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Potaczek DP, Bazan-Socha S, Wypasek E, Wygrecka M, Garn H. Recent Developments in the Role of Histone Acetylation in Asthma. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38522416 DOI: 10.1159/000536460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Epigenetic modifications are known to mediate both beneficial and unfavorable effects of environmental exposures on the development and clinical course of asthma. On the molecular level, epigenetic mechanisms participate in multiple aspects of the emerging and ongoing asthma pathology. SUMMARY Studies performed in the last several years expand our knowledge on the role of histone acetylation, a classical epigenetic mark, in the regulation of (patho)physiological processes of diverse cells playing a central role in asthma, including those belonging to the immune system (e.g., CD4+ T cells, macrophages) and lung structure (e.g., airway epithelial cells, pulmonary fibroblasts). Those studies demonstrate a number of specific histone acetylation-associated mechanisms and pathways underlying pathological processes characteristic for asthma, as well as report their modification modalities. KEY MESSAGES Dietary modulation of histone acetylation levels in the immune system might protect against the development of asthma and other allergies. Interfering with the enzymes controlling the histone acetylation status of structural lung and (local) immune cells might provide future therapeutic options for asthmatics. Despite some methodological obstacles, analysis of the histone acetylation levels might improve asthma diagnostics.
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- Daniel P Potaczek
- Translational Inflammation Research Division and Core Facility for Single Cell Multiomics, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Marburg, Germany
- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung (CIGL), Member of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- Bioscientia MVZ Labor Mittelhessen GmbH, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Krakow Center for Medical Research and Technology, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung (CIGL), Member of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- Institute of Lung Health, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
- CSL Behring Innovation GmbH, Marburg, Germany
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- Translational Inflammation Research Division and Core Facility for Single Cell Multiomics, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Marburg, Germany
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Ryan TAJ, Hooftman A, Rehill AM, Johansen MD, O' Brien EC, Toller-Kawahisa JE, Wilk MM, Day EA, Weiss HJ, Sarvari P, Vozza EG, Schramm F, Peace CG, Zotta A, Miemczyk S, Nalkurthi C, Hansbro NG, McManus G, O'Doherty L, Gargan S, Long A, Dunne J, Cheallaigh CN, Conlon N, Carty M, Fallon PG, Mills KHG, Creagh EM, O' Donnell JS, Hertzog PJ, Hansbro PM, McLoughlin RM, Wygrecka M, Preston RJS, Zasłona Z, O'Neill LAJ. Publisher Correction: Dimethyl fumarate and 4-octyl itaconate are anticoagulants that suppress Tissue Factor in macrophages via inhibition of Type I Interferon. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4374. [PMID: 37474527 PMCID: PMC10359340 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40034-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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- Tristram A J Ryan
- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Host Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Host Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Clinical Research Facility, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Immunology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Clinical Research Facility, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Immunology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Host Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Ryan TAJ, Hooftman A, Rehill AM, Johansen MD, Brien ECO, Toller-Kawahisa JE, Wilk MM, Day EA, Weiss HJ, Sarvari P, Vozza EG, Schramm F, Peace CG, Zotta A, Miemczyk S, Nalkurthi C, Hansbro NG, McManus G, O'Doherty L, Gargan S, Long A, Dunne J, Cheallaigh CN, Conlon N, Carty M, Fallon PG, Mills KHG, Creagh EM, Donnell JSO, Hertzog PJ, Hansbro PM, McLoughlin RM, Wygrecka M, Preston RJS, Zasłona Z, Neill LAJO. Dimethyl fumarate and 4-octyl itaconate are anticoagulants that suppress Tissue Factor in macrophages via inhibition of Type I Interferon. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3513. [PMID: 37316487 PMCID: PMC10265568 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39174-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Excessive inflammation-associated coagulation is a feature of infectious diseases, occurring in such conditions as bacterial sepsis and COVID-19. It can lead to disseminated intravascular coagulation, one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Recently, type I interferon (IFN) signaling has been shown to be required for tissue factor (TF; gene name F3) release from macrophages, a critical initiator of coagulation, providing an important mechanistic link between innate immunity and coagulation. The mechanism of release involves type I IFN-induced caspase-11 which promotes macrophage pyroptosis. Here we find that F3 is a type I IFN-stimulated gene. Furthermore, F3 induction by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is inhibited by the anti-inflammatory agents dimethyl fumarate (DMF) and 4-octyl itaconate (4-OI). Mechanistically, inhibition of F3 by DMF and 4-OI involves suppression of Ifnb1 expression. Additionally, they block type I IFN- and caspase-11-mediated macrophage pyroptosis, and subsequent TF release. Thereby, DMF and 4-OI inhibit TF-dependent thrombin generation. In vivo, DMF and 4-OI suppress TF-dependent thrombin generation, pulmonary thromboinflammation, and lethality induced by LPS, E. coli, and S. aureus, with 4-OI additionally attenuating inflammation-associated coagulation in a model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our results identify the clinically approved drug DMF and the pre-clinical tool compound 4-OI as anticoagulants that inhibit TF-mediated coagulopathy via inhibition of the macrophage type I IFN-TF axis.
