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Tripathi A, Gaponenko V, Majetschak M. Commercially available antibodies directed against α-adrenergic receptor subtypes and other G protein-coupled receptors with acceptable selectivity in flow cytometry experiments. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2015; 389:243-8. [PMID: 26660071 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-015-1196-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Several previous reports suggested that many commercially available antibodies directed against G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) lack sufficient selectivity. Accordingly, it has been proposed that receptor antibodies should be validated by at least one of several criteria, such as testing tissues or cells after knockout or silencing of the corresponding gene. Here, we tested whether 12 commercially available antibodies directed against α-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes (α1A/B/D, α2A/B/C), atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3), and vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) suffice these criteria. We detected in flow cytometry experiments with human vascular smooth muscle cells that the fluorescence signals from each of these antibodies were reduced by 46 ± 10 %-91 ± 2 % in cells treated with commercially available small interfering RNA (siRNA) specific for each receptor, as compared with cells that were incubated with non-targeting siRNA. The tested antibodies included anti-ACKR3 (R&D Systems, mab42273), for which specificity has previously been demonstrated. Staining with this antibody resulted in 72 ± 5 % reduction of the fluorescence signal after ACKR3 siRNA treatment. Furthermore, staining with anti-α1A-AR (Santa Cruz, sc1477) and anti-ACKR3 (Abcam, ab38089), which have previously been reported to be non-specific, resulted in 70 ± 19 % and 80 ± 4 % loss of the fluorescence signal after α1A-AR and ACKR3 siRNA treatment, respectively. Our findings demonstrate that the tested antibodies show reasonable selectivity for their receptor target under our experimental conditions. Furthermore, our observations suggest that the selectivity of GPCR antibodies depends on the method for which the antibody is employed, the species from which cells/tissues are obtained, and on the type of specimens (cell, tissue/cell homogenate, or section) tested.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies/immunology
- Antibodies/metabolism
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigen-Antibody Complex/immunology
- Antigen-Antibody Complex/metabolism
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Cells, Cultured
- Flow Cytometry/methods
- Humans
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/immunology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/immunology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- RNA Interference
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/genetics
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/immunology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR/immunology
- Receptors, CXCR/metabolism
- Receptors, Vasopressin/genetics
- Receptors, Vasopressin/immunology
- Receptors, Vasopressin/metabolism
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Abhishek Tripathi
- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S Ashland, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA.
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA.
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Jiang Q, Zhou Z, Wang L, Yang C, Wang J, Wu T, Song L. Mutual modulation between norepinephrine and nitric oxide in haemocytes during the mollusc immune response. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6963. [PMID: 25376551 PMCID: PMC4223682 DOI: 10.1038/srep06963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important immune molecules in innate immunity of invertebrates, and it can be regulated by norepinephrine in ascidian haemocytes. In the present study, the mutual modulation and underlying mechanism between norepinephrine and NO were explored in haemocytes of the scallop Chlamys farreri. After lipopolysaccharide stimulation, NO production increased to a significant level at 24 h, and norepinephrine concentration rose to remarkable levels at 3 h and 12~48 h. A significant decrease of NO production was observed in the haemocytes concomitantly stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and α-adrenoceptor agonist, while a dramatic increase of NO production was observed in the haemocytes incubated with lipopolysaccharide and β-adrenoceptor agonist. Meanwhile, the concentration of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) decreased significantly in the haemocytes treated by lipopolysaccharide and α/β-adrenoceptor agonist, while the content of Ca(2+) was elevated in those triggered by lipopolysaccharide and β-adrenoceptor agonist. When the haemocytes was incubated with NO donor, norepinephrine concentration was significantly enhanced during 1~24 h. Collectively, these results suggested that norepinephrine exerted varied effects on NO production at different immune stages via a novel α/β-adrenoceptor-cAMP/Ca(2+) regulatory pattern, and NO might have a feedback effect on the synthesis of norepinephrine in the scallop haemocytes.
