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Anderson SL, Singh B. Equine neutrophils and their role in ischemia reperfusion injury and lung inflammation. Cell Tissue Res 2018; 371:639-648. [PMID: 29335779 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-017-2770-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Horses are susceptible to a multitude of inflammatory conditions that are characterized by a strong neutrophilic response. Here, we review basic equine neutrophil biology and explore the role of neutrophils in inflammatory conditions with emphasis on intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury and lung inflammation. In addition, unique aspects of equine neutrophil biology have been highlighted. Neutrophils comprise the highest proportion of circulating white blood cells in equine blood. The concentration of circulating equine neutrophils is a primary indicator of systemic inflammation. Additionally, equine neutrophils exposed to various stimulants develop "toxic" changes characterized as cytoplasmic basophilia, presence of Döhle bodies, cytoplasmic vacuolation and toxic granulation. In contrast to human neutrophils, equine neutrophils fail to undergo chemotaxis in response to the peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine and are dependent on the addition of arachidonic acid due to reduced activity of phospholipase A2 to synthesize leukotrienes as part of the arachidonic acid pathway. Understanding the biologic function of neutrophils in horses is integral to developing methods to modulate inflammation associated with ischemia reperfusion injury and lung disease.
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- Stacy L Anderson
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, TN, 37752, USA.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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Brazil TJ, Dixon PM, Haslett C, Murray J, McGorum BC. Constitutive apoptosis in equine peripheral blood neutrophils in vitro. Vet J 2014; 202:536-42. [PMID: 25239298 PMCID: PMC4274315 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Equine peripheral blood neutrophils underwent spontaneous time-dependent constitutive apoptosis when aged in culture for up to 36 h. Equine neutrophils undergoing apoptosis develop the structural and functional features of apoptosis observed in many cell types, including human neutrophils. Neutrophils undergoing apoptosis had diminished zymosan activated serum-stimulated chemiluminescence, but maintained responsiveness to phorbol myristate acetate. The constitutive rate of neutrophil apoptosis was promoted by lipopolysaccharide, tumour necrosis factor α and phagocytosis of opsonised ovine erythrocytes, while it was inhibited by dexamethasone and ZAS (a source of C5a). Equine and human neutrophil apoptosis differed in terms of responses to lipopolysaccharide and in the time-dependence of the response to dexamethasone.
The aim of this study was to characterise constitutive apoptosis in equine peripheral blood neutrophils, including assessment of factors that potentially modulate neutrophil survival through alteration of the rate of constitutive apoptosis. Cells underwent spontaneous time-dependent constitutive apoptosis when aged in culture for up to 36 h, developing the structural and functional features of apoptosis observed in many cell types, including human neutrophils. Neutrophils undergoing apoptosis also had diminished zymosan activated serum (ZAS)-stimulated chemiluminescence, but maintained responsiveness to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). The constitutive rate of equine neutrophil apoptosis was promoted by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumour necrosis factor α and phagocytosis of opsonised ovine erythrocytes, while it was inhibited by dexamethasone and ZAS (a source of C5a). Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe, leukotriene B4, platelet activating factor and PMA had no demonstrable effect on equine neutrophil apoptosis. There was a difference between equine and human neutrophil apoptosis in response to LPS and the time-dependence of the response to dexamethasone.
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- Timothy J Brazil
- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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- Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Rayne Laboratory, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
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de Araújo Lopes A, Magalhães TR, de Andrade Uchôa DE, Silveira ER, Azzolini AECS, Kabeya LM, Lucisano-Valim YM, Vasconcelos SMM, de Barros Viana GS, Leal LKAM. Afrormosin, an Isoflavonoid from Amburana cearensis A. C. Smith, Modulates the Inflammatory Response of Stimulated Human Neutrophils. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2013; 113:363-9. [PMID: 23815171 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Isoflavones are phytoestrogens known by their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and immunomodulatory properties. Presently, there is no information on whether afrormosin, an isoflavone from Amburana cearensis A.C. Smith (Fabaceae), has some effect on the inflammatory response from stimulated human neutrophils. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potentials of afrormosin on human neutrophils. Neutrophils (2.5 × 10(6) cells/mL) were incubated with afrormosin (3.35-335.2 μM) prepared from a product isolated from Amburana cearensis A.C. Smith with a 78.5% degree of purity and stimulated by the addition of cytochalasin B and N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) or phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA). Afrormosin inhibited the neutrophil degranulation induced by fMLP (10.47-335.2 μM) or PMA (0.33-167.6 μM), myeloperoxidase activity (3.3-335.2 μM), TNF-α secretion (16.7-335.2 μM) and the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation (16.7-335.2 μM). On the other hand, afrormosin did not show any effect either on elastase or as a free radical scavenger. These data suggest that afrormosin modulates intermediary steps of the neutrophil ROS generation process. In addition, the modulatory effect of afrormosin on human neutrophil degranulation seems to be directed towards PMA-induced activation, indicating a potent inhibition of the protein kinase C activity. This study provided evidence, for the first time, to support the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of afrormosin, creating novel insights into the pharmacological actions of this natural isoflavone.
