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The Expression Pattern and Regulatory Mechanism of the G0/G1 Switch Gene 2 ( G0S2) in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of AChR Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Mediators Inflamm 2020; 2020:4286047. [PMID: 33061827 PMCID: PMC7545457 DOI: 10.1155/2020/4286047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study is aimed at exploring the expression pattern and methylation level of G0S2 in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with positive acetylcholine receptor (AChR) autoantibodies and revealing the relationship between the G0S2 methylation pattern and MG. The relationship between the NFAT family members and G0S2 was explored to reveal the regulatory mechanism of G0S2 in the pathogenesis and treatment of AChR MG. Moreover, we attempted to demonstrate the potential therapeutic mechanism of tacrolimus in AChR MG. The relative G0S2 expression level in the PBMCs of healthy people was compared with that in the PBMCs of AChR MG patients with quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The methylation frequency of the G0S2 promoter was detected by bisulfite sequencing PCR (BSP) and pyrosequencing. A dual-luciferase reporter system was used to reveal the relationship between the G0S2 promoter and nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5). The qRT-PCR results showed that G0S2 expression was significantly upregulated in the B cells and CD8+ T cells of AChR MG patients but not in the CD4+ T cells, and these expression differences were significantly associated with a decrease in G0S2 methylation. NFAT5, which was speculated to bind to island 1 (p1) in the G0S2 promoter, may regulate the lymphocyte balance by regulating G0S2 gene expression but failed to affect the methylation of the G0S2 promoter. Tacrolimus therapy-induced methylation and overexpression of NFAT5 could significantly reduce the expression of G0S2 in AChR MG patients. The G0S2 gene was remarkably upregulated in the PBMCs of MG patients. NFAT5 may affect transcription initiation and downregulate G0S2 expression through p1 in the promoter, thus controlling G0S2 gene expression and regulating the lymphocyte balance. Therefore, G0S2 could be an immune regulatory factor in both AChR MG occurrence and treatment with tacrolimus.
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Zhu H, Jin Q, Li Y, Ma Q, Wang J, Li D, Zhou H, Chen Y. Melatonin protected cardiac microvascular endothelial cells against oxidative stress injury via suppression of IP3R-[Ca 2+]c/VDAC-[Ca 2+]m axis by activation of MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. Cell Stress Chaperones 2018; 23:101-113. [PMID: 28669047 PMCID: PMC5741585 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-017-0827-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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The cardiac microvascular reperfusion injury is characterized by the microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) oxidative damage which is responsible for the progression of cardiac dysfunction. However, few strategies are available to reverse such pathologies. This study aimed to explore the mechanism by which oxidative stress induced CMECs death and the beneficial actions of melatonin on CMECs survival, with a special focused on IP3R-[Ca2+]c/VDAC-[Ca2+]m damage axis and the MAPK/ERK survival signaling. We found that oxidative stress induced by H2O2 significantly activated cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) that enhanced IP3R and VDAC transcription and expression, leading to [Ca2+]c and [Ca2+]m overload. High concentration of [Ca2+]m suppressed ΔΨm, opened mPTP, and released cyt-c into cytoplasm where it activated mitochondria-dependent death pathway. However, melatonin could protect CMECs against oxidative stress injury via stimulation of MAPK/ERK that inactivated CREB and therefore blocked IP3R/VDAC upregulation and [Ca2+]c/[Ca2+]m overload, sustaining mitochondrial structural and function integrity and ultimately blockading mitochondrial-mediated cellular death. In summary, these findings confirmed the mechanisms by which oxidative injury induced CMECs mitochondrial-involved death and provided an attractive and effective way to enhance CMECs survival.
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- Hang Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, #28 Fuxing Rd, Beijing, 100853, China.
