced IgE in anaphylaxis. More recently, a focus on the airway mucosal barrier and the innate immune system has highlighted, in coordination with T and B cells, to initiate and establish disease. This review highlights the impacts of epithelial-derived cytokines and innate immune cells on allergic airway reactions.
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- Eliseo F Castillo
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
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Leishmania proteophosphoglycans regurgitated from infected sand flies accelerate dermal wound repair and exacerbate leishmaniasis via insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent signalling. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1006794. [PMID: 29352310 PMCID: PMC5792026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Leishmania parasites are transmitted to vertebrate hosts by female phlebotomine sand flies as they bloodfeed by lacerating the upper capillaries of the dermis with their barbed mouthparts. In the sand fly midgut secreted proteophosphoglycans from Leishmania form a biological plug known as the promastigote secretory gel (PSG), which blocks the gut and facilitates the regurgitation of infective parasites. The interaction between the wound created by the sand fly bite and PSG is not known. Here we nanoinjected a sand fly egested dose of PSG into BALB/c mouse skin that lead to the differential expression of 7,907 transcripts. These transcripts were transiently up-regulated during the first 6 hours post-wound and enriched for pathways involved in inflammation, cell proliferation, fibrosis, epithelial cell differentiation and wound remodelling. We found that PSG significantly accelerated wound healing in vitro and in mice; which was associated with an early up-regulation of transcripts involved in inflammation (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TNFα) and inflammatory cell recruitment (CCL2, CCL3, CCL4, CXCL2), followed 6 days later by enhanced expression of transcripts associated with epithelial cell proliferation, fibroplasia and fibrosis (FGFR2, EGF, EGFR, IGF1). Dermal expression of IGF1 was enhanced following an infected sand fly bite and was acutely responsive to the deposition of PSG but not the inoculation of parasites or sand fly saliva. Antibody blockade of IGF1 ablated the gel’s ability to promote wound closure in mouse ears and significantly reduced the virulence of Leishmania mexicana infection delivered by an individual sand fly bite. Dermal macrophages recruited to air-pouches on the backs of mice revealed that IGF1 was pivotal to the PSG’s ability to promote macrophage alternative activation and Leishmania infection. Our data demonstrate that through the regurgitation of PSG Leishmania exploit the wound healing response of the host to the vector bite by promoting the action of IGF1 to drive the alternative activation of macrophages. Female phlebotomine sand flies efficiently transmit Leishmania parasites, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. During transmission, promastigote secretory gel (PSG) regurgitated from the blocked sand fly gut promote Leishmania infection and exacerbates disease. Here we investigate mouse ear-skin response to PSG and find that a significant proportion of up-regulated transcripts are involved in wound healing. Following a wound to skin preconditioned with PSG, key transcripts associated with inflammation and cell recruitment were enhanced by 4 hours and those associated with epithelial cell differentiation, proliferation and fibrosis were enhanced in the late phase of wound healing; including insulin growth factor-1 (IGF1) and its receptor. The presence of PSG significantly accelerated wound closure in vitro and in vivo, and this was directed by the presence of IGF1. IGF1 was essential to both the wound healing and disease-exacerbating properties of PSG, arising from its ability to alternatively activate macrophages. IGF1-blockade efficiently reduced the virulence of Leishmania infection from sand fly bite transmission indicating that it is essential to the function of PSG during natural infection. Our findings open the dual possibility of exploiting PSG, or defined components thereof, as a novel wound healing therapy and provide new targets for anti-leishmanial therapeutic design.