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- Amanda de Araújo Lopes
- Center for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Studies, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Odontology and Nursing, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Center for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Studies, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Odontology and Nursing, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Studies, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Odontology and Nursing, Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil
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Aktan Í, Dunkel B, Cunningham F. Equine platelets inhibit E. coli growth and can be activated by bacterial lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid although superoxide anion production does not occur and platelet activation is not associated with enhanced production by neutrophils. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2013; 152:209-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Minguet G, de la Rebière G, Franck T, Joris J, Serteyn D, Sandersen C. Sevoflurane inhibits equine myeloperoxidase release and activity in vitro. Vet Anaesth Analg 2013; 40:166-75. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2012.00786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ceusters JD, Serteyn DA, Minguet G, de la Rebière de Pouyade G, Romainville J, Deby-Dupont GP, Mouithys-Mickalad AA, Franck TJ. An in vitro whole blood model to test the effects of different stimuli conditions on the release of myeloperoxidase and elastase by equine neutrophils. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2012; 150:221-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Echigoya Y, Morita S, Itou T, Sakai T. Effects of extracellular lactate on production of reactive oxygen species by equine polymorphonuclear leukocytes in vitro. Am J Vet Res 2012; 73:1290-8. [DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.73.8.1290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lavoie-Lamoureux A, Beauchamp G, Quessy S, Martin JG, Lavoie JP. Systemic inflammation and priming of peripheral blood leukocytes persist during clinical remission in horses with heaves. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2012; 146:35-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Revised: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Bordin AI, Liu M, Nerren JR, Buntain SL, Brake CN, Kogut MH, Cohen ND. Neutrophil function of neonatal foals is enhanced in vitro by CpG oligodeoxynucleotide stimulation. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2011; 145:290-7. [PMID: 22197007 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rhodococcus equi is an intracellular bacterium that causes pneumonia in foals and immunocompromised adult horses. Evidence exists that foals become infected with R. equi early in life, a period when innate immune responses are critically important for protection against infection. Neutrophils are innate immune cells that play a key role in defense against this bacterium. Enhancing neutrophil function during early life could thus help to protect foals against R. equi infection. The objective of our study was to determine whether in vitro incubation with the TLR9 agonist CpG 2142 would enhance degranulation and gene expression of cytokines and Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) by neutrophils collected from foals at 2, 14, and 56 days of life, and to determine whether these stimulated responses varied among ages. Neutrophil degranulation was enhanced at all ages by in vitro stimulation with either CpG alone, R. equi alone, or in combination with either R. equi or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) (P<0.05), but not by in vitro stimulation with fMLP alone. There were no significant differences among ages in CpG-induced cytokine expression, except for IL-12p40, which was induced more at 56 days of age than on days 2 or 14. Collapsing data across ages, CpG 2142 significantly (P<0.05) increased IL-6 and IL-17 mRNA expression. We concluded that in vitro stimulation of foal neutrophils with CpG enhances their function by promoting degranulation and inducing mRNA expression of IL-6 and IL-17, regardless of age.
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- Angela I Bordin
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4475, USA
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Pickles KJ, Brooks AC, Rickards KJ, Cunningham FM. Expression of annexin-1 in equine leucocytes and the effects of the N-terminal annexin-1 peptide, Ac2-26, on equine neutrophil superoxide production. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2010; 135:226-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Revised: 12/01/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Franck T, Kohnen S, de la Rebière G, Deby-Dupont G, Deby C, Niesten A, Serteyn D. Activation of equine neutrophils by phorbol myristate acetate or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine induces a different response in reactive oxygen species production and release of active myeloperoxidase. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2009; 130:243-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Revised: 02/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kaufmann I, Schachtner T, Feuerecker M, Schelling G, Thiel M, Choukèr A. Parabolic flight primes cytotoxic capabilities of polymorphonuclear leucocytes in humans. Eur J Clin Invest 2009; 39:723-8. [PMID: 19473213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02136.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previously performed in vitro studies suggested that gravitational stress may alter functions of immune cells. This study investigated the in vivo effects of parabolic flight manoeuvres as a short-term model of micro- and hypergravity on the cytotoxic and microbicidal polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) functions as the key element of innate immunity. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-one healthy male volunteers underwent 30 subsequent parabolic flight manoeuvres. Each manoeuvre produced 22-s periods of nearly weightlessness close to <<0g>>, with each parabola starting with a pull-up and ending with a pull-out (hypergravity) at 1.8 g for about 20 s each. Blood samples were drawn 24 h prior to take off (T0), after 25-30 parabolas (T1), and 24 h (T2) and 48 h (T3) after flight for determination of (i) leucocyte number and subpopulations, (ii) PMNs' capabilities to produce hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and to adhere and phagocytose particles and (iii) plasma cytokines known to prime PMN functions [interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)]. RESULTS Parabolic flight induced an increase in leucocyte number with a significant elevation of the PMN fraction. The spontaneous H(2)O(2) production by PMNs did not change; however, the capability of PMNs to produce H(2)O(2) in response to soluble stimuli [N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP), fMLP and TNF-alpha, calcium ionophore (A23187), phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)] was increased. Adhesive and phagocytic properties of PMNs were not altered. Regarding priming cytokines, IL-8 and G-CSF were significantly elevated. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that parabolic flight induces priming of the cytotoxic capabilities of PMNs without affecting microbicidal functions.
