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Huo Y, Jing ZC, Zeng XF, Liu JM, Yu ZX, Zhang GC, Li Y, Wang Y, Ji QS, Zhu P, Wu BX, Zheng Y, Wang PP, Li J. Evaluation of efficacy, safety and tolerability of Ambrisentan in Chinese adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a prospective open label cohort study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2016; 16:201. [PMID: 27770771 PMCID: PMC5075402 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-016-0361-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Although several new drugs have been approved in recent years, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a rapidly progressive disease with a poor prognosis. Ambrisentan, a selective endothelin type A antagonist, has been approved for treatment of PAH. This open label study assessed the efficacy and safety of ambrisentan in Chinese subjects with PAH. Methods Eligible patients with PAH (World Health Organisation [WHO] functional class [FC] II orIII) were enrolled and received Ambrisentan (5 mg) once daily for a 12-week preliminary evaluation period, and a 12-week dose-adjustment period (dose titration to 10 mgallowed). Endpoints included: change from baseline in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6-MWD), N-Terminal Pro B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-pro-BNP), WHO FC, Borg Dyspnoea Index (BDI), clinical worsening of PAH and incidences of adverse events (AE). Results One hundred thirty-three subjects (85 % women, mean age: 36 years) with PAH (WHOFC II or III) were enrolled and received ambrisentan (5 mg) once daily for a 12-week preliminary evaluation period, and a 12-week dose-adjustment period. Mean (SD) duration of drug exposure was 161.7 (27.13) days. Ambrisentan (average daily dose of 6.27 mg) significantly improved exercise capacity (6MWD) from baseline (mean: 377.1 m [m]) at week 12 (+53.6 m, p < 0.001) (primary endpoint). Improvement in exercise capacity was noted as early as week 4, and was sustained up to week 24 (+ 64.4 m, p < 0.001). NT-pro-BNP plasma levels decreased significantly (p < 0.001) at week 12 (−861.4 ng/L) and week 24 (−806 ng/L) from baseline (mean: 1600.7 ng/L). The WHO FC showed improvements for 44 subjects at week 12 and 51 subjects at week 24. BDI scores decreased significantly at week 12 (−0.3, p < 0.001) and week 24 (−0.2, p = 0.003) from baseline (mean: 2.5). Four patients died during the study (sudden cardiac death [n = 2], cerebral haemorrhage [n = 1], cardiac failure [n = 1]). Drug related adverse events occurred in 34.3 % of subjects; peripheral oedema (11.2 %) and flushing (8.2 %) occurred most frequently. Conclusion Ambrisentan (5 and 10 mg, orally) significantly improved the exercise capacity in Chinese PAH subjects with a safety profile similar to that observed in global studies. Trial registration NCT No. (ClinicalTrials.gov): NCT01808313; Registration date (first time): February 28, 2013. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12872-016-0361-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Cardiovascular, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Peking University, No. 8 Xishiku Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Pulmonary Circulation, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji Univeristy, Shanghai, China
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- Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital Central-South University, Hunan, China
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- Cardiovascular, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, Hubei, China
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- Rheumatology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Cardiovascular, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Public Health & Department of Cardiology, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, 1st Affiliated Hospital of the Forth Military Medical University, Shaanxi, China
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- Cardiovascular, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Cardiovascular, 1st Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Pudong, Shanghai, China
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Pudong, Shanghai, China
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Yu ZX, Qi S, Lasaro MA, Bouchard K, Dow C, Moore K, Wu Z, Barama A, Xu J, Johnson K, Marozsan AJ, Wang Y. Targeting Complement Pathways During Cold Ischemia and Reperfusion Prevents Delayed Graft Function. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:2589-97. [PMID: 27003920 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The complement system plays a critical role in ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI)-mediated delayed graft function (DGF). To better understand the roles of complement activation pathways in IRI in kidney transplantation, donor kidneys were treated ex vivo with terminal complement pathway (TP) inhibitor, anti-rat C5 mAb 18A10, or complement alternative pathway (AP) inhibitor TT30 for 28 h at 4°C pretransplantation in a syngeneic kidney transplantation rat model. All 18A10- and 67% of TT30-pretreated grafts, but only 16.7% of isotype control-pretreated grafts, survived beyond day 21 (p < 0.01). Inhibitor treatment in the final 45 min of 28-h cold ischemia (CI) similarly improved graft survival. Systemic posttransplant treatment with 18A10 resulted in 60% increased graft survival beyond day 21 (p < 0.01), while no TT30-treated rat survived > 6 days. Our results demonstrate that AP plays a prominent role during CI and that blocking either the AP or, more effectively the TP prevents ischemic injury and subsequent DGF. Multiple complement pathways may be activated and contribute to reperfusion injury; blocking the TP, but not the AP, posttransplant is effective in preventing reperfusion injury and increasing graft survival. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using complement inhibitors for prevention of DGF in humans.
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Notre Dame and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Notre Dame and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Notre Dame and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Department of Surgery, Hôpital Notre Dame and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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- Pre-Clinical Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, Canada
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Liu JC, Liu J, Holmström KM, Menazza S, Parks RJ, Fergusson MM, Yu ZX, Springer DA, Halsey C, Liu C, Murphy E, Finkel T. MICU1 Serves as a Molecular Gatekeeper to Prevent In Vivo Mitochondrial Calcium Overload. Cell Rep 2016; 16:1561-1573. [PMID: 27477272 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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MICU1 is a component of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter, a multiprotein complex that also includes MICU2, MCU, and EMRE. Here, we describe a mouse model of MICU1 deficiency. MICU1(-/-) mitochondria demonstrate altered calcium uptake, and deletion of MICU1 results in significant, but not complete, perinatal mortality. Similar to afflicted patients, viable MICU1(-/-) mice manifest marked ataxia and muscle weakness. Early in life, these animals display a range of biochemical abnormalities, including increased resting mitochondrial calcium levels, altered mitochondrial morphology, and reduced ATP. Older MICU1(-/-) mice show marked, spontaneous improvement coincident with improved mitochondrial calcium handling and an age-dependent reduction in EMRE expression. Remarkably, deleting one allele of EMRE helps normalize calcium uptake while simultaneously rescuing the high perinatal mortality observed in young MICU1(-/-) mice. Together, these results demonstrate that MICU1 serves as a molecular gatekeeper preventing calcium overload and suggests that modulating the calcium uniporter could have widespread therapeutic benefits.
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- Julia C Liu
- Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Pathology Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Murine Phenotyping Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Transgenic Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Yang ZH, Bando M, Sakurai T, Chen Y, Emma-Okon B, Wilhite B, Fukuda D, Vaisman B, Pryor M, Wakabayashi Y, Sampson M, Yu ZX, Sakurai A, Zarzour A, Miyahara H, Takeo J, Sakaue H, Sata M, Remaley AT. Long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid-rich fish oil attenuates the development of atherosclerosis in mouse models. Mol Nutr Food Res 2016; 60:2208-2218. [PMID: 27273599 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201600142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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SCOPE Fish oil-derived long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids (LCMUFA) containing chain lengths longer than 18 were previously shown to improve cardiovascular disease risk factors in mice. However, it is not known if LCMUFA also exerts anti-atherogenic effects. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of LCMUFA on the development of atherosclerosis in mouse models. METHODS AND RESULTS LDLR-KO mice were fed Western diet supplemented with 2% (w/w) of either LCMUFA concentrate, olive oil, or not (control) for 12 wk. LCMUFA, but not olive oil, significantly suppressed the development of atherosclerotic lesions and several plasma inflammatory cytokine levels, although there were no major differences in plasma lipids between the three groups. At higher doses 5% (w/w) LCMUFA supplementation was observed to reduce pro-atherogenic plasma lipoproteins and to also reduce atherosclerosis in ApoE-KO mice fed a Western diet. RNA sequencing and subsequent qPCR analyses revealed that LCMUFA upregulated PPAR signaling pathways in liver. In cell culture studies, apoB-depleted plasma from LDLR-K mice fed LCMUFA showed greater cholesterol efflux from macrophage-like THP-1 cells and ABCA1-overexpressing BHK cells. CONCLUSION Our research showed for the first time that LCMUFA consumption protects against diet-induced atherosclerosis, possibly by upregulating the PPAR signaling pathway.
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- Zhi-Hong Yang
- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Systems Biology Center, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Nutritional Neurosciences, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Clinical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Pathology Core, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Central Research Laboratory, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan
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- Central Research Laboratory, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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Glancy B, Hartnell LM, Malide D, Yu ZX, Combs CA, Connelly PS, Subramaniam S, Balaban RS. Mitochondrial reticulum for cellular energy distribution in muscle. Nature 2015. [PMID: 26223627 DOI: 10.1038/nature14614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Intracellular energy distribution has attracted much interest and has been proposed to occur in skeletal muscle via metabolite-facilitated diffusion; however, genetic evidence suggests that facilitated diffusion is not critical for normal function. We hypothesized that mitochondrial structure minimizes metabolite diffusion distances in skeletal muscle. Here we demonstrate a mitochondrial reticulum providing a conductive pathway for energy distribution, in the form of the proton-motive force, throughout the mouse skeletal muscle cell. Within this reticulum, we find proteins associated with mitochondrial proton-motive force production preferentially in the cell periphery and proteins that use the proton-motive force for ATP production in the cell interior near contractile and transport ATPases. Furthermore, we show a rapid, coordinated depolarization of the membrane potential component of the proton-motive force throughout the cell in response to spatially controlled uncoupling of the cell interior. We propose that membrane potential conduction via the mitochondrial reticulum is the dominant pathway for skeletal muscle energy distribution.
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Valencia JC, Steagall WK, Zhang Y, Fetsch P, Abati A, Tsukada K, Billings E, Hearing VJ, Yu ZX, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Moss J. Antibody αPEP13h reacts with lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells in lung nodules. Chest 2015; 147:771-777. [PMID: 25411763 DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0380] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is characterized by the proliferation in the lung, axial lymphatics (eg, lymphangioleiomyomas), and kidney (eg, angiomyolipomas) of abnormal smooth muscle-like LAM cells, which express melanoma antigens such as Pmel17/gp100 and have dysfunctional tumor suppressor tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) genes TSC2 or TSC1. Histopathologic diagnosis of LAM in lung specimens is based on identification of the Pmel17 protein with the monoclonal antibody HMB-45. METHODS We compared the sensitivity of HMB-45 to that of antipeptide antibody αPEP13h, which reacts with a C-terminal peptide of Pmel17. LAM lung nodules were laser-capture microdissected to identify proteins by Western blotting. RESULTS HMB-45 recognized approximately 25% of LAM cells within the LAM lung nodules, whereas αPEP13h identified > 82% of LAM cells within these structures in approximately 90% of patients. Whereas HMB-45 reacted with epithelioid but not with spindle-shaped LAM cells, αPEP13h identified both spindle-shaped and epithelioid LAM cells, providing greater sensitivity for detection of all types of LAM cells. HMB-45 recognized Pmel17 in premelanosomal organelles; αPEP13h recognized proteins in the cytoplasm as well as in premelanosomal organelles. Both antibodies recognized a Pmel17 variant of approximately 50 kDa. CONCLUSIONS Based on its sensitivity and specificity, αPEP13h may be useful in the diagnosis of LAM and more sensitive than HMB-45.
