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Chen Y, Deng H, Yang L, Guo L, Feng M. Desferrioxamine Enhances 5-Aminolaevulinic Acid- Induced Protoporphyrin IX Accumulation and Therapeutic Efficacy for Hypertrophic Scar. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:1635-1643. [PMID: 36682488 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2023.01.015] [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: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hypertrophic scar is a common problem after skin burns or trauma which brings physical, psychological, and cosmetic problems to patients. Photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a promising therapy for hypertrophic scar. However, clinical applications of 5-ALA are limited because of the low permeability of 5-ALA in the skin stratum corneum and the rapid binding of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) with iron ions, which lead to insufficient PpIX production in target tissues. Herein, a mixture of 5-ALA and DFO (deferoxamine, a special iron chelator) was applied for the treatment of hypertrophic scar. 5-ALA/DFO could efficiently block the biotransformation of PpIX to heme, thus realizing a significant accumulation of photosensitizer. In addition, injection locally into the lesion was applied, which combined with enhanced photodynamic therapy to destroy hypertrophic scar fibroblasts. In vitro experiments showed that 5-ALA/DFO could increase more ROS generation by increasing the accumulation of PpIX, resulting in the apoptosis of hypertrophic scar fibroblasts. Furthermore, 5-ALA/DFO inhibited the proliferation and migration of hypertrophic scar fibroblasts. In vivo study showed that 5-ALA/DFO could effectively inhibit the formation of proliferative scar. Therefore, 5-ALA/DFO has the potential to enhance the photodynamic therapy of 5-ALA and provides a new treatment strategy for hypertrophic scar.
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- Yiman Chen
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, PR China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China.
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Mantelou AG, Barbouti A, Goussia A, Zacharioudaki A, Papoudou-Bai A, Vlachou C, Kokkoris S, Papalois A, Galaris D, Glantzounis GK. Combined administration of membrane-permeable and impermeable iron-chelating drugs attenuates ischemia/reperfusion-induced hepatic injury. Free Radic Biol Med 2022; 193:227-237. [PMID: 36243210 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.10.266] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury have not been completely elucidated. However, it is well known that oxidative stress, caused by a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production during the reperfusion phase, plays a crucial role. A growing body of evidence indicates that the intracellular availability of free iron represents a requirement for ROS-induced adverse effects, as iron catalyzes the generation of highly reactive free radicals. The aim of this study was to examine whether a combination of iron chelators with varying lipophilicity could offer enhanced protection against I/R by diminishing the conversion of weak oxidants, like H2O2, to extremely reactive ones such as hydroxyl radicals (HO.). METHODS HepG2 cells (hepatocellular carcinoma cell line) were exposed to oxidative stress conditions after pre-treatment with the iron chelators desferrioxamine (DFO) and deferiprone (DFP) alone or in combination. Labile iron pool was estimated using the calcein-acetoxymethyl ester (calcein-AM) method and DNA damage with the comet assay. We subsequently used a rabbit model (male New Zealand white rabbits) of hepatic I/R-induced injury to investigate, by measuring biochemical (ALT, ALT, ALP, γGT) and histological parameters, whether this may be true for in vivo conditions. RESULTS The combination of a membrane-permeable iron chelator (DFP) with a strong membrane-impermeable one (DFO) raises the level of protection in both hepatic cell lines exposed to oxidative stress conditions and hepatic I/R rabbit model. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that combinations of iron chelators with selected lipophilicity and iron-binding properties may represent a valuable strategy to protect against tissue damage during reperfusion after a period of ischemia.
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- Athina G Mantelou
- HPB Unit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina and Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Ioannina and Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Ioannina and Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- First Department of Critical Care, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 10676, Greece
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- Experimental, Educational and Research Center ELPEN, Athens, 19009, Greece; European University of Cyprus, School of Medicine, Nicosia, 2404, Cyprus
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- HPB Unit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina and Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece.
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Sidhu S, Kakkar S, Dewan P, Bansal N, Sobti PC. Adherence to Iron Chelation Therapy and Its Determinants. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res 2021; 15:27-34. [PMID: 33613898 PMCID: PMC7885136 DOI: 10.18502/ijhoscr.v15i1.5247] [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] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background: Thalassemia is a chronic disease requiring lifelong treatment. The adherence to regular iron chelation therapy is important to ensure complication-free survival and good quality of life. The study aim to assess the adherence to iron chelation therapy (ICT) in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT), evaluate various causes of non-adherence and study the impact of non-adherence on the prevalence of complications secondary to iron overload. Materials and Methods: Patients with TDT on ICT for > 6 months were enrolled in the study. Hospital records were reviewed for demographic details, iron overload status, treatment details, and the prevalence of complications. A study questionnaire was used to collect information on adherence to ICT, knowledge of patients, and the possible reasons for non-adherence. Results: A total of 215 patients with a mean age of 15.07+7.68 years and an M: F ratio of 2.2:1 were included in the study. Non-adherence to ICT was found in 10.7% of patients. Serum ferritin levels were significantly higher in the non-adherent group (3129.8+1573.2 µg/l) than the adherent population (2013.1+1277.1 µg/l). Cardiac as well as severe liver iron overload was higher in the non-adherent patients. No correlation was found between disease knowledge and adherence to ICT. Difficulties in drug administration and many medicines to be taken daily were statistically significant reasons for non-adherence. There was no difference in the co-morbidities arising due to the iron overload in the two groups. Conclusion: Nearly 11% of patients with TDT were non-adherent to ICT. Non-adherence results in higher iron overload.
