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Huo M, Wang H, Zhang Y, Cai H, Zhang P, Li L, Zhou J, Yin T. Co-delivery of silybin and paclitaxel by dextran-based nanoparticles for effective anti-tumor treatment through chemotherapy sensitization and microenvironment modulation. J Control Release 2020; 321:198-210. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Yo K, Rünger TM. The long non-coding RNA FLJ46906 binds to the transcription factors NF-κB and AP-1 and regulates expression of aging-associated genes. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 10:2037-2050. [PMID: 30125263 PMCID: PMC6128423 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Several features differentiate aged cells from young cells, many of which are due to changes in gene expression during the aging process. The mechanisms of altered gene expression in aging cells remain incompletely understood, and we hypothesized that long non-coding (lnc) RNAs mediate at least some of these changes. We screened for alterations in lncRNA expression with aging in skin fibroblasts and identified the lncRNA FLJ46906 to be consistently upregulated with aging in-vivo and in-vitro. The function of this lncRNA has not been known. Here we show that FLJ46906 regulates several aging-associated genes, including IL1B, IL6, CXCL8, TGFB1, and ELN. We suggest that these effects are mediated through NF-κB and AP-1, because these aging-associated genes are regulated by NF-κB and AP-1, and because we found that FLJ46906 directly binds to these two transcription factors. This data supports a role of the lncRNA FLJ46906 in the aging process.
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- Kazuyuki Yo
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.,Current address: Dermatological R & D, POLA Chemical Industries Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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IDH3 mediates apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells type 2 due to mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake during hypocapnia. Cell Death Dis 2017; 8:e3005. [PMID: 28837149 PMCID: PMC5596584 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2017.403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) pulmonary perfusion failure increases physiologic dead-space (VD/VT) correlating with mortality. High VD/VT results in alveolar hypocapnia, which has been demonstrated to cause edema formation, atelectasis, and surfactant depletion, evoked, at least in part, by apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells (AEC). However, the mechanism underlying the hypocapnia-induced AEC apoptosis is unknown. Here, using fluorescent live-cell imaging of cultured AEC type 2 we could show that in terms of CO2 sensing the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 3 seems to be an important player because hypocapnia resulted independently from pH in an elevation of IDH3 activity and subsequently in an increase of NADH, the substrate of the respiratory chain. As a consequence, the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (ΔΨ) rose causing a Ca2+ shift from cytosol into mitochondria, whereas the IDH3 knockdown inhibited these responses. Furthermore, the hypocapnia-induced mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake resulted in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and both the mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and ROS production induced apoptosis. Accordingly, we provide evidence that in AEC type 2 hypocapnia induces elevation of IDH3 activity leading to apoptosis. This finding might give new insight into the pathogenesis of ARDS and may help to develop novel strategies to reduce tissue injury in ARDS.
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George PM, Wells AU. Pirfenidone for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2017; 10:483-491. [PMID: 28266906 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2017.1295846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a diffuse parenchymal lung disease with no cure. Up until recently, no treatment had been proven to alter its natural history as judged by rate of lung function decline. In 2014 however, the emergence of two novel anti-fibrotic agents, Pirfenidone and Nintedanib revolutionized the management of this condition. Both have demonstrated the ability to deliver a major reduction in the rate of chronic IPF progression. Areas Covered: This review article focuses on Pirfenidone - a pyridone derivative initially designed as an analgesic and anti-pyretic agent. Here we describe the history of the drug from its inception through to exploratory pre-clinical in-vitro and in-vivo studies where its anti-fibrotic potential was identified, and eventually to large multicenter randomized controlled trials. Expert Commentary: This article also summarizes some of the difficulties surrounding clinical end-point selection in IPF trials and addresses some of the challenges facing the IPF community over the coming years.