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Byers DE, Wu K, Dang-Vu G, Jin X, Agapov E, Zhang X, Battaile JT, Schechtman K, Yusen R, Pierce RA, Holtzman MJ. Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-2 Expression Tracks With M2-Like Macrophage Activity and Disease Severity in COPD. Chest 2018; 153:77-86. [PMID: 29017955 PMCID: PMC5812763 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cell and animal models show a key role for Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells (TREM)-2 in chronic airway disease after viral infection, but comparable evidence in humans still needs to be established. METHODS Lung tissue samples were obtained from lung transplant recipients with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage IV COPD (n = 16), nontransplantable donor lung tissues (n = 7), and resected lung tissues from patients at risk or with GOLD stage I through IV (n = 55) and were assessed for TREM-2 and TREM-1 messenger RNA (mRNA), protein expression, and other markers of a type 2 immune response. RESULTS TREM2 (but not TREM1) mRNA levels were increased in GOLD stage IV COPD lung tissues compared with non-COPD lung tissues. TREM2 mRNA was coexpressed with its signaling molecule DAP12 and the macrophage marker CD68 and M2-macrophage markers CD206 and CHIT1. TREM-2 protein was also increased in COPD lung tissues and was localized to CD14+ macrophages by flow cytometry and CD68+ and CCR2+ macrophages by tissue immunostaining. In lung samples from patients at risk and with GOLD stage I through IV COPD, TREM2 but not TREM1 mRNA levels were also increased, and the ratio of TREM2/TREM1 mRNA levels was associated with increases in CHIT1 mRNA and decreases in FEV1 and FEV1/FVC. CONCLUSIONS TREM-2 expression is increased in lung macrophages in COPD, particularly in comparison with TREM-1. Therefore, TREM-2 levels and the ratio of TREM-2/TREM-1 signifies M2 activation in COPD lung tissues and may help to guide therapeutics directed against the type 2 immune response in patients with this disease.
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- Derek E Byers
- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO.
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Medicine, Drug Discovery Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO; Department of Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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Saradna A, Do DC, Kumar S, Fu QL, Gao P. Macrophage polarization and allergic asthma. Transl Res 2018; 191:1-14. [PMID: 29066321 PMCID: PMC5776696 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Allergic asthma is associated with airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. Macrophage polarization has been shown to have a profound impact on asthma pathogenesis. On exposure to local microenvironments, recruited macrophages can be polarized into either classically activated (or M1) or alternatively activated (or M2) phenotypes. Macrophage polarization has been heavily associated with development of asthma. The process of regulation of macrophage polarization involves an intricate interplay between various cytokines, chemokines, transcriptional factors, and immune-regulatory cells. Different signals from the microenvironment are controlled by different receptors on the macrophages to initiate various macrophage polarization pathways. Most importantly, there is an increased attention on the epigenetic changes (eg, microRNAs, DNA methylation, and histone modification) that impact macrophage functional responses and M1/M2 polarization through modulating cellular signaling and signature gene expression. Thus, modulation of macrophage phenotypes through molecular intervention by targeting some of those potential macrophage regulators may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of allergic asthma and other allergic diseases. In this review, we will discuss the origin of macrophages, characterization of macrophages, macrophage polarization in asthma, and the underlying mechanisms regarding allergen-induced macrophage polarization with emphasis on the regulation of epigenetics, which will provide new insights into the therapeutic strategy for asthma.
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- Arjun Saradna
- Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; Department of Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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- Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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- Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
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Nolin JD, Lai Y, Ogden HL, Manicone AM, Murphy RC, An D, Frevert CW, Ghomashchi F, Naika GS, Gelb MH, Gauvreau GM, Piliponsky AM, Altemeier WA, Hallstrand TS. Secreted PLA2 group X orchestrates innate and adaptive immune responses to inhaled allergen. JCI Insight 2017; 2:94929. [PMID: 29093264 PMCID: PMC5752296 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.94929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes regulate the formation of eicosanoids and lysophospholipids that contribute to allergic airway inflammation. Secreted PLA2 group X (sPLA2-X) was recently found to be increased in the airways of asthmatics and is highly expressed in airway epithelial cells and macrophages. In the current study, we show that allergen exposure increases sPLA2-X in humans and in mice, and that global deletion of Pla2g10 results in a marked reduction in airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), eosinophil and T cell trafficking to the airways, airway occlusion, generation of type-2 cytokines by antigen-stimulated leukocytes, and antigen-specific immunoglobulins. Further, we found that Pla2g10-/- mice had reduced IL-33 levels in BALF, fewer type-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in the lung, less IL-33-induced IL-13 expression in mast cells, and a marked reduction in both the number of newly recruited macrophages and the M2 polarization of these macrophages in the lung. These results indicate that sPLA2-X serves as a central regulator of both innate and adaptive immune response to proteolytic allergen.
