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Rao J, Sinn M, Pelzer U, Riess H, Oettle H, Demir IE, Friess H, Jäger C, Steiger K, Muckenhuber A. KRT81 and HNF1A expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: investigation of predictive and prognostic value of immunohistochemistry-based subtyping. J Pathol Clin Res 2024; 10:e12377. [PMID: 38750616 PMCID: PMC11096282 DOI: 10.1002/2056-4538.12377] [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: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Even after decades of research, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a highly lethal disease and responses to conventional treatments remain mostly poor. Subclassification of PDAC into distinct biological subtypes has been proposed by various groups to further improve patient outcome and reduce unnecessary side effects. Recently, an immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based subtyping method using cytokeratin-81 (KRT81) and hepatocyte nuclear factor 1A (HNF1A) could recapitulate some of the previously established molecular subtyping methods, while providing significant prognostic and, to a limited degree, also predictive information. We refined the KRT81/HNF1A subtyping method to classify PDAC into three distinct biological subtypes. The prognostic value of the IHC-based method was investigated in two primary resected cohorts, which include 269 and 286 patients, respectively. In the second cohort, we also assessed the predictive effect for response to erlotinib + gemcitabine. In both PDAC cohorts, the new HNF1A-positive subtype was associated with the best survival, the KRT81-positive subtype with the worst, and the double-negative with an intermediate survival (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively) in univariate and multivariate analyses. In the second cohort (CONKO-005), the IHC-based subtype was additionally found to have a potential predictive value for the erlotinib-based treatment effect. The revised IHC-based subtyping using KRT81 and HNF1A has prognostic significance for PDAC patients and may be of value in predicting treatment response to specific therapeutic agents.
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- Jia Rao
- Institute of PathologyTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, CONKO‐Study‐GroupCharité – University Medicine BerlinBerlinGermany
- Department of Internal Medicine IIUniversity Medical Center of Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, CONKO‐Study‐GroupCharité – University Medicine BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, CONKO‐Study‐GroupCharité – University Medicine BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Tumour Immunology, CONKO‐Study‐GroupCharité – University Medicine BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of MedicineTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
- Else Kröner Clinician Scientist Professor for Translational Pancreatic SurgeryMunichGermany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of MedicineTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of MedicineTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Institute of PathologyTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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Sheerin D, Dold C, O'Connor D, Pollard AJ, Rollier CS. Distinct patterns of whole blood transcriptional responses are induced in mice following immunisation with adenoviral and poxviral vector vaccines encoding the same antigen. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:777. [PMID: 34717548 PMCID: PMC8556829 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-08061-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Viral vectors, including adenovirus (Ad) and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), have gained increasing attention as vaccine platforms in recent years due to their capacity to express antigens from a wide array of pathogens, their rapid induction of humoral and cellular protective immune responses, and their relatively low production costs. In particular, the chimpanzee Ad vector, ChAdOx1, has taken centre stage as a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate. However, despite mounting data, both clinical and pre-clinical, demonstrating effective induction of adaptive immune responses, the innate immune signals that precede the protective responses that make these vectors attractive vaccine platforms remain poorly understood. RESULTS In this study, a mouse immunisation model was used to evaluate whole blood gene expression changes 24 h after either a single dose or heterologous prime-boost regimen of an Ad and/or MVA vaccine. We demonstrate through comparative analysis of Ad vectors encoding different antigens that a transgene product-specific gene signature can be discerned from the vector-induced transcriptional response. Expression of genes involved in TLR2 stimulation and γδ T cell and natural killer cell activation were induced after a single dose of Ad, while MVA led to greater expression of type I interferon genes. The order of prime-boost combinations was found to influence the magnitude of the gene expression changes, with MVA/Ad eliciting greater transcriptional perturbation than Ad/MVA. Contrasting the two regimens revealed significant enrichment of epigenetic regulation pathways and augmented expression of MHC class I and II molecules associated with MVA/Ad. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate that the order in which vaccines from heterologous prime-boost regimens are administered leads to distinct transcriptional responses and may shape the immune response induced by such combinations. The characterisation of early vaccine-induce responses strengthens our understanding of viral vector vaccine mechanisms of action ahead of their characterisation in human clinical trials and are a valuable resource to inform the pre-clinical design of appropriate vaccine constructs for emerging infectious diseases.
