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Babasyan S, Rollins A, Wagner B. Monoclonal antibodies for equine IL-1β enable the quantification of mature IL-1β in horses. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2024; 274:110805. [PMID: 39002362 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is one of the key mediators of inflammation during innate immune responses. Mature bioactive IL-1β mediates essential host defense mechanisms but also has a mechanistic role in several autoinflammatory and degenerative diseases. In horses, specific and sensitive assays for IL-1β are crucial for immunological research on inflammatory processes and diseases. In this article, we describe the development of four monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against equine IL-1β. The specificity of the new IL-1β mAbs was confirmed using a panel of equine recombinant cytokines and chemokines. The mAbs were validated for detection of native mature IL-1β in a fluorescent bead-based assay and for staining of IL-1β-producing immune cells by flow cytometry. The bead-based assay for equine IL-1β had a linear quantification range between 60 pg/ml to 960 ng/ml. Horse peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) secreted IL-1β after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in time and dose dependent manner as quantified by the new equine IL-1β bead-based assay. A comparison of two commercial equine IL-1β ELISA kits with the new IL-1β fluorescent bead-based assay revealed that the bead-based assay improved the quantification of native equine IL-1β in LPS stimulated PBMC supernatants by detecting it with high intensity and a broad linear quantification range, while both ELISAs resulted in low signals and poor native IL-1β recognition. Intracellular staining and flow cytometric analysis confirmed that the main cellular source of IL-1β in equine PBMC after LPS stimulation were CD14+ monocytes. IL-1β secretion from PBMC was inhibited by a caspase inhibitor but protein translation within the cells was not, supporting the accumulation of pro-IL-1β within the cells even when proteolytic cleavage for IL-1β activation is missing. This confirmed the importance of specific mAbs for analyzing the biologically active, mature IL-1β in horses.
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- Susanna Babasyan
- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Wagner B. Monoclonal antibody development advances immunological research in horses. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2024; 272:110771. [PMID: 38729028 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Host immune analyses require specific reagents to identify cellular and soluble components of the immune system. These immune reagents are often species-specific. For horses, various immunological tools have been developed and tested by different initiatives during the past decades. This article summarizes the development of well characterized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for equine immune cells, immunoglobulin isotypes, cytokines, and chemokines.
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- Bettina Wagner
- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Holmes CM, Babasyan S, Wagner B. Neonatal and maternal upregulation of antileukoproteinase in horses. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1395030. [PMID: 38736885 PMCID: PMC11082313 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1395030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
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Introduction The end of gestation, ensuing parturition, and the neonatal period represent highly dynamic phases for immunological changes in both mother and offspring. The regulation of innate immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface during late term pregnancy, after birth, and during microbial colonization of the neonatal gut and other mucosal surfaces, is crucial for controlling inflammation and maintaining homeostasis. Innate immune cells and mucosal epithelial cells express antileukoproteinase (SLPI), which has anti-inflammatory and anti-protease activity that can regulate cellular activation. Methods Here, we developed and validated new monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to characterize SLPI for the first time in horses. Peripheral blood and mucosal samples were collected from healthy adults horses and a cohort of mares and their foals directly following parturition to assess this crucial stage. Results First, we defined the cell types producing SLPI in peripheral blood by flow cytometry, highlighting the neutrophils and a subset of the CD14+ monocytes as SLPI secreting immune cells. A fluorescent bead-based assay was developed with the new SLPI mAbs and used to establish baseline concentrations for secreted SLPI in serum and secretion samples from mucosal surfaces, including saliva, nasal secretion, colostrum, and milk. This demonstrated constitutive secretion of SLPI in a variety of equine tissues, including high colostrum concentrations. Using immunofluorescence, we identified production of SLPI in mucosal tissue. Finally, longitudinal sampling of clinically healthy mares and foals allowed monitoring of serum SLPI concentrations. In neonates and postpartum mares, SLPI peaked on the day of parturition, with mares returning to the adult normal within a week and foals maintaining significantly higher SLPI secretion until three months of age. Conclusion This demonstrated a physiological systemic change in SLPI in both mares and their foals, particularly at the time around birth, likely contributing to the regulation of innate immune responses during this critical period.
