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Lee CS, Jung SY, Yee RSZ, Agha NH, Hong J, Chang T, Babcock LW, Fleischman JD, Clayton B, Hanna AD, Ward CS, Lanza D, Hurley AE, Zhang P, Wehrens XHT, Lagor WR, Rodney GG, Hamilton SL. Speg interactions that regulate the stability of excitation-contraction coupling protein complexes in triads and dyads. Commun Biol 2023; 6:942. [PMID: 37709832 PMCID: PMC10502019 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05330-y] [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: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Here we show that striated muscle preferentially expressed protein kinase α (Spegα) maintains cardiac function in hearts with Spegβ deficiency. Speg is required for stability of excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) complexes and interacts with esterase D (Esd), Cardiomyopathy-Associated Protein 5 (Cmya5), and Fibronectin Type III and SPRY Domain Containing 2 (Fsd2) in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Mice with a sequence encoding a V5/HA tag inserted into the first exon of the Speg gene (HA-Speg mice) display a >90% decrease in Spegβ but Spegα is expressed at ~50% of normal levels. Mice deficient in both Spegα and Speg β (Speg KO mice) develop a severe dilated cardiomyopathy and muscle weakness and atrophy, but HA-Speg mice display mild muscle weakness with no cardiac involvement. Spegα in HA-Speg mice suppresses Ca2+ leak, proteolytic cleavage of Jph2, and disruption of transverse tubules. Despite it's low levels, HA-Spegβ immunoprecipitation identified Esd, Cmya5 and Fsd2 as Spegβ binding partners that localize to triads and dyads to stabilize ECC complexes. This study suggests that Spegα and Spegβ display functional redundancy, identifies Esd, Cmya5 and Fsd2 as components of both cardiac dyads and skeletal muscle triads and lays the groundwork for the identification of new therapeutic targets for centronuclear myopathy.
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- Chang Seok Lee
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University Medical School, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77096, USA.
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Niemiro GM, Coletta AM, Agha NH, Mylabathula PL, Baker FL, Brewster AM, Bevers TB, Fuentes-Mattei E, Basen-Engquist K, Katsanis E, Gilchrist SC, Simpson RJ. Correction: Salutary effects of moderate but not high intensity aerobic exercise training on the frequency of peripheral T-cells associated with immunosenescence in older women at high risk of breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial. Immun Ageing 2022; 19:30. [PMID: 35676680 PMCID: PMC9175449 DOI: 10.1186/s12979-022-00276-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Niemiro GM, Coletta AM, Agha NH, Mylabathula PL, Baker FL, Brewster AM, Bevers TB, Fuentes-Mattei E, Basen-Engquist K, Katsanis E, Gilchrist SC, Simpson RJ. Salutary effects of moderate but not high intensity aerobic exercise training on the frequency of peripheral T-cells associated with immunosenescence in older women at high risk of breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial. Immun Ageing 2022; 19:17. [PMID: 35321743 PMCID: PMC8941789 DOI: 10.1186/s12979-022-00266-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Background Immunosenescence is described as age-associated changes within the immune system that are responsible for decreased immunity and increased cancer risk. Physically active individuals have fewer ‘senescent’ and more naïve T-cells compared to their sedentary counterparts, but it is not known if exercise training can rejuvenate ‘older looking’ T-cell profiles. We determined the effects of 12-weeks supervised exercise training on the frequency of T-cell subtypes in peripheral blood and their relationships with circulating levels of the muscle-derived cytokines (i.e. ‘myokines’) IL-6, IL-7, IL-15 and osteonectin in older women at high risk of breast cancer. The intervention involved 3 sessions/week of either high intensity interval exercise (HIIT) or moderate intensity continuous exercise (MICT) and were compared to an untrained control (UC) group. Results HIIT decreased total granulocytes, CD4+ T-cells, CD4+ naïve T-cells, CD4+ recent thymic emigrants (RTE) and the CD4:CD8 ratio after training, whereas MICT increased total lymphocytes and CD8 effector memory (EM) T-cells. The change in total T-cells, CD4+ naïve T-cells, CD4+ central memory (CM) T-cells and CD4+ RTE was elevated after MICT compared to HIIT. Changes in \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$ \dot{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_{2\max } $$\end{document}V˙O2max after training, regardless of exercise prescription, was inversely related to the change in highly differentiated CD8+ EMRA T-cells and positively related to changes in β2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) expression on CM CD4+ and CM CD8+ T-cells. Plasma myokine levels did not change significantly among the groups after training, but individual changes in IL-7 were positively related to changes in the number of β2-AR expressing CD4 naïve T cells in both exercise groups but not controls. Further, CD4 T-cells and CD4 naive T-cells were negatively related to changes in IL-6 and osteonectin after HIIT but not MICT, whereas CD8 EMRA T-cells were inversely related to changes in IL-15 after MICT but not HIIT. Conclusions Aerobic exercise training alters the frequency of peripheral T-cells associated with immunosenescence in middle aged/older women at high risk of breast cancer, with HIIT (pro-senescent) and MICT (anti-senescent) evoking divergent effects. Identifying the underlying mechanisms and establishing whether exercise-induced changes in peripheral T-cell numbers can alter the risk of developing breast cancer warrants investigation. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12979-022-00266-z.
