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Bein K, Birru RL, Wells H, Larkin TP, Ge T, Leikauf GD. Sex-dependent acrolein sensitivity in mice is associated with differential lung cell, protein, and transcript changes. Physiol Rep 2021; 9:e14997. [PMID: 34605213 PMCID: PMC8488558 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Acrolein is a reactive inhalation hazard. Acrolein's initial interaction, which in itself can be function-altering, is followed by time-dependent cascade of complex cellular and pulmonary responses that dictate the severity of the injury. To investigate the pathophysiological progression of sex-dependent acrolein-induced acute lung injury, C57BL/6J mice were exposed for 30 min to sublethal, but toxic, and lethal acrolein. Male mice were more sensitive than female mice. Acrolein of 50 ppm was sublethal to female but lethal to male mice, and 75 ppm was lethal to female mice. Lethal and sublethal acrolein exposure decreased bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) total cell number at 3 h after exposure. The cell number decrease was followed by progressive total cell and neutrophil number and protein increases. The BAL total cell number in female mice exposed to a sublethal, but not lethal dose, returned to control levels at 16 h. In contrast, BAL protein content and neutrophil number were higher in mice exposed to lethal compared to sublethal acrolein. RNASeq pathway analysis identified greater increased lung neutrophil, glutathione metabolism, oxidative stress responses, and CCL7 (aka MCP-3), CXCL10 (aka IP-10), and IL6 transcripts in males than females, whereas IL10 increased more in female than male mice. Thus, the IL6:IL10 ratio, an indicator of disease severity, was greater in males than females. Further, H3.3 histone B (H3F3B) and pro-platelet basic protein (PPBP aka CXCL7), transcripts increased in acrolein exposed mouse BAL and plasma at 3 h, while H3F3B protein that is associated with neutrophil extracellular traps formation increased at 12 h. These results suggest that H3F3B and PPBP transcripts increase may contribute to extracellular H3F3B and PPBP proteins increase.
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- Kiflai Bein
- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthGraduate School of Public HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthGraduate School of Public HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthGraduate School of Public HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthGraduate School of Public HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthGraduate School of Public HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthGraduate School of Public HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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Mizobuchi H, Yamamoto K, Yamashita M, Inagawa H, Kohchi C, Soma GI. Oral Administration of Lipopolysaccharide Prevents Cognitive Impairment in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Mice in a Blood Glucose-independent Manner. Anticancer Res 2021; 41:4053-4059. [PMID: 34281874 DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.15206] [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: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Diabetes is a risk factor for dementia. However, no radical preventive method for diabetes-associated dementia has yet been developed. Our previous study revealed that oral administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) prevents high-fat diet-induced cognitive impairment. Therefore, we investigated here whether oral administration of LPS (OAL) could also prevent diabetes-associated dementia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diabetic mice were produced by intraperitoneal administration of streptozotocin (STZ), and then mice were orally administered LPS. Cognitive ability was evaluated using the Morris water maze, and gene expression was analyzed in isolated microglia. RESULTS OAL prevented STZ-induced diabetic cognitive impairment, but did not affect blood glucose levels. Moreover, OAL promoted the expression of neuroprotective genes in microglia, such as heat shock protein family 40 (HSP40) and chemokine CCL7. CONCLUSION OAL prevents diabetes-associated dementia, potentially via promotion of HSP40 and CCL7 expression in microglia.