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Simonin EM, Wagner B. IgE-binding monocytes upregulate the coagulation cascade in allergic horses. Genes Immun 2023:10.1038/s41435-023-00207-w. [PMID: 37193769 DOI: 10.1038/s41435-023-00207-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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IgE-binding monocytes are a rare peripheral immune cell type involved in the allergic response through binding of IgE on their surface. IgE-binding monocytes are present in both healthy and allergic individuals. We performed RNA sequencing to ask how the function of IgE-binding monocytes differs in the context of allergy. Using a large animal model of allergy, equine Culicoides hypersensitivity, we compared the transcriptome of IgE-binding monocytes in allergic and non-allergic horses at two seasonal timepoints: (i) when allergic animals were clinical healthy, in the winter "Remission Phase", and (ii) during chronic disease, in the summer "Clinical Phase". Most transcriptional differences between allergic and non-allergic horses occurred only during the "Remission Phase", suggesting principal differences in monocyte function even in the absence of allergen exposure. F13A1, a subunit of fibrinoligase, was significantly upregulated at both timepoints in allergic horses. This suggested a role for increased fibrin deposition in the coagulation cascade to promote allergic inflammation. IgE-binding monocytes also downregulated CCR10 expression in allergic horses during the "Clinical Phase", suggesting a defect in maintenance of skin homeostasis, which further promotes allergic inflammation. Together, this transcriptional analysis provides valuable clues into the mechanisms used by IgE-binding monocytes in allergic individuals.
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- Elisabeth M Simonin
- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Bao Y, Zhu X. Role of Chemokines and Inflammatory Cells in Respiratory Allergy. J Asthma Allergy 2022; 15:1805-1822. [PMID: 36575714 PMCID: PMC9790160 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s395490] [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: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The idea of "one airway, one disease" has been gaining importance in the last decade. In the upper and lower airways, allergic mechanisms interact with each other. In the initial stage of respiratory allergic inflammation, allergens contact the respiratory epithelium, which produces chemokines and inflammatory factors, which cause allergic reactions by binding to the corresponding receptors and chemotactic various inflammatory cells to reach the epithelium and tissues. It also drives inflammatory cells to activate and produce more inflammatory factors, thus producing a cascade amplification effect. Inflammatory cell aggregation and activation are very complex and interact with each other in a lattice structure. By blocking the action of various chemokines, inflammatory cell aggregation is reduced, and ultimately the symptoms of respiratory allergy are alleviated. Chemokines can serve as cues for coordinated recruitment of immune cells into and out of tissues, as well as directing the spatial organization of immune cells within tissues and cellular interactions. Chemokines are critical in directing immune cell migration and thus have an important role in the direction of respiratory allergy: however, chemokines are also involved in the production and recruitment of immune cells that contribute to respiratory allergy. In this article, linking the upper and lower respiratory tracts. We review the role of the chemokine system in the respiratory immune response and discuss how respiratory disease modulates overall chemokines to shape the type and outcome of the immune response to the treatment of respiratory allergic disease so that we can further deepen our knowledge of chemokines in the direction of respiratory allergy. In the future, we can do drug research and development based on this network structure and explore new research directions.