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- James D. Nolin
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
- Department of Comparative Medicine
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- Department of Chemistry, and
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Liu Y, Gunsten SP, Sultan DH, Luehmann HP, Zhao Y, Blackwell TS, Bollermann-Nowlis Z, Pan JH, Byers DE, Atkinson JJ, Kreisel D, Holtzman MJ, Gropler RJ, Combadiere C, Brody SL. PET-based Imaging of Chemokine Receptor 2 in Experimental and Disease-related Lung Inflammation. Radiology 2017; 283:758-768. [PMID: 28045644 PMCID: PMC5452886 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016161409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Purpose To characterize a chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2)-binding peptide adapted for use as a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer for noninvasive detection of lung inflammation in a mouse model of lung injury and in human tissues from subjects with lung disease. Materials and Methods The study was approved by institutional animal and human studies committees. Informed consent was obtained from patients. A 7-amino acid CCR2 binding peptide (extracellular loop 1 inverso [ECL1i]) was conjugated to tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid (DOTA) and labeled with copper 64 (64Cu) or fluorescent dye. Lung inflammation was induced with intratracheal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in wild-type (n = 19) and CCR2-deficient (n = 4) mice, and these mice were compared with wild-type mice given control saline (n = 5) by using PET performed after intravenous injection of 64Cu-DOTA-ECL1i. Lung immune cells and those binding fluorescently labeled ECL1i in vivo were detected with flow cytometry. Lung inflammation in tissue from subjects with nondiseased lungs donated for lung transplantation (n = 11) and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were undergoing lung transplantation (n = 16) was evaluated for CCR2 with immunostaining and autoradiography (n = 6, COPD) with 64Cu-DOTA-ECL1i. Groups were compared with analysis of variance, the Mann-Whitney U test, or the t test. Results Signal on PET images obtained in mouse lungs after injury with LPS was significantly greater than that in the saline control group (mean = 4.43% of injected dose [ID] per gram of tissue vs 0.99% of injected dose per gram of tissue; P < .001). PET signal was significantly diminished with blocking studies using nonradiolabeled ECL1i in excess (mean = 0.63% ID per gram of tissue; P < .001) and in CCR2-deficient mice (mean = 0.39% ID per gram of tissue; P < .001). The ECL1i signal was associated with an elevated level of mouse lung monocytes. COPD lung tissue displayed significantly elevated CCR2 levels compared with nondiseased tissue (median = 12.8% vs 1.2% cells per sample; P = .002), which was detected with 64Cu-DOTA-ECL1i by using autoradiography. Conclusion 64Cu-DOTA-ECL1i is a promising tool for PET-based detection of CCR2-directed inflammation in an animal model and in human tissues as a step toward clinical translation. © RSNA, 2017 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
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- Yongjian Liu
- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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- From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Y.L., D.H.S., H.P.L., Y.Z., R.J.G., S.L.B.) and Departments of Medicine (S.P.G., T.S.B., Z.B.N., J.H.P., D.E.B., J.J.A., M.J.H., R.J.G., S.L.B.), Surgery (D.K.), Pathology and Immunology (D.K.), and Cell Biology (M.J.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Box 8052, St Louis, MO 63110; and Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris INSERM, Paris, France (C.C.)