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- Haruka Mizobuchi
- Control of Innate Immunity, Collaborative Innovation Partnership, Kagawa, Japan
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- Control of Innate Immunity, Collaborative Innovation Partnership, Kagawa, Japan
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- Control of Innate Immunity, Collaborative Innovation Partnership, Kagawa, Japan
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- Control of Innate Immunity, Collaborative Innovation Partnership, Kagawa, Japan
- Macrophi Inc., Kagawa, Japan
- Research Institute for Healthy Living, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Control of Innate Immunity, Collaborative Innovation Partnership, Kagawa, Japan
- Macrophi Inc., Kagawa, Japan
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- Control of Innate Immunity, Collaborative Innovation Partnership, Kagawa, Japan
- Macrophi Inc., Kagawa, Japan
- Research Institute for Healthy Living, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Grygorczuk S, Czupryna P, Pancewicz S, Świerzbińska R, Dunaj J, Siemieniako A, Moniuszko-Malinowska A. The increased intrathecal expression of the monocyte-attracting chemokines CCL7 and CXCL12 in tick-borne encephalitis. J Neurovirol 2021; 27:452-462. [PMID: 33876413 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-021-00975-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a relatively severe and clinically variable central nervous system (CNS) disease with a significant contribution of a secondary immunopathology. Monocytes/macrophages play an important role in the CNS inflammation, but their pathogenetic role and migration mechanisms in flavivirus encephalitis in humans are not well known. We have retrospectively analyzed blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monocyte counts in 240 patients with TBE presenting as meningitis (n = 110), meningoencephalitis (n = 114), or meningoencephalomyelitis (n = 16), searching for associations with other laboratory parameters, clinical presentation, and severity. We have measured concentrations of selected monocytes-attracting chemokines (CCL7, CXCL12, CCL20) in serum and CSF of the prospectively recruited patients with TBE (n = 15), with non-TBE aseptic meningitis (n = 6) and in non-infected controls (n = 8). The data were analyzed with non-parametric tests, p < 0.05 considered significant. Monocyte CSF count correlated with other CSF inflammatory parameters, but not with the peripheral monocytosis, consistent with an active recruitment into CNS. The monocyte count did not correlate with a clinical presentation. The median CSF concentration of CCL7 and CXCL12 was increased in TBE, and that of CCL7 was higher in TBE than in non-TBE meningitis. The comparison of serum and CSF concentrations pointed to the intrathecal synthesis of CCL7 and CXCL12, but with no evident concentration gradients toward CSF. In conclusion, the monocytes are recruited into the intrathecal compartment in concert with other leukocyte populations in TBE. CCL7 and CXCL12 have been found upregulated intrathecally but are not likely to be the main monocyte chemoattractants.
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- Sambor Grygorczuk
- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland.
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- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department, of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in Białystok, ul. Żurawia 14, 15-540, Bialystok, Poland
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Smits M, Meijerink M, Le TM, Knulst A, de Jong A, Caspers MPM, Lima ES, Babé L, Ladics G, McClain S, Houben G, Verhoeckx K. Predicting the allergenicity of legume proteins using a PBMC gene expression assay. BMC Immunol 2021; 22:27. [PMID: 33849432 PMCID: PMC8042678 DOI: 10.1186/s12865-021-00415-x] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Food proteins differ in their allergenic potential. Currently, there is no predictive and validated bio-assay to evaluate the allergenicity of novel food proteins. The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of a human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) gene expression assay to identify biomarkers to predict the allergenicity of legume proteins. RESULTS PBMCs from healthy donors were exposed to weakly and strongly allergenic legume proteins (2S albumins, and 7S and 11S globulins from white bean, soybean, peanut, pea and lupine) in three experiments. Possible biomarkers for allergenicity were investigated by exposing PBMCs to a protein pair of weakly (white bean) and strongly allergenic (soybean) 7S globulins in a pilot experiment. Gene expression was measured by RNA-sequencing and differentially expressed genes were selected as biomarkers. 153 genes were identified as having significantly different expression levels to the 7S globulin of white bean compared to soybean. Inclusion of multiple protein pairs from 2S albumins (lupine and peanut) and 7S globulins (white bean and soybean) in a larger study, led to the selection of CCL2, CCL7, and RASD2 as biomarkers to distinguish weakly from strongly allergenic proteins. The relevance of these three biomarkers was confirmed by qPCR when PBMCs were exposed to a larger panel of weakly and strongly allergenic legume proteins (2S albumins, and 7S and 11S globulins from white bean, soybean, peanut, pea and lupine). CONCLUSIONS The PBMC gene expression assay can potentially distinguish weakly from strongly allergenic legume proteins within a protein family, though it will be challenging to develop a generic method for all protein families from plant and animal sources. Graded responses within a protein family might be of more value in allergenicity prediction instead of a yes or no classification.
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- Mark Smits
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Formerly, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 754 Research Triangle Park, Durham, USA
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kurtz SL, De Pascalis R, Meierovics AI, Elkins KL. Deficiency in CCR2 increases susceptibility of mice to infection with an intracellular pathogen, Francisella tularensis LVS, but does not impair development of protective immunity. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0249142. [PMID: 33760886 PMCID: PMC7990183 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249142] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
CCR2 is the major chemokine receptor that regulates appropriate trafficking of inflammatory monocytes, but the role of this chemokine receptor and its ligands during primary and secondary infection with intracellular infections remains incompletely understood. Here we used murine infection with the Live Vaccine Strain (LVS) of Francisella tularensis to evaluate the role of CCR2 during primary and secondary parenteral responses to this prototype intracellular bacterium. We find that mice deficient in CCR2 are highly compromised in their ability to survive intradermal infection with LVS, indicating the importance of this receptor during primary parenteral responses. Interestingly, this defect could not be readily attributed to the activities of the known murine CCR2 ligands MCP-1/CCL2, MCP-3/CCL7, or MCP-5/CCL12. Nonetheless, CCR2 knockout mice vaccinated by infection with low doses of LVS generated optimal T cell responses that controlled the intramacrophage replication of Francisella, and LVS-immune CCR2 knockout mice survived maximal lethal Francisella challenge. Thus, fully protective adaptive immune memory responses to this intracellular bacterium can be readily generated in the absence of CCR2.