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- Peter M George
- a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital , Interstitial Lung Disease Unit , London , SW3 6NP, UK
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- a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital , Interstitial Lung Disease Unit , London , SW3 6NP, UK
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Speth JM, Bourdonnay E, Penke LRK, Mancuso P, Moore BB, Weinberg JB, Peters-Golden M. Alveolar Epithelial Cell-Derived Prostaglandin E2 Serves as a Request Signal for Macrophage Secretion of Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 during Innate Inflammation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 196:5112-20. [PMID: 27183597 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Preservation of gas exchange mandates that the pulmonary alveolar surface restrain unnecessarily harmful inflammatory responses to the many challenges to which it is exposed. These responses reflect the cross-talk between alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) and resident alveolar macrophages (AMs). We recently determined that AMs can secrete suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins within microparticles. Uptake of these SOCS-containing vesicles by epithelial cells inhibits cytokine-induced STAT activation. However, the ability of epithelial cells to direct AM release of SOCS-containing vesicles in response to inflammatory insults has not been studied. In this study, we report that SOCS3 protein was elevated in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of both virus- and bacteria-infected mice, as well as in an in vivo LPS model of acute inflammation. In vitro studies revealed that AEC-conditioned medium (AEC-CM) enhanced AM SOCS3 secretion above basal levels. Increased amounts of PGE2 were present in AEC-CM after LPS challenge, and both pharmacologic inhibition of PGE2 synthesis in AECs and neutralization of PGE2 in AEC-CM implicated this prostanoid as the major AEC-derived factor mediating enhanced AM SOCS3 secretion. Moreover, pharmacologic blockade of PGE2 synthesis or genetic deletion of a PGE2 synthase similarly attenuated the increase in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid SOCS3 noted in lungs of mice challenged with LPS in vivo. These results demonstrate a novel tunable form of cross-talk in which AECs use PGE2 as a signal to request SOCS3 from AMs to dampen their endogenous inflammatory responses during infection.
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- Jennifer M Speth
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; and
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
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Qu X, Li Q, Wang X, Yang X, Wang D. N-acetylcysteine attenuates cardiopulmonary bypass-induced lung injury in dogs. J Cardiothorac Surg 2013; 8:107. [PMID: 23607780 PMCID: PMC3639066 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is usually associated with inflammatory response that leads to various degrees of organ dysfunction in multiple systems, including lung injury. Our previous study showed that transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFβ1) was involved in CPB-induced lung injury. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is an antioxidant and is able to prevent CPB-induced pneumocyte apoptosis through scavenging radical. Therefore, we investigated whether NAC may attenuate CPB-induced lung injury by inhibiting TGFβ1 expression. Methods Fifty-four 18 to 24-month-old mongrel dogs (15–16 kg) were randomly divided into control group, CPB group and NAC group (n = 18). Six dogs in each group were killed prior to, as well as 30 and 60 minutes after the operation (T0, T1 and T2). Lung injury was evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Respiratory index (RI), oxygenation index (OI), malondialdehyde (MDA) content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the lung were determined at each time point. TGFβ1 expression was determined using real time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Results A serious lung injury was observed after CPB in dogs. RI and MDA content were increased significantly after CPB, whereas OI and SOD activity were decreased. H&E staining showed that NAC treatment obviously attenuated CPB-induced lung injury. NAC treatment upregulated OI and SOD activity and downregulated RI and MDA content in the lung tissues of dogs after CPB. Treatment with NAC significantly suppressed the TGFβ1 expression in the lung tissues at both mRNA and protein levels. Conclusion Our results suggest that NAC is a potent agent against CPB-induced acute lung injury through inhibiting TGFβ1 expression.
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Kondo Y, Higa-Nakamine S, Noguchi N, Maeda N, Toku S, Isohama Y, Sugahara K, Kukita I, Yamamoto H. Induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition by flagellin in cultured lung epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L1057-69. [DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00096.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) recognizes bacterial flagellin and activates host inflammatory responses, mainly through activation of the NF-κB pathway. Although pulmonary fibrosis occurs in some cases of lung infection by flagellated bacteria, the pathological roles of TLR5 stimulation in pulmonary fibrosis have yet to be elucidated. In the present study, we first confirmed that flagellin activated the NF-κB pathway in cultured A549 alveolar epithelial cells. Next, we examined the types of genes whose expression was modulated by flagellin in the cells. Microarray analysis of gene expression indicated that flagellin induced a change in gene expression that had a similar trend to transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), a key factor in the induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Biochemical analysis revealed that TGF-β1 and flagellin increased the level of fibronectin protein, while they reduced the level of E-cadherin protein after 30 h of treatment. Interestingly, simultaneous treatment with TGF-β1 and flagellin significantly augmented these EMT-related changes. Flagellin strongly activated p38 MAP kinase, and the activation was sustained for longer than 30 h. SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase, inhibited the upregulation of fibronectin by both flagellin and TGF-β1. Simultaneous treatment with TGF-β1 and flagellin augmented the activation of p38 MAP kinase by TGF-β1 or flagellin alone. These results strongly suggest that flagellin cooperates with TGF-β1 in the induction of EMT in alveolar epithelial cells.
