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Matysik-Woźniak A, Turski W, Turska M, Paduch R, Łańcut M, Piwowarczyk P, Czuczwar M, Jünemann A, Rejdak R. Examination of Kynurenine Toxicity on Corneal and Conjunctival Epithelium: In vitro and in vivo Studies. Ophthalmic Res 2019; 62:24-35. [DOI: 10.1159/000499021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The role of ocular dendritic cells in uveitis. Immunol Lett 2019; 209:4-10. [PMID: 30926373 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2019.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) act as a bridge between innate and adoptive immunity. They are widely distributed in various tissues and organs. Resident ocular DCs are found in the peripheral margins and juxtapapillary areas of the retina, usually in an immature state. During inflammation, DCs are activated and participate in the development of uveitis, an ocular inflammatory disease. Herein, the characteristics and status of DCs in uveitis, the possible factors affecting the status of DCs, and the clinical methods for detecting the DCs in patients are described.
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Meister M, Papatriantafyllou M, Nordström V, Kumar V, Ludwig J, Lui KO, Boyd AS, Popovic ZV, Fleming TH, Moldenhauer G, Nawroth PP, Gröne HJ, Waldmann H, Oelert T, Arnold B. Dickkopf-3, a tissue-derived modulator of local T-cell responses. Front Immunol 2015; 6:78. [PMID: 25759692 PMCID: PMC4338807 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The adaptive immune system protects organisms from harmful environmental insults. In parallel, regulatory mechanisms control immune responses in order to assure preservation of organ integrity. Yet, molecules involved in the control of T-cell responses in peripheral tissues are poorly characterized. Here, we investigated the function of Dickkopf-3 in the modulation of local T-cell reactivity. Dkk3 is a secreted, mainly tissue-derived protein with highest expression in organs considered as immune-privileged such as the eye, embryo, placenta, and brain. While T-cell development and activation status in naïve Dkk3-deficient mice was comparable to littermate controls, we found that Dkk3 contributes to the immunosuppressive microenvironment that protects transplanted, class-I mismatched embryoid bodies from T-cell-mediated rejection. Moreover, genetic deletion or antibody-mediated neutralization of Dkk3 led to an exacerbated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). This phenotype was accompanied by a change of T-cell polarization displayed by an increase of IFNγ-producing T cells within the central nervous system. In the wild-type situation, Dkk3 expression in the brain was up-regulated during the course of EAE in an IFNγ-dependent manner. In turn, Dkk3 decreased IFNγ activity and served as part of a negative feedback mechanism. Thus, our findings suggest that Dkk3 functions as a tissue-derived modulator of local CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses.
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- Michael Meister
- Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Therapeutic Immunology Group, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- Therapeutic Immunology Group, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany ; Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg , Mannheim , Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Therapeutic Immunology Group, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center , Heidelberg , Germany
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Niederkorn JY. Ocular immune privilege and ocular melanoma: parallel universes or immunological plagiarism? Front Immunol 2012; 3:148. [PMID: 22707951 PMCID: PMC3374415 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Evidence of immune privilege in the eye was recorded almost 140 years ago, yet interest in immune privilege languished for almost a century. However, the past 35 years have witnessed a plethora of research and a rekindled interest in the mechanisms responsible for immune privilege in the anterior chamber of the eye. This research has demonstrated that multiple anatomical, structural, physiological, and immunoregulatory processes contribute to immune privilege and remind us of the enormous complexity of this phenomenon. It is widely accepted that immune privilege is an adaptation for reducing the risk of immune-mediated inflammation in organs such as the eye and brain whose tissues have a limited capacity to regenerate. Recent findings suggest that immune privilege also occurs in sites where stem cells reside and raise the possibility that immune privilege is also designed to prevent the unwitting elimination of stem cells by immune-mediated inflammation at these sites. Uveal melanoma arises within the eye and as such, benefits from ocular immune privilege. A significant body of research reveals an intriguing parallel between the mechanisms that contribute to immune privilege in the eye and those strategies used by uveal melanoma cells to evade immune elimination once they have disseminated from the eye and establish metastatic foci in the liver. Uveal melanoma metastases seem to have “plagiarized” the blueprints used for ocular immune privilege to create “ad hoc immune privileged sites” in the liver.
