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Bian R, Li D, Xu X, Zhang L. The impact of immunity on the risk of coronary artery disease: insights from a multiomics study. Postgrad Med J 2024:qgae105. [PMID: 39180487 DOI: 10.1093/postmj/qgae105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Immune inflammation is intricately associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) progression, necessitating the pursuit of more efficacious therapeutic strategies. This study aimed to uncover potential therapeutic targets for CAD and myocardial infarction (MI) by elucidating the causal connection between regulatory immune-related genes (RIRGs) and these disorders. METHODOLOGY We performed summary data-based Mendelian randomization analysis to assess the therapeutic targets linked to expression quantitative trait loci and methylation quantitative trait loci of RIRGs in relation to CAD and MI. Independent validation cohorts and datasets from coronary artery and left ventricular heart tissue were analyzed. To strengthen causal inference, colocalization analysis and PhenoScanner phenotype scans were employed. RESULTS Utilizing multiomics integration, we pinpointed EIF2B2, FCHO1, and DDT as CAD risk genes. Notably, EIF2B2 and FCHO1 displayed significant associations with MI. High EIF2B2 expression, regulated by cg16144293, heightened CAD and MI risk at rs175438. In contrast, enhanced FCHO1 expression, modulated by cg18329931, reduced CAD and MI risk at rs13382133. DDT upregulation influenced by cg11060661 and cg09664220 was associated with decreased CAD risk at rs5760120. Colocalization analysis firmly established these relationships. CONCLUSION EIF2B2, FCHO1, and DDT represent risk loci for CAD progression within RIRGs. Our identification of these genes enhances understanding of CAD pathogenesis and directs future drug development efforts.
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- Rutao Bian
- Department of Cardiology, Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
- The Affiliated Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
- The Affiliated Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
- The Affiliated Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
- The Affiliated Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
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Su J, Tan S, Li Y, Chen X, Liu J, Luo Y, Pan C, Zhang L. Clinical significance and biological function of interferon regulatory factor 1 in non-small cell lung cancer. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1413699. [PMID: 38915471 PMCID: PMC11194705 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1413699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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The clinical application and biological function of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing chemoimmunotherapy remain elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive and prognostic significance of IRF1 in NSCLC patients. We employed the cBioPortal database to predict frequency changes in IRF1 and explore its target genes. Bioinformatic methods were utilized to analyze the relationship between IRF1 and immune regulatory factors. Retrospective analysis of clinical samples was conducted to assess the predictive and prognostic value of IRF1 in chemoimmunotherapy. Additionally, A549 cells with varying IRF1 expression levels were constructed to investigate its effects on NSCLC cells, while animal experiments were performed to study the role of IRF1 in vivo. Our findings revealed that the primary mutation of IRF1 is deep deletion and it exhibits a close association with immune regulatory factors. KRAS and TP53 are among the target genes of IRF1, with interferon and IL-2 being the predominantly affected pathways. Clinically, IRF1 levels significantly correlate with the efficacy of chemoimmunotherapy. Patients with high IRF1 levels exhibited a median progression-free survival (mPFS) of 9.5 months, whereas those with low IRF1 levels had a shorter mPFS of 5.8 months. IRF1 levels positively correlate with PD-L1 distribution and circulating IL-2 levels. IL-2 enhances the biological function of IRF1 and recapitulates its role in vivo in the knockdown group. Therefore, IRF1 may possess predictive and prognostic value for chemoimmunotherapy in NSCLC patients through the regulation of the IL-2 inflammatory pathway.
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- Jialin Su
- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- School of Life and Health Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China
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- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- School of Life and Health Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China
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- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- School of Life and Health Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, China
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- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Thoracic Medicine Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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Dagostino R, Gottlieb A. Tissue-specific atlas of trans-models for gene regulation elucidates complex regulation patterns. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:377. [PMID: 38632500 PMCID: PMC11022497 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10317-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Deciphering gene regulation is essential for understanding the underlying mechanisms of healthy and disease states. While the regulatory networks formed by transcription factors (TFs) and their target genes has been mostly studied with relation to cis effects such as in TF binding sites, we focused on trans effects of TFs on the expression of their transcribed genes and their potential mechanisms. RESULTS We provide a comprehensive tissue-specific atlas, spanning 49 tissues of TF variations affecting gene expression through computational models considering two potential mechanisms, including combinatorial regulation by the expression of the TFs, and by genetic variants within the TF. We demonstrate that similarity between tissues based on our discovered genes corresponds to other types of tissue similarity. The genes affected by complex TF regulation, and their modelled TFs, were highly enriched for pharmacogenomic functions, while the TFs themselves were also enriched in several cancer and metabolic pathways. Additionally, genes that appear in multiple clusters are enriched for regulation of immune system while tissue clusters include cluster-specific genes that are enriched for biological functions and diseases previously associated with the tissues forming the cluster. Finally, our atlas exposes multilevel regulation across multiple tissues, where TFs regulate other TFs through the two tested mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS Our tissue-specific atlas provides hierarchical tissue-specific trans genetic regulations that can be further studied for association with human phenotypes.