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- Yutaka Kondo
- Departments of 1Biochemistry,
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- Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; and
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- Department of Chemico-Pharmacological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; and
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OBJECTIVES Many mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome develop pulmonary fibrosis. Stresses induced by mechanical ventilation may explain the development of fibrosis by a number of mechanisms (e.g., damage the alveolar epithelium, biotrauma). The objective of this study was t test the hypothesis that mechanical ventilation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis. METHODS C57BL/6 mice were randomized into four groups: healthy controls; hydrochloric acid aspiration alone; vehicle control solution followed 24 hrs later by mechanical ventilation (peak inspiratory pressure 22 cm H(2)O and positive end-expiratory pressure 2 cm H(2)O for 2 hrs); and acid aspiration followed 24 hrs later by mechanical ventilation. The animals were monitored for up to 15 days after acid aspiration. To explore the direct effects of mechanical stress on lung fibrotic formation, human lung epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) were exposed to mechanical stretch for up to 48 hrs. MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS Impaired lung mechanics after mechanical ventilation was associated with increased lung hydroxyproline content, and increased expression of transforming growth factor-β, β-catenin, and mesenchymal markers (α-smooth muscle actin and vimentin) at both the gene and protein levels. Expression of epithelial markers including cytokeratin-8, E-cadherin, and prosurfactant protein B decreased. Lung histology demonstrated fibrosis formation and potential epithelia-mesenchymal transition. In vitro direct mechanical stretch of BEAS-2B cells resulted in similar fibrotic and epithelia-mesenchymal transition formation. CONCLUSIONS Mechanical stress induces lung fibrosis, and epithelia-mesenchymal transition may play an important role in mediating the ventilator-induced lung fibrosis.
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Van Den Heuvel RL, Lambrechts N, Verstraelen S, Nelissen IC, Schoeters GER. Chemical sensitization and allergotoxicology. EXPERIENTIA SUPPLEMENTUM (2012) 2012; 101:289-314. [PMID: 22945573 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8340-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Chemical sensitization remains an important environmental and occupational health issue. A wide range of substances have been shown to possess the ability to induce skin sensitization or respiratory sensitization. As a consequence, there is a need to have appropriate methods to identify sensitizing agents. Although a considerable investment has been made in exploring opportunities to develop methods for hazard identification and characterization, there are, as yet, no validated nonanimal methods available. A state of the art of the different in vitro approaches to identify contact and respiratory capacity of chemicals is covered in this chapter.
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- Rosette L Van Den Heuvel
- Environmental Risk and Health Unit-Toxicology, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO N.V.), Centre for Advanced R&D on Alternative Methods (CARDAM), Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium,
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Fujita J, Higa H, Azuma M, Kin M, Kakazu K, Toume M, Nakazato I, Cash HL, Higa F, Tateyama M, Tsutsumi Y, Ohtsuki Y. Immunohistochemical findings of an autopsied lung specimen from a patient with pandemic influenza (A/H1N1pdm) virus infection. Intern Med 2012; 51:507-12. [PMID: 22382568 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 24-year-old female presented with fever and dry cough. Influenza A virus infection was suspected and the patient was treated with neuraminidase inhibitors. Five days after diagnosis, the patient developed persistent fever and dyspnea, and was diagnosed with severe pneumonia. Despite intensive treatment, the pneumonia worsened and the patient died 14 days after admission. At autopsy, a diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) pattern was observed. Immunohistochemical evaluation indicated severe epithelial damage, resulting in successive regeneration of alveolar type II cells followed by marked proliferation of smooth muscle cells and an increase of collagen fibers at the tip of alveolar orifices.
