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Morini M, Raggi F, Bartolucci M, Petretto A, Ardito M, Rossi C, Segalerba D, Garaventa A, Eva A, Cangelosi D, Bosco MC. Plasma-Derived Exosome Proteins as Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Neuroblastoma Patients. Cells 2023; 12:2516. [PMID: 37947594 PMCID: PMC10649754 DOI: 10.3390/cells12212516] [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: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor during infancy, causing up to 10% of mortality in children; thus, identifying novel early and accurate diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers is mandatory. NB-derived exosomes carry proteins (Exo-prots) reflecting the status of the tumor cell of origin. The purpose of this study was to characterize, for the first time, the Exo-prots specifically expressed in NB patients associated with tumor phenotype and disease stage. We isolated exosomes from plasma specimens of 24 HR-NB patients and 24 low-risk (LR-NB) patients at diagnosis and of 24 age-matched healthy controls (CTRL). Exo-prot expression was measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The data are available via ProteomeXchange (PXD042422). The NB patients had a different Exo-prot expression profile compared to the CTRL. The deregulated Exo-prots in the NB specimens acted mainly in the tumor-associated pathways. The HR-NB patients showed a different Exo-prot expression profile compared to the LR-NB patients, with the modulation of proteins involved in cell migration, proliferation and metastasis. NCAM, NCL, LUM and VASP demonstrated a diagnostic value in discriminating the NB patients from the CTRL; meanwhile, MYH9, FN1, CALR, AKAP12 and LTBP1 were able to differentiate between the HR-NB and LR-NB patients with high accuracy. Therefore, Exo-prots contribute to NB tumor development and to the aggressive metastatic NB phenotype.
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- Martina Morini
- Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (M.A.); (D.S.)
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- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiencies, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (C.R.); (M.C.B.)
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- Core Facilities, Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.B.); (A.P.)
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- Core Facilities, Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.B.); (A.P.)
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- Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (M.A.); (D.S.)
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- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiencies, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (C.R.); (M.C.B.)
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- Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (M.A.); (D.S.)
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- Pediatric Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy;
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- Scientific Directorate, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy;
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- Clinical Bioinfomatics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy;
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- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiencies, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (C.R.); (M.C.B.)
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Pelassa S, Raggi F, Rossi C, Bosco MC. MicroRNAs in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. Biology (Basel) 2023; 12:991. [PMID: 37508421 PMCID: PMC10376583 DOI: 10.3390/biology12070991] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
Abstract
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) represents the most common chronic pediatric arthritis in Western countries and a leading cause of disability in children. Despite recent clinical achievements, patient management is still hindered by a lack of diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers and targeted treatment protocols. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs playing a key role in gene regulation, and their involvement in many pathologies has been widely reported in the literature. In recent decades, miRNA's contribution to the regulation of the immune system and the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases has been demonstrated. Furthermore, miRNAs isolated from patients' biological samples are currently under investigation for their potential as novel biomarkers. This review aims to provide an overview of the state of the art on miRNA investigation in JIA. The literature addressing the expression of miRNAs in different types of biological samples isolated from JIA patients was reviewed, focusing in particular on their potential application as diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers. The role of miRNAs in the regulation of immune responses in affected joints will also be discussed along with their potential utility as markers of patients' responses to therapeutic approaches. This information will be of value to investigators in the field of pediatric rheumatology, encouraging further research to increase our knowledge of miRNAs' potential for future clinical applications in JIA.
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- Simone Pelassa
- UOC Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Department of Pediatric Sciences, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 16147 Genova, Italy
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- UOC Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Department of Pediatric Sciences, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 16147 Genova, Italy
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- UOC Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Department of Pediatric Sciences, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 16147 Genova, Italy
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- UOC Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Department of Pediatric Sciences, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 16147 Genova, Italy
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Raggi F, Bartolucci M, Cangelosi D, Rossi C, Pelassa S, Trincianti C, Petretto A, Filocamo G, Civino A, Eva A, Ravelli A, Consolaro A, Bosco MC. Proteomic profiling of extracellular vesicles in synovial fluid and plasma from Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis patients reveals novel immunopathogenic biomarkers. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1134747. [PMID: 37205098 PMCID: PMC10186353 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1134747] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction New early low-invasive biomarkers are demanded for the management of Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (OJIA), the most common chronic pediatric rheumatic disease in Western countries and a leading cause of disability. A deeper understanding of the molecular basis of OJIA pathophysiology is essential for identifying new biomarkers for earlier disease diagnosis and patient stratification and to guide targeted therapeutic intervention. Proteomic profiling of extracellular vesicles (EVs) released in biological fluids has recently emerged as a minimally invasive approach to elucidate adult arthritis pathogenic mechanisms and identify new biomarkers. However, EV-prot expression and potential as biomarkers in OJIA have not been explored. This study represents the first detailed longitudinal characterization of the EV-proteome in OJIA patients. Methods Fourty-five OJIA patients were recruited at disease onset and followed up for 24 months, and protein expression profiling was carried out by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in EVs isolated from plasma (PL) and synovial fluid (SF) samples. Results We first compared the EV-proteome of SF vs paired PL and identified a panel of EV-prots whose expression was significantly deregulated in SF. Interaction network and GO enrichment analyses performed on deregulated EV-prots through STRING database and ShinyGO webserver revealed enrichment in processes related to cartilage/bone metabolism and inflammation, suggesting their role in OJIA pathogenesis and potential value as early molecular indicators of OJIA development. Comparative analysis of the EV-proteome in PL and SF from OJIA patients vs PL from age/gender-matched control children was then carried out. We detected altered expression of a panel of EV-prots able to differentiate new-onset OJIA patients from control children, potentially representing a disease-associated signature measurable at both the systemic and local levels with diagnostic potential. Deregulated EV-prots were significantly associated with biological processes related to innate immunity, antigen processing and presentation, and cytoskeleton organization. Finally, we ran WGCNA on the SF- and PL-derived EV-prot datasets and identified a few EV-prot modules associated with different clinical parameters stratifying OJIA patients in distinct subgroups. Discussion These data provide novel mechanistic insights into OJIA pathophysiology and an important contribution in the search of new candidate molecular biomarkers for the disease.
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- Federica Raggi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Core Facilities, Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal-Infantile Sciences (DiNOGMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Core Facilities, Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Ospedale “Vito Fazzi”, Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal-Infantile Sciences (DiNOGMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Scientific Direction, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal-Infantile Sciences (DiNOGMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- *Correspondence: Maria Carla Bosco,
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Raggi F, Cangelosi D, Consolaro A, Rossi C, Pelassa S, Cortese K, Gagliani MC, Morini M, Segalerba D, Brignole C, Bocca P, Marimpietri D, Trincianti C, Ravelli A, Eva A, Bosco MC. Extracellular vesicle-derived microRNAs as potential biomarkers in oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: methodological challenges and new perspectives. Clin Transl Med 2022; 12:e1067. [PMID: 36178089 PMCID: PMC9523680 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Federica Raggi
- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology ClinicIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Clinical Bioinformatics UnitIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Pediatric Rheumatology ClinicIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,DiNOGMIUniversity of GenovaGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology ClinicIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology ClinicIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Cellular Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Experimental MedicineUniversity of GenovaGenovaItaly
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- Cellular Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Experimental MedicineUniversity of GenovaGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in OncologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in OncologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Experimental Therapies in OncologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Present address:
Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology ClinicIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- DiNOGMIUniversity of GenovaGenovaItaly,Scientific DirectionIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular BiologyIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly,Present address:
Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Immunodeficiences, Pediatric Rheumatology ClinicIRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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Resaz R, Cangelosi D, Segalerba D, Morini M, Uva P, Bosco MC, Banderali G, Estrella A, Wanner C, Weinstein DA, Sechi A, Paci S, Melis D, Di Rocco M, Lee YM, Eva A. Exosomal MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers of Hepatic Injury and Kidney Disease in Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia Patients. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:328. [PMID: 35008754 PMCID: PMC8745197 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSDIa) is an inherited metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase-α (G6Pase-α). Affected individuals develop renal and liver complications, including the development of hepatocellular adenoma/carcinoma and kidney failure. The purpose of this study was to identify potential biomarkers of the evolution of the disease in GSDIa patients. To this end, we analyzed the expression of exosomal microRNAs (Exo-miRs) in the plasma exosomes of 45 patients aged 6 to 63 years. Plasma from age-matched normal individuals were used as controls. We found that the altered expression of several Exo-miRs correlates with the pathologic state of the patients and might help to monitor the progression of the disease and the development of late GSDIa-associated complications.
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- Roberta Resaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (R.R.); (D.S.); (M.M.); (M.C.B.)
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- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (D.C.); (P.U.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (R.R.); (D.S.); (M.M.); (M.C.B.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (R.R.); (D.S.); (M.M.); (M.C.B.)
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- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (D.C.); (P.U.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (R.R.); (D.S.); (M.M.); (M.C.B.)
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- Clinical Department of Pediatrics, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Presidio San Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Antonio di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milano, Italy; (G.B.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030, USA; (A.E.); (C.W.); (D.A.W.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030, USA; (A.E.); (C.W.); (D.A.W.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030, USA; (A.E.); (C.W.); (D.A.W.)
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- Regional Coordinating Center for Rare Diseases, Presidio Ospedaliero Universitario di Udine, P.zzale SM Della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Clinical Department of Pediatrics, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Presidio San Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Antonio di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milano, Italy; (G.B.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, Section of Pediatrics, Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Via Salvador Allende 43, Baronissi, 84100 Salerno, Italy;
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- Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy;
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030, USA; (A.E.); (C.W.); (D.A.W.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (R.R.); (D.S.); (M.M.); (M.C.B.)
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Resaz R, Raggi F, Segalerba D, Lavarello C, Gamberucci A, Bosco MC, Astigiano S, Assunto A, Melis D, D'Acierno M, Veiga-da-Cunha M, Petretto A, Marcolongo P, Trepiccione F, Eva A. The SGLT2-inhibitor dapagliflozin improves neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction in a mouse model of the inherited metabolic disorder GSDIb. Mol Genet Metab Rep 2021; 29:100813. [PMID: 34712576 PMCID: PMC8531659 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100813] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycogen Storage Disease type 1b (GSDIb) is a genetic disorder with long term severe complications. Accumulation of the glucose analog 1,5-anhydroglucitol-6-phosphate (1,5AG6P) in neutrophils inhibits the phosphorylation of glucose in these cells, causing neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunctions. This condition leads to serious infections and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in GSDIb patients. We show here that dapagliflozin, an inhibitor of the renal sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2), improves neutrophil function in an inducible mouse model of GSDIb by reducing 1,5AG6P accumulation in myeloid cells.
