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Kajimura Y, Taguchi A, Nagao Y, Yamamoto K, Masuda K, Shibata K, Asaoka Y, Furutani-Seiki M, Tanizawa Y, Ohta Y. E4BP4 in macrophages induces an anti-inflammatory phenotype that ameliorates the severity of colitis. Commun Biol 2024; 7:527. [PMID: 38714733 PMCID: PMC11076557 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06099-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/10/2024] Open
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Macrophages are versatile cells of the innate immune system that work by altering their pro- or anti-inflammatory features. Their dysregulation leads to inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. We show that macrophage-specific upregulation of the clock output gene and transcription factor E4BP4 reduces the severity of colitis in mice. RNA-sequencing and single-cell analyses of macrophages revealed that increased expression of E4BP4 leads to an overall increase in expression of anti-inflammatory genes including Il4ra with a concomitant reduction in pro-inflammatory gene expression. In contrast, knockout of E4BP4 in macrophages leads to increased proinflammatory gene expression and decreased expression of anti-inflammatory genes. ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq analyses further identified Il4ra as a target of E4BP4, which drives anti-inflammatory polarization in macrophages. Together, these results reveal a critical role for E4BP4 in regulating macrophage inflammatory phenotypes and resolving inflammatory bowel diseases.
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- Yasuko Kajimura
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Science and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Science and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Science and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Science and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Science and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biochemistry in Pathology and Regeneration, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biochemistry in Pathology and Regeneration, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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- Yamaguchi University, 1677-1, Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8511, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Science and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami Kogushi, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
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Verçosa BLA, Muniz-Junqueira MI, Menezes-Souza D, Fujiwara RT, Borges LDF, Melo MN, Vasconcelos AC. MCP-1/IL-12 ratio expressions correlated with adventitial collagen depositions in renal vessels and IL-4/IFN-γ expression correlated with interstitial collagen depositions in the kidneys of dogs with canine leishmaniasis. Mol Immunol 2023; 156:61-76. [PMID: 36889187 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2023.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Collagen deposition is a common event in chronic inflammation, and canine Leishmaniosis (CanL) is generally associated with a long and chronic evolution. Considering that the kidney shows fibrinogenic changes during CanL, and the balance of cytokines/chemokines regulates the profibrinogenic and antifibrinogenic immune responses differently, it can be hypothesized that the balance of cytokines/chemokines can be differentially expressed in the renal tissue in order to determine the expression of collagen depositions in the kidneys. This study aimed to measure collagen deposition and to evaluate cytokine/chemokine expressions in the kidney by means of qRT-PCR in sixteen Leishmania-infected dogs and six uninfected controls. Kidney fragments were stained with hematoxylin & eosin (H&E), Masson's Trichrome, Picrosirius Red, and Gomori's reticulin. Intertubular and adventitial collagen depositions were evaluated by the morphometric approach. Cytokine RNA expressions were measured by means of qRT-PCR to identify molecules involved in chronic collagen depositions in kidneys with CanL. Collagen depositions were related to the presence of clinical signs, and more intense intertubular collagen depositions occurred in infected dogs. Adventitial collagen deposition, as morphometrically measured by the average area of the collagen, was more intense in clinically affected dogs than in subclinically infected dogs. TNF-α/TGF-β, MCP1/IL-12, CCL5/IL-12, IL-4/IFN-γ, and IL-12/TGF-β expressions were associated with clinical manifestations in dogs with CanL. The IL-4/IFN-α ratio was more commonly expressed and upregulated in clinically affected dogs, and downregulated in subclinically infected dogs. Furthermore, MCP-1/IL-12 and CCL5/IL-12 were more commonly expressed in subclinically infected dogs. Strong positive correlations were detected between morphometric values of interstitial collagen depositions and MCP-1/IL-12, IL-12, and IL-4 mRNA expression levels in the renal tissues. Adventitial collagen deposition was correlated with TGF-β, IL-4/IFN-γ, and TNF-α/TGF-β. In conclusion, our results showed the association of MCP-1/IL-12 and CCL5/IL-12 ratios with an absence of clinical signs, as well as an IL-4/IFN-α ratio with adventitial and intertubular collagen depositions in dogs with visceral leishmaniosis.
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- Barbara Laurice Araújo Verçosa
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório de Imunologia Celular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Saito S, Tatsumoto N, Cao DY, Nosaka N, Nishi H, Leal DN, Bernstein E, Shimada K, Arditi M, Bernstein KE, Yamashita M. Overexpressed angiotensin-converting enzyme in neutrophils suppresses glomerular damage in crescentic glomerulonephritis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2022; 323:F411-F424. [PMID: 35979968 PMCID: PMC9484997 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00067.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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While angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) regulates blood pressure by producing angiotensin II as part of the renin-angiotensin system, we recently reported that elevated ACE in neutrophils promotes an effective immune response and increases resistance to infection. Here, we investigate if such neutrophils protect against renal injury in immune complex (IC)-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) through complement. Nephrotoxic serum nephritis (NTN) was induced in wild-type and NeuACE mice that overexpress ACE in neutrophils. Glomerular injury of NTN in NeuACE mice was attenuated with much less proteinuria, milder histological injury, and reduced IC deposits, but presented with more glomerular neutrophils in the early stage of the disease. There were no significant defects in T and B cell functions in NeuACE mice. NeuACE neutrophils exhibited enhanced IC uptake with elevated surface expression of FcγRII/III and complement receptor CR1/2. IC uptake in neutrophils was enhanced by NeuACE serum containing elevated complement C3b. Given no significant complement activation by ACE, this suggests that neutrophil ACE indirectly preactivates C3 and that the C3b-CR1/2 axis and elevated FcγRII/III play a central role in IC elimination by neutrophils, resulting in reduced glomerular injury. The present study identified a novel renoprotective role of ACE in glomerulonephritis; elevated neutrophilic ACE promotes elimination of locally formed ICs in glomeruli via C3b-CR1/2 and FcγRII/III, ameliorating glomerular injury.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We studied immune complex (IC)-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis in NeuACE mice that overexpress ACE only in neutrophils. Such mice show no significant defects in humoral immunity but strongly resist nephrotoxic serum nephritis (less proteinuria, milder histological damage, reduced IC deposits, and more glomerular neutrophils). NeuACE neutrophils enhanced IC uptake via increased surface expression of CR1/2 and FcgRII/III, as well as elevated serum complement C3b. These results suggest neutrophil ACE as a novel approach to reducing glomerulonephritis.
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- Suguru Saito
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Kupffer Cells and Blood Monocytes Orchestrate the Clearance of Iron-Carbohydrate Nanoparticles from Serum. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23052666. [PMID: 35269805 PMCID: PMC8910242 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Intravenous (IV) iron nanoparticle preparations are widely used to treat iron deficiency. The mechanism of mononuclear phagocyte system-mediated clearance of IV iron nanoparticles is unknown. The early uptake and homeostasis of iron after injection of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) in mice was studied. An increase in serum iron was observed at 2.5 h followed by a return to baseline by 24 h. An increase in circulating monocytes was observed, particularly Ly6Chi and Ly6Clow. FCM was also associated with a time-dependent decrease in liver Kupffer cells (KCs) and increase in liver monocytes. The increase in liver monocytes suggests an influx of iron-rich blood monocytes, while some KCs underwent apoptosis. Adoptive transfer experiments demonstrated that following liver infiltration, blood monocytes differentiated to KCs. KCs were also critical for IV iron uptake and biodegradation. Indeed, anti-Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor (CSF1R)-mediated depletion of KCs resulted in elevated serum iron levels and impaired iron uptake by the liver. Gene expression profiling indicated that C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) might be involved in monocyte recruitment to the liver, confirmed by pharmaceutical inhibition of CCR5. Liver KCs play a pivotal role in the clearance and storage of IV iron and KCs appear to be supported by the expanded blood monocyte population.
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Riedel JH, Turner JE, Panzer U. T helper cell trafficking in autoimmune kidney diseases. Cell Tissue Res 2021; 385:281-292. [PMID: 33598825 PMCID: PMC8523400 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-020-03403-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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CD4+ T cells are key drivers of autoimmune diseases, including crescentic GN. Many effector mechanisms employed by T cells to mediate renal damage and repair, such as local cytokine production, depend on their presence at the site of inflammation. Therefore, the mechanisms regulating the renal CD4+ T cell infiltrate are of central importance. From a conceptual point of view, there are four distinct factors that can regulate the abundance of T cells in the kidney: (1) T cell infiltration, (2) T cell proliferation, (3) T cell death and (4) T cell retention/egress. While a substantial amount of data on the recruitment of T cells to the kidneys in crescentic GN have accumulated over the last decade, the roles of T cell proliferation and death in the kidney in crescentic GN is less well characterized. However, the findings from the data available so far do not indicate a major role of these processes. More importantly, the molecular mechanisms underlying both egress and retention of T cells from/in peripheral tissues, such as the kidney, are unknown. Here, we review the current knowledge of mechanisms and functions of T cell migration in renal autoimmune diseases with a special focus on chemokines and their receptors.
