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The Role of TGFβ and Other Cytokines in Regulating Mast Cell Functions in Allergic Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810864. [PMID: 36142776 PMCID: PMC9503477 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Mast cells (MC) are a key effector cell in multiple types of immune responses, including atopic conditions. Allergic diseases have been steadily rising across the globe, creating a growing public health problem. IgE-mediated activation of MCs leads to the release of potent mediators that can have dire clinical consequences. Current therapeutic options to inhibit MC activation and degranulation are limited; thus, a better understanding of the mechanisms that regulate MC effector functions in allergic inflammation are necessary in order to develop effective treatment options with minimal side effects. Several cytokines have been identified that play multifaceted roles in regulating MC activation, including TGFβ, IL-10, and IL-33, and others that appear to serve primarily anti-inflammatory functions, including IL-35 and IL-37. Here, we review the literature examining cytokines that regulate MC-mediated allergic immune responses.
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A Review of the Evidence for and against a Role for Mast Cells in Cutaneous Scarring and Fibrosis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249673. [PMID: 33353063 PMCID: PMC7766369 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Scars are generated in mature skin as a result of the normal repair process, but the replacement of normal tissue with scar tissue can lead to biomechanical and functional deficiencies in the skin as well as psychological and social issues for patients that negatively affect quality of life. Abnormal scars, such as hypertrophic scars and keloids, and cutaneous fibrosis that develops in diseases such as systemic sclerosis and graft-versus-host disease can be even more challenging for patients. There is a large body of literature suggesting that inflammation promotes the deposition of scar tissue by fibroblasts. Mast cells represent one inflammatory cell type in particular that has been implicated in skin scarring and fibrosis. Most published studies in this area support a pro-fibrotic role for mast cells in the skin, as many mast cell-derived mediators stimulate fibroblast activity and studies generally indicate higher numbers of mast cells and/or mast cell activation in scars and fibrotic skin. However, some studies in mast cell-deficient mice have suggested that these cells may not play a critical role in cutaneous scarring/fibrosis. Here, we will review the data for and against mast cells as key regulators of skin fibrosis and discuss scientific gaps in the field.
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Weiskirchen R, Meurer SK, Liedtke C, Huber M. Mast Cells in Liver Fibrogenesis. Cells 2019; 8:cells8111429. [PMID: 31766207 PMCID: PMC6912398 DOI: 10.3390/cells8111429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mast cells (MCs) are immune cells of the myeloid lineage that are present in the connective tissue throughout the body and in mucosa tissue. They originate from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow and circulate as MC progenitors in the blood. After migration to various tissues, they differentiate into their mature form, which is characterized by a phenotype containing large granules enriched in a variety of bioactive compounds, including histamine and heparin. These cells can be activated in a receptor-dependent and -independent manner. Particularly, the activation of the high-affinity immunoglobulin E (IgE) receptor, also known as FcεRI, that is expressed on the surface of MCs provoke specific signaling cascades that leads to intracellular calcium influx, activation of different transcription factors, degranulation, and cytokine production. Therefore, MCs modulate many aspects in physiological and pathological conditions, including wound healing, defense against pathogens, immune tolerance, allergy, anaphylaxis, autoimmune defects, inflammation, and infectious and other disorders. In the liver, MCs are mainly associated with connective tissue located in the surrounding of the hepatic arteries, veins, and bile ducts. Recent work has demonstrated a significant increase in MC number during hepatic injury, suggesting an important role of these cells in liver disease and progression. In the present review, we summarize aspects of MC function and mediators in experimental liver injury, their interaction with other hepatic cell types, and their contribution to the pathogenesis of fibrosis.
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- Ralf Weiskirchen
- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany;
- Correspondence: (R.W.) (M.H.)
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- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany;
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Immunology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
- Correspondence: (R.W.) (M.H.)
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Mukai K, Tsai M, Saito H, Galli SJ. Mast cells as sources of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. Immunol Rev 2019; 282:121-150. [PMID: 29431212 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 445] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mast cells are hematopoietic cells that reside in virtually all vascularized tissues and that represent potential sources of a wide variety of biologically active secreted products, including diverse cytokines and growth factors. There is strong evidence for important non-redundant roles of mast cells in many types of innate or adaptive immune responses, including making important contributions to immediate and chronic IgE-associated allergic disorders and enhancing host resistance to certain venoms and parasites. However, mast cells have been proposed to influence many other biological processes, including responses to bacteria and virus, angiogenesis, wound healing, fibrosis, autoimmune and metabolic disorders, and cancer. The potential functions of mast cells in many of these settings is thought to reflect their ability to secrete, upon appropriate activation by a range of immune or non-immune stimuli, a broad spectrum of cytokines (including many chemokines) and growth factors, with potential autocrine, paracrine, local, and systemic effects. In this review, we summarize the evidence indicating which cytokines and growth factors can be produced by various populations of rodent and human mast cells in response to particular immune or non-immune stimuli, and comment on the proven or potential roles of such mast cell products in health and disease.
