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Astrinidis A, Li C, Zhang EY, Zhao X, Zhao S, Guo M, Olatoke T, Mattam U, Huang R, Zhang AG, Pitstick L, Kopras EJ, Gupta N, Jandarov R, Smith EP, Fugate E, Lindquist D, Markiewski MM, Karbowniczek M, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Setchell KDR, McCormack FX, Xu Y, Yu JJ. Upregulation of acid ceramidase contributes to tumor progression in tuberous sclerosis complex. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e166850. [PMID: 36927688 PMCID: PMC10243802 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.166850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is characterized by multisystem, low-grade neoplasia involving the lung, kidneys, brain, and heart. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a progressive pulmonary disease affecting almost exclusively women. TSC and LAM are both caused by mutations in TSC1 and TSC2 that result in mTORC1 hyperactivation. Here, we report that single-cell RNA sequencing of LAM lungs identified activation of genes in the sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway. Accordingly, the expression of acid ceramidase (ASAH1) and dihydroceramide desaturase (DEGS1), key enzymes controlling sphingolipid and ceramide metabolism, was significantly increased in TSC2-null cells. TSC2 negatively regulated the biosynthesis of tumorigenic sphingolipids, and suppression of ASAH1 by shRNA or the inhibitor ARN14976 (17a) resulted in markedly decreased TSC2-null cell viability. In vivo, 17a significantly decreased the growth of TSC2-null cell-derived mouse xenografts and short-term lung colonization by TSC2-null cells. Combined rapamycin and 17a treatment synergistically inhibited renal cystadenoma growth in Tsc2+/- mice, consistent with increased ASAH1 expression and activity being rapamycin insensitive. Collectively, the present study identifies rapamycin-insensitive ASAH1 upregulation in TSC2-null cells and tumors and provides evidence that targeting aberrant sphingolipid biosynthesis pathways has potential therapeutic value in mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1-hyperactive neoplasms, including TSC and LAM.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aristotelis Astrinidis
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Divisions of Pulmonary Biology and Biomedical Informatics, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Divisions of Pulmonary Biology and Biomedical Informatics, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, Texas, USA
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- Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, Texas, USA
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Division of Pulmonary Medicine; and Division of Pulmonary Biology, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Divisions of Pulmonary Biology and Biomedical Informatics, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Noel JG, Ramser SW, Pitstick L, Goetzman HS, Dale EL, Potter A, Adam M, Potter SS, Gardner JC. IL-1/MyD88-Dependent G-CSF and IL-6 Secretion Mediates Postburn Anemia. J Immunol 2023; 210:972-980. [PMID: 36779805 PMCID: PMC10038902 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
Abstract
The anemia of critical illness (ACI) is a nearly universal pathophysiological consequence of burn injury and a primary reason burn patients require massive quantities of transfused blood. Inflammatory processes are expected to drive postburn ACI and prevent meaningful erythropoietic stimulation through iron or erythropoietin supplementation, but to this day no specific inflammatory pathways have been identified as a critical mechanism. In this study, we examined whether secretion of G-CSF and IL-6 mediates distinct features of postburn ACI and interrogated inflammatory mechanisms that could be responsible for their secretion. Our analysis of mouse and human skin samples identified the burn wound as a primary source of G-CSF and IL-6 secretion. We show that G-CSF and IL-6 are secreted independently through an IL-1/MyD88-dependent mechanism, and we ruled out TLR2 and TLR4 as critical receptors. Our results indicate that IL-1/MyD88-dependent G-CSF secretion plays a key role in impairing medullary erythropoiesis and IL-6 secretion plays a key role in limiting the access of erythroid cells to iron. Importantly, we found that IL-1α/β neutralizing Abs broadly attenuated features of postburn ACI that could be attributed to G-CSF or IL-6 secretion and rescued deficits of circulating RBC counts, hemoglobin, and hematocrit caused by burn injury. We conclude that wound-based IL-1/MyD88 signaling mediates postburn ACI through induction of G-CSF and IL-6 secretion.
