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Zhao L, Zhang Y, Duan H, Yang T, Zhou Y, Ma B, Chen Y, Qi H. Clinical Characteristics and Tear Film Biomarkers in Patients With Chronic Dry Eye Disease After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Laser in Situ Keratomileusis. J Refract Surg 2023; 39:556-563. [PMID: 37578178 DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20230717-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate clinical characteristics and tear film biomarkers of patients with chronic dry eye disease (DED) following femtosecond laser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK). METHODS Patients were divided into the chronic DED after FS-LASIK (n = 36), DED without FS-LASIK (n = 39), and normal control (without FS-LASIK; n = 34) groups. Dry eye, pain, and psychological-related symptoms were evaluated using the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory Modified for the Eye (NPSI-Eye), and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) questionnaires. Ocular surface parameters, tear cytokines, and neuropeptide concentrations were evaluated with specific tests. RESULTS The DED after FS-LASIK group showed higher corneal fluorescein staining scores, but lower OSDI and NPSI-Eye scores than the DED without FS-LASIK group (all P < .05). Corneal sensitivity and nerve density decreased in the DED after FS-LASIK group (all P < .01). Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-23, alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH), oxytocin, and substance P levels were highest in the DED after FS-LASIK group, followed by the DED without FS-LASIK and normal control groups (all P < .05). Interferon-γ and neurotensin levels were only significantly higher in the DED after FS-LASIK group (all P < .05). CONCLUSIONS Patients with chronic DED after FS-LASIK showed milder ocular symptoms, greater epithelial damage, and higher levels of tear inflammatory cytokines and neuropeptides than patients with DED without FS-LASIK, indicating that the nervous and immune systems may play significant roles in FS-LASIK-related chronic DED development. [J Refract Surg. 2023;39(8):556-563.].
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Saffer C, Timme S, Rudolph P, Figge MT. Surrogate infection model predicts optimal alveolar macrophage number for clearance of Aspergillus fumigatus infections. NPJ Syst Biol Appl 2023; 9:12. [PMID: 37037824 PMCID: PMC10086013 DOI: 10.1038/s41540-023-00272-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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The immune system has to fight off hundreds of microbial invaders every day, such as the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. The fungal conidia can reach the lower respiratory tract, swell and form hyphae within six hours causing life-threatening invasive aspergillosis. Invading pathogens are continuously recognized and eliminated by alveolar macrophages (AM). Their number plays an essential role, but remains controversial with measurements varying by a factor greater than ten for the human lung. We here investigate the impact of the AM number on the clearance of A. fumigatus conidia in humans and mice using analytical and numerical modeling approaches. A three-dimensional to-scale hybrid agent-based model (hABM) of the human and murine alveolus allowed us to simulate millions of virtual infection scenarios, and to gain quantitative insights into the infection dynamics for varying AM numbers and infection doses. Since hABM simulations are computationally expensive, we derived and trained an analytical surrogate infection model on the large dataset of numerical simulations. This enables reducing the number of hABM simulations while still providing (i) accurate and immediate predictions on infection progression, (ii) quantitative hypotheses on the infection dynamics under healthy and immunocompromised conditions, and (iii) optimal AM numbers for combating A. fumigatus infections in humans and mice.
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- Christoph Saffer
- Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
- Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
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Mu M, Gao P, Yang Q, He J, Wu F, Han X, Guo S, Qian Z, Song C. Alveolar Epithelial Cells Promote IGF-1 Production by Alveolar Macrophages Through TGF-β to Suppress Endogenous Inflammatory Signals. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1585. [PMID: 32793225 PMCID: PMC7385185 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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To maintain alveolar gas exchange, the alveolar surface has to limit unnecessary inflammatory responses. This involves crosstalk between alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) and alveolar macrophages (AMs) in response to damaging factors. We recently showed that insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 regulates the phagocytosis of AECs. AMs secrete IGF-1 into the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in response to inflammatory stimuli. However, whether AECs regulate the production of IGF-1 by AMs in response to inflammatory signals remains unclear, as well as the role of IGF-1 in controlling the alveolar balance in the crosstalk between AMs and AECs under inflammatory conditions. In this study, we demonstrated that IGF-1 was upregulated in BALF and lung tissues of acute lung injury (ALI) mice, and that the increased IGF-1 was mainly derived from AMs. In vitro experiments showed that the production and secretion of IGF-1 by AMs as well as the expression of TGF-β were increased in LPS-stimulated AEC-conditioned medium (AEC-CM). Pharmacological blocking of TGF-β in AECs and addition of TGF-β neutralizing antibody to AEC-CM suggested that this AEC-derived cytokine mediates the increased production and secretion of IGF-1 from AMs. Blocking TGF-β synthesis or treatment with TGF-β neutralizing antibody attenuated the increase of IGF-1 in BALF in ALI mice. TGF-β induced the production of IGF-1 by AMs through the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. IGF-1 prevented LPS-induced p38 MAPK activation and the expression of the inflammatory factors MCP-1, TNF-α, and IL-1β in AECs. However, IGF-1 upregulated PPARγ to increase the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by AECs. Intratracheal instillation of IGF-1 decreased the number of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in BALF of ALI model mice, reduced alveolar congestion and edema, and suppressed inflammatory cell infiltration in lung tissues. These results elucidated a mechanism by which AECs used TGF-β to regulate IGF-1 production from AMs to attenuate endogenous inflammatory signals during alveolar inflammation.
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- Mimi Mu
- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Immunology in Chronic Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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Chousterman BG, Arnaud M. Is There a Role for Hematopoietic Growth Factors During Sepsis? Front Immunol 2018; 9:1015. [PMID: 29977234 PMCID: PMC6021493 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sepsis is a complex syndrome characterized by simultaneous activation of pro- and anti-inflammatory processes. After an inflammatory phase, patients present signs of immunosuppression and possibly persistent inflammation. Hematopoietic growth factors (HGFs) are glycoproteins that cause immune cells to mature and/or proliferate. HGFs also have a profound effect on cell functions and behavior. HGFs play crucial role in sepsis pathophysiology and were tested in several clinical trials without success to date. This review summarizes the role played by HGFs during sepsis and their potential therapeutic role in the Management of sepsis-related immune disturbances.
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- Benjamin G Chousterman
- Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation-SMUR, Hôpitaux Universitaires Lariboisière - Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris, France.,INSERM U1160, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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Schwotzer D, Niehof M, Schaudien D, Kock H, Hansen T, Dasenbrock C, Creutzenberg O. Cerium oxide and barium sulfate nanoparticle inhalation affects gene expression in alveolar epithelial cells type II. J Nanobiotechnology 2018; 16:16. [PMID: 29463257 PMCID: PMC5819288 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-018-0343-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Understanding the molecular mechanisms of nanomaterial interacting with cellular systems is important for appropriate risk assessment. The identification of early biomarkers for potential (sub-)chronic effects of nanoparticles provides a promising approach towards cost-intensive and animal consuming long-term studies. As part of a 90-day inhalation toxicity study with CeO2 NM-212 and BaSO4 NM-220 the present investigations on gene expression and immunohistochemistry should reveal details on underlying mechanisms of pulmonary effects. The role of alveolar epithelial cells type II (AEII cells) is focused since its contribution to defense against inhaled particles and potentially resulting adverse effects is assumed. Low dose levels should help to specify particle-related events, including inflammation and oxidative stress. RESULTS Rats were exposed to clean air, 0.1, 0.3, 1.0, and 3.0 mg/m3 CeO2 NM-212 or 50.0 mg/m3 BaSO4 NM-220 and the expression of 391 genes was analyzed in AEII cells after one, 28 and 90 days exposure. A total number of 34 genes was regulated, most of them related to inflammatory mediators. Marked changes in gene expression were measured for Ccl2, Ccl7, Ccl17, Ccl22, Ccl3, Ccl4, Il-1α, Il-1ß, and Il-1rn (inflammation), Lpo and Noxo1 (oxidative stress), and Mmp12 (inflammation/lung cancer). Genes related to genotoxicity and apoptosis did not display marked regulation. Although gene expression was less affected by BaSO4 compared to CeO2 the gene pattern showed great overlap. Gene expression was further analyzed in liver and kidney tissue showing inflammatory responses in both organs and marked downregulation of oxidative stress related genes in the kidney. Increases in the amount of Ce were measured in liver but not in kidney tissue. Investigation of selected genes on protein level revealed increased Ccl2 in bronchoalveolar lavage of exposed animals and increased Lpo and Mmp12 in the alveolar epithelia. CONCLUSION AEII cells contribute to CeO2 nanoparticle caused inflammatory and oxidative stress reactions in the respiratory tract by the release of related mediators. Effects of BaSO4 exposure are low. However, overlap between both substances were detected and support identification of potential early biomarkers for nanoparticle effects on the respiratory system. Signs for long-term effects need to be further evaluated by comparison to a respective exposure setting.