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- Grace M Niemiro
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.,School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.,School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Clinical Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Department of Immunobiology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. .,The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA. .,Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. .,School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. .,Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. .,Department of Immunobiology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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Bigley AB, Spade S, Agha NH, Biswas S, Tang S, Malik MH, Dai L, Masoumi S, Patiño-Escobar B, Hale M, DiPierro G, Martell R, Hann B, Shah N, Wiita AP, Liu X. FcεRIγ-negative NK cells persist in vivo and enhance efficacy of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in multiple myeloma. Blood Adv 2021; 5:3021-3031. [PMID: 34357379 PMCID: PMC8361460 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a central component of therapy for hematologic malignancies. Widely used mAb agents in multiple myeloma (MM) include daratumumab and elotuzumab. However, not all patients respond to these agents, and resistance is a significant clinical issue. A recently discovered subset of human natural killer (NK) cells lacking expression of FcεRIγ (g-NK cells) was found to have a multifold increase in antibody-dependent effector functions after CD16 crosslinking. In this study, we tested the capacity of g-NK cells to enhance the efficacy of therapeutic mAbs against MM. In vitro, we found that g-NK cells have strikingly superior anti-myeloma cytotoxicity compared with conventional NK (cNK) cells when combined with daratumumab or elotuzumab (∼sixfold; P < .001). In addition, g-NK cells naturally expressed minimal surface CD38 and SLAMF7, which reduced the incidence of therapeutic fratricide. In tumor-naïve murine models, the persistence of g-NK cells in blood and spleen was >10 times higher than that of cNK cells over 31 days (P < .001). In vivo efficacy studies showed that the combination of daratumumab and g-NK cells led to a >99.9% tumor reduction (by flow cytometry analysis) compared with the combination of daratumumab and cNK cells (P < .001). Moreover, treatment with daratumumab and g-NK cells led to complete elimination of myeloma burden in 5 of 7 mice. Collectively, these results underscore the unique ability of g-NK cells to potentiate the activity of therapeutic mAbs and overcome limitations of current off-the-shelf NK cell therapies without the need for cellular irradiation or genetic engineering.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA; and
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA; and
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA; and
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA; and
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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Coletta AM, Agha NH, Baker FL, Niemiro GM, Mylabathula PL, Brewster AM, Bevers TB, Fuentes-Mattei E, Basen-Engquist K, Gilchrist SC, Simpson RJ. The impact of high-intensity interval exercise training on NK-cell function and circulating myokines for breast cancer prevention among women at high risk for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021; 187:407-416. [PMID: 33555464 PMCID: PMC8189992 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-021-06111-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Purpose Preclinical evidence suggests that natural killer cell (NK-cell) function and myokines facilitate the protective effects of exercise for breast cancer prevention. Since higher-intensity exercise acutely promotes greater mobilization and larger changes in NK-cell cytotoxicity than lower-intensity, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) might offer increased immune protection compared to moderate-intensity continuous-training (MICT). This study compared a 12-week HIIT program to a 12-week MICT program and usual care on changes in resting NK-cell function and circulating myokines among women at high risk for breast cancer. Methods Thirty-three women were randomized to HIIT, MICT, or usual care, for a supervised exercise intervention. Blood was collected at baseline and end-of-study. The cytotoxic activity of CD3−/CD56+ NK-cells against the K562 target cell line in vitro was determined by flow cytometry. Circulating myokines (IL-15, IL-6, irisin, OSM, osteonectin, IL-7) were assessed with luminex multiplex assays and ELISA. One-way ANOVA and paired sample t-tests assessed between- and within-group differences, respectively. Pearson correlation coefficients determined relationships between baseline fitness and change variables. Results Significant differences were not observed between groups for change in NK-cell function or circulating myokines (p > 0.05). Significant correlations were only observed for baseline peak aerobic capacity (ml/kg/min) and change in NK-cell-specific lysis (r = − 0.43, p = 0.02) and hemacytotoxicity for the total sample (r = − 0.46, p = 0.01). Conclusion Our findings suggest that exercise intensity may not significantly impact change in resting NK-cell function and circulating myokines among women at high risk for breast cancer. Structured exercise training may have a larger impact on NK-cell function in those with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness. Clinical trial registration: NCT02923401; Registered on October 4, 2016
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- Adriana M Coletta
- Department of Health and Kinesiology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. .,Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. .,Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope Drive, Research South Building Room 4747, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
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- Department of Health and Human Performance, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Clinical Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Immunobiology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
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BACKGROUND Manual analysis of cross-sectional area, fiber-type distribution, and total and centralized nuclei in skeletal muscle cross sections is tedious and time consuming, necessitating an accurate, automated method of analysis. While several excellent programs are available, our analyses of skeletal muscle disease models suggest the need for additional features and flexibility to adequately describe disease pathology. We introduce a new semi-automated analysis program, MyoSight, which is designed to facilitate image analysis of skeletal muscle cross sections and provide additional flexibility in the analyses. RESULTS We describe staining and imaging methods that generate high-quality images of immunofluorescent-labelled cross sections from mouse skeletal muscle. Using these methods, we can analyze up to 5 different fluorophores in a single image, allowing simultaneous analyses of perinuclei, central nuclei, fiber size, and fiber-type distribution. MyoSight displays high reproducibility among users, and the data generated are in close agreement with data obtained from manual analyses of cross-sectional area (CSA), fiber number, fiber-type distribution, and number and localization of myonuclei. Furthermore, MyoSight clearly delineates changes in these parameters in muscle sections from a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (mdx). CONCLUSIONS MyoSight is a new program based on an algorithm that can be optimized by the user to obtain highly accurate fiber size, fiber-type identification, and perinuclei and central nuclei per fiber measurements. MyoSight combines features available separately in other programs, is user friendly, and provides visual outputs that allow the user to confirm the accuracy of the analyses and correct any inaccuracies. We present MyoSight as a new program to facilitate the analyses of fiber type and CSA changes arising from injury, disease, exercise, and therapeutic interventions.
