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Ni M, Zhang Y, Zheng J, Cui Z. HSP40 mediated TLR-Dorsal-AMPs pathway in Portunus trituberculatus. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 133:108536. [PMID: 36639068 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Heat shock protein 40 (HSP40) is a kind of molecular chaperone involved in various immune responses. However, the exact roles of HSP40 in immune defense against bacteria remain largely unclear. In this study, the activation function of a type Ⅰ HSP40 from Portunus trituberculatus (PtHSP40-Ⅰ) in the TLR pathway was investigated. The results showed that PtHSP40-Ⅰ can bind to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and peptidoglycan (PGN). The PtHSP40-Ⅰ also exhibited binding activity toward the extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain of Toll-like receptor (TLR). Moreover, the PtHSP40-Ⅰ could promote the transcription factor Dorsal translocated from cytoplasm into the nucleus in hemocytes and participated in regulating the expression of anti-lipopolysaccharide factor (ALF) and crustin. These findings provided insights into the activation mechanisms of TLR pathway mediated by HSP40 and offered basic theory of disease control in P. trituberculatus aquaculture.
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- Mengqi Ni
- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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Liu D, Yu Q, Ning Q, Liu Z, Song J. The relationship between UGT1A1 gene & various diseases and prevention strategies. Drug Metab Rev 2021; 54:1-21. [PMID: 34807779 DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2021.2001493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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UDP-glucuronyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) is a member of the Phase II metabolic enzyme family and the only enzyme that can metabolize detoxified bilirubin. Inactivation and very low activity of UGT1A1 in the liver can be fatal or lead to lifelong Gilbert's syndrome (GS) and Crigler-Najjar syndrome (CN). To date, more than one hundred UGT1A1 polymorphisms have been discovered. Although most UGT1A1 polymorphisms are not fatal, which diseases might be associated with low activity UGT1A1 or UGT1A1 polymorphisms? This scientific topic has been studied for more than a hundred years, there are still many uncertainties. Herein, this article will summarize all the possibilities of UGT1A1 gene-related diseases, including GS and CN, neurological disease, hepatobiliary disease, metabolic difficulties, gallstone, cardiovascular disease, Crohn's disease (CD) obesity, diabetes, myelosuppression, leukemia, tumorigenesis, etc., and provide guidance for researchers to conduct in-depth study on UGT1A1 gene-related diseases. In addition, this article not only summarizes the prevention strategies of UGT1A1 gene-related diseases, but also puts forward some insights for sharing.
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- Dan Liu
- Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China.,Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine, Joint Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, International Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine, Joint Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, International Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China.,Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine, Joint Laboratory for Translational Cancer Research of Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, International Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China.,Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China
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Kardani K, Sadat SM, Kardani M, Bolhassani A. The next generation of HCV vaccines: a focus on novel adjuvant development. Expert Rev Vaccines 2021; 20:839-855. [PMID: 34114513 DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1941895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Considerable efforts have been made to treat and prevent acute and chronic infections caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Current treatments are unable to protect people from reinfection. Hence, there is a need for development of both preventive and therapeutic HCV vaccines. Many vaccine candidates are in development to fight against HCV, but their efficacy has so far proven limited partly due to low immunogenicity. AREAS COVERED We explore development of novel and powerful adjuvants to achieve an effective HCV vaccine. The basis for developing strong adjuvants is to understand the innate immunity pathway, which subsequently stimulates humoral and cellular immune responses. We have also investigated immunogenicity of developed adjuvants that have been used in recent studies available in online databases such as PubMed, PMC, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, etc. EXPERT OPINION Adjuvants are used as a part of vaccine formulation to boost vaccine immunogenicity and antigen delivery. Several FDA-approved adjuvants are used in licensed human vaccines. Unfortunately, no adjuvant has yet been proven to boost HCV immune responses to the extent needed for an effective vaccine. One of the promising approaches for developing an effective adjuvant is the combination of various adjuvants to trigger several innate immune responses, leading to activation of adaptive immunity.[Figure: see text].
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- Kimia Kardani
- Department of Hepatitis and AIDS, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hepatitis and AIDS, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Center, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hepatitis and AIDS, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Xia Y, Rocchi P, Iovanna JL, Peng L. Targeting heat shock response pathways to treat pancreatic cancer. Drug Discov Today 2011; 17:35-43. [PMID: 21986108 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2011.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pancreatic cancer belongs to the group of extremely aggressive human cancers; conventional cancer treatments have little impact. Increasing understanding of the pathways associated with pancreatic cancer progression has enabled the development of targeted therapy on this cancer. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) and related heat shock response (HSR) pathways control multiple important oncogenic pathways for pancreatic cancer development. Consequently, they represent promising novel targets for pancreatic cancer therapy. Various strategies have been proposed and elaborated to target HSPs/HSR in pancreatic cancer with the corresponding modulators, the details of which are highlighted in this review.