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- Julio C Valencia
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Cytopathology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cytopathology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Pigment Cell Biology Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Pathology Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
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Dai C, Yao X, Vaisman B, Brenner T, Meyer KS, Gao M, Keeran KJ, Nugent GZ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Dagur PK, McCoy JP, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 attenuates ovalbumin-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2015; 51:626-36. [PMID: 24813055 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0264oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) is an important component of high-density lipoprotein particles that mediates reverse cholesterol transport out of cells by interacting with the ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1). apoA-I has also been shown to attenuate neutrophilic airway inflammation in experimental ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma by reducing the expression of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Here, we hypothesized that overexpression of the ABCA1 transporter might similarly attenuate OVA-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation. Tie2-human ABCA1 (hABCA1) mice expressing human ABCA1 under the control of the Tie2 promoter, which is primarily expressed by vascular endothelial cells, but can also be expressed by macrophages, received daily intranasal OVA challenges, 5 d/wk for 5 weeks. OVA-challenged Tie2-hABCA1 mice had significant reductions in total bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cells that reflected a decrease in neutrophils, as well as reductions in peribronchial inflammation, OVA-specific IgE levels, and airway epithelial thickness. The reduced airway neutrophilia in OVA-challenged Tie2-hABCA1 mice was associated with significant decreases in G-CSF protein levels in pulmonary vascular endothelial cells, alveolar macrophages, and BALF. Intranasal administration of recombinant murine G-CSF to OVA-challenged Tie2-hABCA1 mice for 5 days increased BALF neutrophils to a level comparable to that of OVA-challenged wild-type mice. We conclude that ABCA1 suppresses OVA-induced airway neutrophilia by reducing G-CSF production by vascular endothelial cells and alveolar macrophages. These findings suggest that ABCA1 expressed by vascular endothelial cells and alveolar macrophages may play important roles in attenuating the severity of neutrophilic airway inflammation in asthma.
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Zadrozny LM, Neufeld EB, Lucotte BM, Connelly PS, Yu ZX, Dao L, Hsu LY, Balaban RS. Study of the development of the mouse thoracic aorta three-dimensional macromolecular structure using two-photon microscopy. J Histochem Cytochem 2015; 63:8-21. [PMID: 25362141 PMCID: PMC7205446 DOI: 10.1369/0022155414559590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Using the intrinsic optical properties of collagen and elastin, two-photon microscopy was applied to evaluate the three-dimensional (3D) macromolecular structural development of the mouse thoracic aorta from birth to 60 days old. Baseline development was established in the Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I-Deficient, Hypomorphic Apolipoprotein ER61 (SR-BI KO/ApoeR61(h/h)) mouse in preparation for modeling atherosclerosis. Precise dissection enabled direct observation of the artery wall in situ. En-face, optical sectioning of the aorta provided a novel assessment of the macromolecular structural development. During aortic development, the undulating lamellar elastin layers compressed consistent with the increases in mean aortic pressure with age. In parallel, a net increase in overall wall thickness (p<0.05, in day 60 compared with day 1 mice) occurred with age whereas the ratio of the tunicas adventitia and media to full aortic thickness remained nearly constant across age groups (~1:2.6, respectively). Histochemical analyses by brightfield microscopy and ultrastructure validated structural proteins and lipid deposition findings derived from two-photon microscopy. Development was associated with decreased decorin but not biglycan proteoglycan expression. This non-destructive 3D in situ approach revealed the aortic wall microstructure development. Coupling this approach with the intrinsic optical properties of the macromolecules may provide unique vascular wall 3D structure in many pathological conditions, including aortic atherosclerosis, dissections and aneurysms.
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (LMZ, EBN, BML, LD, LYH, RSB)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (LMZ, EBN, BML, LD, LYH, RSB)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (LMZ, EBN, BML, LD, LYH, RSB)
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (PSC)
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- Pathology Core, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA(ZXY)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (LMZ, EBN, BML, LD, LYH, RSB)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (LMZ, EBN, BML, LD, LYH, RSB)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NIH Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (LMZ, EBN, BML, LD, LYH, RSB)
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Fredriksson K, Mishra A, Lam JK, Mushaben EM, Cuento RA, Meyer KS, Yao X, Keeran KJ, Nugent GZ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Yang Y, Raghavachari N, Dagur PK, McCoy JP, Levine SJ. The very low density lipoprotein receptor attenuates house dust mite-induced airway inflammation by suppressing dendritic cell-mediated adaptive immune responses. J Immunol 2014; 192:4497-509. [PMID: 24733846 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) is a member of the low-density lipoprotein receptor family that binds multiple ligands and plays a key role in brain development. Although the VLDLR mediates pleiotropic biological processes, only a limited amount of information is available regarding its role in adaptive immunity. In this study, we identify an important role for the VLDLR in attenuating house dust mite (HDM)-induced airway inflammation in experimental murine asthma. We show that HDM-challenged Vldlr(-/-) mice have augmented eosinophilic and lymphocytic airway inflammation with increases in Th2 cytokines, C-C chemokines, IgE production, and mucous cell metaplasia. A genome-wide analysis of the lung transcriptome identified that mRNA levels of CD209e (DC-SIGNR4), a murine homolog of DC-SIGN, were increased in the lungs of HDM-challenged Vldlr(-/-) mice, which suggested that the VLDLR might modify dendritic cell (DC) function. Consistent with this, VLDLR expression by human monocyte-derived DCs was increased by HDM stimulation. In addition, 55% of peripheral blood CD11c(+) DCs from individuals with allergy expressed VLDLR under basal conditions. Lastly, the adoptive transfer of HDM-pulsed, CD11c(+) bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) from Vldlr(-/-) mice to the airways of wild type recipient mice induced augmented eosinophilic and lymphocytic airway inflammation upon HDM challenge with increases in Th2 cytokines, C-C chemokines, IgE production, and mucous cell metaplasia, as compared with the adoptive transfer of HDM-pulsed, CD11c(+) BMDCs from wild type mice. Collectively, these results identify a novel role for the VLDLR as a negative regulator of DC-mediated adaptive immune responses in HDM-induced allergic airway inflammation.
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- Karin Fredriksson
- Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Yao X, Gao M, Dai C, Meyer KS, Chen J, Keeran KJ, Nugent GZ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Dagur PK, McCoy JP, Levine SJ. Peptidoglycan recognition protein 1 promotes house dust mite-induced airway inflammation in mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2014; 49:902-11. [PMID: 23808363 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0001oc] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Peptidoglycan recognition protein (Pglyrp) 1 is a pattern-recognition protein that mediates antibacterial host defense. Because we had previously shown that Pglyrp1 expression is increased in the lungs of house dust mite (HDM)-challenged mice, we hypothesized that it might modulate the pathogenesis of asthma. Wild-type and Pglyrp1(-/-) mice on a BALB/c background received intranasal HDM or saline, 5 days/week for 3 weeks. HDM-challenged Pglyrp1(-/-) mice showed decreases in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid eosinophils and lymphocytes, serum IgE, and mucous cell metaplasia, whereas airway hyperresponsiveness was not changed when compared with wild-type mice. T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokines were reduced in the lungs of HDM-challenged Pglyrp1(-/-) mice, which reflected a decreased number of CD4(+) Th2 cells. There was also a reduction in C-C chemokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung homogenates from HDM-challenged Pglyrp1(-/-) mice. Furthermore, secretion of CCL17, CCL22, and CCL24 by alveolar macrophages from HDM-challenged Pglyrp1(-/-) mice was markedly reduced. As both inflammatory cells and airway epithelial cells express Pglyrp1, bone marrow transplantation was performed to generate chimeric mice and assess which cell type promotes HDM-induced airway inflammation. Chimeric mice lacking Pglyrp1 on hematopoietic cells, not structural cells, showed a reduction in HDM-induced eosinophilic and lymphocytic airway inflammation. We conclude that Pglyrp1 expressed by hematopoietic cells, such as alveolar macrophages, mediates HDM-induced airway inflammation by up-regulating the production of C-C chemokines that recruit eosinophils and Th2 cells to the lung. This identifies a new family of innate immune response proteins that promotes HDM-induced airway inflammation in asthma.
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Neufeld EB, Zadrozny LM, Phillips D, Aponte A, Yu ZX, Balaban RS. Decorin and biglycan retain LDL in disease-prone valvular and aortic subendothelial intimal matrix. Atherosclerosis 2014; 233:113-21. [PMID: 24529131 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Subendothelial LDL retention by intimal matrix proteoglycans is an initial step in atherosclerosis and calcific aortic valve disease. Herein, we identify decorin and biglycan as the proteoglycans that preferentially retain LDL in intimal matrix at disease-prone sites in normal valve and vessel wall. METHODS The porcine aortic valve and renal artery ostial diverter, initiation sites of calcific valve disease and renal atherosclerosis, respectively, from normal non-diseased animals were used as models in these studies. RESULTS Fluorescent human LDL was selectively retained on the lesion-prone collagen/proteoglycan-enriched aortic surface of the valve, where the elastic lamina is depleted, as previously observed in lesion-prone sites in the renal ostium. iTRAQ mass spectrometry of valve and diverter protein extracts identified decorin and biglycan as the major subendothelial intimal matrix proteoglycans electrostatically retained on human LDL affinity columns. Decorin levels correlated with LDL binding in lesion-prone sites in both tissues. Collagen binding to LDL was shown to be proteoglycan-mediated. All known basement membrane proteoglycans bound LDL suggesting they may modulate LDL uptake into the subendothelial matrix. The association of purified decorin with human LDL in an in vitro microassay was blocked by serum albumin and heparin suggesting anti-atherogenic roles for these proteins in vivo. CONCLUSIONS LDL electrostatic interactions with decorin and biglycan in the valve leaflets and vascular wall is a major source of LDL retention. The complementary electrostatic sites on LDL or these proteoglycans may provide a novel therapeutic target for preventing one of the earliest events in these cardiovascular diseases.