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- Tristram A J Ryan
- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Host Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Host Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Clinical Research Facility, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Immunology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Clinical Research Facility, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Immunology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Host Pathogen Interactions Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Peng W, Kepsch A, Kracht TO, Hasan H, Wijayarathna R, Wahle E, Pleuger C, Bhushan S, Günther S, Kauerhof AC, Planinić A, Fietz D, Schuppe HC, Wygrecka M, Loveland KL, Ježek D, Meinhardt A, Hedger MP, Fijak M. Activin A and CCR2 regulate macrophage function in testicular fibrosis caused by experimental autoimmune orchitis. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:602. [PMID: 36434305 PMCID: PMC9700630 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04632-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune-orchitis (EAO), a rodent model of chronic testicular inflammation and fibrosis, replicates pathogenic changes seen in some cases of human spermatogenic disturbances. During EAO, increased levels of pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic mediators such as TNF, CCL2, and activin A are accompanied by infiltration of leukocytes into the testicular parenchyma. Activin A levels correlate with EAO severity, while elevated CCL2 acting through its receptor CCR2 mediates leukocyte trafficking and recruits macrophages. CCR2 + CXCR4 + macrophages producing extracellular matrix proteins contribute widely to fibrogenesis. Furthermore, testicular macrophages (TMs) play a critical role in organ homeostasis. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the role of the activin A/CCL2-CCR2/macrophage axis in the development of testicular fibrosis. Following EAO induction, we observed lower levels of organ damage, collagen deposition, and leukocyte infiltration (including fibronectin+, collagen I+ and CXCR4+ TMs) in Ccr2-/- mice than in WT mice. Furthermore, levels of Il-10, Ccl2, and the activin A subunit Inhba mRNAs were lower in Ccr2-/- EAO testes. Notably, fibronectin+ TMs were also present in biopsies from patients with impaired spermatogenesis and fibrotic alterations. Overexpression of the activin A antagonist follistatin reduced tissue damage and collagen I+ TM accumulation in WT EAO testes, while treating macrophages with activin A in vitro increased the expression of Ccr2, Fn1, Cxcr4, and Mmp2 and enhanced migration along a CCL2 gradient; these effects were abolished by follistatin. Taken together, our data indicate that CCR2 and activin A promote fibrosis during testicular inflammation by regulating macrophage function. Inhibition of CCR2 or activin A protects against damage progression, offering a promising avenue for therapeutic intervention.