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- Yi Xia
- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, Département de Chimie, CNRS UPR 3118, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France
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So A, Hadaschik B, Sowery R, Gleave M. The role of stress proteins in prostate cancer. Curr Genomics 2011; 8:252-61. [PMID: 18645594 DOI: 10.2174/138920207781386951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 05/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The development of therapeutic resistance, after hormone or chemotherapy for example, is the underlying basis for most cancer deaths. Exposure to anticancer therapies induces expression of many stress related proteins, including small heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs interact with various client proteins to assist in their folding and enhance the cellular recovery from stress, thus restoring protein homeostasis and promoting cell survival. The vents of cell stress and cell death are linked, as the induction of molecular chaperones appears to function at key regulatory points in the control of apoptosis. On the basis of these observations and on the role of molecular chaperones in the regulation of steroid receptors, kinases, caspases, and other protein remodelling events involved in chromosome replication and changes in cell structure, it is not surprising that molecular chaperones have been implicated in the control of cell growth and in resistance to various anticancer treatments that induce apoptosis. Recently, several molecular chaperones such as Clusterin and HSP27 have been reported to be involved in development and progression of hormone-refractory prostate cancer. In this review, we address some of the molecular and cellular events initiated by treatment induced stress, and discuss the potential role of chaperone proteins as targets for prostate cancer treatment.
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- Alan So
- The Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6H3Z6, Canada
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Zheng H, Nagaraja GM, Kaur P, Asea EE, Asea A. Chaperokine function of recombinant Hsp72 produced in insect cells using a baculovirus expression system is retained. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:349-56. [PMID: 19861412 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.024612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Extracellular heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72; inducible form of the 70-kDa heat shock protein) plays a critical role in innate and adaptive immune responses and has shown promise as an ideal adjuvant for the optimization of antigen-specific anti-tumor vaccines. Recent studies suggest that to correctly elucidate the mechanisms by which Hsp72 exerts its beneficial effects in vitro, great care must be taken to ensure that endotoxin by-products do not invalidate the findings. In this study, we have taken advantage of the baculovirus expression vector system for production of endotoxin-free recombinant Hsp72. The coding sequence of human hsp72 was recombined into the baculovirus immediately downstream of the strong polyhedron gene promoter. Ninety-six h post-infection of Sf9 insect cells with recombinant baculovirus, maximal levels of Hsp72 protein were detected. The recombinant human Hsp72 was purified by affinity chromatography from insect cells, and purity was confirmed by SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry. The purified human recombinant Hsp72(bv) (Hsp72 produced using the BEVS) was demonstrated to have no endotoxin contamination and was shown to have stimulated potent calcium flux in the human monocytic cell line. Furthermore, recombinant Hsp72(bv) enhanced the tolerance of neuroblastoma cells to heat stress-induced cell death and displayed classical chaperokine functions including augmentation of inflammatory cytokine productions in mouse splenocytes. The production of functional, endotoxin-free recombinant human Hsp72(bv) in insect cells is inexpensive and convenient and eliminates the need of special procedures for endotoxin depletion. Endotoxin-free recombinant human Hsp72(bv) can now be used to unlock the important role Hsp72 plays in modulating immune function.
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- Hongying Zheng
- Division of Investigative Pathology, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic and the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas 76508, USA
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Facciponte JG, MacDonald IJ, Wang XY, Kim H, Manjili MH, Subjeck JR. Heat Shock Proteins and Scavenger Receptors: Role in Adaptive Immune Responses. Immunol Invest 2009; 34:325-42. [PMID: 16136784 DOI: 10.1081/imm-200064505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tumor-derived heat shock proteins have shown promise as anti-cancer vaccines in clinical trials. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) can generate potent anti-tumor immunity and elicit antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses in murine studies. Antigen presenting cells (APC), such as macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs), can elicit antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses mediated by HSPs. CD91 was the first identified endocytic scavenger receptor for HSPs on APC that can facilitate the process of cross-presentation. Other scavenger receptors may also play a similar role in this process. The present review critically evaluates the identified HSP endocytic receptors on APCs that may generate adaptive immune responses. A better understanding of this interaction between HSPs and APCs may further unravel mechanisms of immunoadjuvant function of HSPs.