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- Lyle W Babcock
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Kunz HE, Agha NH, Hussain M, LaVoy EC, Smith KA, Mylabathula P, Diak D, Baker FL, O'Connor DP, Bond RA, Katsanis E, Bollard CM, Simpson RJ. The effects of β 1 and β 1+2 adrenergic receptor blockade on the exercise-induced mobilization and ex vivo expansion of virus-specific T cells: implications for cellular therapy and the anti-viral immune effects of exercise. Cell Stress Chaperones 2020; 25:993-1012. [PMID: 32779001 PMCID: PMC7591642 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-020-01136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The adoptive transfer of donor-derived virus-specific T cells (VSTs) is an effective treatment for infections following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Acute exercise mobilizes effector lymphocytes and VSTs to the circulation and augments the ex vivo manufacture of VSTs. This study determined if β2 adrenergic receptor (AR) signaling precipitated the VST response to acute exercise. Healthy participants (n = 12) completed 30 min of steady-state cycling exercise after ingesting a placebo, a β1 + 2 AR antagonist (nadolol) or a β1 AR antagonist (bisoprolol). Circulating VSTs to cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and adenovirus (AdV) antigens were enumerated before and after exercise, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were cultured with viral peptides for 8 days to expand multi-VSTs. Compared with placebo, nadolol blunted the exercise-induced mobilization of CMV-VSTs (Δ VSTs/100,000 CD3+ T cells = 93 ± 104 vs. 22 ± 91 for placebo and nadolol, respectively; p = 0.036), while bisoprolol did not, despite both drugs evoking similar reductions in exercising heart rate and blood pressure. Circulating AdV and EBV VSTs (VSTs/mL blood) only increased after exercise with placebo. Although not significant, nadolol partially mitigated exercise-induced increases in multi-VST expansion, particularly in participants that demonstrated an exercise-induced increase in VST expansion. We conclude that exercise-induced enhancements in VST mobilization and expansion are at least partially β2 AR mediated, thus highlighting a role for the β2 AR in targeted therapy for the augmentation of VST immune cell therapeutics in the allogeneic adoptive transfer setting. Moreover, long-term regular exercise may provide additional viral protection in the host through frequent β2 AR-dependent mobilization and redistribution of VSTs cumulated with each bout of exercise.
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- Hawley E Kunz
- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Merced Experimental Social and Health Psychology Laboratory, Stress and Health Laboratory, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Science and Engineering Research Center, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Health System and The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Wang HJ, Lee CS, Yee RSZ, Groom L, Friedman I, Babcock L, Georgiou DK, Hong J, Hanna AD, Recio J, Choi JM, Chang T, Agha NH, Romero J, Sarkar P, Voermans N, Gaber MW, Jung SY, Baker ML, Pautler RG, Dirksen RT, Riazi S, Hamilton SL. Adaptive thermogenesis enhances the life-threatening response to heat in mice with an Ryr1 mutation. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5099. [PMID: 33037202 PMCID: PMC7547078 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18865-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutations in the skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel, the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RYR1), cause malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) and a life-threatening sensitivity to heat, which is most severe in children. Mice with an MHS-associated mutation in Ryr1 (Y524S, YS) display lethal muscle contractures in response to heat. Here we show that the heat response in the YS mice is exacerbated by brown fat adaptive thermogenesis. In addition, the YS mice have more brown adipose tissue thermogenic capacity than their littermate controls. Blood lactate levels are elevated in both heat-sensitive MHS patients with RYR1 mutations and YS mice due to Ca2+ driven increases in muscle metabolism. Lactate increases brown adipogenesis in both mouse and human brown preadipocytes. This study suggests that simple lifestyle modifications such as avoiding extreme temperatures and maintaining thermoneutrality could decrease the risk of life-threatening responses to heat and exercise in individuals with RYR1 pathogenic variants.
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- Hui J Wang
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Advance Technology Core, Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Advance Technology Core, Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Advance Technology Core, Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Bigley AB, Agha NH, Spade S, Dipierro G, Martell R, Hann BC, Shah N, Wiita AP. Abstract 1630: FceR1g negative NK-cells (g-NK) enhance antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and in vivo efficacy of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against hematologic malignanices. Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-1630] [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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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a central component of hematologic malignancy therapy; however, not all patients initially respond to these agents and resistance is a major clinical issue. A major mechanism of action for these mAbs in vivo is NK cell antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Recent studies led to the discovery of a novel subset of human NK cells that lack expression of FceR1g (“g-NK cells”) and have a multi-fold increase in ADCC activity after CD16 crosslinking. Here, we validate the potency of g-NKs as an off-the shelf cellular immunotherapy to enhance the efficacy of therapeutic mAbs.