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Zhuang ZG, Zhang JA, Luo HL, Liu GB, Lu YB, Ge NH, Zheng BY, Li RX, Chen C, Wang X, Liu YQ, Liu FH, Zhou Y, Cai XZ, Chen ZW, Xu JF. The circular RNA of peripheral blood mononuclear cells: Hsa_circ_0005836 as a new diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Mol Immunol 2017; 90:264-272. [PMID: 28846924 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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It has been reported that circular RNA (circRNA) is associated with human cancer. However, few studies have been reported in active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB). The global circRNA expression was detected in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of APTB patients (n=5) and health controls (HC) (n=5) by using high-throughput sequencing. According to the systematical bioinformatics analysis, the basic content of circRNAs and their fold changes in the two groups were calculated. We selected 6 significant differentially expressed circRNAs, hsa_circ_0005836, hsa_circ_0009128, hsa_circ_0003519, hsa_circ_0023956, hsa_circ_0078768, and hsa_circ_0088452 and validated the expression in PBMCs from APTB (n=10) and HC (n=10) by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactions (qRT-PCRs). Further, the verification of these specific circRNAs (hsa_circ_0005836 and hsa_circ_0009128) between APTB (n=34) and HC (n=30) in PBMCs was also conducted by qRT-PCRs. The RNA-seq data showed the significant differential expression of the 523 circRNAs between the APTB and HC groups (199 circRNAs were significantly up-regulated and 324 circRNAs were down-regulated). Hsa_circ_0005836 and hsa_circ_0009128 expression was significantly down-regulated in the PBMCs of APTB (P<0.05) in the samples of APTB compared to HC in our study. The gene ontology based enrichment analysis of the circRNA-miRNA-mRNAs network showed that cellular catabolic process (P=7.10E-08), regulation of metabolic process (P=2.10E-06), catalytic activity (P=3.67E-08), protein binding (P=1.71E-07), cell part (P=3.46E-06), intracellular part (P=1.71E-07), and intracellular (P=3.67E-08) were recognized in the comparisons between APTB and HC. Based on KEGG analysis, HTLV-I infection, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, neurotrophin signaling pathway and mTOR signaling pathway were relevant during tuberculosis bacillus infection. We found for the first time that hsa_circ_0005836 and hsa_circ_0009128 were significantly down-regulated in the PBMCs of APTB compared with HC. Our findings indicate hsa_circ_0005836 might serve as a novel potential biomarker for TB infection.
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- Ze-Gang Zhuang
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Department of Respiration, Dongguan 6th Hospital, Dongguan, 523000, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dongguan 5th Hospital, Dongguan, 523000, China.
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- Department of Respiration, Affiliated Houjie Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523945, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dongguan 5th Hospital, Dongguan, 523000, China.
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- Department of Respiration, Affiliated Houjie Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523945, China.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Primate Biomedical Research, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, No. 1 Xincheng Road, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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Ramezani S, Shirdel A, Rafatpanah H, Akbarin MM, Tarokhian H, Rahimi H, Bari A, Jahantigh HR, Rezaee SA. Assessment of HTLV-1 proviral load, LAT, BIM, c-FOS and RAD51 gene expression in adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma. Med Microbiol Immunol 2017; 206:327-335. [PMID: 28466382 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-017-0506-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a life-threatening malignancy of HTLV-1 infected Th lymphocytes. In the present study host-virus interactions were investigated by assessment of HTLV-1 proviral load (PVL) and host gene expression. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 18 ATLL, 10 HAM/TSP patients and 18 HTLV-1 asymptomatic carriers (ACs). DNA and mRNA of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells were extracted for PVL and LAT, BIM, c-FOS and RAD51 gene expression measurement using qRT-PCR. The mean PVL in ATLL patients was 11,430 ± 3770 copies/104 which was statistically higher than ACs, 530 ± 119 copies/104, (p < 0.001). The expression of BIM, and c-FOS in ATLL patients were higher than HTLV-1 ACs; however, there were no statistically significant differences. The expression of RAD51 as an essential player on DNA repair showed around 160 times increase in ATLL group (166 ± 95) compared to ACs (1.04 ± 0.34) which is statistically significant (p < 0.001). Interestingly, there was a positive correlation between RAD51 expression and HTLV-PVL. The expression of LAT as a central adaptor in TCR signaling interestingly was around 36 times higher in ATLL group than ACs (ATLL; 41.33 ± 19.91 vs. ACs; 1.15 ± 0.22, p < 0.001). This finding showed that TCR signaling pathway mainly provides the growth factors for transformed cells. Furthermore, the overexpression of RAD51 which has been induced in HTLV-1 infected cells as a consequence of virus replication is not able to overcome the DNA damage toward cell transformation.