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- Sherry L. Kurtz
- Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America
- * E-mail: (KLE); (SLK)
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- Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America
- * E-mail: (KLE); (SLK)
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Niu M, Luo Z, Gong S, Win S, Kaplowitz N, Jiang Y, Chen P. Intestinal Epithelial Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 7 Overexpression Enhances Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice. Am J Pathol 2020; 190:57-67. [PMID: 31610172 PMCID: PMC6943379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose-induced hepatotoxicity is the leading cause of drug-induced liver injury worldwide. The related injury pathogenesis is mainly focused on the liver. Here, the authors report that gut barrier disruption may also be involved in APAP hepatotoxicity. APAP administration led to gut leakiness and colonic epithelial chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7 (CCL7) up-regulation. Intestinal epithelial cell (IEC)-specific CCL7 transgenic mice (CCL7tgIEC mice) showed markedly increased myosin light chain kinase phosphorylation, and elevated gut permeability and bacterial translocation into the liver compared to wild-type mice. Global transcriptome analysis revealed that the expression of hepatic proinflammatory genes was enhanced in CCL7tgIEC mice compared with wild-type animals. Moreover, CCL7 overexpression in intestinal epithelial cells significantly augmented APAP-induced acute liver injury. These data provide new evidence that dysfunction of CCL7-mediated gut barrier integrity may be an important contributor to APAP-induced hepatotoxicity.
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- Mengwei Niu
- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Microbiome Medicine Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Lee J, Park J, Kim YH, Lee NH, Song KM. Irisin promotes C2C12 myoblast proliferation via ERK-dependent CCL7 upregulation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222559. [PMID: 31518371 PMCID: PMC6743866 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Irisin is an exercise-induced myokine that has various physiological functions, such as roles in energy expenditure, glucose/lipid metabolism, and muscle development. In muscle development, myoblast proliferation is known to be a first step, and recent studies have reported that an increased irisin level is involved in the promotion of cell proliferation in various cell types, including myoblasts. However, the exact mechanism of action by which irisin promotes myoblast proliferation has not been reported. In this study, we aimed to determine the pro-proliferative effect of irisin on C2C12 myoblasts and its mechanism of action. Irisin induced C2C12 cell proliferation and upregulated the mRNA levels of markers of proliferation Pcna, Mki67, and Mcm2. Irisin increased extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylation, and U0126, an ERK pathway inhibitor, suppressed irisin-induced C2C12 cell proliferation. Transcriptomic and qRT-PCR analysis showed that Ccl2, Ccl7, Ccl8, and C3 are potential downstream regulators of ERK signaling that promote C2C12 cell proliferation. Knockdown of Ccl7 revealed that irisin upregulates chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7 (CCL7) and subsequently promotes C2C12 cell proliferation. These results suggest that irisin promotes C2C12 myoblast proliferation via ERK-dependent CCL7 upregulation and may aid in understanding how irisin contributes to muscle development.
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- Jangho Lee
- Research Division of Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
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- Research Division of Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
- Department of Food Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Research Division of Strategic Food Technology, Korea Food Research Institute, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
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- Research Division of Strategic Food Technology, Korea Food Research Institute, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
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- Research Division of Strategic Food Technology, Korea Food Research Institute, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea
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Kurzejamska E, Sacharczuk M, Landázuri N, Kovtonyuk O, Lazarczyk M, Ananthaseshan S, Gaciong Z, Religa P. Effect of Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 7 (CCL7) and Its Receptor (CCR2) Expression on Colorectal Cancer Behaviors. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20030686. [PMID: 30764543 PMCID: PMC6387027 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20030686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer is the source of one of the most common cancer-related deaths worldwide, where the main cause of patient mortality remains metastasis. The aim of this study was to determine the role of CCL7 (chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7) in tumor progression and finding whether it could predict survival of colorectal cancer patients. Initially, our study focused on the crosstalk between mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and CT26 colon carcinoma cells and resulted in identifying CCL7 as a chemokine upregulated in CT26 colon cancer cells cocultured with MSCs, compared with CT26 in monoculture in vitro. Moreover, we showed that MSCs enhance CT26 tumor cell proliferation and migration. We analyzed the effect of CCL7 overexpression on tumor progression in a murine CT26 model, where cells overexpressing CCL7 accelerated the early phase of tumor growth and caused higher lung metastasis rates compared with control mice. Microarray analysis revealed that tumors overexpressing CCL7 had lower expression of immunoglobulins produced by B lymphocytes. Additionally, using Jh mutant mice, we confirmed that in the CT26 model, CCL7 has an immunoglobulin-, and thereby, B-cell-dependent effect on metastasis formation. Finally, higher expression of CCL7 receptor CCR2 (C-C chemokine receptor type 2) was associated with shorter overall survival of colorectal cancer patients. Altogether, we showed that CCL7 is essentially involved in the progression of colorectal cancer in a CT26 mouse model and that the expression of its receptor CCR2 could be related to a different outcome pattern of patients with colorectal carcinoma.