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Key Words
- 1,5-anhydroglucitol-6-phosphate
- 1,5AG, 1,5-anhydroglucitol
- 1,5AG6P, 1,5-anhydroglucitol-6-phosphate
- BM, bone marrow
- CFU, colony forming units
- Dapagliflozin
- G-CSF, granulocyte colony stimulating factor
- G6PC3, glucose-6-phosphatase C3
- G6PT, glucose-6-phospate translocase
- GSDIb, Glycogen Storage Disease type 1b
- Glycogen storage disease type 1b
- M-CSF, macrophage colony stimulating factor
- Mouse model
- NET, neutrophil extracellular trap
- Neutrophils
- PMA, phorbol myristate acetate
- PRM, parallel reaction monitoring
- Renal sodium-glucose co-transporter-2
- SGLT2, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2
- TM, tamoxifen
- fMLP, N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-phenylalanine
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- Roberta Resaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Core Facilities-Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Medical, Surgical, and Dental Department, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana," Section of Pediatrics, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 43 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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- Biogem Research Institute "Gaetano Salvatore", Ariano Irpino, Italy.,Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Università degli Studi della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.,Groupe de Recherches Metaboliques, de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, (Université Catholique de Louvain), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Core Facilities-Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Biogem Research Institute "Gaetano Salvatore", Ariano Irpino, Italy.,Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Università degli Studi della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Rajendiran A, Klemm P, Schippers A, Scheufen A, Schwarz T, Peitz J, Brandenburg LO, Wagner N, Consolaro A, Raggi F, Bosco MC, Luedde T, Foell D, Denecke B, Horneff G, Ohl K, Tenbrock K. miR-23a contributes to T cellular redox metabolism in juvenile idiopathic oligoarthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 61:2694-2703. [PMID: 34559194 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab709] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin. The regulation of inflammatory processes involves multiple cellular steps including mRNA transcription and translation. Different miRNAs tightly control these processes. We aimed to determine the roles of specific miRNAs within JIA pathogenesis. METHODS We performed a global miRNA expression analysis in parallel in cells from the arthritic joint and peripheral blood of oligoarticular JIA patients and healthy controls. QRT-PCR analysis was used to verify expression of miRNA in T cells. Ex vivo experiments and flow cytometric analyses were used to analyze proliferation and redox metabolism. RESULTS Global miRNA expression analysis demonstrated a different composition of miRNA expression at the site of inflammation compared with peripheral blood. Bioinformatic analysis of predicted miRNA target genes suggest a huge overrepresentation of genes involved in metabolic and oxidative stress pathways in the inflamed joint. Despite enhanced ROS levels within the local inflammatory milieu, JIA T cells are hyperproliferative and reveal an overexpression of miR-23a, which is an inhibitor of PPIF, the regulator of mitochondrial ROS escape. Mitochondrial ROS escape is diminished in JIA T cells resulting in their prolonged survival. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that miRNA dependent mitochondrial ROS shuttling might be a mechanism that contributes to T cell regulation in JIA at the site of inflammation.
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- Anandhi Rajendiran
- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Sendenhorst, Germany
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- Asklepios Children's Hospital Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany.,Institute of Anatomy, Rostock University Medical Center Rostock, Germany
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS, Instituto Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS, Instituto Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Dept of Medicine III, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Münster, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary center for clinical research Aachen, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Asklepios Children's Hospital Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany.,Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germant
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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Uva P, Bosco MC, Eva A, Conte M, Garaventa A, Amoroso L, Cangelosi D. Connectivity Map Analysis Indicates PI3K/Akt/mTOR Inhibitors as Potential Anti-Hypoxia Drugs in Neuroblastoma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13112809. [PMID: 34199959 PMCID: PMC8200206 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13112809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the deadliest pediatric cancers, accounting for 15% of deaths in childhood. Hypoxia is a condition of low oxygen tension occurring in solid tumors and has an unfavorable prognostic factor for NB. In the present study, we aimed to identify novel promising drugs for NB treatment. Connectivity Map (CMap), an online resource for drug repurposing, was used to identify connections between hypoxia-modulated genes in NB tumors and compounds. Two sets of 34 and 21 genes up- and down-regulated between hypoxic and normoxic primary NB tumors, respectively, were analyzed with CMap. The analysis reported a significant negative connectivity score across nine cell lines for 19 compounds mainly belonging to the class of PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors. The gene expression profiles of NB cells cultured under hypoxic conditions and treated with the mTORC complex inhibitor PP242, referred to as the Mohlin dataset, was used to validate the CMap findings. A heat map representation of hypoxia-modulated genes in the Mohlin dataset and the gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showed an opposite regulation of these genes in the set of NB cells treated with the mTORC inhibitor PP242. In conclusion, our analysis identified inhibitors of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway as novel candidate compounds to treat NB patients with hypoxic tumors and a poor prognosis.
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- Paolo Uva
- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, Scientific Direction, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy;
- Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.B.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.B.); (A.E.)
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- UOC Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.); (A.G.); (L.A.)
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- UOC Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.); (A.G.); (L.A.)
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- UOC Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.); (A.G.); (L.A.)
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- Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, Scientific Direction, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy;
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Resaz R, Cangelosi D, Morini M, Segalerba D, Mastracci L, Grillo F, Bosco MC, Bottino C, Colombo I, Eva A. Circulating exosomal microRNAs as potential biomarkers of hepatic injury and inflammation in a murine model of glycogen storage disease type 1a. Dis Model Mech 2020; 13:dmm.043364. [PMID: 32620541 PMCID: PMC7520457 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.043364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Most patients affected by glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD1a), an inherited metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase-α (G6Pase-α), develop renal and liver complications, including the development of hepatocellular adenoma/carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to identify potential biomarkers of the pathophysiology of the GSD1a-affected liver. To this end, we used the plasma exosomes of a murine model of GSD1a, the LS-G6pc -/ - mouse, to uncover the modulation in microRNA expression associated with the disease. The microRNAs differentially expressed between LS-G6pc -/- and wild-type mice, LS-G6pc -/- mice with hepatocellular adenoma and LS-G6pc -/- mice without adenoma, and LS-G6pc -/- mice with amyloidosis and LS-G6pc -/- mice without amyloidosis were identified. Pathway analysis demonstrated that the target genes of the differentially expressed microRNA were significantly enriched for the insulin signaling pathway, glucose and lipid metabolism, Wnt/β-catenin, telomere maintenance and hepatocellular carcinoma, and chemokine and immune regulation signaling pathways. Although some microRNAs were common to the different pathologic conditions, others were unique to the cancerous or inflammatory status of the animals. Therefore, the altered expression of several microRNAs is correlated with various pathologic liver states and might help to distinguish them during the progression of the disease and the development of late GSD1a-associated complications.
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- Roberta Resaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), Anatomic Pathology Unit, Università degli Studi di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genova, Italy.,National Cancer Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), Anatomic Pathology Unit, Università degli Studi di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genova, Italy.,National Cancer Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via L. B. Alberti 2, 16132 Genova, Italy.,Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via D. Trentacoste 2, 20134 Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Cangelosi D, Morini M, Zanardi N, Sementa AR, Muselli M, Conte M, Garaventa A, Pfeffer U, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Eva A. Hypoxia Predicts Poor Prognosis in Neuroblastoma Patients and Associates with Biological Mechanisms Involved in Telomerase Activation and Tumor Microenvironment Reprogramming. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2343. [PMID: 32825087 PMCID: PMC7563184 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The biological and clinical heterogeneity of neuroblastoma (NB) demands novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets in order to drive the most appropriate treatment for each patient. Hypoxia is a condition of low-oxygen tension occurring in poorly vascularized tumor tissues. In this study, we aimed to assess the role of hypoxia in the pathogenesis of NB and at developing a new clinically relevant hypoxia-based predictor of outcome. We analyzed the gene expression profiles of 1882 untreated NB primary tumors collected at diagnosis and belonging to four existing data sets. Analyses took advantage of machine learning methods. We identified NB-hop, a seven-gene hypoxia biomarker, as a predictor of NB patient prognosis, which is able to discriminate between two populations of patients with unfavorable or favorable outcome on a molecular basis. NB-hop retained its prognostic value in a multivariate model adjusted for established risk factors and was able to additionally stratify clinically relevant groups of patients. Tumors with an unfavorable NB-hop expression showed a significant association with telomerase activation and a hypoxic, immunosuppressive, poorly differentiated, and apoptosis-resistant tumor microenvironment. NB-hop defines a new population of NB patients with hypoxic tumors and unfavorable prognosis and it represents a critical factor for the stratification and treatment of NB patients.
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- Davide Cangelosi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (N.Z.); (L.V.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (N.Z.); (L.V.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (N.Z.); (L.V.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratory of Pathology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy;
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- Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering, Italian National Research Council, 16149 Genova, Italy;
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.); (A.G.)
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.C.); (A.G.)
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- Integrated Oncology Therapies Department, Molecular Pathology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (N.Z.); (L.V.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (N.Z.); (L.V.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy; (M.M.); (N.Z.); (L.V.); (A.E.)
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Raggi F, Bosco MC. Targeting Mononuclear Phagocyte Receptors in Cancer Immunotherapy: New Perspectives of the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells (TREM-1). Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12051337. [PMID: 32456204 PMCID: PMC7281211 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12051337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Inflammatory cells are major players in the onset of cancer. The degree of inflammation and type of inflammatory cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) are responsible for tilting the balance between tumor progression and regression. Cancer-related inflammation has also been shown to influence the efficacy of conventional therapy. Mononuclear phagocytes (MPs) represent a major component of the inflammatory circuit that promotes tumor progression. Despite their potential to activate immunosurveillance and exert anti-tumor responses, MPs are subverted by the tumor to support its growth, immune evasion, and spread. MP responses in the TME are dictated by a network of stimuli integrated through the cross-talk between activatory and inhibitory receptors. Alterations in receptor expression/signaling can create excessive inflammation and, when chronic, promote tumorigenesis. Research advances have led to the development of new therapeutic strategies aimed at receptor targeting to induce a tumor-infiltrating MP switch from a cancer-supportive toward an anti-tumor phenotype, demonstrating efficacy in different human cancers. This review provides an overview of the role of MP receptors in inflammation-mediated carcinogenesis and discusses the most recent updates regarding their targeting for immunotherapeutic purposes. We focus in particular on the TREM-1 receptor, a major amplifier of MP inflammatory responses, highlighting its relevance in the development and progression of several types of inflammation-associated malignancies and the promises of its inhibition for cancer immunotherapy.
