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Gabriela R, Vera V, Pavel R, Helena R, Igor S, Marie D, Marketa M, Alena MF, Ales T. Discovering the Radiation Biomarkers in the Plasma of Total-Body Irradiated Leukemia Patients. Radiat Res 2024; 201:418-428. [PMID: 38315067 DOI: 10.1667/rade-23-00137.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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The increased risk of acute large-scale radiological exposure for the world's population underlines the need for optimal radiation biomarkers. Ionizing radiation triggers a complex response by the genome, proteome, and metabolome, all of which have been reported as suitable indicators of radiation-induced damage in vivo. This study analyzed peripheral blood samples from total-body irradiation (TBI) leukemia patients through mass spectrometry (MS) to identify and quantify differentially regulated proteins in plasma before and after irradiation. In brief, samples were taken from 16 leukemic patients prior to and 24 h after TBI (2 × 2.0 Gy), processed with Tandem Mass Tag isobaric labelling kit (TMTpro-16-plex), and analyzed by MS. In parallel, label-free relative quantification was performed with a RP-nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS system in a Q-Exactive mass spectrometer. Protein identification was done in Proteome Discoverer v.2.2 platform (Thermo). Data is available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD043516. Using two different methods, we acquired two datasets of up-regulated (ratio ≥ 1.2) or down-regulated (ratio ≤ 0.83) plasmatic proteins 24 h after irradiation, identifying 356 and 346 proteins in the TMT-16plex and 285 and 308 label-free analyses, respectively (P ≤ 0.05). Combining the two datasets yielded 15 candidates with significant relation to gamma-radiation exposure. The majority of these proteins were associated with the inflammatory response and lipid metabolism. Subsequently, from these, five proteins showed the strongest potential as radiation biomarkers in humans (C-reactive protein, Alpha amylase 1A, Mannose-binding protein C, Phospholipid transfer protein, and Complement C5). These candidate biomarkers might have implications for practical biological dosimetry.
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- Rydlova Gabriela
- Department of Radiobiology
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy and 4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, University Hospital Na Bulovce, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Sommerfeld O, Medyukhina A, Neugebauer S, Ghait M, Ulferts S, Lupp A, König R, Wetzker R, Schulz S, Figge MT, Bauer M, Press AT. Targeting Complement C5a Receptor 1 for the Treatment of Immunosuppression in Sepsis. Mol Ther 2021; 29:338-346. [PMID: 32966769 PMCID: PMC7791006 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Complement factor C5a was originally identified as a powerful promoter of inflammation through activation of the C5a receptor 1 (C5ar1). Recent evidence suggests involvement of C5a not only in pro- but also in anti-inflammatory signaling. The present study aims to unveil the role of C5ar1 as potential therapeutic target in a murine sepsis model. Our study discloses a significantly increased survival in models of mild to moderate but not severe sepsis of C5ar1-deficient mice. The decreased mortality of C5ar1-deficient mice is accompanied by improved pathogen clearance and largely preserved liver function. C5ar1-deficient mice exhibited a significantly increased production of the pro-inflammatory mediator interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and a decreased production of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10). Together, these data uncover C5a signaling as a mediator of immunosuppressive processes during sepsis and describe the C5ar1 and related changes of the IFN-γ to IL-10 ratio as markers for the immunological (dys)function accompanying sepsis.
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- Oliver Sommerfeld
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Network Modeling, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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Complement Component C3 Participates in Early Stages of Niemann-Pick C Mouse Liver Damage. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21062127. [PMID: 32244854 PMCID: PMC7139721 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21062127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Niemann–Pick type C (NPC), a lysosomal storage disorder, is mainly caused by mutations in the NPC1 gene. Niemann–Pick type C patients and mice show intracellular cholesterol accumulation leading to hepatic failure with increased inflammatory response. The complement cascade, which belongs to the innate immunity response, recognizes danger signals from injured tissues. We aimed to determine whether there is activation of the complement system in the liver of the NPC mouse and to assess the relationship between C3 activation, a final component of the pathway, and NPC liver pathology. Niemann–Pick type C mice showed high levels of C3 staining in the liver which unexpectedly decreased with aging. Using an inducible NPC1 hepatocyte rescue mouse model, we restored NPC1 expression for a short time in young mice. We found C3 positive cells only in non-rescued cells, suggesting that C3 activation in NPC cells is reversible. Then, we studied the effect of C3 ablation on NPC liver damage at two postnatal time points, P56 and P72. Deletion of C3 reduced the presence of hepatic CD68-positive cells at postnatal day 56 and prevented the increase of transaminase levels in the blood of NPC mice. These positive effects were abrogated at P72, indicating that the complement cascade participates only during the early stages of liver damage in NPC mice, and that its inhibition may serve as a new potential therapeutic strategy for the disease.
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Theodoraki M, Lorenz K, Lotfi R, Fürst D, Tsamadou C, Jaekle S, Mytilineos J, Brunner C, Theodorakis J, Hoffmann T, Laban S, Schuler P. Influence of photodynamic therapy on peripheral immune cell populations and cytokine concentrations in head and neck cancer. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2017; 19:194-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Nitta H, Shimose T, Emi Y, Imamura T, Ohnishi K, Kusumoto T, Yamamoto M, Fukuzawa K, Takahashi I, Higashi H, Tsuji A, Akagi Y, Oki E, Maehara Y, Baba H. Expression of the anaphylatoxin C5a receptor in gastric cancer: implications for vascular invasion and patient outcomes. Med Oncol 2016; 33:118. [DOI: 10.1007/s12032-016-0834-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Saidi RF, Rajeshkumar B, Shariftabrizi A, Dresser K, Walter O. Human C1 inhibitor attenuates liver ischemia-reperfusion injury and promotes liver regeneration. J Surg Res 2013; 187:660-6. [PMID: 24433870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a well-known cause of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation (LT). Activation of the complement system contributes to the pathogenesis of IRI. Effective treatment strategies aimed at reducing hepatic IRI and accelerating liver regeneration could offer major benefits in LT. Herein, we investigated the effect of C1-esterase inhibitor (human) [C1-INH] on IRI and liver regeneration. Mice were subjected to 60-min partial IRI, with or without 70% partial hepatectomy, or CCl4-induced acute liver failure. Before liver injury, the animals were pretreated with intravenous C1-INH or normal saline. Liver IRI was evaluated using serum levels of alanine aminotransferase, serum interleukin-6, and histopathology. Liver samples were stained for specific markers of regeneration (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine [BrdU] staining and proliferating cell nuclear antigen [PCNA]). Histology, serum interleukin-6, and alanine aminotransferase release revealed that C1-INH treatment attenuated liver injury compared with controls. Improved animal survival and increased number of BrdU- and PCNA-positive cells were observed in C1-INH-treated animals which underwent IRI + partial hepatectomy or CCl4 injection compared with control group. These data indicate that complement plays a key role in IRI and liver regeneration. C1-INH represents a potential therapeutic strategy to reduce IRI and promote regeneration in LT.