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- Youwei Bao
- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China,Correspondence: Xinhua Zhu, Email
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Caco-2 Cell Response Induced by Peptides Released after Digestion of Heat-Treated Egg White Proteins. Foods 2022; 11:foods11223566. [PMID: 36429158 PMCID: PMC9689089 DOI: 10.3390/foods11223566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The heat treatment of food proteins induces structural modifications that influence their interaction with human fluids and cells. We aimed to evaluate the Caco-2 cell response induced by peptides produced after digestion of heat-treated egg white proteins. In vitro digestion of ovalbumin (OVA), ovomucoid (OM), and lysozyme (LYS), untreated or previously heated, was performed. The digestibility of proteins and the response of Caco-2 cells exposed to peptides (<10 kDa) generated during digestion were evaluated. Intact OVA and LYS persisted after the digestion of native proteins, whereas OM was completely hydrolysed. A heat treatment at 65 °C for 30 min did not alter the digestibility of OVA, whereas at 90 °C for 3 min, protein degradation was favoured. The digestibility of OM and LYS was not affected by heat treatment. Peptides derived from OVA and OM digestion induced IL-6 and IL-8 production. OVA and LYS digestion promoted the expression of Tslp, and Il6 and Il33, respectively. A heat treatment prior to OVA digestion reduced IL-6 production and Tslp expression. It was concluded that heat treatments can reduce the release of OVA-derived peptides, but not OM and LYS, with proinflammatory activity during digestion.
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Yang B, Guo ZR, Zhao Z, Wang T, Yang F, Ling F, Zhu B, Wang GX. Protective immunity by DNA vaccine against Micropterus salmoides rhabdovirus. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2022; 45:1429-1437. [PMID: 35930453 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Micropterus salmoides rhabdovirus (MSRV) is one of the common pathogens in the largemouth bass industry, which can cause lethal diseases in juvenile fish and enormous economic losses. To establish effective means to prevent MSRV infection, the pcDNA3.1-G plasmid containing the MSRV glycoprotein gene was successfully constructed and intramuscularly injected into the largemouth bass to evaluate the immune responses and protective effects in our study. As the results showed, the serum antibody levels of the fish vaccinated with different doses of pcDNA3.1-G were significantly higher compared with the control groups (PBS and pcDNA3.1). Meanwhile, the immune parameters (acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase) were also significantly up-regulated. Several immune-related genes (IgM, IL-8, IL-12p40 and CD40) were expressed in the pcDNA3.1-G groups at higher levels than in the control groups, which indicated that strong immune responses were induced. Besides, the survival percentages of fish in the control groups (PBS and pcDNA3.1) and pcDNA3.1-G groups (2.5, 5, 10 and 20 μg/fish) at 14 days after challenge experiment with MSRV were 0%, 0%, 6.1%, 15.2%, 29.0% and 48.5% respectively. This study indicated that pcDNA3.1-G was a prospective DNA vaccine candidate against MSRV-induced mortality.
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- Bin Yang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Simonin EM, Babasyan S, Wagner B. Peripheral CD23hi/IgE+ Plasmablasts Secrete IgE and Correlate with Allergic Disease Severity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 209:665-674. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2101081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Production and secretion of IgE by B cells, plasmablasts, and plasma cells is a central step in the development and maintenance of allergic diseases. IgE can bind to one of its receptors, the low-affinity IgE receptor CD23, which is expressed on activated B cells. As a result, most B cells bind IgE through CD23 on their surface. This makes the identification of IgE producing cells challenging. In this study, we report an approach to clearly identify live IgE+ plasmablasts in peripheral blood for application by both flow cytometry analysis and in vitro assay. These IgE+ plasmablasts readily secrete IgE, upregulate specific mRNA transcripts (BLIMP-1 IRF4, XBP1, CD138, and TACI), and exhibit highly differentiated morphology all consistent with plasmablast differentiation. Most notably, we compared the presence of IgE+ plasmablasts in peripheral blood of allergic and healthy individuals using a horse model of naturally occurring seasonal allergy, Culicoides hypersensitivity. The model allows the comparison of immune cells both during periods of clinical allergy and when in remission and clinically healthy. Allergic horses had significantly higher percentages of IgE+ plasmablasts and IgE secretion while experiencing clinical allergy compared with healthy horses. Allergy severity and IgE secretion were both positively correlated to the frequency of IgE+ plasmablasts in peripheral blood. These results provide strong evidence for the identification and quantification of peripheral IgE-secreting plasmablasts and provide a missing cellular link in the mechanism of IgE secretion and upregulation during allergy.