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- Wei Peng
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- ECCPS Bioinformatics and Deep Sequencing Platform, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
- Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Paediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Center for Infection and Genomics of the Lung, German Center for Lung Research, University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany
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- Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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Wygrecka M, Didiasova M, Singh R, Wilhelm J, Kwapiszewska G, Wujak L, Schaefer L, Seeger W, Kreuter M, Lauth M, Markart P. Pirfenidone exerts anti-fibrotic effects through Inhibition of GLI transcription factors. Pneumologie 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1619431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- M Wygrecka
- Department of Biochemistry, Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center
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- Biochemisches Institut, University of Gießen Lung Center
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research (IMT), Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology (ZTI), Philipps University Marburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gießen Lung Center
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research Graz
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- Biochemisches Institut, University of Gießen Lung Center
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- Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
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- Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Klinik II, Universitätsklinikum Gießen
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- Zentrum für Interstitielle und Seltene Lungenerkrankungen, Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg und Translationales Zentrum für Lungenforschung Heidelberg (TLRC), Mitglied des Deutschen Zentrums für Lungenforschung (DZL)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research (IMT), Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology (ZTI), Philipps University Marburg
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- Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH; Klinikum Fulda Gag
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SummaryElevated procoagulant and suppressed fibrinolytic activities are regularly encountered in different forms of clinical and experimental fibrosis of the lungs and the kidneys. Although primarily serving to provide a provisional matrix of repair largely consisting of fibrin and fibronectin, the involved procoagulant serine proteases and protease inhibitors may also exert distinct cellular downstream signaling events modifying the fibrotic reponse.In this review, evidence for an impaired regulation of coagulation and fibrinolysis factors in clinical and experimental lung and renal fibrosis is provided and the role of PAR (protease activated receptor) induced profibrotic and HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) elicited antifibrotic cellular events is worked out. In view of experiments obtained in animal models of lung and renal fibrosis, the potential therapeutic usefulness of anticoagulant or profibrinolytic strategies is discussed.
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Wygrecka M, Wujak L, Henneke I, Kosanovic D, Kwapiszewska G, Schermuly R, Markart P. Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1deficiency exacerbates pulmonary fibrosis. Pneumologie 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- M Wygrecka
- Department of Biochemistry, Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center
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- Medizinische Klinik II, University of Gießen Lung Center (Uglc)
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research Graz
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- Excellence Cluster Cardiopulmonary System, University of Gießen Lung Center
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- Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH
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Wygrecka M, Hess R, Wujak L, Hesse C, Sewald K, de Maat S, Maas C, Bonella F, Markart P. Hageman Factor regulates inflammatory responses in ARDS. Pneumologie 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- M Wygrecka
- Department of Biochemistry, Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine Item, Hannover
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine Item, Hannover
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease Unit, Ruhrlandklinik University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen
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- Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH
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Biasin V, Wygrecka M, Marsh LM, Becker-Pauly C, Brcic L, Ghanim B, Klepetko W, Olschewski A, Kwapiszewska G. Meprin β contributes to collagen deposition in lung fibrosis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39969. [PMID: 28059112 PMCID: PMC5216360 DOI: 10.1038/srep39969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Lung fibrosis is a severe disease characterized by epithelial cell injury, inflammation and collagen deposition. The metalloproteases meprinα and meprinβ have been shown to enhance collagen maturation and inflammatory cell infiltration via cleavage of cell-cell contact molecules; therefore we hypothesized that meprins could play a role in lung fibrosis. An exhaustive characterization of bleomycin-treated meprinα, meprinβ and the double meprinsαβ knock-out (KO) with respective wt-littermates was performed by using several different methods. We observed no difference in lung function parameters and no change in inflammatory cells infiltrating the lung between wt and all meprins KO mice after 14 days bleomycin. No difference in epithelial integrity as assessed by e-cadherin protein level was detected in bleomycin-treated lungs. However, morphological analysis in the bleomycin-treated mice revealed decrease collagen deposition and tissue density in meprinβ KO, but not in meprinα and meprinαβ KO mice. This finding was accompanied by localization of meprinβ to epithelial cells in regions with immature collagen in mice. Similarly, in human IPF lungs meprinβ was mostly localized in epithelium. These findings suggest that local environment triggers meprinβ expression to support collagen maturation. In conclusion, our data demonstrate the in vivo relevance of meprinβ in collagen deposition in lung fibrosis.