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- Robert Dagostino
- McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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Flores-Concha M, Gómez LA, Soto-Shara R, Molina RE, Coloma-Rivero RF, Montero DA, Ferrari Í, Oñate Á. Brucella abortus triggers the differential expression of immunomodulatory lncRNAs in infected murine macrophages. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1352306. [PMID: 38464511 PMCID: PMC10921354 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1352306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Introduction The lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs) are the most diverse group of non-coding RNAs and are involved in most biological processes including the immune response. While some of them have been recognized for their influence on the regulation of inflammatory activity, little is known in the context of infection by Brucella abortus, a pathogen that presents significant challenges due to its ability to manipulate and evade the host immune system. This study focuses on characterize the expression profile of LincRNA-cox2, Lethe, lincRNA-EPS, Malat1 and Gas5 during infection of macrophages by B. abortus. Methods Using public raw RNA-seq datasets we constructed for a lncRNA expression profile in macrophages Brucella-infected. In addition, from public RNA-seq raw datasets of RAW264.7 cells infected with B. abortus we constructed a transcriptomic profile of lncRNAs in order to know the expression of the five immunomodulating lncRNAs studied here at 8 and 24 h post-infection. Finally, we performed in vitro infection assays in RAW264.7 cells and peritoneal macrophages to detect by qPCR changes in the expression of these lncRNAs at first 12 hours post infection, a key stage in the infection cycle where Brucella modulates the immune response to survive. Results Our results demonstrate that infection of macrophages with Brucella abortus, induces significant changes in the expression of LincRNA-Cox2, Lethe, LincRNA-EPS, Gas5, and Malat1. Discussion The change in the expression profile of these immunomodulatory lncRNAs in response to infection, suggest a potential involvement in the immune evasion strategy employed by Brucella to facilitate its intracellular survival.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Uemura K, Ohyama T. Physical Peculiarity of Two Sites in Human Promoters: Universality and Diverse Usage in Gene Function. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1487. [PMID: 38338773 PMCID: PMC10855393 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Since the discovery of physical peculiarities around transcription start sites (TSSs) and a site corresponding to the TATA box, research has revealed only the average features of these sites. Unsettled enigmas include the individual genes with these features and whether they relate to gene function. Herein, using 10 physical properties of DNA, including duplex DNA free energy, base stacking energy, protein-induced deformability, and stabilizing energy of Z-DNA, we clarified for the first time that approximately 97% of the promoters of 21,056 human protein-coding genes have distinctive physical properties around the TSS and/or position -27; of these, nearly 65% exhibited such properties at both sites. Furthermore, about 55% of the 21,056 genes had a minimum value of regional duplex DNA free energy within TSS-centered ±300 bp regions. Notably, distinctive physical properties within the promoters and free energies of the surrounding regions separated human protein-coding genes into five groups; each contained specific gene ontology (GO) terms. The group represented by immune response genes differed distinctly from the other four regarding the parameter of the free energies of the surrounding regions. A vital suggestion from this study is that physical-feature-based analyses of genomes may reveal new aspects of the organization and regulation of genes.
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- Kohei Uemura
- Major in Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan;
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- Major in Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan;
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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Rathore AS, Chirmule N, Dash R, Chowdhury A. Current status and future prospective of breast cancer immunotherapy. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2024; 140:293-326. [PMID: 38762272 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2023.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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The immune system is complicated, interconnected, and offers a powerful defense system that protects its host from foreign pathogens. Immunotherapy involves boosting the immune system to kill cancer cells, and nowadays, is a major emerging treatment for cancer. With the advances in our understanding of the immunology of cancer, there has been an explosion of studies to develop and evaluate therapies that engage the immune system in the fight against cancer. Nevertheless, conventional therapies have been effective in reducing tumor burden and prolonging patient life, but the overall efficacy of these treatment regimens has been somewhat mixed and often with severe side effects. A common reason for this is the activation of molecular mechanisms that lead to apoptosis of anti-tumor effector cells. The competency to block tumor escape entirely depends on our understanding of the cellular and molecular pathways which operate in the tumor microenvironment. Numerous strategies have been developed for activating the immune system to kill tumor cells. Breast cancer is one of the major causes of cancer death in women, and is characterized by complex molecular and cellular events that closely intertwine with the host immune system. In this regard, predictive biomarkers of immunotherapy, use of nanotechnology, personalized cancer vaccines, antibodies to checkpoint inhibitors, engineered chimeric antigen receptor-T cells, and the combination with other therapeutic modalities have transformed cancer therapy and optimized the therapeutic effect. In this chapter, we will offer a holistic view of the different therapeutic modalities and recent advances in immunotherapy. Additionally, we will summarize the recent advances and future prospective of breast cancer immunotherapies, as a case study.