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- John G Noel
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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Noel JG, Ramser SW, Pitstick L, Bonamer JP, Mackenzie B, Seu KG, Kalfa TA, Cancelas JA, Gardner JC. M-CSF supports medullary erythropoiesis and erythroid iron demand following burn injury through its activity on homeostatic iron recycling. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1235. [PMID: 35075211 PMCID: PMC8786861 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05360-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
M-CSF receptor signaling supports the development and survival of mononuclear phagocytes and is thought to play a role in post burn anemia by promoting myeloid lineage bias. We found M-CSF secretion was increased in burn patients and a murine model of post burn ACI, so we neutralized M-CSF in ACI mice to determine if erythropoiesis was improved. Instead, M-CSF blockade further impaired erythropoiesis and erythroid cells access to iron. M-CSF blockade enhanced inflammatory cytokine secretion, further increased systemic neutrophil counts, and led to tissue iron sequestration that was dependent, in part, on augmented IL-6 secretion which induced hepcidin. Deleterious effects of post burn M-CSF blockade were associated with arrest of an iron recycling gene expression signature in the liver and spleen that included Spi-C transcription factor and heme oxygenase-1, which promote heme metabolism and confer a non-inflammatory tone in macrophages. Hepatic induction of these factors in ACI mice was consistent with a recovery of ferroportin gene expression and reflected an M-CSF dependent expansion and differentiation of Spi-C+ monocytes into Kupffer cells. Together, this data indicates M-CSF secretion supports a homeostatic iron recycling program that plays a key role in the maintenance of erythroid cells access to iron following burn injury.
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- John G Noel
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 45267, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 45267, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 45267, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 45267, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 45267, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 45229, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 45229, USA
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- Divisions of Pathology and Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 45229, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 45267, USA.
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Gardner JC, Wu H, Noel JG, Ramser BJ, Pitstick L, Saito A, Nikolaidis NM, McCormack FX. Keratinocyte growth factor supports pulmonary innate immune defense through maintenance of alveolar antimicrobial protein levels and macrophage function. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2016; 310:L868-79. [PMID: 26919897 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00363.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is an epithelial mitogen that has been reported to protect the lungs from a variety of toxic and infectious insults. In prior studies we found that recombinant human KGF accelerates clearance of bacteria from the murine lung by augmenting the function of alveolar macrophages (AM). In this study we tested the hypothesis that endogenous KGF plays a role in the maintenance of innate pulmonary defense against gram-negative bacterial infections. KGF-deficient mice exhibited delayed clearance of Escherichia coli from the lungs, attenuated phagocytosis by AM, and decreased antimicrobial activity in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, due in part to reductions in levels of surfactant protein A, surfactant protein D, and lysozyme. These immune deficits were accompanied by lower alveolar type II epithelial cell counts and reduced alveolar type II epithelial cell expression of collectin and lysozyme genes on a per cell basis. No significant between-group differences were detected in selected inflammatory cytokines or BAL inflammatory cell populations at baseline or after bacterial challenge in the wild-type and KGF-deficient mice. A single intranasal dose of recombinant human KGF reversed defects in bacterial clearance, AM function, and BAL fluid antimicrobial activity. We conclude that KGF supports alveolar innate immune defense through maintenance of alveolar antimicrobial protein levels and functions of AM. Together these data demonstrate a role for endogenous KGF in maintenance of normal pulmonary innate immune function.
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- Jason C Gardner
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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Hennessy MB, Pitstick L, O'Leary S, Maken DS, Farré AJ. Effects of a novel potential antidepressant on the behavior and cortisol levels of isolated guinea pig pups. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2001; 69:527-33. [PMID: 11509213 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(01)00571-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
A novel, potential antidepressant, E-6006 citrate (E-6039), dose-dependently reduced the vocalizations emitted by isolated guinea pig pups. The (+)-E-6006, but not the (-)-E-6006, enantiomer also reduced vocalizing. There were no reliable effects of E-6039 on locomotor activity, crouching, or other behavioral measures, but both E-6039 and the (+)-E-6006 enantiomer elevated plasma cortisol levels during isolation. The contrasting effects of E-6039 on vocalizations and plasma cortisol are discussed in terms of E-6039's putative ability to inhibit release of substance P. The reduction in the vocalizations of isolated guinea pig pups corroborates positive results with this drug in other antidepressant screens utilizing mice and rats, and provides further support for the potential of E-6039 as an antidepressant compound.
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- M B Hennessy
- Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA.
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