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- Samaneh Ramezani
- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran.,Hematology and Oncology Department, Ghaem Hospital, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran.,Hematology and Oncology Department, Ghaem Hospital, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran.,Hematology and Oncology Department, Ghaem Hospital, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Division, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi-Square, Medical Campus, 9177948564, Mashhad, Iran.
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Menezes SM, Leal FE, Dierckx T, Khouri R, Decanine D, Silva-Santos G, Schnitman SV, Kruschewsky R, López G, Alvarez C, Talledo M, Gotuzzo E, Nixon DF, Vercauteren J, Brassat D, Liblau R, Vandamme AM, Galvão-Castro B, Van Weyenbergh J. A Fas hi Lymphoproliferative Phenotype Reveals Non-Apoptotic Fas Signaling in HTLV-1-Associated Neuroinflammation. Front Immunol 2017; 8:97. [PMID: 28261198 PMCID: PMC5306374 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-1 was the first human retrovirus to be associated to cancer, namely adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), but its pathogenesis remains enigmatic, since only a minority of infected individuals develops either ATL or the neuroinflammatory disorder HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). A functional FAS -670 polymorphism in an interferon (IFN)-regulated STAT1-binding site has been associated to both ATL and HAM/TSP susceptibility. Fashi T stem cell memory (Tscm) cells have been identified as the hierarchical apex of ATL, but have not been investigated in HAM/TSP. In addition, both FAS and STAT1 have been identified in an IFN-inducible HAM/TSP gene signature, but its pathobiological significance remains unclear. We comprehensively explored Fas expression (protein/mRNA) and function in lymphocyte activation, apoptosis, proliferation, and transcriptome, in PBMC from a total of 47 HAM/TSP patients, 40 asymptomatic HTLV-1-infected individuals (AC), and 58 HTLV-1 -uninfected healthy controls. Fas surface expression followed a two-step increase from HC to AC and from AC to HAM/TSP. In HAM/TSP, Fas levels correlated positively to lymphocyte activation markers, but negatively to age of onset, linking Fashi cells to earlier, more aggressive disease. Surprisingly, increased lymphocyte Fas expression in HAM/TSP was linked to decreased apoptosis and increased lymphoproliferation upon in vitro culture, but not to proviral load. This Fashi phenotype is HAM/TSP-specific, since both ex vivo and in vitro Fas expression was increased as compared to multiple sclerosis (MS), another neuroinflammatory disorder. To elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying non-apoptotic Fas signaling in HAM/TSP, we combined transcriptome analysis with functional assays, i.e., blocking vs. triggering Fas receptor in vitro with antagonist and agonist-, anti-Fas mAb, respectively. Treatment with agonist anti-Fas mAb restored apoptosis, indicating biased, but not defective Fas signaling in HAM/TSP. In silico analysis revealed biased Fas signaling toward proliferation and inflammation, driven by RelA/NF-κB. Correlation of Fas transcript levels with proliferation (but not apoptosis) was confirmed in HAM/TSP ex vivo transcriptomes. In conclusion, we demonstrated a two-step increase in Fas expression, revealing a unique Fashi lymphocyte phenotype in HAM/TSP, distinguishable from MS. Non-apoptotic Fas signaling might fuel HAM/TSP pathogenesis, through increased lymphoproliferation, inflammation, and early age of onset.
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- Soraya Maria Menezes
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University , Washington, DC , USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; LIMI, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center (CPqGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Brazil
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- LIMI, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center (CPqGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) , Salvador , Brazil
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- LIMI, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center (CPqGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) , Salvador , Brazil
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- LIMI, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center (CPqGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) , Salvador , Brazil
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , Lima , Peru
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , Lima , Peru
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tropicales y Dermatológicas, Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University , Washington, DC , USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- INSERM UMR1043 and Pôle des Neurosciences, Hôpital Purpan, Université de Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- INSERM UMR1043 and Pôle des Neurosciences, Hôpital Purpan, Université de Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Center for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Unidade de Microbiologia, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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Mohr CF, Gross C, Bros M, Reske-Kunz AB, Biesinger B, Thoma-Kress AK. Regulation of the tumor marker Fascin by the viral oncoprotein Tax of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) depends on promoter activation and on a promoter-independent mechanism. Virology 2015; 485:481-91. [PMID: 26363219 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is a highly infiltrative neoplasia of CD4(+) T-lymphocytes that occurs in about 5% of carriers infected with the deltaretrovirus human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). The viral oncoprotein Tax perturbs cellular signaling pathways leading to upregulation of host cell factors, amongst them the actin-bundling protein Fascin, an invasion marker of several types of cancer. However, transcriptional regulation of Fascin by Tax is poorly understood. In this study, we identified a triple mode of transcriptional induction of Fascin by Tax, which requires (1) NF-κB-dependent promoter activation, (2) a Tax-responsive region in the Fascin promoter, and (3) a promoter-independent mechanism sensitive to the Src family kinase inhibitor PP2. Thus, Tax regulates Fascin by a multitude of signals. Beyond, using Tax-expressing and virus-transformed lymphocytes as a model system, our study is the first to identify the invasion marker Fascin as a novel target of PP2, an inhibitor of metastasis.