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- Qiufen Jiang
- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Sun YX, Zhu F, Wang M, Li ZZ, Liao YH. [Increased autoantibody production against AT(1)-receptors and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors in hypertensive patients]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2008; 36:16-19. [PMID: 19099920] [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: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe autoantibodies production against AT(1)-receptors and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors and association to risk factors, such as sex, age, family history, course of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases in hypertensive patients. METHODS A total of 690 patients with essential hypertension admitted to our hospital were selected and autoantibodies against AT(1)-receptors and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors were detected by ELISA. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed based on obtained data. RESULTS Positive rates for antibody against AT(1)-receptors and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors were 47.1% (325/690) and 36.4% (251/690) respectively in this group of patients. Duration of hypertension history was significantly longer in the antibody against AT(1)-receptors and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors positive groups [(9.3 +/- 11.0) year, (9.9 +/- 11.1) year] compared to the negative groups [(7.3 +/- 9.3) year, (7.2 +/- 9.5) year, all P < 0.01]. The ratio of family history with hypertension was also significantly higher in antibody positive groups than negative ones (47.69% vs 39.18%, P < 0.01). Regression analysis demonstrated that 5 risk factors were related to positive production of autoantibody against AT(1)-receptors including female gender, age, family history, duration of hypertension history and diabetes. However, just age, family history, duration of hypertension history were main factors responsible to the production of autoantibody against alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The environmental and genetic factors contributed to the autoantibody production in patients with essential hypertension.
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- Yan-Xiang Sun
- Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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Lee Y, Kim SK, Kim Y, Lee H, Shin MK, Hong MC, Min BI, Bae H. The alpha-adrenoceptor mediation of the immunomodulatory effects of electroacupuncture in DNP-KLH immunized mice. Neurosci Lett 2007; 423:149-52. [PMID: 17669590 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2007] [Revised: 07/02/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Our previous study demonstrated that successive electroacupuncture (EA) at ST36 acupoint reduces IgE production in BALB/c mice immunized with 2,4-dinitrophenylated keyhole limpet protein (DNP-KLH) by suppression of the Th2 cell lineage development. Here, we report that pretreatment of phentolamine (alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, 10mg/kg, i.p.) completely blocks the EA-induced suppression of antigen-specific and total IgE levels in serum and IL-4 production in anti-CD3 mAb-activated splenocytes in DNP-KLH immunized mice. The results suggest that alpha-adrenoceptor play an important role in mediating the suppressive effects of EA on IgE production and Th2 cell response in DNP-KLH immunized mice.
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- Youngseop Lee
- Department of Physiology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
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Sasaki A, Takasaki I, Andoh T, Nojima H, Shiraki K, Kuraishi Y. Roles of alpha-adrenoceptors and sympathetic nerve in acute herpetic pain induced by herpes simplex virus inoculation in mice. J Pharmacol Sci 2003; 92:329-36. [PMID: 12939517 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.92.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Percutaneous inoculation with herpes simplex virus type-1 brings about herpes zoster-like skin lesions, tactile allodynia, and mechanical hyperalgesia in mice. This study was conducted to determine whether the sympathetic nervous system and alpha-adrenoceptors would be involved in these pain-related responses and whether the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine would suppress these responses. The adrenergic neuron blocker guanethidine and the non-selective alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist phentolamine did not affect the pain-related responses, although these agents suppressed the pain-related responses induced by partial ligation of the sciatic nerve. The pain-related responses induced by herpetic inoculation was suppressed by intraperitoneal and intrathecal injections, but not by intraplantar and intracerebroventricular injections, of clonidine. The suppressive effect of an intraperitoneal injection of clonidine (0.1 mg/kg) was antagonized by intrathecal injections of phentolamine and the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine, but not the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin. The results suggest that sympathetic nerves and alpha-adrenoceptors are not involved in the pain-related responses induced by herpetic infection. Clonidine suppresses the responses probably through the action on alpha(2)-adrenoceptors in the dorsal horn.
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- Atsushi Sasaki
- Department of Applied Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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Proctor GB, Garrett JR, Carpenter GH, Ebersole LE. Salivary secretion of immunoglobulin A by submandibular glands in response to autonomimetic infusions in anaesthetised rats. J Neuroimmunol 2003; 136:17-24. [PMID: 12620639 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(02)00466-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Salivary secretion of immunoglobulin A (lgA) by submandibular glands is increased by stimuli from autonomic nerves. Since it is unclear which specific autonomic receptors transduce such stimuli, we have infused autonomimetics intravenously and compared secretion of fluid, IgA and stored proteins (peroxidase and total protein) with secretory responses during electrical stimulation of the parasympathetic nerve supply in anaesthetized rats. The greatest secretion of IgA was evoked by the alpha-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine and this was reduced by the beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug propranolol. The secretion of fluid or proteins but not IgA was increased with frequency of nerve stimulation and dose of methacholine (cholinergic), isoprenaline (beta-adrenergic) or phenylephrine (alpha-adrenergic).