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- Ewa Kurzejamska
- Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02 097 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02 097 Warsaw, Poland.
- Laboratory of Neurogenomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05 552 Jastrzębiec, Poland.
- Institute of Health Sciences, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, Poland.
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- Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02 097 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02 097 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02 097 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Medicine, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02 097 Warsaw, Poland.
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Zhang YL, Han DH, Kim DY, Lee CH, Rhee CS. Role of Interleukin-17A on the Chemotactic Responses to CCL7 in a Murine Allergic Rhinitis Model. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169353. [PMID: 28046055 PMCID: PMC5207516 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-17A is associated with eosinophil infiltration into the nasal mucosa in a mouse model of ovalbumin-induced allergic rhinitis. Chemotaxis of eosinophils is mediated primarily through C-C chemokine receptor type 3 (CCR3). However, the mechanism underlying the IL-17A-mediated enhancement of eosinophil recruitment via chemoattractants/chemokines remains unknown. OBJECTIVES In this study, we assessed the contribution of IL-17A to eosinophil-related inflammation via the CCL7/CCR3 pathway in experimental allergic rhinitis. METHODS IL-17A knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) BALB/c mice were injected intraperitoneally and challenged intranasally with OVA to induce allergic rhinitis. Various parameters of the allergic response were evaluated, and mRNA and protein levels of CCL7 and CCR3 in nasal tissue and serum were compared between the two groups. The chemotactic response to CCL7 with or without IL-17A in bone marrow-derived eosinophils (bmEos) from BALB/c mice was measured. RESULTS In the allergic rhinitis model, IL-17A deficiency significantly decreased nasal symptoms, serum IgE levels, and eosinophil recruitment to the nasal mucosa. CCL7 and CCR3 mRNA and protein levels were decreased in the nasal mucosa of IL-17A KO mice compared with the WT mice. BmEos showed a significantly increased chemotactic response to -low concentration of CCL7 in the presence of IL-17A compared with its absence. CONCLUSION The suppression of nasal inflammation due of IL-17A deficiency in allergic rhinitis is partly responsible for the regulation of CCL7 secretion and eosinophil infiltration, which may be regulated via the CCL7/CCR3 pathway.
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- Yu-Lian Zhang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Research Center for Sensory Organs, and Institute of Allergy, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Research Center for Sensory Organs, and Institute of Allergy, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggido
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Research Center for Sensory Organs, and Institute of Allergy, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggido
- Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
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Durrans A, Gao D, Gupta R, Fischer KR, Choi H, El Rayes T, Ryu S, Nasar A, Spinelli CF, Andrews W, Elemento O, Nolan D, Stiles B, Rafii S, Narula N, Davuluri R, Altorki NK, Mittal V. Identification of Reprogrammed Myeloid Cell Transcriptomes in NSCLC. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129123. [PMID: 26046767 PMCID: PMC4457876 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related mortality worldwide, with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as the most prevalent form. Despite advances in treatment options including minimally invasive surgery, CT-guided radiation, novel chemotherapeutic regimens, and targeted therapeutics, prognosis remains dismal. Therefore, further molecular analysis of NSCLC is necessary to identify novel molecular targets that impact prognosis and the design of new-targeted therapies. In recent years, tumor “activated/reprogrammed” stromal cells that promote carcinogenesis have emerged as potential therapeutic targets. However, the contribution of stromal cells to NSCLC is poorly understood. Here, we show increased numbers of bone marrow (BM)-derived hematopoietic cells in the tumor parenchyma of NSCLC patients compared with matched adjacent non-neoplastic lung tissue. By sorting specific cellular fractions from lung cancer patients, we compared the transcriptomes of intratumoral myeloid compartments within the tumor bed with their counterparts within adjacent non-neoplastic tissue from NSCLC patients. The RNA sequencing of specific myeloid compartments (immature monocytic myeloid cells and polymorphonuclear neutrophils) identified differentially regulated genes and mRNA isoforms, which were inconspicuous in whole tumor analysis. Genes encoding secreted factors, including osteopontin (OPN), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7 (CCL7) and thrombospondin 1 (TSP1) were identified, which enhanced tumorigenic properties of lung cancer cells indicative of their potential as targets for therapy. This study demonstrates that analysis of homogeneous stromal populations isolated directly from fresh clinical specimens can detect important stromal genes of therapeutic value.