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- Jiro Fujita
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
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Cigarette smoke exposure causes changes in Scavenger Receptor B1 level and distribution in lung cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2011; 43:1065-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Revised: 05/19/2009] [Accepted: 05/23/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mizutani A, Maeda N, Toku S, Higa-Nakamine S, Isohama Y, Sunakawa H, Sugahara K, Yamamoto H. Interaction of ethyl pyruvate in vitro with NF-κB subunits, RelA and p50. Eur J Pharmacol 2011; 650:151-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Inhibition by ethyl pyruvate of the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-κB in cultured lung epithelial cells. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2010; 23:308-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2010.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2009] [Revised: 02/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Weppler A, Issekutz AC. ALVEOLAR EPITHELIUM DOWN-MODULATES ENDOTOXIN—BUT NOT TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA—INDUCED ACTIVATION OF ENDOTHELIUM AND SELECTIVELY INHIBITS NEUTROPHIL TRANSENDOTHELIAL MIGRATION. Exp Lung Res 2009; 34:425-53. [DOI: 10.1080/01902140802130105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Castagna R, Davis P, Vasu V, Soucek K, Cross C, Greci L, Valacchi G. Nitroxide radical TEMPO reduces ozone-induced chemokine IL-8 production in lung epithelial cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2009; 23:365-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bannerman DD. Pathogen-dependent induction of cytokines and other soluble inflammatory mediators during intramammary infection of dairy cows. J Anim Sci 2008; 87:10-25. [PMID: 18708595 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mastitis is a highly prevalent and costly disease of dairy cows that is commonly caused by intramammary bacterial infection. The innate immune response to bacterial penetration of the mammary gland is evoked within hours of infection, and the rapidity and magnitude of this response have been demonstrated to influence the resolution of this disease. Cytokines and other mediators of inflammation are known to play critical roles in the innate immune response to intramammary infection. The objectives of this review are to summarize the current understanding of the cytokine response to intramammary infection, highlight recent findings identifying differences in the cytokine response to various bacterial pathogens, and discuss future research directions that will increase our knowledge of the role of inflammatory mediators in predicting and governing the outcome of mastitis.
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- D D Bannerman
- Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Cell types involved in allergic asthma and their use in in vitro models to assess respiratory sensitization. Toxicol In Vitro 2008; 22:1419-31. [PMID: 18603401 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2008] [Revised: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This review first describes the mechanism and cell types involved in allergic asthma, which is a complex clinical disease characterized by airway obstruction, airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness to a variety of stimuli. The development of allergic asthma exists of three phases, namely the induction phase, the early-phase asthmatic reaction (EAR) and the late-phase asthmatic reaction (LAR). In the induction phase, antigen-presenting cells play a major role. Most important cells in the EAR are mast cells, and during the LAR, various cell types, such as eosinophils, neutrophils, T cells, macrophages, dendritic cells (DCs), and cells that endow structure are involved. In occupational asthma, this immunological mechanism is involved in 90% of the cases. The second part of this review gives an overview of in vitro models to assess the hazardous potential of high- and low-molecular weight chemicals on the respiratory system. In order to develop a good in vitro model for respiratory allergy, the choice of appropriate cell types is important. Epithelial cells, macrophages and DCs are currently the most used models in this field of research.