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- Kaori Mukai
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health & Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Pons M, Ali L, Beghdadi W, Danelli L, Alison M, Madjène LC, Calvo J, Claver J, Vibhushan S, Åbrink M, Pejler G, Poli-Mérol ML, Peuchmaur M, El Ghoneimi A, Blank U. Mast Cells and MCPT4 Chymase Promote Renal Impairment after Partial Ureteral Obstruction. Front Immunol 2017; 8:450. [PMID: 28523000 PMCID: PMC5415561 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Obstructive nephropathy constitutes a major cause of pediatric renal progressive disease. The mechanisms leading to disease progression are still poorly understood. Kidney fibrotic lesions are reproduced using a model of partial unilateral ureteral obstruction (pUUO) in newborn mice. Based on data showing significant mast cell (MC) infiltration in patients, we investigated the role of MC and murine MCPT4, a MC-released chymase, in pUUO using MC- (Wsh/sh), MCPT4-deficient (Mcpt4−/−), and wild-type (WT) mice. Measurement of kidney length and volume by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as postmortem kidney weight revealed hypotrophy of operated right kidneys (RKs) and compensatory hypertrophy of left kidneys. Differences between kidneys were major for WT, minimal for Wsh/sh, and intermediate for Mcpt4−/− mice. Fibrosis development was focal and increased only in WT-obstructed kidneys. No differences were noticed for local inflammatory responses, but serum CCL2 was significantly higher in WT versus Mcpt4−/− and Wsh/sh mice. Alpha-smooth muscle actin (αSMA) expression, a marker of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), was high in WT, minimal for Wsh/sh, and intermediate for Mcpt4−/− RK. Supernatants of activated MC induced αSMA in co-culture experiments with proximal tubular epithelial cells. Our results support a role of MC in EMT and parenchyma lesions after pUUO involving, at least partly, MCPT4 chymase. They confirm the importance of morphologic impairment evaluation by MRI in pUUO.
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- Maguelonne Pons
- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France
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- CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France
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- Section of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Uppsala University, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala, Sweden.,Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Pediatric Surgery Unit, American Memorial Hospital, Université Reims Champagne Ardennes, Reims, France
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- Department of Pathology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS 1149, Paris, France.,CNRS ERL8252, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'excellence INFLAMEX, Paris, France
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Fernando J, Faber TW, Pullen NA, Falanga YT, Kolawole EM, Oskeritzian CA, Barnstein BO, Bandara G, Li G, Schwartz LB, Spiegel S, Straus DB, Conrad DH, Bunting KD, Ryan JJ. Genotype-dependent effects of TGF-β1 on mast cell function: targeting the Stat5 pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 191:4505-13. [PMID: 24068671 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that TGF-β1 suppresses IgE-mediated signaling in human and mouse mast cells in vitro, an effect that correlated with decreased expression of the high-affinity IgE receptor, FcεRI. The in vivo effects of TGF-β1 and the means by which it suppresses mast cells have been less clear. This study shows that TGF-β1 suppresses FcεRI and c-Kit expression in vivo. By examining changes in cytokine production concurrent with FcεRI expression, we found that TGF-β1 suppresses TNF production independent of FcεRI levels. Rather, IgE-mediated signaling was altered. TGF-β1 significantly reduced expression of Fyn and Stat5, proteins critical for cytokine induction. These changes may partly explain the effects of TGF-β1, because Stat5B overexpression blocked TGF-mediated suppression of IgE-induced cytokine production. We also found that Stat5B is required for mast cell migration toward stem cell factor, and that TGF-β1 reduced this migration. We found evidence that genetic background may alter TGF responses. TGF-β1 greatly reduced mast cell numbers in Th1-prone C57BL/6, but not Th2-prone 129/Sv mice. Furthermore, TGF-β1 did not suppress IgE-induced cytokine release and did increase c-Kit-mediated migration in 129/Sv mast cells. These data correlated with high basal Fyn and Stat5 expression in 129/Sv cells, which was not reduced by TGF-β1 treatment. Finally, primary human mast cell populations also showed variable sensitivity to TGF-β1-mediated changes in Stat5 and IgE-mediated IL-6 secretion. We propose that TGF-β1 regulates mast cell homeostasis, and that this feedback suppression may be dependent on genetic context, predisposing some individuals to atopic disease.