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- Edward B Neufeld
- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Proteomics Core, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Pathology Core, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Wan ECK, Oh J, Li P, West EE, Wong EA, Andraski AB, Spolski R, Yu ZX, He J, Kelsall BL, Leonard WJ. 270. Cytokine 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.06.273] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Wan CK, Oh J, Li P, West EE, Wong EA, Andraski AB, Spolski R, Yu ZX, He J, Kelsall BL, Leonard WJ. The cytokines IL-21 and GM-CSF have opposing regulatory roles in the apoptosis of conventional dendritic cells. Immunity 2013; 38:514-27. [PMID: 23453633 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Interleukin-21 (IL-21) has broad actions on T and B cells, but its actions in innate immunity are poorly understood. Here we show that IL-21 induced apoptosis of conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) via STAT3 and Bim, and this was inhibited by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). ChIP-Seq analysis revealed genome-wide binding competition between GM-CSF-induced STAT5 and IL-21-induced STAT3. Expression of IL-21 in vivo decreased cDC numbers, and this was prevented by GM-CSF. Moreover, repetitive α-galactosylceramide injection of mice induced IL-21 but decreased GM-CSF production by natural killer T (NKT) cells, correlating with decreased cDC numbers. Furthermore, adoptive transfer of wild-type CD4+ T cells caused more severe colitis with increased DCs and interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-producing CD4+ T cells in Il21r(-/-)Rag2(-/-) mice (which lack T cells and have IL-21-unresponsive DCs) than in Rag2(-/-) mice. Thus, IL-21 and GM-CSF exhibit cross-regulatory actions on gene regulation and apoptosis, regulating cDC numbers and thereby the magnitude of the immune response.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/immunology
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/genetics
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/immunology
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism
- Bcl-2-Like Protein 11
- Blotting, Western
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Intergenic/genetics
- DNA, Intergenic/immunology
- DNA, Intergenic/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Galactosylceramides/immunology
- Galactosylceramides/pharmacology
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Gene Expression/immunology
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/immunology
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/pharmacology
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Interleukins/genetics
- Interleukins/immunology
- Interleukins/pharmacology
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Natural Killer T-Cells/drug effects
- Natural Killer T-Cells/immunology
- Natural Killer T-Cells/metabolism
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin-21/deficiency
- Receptors, Interleukin-21/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin-21/immunology
- STAT3 Transcription Factor/genetics
- STAT3 Transcription Factor/immunology
- STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- STAT5 Transcription Factor/genetics
- STAT5 Transcription Factor/immunology
- STAT5 Transcription Factor/metabolism
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- Chi-Keung Wan
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1674, USA
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Ghosh MC, Zhang DL, Jeong SY, Kovtunovych G, Ollivierre-Wilson H, Noguchi A, Tu T, Senecal T, Robinson G, Crooks DR, Tong WH, Ramaswamy K, Singh A, Graham BB, Tuder RM, Yu ZX, Eckhaus M, Lee J, Springer DA, Rouault TA. Deletion of iron regulatory protein 1 causes polycythemia and pulmonary hypertension in mice through translational derepression of HIF2α. Cell Metab 2013; 17:271-81. [PMID: 23395173 PMCID: PMC3569856 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Iron regulatory proteins (Irps) 1 and 2 posttranscriptionally control the expression of transcripts that contain iron-responsive element (IRE) sequences, including ferritin, ferroportin, transferrin receptor, and hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF2α). We report here that mice with targeted deletion of Irp1 developed pulmonary hypertension and polycythemia that was exacerbated by a low-iron diet. Hematocrits increased to 65% in iron-starved mice, and many polycythemic mice died of abdominal hemorrhages. Irp1 deletion enhanced HIF2α protein expression in kidneys of Irp1(-/-) mice, which led to increased erythropoietin (EPO) expression, polycythemia, and concomitant tissue iron deficiency. Increased HIF2α expression in pulmonary endothelial cells induced high expression of endothelin-1, likely contributing to the pulmonary hypertension of Irp1(-/-) mice. Our results reveal why anemia is an early physiological consequence of iron deficiency, highlight the physiological significance of Irp1 in regulating erythropoiesis and iron distribution, and provide important insights into the molecular pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension.
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- Manik C Ghosh
- Molecular Medicine Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Fredriksson K, Fielhaber JA, Lam JK, Yao X, Meyer KS, Keeran KJ, Zywicke GJ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Moss J, Kristof AS, Levine SJ. Paradoxical effects of rapamycin on experimental house dust mite-induced asthma. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33984. [PMID: 22685525 PMCID: PMC3368343 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) modulates immune responses and cellular proliferation. The objective of this study was to assess whether inhibition of mTOR with rapamycin modifies disease severity in two experimental murine models of house dust mite (HDM)-induced asthma. In an induction model, rapamycin was administered to BALB/c mice coincident with nasal HDM challenges for 3 weeks. In a treatment model, nasal HDM challenges were performed for 6 weeks and rapamycin treatment was administered during weeks 4 through 6. In the induction model, rapamycin significantly attenuated airway inflammation, airway hyperreactivity (AHR) and goblet cell hyperplasia. In contrast, treatment of established HDM-induced asthma with rapamycin exacerbated AHR and airway inflammation, whereas goblet cell hyperplasia was not modified. Phosphorylation of the S6 ribosomal protein, which is downstream of mTORC1, was increased after 3 weeks, but not 6 weeks of HDM-challenge. Rapamycin reduced S6 phosphorylation in HDM-challenged mice in both the induction and treatment models. Thus, the paradoxical effects of rapamycin on asthma severity paralleled the activation of mTOR signaling. Lastly, mediastinal lymph node re-stimulation experiments showed that treatment of rapamycin-naive T cells with ex vivo rapamycin decreased antigen-specific Th2 cytokine production, whereas prior exposure to in vivo rapamycin rendered T cells refractory to the suppressive effects of ex vivo rapamycin. We conclude that rapamycin had paradoxical effects on the pathogenesis of experimental HDM-induced asthma. Thus, consistent with the context-dependent effects of rapamycin on inflammation, the timing of mTOR inhibition may be an important determinant of efficacy and toxicity in HDM-induced asthma.
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- Karin Fredriksson
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Critical Care and Respiratory Divisions and Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Animal Medicine and Surgery, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Animal Medicine and Surgery, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Pathology Core Facility, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Pathology Core Facility, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Critical Care and Respiratory Divisions and Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Dai C, Yao X, Keeran KJ, Zywicke GJ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Dagur PK, McCoy JP, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. Apolipoprotein A-I attenuates ovalbumin-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation via a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-dependent mechanism. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2012; 47:186-95. [PMID: 22427535 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0322oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) is a key component of high-density lipoproteins that mediates reverse cholesterol transport from cells and reduces vascular inflammation. We investigated whether endogenous apoA-I modulates ovalbumin (OVA)-induced airway inflammation in mice. We found that apoA-I expression was significantly reduced in the lungs of OVA-challenged, compared with saline-challenged, wild-type (WT) mice. Next, to investigate the role of endogenous apoA-I in the pathogenesis of OVA-induced airway inflammation, WT and apoA-I(-/-) mice were sensitized by intraperitoneal injections of OVA and aluminum hydroxide, followed by multiple nasal OVA challenges for 4 weeks. OVA-challenged apoA-I(-/-) mice exhibited a phenotype of increased airway neutrophils compared with WT mice, which could be rescued by an administration of a 5A apoA-I mimetic peptide. Multiple pathways promoted neutrophilic inflammation in OVA-challenged apoA-I(-/-) mice, including the up-regulated expression of (1) proinflammatory cytokines (IL-17A and TNF-α), (2) CXC chemokines (CXCL5), (3) vascular adhesion molecules (i.e., vascular cell adhesion molecule-1), and (4) granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF). Because concentrations of G-CSF in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were markedly increased in OVA-challenged apoA-I(-/-) mice, we hypothesized that enhanced G-CSF expression may represent the predominant pathway mediating increased neutrophilic inflammation. This was confirmed by the intranasal administration of a neutralizing anti-G-CSF antibody, which significantly reduced BALF neutrophilia by 72% in OVA-challenged apoA-I(-/-) mice, compared with mice that received a control antibody. We conclude that endogenous apoA-I negatively regulates OVA-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation, primarily via a G-CSF-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, these findings suggest that apoA-I may play an important role in modulating the severity of neutrophilic airway inflammation in asthma.
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- Cuilian Dai
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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Pai VM, Kozlowski M, Donahue D, Miller E, Xiao X, Chen MY, Yu ZX, Connelly P, Jeffries K, Wen H. Coronary artery wall imaging in mice using osmium tetroxide and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). J Anat 2012; 220:514-24. [PMID: 22360411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The high spatial resolution of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is ideal for 3D imaging of coronary arteries in intact mouse heart specimens. Previously, micro-CT of mouse heart specimens utilized intravascular contrast agents that hardened within the vessel lumen and allowed a vascular cast to be made. However, for mouse coronary artery disease models, it is highly desirable to image coronary artery walls and highlight plaques. For this purpose, we describe an ex vivo contrast-enhanced micro-CT imaging technique based on tissue staining with osmium tetroxide (OsO(4) ) solution. As a tissue-staining contrast agent, OsO(4) is retained in the vessel wall and surrounding tissue during the fixation process and cleared from the vessel lumens. Its high X-ray attenuation makes the artery wall visible in CT. Additionally, since OsO(4) preferentially binds to lipids, it highlights lipid deposition in the artery wall. We performed micro-CT of heart specimens of 5- to 25-week-old C57BL/6 wild-type mice and 5- to 13-week-old apolipoprotein E knockout (apoE(-/-) ) mice at 10 μm resolution. The results show that walls of coronary arteries as small as 45 μm in diameter are visible using a table-top micro-CT scanner. Similar image clarity was achieved with 1/2000th the scan time using a synchrotron CT scanner. In 13-week-old apoE mice, lipid-rich plaques are visible in the aorta. Our study shows that the combination of OsO(4) and micro-CT permits the visualization of the coronary artery wall in intact mouse hearts.
