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Wirthgen E, Hornschuh M, Wrobel IM, Manteuffel C, Däbritz J. Mimicking of Blood Flow Results in a Distinct Functional Phenotype in Human Non-Adherent Classical Monocytes. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10080748. [PMID: 34439980 PMCID: PMC8389597 DOI: 10.3390/biology10080748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Simple Summary Monocytes are immune cells of increasing interest as cellular-based therapeutic products in inflammation-related diseases. The underlying mechanism is that isolated monocytes are modified outside the body. After re-injection, monocytes are recruited to the site of inflammation, exerting their therapeutic effect. One current challenge is that isolated monocytes rapidly lose migratory capacity during culture, limiting their therapeutic efficacy. During suspension culture, mimicking blood flow has been shown to preserve the migratory capacity. However, the effects on the inflammatory response and other functional properties have not been studied so far. Hence, the present study investigates the effect of shear flow on cytokine secretion and selected features of human blood-derived classical monocytes. Our results demonstrate that mimicking blood flow resulted in a distinct phenotype with an anti-inflammatory cytokine response and a higher migratory capacity than cultured under static conditions. These features could be particularly relevant for further developing monocyte-based products as unwanted inflammatory signaling at the injection site or peripheral blood circulation will be attenuated. Abstract Ex vivo culture conditions during the manufacturing process impact the therapeutic effect of cell-based products. Mimicking blood flow during ex vivo culture of monocytes has beneficial effects by preserving their migratory ability. However, the effects of shear flow on the inflammatory response have not been studied so far. Hence, the present study investigates the effects of shear flow on both blood-derived naïve and activated monocytes. The activation of monocytes was experimentally induced by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which acts as a pro-survival and growth factor on monocytes with a potential role in inflammation. Monocytes were cultured under dynamic (=shear flow) or static conditions while preventing monocytes’ adherence by using cell-repellent surfaces to avoid adhesion-induced differentiation. After cultivation (40 h), cell size, viability, and cytokine secretion were evaluated, and the cells were further applied to functional tests on their migratory capacity, adherence, and metabolic activity. Our results demonstrate that the application of shear flow resulted in a decreased pro-inflammatory signaling concurrent with increased secretion of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and increased migratory capacity. These features may improve the efficacy of monocyte-based therapeutic products as both the unwanted inflammatory signaling in blood circulation and the loss of migratory ability will be prevented.
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- Elisa Wirthgen
- Mucosal Immunology Group, Department of Pediatrics, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (M.H.); (J.D.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-(0)381-494-7076
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- Mucosal Immunology Group, Department of Pediatrics, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (M.H.); (J.D.)
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
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- Institute of Behavioral Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany;
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- Mucosal Immunology Group, Department of Pediatrics, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany; (M.H.); (J.D.)
- Center for Immunobiology, The Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University, London E1 4NS, UK
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Guo P, Yang J, Bielenberg DR, Dillon D, Zurakowski D, Moses MA, Auguste DT. A quantitative method for screening and identifying molecular targets for nanomedicine. J Control Release 2017; 263:57-67. [PMID: 28341549 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Identifying a molecular target is essential for tumor-targeted nanomedicine. Current cancer nanomedicines commonly suffer from poor tumor specificity, "off-target" toxicity, and limited clinical efficacy. Here, we report a method to screen and identify new molecular targets for tumor-targeted nanomedicine based on a quantitative analysis. In our proof-of-principle study, we used comparative flow cytometric screening to identify ICAM-1 as a potential target for metastatic melanoma (MM). We further evaluated ICAM-1 as a MM targeting moiety by characterizing its (1) tumor specificity, (2) expression level, (3) cellular internalization, (4) therapeutic function, and (5) potential clinical impact. Quantitation of ICAM-1 protein expression on cells and validation by immunohistochemistry on human tissue specimens justified the synthesis of antibody-functionalized drug delivery vehicles, which were benchmarked against appropriate controls. We engineered ICAM-1 antibody conjugated, doxorubicin encapsulating immunoliposomes (ICAM-Dox-LPs) to selectively recognize and deliver doxorubicin to MM cells and simultaneously neutralize ICAM-1 signaling via an antibody blockade, demonstrating significant and simultaneous inhibitory effects on MM cell proliferation and migration. This paper describes a novel, quantitative metric system that identifies and evaluates new cancer targets for tumor-targeting nanomedicine.
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- Peng Guo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, United States; Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 1 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 1 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 1 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Anesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 1 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, United States.