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- V Biasin
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Giessen, Germany.,German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Unit for Degradomics of the Protease Web, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria.,Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria.,Department of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria.,Department of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Wujak L, Markart P, Wygrecka M. The low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) 1 and its function in lung diseases. Histol Histopathol 2016; 31:733-45. [PMID: 26926950 DOI: 10.14670/hh-11-746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) 1 is a ubiquitously expressed, versatile cell surface transmembrane receptor involved in embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. LRP1 binds and endocytoses a broad spectrum of over 40 ligands identified thus far, including lipoproteins, extracellular matrix proteins, proteases and protease/inhibitor complexes and growth factors. Interactions with other membrane receptors and intracellular adaptors/scaffolding proteins allow LRP1 to modulate cell migration, survival, proliferation and (trans) differentiation. Because LRP1 displays a wide-range of interactions and activities, its expression and function is temporally and spatially tightly controlled. It is not, therefore, surprising that deregulation of LRP1 production and/or activity is observed in several diseases. In this review, we will systematically examine the evidence for the role of LRP1 in human pathologies placing special emphasis on LRP1-mediated pathogenesis of the lung.
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- L Wujak
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany and Member of the German Center for Lung Research
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany.
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Wujak ŁA, Blume A, Baloğlu E, Wygrecka M, Wygowski J, Herold S, Mayer K, Vadász I, Besuch P, Mairbäurl H, Seeger W, Morty RE. FXYD1 negatively regulates Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity in lung alveolar epithelial cells. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2015; 220:54-61. [PMID: 26410457 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.09.008] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is clinical syndrome characterized by decreased lung fluid reabsorption, causing alveolar edema. Defective alveolar ion transport undertaken in part by the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase underlies this compromised fluid balance, although the molecular mechanisms at play are not understood. We describe here increased expression of FXYD1, FXYD3 and FXYD5, three regulatory subunits of the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, in the lungs of ARDS patients. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, a pathogenic mediator of ARDS, drove increased FXYD1 expression in A549 human lung alveolar epithelial cells, suggesting that pathogenic TGF-β signaling altered Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity in affected lungs. Lentivirus-mediated delivery of FXYD1 and FXYD3 allowed for overexpression of both regulatory subunits in polarized H441 cell monolayers on an air/liquid interface. FXYD1 but not FXYD3 overexpression inhibited amphotericin B-sensitive equivalent short-circuit current in Ussing chamber studies. Thus, we speculate that FXYD1 overexpression in ARDS patient lungs may limit Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, and contribute to edema persistence.
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- Łukasz A Wujak
- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany; Department of Lung Development and Remodelling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Clinic VII, University Hospital Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Medical Pharmacology, Acibadem University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Lung Development and Remodelling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany; Department of Lung Development and Remodelling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany; Department of Lung Development and Remodelling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
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Biasin V, Wygrecka M, Gungl A, Ghanim B, Klepetko W, Marsh LM, Olschewski A, Kwapiszewska G. Contribution of meprin β in lung fibrosis. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wygrecka M, Jablonska E, Henneke I, Renne T, Panousis K, McKenzie B, Kosanovic D, Kwapiszewska G, Nolte MW, Schermuly RT, Preissner KT, Markart P. Coagulation factor XII mediates fibrotic response to lung injury. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kahl M, Gökçen A, Fischer S, Bäumer M, Wiesner J, Lochnit G, Wygrecka M, Vilcinskas A, Preissner KT. Maggot excretion products from the blowfly Lucilia sericata contain contact phase/intrinsic pathway-like proteases with procoagulant functions. Thromb Haemost 2015; 114:277-88. [PMID: 25948398 DOI: 10.1160/th14-06-0499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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For centuries, maggots have been used for the treatment of wounds by a variety of ancient cultures, as part of their traditional medicine. With increasing appearance of antimicrobial resistance and in association with diabetic ulcers, maggot therapy was revisited in the 1980s. Three mechanisms by which sterile maggots of the green bottle fly Lucilia sericata may improve healing of chronic wounds have been proposed: Biosurgical debridement, disinfecting properties, and stimulation of the wound healing process. However, the influence of maggot excretion products (MEP) on blood coagulation as part of the wound healing process has not been studied in detail. Here, we demonstrate that specific MEP-derived serine proteases from Lucilia sericata induce clotting of human plasma and whole blood, particularly by activating contact phase proteins factor XII and kininogen as well as factor IX, thereby providing kallikrein-bypassing and factor XIa-like activities, both in plasma and in isolated systems. In plasma samples deficient in contact phase proteins, MEP restored full clotting activity, whereas in plasma deficient in either factor VII, IX, X or II no effect was seen. The observed procoagulant/intrinsic pathway-like activity was mediated by (chymo-) trypsin-like proteases in total MEP, which were significantly blocked by C1-esterase inhibitor or other contact phase-specific protease inhibitors. No significant influence of MEP on platelet activation or fibrinolysis was noted. Together, MEP provides contact phase bypassing procoagulant activity and thereby induces blood clotting in the context of wound healing. Further characterisation of the active serine protease(s) may offer new perspectives for biosurgical treatment of chronic wounds.