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- Sukhmani Sidhu
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Student, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Research & Development Unit, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Charitable Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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Carvalho RRV, Peres TV, Liria CW, Machini MT, Aschner M, Espósito BP. Conjugates of desferrioxamine and aromatic amines improve markers of iron-dependent neurotoxicity. Biometals 2021; 34:259-75. [PMID: 33389339 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-020-00277-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder associated in some instances with dyshomeostasis of redox-active metal ions, such as copper and iron. In this work, we investigated whether the conjugation of various aromatic amines would improve the pharmacological efficacy of the iron chelator desferrioxamine (DFO). Conjugates of DFO with aniline (DFOANI), benzosulfanylamide (DFOBAN), 2-naphthalenamine (DFONAF) and 6-quinolinamine (DFOQUN) were obtained and their properties examined. DFOQUN had good chelating activity, promoted a significant increase in the inhibition of β-amyloid peptide aggregation when compared to DFO, and also inhibited acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity both in vitro and in vivo (Caenorhabditis elegans). These data indicate that the covalent conjugation of a strong iron chelator to an AChE inhibitor offers a powerful approach for the amelioration of iron-induced neurotoxicity symptoms.
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Lombardo M, Espósito BP, Lourenço FR, Kaneko TM. The application of pharmaceutical quality by design concepts to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of a preservative system including desferrioxamine. Daru 2020; 28:635-646. [PMID: 32856238 PMCID: PMC7704847 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-020-00370-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to investigate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of a conventional preservative system containing desferrioxamine mesylate (DFO) and optimize the composition of the system through mathematical models. METHODS Different combinations of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), sodium metabisulfite (SM), DFO and methylparaben (MP) were prepared using factorial design of experiments. The systems were added to ascorbic acid (AA) solution and the AA content over time, at room temperature and at 40 °C was determined by volumetric assay. The systems were also evaluated for antioxidant activity by a fluorescence-based assay. Antimicrobial activity was assessed by microdilution technique and photometric detection against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans and Aspergillus brasiliensis. A multi-criteria decision approach was adopted to optimize all responses by desirability functions. RESULTS DFO did not extend the stability of AA over time, but displayed a better ability than EDTA to block the pro-oxidant activity of iron. DFO had a positive interaction with MP in microbial growth inhibition. The mathematical models showed adequate capacity to predict the responses. Statistical optimization aiming to meet the quality specifications of the ascorbic acid solution indicated that the presence of DFO in the composition allows to decrease the concentrations of EDTA, SM and MP. CONCLUSION DFO was much more effective than EDTA in preventing iron-catalyzed oxidation. In addition, DFO improved the inhibitory response of most microorganisms tested. The Quality by Design concepts aided in predicting an optimized preservative system with reduced levels of conventional antioxidants and preservatives, suggesting DFO as a candidate for multifunctional excipient.
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- Márcia Lombardo
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Center of Drugs, Cosmetics and Sanitizing Products, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Espósito BP, Martins AC, de Carvalho RRV, Aschner M. High throughput fluorimetric assessment of iron traffic and chelation in iron-overloaded Caenorhabditis elegans. Biometals 2020; 33:255-267. [PMID: 32979113 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-020-00250-4] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a convenient tool to evaluate iron metabolism as it shares great orthology with human proteins involved in iron transport, in addition to being transparent and readily available. In this work, we describe how wild-type (N2) C. elegans nematodes in the first larval stage can be loaded with acetomethoxycalcein (CAL-AM) and study it as a whole-organism model for both iron speciation and chelator permeability of the labile iron pool (LIP). This model may be relevant for high throughput assessment of molecules intended for chelation therapy of iron overload diseases.
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- Breno Pannia Espósito
- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Smith MJ, Fowler M, Naftalin RJ, Siow RCM. UVA irradiation increases ferrous iron release from human skin fibroblast and endothelial cell ferritin: Consequences for cell senescence and aging. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 155:49-57. [PMID: 32387586 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.04.024] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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UVA irradiation of human dermal fibroblasts and endothelial cells induces an immediate transient increase in cytosolic Fe(II), as monitored by the fluorescence Fe(II) reporters, FeRhonox1 in cytosol and MitoFerroGreen in mitochondria. Both superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibition by tetrathiomolybdate (ATM) and catalase inhibition by 3-amino-1, 2, 4-triazole (ATZ) increase and prolong the cytosolic Fe(II) signal after UVA irradiation. SOD inhibition with ATM also increases mitochondrial Fe(II). Thus, mitochondria do not source the UV-dependent increase in cytosolic Fe(II), but instead reflect and amplify raised cytosolic labile Fe(II) concentration. Hence control of cytosolic ferritin iron release is key to preventing UVA-induced inflammation. UVA irradiation also increases dermal endothelial cell H2O2, as monitored by the adenovirus vector Hyper-DAAO-NES(HyPer). These UVA-dependent changes in intracellular Fe(II) and H2O2 are mirrored by increases in cell superoxide, monitored with the luminescence probe L-012. UV-dependent increases in cytosolic Fe(II), H2O2 and L-012 chemiluminescence are prevented by ZnCl2 (10 μM), an effective inhibitor of Fe(II) transport via ferritin's 3-fold channels. Quercetin (10 μM), a potent membrane permeable Fe(II) chelator, abolishes the cytosolic UVA-dependent FeRhonox1, Fe(II) and HyPer, H2O2 and increase in MitoFerroGreen Fe(II) signals. The time course of the quercetin-dependent decrease in endothelial H2O2 correlates with the decrease in FeRhox1 signal and both signals are fully suppressed by preloading cells with ZnCl2. These results confirm that antioxidant enzyme activity is the key factor in controlling intracellular iron levels, and hence maintenance of cell antioxidant capacity is vitally important in prevention of skin aging and inflammation initiated by labile iron and UVA.