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- Reza F Saidi
- Division of Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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- Division of Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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The role of the complement system in metabolic organs and metabolic diseases. Semin Immunol 2013; 25:47-53. [PMID: 23684628 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2013.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Emerging evidence points to a close crosstalk between metabolic organs and innate immunity in the course of metabolic disorders. In particular, cellular and humoral factors of innate immunity are thought to contribute to metabolic dysregulation of the adipose tissue or the liver, as well as to dysfunction of the pancreas; all these conditions are linked to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus. A central component of innate immunity is the complement system. Interestingly, the classical view of complement as a major system of host defense that copes with infections is changing to that of a multi-functional player in tissue homeostasis, degeneration, and regeneration. In the present review, we will discuss the link between complement and metabolic organs, focusing on the pancreas, adipose tissue, and liver and the diverse effects of complement system on metabolic disorders.
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Nitta H, Wada Y, Kawano Y, Murakami Y, Irie A, Taniguchi K, Kikuchi K, Yamada G, Suzuki K, Honda J, Wilson-Morifuji M, Araki N, Eto M, Baba H, Imamura T. Enhancement of human cancer cell motility and invasiveness by anaphylatoxin C5a via aberrantly expressed C5a receptor (CD88). Clin Cancer Res 2013; 19:2004-13. [PMID: 23287562 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-1204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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PURPOSE The anaphylatoxin C5a is a chemoattractant that induces leukocyte migration via C5a receptor (C5aR). There is emerging evidence that C5a is generated in the cancer microenvironment. We therefore sought C5aR expression and a direct influence of the C5a-C5aR axis on cancer cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN C5aR expression was investigated in human cancer tissues and cell lines. Effects of C5a stimulation on cancer cells were studied by cytoskeletal rearrangement, time-lapse analysis, Matrigel chamber assay, and invasion in nude mouse in a comparison of C5aR-expressing cancer cells with control cells. RESULTS C5aR was aberrantly expressed in various human cancers. Several cancer cell lines also expressed C5aR. C5a triggered cytoskeletal rearrangement and enhanced cell motility three-fold and invasiveness 13-fold of C5aR-expressing cancer cells. Such enhancement by C5a was not observed in control cells. Cancer cell invasion was still enhanced in the absence of C5a concentration gradient and even after the removal of C5a stimulation, suggesting that random cell locomotion plays an important role in C5a-triggered cancer cell invasion. C5a increased the release of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) from cancer cells by two- to 11-fold, and inhibition of MMP activity abolished the C5a-enhancing effect on cancer cell invasion. Compared with control cells, C5aR-expressing cells spread 1.8-fold more broadly at implanted nude mouse skin sites only when stimulated with C5a. CONCLUSIONS These results illustrate a novel activity of the C5a-C5aR axis that promotes cancer cell invasion through motility activation and MMP release. Targeting this signaling pathway may provide a useful therapeutic option for cancer treatment.
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- Hidetoshi Nitta
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Antitumor immunity produced by the liver Kupffer cells, NK cells, NKT cells, and CD8 CD122 T cells. Clin Dev Immunol 2011; 2011:868345. [PMID: 22190974 PMCID: PMC3235445 DOI: 10.1155/2011/868345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Revised: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mouse and human livers contain innate immune leukocytes, NK cells, NKT cells, and macrophage-lineage Kupffer cells. Various bacterial components, including Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands and an NKT cell ligand (α-galactocylceramide), activate liver Kupffer cells, which produce IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, and TNF. IL-12 activates hepatic NK cells and NKT cells to produce IFN-γ, which further activates hepatic T cells, in turn activating phagocytosis and cytokine production by Kupffer cells in a positive feedback loop. These immunological events are essentially evoked to protect the host from bacterial and viral infections; however, these events also contribute to antitumor and antimetastatic immunity in the liver by activated liver NK cells and NKT cells. Bystander CD8+CD122+ T cells, and tumor-specific memory CD8+T cells, are also induced in the liver by α-galactocylceramide. Furthermore, adoptive transfer experiments have revealed that activated liver lymphocytes may migrate to other organs to inhibit tumor growth, such as the lungs and kidneys. The immunological mechanism underlying the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic livers in hepatitis C patients and liver innate immunity as a double-edged sword (hepatocyte injury/regeneration, septic shock, autoimmune disease, etc.) are also discussed.
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Rutkowski MJ, Sughrue ME, Kane AJ, Ahn BJ, Fang S, Parsa AT. The complement cascade as a mediator of tissue growth and regeneration. Inflamm Res 2010; 59:897-905. [PMID: 20517706 PMCID: PMC2945462 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-010-0220-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 04/02/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Recent evidence has demonstrated that the complement cascade is involved in a variety of physiologic and pathophysiologic processes in addition to its role as an immune effector. Research in a variety of organ systems has shown that complement proteins are direct participants in maintenance of cellular turnover, healing, proliferation and regeneration. As a physiologic housekeeper, complement proteins maintain tissue integrity in the absence of inflammation by disposing of cellular debris and waste, a process critical to the prevention of autoimmune disease. Developmentally, complement proteins influence pathways including hematopoietic stem cell engraftment, bone growth, and angiogenesis. They also provide a potent stimulus for cellular proliferation including regeneration of the limb and eye in animal models, and liver proliferation following injury. Here, we describe the complement cascade as a mediator of tissue growth and regeneration.