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- Jerry Y Niederkorn
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX, USA
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Munipally PK, Agraharm SG, Valavala VK, Gundae S, Turlapati NR. Evaluation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression and kynurenine pathway metabolites levels in serum samples of diabetic retinopathy patients. Arch Physiol Biochem 2011; 117:254-8. [PMID: 22034910 DOI: 10.3109/13813455.2011.623705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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CONTEXT Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of acquired blindness. The involvement of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) and kynurenines, the products of tryptophan degradation in various pathological conditions was well documented. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to determine the expression of IDO and levels of tryptophan metabolites in serum samples of DR patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tryptophan and its metabolites, i.e. kynurenine, kynurenic acid and 3-hydroxy kynurenine were measured by HPLC in serum of normal subjects as well as non-proliferative (NPDR) and proliferative DR (PDR) patients. The expression of IDO was measured using semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Elevated expression of IDO and levels of kynurenine, kynurenic acid and 3-hydroxykynurenine were observed in NPDR and a higher expression was observed in PDR. No significant change was noticed in levels of tryptophan. CONCLUSION An elevation in the concentrations of tryptophan metabolites and IDO expression was evident in diabetic retinopathy patients. The results indicate probable association of IDO and tryptophan metabolites with DR.
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- Praveen Kumar Munipally
- Physiology Division, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
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Bakkialakshmi S, Shanthi B, Shanthi M. Spectroscopic characterization studies of 1-methyl indole with benzene derivatives. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2010; 77:179-183. [PMID: 20635467 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The NMR and fluorescence quenching of benzene, chlorobenzene and methoxybenzene in acetonitril and 2-propanol solvents have been carried out with a view to understand the quenching mechanisms. The quenching is found to be appreciable and shows positive derivation in the stern-volmer plots. UV absorbance is used to measure the excitation wavelength. Lifetime measurements are carried out and the quenching rate constant kq is also calculated. Molar extinction co-efficient, stoke's shift are also calculated. The NMR study is used to conform if there is any complex formation between 1-methylindole with the benzene derivatives.
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- S Bakkialakshmi
- Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, India.
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Goel M, Picciani RG, Lee RK, Bhattacharya SK. Aqueous humor dynamics: a review. Open Ophthalmol J 2010; 4:52-9. [PMID: 21293732 PMCID: PMC3032230 DOI: 10.2174/1874364101004010052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 471] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Revised: 04/06/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Glaucoma is a family of optic neuropathies which cause irreversible but potentially preventable vision loss. Vision loss in most forms of glaucoma is related to elevated IOP with subsequent injury to the optic nerve. Secretion of aqueous humor and regulation of its outflow are physiologically important processes for maintaining IOP in the normal range. Thus, understanding the complex mechanisms that regulate aqueous humor circulation is essential for management of glaucoma. The two main structures related to aqueous humor dynamics are the ciliary body and the trabecular meshwork (TM). Three mechanisms are involved in aqueous humor formation: diffusion, ultrafiltration and active secretion. Active secretion is the major contributor to aqueous humor formation. The aqueous humor flow in humans follows a circadian rhythm, being higher in the morning than at night. The aqueous humor leaves the eye by passive flow via two pathways - the trabecular meshwork and the uveoscleral pathway. In humans, 75% of the resistance to aqueous humor outflow is localized within the TM with the juxtacanalicular portion of the TM being the main site of outflow resistance. Glycosaminoglycan deposition in the TM extracellular matrix (ECM) has been suggested to be responsible for increased outflow resistance at this specific site whereas others have suggested deposition of proteins, such as cochlin, obstruct the aqueous humor outflow through the TM. The uveoscleral outflow pathway is relatively independent of the intraocular pressure and the proportion of aqueous humor exiting the eye via the uveoscleral pathway decreases with age.
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- Manik Goel
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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The notion that the immune system might control the growth of tumors was suggested over 100 years ago by the eminent microbiologist Paul Ehrlich. This concept was refined and expanded by Burnet and Thomas 50 years later with their articulation of the "immune surveillance" hypothesis. In its simplest form, the immune surveillance hypothesis suggests that neoplasms arise spontaneously and express novel antigens that are recognized by the immune system, which either eliminates the tumors or restrains their growth. Within the eye, immune responses are controlled and sometimes profoundly inhibited - a condition known as immune privilege. Immune privilege in the eye is the result of a complex array of anatomical, physiological, and immunoregulatory mechanisms that prevent the induction and expression of many immune responses. Tumors arising in the eye would seem to have an advantage in evading immune surveillance due to ocular immune privilege. Uveal melanoma, the most common and malignant intraocular tumor in adults, not only benefits from the immune privilege of the eye but also has adopted many of the mechanisms that contribute to ocular immune privilege as a strategy for protecting uveal melanoma cells once they leave the sanctuary of the eye and are disseminated systemically in the form of metastases. Although the immune system possesses a battery of effector mechanisms designed to rid the body of neoplasms, tumors are capable of rapidly evolving and countering even the most sophisticated immunological effector mechanisms. To date, tumors seem to be winning this arms race, but an increased understanding of these mechanisms should provide insights for designing immunotherapy that was envisioned over half a century ago, but has failed to materialize to date.