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- Matthew J Smith
- King's BHF Centre of Research Excellence, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK
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- Unilever Colworth Science Park, Bedfordshire, UK
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- King's BHF Centre of Research Excellence, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- King's BHF Centre of Research Excellence, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK
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Rasheed A, Carvalho AAC, de Carvalho GGA, Ghous T, Nomura CS, Esposito BP. Chromium removal from aqueous solutions using new silica gel conjugates of desferrioxamine or diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:15635-15644. [PMID: 32078726 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08097-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Desferrioxamine (DFO) and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) conjugated with silica gel (IDFOSG and IDTPASG, respectively) were evaluated as adsorbents for chromium in aqueous solutions. Different parameters affecting adsorption such as pH, sorbent dosage, contact time, sample volume and potential of interfering ions have been optimized. The optimum pH for chromium binding was 4 for 100 mg of adsorbents at 5 min of table shaking with 5 mL sample volume of chromium solutions. Langmuir adsorption model described the removal of chromium ions. The adsorption capacity for chromium was 90% for IDFOSG and 83% for IDTPASG in single solutions, and at least 75% in multielemental solutions. Considering the removal efficacy, regeneration and stability, DFO-grafted silica gel was generally superior to its DTPA counterpart and may be applied to the removal of traces of chromium species from natural waters.
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- Aamir Rasheed
- Department of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, 13100, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST), Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil.
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Bensaid S, Fabre C, Fourneau J, Cieniewski-Bernard C. Impact of different methods of induction of cellular hypoxia: focus on protein homeostasis signaling pathways and morphology of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells differentiated into myotubes. J Physiol Biochem 2019; 75:367-377. [PMID: 31267382 DOI: 10.1007/s13105-019-00687-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Hypoxia, occurring in several pathologies, has deleterious effects on skeletal muscle, in particular on protein homeostasis. Different induction methods of hypoxia are commonly used in cellular models to investigate the alterations of muscular function consecutive to hypoxic stress. However, a consensus is not clearly established concerning hypoxia induction methodology. Our aim was to compare oxygen deprivation with chemically induced hypoxia using cobalt chloride (CoCl2) or desferrioxamine (DFO) on C2C12 myotubes which were either cultured in hypoxia chamber at an oxygen level of 4% or treated with CoCl2 or DFO. For each method of hypoxia induction, we determined their impact on muscle cell morphology and on expression or activation status of key signaling proteins of synthesis and degradation pathways. The expression of HIF-1α increased whatever the method of hypoxia induction. Myotube diameter and protein content decreased exclusively for C2C12 myotubes submitted to physiological hypoxia (4% O2) or treated with CoCl2. Results were correlated with a hypophosphorylation of key proteins regulated synthesis pathway (Akt, GSK3-β and P70S6K). Similarly, the phosphorylation of FoxO1 decreased and the autophagy-related LC3-II was overexpressed with 4% O2 and CoCl2 conditions. Our results demonstrated that in vitro oxygen deprivation and the use of mimetic agent such as CoCl2, unlike DFO, induced similar responses on myotube morphology and atrophy/hypertrophy markers. Thus, physiological hypoxia or its artificial induction using CoCl2 can be used to understand finely the molecular changes in skeletal muscle cells and to evaluate new therapeutics for hypoxia-related muscle disorders.
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- Samir Bensaid
- Team Physical Activity, Muscle, Health, University Lille - EA 7369 - URePSSS, 59000, Lille, France.,Research Pole, CHU Lille, 59000, Lille, France
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- Team Physical Activity, Muscle, Health, University Lille - EA 7369 - URePSSS, 59000, Lille, France
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- Team Physical Activity, Muscle, Health, University Lille - EA 7369 - URePSSS, 59000, Lille, France
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A major form of toxicity arises from the ability of iron to redox cycle, that is, to accept an electron from a reducing compound and to pass it on to H2O2 (the Fenton reaction). In order to do so, iron must be suitably complexed to avoid formation of Fe2O3. The ligands determine the electrode potential; this information should be known before experiments are carried out. Only one-electron transfer reactions are likely to be significant; thus two-electron potentials should not be used to determine whether an iron(III) complex can be reduced or oxidized. Ascorbate is the relevant reducing agent in blood serum, which means that iron toxicity in this compartment arises from the ascorbate-driven Fenton reaction. In the cytosol, an iron(II)-glutathione complex is likely to be the low-molecular weight iron complex involved in toxicity. When physiologically relevant concentrations are used the window of redox opportunity ranges from +0.1 V to +0.9 V. The electrode potential for non-transferrin-bound iron in the form of iron citrate is close to 0 V and the reduction of iron(III) citrate by ascorbate is slow. The clinically utilised chelators desferrioxamine, deferiprone and deferasirox in each case render iron complexes with large negative electrode potentials, thus being effective in preventing iron redox cycling and the associated toxicity resulting from such activity. There is still uncertainty about the product of the Fenton reaction, HO• or FeO2+.