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- I Kaufmann
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, Munich, Germany
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Deaton CM, Marlin DJ, Smith NC, Harris PA, Dagleish MP, Schroter RC, Kelly FJ. EFFECT OF ACUTE AIRWAY INFLAMMATION ON THE PULMONARY ANTIOXIDANT STATUS. Exp Lung Res 2009; 31:653-70. [PMID: 16203621 DOI: 10.1080/01902140591007092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Effects of acute airway inflammation induced by organic dust inhalation on pulmonary antioxidant status were investigated in healthy horses and horses affected by recurrent airway obstruction. Exposure to organic dust induced acute airway neutrophilia, which was associated with increases in elastase and decreases in ascorbic acid concentrations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. However, markers of oxidative stress were unaffected, as was hydrogen peroxide in breath condensate. Decreases in ascorbic acid correlated with increased respiratory resistance (P = .001) when both groups were combined. In conclusion, acute neutrophilic airway inflammation does not result in significant evidence of oxidative stress in horses affected by recurrent airway obstruction.
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- Christopher M Deaton
- Centre for Equine Studies, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Suffolk, UK.
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Nakata M, Otsubo K, Kikuchi T, Itou T, Sakai T. Chemotactic properties and absence of the formyl peptide receptor in ferret (Mustela putorius furo) neutrophils. Res Vet Sci 2009; 88:56-60. [PMID: 19539964 PMCID: PMC7111775 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Revised: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study describes a chemotaxis assay of ferret polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs). The optimal conditions for this chemotaxis assay were investigated for three chemoattractants: zymosan activated serum (ZAS), recombinant human interleukin-8 (rhIL-8) and N-formyl-Met-Leu- Phe (fMLF). In this study, ferret polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) reacted to ZAS and rhIL-8, but not fMLF. The optimal concentration of ZAS and rhIL-8 were 5% and 100 ng/ml, respectively. The optimal incubation time of each reagent was 60 min. Due to the lack of response shown from fMLF, the existence of formyl peptide receptors (FPR) on ferret PMNs was investigated by evaluating FPR binding using flow cytometry. The receptor was not detected, implying that ferret neutrophils may lack FPR. This study confirms the fundamental experimental conditions for ferret PMNs chemotaxis and elucidates new findings concerning FPR in ferret neutrophils.
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- Makoto Nakata
- Nihon University, Veterinary Research Center, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan.
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Ye RD, Boulay F, Wang JM, Dahlgren C, Gerard C, Parmentier M, Serhan CN, Murphy PM. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIII. Nomenclature for the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) family. Pharmacol Rev 2009; 61:119-61. [PMID: 19498085 DOI: 10.1124/pr.109.001578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 595] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) are a small group of seven-transmembrane domain, G protein-coupled receptors that are expressed mainly by mammalian phagocytic leukocytes and are known to be important in host defense and inflammation. The three human FPRs (FPR1, FPR2/ALX, and FPR3) share significant sequence homology and are encoded by clustered genes. Collectively, these receptors bind an extraordinarily numerous and structurally diverse group of agonistic ligands, including N-formyl and nonformyl peptides of different composition, that chemoattract and activate phagocytes. N-formyl peptides, which are encoded in nature only by bacterial and mitochondrial genes and result from obligatory initiation of bacterial and mitochondrial protein synthesis with N-formylmethionine, is the only ligand class common to all three human receptors. Surprisingly, the endogenous anti-inflammatory peptide annexin 1 and its N-terminal fragments also bind human FPR1 and FPR2/ALX, and the anti-inflammatory eicosanoid lipoxin A4 is an agonist at FPR2/ALX. In comparison, fewer agonists have been identified for FPR3, the third member in this receptor family. Structural and functional studies of the FPRs have produced important information for understanding the general pharmacological principles governing all leukocyte chemoattractant receptors. This article aims to provide an overview of the discovery and pharmacological characterization of FPRs, to introduce an International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)-recommended nomenclature, and to discuss unmet challenges, including the mechanisms used by these receptors to bind diverse ligands and mediate different biological functions.