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- Klaus T. Preissner, PhD, Department of Biochemistry, Medical School, Justus-Liebig-University, Friedrichstrasse 24, 35392 Giessen, Germany, Tel.: +49 641 994 7500, Fax: +49 641 994 7509, E-mail:
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Veith C, Zakrzewicz D, Dahal BK, Bálint Z, Murmann K, Wygrecka M, Seeger W, Schermuly RT, Weissmann N, Kwapiszewska G. Hypoxia- or PDGF-BB-dependent paxillin tyrosine phosphorylation in pulmonary hypertension is reversed by HIF-1α depletion or imatinib treatment. Thromb Haemost 2014; 112:1288-303. [PMID: 25231004 DOI: 10.1160/th13-12-1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chronic exposure to hypoxia induces a pronounced remodelling of the pulmonary vasculature leading to pulmonary hypertension (PH). The remodelling process also entails increased proliferation and decreased apoptosis of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMC), processes regulated by the cytoskeletal protein paxillin. In this study, we aimed to examine the molecular mechanisms leading to deregulation of paxillin in PH. We detected a time-dependent increase in paxillin tyrosine 31 (Y31) and 118 (Y118) phosphorylation following hypoxic exposure (1 % O2) or platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB stimulation of primary human PASMC. In addition, both, hypoxia- and PDGF-BB increased the nuclear localisation of phospho-paxillin Y31 as indicated by immunofluorescence staining in human PASMC. Elevated paxillin tyrosine phosphorylation in human PASMC was attenuated by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α depletion or by treatment with the PDGF-BB receptor antagonist, imatinib. Moreover, we observed elevated paxillin Y31 and Y118 phosphorylation in the pulmonary vasculature of chronic hypoxic mice (21 days, 10 % O2) which was reversible by imatinib-treatment. PDGF-BB-dependent PASMC proliferation was regulated via the paxillin-Erk1/2-cyclin D1 pathway. In conclusion, we suggest paxillin up-regulation and phosphorylation as an important mechanism of vascular remodelling underlying pulmonary hypertension.