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- W H Koppenol
- Schwändibergstrasse 25, CH-8784 Braunwald, Switzerland; Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETHZ, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Pharmacy, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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Soutar CD, Stavrinides J. The evolution of three siderophore biosynthetic clusters in environmental and host-associating strains of Pantoea. Mol Genet Genomics 2018; 293:1453-1467. [PMID: 30027301 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-018-1477-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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For many pathogenic members of the Enterobacterales, siderophores play an important role in virulence, yet the siderophores of the host-associating members of the genus Pantoea remain unexplored. We conducted a genome-wide survey of environmental and host-associating strains of Pantoea to identify known and candidate siderophore biosynthetic clusters. Our analysis identified three clusters homologous to those of enterobactin, desferrioxamine, and aerobactin that were prevalent among Pantoea species. Using both phylogenetic and comparative genomic approaches, we demonstrate that the enterobactin-like cluster was present in the common ancestor of all Pantoea, with evidence for three independent losses of the cluster in P. eucalypti, P. eucrina, and the P. ananatis-P. stewartii lineage. The desferrioxamine biosynthetic cluster, previously described and characterized in Pantoea, was horizontally acquired from its close relative Erwinia, with phylogenetic evidence that these transfer events were ancient and occurred between ancestral lineages. The aerobactin cluster was identified in three host-associating species groups, P. septica, P. ananatis, and P. stewartii, with strong evidence for horizontal acquisition from human-pathogenic members of the Enterobacterales. Our work identifies and describes the key siderophore clusters in Pantoea, shows three distinct evolutionary processes driving their diversification, and provides a foundation for exploring the roles that these siderophores may play in human opportunistic infections.
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- Craig D Soutar
- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, S4S0A2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, S4S0A2, Canada.
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Ricchi P, Meloni A, Pistoia L, Spasiano A, Spiga A, Allò M, Gamberini MR, Lisi R, Campisi S, Peluso A, Missere M, Renne S, Mangione M, Positano V, Pepe A. The effect of desferrioxamine chelation versus no therapy in patients with non transfusion-dependent thalassaemia: a multicenter prospective comparison from the MIOT network. Ann Hematol 2018; 97:1925-32. [PMID: 29926157 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-018-3397-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We prospectively assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the advantages of desferrioxamine (DFO) with respect to the absence of chelation therapy in non transfusion-dependent thalassaemia (NTDT) patients. We considered 18 patients non-chelated and 33 patients who received DFO alone between the two MRI scans. Iron overload was assessed by the T2* technique. Biventricular function parameters were quantified by cine sequences. No patient treated with DFO had cardiac iron. At baseline, only one non-chelated patient showed a pathological heart T2* value (< 20 ms) and he recovered at the follow-up. The percentage of patients who maintained a normal heart T2* value was 100% in both groups. A significant increase in the right ventricular ejection fraction was detected in DFO patients (3.48 ± 7.22%; P = 0.024). The changes in cardiac T2* values and in the biventricular function were comparable between the two groups. In patients with hepatic iron at baseline (MRI liver iron concentration (LIC) ≥ 3 mg/g/dw), the reduction in MRI LIC values was significant only in the DFO group (- 2.20 ± 4.84 mg/g/dw; P = 0.050). The decrease in MRI LIC was comparable between the groups. In conclusion, in NTDT patients, DFO therapy showed no advantage in terms of cardiac iron but its administration allowed an improvement in right ventricular function. Moreover, DFO reduced hepatic iron in patients with significant iron burden at baseline.
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Moussa RS, Kovacevic Z, Bae DH, Lane DJR, Richardson DR. Transcriptional regulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p21 CIP1/WAF1, by the chelator, Dp44mT. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1862:761-774. [PMID: 29032246 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 09/08/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p21, is well known for its role in cell cycle arrest. Novel anti-cancer agents that deplete iron pools demonstrate marked anti-tumor activity and are also active in regulating p21 expression. These agents induce p21 mRNA levels independently of the tumor suppressor, p53, and differentially regulate p21 protein expression depending on the cell-type. Several chelators, including an analogue of the potent anti-tumor agent, di-2-pyridylketone 4,4-dimethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (Dp44mT), have entered clinical trials, and thus, their molecular mechanism of action is crucial to assess. Hence, this investigation examined how several iron chelators transcriptionally regulate p21. METHODS Promoter-deletion constructs; luciferase assays; RT-PCR; western analysis; gene silencing; co-immunoprecipitation. RESULTS The transcriptional regulation of the p21 promoter by iron chelators was demonstrated to be dependent on the chelator and cell-type examined. The potent anti-cancer chelator, Dp44mT, induced p21 promoter activity in SK-MEL-28 melanoma cells, but not in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Further analysis of the p21 promoter identified a 50-bp region between -104 and -56-bp that was required for Dp44mT-induced activation in SK-MEL-28 cells. This region contained several Sp1-binding sites and mutational analysis of this region revealed the Sp1-3-binding site played a significant role in Dp44mT-induced activation of p21. Further, co-immunoprecipitation demonstrated that Dp44mT induced a marked increase in the interactions between Sp1 and the transcription factors, estrogen receptor-α and c-Jun. CONCLUSIONS AND GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Dp44mT-induced p21 promoter activation via the Sp1-3-binding site and increased Sp1/ER-α and Sp1/c-Jun complex formation in SK-MEL-28 cells, suggesting these complexes were involved in p21 promoter activation.
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- Rayan S Moussa
- Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Huayhuaz JAA, Vitorino HA, Campos OS, Serrano SHP, Kaneko TM, Espósito BP. Desferrioxamine and desferrioxamine-caffeine as carriers of aluminum and gallium to microbes via the Trojan Horse Effect. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2017; 41:16-22. [PMID: 28347458 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2017.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Iron acquisition by bacteria and fungi involves in several cases the promiscuous usage of siderophores. Thus, antibiotic resistance from these microorganisms can be circumvented through a strategy of loading toxic metals into siderophores (Trojan Horse Effect). Desferrioxamine (dfo) and its cell-permeant derivative desferrioxamine-caffeine (dfcaf) were complexed with aluminum or gallium for this purpose. The complexes Me(dfo) and Me(dfcaf) (Me=Al3+ and Ga3+) were synthesized and characterized by mass spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. Their relative stabilities were studied through competitive equilibria with fluorescent probes calcein, fluorescein-desferrioxamine and 8-hydroxyquinoline. Me(dfo) and Me(dfcaf) were consistently more toxic than free Me3+ against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans, demonstrating the Trojan Horse Effect. Wide spectrum antimicrobial action can be obtained by loading non-essential or toxic metal ions to microbes via a convenient siderophore carrier.