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- Jan-Hendrik Riedel
- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.,III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Translational Immunology, III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. .,III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. .,Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Meng XM, Mak TSK, Lan HY. Macrophages in Renal Fibrosis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1165:285-303. [PMID: 31399970 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8871-2_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Monocytes/macrophages are highly involved in the process of renal injury, repair and fibrosis in many aspects of experimental and human renal diseases. Monocyte-derived macrophages, characterized by high heterogeneity and plasticity, are recruited, activated, and polarized in the whole process of renal fibrotic diseases in response to local microenvironment. As classically activated M1 or CD11b+/Ly6Chigh macrophages accelerate renal injury by producing pro-inflammatory factors like tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) and interleukins, alternatively activated M2 or CD11b+/Ly6Cintermediate macrophages may contribute to kidney repair by exerting anti-inflammation and wound healing functions. However, uncontrolled M2 macrophages or CD11b+/Ly6Clow macrophages promote renal fibrosis via paracrine effects or direct transition to myofibroblast-like cells via the process of macrophage-to-myofibroblast transition (MMT). In this regard, therapeutic strategies targeting monocyte/macrophage recruitment, activation, and polarization should be emphasized in the treatment of renal fibrosis.
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- Xiao-Ming Meng
- School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, and Lui Chi Woo Institute of Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, and Lui Chi Woo Institute of Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Vajen T, Koenen RR, Werner I, Staudt M, Projahn D, Curaj A, Sönmez TT, Simsekyilmaz S, Schumacher D, Möllmann J, Hackeng TM, Hundelshausen PV, Weber C, Liehn EA. Blocking CCL5-CXCL4 heteromerization preserves heart function after myocardial infarction by attenuating leukocyte recruitment and NETosis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10647. [PMID: 30006564 PMCID: PMC6045661 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29026-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of death in Western countries and finding new strategies for its prevention and treatment is thus of high priority. In a previous study, we have demonstrated a pathophysiologic relevance for the heterophilic interaction of CCL5 and CXCL4 in the progression of atherosclerosis. A specifically designed compound (MKEY) to block this CCL5-CXCR4 interaction is investigated as a potential therapeutic in a model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) damage. 8 week-old male C57BL/6 mice were intravenously treated with MKEY or scrambled control (sMKEY) from 1 day before, until up to 7 days after I/R. By using echocardiography and intraventricular pressure measurements, MKEY treatment resulted in a significant decrease in infarction size and preserved heart function as compared to sMKEY-treated animals. Moreover, MKEY treatment significantly reduced the inflammatory reaction following I/R, as revealed by specific staining for neutrophils and monocyte/macrophages. Interestingly, MKEY treatment led to a significant reduction of citrullinated histone 3 in the infarcted tissue, showing that MKEY can prevent neutrophil extracellular trap formation in vivo. Disrupting chemokine heterodimers during myocardial I/R might have clinical benefits, preserving the therapeutic benefit of blocking specific chemokines, and in addition, reducing the inflammatory side effects maintaining normal immune defence.
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- Tanja Vajen
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Department of Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Department of Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karlsruhe City Hospital of Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Department of Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Department of Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Human Genetic Laboratory, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania
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Soehnlein O. Decision shaping neutrophil-platelet interplay in inflammation: From physiology to intervention. Eur J Clin Invest 2018; 48. [PMID: 29226390 DOI: 10.1111/eci.12871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Inflammation is a well-coordinated process in response to tissue injury or infection aimed at restoration of tissue homoeostasis. Platelets and neutrophils are typically viewed important in the context of haemostasis and bacterial killing, respectively. However, as these cells are equipped with readily available armoury, both have received much attention for their importance in shaping the early inflammatory reaction in recent years. While some of these activities are executed individually, both cells join forces during much of their pro-inflammatory activities. This brief review summarizes recently identified mechanisms of neutrophil-platelet interaction and describes functional consequences on neutrophil trafficking and the release of neutrophil extracellular traps. Moreover, the synergy of neutrophils and platelets during the recruitment of monocytes is reviewed. Finally, this review discusses how knowledge on the intimate neutrophil-platelet partnership can be employed to design interventional strategies.
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- Oliver Soehnlein
- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FyFa), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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Hochane M, Raison D, Coquard C, Béraud C, Bethry A, Danilin S, Massfelder T, Barthelmebs M. Parathyroid hormone-related protein modulates inflammation in mouse mesangial cells and blunts apoptosis by enhancing COX-2 expression. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 314:C242-C253. [PMID: 29141920 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00018.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Injury of mesangial cells (MC) is a prominent feature of glomerulonephritis. Activated MC secrete inflammatory mediators that induce cell apoptosis. Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) is a locally active cytokine that enhances cell survival and is upregulated by proinflammatory factors in many cell types. The aim of this study was to analyze the regulation of PTHrP expression by inflammatory cytokines and to evaluate whether PTHrP itself acts as a proinflammatory and/or survival factor on male murine MC in primary culture. Our results showed that IL-1β (10 ng/ml) and TNF-α (10 ng/ml) rapidly and transiently upregulated PTHrP expression in MC. The effects of IL-1β were both transcriptional and posttranscriptional, with stabilization of the PTHrP mRNA by human antigen R (HuR). Proteome profiler arrays showed that PTHrP itself enhanced cytokines within 2 h in cell lysates, mainly IL-17, IL-16, IL-1α, and IL-6. PTHrP also stimulated sustained expression (2-4 h) of chemokines, mainly regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES)/C-C motif chemokine 5 (CCL5) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2)/C-X-C motif chemokine 2 (CXCL2), thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)/CCL17, and interferon-inducible T cell α-chemoattractant (I-TAC)/CXCL11. Moreover, PTHrP markedly enhanced cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and elicited its autoinduction through the activation of the NF-κB pathway. PTHrP induced MC survival via the COX-2 products, and PTHrP overexpression in MC blunted the apoptotic effects of IL-1β and TNF-α. Altogether, these findings suggest that PTHrP functions as a booster of glomerular inflammatory processes and may be a negative feedback loop preserving MC survival.
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- Mazène Hochane
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg , France.,Université de Strasbourg , Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg , France.,Université de Strasbourg , Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S1113, Equipe Signalisation et Communication Cellulaires dans les Cancers du Rein et de la Prostate, Strasbourg , France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle, Strasbourg , France.,Université de Strasbourg , Strasbourg , France
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Aswad M, Assi S, Schif-Zuck S, Ariel A. CCL5 Promotes Resolution-Phase Macrophage Reprogramming in Concert with the Atypical Chemokine Receptor D6 and Apoptotic Polymorphonuclear Cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2017; 199:1393-1404. [PMID: 28674178 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
Abstract
The engulfment of apoptotic polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) during the resolution of inflammation leads to macrophage reprogramming culminating in reduced proinflammatory and increased anti-inflammatory mediator secretion. The atypical chemokine receptor D6/ACKR2 is expressed on apoptotic PMN and plays an important role in regulating macrophage properties during and after engulfment. In this study, we found that the inflammatory chemokine CCL5 is mostly retained (75%) during the resolution of zymosan A peritonitis in mice. Moreover, this chemokine is secreted by resolution-phase macrophages (2.5 ng/ml) and promotes their reprogramming in vivo in D6+/+ mice (2-fold increase in IL-10/IL-12 ratio) but not their D6-/- counterparts. In addition, CCL5 enhanced macrophage reprogramming ex vivo exclusively when bound to D6+/+ apoptotic PMN. Signaling through p38MAPK and JNK in reprogrammed macrophages was enhanced by CCL5-bound apoptotic PMN (3.6-4 fold) in a D6-dependent manner, and was essential for reprogramming. Thus, CCL5 exerts a novel proresolving role on macrophages when acting in concert with apoptotic PMN-expressed D6.
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- Miran Aswad
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; and
- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; and
- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; and
- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel; and
- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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Ramos CDO, Nardeli CR, Campos KKD, Pena KB, Machado DF, Bandeira ACB, Costa GDP, Talvani A, Bezerra FS. The exposure to formaldehyde causes renal dysfunction, inflammation and redox imbalance in rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 69:367-372. [PMID: 28336174 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2017.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Twenty-eight Fischer male rats were divided into four groups: control group (CG), exposed to the ambient air, and groups exposed to formaldehyde (FA) at concentrations of 1% (FA1%), 5% (FA5%) and 10% (FA10%). Kidney function was assessed by dosage of uric acid, creatinine and urea. Morphometry was performed on the thickness of the lumen of Bowman's capsule and diameter of the lumen of the renal tubules. We evaluated the redox imbalance through the catalase and superoxide dismutase activity as well as oxidative damage by lipid peroxidation. Inflammatory chemokines CCL2, CCL3 and CCL5 were analyzed by enzyme immunoassays. There was an increase in the concentration of urea in FA10% compared with CG and FA1%. The levels of creatinine, renal lumen and lipid peroxidation increased in all FA-treated groups compared with CG. The concentration of uric acid in FA10% was lower compared with all other groups. There was an increase in the space of Bowman's capsule in FA5% and FA10% compared with CG and FA1%. However, the superoxide dismutase activity was higher in FA5% compared with other groups while CCL5 was higher in FA1% compared with CG. The exposure to formaldehyde in a short period of time leads to changes in the kidney function, inflammation and morphology, as well as promoted the increase of superoxide dismutase activity and oxidative damage.