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Double-Stranded RNA Interacts With Toll-Like Receptor 3 in Driving the Acute Inflammatory Response Following Lung Contusion. Crit Care Med 2017; 44:e1054-e1066. [PMID: 27509390 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000001879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Lung contusion is a major risk factor for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. We set to determine the role of toll-like receptor 3 and the binding of double-stranded RNA in the pathogenesis of sterile injury following lung contusion. DESIGN Toll-like receptor 3 expression was analyzed in postmortem lung samples from patients with lung contusion. Unilateral lung contusion was induced in toll-like receptor 3 (-/-), TIR-domain-containing adapter-inducing interferon-β (-/-), and wild-type mice. Subsequently, lung injury and inflammation were evaluated. Apoptotic indices, phagocytic activity, and phenotypic characterization of the macrophages were determined. Double-stranded RNA in bronchoalveolar lavage and serum samples following lung contusion was measured. A toll-like receptor 3/double-stranded RNA ligand inhibitor was injected into wild-type mice prior to lung contusion. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Toll-like receptor 3 expression was higher in patients and wild-type mice with lung contusion. The degree of lung injury, inflammation, and macrophage apoptosis was reduced in toll-like receptor 3 (-/-), TIR-domain-containing adapter-inducing interferon-β (-/-), and wild-type mice with toll-like receptor 3 antibody neutralization. Alveolar macrophages from toll-like receptor 3 (-/-) mice had a lower early apoptotic index, a predominant M2 phenotype and increased surface translocation of toll-like receptor 3 from the endosome to the surface. When compared with viral activation pathways, lung injury in lung contusion demonstrated increased p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 phosphorylation with inflammasome activation without a corresponding increase in nuclear factor-κB or type-1 interferon production. Additionally, pretreatment with toll-like receptor 3/double-stranded RNA ligand inhibitor led to a reduction in injury, inflammation, and macrophage apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the interaction of double-stranded RNA from injured cells with toll-like receptor 3 drives the acute inflammatory response following lung contusion.
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Effects of nebulised magnesium sulphate on inflammation and function of the guinea-pig airway. Eur J Pharmacol 2017; 801:79-85. [PMID: 28284753 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Magnesium sulphate is a potential treatment for acute severe asthma. However, the mechanisms and dose-response relationships are poorly understood. The first objective of this study was to examine whether inhaled magnesium sulphate exerts bronchodilator activity measured as bronchoprotection against histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in conscious guinea-pigs alone and combined with salbutamol. Secondly, we examined whether inhaled magnesium sulphate inhibits airways inflammation and function in models of neutrophilic and eosinophilic lung inflammation induced, respectively, by inhaled lipopolysaccharide or the inhaled antigen, ovalbumin (OVA). Airway function was measured in conscious guinea-pigs as specific airway conductance (sGaw) by whole-body plethysmography. Anti-inflammatory activity was measured against lung inflammatory cell influx induced by OVA inhalation in OVA-sensitised animals or by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure of non-sensitised animals. Airway function (sGaw) was measured over 24h after OVA exposure. Airway hyperresponsiveness to inhaled histamine and inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were recorded 24h after OVA or LPS challenge. Histamine-induced bronchoconstriction was inhibited by inhaled magnesium sulphate or salbutamol alone and in combination, they produced synergistic bronchoprotection. LPS-induced neutrophil influx was inhibited by 6 days pretreatment with magnesium sulphate. Early and late asthmatic responses in OVA sensitised and challenged animals were attenuated by magnesium sulphate. Lung inflammatory cells were increased by OVA, macrophages being significantly reduced by magnesium sulphate. Nebulised magnesium sulphate protects against histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in conscious guinea-pigs and exerts anti-inflammatory activity against pulmonary inflammation induced by allergen (OVA) or LPS. These properties of magnesium sulphate explain its beneficial actions in acute asthma.