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- Richard D Ye
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 835 South Wolcott Avenue, M/C 868, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
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Sun WC, Moore JN, Hurley DJ, Vandenplas ML, Murray TF. Effects of stimulation of adenosine A2A receptors on lipopolysaccharide-induced production of reactive oxygen species by equine neutrophils. Am J Vet Res 2007; 68:649-56. [PMID: 17542699 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.6.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the anti-inflammatory effects of an adenosine analogue on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated equine neutrophils. SAMPLE POPULATION Neutrophils obtained from 10 healthy horses. PROCEDURES An adenosine analogue (5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine [NECA]) was tested for its ability to inhibit production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in LPS-stimulated equine neutrophils. Selective adenosine receptor antagonists were used to identify the receptor subtype responsible for effects. To assess the mechanism of action of NECA, cAMP concentrations were measured, and effects of dibutyryl cAMP (a stable analogue of cAMP) and rolipram (a type 4 phosphodiesterase inhibitor) were investigated. RESULTS NECA elicited concentration-dependent inhibition of ROS production that was inhibited by ZM241385, a selective adenosine A(2A) receptor antagonist; this effect of NECA was not affected by the adenosine A(2B) receptor antagonist MRS1706. Also, ZM241385 blocked NECA-induced increases in cAMP concentrations, whereas MRS1706 did not alter this effect of NECA. Rolipram potentiated NECA-induced inhibition of ROS production, and dibutyryl cAMP also inhibited ROS production. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Activation of adenosine A(2A) receptors inhibited ROS production by LPS-stimulated equine neutrophils in a cAMP-dependent manner. These results suggest that stable adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists may be developed as suitable anti-inflammatory drugs in horses.
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- Wan-chun Sun
- Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Brazil TJ, Dagleish MP, McGorum BC, Dixon PM, Haslett C, Chilvers ER. Kinetics of pulmonary neutrophil recruitment and clearance in a natural and spontaneously resolving model of airway inflammation. Clin Exp Allergy 2006; 35:854-65. [PMID: 16008670 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02231.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neutrophil apoptosis and phagocytic clearance have been proposed as key determinants affecting the resolution of airway inflammation. Objective To determine the kinetics of neutrophil priming, recruitment, activation and subsequent clearance in a naturally occurring equine disease model of neutrophilic pulmonary inflammation. METHODS AND RESULTS A 5 h mouldy hay/straw challenge in hypersensitive horses induced transient pulmonary dysfunction lasting 4 days. At 24 h circulating neutrophils were primed and displayed delayed rates of spontaneous apoptosis in vitro. Neutrophil numbers in the airspaces peaked at 5 h and then fell abruptly, returning to pre-challenge levels by 4 days. Airspace neutrophils demonstrated increased respiratory burst activity compared with circulating cells and equine neutrophil elastase 2A concentrations increased in parallel with neutrophil numbers indicating in vivo priming and degranulation. The number of apoptotic neutrophils and proportion of alveolar macrophages containing phagocytosed apoptotic neutrophils increased significantly at 24 h and 4 days post-challenge corresponding to the period of most rapid neutrophil clearance. CONCLUSION This is the first demonstration of spontaneous neutrophil apoptosis and phagocytic removal in a natural disease model of airway inflammation and provides critical kinetic data to support the hypothesis that this clearance pathway plays a central role in the resolution of neutrophilic inflammation.
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- T J Brazil
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Research in Comparative Respiratory Medicine, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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López-Hurtado M, Flores-Medina S, Díaz-García FJ, Guerra-Infante FM. Partial characterization of phagocytic activity in neutrophils of the nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2005; 106:269-75. [PMID: 15913787 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2005.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2004] [Revised: 02/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Though the armadillo is important as a research model in leprosy studies, the activity of armadillo's neutrophils is an aspect of little research. The aim of this study was carried out to partially characterize the chemotaxis, endocytosis and bacteriocidal ability of the neutrophils found in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Results showed that the chemotactic activity of the neutrophils, evaluated by the movement of the neutrophils through a nitrocellulose membrane (5 microm) in response to a chemo-attractive substance, was greater towards the armadillo serum (5.16+/-1.35 migration index, p<0.05) than towards the formil methionyl leucil phenylalanine (fMLP, 1.43+/-0.18 migration index) or human serum (0.56+/-0.18 migration index). Regarding endocytic capacity of the neutrophils and the monocytes against Escherichia coli was evaluated by a flow cytometry and using opsonized and non-opsonized E. coli-FITC at the following incubation times: 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 min. The largest percentage of endocytosis by the neutrophils was 92.32+/-0.12% with opsonized bacteria and 77.73+/-14.33% with non-opsonized bacteria at 10 min incubation time, while the largest percentage of endocytosis by monocytes was 89.94+/-1.40% with opsonized bacteria and 73.07+/-15.6% with non-opsonized bacteria at 20 min incubation time. Evaluation of the bacteriocidal capacity of neutrophils using the methyl-thiazol-tetrazolium salts (MTT) reduction color-measurement assay showed an 89.0+/-10% mortality rate of non-opsonized E. coli and 89.0+10% of opsonized E. coli. In conclusion, the armadillo neutrophils show a good phagocytosis and bacteriocidal activity; however, a deficiency in the migration towards the fMLP was observed. This deficiency could be a cause so that the armadillo neutrophils do not respond quickly to invading microorganism.