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- Anna Durrans
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- HHMI, Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- HHMI, Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
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- Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- * E-mail: (NKA); (VM)
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States of America
- * E-mail: (NKA); (VM)
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Lelliott CJ, Ahnmark A, Admyre T, Ahlstedt I, Irving L, Keyes F, Patterson L, Mumphrey MB, Bjursell M, Gorman T, Bohlooly-Y M, Buchanan A, Harrison P, Vaughan T, Berthoud HR, Lindén D. Monoclonal antibody targeting of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1c ameliorates obesity and glucose intolerance via central mechanisms. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112109. [PMID: 25427253 PMCID: PMC4245083 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
We have generated a novel monoclonal antibody targeting human FGFR1c (R1c mAb) that caused profound body weight and body fat loss in diet-induced obese mice due to decreased food intake (with energy expenditure unaltered), in turn improving glucose control. R1c mAb also caused weight loss in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice, leptin receptor-mutant db/db mice, and in mice lacking either the melanocortin 4 receptor or the melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1. In addition, R1c mAb did not change hypothalamic mRNA expression levels of Agrp, Cart, Pomc, Npy, Crh, Mch, or Orexin, suggesting that R1c mAb could cause food intake inhibition and body weight loss via other mechanisms in the brain. Interestingly, peripherally administered R1c mAb accumulated in the median eminence, adjacent arcuate nucleus and in the circumventricular organs where it activated the early response gene c-Fos. As a plausible mechanism and coinciding with the initiation of food intake suppression, R1c mAb induced hypothalamic expression levels of the cytokines Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 and 3 and ERK1/2 and p70 S6 kinase 1 activation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus/drug effects
- Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus/metabolism
- Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus/physiopathology
- Chemokine CCL2/agonists
- Chemokine CCL2/genetics
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL7/agonists
- Chemokine CCL7/genetics
- Chemokine CCL7/metabolism
- Circumventricular Organs/drug effects
- Circumventricular Organs/metabolism
- Circumventricular Organs/physiopathology
- Eating/drug effects
- Energy Metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Glucose Intolerance/drug therapy
- Glucose Intolerance/genetics
- Glucose Intolerance/metabolism
- Glucose Intolerance/physiopathology
- Humans
- Hypothalamus/drug effects
- Hypothalamus/metabolism
- Hypothalamus/physiopathology
- Leptin/deficiency
- Leptin/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Obese
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Obesity/drug therapy
- Obesity/genetics
- Obesity/metabolism
- Obesity/physiopathology
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/metabolism
- Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4/deficiency
- Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4/genetics
- Receptors, Somatostatin/deficiency
- Receptors, Somatostatin/genetics
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/genetics
- Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism
- Serum Response Factor/agonists
- Serum Response Factor/genetics
- Serum Response Factor/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
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- Christopher J. Lelliott
- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease Innovative Medicines, Dept of Bioscience Diabetes, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease Innovative Medicines, Dept of Bioscience Diabetes, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Discovery Sciences Transgenics, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease Innovative Medicines, Dept of Bioscience Diabetes, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States of America
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- Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States of America
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- Discovery Sciences Transgenics, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- AstraZeneca, Discovery Sciences, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease Innovative Medicines, Dept of Bioscience Diabetes, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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Rajaram M, Li J, Egeblad M, Powers RS. System-wide analysis reveals a complex network of tumor-fibroblast interactions involved in tumorigenicity. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003789. [PMID: 24068959 PMCID: PMC3778011 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Many fibroblast-secreted proteins promote tumorigenicity, and several factors secreted by cancer cells have in turn been proposed to induce these proteins. It is not clear whether there are single dominant pathways underlying these interactions or whether they involve multiple pathways acting in parallel. Here, we identified 42 fibroblast-secreted factors induced by breast cancer cells using comparative genomic analysis. To determine what fraction was active in promoting tumorigenicity, we chose five representative fibroblast-secreted factors for in vivo analysis. We found that the majority (three out of five) played equally major roles in promoting tumorigenicity, and intriguingly, each one had distinct effects on the tumor microenvironment. Specifically, fibroblast-secreted amphiregulin promoted breast cancer cell survival, whereas the chemokine CCL7 stimulated tumor cell proliferation while CCL2 promoted innate immune cell infiltration and angiogenesis. The other two factors tested had minor (CCL8) or minimally (STC1) significant effects on the ability of fibroblasts to promote tumor growth. The importance of parallel interactions between fibroblasts and cancer cells was tested by simultaneously targeting fibroblast-secreted amphiregulin and the CCL7 receptor on cancer cells, and this was significantly more efficacious than blocking either pathway alone. We further explored the concept of parallel interactions by testing the extent to which induction of critical fibroblast-secreted proteins could be achieved by single, previously identified, factors produced by breast cancer cells. We found that although single factors could induce a subset of genes, even combinations of factors failed to induce the full repertoire of functionally important fibroblast-secreted proteins. Together, these results delineate a complex network of tumor-fibroblast interactions that act in parallel to promote tumorigenicity and suggest that effective anti-stromal therapeutic strategies will need to be multi-targeted.