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- Camila de Oliveira Ramos
- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology (LAFEx), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology (LAFEx), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology (LAFEx), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology (LAFEx), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology (LAFEx), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Biochemistry (LBM), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Inflammation (LABIIN), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Inflammation (LABIIN), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology (LAFEx), Department of Biological Sciences (DECBI), Center of Research in Biological Sciences (NUPEB), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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The role of chemokines in hypertension and consequent target organ damage. Pharmacol Res 2017; 119:404-411. [PMID: 28279813 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2017.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Immune cells infiltrate the kidney, vasculature, and central nervous system during hypertension, consequently amplifying tissue damage and/or blood pressure elevation. Mononuclear cell motility depends partly on chemokines, which are small cytokines that guide cells through an increasing concentration gradient via ligation of their receptors. Tissue expression of several chemokines is elevated in clinical and experimental hypertension. Likewise, immune cells have enhanced chemokine receptor expression during hypertension, driving immune cell infiltration and inappropriate inflammation in cardiovascular control centers. T lymphocytes and monocytes/macrophages are pivotal mediators of hypertensive inflammation, and these cells migrate in response to several chemokines. As powerful drivers of diapedesis, the chemokines CCL2 and CCL5 have long been implicated in hypertension, but experimental data highlight divergent, context-specific effects of these chemokines on blood pressure and tissue injury. Several other chemokines, particularly those of the CXC family, contribute to blood pressure elevation and target organ damage. Given the significant interplay and chemotactic redundancy among chemokines during disease, future work must not only describe the actions of individual chemokines in hypertension, but also characterize how manipulating a single chemokine modulates the expression and/or function of other chemokines and their cognate receptors. This information will facilitate the design of precise chemotactic immunotherapies to limit cardiovascular and renal morbidity in hypertensive patients.
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Słomiński B, Ławrynowicz U, Myśliwska J, Ryba-Stanisławowska M, Skrzypkowska M, Myśliwiec M, Brandt A. CCR5-Δ32 gene polymorphism is related to celiac disease and autoimmune thyroiditis coincidence in patients with type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications 2017; 31:615-618. [PMID: 27894748 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIM The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between CCR5-Δ32 polymorphism and the coincidence of celiac and autoimmune thyroid diseases with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) in children. METHODS 420 children with T1D aged 15.5±3.0years and 350 healthy controls were studied. Characterization of CCR5-Δ32 genotypes (rs333) was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS The allele frequency was significantly different in diabetic children as compared to the healthy controls (p<0.0001). We found negative association between T1D and Δ32 allele (OR=0.383; 95% CI=0.268-0.549). Besides, we observed alterations in the frequencies of CCR5-Δ32 genotypes due to celiac and autoimmune thyroid diseases. The risk of celiac disease for patient carriers of the 32-bp deletion was more than threefold higher than for noncarriers (OR=3.490; 95% CI=1.357-8.859; p=0.009). Similar results were obtained in the case of autoimmune thyroiditis. The risk of autoimmune thyroiditis for patient carriers of the 32-bp deletion was also more than threefold higher than for noncarriers (OR=3.466; 95% CI=1.754-6.849; p=0.0004). CONCLUSIONS The findings of our studies suggest that the CCR5-Δ32 polymorphism is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus and the Δ32 allele increases the risk of celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid disorders in patients with T1D.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Celiac Disease/complications
- Celiac Disease/genetics
- Celiac Disease/metabolism
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis
- Heterozygote
- Hospitals, University
- Humans
- Hyperglycemia/prevention & control
- Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use
- Insulin/therapeutic use
- Male
- Poland
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, CCR5/genetics
- Receptors, CCR5/metabolism
- Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/complications
- Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/genetics
- Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/metabolism
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- Bartosz Słomiński
- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk.
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk
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- Chair & Clinics of Paediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk
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- Chair & Clinics of Paediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk
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Słomiński B, Ławrynowicz U, Myśliwska J, Ryba-Stanisławowska M, Skrzypkowska M, Brandt A. CCR5-Δ32 gene polymorphism is associated with retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 439:256-260. [PMID: 27619405 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
AIM The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between the CCR5-Δ32 polymorphism and the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with DM1. METHODS We examined 420 patients and 350 healthy controls. The analysis concerned CCR5-Δ32 polymorphism as well as levels of serum inflammatory markers (CRP, TNF-α), adhesion molecules (VCAM, ICAM-1, ICAM-3) and CCR5 ligand (MCP-1). RESULTS We found a negative association between DM1 and Δ32 allele. Moreover, the frequency of Δ32 allele was higher in a group with DR in comparison to control subjects without this complication. We also found that Δ32 carriers had the highest levels of: HbA1c, inflammatory markers, adhesion molecules and CCR5 ligand. CONCLUSIONS The findings of our studies suggest that the CCR5-Δ32 polymorphism is associated with DM1 such that the Δ32 allele protects against the development of DM1 and increases the risk of DR in patients who have already developed the disease.
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- Bartosz Słomiński
- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Chair & Clinics of Paediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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Klocke J, Kopetschke K, Grießbach AS, Langhans V, Humrich JY, Biesen R, Dragun D, Radbruch A, Burmester GR, Riemekasten G, Enghard P. Mapping urinary chemokines in human lupus nephritis: Potentially redundant pathways recruit CD4+
and CD8+
T cells and macrophages. Eur J Immunol 2016; 47:180-192. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 09/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Jan Klocke
- Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology; Universitätsklinikum Schleswig Holstein; Campus Lübeck Lübeck Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology; Universitätsklinikum Schleswig Holstein; Campus Lübeck Lübeck Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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Ortega-Gomez A, Salvermoser M, Rossaint J, Pick R, Brauner J, Lemnitzer P, Tilgner J, de Jong RJ, Megens RTA, Jamasbi J, Döring Y, Pham CT, Scheiermann C, Siess W, Drechsler M, Weber C, Grommes J, Zarbock A, Walzog B, Soehnlein O. Cathepsin G Controls Arterial But Not Venular Myeloid Cell Recruitment. Circulation 2016; 134:1176-1188. [PMID: 27660294 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.024790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Therapeutic targeting of arterial leukocyte recruitment in the context of atherosclerosis has been disappointing in clinical studies. Reasons for such failures include the lack of knowledge of arterial-specific recruitment patterns. Here we establish the importance of the cathepsin G (CatG) in the context of arterial myeloid cell recruitment. METHODS Intravital microscopy of the carotid artery, the jugular vein, and cremasteric arterioles and venules in Apoe-/-and CatG-deficient mice (Apoe-/-Ctsg-/-) was used to study site-specific myeloid cell behavior after high-fat diet feeding or tumor necrosis factor stimulation. Atherosclerosis development was assessed in aortic root sections after 4 weeks of high-fat diet, whereas lung inflammation was assessed after inhalation of lipopolysaccharide. Endothelial deposition of CatG and CCL5 was quantified in whole-mount preparations using 2-photon and confocal microscopy. RESULTS Our observations elucidated a crucial role for CatG during arterial leukocyte adhesion, an effect not found during venular adhesion. Consequently, CatG deficiency attenuates atherosclerosis but not acute lung inflammation. Mechanistically, CatG is immobilized on arterial endothelium where it activates leukocytes to firmly adhere engaging integrin clustering, a process of crucial importance to achieve effective adherence under high-shear flow. Therapeutic neutralization of CatG specifically abrogated arterial leukocyte adhesion without affecting myeloid cell adhesion in the microcirculation. Repetitive application of CatG-neutralizing antibodies permitted inhibition of atherogenesis in mice. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these findings present evidence of an arterial-specific recruitment pattern centered on CatG-instructed adhesion strengthening. The inhibition of this process could provide a novel strategy for treatment of arterial inflammation with limited side effects.
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- Almudena Ortega-Gomez
- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.)
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- From IPEK, LMU Munich, Germany (A.O.-G., J.B., P.L., R.d.J., R.T.A.M., J.J., Y.D., W.S., M.D., C.W., J.G., O.S.); WBex, LMU Munich, Germany (M.S., R.P., C.S., B.W.); Department of Anaesthesiology, University Münster, Germany (J.R., A.Z.); European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.T., J.G.); CARIM, Maastricht University, the Netherlands (R.T.A.M., C.W.); DZHK, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (Y.D., M.D., C.W., O.S.); Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO (C.T.P.); and AMC, Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (M.D., O.S.).