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- Daniela Schwotzer
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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Dohlman TH, Ding J, Dana R, Chauhan SK. T Cell-Derived Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Contributes to Dry Eye Disease Pathogenesis by Promoting CD11b+ Myeloid Cell Maturation and Migration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2017; 58:1330-1336. [PMID: 28241321 PMCID: PMC5341624 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-20789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Purpose Growing evidence suggests that granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) contributes to T helper 17 (Th17) cell-associated immunoinflammatory diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of T cell-derived GM-CSF on CD11b+ myeloid cell function in dry eye disease (DED). Methods In a murine model of DED, quantitative real-time PCR and ELISA were used to measure GM-CSF expression at the ocular surface, and flow cytometry was used to enumerate GM-CSF producing Th17 cells. A granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor neutralizing antibody was used topically in vivo and in an in vitro culture system to evaluate the role of GM-CSF in recruiting and maturing CD11b+ cells. Clinical disease severity was evaluated after topical administration of GM-CSF neutralizing antibody. Results In dry eye disease, GM-CSF is significantly upregulated at the ocular surface and the frequency of GM-CSF producing Th17 cells is significantly increased in the draining lymph nodes. In vitro neutralization of GM-CSF from CD4+ T cells derived from DED mice suppresses major histocompatibility complex II expression by CD11b+ cells and CD11b+ cell migration. Topical neutralization of GM-CSF in a murine model of DED suppresses CD11b+ maturation and migration, as well as Th17 cell induction, yielding a reduction in clinical signs of disease. Conclusions T helper 17 cell-derived GM-CSF contributes to DED pathogenesis by promoting CD11b+ cell activation and migration to the ocular surface.
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- Thomas H Dohlman
- Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Respiratory immunity is accomplished using multiple mechanisms including structure/anatomy of the respiratory tract, mucosal defense in the form of the mucociliary apparatus, innate immunity using cells and molecules and acquired immunity. There are species differences of the respiratory immune system that influence the response to environmental challenges and pharmaceutical, industrial and agricultural compounds assessed in nonclinical safety testing and hazard identification. These differences influence the interpretation of respiratory system changes after exposure to these challenges and compounds in nonclinical safety assessment and hazard identification and their relevance to humans.
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Rudisch A, Dewhurst MR, Horga LG, Kramer N, Harrer N, Dong M, van der Kuip H, Wernitznig A, Bernthaler A, Dolznig H, Sommergruber W. High EMT Signature Score of Invasive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Cells Correlates with NFκB Driven Colony-Stimulating Factor 2 (CSF2/GM-CSF) Secretion by Neighboring Stromal Fibroblasts. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124283. [PMID: 25919140 PMCID: PMC4412534 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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We established co-cultures of invasive or non-invasive NSCLC cell lines and various types of fibroblasts (FBs) to more precisely characterize the molecular mechanism of tumor-stroma crosstalk in lung cancer. The HGF-MET-ERK1/2-CREB-axis was shown to contribute to the onset of the invasive phenotype of Calu-1 with HGF being secreted by FBs. Differential expression analysis of the respective mono- and co-cultures revealed an upregulation of NFκB-related genes exclusively in co-cultures with Calu-1. Cytokine Array- and ELISA-based characterization of the “cytokine fingerprints” identified CSF2 (GM-CSF), CXCL1, CXCL6, VEGF, IL6, RANTES and IL8 as being specifically upregulated in various co-cultures. Whilst CXCL6 exhibited a strictly FB-type-specific induction profile regardless of the invasiveness of the tumor cell line, CSF2 was only induced in co-cultures of invasive cell lines regardless of the partnered FB type. These cultures revealed a clear link between the induction of CSF2 and the EMT signature of the cancer cell line. The canonical NFκB signaling in FBs, but not in tumor cells, was shown to be responsible for the induced and constitutive CSF2 expression. In addition to CSF2, cytokine IL6, IL8 and IL1B, and chemokine CXCL1 and CXCL6 transcripts were also shown to be increased in co-cultured FBs. In contrast, their induction was not strictly dependent on the invasiveness of the co-cultured tumor cell. In a multi-reporter assay, additional signaling pathways (AP-1, HIF1-α, KLF4, SP-1 and ELK-1) were found to be induced in FBs co-cultured with Calu-1. Most importantly, no difference was observed in the level of inducibility of these six signaling pathways with regard to the type of FBs used. Finally, upon tumor fibroblast interaction the massive induction of chemokines such as CXCL1 and CXCL6 in FBs might be responsible for increased recruitment of a monocytic cell line (THP-1) in a transwell assay.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cadherins/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology
- Cell Communication/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Dermis/pathology
- Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/drug effects
- Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/genetics
- Fibroblasts/drug effects
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Gene Regulatory Networks/drug effects
- Genes, Reporter
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/metabolism
- Hepatocyte Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Humans
- Inflammation/pathology
- Kruppel-Like Factor 4
- Lung Neoplasms/genetics
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Spheroids, Cellular/drug effects
- Spheroids, Cellular/metabolism
- Spheroids, Cellular/pathology
- Stromal Cells/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- Up-Regulation/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- Albin Rudisch
- Department of Lead Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, Center of Molecular Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Lead Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Department of Lead Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Lead Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Lead Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria
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Aggarwal NR, King LS, D'Alessio FR. Diverse macrophage populations mediate acute lung inflammation and resolution. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2014; 306:L709-25. [PMID: 24508730 PMCID: PMC3989724 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00341.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 411] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating disease with distinct pathological stages. Fundamental to ARDS is the acute onset of lung inflammation as a part of the body's immune response to a variety of local and systemic stimuli. In patients surviving the inflammatory and subsequent fibroproliferative stages, transition from injury to resolution and recovery is an active process dependent on a series of highly coordinated events regulated by the immune system. Experimental animal models of acute lung injury (ALI) reproduce key components of the injury and resolution phases of human ARDS and provide a methodology to explore mechanisms and potential new therapies. Macrophages are essential to innate immunity and host defense, playing a featured role in the lung and alveolar space. Key aspects of their biological response, including differentiation, phenotype, function, and cellular interactions, are determined in large part by the presence, severity, and chronicity of local inflammation. Studies support the importance of macrophages to initiate and maintain the inflammatory response, as well as a determinant of resolution of lung inflammation and repair. We will discuss distinct roles for lung macrophages during early inflammatory and late resolution phases of ARDS using experimental animal models. In addition, each section will highlight human studies that relate to the diverse role of macrophages in initiation and resolution of ALI and ARDS.
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- Neil R Aggarwal
- Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, Rm. 4B.68, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224.
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Lu R, Popov V, Patel J, Eaves-Pyles T. Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei stimulate differential inflammatory responses from human alveolar type II cells (ATII) and macrophages. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2012; 2:165. [PMID: 23293773 PMCID: PMC3531596 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Alveolar type II pneumocytes (ATII) and alveolar macrophages (AM) play a crucial role in the lung's innate immune response. Burkholderia pseudomallei (BP) and Burkholderia mallei (BM) are facultative Gram-negative bacilli that cause melioidosis and glanders, respectively. The inhalation of these pathogens can cause lethal disease and death in humans. We sought to compare the pathogenesis of and host responses to BP and BM through contact with human primary ATII cells and monocytes-derived macrophages (MDM). We hypothesized that because BP and BM induce different disease outcomes, each pathogen would induce distinct, unique host immune responses from resident pulmonary cells. Our findings showed that BP adhered readily to ATII cells compared to BM. BP, but not BM, was rapidly internalized by macrophages where it replicated to high numbers. Further, BP-induced significantly higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion from ATII cells (IL-6, IL-8) and macrophages (IL-6, TNFα) at 6 h post-infection compared to BM (p < 0.05). Interestingly, BM-induced the anti-inflammatory cytokine, IL-10, in ATII cells and macrophages at 6 h post-infection, with delayed induction of inflammatory cytokines at 24 h post-infection. Because BP is flagellated and produces LPS, we confirmed that it stimulated both Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and TLR5 via NF-κb activation while the non-flagellated BM stimulated only TLR4. These data show the differences in BP and BM pathogenicity in the lung when infecting human ATII cells and macrophages and demonstrate the ability of these pathogens to elicit distinct immune responses from resident lung cells which may open new targets for therapeutic intervention to fight against these pathogens.
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- Richard Lu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX, USA
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Tiriveedhi V, Gelman AE, Mohanakumar T. HIF-1α signaling by airway epithelial cell K-α1-tubulin: role in fibrosis and chronic rejection of human lung allografts. Cell Immunol 2011; 273:59-66. [PMID: 22192476 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Revised: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Long term survival of the human lung allografts are hindered by chronic rejection, manifested clinically as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). We previously demonstrated significant correlation between the development of antibodies (Abs) to K-α1-tubulin (Kα1T) and BOS. In this study, we investigated the molecular basis for fibrinogenesis mediated by ligation of Kα1T expressed on airway epithelial cells by its specific Abs. Using RT-PCR we demonstrate that normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells upon ligation of Kα1T with specific Abs caused upregulation of pro-fibrotic growth factors. Western blot analysis of NHBE incubated with Kα1T Abs increased hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1α). Kα1T Ab-mediated growth factor expression is dependent on HIF-1α as inhibition of HIF-1α returned fibrotic growth factor expression to basal levels. In conclusion, we propose that HIF-1α -mediated upregulation of fibrogenic growth factors induced by ligation of Kα1T Abs is critical for development of fibrosis leading to chronic rejection of lung allograft.