g-NK cells were enriched and expanded using a proprietary method from CMV-positive blood donors selected for high levels of circulating g-NKs. For ADCC cytotoxicity assays, expanded NK cells were sorted by flow cytometry into populations of “conventional” NK cells (cNK), adaptive (NKG2C+) NK cells, and g-NK cells. After sorting, NK-cells were co-cultured 4 hr at 37° C with Raji or MM.1S target cells (1e4 cells) at varying NK-cell:target cell ratios. For in vivo persistence studies a single dose of 1e7 g-NK or cNK cells was injected into NOD scid gamma (NSG) mice. For in vivo efficacy studies with rituximab (RIT), NSG mice were inoculated with 5e5 luciferase-labeled Raji lymphoma cells and dosed weekly with 15e6 g-NK cells +/-200 ug RIT or vehicle. For in vivo efficacy studies with daratumumab (DARA) and elotuzumab (ELO), NSG mice were inoculated with 1e6 luciferase-labeled MM.1S cells and dosed every 6d with expanded g-NKs (20e6), resting cNKs (3e5, equivalent to physiological levels of NK cells/kg in humans, and +/- 10 ug DARA or 10 ug ELO. In all studies, mice received IL-15 intraperitoneally every 3 days.
Our expansion method was able to expand g-NKs from selected CMV-seropositive donors ~800-fold (n=8). By flow cytometry we found an increase in the percentage of g-NK from 28% of NK cells at input to 82% post-expansion. In vitro ADCC assays demonstrated that g-NKs enhanced cytotoxicity of RIT to Raji cells (70% at 1:1 E:T) when compared to both NKG2C+ NKs (29%) and cNKs (27%) (p<0.001). Notably, we saw similar ADCC of g-NK cells whether used fresh or thawed after viable freezing (70% vs. 63%, p=0.71). In addition, g-NK cells enhanced cytotoxicity of DARA and ELO to MM.1S cells (58% and 54% at 1:1 E:T) when compared to cNK (14% and 12% at 1:1 E:T) (p<0.001). We confirmed in NSG mice that g-NK persistence was markedly improved (>90%) over cNKs in blood at multiple time points (p<0.001), and spleen at Day 22 (p<0.001). Efficacy studies using Raji cells showed the combination of g-NK and RIT led to a >90% reduction in tumor burden versus RIT alone (p<0.001). Evaluation of expanded g-NKs in a disseminated orthotopic xenograft model of multiple myeloma found a dramatic reduction (>70%) in tumor burden with DARA+g-NK vs. DARA alone or DARA+cNK (p<0.001). Similar results were found with ELO.
Here we demonstrate that adoptive transfer of expanded g-NK cells markedly enhances anti-tumor ADCC of therapeutic mAbs in several preclinical models. Importantly, because adoptive transfer of NK-cells in humans does not result in severe graft-versus-host disease, we propose that this long-lived, highly potent NK-cell therapy could be administered in an “off-the-shelf” manner to supercharge mAb efficacy.
Citation Format: Austin Basil Bigley, Nadia H. Agha, Shanae Spade, Gaetano Dipierro, Ronald Martell, Byron C. Hann, Nina Shah, Arun P. Wiita. FceR1g negative NK-cells (g-NK) enhance antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and in vivo efficacy of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against hematologic malignanices [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 1630.
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- 3University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- 3University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- 3University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Smith KA, Agha NH, Baker FL, Bigley AB, Kunz HE, Niemiro GM, Colombo JN, Bond RA, Bollard CM, Katsanis E, Simpson RJ. Systemic β 1 -Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Augments NK-Cell Mobilization In Response To Acute Exercise In Humans. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2020. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000670140.01109.f7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Niemiro GM, Coletta AM, Brewster AM, Bevers TB, Agha NH, Baker FL, Basen-Engquist K, Katsanis E, Gilchrist S, Simpson RJ. T-cell Response To Exercise Training Among Women At Heightened Risk Of Breast Cancer. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2020. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000682388.04724.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Baker FL, Bigley AB, Agha NH, Pedlar CR, O'Connor DP, Bond RA, Bollard CM, Katsanis E, Simpson RJ. Systemic β-Adrenergic Receptor Activation Augments the ex vivo Expansion and Anti-Tumor Activity of Vγ9Vδ2 T-Cells. Front Immunol 2020; 10:3082. [PMID: 32038628 PMCID: PMC6993603 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.03082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [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: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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TCR-gamma delta (γδ) T-cells are considered important players in the graft-vs.-tumor effect following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) and have emerged as candidates for adoptive transfer immunotherapy in the treatment of both solid and hematological tumors. Systemic β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) activation has been shown to mobilize TCR-γδ T-cells to the blood, potentially serving as an adjuvant for alloHCT and TCR-γδ T-cell therapy. We investigated if systemic β-AR activation, using acute dynamic exercise as an experimental model, can increase the mobilization, ex vivo expansion, and anti-tumor activity of TCR-γδ T-cells isolated from the blood of healthy humans. We also sought to investigate the β-AR subtypes involved, by administering a preferential β1-AR antagonist (bisoprolol) and a non-preferential β1 + β2-AR antagonist (nadolol) prior to exercise as part of a randomized placebo controlled cross-over experiment. We found that exercise mobilized TCR-γδ cells to blood and augmented their ex vivo expansion by ~182% compared to resting blood when stimulated with IL-2 and ZOL for 14-days. Exercise also increased the proportion of CD56+, NKG2D+/CD62L-, CD158a/b/e+ and NKG2A- cells among the expanded TCR-γδ cells, and increased their cytotoxic activity against several tumor target cells (K562, U266, 221.AEH) in vitro by 40-60%. Blocking NKG2D on TCR-γδ cells in vitro eliminated the augmented cytotoxic effects of exercise against U266 target cells. Furthermore, administering a β1 + β2-AR (nadolol), but not a β1-AR (bisoprolol) antagonist prior to exercise abrogated the exercise-induced enhancement in TCR-γδ T-cell mobilization and ex vivo expansion. Furthermore, nadolol completely abrogated while bisoprolol partially inhibited the exercise-induced increase in the cytotoxic activity of the expanded TCR-γδ T-cells. We conclude that acute systemic β-AR activation in healthy donors markedly augments the mobilization, ex vivo expansion, and anti-tumor activity of TCR-γδ T-cells and that some of these effects are due to β2-AR signaling and phenotypic shifts that promote a dominant activating signal via NKG2D. These findings highlight β-ARs as potential targets to favorably alter the composition of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell grafts and improve the potency of TCR-γδ T-cell immune cell therapeutics.