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- Megha Rajaram
- Cancer Genome Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Woodbury, New York, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Cancer Genome Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Woodbury, New York, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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- Cancer Genome Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Woodbury, New York, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Guo J, Zhang H, Xiao J, Wu J, Ye Y, Li Z, Zou Y, Li X. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 promotes the myocardial homing of mesenchymal stem cells in dilated cardiomyopathy. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:8164-78. [PMID: 23591836 PMCID: PMC3645736 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14048164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common form of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy that leads to heart failure. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are under active investigation currently as a potential therapy for DCM. However, little information is available about the therapeutic potential of intravenous administration of MSCs for DCM. Moreover, how MSCs home to the myocardium in DCM is also unclear. DCM was induced by intraperitoneally administering Doxorubicin and MSCs or vehicles were infused through the internal jugular vein. Cardiac functions including the percentage of fractional shortening, left ventricular diastolic dimension, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and left ventricular maximum dp/dt were evaluated by echocardiographic and hemodynamic studies. Fibrosis was determined by Masson’s trichrome staining. The mRNA expression levels of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), and monocyte chemotactic protein-3 (MCP-3) were determined using real time polymerase chain reactions and the protein expression level of MCP-1 was detected with Western blot. The MSCs expression of C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2), a MCP-1 receptor, was confirmed by Western blot and flow cytometry analysis. The chemotactic effects of MCP-1/CCR2 were checked by assessing the migration in vitro and in vivo. MSCs transplantation improved the cardiac function and decreased the myocardial fibrosis of mice with DCM. MCP-1 was up-regulated in dilated myocardial tissue both at the mRNA and protein level while SDF-1, MIP-1α and MCP-3 remain unchanged. CCR2 was present in MSCs. MCP-1 promoted MSCs migration in vitro while CCR2 inhibition decreased the migration of MCP-1 to the dilated heart. This study provides direct evidences that peripheral intravenous infusion of MSCs can support the functional recovery of DCM. In addition, novel insights into the myocardial homing factor of MSCs in DCM are presented. Modulation of MCP-1/CCR2 signaling system might be a novel therapeutic strategy for DCM.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/pathology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/physiopathology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/therapy
- Cell Movement/physiology
- Chemokine CCL2/genetics
- Chemokine CCL2/physiology
- Chemokine CCL3/genetics
- Chemokine CCL3/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL7/genetics
- Chemokine CCL7/metabolism
- Chemokine CXCL12/genetics
- Chemokine CXCL12/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Male
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells/pathology
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Myocardium/pathology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Receptors, CCR2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, CCR2/genetics
- Receptors, CCR2/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Up-Regulation
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- Jing Guo
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China; E-Mails: (J.G.); (H.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China; E-Mails: (J.G.); (H.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China; E-Mails: (J.G.); (H.Z.); (J.X.)
- Cell metabolism lab, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Shanghai Cardiovascular Disease Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; E-Mails: (J.W.); (Y.Y.); (Z.L.)
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- Shanghai Cardiovascular Disease Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; E-Mails: (J.W.); (Y.Y.); (Z.L.)
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- Shanghai Cardiovascular Disease Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; E-Mails: (J.W.); (Y.Y.); (Z.L.)
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- Shanghai Cardiovascular Disease Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; E-Mails: (J.W.); (Y.Y.); (Z.L.)