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Carriero F, Rubino V, Leone S, Montanaro R, Brancaleone V, Ruggiero G, Terrazzano G. Regulatory T R3-56 Cells in the Complex Panorama of Immune Activation and Regulation. Cells 2023; 12:2841. [PMID: 38132162 PMCID: PMC10742044 DOI: 10.3390/cells12242841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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The interplay between immune activation and immune regulation is a fundamental aspect of the functional harmony of the immune system. This delicate balance is essential to triggering correct and effective immune responses against pathogens while preventing excessive inflammation and the immunopathogenic mechanisms of autoimmunity. The knowledge of all the mechanisms involved in immune regulation is not yet definitive, and, probably, the overall picture is much broader than what has been described in the scientific literature so far. Given the plasticity of the immune system and the diversity of organisms, it is highly probable that numerous other cells and molecules are still to be ascribed to the immune regulation process. Here, we report a general overview of how immune activation and regulation interact, based on the involvement of molecules and cells specifically dedicated to these processes. In addition, we discuss the role of TR3-56 lymphocytes as a new cellular candidate in the immune regulation landscape.
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- Flavia Carriero
- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (F.C.); (R.M.); (V.B.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.R.); (G.R.)
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (F.C.); (R.M.); (V.B.)
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- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (F.C.); (R.M.); (V.B.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.R.); (G.R.)
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- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (F.C.); (R.M.); (V.B.)
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Ramadan Q, Hazaymeh R, Zourob M. Immunity-on-a-Chip: Integration of Immune Components into the Scheme of Organ-on-a-Chip Systems. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2023; 7:e2200312. [PMID: 36866511 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202200312] [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: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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Studying the immune system in vitro aims to understand how, when, and where the immune cells migrate/differentiate and respond to the various triggering events and the decision points along the immune response journey. It becomes evident that organ-on-a-chip (OOC) technology has a superior capability to recapitulate the cell-cell and tissue-tissue interaction in the body, with a great potential to provide tools for tracking the paracrine signaling with high spatial-temporal precision and implementing in situ real-time, non-destructive detection assays, therefore, enabling extraction of mechanistic information rather than phenotypic information. However, despite the rapid development in this technology, integration of the immune system into OOC devices stays among the least navigated tasks, with immune cells still the major missing components in the developed models. This is mainly due to the complexity of the immune system and the reductionist methodology of the OOC modules. Dedicated research in this field is demanded to establish the understanding of mechanism-based disease endotypes rather than phenotypes. Herein, we systemically present a synthesis of the state-of-the-art of immune-cantered OOC technology. We comprehensively outlined what is achieved and identified the technology gaps emphasizing the missing components required to establish immune-competent OOCs and bridge these gaps.
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- Qasem Ramadan
- Alfaisal University, Riyadh, 11533, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Almaarefa University, Diriyah, 13713, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Çakıcı K, Gökdoğan O, Genç D, Günaydın B, Üçüncü H. Comparison of innate lymphoid cells from tissue and blood in chronic tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 174:111740. [PMID: 37742461 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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OBJECT Recurrent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy are two common diseases in children for which tonsillectomy is the definitive solution. The underlying causes of both diseases are not fully known. The aim of this study was to identify the predominant innate lymphoid cells in both diseases of the palatine tonsils, which are known to play an important role in the immune system. METHODS Children who underwent tonsillectomy were divided into two groups as recurrent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy according to the indication for surgery. The proportions of innate lymphoid cell (ILC) groups and IFN-gamma, IL-10 and IL-17 secreting T lymphocyte cells were determined in tonsil and blood samples obtained during surgery. Local and peripheral immune responses were evaluated. Innate immune responses and acquired immune responses were compared. RESULTS The results of our study showed that the proportions of the innate lymphoid cell 1 group (ILC1) were similar in tonsil tissue in patients with recurrent tonsillitis and tonsil hypertrophy, with no statistically significant difference. It was observed that the innate lymphoid cell 2 group (ILC2) was the predominant group in tonsil hypertrophy, the innate lymphoid cell 3 group (ILC3) was the predominant innate lymphoid cell group in recurrent tonsillitis, and the proportion of IL-17 secreting T lymphocytes in blood and tonsillar mononuclear cells was higher in recurrent tonsillitis patients than in tonsil hypertrophy patients. CONCLUSION With the results obtained, the predominant innate lymphoid cells in the pathogenesis of both diseases were identified and local and peripheral responses were compared. These findings may be a guide for possible medical treatments for both diseases in the future.