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- Jerry Y Niederkorn
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9057, USA.
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Zeng DB, Lu SC. Function of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase in viral infection. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2008; 16:879-884. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v16.i8.879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The enzyme indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO), which catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation, plays a key role in the antiviral immune. IDO mediates IFN-γ antivirus and serves immunoregulatory and tolerogenic functions. In this review, we introduce the studies on the antiviral immune of IDO in viral infection.
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Chen PW, Mellon JK, Mayhew E, Wang S, He YG, Hogan N, Niederkorn JY. Uveal melanoma expression of indoleamine 2,3-deoxygenase: establishment of an immune privileged environment by tryptophan depletion. Exp Eye Res 2007; 85:617-25. [PMID: 17870068 PMCID: PMC2695208 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Revised: 06/25/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes degradation of tryptophan, an essential amino acid required for lymphocyte activation and proliferation. Many tumors express IDO which implies that it acts as a mechanism to evade T cell-mediated immune attack, and also to establish an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether primary and metastatic uveal melanoma expressed the IDO gene and whether uveal melanoma cells could deplete tryptophan. In situ expression of IDO in primary uveal melanoma from tumor bearing eyes and metastatic uveal melanoma liver tissues was determined by immunohistostaining with IDO-specific antibody. Reverse transcription PCR was used to assess IDO gene transcription by primary and metastatic uveal melanoma cell lines. IDO protein expression was determined by Western blot of uveal melanoma cell protein lysate. IDO catalytic activity was assessed by measuring the presence of kynurenine, a product generated by tryptophan degradation, in uveal melanoma culture supernatants. Primary uveal melanoma from tumor-bearing eyes and metastatic uveal melanoma from the liver did not express IDO in situ. IDO was not constitutively expressed in either primary or metastatic uveal melanoma cell lines. However, stimulation of primary and metastatic uveal melanoma cell cultures with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) universally upregulated both IDO gene and protein expression. Culture supernatants from IFN-gamma treated primary and metastatic uveal melanoma cell cultures contained elevated levels of kynurenine. Addition of the IDO inhibitor 1-methyl dl-tryptophan significantly diminished kynurenine levels in IFN-gamma treated uveal melanoma cell cultures. The results from this study suggest that IFN-gamma inducible IDO upregulation by primary and metastatic uveal melanoma may generate a local immune privileged microenvironment to promote escape from T cell-mediated immune surveillance.
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- Peter W. Chen
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75390-9057
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75390-9057
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75390-9057
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tongji Medical University Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples’ Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75390-9057
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75390-9057
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75390-9057
- Address Correspondence To: Jerry Y. Niederkorn, Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75390.
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Zarnowski T, Rejdak R, Zielinska-Rzecka E, Zrenner E, Grieb P, Zagórski Z, Junemann A, Turski WA. Elevated concentrations of kynurenic acid, a tryptophan derivative, in dense nuclear cataracts. Curr Eye Res 2007; 32:27-32. [PMID: 17364732 DOI: 10.1080/02713680601090965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Kynurenines and their glycoside derivatives in the ocular lens absorb ultraviolet radiation and thus possibly help protect the retina from ultraviolet light. The current study analysed kynurenine aminotransferase I (KAT I) activity and kynurenic acid (KYNA) concentrations in human senile cataractous lenses and in experimentally induced cataracts in diabetic rats treated with streptozotocin (STZ). METHODS KYNA levels and KAT I activity were investigated with HPLC and detected fluorimetrically in the nuclei of 91 human cataractous lenses collected during planned extracapsular extraction. The lenses were classified on the Lens Opacity Classification System III scale and compared with clear lenses regarding KYNA concentrations. Cataractous lenses from STZ-treated rats were compared with control lenses. RESULTS KYNA concentration was 0.95 +/- 0.22 in human NC0 (nuclear color) control lenses, 0.8 +/- 0.72 in NC1, 1.18 +/- 0.88 in NC2, 1.31 +/- 0.70 in NC3, 1.78 +/- 0.92 in NC4, 8.80 +/- 8.28 (p < 0.05 vs. NC0) in NC5, and 14.0 +/- 11.1 (p < 0.05 vs. NC0) in NC6. A correlation was found between KYNA concentrations and the grade of cataract (r = 0.047, p < 0.001). KAT I activity in human cataracts was 0.44 +/- 0.16 pmol/mg protein- 1 hr- 1. Elevated KYNA concentrations in rat cataractous lenses were also observed (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS KYNA levels are elevated in senile nuclear human cataracts and in cataractous lenses of rats with experimentally induced diabetes.