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- Martin J Rutkowski
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Ward PA. Sepsis, apoptosis and complement. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 76:1383-8. [PMID: 18848819 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2008] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Programmed cell death (apoptosis) is a prominent feature in human and experimental sepsis, especially as it involves the lymphoid system with resulting immunoparalysis. In addition, sepsis is associated with strong activation of the complement system, resulting in generation of the powerful anaphylatoxin, C5a, as well as the upregulation of the C5a receptor (C5aR) in a variety of different organs. The consequences of C5a interactions with C5aR can be directly linked to apoptosis of thymocytes and adrenal medullary cells after cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis in rodents, as well as with other accompanying complications of CLP: cardiac dysfunction, consumptive coagulopathy, organ dysfunction, and lethality. This communication reviews the evidence for the adverse roles of C5a and C5aR in the setting of experimental sepsis and linkages to the various complications of sepsis, especially apoptosis as well as the roles of the two C5a receptors (C5aR and C5L2) in experimental sepsis.
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- P A Ward
- The University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology, 1301 Catherine Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5602, USA.
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Monk PN, Scola AM, Madala P, Fairlie DP. Function, structure and therapeutic potential of complement C5a receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 152:429-48. [PMID: 17603557 PMCID: PMC2050825 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 297] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Complement fragment (C)5a is a 74 residue pro-inflammatory polypeptide produced during activation of the complement cascade of serum proteins in response to foreign surfaces such as microorganisms and tissue damaged by physical or chemical injury. C5a binds to at least two seven-transmembrane domain receptors, C5aR (C5R1, CD88) and C5L2 (gpr77), expressed ubiquitously on a wide variety of cells but particularly on the surface of immune cells like macrophages, neutrophils and T cells. C5aR is a classical G protein-coupled receptor that signals through G alpha i and G alpha 16, whereas C5L2 does not appear to couple to G proteins and has no known signalling activity. Although C5a was first described as an anaphylatoxin and later as a leukocyte chemoattractant, the widespread expression of C5aR suggested more general functionality. Our understanding of the physiology of C5a has improved significantly in recent years through exploitation of receptor knockout and knocking mice, C5 and C5a antibodies, soluble recombinant C5a and C5a analogues and newly developed receptor antagonists. C5a is now also implicated in non-immunological functions associated with developmental biology, CNS development and neurodegeneration, tissue regeneration, and haematopoiesis. Combined receptor mutagenesis, molecular modelling, structure-activity relationship studies and species dependence for ligand potency on C5aR have been helpful for identifying ligand binding sites on the receptor and for defining mechanisms of receptor activation and inactivation. This review will highlight major developments in C5a receptor research that support C5aR as an important therapeutic target. The intriguing possibilities raised by the existence of a non-signalling C5a receptor are also discussed.
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- P N Monk
- Academic Neurology Unit, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Gressner O, Meier U, Hillebrandt S, Wasmuth HE, Köhl J, Sauerbruch T, Lammert F. Gc-globulin concentrations and C5 haplotype-tagging polymorphisms contribute to variations in serum activity of complement factor C5. Clin Biochem 2007; 40:771-5. [PMID: 17428459 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 02/03/2007] [Accepted: 02/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the role of Gc-globulin and C5 gene variants as co-factors in the regulation of profibrogenic C5 serum activities. DESIGN Retrospective clinical investigation with 100 healthy probands. Genomic DNA was isolated from whole blood and examined for the human C5 htSNPs rs17611 and rs2300929. Actin-free Gc-globulin-, total Gc-globulin- and total C5-concentrations in serum were measured using ELISA assays; C5 activities in serum were determined using radial immunodiffusion. RESULTS C5 serum concentrations were significantly elevated in individuals carrying at least one profibrogenic allele of the C5 htSNP rs17611, but no association between C5 htSNPs and C5 serum activities was detected, albeit C5 activities correlated positively with C5 concentrations in serum. However, C5 activities were also positively correlated with total and actin-free Gc-globulin concentrations. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that C5 gene variants and Gc-globulin levels co-define the proinflammatory and profibrogenic effects of C5 in patients at-risk for progression of liver fibrosis.
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- Olav Gressner
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str 25, Bonn, Germany
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Markiewski MM, DeAngelis RA, Lambris JD. Liver inflammation and regeneration: two distinct biological phenomena or parallel pathophysiologic processes? Mol Immunol 2006; 43:45-56. [PMID: 16002143 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The anatomic localization and unique vasculature of the liver, along with its cell properties, make this organ an efficient line of defense against blood-borne infections, either systemic or arising in the abdomen. Liver cells can modify the host immune response by releasing immunomodulatory molecules, interacting with cells of the immune system and acting as scavengers for inflammatory mediators. However, these defensive functions do not protect the liver itself from the severe injury that may be caused by pathogens, toxins or pollutant xenobiotics. Therefore, the mammalian liver has developed a unique adaptation in the form of an astonishing regenerative capability. The complexity of regeneration requires a well-orchestrated system to control this process. Growing evidence suggest the importance of immune mechanisms as a part of this system. It seems likely that the mechanisms that serve to eliminate infections (and may simultaneously cause liver injury) are also active in restoring the structural and functional integrity of the damaged liver.
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- Maciej M Markiewski
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Protein Chemistry Laboratory, 401C Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Gao H, Neff TA, Guo RF, Speyer CL, Sarma JV, Tomlins S, Man Y, Riedemann NC, Hoesel LM, Younkin E, Zetoune FS, Ward PA. Evidence for a functional role of the second C5a receptor C5L2. FASEB J 2005; 19:1003-5. [PMID: 15784721 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3424fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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During experimental sepsis in rodents after cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), excessive C5a is generated, leading to interactions with C5aR, loss of innate immune functions of neutrophils, and lethality. In the current study, we have analyzed the expression of the second C5a receptor C5L2, the putative "default" or nonsignaling receptor for C5a. Rat C5L2 was cloned, and antibody was developed to C5L2 protein. After CLP, blood neutrophils showed a reduction in C5aR followed by its restoration, while C5L2 levels gradually increased, accompanied by the appearance of mRNA for C5L2. mRNA for C5L2 increased in lung and liver during CLP. Substantially increased C5L2 protein (defined by binding of 125I-anti-C5L2 IgG) occurred in lung, liver, heart, and kidney after CLP. With the use of serum IL-6 as a marker for sepsis, infusion of anti-C5aR dramatically reduced serum IL-6 levels, while anti-C5L2 caused a nearly fourfold increase in IL-6 when compared with CLP controls treated with normal IgG. When normal blood neutrophils were stimulated in vitro with LPS and C5a, the antibodies had similar effects on release of IL-6. These data provide the first evidence for a role for C5L2 in balancing the biological responses to C5a.