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In the original publication of this manuscript [1], Fig. 1 contained a typographical error ('Metabolic' incorrectly written as 'Metabolig').
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Science, University "G. D'Annunzio", 66013, Chieti, Italy. .,Unit of Cellular Networks and Molecular Therapeutic Targets, Department of Research and Advanced Technologies, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144, Rome, Italy.
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- Preclinical Models and New Therapeutic Agents Unit, Department of Research and Advanced Technologies, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144, Rome, Italy
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Raggi F, Cangelosi D, Becherini P, Blengio F, Morini M, Acquaviva M, Belli ML, Panizzon G, Cervo G, Varesio L, Eva A, Bosco MC. Transcriptome analysis defines myocardium gene signatures in children with ToF and ASD and reveals disease-specific molecular reprogramming in response to surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. J Transl Med 2020; 18:21. [PMID: 31924244 PMCID: PMC6954611 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02210-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) and Atrial Septal Defects (ASD) are the most common types of congenital heart diseases and a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is used during corrective cardiac surgery to support circulation and heart stabilization. However, this procedure triggers systemic inflammatory and stress response and consequent increased risk of postoperative complications. The aim of this study was to define the molecular bases of ToF and ASD pathogenesis and response to CPB and identify new potential biomarkers. METHODS Comparative transcriptome analysis of right atrium specimens collected from 10 ToF and 10 ASD patients was conducted before (Pre-CPB) and after (Post-CPB) corrective surgery. Total RNA isolated from each sample was individually hybridized on Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus Array Strips containing 38,500 unique human genes. Differences in the gene expression profiles and functional enrichment/network analyses were assessed using bioinformatic tools. qRT-PCR analysis was used to validate gene modulation. RESULTS Pre-CPB samples showed significant differential expression of a total of 72 genes, 28 of which were overexpressed in ToF and 44 in ASD. According to Gene Ontology annotation, the mostly enriched biological processes were represented by matrix organization and cell adhesion in ToF and by muscle development and contractility in ASD specimens. GSEA highlighted the specific enrichment of hypoxia gene sets in ToF samples, pointing to a role for hypoxia in disease pathogenesis. The post-CPB myocardium exhibited significant alterations in the expression profile of genes related to transcription regulation, growth/apoptosis, inflammation, adhesion/matrix organization, and oxidative stress. Among them, only 70 were common to the two disease groups, whereas 110 and 24 were unique in ToF and ASD, respectively. Multiple functional interactions among differentially expressed gene products were predicted by network analysis. Interestingly, gene expression changes in ASD samples followed a consensus hypoxia profile. CONCLUSION Our results provide a comprehensive view of gene reprogramming in right atrium tissues of ToF and ASD patients before and after CPB, defining specific molecular pathways underlying disease pathophysiology and myocardium response to CPB. These findings have potential translational value because they identify new candidate prognostic markers and targets for tailored cardioprotective post-surgical therapies.
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- Federica Raggi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.,INSERM U955 Equipe 16, Creteil, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.,Immunobiology of Neurological Disorders Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology INSPE, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.,Cytomorphology Laboratory, Heamo-Onco-TMO Department, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.
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Low oxygen condition (hypoxia) is considered a hallmark of rapidly growing solid tumors. The presence of hypoxia renders tumor cells resistant to conventional chemo- and radio-therapy selecting a more malignant and invasive phenotype, and playing a negative role in patient prognosis. This commentary wishes to recognize the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to three physicians-scientists, Prof. William G. Kaelin Jr., Prof. Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Prof. Gregg L. Semenza, for their discovery of the mechanisms mediating cell ability to sense and adapt to changes in oxygen availability. Their studies established the basis for our understanding of the role of hypoxia in a variety of diseases, including anemia, renal failure, cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, and cancer, paving the way for new promising therapeutic strategies through the development of drugs that can either activate or block the oxygen-sensing machinery.
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Medical Science, University "G. D'Annunzio", 66013, Chieti, Italy. .,Unit of Cellular Networks and Molecular Therapeutic Targets, Department of Research and Advanced Technologies, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144, Rome, Italy.
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- Preclinical Models and New Therapeutic Agents Unit, Department of Research and Advanced Technologies, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144, Rome, Italy
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Zanardi N, Morini M, Tangaro MA, Zambelli F, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Eva A, Cangelosi D. PIPE-T: a new Galaxy tool for the analysis of RT-qPCR expression data. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17550. [PMID: 31772190 PMCID: PMC6879478 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53155-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is an accurate and fast method to measure gene expression. Reproducibility of the analyses is the main limitation of RT-qPCR experiments. Galaxy is an open, web-based, genomic workbench for a reproducible, transparent, and accessible science. Our aim was developing a new Galaxy tool for the analysis of RT-qPCR expression data. Our tool was developed using Galaxy workbench version 19.01 and functions implemented in several R packages. We developed PIPE-T, a new Galaxy tool implementing a workflow, which offers several options for parsing, filtering, normalizing, imputing, and analyzing RT-qPCR data. PIPE-T requires two input files and returns seven output files. We tested the ability of PIPE-T to analyze RT-qPCR data on two example datasets available in the gene expression omnibus repository. In both cases, our tool successfully completed execution returning expected results. PIPE-T can be easily installed from the Galaxy main tool shed or from Docker. Source code, step-by-step instructions, and example files are available on GitHub to assist new users to install, execute, and test PIPE-T. PIPE-T is a new tool suitable for the reproducible, transparent, and accessible analysis of RT-qPCR expression data.
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- Nicolò Zanardi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Via Giovanni Amendola, 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Via Giovanni Amendola, 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italy
- Department of Bioscience, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.
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Cangelosi D, Resaz R, Petretto A, Segalerba D, Ognibene M, Raggi F, Mastracci L, Grillo F, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Sica A, Colombo I, Eva A. A Proteomic Analysis of GSD-1a in Mouse Livers: Evidence for Metabolic Reprogramming, Inflammation, and Macrophage Polarization. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:2965-2978. [PMID: 31173686 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Davide Cangelosi
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Core Facilities-Proteomics Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio Cellule Staminali Post Natali e Terapie Cellulari, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), Anatomic Pathology Unit, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV n. 6, 16132 Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, National Cancer Research Institute, Largo Rosanna Benzi n. 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), Anatomic Pathology Unit, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV n. 6, 16132 Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, National Cancer Research Institute, Largo Rosanna Benzi n. 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Largo Guido Donegani n. 2, 28100 Novara, Italy
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Alessandro Manzoni n. 56, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti n. 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini n. 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Resaz R, Rosa F, Grillo F, Basso L, Segalerba D, Puglisi A, Bosco MC, Mastracci L, Neumaier CE, Varesio L, Eva A. Characterization of high- and low-risk hepatocellular adenomas by magnetic resonance imaging in an animal model of glycogen storage disease type 1A. Dis Model Mech 2019; 12:dmm.038026. [PMID: 30898969 PMCID: PMC6505483 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.038026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) are benign tumors, of which the most serious complications are hemorrhage and malignant transformation to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Among the various subtypes of HCA, the β-catenin-activated subtype (bHCA) is associated with greatest risk of malignant transformation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important tool to differentiate benign and malignant hepatic lesions, and preclinical experimental approaches may help to develop a method to identify MRI features associated with bHCA. HCAs are associated with various pathologies, including glycogen storage disease 1a (GSD1a). Here, we utilized a mouse model for GSD1a that develops HCA and HCC, and analyzed the mice in order to distinguish low-risk from high-risk tumors. Animals were scanned by MRI using a hepato-specific contrast agent. The mice were sacrificed after MRI and their lesions were classified using immunohistochemistry. We observed that 45% of the animals developed focal lesions, and MRI identified four different patterns after contrast administration: isointense, hyperintense and hypointense lesions, and lesions with peripheral contrast enhancement. After contrast administration, only bHCA and HCC were hypointense in T1-weighted imaging and mildly hyperintense in T2-weighted imaging. Thus, high-risk adenomas display MRI features clearly distinguishable from those exhibited by low-risk adenomas, indicating that MRI is a reliable method for early diagnosis and classification of HCA, necessary for correct patient management.
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- Roberta Resaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Science of Health (DISSAL), University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy.,Department of Radiology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy.,Anatomic Pathology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Science of Health (DISSAL), University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy.,Department of Radiology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy.,Anatomic Pathology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Bosco MC. Macrophage polarization: Reaching across the aisle? J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019; 143:1348-1350. [PMID: 30639344 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
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Raggi F, Pissavino AL, Resaz R, Segalerba D, Puglisi A, Vanni C, Antonini F, Del Zotto G, Gamberucci A, Marcolongo P, Bosco MC, Grillo F, Mastracci L, Eva A. Development and characterization of an inducible mouse model for glycogen storage disease type Ib. J Inherit Metab Dis 2018; 41:1015-1025. [PMID: 29967951 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-018-0211-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Glycogen storage disease type Ib (GSD1b) is a rare metabolic and immune disorder caused by a deficiency in the glucose-6-phosphate transporter (G6PT) and characterized by impaired glucose homeostasis, myeloid dysfunction, and long-term risk of hepatocellular adenomas. Despite maximal therapy, based on a strict diet and on granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment, long-term severe complications still develop. Understanding the pathophysiology of GSD1b is a prerequisite to develop new therapeutic strategies and depends on the availability of animal models. The G6PT-KO mouse mimics the human disease but is very fragile and rarely survives weaning. We generated a conditional G6PT-deficient mouse as an alternative model for studying the long-term pathophysiology of the disease. We utilized this conditional mouse to develop an inducible G6PT-KO model to allow temporally regulated G6PT deletion by the administration of tamoxifen (TM). METHODS We generated a conditional G6PT-deficient mouse utilizing the CRElox strategy. Histology, histochemistry, and phenotype analyses were performed at different times after TM-induced G6PT inactivation. Neutrophils and monocytes were isolated and analyzed for functional activity with standard techniques. RESULTS The G6PT-inducible KO mice display the expected disturbances of G6P metabolism and myeloid dysfunctions of the human disorder, even though with a milder intensity. CONCLUSIONS TM-induced inactivation of G6PT in these mice leads to a phenotype which mimics that of human GSD1b patients. The conditional mice we have generated represent an excellent tool to study the tissue-specific role of the G6PT gene and the mechanism of long-term complications in GSD1b.