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Asthma is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, and not surprisingly, many myeloid cells play a crucial role in pathogenesis. Antigen-presenting dendritic cells are the first to recognize the allergens, pollutants, and viruses that are implicated in asthma pathogenesis, and subsequently initiate the adaptive immune response by migrating to lymph nodes. Eosinophils are the hallmark of type 2 inflammation, releasing toxic compounds in the airways and contributing to airway remodeling. Mast cells and basophils control both the early- and late-phase allergic response and contribute to alterations in smooth muscle reactivity. Finally, relatively little is known about neutrophils and macrophages in this disease. Although many of these myeloid cells respond well to treatment with inhaled steroids, there is now an increasing armamentarium of targeted biologicals that can specifically eliminate only one myeloid cell population, like eosinophils. It is only with those new tools that we will be able to fully understand the role of myeloid cells in chronic asthma in humans.
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Wang Y, Zhu J, Zhang L, Zhang Z, He L, Mou Y, Deng Y, Cao Y, Yang P, Su Y, Zhao J, Zhang S, Yu Q, Hu J, Chen Z, Ning Q, Xiang X, Xu Y, Wang CY, Xiong W. Role of C/EBP homologous protein and endoplasmic reticulum stress in asthma exacerbation by regulating the IL-4/signal transducer and activator of transcription 6/transcription factor EC/IL-4 receptor α positive feedback loop in M2 macrophages. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017; 140:1550-1561.e8. [PMID: 28238747 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND C/EBP homologous protein (Chop), a marker of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, exhibits aberrant expression patterns during asthma development. However, its exact role in asthma pathogenesis is not fully understood. OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the function and mechanism of Chop in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma in patients and animals. METHODS Studies were conducted in asthmatic patients and Chop-/- mice to dissect the role of Chop and ER stress in asthma pathogenesis. An ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic airway inflammation model was used to address the effect of Chop deficiency on asthma development. Next, the effect of Chop deficiency on macrophage polarization and related signaling pathways was investigated to demonstrate the underlying mechanisms. RESULTS Asthmatic patients and mice after OVA induction exhibited aberrant Chop expression along with ER stress. Specifically, Chop was noted to be specifically overexpressed in macrophages, and mice deficient in Chop were protected from OVA-induced allergic airway inflammation, as manifested by attenuated airway inflammation, remodeling, and hyperresponsiveness. Chop was found to exacerbate allergic airway inflammation by enhancing M2 programming in macrophages. Mechanistic studies characterized an IL-4/signal transducer and activator of transcription 6/transcription factor EC (Tfec)/IL-4 receptor α positive feedback regulatory loop, in which IL-4 induces Chop expression, which then promotes signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 signaling to transcribe Tfec expression. Finally, Tfec transcribes IL-4 receptor α expression to promote M2 programming in macrophages. CONCLUSIONS Chop and ER stress are implicated in asthma pathogenesis, which involves regulation of M2 programming in macrophages.
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- Yi Wang
- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Ga
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Sponsored Program Administration, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Sponsored Program Administration, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Emergency Medicine and Rare Diseases, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Sponsored Program Administration, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Cite of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Ng Kuet Leong N, Brombacher F, Dalpke AH, Weitnauer M. Crosstalk between glucocorticoids and IL-4 modulates Ym1 expression in alternatively activated myeloid cells. Immunobiology 2017; 222:759-767. [PMID: 28209270 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Airway epithelial cells induce a tolerogenic microenvironment by modulating immune cells in the lung. We recently showed that the supernatant of airway epithelial cells induces two marker genes of alternative activation, Ym1 and Ms4a8a, in respiratory myeloid cells. This induction was partially mediated by glucocorticoids, secreted by airway epithelial cells. In this study, we further investigated Ym1 and Ms4a8a regulation in alternatively activated myeloid cells in the presence of the TH2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-13. We show that Ym1 expression is boosted upon co-stimulation with airway epithelial cell supernatant and IL-4/IL-13, whereas Ms4a8a expression is down-regulated. This suggests that a crosstalk between IL-4/IL-13 and glucocorticoid signaling exists. Blocking protein synthesis indicated that dexamethasone-induced de novo protein synthesis is required for the interaction between glucocorticoid and IL-4 signaling regarding Ym1 regulation. Using reporter gene constructs, we demonstrate that the important regulatory region within the Ym1 promoter is found between -602bp and -969bp upstream of the start of translation. Bioinformatic analysis identified several glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) in this region. Further analysis identified overlapping but functionally active glucocorticoid receptor and STAT-6 binding sites, supporting the cooperative effect of glucocorticoids and IL-4 in the regulation of Ym1. These findings further prove the plasticity and complexity of alternatively activated myeloid cells and the importance of the local microenvironment. We believe that this regulation is of special importance in the pulmonary system, since both factors, glucocorticoids and IL-4/13, play a role in airway diseases such as asthma.