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- Josephine Fernando
- Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
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Nauta AC, Grova M, Montoro DT, Zimmermann A, Tsai M, Gurtner GC, Galli SJ, Longaker MT. Evidence that mast cells are not required for healing of splinted cutaneous excisional wounds in mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59167. [PMID: 23544053 PMCID: PMC3609818 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Wound healing is a complex biological process involving the interaction of many cell types to replace lost or damaged tissue. Although the biology of wound healing has been extensively investigated, few studies have focused on the role of mast cells. In this study, we investigated the possible role of mast cells in wound healing by analyzing aspects of cutaneous excisional wound healing in three types of genetically mast cell-deficient mice. We found that C57BL/6-KitW-sh/W-sh, WBB6F1-KitW/W-v, and Cpa3-Cre; Mcl-1fl/fl mice re-epithelialized splinted excisional skin wounds at rates very similar to those in the corresponding wild type or control mice. Furthermore, at the time of closure, scars were similar in the genetically mast cell-deficient mice and the corresponding wild type or control mice in both quantity of collagen deposition and maturity of collagen fibers, as evaluated by Masson’s Trichrome and Picro-Sirius red staining. These data indicate that mast cells do not play a significant non-redundant role in these features of the healing of splinted full thickness excisional cutaneous wounds in mice.
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- Allison C Nauta
- Hagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Ueno N, Taketomi Y, Yamamoto K, Hirabayashi T, Kamei D, Kita Y, Shimizu T, Shinzawa K, Tsujimoto Y, Ikeda K, Taguchi R, Murakami M. Analysis of two major intracellular phospholipases A(2) (PLA(2)) in mast cells reveals crucial contribution of cytosolic PLA(2)α, not Ca(2+)-independent PLA(2)β, to lipid mobilization in proximal mast cells and distal fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:37249-63. [PMID: 21880721 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.290312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mast cells release a variety of mediators, including arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites, to regulate allergy, inflammation, and host defense, and their differentiation and maturation within extravascular microenvironments depend on the stromal cytokine stem cell factor. Mouse mast cells express two major intracellular phospholipases A(2) (PLA(2)s), namely group IVA cytosolic PLA(2) (cPLA(2)α) and group VIA Ca(2+)-independent PLA(2) (iPLA(2)β), and the role of cPLA(2)α in eicosanoid synthesis by mast cells has been well documented. Lipidomic analyses of mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMCs) lacking cPLA(2)α (Pla2g4a(-/-)) or iPLA(2)β (Pla2g6(-/-)) revealed that phospholipids with AA were selectively hydrolyzed by cPLA(2)α, not by iPLA(2)β, during FcεRI-mediated activation and even during fibroblast-dependent maturation. Neither FcεRI-dependent effector functions nor maturation-driven phospholipid remodeling was impaired in Pla2g6(-/-) BMMCs. Although BMMCs did not produce prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), the AA released by cPLA(2)α from BMMCs during maturation was converted to PGE(2) by microsomal PGE synthase-1 (mPGES-1) in cocultured fibroblasts, and accordingly, Pla2g4a(-/-) BMMCs promoted microenvironmental PGE(2) synthesis less efficiently than wild-type BMMCs both in vitro and in vivo. Mice deficient in mPGES-1 (Ptges(-/-)) had an augmented local anaphylactic response. These results suggest that cPLA(2)α in mast cells is functionally coupled, through the AA transfer mechanism, with stromal mPGES-1 to provide anti-anaphylactic PGE(2). Although iPLA(2)β is partially responsible for PGE(2) production by macrophages and dendritic cells, it is dispensable for mast cell maturation and function.
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- Noriko Ueno
- Lipid Metabolism Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 256-8506, Japan
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Galli SJ, Tsai M. Mast cells: versatile regulators of inflammation, tissue remodeling, host defense and homeostasis. J Dermatol Sci 2007; 49:7-19. [PMID: 18024086 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2007] [Accepted: 09/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The possible roles of mast cells in heath and disease have been a topic of interest for over 125 years. Many adaptive or pathological processes affecting the skin or other anatomical sites have been associated with morphological evidence of mast cell activation, and/or with changes in mast cell numbers or phenotype. Such observations, taken together with the known functions of the diverse mediators, cytokines and growth factors which can be secreted by mast cells, have suggested many potential functions for mast cells in health and disease. Definitively identifying the importance of mast cells in biological responses in humans is difficult. However, mutant mice which are profoundly mast cell-deficient, especially those which can undergo engraftment with wild-type or genetically altered mast cells, provide an opportunity to investigate the importance of mast cells, and specific mast cell functions or products, in various adaptive or pathological responses in mice. Such work has shown that mast cells can significantly influence multiple features of inflammatory or immune responses, through diverse effects that can either promote or, surprisingly, suppress, aspects of these responses. Through such functions, mast cells can significantly influence inflammation, tissue remodeling, host defense and homeostasis.
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- Stephen J Galli
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5176, United States.