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- Federica Raggi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Core Facilities Laboratory, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Core Facilities Laboratory, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS AOU San Martino IST Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS AOU San Martino IST Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Translational Research, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnosis and Services, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
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Parodi M, Raggi F, Cangelosi D, Manzini C, Balsamo M, Blengio F, Eva A, Varesio L, Pietra G, Moretta L, Mingari MC, Vitale M, Bosco MC. Hypoxia Modifies the Transcriptome of Human NK Cells, Modulates Their Immunoregulatory Profile, and Influences NK Cell Subset Migration. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2358. [PMID: 30459756 PMCID: PMC6232835 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Hypoxia, which characterizes most tumor tissues, can alter the function of different immune cell types, favoring tumor escape mechanisms. In this study, we show that hypoxia profoundly acts on NK cells by influencing their transcriptome, affecting their immunoregulatory functions, and changing the chemotactic responses of different NK cell subsets. Exposure of human peripheral blood NK cells to hypoxia for 16 or 96 h caused significant changes in the expression of 729 or 1,100 genes, respectively. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis demonstrated that these changes followed a consensus hypoxia transcriptional profile. As assessed by Gene Ontology annotation, hypoxia-targeted genes were implicated in several biological processes: metabolism, cell cycle, differentiation, apoptosis, cell stress, and cytoskeleton organization. The hypoxic transcriptome also showed changes in genes with immunological relevance including those coding for proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and chemokine-receptors. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis confirmed the modulation of several immune-related genes, prompting further immunophenotypic and functional studies. Multiplex ELISA demonstrated that hypoxia could variably reduce NK cell ability to release IFNγ, TNFα, GM-CSF, CCL3, and CCL5 following PMA+Ionomycin or IL15+IL18 stimulation, while it poorly affected the response to IL12+IL18. Cytofluorimetric analysis showed that hypoxia could influence NK chemokine receptor pattern by sustaining the expression of CCR7 and CXCR4. Remarkably, this effect occurred selectively (CCR7) or preferentially (CXCR4) on CD56bright NK cells, which indeed showed higher chemotaxis to CCL19, CCL21, or CXCL12. Collectively, our data suggest that the hypoxic environment may profoundly influence the nature of the NK cell infiltrate and its effects on immune-mediated responses within tumor tissues.
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- Monica Parodi
- UOC Immunologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Immunologia Clinica e Sperimentale, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- UOC Immunologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Immunology Area, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Immunologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy.,Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- UOC Immunologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Young H, Blasi E, Cox G, Carla Bosco M. Dr. Luigi (Gigi) Varesio: A memorial. J Leukoc Biol 2018; 103:1251-1251. [PMID: 29607534 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3lt0218-080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Memorial tribute to Dr. Varesio's career and contributions to the field of leukocyte biology.
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Bosco MC, Raggi F, Varesio L. Therapeutic Potential of Targeting TREM-1 in Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer. Curr Pharm Des 2017; 22:6209-6233. [PMID: 27568730 DOI: 10.2174/1381612822666160826110539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM)-1 is a member of the Ig-like immunoregulatory receptor family and a major amplifier of innate immune responses. TREM- 1 has been implicated in the development and perpetuation of a number of inflammatory disorders, and soluble TREM-1 levels are a clinically valuable diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in patients with sepsis and other types of acute and chronic inflammation- associated diseases, easily detectable in biological fluids. High TREM-1 expression in macrophages infiltrating human tumors and increased concentrations of soluble TREM-1 also correlate with aggressive tumor behavior and recurrence and are a relevant independent predictor of poor patient survival. Pharmacological inhibition of TREM-1 has proven effective in preclinical mouse models of infectious and non-infectious inflammatory disorders and malignancies, conferring survival advantages and protecting from organ damage or tumor growth by attenuating inflammatory responses. This review aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the state of the art on TREM-1 research. We review the literature addressing TREM-1 role in the amplification of myeloid cell inflammatory responses at pathologic sites and its relevance in the development, severity, and progression of inflammatory diseases and cancer. Furthermore, we discuss recent advances in the pharmacological use of TREM-1 inhibitors in mouse preclinical models, emphasizing their potential in new strategies for the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory conditions and for therapeutic intervention in cancer. This information will be of value to investigators in the field of pharmacology, drawing attention to novel therapeutic opportunities to complement current treatment approaches.
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Ognibene M, Cangelosi D, Morini M, Segalerba D, Bosco MC, Sementa AR, Eva A, Varesio L. Immunohistochemical analysis of PDK1, PHD3 and HIF-1α expression defines the hypoxic status of neuroblastoma tumors. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187206. [PMID: 29117193 PMCID: PMC5678880 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumor during infancy and the first cause of death among the preschool age diseases. The availability of several NB genomic profiles improves the prognostic ability, but the outcome prediction for this pathology remains imperfect. We previously produced a novel prognostic gene signature based on the response of NB cells to hypoxia, a condition of tumor microenvironment strictly connected with cancer aggressiveness. Here we attempted to further define the expression of hypoxia-modulated specific genes, looking at their protein level in NB specimens, considering in particular the hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), the mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1), and the HIF-prolyl hydroxylase domain 3 (PHD3). The evaluation of expression was performed by Western blot and immunocytochemistry on NB cell lines and by immunohistochemistry on tumor specimens. Stimulation of both HIF-1α and PDK1 and inhibition of PHD3 expression were observed in NB cell lines cultured under prolonged hypoxic conditions as well as in most of the tumors with poor outcome. Our results indicate that the immunohistochemistry analysis of the protein expression of PDK1, PHD3, and HIF-1α defines the hypoxic status of NB tumors and can be used as a simple and relevant tool to stratify high-risk patients.
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- Marzia Ognibene
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
- * E-mail: (AE); (MO)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
- * E-mail: (AE); (MO)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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Raggi F, Pelassa S, Pierobon D, Penco F, Gattorno M, Novelli F, Eva A, Varesio L, Giovarelli M, Bosco MC. Regulation of Human Macrophage M1-M2 Polarization Balance by Hypoxia and the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1097. [PMID: 28936211 PMCID: PMC5594076 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Macrophages (Mf) are a heterogeneous population of tissue-resident professional phagocytes and a major component of the leukocyte infiltrate at sites of inflammation, infection, and tumor growth. They can undergo diverse forms of activation in response to environmental factors, polarizing into specialized functional subsets. A common hallmark of the pathologic environment is represented by hypoxia. The impact of hypoxia on human Mf polarization has not been fully established. The objective of this study was to elucidate the effects of a hypoxic environment reflecting that occurring in vivo in diseased tissues on the ability of human Mf to polarize into classically activated (proinflammatory M1) and alternatively activated (anti-inflammatory M2) subsets. We present data showing that hypoxia hinders Mf polarization toward the M1 phenotype by decreasing the expression of T cell costimulatory molecules and chemokine homing receptors and the production of proinflammatory, Th1-priming cytokines typical of classical activation, while promoting their acquisition of phenotypic and secretory features of alternative activation. Furthermore, we identify the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM)-1, a member of the Ig-like immunoregulatory receptor family, as a hypoxia-inducible gene in Mf and demonstrate that its engagement by an agonist Ab reverses the M2-polarizing effect of hypoxia imparting a M1-skewed phenotype to Mf. Finally, we provide evidence that Mf infiltrating the inflamed hypoxic joints of children affected by oligoarticular juvenile idiopatic arthritis express high surface levels of TREM-1 associated with predominant M1 polarization and suggest the potential of this molecule in driving M1 proinflammatory reprogramming in the hypoxic synovial environment.
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- Federica Raggi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CERMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Pediatria II, Department of Pediatrics, Giannina Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Pediatria II, Department of Pediatrics, Giannina Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CERMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CERMS), AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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Amaro A, Parodi F, Diedrich K, Angelini G, Götz C, Viaggi S, Maric I, Coviello D, Pistillo MP, Morabito A, Mandalà M, Ghiorzo P, Visconti P, Gualco M, Anselmi L, Puzone R, Lanza F, Mosci C, Raggi F, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Zeschnigk M, Spano L, Queirolo P, Pfeffer U. Analysis of the Expression and Single-Nucleotide Variant Frequencies of the Butyrophilin-like 2 Gene in Patients With Uveal Melanoma. JAMA Ophthalmol 2017; 134:1125-1133. [PMID: 27532663 DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.2691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Importance Chromosome 6p amplification is associated with more benign behavior for uveal melanomas (UMs) with an otherwise high risk of metastasis conferred by chromosome 3 monosomy. Chromosome 6p contains several members of the B7 family of immune regulator genes, including butyrophilin-like 2 (BTNL2; OMIM, 606000), which is associated with prostate cancer risk and autoimmune diseases. Objective To investigate the expression and variant allele frequencies of BTNL2, a candidate gene for chromosome 6 amplification, in patients with UM. Design, Setting, and Participants In this case-control study, we analyzed the expression of BTNL2 in UM cell lines and human macrophages in patients with UM. Variants of BTNL2 were analyzed using probes for polymerase chain reaction and high-resolution melting. The association of missense variants rs28362679 and rs41441651 with tumor risk was analyzed in 209 patients with UM and 116 matched control patients as well as 12 UM and 64 other tumor cell lines. Genes that were differentially expressed in M1- and M2-polarized macrophages were identified by microarray analysis of 111 patients with UM, and the association of the expression of these genes with disease-free survival was analyzed by Cox regression analysis. Data were collected from September 2013 to November 2015. Main Outcomes and Measures Butyrophilin-like 2 single-nucleotide variants were associated with UM risk; M1 and M2 macrophage-specific gene expression was associated with disease-free survival. Results We genotyped a total of 325 patients. Of the 209 patients with UM, 124 (59.3%) were male, 114 (54.5%) were Italian, and 95 (45.5%) were German; the mean (range) age was 65 (27-94) years. Of the 116 Italian control patients, 67 (57.8%) were female, and the mean (range) age was 39 (21-88) years. Butyrophilin-like 2 is expressed in patients with UM and macrophages. The frequency of the rs28362679 variant was higher in patients with UM (16 of 209 [7.7%]; 95% CI, 4.7-12.2) than frequencies from European Variation Archive and Exome Aggregation Consortium data (2134 of 118 564 [1.8%]; 95% CI, 1.7-1.9) and Exome Sequencing Project data (100 of 4540 [2.2%]; 95% CI, 1.8-2.7) but were not higher compared with Italian control patients (10 of 116 [8.6%]; 95% CI, 4.6-15.4). The rs41441651 variant was present in 5 patients with UM (2.4%; 95% CI, 0.9-5.7), 2 Italian control patients (1.7%; 95% CI, 0.1-6.5), 2846 patients from European Variation Archive and Exome Aggregation Consortium data (2.4%; 95% CI, 2.3-2.5), and 23 patients from Exome Sequencing Project data (0.5%; 95% CI, 0.3-0.8). Human UM cells express M1 and M2 macrophage-specific genes, whose expression is associated with disease-free survival. Conclusions and Relevance Butyrophilin-like 2, expressed at various levels by UM cells and macrophages, might interfere with the immune control of the tumor. Butyrophilin-like 2 variants showed highly variable frequencies among ethnically related cohorts. There was no enrichment of BTNL2 variants in patients with UM compared with control patients.