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Alard JE, Ortega-Gomez A, Wichapong K, Bongiovanni D, Horckmans M, Megens RTA, Leoni G, Ferraro B, Rossaint J, Paulin N, Ng J, Ippel H, Suylen D, Hinkel R, Blanchet X, Gaillard F, D'Amico M, von Hundelshausen P, Zarbock A, Scheiermann C, Hackeng TM, Steffens S, Kupatt C, Nicolaes GAF, Weber C, Soehnlein O. Recruitment of classical monocytes can be inhibited by disturbing heteromers of neutrophil HNP1 and platelet CCL5. Sci Transl Med 2016; 7:317ra196. [PMID: 26659570 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad5330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In acute and chronic inflammation, neutrophils and platelets, both of which promote monocyte recruitment, are often activated simultaneously. We investigated how secretory products of neutrophils and platelets synergize to enhance the recruitment of monocytes. We found that neutrophil-borne human neutrophil peptide 1 (HNP1, α-defensin) and platelet-derived CCL5 form heteromers. These heteromers stimulate monocyte adhesion through CCR5 ligation. We further determined structural features of HNP1-CCL5 heteromers and designed a stable peptide that could disturb proinflammatory HNP1-CCL5 interactions. This peptide attenuated monocyte and macrophage recruitment in a mouse model of myocardial infarction. These results establish the in vivo relevance of heteromers formed between proteins released from neutrophils and platelets and show the potential of targeting heteromer formation to resolve acute or chronic inflammation.
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- Jean-Eric Alard
- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Medizinische Klinik I, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik I, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. Medizinische Klinik I, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany. German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Roscoff Biological Station, Pierre et Marie Curie University, 29682 Paris, France
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Walter-Brendel-Center of Experimental Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik I, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany. German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University Maastricht, 6200 Maastricht, Netherlands. German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80336 Munich, Germany. Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, 1105 Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Rudemiller NP, Patel MB, Zhang JD, Jeffs AD, Karlovich NS, Griffiths R, Kan MJ, Buckley AF, Gunn MD, Crowley SD. C-C Motif Chemokine 5 Attenuates Angiotensin II-Dependent Kidney Injury by Limiting Renal Macrophage Infiltration. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2016; 186:2846-2856. [PMID: 27640148 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Inappropriate activation of the renin angiotensin system (RAS) is a key contributor to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. During RAS activation, infiltration of immune cells into the kidney exacerbates hypertension and renal injury. However, the mechanisms underpinning the accumulation of mononuclear cells in the kidney after RAS stimulation remain unclear. C-C motif chemokine 5 (CCL5) drives recruitment of macrophages and T lymphocytes into injured tissues, and we have found that RAS activation induces CCL5 expression in the kidney during the pathogenesis of hypertension and renal fibrosis. We therefore evaluated the contribution of CCL5 to renal damage and fibrosis in hypertensive and normotensive models of RAS stimulation. Surprisingly, during angiotensin II-induced hypertension, CCL5-deficient (knockout, KO) mice exhibited markedly augmented kidney damage, macrophage infiltration, and expression of proinflammatory macrophage cytokines compared with wild-type controls. When subjected to the normotensive unilateral ureteral obstruction model of endogenous RAS activation, CCL5 KO mice similarly developed more severe renal fibrosis and greater accumulation of macrophages in the kidney, congruent with enhanced renal expression of the macrophage chemokine CCL2. In turn, pharmacologic inhibition of CCL2 abrogated the differences between CCL5 KO and wild-type mice in kidney fibrosis and macrophage infiltration after unilateral ureteral obstruction. These data indicate that CCL5 paradoxically limits macrophage accumulation in the injured kidney during RAS activation by constraining the proinflammatory actions of CCL2.
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- Nathan P Rudemiller
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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Sharaf El Din UAA, Salem MM, Abdulazim DO. Stop chronic kidney disease progression: Time is approaching. World J Nephrol 2016; 5:258-273. [PMID: 27152262 PMCID: PMC4848149 DOI: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i3.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Revised: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is inevitable. However, the last decade has witnessed tremendous achievements in this field. Today we are optimistic; the dream of withholding this progression is about to be realistic. The recent discoveries in the field of CKD management involved most of the individual diseases leading the patients to end-stage renal disease. Most of these advances involved patients suffering diabetic kidney disease, chronic glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidney disease, renal amyloidosis and chronic tubulointerstitial disease. The chronic systemic inflammatory status and increased oxidative stress were also investigated. This inflammatory status influences the anti-senescence Klotho gene expression. The role of Klotho in CKD progression together with its therapeutic value are explored. The role of gut as a major source of inflammation, the pathogenesis of intestinal mucosal barrier damage, the role of intestinal alkaline phosphatase and the dietary and therapeutic implications add a novel therapeutic tool to delay CKD progression.
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Experimental and human studies have shown that proteinuria contributes to the progression of renal disease. Overexposure to filtered proteins promotes the expression and release of chemokines by tubular epithelial cells, thus leading to inflammatory cell recruitment and renal impairment. This review focuses on recent progress in cellular and molecular understanding of the role of chemokines in the pathogenesis of proteinuria-induced renal injury, as well as their clinical implications and therapeutic potential.
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Zhang Q, Luan H, Wang L, He F, Zhou H, Xu X, Li X, Xu Q, Niki T, Hirashima M, Xu G, Lv Y, Yuan J. Galectin-9 ameliorates anti-GBM glomerulonephritis by inhibiting Th1 and Th17 immune responses in mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2014; 306:F822-32. [PMID: 24477688 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00294.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Antiglomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis (anti-GBM GN) is a Th1- and Th17-predominant autoimmune disease. Galectin-9 (Gal-9), identified as the ligand of Tim-3, functions in diverse biological processes and leads to the apoptosis of CD4(+)Tim-3(+) T cells. It is still unclear how Gal-9 regulates the functions of Th1 and Th17 cells and prevents renal injury in anti-GBM GN. In this study, Gal-9 was administered to anti-GBM GN mice for 7 days. We found that Gal-9 retarded the increase of Scr, ameliorated renal tubular injury, and reduced the formation of crescents. The infiltration of Th1 and Th17 cells into the spleen and kidneys significantly decreased in Gal-9-treated nephritic mice. The reduced infiltration of Th1 and Th17 cells might be associated with the downregulation of CCL-20, CXCL-9, and CXCL-10 mRNAs in the kidney. In parallel, the blood levels of IFN-γ and IL-17A declined in Gal-9-treated nephritic mice at days 21 and 28. In addition, an enhanced Th2 cell-mediated immune response was observed in the kidneys of nephritic mice after a 7-day injection of Gal-9. In conclusion, the protective role of Gal-9 in anti-GBM GN is associated with the inhibition of Th1 and Th17 cell-mediated immune responses and enhanced Th2 immunity in the kidney.
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- Qian Zhang
- Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave., Wuhan 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
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Ripoll È, Merino A, Grinyó JM, Torras J. New approaches for the treatment of lupus nephritis in the 21st century: from the laboratory to the clinic. Immunotherapy 2013; 5:1089-101. [DOI: 10.2217/imt.13.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is a complex autoimmune disorder affecting multiple organ systems. Glomerulonephritis leading to severe proteinuria, chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease remains one of the most severe complications of systemic lupus erythematosus and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Conventional lupus nephritis (LN) treatment based on cyclophosphamide, steroids and, recently, mycophenolatemofetil has improved the outcome of the disease over the last 50 years, although failure to achieve remission or treatment resistance has been reported in 18–57% of patients. Chronic complications such as long-term toxicity dampen their ability to maintain disease remission. There is a need to develop more specific pharmacological agents for patients to provide choices that are equally effective, less toxic and have fewer complications. During the last 10 years, experimental studies based on different pathogenesis pathways of LN have provided an enormous amount of knowledge and have offered the possibility to target the disease with selective approaches. In this article, we summarize the new experimental strategies that have recently been utilized to target LN, focusing on mechanisms of action.