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Bossé Y, Rola-Pleszczynski M. Controversy surrounding the increased expression of TGF beta 1 in asthma. Respir Res 2007; 8:66. [PMID: 17892594 PMCID: PMC2078588 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 09/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Asthma is a waxing and waning disease that leads to structural changes in the airways, such as subepithelial fibrosis, increased mass of airway smooth muscle and epithelial metaplasia. Such a remodeling of the airways futher amplifies asthma symptoms, but its etiology is unknown. Transforming growth factor β1 is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in many fibrotic, oncologic and immunologic diseases and is believed to play an essential role in airway remodeling that occurs in asthmatic patients. Since it is secreted in an inactive form, the overall activity of this cytokine is not exclusively determined by its level of expression, but also by extensive and complex post-translational mechanisms, which are all importanin modulating the magnitude of the TGFβ1 response. Even if TGFβ1 upregulation in asthma is considered as a dogma by certain investigators in the field, the overall picture of the published litterature is not that clear and the cellular origin of this cytokine in the airways of asthmatics is still a contemporaneous debate. On the other hand, it is becoming clear that TGFβ1 signaling is increased in the lungs of asthmatics, which testifies the increased activity of this cytokine in asthma pathogenesis. The current work is an impartial and exhaustive compilation of the reported papers regarding the expression of TGFβ1 in human asthmatics. For the sake of comparison, several studies performed in animal models of the disease are also included. Inconsistencies observed in human studies are discussed and conclusions as well as trends from the current state of the litterature on the matter are proposed. Finally, the different points of regulation that can affect the amplitude of the TGFβ1 response are briefly revised and the possibility that TGFβ1 is disregulated at another level in asthma, rather than simply in its expression, is highlighted.
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- Ynuk Bossé
- Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Jain R, Shaul PW, Borok Z, Willis BC. Endothelin-1 induces alveolar epithelial-mesenchymal transition through endothelin type A receptor-mediated production of TGF-beta1. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007; 37:38-47. [PMID: 17379848 PMCID: PMC1899351 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0353oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), but the cellular mechanisms underlying the role it plays in this disease are not well characterized. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which was recently demonstrated in alveolar epithelial cells (AEC), may play an important role in the pathogenesis of IPF and other forms of pulmonary fibrosis. Whether ET-1 contributes to the induction of EMT in AEC is unknown. The aims of this study were to evaluate AEC production of ET-1 and to determine if ET-1 induces EMT in AEC. We demonstrate that ET-1 is produced at physiologically relevant levels by primary AEC and is secreted preferentially toward the basolateral surface. We also demonstrate that AEC express high levels of endothelin type A receptors (ET-A) and, to a lesser extent, type B receptors (ET-B), suggesting autocrine or paracrine function for alveolar ET-1. In addition, ET-1 induces EMT through ET-A activation. Furthermore, TGF-beta1 synthesis is increased by ET-1, ET-1 induces Smad3 phosphorylation, and ET-1-induced EMT is attenuated by a TGF-beta1-neutralizing antibody. Thus, ET-1 is an important mediator of EMT in AEC, acting through ET-A-mediated TGF-beta1 production. These findings increase our basic understanding of the role of ET-1 in pulmonary fibrosis and suggest potential roles for AEC-derived ET-1 in the pathogenesis of other alveolar epithelial-mediated lung diseases.
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- Raksha Jain
- Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9063, USA
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Martinesi M, Bruni S, Stio M, Treves C, Bacci T, Borgioli F. Biocompatibility evaluation of surface-treated AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel in human cell cultures. J Biomed Mater Res A 2007; 80:131-45. [PMID: 16983653 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30846] [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: 11/08/2022]
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The effects of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel, tested in untreated state or subjected to glow-discharge nitriding (at 10 or 20 hPa) and nitriding + post-oxidizing treatments, on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were evaluated. All the treated samples showed a better corrosion resistance in PBS and higher surface hardness in comparison with the untreated alloy. In HUVEC put in contact for 72 h with the sample types, proliferation and apoptosis decreased and increased, respectively, in the presence of the nitrided + post-oxidized samples, while only slight differences in cytokine (TNF-alpha, IL-6, and TGF-beta1) release were registered. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) increased in HUVEC incubated with all the treated samples, while vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and E-selectin increased in the presence of all the sample types. PBMC incubated for 48 h with the samples showed a decrease in proliferation and an increase in apoptosis in the presence of the untreated samples and the nitrided + post-oxidized ones. All the sample types induced a remarkable increase in TNF-alpha and IL-6 release in PBMC culture medium, while only the untreated sample and the nitrided at 10 hPa induced an increase in ICAM-1 expression. In HUVEC cocultured with PBMC, previously put in contact with the treated AISI 316L samples, increased levels of ICAM-1 were detected. In HUVEC coincubated with the culture medium of PBMC, previously put in contact with the samples under study, a noteworthy increase in ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin levels was always registered, with the exception of VCAM-1, which was not affected by the untreated sample. In conclusion, even if the treated samples do not show a marked increase in biocompatibility in comparison with the untreated alloy, their higher corrosion resistance may suggest a better performance as the contact with physiological environment becomes longer.