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- Nathalie Ng Kuet Leong
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) & Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town & South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), South Africa
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL).
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Airway mucus, inflammation and remodeling: emerging links in the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases. Cell Tissue Res 2017; 367:537-550. [PMID: 28108847 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2562-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Airway mucus obstruction is a hallmark of many chronic lung diseases including rare genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia, as well as common lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which have emerged as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, the role of excess airway mucus in the in vivo pathogenesis of these diseases remains poorly understood. The generation of mice with airway-specific overexpression of epithelial Na+ channels (ENaC), exhibiting airway surface dehydration (mucus hyperconcentration), impaired mucociliary clearance (MCC) and mucus plugging, led to a model of muco-obstructive lung disease that shares key features of CF and COPD. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the understanding of causes of impaired MCC and in vivo consequences of airway mucus obstruction that can be inferred from studies in βENaC-overexpressing mice. These studies confirm that mucus hyperconcentration on airway surfaces plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of impaired MCC, mucus adhesion and airway plugging that cause airflow obstruction and provide a nidus for bacterial infection. In addition, these studies support the emerging concept that excess airway mucus per se, probably via several mechanisms including hypoxic epithelial necrosis, retention of inhaled irritants or allergens, and potential immunomodulatory effects, is a potent trigger of chronic airway inflammation and associated lung damage, even in the absence of bacterial infection. Finally, these studies suggest that improvement of mucus clearance may be a promising therapeutic strategy for a spectrum of muco-obstructive lung diseases.
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Fritzsching B, Hagner M, Dai L, Christochowitz S, Agrawal R, van Bodegom C, Schmidt S, Schatterny J, Hirtz S, Brown R, Goritzka M, Duerr J, Zhou-Suckow Z, Mall MA. Impaired mucus clearance exacerbates allergen-induced type 2 airway inflammation in juvenile mice. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 140:190-203.e5. [PMID: 27865862 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Type 2 airway inflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of allergen-induced asthma, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Recently, we demonstrated that reduced mucociliary clearance, a characteristic feature of asthma, produces spontaneous type 2 airway inflammation in juvenile β-epithelial Na+ channel (Scnn1b)-transgenic (Tg) mice. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the role of impaired mucus clearance in the pathogenesis of allergen-induced type 2 airway inflammation and identify cellular sources of the signature cytokine IL-13. METHODS We challenged juvenile Scnn1b-Tg and wild-type mice with Aspergillus fumigatus and house dust mite allergen and compared the effects on airway eosinophilia, type 2 cytokine levels, goblet cell metaplasia, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Furthermore, we determined cellular sources of IL-13 and effects of genetic deletion of the key type 2 signal-transducing molecule signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) and evaluated the effects of therapeutic improvement of mucus clearance. RESULTS Reduced mucociliary allergen clearance exacerbated Stat6-dependent secretion of type 2 cytokines, airway eosinophilia, and airway hyperresponsiveness in juvenile Scnn1b-Tg mice. IL-13 levels were increased in airway epithelial cells, macrophages, type 2 innate lymphoid cells, and TH2 cells along with increased Il33 expression in the airway epithelium of Scnn1b-Tg mice. Treatment with the epithelial Na+ channel blocker amiloride, improving airway surface hydration and mucus clearance, reduced allergen-induced inflammation in Scnn1b-Tg mice. CONCLUSION Our data support that impaired clearance of inhaled allergens triggering IL-13 production by multiple cell types in the airways plays an important role in the pathogenesis of type 2 airway inflammation and suggests therapeutic improvement of mucociliary clearance as a novel treatment strategy for children with allergen-induced asthma.