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- Dylan Sheerin
- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
- Infectious Diseases and Immune Defence Division, The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Yang M, Yi P, Jiang J, Zhao M, Wu H, Lu Q. Dysregulated translational factors and epigenetic regulations orchestrate in B cells contributing to autoimmune diseases. Int Rev Immunol 2021; 42:1-25. [PMID: 34445929 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2021.1964498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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B cells play a crucial role in antigen presentation, antibody production and pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokine secretion in adaptive immunity. Several translational factors including transcription factors and cytokines participate in the regulation of B cell development, with the cooperation of epigenetic regulations. Autoimmune diseases are generally characterized with autoreactive B cells and high-level pathogenic autoantibodies. The success of B cell depletion therapy in mouse model and clinical trials has proven the role of B cells in pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The failure of B cell tolerance in immune checkpoints results in accumulated autoreactive naïve B (BN) cells with aberrant B cell receptor signaling and dysregulated B cell response, contributing to self-antibody-mediated autoimmune reaction. Dysregulation of translational factors and epigenetic alterations in B cells has been demonstrated to correlate with aberrant B cell compartment in autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, primary Sjögren's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus and pemphigus. This review is intended to summarize the interaction of translational factors and epigenetic regulations that are involved with development and differentiation of B cells, and the mechanism of dysregulation in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.
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- Ming Yang
- Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Changsha, Hunan, China.,Department of Dermatology, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Coactivation of NF-κB and Notch signaling is sufficient to induce B-cell transformation and enables B-myeloid conversion. Blood 2020; 135:108-120. [PMID: 31697816 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019001438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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NF-κB and Notch signaling can be simultaneously activated in a variety of B-cell lymphomas. Patients with B-cell lymphoma occasionally develop clonally related myeloid tumors with poor prognosis. Whether concurrent activation of both pathways is sufficient to induce B-cell transformation and whether the signaling initiates B-myeloid conversion in a pathological context are largely unknown. Here, we provide genetic evidence that concurrent activation of NF-κB and Notch signaling in committed B cells is sufficient to induce B-cell lymphomatous transformation and primes common progenitor cells to convert to myeloid lineage through dedifferentiation, not transdifferentiation. Intriguingly, the converted myeloid cells can further transform, albeit at low frequency, into myeloid leukemia. Mechanistically, coactivation of NF-κB and Notch signaling endows committed B cells with the ability to self renew. Downregulation of BACH2, a lymphoma and myeloid gene suppressor, but not upregulation of CEBPα and/or downregulation of B-cell transcription factors, is an early event in both B-cell transformation and myeloid conversion. Interestingly, a DNA hypomethylating drug not only effectively eliminated the converted myeloid leukemia cells, but also restored the expression of green fluorescent protein, which had been lost in converted myeloid leukemia cells. Collectively, our results suggest that targeting NF-κB and Notch signaling will not only improve lymphoma treatment, but also prevent the lymphoma-to-myeloid tumor conversion. Importantly, DNA hypomethylating drugs might efficiently treat these converted myeloid neoplasms.
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Host Transcription Factors in Hepatitis B Virus RNA Synthesis. Viruses 2020; 12:v12020160. [PMID: 32019103 PMCID: PMC7077322 DOI: 10.3390/v12020160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronically infects over 250 million people worldwide and is one of the leading causes of liver cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. HBV persistence is due in part to the highly stable HBV minichromosome or HBV covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) that resides in the nucleus. As HBV replication requires the help of host transcription factors to replicate, focusing on host protein–HBV genome interactions may reveal insights into new drug targets against cccDNA. The structural details on such complexes, however, remain poorly defined. In this review, the current literature regarding host transcription factors’ interactions with HBV cccDNA is discussed.