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Decitabine facilitates immune recognition of sarcoma cells by upregulating CT antigens, MHC molecules, and ICAM-1. Tumour Biol 2014; 35:5753-62. [PMID: 24584817 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-1764-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, and Ewing's sarcoma are the most common types of sarcoma in children. Despite standard therapy, nearly one third of the patients with Ewing's sarcoma relapse, and there are limited options with curative potential. Immunotherapy is a promising approach as it can target tumor-specific antigens that are specifically expressed on tumors while sparing non-malignant cells. We have demonstrated that a demethylating chemotherapeutic drug, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine, DAC) can upregulate the expression of cancer-testis (CT) antigens, MHC molecules, and intracellular cell adhesion molecule-1 on pediatric sarcoma cell lines, resulting in enhanced killing of tumor cells by CT antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes derived from pediatric sarcoma patients. A significant increase in the mRNA expression levels of MAGE-A1 and MAGE-A3 were found in 70 %, and NY-ESO-1 in 80 % of the sarcoma lines following exposure to pharmacological levels of DAC. The high expression levels of MAGE-A1, MAGE-A3, and NY-ESO-1 were sustained in sarcoma lines and primary tumor lines over 30 days after the cessation of DAC. Furthermore, DAC treatment induced upregulation of MAGE-A1, MAGE-A3, or NY-ESO-1 protein expression in seven of nine lines studied. These studies show that demethylating chemotherapy could be combined with CT antigen-directed immunotherapy for treating pediatric sarcoma.
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Yockell-Lelièvre J, Spriet C, Cantin P, Malenfant P, Heliot L, de Launoit Y, Audette M. Functional cooperation between Stat-1 and ets-1 to optimize icam-1 gene transcription. Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 87:905-18. [PMID: 19935876 DOI: 10.1139/o09-055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) plays an important role in the immune system, enabling the interactions between effector cells and target cells. It is also known to be involved in tumor growth and metastasis. Its expression is transcriptionally regulated by several proinflammatory cytokines including IFN-gamma, which induces ICAM-1 transcription via the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in a Stat1-dependent fashion. The ICAM-1 promoter contains several cis-active regulatory elements including 2 Ets binding sites (EBSs) located at positions -158 and -138 relatively to the AUG, which were previously shown to play a role in the constitutive activity of the ICAM-1 promoter. In the present study, we have determined whether the EBSs are also involved in the regulation of ICAM-1 gene transcription by pro-inflammatory cytokines. Transient transfection assays were performed with reporter genes containing ICAM-1 promoter constructions cloned upstream from the firefly luciferase gene. Site-specific mutations of the EBS diminished the promoter activity stimulated by IFN-gamma, although the IFN-gamma responsive element (pIgammaRE), which binds Stat1, was intact. Stimulation of the transcriptional activity following IFN-gamma treatment was significantly reduced when both EBSs were inactivated. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments provided evidence of a physical interaction involving Ets1 and Stat1. In COS-1 and HEK 293 cells cotransfected with CFP-Stat1 and YFP-Ets fusion protein, fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments confirmed the close proximity of these 2 proteins in living cells following treatment with IFN-gamma.
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- Julien Yockell-Lelièvre
- Centre de recherche en endocrinologie moléculaire et oncologique, Centre de recherche du CHUQ, Pavillon CHUL, 2705 boulevard Laurier, QC G1V 4G2, Canada
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Vertuani S, Dubrovska E, Levitsky V, Jager MJ, Kiessling R, Levitskaya J. Retinoic acid elicits cytostatic, cytotoxic and immunomodulatory effects on uveal melanoma cells. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2007; 56:193-204. [PMID: 16752155 PMCID: PMC11030064 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-006-0185-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The current therapy of uveal melanoma (UM) metastases remains inefficient, which warrants the development of new treatment modalities. For the first time we investigated the effects of retinoic acid (RA) on a panel of UM cell lines and found that RA induces morphological changes compatible with differentiation, suppresses proliferation and causes apoptosis in these cells. RA treatment resulted in an increase of p21, p27 and p53 protein levels and G1 arrest in UM cells, which correlated with significant down-modulation of surface Her2/neu proto-oncogene expression. In addition, RA-treated UM cells exhibited increased sensitivity to both MHC class I-restricted killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and NK cell-mediated lysis that were accompanied by more efficient conjugate formation between UM cells and killer lymphocytes. Taken together, our results implicate UM as a new target for treatment with retinoids and suggest that retinoids and T- or NK-cell based immunotherapy can have mutually enhancing effects in UM patients.