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- Caroline F Mohr
- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that causes cancer (Adult T cell Leukemia, ATL) and a spectrum of inflammatory diseases (mainly HTLV-associated myelopathy—tropical spastic paraparesis, HAM/TSP). Since virions are particularly unstable, HTLV-1 transmission primarily occurs by transfer of a cell carrying an integrated provirus. After transcription, the viral genomic RNA undergoes reverse transcription and integration into the chromosomal DNA of a cell from the newly infected host. The virus then replicates by either one of two modes: (i) an infectious cycle by virus budding and infection of new targets and (ii) mitotic division of cells harboring an integrated provirus. HTLV-1 replication initiates a series of mechanisms in the host including antiviral immunity and checkpoint control of cell proliferation. HTLV-1 has elaborated strategies to counteract these defense mechanisms allowing continuous persistence in humans.
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Espíndola OM, Oliveira LC, Ferreira PMS, Leite ACCB, Lima MASD, Andrada-Serpa MJ. High IFN-γ/IL-10 expression ratio and increased frequency of persistent human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1-infected clones are associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis development. Intervirology 2015; 58:106-14. [PMID: 25833232 DOI: 10.1159/000371766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that causes a persistent infection, and only 0.5-5% of infected individuals will develop HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Therefore, we investigated parameters to discriminate HTLV-1 asymptomatic carriers (ACs) with an increased chance to develop HAM/TSP. METHODS We evaluated integration patterns of HTLV-1 provirus, the relative expression of HTLV-1 tax and HBZ mRNAs and of IFN-γ and IL-10 mRNAs, in addition to proviral load (PVL) levels. RESULTS HAM/TSP patients presented a higher number of large persistent HTLV-1-carrying clones compared to ACs, and the expression of the HTLV-1 tax and HBZ genes by infected cells was detected at low levels and correlated positively with PVL. In addition, HAM/TSP patients and ACs with high PVL expressed higher levels of IFN-γ mRNA in comparison to IL-10, while ACs with low PVL presented an equilibrate IFN-γ/IL-10 ratio. CONCLUSIONS The presence of large persistent HTLV-1-infected clones in association with viral gene expression, even at small levels, could stimulate the intense inflammatory response in HTLV-1-infected individuals. This was supported by a high ratio of IFN-γ/IL-10 relative expression in HAM/TSP patients and ACs with high PVL, indicating that these parameters could aid the identification of ACs with a high risk to develop HAM/TSP.
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- Otávio M Espíndola
- Laboratory for Research on Viral Pathogenesis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Activation of apoptosis by caspase-3-dependent specific RelB cleavage in anticancer agent-treated cancer cells: involvement of positive feedback mechanism. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 456:810-4. [PMID: 25511695 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DTCM-glutarimide (DTCM-G) is a newly found anti-inflammatory agent. In the course of experiments with lymphoma cells, we found that DTCM-G induced specific RelB cleavage. Anticancer agent vinblastine also induced the specific RelB cleavage in human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells. The site-directed mutagenesis analysis revealed that the Asp205 site in RelB was specifically cleaved possibly by caspase-3 in vinblastine-treated HT1080 cells. Moreover, the cells stably overexpressing RelB Asp205Ala were resistant to vinblastine-induced apoptosis. Thus, the specific Asp205 cleavage of RelB by caspase-3 would be involved in the apoptosis induction by anticancer agents, which would provide the positive feedback mechanism.