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- Marcela López-Hurtado
- Laboratorio de Microbiología Veterinaria de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del IPN, Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, México City, C.P. 11340, Mexico
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Gilli UO, Schneider MKJ, Loetscher P, Seebach JD. Human polymorphonuclear neutrophils are recruited by porcine chemokines acting on CXC chemokine receptor 2, and platelet-activating factor. Transplantation 2005; 79:1324-31. [PMID: 15912099 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000155429.44902.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pig-to-human xenotransplantation is hampered by strong humoral and cellular immune responses, including acute vascular rejection (AVR). Infiltration of vascular xenografts by recipient polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) is an early feature of AVR. Since little is known about the initiation of PMN recruitment, the present study investigated whether activated porcine endothelial cells (EC) release factors that induce human PMN recruitment. METHODS Primary and immortalized porcine aortic EC cultures were stimulated with phorbol-myristate acetate/ionomycin, lipopolysaccharide, tumor-necrosis factor-alpha, or interferon-gamma. The interleukin (IL)-8 concentration of porcine EC supernatants was tested by ELISA. Human and porcine PMN were isolated from peripheral blood by Ficoll sedimentation and centrifugation, characterized by morphology and flow cytometry, and analyzed for chemotaxis using Boyden chambers or Transwells. PMN chemokine receptor desensitization was determined by intracellular calcium-flux measurements. RESULTS Porcine EC supernatants contained significant amounts of porcine IL-8 and triggered chemotaxis in both human and porcine PMN. Chemotaxis of porcine, but not human, PMN was inhibited by anti-porcine IL-8 antibodies and recombinant porcine IL-8 induced strong chemotaxis only in porcine PMN. Porcine EC supernatants desensitized human PMN CXC-chemokine receptor (CXCR) 2, but not CXCR1, a receptor for human IL-8. Human PMN chemotaxis induced by porcine EC supernatants was significantly inhibited by blocking CXCR2 and platelet-activating factor (PAF). CONCLUSIONS Both chemokines acting via CXCR2 and PAF are released by porcine EC inducing efficient chemotaxis of human PMN. These mechanisms responsible for the recruitment of human PMN to porcine endothelium during cell-mediated rejection of xenografts represent potential targets for preventive strategies.
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- Urs O Gilli
- Laboratory for Transplantation Immunology, Department for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lindberg A, Robinson NE, Näsman-Glaser B, Jensen-Waern M, Lindgren JA. Assessment of leukotriene B4 production in leukocytes from horses with recurrent airway obstruction. Am J Vet Res 2004; 65:289-95. [PMID: 15027674 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the ex vivo leukotriene (LT) biosynthesis in peripheral blood neutrophils (PBNs) and inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) obtained from horses affected with recurrent airway obstruction (RAO). ANIMALS 6 RAO-affected and 6 control horses. PROCEDURES Before and 6, 24, and 48 hours after stabling, disease severity was determined subjectively by clinical and mucus scores and measurement of the maximal change in pleural pressure (deltaPpl(max)); PBNs were isolated and BALF samples were examined cytologically. The PBN and BALF cells were activated with a calcium ionophore in the presence of arachidonic acid, and production of LTC4 and LTB4 was measured per 10(6) cells. RESULTS Clinical and mucus scores and deltaPpl(max) increased during stabling in RAO-affected horses, but not in control horses. In neutrophils and BALF cells from both groups, production of LTB4 exceeded that of LTC4. At all times, LTB4 production by PBNs was less in RAO-affected horses than it was in control horses. Before stabling, LTB4 production by cells in BALF was low in RAO-affected horses, but increased considerably after 6 hours of stabling. This increase coincided with the migration of neutrophils into the airways. In control horses, production of LTB4 did not change during stabling. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results suggested increased production of LTB4 in airways of RAO-affected horses, compared with control horses, that may contribute to the infiltration of neutrophils into the lungs and the sustained inflammation associated with RAO.
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- Asa Lindberg
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Foster AP, Cunningham FM. Substance P induces activation, adherence and migration of equine eosinophils. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2003; 26:131-8. [PMID: 12667183 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2885.2003.00453.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The tachykinin, substance P (SP), affects eosinophil function by direct and indirect mechanisms and has been shown to cause equine eosinophils to adhere to vascular endothelium and to release cytokines that increase cell adherence. The aim of this study was to determine whether SP could act directly on equine eosinophils in vitro. Eosinophil activation was also compared in cells from normal ponies and those with insect hypersensitivity as SP may be released in the skin of hypersensitive animals. SP caused equine eosinophils to adhere, migrate and produce superoxide, although high concentrations were required to produce these effects [10 +/- 2% adherence, 45 +/- 20 cells/0.3 mm2 and 48 +/- 7 nmol (of reduced cytochrome C)/106 cells, respectively, at 3 x 10-4 m]. That the 7-11, but not the 1-7, amino acid fragment of SP caused superoxide production, suggested the effects of SP were receptor mediated. Eosinophils from hypersensitive ponies produced more superoxide in response to SP, but not phorbol myristate acetate or histamine, over the concentration range tested when compared with cells from normal ponies. The data obtained in this study suggest that although SP can directly activate equine eosinophils, in view of the high concentrations required, such actions may be of less relevance physiologically than other SP-mediated effects.