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- Tomasz Zarnowski
- Tadeusz Krwawicz Chair of Ophthalmology and 1st Eye Hospital, Medical University of Lublin. Lublin, Poland.
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Chen X, Liu L, Yang P, Wu C, Jin H, Xing L, Li B, Zhou H, Huang X, Zhu L. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is involved in promoting the development of anterior chamber-associated immune deviation. Immunol Lett 2006; 107:140-7. [PMID: 17055065 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 08/04/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a rate-limiting enzyme in the tryptophan catabolism, has been shown to play an important role in various forms of immune tolerance. Since anterior chamber associated immune deviation (ACAID) is a systemic immune tolerance elicited by introducing exogenous antigens into the anterior chamber of the eye, we investigated the expression and function of IDO in the development of this ocular tolerance. ACAID was induced in BALB/c mice by an intracameral injection of 50mug ovalbumin (OVA). The IDO expression in the splenocytes during ACAID was determined by fluorescent quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. The development of ACAID was evaluated by the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response after intraperitoneal injection of an IDO inhibitor 1-methyl-dl-tryptophan (1-MT). Secretion of IFN-gamma and IL-4 by splenocytes and lymph node cells from the mice treated with or without 1-MT were also evaluated using intracellular cytokine staining. Our results showed that the IDO expression was significantly increased at both mRNA and protein levels following OVA intracameral injection. Inhibition of IDO with 1-MT prevented the development of ACAID, which was indicated by the re-appearance of the OVA-specific DTH response. IL-4 was significantly reduced and IFN-gamma was partially recovered after the treatment of 1-MT. Our study reveal that IDO is up-regulated during ACAID and IDO inhibitor prevents ACAID generation, suggesting that IDO is involved in the development of this immune tolerance.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anterior Chamber/drug effects
- Anterior Chamber/immunology
- Blotting, Western
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed/enzymology
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed/immunology
- Immune Tolerance/drug effects
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/analysis
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/metabolism
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Interleukin-4/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Ovalbumin/administration & dosage
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Spleen/enzymology
- Spleen/pathology
- Tryptophan/analogs & derivatives
- Tryptophan/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation
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- Xuan Chen
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, PR China
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Immune-mediated inflammation and allograft rejection are greatly reduced in certain organs, a phenomenon called 'immune privilege'. Immune privilege is well developed in three regions of the body: the eye, the brain and the pregnant uterus. Immune-mediated inflammation has devastating consequences in the eye and brain, which have limited capacity for regeneration. Likewise, loss of immune privilege at the maternal-fetal interface culminates in abortion in rodents. However, all three regions share many adaptations that restrict the induction and expression of immune-mediated inflammation. A growing body of evidence from rodent studies suggests that a breakdown in immune privilege contributes to multiple sclerosis, uveitis, corneal allograft rejection and possibly even immune abortion.
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- Jerry Y Niederkorn
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9057, USA.
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The eye is an extension of the brain and thus many of its tissues are incapable of regeneration. Ocular inflammation can produce extensive damage to innocent bystander cells leading to blindness. However, the eye possesses multiple strategies to control immune-mediated inflammation-a phenomenon known as immune privilege. The fetus of outbred mammals expresses paternal histocompatibility antigens and represents an allograft. However, the success of placental animals is a testament to the immune privilege of the allogeneic fetus. Extensive evidence suggests that the eye and the fetus employ similar strategies for establishing immune privilege for preserving vision and the unborn respectively.