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Sugerman PB, Faber SB, Willis LM, Petrovic A, Murphy GF, Pappo J, Silberstein D, van den Brink MRM. Kinetics of gene expression in murine cutaneous graft-versus-host disease. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2004; 164:2189-202. [PMID: 15161652 PMCID: PMC1615752 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63776-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The kinetics of gene expression associated with the development of cutaneous graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) were examined in a mouse model of MHC-matched allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ear skin was obtained from recipient mice with or without GVHD between 7 and 40 days after transplantation for histopathological analysis and gene expression profiling. Gene expression patterns were consistent with early infiltration and activation of CD8(+) T and mast cells, followed by CD4(+) T, natural killer, and myeloid cells. The sequential infiltration and activation of effector cells correlated with the histopathological development of cutaneous GVHD and was accompanied by up-regulated expression of many chemokines and their receptors (CXCL-1, -2, -9, and -10; CCL-2, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -11, and -19; CCR-1 and CCR-5), adhesion molecules (ICAM-1, CD18, Ly69, PSGL-1, VCAM-1), molecules involved in antigen processing and presentation (TAP1 and TAP2, MHC class I and II, CD80), regulators of apoptosis (granzyme B, caspase 7, Bak1, Bax, and BclII), interferon-inducible genes (STAT1, IRF-1, IIGP, GTPI, IGTP, Ifi202A), stimulators of fibroblast proliferation and matrix synthesis (interleukin-1beta, transforming growth factor-beta1), and markers of keratinocyte proliferation (keratins 5 and 6), and differentiation (small proline-rich proteins 2E and 1B). Many acute-phase proteins were up-regulated early in murine cutaneous GVHD including serum amyloid A2 (SAA2), SAA3, serpins a3g and a3n, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, and metallothioneins 1 and 2. The kinetics of gene expression were consistent with the evolution of cutaneous pathology as well as with current models of disease progression during cutaneous GVHD.
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- Philip B Sugerman
- straZeneca Research and Development Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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Parikh SA, Cho SH, Oh CK. Preformed enzymes in mast cell granules and their potential role in allergic rhinitis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2003; 3:266-72. [PMID: 12662477 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-003-0049-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Mast cells not only function as effector cells but also influence nearly every other cell involved in causing allergic rhinitis. Mast cell-derived mediators such as histamine, bradykinin, tryptase, and the arachidonic acid derivatives produce the symptoms of the early-phase reaction of allergic rhinitis and also attract and activate other leukocytes involved in the late-phase reaction. In addition, activated mast cells are known to secrete a number of cytokines, both preformed and newly synthesized, that can modulate T- and B-cell function, propagate the early- and late-phase reactions, and contribute to tissue remodeling. Most currently available therapies work by antagonizing the mediators secreted by mast cells and other leukocytes. With the possible exception of immunotherapy, these therapies do not provide long-term protection against allergic disorders. Exciting new developments in gene-based therapies seem promising in both reducing and reversing the development of allergic rhinitis.
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- Smruti A Parikh
- UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Bldg. N-25, 1000 W. Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
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Sanchez Mejia RO, Lam BK, Arm JP. Matrix-associated transforming growth factor-beta1 primes mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells for increased high-affinity Fc receptor for immunoglobulin E-dependent eicosanoid biosynthesis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2000; 22:557-65. [PMID: 10783127 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.22.5.3902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Mast cells at different tissue locations are heterogeneous with respect to histochemical staining characteristics, granule protease and proteoglycan content, and eicosanoid biosynthesis. We used Matrigel, an extract from the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm mouse sarcoma that is enriched in basement-membrane proteins, to investigate the effect of tissue matrix proteins on the differentiation of mouse mast cells, with particular attention to eicosanoid biosynthesis. Culture of mouse bone-marrow cells in interleukin-3 on Matrigel for 3 to 4 wk provided a population of mast cells with more intense metachromasia and increased safranin counterstaining compared with mast cells derived in the absence of Matrigel (bone marrow-derived mast cells [BMMC]). High-affinity Fc receptor for immunoglobulin E-dependent biosynthesis of prostaglandin D(2) and leukotriene (LT) C(4) was 6- and 11-fold higher, respectively, from mast cells derived in the presence of Matrigel compared with conventional BMMC derived in its absence. BMMC derived in the presence of Matrigel also generated substantial quantities of 6-trans-LTB(4) diastereoisomers and LTB(4), which were minimally generated by conventional BMMC. When conventional BMMC derived in the absence of Matrigel were then cultured on Matrigel for 5 d, eicosanoid biosynthesis was upregulated without any change in granule staining characteristics. This upregulation in eicosanoid biosynthesis was inhibited by neutralizing anti- transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1-specific antibodies, was reproduced by 1 ng/ml TGF-beta1, and was attributed to increased expression of cytosolic phospholipase A(2).
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- R O Sanchez Mejia
- Departments of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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