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- Elisabeth M. Simonin
- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Gressler AE, Lübke S, Wagner B, Arnold C, Lohmann KL, Schnabel CL. Comprehensive Flow Cytometric Characterization of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cells Indicates Comparable Phenotypes Between Asthmatic and Healthy Horses But Functional Lymphocyte Differences. Front Immunol 2022; 13:896255. [PMID: 35874777 PMCID: PMC9296846 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.896255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Equine asthma (EA) is a highly relevant disease, estimated to affect up to 20% of all horses, and compares to human asthma. The pathogenesis of EA is most likely immune-mediated, yet incompletely understood. To study the immune response in the affected lower airways, mixed leukocytes were acquired through bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and the cell populations were analyzed on a single-cell basis by flow cytometry (FC). Samples of 38 horses grouped as respiratory healthy or affected by mild to moderate (mEA) or severe EA (sEA) according to their history, clinical signs, and BAL cytology were analyzed. Using FC, BAL cells and PBMC were comprehensively characterized by cell surface markers ex vivo. An increased percentage of DH24A+ polymorphonuclear cells, and decreased percentages of CD14+ macrophages were detected in BAL from horses with sEA compared to healthy horses or horses with mEA, while lymphocyte proportions were similar between all groups. Independently of EA, macrophages in BAL were CD14+CD16+, which contrasts the majority of CD14+CD16- classical monocytes in PBMC. Percentages of CD16-expressing BAL macrophages were reduced in BAL from horses with sEA compared to healthy horses. While PBMC lymphocytes predominantly contain CD4+ T cells, B cells and few CD8+ T cells, BAL lymphocytes comprised mainly CD8+ T cells, fewer CD4+ T cells and hardly any B cells. These lymphocyte subsets’ distributions were similar between all groups. After PMA/ionomycin stimulation in vitro, lymphocyte activation (CD154 and T helper cell cytokine expression) was analyzed in BAL cells of 26 of the horses and group differences were observed (p=0.01–0.11). Compared to healthy horses’ BAL, CD154+ lymphocytes from horses with mEA, and CD4+IL-17A+ lymphocytes from horses with sEA were increased in frequency. Activated CD4+ T helper cells were more frequent in asthmatics’ (mEA, sEA) compared to healthy horses’ PBMC lymphocytes. In summary, FC analysis of BAL cells identified increased polymorphonuclear cells frequencies in sEA as established, while macrophage percentages were mildly reduced, and lymphocyte populations remained unaffected by EA. Cytokine production differences of BAL lymphocytes from horses with sEA compared to healthy horses’ cells point towards a functional difference, namely increased local type 3 responses in sEA.
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- A Elisabeth Gressler
- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department for Horses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Horses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Seong Choi K, Shin TS, Chun J, Ahn G, Jeong Han E, Kim MJ, Kim JB, Kim SH, Kho KH, Heon Kim D, Shim SY. Sargahydroquinoic acid isolated from Sargassum serratifolium as inhibitor of cellular basophils activation and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2022; 105:108567. [PMID: 35114442 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.108567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Basophils and mast cells are characteristic effector cells in allergic reactions. Sargahydorquinoic acid (SHQA), a compound isolated from Sargassum serratifolium (marine alga), possesses various biochemical properties, including potent antioxidant activities. The objective of the present study was to investigate inhibitory effects of SHQA on the activation of human basophilic KU812F cells induced by phorbol myristate acetate and A23187 (PMACI), a calcium ionophore. Furthermore, we confirmed the inhibitory effects of SHQA on the activation of rat basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 cells induced by compound 48/80 (com 48/80), bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMCMCs) induced by anti-dinitrophenyl(DNP)-immunoglobulin E (IgE)/DNP-bovine serum albumin (BSA), DNP/IgE and on the reaction of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) mediated by IgE. SHQA reduced PMACI-induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and calcium levels. Western blot analysis revealed that SHQA downregulated the activation of ERK, p38, and NF-κB in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, SHQA suppressed the production and gene expression of various cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1 β, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-8 in PMACI-induced KU812F cells and IL-4 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- α in com 48/80-induced RBL-2H3 cells. It also determined the inhibition of PMACI, com 48/80- and IgE/DNP-induced degranulation by reducing the release of β -hexosaminidase. Furthermore, it attenuated the IgE/DNP-induced PCA reaction in the ears of BALB/c mice. These results suggest that SHQA isolated from S. serratifolium is a potential therapeutic functional food material for inhibiting effector cell activation in allergic reactions and anaphylaxis in animal model.