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- Èlia Ripoll
- Department of Experimental Nephrology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), L‘Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Nephrology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), L‘Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Nephrology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), L‘Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Nephrology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), L‘Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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Mulay SR, Thomasova D, Ryu M, Kulkarni OP, Migliorini A, Bruns H, Gröbmayr R, Lazzeri E, Lasagni L, Liapis H, Romagnani P, Anders HJ. Podocyte loss involves MDM2-driven mitotic catastrophe. J Pathol 2013; 230:322-35. [PMID: 23749457 DOI: 10.1002/path.4193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Podocyte apoptosis as a pathway of podocyte loss is often suspected but rarely detected. To study podocyte apoptosis versus inflammatory forms of podocyte death in vivo, we targeted murine double minute (MDM)-2 for three reasons. First, MDM2 inhibits p53-dependent apoptosis; second, MDM2 facilitates NF-κB signalling; and third, podocytes show strong MDM2 expression. We hypothesized that blocking MDM2 during glomerular injury may trigger p53-mediated podocyte apoptosis, proteinuria, and glomerulosclerosis. Unexpectedly, MDM2 blockade in early adriamycin nephropathy of Balb/c mice had the opposite effect and reduced intra-renal cytokine and chemokine expression, glomerular macrophage and T-cell counts, and plasma creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels. In cultured podocytes exposed to adriamycin, MDM2 blockade did not trigger podocyte death but induced G2/M arrest to prevent aberrant nuclear divisions and detachment of dying aneuploid podocytes, a feature of mitotic catastrophe in vitro and in vivo. Consistent with these observations, 12 of 164 consecutive human renal biopsies revealed features of podocyte mitotic catastrophe but only in glomerular disorders with proteinuria. Furthermore, delayed MDM2 blockade reduced plasma creatinine levels, blood urea nitrogen, tubular atrophy, interstitial leukocyte numbers, and cytokine expression as well as interstitial fibrosis. Together, MDM2-mediated mitotic catastrophe is a previously unrecognized variant of podocyte loss where MDM2 forces podocytes to complete the cell cycle, which in the absence of cytokinesis leads to podocyte aneuploidy, mitotic catastrophe, and loss by detachment. MDM2 blockade with nutlin-3a could be a novel therapeutic strategy to prevent renal inflammation, podocyte loss, glomerulosclerosis, proteinuria, and progressive kidney disease.
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- Shrikant R Mulay
- Nephrologisches Zentrum, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität, München, Germany
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Danger control programs cause tissue injury and remodeling. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:11319-46. [PMID: 23759985 PMCID: PMC3709734 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140611319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Revised: 05/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Are there common pathways underlying the broad spectrum of tissue pathologies that develop upon injuries and from subsequent tissue remodeling? Here, we explain the pathophysiological impact of a set of evolutionary conserved danger control programs for tissue pathology. These programs date back to the survival benefits of the first multicellular organisms upon traumatic injuries by launching a series of danger control responses, i.e., 1. Haemostasis, or clotting to control bleeding; 2. Host defense, to control pathogen entry and spreading; 3. Re-epithelialisation, to recover barrier functions; and 4. Mesenchymal, to repair to regain tissue stability. Taking kidney pathology as an example, we discuss how clotting, inflammation, epithelial healing, and fibrosis/sclerosis determine the spectrum of kidney pathology, especially when they are insufficiently activated or present in an overshooting and deregulated manner. Understanding the evolutionary benefits of these response programs may refine the search for novel therapeutic targets to limit organ dysfunction in acute injuries and in progressive chronic tissue remodeling.
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Moreno JA, Moreno S, Rubio-Navarro A, Sastre C, Blanco-Colio LM, Gómez-Guerrero C, Ortiz A, Egido J. Targeting chemokines in proteinuria-induced renal disease. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2012; 16:833-45. [PMID: 22793382 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2012.703657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Proteinuria is a common finding in glomerular diseases that contributes to the progression of chronic kidney injury. Tubular cells reabsorb the excess of albumin and other plasma proteins from the tubular lumen, triggering several pathophysiologic responses, such as overexpression of fibrogenic mediators and inflammatory chemokines. Chemokines are implicated both in the recruitment of inflammatory infiltrate and in a number of physiological and pathological processes related to protein overload. AREAS COVERED In recent years, the specific chemokines and their receptors and the intracellular signaling pathways involved in proteinuria-induced renal damage have been identified. This review provides an overview of the role of chemokines and their receptors in proteinuria-related renal disease and summarizes novel therapeutic approaches to restrain the progression of renal damage. EXPERT OPINION Inhibition of chemokine-induced biological activities is a promising therapeutic strategy in proteinuric disorders. Neutralizing antibodies and small organic molecules targeting chemokines and chemokine receptors have been proven to prevent inflammation and renal damage in experimental models of protein overload. Some of these compounds are currently being tested in human clinical trials.
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- Juan Antonio Moreno
- Department of Nephrology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Autonoma University, Avda. Reyes Católicos 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Tissues use resident dendritic cells and macrophages to maintain homeostasis and to regain homeostasis upon tissue injury: the immunoregulatory role of changing tissue environments. Mediators Inflamm 2012; 2012:951390. [PMID: 23251037 PMCID: PMC3518145 DOI: 10.1155/2012/951390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Most tissues harbor resident mononuclear phagocytes, that is, dendritic cells and macrophages. A classification that sufficiently covers their phenotypic heterogeneity and plasticity during homeostasis and disease does not yet exist because cell culture-based phenotypes often do not match those found in vivo. The plasticity of mononuclear phagocytes becomes obvious during dynamic or complex disease processes. Different data interpretation also originates from different conceptual perspectives. An immune-centric view assumes that a particular priming of phagocytes then causes a particular type of pathology in target tissues, conceptually similar to antigen-specific T-cell priming. A tissue-centric view assumes that changing tissue microenvironments shape the phenotypes of their resident and infiltrating mononuclear phagocytes to fulfill the tissue's need to maintain or regain homeostasis. Here we discuss the latter concept, for example, why different organs host different types of mononuclear phagocytes during homeostasis. We further discuss how injuries alter tissue environments and how this primes mononuclear phagocytes to enforce this particular environment, for example, to support host defense and pathogen clearance, to support the resolution of inflammation, to support epithelial and mesenchymal healing, and to support the resolution of fibrosis to the smallest possible scar. Thus, organ- and disease phase-specific microenvironments determine macrophage and dendritic cell heterogeneity in a temporal and spatial manner, which assures their support to maintain and regain homeostasis in whatever condition. Mononuclear phagocytes contributions to tissue pathologies relate to their central roles in orchestrating all stages of host defense and wound healing, which often become maladaptive processes, especially in sterile and/or diffuse tissue injuries.
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Hirasawa Y, Nishiyama T, Nagao T, Feng Y, Nagamatsu T. Involvement of protein kinase C in reduction of aggregated protein and phosphorylation of CREB in glomeruli. Exp Anim 2012; 61:119-24. [PMID: 22531726 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.61.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated the cAMP-PKA pathway to be associated with the reduction in aggregated proteins such as immune complex in glomeruli. The aim of this study was to clarify whether PKC is involved in the reduction of aggregated protein and phosphorylation of CREB in aggregated protein-loaded glomeruli. Mice were injected with aggregated bovine serum albumin (a-BSA), and glomeruli were isolated. The a-BSA-injected mice produced more cyclic AMP and had more phosphorylated serine and phosphorylated CREB in their glomeruli than the controls. The expression of phospho-CREB increased with the accumulation of a-BSA. KT5720 and H7 suppressed the increase in phosphorylated CREB in a-BSA-loaded glomeruli and the decrease in accumulated a-BSA in the glomeruli. These findings suggest that PKC is associated with the reduction of aggregated protein and phosphorylation of CREB in aggregated protein-loaded glomeruli.
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- Yasushi Hirasawa
- Laboratory of Pharmacobiology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Turner JE, Paust HJ, Bennstein SB, Bramke P, Krebs C, Steinmetz OM, Velden J, Haag F, Stahl RAK, Panzer U. Protective role for CCR5 in murine lupus nephritis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2012; 302:F1503-15. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00382.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Leukocyte infiltration is a characteristic feature of human and experimental lupus nephritis and is closely correlated with loss of renal function. The chemokine receptor CCR5 is expressed on monocyte and T cell subsets and is thought to play an important role in recruiting these cells into inflamed organs. To investigate the functional role of CCR5 in lupus nephritis, CCR5-deficient mice were backcrossed onto the lupus-prone MRL- Faslpr (MRL/lpr) genetic background. Unexpectedly, CCR5−/− MRL/lpr mice developed an aggravated course of lupus nephritis in terms of glomerular tissue injury and albuminuria. Deterioration of the nephritis was associated with an overall increase in mononuclear cell infiltration into the kidney, whereas renal leukocyte subtype balance, systemic T cell response, and autoantibody formation were unaffected by CCR5 deficiency. Renal and systemic protein levels of the CCR5 ligand CCL3, which can also attract leukocytes via its alternate receptor CCR1, were significantly increased in nephritic CCR5−/− MRL/lpr mice. Further studies revealed that the systemic increase in the CCR5/CCR1 ligand is also observed in nonimmune CCR5−/− C57BL/6 mice and that this increase was due to a reduced clearance, rather than an overproduction, of CCL3. Taken together, our data support the hypothesis that CCR5-dependent consumption of its own ligands may act as a negative feedback loop to restrain local chemokine levels within inflamed tissues, thereby limiting inflammatory cell influx.