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- Adriana Amaro
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy2Department of Earth Sciences, Environment, and Life, Università Degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy3Intergruppo Melanoma Italiano, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Environment, and Life, Università Degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy5Ente Ospedaliero Galliera, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Tumor Epigenetics, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Tumor Epigenetics, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Genetics of Rare Tumors, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Blood Transfusion Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Anatomy and Cytohistopathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, West German Cancer Center and the German Cancer Consortium, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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Lo Sicco C, Reverberi D, Balbi C, Ulivi V, Principi E, Pascucci L, Becherini P, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Franzin C, Pozzobon M, Cancedda R, Tasso R. Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Mediators of Anti-Inflammatory Effects: Endorsement of Macrophage Polarization. Stem Cells Transl Med 2017; 6:1018-1028. [PMID: 28186708 PMCID: PMC5442783 DOI: 10.1002/sctm.16-0363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) are effective therapeutic agents enhancing the repair of injured tissues mostly through their paracrine activity. Increasing evidences show that besides the secretion of soluble molecules, the release of extracellular vesicles (EVs) represents an alternative mechanism adopted by MSCs. Since macrophages are essential contributors toward the resolution of inflammation, which has emerged as a finely orchestrated process, the aim of the present study was to carry out a detailed characterization of EVs released by human adipose derived-MSCs to investigate their involvement as modulators of MSC anti-inflammatory effects inducing macrophage polarization. The EV-isolation method was based on repeated ultracentrifugations of the medium conditioned by MSC exposed to normoxic or hypoxic conditions (EVNormo and EVHypo ). Both types of EVs were efficiently internalized by responding bone marrow-derived macrophages, eliciting their switch from a M1 to a M2 phenotype. In vivo, following cardiotoxin-induced skeletal muscle damage, EVNormo and EVHypo interacted with macrophages recruited during the initial inflammatory response. In injured and EV-treated muscles, a downregulation of IL6 and the early marker of innate and classical activation Nos2 were concurrent to a significant upregulation of Arg1 and Ym1, late markers of alternative activation, as well as an increased percentage of infiltrating CD206pos cells. These effects, accompanied by an accelerated expression of the myogenic markers Pax7, MyoD, and eMyhc, were even greater following EVHypo administration. Collectively, these data indicate that MSC-EVs possess effective anti-inflammatory properties, making them potential therapeutic agents more handy and safe than MSCs. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017 Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017;6:1018-1028.
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- Claudia Lo Sicco
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- U.O. Regenerative Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy
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- U.O. Molecular Pathology, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy
- Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- U.O. Regenerative Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy
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Cangelosi D, Pelassa S, Morini M, Conte M, Bosco MC, Eva A, Sementa AR, Varesio L. Artificial neural network classifier predicts neuroblastoma patients' outcome. BMC Bioinformatics 2016; 17:347. [PMID: 28185577 PMCID: PMC5123344 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-016-1194-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background More than fifty percent of neuroblastoma (NB) patients with adverse prognosis do not benefit from treatment making the identification of new potential targets mandatory. Hypoxia is a condition of low oxygen tension, occurring in poorly vascularized tissues, which activates specific genes and contributes to the acquisition of the tumor aggressive phenotype. We defined a gene expression signature (NB-hypo), which measures the hypoxic status of the neuroblastoma tumor. We aimed at developing a classifier predicting neuroblastoma patients’ outcome based on the assessment of the adverse effects of tumor hypoxia on the progression of the disease. Methods Multi-layer perceptron (MLP) was trained on the expression values of the 62 probe sets constituting NB-hypo signature to develop a predictive model for neuroblastoma patients’ outcome. We utilized the expression data of 100 tumors in a leave-one-out analysis to select and construct the classifier and the expression data of the remaining 82 tumors to test the classifier performance in an external dataset. We utilized the Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) to evaluate the enrichment of hypoxia related gene sets in patients predicted with “Poor” or “Good” outcome. Results We utilized the expression of the 62 probe sets of the NB-Hypo signature in 182 neuroblastoma tumors to develop a MLP classifier predicting patients’ outcome (NB-hypo classifier). We trained and validated the classifier in a leave-one-out cross-validation analysis on 100 tumor gene expression profiles. We externally tested the resulting NB-hypo classifier on an independent 82 tumors’ set. The NB-hypo classifier predicted the patients’ outcome with the remarkable accuracy of 87 %. NB-hypo classifier prediction resulted in 2 % classification error when applied to clinically defined low-intermediate risk neuroblastoma patients. The prediction was 100 % accurate in assessing the death of five low/intermediated risk patients. GSEA of tumor gene expression profile demonstrated the hypoxic status of the tumor in patients with poor prognosis. Conclusions We developed a robust classifier predicting neuroblastoma patients’ outcome with a very low error rate and we provided independent evidence that the poor outcome patients had hypoxic tumors, supporting the potential of using hypoxia as target for neuroblastoma treatment. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12859-016-1194-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Davide Cangelosi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gaslini Institute, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
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Lazzarini E, Carter PR, De Boer M, Balbi C, Altieri P, Pfeffer U, Gambini E, Varesio L, Bosco MC, Coviello D, Pompilio G, Brunelli C, Cancedda R, Ameri P, Bollini S, Mcgowan J, Uppal H, Chandran S, Sarma J, Potluri R, Octavia Y, De Kleijnen MGJ, Van Thiel BS, Ridwan Y, Te Lintel Hekkert M, Van Der Pluijm I, Essers J, Hoeijmakers JH, Duncker DJ. Mechanisms of Cancer-related Cardiomyopathy67Protection against chemotherapy cardiotoxicity by the human amniotic fluid stem cell secretome: a new tool for future paracrine therapy68Hyperlipidaemia reduces mortality in breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancer69DNA-repair in cardiomyocytes is critical for maintaining cardiac function. Cardiovasc Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvw130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Varesio L, Raggi F, Pelassa S, Pierobon D, Cangelosi D, Giovarelli M, Bosco MC. ‘Hypoxia reprograms human macrophages towards a proinflammatory direction’. The Journal of Immunology 2016. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.196.supp.201.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Mononuclear phagocytes are recruited from the circulation as primary monocytes to sites of infection, inflammation, and tumor growth, where they undergo terminal differentiation into macrophages. Macrophages can be polarized into classically activated macrophages (M1) or alternatively activated macrophages (M2) which are characterized by a proinflammatory or an anti-inflammatory phenotype, respectively. M1 and M2 polarization is regulated by microenvironment factors. A common feature of pathologic situations is represented by hypoxia. Little is known about the impact of hypoxia on M1/M2 polarization. To address this issue, M1 (CD80+) and M2 (CD206+) macrophages were generated by culturing human monocytes with LPS or IL4 for 24h under normoxia (20%O2) or hypoxia (1%O2). We show that hypoxia amplifies the proinflammatory state of M1 macrophages and reprograms M2 macrophages towards a proinflammatory direction by increasing the production of inflammatory and proangiogenic cytokines/chemokines. The hypoxic pathologic microenvironment can tune the expression of immunoregulatory signaling receptors, whose deregulated expression may result in amplification of inflammation or establishment of immune escape situations. We demonstrate that hypoxia strongly upregulates the expression of one of such receptors, TREM -1, in M1 and M2 macrophages. Engagement of TREM-1 by agonist Ab triggers further production of M1-type cytokines/chemokines in both populations. These results suggest the role of the hypoxic environment present at pathologic sites in skewing macrophages towards a M1-like proinflammatory phenotype by inducing TREM-1, highlighting the potential of targeting TREM-1 in inflammatory disorders and in tumors.
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Pierobon D, Raggi F, Cambieri I, Pelassa S, Occhipinti S, Cappello P, Novelli F, Musso T, Eva A, Castagnoli C, Varesio L, Giovarelli M, Bosco MC. Regulation of Langerhans cell functions in a hypoxic environment. J Mol Med (Berl) 2016; 94:943-55. [PMID: 26960761 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-016-1400-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 01/31/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Langerhans cells (LCs) are a specialized dendritic cell subset that resides in the epidermis and mucosal epithelia and is critical for the orchestration of skin immunity. Recent evidence suggest that LCs are involved in aberrant wound healing and in the development of hypertrophic scars and chronic wounds, which are characterized by a hypoxic environment. Understanding LCs biology under hypoxia may, thus, lead to the identification of novel pathogenetic mechanisms of wound repair disorders and open new therapeutic opportunities to improve wound healing. In this study, we characterize a previously unrecognized role for hypoxia in significantly affecting the phenotype and functional properties of human monocyte-derived LCs, impairing their ability to stimulate naive T cell responses, and identify the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid (TREM)-1, a member of the Ig immunoregulatory receptor family, as a new hypoxia-inducible gene in LCs and an activator of their proinflammatory and Th1-polarizing functions in a hypoxic environment. Furthermore, we provide the first evidence of TREM-1 expression in vivo in LCs infiltrating hypoxic areas of active hypertrophic scars and decubitous ulcers, pointing to a potential pathogenic role of this molecule in wound repair disorders. KEY MESSAGES Hypoxia modulates surface molecule expression and cytokine profile in Langerhans cells. Hypoxia impairs human Langerhans cell stimulatory activity on naive T cells. Hypoxia selectively induces TREM-1 expression in human Langerhans cells. TREM-1 engagement stimulates Langerhans cell inflammatory and Th1-polarizing activity. TREM-1 is expressed in vivo in Langerhans cells infiltrating hypoxic skin lesions.
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- Daniele Pierobon
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- CERMS, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G.Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Burns Centre and Skin Bank, Trauma Center, Torino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G.Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- CERMS, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- CERMS, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- CERMS, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G.Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Burns Centre and Skin Bank, Trauma Center, Torino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G.Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy.