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: or (X.L.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-25-8371-4511 (X.L.); Fax: +86-25-8367-3396 (X.L.)
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China; E-Mails: (J.G.); (H.Z.); (J.X.)
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: or (X.L.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-25-8371-4511 (X.L.); Fax: +86-25-8367-3396 (X.L.)
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Dempe S, Lavie M, Struyf S, Bhat R, Verbeke H, Paschek S, Berghmans N, Geibig R, Rommelaere J, Van Damme J, Dinsart C. Antitumoral activity of parvovirus-mediated IL-2 and MCP-3/CCL7 delivery into human pancreatic cancer: implication of leucocyte recruitment. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2012; 61:2113-23. [PMID: 22576056 PMCID: PMC11028688 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-012-1279-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in western countries. The patients are often diagnosed in advanced metastatic stages, and the prognosis remains extremely poor with an overall 5-year survival rate less than 5 %. Currently, novel therapeutic strategies are being pursued to combat PDAC, including oncolytic viruses, either in their natural forms or armed with immunostimulatory molecules. Natural killer cells are critical players against tumours and infected cells. Recently, we showed that IL-2-activated human NK cells displayed killing activity against PDAC cells, which could further be enhanced through the infection of PDAC cells with the rodent parvovirus H-1PV. In this study, the therapeutic efficacy of parvovirus-mediated delivery of three distinct cyto/chemokines (Il-2, MCP-3/CCL7 and IP-10/CXCL10) was evaluated in xenograft models of human PDAC. We show here that activated NK and monocytic cells were found to be recruited by PDAC tumours upon infection with parvoviruses armed with IL-2 or the chemokine MCP-3/CCL7, resulting in a strong anti-tumour response.
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- Sebastian Dempe
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- INSERM U701, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- INSERM U701, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- INSERM U701, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Tumor Virology Division, Abt F010, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- INSERM U701, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Chen JS, Mo Q, Xie YJ, Guo YS, Huang TT, Ren L, Wang SQ, Bo XC, Ren YH. [Screening for genes associated with cardiac fibrosis induced by aldosterone]. Xi Bao Yu Fen Zi Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi 2012; 28:350-353. [PMID: 22482403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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AIM To investigate differently expressed genes associated with cardiac fibrosis induced independently by aldosterone. METHODS Fetal cardiac fibroblasts (FCFs)were isolated and cultured. Total RNA was extracted 8 hours after aldosterone administration. Then gene chips were used to screen these RNA samples. Some of candidate genes were confirmed by RT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS Differently expressed 1519 genes were screened. Up-regulated genes were 714 while down-regulated genes were 805. The expression of CCL7, MMP-26 and IL31RA was tested by RT-PCR and western blot, the results is identical with those by gene chips. CONCLUSION Gene chip can efficiently single out differently expressed genes induced dependently by aldosterone in FCFs. CCL7, MMP-26 and IL31RA may be associated with cardiac fibrosis induced by aldosterone.
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- Jin-Song Chen
- Department of Cardiology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
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Rodríguez-Sanabria F, Rull A, Beltrán-Debón R, Aragonès G, Camps J, Mackness B, Mackness M, Joven J. Tissue distribution and expression of paraoxonases and chemokines in mouse: the ubiquitous and joint localisation suggest a systemic and coordinated role. J Mol Histol 2010; 41:379-86. [PMID: 20931267 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-010-9299-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
A vicious cycle between oxidation and inflammation leads to complications in a growing number of disease states. Knowledge on tissue distribution of chemokines, mediators of inflammatory response, and paraoxonases, with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions, may be relevant. Using immunohistochemistry and quantitative real-time PCR we have investigated the distribution of PON1, 2 and 3, CCL2, 7, 8 and 12 and the chemokine receptor CCR2 protein and mRNA in 23 tissues from C57BL/6J mice. As expected, PON1, 2 and 3, CCL2, 7, 8 and 12 and CCR2 proteins were present in the vast majority of tissues investigated. Surprisingly, mRNA for these proteins was also expressed in most of these tissues suggesting local production and the ability to respond in situ to inflammatory stimuli. The wide distribution and expression of mRNA for paraoxonases and CC-chemokines suggest a systemic, probably coordinated, role in the overall inflammatory response.