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- Hongwei Gao
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0602, USA
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Castellheim A, Lindenskov PHH, Pharo A, Aamodt G, Saugstad OD, Mollnes TE. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome Induces Complement-Associated Systemic Inflammatory Response in Newborn Piglets. Scand J Immunol 2005; 61:217-25. [PMID: 15787738 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The pathophysiology of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is complex. We recently showed that meconium is a potent activator of complement. In the present study, we investigated whether the complement activation occurring in experimental MAS is associated with a systemic inflammatory response as judged by granulocyte activation and cytokine and chemokine release. MAS was induced by the instillation of meconium into the lungs of newborn piglets (n = 8). Control animals (n = 5) received saline under otherwise identical conditions. Haemodynamic and lung dynamic data were recorded. Complement activation, revealed by the terminal sC5b-9 complex (TCC), and cytokines [interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8] were measured in plasma samples by enzyme immunoassays. The expression of CD18, CD11b and oxidative burst in granulocytes was measured in whole blood by flow cytometry. Plasma TCC increased rapidly in the MAS animals in contrast with controls (P < 0.0005). The TCC concentration correlated closely with oxygenation index (r = 0.48, P < 0.0005) and ventilation index (r = 0.57, P < 0.0005) and inversely with lung compliance (r = -0.63, P < 0.0005). IL-6 and IL-8 increased in MAS animals compared with the controls (P = 0.002 and P < 0.001, respectively). Granulocyte oxidative burst declined significantly in the MAS animals compared with the controls (P < 0.02). TCC correlated significantly with IL-6 (r = 0.64, P < 0.0005) and IL-8 (r = 0.32; P = 0.03) and inversely with oxidative burst (r = -0.37; P = 0.02). A systemic inflammatory response associated with complement activation is seen in experimental MAS. This reaction may contribute to the pathogenesis of MAS.
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- A Castellheim
- Department of Pediatric Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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Hunt JR, Martin CB, Martin BK. Transcriptional regulation of the murine C5a receptor gene: NF-Y is required for basal and LPS induced expression in macrophages and endothelial cells. Mol Immunol 2005; 42:1405-15. [PMID: 15950736 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2004] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The anaphylatoxin receptors of the complement system are important in immune defense but also play a role in autoimmune disease. Reports have demonstrated induced C5a receptor (C5aR) expression in a number of disease states, yet little is known about the regulation of this gene. We have examined sequences in the presumptive promoter-enhancer region in order to study the regulation of this gene. Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) analyses were used to identify the transcriptional start site, and we then cloned 2278 bp of sequence from this region for use in luciferase assays. Deletion analyses of 5' sequences demonstrated that the majority of this region is dispensable for expression in macrophages and endothelial cells (ECs). A 232 bp region proximal to the transcription start site was fully capable of directing expression in macrophages and ECs, while being minimally active in cells that do not express the receptor. The transcriptional regulatory site most critical for this expression matches the consensus sequence for nuclear factor-Y (NF-Y) at position -96. Site-directed mutagenesis of this site resulted in a 70-90% decrease in luciferase activity depending on the cell type. Electrophoretic mobility shift/supershift assay (EMSA) analyses demonstrated the specific binding of NF-Y to labeled oligonucleotides containing the putative CCAAT site with macrophages and EC nuclear extracts, and antibodies to NF-Y were able to supershift this -96 NF-Y complex. We also demonstrate LPS leads to enhanced C5aR transcription and this is mediated predominantly through the NF-Y site. The data reported in this study might be critical for determination of transcription factors that can be targeted pharmacologically to modulate the expression of the C5aR in infectious disease or autoimmunity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- CCAAT-Binding Factor/metabolism
- Cell Line
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Humans
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a/genetics
- Sequence Deletion
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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- Jason R Hunt
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Daveau M, Benard M, Scotte M, Schouft MT, Hiron M, Francois A, Salier JP, Fontaine M. Expression of a functional C5a receptor in regenerating hepatocytes and its involvement in a proliferative signaling pathway in rat. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:3418-24. [PMID: 15322206 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.5.3418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Activation of the complement system generates the anaphylatoxin C5a whose activities are mediated through its binding to the widely expressed C5aR. C5aR mRNA and protein expressions are known to be induced in rat hepatocytes under inflammatory conditions. However, little is known about the role of the C5a/C5aR complex in liver and its involvement during a proliferative process. We have evaluated the expression of C5aR in regenerating rat hepatocytes following a partial hepatectomy and in hepatocyte cultures. C5aR induction was observed in hepatocytes from regenerating liver, as well as in normal hepatocytes under a culture-induced stress. The effect of a stimulation by a C5a agonist upon the synthesis of a growth factor/receptor pair (hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met) was also evaluated. Our data demonstrated an up-regulated expression of hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met mRNAs, but we failed to observe a direct mitogenic effect of C5a in culture. However, a significantly increased expression of cyclin E and D1mRNA levels, as well as an increased BrdU incorporation, were observed in rats given an i.v. C5a agonist injection following an 80% partial hepatectomy. These studies demonstrate for the first time that: 1) C5aR is up-regulated during liver regeneration, 2) the binding of C5a to C5aR promotes a growth response, and 3) C5aR is involved in a cell cycle signaling pathway. Taken together, these findings point to a novel role for the hepatic C5aR implicating this complement system in the context of normal or abnormal proliferative pathways.