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- Forrest L. Baker
- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St. Mary's University, London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Health System and the George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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Agha NH, Mehta SK, Rooney BV, Laughlin MS, Markofski MM, Pierson DL, Katsanis E, Crucian BE, Simpson RJ. Exercise as a countermeasure for latent viral reactivation during long duration space flight. FASEB J 2020; 34:2869-2881. [PMID: 31908052 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201902327r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Latent viral reactivation is a commonly reported manifestation of immune system dysregulation during spaceflight. As physical fitness and exercise training have been shown to benefit multiple arms of the immune system, we hypothesized that higher levels of preflight physical fitness and/or maintaining fitness during a mission would protect astronauts from latent viral reactivation. Standardized tests of maximal strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) were performed in 22 international space station (ISS) crewmembers before and after a ~6-month mission. Reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and varicella zoster virus (VZV) was determined in crewmembers and ground-based controls before, during, and after spaceflight. Crewmembers with higher CRF before spaceflight had a 29% reduced risk of latent viral reactivation compared to crew with lower CRF. Higher preflight upper body muscular endurance was associated with a 39% reduced risk of viral reactivation, a longer time to viral reactivation, and lower peak viral DNA concentrations, particularly for EBV and VZV. Latent viral reactivation rates were highest in crew with lower preflight CRF and higher levels of CRF deconditioning on return to Earth. We conclude that physical fitness may protect astronauts from latent viral reactivation during long duration spaceflight missions.
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- Nadia H Agha
- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.,GeoControl Systems Inc., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Agha NH, Baker FL, Kunz HE, Spielmann G, Mylabathula PL, Rooney BV, Mehta SK, Pierson DL, Laughlin MS, Markofski MM, Crucian BE, Simpson RJ. Salivary antimicrobial proteins and stress biomarkers are elevated during a 6-month mission to the International Space Station. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 128:264-275. [PMID: 31751178 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00560.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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As the international space community plans for manned missions to Mars, spaceflight-associated immune dysregulation has been identified as a potential risk to the health and safety of the flight crew. There is a need to determine whether salivary antimicrobial proteins, which act as a first line of innate immune defense against multiple pathogens, are altered in response to long-duration (>6 mo) missions. We collected 7 consecutive days of whole and sublingual saliva samples from eight International Space Station (ISS) crewmembers and seven ground-based control subjects at nine mission time points, ~180 and ~60 days before launch (L-180/L-60), on orbit at flight days ~10 and ~90 (FD10/FD90) and ~1 day before return (R-1), and at R+0, R+18, R+33, and R+66 days after returning to Earth. We found that salivary secretory (s)IgA, lysozyme, LL-37, and the cortisol-to-dehydroepiandrosterone ratio were elevated in the ISS crew before (L-180) and during (FD10/FD90) the mission. "Rookie" crewmembers embarking on their first spaceflight mission had lower levels of salivary sIgA but increased levels of α-amylase, lysozyme, and LL-37 during and after the mission compared with the "veteran" crew who had previously flown. Latent herpesvirus reactivation was distinct to the ~6-mo mission crewmembers who performed extravehicular activity ("spacewalks"). Crewmembers who shed at least one latent virus had higher cortisol levels than those who did not shed. We conclude that long-duration spaceflight alters the concentration and/or secretion of several antimicrobial proteins in saliva, some of which are related to crewmember flight experience, biomarkers of stress, and latent viral reactivation.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Spaceflight-associated immune dysregulation may jeopardize future exploration-class missions. Salivary antimicrobial proteins act as a first line of innate immune defense. We report here that several of these proteins are elevated in astronauts during an International Space Station mission, particularly in those embarking on their first space voyage. Astronauts who shed a latent herpesvirus also had higher concentrations of salivary cortisol compared with those who did not shed. Stress-relieving countermeasures are needed to preserve immunity and prevent viral reactivation during prolonged voyages into deep space.