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- John G Facciponte
- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Hadaschik BA, Melchior SW, Sowery RD, So AI, Gleave ME. [Stress proteins in prostate cancer. Challenge and promise]. Urologe A 2007; 46:516-20. [PMID: 17372715 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-007-1323-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Therapeutic resistance is the underlying basis for most cancer deaths. Exposure to anticancer therapies induces expression of many stress proteins, including heat shock proteins and clusterin. These molecular chaperones interact with various client proteins to assist in their folding and enhance cellular recovery from stress conditions. Cellular stress and cell death are linked, as the induction of chaperones appear to function at key regulatory points in the control of apoptosis. On this basis and on the role of stress proteins in the regulation of steroid receptors, kinases, caspases, and other protein remodeling events, it is not surprising that molecular chaperones have been implicated in resistance to anticancer treatments. Recently, several chaperones have been reported to be involved in development and progression of hormone-refractory prostate cancer. In this review, we address some of the events initiated by treatment-induced stress and discuss the potential role of chaperone inhibitors in prostate cancer treatment.
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- B A Hadaschik
- The Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, 2660 Oak Street, V6H 3Z6 Vancouver.
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Oppenheim JJ, Tewary P, de la Rosa G, Yang D. Alarmins initiate host defense. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 601:185-94. [PMID: 17713005 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72005-0_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In response to infection and/or tissue injury, cells of the host innate immune system rapidly produce a variety of structurally distinct mediators (we elect to call alarmins) that not only function as potent effectors of innate defense but also act to alarm the immune system by promoting the recruitment and activation of host leukocytes through interaction with distinct receptors. Alarmins are capable of activating antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and enhancing the development of antigen-specific immune responses. Here, we discuss the characteristics of several alarmins, a variety of potential alarmin candidates and potential implications of alarmins.
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- Joost J Oppenheim
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Frederick, MD, USA.
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Altin JG, Parish CR. Liposomal vaccines--targeting the delivery of antigen. Methods 2007; 40:39-52. [PMID: 16997712 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2006.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 05/05/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Vaccines that can prime the adaptive immune system for a quick and effective response against a pathogen or tumor cells, require the generation of antigen (Ag)-specific memory T and B cells. The unique ability of dendritic cells (DCs) to activate naïve T cells, implies a key role for DCs in this process. The generation of tumor-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) is dependent on both T cell stimulation with Ag (peptide-MHC-complexes) and costimulation. Interestingly, tumor cells that lack expression of T cell costimulatory molecules become highly immunogenic when transfected to express such molecules on their surface. Adoptive immunotherapy with Ag-pulsed DCs also is a strategy showing promise as a treatment for cancer. The use of such cell-based vaccines, however, is cumbersome and expensive to use clinically, and/or may carry risks due to genetic manipulations. Liposomes are particulate vesicular lipid structures that can incorporate Ag, immunomodulatory factors and targeting molecules, and hence can serve as potent vaccines. Similarly, Ag-containing plasma membrane vesicles (PMV) derived from tumor cells can be modified to incorporate a T cell costimulatory molecule to provide both TCR stimulation, and costimulation. PMVs also can be modified to contain IFN-gamma and molecules for targeting DCs, permitting delivery of both Ag and a DC maturation signal for initiating an effective immune response. Our results show that use of such agents as vaccines can induce potent anti-tumor immune responses and immunotherapeutic effects in tumor models, and provide a strategy for the development of effective vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases.
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- Joseph G Altin
- School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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Segal BH, Wang XY, Dennis CG, Youn R, Repasky EA, Manjili MH, Subjeck JR. Heat shock proteins as vaccine adjuvants in infections and cancer. Drug Discov Today 2006; 11:534-40. [PMID: 16713905 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2006.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Revised: 03/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In addition to maintaining cell homeostasis under physiological and stress conditions, some heat shock proteins (HSPs) are potent inducers of immunity and have been harnessed as vaccine adjuvants targeted to cancers and infections. HSPs are a group of ubiquitous intracellular molecules that function as molecular chaperones in numerous processes, such as protein folding and transport, and are induced under stress conditions, such as fever and radiation. Certain HSPs are potent inducers of innate and antigen-specific immunity. They activate dendritic cells partly through toll-like receptors, activate natural killer cells, increase presentation of antigens to effector cells and augment T-cell and humoral immune responses against their associated antigens. Their roles in priming multiple host defense pathways are being exploited in vaccine development for cancer and infectious diseases.