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- Norbert Weissmann, Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Aulweg 130, 35392 Giessen, Germany, Tel.: +49 641 99 46000, Fax: +49 641 99 42419, E-mail:
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Ruppert C, Hirschbach L, Wygrecka M, Seeger W, Nef H, Möllmann H, Guenther A, Markart P. Surfactant Protein-B Proformen als mögliche neue Serumbiomarker bei Idiopathischer Pulmonaler Fibrose. Pneumologie 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1367944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wygrecka M, Berscheid S, Piskulak K, Didiasova M, Taborski B, Kwapiszewska B, Preissner KT, Markart P. Protease-activated receptors 1 and 3 drive epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pulmonary fibrosis. Pneumologie 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1334757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Wygrecka M, Dahal B, Kosanovic D, Petersen F, Taborski B, Preissner KT, Schermuly RT, Markart P. Mast cells and fibroblasts work in concert to aggravate pulmonary fibrosis: role of transmembrane stem cell factor (SCF) and PAR-2/PKCalpha/Raf-1/p44/42 signaling pathway. Pneumologie 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1334523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Veith C, Marsh LM, Wygrecka M, Rutschmann K, Seeger W, Weissmann N, Kwapiszewska G. Paxillin Regulates Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Function in Pulmonary Hypertension. The American Journal of Pathology 2012; 181:1621-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Veith C, Wygrecka M, Rutschmann K, Ghofrani HA, Seeger W, Grimminger F, Schermuly RT, Weissmann N, Kwapiszewska G. Regulation of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell function in pulmonary hypertension via Paxillin. Pneumologie 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1315542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wujak L, Becker S, Arnoldt V, Vadász I, Wygrecka M, Günther A, Seeger W, Morty R. Epigenetic control of lung fluid clearance. Pneumologie 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1315462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fijak M, Walecki M, Sauber LJ, Wahle E, Klug J, Bhushan S, Hackstein H, Schuler G, Wygrecka M, Meinhardt A. Role of testosterone on regulatory T cell expansion in rat experimental autoimmune orchitis. J Reprod Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.03.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kwapiszewska G, Markart P, Marsh LM, Dahal B, Schermuly RT, Taube C, Meinhardt A, Ghofrani HA, Steinhoff M, Seeger W, Preissner KT, Weißmann N, Wygrecka M. PAR-2 depletion protects against development of pulmonary hypertension. Pneumologie 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1302546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wygrecka M, Jablonska E, Zakrzewicz D, Wilhelm J, Preissner K, Seeger W, Günther A, Markart P. Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP-1) - pathogenetische und prognostische Signifikanz beim akuten Lungenversagen (ARDS). Pneumologie 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Avcuoglu S, Wygrecka M, Marsh LM, Günther A, Seeger W, Weissmann N, Fink L, Morty RE, Kwapiszewska G. Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor B/neurotrophin 4 signaling axis is perturbed in clinical and experimental pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2011; 45:768-80. [PMID: 21330466 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0195oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The neurotrophins (NTs) are emerging as exciting new participants in normal lung physiology, as well as in several pathological processes in diseased lungs. In this study, the increased expression of NT4/5 and of its cognate receptor, the neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor Type 2 (TrkB), was observed in human lungs explanted from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and in lungs from mice with bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. The expression of NT4/5 and TrkB localized to hyperplastic alveolar Type II cells (ATII) and fibroblastic foci in affected lungs. Increased concentrations of NT4/5 and TrkB were evident in ATII isolated from the lungs of bleomycin-treated mice. Primary ATII were shown to secrete NT4/5 into the cell culture medium. The profibrotic cytokine transforming growth factor-β1, stimulated TrkB, but not NT4/5 gene expression, suggesting that perturbed profibrotic growth factor signaling in affected lungs may drive the expression of TrkB. NT4/5 enhanced the proliferation of ATII through a TrkB/extracellular-regulated kinase/protein kinase B pathway, and could also drive the proliferation of primary human and murine lung fibroblasts, through TrkB-dependent and protein kinase B-dependent pathways. Taken together, these data suggest that a dysregulated TrkB/NT4/5 axis may contribute to several of the pathological lesions associated with pulmonary fibrosis, including ATII hyperplasia and the proliferation of fibroblasts, and we would add IPF to the list of disorders, such as pain and cancer, for which therapeutic targeting of the TrkB/neurotrophin axis has been proposed for further investigation.
