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Guerra M, Carvalho NB, Santos S, Nascimento MT, Sá R, Carvalho AM, Carvalho EM, Carvalho LP. TNF-induced metalloproteinase-9 production is associated with neurological manifestations in HTLV-1-infected individuals. Front Immunol 2022; 13:954103. [PMID: 36311773 PMCID: PMC9608347 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.954103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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HTLV-1-infected individuals may develop a neurologic inflammatory condition known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP), in which the high production of TNF is observed. These patients exhibit higher proviral loads, enhanced production of proinflammatory cytokines and lymphocyte proliferation in comparison to asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers and those presenting overactive bladder (OAB-HTLV-infected). Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are known to degrade the components of the blood-brain barrier, favoring the migration of infected cells into the central nervous system. Moreover, the unbalanced production of MMPs and their inhibitors (TIMPs) has also been associated with tissue damage. The present work studied the production of MMP-9 and TIMPs in HTLV-1-infected individuals with and without neurological manifestations. HAM/TSP patients presented higher concentrations of MMP-9 in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) culture supernatants, as well as a higher MMP-9/TIMP-3 ratio when compared to the other groups studied. MMP-9 levels positively correlated with proviral load and TNF in OAB-HTLV-infected individuals, and the in vitro neutralization of TNF significantly decreased MMP-9 levels in PBMC culture supernatants. Our findings indicate an association between MMP-9 production and the proinflammatory state associated with HTLV-1 infection, as well as HAM/TSP.
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- Mariele Guerra
- Immunology Service, University Hospital Complex Professor Edgard Santos (C-HUPES), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, University Hospital Complex Professor Edgard Santos (C-HUPES), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Biology Department, State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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- Gonçalo Moniz Institute (IGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, University Hospital Complex Professor Edgard Santos (C-HUPES), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Gonçalo Moniz Institute (IGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Gonçalo Moniz Institute (IGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, University Hospital Complex Professor Edgard Santos (C-HUPES), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Gonçalo Moniz Institute (IGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology - Tropical Diseases Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa/Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (CNPq/MCT), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Immunology Service, University Hospital Complex Professor Edgard Santos (C-HUPES), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Gonçalo Moniz Institute (IGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology - Tropical Diseases Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa/Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (CNPq/MCT), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Lucas P. Carvalho,
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Ramírez-Martínez G, Jiménez-Álvarez LA, Cruz-Lagunas A, Ignacio-Cortés S, Gómez-García IA, Rodríguez-Reyna TS, Choreño-Parra JA, Zúñiga J. Possible Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases and TGF-β in COVID-19 Severity and Sequelae. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2022; 42:352-368. [PMID: 35647937 PMCID: PMC9422783 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2021.0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The costs of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are devastating. With millions of deaths worldwide, specific serological biomarkers, antiviral agents, and novel therapies are urgently required to reduce the disease burden. For these purposes, a profound understanding of the pathobiology of COVID-19 is mandatory. Notably, the study of immunity against other respiratory infections has generated reference knowledge to comprehend the paradox of the COVID-19 pathogenesis. Past studies point to a complex interplay between cytokines and other factors mediating wound healing and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling that results in exacerbated inflammation, tissue injury, severe manifestations, and a sequela of respiratory infections. This review provides an overview of the immunological process elicited after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Also, we analyzed available data about the participation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) in immune responses of the lungs. Furthermore, we discuss their possible implications in severe COVID-19 and sequela, including pulmonary fibrosis, and remark on the potential of these molecules as biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of convalescent COVID-19 patients. Our review provides a theoretical framework for future research aimed to discover molecular hallmarks that, combined with clinical features, could serve as therapeutic targets and reliable biomarkers of the different clinical forms of COVID-19, including convalescence.
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- Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez
- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico.,Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico.,Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico.,Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," Mexico City, Mexico.,Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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Aghajanian S, Teymoori-Rad M, Molaverdi G, Mozhgani SH. Immunopathogenesis and Cellular Interactions in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:614940. [PMID: 33414779 PMCID: PMC7783048 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.614940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a neuropathological disorder in 1–3% of individuals infected with Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1). This condition is characterized by progressive spastic lower limb weakness and paralysis, lower back pain, bladder incontinence, and mild sensory disturbances resembling spinal forms of multiple sclerosis. This disease also causes chronic disability and is therefore associated with high health burden in areas where HTLV-1 infection is endemic. Despite various efforts in understanding the virus and discovery of novel diagnostic markers, and cellular and viral interactions, HAM/TSP management is still unsatisfactory and mainly focused on symptomatic alleviation, and it hasn’t been explained why only a minority of the virus carriers develop HAM/TSP. This comprehensive review focuses on host and viral factors in association with immunopathology of the disease in hope of providing new insights for drug therapies or other forms of intervention.