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- Jan-Eric Turner
- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,
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- Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, and
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- Institut für Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf,
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Weidenbusch M, Anders HJ. Tissue microenvironments define and get reinforced by macrophage phenotypes in homeostasis or during inflammation, repair and fibrosis. J Innate Immun 2012; 4:463-77. [PMID: 22507825 DOI: 10.1159/000336717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Current macrophage phenotype classifications are based on distinct in vitro culture conditions that do not adequately mirror complex tissue environments. In vivo monocyte progenitors populate all tissues for immune surveillance which supports the maintenance of homeostasis as well as regaining homeostasis after injury. Here we propose to classify macrophage phenotypes according to prototypical tissue environments, e.g. as they occur during homeostasis as well as during the different phases of (dermal) wound healing. In tissue necrosis and/or infection, damage- and/or pathogen-associated molecular patterns induce proinflammatory macrophages by Toll-like receptors or inflammasomes. Such classically activated macrophages contribute to further tissue inflammation and damage. Apoptotic cells and an-tiinflammatory cytokines dominate in postinflammatory tissues which induce macrophages to produce more anti-inflammatory mediators. Similarly, tumor-associated macrophages also confer immunosuppression in tumor stroma. Insufficient parenchymal healing despite abundant growth factors pushes macrophages to gain a profibrotic phenotype and promote fibrocyte recruitment which both enforce tissue scarring. Ischemic scars are largely devoid of cytokines and growth factors so that fibrolytic macrophages that predominantly secrete proteases digest the excess extracellular matrix. Together, macrophages stabilize their surrounding tissue microenvironments by adapting different phenotypes as feed-forward mechanisms to maintain tissue homeostasis or regain it following injury. Furthermore, macrophage heterogeneity in healthy or injured tissues mirrors spatial and temporal differences in microenvironments during the various stages of tissue injury and repair.
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- Marc Weidenbusch
- Medizinische Klinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München-LMU, München, Deutschland
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Anders HJ. Four danger response programs determine glomerular and tubulointerstitial kidney pathology: clotting, inflammation, epithelial and mesenchymal healing. Organogenesis 2012; 8:29-40. [PMID: 22692229 PMCID: PMC3429510 DOI: 10.4161/org.20342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Renal biopsies commonly display tissue remodeling with a combination of many different findings. In contrast to trauma, kidney remodeling largely results from intrinsic responses, but why? Distinct danger response programs were positively selected throughout evolution to survive traumatic injuries and to regenerate tissue defects. These are: (1) clotting to avoid major bleeding, (2) immunity to control infection, (3) epithelial repair and (4) mesenchymal repair. Collateral damages are acceptable for the sake of host survival but causes for kidney injury commonly affect the kidneys in a diffuse manner. This way, coagulation, inflammation, deregulated epithelial healing or fibrosis contribute to kidney remodeling. Here, I focus on how these ancient danger response programs determine renal pathology mainly because they develop in a deregulated manner, either as insufficient or overshooting processes that modulate each other. From a therapeutic point of view, immunopathology can be prevented by suppressing sterile renal inflammation, a useless atavism with devastating consequences. In addition, it appears as an important goal for the future to promote podocyte and tubular epithelial cell repair, potentially by stimulating the differentiation of their newly discovered intrarenal progenitor cells. By contrast, it is still unclear whether selectively targeting renal fibrogenesis can preserve or bring back lost renal parenchyma, which would be required to maintain or improve kidney function. Thus, renal pathology results from ancient danger responses that evolved because of their evolutional benefits upon trauma. Understanding these causalities may help to shape the search for novel treatments for kidney disease patients.
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- Hans-Joachim Anders
- Nephrologisches Zentrum; Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV; Klinikum der Universität; München, Germany.
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Ramos MV, Auvynet C, Poupel L, Rodero M, Mejias MP, Panek CA, Vanzulli S, Combadiere C, Palermo M. Chemokine receptor CCR1 disruption limits renal damage in a murine model of hemolytic uremic syndrome. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011; 180:1040-1048. [PMID: 22203055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli is the main etiological agent that causes hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a microangiopathic disease characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Although direct cytotoxic effects on endothelial cells by Stx are the primary pathogenic event, there is evidence that indicates the inflammatory response mediated by polymorphonuclear neutrophils and monocytes as the key event during HUS development. Because the chemokine receptor CCR1 participates in the pathogenesis of several renal diseases by orchestrating myeloid cell kidney infiltration, we specifically addressed the contribution of CCR1 in a murine model of HUS. We showed that Stx type 2-treated CCR1(-/-) mice have an increased survival rate associated with less functional and histological renal damage compared with control mice. Stx type 2-triggered neutrophilia and monocytosis and polymorphonuclear neutrophil and monocyte renal infiltration were significantly reduced and delayed in CCR1(-/-) mice compared with control mice. In addition, the increase of the inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-α and IL-6) in plasma was delayed in CCR1(-/-) mice compared with control mice. These data demonstrate that CCR1 participates in cell recruitment to the kidney and amplification of the inflammatory response that contributes to HUS development. Blockade of CCR1 could be important to the design of future therapies to restrain the inflammatory response involved in the development of HUS.
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- Maria V Ramos
- Division of Immunology, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX-CONICET), National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Laboratory of Immunity and Infection, INSERM UMRS 945, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Immunity and Infection, INSERM UMRS 945, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Immunity and Infection, INSERM UMRS 945, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Division of Immunology, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX-CONICET), National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Immunology, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX-CONICET), National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Pathology, Institute of Oncologic Investigation, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Immunity and Infection, INSERM UMRS 945, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Division of Immunology, Institute of Experimental Medicine (IMEX-CONICET), National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Watanabe T, Kanamaru Y, Liu C, Suzuki Y, Tada N, Okumura K, Horikoshi S, Tomino Y. Negative regulation of inflammatory responses by immunoglobulin A receptor (FcαRI) inhibits the development of Toll-like receptor-9 signalling-accelerated glomerulonephritis. Clin Exp Immunol 2011; 166:235-50. [PMID: 21985370 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04452.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Myeloid FcαRI, a receptor for immunoglobulin (Ig)A, mediates cell activation or inhibition depending on the type of ligand interaction, which can be either multivalent or monovalent. Anti-inflammatory signalling is triggered by monomeric targeting using anti-FcαRI Fab or IgA ligand binding, which inhibits immune and non-immune-mediated renal inflammation. The participation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in kidney pathology in experimental models and various forms of human glomerular nephritis has been discussed. However, little is known about negative regulation of innate-immune activation. In the present study, we generated new transgenic mice that express FcαRI(R209L) /FcRγ chimeric protein and showed that the monovalent targeting of FcαRI exhibited inhibitory effects in an in vivo model of TLR-9 signalling-accelerated nephritis. Mouse monoclonal anti-FcαRI MIP8a Fab improved urinary protein levels and reduced the number of macrophages and immunoglobulin deposition in the glomeruli. Monovalent targeting using MIP8a Fab attenuates the TLR-9 signalling pathway and is associated with phosphorylation of extracellular signal-related protein kinases [extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), P38, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)] and the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB. The inhibitory mechanism involves recruitment of tyrosine phosphatase Src homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1 (SHP-1) to FcαRI. Furthermore, cell transfer studies with macrophages pretreated with MIP8a Fab showed that blockade of FcαRI signalling in macrophages prevents the development of TLR-9 signalling-accelerated nephritis. These results suggest a role of anti-FcαRI Fab as a negative regulator in controlling the magnitude of the innate immune response and a new type of anti-inflammatory drug for treatment of kidney disease.
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- T Watanabe
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Anders HJ, Ryu M. Renal microenvironments and macrophage phenotypes determine progression or resolution of renal inflammation and fibrosis. Kidney Int 2011; 80:915-925. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chevigné A, Fievez V, Schmit JC, Deroo S. Engineering and screening the N-terminus of chemokines for drug discovery. Biochem Pharmacol 2011; 82:1438-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.07.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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An orally active chemokine receptor CCR2 antagonist prevents glomerulosclerosis and renal failure in type 2 diabetes. Kidney Int 2011; 80:68-78. [PMID: 21508925 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The progression of diabetic nephropathy is associated with an infiltration of macrophages expressing different phenotypes. As classically activated chemokine receptor CCR2+ macrophages are thought to drive tissue inflammation and remodeling, we tested whether blocking CCR2 could reduce intrarenal inflammation and prevent glomerulosclerosis in type 2 diabetes. This was achieved with RO5234444, an orally active small-molecule CCR2 antagonist that blocks ligand binding, its internalization, and monocyte chemotaxis. Male type 2 diabetic db/db mice were uninephrectomized to increase glomerular hyperfiltration to accelerate the development of glomerulosclerosis. From 16 weeks until killing at 24 weeks of age, mice were chow fed with or without admixed antagonist to achieve a trough plasma concentration above IC50 for binding in the mouse. CCR2 blockade reduced circulating monocyte levels, but did not affect total leukocyte or neutrophil numbers, and was associated with a reduction in the number of macrophages and apoptotic podocytes in the glomerulus. This treatment resulted in a higher total number of podocytes, less glomerulosclerosis, reduced albuminuria, and a significantly improved glomerular filtration rate. This successful pre-clinical trial suggests that this antagonist may now be ready for testing in humans with the nephropathy of diabetes mellitus.
