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Peng T, Wang G, Cheng S, Xiong Y, Cao R, Qian K, Ju L, Wang X, Xiao Y. The role and function of PPARγ in bladder cancer. J Cancer 2020; 11:3965-3975. [PMID: 32328200 PMCID: PMC7171493 DOI: 10.7150/jca.42663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, participates in multiple physiological and pathological processes. Extensive studies have revealed the relationship between PPARγ and various tumors. However, the expression and function of PPARγ in bladder cancer seem to be controversial. It has been demonstrated that PPARγ affects the occurrence and progression of bladder cancer by regulating proliferation, apoptosis, metastasis, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid metabolism, probably through PPARγ-SIRT1 feedback loops, the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, and the WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway. Considering the frequent relapses after chemotherapy, some researchers have focused on the relationship between PPARγ and chemotherapy sensitivity in bladder cancer. Moreover, the feasibility of PPARγ ligands as potential therapeutic targets for bladder cancer has been uncovered. Taken together, this review summarizes the relevant literature and our findings to explore the complicated role and function of PPARγ in bladder cancer.
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- Tianchen Peng
- Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Cancer Precision Diagnosis and Treatment and Translational Medicine Hubei Engineering Research Center, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Cancer Precision Diagnosis and Treatment and Translational Medicine Hubei Engineering Research Center, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Cancer Precision Diagnosis and Treatment and Translational Medicine Hubei Engineering Research Center, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Department of Biological Repositories, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Human Genetics Resource Preservation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China.,Cancer Precision Diagnosis and Treatment and Translational Medicine Hubei Engineering Research Center, Wuhan, China
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Preproinsulin Designer Antigens Excluded from Endoplasmic Reticulum Suppressed Diabetes Development in NOD Mice by DNA Vaccination. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2018; 12:123-133. [PMID: 30623001 PMCID: PMC6319196 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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DNA vaccines against autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D) contain a nonpredictable risk to induce autoreactive T cell responses rather than a protective immunity. Little is known if (and how) antigen expression and processing requirements favor the induction of autoreactive or protective immune responses by DNA immunization. Here, we analyzed whether structural properties of preproinsulin (ppins) variants and/or subcellular targeting of ppins designer antigens influence the priming of effector CD8+ T cell responses by DNA immunization. Primarily, we used H-2b RIP-B7.1 tg mice, expressing the co-stimulator molecule B7.1 in beta cells, to identify antigens that induce or fail to induce autoreactive ppins-specific (Kb/A12-21 and/or Kb/B22-29) CD8+ T cell responses. Female NOD mice, expressing the diabetes-susceptible H-2g7 haplotype, were used to test ppins variants for their potential to suppress spontaneous diabetes development. We showed that ppins antigens excluded from expression in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) did not induce CD8+ T cells or autoimmune diabetes in RIP-B7.1 tg mice, but efficiently suppressed spontaneous diabetes development in NOD mice as well as ppins-induced CD8+ T cell-mediated autoimmune diabetes in PD-L1−/− mice. The induction of a ppins-specific therapeutic immunity in mice has practical implications for the design of immune therapies against T1D in individuals expressing different major histocompatibility complex (MHC) I and II molecules.