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- A P Foster
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
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Dagleish MP, Brazil TJ, Scudamore CL. Potentiation of the extracellular release of equine neutrophil elastase and alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor by a combination of two bacterial cell wall components: fMLP and LPS. Equine Vet J 2003; 35:35-9. [PMID: 12553460 DOI: 10.2746/042516403775467496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-like peptides are Gram-negative bacterial cell wall components which, when released into the peripheral circulation in endotoxaemia, have the potential to activate leucocytes. In vitro, equine neutrophils require priming with LPS in order to generate reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) in response to fMLP. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine whether the release of other neutrophil products is similarly dependent on prior priming with LPS. In particular, neutrophil elastase (NE), a potent proteolytic enzyme, and its major inhibitor, alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor, were investigated. METHODS Neutrophils were isolated from equine peripheral blood (n = 5) by discontinuous Percoll gradient preparative centrifugation and primed with LPS prior to stimulation with fMLP. ROI were measured by lucigenin dependent chemiluminescence (LDCL). Concentrations of NE and API were determined by ELISA on cell free supernatants taken at 0, 2, 10, 30, 60 and 90 mins post stimulus. Data was analysed by Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney Tests. RESULTS Sequential exposure of Percoll purified equine blood neutrophils in vitro to LPS followed by fMLP resulted in the greatest release of NE from equine neutrophils and was required for ROI generation. However, LPS or fMLP stimulation alone resulted in an increase in NE release compared to unstimulated control cells. In contrast, significant API release was only induced by LPS stimulation or fMLP stimulation only after LPS priming, not fMLP on its own. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that different stimuli (fMLP or LPS) are capable of invoking similar responses from equine neutrophils with respect to NE release yet different ones with respect to API release. POTENTIAL RELEVANCE In addition, demonstration of elastase release induced by LPS and/or fMLP suggests that monitoring serum elastase levels is a potential diagnostic tool for detecting the early onset of endotoxaemia in the horse.
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- M P Dagleish
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Research in Comparative Respiratory Medicine and Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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Cui Y, Le Y, Yazawa H, Gong W, Wang JM. Potential role of the formyl peptide receptor‐like 1 (FPRL1) in inflammatory aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. J Leukoc Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.72.4.628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Youhong Cui
- Biochemistry Section, Lanzhou Military Medical University, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China; and
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland and
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- Intramural Research Support Program, SAIC Frederick, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland and
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced activation of equine neutrophils in blood. SAMPLE POPULATION Blood samples from 5 healthy adult Thoroughbreds. PROCEDURES Neutrophil integrin (CD11/CD18) expression, size variation, degranulation, and deformability were measured with and without incubation with LPS. Time and concentration studies were done. The mechanism of endotoxin-induced neutrophil activation was investigated by inactivating complement or preincubating neutrophils with inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) synthesis, prostaglandin-leukotriene synthesis, or platelet-activating factor. RESULTS Incubation of equine neutrophils with LPS increased cell surface expression of CD11/CD18, decreased neutrophil deformability, increased and decreased neutrophil size, and induced neutrophil degranulation. The LPS-induced neutrophil activation was attenuated by addition of inhibitors of TNF-alpha and prostaglandin-leukotriene synthesis. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Equine neutrophils are readily activated in vitro by LPS, resulting in increased expression of integrin adhesion molecules, decreased deformability, variation in neutrophil size, and degranulation. The tests used to detect activated neutrophils in this study may be useful in detecting in vivo neutrophil activation in horses with sepsis and endotoxemia.
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- Douglas J Weiss
- Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul 55108, USA
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Lawler DF, Brazil TJ, Dagleish MP, Watson ED. Chemoattractant properties of conditioned medium from equine corpora lutea collected at various stages of the oestrous cycle. Equine Vet J 2002; 34:279-82. [PMID: 12108747 DOI: 10.2746/042516402776186092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study investigated the chemotactic activity of equine CL at different stages of the oestrous cycle. The purpose of this was to ascertain whether luteal tissue itself contributes to the massive influx of leucocytes around the time of natural and induced luteal regression. Corpora lutea were collected at different stages of dioestrus and after treatment with PGF2alpha. Culture medium harvested after incubation of luteal tissue for 20 h was chemotactic for both polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cells in late dioestrus (before functional regression) as well as after natural and induced luteal regression. By contrast, midluteal tissue showed no chemotactic activity. This is the first report of the ability of equine luteal tissue actively to recruit inflammatory cells in vitro and supports our earlier findings that this infiltration starts prior to functional luteolysis. We hypothesise that this early influx of inflammatory cells may play an active role in luteal regression. Further research is needed to identify the specific chemotactic factor(s).