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Fibrosis of the kidney is caused by the prolonged injury and deregulation of normal wound healing and repair processes, and by an excess deposition of extracellular matrices. Despite intensive research, our current understanding of the precise mechanism of fibrosis is limited. There is a connection between fibrotic events involving inflammatory and non-inflammatory glomerulonephritis, inflammatory cell infiltration, and podocyte loss. The current review will discuss the inflammatory response after renal injury that leads to fibrosis in relation to non-inflammatory mechanisms.
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Bacterial CpG-DNA accelerates Alport glomerulosclerosis by inducing an M1 macrophage phenotype and tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated podocyte loss. Kidney Int 2011; 79:189-98. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Vielhauer V, Kulkarni O, Reichel CA, Anders HJ. Targeting the recruitment of monocytes and macrophages in renal disease. Semin Nephrol 2010; 30:318-33. [PMID: 20620675 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2010.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Macrophages convert proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory signals of tissue microenvironments into response mechanisms. These response mechanisms largely derive from evolutionary conserved defense programs of innate host defense, wound healing, and tissue homeostasis. Hence, in many settings these programs lead to renal inflammation and tissue remodeling (ie, glomerulonephritis and sclerosis or interstitial nephritis and fibrosis). There is abundant experimental evidence that blocking macrophage recruitment or macrophage activation can ameliorate renal inflammation and fibrosis. In this review we discuss experimental tools to target renal macrophage recruitment by using antagonists against selectins, chemokines, integrins, or other important cytokines that mediate renal injury via macrophage recruitment, some of these already having been used in clinical trials.
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- Volker Vielhauer
- Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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RANTES deficiency attenuates autoantibody-induced glomerulonephritis. J Clin Immunol 2010; 31:128-35. [PMID: 20886281 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-010-9470-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune nephritis in mice and spontaneous lupus nephritis are both associated with elevated expression of several chemokines in the kidneys. Nevertheless, the role that different chemokines play in mediating renal inflammation is far from complete. This study focuses on elucidating the functional role of RANTES, a chemokine that has been noted to be hyper-expressed within the kidneys, both in experimental renal disease as well as in spontaneous lupus nephritis. To elucidate if RANTES was essential for immune-mediated glomerulonephritis, DBA/1 mice that are highly sensitive to nephrotoxic serum nephritis were rendered RANTES-deficient and then tested for disease susceptibility. Nephritis-sensitive DBA/1 mice expressed more RANTES within the diseased kidneys. Compared to wild-type DBA/1 mice, RANTES-deficient DBA/1 mice developed significantly less proteinuria, azotemia, and renal inflammation, with reduced crescent formation and tubulo-interstitial nephritis. These findings indicate that RANTES ablation attenuates immune-mediated nephritis and suggest that this chemokine could be a potential therapeutic target in these diseases.
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Stevenson HL, Estes MD, Thirumalapura NR, Walker DH, Ismail N. Natural killer cells promote tissue injury and systemic inflammatory responses during fatal Ehrlichia-induced toxic shock-like syndrome. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 177:766-76. [PMID: 20616341 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a Gram-negative bacterium lacking lipopolysaccharide. We have shown that fatal murine ehrlichiosis is associated with CD8(+)T cell-mediated tissue damage, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin (IL)-10 overproduction, and CD4(+)Th1 hyporesponsiveness. In this study, we examined the relative contributions of natural killer (NK) and NKT cells in Ehrlichia-induced toxic shock. Lethal ehrlichial infection in wild-type mice induced a decline in NKT cell numbers, and late expansion and migration of activated NK cells to the liver, a main infection site that coincided with development of hepatic injury. The spatial and temporal changes in NK and NKT cells in lethally infected mice correlated with higher NK cell cytotoxic activity, higher expression of cytotoxic molecules such as granzyme B, higher production of interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, increased hepatic infiltration with CD8alphaCD11c(+) dendritic cells and CD8(+)T cells, decreased splenic CD4(+)T cells, increased serum concentrations of IL-12p40, IL-18, RANTES, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1, and elevated production of IL-18 by liver mononuclear cells compared with nonlethally infected mice. Depletion of NK cells prevented development of severe liver injury, decreased serum levels of interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and IL-10, and enhanced bacterial elimination. These data indicate that NK cells promote immunopathology and defective anti-ehrlichial immunity, possibly via decreasing the protective immune response mediated by interferon-gamma producing CD4(+)Th1 and NKT cells.
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- Heather L Stevenson
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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Hoshino A, Iimura T, Ueha S, Hanada S, Maruoka Y, Mayahara M, Suzuki K, Imai T, Ito M, Manome Y, Yasuhara M, Kirino T, Yamaguchi A, Matsushima K, Yamamoto K. Deficiency of chemokine receptor CCR1 causes osteopenia due to impaired functions of osteoclasts and osteoblasts. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:28826-37. [PMID: 20571024 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.099424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chemokines are characterized by the homing activity of leukocytes to targeted inflammation sites. Recent research indicates that chemokines play more divergent roles in various phases of pathogenesis as well as immune reactions. The chemokine receptor, CCR1, and its ligands are thought to be involved in inflammatory bone destruction, but their physiological roles in the bone metabolism in vivo have not yet been elucidated. In the present study, we investigated the roles of CCR1 in bone metabolism using CCR1-deficient mice. Ccr1(-/-) mice have fewer and thinner trabecular bones and low mineral bone density in cancellous bones. The lack of CCR1 affects the differentiation and function of osteoblasts. Runx2, Atf4, Osteopontin, and Osteonectin were significantly up-regulated in Ccr1(-/-) mice despite sustained expression of Osterix and reduced expression of Osteocalcin, suggesting a lower potential for differentiation into mature osteoblasts. In addition, mineralized nodule formation was markedly disrupted in cultured osteoblastic cells isolated from Ccr1(-/-) mice. Osteoclastogenesis induced from cultured Ccr1(-/-) bone marrow cells yielded fewer and smaller osteoclasts due to the abrogated cell-fusion. Ccr1(-/-) osteoclasts exerted no osteolytic activity concomitant with reduced expressions of Rank and its downstream targets, implying that the defective osteoclastogenesis is involved in the bone phenotype in Ccr1(-/-) mice. The co-culture of wild-type osteoclast precursors with Ccr1(-/-) osteoblasts failed to facilitate osteoclastogenesis. This finding is most likely due to a reduction in Rankl expression. These observations suggest that the axis of CCR1 and its ligands are likely to be involved in cross-talk between osteoclasts and osteoblasts by modulating the RANK-RANKL-mediated interaction.
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- Akiyoshi Hoshino
- International Clinical Research Center, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
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D'Haese JG, Demir IE, Friess H, Ceyhan GO. Fractalkine/CX3CR1: why a single chemokine-receptor duo bears a major and unique therapeutic potential. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2010; 14:207-19. [PMID: 20055718 DOI: 10.1517/14728220903540265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Fractalkine, also known as CX3CL1, is the unique member of the fourth class of chemokines and mediates both chemotaxis and adhesion of inflammatory cells via its highly selective receptor CX3CR1. Fractalkine mediates inflammatory responses and pain sensation and is involved in the pathogenesis and progression of numerous inflammatory disorders and malignancies. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW We performed a Medline/PubMed search to detect all published studies that explored the role of fractalkine and CX3CR1 and the possibilities of therapeutic intervention in the fractalkine/CX3CR1 axis in a wide range of clinical disorders, using CX3CR1 blocking antibodies, different fractalkine antagonists, CX3CR1 depletion or transfection of fractalkine expression vectors. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN This review summarizes the role of fractalkine and its receptor CX3CR1 in various diseases, focusing on their high potential as novel therapeutic targets, with special emphasis on pancreatic diseases. TAKE HOME MESSAGE The reviewed studies provide promising results demonstrating fractalkine and CX3CR1 as potential target molecules for future therapeutics that may attenuate pain, inflammation and furthermore serve as an anti-cancer therapy. However, to date, no therapeutics targeting fractalkine or CX3CR1 are in clinical use.
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- Jan G D'Haese
- Department of Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, D-81675 Munich, Germany
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Doodes PD, Cao Y, Hamel KM, Wang Y, Rodeghero RL, Kobezda T, Finnegan A. CCR5 is involved in resolution of inflammation in proteoglycan-induced arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 60:2945-53. [PMID: 19790057 DOI: 10.1002/art.24842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE CCR5 and its ligands (CCL3, CCL4, and CCL5) may play a role in inflammatory cell recruitment into the joint. However, it was recently reported that CCR5 on T cells and neutrophils acts as a decoy receptor for CCL3 and CCL5 to assist in the resolution of inflammation. The aim of this study was to determine whether CCR5 functions as a proinflammatory or antiinflammatory mediator in arthritis, by examining the role of CCR5 in proteoglycan (PG)-induced arthritis (PGIA). METHODS Arthritis was induced by immunizing wild-type (WT) and CCR5-deficient (CCR5(-/-)) BALB/c mice with human PG in adjuvant. The onset and severity of PGIA were monitored over time. Met-RANTES was used to block CCR5 in vivo. Arthritis was transferred to SCID mice, using spleen cells from arthritic WT and CCR5(-/-) mice. The expression of cytokines and chemokines was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS In CCR5(-/-) mice and WT mice treated with the CCR5 inhibitor Met-RANTES, exacerbated arthritis developed late in the disease course. The increase in arthritis severity in CCR5(-/-) mice correlated with elevated serum levels of CCL5. However, exacerbated arthritis was not intrinsic to the CCR5(-/-) lymphoid cells, because the arthritis that developed in SCID mouse recipients was similar to that in WT and CCR5(-/-) mice. CCR5 expression in the SCID mouse was sufficient to clear CCL5, because serum levels of CCL5 were the same in SCID mouse recipients receiving cells from either WT or CCR5(-/-) mice. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate that CCR5 is a key player in controlling the resolution of inflammation in experimental arthritis.