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- Brahm H Segal
- Department of Medicine, Immunology, Cellular Stress Biology, and Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
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Manjili MH, Park JE, Facciponte JG, Wang XY, Subjeck JR. Immunoadjuvant chaperone, GRP170, induces 'danger signals' upon interaction with dendritic cells. Immunol Cell Biol 2006; 84:203-8. [PMID: 16519738 PMCID: PMC3094687 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2006.01418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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When chaperoning tumour antigens, glucose-regulated protein 170 (GRP170) is capable of inducing effective antitumour immune responses. In the present study, we determined whether such immunoadjuvant properties of GRP170 also involve the ability to induce 'danger signals' through interaction with APC. We prepared recombinant GRP170 in the baculovirus expression system with low endotoxin concentration at which LPS did not have any effect on dendritic cells (DC). We showed that GRP170 binds DC in a receptor-mediated fashion and induces DC to upregulate the expression of MHC class II, CD86 and CD40 molecules, and to secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines. GRP170 also induced expression of CD40 molecules in a B16F10 cell line, whereas LPS failed to do so. These findings show that GRP170 acts as a danger signal through its interaction with DC, regardless of its endotoxin component.
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- Masoud H Manjili
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Centre, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA.
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Graner MW, Bigner DD. Therapeutic aspects of chaperones/heat-shock proteins in neuro-oncology. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2006; 6:679-95. [PMID: 16759160 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.6.5.679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tumors of the CNS frequently have devastating consequences in terms of cognitive and motor function, personality and mortality. Despite decades of work, current therapies have done little to alter the course of these deadly diseases. The discovery that chaperones/heat-shock proteins play an important role in tumor biology and immunology have sparked much interest in utilizing these proteins as targets of therapeutics, or as therapeutics themselves, in the treatments of a variety of cancers. Neuro-oncology has only recently taken notice of these entities, and the purpose of this review is to provide a background, an update and a view to the future for the roles of chaperones/heat-shock proteins in the treatment of brain tumors.
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- Michael W Graner
- Duke University Medical Center, Pathology/Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, 177 MSRB, Box 3156, Durham, NC, USA.
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Wang XY, Facciponte JG, Subjeck JR. Molecular chaperones and cancer immunotherapy. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2006:305-29. [PMID: 16610365 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29717-0_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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As one of the most abundant and evolutionally conserved intracellular proteins, heat shock proteins, also known as stress proteins or molecular chaperones, perform critical functions in maintaining cell homeostasis under physiological as well as stress conditions. Certain chaperones in extracellular milieu are also capable of modulating innate and adaptive immunity due to their ability to chaperone polypeptides and to interact with the host's immune system, particularly professional antigen-presenting cells. The immunomodulating properties of chaperones have been exploited for cancer immunotherapy. Clinical trials using chaperone-based vaccines to treat various malignancies are ongoing.
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- X Y Wang
- Department of Cellular Stress Biology and Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
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Facciponte JG, Wang XY, MacDonald IJ, Park JE, Arnouk H, Grimm MJ, Li Y, Kim H, Manjili MH, Easton DP, Subjeck JR. Heat shock proteins HSP70 and GP96: structural insights. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2006; 55:339-46. [PMID: 16032399 PMCID: PMC11031057 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-005-0020-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 04/25/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Several heat shock proteins (HSPs) act as potent adjuvants for eliciting anti-tumor immunity. HSP-based tumor vaccine strategies have been highly successful in animal models and are undergoing testing in clinical trials. It is generally accepted that HSPs, functioning as chaperones for tumor antigens, elicit tumor-specific adaptive immune responses. HSPs also appear to induce innate immune responses in an antigen-independent fashion. Innate responses generated by HSPs may contribute to anti-tumor immunity. Immunologically active chaperones with anti-tumor activity are referred to as "immunochaperones". Here, we review the studies that address the role of structural domains or regions of the immunochaperones HSP70 and GP96 that may be involved in the induction of adaptive or innate immune responses.
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- John G Facciponte
- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
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Altin JG, van Broekhoven CL, Parish CR. Targeting dendritic cells with antigen-containing liposomes: antitumour immunity. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2005; 4:1735-47. [PMID: 15500402 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.4.11.1735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells that play an important role in the body's immune defence against cancer. Strategies using antigen-primed DCs as tumour vaccines show promise in patients, but the approach is cumbersome to use clinically. Soluble tumour antigens can be targeted to DCs in vivo, but this often induces antigenic tolerance rather than immunity. Liposomes are vesicular lipid structures with adjuvant-like properties. Importantly, liposomes can encapsulate antigen and immunomodulatory factors, thus serving as potent delivery vehicles. Different strategies are being explored to target liposomal antigens to DCs in vivo. One approach has employed single-chain antibody fragments to the DC surface molecules CD11c and DEC-205, attached to the vesicle surface by metal-chelating linkage, to target liposomal membranes containing antigen and either interferon-gamma or lipopolysaccharide to DCs. Such membranes induce dramatic antitumour responses and immunotherapeutic effects when used as a vaccine in the murine tumour model B16-OVA melanoma. Liposomal targeting of antigen and maturation signals directly to DCs in vivo, therefore, represents a much simpler strategy for cancer immunotherapy than antigen loading DCs ex vivo.