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova Quarto, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- CERMS, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G.Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy.
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L.go G.Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova Quarto, Italy.
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Resaz R, Vanni C, Segalerba D, Sementa AR, Mastracci L, Grillo F, Murgia D, Bosco MC, Chou JY, Barbieri O, Varesio L, Eva A. Development of hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas in mice with liver-specific G6Pase-α deficiency. Dis Model Mech 2015; 7:1083-91. [PMID: 25147298 PMCID: PMC4142728 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.014878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD-1a) is caused by a deficiency in glucose-6-phosphatase-α (G6Pase-α), and is characterized by impaired glucose homeostasis and a high risk of developing hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs). A globally G6Pase-α-deficient (G6pc(-/-)) mouse model that shows pathological features similar to those of humans with GSD-1a has been developed. These mice show a very severe phenotype of disturbed glucose homeostasis and rarely live beyond weaning. We generated liver-specific G6Pase-α-deficient (LS‑G6pc(-/-)) mice as an alternative animal model for studying the long-term pathophysiology of the liver and the potential treatment strategies, such as cell therapy. LS‑G6pc(-/-) mice were viable and exhibited normal glucose profiles in the fed state, but showed significantly lower blood glucose levels than their control littermates after 6 hours of fasting. LS‑G6pc(-/-) mice developed hepatomegaly with glycogen accumulation and hepatic steatosis, and progressive hepatic degeneration. Ninety percent of the mice analyzed developed amyloidosis by 12 months of age. Finally, 25% of the mice sacrificed at age 10-20 months showed the presence of multiple HCAs and in one case late development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In conclusion, LS‑G6pc(-/-) mice manifest hepatic symptoms similar to those of human GSD-1a and, therefore, represent a valid model to evaluate long-term liver pathogenesis of GSD-1a.
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- Roberta Resaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Pathology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), Anatomic Pathology Unit, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), Anatomic Pathology Unit, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Pathology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Section on Cellular Differentiation, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1830, USA
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- IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, 16132 Genova, Italy Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Gannina Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Vanni C, Ognibene M, Finetti F, Mancini P, Cabodi S, Segalerba D, Torrisi MR, Donnini S, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Eva A. Dbl oncogene expression in MCF-10 A epithelial cells disrupts mammary acinar architecture, induces EMT and angiogenic factor secretion. Cell Cycle 2015; 14:1426-37. [PMID: 25723869 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1021516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The proteins of the Dbl family are guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) of Rho GTPases and are known to be involved in cell growth regulation. Alterations of the normal function of these proteins lead to pathological processes such as developmental disorders, neoplastic transformation, and tumor metastasis. We have previously demonstrated that expression of Dbl oncogene in lens epithelial cells modulates genes encoding proteins involved in epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) and induces angiogenesis in the lens. Our present study was undertaken to investigate the role of Dbl oncogene in epithelial cells transformation, providing new insights into carcinoma progression.To assess how Dbl oncogene can modulate EMT, cell migration, morphogenesis, and expression of pro-apoptotic and angiogenic factors we utilized bi- and 3-dimensional cultures of MCF-10 A cells. We show that upon Dbl expression MCF-10 A cells undergo EMT. In addition, we found that Dbl overexpression sustains Cdc42 and Rac activation inducing morphological alterations, characterized by the presence of lamellipodia and conferring a high migratory capacity to the cells. Moreover, Dbl expressing MCF-10 A cells form altered 3D structures and can induce angiogenesis by producing proangiogenic factors such as CCL2. These results support a role for Dbl oncogene in epithelial cell differentiation and transformation and suggest the relevance of GEF deregulation in tumor onset and progression.
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- Cristina Vanni
- a Laboratory of Molecular Biology ; Istituto Giannina Gaslini ; Genova , Italy
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Raggi F, Blengio F, Eva A, Pende D, Varesio L, Bosco MC. Identification of CD300a as a new hypoxia-inducible gene and a regulator of CCL20 and VEGF production by human monocytes and macrophages. Innate Immun 2013; 20:721-34. [PMID: 24131792 DOI: 10.1177/1753425913507095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Peripheral blood monocytes are recruited to inflammatory and tumor lesions where they undergo terminal differentiation into macrophages. Monocytes/macrophages integrate stimulatory and inhibitory signals present in the pathologic microenvironment through a defined repertoire of cell surface receptors, and deregulated expression of these molecules may result in amplification of inflammation or establishment of immune escape mechanisms. Characterization of the expression and function of these receptors is required for a better understanding of the regulation of monocyte/macrophage activity at pathologic sites. Hypoxia is a common feature of many pathological situations and an important regulator of monocyte/macrophage pro-inflammatory responses. In this study, we identify the leukocyte membrane antigen, CD300a, a member of the CD300 superfamily of immunoregulatory receptors, as a new hypoxia-inducible gene in primary human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages. CD300a mRNA up-regulation by hypoxia was rapid and reversible, paralleled by increased surface protein expression, and mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1α. CD300a induction was also triggered by the hypoxia-mimetic agent, desferrioxamine. CD300a exhibited both activating and inhibitory potential, differentially regulating CCL20 and vascular endothelial growth factor pro-inflammatory cytokine production by monocytes/macrophages upon triggering by an agonist Ab. These results suggest that CD300a induction by the hypoxic environment represents a mechanism of regulation of monocyte/macrophage pro-inflammatory responses at pathologic sites.
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- Federica Raggi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Balsamo M, Manzini C, Pietra G, Raggi F, Blengio F, Mingari MC, Varesio L, Moretta L, Bosco MC, Vitale M. Hypoxia downregulates the expression of activating receptors involved in NK-cell-mediated target cell killing without affecting ADCC. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:2756-64. [PMID: 23913266 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201343448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [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: 02/13/2013] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In certain infection sites or tumor tissues, the disruption of homeostasis can give rise to a hypoxic microenvironment, which, in turn, can alter the function of different immune cell types and favor the progression of the disease. Natural killer (NK) cells are directly involved in the elimination of virus-infected or transformed cells, however it is unknown whether their function is affected by hypoxia or not. In this study, we show that NK cells adapt to a hypoxic environment by upregulating the hypoxia-inducible factor 1α. However, NK cells lose their ability to upregulate the surface expression of the major activating NK-cell receptors (NKp46, NKp30, NKp44, and NKG2D) in response to IL-2 (or other activating cytokines, including IL-15, IL-12, and IL-21). These altered phenotypic features correlate with reduced responses to triggering signals resulting in impaired capability of killing infected or tumor target cells. Remarkably, hypoxia does not significantly alter the surface density and the triggering function of the Fc-γ receptor CD16, thus allowing NK cells to maintain their capability of killing target cells via antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. This finding offers an important clue for exploitation of NK cell in antibody-based immunotherapy of cancer.
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- Mirna Balsamo
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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Pierobon D, Bosco MC, Blengio F, Raggi F, Eva A, Filippi M, Musso T, Novelli F, Cappello P, Varesio L, Giovarelli M. Chronic hypoxia reprograms human immature dendritic cells by inducing a proinflammatory phenotype and TREM-1 expression. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:949-66. [PMID: 23436478 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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DCs are powerful antigen-presenting cells central in the orchestration of innate and acquired immunity. DC development, migration, and activities are intrinsically linked to the microenvironment. DCs migrate through pathologic tissues before reaching their final destination in the lymph nodes. Hypoxia, a condition of low partial oxygen pressure, is a common feature of many pathologic situations, capable of modifying DC phenotype and functional behavior. We studied human monocyte-derived immature DCs generated under chronic hypoxic conditions (H-iDCs). We demonstrate by gene expression profiling the upregulation of a cluster of genes coding for antigen-presentation, immunoregulatory, and pattern recognition receptors, suggesting a stimulatory role for hypoxia on iDC immunoregulatory functions. In particular, we show that H-iDCs express triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells(TREM-1), a member of the Ig superfamily of immunoreceptors and an amplifier of inflammation. This effect is reversible because H-iDC reoxygenation results in TREM-1 down-modulation. TREM-1 engagement promotes upregulation of T-cell costimulatory molecules and homing chemokine receptors, typical of mature DCs, and increases the production of proinflammatory, Th1/Th17-priming cytokines/chemokines, resulting in increased T-cell responses. These results suggest that TREM-1 induction by the hypoxic microenvironment represents a mechanism of regulation of Th1-cell trafficking and activation by iDCs differentiated at pathologic sites.
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- Daniele Pierobon
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Bosco MC, Varesio L. Dendritic cell reprogramming by the hypoxic environment. Immunobiology 2012; 217:1241-9. [PMID: 22901977 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Revised: 07/06/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Myeloid dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells central to the orchestration of innate and acquired immunity and the maintenance of self-tolerance. The local microenvironment contributes to the regulation of DC development and functions, and deregulated DC responses may result in amplification of inflammation, loss of tolerance, or establishment of immune escape mechanisms. DC generation from monocytic precursors recruited at sites of inflammation, tissue damage, or neoplasia occurs under condition of low partial oxygen pressure (pO(2), hypoxia). We reviewed the literature addressing the phenotypic and functional changes triggered by hypoxia in monocyte-derived immature (i) and mature (m) DCs. The discussion will revolve around in vitro studies of gene expression profile, which give a comprehensive representation of the complexity of response of these cells to low pO(2). The gene expression pattern of hypoxic DC will be discussed to address the question of the relationship with a specific maturation stage. We will summarize data relative to the regulation of the chemotactic network, which points to a role for hypoxia in promoting a migratory phenotype in iDCs and a highly proinflammatory state in mDCs. Current knowledge of the strict regulatory control exerted by hypoxia on the expression of immune-related cell surface receptors will also be addressed, with a particular focus on a newly identified marker of hypoxic DCs endowed with proinflammatory properties. Furthermore, we discuss the literature on the transcription mechanisms underlying hypoxia-regulated gene expression in DCs, which support a major role for the HIF/HRE pathway. Finally, recent advances shedding light on the in vivo influence of the local hypoxic microenvironment on DCs infiltrating the inflamed joints of juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients are outlined.
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy.