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic Agonists/pharmacology
- Adrenergic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Adrenergic alpha-Agonists/pharmacology
- Adrenergic beta-Agonists/pharmacology
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Autonomic Pathways/drug effects
- Autonomic Pathways/physiology
- Cholinergic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electric Stimulation
- Immunoglobulin A/metabolism
- Male
- Parasympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic/drug effects
- Parasympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/immunology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/immunology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/metabolism
- Submandibular Gland/immunology
- Submandibular Gland/innervation
- Submandibular Gland/metabolism
- Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic/drug effects
- Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic/physiology
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- G B Proctor
- Salivary Research Group, Unit, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Dentistry, The Rayne Institute, 123 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, UK.
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Fiserová A, Starec M, Kuldová M, Kovárů H, Páv M, Vannucci L, Pospísil M. Effects of D2-dopamine and alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists in stress induced changes on immune responsiveness of mice. J Neuroimmunol 2002; 130:55-65. [PMID: 12225888 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(02)00211-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The involvement of catecholamine receptors (alpha-adrenergic, D2-dopamine (DA)) was investigated in restraint stress influenced immune responses with concomitant changes of G-protein signal transduction. Impairment of the spleen morphology, TH1/TH2 cytokine network and natural killer (NK) cell function was observed. In vivo administration of specific antagonists prior to restraint stress reversed the immunosuppression. These findings demonstrate that D2-type dopaminergic mechanism represents the dominant component in regulation of Galphas/Galphai(1,2)/Galphaq/11-protein signal transduction and contribute to cell responses at postreceptor level of both, central nervous and immune systems. G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can modulate cytokine production and may play a regulatory role in immune effector mechanisms.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes/cytology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Brain/drug effects
- Brain/immunology
- Brain/metabolism
- Catecholamines/immunology
- Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology
- Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
- GTP-Binding Proteins/immunology
- Immune System/drug effects
- Immune System/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/drug effects
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Neuroimmunomodulation/drug effects
- Neuroimmunomodulation/immunology
- Neurosecretory Systems/drug effects
- Neurosecretory Systems/immunology
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/immunology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/immunology
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/drug effects
- Spleen/immunology
- Stress, Physiological/immunology
- Stress, Physiological/metabolism
- Stress, Physiological/physiopathology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna Fiserová
- Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Liao YH, Wei YM, Wang M, Wang ZH, Yuan HT, Cheng LX. Autoantibodies against AT1-receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor in patients with hypertension. Hypertens Res 2002; 25:641-6. [PMID: 12358154 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.25.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study will explore the autoantibodies against AT1-receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor in patients with hypertension. Forty normotensives and 194 patients with hypertension were recruited for participation in this study. All patients accepted systemic combination drug treatment for antihypertension. According to the treatment results and the definition of refractory hypertension, the patients were divided into two groups: a refractory hypertension group and a non-refractory hypertension group. The epitope of the 2nd extracellular loop of type 1 angiotensin (AT1) receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor were synthesized and used as antigens to screen the autoantibodies against AT1-receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor by ELISA. The plasma renin activity and concentration of angiotensin II and catecholamine were also examined. The positive rates of the autoantibodies against AT1-receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor in patients with hypertension, 26.8% (52/194) and 25.3% (49/194), respectively, were higher than those in normotensives (7.5% and 5%)(p < 0.01). Further investigation showed that the frequencies of the autoantibodies against AT1-receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor in patients with refractory hypertension, 42.9% (42/98) and 36.7% (36/98), respectively, were higher than those in patients with non-refractory hypertension under systematic treatment (10.4% and 13.5%)(p < 0.01). The levels of circulating angiotensin II, catecholamine, proteinuria and serum creatine were also higher in the refractory hypertension group than in the non-refractory hypertension group. The findings showed that the frequencies of autoantibodies against AT1-receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptor were higher in patients with hypertension, particularly in those with refractory hypertension, and that these autoantibodies might play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
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- Yu-Hua Liao
- Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China.