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- Fernando Rodríguez-Sanabria
- Centre de Recerca Biomèdica, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan. Institut d´Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C Sant Joan s/n, 43201 Reus, Spain
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Edman LC, Mira H, Arenas E. The beta-chemokines CCL2 and CCL7 are two novel differentiation factors for midbrain dopaminergic precursors and neurons. Exp Cell Res 2008; 314:2123-30. [PMID: 18420193 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Revised: 02/18/2008] [Accepted: 02/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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beta-chemokines are secreted factors that regulate diverse functions in the adult brain, such as neuro-immune responses and neurotransmission, but their function in the developing brain is largely unknown. We recently found that the orphan nuclear receptor, Nurr1, up regulates CCL2 and CCL7 in neural stem cells, suggesting a possible function of beta-chemokines in midbrain development. Here we report that two beta-chemokines, CCL2 and CCL7, and two of their receptors, CCR1 and CCR2, are expressed and developmentally regulated in the ventral midbrain (VM). Moreover, we found that the expression of CCL7 was down regulated in the Nurr1 knockout mice, linking CCL7 to dopamine (DA) neuron development. When the function of CCL2 and CCL7 was examined, we found that they selectively enhanced the differentiation of Nurr1+ precursors into DA neurons, but not their survival or progenitor proliferation in primary precursor cultures. Moreover, both CCL2 and CCL7 promoted neuritogenesis in midbrain DA neuron cultures. Thus, our results show for the first time a function of beta-chemokines in the developing brain and identify beta-chemokines as novel class of pro-differentiation factors for midbrain DA neurons. These data also suggest that beta-chemokines may become useful tools to enhance the differentiation of DA cell preparations for cell replacement therapy and drug discovery in Parkinson's disease (PD).
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- Linda C Edman
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Scheeles väg 1, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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Xie JY, Dong JC, Cui Y. [Effect of epimedium herb on RANTES and monocyte chemotactic protein-3 expression in lung tissue of asthmatic rats]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2008; 28:238-241. [PMID: 18476425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the effects of epimedium herb (EH), a Chinese herb for replenishing Shen, on regulated on activation, normal T call expressed and secreted (RANTES) and monocyte chemotactic protein-3 (MCP-3) expression in lung tissue of asthmatic rats, for further exploring the action mechanism of EH in treating asthma. METHODS Brown Norway rats were randomly divided into six groups: the normal control group (A), the allergic asthma model group (B), the group of model rat treated with dexamethasone (C), and the three groups of model rat treated with low (0.125 g/mL), medium (0.5 g/mL), high (2.0 g/mL) dose of EH (D, E and F). RANTES and MCP-3 mRNA expressions in lung tissue were tested with Real-time PCR and the serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-4 (IL-4), and interleukin-5 (IL-5) were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS As compared with the model group (B), RANTES, MCP-3 expression and TNF-alpha were lower in the 4 treated groups (C, D, E and F, P < 0.05 or P < 0.01); IL-4 was lower in Group C, E and F (P = 0.007, P = 0.047, P = 0.033), while that in Group D was higher than that in Group C (P = 0.012). As for level of IL-5, lowering was shown only in Group C and F (P = 0.003, P = 0.005). CONCLUSION Applying EH in the attack stage of asthma can alleviate the airway inflammation by down-regulating the expression of RANTES and MCP-3 in lung tissue.
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- Jin-Yu Xie
- Institute of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai)
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Wang FX, Zhao B, Cheng YH, Pan L, Luo JM, Zhang XJ, Dong ZR. [Construction and expression of a prokaryotic expression plasmid of idiotypic vaccine against B cell lymphoma: encoding the fusion genes of single-chain variable fragment and MCP-3]. Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2006; 14:1151-5. [PMID: 17204183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The aim was to construct a prokaryotic expression plasmid encoding the fusion gene of single-chain variable fragment and monocyte chemotactic protein-3 (MCP-3). The cDNAs of immunoglobulin (Ig) VH and Ig VL were amplified by RT-PCR and assembled into the single-chain variable fragment (scFv) by recombinant PCR method. The cDNAs of Ig VH and Ig VL were connected by a (Gly4Ser)3 linker. Then, the fragments of scFv and MCP-3 were connected with a NDAQAPKS spacer, using recombinant PCR method again. The results indicated that the fusion gene of scFv-MCP-3 were constructed correctly and cloned into the prokaryotic expression plasmid successfully identified by sequencing and restriction endonucleases examination. Finally, the fusion protein was expressed in E coli DH5alpha under induction by arabinose. And the fusion protein was 65 kD and account for 30% of the total protein of the bacteria. In conclusion, a prokaryotic plasmid, encoding the fusion gene of single-chain variable fragment with MCP-3 and expressing idiotype protein vaccination against B cell lymphoma, was constructed correctly.
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- Fu-Xu Wang
- Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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