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- Sibel Avcuoglu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus Liebig University, Klinikstrasse 36, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Guazzone VA, Hollwegs S, Mardirosian M, Jacobo P, Hackstein H, Wygrecka M, Schneider E, Meinhardt A, Lustig L, Fijak M. Characterization of dendritic cells in testicular draining lymph nodes in a rat model of experimental autoimmune orchitis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 34:276-89. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01082.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Henneke I, Greschus S, Savai R, Korfei M, Wygrecka M, Stürzebecher J, Seeger W, Günther A, Ruppert C. Einfluss des Urokinaseinhibitors CJ-463 auf Primärtumorwachstum und Metastasierung in einem murinen Lewis Lungen Karzinom Modell. Pneumologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1247919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Korfei M, Ruppert C, Luboeinski T, Schmitt S, Schmidt R, Wygrecka M, Mahavadi P, Lochnit G, Seeger W, Günther A, Markart P. Persistenter alveolärer oxidativer Stress in Patienten mit sporadischer Idiopathischer Pulmonaler Fibrose (IPF) trotz Induktion des antioxidativen Transkriptionsfaktors NRF2 und NRF2-abhängiger Zielgene. Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Korfei M, Ruppert C, Luboeinski T, Schmitt S, Schmidt R, Wygrecka M, Mahavadi P, Lochnit G, Seeger W, Günther A, Markart P. Persistenter alveolärer oxidativer Stress in Patienten mit sporadischer Idiopathischer Pulmonaler Fibrose (IPF) trotz Induktion des antioxidativen Transkriptionsfaktors NRF2 und NRF2-abhängiger Zielgene. Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ruppert C, Steinmetzer T, Henneke I, Jennes T, Wygrecka M, Markart P, Günther A. Einfluss dualer Faktor Xa/Thrombin-Inhibitoren auf den Verlauf der Bleomycin-induzierten Lungenfibrose. Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wygrecka M, Markart P, Jablonska E, Preissner K. Lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) is a key regulator of fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition in pulmonary fibrosis. Pneumologie 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ruppert C, Markart P, Wygrecka M, Preissner KT, Günther A. Role of coagulation and fibrinolysis in lung and renal fibrosis. Hamostaseologie 2008; 28:30-36. [PMID: 18278159] [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: 05/25/2023] Open
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Elevated procoagulant and suppressed fibrinolytic activities are regularly encountered in different forms of clinical and experimental fibrosis of the lungs and the kidneys. Although primarily serving to provide a provisional matrix of repair largely consisting of fibrin and fibronectin, the involved procoagulant serine proteases and protease inhibitors may also exert distinct cellular downstream signaling events modifying the fibrotic response. In this review, evidence for an impaired regulation of coagulation and fibrinolysis factors in clinical and experimental lung and renal fibrosis is provided and the role of PAR (protease activated receptor) induced profibrotic and HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) elicited antifibrotic cellular events is worked out. In view of experiments obtained in animal models of lung and renal fibrosis, the potential therapeutic usefulness of anticoagulant or profibrinolytic strategies is discussed.
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- C Ruppert
- University of Giessen Lung Center, Klinikstrasse 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Wygrecka M, Markart P, Ruppert C, Petri K, Preissner KT, Seeger W, Guenther A. Cellular origin of pro-coagulant and (anti)-fibrinolytic factors in bleomycin-injured lungs. Eur Respir J 2007; 29:1105-14. [PMID: 17331968 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Excessive pro-coagulant and decreased fibrinolytic activities in the alveolar compartment have been repeatedly documented for inflammatory and fibrotic lung diseases. The current authors determined the contribution of different resident lung cells to the altered local production of coagulation- and fibrinolysis-system components in bleomycin-injured mouse lungs via cell-specific and quantitative assessment of mRNA levels of various pro-coagulant and (anti)-fibrinolytic factors. Laser-assisted microdissection technology was used to sample specific cell populations in combination with subsequent mRNA analysis by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR. Additionally, western blot analysis, immunohistochemistry and activity assays were performed. Following bleomycin challenge, the strongest induction of tissue factor and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 mRNA expression was observed in alveolar macrophages (approximately 250- and 60-fold induction, respectively). These factors were also upregulated in alveolar type II cells, but to an approximately six-fold lesser extent. In contrast, PAI-2 expression was induced exclusively in alveolar macrophages. A slight increase of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) expression was also observed in alveolar macrophages (two-fold induction), but uPA activity was reduced due to a disproportionate increase of PAI production. Alveolar macrophages and, to a lesser extent, alveolar type II cells are the main sources of locally produced pro-coagulant and anti-fibrinolytic factors in bleomycin-injured lungs.