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- Jesus Antonio Alvarado Huayhuaz
- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo,Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo,Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo,Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo,Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo,Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Manokawinchoke J, Osathanon T, Egusa H, Pavasant P. Hypoxia enhances osteogenic differentiation in retinoic acid-treated murine-induced pluripotent stem cells. Tissue Eng Regen Med 2016; 13:547-53. [PMID: 30603435 DOI: 10.1007/s13770-016-9127-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Hypoxic condition influences biological responses in various cell types. However, a hypoxic regulating osteogenic differentiation remains controversy. Here, an influence of short-term culture in hypoxic condition on osteogenic marker gene expression by retinoic acid-treated murine gingival fibroblast-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (RA-miPS) was investigated. Results demonstrated that hypoxic condition significantly upregulated Vegf, Runx2, Osx, and Ocn mRNA expression by RA-miPS in normal culture medium at day 3. Further, desferrioxamine significantly downregulated pluripotent marker (Nanog and Oct4) and enhanced osteogenic marker (Runx2, Osx, Dlx5, and Ocn) gene expression as well as promoted in vitro mineral deposition. However, the effect of cobalt chloride on osteogenic differentiation of RA-miPS was not robust. In summary, the results imply that hypoxic condition may be useful in the enhancement of osteogenic differentiation in RA-miPS. Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at 10.1007/s13770-016-9127-9 and is accessible for authorized users.
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This review covers publications on siderophores applied for molecular imaging applications, mainly for radionuclide-based imaging. Siderophores are low molecular weight chelators produced by bacteria and fungi to scavenge essential iron. Research on these molecules has a continuing history over the past 50 years. Many biomedical applications have been developed, most prominently the use of the siderophore desferrioxamine (DFO) to tackle iron overload related diseases. Recent research described the upregulation of siderophore production and transport systems during infection. Replacing iron in siderophores by radionuclides, the most prominent Ga-68 for PET, opens approaches for targeted imaging of infection; the proof of principle has been reported for fungal infections using 68Ga-triacetylfusarinine C (TAFC). Additionally, fluorescent siderophores and therapeutic conjugates have been described and may be translated to optical imaging and theranostic applications. Siderophores have also been applied as bifunctional chelators, initially DFO as chelator for Ga-67 and more recently for Zr-89 where it has become the standard chelator in Immuno-PET. Improved DFO constructs and bifunctional chelators based on cyclic siderophores have recently been developed for Ga-68 and Zr-89 and show promising properties for radiopharmaceutical development in PET. A huge potential from basic biomedical research on siderophores still awaits to be utilized for clinical and translational imaging.
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- Milos Petrik
- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Universitätsklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Experimental Nuclear Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Universitätsklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Bidkhori HR, Ahmadiankia N, Matin MM, Heirani-tabasi A, Farshchian M, Naderi-meshkin H, Shahriyari M, Dastpak M, Bahrami AR. Chemically primed bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells show enhanced expression of chemokine receptors contributed to their migration capability. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2016; 19:14-9. [PMID: 27096059 PMCID: PMC4823610] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The limited homing potential of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) is the key obstacle in MSC-based therapy. It is believed that chemokines and chemokine receptor interactions play key roles in cellular processes associated with migration. Meanwhile, MSCs express a low level of distinct chemokine receptors and they even lose these receptors on their surface after a few passages which influence their therapeutic applications negatively. This study investigated whether treatment of BM-MSCs with hypoxia-mimicking agents would increase expression of some chemokine receptors and cell migration. MATERIALS AND METHODS BM-MSCs were treated at passage 2 for our gene expression profiling. All qPCR experiments were performed by SYBR Green method in CFX-96 Bio-Rad Real-Time PCR. The Boyden chamber assay was utilized to investigate BM-MSC homing. RESULTS Possible approaches to increasing the expression level of chemokine receptors by different hypoxia-mimicking agents such as valproic acid (VPA), CoCl2, and desferrioxamine (DFX) are described. Results show DFX efficiently up-regulate the CXCR7 and CXCR4 gene expression while VPA increase only the CXCR7 gene expression and no significant change in expression level of CXCR4 and the CXCR7 gene was detectable by CoCl2 treatment. Chemotaxis assay results show that pre-treatment with DFX, VPA, and Cocl2 enhances significantly the migration ability of BM-MSCs compared with the untreated control group and DFX treatment accelerates MSCs homing significantly with a higher rate than VPA and Cocl2 treatments. CONCLUSION Our data supports the notion that pretreatment of MSC with VPA and DFX improves the efficiency of MSC therapy by triggering homing regulatory signaling pathways.
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- Hamid Reza Bidkhori
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Molecular Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran,Cell and Molecular Biotechnology Research group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Corresponding author: Ahmad Reza Bahrami. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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Delattre F, Cazier-Dennin F, Leleu L, Dewaele D, Landy D, Mallard I, Danjou PE. Recognition of iron ions by carbazole- desferrioxamine fluorescent sensor and its application in total iron detection in airbone particulate matter. Talanta 2015; 144:451-5. [PMID: 26452847 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.06.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This work reports on an efficient microwave irradiation synthesis of a new fluorescent chemosensor based on desferrioxamine B (DFO-B) and carbazole moiety. Furthermore, this novel chemosensor was employed for a comparative study of real environmental samples of airbone particulate matter collected from Dunkirk (Northern of France). Among selected relevant metal cations present in its airbone particulate matter, such as Na(+), K(+), Mg(2+), Ca(2+), Al(3+), Cr(3+), Mn(2+) and Zn(2+), this molecular device proved to be outstandingly sensitive toward Fe(3+) with a limit of detection of 1.49 ppb (2.1×10(-8) M) in methanol allowing the estimation of total iron in atmospheric particles.