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- Maryvonne Daveau
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 519, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie, Rouen, France
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Strey CW, Markiewski M, Mastellos D, Tudoran R, Spruce LA, Greenbaum LE, Lambris JD. The proinflammatory mediators C3a and C5a are essential for liver regeneration. J Exp Med 2003; 198:913-23. [PMID: 12975457 PMCID: PMC2194207 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 314] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Complement has been implicated in liver repair after toxic injury. Here, we demonstrate that complement components are essential for liver regeneration, and mediate their effect by interacting with key signaling networks that promote hepatocyte proliferation. C3- or C5-deficient mice exhibited high mortality, parenchymal damage, and impaired liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy. Mice with dual C3 and C5 deficiency had a more exacerbated phenotype that was reversed by combined C3a and C5a reconstitution. Interception of C5a receptor signaling resulted in suppression of IL-6/TNFalpha induction and lack of C3 and C5a receptor stimulation attenuated nuclear factor-kappaB/STAT-3 activation after hepatectomy. These data indicate that C3a and C5a, two potent inflammatory mediators of the innate immune response, contribute essentially to the early priming stages of hepatocyte regeneration.
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- Christoph W Strey
- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Gollnick SO, Evans SS, Baumann H, Owczarczak B, Maier P, Vaughan L, Wang WC, Unger E, Henderson BW. Role of cytokines in photodynamic therapy-induced local and systemic inflammation. Br J Cancer 2003; 88:1772-9. [PMID: 12771994 PMCID: PMC2377133 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumour results in the rapid induction of an inflammatory response that is considered important for the activation of antitumour immunity, but may be detrimental if excessive. The response is characterised by the infiltration of leucocytes, predominantly neutrophils, into the treated tumour. Several preclinical studies have suggested that suppression of long-term tumour growth following PDT using Photofrin((R)) is dependent upon the presence of neutrophils. The inflammatory pathways leading to the PDT-induced neutrophil migration into the treated tumour are unknown. In the following study, we examined, in mice, the ability of PDT using the second-generation photosensitiser 2-[1-hexyloxyethyl]-2-devinyl pyropheophorbide-a (HPPH) to induce proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, as well as adhesion molecules, known to be involved in neutrophil migration. We also examined the role that these mediators play in PDT-induced neutrophil migration. Our studies show that HPPH-PDT induced neutrophil migration into the treated tumour, which was associated with a transient, local increase in the expression of the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 and KC. A similar increase was detected in functional expression of adhesion molecules, that is, E-selectin and intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, and both local and systemic expression of interleukin (IL)-6 was detected. The kinetics of neutrophil immigration mirrored those observed for the enhanced production of chemokines, IL-6 and adhesion molecules. Subsequent studies showed that PDT-induced neutrophil recruitment is dependent upon the presence of MIP-2 and E-selectin, but not on IL-6 or KC. These results demonstrate a PDT-induced inflammatory response similar to, but less severe than obtained with Photofrin((R)) PDT. They also lay the mechanistic groundwork for further ongoing studies that attempt to optimise PDT through the modulation of the critical inflammatory mediators.
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- S O Gollnick
- PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
- PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. E-mail:
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Riedemann NC, Neff TA, Guo RF, Bernacki KD, Laudes IJ, Sarma JV, Lambris JD, Ward PA. Protective effects of IL-6 blockade in sepsis are linked to reduced C5a receptor expression. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:503-7. [PMID: 12496437 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.1.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-6 is known to be an important pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine, which is up-regulated during sepsis. Our previous work has suggested a role for IL-6 in the up-regulation of C5aR in sepsis. We reported earlier that interception of C5a or C5aR results in improved outcomes in experimental sepsis. Using the cecal ligation/puncture (CLP) model in mice, we now demonstrate that treatment with anti-IL-6 Ab (anti-IL-6) results in significantly improved survival, dependent on the amount of Ab infused. CLP animals showed significantly increased binding of 125I-labeled anti-C5aR to organs when compared to either control mice at 0 h or CLP animals infused with normal rabbit 125I-labeled IgG. Binding of 125I-labeled anti-C5aR to lung, liver, kidney, and heart was significantly decreased in anti-IL-6-treated animals 6 h after CLP. RT-PCR experiments with mRNA isolated from various organs obtained 3, 6, and 12 h after CLP demonstrated increased C5aR mRNA expression during the onset of sepsis, which was greatly suppressed in CLP mice treated with anti-IL-6. These data suggest that IL-6 plays an important role in the increased expression of C5aR in lung, liver, kidney, and heart during the development of sepsis in mice and that interception of IL-6 leads to reduced expression of C5aR and improved survival.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Cecum
- Complement C5a/metabolism
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use
- Interleukin-6/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-6/blood
- Interleukin-6/immunology
- Kidney/immunology
- Kidney/metabolism
- Ligation
- Liver/immunology
- Liver/metabolism
- Lung/immunology
- Lung/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myocardium/immunology
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Punctures
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a
- Receptors, Complement/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Complement/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Complement/genetics
- Receptors, Complement/immunology
- Sepsis/immunology
- Sepsis/mortality
- Sepsis/therapy
- Survival Analysis
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- Niels C Riedemann
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602, USA