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- Sepehr Aghajanian
- Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.,Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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Gorter RP, Baron W. Matrix metalloproteinases shape the oligodendrocyte (niche) during development and upon demyelination. Neurosci Lett 2020; 729:134980. [PMID: 32315713 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The oligodendrocyte lineage cell is crucial to proper brain function. During central nervous system development, oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) migrate and proliferate to populate the entire brain and spinal cord, and subsequently differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes that wrap neuronal axons in an insulating myelin layer. When damage occurs to the myelin sheath, OPCs are activated and recruited to the demyelinated site, where they differentiate into oligodendrocytes that remyelinate the denuded axons. The process of OPC attraction and differentiation is influenced by a multitude of factors from the cell's niche. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are powerful and versatile enzymes that do not only degrade extracellular matrix proteins, but also cleave cell surface receptors, growth factors, signaling molecules, proteases and other precursor proteins, leading to their activation or degradation. MMPs are markedly upregulated during brain development and upon demyelinating injury, where their broad functions influence the behavior of neural progenitor cells (NPCs), OPCs and oligodendrocytes. In this review, we focus on the role of MMPs in (re)myelination. We will start out in the developing brain with describing the effects of MMPs on NPCs, OPCs and eventually oligodendrocytes. Then, we will outline their functions in oligodendrocyte process extension and developmental myelination. Finally, we will review their potential role in demyelination, describe their significance in remyelination and discuss the evidence for a role of MMPs in remyelination failure, focusing on multiple sclerosis. In conclusion, MMPs shape the oligodendrocyte (niche) both during development and upon demyelination, and thus are important players in directing the fate and behavior of oligodendrocyte lineage cells throughout their life cycle.
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- Rianne P Gorter
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Singh S, Kartha S, Bulka BA, Stiansen NS, Winkelstein BA. Physiologic facet capsule stretch can induce pain & upregulate matrix metalloproteinase-3 in the dorsal root ganglia when preceded by a physiological mechanical or nonpainful chemical exposure. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2019; 64:122-130. [PMID: 29523370 PMCID: PMC6067996 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2018.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neck pain from cervical facet loading is common and induces inflammation and upregulation of nerve growth factor (NGF) that can sensitize the joint afferents. Yet, the mechanisms by which these occur and whether afferents can be pre-conditioned by certain nonpainful stimuli are unknown. This study tested the hypothesis that a nonpainful mechanical or chemical insult predisposes a facet joint to generate pain after a later exposure to typically nonpainful distraction. METHODS Rats were exposed to either a nonpainful distraction or an intra-articular subthreshold dose of NGF followed by a nonpainful distraction two days later. Mechanical hyperalgesia was measured daily and C6 dorsal root ganglia (DRG) tissue was assayed for NGF and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) expression on day 7. FINDINGS The second distraction increased joint displacement and strains compared to its first application (p = 0.0011). None of the initial exposures altered behavioral sensitivity in either of the groups being pre-conditioned or in controls; but, sensitivity was established in both groups receiving a second distraction within one day that lasted until day 7 (p < 0.024). NGF expression in the DRG was increased in both groups undergoing a pre-conditioning exposure (p < 0.0232). Similar findings were observed for MMP-3 expression, with a pre-conditioning exposure increasing levels after an otherwise nonpainful facet distraction. INTERPRETATION These findings suggest that nonpainful insults to the facet joint, when combined, can generate painful outcomes, possibly mediated by upregulation of MMP-3 and mature NGF.