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Stevenson JR, Westermann J, Liebmann PM, Hörtner M, Rinner I, Felsner P, Wölfler A, Schauenstein K. Prolonged alpha-adrenergic stimulation causes changes in leukocyte distribution and lymphocyte apoptosis in the rat. J Neuroimmunol 2001; 120:50-7. [PMID: 11694319 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(01)00417-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have previously shown in the rat model that acutely or chronically increased peripheral catecholamines lead to suppression of lymphocyte responsiveness via alpha(2)-adrenoceptor activation. Here we investigated the effects of alpha-adrenergic treatment on total leukocyte numbers and proportions of leukocyte subsets in peripheral blood and lymphoid tissues. It was found that a 12-h treatment with subcutaneously implanted tablets, one containing norepinephrine (NE) and one propranolol, leads to an increase in total blood leukocyte counts, due to a pronounced increase in granulocytes. In contrast, the numbers of all classes of lymphocytes other than NK cells were decreased. This decrease in blood lymphocytes is apparently not due to redistribution, since in the thymus, spleen, mesenteric and peripheral lymph nodes, the total numbers of lymphocytes were decreased as well, without any changes in subpopulations. Analogous results were obtained with rats adrenalectomized before the catecholamine treatment. Animals that received the alpha-adrenergic treatment displayed significantly more apoptotic cells in the lymphoid organs, as determined by the TUNEL technique. In the spleen, the enhanced rate of apoptosis was confined to the white pulp; red pulp areas exhibited significantly fewer apoptotic cells. Thus, an increased alpha-adrenergic tone in rats led to a general loss of lymphocytes due to lymphocyte directed apoptosis that was independent of glucocorticoids.
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- J R Stevenson
- Institute for Pathophysiology, Karl-Franzens, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Straub RH, Linde HJ, Männel DN, Schölmerich J, Falk W. A bacteria-induced switch of sympathetic effector mechanisms augments local inhibition of TNF-alpha and IL-6 secretion in the spleen. FASEB J 2000; 14:1380-8. [PMID: 10877831 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14.10.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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It is believed that an inflammation-induced activation of the CNS leads to an inhibition of overshooting immune responses to prevent extensive local cytokine secretion. However, immunosuppression by the sympathetic nervous system may be unfavorable when bacteria are present locally and when TNF-alpha is necessary to overcome infection. We now report in a superfusion model, using mouse spleen slices, that although local Pseudomonas aeruginosa increased splenic TNF-alpha and IL-6 secretion severalfold over basal levels, electrically released neurotransmitters attenuated cytokine secretion to similar basal level as under bacteria-free conditions. Bacteria reversed noradrenergic inhibitory effector mechanisms: Under bacteria-free conditions, TNF-alpha secretion was very low and IL-6 secretion was mainly inhibited by alpha2-adrenoreceptor ligation. In the presence of bacteria, TNF-alpha and IL-6 secretion were high and IL-6 secretion was mainly inhibited by beta-adrenoreceptor ligation. The alpha- to beta-adrenoswitch of IL-6 inhibition in the presence of bacteria was mediated by the prior adrenergic regulation of TNF-alpha. In vivo, chemical abrogation of sympathetic inhibition reduced accumulation of bacteria in the spleen, which depended at least in part on TNF-alpha. This suggests that activation of the sympathetic nervous system may be a forerunner for accumulation of bacteria in tissue and consecutively sepsis due to intensified inhibition of TNF-alpha secretion.
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- R H Straub
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinoimmunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Germany.