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Begum S. Hepatic Nuclear Factor 1 Alpha (HNF-1α) In Human Physiology and Molecular Medicine. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2019; 13:50-56. [PMID: 31566143 DOI: 10.2174/1874467212666190930144349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The transcription factors (TFs) play a crucial role in the modulation of specific gene transcription networks. One of the hepatocyte nuclear factors (HNFs) family's member, hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α (HNF-1α) has continuously become a principal TF to control the expression of genes. It is involved in the regulation of a variety of functions in various human organs including liver, pancreas, intestine, and kidney. It regulates the expression of enzymes involved in endocrine and xenobiotic activity through various metabolite transporters located in the above organs. Its expression is also required for organ-specific cell fate determination. Despite two decades of its first identification in hepatocytes, a review of its significance was not comprehended. Here, the role of HNF-1α in the above organs at the molecular level to intimate molecular mechanisms for regulating certain gene expression whose malfunctions are attributed to the disease conditions has been specifically encouraged. Moreover, the epigenetic effects of HNF-1α have been discussed here, which could help in advanced technologies for molecular pharmacological intervention and potential clinical implications for targeted therapies. HNF-1α plays an indispensable role in several physiological mechanisms in the liver, pancreas, intestine, and kidney. Loss of its operations leads to the non-functional or abnormal functional state of each organ. Specific molecular agents or epigenetic modifying drugs that reactivate HNF-1α are the current requirements for the medications of the diseases.
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- Sumreen Begum
- Stem Cells Research Laboratory (SCRL), Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan
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Chang Y, Wang F, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Muhammad I, Li R, Li C, Li Y, Shi C, Ma X, Hao B, Liu F. Acetaminophen‐induced hepatocyte injury: C2‐ceramide and oltipraz intervention, hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 and glutathione
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‐transferase A1 changes. J Appl Toxicol 2019; 39:1640-1650. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Yicong Chang
- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary MedicineNortheast Agricultural University Harbin People's Republic of China
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development Harbin People's Republic of China
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Escudero L, Cleal K, Ashelford K, Fegan C, Pepper C, Liddiard K, Baird DM. Telomere fusions associate with coding sequence and copy number alterations in CLL. Leukemia 2019; 33:2093-2097. [PMID: 30796307 PMCID: PMC6690834 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-019-0423-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Laura Escudero
- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Sussex University, Brighton, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
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Camolotto SA, Belova VK, Snyder EL. The role of lineage specifiers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Oncol 2018; 9:1005-1013. [PMID: 30603119 DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2018.05.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Over the last decade, multiple genomics studies have led to the identification of discrete molecular subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. A general theme has emerged that most pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) can be grouped into two major subtypes based on cancer cell autonomous properties: classical/pancreatic progenitor and basal-like/squamous. The classical/progenitor subtype expresses higher levels of lineage specifiers that regulate endodermal differentiation than the basal-like/squamous subtype. The basal-like/squamous subtype confers a worse prognosis, raising the possibility that loss of these lineage specifiers might enhance the malignant potential of PDAC. Here, we discuss several of these differentially expressed lineage specifiers and examine the evidence that they might play a functional role in PDAC biology.
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Noordam R, Oudt CH, Bos MM, Smit RAJ, van Heemst D. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, low-grade systemic inflammation and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2018; 28:795-802. [PMID: 29753585 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The role of inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) remains unclear. We investigated the associations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) concentration with T2D and glycemic traits using two-sample Mendelian Randomization. METHODS AND RESULTS We used publically available summary-statistics data from genome-wide association studies on T2D (DIAGRAM: 12 171 cases; 56 862 controls) and glycemic traits (MAGIC: 46 186 participants without diabetes mellitus). We combined the effects of the genetic instrumental variables through inverse-variance weighting (IVW), and MR-Egger regression and weighted-median estimation as sensitivity analyses which take into account potential violations (e.g., directional pleiotropy) of the assumptions of instrumental variable analyses. Analyses were conducted using 15 known hsCRP genetic instruments among which 6 instruments are hsCRP specific and not involved in inflammatory processes beyond hsCRP concentration regulation. Though we found no association between the combined effect of the genetic instrumental variables for hsCRP and T2D with IVW (odds ratio per 1 ln [hsCRP in mg/L]: 1.15; 95% confidence interval: 0.93, 1.42), we found associations for T2D with MR-Egger regression and weighted-median estimation (odds ratio with 95% confidence interval per 1 ln [hsCRP in mg/L], MR-Egger regression: 1.29; 1.08, 1.49; weighted-median estimator: 1.21; 1.02, 1.39). We found no association with T2D for the combination of hsCRP-specific genetic instruments nor did we found associations with glycemic traits in any of the analyses. CONCLUSION Evidence was provided for a potential causal association between hsCRP and T2D, but only after considering directional pleiotropy. However, hsCRP was not causally associated with glycemic traits.