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Wang HP, He ZG. Treatment with incomplete Freund's adjuvant and Listeria monocytogenes delays diabetes via an interleukin-17-secretion-independent pathway. Exp Ther Med 2015; 9:1934-1938. [PMID: 26136917 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2015.2328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Non-obese diabetes (NOD) mice are widely used as an animal model in studies of type I diabetes (TID). Treatment with complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in pro-diabetic NOD mice is known to inhibit disease progression by activating CD1d-specific natural killer (NK) T cells and inducing interleukin (IL)-17 secretion in innate immune cells. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) and L. monocytogenes treatment on the development of TID in NOD mice. This combined treatment of IFA and L. monocytogenes, a microbe that infects the liver and is primarily combatted by NK and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, was applied to mimic CFA treatment in pro-diabetic NOD mice. The combined IFA + L. monocytogenes treatment effectively delayed TID development in the NOD mice. In contrast to CFA, the IFA + L. monocytogenes treatment did not induce T cells or innate immune cells to secrete IL-17. However, increased levels of regulatory T cells were detected. Furthermore, IFA + L. monocytogenes mice exhibited higher levels of IgG2a, although no notable T helper 1 cell response was observed when compared with the CFA or IFA control treated mice. Therefore, combined IFA + L. monocytogenes treatment was shown to delay TID development in NOD mice via a novel mechanism, which was independent from the secretion of IL-17 by CFA-activated NKT cells.
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- Hai-Ping Wang
- Department of Pharmacy, East Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, East Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China
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Conconi D, Panzeri E, Redaelli S, Bovo G, Volante M, Viganò P, Strada G, Dalprà L, Bentivegna A. DNA copy number alterations and PPARG amplification in a patient with multifocal bladder urothelial carcinoma. BMC Res Notes 2012; 5:607. [PMID: 23114535 PMCID: PMC3598781 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer worldwide and over 90% are transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). At the first time of diagnosis at least 70% of TCC present as superficial bladder cancer. Because the clinical outcome of superficial bladder tumors is relatively unpredictable, there is a pressing need to identify markers that may predict tumor recurrence and progression and new treatment strategies. Case presentation We present a unique case of a 67-year old male who underwent total cystectomy after repeated trans-urethral resections of the bladder for multifocal non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. The first and the third tumor were diagnosed as high grade non-infiltrating (HGNI), while the second as carcinoma in situ (CIS). We performed both array comparative genomic hybridization and a targeted chromosomal profile by UroVysion in order to detect copy number variations (CNVs) that may be involved with tumor recurrence and progression. The overall data from this study provide new evidence for the monoclonal origin of urothelial tumor multifocality as several genetic changes were found in different tumors of the same patient. From the analysis of shared CNVs two gained regions emerged at 3p25.2 and 12q23.2, including PPARG and ASCL1 genes, respectively. The copy number level of these genes would seem inversely mutually correlated and highly dependent on histological grade, because the highest level of amplification at 3p25.2 was evidenced in the two HGNI samples, while the highest level of copy number gain at 12q23.2 was reported in the CIS. Conclusion We provide new evidence on the role of PPARG in initiation and maintenance of bladder cancer. For the first time we also suggest a possible explanation for the elevated expression of PPARG in this type of tumor through a focal high level amplification at 3p25.2. Furthermore, a new gene, ASCL1, emerged as a potential candidate to assist PPARG in bladder carcinogenesis.
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- Donatella Conconi
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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Genetic Determination and Immunopathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Humans. ACTA MEDICA MARTINIANA 2012. [DOI: 10.2478/v10201-011-0034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Vaccinations typically rely on immunization with live virus for eliciting protective CD8 T cell immunity. There is increasing interest to use subunit vaccination strategies to achieve such responses. Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and unmethylated cytosine-guanine dinucleotide containing DNA are considered some of the most potent adjuvants for eliciting immunity. Whereas a wealth of information is available on how these adjuvants affect CD4 T cell responses, their effects on engaging CD8 T cell immunity are not completely understood. We immunized C57BL/6J mice with the class I restricted peptides Uty or SIINFEKL using these 2 adjuvants and tested for cytokine secretion, proliferation, in vivo cytotoxicity, and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH). Our data show that CFA-induced CD8 T cells to proliferate, mediate DTH, and to secrete interferon-gamma, interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-17. Despite these markers of CD8 T cell activation, CFA failed to induce an early cytotoxic CD8 T cell response. In contrast, unmethylated cytosine-guanine dinucleotide containing DNA promoted a vigorous cytolytic response without activating substantial cytokine production, proliferation or DTH. These data have implications for CD8 T cell subunit vaccine design in which cytotoxicity versus DTH plays a key role in host defense.