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- Sagar Singh
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S. 33rd Street, 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S. 33rd Street, 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S. 33rd Street, 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S. 33rd Street, 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S. 33rd Street, 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S. 33rd Street, 240 Skirkanich Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Gudo ES, Silva-Barbosa SD, Linhares-Lacerda L, Ribeiro-Alves M, Real SC, Bou-Habib DC, Savino W. HAM/TSP-derived HTLV-1-infected T cell lines promote morphological and functional changes in human astrocytes cell lines: possible role in the enhanced T cells recruitment into Central Nervous System. Virol J 2015; 12:165. [PMID: 26458945 PMCID: PMC4603815 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0398-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The mechanisms through which HTLV-1 leads to and maintains damage in the central nervous system of patients undergoing HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) are still poorly understood. In recent years, increasing evidence indicates that, not only lymphocytes but also glial cells, in particular astrocytes, play a role in the pathophysiology of HAM/TSP. In this study we used a model of co-culture between human HTLV-1-infected (CIB and C91PL) and non-infected (CEM) T lymphocyte cell lines and astrocyte (U251 and U87) cell lines to mimic the in vivo T cell-astrocyte interactions. RESULTS We first observed that CIB and C91PL adhere strongly to cultured astrocytes cell lines, and that co-cultures of HTLV-1 infected and astrocyte cell lines cells resulted in rapid syncytium formation, accompanied by severe morphological alterations and increased apoptotic cell death of astrocyte cells. Additionally, cultures of astrocyte cell lines in presence of supernatants harvested from HTLV-1-infected T cell cultures resulted in significant increase in the mRNA of CCL2, CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL10, IL-13, IL-8, NFKB1, TLR4, TNF, MMP8 and VCAM1, as compared with the values obtained when we applied supernatants of non-infected T- cell lines. Lastly, soluble factors secreted by cultured astrocytic cell lines primed through 1-h interaction with infected T cell lines, further enhanced migratory responses, as compared to the effect seen when supernatants from astrocytic cell lines were primed with non-infected T cell lines. CONCLUSION Collectively, our results show that HTLV-1 infected T lymphocyte cell lines interact strongly with astrocyte cell lines, leading to astrocyte damage and increased secretion of attracting cytokines, which in turn may participate in the further attraction of HTLV-1-infected T cells into central nervous system (CNS), thus amplifying and prolonging the immune damage of CNS.
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- Eduardo Samo Gudo
- National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Av. Eduardo Mondlane, 1008, Maputo, Mozambique. .,Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Baranger K, Rivera S, Liechti FD, Grandgirard D, Bigas J, Seco J, Tarrago T, Leib SL, Khrestchatisky M. Endogenous and synthetic MMP inhibitors in CNS physiopathology. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2014; 214:313-51. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63486-3.00014-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Changes in expression of Nogo receptor 1 in hippocampus and cortex after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in rats. Am J Emerg Med 2012; 31:353-9. [PMID: 23158614 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2012] [Revised: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate changes in Nogo receptor 1 (NgR(1)) expression in the cerebrum after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in rats. Cardiac arrest was induced by alternating current in 50 SD rats through transcutaneous electrical epicardium stimulation, and CPR was performed with the Utstein mode 6 minutes after cardiac arrest. Rats were killed 1, 3, and 7 days after CPR. We performed immunofluorescence with antibodies against NgR(1) to map the distribution of NgR(1) in the rat cerebrum, whereas quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed for quantitative analysis of NgR(1) messenger RNA (mRNA). There was a striking transient up-regulation of the NgR(1) protein and mRNA in both the hippocampus and cortex in response to CPR. Nogo receptor 1 proteins were strongly expressed in hippocampal neurons 1 and 3 days after CPR (P < .001 for 1 day and P < .05 for 3 days, vs the control group, respectively), which returned to the basal level 7 days after CPR. In the cortex, staining moderately increased 1 day after CPR and got the peak level after 3 days (P < .001), returning to normal expression levels on day 7. The levels of NgR(1) mRNA in the hippocampus and cerebral cortical cortex showed the same trend with staining. The changes were significantly different between day 3 and baseline in both the hippocampus and cortex (P < .05, respectively). Furthermore, there were significant differences between the hippocampus and cerebral cortical cortex at 1 day and 3 days after the CPR (P < .05, respectively). There was a transient increase in NgR(1) in the vulnerable areas of the rat brain after CPR. Blockade of NgR(1) may be important in maintaining the high regenerative capacity of neurons during the time window when NgR(1) expression increases.