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- Paul D Doodes
- Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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T cell cross-talk with kidney dendritic cells in glomerulonephritis. J Mol Med (Berl) 2009; 88:19-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00109-009-0541-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Revised: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 09/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Clauss S, Gross O, Kulkarni O, Avila-Ferrufino A, Radomska E, Segerer S, Eulberg D, Klussmann S, Anders HJ. Ccl2/Mcp-1 blockade reduces glomerular and interstitial macrophages but does not ameliorate renal pathology in collagen4A3-deficient mice with autosomal recessive Alport nephropathy. J Pathol 2009; 218:40-7. [PMID: 19156777 DOI: 10.1002/path.2505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Lack of the alpha3 or alpha4 chain of type IV collagen (COL4) causes autosomal recessive Alport nephropathy in humans and mice that is characterized by progressive glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial disease. Renal pathology is associated with chemokine-mediated macrophage infiltrates but their contribution to the progression of Alport nephropathy is unclear. We found Ccl2 to be expressed in increasing amounts during the progression of nephropathy in Col4a3-deficient mice; hence, we blocked Ccl2 with anti-Ccl2 Spiegelmers, biostable L-enantiomeric RNA aptamers suitable for in vivo applications. Ccl2 blockade reduced the recruitment of ex vivo-labelled macrophages into kidneys of Col4a3-deficient mice. We therefore hypothesized that a prolonged course of Ccl2 blockade would reduce renal macrophage counts and prevent renal pathology in Col4a3-deficient mice. Groups of Col4a3-deficient mice received subcutaneous injections of either an anti-mCcl2 Spiegelmer or non-functional control Spiegelmer on alternate days, starting from day 21 or 42 of age. Glomerular and interstitial macrophage counts were found to be reduced with Ccl2 blockade by 50% and 30%, respectively. However, this was not associated with an improvement of glomerular pathology, interstitial pathology, or of overall survival of Col4a3-deficient mice. We conclude that Ccl2 mediates the recruitment of glomerular and interstitial macrophages but this mechanism does not contribute to the progression of Alport nephropathy in Col4a3-deficient mice.
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- Sebastian Clauss
- Nephrological Center, Medical Policlinic, University of München, Germany
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Bao L, Wang Y, Chen P, Sarav M, Haas M, Minto AW, Petkova M, Quigg RJ. Mesangial cell complement receptor 1-related protein y limits complement-dependent neutrophil accumulation in immune complex glomerulonephritis. Immunology 2009; 128:e895-904. [PMID: 19740350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The absence of complement receptor 1 (CR1) related gene/protein y (Crry) leads to embryonic lethality as a result of unrestricted complement activation and concomitant neutrophil infiltration. Here we used Crry(-/-)C3(+/-) mice to investigate the role of Crry in the pathogenesis of immune complex glomerulonephritis (GN). After 3 weeks of immunization with horse spleen apoferritin, six of nine Crry(-/-) C3(+/-) mice and none of the six control C3(+/-) mice developed proliferative GN (P = 0.010). After 5 weeks of immunization, GN scores in Crry(-/-) C3(+/-) mice were 0.67 +/- 0.22 mean +/- standard error of the mean (SEM), compared with 0.32 +/- 0.16 in C3(+/-) mice. Glomerular hypercellularity was attributable to neutrophil infiltration in mice with GN (1.7 +/- 0.3/glomerulus) compared with those without GN (0.4 +/- 0.1/glomerulus) (P = 0.001). Absent staining for alpha-smooth muscle actin and proliferating cell nuclear antigen suggested that mesangial cell proliferation did not play a significant role in this model. Serum C3 levels in Crry(-/-) C3(+/-) mice were approximately 20% and 30% those of wild-type mice and C3(+/-) mice, respectively. To determine whether this acquired hypocomplementaemia was relevant to this GN model system, Crry(-/-) C3(+/-) mouse kidneys were transplanted into wild-type mice followed by immunization with apoferritin for 1 or 2 weeks. Surprisingly, none of the Crry(-/-) C3(+/-) mouse kidneys developed GN at these early time-points, indicating that increasing circulating C3 levels several-fold did not increase susceptibility to GN. Renal expression of decay-accelerating factor was not different among any of the groups studied. Thus, our data indicate that mesangial cell Crry limits complement activation and subsequent neutrophil recruitment in the setting of local immune complex deposition.
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- Lihua Bao
- The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Turner JE, Paust HJ, Steinmetz OM, Peters A, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Heymann F, Helmchen U, Fehr S, Horuk R, Wenzel U, Kurts C, Mittrücker HW, Stahl RAK, Panzer U. CCR5 deficiency aggravates crescentic glomerulonephritis in mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 181:6546-56. [PMID: 18941245 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.6546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The chemokine receptor CCR5 is predominantly expressed on monocytes and Th1-polarized T cells, and plays an important role in T cell and monocyte recruitment in inflammatory diseases. To investigate the functional role of CCR5 in renal inflammation, we induced a T cell-dependent model of glomerulonephritis (nephrotoxic serum nephritis) in CCR5(-/-) mice. Induction of nephritis in wild-type mice resulted in up-regulation of renal mRNA expression of the three CCR5 chemokine ligands, CCL5 (15-fold), CCL3 (4.9-fold), and CCL4 (3.4-fold), in the autologous phase of the disease at day 10. The up-regulated chemokine expression was paralleled by infiltration of monocytes and T cells, followed by renal tissue injury, albuminuria, and loss of renal function. Nephritic CCR5(-/-) mice showed a 3- to 4-fold increased renal expression of CCL5 (61.6-fold vs controls) and CCL3 (14.1-fold vs controls), but not of CCL4, in comparison with nephritic wild-type mice, which was accompanied by augmented renal T cell and monocyte recruitment and increased lethality due to uremia. Furthermore, CCR5(-/-) mice showed an increased renal Th1 response, whereas their systemic humoral and cellular immune responses were unaltered. Because the CCR5 ligands CCL5 and CCL3 also act via CCR1, we investigated the effects of the pharmacological CCR1 antagonist BX471. CCR1 blockade in CCR5(-/-) mice significantly reduced renal chemokine expression, T cell infiltration, and glomerular crescent formation, indicating that increased renal leukocyte recruitment and consecutive tissue damage in nephritic CCR5(-/-) mice depended on functional CCR1. In conclusion, this study shows that CCR5 deficiency aggravates glomerulonephritis via enhanced CCL3/CCL5-CCR1-driven renal T cell recruitment.
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- Jan-Eric Turner
- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Disrupting functional interactions between platelet chemokines inhibits atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic mice. Nat Med 2009; 15:97-103. [PMID: 19122657 DOI: 10.1038/nm.1898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2008] [Accepted: 11/06/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Atherosclerosis is characterized by chronic inflammation of the arterial wall due to chemokine-driven mononuclear cell recruitment. Activated platelets can synergize with chemokines to exacerbate atherogenesis; for example, by deposition of the chemokines platelet factor-4 (PF4, also known as CXCL4) and RANTES (CCL5), triggering monocyte arrest on inflamed endothelium. Homo-oligomerization is required for the recruitment functions of CCL5, and chemokine heteromerization has more recently emerged as an additional regulatory mechanism, as evidenced by a mutual modulation of CXCL8 and CXCL4 activities and by enhanced monocyte arrest resulting from CCL5-CXCL4 interactions. The CCL5 antagonist Met-RANTES reduces diet-induced atherosclerosis; however, CCL5 antagonism may not be therapeutically feasible, as suggested by studies using Ccl5-deficient mice which imply that direct CCL5 blockade would severely compromise systemic immune responses, delay macrophage-mediated viral clearance and impair normal T cell functions. Here we determined structural features of CCL5-CXCL4 heteromers and designed stable peptide inhibitors that specifically disrupt proinflammatory CCL5-CXCL4 interactions, thereby attenuating monocyte recruitment and reducing atherosclerosis without the aforementioned side effects. These results establish the in vivo relevance of chemokine heteromers and show the potential of targeting heteromer formation to achieve therapeutic effects.
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