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Ferrero MC, Fossati CA, Baldi PC. Direct and monocyte-induced innate immune response of human lung epithelial cells to Brucella abortus infection. Microbes Infect 2010; 12:736-47. [PMID: 20478392 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Although Brucella frequently infects humans through inhalation, its interaction with pulmonary cells has been overlooked. We examined whether human lung epithelial cells produce proinflammatory mediators in response to Brucella infection. Infection with smooth or rough strains of Brucella abortus induced the secretion of IL-8 and GM-CSF by the bronchial epithelial cell lines Calu-6 and 16HBE14o-, but not by the alveolar epithelial cell line A549. Infected Calu-6 cells also produced low levels of MCP-1. Since monocyte-derived cytokines may induce chemokine secretion in epithelial cells, cocultures of human monocytes (THP-1 cell line) and respiratory epithelial cells were used to study such interaction. IL-8 and MCP-1 levels in B. abortus-infected THP-1:A549 and THP-1:Calu-6 cocultures, and MCP-1 levels in THP-1:16HBE14o- cocultures, were higher than those detected in infected epithelial monocultures. Conditioned medium from infected monocytes induced the secretion of IL-8 and/or MCP-1 by A549 and Calu-6 cells, and these effects were mainly mediated by IL-1 (in A549 cells) or TNF-alpha (in Calu-6 cells). Conversely, culture supernatants from Brucella-infected bronchial epithelial cells induced MCP-1 production by monocytes, an effect largely mediated by GM-CSF. This study shows that human lung epithelial cells mount a proinflammatory response to Brucella, either directly or after interaction with Brucella-infected monocytes.
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- Mariana C Ferrero
- Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA, Junín 956 4to, Piso, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gillespie PA, Kang GS, Elder A, Gelein R, Chen L, Moreira AL, Koberstein J, Tchou-Wong KM, Gordon T, Chen LC. Pulmonary response after exposure to inhaled nickel hydroxide nanoparticles: short and long-term studies in mice. Nanotoxicology 2010; 4:106-119. [PMID: 20730025 PMCID: PMC2922767 DOI: 10.3109/17435390903470101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Short and long-term pulmonary response to inhaled nickel hydroxide nanoparticles (nano-Ni(OH)(2), CMD = 40 nm) in C57BL/6 mice was assessed using a whole body exposure system. For short-term studies mice were exposed for 4 h to nominal concentrations of 100, 500, and 1000 mg/m(3). For long-term studies mice were exposed for 5 h/d, 5 d/w, for up to 5 months (m) to a nominal concentration of 100 mg/m(3). Particle morphology, size distribution, chemical composition, solubility, and intrinsic oxidative capacity were determined. Markers of lung injury and inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF); histopathology; and lung tissue elemental nickel content and mRNA changes in macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (Mip-2), chemokine ligand 2 (Ccl2), interleukin 1-alpha (Il-1α), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (Tnf-α) were assessed. Dose-related changes in BALF analyses were observed 24 h after short-term studies while significant changes were noted after 3 m and/or 5 m of exposure (24 h). Nickel content was detected in lung tissue, Ccl2 was most pronouncedly expressed, and histological changes were noted after 5 m of exposure. Collectively, data illustrates nano-Ni(OH)(2) can induce inflammatory responses in C57BL/6 mice.
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- Patricia A. Gillespie
- New York University, Department of Environmental Medicine, 57 Old Forge Rd. Tuxedo, NY, 10987, USA. Voice: (845)-731-3599, Fax: (845)-351-5472,
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- New York University, Department of Environmental Medicine, 57 Old Forge Rd. Tuxedo, NY, 10987, USA. Voice: (845)-731-3599, Fax: (845)-351-5472,
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- University of Rochester, Department of Environmental Medicine, 575 Elmwood Ave. Rochester, NY, 14642,USA. Voice: (585)-275-2324, Fax: (585)-256-2631,
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- University of Rochester, Department of Environmental Medicine, 575 Elmwood Ave. Rochester, NY, 14642, USA. Voice: (585)-275-2324, Fax: (585)-256-2631,
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 500 West 120 St. New York, NY, 10027, USA. Voice: (212)-854-4453, Fax: (212)-854-3054,
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, 1275 York Ave. New York, NY, 10065, USA. Voice: (212)-639-5905, Fax: (212)-639-6318,
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 500 West 120 St. New York, NY, 10027, USA. Voice: (212)-854-3120, Fax: (212)-854-3054,
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- New York University, Department of Environmental Medicine, 57 Old Forge Rd. Tuxedo, NY, 10987, USA. Voice: (845)-731-3504, Fax: (845)-351-5472,
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- New York University, Department of Environmental Medicine, 57 Old Forge Rd. Tuxedo, NY, 10987, USA. Voice: (845)-731-3536, Fax: (845)-351-5472,
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- New York University, Department of Environmental Medicine, 57 Old Forge Rd. Tuxedo, NY, 10987, USA. Voice: (845)-731-3560, Fax: (845)-351-5472,
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Ray JCJ, Flynn JL, Kirschner DE. Synergy between individual TNF-dependent functions determines granuloma performance for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:3706-17. [PMID: 19265149 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the world's most deadly human pathogens; an integrated understanding of how it successfully survives in its host is crucial to developing new treatment strategies. One notable characteristic of infection with M. tuberculosis is the formation of granulomas, aggregates of immune cells whose structure and function may reflect success or failure of the host to contain infection. One central regulator of host responses to infection, including granuloma formation, is the pleiotropic cytokine TNF-alpha. Experimental work has characterized roles for TNF in macrophage activation; regulation of apoptosis; chemokine and cytokine production; and regulation of cellular recruitment via transendothelial migration. Separating the effects of these functions is presently difficult or impossible in vivo. To this end, we applied a computational model to understand specific roles of TNF in control of tuberculosis in a single granuloma. In the model, cells are represented as discrete entities on a spatial grid responding to environmental stimuli by following programmed rules determined from published experimental studies. Simulated granulomas emerge as a result of these rules. After confirming the importance of TNF in this model, we assessed the effects of individual TNF functions. The model predicts that multiple TNF activities contribute to control of infection within the granuloma, with macrophage activation as a key effector mechanism for controlling bacterial growth. Results suggest that bacterial numbers are a strong contributing factor to granuloma structure with TNF. Finally, TNF-dependent apoptosis may reduce inflammation at the cost of impairing mycobacterial clearance.
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- J Christian J Ray
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Kannan S, Huang H, Seeger D, Audet A, Chen Y, Huang C, Gao H, Li S, Wu M. Alveolar epithelial type II cells activate alveolar macrophages and mitigate P. Aeruginosa infection. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4891. [PMID: 19305493 PMCID: PMC2654511 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2008] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Although alveolar epithelial type II cells (AECII) perform substantial roles in the maintenance of alveolar integrity, the extent of their contributions to immune defense is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that AECII activates alveolar macrophages (AM) functions, such as phagocytosis using a conditioned medium from AECII infected by P. aeruginosa. AECII-derived chemokine MCP-1, a monocyte chemoattractant protein, was identified as a main factor in enhancing AM function. We proposed that the enhanced immune potency of AECII may play a critical role in alleviation of bacterial propagation and pneumonia. The ability of phagocytosis and superoxide release by AM was reduced by MCP-1 neutralizing antibodies. Furthermore, MCP-1(-/-) mice showed an increased bacterial burden under PAO1 and PAK infection vs. wt littermates. AM from MCP-1(-/-) mice also demonstrated less superoxide and impaired phagocytosis over the controls. In addition, AECII conditioned medium increased the host defense of airway in MCP-1(-/-) mice through the activation of AM function. Mechanistically, we found that Lyn mediated NFkappaB activation led to increased gene expression and secretion of MCP-1. Consequently Lyn(-/-) mice had reduced MCP-1 secretion and resulted in a decrease in superoxide and phagocytosis by AM. Collectively, our data indicate that AECII may serve as an immune booster for fighting bacterial infections, particularly in severe immunocompromised conditions.