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Sbai O, Ould-Yahoui A, Ferhat L, Gueye Y, Bernard A, Charrat E, Mehanna A, Risso JJ, Chauvin JP, Fenouillet E, Rivera S, Khrestchatisky M. Differential vesicular distribution and trafficking of MMP-2, MMP-9, and their inhibitors in astrocytes. Glia 2010; 58:344-66. [PMID: 19780201 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Astrocytes play an active role in the central nervous system and are critically involved in astrogliosis, a homotypic response of these cells to disease, injury, and associated neuroinflammation. Among the numerous molecules involved in these processes are the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), a family of zinc-dependent endopeptidases, secreted or membrane-bound, that regulate by proteolytic cleavage the extracellular matrix, cytokines, chemokines, cell adhesion molecules, and plasma membrane receptors. MMP activity is tightly regulated by the tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs), a family of secreted multifunctional proteins. Astrogliosis in vivo and astrocyte reactivity induced in vitro by proinflammatory cues are associated with modulation of expression and/or activity of members of the MMP/TIMP system. However, nothing is known concerning the intracellular distribution and secretory pathways of MMPs and TIMPs in astrocytes. Using a combination of cell biology, biochemistry, fluorescence and electron microscopy approaches, we investigated in cultured reactive astrocytes the intracellular distribution, transport, and secretion of MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1, and TIMP-2. MMP-2 and MMP-9 demonstrate nuclear localization, differential intracellular vesicular distribution relative to the myosin V and kinesin molecular motors, and LAMP-2-labeled lysosomal compartment, and we show vesicular secretion for MMP-2, MMP-9, and their inhibitors. Our results suggest that these proteinases and their inhibitors use different pathways for trafficking and secretion for distinct astrocytic functions.
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- Oualid Sbai
- Neurobiologie des Interactions Cellulaires et Neurophysiopathologie, UMR 6184 CNRS--Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, 51 Boulevard Pierre Dramard, Marseille Cedex 15, France
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Habituation-induced neural plasticity in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex mediated by MMP-3. Behav Brain Res 2009; 203:27-34. [PMID: 19389428 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2008] [Revised: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Head-shake response (HSR) habituation was presently used to investigate the phenomena of spontaneous recovery and neural plasticity. Independent groups of rats were presented with five consecutive habituation sessions separated by inter-session intervals (ISIs) of 2, 24 or 72 h. At the conclusion of testing hippocampus and prefrontal cortex tissue samples were collected for determination of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3:stromelysin-1) expression as a marker of neural plasticity. The results indicated that by the fifth session the 2 h ISI group showed no spontaneous recovery, the 72 h ISI group revealed nearly complete spontaneous recovery; while the 24 h ISI group showed intermediate recovery. MMP-3 expression in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex was elevated in the 2 and 72 h ISI groups, but not in the 24 h group. A second experiment utilized 7-day osmotic pumps to intracerebroventricularly infuse an MMP-3 inhibitor for 6 days. The animals were then tested on the seventh day using the 2 h ISI protocol. Delivery of the MMP-3 inhibitor facilitated spontaneous recovery, thus compromising the animal's ability to appropriately habituate. This effect was accompanied by a significant inhibition of hippocampus and prefrontal cortex MMP-3 expression. These results suggest that elevations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex MMP-3 expression contribute to this simplest form of learning and may be a mechanism underlying spontaneous recovery.
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Sbai O, Ferhat L, Bernard A, Gueye Y, Ould-Yahoui A, Thiolloy S, Charrat E, Charton G, Tremblay E, Risso JJ, Chauvin JP, Arsanto JP, Rivera S, Khrestchatisky M. Vesicular trafficking and secretion of matrix metalloproteinases-2, -9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in neuronal cells. Mol Cell Neurosci 2008; 39:549-68. [PMID: 18817873 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2008.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2008] [Revised: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 08/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are endopeptidases that cleave matrix, soluble and membrane-bound proteins and are regulated by their endogenous inhibitors the tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs). Nothing is known about MMP/TIMP trafficking and secretion in neuronal cells. We focussed our attention on the gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9, and their inhibitor TIMP-1. MMPs and TIMP-1 fused to GFP were expressed in N2a neuroblastoma and primary neuronal cells to study trafficking and secretion using real time video-microscopy, imaging, electron microscopy and biochemical approaches. We show that MMPs and TIMP-1 are secreted in 160-200 nm vesicles in a Golgi-dependent pathway. These vesicles distribute along microtubules and microfilaments, co-localise differentially with the molecular motors kinesin and myosin Va and undergo both anterograde and retrograde trafficking. MMP-9 retrograde transport involves the dynein/dynactin molecular motor. In hippocampal neurons, MMP-2 and MMP-9 vesicles are preferentially distributed in the somato-dendritic compartment and are found in dendritic spines. Non-transfected hippocampal neurons also demonstrate vesicular secretion of MMP-2 in both its pro- and active forms and gelatinolytic activity localised within dendritic spines. Our results show differential trafficking of MMP and TIMP-1-containing vesicles in neuronal cells and suggest that these vesicles could play a role in neuronal and synaptic plasticity.