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- R Noordam
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Guo H, Barberi T, Suresh R, Friedman AD. Progression from the Common Lymphoid Progenitor to B/Myeloid PreproB and ProB Precursors during B Lymphopoiesis Requires C/EBPα. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 201:1692-1704. [PMID: 30061199 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1800244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The C/EBPα transcription factor is required for myelopoiesis, with prior observations suggesting additional contributions to B lymphopoiesis. Cebpa expression is evident in common lymphoid progenitor (CLP) and preproB cells but is absent in proB and preB cells. We previously observed that marrow lacking the Cebpa +37 kb enhancer is impaired in producing B cells upon competitive transplantation. Additionally, a Cebpa enhancer/promoter-hCD4 transgene is expressed in B/myeloid CFU. Extending these findings, pan-hematopoietic murine Cebpa enhancer deletion using Mx1-Cre leads to expanded CLP, fewer preproB cells, markedly reduced proB and preB cells, and reduced mature B cells, without affecting T cell numbers. In contrast, enhancer deletion at the proB stage using Mb1-Cre does not impair B cell maturation. Further evaluation of CLP reveals that the Cebpa transgene is expressed almost exclusively in Flt3+ multipotent CLP versus B cell-restricted Flt3- CLP. In vitro, hCD4+ preproB cells produce both B and myeloid cells, whereas hCD4- preproB cells only produce B cells. Additionally, a subset of hCD4- preproB cells express high levels of RAG1-GFP, as seen also in proB cells. Global gene expression analysis indicates that hCD4+ preproB cells express proliferative pathways, whereas B cell development and signal transduction pathways predominate in hCD4- preproB cells. Consistent with these changes, Cebpa enhancer-deleted preproB cells downmodulate cell cycle pathways while upregulating B cell signaling pathways. Collectively, these findings indicate that C/EBPα is required for Flt3+ CLP maturation into preproB cells and then for proliferative Cebpaint B/myeloid preproB cells to progress to Cebpalo B cell-restricted preproB cells and finally to Cebpaneg proB cells.
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- Hong Guo
- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231
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Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1A deficiency causes hemolytic anemia in mice by altering erythrocyte sphingolipid homeostasis. Blood 2017; 130:2786-2798. [PMID: 29109103 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-03-774356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF) family regulates complex networks of metabolism and organ development. Human mutations in its prototypical member HNF1A cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) type 3. In this study, we identified an important role for HNF1A in the preservation of erythrocyte membrane integrity, calcium homeostasis, and osmotic resistance through an as-yet unrecognized link of HNF1A to sphingolipid homeostasis. HNF1A-/- mice displayed microcytic hypochromic anemia with reticulocytosis that was partially compensated by avid extramedullary erythropoiesis at all erythroid stages in the spleen thereby excluding erythroid differentiation defects. Morphologically, HNF1A-/- erythrocytes resembled acanthocytes and displayed increased phosphatidylserine exposure, high intracellular calcium, and elevated osmotic fragility. Sphingolipidome analysis by mass spectrometry revealed substantial and tissue-specific sphingolipid disturbances in several tissues including erythrocytes with the accumulation of sphingosine as the most prominent common feature. All HNF1A-/- erythrocyte defects could be simulated by exposure of wild-type (WT) erythrocytes to sphingosine in vitro and attributed in part to sphingosine-induced suppression of the plasma-membrane Ca2+-ATPase activity. Bone marrow transplantation rescued the anemia phenotype in vivo, whereas incubation with HNF1A-/- plasma increased the osmotic fragility of WT erythrocytes in vitro. Our data suggest a non-cell-autonomous erythrocyte defect secondary to the sphingolipid changes caused by HNF1A deficiency. Transcriptional analysis revealed 4 important genes involved in sphingolipid metabolism to be deregulated in HNF1A deficiency: Ormdl1, sphingosine kinase-2, neutral ceramidase, and ceramide synthase-5. The considerable erythrocyte defects in murine HNF1A deficiency encourage clinical studies to explore the hematological consequences of HNF1A deficiency in human MODY3 patients.