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- D F Lawler
- University of Edinburgh, Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK
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Cui YH, Le Y, Gong W, Proost P, Van Damme J, Murphy WJ, Wang JM. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide selectively up-regulates the function of the chemotactic peptide receptor formyl peptide receptor 2 in murine microglial cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:434-42. [PMID: 11751990 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.1.434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Receptors for the bacterial chemotactic peptide fMLP are implicated in inflammation and host defense against microbial infection. We investigated the expression and function of fMLPR in microglial cells, which share characteristics of mononuclear phagocytes and play an important role in proinflammatory responses in the CNS. The expression of the genes encoding formyl peptide receptor (FPR)1 and FPR2, the high- and low-affinity fMLPR, was detected in a murine microglial cell line N9, but these cells did not respond to chemotactic agonists known for these receptors. N9 cells incubated with bacterial LPS increased the expression of fMLPR genes and developed a species of specific, but low-affinity, binding sites for fMLP, in association with marked calcium mobilization and chemotaxis responses to fMLP in a concentration range that typically activated the low-affinity receptor FPR2. In addition, LPS-treated N9 cells were chemoattracted by two FPR2-specific agonists, the HIV-1 envelope-derived V3 peptide, and the 42 aa form of the amyloid beta peptide which is a pathogenic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Primary murine microglial cells also expressed FPR1 and FPR2 genes, but similar to N9 cells, exhibited FPR2-mediated activation only after LPS treatment. In contrast to its effect on the function of FPR2, LPS reduced N9 cell binding and biological responses to the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha. Thus, LPS selectively modulates the function of chemoattractant receptors in microglia and may promote host response in inflammatory diseases in the CNS.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections/immunology
- Chemotactic Factors/pharmacology
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Inflammation/immunology
- Kinetics
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Microglia/cytology
- Microglia/drug effects
- Microglia/immunology
- N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine/pharmacology
- Protein Isoforms/agonists
- Protein Isoforms/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Formyl Peptide
- Receptors, Immunologic/agonists
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, Peptide/agonists
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
- Receptors, Peptide/physiology
- Up-Regulation
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- You-Hong Cui
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Building 560, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Marr KA, Lees P, Cunningham FM. Antigen challenge increases adherence of circulating neutrophils in horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Equine Vet J 2002; 34:65-70. [PMID: 11817553 DOI: 10.2746/042516402776181231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Activation of circulating neutrophils has been observed following challenge of horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and may facilitate the accumulation of these cells in the airways. In this study, no significant difference was observed between adherence to protein coated plastic of blood neutrophils from asymptomatic COPD-susceptible and normal horses stimulated by the mediators PAF, human recombinant (hr)IL-8 and hrC5a. Twenty-four hours after the start of a 7 h antigen challenge, adherence of unstimulated neutrophils from COPD-susceptible horses increased from 2.5 (0.5-4.1)% and 3.4 (0.6-6.6)% to 19.6 (16.9-20.3)% and 21.8 (10.6-23.1)% adherence for cells in medium containing 0.1% or 0.2% BSA, respectively; (median [range]; n = 4). Adherence of cells from normal horses remained unchanged. Addition of an anti-CD18 monoclonal antibody, H20A, inhibited the increase in adherence at 24 h by 96 (45-100)%, n = 3. The percentage of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid at 24 h increased from 1 (0-2) to 80 (65-94), (median (range), n = 4). These results suggest that antigen challenge results in exposure of circulating equine neutrophils to one or more factors that prime, or activate, these cells, which may enhance their recruitment to the lungs. Inhibition of circulating neutrophil activation may therefore represent a therapeutic target.
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- K A Marr
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, UK
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Joubert P, Silversides DW, Lavoie JP. Equine neutrophils express mRNA for tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, macrophage-inflammatory-protein-2 but not for IL-4, IL-5 and interferon-gamma. Equine Vet J 2001; 33:730-3. [PMID: 11770998 DOI: 10.2746/042516401776249246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- P Joubert
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
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Komatsu H, Tsukimori K, Hata K, Satoh S, Nakano H. The characterization of superoxide production of human neonatal neutrophil. Early Hum Dev 2001; 65:11-9. [PMID: 11520625 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3782(01)00188-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To assess the role of neutrophil in neonatal host defense against microbial infection, we characterized the superoxide anion (O(2-)) production of neonatal neutrophil on a biochemical basis. After taking an appropriate informed consent, neutrophils were obtained from cord blood immediately after transvaginal delivery and divided into two groups: the Preterm group, 15 neonates (27-36 weeks' gestation) and the Term group, 15 neonates (37-41 weeks' gestation). Eleven healthy adults served as controls in the Adult group. The value of N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanin (fMLP)-induced O(2-) production activity of neutrophils in the Preterm group using chemiluminescence assay was significantly lower than those values in both the Term and Adult groups (5.77+/-0.53x10(6) vs. 11.1+/-0.94x10(6) and 10.7+/-0.63x10(6) cpm; mean+/-S.E.M., p<0.05). In phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-stimulation, the values of O(2-) production activity of neutrophils in both the Preterm and Term groups were significantly lower than that in the Adult group (13.0+/-1.66x10(6) and 18.0+/-1.44x10(6) vs. 27.3+/-1.45x10(6) cpm, p<0.05). Scatchard analysis of [(3)H]fMLP binding to neutrophil demonstrated a two-receptor model in each group, and the number of high-affinity receptors per neutrophil in the Preterm group was significantly lower than those in other groups (p<0.05). However, cord blood levels of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-6, -8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) did not differ in either neonatal group. These results indicated that the fMLP-induced O(2-)production activity of neutrophils in the term neonates was enhanced at the level of the receptor and suggested that this enhanced production contribute to the neonatal host defense against microbial infection.