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- Shibichakravarthy Kannan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory for Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
- State Key Laboratory for Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Fukami N, Ramachandran S, Saini D, Walter M, Chapman W, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. Antibodies to MHC class I induce autoimmunity: role in the pathogenesis of chronic rejection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:309-18. [PMID: 19109162 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.182.1.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Alloimmunity to mismatched donor HLA-Ags and autoimmunity to self-Ags have been hypothesized to play an important role in immunopathogenesis of chronic rejection of transplanted organs. However, it is not known what role, if any, alloimmune response plays in inducing autoimmunity. To test whether Ab-developed posttransplantation to mismatched donor MHC induces autoimmunity and chronic rejection, we developed a murine model wherein anti-MHC class I Abs or control (C1.18.4/anti-keratin) were administered intrabronchially into native lungs. Animals receiving anti-MHC class I, but not control Abs, developed marked cellular infiltration around vessels and bronchiole of lung by day 15, followed by epithelial hyperplasia, fibrosis, and occlusion of the distal airways similar to chronic rejection following human lung transplantation. Lungs of mice receiving anti-MHC class I showed increased expression of chemokines, their receptors, and growth factors, and induced IL-17 as well as de novo Abs to self-Ags, K-alpha1 tubulin, and collagen V. IL-17 neutralization by anti-IL-17 resulted in reduction of autoantibody and lesions induced by anti-MHC class I Abs. Thus, our results indicate that Abs to donor MHC can induce autoimmunity, mediated by IL-17, which plays a pivotal role in chronic rejection postlung transplantation. Therefore, approaches to prevent autoimmunity should be considered for the treatment of chronic rejection postlung transplantation.
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- Naohiko Fukami
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Herzog E, Byrne HJ, Casey A, Davoren M, Lenz AG, Maier KL, Duschl A, Oostingh GJ. SWCNT suppress inflammatory mediator responses in human lung epithelium in vitro. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2009; 234:378-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2008] [Revised: 10/21/2008] [Accepted: 10/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kim DH, Sandoval D, Reed JA, Matter EK, Tolod EG, Woods SC, Seeley RJ. The role of GM-CSF in adipose tissue inflammation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2008; 295:E1038-46. [PMID: 18765677 PMCID: PMC2584818 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00061.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a proinflammatory cytokine that has a central action to reduce food intake and body weight. Consistent with this, GM-CSF knockout mice are more obese and hyperphagic than wild-type mice. However, in lung, GM-CSF is an important determinant of macrophage infiltration. Consequently, we sought to determine if GM-CSF might contribute to adipose tissue macrophage accumulation, insulin resistance, and low-grade inflammation that occurs when animals gain weight on a high-fat diet (HFD). We therefore determined how targeted genetic disruption of GM-CSF can affect adipose tissue macrophage and cytokine gene expression as well as glucose homeostasis by performing hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps. The number of macrophages and CCR2 gene expression in adipose tissue of GM-CSF knockout mice was decreased relative to those in wild-type mice, and the adipocyte size of mesenteric fat was increased in GM-CSF knockout mice on a HFD compared with wild-type mice. The level of mRNA of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha was significantly lower in mesenteric fat of GM-CSF knockout mice on the HFD than in wild-type mice. Using the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp technique, GM-CSF knockout mice had greater overall insulin sensitivity. This increase was due to enhanced peripheral uptake and utilization of glucose rather than to increased hepatic insulin sensitivity. Collectively, the data suggest that the GM-CSF knockout mutation ameliorates peripheral insulin resistance in spite of increased adiposity by reducing inflammation in adipose tissue in response to a HFD.
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- Dong-Hoon Kim
- Department of Psychiartry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Gentry M, Taormina J, Pyles RB, Yeager L, Kirtley M, Popov VL, Klimpel G, Eaves-Pyles T. Role of primary human alveolar epithelial cells in host defense against Francisella tularensis infection. Infect Immun 2007; 75:3969-78. [PMID: 17502386 PMCID: PMC1951971 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00157-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis, an intracellular pathogen, is highly virulent when inhaled. Alveolar epithelial type I (ATI) and type II (ATII) cells line the majority of the alveolar surface and respond to inhaled pathogenic bacteria via cytokine secretion. We hypothesized that these cells contribute to the lung innate immune response to F. tularensis. Results demonstrated that the live vaccine strain (LVS) contacted ATI and ATII cells by 2 h following intranasal inoculation of mice. In culture, primary human ATI or ATII cells, grown on transwell filters, were stimulated on the apical (AP) surface with virulent F. tularensis Schu 4 or LVS. Basolateral (BL) conditioned medium (CM), collected 6 and 24 h later, was added to the BL surfaces of transwell cultures of primary human pulmonary microvasculature endothelial cells (HPMEC) prior to the addition of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) or dendritic cells (DCs) to the AP surface. HPMEC responded to S4- or LVS-stimulated ATII, but not ATI, CM as evidenced by PMN and DC migration. Analysis of the AP and BL ATII CM revealed that both F. tularensis strains induced various levels of a variety of cytokines via NF-kappaB activation. ATII cells pretreated with an NF-kappaB inhibitor prior to F. tularensis stimulation substantially decreased interleukin-8 secretion, which did not occur through Toll-like receptor 2, 2/6, 4, or 5 stimulation. These data indicate a crucial role for ATII cells in the innate immune response to F. tularensis.
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- Megan Gentry
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA
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Perl M, Gebhard F, Braumüller S, Tauchmann B, Brückner UB, Kinzl L, Knöferl MW. The pulmonary and hepatic immune microenvironment and its contribution to the early systemic inflammation following blunt chest trauma. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:1152-9. [PMID: 16484915 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000207343.53990.a8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Blunt chest trauma is accompanied by an early increase in plasma cytokine concentrations. However, the local sources of these mediators are poorly defined. We investigated the impact of blunt chest trauma on the inflammatory mediator milieu in different compartments (lung tissue, bronchoalveolar lavage, liver tissue, Kupffer cells, plasma) along with the time course of trauma-induced pulmonary endothelial barrier dysfunction to elucidate potential relationships. In addition, the correlation between intratracheally instilled interleukin-6 and its systemic release were studied. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled animal study. SETTING Basic science laboratory of a university affiliated level 1 trauma center. SUBJECTS Male C3H/HeN mice, 8-9 wks old, n = 141. INTERVENTIONS Blunt chest trauma induced by a focused blast wave, intravenous injection of Evans blue, and intratracheal instillation of recombinant human interleukin-6. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Two hours after blunt chest trauma, plasma interleukin-6 was markedly increased. Simultaneously, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein-2, monocyte chemotactic polypeptide-1 and neutrophil/monocyte accumulation in bronchoalveolar lavage and interleukin-6, monocyte chemotactic polypeptide-1, and myeloperoxidase activity in lung tissue were significantly increased. This was accompanied by a coinciding elevation in the Evans blue lung-plasma ratio. Recombinant human interleukin-6, instilled intratracheally before blunt chest trauma, was detected in a dose-dependent manner in the plasma of the mice. Additionally, Kupffer cell interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-10 production was significantly augmented as early as 30 mins after the insult. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that early increased cytokine concentrations in the lung, particularly interleukin-6, are important mediator sources as their local peak coincides with the systemic inflammatory response and is accompanied by a simultaneous impaired function of the pulmonary endothelial barrier. A direct relationship between their local and systemic concentrations can be established. Furthermore, this is the first study to show that Kupffer cells are activated early after blunt chest trauma.
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- Mario Perl
- Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Germany
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Barlow PG, Clouter-Baker A, Donaldson K, MacCallum J, Stone V. Carbon black nanoparticles induce type II epithelial cells to release chemotaxins for alveolar macrophages. Part Fibre Toxicol 2005; 2:11. [PMID: 16332254 PMCID: PMC1325251 DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-2-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alveolar macrophages are a key cell in dealing with particles deposited in the lungs and in determining the subsequent response to that particle exposure. Nanoparticles are considered a potential threat to the lungs and the mechanism of pulmonary response to nanoparticles is currently under intense scrutiny. The type II alveolar epithelial cell has previously been shown to release chemoattractants which can recruit alveolar macrophages to sites of particle deposition. The aim of this study was to assess the responses of a type II epithelial cell line (L-2) to both fine and nanoparticle exposure in terms of secretion of chemotactic substances capable of inducing macrophage migration. RESULTS Exposure of type II cells to carbon black nanoparticles resulted in significant release of macrophage chemoattractant compared to the negative control and to other dusts tested (fine carbon black and TiO2 and nanoparticle TiO2) as measured by macrophage migration towards type II cell conditioned medium. SDS-PAGE analysis of the conditioned medium from particle treated type II cells revealed that a higher number of protein bands were present in the conditioned medium obtained from type II cells treated with nanoparticle carbon black compared to other dusts tested. Size-fractionation of the chemotaxin-rich supernatant determined that the chemoattractants released from the epithelial cells were between 5 and 30 kDa in size. CONCLUSION The highly toxic nature and reactive surface chemistry of the carbon black nanoparticles has very likely induced the type II cell line to release pro-inflammatory mediators that can potentially induce migration of macrophages. This could aid in the rapid recruitment of inflammatory cells to sites of particle deposition and the subsequent removal of the particles by phagocytic cells such as macrophages and neutrophils. Future studies in this area could focus on the exact identity of the substance(s) released by the type II cells in response to particle exposure.