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- François Delattre
- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV)-EA 4492, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV)-EA 4492, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV)-EA 4492, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Centre Commun de Mesures, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV)-EA 4492, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV)-EA 4492, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV)-EA 4492, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, MREI 1, 59140 Dunkerque, France.
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Desferrioxamine (DFO), deferiprone (L1) and desferasirox (ICL-670) are clinically approved iron chelators used to treat secondary iron overload. Although iron chelators have been utilized since the 1960s and there has been much improvement in available therapy, there is still the need for new drug candidates due to limited long-term efficacy and drug toxicity. Moreover, all currently approved iron chelators are of low molecular weight (MW) (<600 Da) and the objectives reported for the “ideal” chelator of low MW, including possessing the ability to promote iron excretion without causing toxic side effects, has proven difficult to realize in practice. With prolonged iron chelator use, patients may develop toxicities or become insensitive. In contrast, the limited research that has been geared towards developing higher MW, polymeric, long circulating iron chelators has shown promise. The inherent potential of polymeric iron chelators toward longer plasma half-lives and reduction in toxicity provides optimism and may be a significant addition to the currently available low MW iron chelators. This article reviews knowledge pertaining to this theme, highlights some unique advantages that these nanomedicines have in treating systemic iron overload as well as their potential utility in the treatment of other disease states.
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- Jasmine L Hamilton
- The Centre for Blood Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
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- The Centre for Blood Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada ; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
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Hamilton JL, Kizhakkedathu JN. Polymeric nanocarriers for the treatment of systemic iron overload. Mol Cell Ther 2015; 3:3. [PMID: 26056604 PMCID: PMC4451967] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Desferrioxamine (DFO), deferiprone (L1) and desferasirox (ICL-670) are clinically approved iron chelators used to treat secondary iron overload. Although iron chelators have been utilized since the 1960s and there has been much improvement in available therapy, there is still the need for new drug candidates due to limited long-term efficacy and drug toxicity. Moreover, all currently approved iron chelators are of low molecular weight (MW) (<600 Da) and the objectives reported for the "ideal" chelator of low MW, including possessing the ability to promote iron excretion without causing toxic side effects, has proven difficult to realize in practice. With prolonged iron chelator use, patients may develop toxicities or become insensitive. In contrast, the limited research that has been geared towards developing higher MW, polymeric, long circulating iron chelators has shown promise. The inherent potential of polymeric iron chelators toward longer plasma half-lives and reduction in toxicity provides optimism and may be a significant addition to the currently available low MW iron chelators. This article reviews knowledge pertaining to this theme, highlights some unique advantages that these nanomedicines have in treating systemic iron overload as well as their potential utility in the treatment of other disease states.
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- Jasmine L Hamilton
- />The Centre for Blood Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
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- />The Centre for Blood Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
- />Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
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Radchenko V, Busse S, Roesch F. Desferrioxamine as an appropriate chelator for 90Nb: comparison of its complexation properties for M-Df-Octreotide (M = Nb, Fe, Ga, Zr). Nucl Med Biol 2014; 41:721-7. [PMID: 25087170 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The niobium-90 radioisotope ((90)Nb) holds considerable promise for use in immuno-PET, due to its decay parameters (t½ = 14.6h, positron yield=53%, Eß(+)(mean) = 0.35 MeV and Eß(+)(max) = 1.5 MeV). In particular, (90)Nb appears well suited to detect in vivo the pharmacokinetics of large targeting vectors (50-150 kDa). In order to be useful for immuno-PET chelators are required to both stabilize the radionuclide in terms of coordination chemistry and to facilitate the covalent attachment to the targeting vector. Different chelators were evaluated for this purpose in terms of radiolabelling efficiency and stability of the radiolabelled Nb(V) complex and in order to determine the most suitable candidate for conjugation to a biologically relevant targeting vector. For the purpose of studying the complexation properties the niobium radioisotope (95)Nb was used as an analogue of (90)Nb, by virtue of its longer half-life (35 days) and lower cost (reactor-based production). Acyclic and cyclic chelators were investigated, with desferroxamine [Df: (N'-{5-[acetyl(hydroxy)amino]pentyl}-N-[5-({4-[(5-aminopentyl) (hydroxy)amino]-4-oxobutanoyl} amino)pentyl]-N-hydroxysuccinamide)] emerging as the best candidate. Greater than 99% radiolabelling was achieved at room temperature over a wide pH range. The (95)Nb-Df complex is sufficiently stable for immuno-PET (<7% degradation over 7 days in vitro). As a proof-of-principle, a Df conjugate featuring a well-established targeting vector, (D)-Phe(1)-octreotide, was evaluated. The fast labelling kinetics of the unconjugated chelator (Df) were retained for Df-succinyl-(D)Phe(1)-octreotide (Df-OC), with>90% labelling after 1h at room temperature over the pH range 5-7. Stability studies, performed in vitro in serum at physiological temperature (37 °C), revealed that 87 ± 2% of the radiolabelled molecule remained intact after 7 days. Competition studies with relevant metal ions (zirconium((IV)), gallium((III)) and iron((III))) have been performed with Df-OC to gain insight to the relative stability [Nb-Df]-OC complex to transmetallation. At equimolar metal ion concentrations the [Nb-Df]-OC complex showed the greatest overall stability. The favourable radiolabelling characteristics of Df-OC and its stability indicate that Df is a potentially very useful chelator for the development of radiopharmaceuticals for (90)Nb-PET.