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Our understanding of the importance of CD4+ T cells in orchestrating immune responses has grown dramatically over the past decade. This lymphocyte family consists of diverse subsets ranging from interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-producing T-helper 1 (Th1) cells to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-secreting T-regulatory cells, which have opposite roles in modulating immune responses to pathogens, tumor cells, and self-antigens. This review briefly addresses the various T-cell subsets within the CD4+ T-cell family and discusses recent research efforts aimed at elucidating the nature of the 'T-cell help' that has been shown to be essential for optimal immune function. Particular attention is paid to the role of Th cells in tumor immunotherapy. We review some of our own work in the field describing how CD4+ Th cells can enhance anti-tumor cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses by enhancing clonal expansion at the tumor site, preventing activation-induced cell death and functioning as antigen-presenting cells for CTLs to preferentially generate immune memory cells. These unconventional roles for Th lymphocytes, which require direct cell-to-cell communication with CTLs, are clear examples of how versatile these immunoregulatory cells are.
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- Richard Kennedy
- Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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Association of PPAR- γ with BCG immunotherapy. Med Hypotheses 2009; 72:231. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Inamoto T, Shah JB, Kamat AM. Friend or foe? Role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma in human bladder cancer. Urol Oncol 2009; 27:585-91. [PMID: 19162510 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2008] [Revised: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) family is an important group of transcription factors that regulates immune surveillance, cell proliferation, fatty acid regulation, and angiogenesis--functions which have all been implicated in the pathogenesis of bladder cancer. One particular subtype, PPARgamma, is expressed at higher levels in bladder cancer specimens than in benign urothelium, and is an attractive molecular target for the development of novel treatment strategies for bladder cancer. In this review, we summarize the data available regarding relevance of PPARgamma in bladder cancer and discuss the potential value of PPAR-targeted treatment of bladder cancer.
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- Teruo Inamoto
- Department of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Hamzaoui A, Cheik Rouhou S, Graïri H, Abid H, Ammar J, Chelbi H, Hamzaoui K. NKT cells in the induced sputum of severe asthmatics. Mediators Inflamm 2007; 2006:71214. [PMID: 16883065 PMCID: PMC1592585 DOI: 10.1155/mi/2006/71214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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To determine whether there was a specific inflammatory process in
severe asthmatics, the phenotypic characteristics of induced
sputum immune cells were analysed among patients with severe
asthma. Twenty-two induced sputa (10 severe asthmatics) were
studied. Flow cytometric analysis was performed using immune cells
of the sputum and monoclonal antibodies to CD3, CD4, CD8, CD56,
CD25, and TCRγδ. The number of NKT
(CD3+CD56+) cells was significantly higher in the sputum
of severe asthmatics compared with mild asthmatic and
healthy control groups (P < .05). CD8+CD56+ cells were
the predominant subtype of the increased NKT cells in severe
asthmatics. CD3+CD56+Vα24+,
TCRγδ+ CD56+, and CD4+CD25+ T cells were
significantly increased in severe asthmatic patients. These
results suggest that the immunopathogenesis of severe asthmatics
vary between severe and mild asthmatics, and that
CD8+CD56+ NKT cells may play an important role in the
immunopathogenesis of severe asthma.