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- Kerimcan Çakıcı
- Erciş Şehit Rıdvan Çevik State Hospital, Otolaryngology, Van, Turkey.
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- Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Medicine, Otolaryngology, Mugla, Turkey
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- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Muğla, Turkey
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- Department of Histology & Embryology, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Institute of Health Sciences, Muğla, Turkey
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- Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Medicine, Otolaryngology, Mugla, Turkey
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Sanahuja I, Ruiz A, Firmino JP, Reyes-López FE, Ortiz-Delgado JB, Vallejos-Vidal E, Tort L, Tovar-Ramírez D, Cerezo IM, Moriñigo MA, Sarasquete C, Gisbert E. Debaryomyces hansenii supplementation in low fish meal diets promotes growth, modulates microbiota and enhances intestinal condition in juvenile marine fish. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2023; 14:90. [PMID: 37422657 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-023-00895-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The development of a sustainable business model with social acceptance, makes necessary to develop new strategies to guarantee the growth, health, and well-being of farmed animals. Debaryomyces hansenii is a yeast species that can be used as a probiotic in aquaculture due to its capacity to i) promote cell proliferation and differentiation, ii) have immunostimulatory effects, iii) modulate gut microbiota, and/or iv) enhance the digestive function. To provide inside into the effects of D. hansenii on juveniles of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) condition, we integrated the evaluation of the main key performance indicators coupled with the integrative analysis of the intestine condition, through histological and microbiota state, and its transcriptomic profiling. RESULTS After 70 days of a nutritional trial in which a diet with low levels of fishmeal (7%) was supplemented with 1.1% of D. hansenii (17.2 × 105 CFU), an increase of ca. 12% in somatic growth was observed together with an improvement in feed conversion in fish fed a yeast-supplemented diet. In terms of intestinal condition, this probiotic modulated gut microbiota without affecting the intestine cell organization, whereas an increase in the staining intensity of mucins rich in carboxylated and weakly sulphated glycoconjugates coupled with changes in the affinity for certain lectins were noted in goblet cells. Changes in microbiota were characterized by the reduction in abundance of several groups of Proteobacteria, especially those characterized as opportunistic groups. The microarrays-based transcriptomic analysis found 232 differential expressed genes in the anterior-mid intestine of S. aurata, that were mostly related to metabolic, antioxidant, immune, and symbiotic processes. CONCLUSIONS Dietary administration of D. hansenii enhanced somatic growth and improved feed efficiency parameters, results that were coupled to an improvement of intestinal condition as histochemical and transcriptomic tools indicated. This probiotic yeast stimulated host-microbiota interactions without altering the intestinal cell organization nor generating dysbiosis, which demonstrated its safety as a feed additive. At the transcriptomic level, D. hansenii promoted metabolic pathways, mainly protein-related, sphingolipid, and thymidylate pathways, in addition to enhance antioxidant-related intestinal mechanisms, and to regulate sentinel immune processes, potentiating the defensive capacity meanwhile maintaining the homeostatic status of the intestine.
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- Ignasi Sanahuja
- Aquaculture Program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), La Ràpita, 43540, Spain
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- Aquaculture Program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), La Ràpita, 43540, Spain
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- Aquaculture Program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), La Ràpita, 43540, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC), Avda. República Saharaui nº 2, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz, 11510, Spain
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- Núcleo de Investigaciones Aplicadas en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Agronomía, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Instituto de Biotecnología Y Desarrollo Azul (IBYDA), Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, 29010, Malaga, Spain
- SCBI, Bioinformatic Unit, University of Malaga, 29590, Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Instituto de Biotecnología Y Desarrollo Azul (IBYDA), Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, 29010, Malaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC), Avda. República Saharaui nº 2, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz, 11510, Spain
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- Aquaculture Program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), La Ràpita, 43540, Spain.