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The transcription elongation factor ELL2 is specifically upregulated in HTLV-1-infected T-cells and is dependent on the viral oncoprotein Tax. Virology 2014; 464-465:98-110. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax-deregulated autophagy pathway and c-FLIP expression contribute to resistance against death receptor-mediated apoptosis. J Virol 2013; 88:2786-98. [PMID: 24352466 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03025-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein is considered to play a central role in the process that leads to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). HTLV-1 Tax-expressing cells show resistance to apoptosis induced by Fas ligand (FasL) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). The regulation of Tax on the autophagy pathway in HeLa cells and peripheral T cells was recently reported, but the function and underlying molecular mechanism of the Tax-regulated autophagy are not yet well defined. Here, we report that HTLV-1 Tax deregulates the autophagy pathway, which plays a protective role during the death receptor (DR)-mediated apoptosis of human U251 astroglioma cells. The cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP), which is upregulated by Tax, also contributes to the resistance against DR-mediated apoptosis. Both Tax-induced autophagy and Tax-induced c-FLIP expression require Tax-induced activation of IκB kinases (IKK). Furthermore, Tax-induced c-FLIP expression is regulated through the Tax-IKK-NF-κB signaling pathway, whereas Tax-triggered autophagy depends on the activation of IKK but not the activation of NF-κB. In addition, DR-mediated apoptosis is correlated with the degradation of Tax, which can be facilitated by the inhibitors of autophagy. IMPORTANCE Our study reveals that Tax-deregulated autophagy is a protective mechanism for DR-mediated apoptosis. The molecular mechanism of Tax-induced autophagy is also illuminated, which is different from Tax-increased c-FLIP. Tax can be degraded via manipulation of autophagy and TRAIL-induced apoptosis. These results outline a complex regulatory network between and among apoptosis, autophagy, and Tax and also present evidence that autophagy represents a new possible target for therapeutic intervention for the HTVL-1 related diseases.
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Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator-1 (CREM-1) Involves in Neuronal Apoptosis after Traumatic Brain Injury. J Mol Neurosci 2012; 47:357-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9761-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Abou-Kandil A, Chamias R, Huleihel M, Godbey WT, Aboud M. Differential role of PKC-induced c-Jun in HTLV-1 LTR activation by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in different human T-cell lines. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29934. [PMID: 22299029 PMCID: PMC3267723 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
We have previously shown that TPA activates HTLV-1 LTR in Jurkat T-cells by inducing the binding of Sp1-p53 complex to the Sp1 site residing within the Ets responsive region 1 (ERR-1) of the LTR and that this activation is inhibited by PKCalpha and PKCepsilon. However, in H9 T-cells TPA has been noted to activate the LTR in two consecutive stages. The first stage is activation is mediated by PKCetta and requires the three 21 bp TRE repeats. The second activation mode resembles that of Jurkat cells, except that it is inhibited by PKCdelta. The present study revealed that the first LTR activation in H9 cells resulted from PKCetta-induced elevation of non-phosphorylated c-Jun which bound to the AP-1 site residing within each TRE. In contrast, this TRE-dependent activation did not occur in Jurkat cells, since there was no elevation of non-phosphorylated c-Jun in these cells. However, we found that PKCalpha and PKCepsilon, in Jurkat cells, and PKCetta and PKCdelta, in H9 cells, increased the level of phosphorylated c-Jun that interacted with the Sp1-p53 complex. This interaction prevented the Sp1-p53 binding to ERR-1 and blocked, thereby, the ERR-1-mediated LTR activation. Therefore, this PKC-inhibited LTR activation started in both cell types after depletion of the relevant PKCs by their downregulation. In view of these variable activating mechanisms we assume that there might be additional undiscovered yet modes of HTLV-1 LTR activation which vary in different cell types. Moreover, in line with this presumption we speculate that in HTLV-1 carriers the LTR of the latent provirus may also be reactivated by different mechanisms that vary between its different host T-lymphocyte subclones. Since this reactivation may initiate the ATL process, understanding of these mechanisms is essential for establishing strategies to block the possibility of reactivating the latent virus as preventive means for ATL development in carriers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ammar Abou-Kandil
- Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
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