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- Simona Vertuani
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Microbiology and Tumorbiology Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Immune and Gene Therapy Unit, Cancer Centrum Karolinska, Karolinska Hospital, KS-ringen, R8:01, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
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Jinushi M, Takehara T, Tatsumi T, Kanto T, Groh V, Spies T, Kimura R, Miyagi T, Mochizuki K, Sasaki Y, Hayashi N. Expression and role of MICA and MICB in human hepatocellular carcinomas and their regulation by retinoic acid. Int J Cancer 2003; 104:354-61. [PMID: 12569559 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells are important effector cells for the first line of defense against tumor, but the mechanisms by which they recognize and kill human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains to be elucidated. Distant MHC class I homologs MICA and MICB are recently identified human ligands for NK cell activating receptor NKG2D. In our present study, MICA or MICB transcript was detected in 6 of 10 human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues, but not in the surrounding non-cancerous tissues. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that MICA/B were expressed in the tumor cells of the cancerous tissues. Huh7 and HepG2 hepatoma cells, but not Hep3B cells, substantially expressed MICA/B on their cell surface. MICA/B expressed on hepatoma cells contributed to their NK sensitivity, because Huh7 and HepG2 were less susceptible to NK cytolysis when MAb against MICA/B was added during the cytolysis assay. Of interest is the finding that retinoic acid upregulated expression of MICA/B in Huh7 and HepG2 cells. Retinoic acid-treated hepatoma cells induced IFN gamma production from cocultured NK cells and rendered themselves more susceptible to NK cells. This was clearly dependent on upregulation of MICA/B, because both the enhanced IFN gamma production and NK cytolysis were completely abolished by MAb-mediated masking of MICA/B. These results suggest that MICA/B, expressed on a subset of human HCCs, may play an important role in their susceptibility to NK cells. Furthermore, retinoic acid can function as a modulator of MICA/B expression and thereby further activate NK cells.
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- Masahisa Jinushi
- Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Therapeutics, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Deaglio S, Canella D, Baj G, Arnulfo A, Waxman S, Malavasi F. Evidence of an immunologic mechanism behind the therapeutical effects of arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) on myeloma cells. Leuk Res 2001; 25:227-35. [PMID: 11226519 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(00)00105-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Exposure of RPMI 8226, Karpas 707 and U266 human myeloma-like lines to low doses of As(2)O(3) was followed by a marked increase in lymphokine activated killers (LAK)-mediated killing and up- modulation of CD38 and CD54, two molecules involved in cell-cell interactions. Moreover, simultaneous exposure of effectors and targets to As(2)O(3) yielded the most effective condition for lysis. The expression of CD31 (CD38 ligand) and CD11a (CD54 ligand) was also up-regulated by LAK, suggesting that increased adhesion was responsible for the improved killing. Similar results were obtained using freshly isolated myeloma cells. These findings indicate that As(2)O(3) may be useful to boost the immune system against myelomas.
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- S Deaglio
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Torino Medical School, via Santena 19, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- R E Gallagher
- Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein Cancer Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
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Chung J, Park ES, Kim D, Suh JM, Chung HK, Kim J, Kim H, Park SJ, Kwon OY, Ro HK, Shong M. Thyrotropin modulates interferon-gamma-mediated intercellular adhesion molecule-1 gene expression by inhibiting Janus kinase-1 and signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 activation in thyroid cells. Endocrinology 2000; 141:2090-7. [PMID: 10830295 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.6.7507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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TSH is known as an important hormone that plays the major role not only in the maintenance of normal physiology but also in the regulation of immunomodulatory gene expression in thyrocytes. The adhesion molecule intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) was identified as one of the proteins that are abnormally expressed in the thyroid gland during autoimmune thyroid diseases. In this study we found that TSH inhibits interferon-gamma (IFNgamma)-mediated expression of the ICAM-1 gene, and we investigated the involved mechanisms in rat FRTL-5 thyroid cells. After exposure to IFNgamma, ICAM-1 expression is positively regulated at the level of transcription. This effect occurs via the IFNgamma-activated site (GAS) element in the ICAM-1 promoter as a consequence of the activation of STAT1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription-1), but not of STAT3. On the other hand, after exposure to TSH plus IFNgamma, ICAM-1 transcription is negatively modulated. We found that this inhibitory effect of TSH also occurs via the GAS element. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirmed that the IFNgamma-induced DNA-binding activities of STAT1 were reduced by TSH. Furthermore, our results showed that the inhibitory effect of TSH on IFNgamma signaling is caused by inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation on STAT1, Janus kinase-1 (Jak1), and IFNgamma receptor a, but not Jak2. In conclusion, we have identified a novel mechanism in which TSH modulates the IFNgamma-mediated Jak/STAT signaling pathway through the inhibition of Jak1 and STAT1.
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- J Chung
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon
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