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Kulkarni RR, Gaghan C, Gorrell K, Fletcher OJ. Mucosal and systemic lymphoid immune responses against Clostridium perfringens strains with variable virulence in the production of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. Avian Pathol 2023; 52:108-118. [PMID: 36453684 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2022.2154195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Necrotic enteritis (NE), caused by Clostridium perfringens, is an economically important disease of chickens. Although NE pathogenesis is moderately well studied, the host immune responses against C. perfringens are poorly understood. The present study used an experimental NE model to characterize lymphoid immune responses in the caecal tonsils (CT), bursa of Fabricius, Harderian gland (HG) and spleen tissues of broiler chickens infected with four netB+ C. perfringens strains (CP1, CP5, CP18, and CP26), of which CP18 and CP26 strains also carried the tpeL gene. The gross and histopathological lesions in chickens revealed CP5 to be avirulent, while CP1, CP18, and CP26 strains were virulent with CP26 being "very virulent". Gene expression analysis showed that, while the virulent strains induced a significantly upregulated expression of pro-inflammatory IL-1β gene in CT, the CP26-infected birds had significantly higher CT transcription of IFNγ and IL-6 pro-inflammatory genes compared to CP5-infected or uninfected chickens. Furthermore, CP26 infection also led to significantly increased bursal and HG expression of the anti-inflammatory/regulatory genes, IL-10 or TGFβ, compared to control, CP5 and CP1 groups. Additionally, the splenic pro- and anti-inflammatory transcriptional changes were observed only in the CP26-infected chickens. An antibody-mediated response, as characterized by increased IL-4 and/or IL-13 transcription and elevated IgM levels in birds infected with virulent strains, particularly in the CP26-infected group compared to uninfected controls, was also evident. Collectively, our findings suggest that lymphoid immune responses during NE in chickens are spatially regulated such that the inflammatory responses against C. perfringens depend on the virulence of the strain.
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- Raveendra R Kulkarni
- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Abstract
The principle of trained immunity represents innate immune memory due to sustained, mainly epigenetic, changes triggered by endogenous or exogenous stimuli in bone marrow (BM) progenitors (central trained immunity) and their innate immune cell progeny, thereby triggering elevated responsiveness against secondary stimuli. BM progenitors can respond to microbial and sterile signals, thereby possibly acquiring trained immunity-mediated long-lasting alterations that may shape the fate and function of their progeny, for example, neutrophils. Neutrophils, the most abundant innate immune cell population, are produced in the BM from committed progenitor cells in a process designated granulopoiesis. Neutrophils are the first responders against infectious or inflammatory challenges and have versatile functions in immunity. Together with other innate immune cells, neutrophils are effectors of peripheral trained immunity. However, given the short lifetime of neutrophils, their ability to acquire immunological memory may lie in the central training of their BM progenitors resulting in generation of reprogrammed, that is, "trained", neutrophils. Although trained immunity may have beneficial effects in infection or cancer, it may also mediate detrimental outcomes in chronic inflammation. Here, we review the emerging research area of trained immunity with a particular emphasis on the role of neutrophils and granulopoiesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lydia Kalafati
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Tissue-Specific Variations in Transcription Factors Elucidate Complex Immune System Regulation. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13050929. [PMID: 35627314 PMCID: PMC9140347 DOI: 10.3390/genes13050929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Gene expression plays a key role in health and disease. Estimating the genetic components underlying gene expression can thus help understand disease etiology. Polygenic models termed “transcriptome imputation” are used to estimate the genetic component of gene expression, but these models typically consider only the cis regions of the gene. However, these cis-based models miss large variability in expression for multiple genes. Transcription factors (TFs) that regulate gene expression are natural candidates for looking for additional sources of the missing variability. We developed a hypothesis-driven approach to identify second-tier regulation by variability in TFs. Our approach tested two models representing possible mechanisms by which variations in TFs can affect gene expression: variability in the expression of the TF and genetic variants within the TF that may affect the binding affinity of the TF to the TF-binding site. We tested our TF models in whole blood and skeletal muscle tissues and identified TF variability that can partially explain missing gene expression for 1035 genes, 76% of which explains more than the cis-based models. While the discovered regulation patterns were tissue-specific, they were both enriched for immune system functionality, elucidating complex regulation patterns. Our hypothesis-driven approach is useful for identifying tissue-specific genetic regulation patterns involving variations in TF expression or binding.
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