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- Peter G Barlow
- M.R.C/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
- Biomedicine Research Group, Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
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- Biomedicine Research Group, Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
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- ELEGI/Colt Laboratories, M.R.C/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Biomedicine Research Group, Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
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- Biomedicine Research Group, Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
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Maruyama T, Jaramillo A, Narayanan K, Higuchi T, Mohanakumar T. Induction of obliterative airway disease by anti-HLA class I antibodies. Am J Transplant 2005; 5:2126-34. [PMID: 16095491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00999.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Anti-HLA class I Abs are associated with the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after lung transplantation. BOS is characterized histologically by fibrosis and airway epithelial cell apoptosis. We have previously shown that anti-HLA class I Abs induce proliferation, growth factor production and apoptosis in airway epithelial cells in vitro. Thus, this study was designed to determine whether anti-HLA class I Abs alone could induce obliterative airway disease (OAD) in heterotopic murine tracheal allografts. Toward this, HLA-A*0201-transgenic tracheal allografts were transplanted into Rag1-deficient mice treated with the W6/32 anti-HLA class I mAb. Allografts were harvested at days +30, +45, +60 and +90. Allografts displayed epithelial metaplasia by day +45, epithelial destruction and mild cellular infiltration by day +60 and complete lumen obliteration and moderate cellular infiltration by day +90. Anti-HLA class I Abs induced the production of several growth factors and growth factor receptors and apoptosis of parenchymal cells in the allograft. In addition, anti-HLA class I Abs induced macrophages and granulocytes infiltration. The results from this study demonstrate that anti-HLA class I Abs play an important role in the pathogenesis of OAD by inducing growth factor production, apoptosis and chemotaxis of inflammatory cells.
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- Takahiro Maruyama
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Pechkovsky DV, Goldmann T, Ludwig C, Prasse A, Vollmer E, Müller-Quernheim J, Zissel G. CCR2 and CXCR3 agonistic chemokines are differently expressed and regulated in human alveolar epithelial cells type II. Respir Res 2005; 6:75. [PMID: 16033640 PMCID: PMC1185567 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2005] [Accepted: 07/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The attraction of leukocytes from circulation to inflamed lungs depends on the activation of both the leukocytes and the resident cells within the lung. In this study we determined gene expression and secretion patterns for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1/CCL2) and T-cell specific CXCR3 agonistic chemokines (Mig/CXCL9, IP-10/CXCL10, and I-TAC/CXCL11) in TNF-α-, IFN-γ-, and IL-1β-stimulated human alveolar epithelial cells type II (AEC-II). AEC-II constitutively expressed high level of CCL2 mRNA in vitro and in situ , and released CCL2 protein in vitro . Treatment of AEC-II with proinflammatory cytokines up-regulated both CCL2 mRNA expression and release of immunoreactive CCL2, whereas IFN-γ had no effect on CCL2 release. In contrast, CXCR3 agonistic chemokines were not detected in freshly isolated AEC-II or in non-stimulated epithelial like cell line A549. IFN-γ, alone or in combination with IL-1β and TNF-α resulted in an increase in CXCL10, CXCL11, and CXCL9 mRNA expression and generation of CXCL10 protein by AEC-II or A549 cells. CXCL10 gene expression and secretion were induced in dose-dependent manner after cytokine-stimulation of AEC-II with an order of potency IFN-γ>>IL-1β ≥ TNF-α. Additionally, we localized the CCL2 and CXCL10 mRNAs in human lung tissue explants by in situ hybridization, and demonstrated the selective effects of cytokines and dexamethasone on CCL2 and CXCL10 expression. These data suggest that the regulation of the CCL2 and CXCL10 expression exhibit significant differences in their mechanisms, and also demonstrate that the alveolar epithelium contributes to the cytokine milieu of the lung, with the ability to respond to locally generated cytokines and to produce potent mediators of the local inflammatory response.
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- Dmitri V Pechkovsky
- Department of Pneumology, Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
- Research Institute for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Minsk, Belarus
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 3J5, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
- Lungenklinik, Krankenhaus Merheim, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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Rao KMK, Ma JYC, Meighan T, Barger MW, Pack D, Vallyathan V. Time course of gene expression of inflammatory mediators in rat lung after diesel exhaust particle exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2005; 113:612-7. [PMID: 15866772 PMCID: PMC1257556 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) at three concentrations (5, 35, and 50 mg/kg body weight) were instilled into rats intratracheally. We studied gene expression at 1, 7, and 30 days postexposure in cells obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and in lung tissue. Using real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we measured the mRNA levels of eight genes [interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, IL-10, iNOS (inducible nitric oxide synthase), MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), MIP-2 (macrophage inflammatory protein-2), TGF-beta1 (transforming growth factor-beta1), and TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor-alpha )] in BAL cells and four genes [IL-6, ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule-1), GM-CSF (granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor), and RANTES (regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted)] in lung tissue. In BAL cells on day 1, high-dose exposure induced a significant up-regulation of IL-1beta, iNOS, MCP-1, and MIP-2 but no change in IL-6, IL-10, TGF-beta1, and TNF-alpha mRNA levels. There was no change in the mRNA levels of IL-6, RANTES, ICAM-1, and GM-CSF in lung tissue. Nitric oxide production and levels of MCP-1 and MIP-2 were increased in the 24-hr culture media of alveolar macrophages (AMs) obtained on day 1. IL-6, MCP-1, and MIP-2 levels were also elevated in the BAL fluid. BAL fluid also showed increases in albumin and lactate dehydrogenase. The cellular content in BAL fluid increased at all doses and at all time periods, mainly due to an increase in polymorphonuclear leukocytes. In vitro studies in AMs and cultured lung fibroblasts showed that lung fibroblasts are a significant source of IL-6 and MCP-1 in the lung.
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- K Murali Krishna Rao
- Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
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Jaramillo A, Fernández FG, Kuo EY, Trulock EP, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. Immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2005; 9:84-93. [PMID: 15667618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [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: 12/22/2022]
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Lung transplantation is recognized as the only viable treatment option in a variety of end-stage pulmonary diseases. However, the long-term survival after lung transplantation is limited by the development of obliterative bronchiolitis, and its clinical correlate bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), which is considered to represent chronic lung allograft rejection. Histopathologically, BOS is an inflammatory process that leads to fibrous scarring of the terminal and respiratory bronchioles and subsequent total occlusion of the airways. The specific etiology and pathogenesis of BOS are not well understood. The current premise is that BOS represents a common lesion in which different inflammatory insults such as ischemia-reperfusion, rejection, and infection can lead to a similar histological and clinical outcome. However, the low incidence of BOS in non-transplanted individuals and the observation that early development of BOS is predicted by the frequency and severity of acute rejection episodes indicate that alloimmune-dependent mechanisms play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of BOS. The evidence presented in this review indicates that BOS is the result of humoral and cellular immune responses developed against major histocompatibility complex molecules expressed by airway epithelial cells of the lung allograft. This process is aggravated by alloimmune-independent mechanisms such as ischemia-reperfusion and infection. Currently, treatment of BOS is frequently unsuccessful. Therefore, a better understanding of the immunopathogenesis of BOS is of paramount importance toward improving long-term patient and graft survival after lung transplantation.
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- Andrés Jaramillo
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Narayanan K, Goers TA, Trulock EP, Patterson G, Mohanakumar T. Humoral immune responses in the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2005.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rao KMK, Porter DW, Meighan T, Castranova V. The sources of inflammatory mediators in the lung after silica exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2004; 112:1679-86. [PMID: 15579413 PMCID: PMC1253659 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 08/16/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The expression of 10 genes implicated in regulation of the inflammatory processes in the lung was studied after exposure of alveolar macrophages (AMs) to silica in vitro or in vivo. Exposure of AMs to silica in vitro up-regulated the messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of three genes [interleukin-6 (IL-6), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2)] without a concomitant increase in the protein levels. AMs isolated after intratracheal instillation of silica up-regulated mRNA levels of four additional genes [granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), IL-1beta, IL-10, and inducible nitric oxide synthase]. IL-6, MCP-1, and MIP-2 protein levels were elevated in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Fibroblasts under basal culture conditions express much higher levels of IL-6 and GM-CSF compared with AMs. Coculture of AMs and alveolar type II cells, or coculture of AMs and lung fibroblasts, in contact cultures or Transwell chambers, revealed no synergistic effect. Therefore, such interaction does not explain the effects seen in vivo. Identification of the intercellular communication in vivo is still unresolved. However, fibroblasts appear to be an important source of inflammatory mediators in the lung.