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- M Martinesi
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, Florence I-50134, Italy
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Willis BC, duBois RM, Borok Z. Epithelial origin of myofibroblasts during fibrosis in the lung. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2006; 3:377-82. [PMID: 16738204 PMCID: PMC2658689 DOI: 10.1513/pats.200601-004tk] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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An understanding of the mechanisms underlying pulmonary fibrosis remains elusive. Once believed to result primarily from chronic inflammation, it is now clear that inflammation and chronic fibrosis, especially in diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/usual interstitial pneumonia, are often dissociated, and that inflammation is neither necessary nor sufficient to induce fibrosis. The origin of the primary effector cell of fibrosis in the lung, the myofibroblast, is not clearly established. Three potential sources have been hypothesized. Although conversion of resident fibroblasts and differentiation of circulating bone marrow-derived progenitors likely play a role, the possible contribution of alveolar epithelial cells (AECs), through a process termed "epithelial-mesenchymal transition" (EMT), has only recently received consideration. A process by which epithelial cells lose cell-cell attachment, polarity and epithelial-specific markers, undergo cytoskeletal remodeling, and gain a mesenchymal phenotype, EMT plays a prominent role in fibrogenesis in adult tissues such as the kidney. This review summarizes the evidence supporting a central role for EMT in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis, the potential for EMT in AECs in vitro and in vivo and role of transforming growth factor-beta1 in this process, and the implications of epithelium-driven fibrosis on future research and treatment. Potential pathways involved in EMT are also discussed. It is hoped that a major shift in current paradigms regarding the genesis of pulmonary fibrosis and dissection of the relevant pathways may allow development of targeted interventions that could potentially reverse the process and ameliorate the debilitating effects of abnormal repair and progressive fibrosis.
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- Brigham C Willis
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Southern California, IRD 620, 2020 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Kwong KY, Niang S, Literat A, Zhu NL, Ramanathan R, Jones CA, Minoo P. Expression of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-b1) by human preterm lung inflammatory cells. Life Sci 2006; 79:2349-56. [PMID: 16952379 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 07/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Using a previously published model of human BPD this study examines whether preterm lung inflammatory cells produce transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1), a cytokine pivotal in pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), and whether TGF-beta1 expression is regulated by inflammation. Lung inflammatory cells (neutrophils and macrophages) recovered in the broncho-alveolar (BAL) fluid of premature infants intubated for respiratory distress after birth expressed TGF-b1 mRNA and protein. Total and bioactive TGF-beta1 were abundantly found in the BAL fluid of the same infants. In cell culture stimulation by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) did not result in any further expression of total or bioactive TGF-beta1 by neonatal lung inflammatory cells over constitutive concentrations. In conclusion, lung inflammatory cells from premature infants are a source of TGF-beta1 but LPS does not regulate TGF-b1 production in these cells.
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- K Y Kwong
- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Vaporidi K, Tsatsanis C, Georgopoulos D, Tsichlis PN. Effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on surfactant protein expression proliferation and apoptosis in A549 alveolar epithelial cells. Life Sci 2005; 78:284-93. [PMID: 16125734 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.04.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED During lung injury alveolar epithelial cells are directly exposed to changes in PO(2) and PCO(2). Integrity of alveolar epithelial type II cells (AECII) is critical in lung injury but the effect of hypoxia and hypercapnia on AECII function, viability and proliferation has not been clearly investigated. Aim of the present work was to determine the direct effect of hypoxia and hypercapnia on surfactant protein expression, proliferation and apoptosis of lung epithelial cells in vitro. A549 alveolar epithelia cells were subjected to hypoxia (1%O(2)-5% CO(2)) or hypercapnia (21% O(2-) 15% CO(2)) and expression of surfactant protein C was measured and compared to normal conditions (21% O(2)- 5% CO(2)). Cell cycle progression and apoptosis were measured by flow cytometric analysis. RESULTS A549 alveolar epithelial cells produce surfactant proteins, including surfactant protein C, when cultured under normal conditions, which is reduced under hypoxic conditions. Specifically, pro-SpC expression is moderately decreased after 8 h of culture in hypoxia, and is completely attenuated after 48 h. Hypercapnia decreases pro-SpC expression only after 48 h of exposure. Stimulation with TNF-alpha partly reverses pSPC decrease observed under hypoxic and hypercapnic conditions. Hypoxic culture of A549 cells results in progressive arrest of cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle and increased apoptosis first observed 4 h following exposure and peaking at 24 h. In contrast hypercapnia has no significant effect on alveolar epithelial cell proliferation or apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS Taken together we can conclude that hypoxia rapidly and severely affects AECII function and viability while hypercapnia has an inhibitory effect on pro-SpC production only after prolonged exposure.