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- Valery Radchenko
- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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Al-Qenaei A, Yiakouvaki A, Reelfs O, Santambrogio P, Levi S, Hall ND, Tyrrell RM, Pourzand C. Role of intracellular labile iron, ferritin, and antioxidant defence in resistance of chronically adapted Jurkat T cells to hydrogen peroxide. Free Radic Biol Med 2014; 68:87-100. [PMID: 24333634 PMCID: PMC4046229 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To examine the role of intracellular labile iron pool (LIP), ferritin (Ft), and antioxidant defence in cellular resistance to oxidative stress on chronic adaptation, a new H2O2-resistant Jurkat T cell line "HJ16" was developed by gradual adaptation of parental "J16" cells to high concentrations of H2O2. Compared to J16 cells, HJ16 cells exhibited much higher resistance to H2O2-induced oxidative damage and necrotic cell death (up to 3mM) and had enhanced antioxidant defence in the form of significantly higher intracellular glutathione and mitochondrial ferritin (FtMt) levels as well as higher glutathione-peroxidase (GPx) activity. In contrast, the level of the Ft H-subunit (FtH) in the H2O2-adapted cell line was found to be 7-fold lower than in the parental J16 cell line. While H2O2 concentrations higher than 0.1mM fully depleted the glutathione content of J16 cells, in HJ16 cells the same treatments decreased the cellular glutathione content to only half of the original value. In HJ16 cells, H2O2 concentrations higher than 0.1mM increased the level of FtMt up to 4-fold of their control values but had no effect on the FtMt levels in J16 cells. Furthermore, while the basal cytosolic level of LIP was similar in both cell lines, H2O2 treatment substantially increased the cytosolic LIP levels in J16 but not in HJ16 cells. H2O2 treatment also substantially decreased the FtH levels in J16 cells (up to 70% of the control value). In contrast in HJ16 cells, FtH levels were not affected by H2O2 treatment. These results indicate that chronic adaptation of J16 cells to high concentrations of H2O2 has provoked a series of novel and specific cellular adaptive responses that contribute to higher resistance of HJ16 cells to oxidative damage and cell death. These include increased cellular antioxidant defence in the form of higher glutathione and FtMt levels, higher GPx activity, and lower FtH levels. Further adaptive responses include the significantly reduced cellular response to oxidant-mediated glutathione depletion, FtH modulation, and labile iron release and a significant increase in FtMt levels following H2O2 treatment.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
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Sahni S, Bae DH, Lane DJR, Kovacevic Z, Kalinowski DS, Jansson PJ, Richardson DR. The metastasis suppressor, N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1), inhibits stress-induced autophagy in cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:9692-709. [PMID: 24532803 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.529511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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N-myc downstream regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is a potent metastasis suppressor with an undefined role in the stress response. Autophagy is a pro-survival pathway and can be regulated via the protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK)/eIF2α-mediated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathway. Hence, we investigated the role of NDRG1 in stress-induced autophagy as a mechanism of inhibiting metastasis via the induction of apoptosis. As thiosemicarbazone chelators induce stress and up-regulate NDRG1 to inhibit metastasis, we studied their effects on the ER stress response and autophagy. This was important to assess, as little is understood regarding the role of the stress induced by iron depletion and its role in autophagy. We observed that the chelator, di-2-pyridylketone 4,4-dimethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (Dp44mT), which forms redox-active iron and copper complexes, effectively induced ER stress as shown by activation of the PERK/eIF2α pathway. Dp44mT also increased the expression of the autophagic marker, LC3-II, and this was dependent on activation of the PERK/eIF2α axis, as silencing PERK prevented LC3-II accumulation. The effect of Dp44mT on LC3-II expression was at least partially due to iron-depletion, as this effect was also demonstrated with the classical iron chelator, desferrioxamine (DFO), and was not observed for the DFO-iron complex. NDRG1 overexpression also inhibited basal autophagic initiation and the ER stress-mediated autophagic pathway via suppression of the PERK/eIF2α axis. Moreover, NDRG1-mediated suppression of the pro-survival autophagic pathway probably plays a role in its anti-metastatic effects by inducing apoptosis. In fact, multiple pro-apoptotic markers were increased, whereas anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 was decreased upon NDRG1 overexpression. This study demonstrates the role of NDRG1 as an autophagic inhibitor that is important for understanding its mechanism of action.