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Laudes IJ, Chu JC, Huber-Lang M, Guo RF, Riedemann NC, Sarma JV, Mahdi F, Murphy HS, Speyer C, Lu KT, Lambris JD, Zetoune FS, Ward PA. Expression and function of C5a receptor in mouse microvascular endothelial cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:5962-70. [PMID: 12421982 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.10.5962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The complement-derived anaphylatoxin, C5a, is a potent phlogistic molecule that mediates its effects by binding to C5a receptor (C5aR; CD88). We now demonstrate specific binding of radiolabeled recombinant mouse C5a to mouse dermal microvascular endothelial cells (MDMEC) with a K(d50) of 3.6 nM and to approximately 15,000-20,000 receptors/cell. Recombinant mC5a competed effectively with binding of [(125)I]rmC5a to MDMEC. Enhanced binding of C5a occurred, as well as increased mRNA for C5aR, after in vitro exposure of MDMEC to LPS, IFN-gamma, or IL-6 in a time- and dose-dependent manner. By confocal microscopy, C5aR could be detected on surfaces of MDMEC using anti-C5aR Ab. In vitro expression of macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) by MDMEC was also measured. Exposure of MDMEC to C5a or IL-6 did not result in changes in MIP-2 or MCP-1 production, but initial exposure of MDMEC to IL-6, followed by exposure to C5a, resulted in significantly enhanced production of MIP-2 and MCP-1 (but not TNF-alpha and MIP-1alpha). Although LPS or IFN-gamma alone induced some release of MCP-1 and MIP-2, pre-exposure of these monolayers to LPS or IFN-gamma, followed by addition of C5a, resulted in synergistic production of MIP-2 and MCP-1. Following i.v. infusion of LPS into mice, up-regulation of C5aR occurred in the capillary endothelium of mouse lung, as determined by immunostaining. These results support the hypothesis that C5aR expression on MDMEC and on the microvascular endothelium of lung can be up-regulated, suggesting that C5a in the co-presence of additional agonists may mediate pro-inflammatory effects of endothelial cells.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Binding, Competitive/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL2/biosynthesis
- Chemokine CXCL2
- Chemokines/biosynthesis
- Complement C5a/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Infusions, Intravenous
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Interleukin-6/pharmacology
- Iodine Radioisotopes/metabolism
- Lipopolysaccharides/administration & dosage
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Lung/blood supply
- Lung/immunology
- Lung/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Microcirculation/cytology
- Microcirculation/immunology
- Microcirculation/metabolism
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Fragments/analysis
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a
- Receptors, Complement/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Complement/immunology
- Receptors, Complement/metabolism
- Receptors, Complement/physiology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
- von Willebrand Factor/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Ines J Laudes
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Recent studies have indicated that complement proteins might exert novel functions that are distinct from their well-established inflammatory role, by modulating cellular responses and cell-cell interactions that are crucial to early development and cell differentiation. Accumulating evidence suggests that complement might have important roles in diverse biologic processes, ranging from early hematopoiesis to skeletal and vascular development and normal reproduction. Furthermore, it is now becoming evident that complement-regulated pathways interact with other signaling networks and influence the outcome of complex developmental programs, such as limb regeneration in lower vertebrates and organ regeneration in mammals. These findings highlight a previously under-appreciated role of complement and might have important implications in the context of normal development by helping to elucidate the rather obscure role of innate immunity in such cell modulatory pathways.
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- Dimitrios Mastellos
- The Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 401 Stellar-Chance Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Riedemann NC, Guo RF, Neff TA, Laudes IJ, Keller KA, Sarma VJ, Markiewski MM, Mastellos D, Strey CW, Pierson CL, Lambris JD, Zetoune FS, Ward PA. Increased C5a receptor expression in sepsis. J Clin Invest 2002; 110:101-8. [PMID: 12093893 PMCID: PMC151030 DOI: 10.1172/jci15409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Excessive production of the complement activation product C5a appears to be harmful during the development of sepsis in rodents. Little is known about the role of the C5a receptor (C5aR) and its presence in different organs during sepsis. Using the cecal ligation/puncture (CLP) model in mice, we show here that C5aR immunoreactivity was strikingly increased in lung, liver, kidney, and heart early in sepsis in both control and neutrophil-depleted mice. C5aR mRNA expression in these organs was also significantly increased during sepsis. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed patterns of increased C5aR expression in parenchymal cells in all four organs following CLP. Mice injected at the start of CLP with a blocking IgG to C5aR (alphaC5aR) showed dramatically improved survival when compared with animals receiving nonspecific IgG, as did mice injected with alphaC5a. In alphaC5aR-treated mice, serum levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha and bacterial counts in various organs were significantly reduced during CLP when compared with control CLP animals. These studies demonstrate for the first time that C5aR is upregulated in lung, liver, kidney, and heart during the early phases of sepsis and that blockade of C5aR is highly protective from the lethal outcome of sepsis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/administration & dosage
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Immunohistochemistry
- Kidney/immunology
- Liver/immunology
- Lung/immunology
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Myocardium/immunology
- Neutrophils/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a
- Receptors, Complement/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Complement/genetics
- Receptors, Complement/metabolism
- Sepsis/genetics
- Sepsis/immunology
- Sepsis/prevention & control
- Tissue Distribution
- Up-Regulation
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- Niels C Riedemann
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 Catherine Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Riedemann NC, Guo RF, Neff TA, Laudes IJ, Keller KA, Sarma VJ, Markiewski MM, Mastellos D, Strey CW, Pierson CL, Lambris JD, Zetoune FS, Ward PA. Increased C5a receptor expression in sepsis. J Clin Invest 2002. [DOI: 10.1172/jci0215409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Riedemann NC, Guo RF, Laudes IJ, Keller K, Sarma VJ, Padgaonkar V, Zetoune FS, Ward PA. C5a receptor and thymocyte apoptosis in sepsis. FASEB J 2002; 16:887-8. [PMID: 12039868 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0033fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In sepsis, apoptosis occurs in many different organs. The mediators responsible for induction of apoptosis are not clearly known, although there are some suggestions that C5a and the C5a receptor (C5aR) might be directly linked to apoptosis. In the cecal ligation/puncture (CLP) model of sepsis in rats, apoptosis occurs early in a variety of organs, especially in the thymus. We demonstrate that thymocytes from normal rats show specific, saturable, and high affinity binding of 125I-labeled recombinant rat C5a. C5a binding to thymocytes was significantly increased 3 h after CLP and also when thymocytes from normal rats were first incubated in vitro with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or IL-6. The expression of C5aR mRNA in thymocytes was markedly increased 3, 6, and 12 h after CLP and increased similarly when normal thymocytes were first exposed to LPS or IL-6 in vitro. Thymocytes obtained 2 or 3 h after CLP and exposed in vitro to C5a, but not normal thymocytes, underwent increased apoptosis, as demonstrated by annexin-V binding, coinciding with increased activation of caspases 3, 6, and 8. These data provide the first direct evidence that in the early onset of sepsis, increased expression of C5aR occurs in thymocytes, which increases their susceptibility to C5a-induced apoptosis.