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- Benedikt Fritzsching
- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Lung inflammatory diseases contribute significantly to the socioeconomic burden of disease. Yet very few new, effective therapies for respiratory disease have been approved for use. A major contributing factor is the lack of biomarkers that can accurately quantify the lung inflammatory burden and can be used to understand the contribution of lung inflammation to loss in lung function. Molecular imaging approaches can detect and quantify the recruitment and activation of specific immune cells in lung inflammation. We review the clinical techniques used to image lung inflammation, provide an overview of clinical and emerging PET techniques for quantifying lung inflammation, and discuss potential clinical applications.
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Francis M, Sun R, Cervelli JA, Choi H, Mandal M, Abramova EV, Gow AJ, Laskin JD, Laskin DL. Editor's Highlight: Role of Spleen-Derived Macrophages in Ozone-Induced Lung Inflammation and Injury. Toxicol Sci 2016; 155:182-195. [PMID: 27708193 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Macrophages and inflammatory mediators have been implicated in ozone toxicity. In these studies, we used splenectomized (SPX) mice to assess the contribution of splenic monocytes to pulmonary inflammation and injury induced by ozone. Cells and tissue were collected 24-72 h after exposure of mice to air or ozone (0.8 ppm, 3 h). Following ozone exposure, increased numbers of pro-inflammatory CD11b + Ly6CHi and anti-inflammatory CD11b + Ly6CLo monocytes were observed in spleens of control (CTL) mice. CD11b + Ly6CHi and MMP-9+ pro-inflammatory macrophages were also observed in lungs of CTL mice after ozone, along with CD11b + Ly6CLo and mannose receptor (MR)+ anti-inflammatory macrophages. This was accompanied by increased lung expression of proteins involved in monocyte/macrophage trafficking including CCL3, CCL4, CCR1, and AT1R. Splenectomy resulted in decreases in pro-inflammatory macrophages in the lung and down regulation of CCR2, CCL2, and CCL4, but increases in CD11b + Ly6CLo anti-inflammatory macrophages. CD11b+Ly6G+Ly6C+ granulocytic (G)- and monocytic (M)-myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC)s were also detected in the lungs and spleens of CTL mice; these increased after ozone exposure. Splenectomy was associated with a decrease in G-MDSCs in the lung, with no effect on M-MDSCs. Changes in lung macrophage subpopulations and MDSCs in SPX mice were correlated with reduced ozone toxicity, as measured by decreases in bronchoalveolar lavage protein content and reduced 4-hydroxynonenal expression in the lung. These data suggest that the spleen is a source of pro-inflammatory/cytotoxic macrophages that contribute to ozone-induced lung injury, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rutgers University School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey;
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Srinivasa BT, Restori KH, Shan J, Cyr L, Xing L, Lee S, Ward BJ, Fixman ED. STAT6 inhibitory peptide given during RSV infection of neonatal mice reduces exacerbated airway responses upon adult reinfection. J Leukoc Biol 2016; 101:519-529. [PMID: 27566834 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4a0215-062rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related hospitalization during infancy is strongly associated with the subsequent development of asthma. Early life RSV infection results in a Th2-biased immune response, which is also typical of asthma. Murine models of neonatal RSV infection have been developed to examine the possible contribution of RSV-driven Th2 responses to the development of airway hyper-responsiveness later in childhood. We have investigated the ability of a cell-penetrating STAT6 inhibitory peptide (STAT6-IP), when delivered selectively during neonatal RSV infection, to modify pathogenesis induced upon secondary RSV reinfection of adults 6 wk later. Neonatal STAT6-IP treatment inhibited the development of airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) and significantly reduced lung eosinophilia and collagen deposition in adult mice following RSV reinfection. STAT6-IP-treated, RSV-infected neonates had reduced levels of both IL-4 and alternatively activated macrophages (AAMs) in the lungs. Our findings suggest that targeting STAT6 activity at the time of early-life RSV infection may effectively reduce the risk of subsequent asthma development.