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Cornero A, Acquaviva M, Fardin P, Versteeg R, Schramm A, Eva A, Bosco MC, Blengio F, Barzaghi S, Varesio L. Design of a multi-signature ensemble classifier predicting neuroblastoma patients' outcome. BMC Bioinformatics 2012; 13 Suppl 4:S13. [PMID: 22536959 PMCID: PMC3314564 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-s4-s13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Neuroblastoma is the most common pediatric solid tumor of the sympathetic nervous system. Development of improved predictive tools for patients stratification is a crucial requirement for neuroblastoma therapy. Several studies utilized gene expression-based signatures to stratify neuroblastoma patients and demonstrated a clear advantage of adding genomic analysis to risk assessment. There is little overlapping among signatures and merging their prognostic potential would be advantageous. Here, we describe a new strategy to merge published neuroblastoma related gene signatures into a single, highly accurate, Multi-Signature Ensemble (MuSE)-classifier of neuroblastoma (NB) patients outcome. Methods Gene expression profiles of 182 neuroblastoma tumors, subdivided into three independent datasets, were used in the various phases of development and validation of neuroblastoma NB-MuSE-classifier. Thirty three signatures were evaluated for patients' outcome prediction using 22 classification algorithms each and generating 726 classifiers and prediction results. The best-performing algorithm for each signature was selected, validated on an independent dataset and the 20 signatures performing with an accuracy > = 80% were retained. Results We combined the 20 predictions associated to the corresponding signatures through the selection of the best performing algorithm into a single outcome predictor. The best performance was obtained by the Decision Table algorithm that produced the NB-MuSE-classifier characterized by an external validation accuracy of 94%. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test demonstrated that patients with good and poor outcome prediction by the NB-MuSE-classifier have a significantly different survival (p < 0.0001). Survival curves constructed on subgroups of patients divided on the bases of known prognostic marker suggested an excellent stratification of localized and stage 4s tumors but more data are needed to prove this point. Conclusions The NB-MuSE-classifier is based on an ensemble approach that merges twenty heterogeneous, neuroblastoma-related gene signatures to blend their discriminating power, rather than numeric values, into a single, highly accurate patients' outcome predictor. The novelty of our approach derives from the way to integrate the gene expression signatures, by optimally associating them with a single paradigm ultimately integrated into a single classifier. This model can be exported to other types of cancer and to diseases for which dedicated databases exist.
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- Andrea Cornero
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa 16147, Italy
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Blengio F, Raggi F, Pierobon D, Cappello P, Eva A, Giovarelli M, Varesio L, Bosco MC. The hypoxic environment reprograms the cytokine/chemokine expression profile of human mature dendritic cells. Immunobiology 2012; 218:76-89. [PMID: 22465745 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Myeloid dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells critical for the orchestration of immunity and maintenance of self-tolerance. DC development and functions are tightly regulated by a complex network of inhibitory and activating signals present in the tissue microenvironment, and dysregulated DC responses may result in amplification of inflammation, loss of tolerance, or establishment of immune escape mechanisms. Generation of mature (m)DCs from monocytic precursors recruited at pathological sites occurs under condition of low partial oxygen pressure (pO(2)). However, the way in which the hypoxic microenvironment modulates the functions of these cells is still not clear. We demonstrate that chronic hypoxia (4 days, 1% O(2)) promotes the onset of a highly proinflammatory gene expression profile in mDCs generated from primary human monocytes, characterized by the modulation of a significant cluster of genes coding for proinflammatory chemokines/cytokines and/or their receptors. Within the chemokine system, strong upregulation of genes encoding proteins chemotactic for neutrophils, such as CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL5, CXCL6, and CXCL8, and for activated/memory T lymphocytes, monocytes, and immature (i) DCs, e.g. CCL20, CCL3 and CCL5, was observed, concomitant with decreased expression of genes coding for naive/resting T cells chemoattractants, CCL18 and CCL23. Other hypoxia-inducible genes coded for cytokines with a primary role in inflammation and angiogenesis, including osteopontin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and IL-1β. mRNA modulation was paralleled by protein secretion. These results suggest that conditions of reduced O(2) availability reprograms mDCs toward a proinflammatory direction by tuning the cytokine/chemokine repertoire, thus affecting their ability to regulate leukocyte trafficking and activation at pathological sites, with potential implications for the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Fabiola Blengio
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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Ognibene M, Vanni C, Segalerba D, Mancini P, Merello E, Torrisi MR, Bosco MC, Varesio L, Eva A. The tumor suppressor hamartin enhances Dbl protein transforming activity through interaction with ezrin. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:29973-83. [PMID: 21712385 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.270785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Dbl binds to the N-terminal region of ezrin, a member of the ERM (ezrin, radixin, moesin) proteins known to function as linkers between the plasma membrane and the actin cytoskeleton. Here we have characterized the interaction between ezrin and Dbl. We show that binding of Dbl with ezrin involves positively charged amino acids within the region of the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain comprised between β1 and β2 sheets. In addition, we show that Dbl forms a complex with the tuberous sclerosis-1 (TSC-1) gene product hamartin and with ezrin. We demonstrate that hamartin and ezrin are both required for activation of Dbl. In fact, the knock-down of ezrin and hamartin, as well as the expression of a mutant hamartin, unable to bind ezrin, inhibit Dbl transforming and exchange activity. These results suggest that Dbl is regulated by hamartin through association with ezrin.
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- Marzia Ognibene
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Luigi V, Fardin P, Versteeg R, Blengio F, Barla A, Bosco MC. Abstract 2002: Cell reprogramming by hypoxia. Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am10-2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background
Low oxygen tension (hypoxia) is an important determinant in tumor progression. In this study we assess the prognostic value of an in vitro derived hypoxia gene signature in neuroblastoma patients.
Material and Methods l1-l2 regularization framework has been applied on gene expression profiles of 11 neuroblastoma cell lines to define the neuroblastoma hypoxia signature. We applied k-means clustering on the expression level of the signature 62 probesets to segregate 88 neuroblastoma patients and subgroups obtained by common risk factors stratification. We analyzed the classes by Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test for overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS). Multivariate Cox analysis was performed to define the predictive power of the signature.
Results
The neuroblastoma hypoxia signature distinguished two groups of neuroblastoma patients classifying them as poor prognosis (21 patients), those having OS rate of 25.5% and EFS rate of 27.7%, and as good prognosis (67 patients), those having OS rate of 73.2% and EFS rate of 67.7%. The poor prognosis patients show an over-expression of the hypoxia probesets. Multivariate Cox analysis revealed that the neuroblastoma hypoxia signature is a significant independent predictor after controlling for commonly used risk factors. When applied to MYCN not amplified patients, the hypoxia signature was capable to stratify patients with OS rate of 24.2% and EFS rate of 27.3% for the patients with poor prognosis, compared with OS rate of 81.4% and EFS rate of 74.8% for the patients with good prognosis.
Conclusions
We demonstrate that the NB-hypo signature is a significant prognostic factor capable of stratify neuroblastoma patients. Furthermore, we obtained the proof of principle that the approach of hypoxia genes selection from in vitro controlled tumor cell lines, is a feasible method to identify specific contribution of the microenvironment to the tumors’ biology.
Note: This abstract was not presented at the AACR 101st Annual Meeting 2010 because the presenter was unable to attend.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2010 Apr 17-21; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2010;70(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 2002.
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- 2Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 3Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Varesio L, Bosco MC, Blengio F, Pierobon D, Raggi F, Fardin P, Giovarelli M. The hypoxic microenvironment modulates monocytic and dendritic cell inflammatory gene expression (133.10). The Journal of Immunology 2010. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.184.supp.133.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hypoxia is a condition of low oxygen tension occurring in inflammatory lesions which creates a special microenvironment conditioning cell physiology. We investigated the molecular bases underlying the immunoregulatory functions of monocytes (Mn) and of terminally differentiated dendritic cells (mDCs) within the hypoxic microenvironment both in vitro and in vivo. Mn and mDCs hypoxic transcriptome was assessed using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays. The molecular pathways underlying gene transcription regulation by hypoxia were evaluated by promoter-driven reporter studies and EMSA. Profound modulation of the gene expression pattern was detected following Mn and DC exposure to 1% O2. We identified a significant cluster of hypoxia-responsive genes with immunological relevance, among which the macrophage inflammatory protein-3α (MIP-3α/CCL20) and the cytokine/extracellular matrix protein, osteopontin (OPN). Hypoxic upregulation of both genes was confirmed in vitro in primary Mn, Mn-derived macrophages, and DCs and in vivo in Mn cell recruited to the synovial joints of patients affected by Juvenile Idiopatic Arthritis (JIA), and associated with hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) expression and NF-kB transcriptional activation. These studies lead to new perspectives on the impact of hypoxia on mononuclear phagocyte functions and to the definition of the mechanisms linking low pO2 to the pathogenesis of chronic inflammation.
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- Luigi Varesio
- 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- 2Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- 2Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Varesio L, Battaglia F, Raggi F, Ledda B, Bosco MC. Macrophage-inflammatory protein-3α/CCL-20 is transcriptionally induced by the iron chelator desferrioxamine in human mononuclear phagocytes through nuclear factor (NF)-κB. Mol Immunol 2010; 47:685-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Bosco MC, Delfino S, Ferlito F, Puppo M, Gregorio A, Gambini C, Gattorno M, Martini A, Varesio L. The hypoxic synovial environment regulates expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and osteopontin in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Rheumatol 2009; 36:1318-29. [PMID: 19369471 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Synovial angiogenesis, a critical determinant of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) pathogenesis, is sustained by various mediators, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and osteopontin (OPN). We characterized the contribution of the local hypoxic environment to VEGF and OPN production by monocytic cells recruited to the synovium in JIA. METHODS Paired synovial fluid (SF) and peripheral blood (PB) samples were collected from 20 patients with JIA. Mononuclear cells (MC) were isolated, and monocytic cells were purified by adherence, maintained in a hypoxic environment, or subjected to reoxygenation. VEGF and OPN protein concentrations were tested in SF, plasma, and culture supernatants by ELISA, and mRNA expression was assessed in freshly purified and cultured cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Synovial tissue was obtained at synovectomy from 4 patients with JIA, and analyzed by immunohistochemistry for VEGF, OPN, CD68, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha). RESULTS VEGF mRNA expression was increased in SFMC and SF monocytic cells compared to matched PBMC and PB monocytic cells or SF lymphocytes, correlating with significantly higher protein levels in SF relative to plasma samples. Accordingly, OPN mRNA expression in SF monocytic cells was associated with significant increase of SF protein. Immunohistochemistry revealed the presence of both factors in synovial tissues at the level of the lining and sublining layers, which colocalized with intense CD68 and HIF-1alpha staining, suggesting production by hypoxic synovial monocytic cells. VEGF and OPN expression was abrogated upon SF monocytic cell reoxygenation and maintained by exposure to prolonged hypoxia. CONCLUSION Hypoxic synovial monocytic cells are a likely source of VEGF and OPN in JIA. These data point to a role for hypoxia in the perpetuation of synovitis in JIA.