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- Agnes Hamzaoui
- Department of Pediatric and Respiratory Diseases,
Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Pavillon B, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Pediatric and Respiratory Diseases,
Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Pavillon B, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Pediatric and Respiratory Diseases,
Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Pavillon B, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Pediatric and Respiratory Diseases,
Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Pavillon B, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Pediatric and Respiratory Diseases,
Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Pavillon B, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Homeostasis and Cell Dysfunction Unit Research
99/UR/08-40, Medicine University of Tunis, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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Sarkar SA, Wong R, Hackl SI, Moua O, Gill RG, Wiseman A, Davidson HW, Hutton JC. Induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase by interferon-gamma in human islets. Diabetes 2007; 56:72-9. [PMID: 17192467 DOI: 10.2337/db06-0617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes the initial, rate-limiting step of tryptophan (Trp) catabolism along the kynurenine (KYN) pathway, and its induction in cells of the immune system in response to cytokines has been implicated in the regulation of antigen presentation and responses to cell-mediated immune attack. Microarray and quantitative PCR analyses of isolated human islets incubated with interferon (IFN)-gamma for 24 h revealed increased expression of IDO mRNA (>139-fold) and Trp-tRNA synthase (WARS) (>17-fold) along with 975 other transcripts more than threefold, notably the downstream effectors janus kinase (JAK)2, signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)1, IFN-gamma regulatory factor-1, and several chemokines (CXCL9/MIG, CXCL10/IP10, CXCL11/1-TAC, CCL2, and CCL5/RANTES) and their receptors. IDO protein expression was upregulated in IFN-gamma-treated islets and accompanied by increased intracellular IDO enzyme activity and the release of KYN into the media. The response to IFN-gamma was countered by interleukin-4 and 1alpha-methyl Trp. Immunohistochemical localization showed IDO to be induced in cells of both endocrine, including pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1-positive beta-cells, and nonendocrine origin. We postulate that in the short term, IDO activation may protect islets from cytotoxic damage, although chronic exposure to various Trp metabolites could equally lead to beta-cell attrition.
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- Suparna A Sarkar
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 1775 Ursula St., Mail Stop B-140, Aurora, CO 80045-6511, USA
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Park JM, Terabe M, van den Broeke LT, Donaldson DD, Berzofsky JA. Unmasking immunosurveillance against a syngeneic colon cancer by elimination of CD4+ NKT regulatory cells and IL-13. Int J Cancer 2005; 114:80-7. [PMID: 15523692 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We have previously observed a novel role of natural killer T (NKT) cells in negative regulation of antitumor immune responses against an immunogenic regressor tumor expressing a transfected viral antigen. Here, we investigated whether hidden spontaneous antitumor immunosurveillance, in the absence of a vaccine, could be revealed by disruption of this negative regulatory pathway involving CD4+ NKT cells and interleukin-13 (IL-13), in a murine pulmonary metastasis model of a nontransfected, nonregressor, syngeneic tumor, the CT26 colon carcinoma. Lung metastases of CT26 were decreased in CD4+ T cell-depleted BALB/c mice, suggesting that CD4+ T cells were involved in negative regulation of antitumor responses. CD1-knock out (CD1-KO) mice, which have conventional CD4+ T cells and CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells but lack CD1-restricted CD4+ NKT cells, were significantly resistant to lung metastasis of CT26. The metastases were not further decreased in CD4+ T cell-depleted CD1-KO mice, implying that CD4+ NKT cells might be the primary negative regulator of antitumor immune responses in BALB/c mice. CD8+ T cells were found to act as effectors in antitumor immune responses, since the inhibition of lung metastases observed in naive CD1-KO or CD4+ T cell-depleted mice was abrogated by depletion of CD8+ T cells. Lung metastases were significantly decreased by treatment of mice with an IL-13 inhibitor, but not by deficiency or inhibition of IL-4. Thus, even for a nonregressor tumor, immunosurveillance exists but is negatively regulated via CD4+ NKT cells possibly mediated by IL-13, and can be unmasked by removal of these negative regulatory components.