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- Nadia H Agha
- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,GeoControl Systems, Incorporated, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
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- JesTech, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,Fondren Orthopedic Research Institute, Houston, Texas
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Markofski MM, Baker FL, Simpson RJ, Agha NH. Exercise-induced Changes In Circulating Follistatin And GDF-15 Are Intensity- And Duration-dependent. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2019. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000561999.22383.5c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bigley AB, Agha NH, Baker FL, Spielmann G, Kunz HE, Mylabathula PL, Rooney BV, Laughlin MS, Mehta SK, Pierson DL, Crucian BE, Simpson RJ. NK cell function is impaired during long-duration spaceflight. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 126:842-853. [PMID: 30382809 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00761.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [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: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Maintaining astronaut health during space travel is paramount for further human exploration of the solar system beyond Earth's orbit. Of concern are potential dysregulations in immunity, which could increase the likelihood of cancer and latent viral reactivation. Natural killer (NK) cells are critical effectors of the innate immune system, and their function and phenotype are important to immunosurveillance of nascent tumors and latent viral infections. We compared changes in NK cell phenotype and function in eight crew members who completed an ~6-mo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with healthy controls who remained on Earth. Assessments were made before (180 and 60 days before launch), during [flight day + 90 days (FD+90) and 1 day before return (R-1)], and after the mission (at R+0, R+18, R+33, and R+66). These samples, plus an additional in-flight sample (FD+180), were collected from a crew member who spent 340 days (~1 yr) on the ISS. NK cell cytotoxic activity (NKCA) against K562 leukemia targets in vitro was reduced by ~50% at FD+90 in ISS crew but not controls. This decrease was more pronounced in "rookie" compared with "veteran" crew members. The ~1-yr mission crew member did not show declines in NKCA against K562 until late in the mission (R-1 and R+0). NK cell numbers, expression of activating and inhibitory receptors, target cell binding, and expression and degranulation of perforin and granzyme B were unaltered with spaceflight. Similarly, when we exposed an immortalized NK cell line (NK-92) to sera collected at different mission time points (before, during, and after flight), there was no effect on NKCA. This is the first study to report impaired NK cell function during long-duration space travel. Countermeasures may be needed to mitigate immune system impairment in exploration class mission crew during long-duration spaceflight missions. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Immune system impairment may inhibit future human space exploration missions to Mars. Natural killer (NK) cells are key components of immunity and vital for tumor surveillance and the prevention of latent virus reactivation. We report that NK cell function is impaired in astronauts during an ~6-mo orbital space mission compared with preflight levels and ground-based controls. Declines in NK cell function were more marked in first-time "rookie" fliers. Countermeasures are needed to preserve NK cell-mediated immunity during spaceflight.
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- Austin B Bigley
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.,Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.,Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas.,Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas.,School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas.,National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center , Houston, Texas
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.,Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas.,Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas.,National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center , Houston, Texas
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center , Houston, Texas
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center , Houston, Texas
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center , Houston, Texas
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.,Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston , Houston, Texas.,Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Immunobiology, The University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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Agha NH, Baker FL, Kunz HE, Graff R, Azadan R, Dolan C, Laughlin MS, Hosing C, Markofski MM, Bond RA, Bollard CM, Simpson RJ. Vigorous exercise mobilizes CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells to peripheral blood via the β 2-adrenergic receptor. Brain Behav Immun 2018; 68:66-75. [PMID: 29017969 PMCID: PMC6980177 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Acute dynamic exercise mobilizes CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to the bloodstream, potentially serving as an economical adjuvant to boost the collection of HSCs from stem cell transplant donors. The mechanisms responsible for HSC mobilization with exercise are unknown but are likely due to hemodynamic perturbations, endogenous granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and/or β2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) signaling. We characterized the temporal response of HSC mobilization and plasma G-CSF following exercise, and determined the impact of in vivo β-AR blockade on the exercise-induced mobilization of HSCs. Healthy runners (n = 15) completed, in balanced order, two single bouts of steady state treadmill running exercise at moderate (lasting 90-min) or vigorous (lasting 30-min) intensity. A separate cohort of healthy cyclists (n = 12) completed three 30-min cycling ergometer trials at vigorous intensity after ingesting: (i) 10 mg bisoprolol (β1-AR antagonist); (ii) 80 mg nadolol (β1 + β2-AR antagonist); or (iii) placebo, in balanced order with a double-blind design. Blood samples collected before, during (runners only), immediately after, and at several points during exercise recovery were used to determine circulating G-CSF levels (runners only) and enumerate CD34+ HSCs by flow cytometry (runners and cyclists). Steady state vigorous but not moderate intensity exercise mobilized HSCs, increasing the total blood CD34+ count by ∼4.15 ± 1.62 Δcells/µl (+202 ± 92%) compared to resting conditions. Plasma G-CSF increased in response to moderate but not vigorous exercise. Relative to placebo, nadolol and bisoprolol lowered exercising heart rate and blood pressure to comparable levels. The number of CD34+ HSCs increased with exercise after the placebo and bisoprolol trials, but not the nadolol trial, suggesting β2-AR signaling mediated the mobilization of CD34+ cells [Placebo: 2.10 ± 1.16 (207 ± 69.2%), Bisoprolol 1.66 ± 0.79 (+163 ± 29%), Nadolol: 0.68 ± 0.54 (+143 ± 36%) Δcells/µL]. We conclude that the mobilization of CD34+ HSCs with exercise is not dependent on circulating G-CSF and is likely due to the combined actions of β2-AR signaling and hemodynamic shear stress.