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- Sumit Sahni
- From the Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute, Blackburn Building (D06), University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Soliman AT, Yasin M, El-Awwa A, Abdelrahman MO, De Sanctis V. Does blood transfusion affect pituitary gonadal axis and sperm parameters in young males with sickle cell disease? Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2013; 17:962-968. [PMID: 24381868 PMCID: PMC3872712 DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.122599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of packed red cell transfusion (PCTx) on serum concentrations of gonadotropins luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone (LH and FSH) and testosterone (T) levels and measured sperm parameters in young adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) on top-up transfusion (TTx) and those on exchange transfusion (ETx) regimen. MATERIALS AND METHODS Basal serum concentrations of FSH, LH, and T and semen parameters were evaluated before and 7 days after PCTx in 18 young adults with transfusion-dependent SCD, aged 20.7 ± 2.88 years. They had full pubertal development (Tanner's stage 5), and capacity to ejaculate. They were regularly transfused since early childhood. Chelation therapy was started early during the first 2 years of life using desferrioxamine and was replaced by deferasirox for the last 4-5 years. Ten patients were on TTx and eight were on ETx regimen. RESULTS PCTx significantly increased hemoglobin (Hb) from 8.5 ± 1.17 g/dl to 10.5 ± 0.4 g/dl, T from 12.3 ± 1.24 nmol/L to 14.23 ± 1.22 nmol/L and gonadotropins' concentrations. Sperm parameters improved significantly after PCTx including: total sperm count from 87.4 ± 24.6 million/ml to 146.2 ± 51.25 million/ml, total progressive sperm motility (TPM) from 40.8 ± 11.1 million/ml to 93.4 ± 38.3 million/ml, rapid progressive sperm motility (RPM) progressive motility from 29.26 ± 8.75 million/ml to 67.4 ± 29 million/ml. After PCTx the total sperm count, TPM and RPM were significantly better in the ETx group versus the TTx group. Before and after PCTx, T concentrations were correlated significantly with sperm total count, volume, TPM and RPM (r = 0.53, 0.55, 0.42, and 0.38, respectively, P < 0.01). Hb concentrations were correlated significantly with sperm count, TPM, RPM, and % of sperms with normal morphology (r = 0.60, 0.69, 0.66, and 0.86, respectively, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Our study suggests that in males with SCD blood transfusion is associated with significant acute enhancement of sperm parameters and with increased concentrations of serum T, LH, and FSH. Improvement of sperm parameters were significantly better in the ETx group verses the TTx group. These "acute" effects on spermiogenesis are reached with an unknown mechanism/s and suggest a number of pathways that need further human and/or experimental studies.
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- Ashraf T. Soliman
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hamad Medical Center, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Hematology, Hamad Medical Center, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hamad Medical Center, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, Quisisana Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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Luo X, Hill M, Johnson A, Latunde-Dada GO. Modulation of Dcytb (Cybrd 1) expression and function by iron, dehydroascorbate and Hif-2α in cultured cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1840:106-12. [PMID: 23981688 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Duodenal cytochrome b (Dcytb) is a mammalian plasma ferric reductase enzyme that catalyses the reduction of ferric to ferrous ion in the process of iron absorption. The current study investigates the relationship between Dcytb, iron, dehydroascorbate (DHA) and Hif-2α in cultured cell lines. METHODS Dcytb and Hif-2α protein expression was analysed by Western blot technique while gene regulation was determined by quantitative PCR. Functional analyses were carried out by ferric reductase and (59)Fe uptake assays. RESULTS Iron and dehydroascorbic acid treatment of cells inhibited Dcytb mRNA and protein expression. Desferrioxamine also enhanced Dcytb mRNA level after cells were treated overnight. Dcytb knockdown in HuTu cells resulted in reduced mRNA expression and lowered reductase activity. Preloading cells with DHA (to enhance intracellular ascorbate levels) did not stimulate reductase activity fully in Dcytb-silenced cells, implying a Dcytb-dependence of ascorbate-mediated ferrireduction. Moreover, Hif-2α knockdown in HuTu cells led to a reduction in reductase activity and iron uptake. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, this study shows the functional regulation of Dcytb reductase activity by DHA and Hif-2α. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Dcytb is a plasma membrane protein that accepts electrons intracellularly from DHA/ascorbic acid for ferrireduction at the apical surface of cultured cells and enterocytes.
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- Xiaomin Luo
- Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, UK
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Accurate evaluation of iron overload is necessary to establish the diagnosis of hemochromatosis and guide chelation treatment in transfusion-dependent anemia. The liver is the primary site for iron storage in patients with hemochromatosis or transfusion-dependent anemia, therefore, liver iron concentration (LIC) accurately reflects total body iron stores. In the past 20 years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a promising method for measuring LIC in a variety of diseases. We review the potential role of MRI in LIC determination in the most important disorders that are characterized by iron overload, that is, thalassemia major, other hemoglobinopathies, acquired anemia, and hemochromatosis. Most studies have been performed in thalassemia major and MRI is currently a widely accepted method for guiding chelation treatment in these patients. However, the lack of correlation between liver and cardiac iron stores suggests that both organs should be evaluated with MRI, since cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in this population. It is also unclear which MRI method is the most accurate since there are no large studies that have directly compared the different available techniques. The role of MRI in the era of genetic diagnosis of hemochromatosis is also debated, whereas data on the accuracy of the method in other hematological and liver diseases are rather limited. However, MRI is a fast, non-invasive and relatively accurate diagnostic tool for assessing LIC, and its use is expected to increase as the role of iron in the pathogenesis of liver disease becomes clearer.
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Nonspherocytic hereditary anemias are occasionally accompanied by significant iron overload but the significance for the development of chronic liver disease is not clear. We described two cases of patients with chronic liver disease and severe iron overload due to chronic hereditary hemolysis. Both patients have had signs of liver cirrhosis and severe hemolysis since childhood. A hereditary pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD) was discovered as the underlying reason for the hemolysis. Sequencing of the pyruvate kinase gene showed a mutation within exon 11. Liver histology in both patients revealed cirrhosis and a severe iron overload but primary hemochromatosis was excluded by HFE-gene analysis. An iron reduction therapy with desferrioxamine led to significant decrease of serum ferritin and sustained clinical improvement. PKD-induced hemolysis may cause severe iron overload even in the absence of HFE-genotype abnormalities. This secondary iron overload can lead to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Therefore, the iron metabolism of PKD patients has to be closely monitored and iron overload should be consequently treated.
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- Philip Hilgard
- Universitatsklinikum Essen, Klinik fur Gastroenterologie and Hepatologie, Hufelandstrabe 55, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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