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Peukert S, Fu ML, Eftekhari P, Poepping I, Voss A, Thalhammer C, Hempel A, Menz M, Dietz R, Osterziel KJ. The frequency of occurrence of anti-cardiac receptor autoantibodies and their correlation with clinical manifestation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Autoimmunity 1999; 29:291-7. [PMID: 10433085 DOI: 10.3109/08916939908994749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of occurrence of autoantibodies against G-protein coupled cardiovascular receptors and their relation to the clinical manifestation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Autoantibodies against beta1-receptors, Muscarin-2-receptors, Angiotensin-II-receptor subtype 1 and alpha1-receptors were determined with ELISA in 52 patients with HCM (37 male, 15 female, mean age 55 +/- 15 years) and 40 healthy, age and sex matched controls. The clinical characterization of the HCM-patients included ECG, 24-h Holter, and echocardiography. The results showed that there is no significant difference in the frequency of a single autoantibody between HCM-patients and controls. However, if the number of patients who have autoantibodies against beta1-receptors and/or Muscarin-2-receptors were counted together, there are significantly more autoantibodies in HCM compared to controls (11 vs. 2, p = 0.035). Analysis of clinical data from this pooled group of patients showed that in patients with autoantibodies, heart rate variability (HRV), ultra low frequency (ULF) and very low frequency (VLF) were decreased (HRV by 20%, ULF by 50%, and VLF by 46%, p < 0.008) whereas the QTc-interval was increased by 8% (p < 0.02 each). The ratio of septal to posterior wall thickness was increased by 23% (p = 0.05), and the preejection period was prolonged by 46% in patients with autoantibodies (p < 0.001). These results suggest that the existence of these autoantibodies could be associated with an advanced stage or a severe manifestation of HCM.
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- S Peukert
- Franz-Volhard-Klinik, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
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Wu WR, Zheng JW, Li FY, Li Y, Zhang KR, Bai HQ. Involvement of mu-opioid receptors and alpha-adrenoceptors in the immunomodulatory effects of dihydroetorphine. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 353:79-85. [PMID: 9721043 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00369-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study investigated the effects of acutely administered dihydroetorphine on mitogen-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation and lymphokine production in mice. These immune functions were significantly suppressed by dihydroetorphine at 24 microg/kg and 128 microg/kg in a dose-dependent fashion. This study further examined the involvement of micro-opioid receptors and alpha-adrenoceptors in the immunomodulatory effects of dihydroetorphine. The micro-opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone (4 mg/kg), and alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, phentolamine (10 mg/kg), but not the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, propranolol (10 mg/kg), effectively blocked dihydroetorphine-induced suppression of splenic lymphocyte proliferation and lymphokine production. These results demonstrate that dihydroetorphine has significant immunosuppressive effects in mice and the mechanisms of these effects may lie in its interactions with opioid receptors and adrenergic pathways.
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- W R Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, Xi'an Medical University, China.
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In this paper, we report the endogenous expression of functional alpha 2-adrenergic receptors (alpha 2-ARs) in the immortalized hypothalamic cell line, GT1. Membranes from GT1 cells exhibited high-affinity binding for the specific alpha 2-AR radioligand [3H]RX821002 (Kd = 0.2 +/- 0.03 nM, Bmax = 29.5 +/- 2.1 fmol/mg protein, n = 3). The Ki values for the adrenergic ligands, oxymetazoline (1.6 +/- 0.3 nM, n = 3) and prazosin (287 +/- 89 mM, n = 3), were consistent with the pharmacological properties of the A subtype of alpha 2-AR (alpha 2A-AR). The presence of mRNA encoding the alpha 2A-AR in GT1 cell extracts was confirmed by Northern blot analysis. alpha 2-ARs in GT1 cells were found to be coupled to the inhibition of adenylyl cyclase through the pertussis toxin-sensitive class of heterotrimeric G-proteins. A maximal dose of the alpha 2-AR agonist UK 14304 inhibited forskolin-stimulated cAMP production in GT1 cells by 53% (EC50 = 316 nM). Double labeling of rodent brain sections with antibodies specific for GnRH and the alpha 2A-AR indicated a large proportion of neurons labeled with the GnRH antibody also contained alpha 2A-AR-like immunoreactivity. In both GT1 cells and GnRH-immunopositive neurons in brain, clusters of alpha 2A-AR-like immunoreactivity were associated with cell bodies and occasionally with neuritic processes. Punctate alpha 2A-AR-like immunoreactivity was localized to intracellular compartments in GT1 cells as determined by confocal microscopy. Whole cell radioligand binding techniques were used to show that at least one third of the alpha 2-AR population in GT1 cells was intracellular. In view of these data, GT1 cells may serve as a representative system in which to study the biology of alpha 2A-ARs in relation to neuronal and neurosecretory functions.