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- Jong Myun Park
- Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Zaccone P, Raine T, Sidobre S, Kronenberg M, Mastroeni P, Cooke A. Salmonella typhimurium infection halts development of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice. Eur J Immunol 2004; 34:3246-56. [PMID: 15376194 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Infectious disease has been proposed as an environmental modifier of autoimmunity in both human populations and the NOD mouse. We found that infection of NOD mice with attenuated, but not killed, Salmonella typhimurium can reduce the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D), even if infection occurs after the development of a peri-islet pancreatic infiltrate. Functional diabetogenic effector T cells are still present, as demonstrated by the initiation of diabetes in NOD-scid recipients of transferred splenocytes. High levels of IFN-gamma are secreted by splenocytes of infected mice, but there is no evidence of involvement of IL-10 in the protective effect of the infection. Finally, prolonged changes in cell subsets are observed in infected mice involving invariant Valpha14Jalpha281 NuKappaTau and dendritic cells. These data reinforce the idea that prevention of T1D in the NOD mouse cannot be reduced to the simple Th1/Th2 paradigm and that different infections may involve different protective mechanisms.
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- Paola Zaccone
- Immunology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Yu HG, Lee DS, Seo JM, Ahn JK, Yu YS, Lee WJ, Chung H. The number of CD8+ T cells and NKT cells increases in the aqueous humor of patients with Behçet's uveitis. Clin Exp Immunol 2004; 137:437-43. [PMID: 15270864 PMCID: PMC1809124 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02536.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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To determine whether there are differences in the immunopathogenesis of different endogenous uveitis syndromes, the phenotypic characteristics of immune cells were analysed among patients with endogenous uveitis. The aetiology of the uveitis included idiopathic recurrent acute anterior uveitis (18 patients), idiopathic intermediate uveitis (13 patients), Behçet's uveitis (17 patients), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (7 patients), and so on. Flow cytometric analysis was performed using immune cells of the aqueous humor and the peripheral blood during the active phase of intraocular inflammation, and monoclonal antibodies to CD3, CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD56, TCR gammadelta, pan TCR alphabeta and Valpha24. CD8+ T cells were predominant in the aqueous humor of the patients with Behçet's uveitis, whereas CD4+ T cells were mainly found in the aqueous humor of patients other than those with Behçet's uveitis. The number of NKT (CD3+CD56+) cells was significantly higher both in the aqueous humor and the peripheral blood of the patients with Behçet's uveitis compared with the other groups (P < 0.05). CD8+CD56+ cells were the predominant subtype of the increased NKT cells in patients with Behçet's uveitis. In addition, intraocular infiltration of CD14+ cells significantly differed among the uveitis patients (P < 0.05). These results suggest that the immunopathogenesis of endogenous uveitis can vary between syndromes, and that CD8+CD56+ NKT cells may play an important role in the immunopathogenesis of Behçet's uveitis.
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- H G Yu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Artificial Eye Centre, Seoul National University Hospital Clinical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea
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Szatmari I, Gogolak P, Im JS, Dezso B, Rajnavolgyi E, Nagy L. Activation of PPARgamma specifies a dendritic cell subtype capable of enhanced induction of iNKT cell expansion. Immunity 2004; 21:95-106. [PMID: 15345223 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2003] [Revised: 05/11/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Little is known of the transcriptional events controlling the differentiation and function of dendritic cells (DC). We found that the ligand-activated transcription factor Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is immediately upregulated after the induction of monocyte-derived DC differentiation. Activation of PPARgamma changed the expression pattern of cell surface receptors and enhanced the internalizing activity of DC. Unexpectedly, we found that CD1 glycoproteins, a class of molecules responsible for the presentation of self and foreign modified lipids, were coordinately regulated by PPARgamma activation. CD1a levels were reduced, while CD1d expression was induced. Enhanced expression of CD1d was coupled to the selective induction of invariant natural-killer T cell (iNKT cell) proliferation in the presence of alpha-GalCer. These results suggest that PPARgamma orchestrates a transcriptional response leading to the development of a DC subtype with increased internalizing capacity, efficient lipid presentation, and the augmented potential to activate iNKT cells.
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- Istvan Szatmari
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Nagyerdei krt. 98, H-4012, Hungary
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