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Malina HZ. Comment on ‘The photosensitiser xanthurenic acid is not present in normal human lenses’ by P.G. Hains et al. [Exp. Eye Res. 77 (2003) 547–553]. Exp Eye Res 2004; 79:443-5; author reply 447-8. [PMID: 15336509 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2003] [Accepted: 05/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Li Y, Tredget EE, Ghahary A. Cell surface expression of MHC class I antigen is suppressed in indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase genetically modified keratinocytes: implications in allogeneic skin substitute engraftment. Hum Immunol 2004; 65:114-23. [PMID: 14969766 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2003.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2003] [Revised: 11/17/2003] [Accepted: 11/18/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) has been indicated to prevent the fetus from maternal T-cell rejection. A longer survival of IDO genetically modified islets transplanted into NOD mouse kidney capsules has also been demonstrated. As IDO mediated mechanism of graft protection has not been elucidated, in our study we hypothesize that the expression of IDO may prevent immune rejection by suppressing the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I antigen. To test this hypothesis, an IDO adenoviral vector was constructed and the effect of IDO on MHC class I expression was evaluated on recombinant adenoviral transfected keratinocytes. Following a successful construction of IDO expressing adenoviral vector, the catabolic activity of IDO enzyme was evaluated by measuring the levels of its product, kynurenine in keratinocyte conditioned medium. The results indicated a higher level of kynurenine in IDO expressing cells relative to those of control cells. The results of MHC class I experiments revealed a significant downregulation of cell membrane associated MHC class I antigen in IDO genetically modified keratinocytes relative to that of either nontransfected or empty vector transfected cells. Further experiments demonstrated that an addition of tryptophan or IDO inhibitor markedly restored the expression of MHC class I on IDO transfected keratinocytes. The findings of this study suggest that downregulation of MHC class I expression by IDO might be one of the mechanisms through which IDO mediates local immunosuppression.
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- Yunyuan Li
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Malina H, Richter C, Frueh B, Hess OM. Lens epithelial cell apoptosis and intracellular Ca2+ increase in the presence of xanthurenic acid. BMC Ophthalmol 2002; 2:1. [PMID: 11934353 PMCID: PMC103667 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2001] [Accepted: 04/05/2002] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Xanthurenic acid is an endogenous product of tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). We have previously reported that IDO is present in mammalian lenses, and xanthurenic acid is accumulated in the lenses with aging. Here, we studied the involvement of xanthurenic acid in the human lens epithelial cell physiology. METHODS Human lens epithelial cells primary cultures were used. Control cells, and cells in the presence of xanthurenic acid grow in the dark. Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence studies were performed. RESULTS In the presence of xanthurenic acid human lens epithelial cells undergo apoptosis-like cell death. In the control cells gelsolin stained the perinuclear region, whereas in the presence of 10 microM xanthurenic acid gelsolin is translocated to the cytoskeleton, but does not lead to cytoskeleton breakdown. In the same condition caspase-3 activation, and DNA fragmentation was observed. At low (5 to 10 microM) of xanthurenic acid concentration, the elongation of the cytoskeleton was associated with migration of mitochondria and cytochrome c release. At higher concentrations xanthurenic acid (20 microM and 40 microM) damaged mitochondria were observed in the perinuclear region, and nuclear DNA cleavage was observed. We observed an induction of calpain Lp 82 and an increase of free Ca2+ in the cells in a xanthurenic acid concentration-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS The results show that xanthurenic acid accumulation in human lens epithelial cells disturbs the normal cell physiology and leads to a cascade of pathological events. Xanthurenic acid induces calpain Lp82 and caspases in the cells growing in the dark and can be involved in senile cataract development.
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- Halina Malina
- Swiss Cardiovascular Research Center, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
- Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Universitaetstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zuerich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Universitaetstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zuerich, Switzerland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Swiss Cardiovascular Research Center, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Chiarugi A, Rapizzi E, Moroni F, Moroni F. The kynurenine metabolic pathway in the eye: studies on 3-hydroxykynurenine, a putative cataractogenic compound. FEBS Lett 1999; 453:197-200. [PMID: 10403402 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00724-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The rabbit lens has an elevated content of 3-hydroxykynurenine (30HKYN) in spite of a very low activity of the enzymes leading to its synthesis. The iris/ciliary body, on the contrary, has very high activity of 30HKYN synthesizing enzymes but a content of 30HKYN lower than that of the lens. These observations suggest that 30HKYN is formed in the iris/ ciliary body, released into the aqueous humor and then taken up into the lens where it may be used for the synthesis of UV filtering products. An excessive accumulation of 30HKYN in the lens has been associated with cataract formation. We found that available selective inhibitors of kynurenine hydroxylase reduced 30HKYN synthesis in both the lens and the iris/ciliary body.