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- Vinay M Pai
- Imaging Physics Group, Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892-1061, USA
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Yao X, Dai C, Fredriksson K, Lam J, Gao M, Keeran KJ, Nugent GZ, Qu X, Yu ZX, Jeffries N, Lin J, Kaler M, Shamburek R, Costello R, Csako G, Dahl M, Nordestgaard BG, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. Human apolipoprotein E genotypes differentially modify house dust mite-induced airway disease in mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 302:L206-15. [PMID: 22058162 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00110.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is an endogenous negative regulator of airway hyperreactivity (AHR) and mucous cell metaplasia in experimental models of house dust mite (HDM)-induced airway disease. The gene encoding human apoE is polymorphic, with three common alleles (ε2, ε3, and ε4) reflecting single amino acid substitutions at amino acids 112 and 158. The objective of this study was to assess whether the human apoE alleles modify airway responses to repeated nasal HDM challenges. Mice expressing the human apoE ε2 (huApoE2), ε3 (huApoE3), or ε4 (huApoE4) alleles received nasal HDM challenges, and airway responses were compared with mice expressing the endogenous murine apoE gene (muApoE). huApoE3 mice displayed significant reductions in AHR, mucous cell metaplasia, and airway inflammation compared with muApoE mice. The attenuated severity of airway inflammation in huApoE3 mice was associated with reductions in lung mRNA levels of Th2 and Th17 cytokines, as well as chemokines (CCL7, CCL11, CCL24). huApoE4 mice had an intermediate phenotype, with attenuated AHR and IgE production, compared with muApoE mice, whereas airway inflammation and mucous cell metaplasia were not reduced. In contrast, HDM-induced airway responses were not modified in mice expressing the huApoE2 allele. We conclude that the polymorphic huApoE alleles differentially modulate HDM-induced airway disease, which can be stratified, in rank order of increasing disease severity, ε3 < ε4 < ε2. These results raise the possibility that the polymorphic apoE alleles may modify disease severity in human asthma.
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- Xianglan Yao
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 6D03, MSC 1590, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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Phillips D, Aponte AM, Covian R, Neufeld E, Yu ZX, Balaban RS. Homogenous protein programming in the mammalian left and right ventricle free walls. Physiol Genomics 2011; 43:1198-206. [PMID: 21878611 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00121.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Despite identical cardiac outputs, the right (RV) and left ventricle (LV) have very different embryological origins and resting workload. These differences suggest that the ventricles have different protein programming with regard to energy metabolism and contractile elements. The objective of this study was to determine the relative RV and LV protein expression levels, with an emphasis on energy metabolism. The RV and LV protein contents of the rabbit and porcine heart were determined with quantitative gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE), mass spectrometry, and optical spectroscopy techniques. Surprisingly, the expression levels for more than 600 RV and LV proteins detected were similar. This included proteins many different compartments and metabolic pathways. In addition, no isoelectric shifts were detected in 2D-DIGE consistent with no differential posttranslational modifications in these proteins. Analysis of the RV and LV metabolic response to work revealed that the metabolic rate increases much faster with workload in the RV compared with LV. This implies that the generally lower metabolic stress of the RV actually approaches LV metabolic stress at maximum workloads. Thus, identical levels of energy conversion and mechanical elements in the RV and LV may be driven by the performance requirements at maximum workloads. In summary, the ventricles of the heart manage the differences in overall workload by modifying the amounts of cytosol, not its composition. The constant myocyte composition in the LV and RV implies that the ratio of energy metabolism and contractile elements may be optimal for the sustained cardiac contractile activity in the mammalian heart.
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- Darci Phillips
- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-1061, USA
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Zhao R, Wang TZ, Kong D, Zhang L, Meng HX, Jiang Y, Wu YQ, Yu ZX, Jin XM. Hepatoma cell line HepG2.2.15 demonstrates distinct biological features compared with parental HepG2. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17:1152-9. [PMID: 21448419 PMCID: PMC3063907 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2010] [Revised: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the biological features of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-transfected HepG2.2.15 cells.
METHODS: The cell ultrastructure, cell cycle and apoptosis, and the abilities of proliferation and invasion of HBV-transfected HepG2.2.15 and the parent HepG2 cells were examined by electron microscopy, flow cytometry, 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and trans-well assay. Oncogenicity of the two cell lines was compared via subcutaneous injection and orthotopic injection or implantation in nude mice, and the pathological analysis of tumor formation was performed. Two cytoskeletal proteins were detected by Western blotting.
RESULTS: Compared with HepG2 cells, HepG2.2.15 cells showed organelle degeneration and filopodia disappearance under electron microscope. HepG2.2.15 cells proliferated and migrated slowly in vitro, and hardly formed tumor and lung metastasis in nude mice. Flow cytometry showed that the majority of HepG2.2.15 cells were arrested in G1 phase, and apoptosis was minor in both cell lines. Furthermore, the levels of cytoskeletal proteins F-actin and Ezrin were decreased in HepG2.2.15 cells.
CONCLUSION: HepG2.2.15 cells demonstrated a lower proliferation and invasion ability than the HepG2 cells due to HBV transfection.
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Yao X, Dai C, Fredriksson K, Dagur PK, McCoy JP, Qu X, Yu ZX, Keeran KJ, Zywicke GJ, Amar MJA, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. 5A, an apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide, attenuates the induction of house dust mite-induced asthma. J Immunol 2010; 186:576-83. [PMID: 21115733 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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New treatment approaches are needed for patients with asthma. Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), the major structural protein of high-density lipoproteins, mediates reverse cholesterol transport and has atheroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, we hypothesized that an apoA-I mimetic peptide might be effective at inhibiting asthmatic airway inflammation. A 5A peptide, which is a synthetic, bihelical apoA-I mimetic, was administered to wild-type A/J mice via osmotic mini-pump prior to the induction of house dust mite (HDM)-induced asthma. HDM-challenged mice that received the 5A apoA-I mimetic peptide had significant reductions in the number of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid eosinophils, lymphocytes, and neutrophils, as well as in histopathological evidence of airway inflammation. The reduction in airway inflammation was mediated by a reduction in the expression of Th2- and Th17-type cytokines, as well as in chemokines that promote T cell and eosinophil chemotaxis, including CCL7, CCL17, CCL11, and CCL24. Furthermore, the 5A apoA-I mimetic peptide inhibited the alternative activation of pulmonary macrophages in the lungs of HDM-challenged mice. It also abrogated the development of airway hyperresponsiveness and reduced several key features of airway remodeling, including goblet cell hyperplasia and the expression of collagen genes (Col1a1 and Col3a1). Our results demonstrate that the 5A apoA-I mimetic peptide attenuates the development of airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness in an experimental murine model of HDM-induced asthma. These data support the conclusion that strategies using apoA-I mimetic peptides, such as 5A, might be developed further as a possible new treatment approach for asthma.
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- Xianglan Yao
- Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Hirata Y, Shimokawa N, Oh-hashi K, Yu ZX, Kiuchi K. Acidification of the Golgi apparatus is indispensable for maturation but not for cell surface delivery of Ret. J Neurochem 2010; 115:606-13. [PMID: 20796177 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06966.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We examined the effect of concanamycin A and bafilomycin A1, inhibitors of the vacuolar proton-ATPase, on maturation and expression of Ret, a tyrosine kinase receptor for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor. Ret appeared as 150- and 170-kDa bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gels and both forms were sensitive to peptide-N-glycosidase F. Western and immunocytochemical analyses revealed that the 150-kDa immature form of Ret accumulated in the Golgi apparatus upon treatment with vacuolar proton-ATPase inhibitors, whereas, the 170-kDa mature form of Ret was dramatically decreased. The result suggests that glycosylation of Ret during the conversion from immature forms to mature forms is pH sensitive, and is likely initiated in the acidic trans-Golgi apparatus. In contrast, glycosylation of nascent receptors to become immature receptors appeared to be pH insensitive, and are likely to take place in the endoplasmic reticulum. The immature form of Ret was present in the plasma membrane when the cells were treated with the vacuolar proton-ATPase inhibitors. In conclusion, the acidification of the Golgi apparatus is crucial for maturation of Ret but not indispensable for trafficking of receptors to the membrane.
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- Yoko Hirata
- Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan.
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Yao X, Fredriksson K, Yu ZX, Xu X, Raghavachari N, Keeran KJ, Zywicke GJ, Kwak M, Amar MJA, Remaley AT, Levine SJ. Apolipoprotein E negatively regulates house dust mite-induced asthma via a low-density lipoprotein receptor-mediated pathway. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 182:1228-38. [PMID: 20622028 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201002-0308oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Distinct sets of corticosteroid-unresponsive genes modulate disease severity in asthma. OBJECTIVES To identify corticosteroid-unresponsive genes that provide new insights into disease pathogenesis and asthma therapeutics. METHODS Experimental murine asthma was induced by nasal administration of house dust mite for 5 days per week. Dexamethasone and apolipoprotein E (apo E) mimetic peptides were administered via osmotic minipumps. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Genome-wide expression profiling of the lung transcriptome in a house dust mite-induced model of murine asthma identified increases in apo E mRNA levels that persisted despite corticosteroid treatment. House dust mite-challenged apo E⁻(/)⁻ mice displayed enhanced airway hyperreactivity and goblet cell hyperplasia, which could be rescued by administration of an apo E(130-149) mimetic peptide. Administration of the apo E(130-149) mimetic peptide to house dust mite-challenged apo E⁻(/)⁻ mice also inhibited eosinophilic airway inflammation, IgE production, and the expression of Th2 and Th17 cytokines. House dust mite-challenged low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) knockout mice displayed a similar phenotype as apo E⁻(/)⁻ mice with enhanced airway hyperreactivity, goblet cell hyperplasia, and mucin gene expression, but could not be rescued by the apo E(130-149) mimetic peptide, consistent with a LDLR-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSIONS These findings for the first time identify an apo E-LDLR pathway as an endogenous negative regulator of airway hyperreactivity and goblet cell hyperplasia in asthma. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that strategies that activate the apo E-LDLR pathway, such as apo E mimetic peptides, might be developed into a novel treatment approach for patients with asthma.
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- Xianglan Yao
- Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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Neufeld EB, Yu ZX, Springer D, Yu Q, Balaban RS. The renal artery ostium flow diverter: structure and potential role in atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2010; 211:153-8. [PMID: 20149375 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2009] [Revised: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Initiation of renal atherosclerosis occurs primarily at the caudal region of the renal artery ostium. To date, no mechanism for initiation of atherosclerosis at this site has been substantiated. Herein, we identify a renal artery flow diverter on the caudal wall of the renal artery ostium that directs flow into the renal artery and selectively retains LDL, an initial step in atherosclerosis. High-resolution ultrasound revealed the generation of flow eddies by the caudal diverter in vivo, consistent with a role in directing aortic flow to the renal artery. Two-photon excitation en face microscopy of the diverter revealed a substantial reduction in the elastic lamina exposing potential retention sites for LDL. Fluorescent LDL was selectively retained by the renal artery diverter, consistent with its molecular structure. We propose that the rigid macromolecular structure of the renal artery ostium diverter is required for its vascular function and contributes to the initiation of renal atherosclerosis by the retention of LDL.
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- Edward B Neufeld
- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States.