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- A Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA
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Fu ML, Herlitz H, Wallukat G, Hilme E, Hedner T, Hoebeke J, Hjalmarson A. Functional autoimmune epitope on alpha 1-adrenergic receptors in patients with malignant hypertension. Lancet 1994; 344:1660-3. [PMID: 7527885 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)90456-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Because of the growing evidence that hypertensive disease is accompanied by immunological dysfunction, we have investigated autoimmunity in patients with malignant hypertension. Peptides corresponding to the sequence of the second extracellular loops of the human alpha 1-adrenergic receptor and the M2-muscarinic receptor were used as antigens in an ELISA. Serum from 4 (12%) of 33 healthy controls, 3 (20%) of 15 patients with malignant essential hypertension, and 7 (64%) of 11 with secondary hypertension showed positive responses in the ELISA for the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor peptide. Positive responses were significantly more common among the patients with secondary hypertension than in the other two groups (p < 0.01). By contrast, no autoantibodies against the M2-muscarinic receptor peptide were detected in either hypertensive group. Autoantibodies against the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor, affinity-purified from patients with positive responses, specifically recognised bands with molecular masses of 68, 40, and 37 kDa on immunoblotted membrane proteins of rat ventricles. The patients' autoantibodies caused a decrease in tritiated prazosin binding sites and an increase in heart beating frequency of neonatal cultured rat cardiomyocytes; antibodies purified from the controls had no effect. Circulating autoantibodies against the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor are present in a subgroup of patients with malignant hypertension. These autoantibodies have pharmacological activity in vitro, which suggests that they may be involved in the pathogenesis of malignant hypertension.
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- M L Fu
- Wallenberg Laboratory, Sahlgren's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Kurose H, Arriza JL, Lefkowitz RJ. Characterization of alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtype-specific antibodies. Mol Pharmacol 1993; 43:444-50. [PMID: 8095696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Subtypes of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors have been defined pharmacologically in a variety of mammalian tissues. The alpha 2A, alpha 2B, alpha 2C, and most recently alpha 2D subtypes have been characterized by their affinities for selective receptor antagonists and agonists. The genes that may encode the alpha 2A, alpha 2B, and alpha 2C subtypes have been identified in human and rat. In human these genes are termed alpha 2-C10, alpha 2-C2, and alpha 2-C4, respectively, based on their chromosomal localization, whereas three genes, designated RG20 alpha 2, RNG alpha 2, and RG10 alpha 2, are thought to be the corresponding rat homologues. These assignments were based on the pharmacology of the cloned receptor genes expressed in transfected cells and on the detection of homologous mRNAs by Northern blot analyses in cell lines or tissues with pharmacologically defined alpha 2-adrenergic receptors. However, the subtype assignment of cloned genes has not been fully resolved by these means. To help clarify the subtype assignment, we have raised antibodies against sequences from the divergent third intracellular loop of the human and rat alpha 2-adrenergic receptors. These antibodies were found to be subtype specific in immunoprecipitating either the cloned receptors expressed by DNA transfection or the pharmacologically defined receptors prepared from various tissues. Our immunological data corroborate the assignments of alpha 2-C2/RNG alpha 2 as encoding the alpha 2B subtype in NG108-15 cells and rat neonatal lung and of alpha 2-C4/RG10 alpha 2 as encoding the alpha 2C subtype in opossum kidney cells. Furthermore, antibodies against alpha 2-C10 and RG20 alpha 2 but not alpha 2-C2/RNG alpha 2 or alpha 2-C4/RG10 alpha 2 were both found to recognize alpha 2-adrenergic receptors expressed in rat submaxillary glands and in bovine pineal gland, two tissues with alpha 2D pharmacology. Because three genes were identified in the rat and human genome, these data suggest that the pharmacologically defined "alpha 2D receptor" is genetically of the alpha 2A subtype.
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- H Kurose
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Vanscheeuwijck P, Huang Y, Schullery D, Regan JW. Antibodies to a human alpha 2-C10 adrenergic receptor fusion protein confirm the cytoplasmic orientation of the V-VI loop. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 190:340-6. [PMID: 8381272 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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DNA encoding the hydrophilic region between transmembrane domains V and VI of the human platelet alpha 2-adrenergic receptor (alpha 2-C10) was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction and was cloned in-frame with a portion of the gene encoding glutathione-S-transferase (GST). Expression of the recombinant plasmid in E. coli resulted in the production of a GST/alpha 2-C10 fusion protein which was purified by preparative SDS-PAGE. Chickens inoculated with the fusion protein produced antibodies that were present in their eggs. In cells expressing the alpha 2-C10, these antibodies recognized the receptor in both Western Blots and indirect immunofluorescence. For the immunofluorescence studies, antibody recognition required permeabilization of the cells with detergent. This evidence establishes the cytoplasmic orientation of the V-VI loop and supports the general model for G-protein coupled receptors.