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- K Murali Krishna Rao
- Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
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Christensen PJ, Du M, Moore B, Morris S, Toews GB, Paine R. Expression and functional implications of CCR2 expression on murine alveolar epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2004; 286:L68-72. [PMID: 14656700 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00079.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Acute lung injury results in damage to the alveolar epithelium, leading to leak of proteins into the alveolar space and impaired gas exchange. Lung function can be restored only if the epithelial layer is restored. The process of reepithelialization requires migration of lung epithelial cells to cover denuded basement membranes. The factors that control the migration of lung epithelial cells are incompletely understood. We examined isolated murine type II alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) for expression of CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) and functional consequences of the binding of the main CCR2 ligand monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). We found that primary AECs bound MCP-1 and expressed CCR2 mRNA. These cells demonstrated functional consequences of CCR2 expression with migration in response to MCP-1 in chemotaxis/haptotaxis assays. Primary AECs cultured from mice lacking CCR2 did not respond to MCP-1. Monolayers of AECs lacking CCR2 demonstrated delayed closure of mechanical wounds compared with AEC monolayers expressing CCR2. Delayed closure of mechanical wounds of wild-type AECs was also demonstrated in the presence of anti-MCP-1 antibody. These data demonstrate for the first time that AECs express CCR2 and are capable of using this receptor for chemotaxis and healing of wounds. CCR2-MCP-1 interactions may be important in the process of reepithelialization after lung injury.
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- Paul J Christensen
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Departmentof Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, and Pulmonary Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, 48105, USA.
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Jaramillo A, Smith CR, Maruyama T, Zhang L, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. Anti-HLA class I antibody binding to airway epithelial cells induces production of fibrogenic growth factors and apoptotic cell death: a possible mechanism for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Hum Immunol 2003; 64:521-9. [PMID: 12691702 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(03)00038-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Development of anti-HLA class I antibodies is associated with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after lung transplantation. BOS is characterized histologically by significant fibrosis and airway epithelial cell (AEC) apoptosis. Thus, this study was designed to determine whether anti-HLA class I antibodies can activate AECs to produce growth factors and to undergo apoptosis. KCC-266 AECs were activated with the W6/32 anti-HLA class I monoclonal antibody. Proliferation and apoptosis levels were determined after 24, 48, and 72 hours. The induction of fibroblast and bronchial smooth muscle cell proliferation by anti-HLA class I activated AECs was assessed in the presence of neutralizing antibodies against various growth factors. The anti-HLA class I induced AEC proliferation after 24 hours followed by significant induction of apoptosis after 48 hours. Anti-HLA class I activated AECs produced soluble growth factors that stimulated fibroblasts but not bronchial smooth muscle cells. The stimulation of fibroblast proliferation was inhibited by antibodies against platelet-derived growth factor, heparin-binding epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor 1, and basic fibroblast growth factor. The results from this study suggest that anti-HLA class I alloantibodies may play an important role in the pathogenesis of BOS by inducing proliferation, growth factor production, and apoptotic cell death in AECs.
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- Andrés Jaramillo
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Lasbury ME, Durant PJ, Bartlett MS, Smith JW, Lee CH. Correlation of organism burden and alveolar macrophage counts during infection with Pneumocystis carinii and recovery. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 10:293-302. [PMID: 12626457 PMCID: PMC150523 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.10.2.293-302.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Changes in the number of alveolar macrophages were correlated with organism burden during Pneumocystis carinii infection. The lungs of healthy, dexamethasone-treated, and dexamethasone-treated and P. carinii-infected rats were lavaged with phosphate-buffered saline. Counting of alveolar macrophages in the lavage fluids revealed that P. carinii infection caused a 58% decrease in the number of alveolar macrophages and that higher P. carinii organism burdens caused a more rapid decrease in alveolar macrophage number. As a control, healthy rats were challenged with the same number of organisms as that normally used to generate P. carinii infections in dexamethasone-treated rats. Thirteen days after challenge, these rats had a profound (54%) increase in alveolar macrophage number in response to the challenge, while the number of alveolar macrophages in immunosuppressed and P. carinii-infected rats had decreased significantly by this time point. These experiments created the first animal model to mimic human pneumocystis pneumonia in alveolar macrophage number alterations. Reduction of P. carinii organism numbers by treatment of rats with trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole brought a slow rebound in alveolar macrophage number, while recovery from P. carinii infection by cessation of immunosuppression brought a rapid rebound in alveolar macrophage number. These results suggest that both the immune state of the host and P. carinii burden affect alveolar macrophage number.
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- Mark E Lasbury
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
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Poelma DLH, Zimmermann LJI, Scholten HH, Lachmann B, van Iwaarden JF. In vivo and in vitro uptake of surfactant lipids by alveolar type II cells and macrophages. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002; 283:L648-54. [PMID: 12169585 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00478.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The uptake of fluorescent-labeled liposomes (with a surfactant-like composition) by alveolar macrophages and alveolar type II cells was studied using flow cytometry, in vivo by instillation of the labeled liposomes in the trachea of ventilated rats followed by isolation of the alveolar cells and determination of the cell-associated fluorescence, and in vitro by incubation of isolated alveolar cells with the fluorescent liposomes. The results show that the uptake of liposomes by the alveolar cells is time and concentration dependent. In vivo alveolar macrophages internalize more than three times as many liposomes as alveolar type II cells, whereas in vitro, the amount of internalized liposomes by these cells is approximately the same. In vitro, practically all the cells (70-75%) internalize liposomes, whereas in vivo only 30% of the alveolar type II cells ingest liposomes vs. 70% of the alveolar macrophages. These results indicate that in vivo, only a small subpopulation of alveolar type II cells is able to internalize surfactant liposomes.
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- D L H Poelma
- Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Paine R, Morris SB, Jin H, Baleeiro CEO, Wilcoxen SE. ICAM-1 facilitates alveolar macrophage phagocytic activity through effects on migration over the AEC surface. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002; 283:L180-7. [PMID: 12060575 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00430.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We postulate that intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on type I alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) facilitates phagocytic activity of alveolar macrophages (AM) in the alveolus. When wild-type and ICAM-1-deficient mice were inoculated intratracheally with FITC-labeled microspheres, AM phagocytosis of beads (after 1 and 4 h) was significantly reduced in ICAM-1-/- mice compared with controls. To focus on ICAM-1-mediated interactions specifically involving AM and AEC, rat AM were placed in culture with rat AEC treated with neutralizing anti-ICAM-1 F(ab')(2) fragments. Blocking ICAM-1 significantly decreased the AM phagocytosis of beads. Planar chemotaxis of AM over the surface of AEC was also significantly impaired by neutralization of AEC ICAM-1. ICAM-1 in rat AEC is associated with the actin cytoskeleton. Planar chemotaxis of AM was also significantly reduced by pretreatment of the AEC monolayer with cytochalasin B to disrupt the actin cytoskeleton. These studies indicate that ICAM-1 on the AEC surface promotes mobility of AM in the alveolus and is critically important for the efficient phagocytosis of particulates by AM.
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- Robert Paine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
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Rezaie P, Trillo-Pazos G, Everall IP, Male DK. Expression of beta-chemokines and chemokine receptors in human fetal astrocyte and microglial co-cultures: potential role of chemokines in the developing CNS. Glia 2002; 37:64-75. [PMID: 11746784 DOI: 10.1002/glia.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chemokines play specific roles in directing the recruitment of leukocyte subsets into inflammatory foci within the central nervous system (CNS). The involvement of these cytokines as mediators of inflammation is widely accepted. Recently, it has become evident that cells of the CNS (astrocytes, microglia, and neurons) not only synthesize, but also respond functionally or chemotactically to chemokines. We previously reported developmental events associated with colonization of the human fetal CNS by mononuclear phagocytes (microglial precursors), which essentially takes place within the first two trimesters of life. As part of the array of signals driving colonization, we noted specific anatomical distribution of chemokines and chemokine receptors expressed during this period. In order to further characterize expression of these molecules, we have isolated and cultured material from human fetal CNS. We demonstrate that unstimulated subconfluent human fetal glial cultures express high levels of CCR2 and CXCR4 receptors in cytoplasmic vesicles. Type I astrocytes, and associated ameboid microglia in particular, express high levels of surface and cytoplasmic CXCR4. Of the chemokines tested (MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, MCP-1, MCP-3, RANTES, SDF-1, IL-8, IP-10), only MIP-1alpha, detected specifically on microglia, was expressed both constitutively and consistently. Low variable levels of MCP-1, MIP-1alpha, and RANTES were also noted in unstimulated glial cultures. Recombinant human chemokines rhMCP-1 and rhMIP-1alpha also displayed proliferative effects on glial cultures at [10 ng/ml], but displayed variable effects on CCR2 levels on these cells. rhMCP-1 specifically upregulated CCR2 expression on cultured glia at [50 ng/ml]. It is gradually becoming evident that chemokines are important in embryonic development. The observation that human fetal glial cells and their progenitors express specific receptors for chemokines and can be stimulated to produce MCP-1, as well as proliferate in response to chemokines, supports a role for these cytokines as regulatory factors during development.