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- Nadia H Agha
- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Program for Cell Enhancement and Technologies for Immunotherapy, Children's National Health System and The George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, 3875 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77204, USA; Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Agha NH, Baker FL, Spielmann G, Bigley AB, Simpson RJ. Can A Single Exercise Bout Increase The Yield Of Hematopoietic Stem Cells From Peripheral Blood? Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000485266.85612.e4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Graff RM, Kunz H, Agha NH, Baker FL, Azadan R, Rooney BV, M PL, Bond RA, Bollard CM, LaVoy EC, Simpson RJ. Antigen-specific CD8+ T-cells Are Mobilized With Exercise Via β2-adrenergic Receptor Signaling Pathways. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000487233.89112.f5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kunz H, Spielmann G, LaVoy EC, Agha NH, Graff RM, Bollard CM, Simpson RJ. Enhancing The Generation Of Adenovirus-Specific T Cells With Exercise For Immunotherapy. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000485267.93236.73] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Strohacker K, Breslin WL, Carpenter KC, Davidson TR, Agha NH, McFarlin BK. Moderate-intensity, premeal cycling blunts postprandial increases in monocyte cell surface CD18 and CD11a and endothelial microparticles following a high-fat meal in young adults. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2012; 37:530-9. [DOI: 10.1139/h2012-034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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High-fat meals promote transient increases in proatherogenic factors, implicating the postprandial state in cardiovascular disease (CVD) progression. Although low-grade inflammation is associated with CVD, little research has assessed postprandial inflammation. Because of its anti-inflammatory properties, premeal exercise may counteract postprandial inflammation. The purpose of this study was to determine postprandial alterations in monocytes and circulating markers of endothelial stress and inflammation following a high-fat meal in young adults with or without premeal cycle exercise. Each subject completed two trials and was randomized to rest or cycle at a moderate intensity prior to eating a high-fat meal. Flow cytometry was used to assess monocyte cell surface receptor expression and concentration of endothelial microparticles (EMP). Plasma cytokines were assessed using Luminex MagPix. Statistical analysis was completed using separate linear mixed models analyses with first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) heterogeneous covariance structure. Significance was set at P ≤ 0.05. Percentage increases in classic monocyte CD11a and CD18 were greater overall in the postprandial period in the meal-only condition compared with the meal + exercise condition (P < 0.05). EMP concentration was 47% greater 3 h after the meal compared with premeal values in the meal-only condition (P < 0.05); no significant increase was observed in the meal + exercise condition. Premeal cycling blunted postprandial increases in EMP and CD11a and CD18. Acute, moderate-intensity exercise may help counteract possibly deleterious postprandial monocyte and endothelial cell activation.
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- Kelley Strohacker
- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, University of Houston, 3855 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, University of Houston, 3855 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, University of Houston, 3855 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, University of Houston, 3855 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, University of Houston, 3855 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- Laboratory of Integrated Physiology, University of Houston, 3855 Holman St., Houston, TX 77004, USA
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Carpenter KC, Strohacker K, Breslin WL, Lowder TW, Agha NH, McFarlin BK. Effects of exercise on weight loss and monocytes in obese mice. Comp Med 2012; 62:21-26. [PMID: 22330647 PMCID: PMC3276388] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Revised: 07/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Obesity causes innate immune dysfunction, contributing to increased disease risk. Weight loss from a combination of caloric restriction and exercise is the most effective treatment of obesity. We compared forced and voluntary exercise as weight-loss treatments in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice and assessed the effects of weight loss on monocyte concentration and cell-surface expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2, TLR4, CD80, and CD86. DIO CD1 male mice were allocated randomly to 1 of 3 groups (n = 6 per group): voluntary wheel running (VEX); forced treadmill running (FEX); and sedentary (S). A fourth (control) group (CN, n = 6) of nonDIO mice was included also. During the 8-wk weight-loss treatment, all 4 groups consumed a low-fat (10% fat) diet. Nonlethal saphenous vein blood samples collected at baseline, week 4, and week 8 were analyzed by flow cytometry to assess monocyte concentration and functional receptor expression. The VEX and FEX groups lost significantly more body weight (36% and 27%, respectively) over the 8 wk of treatment than did other groups. VEX mice ran 4.4 times more than did FEX animals. VEX mice had higher monocyte concentrations (48% and 58%, respectively) than did the CN and FEX groups. Compared with baseline, week 8 cell-surface expression of TLR2 (22%), TLR4 (33%), and CD86 (18%) was increased in VEX mice. At week 4, CD80 expression was 42% greater for VEX than S mice. The present study confirms that short-term exercise and low-fat diet consumption cause significant weight loss and altered immune profiles.
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Agha NH, Al-Hilli AM, Dahir ND, Al-Hissoni MS, Jasim MN, Miran KM, Shubber AH. Long-term clinical investigation of the hepatobiliary agents: 99mTc-HIDA and 99mTc-p-butyl-IDA. Nuklearmedizin 1986; 25:181-7. [PMID: 3797257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The organ distribution data for the two hepatobiliary agents HIDA and p-butyl-IDA in mice showed substantial differences in the extent and rate of hepatobiliary clearance of radioactivity. 99mTc-HIDA and 99mTc-p-butyl-IDA were used in computer assisted serial hepatobiliary scintigraphy. In normal subjects, the data of dynamic studies showed that the kidneys were no longer seen after 2.5 min with p-butyl-IDA. Liver radioactivity decreased significantly after 10 min with HIDA compared to 35 min with p-butyl-IDA. The gall bladder was always visualized at the 10-12th min and the 25-30th min with HIDA and p-butyl-IDA respectively. 99mTc-HIDA provided superior hepatic duct images.