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- Katerina Vaporidi
- Molecular Oncology Research Institute, TUFTS-NEMC, Boston, MA01222, USA.
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Stanley G, Harvey K, Slivova V, Jiang J, Sliva D. Ganoderma lucidum suppresses angiogenesis through the inhibition of secretion of VEGF and TGF-β1 from prostate cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 330:46-52. [PMID: 15781230 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) is a popular medicinal mushroom that has been used as a home remedy for the general promotion of health and longevity in East Asia. The dried powder of G. lucidum, which was recommended as a cancer chemotherapy agent in traditional Chinese medicine, is currently popularly used worldwide in the form of dietary supplements. We have previously demonstrated that G. lucidum induces apoptosis, inhibits cell proliferation, and suppresses cell migration of highly invasive human prostate cancer cells PC-3. However, the molecular mechanism(s) responsible for the inhibitory effects of G. lucidum on the prostate cancer cells has not been fully elucidated. In the present study, we examined the effect of G. lucidum on angiogenesis related to prostate cancer. We found that G. lucidum inhibits the early event in angiogenesis, capillary morphogenesis of the human aortic endothelial cells. These effects are caused by the inhibition of constitutively active AP-1 in prostate cancer cells, resulting in the down-regulation of secretion of VEGF and TGF-beta1 from PC-3 cells. Thus, G. lucidum modulates the phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and Akt kinases in PC-3 cells, which in turn inhibits the activity of AP-1. In summary, our results suggest that G. lucidum inhibits prostate cancer-dependent angiogenesis by modulating MAPK and Akt signaling and could have potential therapeutic use for the treatment of prostate cancer.
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- Gwenaelle Stanley
- Cancer Research Laboratory, Methodist Research Institute, 1800 N Capitol Ave, E504, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Sullivan DE, Ferris M, Pociask D, Brody AR. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induces transforming growth factor-beta1 expression in lung fibroblasts through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2005; 32:342-9. [PMID: 15653932 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2004-0288oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Increased expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha are thought to play important roles in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. We recently reported that TNF-alpha upregulates TGF-beta(1) expression in primary mouse lung fibroblasts (MLFs), a key cell population in fibrogenesis. In the present study, we have investigated signal transduction pathways involved in TNF-alpha upregulation of TGF-beta(1) in both primary MLFs and the Swiss 3T3 fibroblast cell line. Treatment of fibroblasts with TNF-alpha resulted in a significant increase in TGF-beta(1) protein as measured by ELISA. The increase in protein was preceded by a 200-400% increase in TGF-beta(1) mRNA detected by quantitative, real-time, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Western blot analysis showed that TNF-alpha activated the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and inhibitors of the ERK-specific mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway (PD98059 or U0126) blocked TNF-alpha induction of TGF-beta(1) mRNA and protein. mRNA stability experiments showed that TNF-alpha increased the half-life of TGF-beta(1) mRNA to more than 24 h compared with approximately 15 h in unstimulated cells. Expression of constitutively active MEK1 that selectively phosphorylates ERK was sufficient for TGF-beta(1) mRNA stabilization in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts. These results indicate that TNF-alpha activates the ERK-specific mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway leading to increased TGF-beta(1) production in fibroblasts, primarily via a post-transcriptional mechanism that involves stabilization of the TGF-beta(1) transcript.
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- Deborah E Sullivan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lung Biology Program, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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