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- P Rezaie
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
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Paine R, Morris SB, Jin H, Wilcoxen SE, Phare SM, Moore BB, Coffey MJ, Toews GB. Impaired functional activity of alveolar macrophages from GM-CSF-deficient mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2001; 281:L1210-8. [PMID: 11597913 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2001.281.5.l1210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that pulmonary granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is critically involved in determining the functional capabilities of alveolar macrophages (AM) for host defense. To test this hypothesis, cells were collected by lung lavage from GM-CSF mutant mice [GM(-/-)] and C57BL/6 wild-type mice. GM(-/-) mice yielded almost 4-fold more AM than wild-type mice. The percentage of cells positive for the beta(2)-integrins CD11a and CD11c was reduced significantly in GM(-/-) AM compared with wild-type cells, whereas expression of CD11b was similar in the two groups. The phagocytic activity of GM(-/-) AM for FITC-labeled microspheres was impaired significantly compared with that of wild-type AM both in vitro and in vivo (after intratracheal inoculation with FITC-labeled beads). Stimulated secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and leukotrienes by AM from the GM(-/-) mice was greatly reduced compared with wild-type AM, whereas secretion of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 was increased. Transgenic expression of GM-CSF exclusively in the lungs of GM(-/-) mice resulted in AM with normal or supranormal expression of CD11a and CD11c, phagocytic activity, and TNF-alpha secretion. Thus, in the absence of GM-CSF, AM functional capabilities for host defense were significantly impaired but were restored by lung-specific expression of GM-CSF.
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- R Paine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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Momoi A, Murao K, Imachi H, Ishida T, Cao WM, Sato M, Takahara J. Inhibition of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in cytokine-treated human lung epithelial cells by thiazolidinedione. Chest 2001; 120:1293-300. [PMID: 11591574 DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.4.1293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Several lung diseases are characterized by the presence of increased numbers of activated macrophages. The recruitment and activation of peripheral blood monocytes are potentially critical regulatory events for the control of pulmonary inflammation. The chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 is a potent chemoattractant for monocytes. MCP-1 is produced by lung epithelial cells during the course of inflammatory lung diseases. In the present study, we examined the effects of a thiazolidinedione (TZD), which is used to improve the insulin resistance of individuals with diabetes mellitus, on MCP-1 expression in a human lung epithelial cell line, A549. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS In A549 cells, interleukin (IL)-1beta and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induced endogenous MCP-1 protein secretion and messenger RNA expression. The TZD inhibited the increase of MCP-1 secretion by IL-1beta and TNF-alpha treatment. The TZD inhibited the expression of MCP-1 messenger RNA with IL-1beta treatment, but not with TNF-alpha treatment. This observation was confirmed by the results of a monocyte chemotactic assay. The transcriptional activity of human MCP-1 promoter in A549 cells paralleled the endogenous messenger RNA expression by cytokines and TZD treatment. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicated that the suppression of the expression of MCP-1 could be accomplished by TZD treatment, raising the possibility that TZD may be of therapeutic value in several lung diseases in which MCP-1 plays an important role.
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- A Momoi
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan
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The alveolar type II cells have many important metabolic and biosynthetic functions including the synthesis and secretion of the lipid-protein complex, surfactant. Alveolar type II cells are also considered to be the progenitor cell type of the alveolar epithelium by their ability to both proliferate and to differentiate into alveolar type I cells. Recently, increasing evidence has suggested a role for programmed cell death, or apoptosis, in the maintenance of the alveolar epithelium under normal and pathological conditions. Apoptosis is a form of cell death serving physiologic and homeostatic functions, and is important in the development and progression of various disease states. Alveolar type II cells undergo apoptosis during normal lung development and maturation, and as a consequence of acute lung injury. This review offers an overview of apoptotic signalling pathways in alveolar type II cells and describes the biological and physiological functions of alveolar type II cell apoptosis in the normal and diseased lung. A better understanding of the signalling transduction pathways leading to alveolar type II cell apoptosis may provide new approaches to the treatment of acute lung injury and other pulmonary disorders.
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- L M Sutherland
- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, 5001, South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
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Jaramillo A, Naziruddin B, Zhang L, Reznik SI, Smith MA, Aloush AA, Trulock EP, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. ACTIVATION OF HUMAN AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS BY NON-HLA ANTIBODIES DEVELOPED AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: A POTENTIAL ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR FOR BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME1. Transplantation 2001; 71:966-76. [PMID: 11349733 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200104150-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The main cause of morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation (LT) is bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Anti-HLA antibodies development after LT has been shown to play an important role in BOS pathogenesis. However, the nature of non-HLA antibodies developed after LT and their role in BOS pathogenesis have not been determined. METHODS Sera from 16 BOS+ patients and 11 BOS- patients were collected at 12, 24, 36, and 48 months after LT. Anti-HLA class I and class II antibodies were absorbed with pooled human platelets and pooled human lymphoblastoid cell lines, respectively. Then, the presence of non-HLA antibodies against several cell lines from different origin was determined by flow cytometric analysis. Antibody-positive samples were tested for induction of proliferation and growth factor production in two selected airway epithelial cell (AEC) lines. RESULTS Five of 16 BOS+ patients (31.2%) and 0 of 11 BOS- patients (0%) developed anti-AEC antibodies after LT (P=0.05). No reactivity against endothelial cells, lymphocytes, monocytes, or granulocytes was detected. Further analysis of two selected sera demonstrated the development of reactivity against a 60-kDa antigen expressed by 60% of AEC lines and only 12% of cell lines from other tissues. Antibody binding to this antigen induced intracellular Ca++ influx, tyrosine phosphorylation, proliferation, and up-regulation of transforming growth factor-beta and heparin-binding epidermal growth factor mRNA transcription in AECs. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that anti-AEC antibodies may play a role in the immunopathogenesis of BOS in the absence of anti-HLA antibodies.
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- A Jaramillo
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093, USA
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Eghtesad M, Jackson HE, Cunningham AC. Primary human alveolar epithelial cells can elicit the transendothelial migration of CD14+ monocytes and CD3+ lymphocytes. Immunology 2001; 102:157-64. [PMID: 11260320 PMCID: PMC1783170 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01172.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2000] [Revised: 10/04/2000] [Accepted: 10/20/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability of freshly isolated primary human alveolar epithelial cells (type II pneumocytes) to induce leucocyte migration across an endothelial monolayer was investigated. Three-way factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) demonstrated that resting alveolar endothelial cells (AEC) could produce detectable quantities of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), which was upregulated in response to tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) had no significant effect on this process. TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma both induced AEC to provoke migration of CD14+ monocytes and CD3+ lymphocytes across endothelium. IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha synergized in their ability to induce production of T lymphocyte, but not monocyte, chemoattractants from AEC. Leucocyte transendothelial migration was inhibited by anti-MCP-1 neutralizing antibody and by heparin, a polyanionic glycosaminoglycan (GAG). These data suggest that human AEC play a role in the multiple mechanisms that facilitate monocyte and T lymphocyte migration into the alveolar compartment of the lung under homeostasis and inflammatory conditions. One of these mechanisms is mediated via constitutive MCP-1 production by alveolar epithelial cells, which is upregulated by TNF-alpha.
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- M Eghtesad
- School of Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
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Fehrenbach H. Alveolar epithelial type II cell: defender of the alveolus revisited. Respir Res 2001; 2:33-46. [PMID: 11686863 PMCID: PMC59567 DOI: 10.1186/rr36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 510] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2000] [Revised: 12/05/2000] [Accepted: 12/06/2000] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In 1977, Mason and Williams developed the concept of the alveolar epithelial type II (AE2) cell as a defender of the alveolus. It is well known that AE2 cells synthesise, secrete, and recycle all components of the surfactant that regulates alveolar surface tension in mammalian lungs. AE2 cells influence extracellular surfactant transformation by regulating, for example, pH and [Ca2+] of the hypophase. AE2 cells play various roles in alveolar fluid balance, coagulation/fibrinolysis, and host defence. AE2 cells proliferate, differentiate into AE1 cells, and remove apoptotic AE2 cells by phagocytosis, thus contributing to epithelial repair. AE2 cells may act as immunoregulatory cells. AE2 cells interact with resident and mobile cells, either directly by membrane contact or indirectly via cytokines/growth factors and their receptors, thus representing an integrative unit within the alveolus. Although most data support the concept, the controversy about the character of hyperplastic AE2 cells, reported to synthesise profibrotic factors, proscribes drawing a definite conclusion today.