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Agha NH, Al-Hilli AM, Dahir ND, Al-Hissoni MS, Jasim MN. Preparation and biokinetic studies of 99mTc-p-butyl-IDA for hepatobiliary scintigraphy. Nuklearmedizin 1985; 24:96-9. [PMID: 4022789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A freeze-dried powder of tin-p-butyl-IDA to be labelled with 99mTc for hepatobiliary scintigraphy has been developed. Gel chromatography column scanning has been applied for evaluating the labeling efficiency of the complex under different conditions. The results of organ distribution studies in mice and of clinical investigations in human beings showed the stability of the radiopharmaceutical. The preparative 99mTc-p-butyl-IDA concentrates moderately well in the bile with a rapid blood clearance into hepatocytes, very low excretion in the urine and slow clearance into the bile.
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A rapid method for the production of freeze-dried kit containing 20 mg HIDA and 0.4 mg SnCl2 X 2H2O at pH 5.5-6.0 was developed using the stannite procedure. The Sn-HIDA ligand has been prepared successfully by dissolving HIDA in stannite solution without further pH adjustment. A gelchromatography column scanning (GCS) technique has been applied to study the chemical state of technetium in the preparation. The shelf-life of the freeze-dried powder of Sn-HIDA was found stable for at least 6 months as assessed by the GCS-technique. The hepatobiliary agent has a rapid blood clearance and is excreted predominantly by the hepatobiliary system. The biodistribution study in mice showed that more than 30% of the injected dose has been accumulated in liver at 5 min postinjection and at 30 min most of the injected activity has been passed to the intestine via the biliary system.
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Agha NH, Al-Hilli M, Karim HM, Al-Hissoni MH, Jassim MN. Instant 99mTc-labelled glucoheptonate kit for kidney imaging. Nuklearmedizin 1983; 22:246-50. [PMID: 6657485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gelchromatography column scanning has been used to study the fractions of reduced hydrolyzed 99mTc, 99mTc-pertechnetate and 99mTc-chelate in a 99mTc-glucoheptonate (GH) preparation. A stable high labelling yield of 99mTc-GH complex in the radiopharmaceutical has been obtained with a concentration of 40-50 mg of glucoheptonic acid-calcium salt and not less than 0.45 mg of SnCl2.2 H2O at an optimal pH between 6.5 and 7.0. The stability of the complex has been found significantly affected when sodium hydroxide solution was used for the pH adjustment. However, an alternative procedure for final pH adjustment of the preparation has been investigated providing a stable complex for the usual period of time prior to the injection. The organ distribution and the blood clearance data of 99mTc-GH in rabbits were relatively similar to those reported earlier. The mean concentration of the radiopharmaceutical in both kidneys has been studied in normal subjects for one hour with a scintillation camera and the results were satisfactory.
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Agha NH, Al-Hilli AM, Hassen HA, Al-Hissoni MH, Miran KM. Ytterbium-169-phytate: a potential new radiopharmaceutical for functional scintigraphy of the liver. Int J Appl Radiat Isot 1982; 33:673-7. [PMID: 7118279 DOI: 10.1016/0020-708x(82)90068-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A new radiopharmaceutical for liver scintigraphy has been prepared by reacting 169YbOCl with Na phytate under conditions which yield a labelling efficiency of more than 99% over a wide pH range. In rabbits the resultant colloidal preparation shows a rapid elimination from the blood and high initial uptake in liver. Subsequently about 90% of the liver activity is lost within 3 days, the remainder being eliminated more slowly. The radiopharmaceutical is non-toxic and has a shelf-life of about 3 months. Scintigrams obtained in patients with hepatomegaly suggest that this new agent gives better visualization of space occupying lesions of the liver than 99mTc-Sn colloid. The radiation dose to the patient from this agent is low and comparable with that from other radiopharmaceuticals used for liver scintigraphy.
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Agha NH, Al-Hilli AM, Hassen HA. 99mTc-labelled Cu(I)-EHDP, a potential skeletal imaging agent. Nuklearmedizin 1981; 20:299-304. [PMID: 6799937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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99mTc-Cu-EHDP has been prepared with high labelling yield applying for the first time the method of instantly formed cuprous ions in the mixture. A gel chromatography column scanning technique has been used to study the 99mTc fractions in the preparation. The study of the influence of pH-value on the amount of 99mTc-CU-EHDP fraction shows that pH 1.6 - 1.7 gave the best labelling results. The formation rate of 99mTc-Cu-EHDP complex with a high labelling yield was fast and achieved within a few mins. This suggests the reduction of 99mTc-pertechnetate to Tc (IV). The final preparation was found stable for at least 4 hrs after mixing the reactants with the 99mTc-eluate. Comparative biokinetic studies of 99mTc-Cu-EHDP and 99mTc-Sn-EHDP in rabbits and mice showed a high bone uptake and fast elimination of 99mTc-Cu-EHDP from the skeleton. No significant difference was found in the plasma protein binding of 99mTc-Cu-EHDP and 99mTc-Sn-EHDP in rats as assessed by the GCS-technique. Radionuclide imaging in rabbits, using a gamma camera, showed 99mTc-Cu-EHDP to be a good bone-imaging agent.
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Agha NH, Dahir ND. Studies on the preparation of Tc-99m-DTPA freeze-dried kit. Int J Appl Radiat Isot 1979; 30:183-4. [PMID: 36353 DOI: 10.1016/0020-708x(79)90130-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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