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Muckenhuber A, Berger AK, Schlitter AM, Steiger K, Konukiewitz B, Trumpp A, Eils R, Werner J, Friess H, Esposito I, Klöppel G, Ceyhan GO, Jesinghaus M, Denkert C, Bahra M, Stenzinger A, Sprick MR, Jäger D, Springfeld C, Weichert W. Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Subtyping Using the Biomarkers Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1A and Cytokeratin-81 Correlates with Outcome and Treatment Response. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 24:351-359. [PMID: 29101303 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-2180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Purpose: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with a dismal prognosis and poor therapeutic response to current chemotherapy regimens in unselected patient populations. Recently, it has been shown that PDAC may be stratified into functionally and therapeutically relevant molecular subgroups and that some of these subtypes can be recapitulated by IHC for KRT81 [quasi-mesenchymal (QM)/squamous/basal-like] and HNF1A (non-QM, overlap with exocrine/ADEX subtype).Experimental Design: We validated the different outcome of the HNF1A/KRT81 PDAC subtypes in two independent cohorts of surgically treated patients and examined the treatment response to chemotherapy in a third cohort of unresectable patients. The first two cohorts included 262 and 130 patients, respectively, and the third independent cohort comprised advanced-stage PDAC patients who were treated with either FOLFIRINOX (64 patients) or gemcitabine (61 patients).Results: In both cohorts with resected PDAC, the HNF1A-positive subtype showed the best, the KRT81-positive subtype the worst, and the double-negative subtype an intermediate survival (P < 0.013 and P < 0.009, respectively). In the chemotherapy cohort, the survival difference between the double-negative and the HNF1A-positive subtype was lost, whereas the dismal prognosis of KRT81-positive PDAC patients was retained (P < 0.021). Patients with a KRT81-positive subtype did not benefit from FOLFIRINOX therapy, whereas those with HNF1A-positive tumors responded better compared with gemcitabine-based treatment (P < 0.038).Conclusions: IHC stratification recapitulating molecular subtypes of PDAC using HNF1A and KRT81 is associated with significantly different outcomes and responses to chemotherapy. These results may pave the way toward future pretherapeutic biomarker-based stratification of PDAC patients. Clin Cancer Res; 24(2); 351-9. ©2017 AACR.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander Muckenhuber
- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany
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- Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics and Heidelberg Center for Personalised Oncology (DKFZ-HIPO), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Department for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Institute for Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB) and BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of the Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of the Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité University Medicine Berlin and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University Munich and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK; partner site Munich), Munich, Germany.
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Xiu Y, Xue WY, Lambertz A, Leidinger M, Gibson-Corley K, Zhao C. Constitutive Activation of NIK Impairs the Self-Renewal of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells and Induces Bone Marrow Failure. Stem Cells 2017; 35:777-786. [PMID: 27733012 PMCID: PMC5817891 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Previously we have shown that loss of non-canonical NF-κB signaling impairs self-renewal of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs). This prompted us to investigate whether persistent activation of the non-canonical NF-κB signaling will have supportive effects on HSPC self-renewal. NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) is an important kinase that mainly activates the non-canonical pathway through directly phosphorylating IKKα. In contrast to our expectations, constitutive activation of NIK in the hematopoietic system leads to bone marrow (BM) failure and postnatal lethality due to intrinsic impairment of HSPC self-renewal and extrinsic disruption of BM microenvironment through enhancing osteoclastogenesis. The impaired HSPC function is associated with reduced cell proliferation and increased apoptosis and inflammatory cytokine responses. RNAseq analysis of control and NIK-activated HSPCs reveals that these effects are through non-canonical NF-κB signaling without significant changes in the canonical pathway. Gene set expression analysis of RNAseq data reveals globally decreased stem cell signature, increased maturation signature, and increased inflammatory responses. Many genes (Mpl, Tifab, Emcn, Flt3, Bcl2, and others) that regulate HSPC self-renewal, lineage commitment, and apoptosis are significantly downregulated-and those genes that regulate inflammatory responses and cell cycle inhibition (Cdkn2a and Cdkn2b) are significantly upregulated-by activation of NIK. Importantly, our data demonstrate that activation of NIK-non-canonical signaling has distinct phenotypes-smaller spleen size, decreased white blood cell counts, and reduced HSPC proliferation-compared to activation of canonical signaling. Collectively, these data indicate that the balanced non-canonical NF-κB signaling is essential for maintaining normal hematopoiesis and NIK-non-canonical signaling contributes to the development of BM failure. Stem Cells 2017;35:777-786.
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- Yan Xiu
- Department of Pathology Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, IA 52242
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- Department of Pathology Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, IA 52242
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- Department of Pathology Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, IA 52242
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- Department of Pathology Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, IA 52242
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