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- Joseph G Altin
- The Australian National University, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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Oppenheim JJ, Yang D. Alarmins: chemotactic activators of immune responses. Curr Opin Immunol 2005; 17:359-65. [PMID: 15955682 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2005.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 580] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The recruitment and activation of antigen-presenting cells are critical early steps in mounting an immune response. Many microbial components and endogenous mediators participate in this process. Recent studies have identified a group of structurally diverse multifunctional host proteins that are rapidly released following pathogen challenge and/or cell death and, most importantly, are able to both recruit and activate antigen-presenting cells. These potent immunostimulants, including defensins, cathelicidin, eosinophil-derived neurotoxin, and high-mobility group box protein 1, serve as early warning signals to activate innate and adaptive immune systems. We propose to highlight these proteins' unique activities by grouping them under the novel term 'alarmins', in recognition of their role in mobilizing the immune system.
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- Joost J Oppenheim
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Center for Cancer Research, Scientific Application and International Cooperation, Inc. (SAIC)-Frederick, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Sõti C, Nagy E, Giricz Z, Vígh L, Csermely P, Ferdinandy P. Heat shock proteins as emerging therapeutic targets. Br J Pharmacol 2005; 146:769-80. [PMID: 16170327 PMCID: PMC1751210 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2005] [Revised: 08/03/2005] [Accepted: 08/15/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Chaperones (stress proteins) are essential proteins to help the formation and maintenance of the proper conformation of other proteins and to promote cell survival after a large variety of environmental stresses. Therefore, normal chaperone function is a key factor for endogenous stress adaptation of several tissues. However, altered chaperone function has been associated with the development of several diseases; therefore, modulators of chaperone activities became a new and emerging field of drug development. Inhibition of the 90 kDa heat shock protein (Hsp)90 recently emerged as a very promising tool to combat various forms of cancer. On the other hand, the induction of the 70 kDa Hsp70 has been proved to be an efficient help in the recovery from a large number of diseases, such as, for example, ischemic heart disease, diabetes and neurodegeneration. Development of membrane-interacting drugs to modify specific membrane domains, thereby modulating heat shock response, may be of considerable therapeutic benefit as well. In this review, we give an overview of the therapeutic approaches and list some of the key questions of drug development in this novel and promising therapeutic approach.
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- Csaba Sõti
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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- Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Dom ter 9, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Dom ter 9, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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Manjili MH, Park J, Facciponte JG, Subjeck JR. HSP110 induces "danger signals" upon interaction with antigen presenting cells and mouse mammary carcinoma. Immunobiology 2005; 210:295-303. [PMID: 16164037 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2005.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
HSP110 is a large molecular weight heat shock protein highly capable of chaperoning large proteins. When chaperoning tumour antigens, HSP110 is capable of eliciting effective anti-tumour immune responses. In the present study, we have determined whether such immunoadjuvant properties of HSP110 stem from its ability to induce "danger signals" through interaction with antigen presenting cells (APCs) and with tumour cells. In the previous studies, endotoxin contamination of HSP preparations was always a matter of concern and controversy. Therefore, we prepared recombinant HSP110 with low endotoxin concentration at which LPS did not have any effect on dendritic cells (DCs). We then evaluated the ability of the HSP110 to induce "danger signals" while interacting with APCs or mouse mammary carcinoma cell line (MMC), as evaluated by modulation of cell surface receptors and cytokines involved in innate and adaptive immune responses. We also performed competition studies in order to rule out contribution of endotoxin in HSP110 preparations while interacting with DCs and MMC. We showed that low endotoxin HSP110 induced DCs to up-regulate the expression of MHC class II, CD40 and CD86 molecules, and to secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-12 and TNF-alpha. Importantly, HSP110 induced MMC to secrete IL-12 and elevate secretion of IL-6 and expression of CD40 molecule. These findings demonstrate that HSP110 acts as a "danger signal" through its interaction with DCs and tumour cells, regardless of its endotoxin component. These immunoadjuvant properties of HSP110 suggest that pre-existing immunity in tumour-bearing individuals,may be due to the release of HSPs from tumours upon necrosis alerting the immune system against the tumours.
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Affiliation(s)
- Masoud H Manjili
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center, Box 980037, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
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