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- M Wygrecka
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Klinikstr. 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Markart P, Wygrecka M, Ruppert C, Koledachkina T, Seeger W, Guenther A. Lysozymspiegel und –aktivität sind erniedrigt in den Lungen von Patienten mit Idiopathischer Pulmonaler Fibrose (IPF) und tragen möglicherweise zur erhöhten Empfänglichkeit dieser Patientengruppe für das Auftreten pulmonaler Infektionen bei. Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Markart P, Ruppert C, Wygrecka M, Schmidt R, Korfei M, Harbach H, Theruvath I, Pison U, Seeger W, Guenther A, Witt H. Surfactant protein C mutations in sporadic forms of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Eur Respir J 2006; 29:134-7. [PMID: 17005585 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00034406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Interstitial pneumonias have recently been associated with mutations in the gene encoding surfactant protein C (SFTPC). In particular, SFTPC mutations have been reported in a number of familial forms of pulmonary fibrosis and in infants with interstitial lung diseases. The present study searched for SFTPC mutations in adult patients with sporadic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. In total, 35 adult patients with sporadic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and 50 healthy subjects were investigated for SFTPC mutations by direct DNA sequencing. Of the patients with sporadic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, 25 suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and 10 patients from nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Only two frequent nonsynonymous variants, T138N and S186N, were detected. Allele frequencies of both variations as well as of other identified noncoding alterations did not differ significantly between the diverse patient groups and control subjects. In conclusion, mutations in the gene encoding surfactant protein C are not common in sporadic cases of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, suggesting that the mutated gene does not play an important role in the pathogenesis of these forms of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.
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- P Markart
- Dept of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Klinikstr. 36, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Wygrecka M, Markart P, Ruppert C, Fink L, Bohle R, Grimminger F, Seeger W, Günther A. Kompartiment- und zellspezifische Expression von Gerinnungs- und Fibrinolysefaktoren in der Mauslunge nach inhalativer oder systemischer Endotoxinapplikation. Pneumologie 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-819585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Muth H, Maus U, Wygrecka M, Lohmeyer J, Grimminger F, Seeger W, Günther A. Pro- and antifibrinolytic properties of human pulmonary microvascular versus artery endothelial cells: impact of endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:217-26. [PMID: 14707582 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000104941.89570.5f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Microvascular thrombosis is a common feature of acute inflammatory lung injury, as occurs in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, but the underlying pathomechanisms are presently not fully understood. DESIGN Experimental. SETTING University laboratory. SUBJECTS Lung endothelial cells. INTERVENTIONS We characterized the expression of tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (t-PA and u-PA) as well as plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 and PAI-2 in human endothelial cells (EC) from the microvascular pulmonary circulation (HMVEC-L) and compared it with that of EC from pulmonary artery (HPAEC) and umbilical vein (HUVEC) under baseline conditions and upon stimulation with either tumor necrosis factor-alpha or lipopolysaccharide. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were employed for quantification of messenger RNA and protein concentrations. Under baseline conditions, comparable PAI-1 expression was noted in all EC. HPAEC were characterized by significantly higher baseline expression of t-PA and PAI-2 compared with HUVEC and HMVEC-L. In contrast, u-PA messenger RNA concentrations were found to be significantly higher in nonstimulated HMVEC-L compared with HUVEC and HPAEC. In all EC, stimulation with tumor necrosis factor-alpha and lipopolysaccharide increased the expression of PAI-1, PAI-2, and u-PA and decreased t-PA expression. The changes in messenger RNA content were reflected by corresponding changes in the protein concentrations. CONCLUSIONS High baseline u-PA expression is a prominent feature of human lung microvascular EC, whereas pulmonary artery EC are characterized by high t-PA concentrations. Microbial and inflammatory challenge provokes up-regulation of PAI-1 and PAI-2 and down-regulation of t-PA in both macro- and microvascular pulmonary EC, which may favor local fibrin deposition.
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- H Muth
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
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