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Zakeri A, Yazdi FG. Toll-like receptor-mediated involvement of innate immune cells in asthma disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1861:3270-3277. [PMID: 27543676 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Innate immune cells as the first line of defense are adept at recognizing and triggering appropriate response against various pathogens. Apart from the protective functions, the innate immunity plays an essential role in mediation of allergic responses. Dendritic cells (DCs) and airway epithelial cells (AECs) along with other innate cells such as granulocytes, natural killer cells (NKs), natural killer T cells (NKTs), and alternatively activated macrophages (AAMs) are able to orchestrate allergic responses, especially asthma. Chronic stimulation of TLRs by airway stimuli induces local inflammation which gradually results in the recruitment and settling of innate cells around airways. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review discusses how recruitment and accumulation of the inflammatory cells in the site of insult facilitate hypersensitivity reactions and initiate airway inflammation. We indicate that these cells are well equipped to highly sensitive receptors known as toll-like receptors (TLRs) making them fit to prime adaptive immune response. Based on emerging findings, we highlight the pivotal role of TLRs in regulation of innate cells function in the context of asthma disease. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Stimulation of the TLRs of innate cells by allergens has been found to accelerate and regulate allergic airway inflammation. In fact, the sophisticated interaction between environmental allergens and TLRs leads to release of various pro-inflammatory mediators from innate cells supporting asthma development. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE This review highlights that TLRs have a substantial role in priming innate cells and cytokine release, suggesting that the involvement of TLRs of innate immune cells can modulate the function of these cells in asthma disease.
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- Amin Zakeri
- Immunology Section, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156, Iran
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Shaw OM, Hurst RD, Harper JL. Boysenberry ingestion supports fibrolytic macrophages with the capacity to ameliorate chronic lung remodeling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2016; 311:L628-38. [PMID: 27371734 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00309.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Lung fibrosis negatively impacts on lung function in chronic asthma and is linked to the development of profibrotic macrophage phenotypes. Epidemiological studies have found that lung function benefits from increased consumption of fruit high in polyphenols. We investigated the effect of boysenberry consumption, in both therapeutic and prophylactic treatment strategies in a mouse model of chronic antigen-induced airway inflammation. Boysenberry consumption reduced collagen deposition and ameliorated tissue remodeling alongside an increase in the presence of CD68+CD206+arginase+ alternatively activated macrophages in the lung tissue. The decrease in tissue remodeling was associated with increased expression of profibrolytic matrix metalloproteinase-9 protein in total lung tissue. We identified alternatively activated macrophages in the mice that consumed boysenberry as a source of the matrix metalloproteinase-9. Oral boysenberry treatment may moderate chronic tissue remodeling by supporting the development of profibrolytic alternatively activated macrophages expressing matrix metalloproteinase-9. Regular boysenberry consumption therefore has the potential to moderate chronic lung remodeling and fibrosis in asthma and other chronic pulmonary diseases.
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- Odette M Shaw
- Inflammation and Arthritis Group, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand; Food & Wellness Group, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, New Zealand; and
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- Food & Wellness Group, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, New Zealand; and
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- Inflammation and Arthritis Group, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand; WelTec, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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