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- H Fehrenbach
- Institute of Pathology, University Clinics Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
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Sekine Y, Yasufuku K, Heidler KM, Cummings OW, Van Rooijen N, Fujisawa T, Brown J, Wilkes DS. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and RANTES are chemotactic for graft infiltrating lymphocytes during acute lung allograft rejection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2000; 23:719-26. [PMID: 11104723 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.23.6.3825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Graft infiltrating lymphocytes (GILs) are crucial to rejection of lung allografts. However, chemotactic activities, chemokines responsible for GIL recruitment, and cells involved in chemokine production during lung allograft rejection have not been evaluated. This study determined whether chemotactic activity for GILs is upregulated, and whether the chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and regulated on activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES) have roles in GIL chemotaxis during lung allograft rejection. F344 (RT1(lv1)) rat lung allografts were transplanted into WKY (RT1(l)) recipients. Chemotactic activity for GILs and quantities of MCP-1 and RANTES were determined in allograft bronchoalveolar lavage fluid 1 wk after transplantation. Data showed that during rejection, chemotactic activity for GILs is upregulated, MCP-1 and RANTES are produced locally, and both MCP-1 and RANTES are operative in GIL recruitment. Immunohistochemistry showed that alveolar macrophages (AMs) were the major source of MCP-1 and that other lung cells, including AMs, were the source of RANTES. Further, depletion of AMs in the donor lung before transplantation downregulated chemotaxis for GILs and production of MCP-1 during rejection episodes. These data show that chemotaxis for GILs is upregulated locally during lung allograft rejection, and that MCP-1 and RANTES contribute to GIL recruitment during the rejection response.
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- Y Sekine
- Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology, and Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Moore BB, Coffey MJ, Christensen P, Sitterding S, Ngan R, Wilke CA, McDonald R, Phare SM, Peters-Golden M, Paine R, Toews GB. GM-CSF regulates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis via a prostaglandin-dependent mechanism. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:4032-9. [PMID: 11034414 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.7.4032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To characterize the role of GM-CSF in pulmonary fibrosis, we have studied bleomycin-induced fibrosis in wild-type mice vs mice with a targeted deletion of the GM-CSF gene (GM-CSF-/- mice). Without GM-CSF, pulmonary fibrosis was worse both histologically and quantitatively. These changes were not related to enhanced recruitment of inflammatory cells because wild-type and GM-CSF-/- mice recruited equivalent numbers of cells to the lung following bleomycin. Interestingly, recruitment of eosinophils was absent in GM-CSF-/- mice. We investigated whether the enhanced fibrotic response in GM-CSF-/- animals was due to a deficiency in an endogenous down-regulator of fibrogenesis. Analysis of whole lung homogenates from saline- or bleomycin-treated mice revealed that GM-CSF-/- animals had reduced levels of PGE2. Additionally, alveolar macrophages were harvested from wild-type and GM-CSF-/- mice that had been exposed to bleomycin. Although bleomycin treatment impaired the ability of alveolar macrophages from wild-type mice to synthesize PGE2, alveolar macrophages from GM-CSF-/- mice exhibited a significantly greater defect in PGE2 synthesis than did wild-type cells. Exogenous addition of GM-CSF to alveolar macrophages reversed the PGE2 synthesis defect in vitro. Administration of the PG synthesis inhibitor, indomethacin, to wild-type mice during the fibrogenic phase postbleomycin worsened the severity of fibrosis, implying a causal role for PGE2 deficiency in the evolution of the fibrotic lesion. These data demonstrate that GM-CSF deficiency results in enhanced fibrogenesis in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis and indicate that one mechanism for this effect is impaired production of the potent antifibrotic eicosanoid, PGE2.
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- B B Moore
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
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Christensen PJ, Bailie MB, Goodman RE, O'Brien AD, Toews GB, Paine R. Role of diminished epithelial GM-CSF in the pathogenesis of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2000; 279:L487-95. [PMID: 10956623 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2000.279.3.l487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Evidence derived from human and animal studies strongly supports the notion that dysfunctional alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) play a central role in determining the progression of inflammatory injury to pulmonary fibrosis. We formed the hypothesis that impaired production of the regulatory cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) by injured AECs plays a role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. To test this hypothesis, we used the well-characterized model of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats. GM-CSF mRNA is expressed at a constant high level in the lungs of untreated or saline-challenged animals. In contrast, there is a consistent reduction in expression of GM-CSF mRNA in the lung during the first week after bleomycin injury. Bleomycin-treated rats given neutralizing rabbit anti-rat GM-CSF IgG develop increased fibrosis. Type II AECs isolated from rats after bleomycin injury demonstrate diminished expression of GM-CSF mRNA immediately after isolation and in response to stimulation in vitro with endotoxin compared with that in normal type II cells. These data demonstrate a defect in the ability of type II epithelial cells from bleomycin-treated rats to express GM-CSF mRNA and a protective role for GM-CSF in the pathogenesis of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.
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- P J Christensen
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
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Paine R, Preston AM, Wilcoxen S, Jin H, Siu BB, Morris SB, Reed JA, Ross G, Whitsett JA, Beck JM. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the innate immune response to Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:2602-9. [PMID: 10679099 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.5.2602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Innate immunity plays an important role in pulmonary host defense against Pneumocystis carinii, an important pathogen in individuals with impaired cell-mediated immunity. We investigated the role of GM-CSF in host defense in a model of P. carinii pneumonia induced by intratracheal inoculation of CD4-depleted mice. Lung GM-CSF levels increased progressively during the infection and were significantly greater than those in uninfected controls 3, 4, and 5 wk after inoculation. When GM-CSF gene-targeted mice (GM-/-) depleted of CD4+ cells were inoculated with P. carinii, the intensities of infection and inflammation were increased significantly compared with those in CD4-depleted wild-type mice. In contrast, transgenic expression of GM-CSF directed solely in the lungs of GM-/- mice (using the surfactant protein C promoter) dramatically decreased the intensity of infection and inflammation 4 wk after inoculation. The concentrations of surfactant proteins A and D were greater in both uninfected and infected GM-/- mice compared with those in wild-type controls, suggesting that this component of the innate response was preserved in the GM-/- mice. However, alveolar macrophages (AM) from GM-/- mice demonstrated impaired phagocytosis of purified murine P. carinii organisms in vitro compared with AM from wild-type mice. Similarly, AM production of TNF-alpha in response to P. carinii in vitro was totally absent in AM from GM-/- mice, while GM-CSF-replete mice produced abundant TNF in this setting. Thus, GM-CSF plays a critical role in the inflammatory response to P. carinii in the setting of impaired cell-mediated immunity through effects on AM activation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/biosynthesis
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/deficiency
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/physiology
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Lung/immunology
- Lung/metabolism
- Lung/microbiology
- Lung/pathology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism
- Macrophages, Alveolar/microbiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phagocytosis/genetics
- Phagocytosis/immunology
- Pneumocystis/immunology
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/genetics
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/immunology
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/metabolism
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/pathology
- Proteolipids/genetics
- Pulmonary Surfactants/genetics
- Pulmonary Surfactants/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- R Paine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
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Atwal OS. Estrogen-induced microvilli and microvillar channels and entrapment of surfactant-lipids by alveolar type I cells of bovine lung. THE ANATOMICAL RECORD 1999; 256:300-20. [PMID: 10521787 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(19991101)256:3<300::aid-ar8>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The ATI cells are simple, flat squamous epithelial cells, which are evolved to function as a component of the alveolar-capillary membrane, ideally designed for gaseous exchange. They inherently lack an active metabolic machinery and lead a precarious existence in the face of hostile environment. On the other hand, the ATI cells of the lung of ruminating animals are endowed with structure-functional properties which enable them to exert a selective barrier function against a wide range of osmotic pressure gradients at their luminal surface. Such gradients are created by a complex gaseous homeostasis due to expectoration of several gases and volatile fatty acids originating from the complex stomach of the ruminants. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of estradiol propionate on the ultrastructure of the ATI cells and their interaction with the surfactant lipids. The lungs of estrogen and dexamethasone treated male calves were harvested for electromicroscopic examination. The evidence is presented that estradiol induced the formation of microvilli and microvillar channels at the luminal surface. At these regional modifications, intense interactions with the surfactant lipids and their entrapment into the pathways of endocytosis, took place in the squamous part of the ATI cells. Concurrently, large basal protrusions ended up as long lamellipods deep into the alveolar interstitium. The filamentous cytoskeletal network and microtubules intermixed with the translocated organelles such as Golgi apparatus and associated coated and uncoated vesicles. The results of this study support the hypothesis that estrogen regulate the selective barrier-function of the ATI cells. The entrapment of surfactant lipids under the influence of estrogen by ATI cells is a significant change perhaps in response to extracellular stimuli and expression of transmembrane receptors. It implies that these epithelial cells are specially evolved to adapt to a complex gaseous homeostasis in the lung of the ruminating ungulates.
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- O S Atwal
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, Canada
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Brody AR. Whither goes the alveolar macrophage? Another small chapter is written on the localized response of this crucial cell. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 1998; 131:391-2. [PMID: 9605102 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2143(98)90138-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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