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Ma X, Takeda K, Singh A, Yu ZX, Zerfas P, Blount A, Liu C, Towbin JA, Schneider MD, Adelstein RS, Wei Q. Conditional ablation of nonmuscle myosin II-B delineates heart defects in adult mice. Circ Res 2009; 105:1102-9. [PMID: 19815823 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.109.200303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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RATIONALE Germline ablation of the cytoskeletal protein nonmuscle myosin II (NMII)-B results in embryonic lethality, with defects in both the brain and heart. Tissue-specific ablation of NMII-B by a Cre recombinase strategy should prevent embryonic lethality and permit study of the function of NMII-B in adult hearts. OBJECTIVE We sought to understand the function of NMII-B in adult mouse hearts and to see whether the brain defects found in germline-ablated mice influence cardiac development. METHODS AND RESULTS We used a loxP/Cre recombinase strategy to specifically ablate NMII-B in the brains or hearts of mice. Mice ablated for NMII-B in neural tissues die between postnatal day 12 and 22 without showing cardiac defects. Mice deficient in NMII-B only in cardiac myocytes (B(alphaMHC)/B(alphaMHC) mice) do not show brain defects. However, B(alphaMHC)/B(alphaMHC) mice display novel cardiac defects not seen in NMII-B germline-ablated mice. Most of the B(alphaMHC)/B(alphaMHC) mice are born with enlarged cardiac myocytes, some of which are multinucleated, reflecting a defect in cytokinesis. Between 6 to 10 months, they develop a cardiomyopathy that includes interstitial fibrosis and infiltration of the myocardium and pericardium with inflammatory cells. Four of 5 B(alphaMHC)/B(alphaMHC) hearts develop marked widening of intercalated discs. CONCLUSIONS By avoiding the embryonic lethality found in germline-ablated mice, we were able to study the function of NMII-B in adult mice and show that absence of NMII-B in cardiac myocytes results in cardiomyopathy in the adult heart. We also define a role for NMII-B in maintaining the integrity of intercalated discs.
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- Xuefei Ma
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Perry TE, Song M, Despres DJ, Kim SM, San H, Yu ZX, Raghavachari N, Schnermann J, Cannon RO, Orlic D. Bone marrow-derived cells do not repair endothelium in a mouse model of chronic endothelial cell dysfunction. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 84:317-25. [PMID: 19578071 PMCID: PMC2761200 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Aims Bone marrow (BM)-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the circulation replace damaged vascular endothelium. We assessed the hypothesis that a BM transplant from healthy animals would restore normal arterial endothelium and prevent hypertension in young endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient (eNOS−/−) mice. Methods and results Radiation or busulfan-induced BM ablation in eNOS−/− mice on day 6, day 14, or day 28 was followed by a BM transplant consisting of enhanced green fluorescent protein positive (EGFP+) cells from C57BL/6J mice. Peripheral blood cell chimerism was always greater than 85% at 4 months after BM transplant. Molecular assays of heart, kidney, and liver revealed low-level chimerism in all treatment groups, consistent with residual circulating EGFP+ blood cells. When aorta, coronary, renal, hepatic, and splenic arteries in BM-transplanted eNOS−/− mice were examined by confocal microscopy, there were no EGFP- or eNOS-positive endothelial cells detected in these vessels in any of the treatment groups. Likewise, telemetry did not detect any reduction in blood pressure. Thus, no differences were observed in our measurements using several different treatment protocols. Conclusion We found no evidence for BM-derived EPC renewal of endothelium in this eNOS-deficient mouse model of a chronic vascular disease or in wild-type mice during postnatal growth. Hence, renewal of chronic dysfunctional endothelium and endothelial homeostasis may be dependent on resident vascular progenitor cells.
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- Tashera E Perry
- Translational Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10-CRC, Room 6-3130, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Wang H, Katagiri Y, McCann TE, Unsworth E, Goldsmith P, Yu ZX, Tan F, Santiago L, Mills EM, Wang Y, Symes AJ, Geller HM. Chondroitin-4-sulfation negatively regulates axonal guidance and growth. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3083-91. [PMID: 18768934 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.032649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) side chains endow extracellular matrix proteoglycans with diversity and complexity based upon the length, composition and charge distribution of the polysaccharide chain. Using cultured primary neurons, we show that specific sulfation in the GAG chains of chondroitin sulfate mediates neuronal guidance cues and axonal growth inhibition. Chondroitin-4-sulfate (CS-A), but not chondroitin-6-sulfate (CS-C), exhibits a strong negative guidance cue to mouse cerebellar granule neurons. Enzymatic and gene-based manipulations of 4-sulfation in the GAG side chains alter their ability to direct growing axons. Furthermore, 4-sulfated chondroitin sulfate GAG chains are rapidly and significantly increased in regions that do not support axonal regeneration proximal to spinal cord lesions in mice. Thus, our findings show that specific sulfation along the carbohydrate backbone carries instructions to regulate neuronal function.
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- Hang Wang
- Developmental Neurobiology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Fu YM, Yu ZX, Lin H, Fu X, Meadows GG. Selective amino acid restriction differentially affects the motility and directionality of DU145 and PC3 prostate cancer cells. J Cell Physiol 2008; 217:184-93. [PMID: 18459146 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We previously found that selective restriction of amino acids inhibits invasion of two androgen-independent human prostate cancer cell lines, DU145 and PC3. Here we show that the restriction of tyrosine (Tyr) and phenylalanine (Phe), methionine (Met) or glutamine (Gln) modulates the activity of G proteins and affects the balance between two actin-binding proteins, cofilin and profilin, in these two cell lines. Selective amino acid restriction differentially reduces G protein binding to GTP in DU145 cells. Tyr/Phe deprivation reduces the amount of Rho-GTP and Rac1-GTP. Met deprivation reduces the amount of Ras-GTP and Rho-GTP, and Gln deprivation decreases Ras-GTP, Rac-GTP, and Cdc42-GTP. Restriction of these amino acids increases the amount of profilin, cofilin and phosphorylation of cofilin-Ser(3). Increased PAK1 expression and phosphorylation of PAK1-Thr(423), and Ser(199/204) are consistent with the increased phosphorylation of LIMK1-Thr(508). In PC3 cells, Tyr/Phe or Gln deprivation reduces the amount of Ras-GTP, and all of the examined amino acid restrictions reduce the amount of profilin. PAK1, LIMK1 and cofilin are not significantly altered. These data reveal that specific amino acid deprivation differentially affects actin dynamics in DU145 and PC3. Modulation on Rho, Rac, PAK1, and LIMK1 likely alter the balance between cofilin and profilin in DU145 cells. In contrast, profilin is inhibited in PC3 cells. These effects modulate directionality and motility to inhibit invasion.
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- Ya-Min Fu
- Cancer Prevention & Research Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6713, USA
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de Silva R, Raval AN, Hadi M, Gildea KM, Bonifacino AC, Yu ZX, Yau YY, Leitman SF, Bacharach SL, Donahue RE, Read EJ, Lederman RJ. Intracoronary infusion of autologous mononuclear cells from bone marrow or granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized apheresis product may not improve remodelling, contractile function, perfusion, or infarct size in a swine model of large myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2008; 29:1772-82. [PMID: 18502738 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AIMS In a blinded, placebo-controlled study, we investigated whether intracoronary infusion of autologous mononuclear cells from granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized apheresis product or bone marrow (BM) improved sensitive outcome measures in a swine model of large myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS AND RESULTS Four days after left anterior descending (LAD) occlusion and reperfusion, cells from BM or apheresis product of saline- (placebo) or G-CSF-injected animals were infused into the LAD. Large infarcts were created: baseline ejection fraction (EF) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 35.3 +/- 8.5%, no difference between the placebo, G-CSF, and BM groups (P = 0.16 by ANOVA). At 6 weeks, EF fell to a similar degree in the placebo, G-CSF, and BM groups (-7.9 +/- 6.0, -8.5 +/- 8.8, and -10.9 +/- 7.6%, P = 0.78 by ANOVA). Left ventricular volumes and infarct size by MRI deteriorated similarly in all three groups. Quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) demonstrated significant decline in fluorodeoxyglucose uptake rate in the LAD territory at follow-up, with no histological, angiographic, or PET perfusion evidence of functional neovascularization. Immunofluorescence failed to demonstrate transdifferentiation of infused cells. CONCLUSION Intracoronary infusion of mononuclear cells from either BM or G-CSF-mobilized apheresis product may not improve or limit deterioration in systolic function, adverse ventricular remodelling, infarct size, or perfusion in a swine model of large MI.
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- Ranil de Silva
- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Fu YM, Zhang H, Ding M, Li YQ, Fu X, Yu ZX, Meadows GG. Selective amino acid restriction targets mitochondria to induce apoptosis of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. J Cell Physiol 2006; 209:522-34. [PMID: 16897757 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Relative specific amino acid dependency is one of the metabolic abnormalities of cancer cells, and restriction of specific amino acids induces apoptosis of prostate cancer cells. This study shows that restriction of tyrosine and phenylalanine (Tyr/Phe), glutamine (Gln), or methionine (Met), modulates Raf and Akt survival pathways and affects the function of mitochondria in DU145 and PC3, in vitro. These three restrictions inhibit energy production (ATP synthesis) and induce generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Restriction of Tyr/Phe or Met in DU145 and Met in PC3 reduces mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsim) and induces caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis. In DU145, Tyr/Phe or Met restriction reduces activity of Akt, mitochondrial distribution of phosphorylated Raf and apoptosis inducing factor (AIF), and increases mitochondrial distribution of Bak. Mitochondrial Bcl-XL is increased in Tyr/Phe-restricted but decreased in Met-restricted cells. Under Tyr/Phe or Met restriction, reduced mitochondrial Raf does not inactivate the pro-apoptotic function of Bak. Tyr/Phe restriction also inhibits Bcl-2 and Met restriction inhibits Bcl-XL in mitochondria. These comprehensive actions damage the integrity of the mitochondria and induce apoptosis of DU145. In PC3, apoptosis induced by Met restriction was not associated with alterations in intracellular distribution of Raf, Bcl-2 family proteins, or AIF. All of the amino acid restrictions inhibited Akt activity in this cell line. We conclude that specific amino acid restriction differentially interferes with homeostasis/balance between the Raf and Akt survival pathways and with the interaction of Raf and Bcl-2 family proteins in mitochondria to induce apoptosis of DU145 and PC3 cells.
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- Ya-Min Fu
- Cancer Prevention and Research Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6713, USA
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Gavaza GM, Yu ZX, Tsang L, Chan CH, Tong SY, Van Hove MA. Efficient calculation of electron diffraction for the structural determination of nanomaterials. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 97:055505. [PMID: 17026114 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.055505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A critical advance in the technique of low-energy electron diffraction is presented and shown to enable determining detailed structures of nanomaterials, based on experimental methods that already exist or have been proposed. Our new cluster approach speeds up the computation to scale as n logn, rather than the current n3 or n2, with n the number of atoms, for example. Applications are illustrated for C60 molecules adsorbed on a Cu(111) surface, with and without coadsorbed metal atoms, exhibiting sensitivity to important structural features such as buckyball size and deformation.