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- P Vanscheeuwijck
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
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The results of three cases of nevus anemicus studied by mechanical, histologic, pharmacologic, and electron microscopic technics are presented. The proposed pathogenesis and the differential diagnosis of this congenital disorder are discussed.
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Venter JC, Fraser CM. The structure and evolution of neurotransmitter receptors (alpha- and beta-adrenergic, dopaminergic and muscarinic cholinergic). Adv Exp Med Biol 1984; 175:271-88. [PMID: 6093457 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4805-4_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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We have developed three hybridomas that produce monoclonal antibodies to rat cerebral alpha-adrenoceptors. Splenic lymphocytes from BALB/c mice immunized with unpurified digitonin-solubilized alpha-adrenoceptors were fused with the mouse myeloma line P3-x 63-Ag 8.653 to yield hybridoma cultures producing alpha-adrenoceptor monoclonal antibodies of the IgG class. However, these antibodies inhibited both alpha 1 and alpha 2 ligand binding suggesting that some molecular homology exists between alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the rat brain.
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Lappin D, Whaley K. Adrenergic receptors on monocytes modulate complement component synthesis. Clin Exp Immunol 1982; 47:606-12. [PMID: 6123396 PMCID: PMC1536447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The addition of adrenaline, noradrenaline or phenylephrine, but not isoprenaline to monocyte cultures enhanced synthesis of the second complement component (C2). This effect was abrogated by the concomitant addition of the receptor antagonist, phentolamine, but not the beta receptor antagonist propranolol. Thus the receptor involved is an alpha adrenergic receptor. Further studies showed that the receptor was of the alpha 1 subclass as prazosin inhibited the action of adrenergic agonists. Pulse label studies using 3H-amino acids showed that the enhancement of synthesis of eight complement components (C2, C3, C4, C5, factor B, properdin, beta 1H and C3b inactivator) and total protein synthesis were also increased. The possible mechanisms underlying these changes are discussed.
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Gendek H. [Etiology and treatment of atopic dermatitis in the light of new data]. Pol Tyg Lek 1981; 36:1447-50. [PMID: 6278456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Acute tachyphylaxis can be induced to inhaled isoproterenol (ISO) in anesthetized, closed-chested mongrel dogs. The responsiveness to ISO measured as the percent reduction in methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction was decreased significantly (p less than 0.01) after a 1-hr period of repeated ISO inhalations (ISO-loading). Intravenous administration of methylprednisolone (1 mg/kg) reversed the decrease in responsiveness to ISO.
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Hodgson RM, Clothier RH, Ruben LN, Balls M. The effects of alpha and beta adrenergic agents on spleen cell antigen binding in four amphibian species. Eur J Immunol 1978; 8:348-51. [PMID: 211039 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830080511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adults of two urodele amphibian species (Triturus cristatus carnifex and Cynops hongkongensis) and two anuran species (Rana temporaria and Xenopus laevis laevis) were immunized with a 25% suspension of sheep or horse erythrocytes. After eight or 14 days, splenic lymphocytes were removed, and their specific red cell-binding capacities tested by immunocytoadherence. Antigen-binding cells were classified as high-dose nonsecretory (S-) or secretory (S+), according to whether they bound a single layer or several layers or erythrocytes. The stimulation of both alpha and beta adrenoreceptors reduced the numbers of S+ rosettes formed by Triturus and Cynops lymphocytes, whereas a beta agonist increased and an alpha agonist decreased S+ rosette formation by Rana and Xenopus splenic lymphocytes. These effects were blocked by alpha and beta adrenoreceptor antagonists. Low-dose immunization of Xenopus with a 0.0025% suspension of sheep erythrocytes gave a minimal number of S+ rosettes two and eight days after immunization, and beta adrenoreceptor stimulation had no effect on antigen binding. These results are discussed in terms of the distribution of alpha and beta adrenoreceptors in amphibians and possible relationships between S+ and high-dose S- antigen-binding cells, and support the view that functional lymphocyte heterogeneity exists in these lower vertebrates.
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