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- Niels C Riedemann
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0602, USA
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Koleva M, Schlaf G, Landmann R, Götze O, Jungermann K, Schieferdecker HL. Induction of anaphylatoxin C5a receptors in rat hepatocytes by lipopolysaccharide in vivo: mediation by interleukin-6 from Kupffer cells. Gastroenterology 2002; 122:697-708. [PMID: 11875003 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.31883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS In normal rat liver, anaphylatoxin C5a induces glucose output from hepatocytes indirectly via prostanoids released from Kupffer cells. Correspondingly, it was found that hepatocytes, in contrast to Kupffer cells, did not express C5a receptors. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been reported to enhance C5a receptor expression in murine livers. This might be the result of de novo expression in hepatocytes. METHODS C5a receptor expression was investigated in hepatocytes after in vivo treatment of rats with LPS and in vitro stimulation of isolated cells with LPS and proinflammatory cytokines on messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein level, and functionally in isolated hepatocytes and perfused liver. RESULTS In vivo treatment of rats with LPS induced C5a receptor mRNA and protein in hepatocytes with a maximum after 8-10 hours. At this time-point, C5a directly activated glycogen phosphorylase in isolated hepatocytes and enhanced glucose output in perfused livers without the involvement of prostanoids. LPS failed to induce C5a receptors in cultured hepatocytes in vitro, whereas interleukin (IL) 6 and IL-1beta, which are known to be released from Kupffer cells on stimulation with LPS, did so. In cocultures of hepatocytes with Kupffer cells, LPS induced C5a receptors in hepatocytes in an IL-6-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS Thus, IL-6 from Kupffer cells appears to be the main mediator of LPS-induced de novo expression of C5a receptors in hepatocytes.
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- Milena Koleva
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Riedemann NC, Guo RF, Sarma VJ, Laudes IJ, Huber-Lang M, Warner RL, Albrecht EA, Speyer CL, Ward PA. Expression and function of the C5a receptor in rat alveolar epithelial cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:1919-25. [PMID: 11823527 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.4.1919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Although alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) form an important barrier for host defenses in the lung, there is limited information about ways in which AEC can directly participate in the lung inflammatory response. In the current studies, primary cultures of rat AEC (RAEC) have been shown to specifically bind recombinant rat C5a at high affinity and in a saturable manner. This binding was enhanced in a time-dependent manner by pre-exposure of RAEC to LPS, IL-6, or TNF-alpha, the increased binding of C5a being associated with increased levels of mRNA for the C5a receptor (C5aR). Exposure of RAEC to C5a also caused increased expression of mRNA for C5aR. As compared with exposure of RAEC to LPS or to C5a alone, exposure to the combination caused enhanced production of TNF-alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein-2, and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1, as well as increased intracellular levels of IL-1beta. These data indicate that RAEC, when activated, have enhanced binding of C5a in association with increased mRNA for C5aR. The functional outcome is enhanced release of proinflammatory mediators. These data underscore the phlogistic potential of RAEC and the ability of C5a to enhance the phlogistic responses of RAEC.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CXCL2
- Chemokines, CXC
- Chemotactic Factors/biosynthesis
- Complement C5a/metabolism
- Complement C5a/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epithelial Cells/drug effects
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Growth Substances/biosynthesis
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Interleukin-1/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-1/genetics
- Interleukin-6/pharmacology
- Kinetics
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Monokines/biosynthesis
- Nuclease Protection Assays
- Pulmonary Alveoli/cytology
- Pulmonary Alveoli/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Rats
- Rats, Long-Evans
- Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a
- Receptors, Complement/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Complement/genetics
- Receptors, Complement/physiology
- Transcriptional Activation
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- Niels C Riedemann
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Schlaf G, Beisel N, Pollok-Kopp B, Schieferdecker H, Demberg T, Götze O. Constitutive expression and regulation of rat complement factor H in primary cultures of hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, and two hepatoma cell lines. J Transl Med 2002; 82:183-92. [PMID: 11850531 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The 155-kd soluble complement regulator factor H (FH), which consists of 20 short consensus repeats, increases the affinity of complement factor I (FI) for C3b by about 15 times. In addition to its cofactor activity, it prevents factor B from binding to C3b and promotes the dissociation of the C3bBb complex. The primary site of synthesis of FH, as well as of FI, is the liver, but the cell types responsible for the hepatic synthesis of both factors have not yet been clearly identified. In contrast to FI-mRNA, which was detectable only in hepatocytes (HC), FH-specific mRNA was identified in both HC and Kupffer cells (KC). As calculated for equal amounts of mRNA isolated from both cell types, FH-specific mRNA was found to be nearly 10-fold higher in KC than in HC, leading to the conclusion that KC are an abundant source of FH. Of the investigated proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IFN-gamma, only IFN-gamma up-regulated FH-specific mRNA up to 6-fold in both primary HC and KC. This was also demonstrable on the protein level. However, FH-specific mRNA was not inducible in the rat hepatoma cell line H4IIE, which did not express FH-specific mRNA and could not be up-regulated in FAO cells that constitutively expressed FH-specific mRNA. This demonstrates that transformed cell lines do not reflect FH regulation in isolated primary HC. In addition to IFN-gamma, the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) up-regulated FH-specific mRNA nearly 10-fold in KC after stimulation at concentrations of 10 or 1 ng/ml. In contrast, concentrations of up to 2 microg LPS/ml did not show any effect on HC. Our data suggest that LPS does not regulate the expression of FH in HC.
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- Gerald Schlaf
- Department of Immunology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany.