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Pediatrics, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy.
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Bosco MC, Puppo M, Blengio F, Fraone T, Cappello P, Giovarelli M, Varesio L. Monocytes and dendritic cells in a hypoxic environment: Spotlights on chemotaxis and migration. Immunobiology 2008; 213:733-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2008.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Bosco MC, Delfino S, Ferlito F, Battaglia F, Puppo M, Gregorio A, Gambini C, Gattorno M, Martini A, Varesio L. Hypoxic synovial environment and expression of macrophage inflammatory protein 3gamma/CCL20 in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 58:1833-8. [PMID: 18512817 DOI: 10.1002/art.23516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Synovial inflammation is a major determinant of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) pathogenesis and is mediated by local chemokine secretion. Monocytic cells are an important source of chemokines. The purpose of this study was to investigate expression of CCL20, a macrophage inflammatory protein, in synovial fluid (SF) and SF-derived monocytic cells from JIA patients and its regulation by hypoxia, a common feature of the inflamed synovial environment. METHODS Mononuclear cells and monocytic cells were isolated from paired SF and peripheral blood (PB) samples from JIA patients and were maintained in a hypoxic environment or subjected to reoxygenation. CCL20 concentrations in SF, PB, and culture supernatants were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. CCL20 expression was assessed in both freshly purified and cultured cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and HIF-2alpha were detected in the synovial tissue and cells of JIA patients by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. RESULTS CCL20 concentrations were significantly higher in SF compared with PB samples (P < 0.0001). SF mononuclear cells, but not matched PB mononuclear cells, constitutively expressed CCL20 messenger RNA. The SF monocytic cell fraction produced higher amounts of CCL20 than did SF lymphocytes, and CCL20 expression was associated with HIF positivity. Reoxygenation abrogated HIF and CCL20 expression, which was maintained in SF monocytic cells exposed to prolonged hypoxia. CONCLUSION CCL20 is released into the SF of JIA patients, and SF monocytic cells are a major source of this chemokine. The hypoxic synovial microenvironment may directly contribute to the persistent inflammation associated with JIA by increasing CCL20 production by SF monocytic cells, thus representing a potential therapeutic target.
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Puppo M, Battaglia F, Ottaviano C, Delfino S, Ribatti D, Varesio L, Bosco MC. Topotecan inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor production and angiogenic activity induced by hypoxia in human neuroblastoma by targeting hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and -2α. Mol Cancer Ther 2008; 7:1974-84. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-07-2059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Battaglia F, Delfino S, Merello E, Puppo M, Piva R, Varesio L, Bosco MC. Hypoxia transcriptionally induces macrophage-inflammatory protein-3alpha/CCL-20 in primary human mononuclear phagocytes through nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 83:648-62. [PMID: 18089854 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0607349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hypoxia, a condition of low oxygen tension, occurring in many pathological processes, modifies the mononuclear phagocyte transcriptional profile. Here, we demonstrate hypoxic up-regulation of the CCL20 chemokine in primary human monocytes (Mn) and macrophages. mRNA induction was paralleled by protein secretion and dependent on gene transcription activation. Functional studies of the CCL20 promoter using a series of 5'-deleted and mutated reporter constructs demonstrated the requirement for the NF-kappaB-binding site located at position -92/-82 for gene transactivation by hypoxia, as 1) transcription was abrogated by a 3-bp mutation of the NF-kappaB motif; 2) three copies of the wild-type NF-kappaB-binding site conferred hypoxia responsiveness to a minimal heterologous promoter; and 3) hypoxia increased specific NF-kappaB binding to this sequence. Furthermore, we provide evidence of the specific role of a single NF-kappaB family member, p50, in mediating CCL20 gene transcription in hypoxic Mn. p50 homodimers were the only detectable NF-kappaB complexes binding the cognate kappaB site on the CCL20 promoter upon hypoxia exposure, and NF-kappaBp50 knockdown by lentiviral-mediated short hairpin RNA interference resulted in complete binding inhibition. NF-kappaBp50 overexpression in transient cotransfection studies promoted CCL20 gene transactivation, which was abrogated by mutation of the -92/-82 kappaB site. Moreover, nuclear expression of the other NF-kappaB family members was inhibited in hypoxic Mn. In conclusion, this study characterizes a previously unrecognized role for hypoxia as a transcriptional inducer of CCL20 in human mononuclear phagocytes and highlights the importance of the NF-kappaB pathway in mediating this response, with potential implications for inflammatory disease and cancer pathogenesis.
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- Florinda Battaglia
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, Largo Gerolamo Gaslini 5, Genoa Quarto, Italy
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Puppo M, Bosco MC, Federico M, Pastorino S, Varesio L. Hypoxia inhibits Moloney murine leukemia virus expression in activated macrophages. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 81:528-38. [PMID: 17062606 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0506361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hypoxia, a local decrease in oxygen tension, occurring in many pathological processes, modifies macrophage (Mphi) gene expression and function. Here, we provide the first evidence that hypoxia inhibits transgene expression driven by the Moloney murine leukemia virus-long terminal repeats (MoMLV-LTR) in IFN-gamma-activated Mphi. Hypoxia silenced the expression of several MoMLV-LTR-driven genes, including v-myc, enhanced green fluorescence protein, and env, and was effective in different mouse Mphi cell lines and on distinct MoMLV backbone-based viruses. Down-regulation of MoMLV mRNA occurred at the transcriptional level and was associated with decreased retrovirus production, as determined by titration experiments, suggesting that hypoxia may control MoMLV retroviral spread through the suppression of LTR activity. In contrast, genes driven by the CMV or the SV40 promoter were up-regulated or unchanged by hypoxia, indicating a selective inhibitory activity on the MoMLV promoter. It is interesting that hypoxia was ineffective in suppressing MoMLV-LTR-controlled gene expression in T or fibroblast cell lines, suggesting a Mphi lineage-selective action. Finally, we found that MoMLV-mediated gene expression in Mphi was also inhibited by picolinic acid, a tryptophan catabolite with hypoxia-like activity and Mphi-activating properties, suggesting a pathophysiological role of this molecule in viral resistance and its possible use as an antiviral agent.
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- Maura Puppo
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Padiglione 2, L go Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova Quarto, Italy
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Bosco MC, Puppo M, Santangelo C, Anfosso L, Pfeffer U, Fardin P, Battaglia F, Varesio L. Hypoxia modifies the transcriptome of primary human monocytes: modulation of novel immune-related genes and identification of CC-chemokine ligand 20 as a new hypoxia-inducible gene. J Immunol 2006; 177:1941-55. [PMID: 16849508 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Peripheral blood monocytes migrate to and accumulate in hypoxic areas of inflammatory and tumor lesions. To characterize the molecular bases underlying monocyte functions within a hypoxic microenvironment, we investigated the transcriptional profile induced by hypoxia in primary human monocytes using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays. Profound changes in the gene expression pattern were detected following 16 h exposure to 1% O(2), with 536 and 677 sequences showing at least a 1.5-fold increase and decrease, respectively. Validation of this analysis was provided by quantitative RT-PCR confirmation of expression differences of selected genes. Among modulated genes, 74 were known hypoxia-responsive genes, whereas the majority were new genes whose responsiveness to hypoxia had not been previously described. The hypoxic transcriptome was characterized by the modulation of a significant cluster of genes with immunological relevance. These included scavenger receptors (CD163, STAB1, C1qR1, MSR1, MARCO, TLR7), immunoregulatory, costimulatory, and adhesion molecules (CD32, CD64, CD69, CD89, CMRF-35H, ITGB5, LAIR1, LIR9), chemokines/cytokines and receptors (CCL23, CCL15, CCL8, CCR1, CCR2, RDC1, IL-23A, IL-6ST). Furthermore, we provided conclusive evidence of hypoxic induction of CCL20, a chemoattractant for immature dendritic cells, activated/memory T lymphocytes, and naive B cells. CCL20 mRNA up-regulation was paralleled by increased protein expression and secretion. This study represents the first transcriptome analysis of hypoxic primary human monocytes, which provides novel insights into monocyte functional behavior within ischemic/hypoxic tissues. CCL20 up-regulation by hypoxia may constitute an important mechanism to promote recruitment of specific leukocyte subsets at pathological sites and may have implications for the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Maria Carla Bosco
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy.
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Puppo M, Pastorino S, Melillo G, Pezzolo A, Varesio L, Bosco MC. Induction of apoptosis by flavopiridol in human neuroblastoma cells is enhanced under hypoxia and associated with N-myc proto-oncogene down-regulation. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 10:8704-19. [PMID: 15623656 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-03-0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of children that arises from the sympathetic nervous system. Survival rates for neuroblastoma patients is low despite intensive therapeutic intervention, and the identification of new effective drugs remains a primary goal. The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, flavopiridol, has demonstrated growth-inhibitory and cytotoxic activity against various tumor types. Our aim was to investigate flavopiridol effects on advanced-stage, N-myc proto-oncogene (MYCN)-amplified human neuroblastomas and the modulation of its activity by hypoxia, a critical determinant of tumor progression and a major challenge of therapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Cell viability was monitored by 3-(4,5 dimethyl-2 thiazolyl)-2,5 diphenyl-2H tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and trypan blue dye exclusion assays; DNA synthesis was assessed with the bromodeoxyuridine pulse-labeling technique; apoptosis was studied by Giemsa staining, DNA fragmentation, terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling reaction, flow cytometric determination of hypodiploid DNA content, and evaluation of caspase activity and cytochrome c (CytC) release; MYCN expression was determined by Northern and Western blotting. RESULTS Flavopiridol caused dose- and time-dependent decreases in neuroblastoma viability by inducing apoptosis, as confirmed by morphologic and biochemical criteria. Cell death was preceded by DNA synthesis inhibition and G1-G2 arrest, reversed by the pancaspase inhibitor, zVAD-fmk, and associated with caspase-3 and -2 activation and CytC increase. Moreover, flavopiridol strongly down-regulated MYCN mRNA and protein expression. Exposure to hypoxia enhanced both the extent of apoptosis and flavopiridol effects on CytC, caspase 3, and MYCN. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that flavopiridol has growth-inhibitory and apoptotic activity against advanced-stage neuroblastomas in vitro and is worthy of further investigation for the treatment of this disease.
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- Maura Puppo
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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