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- G M Gavaza
- Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Zhou J, Pavel J, Macova M, Yu ZX, Imboden H, Ge L, Nishioku T, Dou J, Delgiacco E, Saavedra JM. AT1 receptor blockade regulates the local angiotensin II system in cerebral microvessels from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Stroke 2006; 37:1271-6. [PMID: 16601219 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000217404.64352.d7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Blockade of angiotensin II AT1 receptors in cerebral microvessels protects against brain ischemia and inflammation. In this study, we tried to clarify the presence and regulation of the local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in brain microvessels in hypertension. METHODS Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto (WKY) controls were treated with an AT1 receptor antagonist (candesartan, 0.3 mg/kg per day) via subcutaneous osmotic minipumps for 4 weeks. The expression and localization of RAS components and the effect of AT1 receptor blockade were assessed by Affymetrix microarray, qRT-PCR, Western blots, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. RESULTS We found transcripts of most of RAS components in our microarray database, and confirmed their expression by qRT-PCR. Angiotensinogen (Aogen), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and AT1 receptors were localized to the endothelium. There was no evidence of AT2 receptor localization in the microvascular endothelium. In SHR, (pro)renin receptor mRNA and AT1 receptor mRNA and protein expression were higher, whereas Aogen, ACE mRNA and AT2 receptor mRNA and protein expression were lower than in WKY rats. Candesartan treatment increased Aogen, ACE and AT2 receptor in SHR, and increased ACE and decreased Aogen in WKY rats, without affecting the (pro)renin and AT1 receptors. CONCLUSIONS Increased (pro)renin and AT1 receptor expression in SHR substantiates the importance of the local RAS overdrive in the cerebrovascular pathophysiology in hypertension. AT1 receptor blockade and increased AT2 receptor stimulation after administration of candesartan may contribute to the protection against brain ischemia and inflammation.
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- Jin Zhou
- Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Valencia JC, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Carmona AK, Xavier J, Bruneval P, Riemenschneider WK, Ikeda Y, Yu ZX, Ferrans VJ, Moss J. Tissue-specific renin-angiotensin system in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006; 35:40-7. [PMID: 16474096 PMCID: PMC2658696 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0387oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a multisystem disease found in middle-aged women, is characterized by cystic lung destruction and abdominal tumors (e.g., angiomyolipomas, lymphangioleimyomas), resulting from proliferation of abnormal-appearing, smooth muscle-like cells (LAM cells). The LAM cells, in combination with other cells, form nodular structures within the lung interstitium and in the walls of the cysts. LAM cells contain mutations in the tuberous sclerosis complex TSC1 and/or TSC2 genes, which lead to dysregulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin, affecting cell growth and proliferation. Proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells and production of angiogenic factors are regulated, in part, by angiotensin II. To determine whether a LAM-specific renin-angiotensin system might play a role in the pathogenesis of LAM, we investigated the expression of genes and gene products of this system in LAM nodules. mRNA for angiotensinogen was present in RNA isolated by laser-captured microdissection from LAM nodules. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme and chymase-producing mast cells were present within the LAM nodules. We detected renin in LAM cells, as determined by the presence of mRNA and immunohistochemistry. Angiotensin II type 1 and type II receptors were identified in LAM cells by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting of microdissected LAM nodules. Angiotensin II is localized in cells containing alpha-smooth muscle actin (LAM cells). A LAM-specific renin-angiotensin system appears to function within the LAM nodule as an autocrine system that could promote LAM cell proliferation and migration, and could represent a pharmacologic target.
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- Julio C Valencia
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Protein kinase X (PrKX), karyotypically located on the human X chromosome, is a type I cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Although a specific role for PrKX has not yet been defined, PrKX gene expression in mouse and human tissues has been profiled only by in situ hybridization and Northern blot analyses and not by protein expression. To determine more precisely the PrKX protein levels, we developed specific anti-PrKX antibodies and examined gestationally staged mouse embryo sections by immunohistochemistry. These results showed that PrKX is ubiquitously distributed and highly expressed in murine central nervous system and heart tissues in early developmental stages and in most organs at later stages but was not detected in either connective tissues or bone. Using Western blots to detect PrKX, total protein extracts from eight different adult or fetal human tissues including brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, spleen, and thymus were analyzed. Although PrKX protein was present in each of the tissues tested, the protein levels varied depending on tissue type and developmental stage. Very low protein levels were found in heart tissues from a 5-month-old fetus and from an adult, whereas PrKX proteins were more abundant in fetal brain, kidney, and liver tissues compared with adult samples of the same tissue type.
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- Wei Li
- Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Fu YM, Zhang H, Ding M, Li YQ, Fu X, Yu ZX, Meadows GG. Specific amino acid restriction inhibits attachment and spreading of human melanoma via modulation of the integrin/focal adhesion kinase pathway and actin cytoskeleton remodeling. Clin Exp Metastasis 2005; 21:587-98. [PMID: 15787096 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-004-5515-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We had previously found that selective restriction of amino acids inhibits invasion of human A375 melanoma. Integrins, cell surface receptors for the components of extracellular matrix (ECM), are activated during cell adhesion and spreading, and initiate signaling pathways that control growth and invasion of tumor cells. We examined the effect of tyrosine (Tyr) and phenylalanine (Phe), methionine (Met) or glutamine (Gln) restriction on attachment and spreading of A375 and MeWo melanoma cell lines on fibronectin and laminin. In A375 cells, restriction of Tyr/Phe or Met inhibited attachment to and spreading on laminin and fibronectin, inhibited alpha3 and alpha4 integrin expression, and inhibited accumulation of FAK-Tyr397 and F-actin at leading edges of cell protrusions. Tyr/Phe restriction also inhibited attachment-induced autophosporylation of FAK-Tyr397. In MeWo cells, the order of inhibition by amino acid restriction on cell attachment and spreading was as follows: Gln > Tyr/Phe > Met. Restriction of Gln reduced alpha5 integrin expression. All amino acid restrictions similarly inhibited phosphorylation of FAK-Tyr397, FAK-Tyr577, FAK-Tyr861 and paxillin-Tyr31. Gln restriction exhibited the strongest inhibition of actin cytoskeleton remodeling during the cell spreading. The present study reveals that specific amino acid restriction inhibits attachment and spreading of melanoma via inhibition of specific integrin expression, inhibition of integrin-mediated FAK phosphorylation, and modulation of actin cytoskeleton remodeling. These data provide additional understanding of the mechanism by which specific amino acid restriction controls invasion and migration of melanoma.
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- Ya-Min Fu
- Cancer Prevention & Research Center, Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Program, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6510, USA
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Levine SJ, Adamik B, Hawari FI, Islam A, Yu ZX, Liao DW, Zhang J, Cui X, Rouhani FN. Proteasome inhibition induces TNFR1 shedding from human airway epithelial (NCI-H292) cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2005; 289:L233-43. [PMID: 15821012 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00469.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The type 1 55-kDa TNF receptor (TNFR1) is an important modulator of lung inflammation. Here, we hypothesized that the proteasome might regulate TNFR1 shedding from human airway epithelial cells. Treatment of NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cells for 2 h with the specific proteasome inhibitor clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone induced the shedding of proteolytically cleaved TNFR1 ectodomains. Clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone also induced soluble TNFR1 (sTNFR1) release from the A549 pulmonary epithelial cell line, as well as from primary cultures of human small airway epithelial cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Furthermore, sTNFR1 release induced by clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone was not a consequence of apoptosis or the extracellular release of TNFR1 exosome-like vesicles. The clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone-induced increase in TNFR1 shedding was associated with reductions in cell surface receptors and intracytoplasmic TNFR1 stores that were primarily localized to vesicular structures. As expected, the broad-spectrum zinc metalloprotease inhibitor TNF-alpha protease inhibitor 2 (TAPI-2) attenuated clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone-mediated TNFR1 shedding, which is consistent with its ability to inhibit the zinc metalloprotease-catalyzed cleavage of TNFR1 ectodomains. TAPI-2 also reduced TNFR1 on the cell surface and attenuated the clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone-induced reduction of intracytoplasmic TNFR1 vesicles. This suggests that TNFR1 shedding induced by clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone involves the zinc metalloprotease-dependent trafficking of intracytoplasmic TNFR1 vesicles to the cell surface. Together, these data are consistent with the conclusion that proteasomal activity negatively regulates TNFR1 shedding from human airway epithelial cells, thus identifying previously unrecognized roles for the proteasome and zinc metalloproteases in modulating the generation of sTNFRs.
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- Stewart J Levine
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 6D03, MSC 1590, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA.
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Shimazu K, Takeda K, Yu ZX, Jiang H, Liu XW, Nelson PG, Guroff G. Multiple acute effects on the membrane potential of PC12 cells produced by nerve growth factor (NGF). J Cell Physiol 2005; 203:501-9. [PMID: 15729735 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 02/03/2023]
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We studied whether nerve growth factor (NGF) can affect the membrane potential and conductance of PC12 cells. We demonstrate that NGF depolarizes the membrane of PC12 cells within a minute and by using transfected NIH 3T3-Trk and -p75 cells we show that both the high affinity NGF receptor p140(trk) and the low affinity NGF receptor or p75(NGF) may be involved in the depolarization. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor, K252a, partially inhibited the depolarization, but two agents affecting intracellular calcium movements, Xestospongin C (XeC) and thapsigargin, did not. The early depolarization was eliminated in Na+ free solutions and under this condition, a 'prolonged' (> 2 min) hyperpolarization was observed in PC12 cells in response to NGF. This hyperpolarization was also induced in PC12 cells by epidermal growth factor (EGF). Voltage clamp experiments showed that NGF produced a late (> 2 min) increase in membrane conductance. The Ca2+-dependent BK-type channel blocker, iberiotoxin, and the general Ca2+-dependent K+ channel blocker, TEA, attenuated or eliminated the hyperpolarization produced by NGF in sodium free media. Under pretreatment with the non-selective cation channel blockers La3+ and Gd3+, NGF hyperpolarized the membrane of PC12 cells. These results suggest that three different currents are implicated in rapid NGF-induced membrane voltage changes, namely an acutely activated Na+ current, Ca2+-dependent potassium currents and non-selective cation currents.