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Dumestre-Perard C, Ponard D, Drouet C, Leroy V, Zarski JP, Dutertre N, Colomb MG. Complement C4 monitoring in the follow-up of chronic hepatitis C treatment. Clin Exp Immunol 2002; 127:131-6. [PMID: 11882043 PMCID: PMC1906298 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01729.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The overall role of complement in the host--pathogen relationship is now well understood. However, its involvement at a chronic stage of infection, such as chronic hepatitis C, is less well documented. Here, results are reported which point to the use of specific C4 monitoring in the follow-up of HCV patients. This study concerns 66 patients with chronic HCV infection, treated with interferon alpha 2b alone or with interferon alpha 2b + ribavirin, and 50 healthy adults as controls. Complement blood tests were performed to measure C1q, C3, C4, mannan binding lectin (MBL), C1s-C1 inhibitor complexes, total (CH50) and C4 (C4H) haemolytic activity; specific C4 activity was taken as the C4H/C4 protein ratio. Rheumatoid factor (RF) levels were also measured. A significant reduction in CH50 and specific C4 activity in HCV patients, compared with the healthy controls, was observed before the onset of treatment; the other parameters were not affected and no C1s-C1 inhibitor complexes were detected. At the same time, a significant reduction in specific C4 activity was observed in relapsers compared with sustained responders. These results point to a potential predictive function of C4 specific activity to monitor the response to therapy. Restoration of specific C4 activity at 6 months was better in responders than in non-responders. Complement activation in chronic hepatitis C does not seem to involve the C1 stage of the classical pathway. A negative correlation between specific C4 activity and RF titres suggests a possible involvement of RF in C4 activation, via the lectin pathway. Specific C4 monitoring appears to be a valuable tool for the follow-up of chronic hepatitis C treatment, together with the other conventional investigations.
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Schlaf G, Demberg T, Koleva M, Jungermann K, Götze O. Complement factor I is upregulated in rat hepatocytes by interleukin-6 but not by interferon-gamma, interleukin-1beta, or tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Biol Chem 2001; 382:1089-94. [PMID: 11530941 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2001.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Complement factor I (FI) is a regulatory serine protease of the complement system which cleaves three peptide bonds in the alpha-chain of C3b and two bonds in the alpha-chain of C4b and thus prevents the assembly of the C3 and C5 convertases. We have investigated the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-1beta, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma for their potential role in the regulation of FI expression. Of the investigated cytokines, only IL-6 increased the FI-specific RT-PCR signal in isolated hepatocytes, in the two rat hepatoma-derived cell lines FAO and H4IIE or in HUVECs. Quantitative competitive RT-PCR showed an IL-6 induced upregulation of FI-specific mRNA by about ten-fold. These data are in accord with Northern blot analyses in which the FI-mRNA was upregulated by IL-6 between five- and seven-fold. IL-6, but not IL-1beta, TNF-alpha or IFN-gamma also increased FI-protein levels in cell culture supernatants by about five-fold as determined by a semiquantitative immunoblot using a novel monoclonal antibody specific for rat FI.
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- G Schlaf
- Abteilung Immunologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Schieferdecker HL, Schlaf G, Jungermann K, Götze O. Functions of anaphylatoxin C5a in rat liver: direct and indirect actions on nonparenchymal and parenchymal cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2001; 1:469-81. [PMID: 11367531 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(00)00038-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Growing evidence obtained in recent years indicates that anaphylatoxin C5a receptors (C5aR) are not restricted to myeloid cells but are also expressed on nonmyeloid cells in different tissues such as brain, lung, skin and liver. In contrast to its well-defined systemic functions, the actions of anaphylatoxins in these organs are poorly characterized. The liver can be a primary target organ for the C5a anaphylatoxin since the liver is directly connected to the gut, via the mesenteric veins and portal vein which is a main source of complement activating lipopolysaccharides (LPS). In the normal rat liver, the C5aR is only expressed by nonparenchymal cells, i.e. strongly by Kupffer cells (KC) and hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and weakly by sinusoidal endothelial cells (SEC), but not expressed by the parenchymal hepatocytes (HC). Accordingly, direct effects of C5a were only found in the C5aR-expressing KC and HSC: C5a induced the release of prostanoids from KC and HSC and enhanced the LPS-dependent release of interleukin-6 from KC. These soluble mediators indirectly influenced effector functions of the C5aR-free HC. C5a enhanced the glycogen phosphorylase activity and thus the glucose output from HC indirectly via prostanoids released from KC and HSC. Glucose can serve as an energy substrate as well as an electron donor for the synthesis of reactive oxygen intermediates by KC. Moreover, C5a also enhanced transcription of the gene for the type-2 acute phase protein alpha 2-macroglobulin in HC indirectly by increasing LPS-dependent IL-6 release from KC. Under pathological conditions, C5aR was found to be upregulated in various organs including the liver. Simulation of inflammatory conditions by treatment of rats with IL-6, a main inflammatory mediator in the liver, caused a de novo expression of functional C5aR in HC. In livers of IL-6-treated rats, C5a initiated glucose output from HC and perhaps other HC-specific defense reactions directly without the intervention of soluble mediators from nonparenchymal cells.
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- H L Schieferdecker
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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Mastellos D, Papadimitriou JC, Franchini S, Tsonis PA, Lambris JD. A novel role of complement: mice deficient in the fifth component of complement (C5) exhibit impaired liver regeneration. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2479-86. [PMID: 11160308 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Components of innate immunity have recently been implicated in the regulation of developmental processes. Most strikingly, complement factors appear to be involved in limb regeneration in certain urodele species. Prompted by these observations and anticipating a conserved role of complement in mammalian regeneration, we have now investigated the involvement of complement component C5 in liver regeneration, using a murine model of CCl(4)-induced liver toxicity and mice genetically deficient in C5. C5-deficient mice showed severely defective liver regeneration and persistent parenchymal necrosis after exposure to CCl(4.) In addition, these mice showed a marked delay in the re-entry of hepatocytes into the cell cycle (S phase) and diminished mitotic activity, as demonstrated, respectively, by the absence of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation in hepatocytes, and the rare occurrence of mitoses in the liver parenchyma. Reconstitution of C5-deficient mice with murine C5 or C5a significantly restored hepatocyte regeneration after toxic injury. Furthermore, blockade of the C5a receptor (C5aR) abrogated the ability of hepatocytes to proliferate in response to liver injury, providing a mechanism by which C5 exerts its function, and establishing a critical role for C5aR signaling in the early events leading to hepatocyte proliferation. These results support a novel role for C5 in liver regeneration and strongly implicate the complement system as an important immunoregulatory component of hepatic homeostasis.
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- D Mastellos
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 401 Stellar-Chance Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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