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- Kap Seong Choi
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Bio-Food Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Healthcare and Biomedical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Korea; Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea
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- Cell & Matrix Research Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Cell & Matrix Research Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Fisheries Science, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea.
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Cortes LM, Brodsky D, Chen C, Pridgen T, Odle J, Snider DB, Cruse G, Putikova A, Masuda MY, Doyle AD, Wright BL, Dawson HD, Blikslager A, Dellon ES, Laster SM, Käser T. Immunologic and pathologic characterization of a novel swine biomedical research model for eosinophilic esophagitis. FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY 2022; 3:1029184. [PMID: 36452260 PMCID: PMC9701751 DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2022.1029184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergy-mediated condition with an increasing incidence in both children and adults. Despite EoE's strong impact on human health and welfare, there is a large unmet need for treatments with only one recently FDA-approved medication for EoE. The goal of this study was to establish swine as a relevant large animal model for translational biomedical research in EoE with the potential to facilitate development of therapeutics. We recently showed that after intraperitoneal sensitization and oral challenge with the food allergen hen egg white protein (HEWP), swine develop esophageal eosinophilia-a hallmark of human EoE. Herein, we used a similar sensitization and challenge treatment and evaluated immunological and pathological markers associated with human EoE. Our data demonstrate that the incorporated sensitization and challenge treatment induces (i) a systemic T-helper 2 and IgE response, (ii) a local expression of eotaxin-1 and other allergy-related immune markers, (iii) esophageal eosinophilia (>15 eosinophils/0.24 mm2), and (iv) esophageal endoscopic findings including linear furrows and white exudates. Thereby, we demonstrate that our sensitization and oral challenge protocol not only induces the underlying immune markers but also the micro- and macro-pathological hallmarks of human EoE. This swine model for EoE represents a novel relevant large animal model that can drive translational biomedical research to develop urgently needed treatment strategies for EoE.
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- Lizette M Cortes
- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Center for Food Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Center for Food Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- USDA, ARS, Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Center for Food Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Laboratory of Developmental Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States.,Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.,Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States.,Section of Allergy and Immunology, Division of Pulmonology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- USDA, ARS, Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Center for Food Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Center for Food Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.,Center for Food Allergy Modeling in Pigs (CFAMP), Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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Larson EM, Wagner B. Viral infection and allergy - What equine immune responses can tell us about disease severity and protection. Mol Immunol 2021; 135:329-341. [PMID: 33975251 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Horses have many naturally occurring diseases that mimic similar conditions in humans. The ability to conduct environmentally controlled experiments and induced disease studies in a genetically diverse host makes the horse a valuable intermediate model between mouse studies and human clinical trials. This review highlights important similarities in the immune landscape between horses and humans using current research on two equine diseases as examples. First, equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) infection initiates a series of innate inflammatory signals at its mucosal entry site in the upper respiratory tract. These inflammatory markers are highly synchronized and predictable between individuals during viral respiratory infection and ultimately lead to adaptive immune induction and protection. The timing of early inflammatory signals, followed by specific adaptive immune markers correlating with immunity and protection, allow accurate outbreak tracking and also provide a foundation for understanding the importance of local mucosal immunity during other viral respiratory infections. Second, rare peripheral blood immune cells that promote allergic inflammation can be analyzed during Culicoides hypersensitivity, a naturally occurring type I IgE-mediated allergic disease of horses. Rare immune cells, such as IgE-binding monocytes or basophils, can be studied repeatedly in the horse model to unravel their larger mechanistic role in inflammation during allergic and other inflammatory diseases. We conclude with a survey of all other common equine inflammatory conditions. Together, this review serves as a reference and rationale for the horse as a non-rodent model for immunological research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elisabeth M Larson
- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States.
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