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- Kazuhiro Shimazu
- Section on Growth Factors, NICHD, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Maryland, USA
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OBJECTIVE Continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions (CASS) is believed to lower the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Animal studies to establish safety and efficacy of CASS have not been conducted. DESIGN Prospective randomized animal study. SETTING Animal-research facility at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. SUBJECTS Twenty-two sheep. INTERVENTIONS Sheep were randomized into three groups. In group C (control), eight sheep were kept prone, intubated with a standard endotracheal tube (ETT), and mechanically ventilated for 72 hrs with head and ETT elevated at an angle of 30 degrees. In group CASS-HU (CASS, head up), seven sheep were managed as group C and intubated with a Hi-Lo Evac, Mallinckrodt ETT (CASS suction kept at < or =20 mm Hg). In group CASS-HD (CASS, head down), seven sheep were kept prone with CASS, and the ETT and trachea were horizontal to promote spontaneous drainage of mucus from the ETT. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS The lower respiratory tract in the CASS-HU group was heavily colonized in all seven sheep (median 4.6 x 10(9), range, 1.5 x 10(8) to 7.9 x 10(9) colony-forming units/g), with a reduction of lung bacterial colonization compared with the C group (p = .05). In group CASS-HD, the lower respiratory tract was not colonized in six of seven sheep. One sheep showed low levels of bacterial growth (median, 0; range, 0-2.2 x 10(5)). At autopsy, in all 14 sheep with CASS, we found tracheal mucosal injury of different degrees of severity at the level of the suction port of the ETT. CONCLUSIONS In group CASS-HU, regardless of finding a marginal decrease of the bacterial colonization of the lower airways, there was pervasive trachea-bronchial-lung bacterial colonization. Second, there was minimal, or absent, bacterial colonization when the orientation of the CASS ETT was at, or just below, horizontal. Third, there was widespread injury to tracheal mucosa/submucosa from the use of CASS. Note that results of studies conducted in an animal model are always difficult to extrapolate to the clinical practice due to anatomical and functional differences.
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- Lorenzo Berra
- Section on Pulmonary and Cardiac Assist Devices, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Ying G, Iribarren P, Zhou Y, Gong W, Zhang N, Yu ZX, Le Y, Cui Y, Wang JM. Humanin, a newly identified neuroprotective factor, uses the G protein-coupled formylpeptide receptor-like-1 as a functional receptor. J Immunol 2004; 172:7078-85. [PMID: 15153530 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.11.7078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by overproduction of beta amyloid peptides in the brain with progressive loss of neuronal cells. The 42-aa form of the beta amyloid peptide (Abeta(42)) is implied as a major causative factor, because it is toxic to neurons and elicits inflammatory responses in the brain by activating microglial cells. Despite the overproduction of Abeta(42), AD brain tissue also generates protective factor(s) that may antagonize the neurodestructive effect of Abeta(42). Humanin is a gene cloned from an apparently normal region of an AD brain and encodes a 24-aa peptide. Both secreted and synthetic Humanin peptides protect neuronal cells from damage by Abeta(42), and the effect of Humanin may involve putative cellular receptor(s). To elucidate the molecular identity of such receptor(s), we examined the activity of synthetic Humanin on various cells and found that Humanin induced chemotaxis of mononuclear phagocytes by using a human G protein-coupled formylpeptide receptor-like-1 (FPRL1) and its murine counterpart FPR2. Coincidentally, FPRL1 and FPR2 are also functional receptors used by Abeta(42) to chemoattract and activate phagocytic cells. Humanin reduced the aggregation and fibrillary formation by suppressing the effect of Abeta(42) on mononuclear phagocytes. In neuroblast cells, Humanin and Abeta(42) both activated FPRL1; however, only Abeta(42) caused apoptotic death of the cells, and its cytopathic effect was blocked by Humanin. We conclude that Humanin shares human FPRL1 and mouse FPR2 with Abeta(42) and suggest that Humanin may exert its neuroprotective effects by competitively inhibiting the access of FPRL1 to Abeta(42).
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- Guoguang Ying
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation and. Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Berra L, De Marchi L, Yu ZX, Laquerriere P, Baccarelli A, Kolobow T. Endotracheal Tubes Coated with Antiseptics Decrease Bacterial Colonization of the Ventilator Circuits, Lungs, and Endotracheal Tube. Anesthesiology 2004; 100:1446-56. [PMID: 15166564 DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200406000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Background
Formation of a bacterial biofilm within the endotracheal tube (ETT) after tracheal intubation is rapid and represents a ready source of lung bacterial colonization. The authors investigated bacterial colonization of the ventilator circuit, the ETT, and the lungs when the ETT was coated with silver-sulfadiazine and chlorhexidine in polyurethane, using no bacterial/viral filter attached to the ETT.
Methods
Sixteen sheep were randomized into two groups. Eight sheep were intubated with a standard ETT (control group), and eight were intubated with a coated ETT (study group). Animals were mechanically ventilated for 24 h. At autopsy, the authors sampled the trachea, bronchi, lobar parenchyma, and ETT for quantitative bacterial cultures. Qualitative bacterial cultures were obtained from the filter, humidifier, inspiratory and expiratory lines, and water trap. ETTs were analyzed with light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and laser scanning confocal microscopy.
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In the control group, all eight ETTs were heavily colonized (10(5)-10(8) colony-forming units [cfu]/g), forming a thick biofilm. The ventilator circuit was always colonized. Pathogenic bacteria colonized the trachea and the lungs in five of eight sheep (up to 10(9) cfu/g). In the study group, seven of eight ETTs and their ventilator circuits showed no growth, with absence of a biofilm; one ETT and the respective ventilator circuit showed low bacterial growth (10(3)-10(4) cfu/g). The trachea was colonized in three sheep, although lungs and bronchi showed no bacterial growth, except for one bronchus in one sheep.
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Coated ETTs induced a nonsignificant reduction of the tracheal colonization, eliminated (seven of eight) or reduced (one of eight) bacterial colonization of the ETT and ventilator circuits, and prevented lung bacterial colonization.
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- Lorenzo Berra
- Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Hawari FI, Rouhani FN, Cui X, Yu ZX, Buckley C, Kaler M, Levine SJ. Release of full-length 55-kDa TNF receptor 1 in exosome-like vesicles: a mechanism for generation of soluble cytokine receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:1297-302. [PMID: 14745008 PMCID: PMC337047 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0307981100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors (TNFRs) are important modulators of TNF bioactivity. Proteolytic cleavage of the 28-kDa ectodomain of TNFR1 has been recognized as the mechanism by which soluble TNFR is shed. We now describe the release of exosome-like vesicles as a mechanism for the generation of soluble, full-length 55-kDa TNFR1. We found unexpectedly that the predominant form of soluble TNFR1 in human serum and lung epithelial lining fluid is a full-length 55-kDa protein. Furthermore, supernatants from human vascular endothelial cells contain only full-length 55-kDa TNFR1 that can be sedimented by high-speed centrifugation, floated on sucrose gradients at a density of 1.1 g/ml, and associated with vesicles that range in diameter from 20 nm to 50 nm. We conclude that the release of TNFR1 exosome-like vesicles represents a previously unrecognized mechanism by which constitutive production of soluble cytokine receptors may be regulated, independent of ectodomain cleavage by receptor sheddases.
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- Feras I Hawari
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Fu YM, Yu ZX, Li YQ, Ge X, Sanchez PJ, Fu X, Meadows GG. Specific amino acid dependency regulates invasiveness and viability of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. Nutr Cancer 2003; 45:60-73. [PMID: 12791506 DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc4501_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Androgen-independent prostate cancer is resistant to therapy and is often metastatic. Here we studied the effect of deprivation of tyrosine and phenylalanine (Tyr/Phe), glutamine (Gln), or methionine (Met), in vitro on human DU145 and PC3 androgen-independent prostate cancer cells, and on nontumorigenic human infant foreskin fibroblasts and human prostate epithelial cells. Deprivation of the amino acids similarly inhibited growth of DU145 and PC3 cells, arresting the cell cycle at G0/G1. Met and Tyr/Phe deprivation induces apoptosis in DU145, but only Met deprivation induces apoptosis in PC3 cells. The growth of normal cells is inhibited, but no apoptosis is induced by amino acid deprivation. Tyr/Phe deprivation inhibits expression and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) in DU145 but not PC3 or normal cells. Met deprivation inhibits phosphorylation but not protein expression of FAK and ERK in PC3. Therefore, apoptosis of DU145 and PC3 cells by amino acid restriction is FAK and ERK dependent. Tyr/Phe and Met deprivation inhibits invasion of DU145 and PC3, but Gln deprivation only inhibits invasion of DU145 cells. This indicates that the inhibition of invasion is not dependent on induction of apoptosis. The inhibition of invasion by Tyr/Phe restriction in DU145 and Met restriction in PC3 is consistent with the inhibition on FAK/ERK signaling. The inhibition of Tyr/Phe restriction in PC3 and Gln restriction in DU145 is not associated with inhibition of FAK/ERK. This indicates that FAK/ERK-dependent and independent pathways are modulated by specific amino acid restriction. This study shows the potential for specific amino acid restriction to treat prostate cancer.
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- Ya-Min Fu
- Cancer Prevention & Research Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
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We have identified a novel form of cardiac myocyte enlargement in nonmuscle myosin heavy chain II-B (NMHC II-B) ablated mice, based on a partial failure in cytokinesis. In contrast to most cells, cardiac myocytes lack NMHC II-A, and ablation of NMHC II-B results in a heart with 70% fewer myocytes at embryonic day 14.5 (E14.5) than control mice (B+/B- and B+/B+). In addition, B-/B- cardiac myocytes show a marked increase in binucleation at E12.5, reflecting the occurrence of karyokinesis in the absence of cytokinesis. An increase in binucleation and cell size is also found in hypomorphic, homozygous mice harboring a single amino acid mutation (R709C) in the gene encoding NMHC II-B. The nonmyocytes in B-/B- hearts and homozygous mutant hearts, all of which contain NMHC II-A, do not show either of these abnormalities. B-/B- cardiac myocytes at E14.5 show a decreased bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling index compared with controls, consistent with the decrease in myocyte proliferation. This decreased BrdU labeling is not seen in nonmyocyte cells in the heart. In addition to these changes, both B-/B- mice as well as homozygous mutated mice show an increase in cyclin D2 and D3 reflecting an abnormality in earlier steps in the cell cycle. Whereas cardiac myocytes completely ablated for NMHC II-B show enlargement and binucleation, mice expressing as little as 6% of the normal amount of wild-type NMHC II-B in the heart do not show these abnormalities.