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- H Komatsu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Burns JA, Issekutz TB, Yagita H, Issekutz AC. The beta2, alpha4, alpha5 integrins and selectins mediate chemotactic factor and endotoxin-enhanced neutrophil sequestration in the lung. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2001; 158:1809-19. [PMID: 11337379 PMCID: PMC1891968 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64137-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/30/2001] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Intravascular chemotactic factor activation of neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes; PMNLs), associated with actin polymerization resulting in PMNL stiffening, induces rapid and transient sequestration in the pulmonary vasculature and lung dysfunction. Recent studies have proposed that this sequestration is mediated by physical lodging of PMNLs because of loss of deformability. To examine the contribution of cell adhesion molecules in this process, we used blocking monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to rat selectins and integrins in a model of PMNL margination (reflected by acute blood neutropenia) induced by N-formyl-met-leu-phe (FMLP) chemotactic factor infusion in normal or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-primed rats. Blood PMNL levels dropped by 70% within 1 minute and for the duration of FMLP infusion (20 minutes) in normal or by 90% in LPS-primed rats. Pretreatment with mAbs to beta2(WT.3), VLA-4(TA-2 F(ab)(2)), and VLA-5 (HMalpha5 F(ab)(2)) in combination inhibited the decrease by 50% and to a greater degree than beta2 blockade alone (35% inhibition). F(ab)(2) mAbs to L-(HRL-3), P-(RMP-1), plus E-(RME-1) selectins had no effect but they potentiated inhibition by anti-beta2 + anti-VLA-4 + anti-VLA5 mAb treatment (69% inhibition, P < 0.05). Similar results were observed in the first 6 minutes in LPS-primed rats with complete inhibition of sequestration thereafter by combined selectin and integrin blockade. These results indicate that besides PMNL stiffening because of actin polymerization, both selectins and integrins substantially contribute to activated PMNL sequestration in the lung.
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- J A Burns
- Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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OBJECTIVE To characterize generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by equine spermatozoa. SAMPLE POPULATION Multiple semen samples collected from 9 stallions. PROCEDURE Equine spermatozoa were separated from seminal plasma on a discontinuous polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-coated silica gradient and resuspended in a modified Tyrode albumin-lactate-pyruvate medium. Amount of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generated was assayed by use of a 1-step fluorometric assay, using 10-acetyl-3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazine as a probe for detection of H2O2 in a microplate assay format. Concentration of H2O2 was determined by use of a fluorescence microplate reader. RESULTS Amount of H2O2 generated increased significantly with time and spermatozoa concentration for live and flash-frozen spermatozoa, and amount of H2O2 generated was significantly greater for flash-frozen than for live spermatozoa. Addition of the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) significantly increased generation of H2O2 by live and flash-frozen spermatozoa. Addition of a calcium ionophore also significantly increased the amount of H2O2 generated by live spermatozoa but did not have an effect on amount of H2O2 generated by flash-frozen spermatozoa. Abnormal equine spermatozoa generated significantly greater amounts of H2O2 than did normal spermatozoa. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Equine spermatozoa generate ROS in vitro, possibly via a NADPH-oxidase reaction. Spermatozoa damaged during flash-freezing or morphologically abnormal spermatozoa generated significantly greater amounts of ROS than did live or morphologically normal spermatozoa. Damaged and abnormal spermatozoa generate greater amounts of ROS that may contribute to reduced fertility or problems related to semen preservation.
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- B A Ball
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Swain SD, Nelson LK, Hanson AJ, Siemsen DW, Quinn MT. Host defense function in neutrophils from the American bison (Bison bison). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2000; 127:237-47. [PMID: 11064290 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00264-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Selected host defense functions of neutrophils isolated from American bison (Bison bison) were characterized and compared with those of cattle (Bos taurus). Bison neutrophils had a robust chemotactic response to both IL-8 and LTB(4), with maximal responses occurring at 10(-7) M (IL-8) and 10(-8) M (LTB(4)). The magnitude of the chemotactic response to IL-8 was similar in bison and bovine neutrophils (except at 10(-7) M IL-8, where bison had a stronger response). In response to LTB(4), bison neutrophils had a much stronger chemotaxis at both 10(-8) and 10(-7) M than did bovine cells. Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and opsonized zymosan (OpZ) was similar between bison and bovine neutrophils. However, the production of ROS in bison neutrophils stimulated with OpZ was primarily intracellular, while extracellular release of ROS was evident in bovine neutrophils stimulated with OpZ. Like bovine neutrophils, bison neutrophils did not generate a respiratory burst in response to fMLF. Granules prepared from bison neutrophils had potent direct killing action on the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli but failed to kill the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and, at intermediate doses, actually had a permissive effect for this bacteria. Thus, bison neutrophils have potent host defense capabilities similar in quality to those of bovine neutrophils; however, unique differences are present, which may allow bison neutrophils to respond to the distinct immunological challenges that bison encounter.
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- S D Swain
- Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology and Center for Bison and Wildlife Health, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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