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- A Chiarugi
- Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy
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Bodaghi B, Goureau O, Zipeto D, Laurent L, Virelizier JL, Michelson S. Role of IFN-γ-Induced Indoleamine 2,3 Dioxygenase and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Replication of Human Cytomegalovirus in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.2.957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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An in vitro model of human CMV infection of primary retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells was used to study the effects of cytokines on CMV replication in these cells, which are targets of CMV infection in vivo. IFN-γ and IFN-β were potent inhibitors of CMV replication in RPE cells, while TNF-α, IL-1β, or TGF-β2 did not affect viral replication. Inhibition by IFN-γ, and to a lesser extent IFN-β, was almost completely reversed by addition of l-tryptophan to the culture medium, strongly implicating the indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO) pathway. Polyadenylated IDO mRNA accumulation was detected as early as 2 h after IFN stimulation. Furthermore, CMV blocked the production of nitric oxide by the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase. This inhibition depended on a functional viral genome. However, exogenous nitric oxide significantly inhibited viral protein expression in RPE cells. Thus, CMV infection blocks the inducible nitric oxide synthase pathway activated by IFN-γ and IL-1β, but cannot counteract the IFN-induced IDO pathway, which ultimately controls its replication in primary human RPE cells.
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- Bahram Bodaghi
- *Unité d’Immunologie Virale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; and
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- †Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U450, Developpement, Vieillissement et Pathologie de la Rétine, Paris, France
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- *Unité d’Immunologie Virale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; and
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- *Unité d’Immunologie Virale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; and
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- *Unité d’Immunologie Virale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; and
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Malina HZ, Martin XD. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase: antioxidant enzyme in the human eye. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1996; 234:457-62. [PMID: 8817290 DOI: 10.1007/bf02539413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is the first enzyme of the tryptophan degradation pathway. IDO is an antioxidant enzyme because it is a direct scavenger of superoxide radicals. In this study, we measured the activity of IDO in the human eye. METHODS IDO was detected in the protein extract of human retina, iris/ciliary body, and lens. The products formed were measured using HPLC with electrochemical detection. Enzyme activity was expressed as the quantity of kynurenine and 3-hydroxykynurenine formed. RESULTS IDO activity in the retina extract was 51.5 (+/-10) nmol/g tissue/h, and kynurenine formation was detected. In the iris/ ciliary body, IDO activity was 191.8 (+/49) nmol/g tissue/h, and both kynurenine and 3-hydroxy-kynurenine were formed from tryptophan. In the extract of lens cortex only 3-hydroxykynurenine was formed from tryptophan. IDO activity was 351 (+/-67.3) nmol/g tissue/h. CONCLUSION Free tryptophan is degradated in the human eye by IDO, an antioxidative enzyme. IDO may be an antioxidant mechanism in the eye.
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- H Z Malina
- Laboratoire d'Ophthalmologie Expérimentale, Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer, Epalinges s/Lausanne, Switzerland
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Walden SE, Wheeler RA. Distinguishing Features of Indolyl Radical and Radical Cation: Implications for Tryptophan Radical Studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jp951838p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Susan E. Walden
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Room 208, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Room 208, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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Malina HZ, Martin XD. Deamination of 3-hydroxykynurenine in bovine lenses: a possible mechanism of cataract formation in general. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1995; 233:38-44. [PMID: 7721122 DOI: 10.1007/bf00177784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND 3-Hydroxykynurenine, a metabolite of tryptophan, acts as UV filter in the human lens. In this study, we looked for this substance and its metabolites in young and old bovine lenses, because of their possible role in the formation of cataract. METHODS The substances were detected by HPLC analysis. The fluorescent substance formed from 3-hydroxykynurenine was characterized by thin-layer chromatography followed by reaction with ninhydrin, UV and fluorescence spectrum analysis, and atom bombardment for molecular mass determination. The kynurenine aminotransferase activity was determined by the method of Tobes. RESULTS 3-Hydroxykynurenine was detected at concentrations of 0.07, 0.19, and 1.14 micrograms/g of tissue in the bovine iris/ciliary body, retina, and transparent bovine lenses respectively. 3-Hydroxykynurenine was deaminated in old bovine eyes but not in calf eyes. In old eyes, kynurenine aminotransferase activity was 2.7, 3.5, and 9.6 mumol/g of tissue per h in retina, iris/ciliary body, and lens respectively. CONCLUSION The deamination of 3-hydroxykynurenine resulted in the formation of a fluorescent substance which was identified as oxidized xanthurenic acid. This substance, accumulating in the bovine lens and interacting with lens proteins, could induce cataract formation.
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- H Z Malina
- Laboratoire d'Ophalmologie Experiméntale, Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
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