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- Kazuyo Takeda
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md 20892-1762, USA
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Jezova M, Armando I, Bregonzio C, Yu ZX, Qian S, Ferrans VJ, Imboden H, Saavedra JM. Angiotensin II AT(1) and AT(2) receptors contribute to maintain basal adrenomedullary norepinephrine synthesis and tyrosine hydroxylase transcription. Endocrinology 2003; 144:2092-101. [PMID: 12697718 DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Angiotensin II (Ang II) AT(1) receptors have been proposed to mediate the Ang II-dependent and the stress-stimulated adrenomedullary catecholamine synthesis and release. However, in this tissue, most of the Ang II receptors are of the AT(2) type. We asked the question whether AT(1) and AT(2) receptors regulate basal catecholamine synthesis. Long-term AT(1) receptor blockade decreased adrenomedullary AT(1) receptor binding, AT(2) receptor binding and AT(2) receptor protein, rat tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) mRNA, norepinephrine (NE) content, Fos-related antigen 2 (Fra-2) protein, phosphorylated cAMP response element binding protein (pCREB), and ERK2. Long-term AT(2) receptor blockade decreased AT(2) receptor binding, TH mRNA, NE content and Fra-2 protein, although not affecting AT(1) receptor binding or receptor protein, pCREB or ERK2. Angiotensin II colocalized with AT(1) and AT(2) receptors in ganglion cell bodies. AT(2) receptors were clearly localized to many, but not all, chromaffin cells. Our data support the hypothesis of an AT(1)/AT(2) receptor cross-talk in the adrenomedullary ganglion cells, and a role for both receptor types on the selective regulation of basal NE, but not epinephrine formation, and in the regulation of basal TH transcription. Whereas AT(1) and AT(2) receptors involve the Fos-related antigen Fra-2, AT(1) receptor transcriptional effects include pCREB and ERK2, indicating common as well as different regulatory mechanisms for each receptor type.
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- Miroslava Jezova
- Section on Pharmacology, Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Matsui K, Takano Y, Yu ZX, Hi JES, Stetler-Stevenson WG, Travis WD, Ferrans VJ. Immunohistochemical study of endothelin-1 and matrix metalloproteinases in plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy. Pathol Res Pract 2003; 198:403-12. [PMID: 12166897 DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 12/24/2022]
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The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and endothelin-1, a potent vasoconstrictor and mitogen for smooth muscle cells, have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of various vascular disorders. However, the expression of endothelin-1 and the activation of MMPs have not been fully evaluated in plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy (PPA). Immunohistochemical and confocal microscopic studies were conducted to evaluate the reactivity of lung tissue from six patients with pulmonary hypertension for alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), desmin, vimentin, factor VIII, endothelin-1, various types of MMPs (MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-7 and MMP-9), membrane type-MMPs (MT-MMPs), tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs), and type IV collagen. Four major arterial morphological abnormalities were recognized in PPA: muscularization of pulmonary arterioles, onion-skin lesions, cellular and mature plexiform lesions, and atheromas in elastic pulmonary arteries. Reactivity for MMP-2 and MT-1-MMP was found in endothelial cells and, to a lesser extent, in myofibroblasts proliferating in various lesions of PPA. Increased expression of endothelin-1 was observed in the latter cells and in endothelial cells. Some myofibroblasts were positive for MMP-3 and MMP-7 in the vascular lesions except for mature plexiform lesions. MMP-1, MMP-9 and TIMP-2 tended to be positive only in the atheromatous lesions. Staining for type IV collagen showed focal thinning and discontinuities of the endothelial basement membrane in plexiform lesions. This study demonstrates colocalization of MMP-2 with MT-1-MMP and increased expression of endothelin-1 in various arterial lesions of PPA. These changes may play important roles in the remodeling of arterial structures, particularly of basement membranes, in this disorder.
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- Kazuhiro Matsui
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
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González AA, Segura AM, Horiba K, Qian S, Yu ZX, Stetler-Stevenson W, Willerson JT, McAllister HA, Ferrans VJ. Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in the lesions of cardiac and pulmonary sarcoidosis: an immunohistochemical study. Hum Pathol 2002; 33:1158-64. [PMID: 12514782 DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2002.129423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 12/13/2022]
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The pathogenesis of the tissue damage and fibrosis in sarcoidosis is poorly understood. The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) must be considered in this regard, because they control the lysis of connective tissue components. Immunohistochemical studies (peroxidase and dual labeling for confocal microscopy) of reactivity for MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-7, MMP-9, and the 4 membrane-type-MMPs were made on tissues from patients with cardiac (n = 4) and pulmonary (n = 5) sarcoidosis. The granulomas were histochemically similar in both organs. The multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) showed moderate reactivity for MMP-1 and MMP-9 and variable reactivity for MMP-2 and MMP-3; in addition, they showed colocalization of MT-1-MMP, which activates MMP-2. The reactivity of epithelioid cells (ECs) was moderate for MMP-2 and mild for other MMPs. Macrophages showed weaker reactivity for MMPs than did MGCs and ECs. All 3 types of cells showed very low reactivity for TIMPs. Staining for type IV collagen showed focal damage to the basement membranes of cardiac myocytes and pulmonary alveoli near the granulomas. The cells in sarcoid granulomas contain an abundance of MMPs and a paucity of TIMPs. The MGCs also contain MT-1-MMP and thus can activate MMP-2 in the granulomas. The MMPs can cause damage to adjacent cardiac myocytes and pulmonary alveoli, leading to the interstitial fibrosis produced by sarcoidosis.
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- A Adrián González
- Pathology Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1518, USA
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Hu Q, Yu ZX, Ferrans VJ, Takeda K, Irani K, Ziegelstein RC. Critical role of NADPH oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species in generating Ca2+ oscillations in human aortic endothelial cells stimulated by histamine. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:32546-51. [PMID: 12093794 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201550200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence that intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a role in cell signaling and that the NADPH oxidase is a major source of ROS in endothelial cells. At low concentrations, agonist stimulation of membrane receptors generates intracellular ROS and repetitive oscillations of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in human endothelial cells. The present study was performed to examine whether ROS are important in the generation or maintenance of [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations in human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC) stimulated by histamine. Histamine (1 microm) increased the fluorescence of 2',7'-dihydrodichlorofluorescin diacetate in HAEC, an indicator of ROS production. This was partially inhibited by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium (DPI, 10 microm), by the farnesyltransferase inhibitor H-Ampamb-Phe-Met-OH (2 microm), and in HAEC transiently expressing Rac1(N17), a dominant negative allele of the protein Rac1, which is essential for NADPH oxidase activity. In indo 1-loaded HAEC, 1 microm histamine triggered [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations that were blocked by DPI or H-Ampamb-Phe-Met-OH. Histamine-stimulated [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations were not observed in HAEC lacking functional Rac1 protein but were observed when transfected cells were simultaneously exposed to a low concentration of hydrogen peroxide (10 microm), which by itself did not alter either [Ca(2+)](i) or levels of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins-1,4,5-P(3)). Thus, histamine generates ROS in HAEC at least partially via NADPH oxidase activation. NADPH oxidase-derived ROS are critical to the generation of [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations in HAEC during histamine stimulation, perhaps by increasing the sensitivity of the endoplasmic reticulum to Ins-1,4,5-P(3).
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- Qinghua Hu
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Kumaki F, Takeda K, Yu ZX, Moss J, Ferrans VJ. Expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 166:187-91. [PMID: 12119231 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2105045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Telomerase synthesizes nucleotide hexameric repeats (telomeres) at the ends of chromosomes, replacing base sequences that are lost from these sites during each mitotic cycle and protecting these ends against the action of exonucleases and ligases. Therefore, telomerase is essential for maintaining cellular replication. To evaluate the role of telomerase in the proliferation of abnormal smooth muscle cells (lymphangioleiomyomatosis [LAM] cells) in LAM, we performed immunostaining and in situ hybridization studies to identify telomerase protein and messenger RNA (mRNA), respectively, in pulmonary (n = 18) and extrapulmonary (n = 4) lesions from 22 women with LAM (14 untreated and 8 treated with progesterone or tamoxifen). Immunoreactivity and hybridization signals for telomerase were observed in 5 to 20% of LAM cells, mostly of the spindle-shaped type, in 21 of the 22 patients, and were less intense in the treated group. Other types of cells were unreactive in both groups. Telomerase colocalized in the same cells with alpha-smooth muscle actin, but only rarely with HMB-45 antibody (a marker for epithelioid LAM cells); colocalization with proliferating cell nuclear antigen was incomplete. The telomerase-positive LAM cells may constitute the sources of renewal of LAM cells. Modulation of telomerase may be involved in the control of LAM cell proliferation.
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- Fumiyuki Kumaki
- Pathology Section and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Hasinoff BB, Takeda K, Ferrans VJ, Yu ZX. The doxorubicin cardioprotective agent dexrazoxane (ICRF-187) induces endopolyploidy in rat neonatal myocytes through inhibition of DNA topoisomerase II. Anticancer Drugs 2002; 13:255-8. [PMID: 11984069 DOI: 10.1097/00001813-200203000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Dexrazoxane (ICRF-187), which is clinically used to reduce doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, is also a potent catalytic inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase II. In this study we showed that dexrazoxane inhibited the division of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes in culture, and resulted in nuclear multilobulation (demonstrated by three-dimensional reconstruction of confocal images) and marked increases in nuclear size and DNA ploidy levels (as shown by flow cytometry). It was concluded that dexrazoxane interfered with cell division in cardiac myocytes by virtue of its ability to inhibit topoisomerase II.
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- Brian B Hasinoff
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Virador VM, Muller J, Wu X, Abdel-Malek ZA, Yu ZX, Ferrans VJ, Kobayashi N, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Hammer JA, Hearing VJ. Influence of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and ultraviolet radiation on the transfer of melanosomes to keratinocytes. FASEB J 2002; 16:105-7. [PMID: 11729101 DOI: 10.1096/fj.01-0518fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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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The epidermal melanin unit in human skin is composed of melanocytes and keratinocytes. Melanocytes, located in the basal layer of the epidermis, manufacture melanin-loaded organelles called melanosomes. Through their dendritic processes, melanocytes distribute melanosomes to neighboring keratinocytes, where their presence confers to the skin its characteristic color and photoprotective properties. In this study, we used murine melanocytes and keratinocytes alone and in coculture to characterize the processes involved in melanosome transfer. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation induced an accumulation of melanosomes in melanocytes, whereas treatment with a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) induced exocytosis of melanosomes accompanied by ruffling of the melanocyte membrane. We found that keratinocytes phagocytose melanosomes and latex beads equally well and that this phagocytic process was increased by exposure of keratinocytes to UV radiation or to MSH. Coculture of melanocytes and keratinocytes resulted in an increase in MSH released to the medium. Gene array analysis of MSH-treated melanocytes showed up-regulation of many genes associated with exocytosis. In our studies, we never observed cytophagocytosis of melanosome-filled processes. This result, together with the other findings, suggests that a combination of signals that increase melanosome production and release by melanocytes and that stimulate phagocytosis by keratinocytes are the most relevant mechanisms involved in skin tanning.
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- Victoria M Virador
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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