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- Oualid Sbai
- Neurobiologie des Interactions Cellulaires et Neurophysiopathologie (NICN), UMR 6184 CNRS-Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, IFR Jean Roche, Bd Pierre Dramard, 13916 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Vuaillat C, Varrin-Doyer M, Bernard A, Sagardoy I, Cavagna S, Chounlamountri I, Lafon M, Giraudon P. High CRMP2 expression in peripheral T lymphocytes is associated with recruitment to the brain during virus-induced neuroinflammation. J Neuroimmunol 2007; 193:38-51. [PMID: 18006081 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Collapsin Response Mediator Protein (CRMP)-2 is involved in T-cell polarization and migration. To address the role of CRMP2 in neuroinflammation, we analyzed its involvement in lymphocyte recruitment to the central nervous system in mouse infected with neurotropic and non-neurotropic virus strains (RABV, CDV). A sub-population of early-activated CD69+CD3+ T lymphocytes highly expressing CRMP2 (CRMP2hi) peaked in the blood, lymph nodes and brain of mice infected with neurotropic viruses, and correlated with severity of disease. They displayed high migratory properties reduced by CRMP2 blocking antibody. These data point out the potential use of CRMP2 as a peripheral indicator of neuroinflammation.
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Sharma AB, Barlow MA, Yang SH, Simpkins JW, Mallet RT. Pyruvate enhances neurological recovery following cardiopulmonary arrest and resuscitation. Resuscitation 2007; 76:108-19. [PMID: 17618729 PMCID: PMC2737333 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Revised: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Cerebral oxidative stress and metabolic dysfunction impede neurological recovery from cardiac arrest-resuscitation. Pyruvate, a potent antioxidant and energy-yielding fuel, has been shown to protect against oxidant- and ischemia-induced neuronal damage. This study tested whether acute pyruvate treatment during cardiopulmonary resuscitation can prevent neurological dysfunction and cerebral injury following cardiac arrest. METHODS Anesthetized, open-chest mongrel dogs underwent 5 min cardiac arrest, 5 min open-chest cardiac compression (OCCC), defibrillation and 3-day recovery. Pyruvate (n=9) or NaCl volume control (n=8) were given (0.125 mmol kg(-1) min(-1) i.v.) throughout OCCC and the first 55 min recovery. Sham dogs (n=6) underwent surgery and recovery without cardiac arrest-resuscitation. RESULTS Neurological deficit score (NDS), evaluated at 2-day recovery, was sharply increased in NaCl-treated dogs (10.3+/-3.5) versus shams (1.2+/-0.4), but pyruvate treatment mitigated neurological deficit (NDS=3.3+/-1.2; P<0.05 versus NaCl). Brain samples were taken for histological examination and evaluation of inflammation and cell death at 3-day recovery. Loss of pyramidal neurons in the hippocampal CA1 subregion was greater in the NaCl controls than in pyruvate-treated dogs (11.7+/-2.3% versus 4.3+/-1.2%; P<0.05). Cardiac arrest increased caspase-3 activity, matrix metalloproteinase activity, and DNA fragmentation in the CA1 subregion; pyruvate prevented caspase-3 activation and DNA fragmentation, and suppressed matrix metalloproteinase activity. CONCLUSION Intravenous pyruvate therapy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation prevents initial oxidative stress and neuronal injury and enhances neurological recovery from cardiac arrest.
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- Arti B. Sharma
- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Banerjee P, Rochford R, Antel J, Canute G, Wrzesinski S, Sieburg M, Feuer G. Proinflammatory cytokine gene induction by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-2 Tax in primary human glial cells. J Virol 2007; 81:1690-700. [PMID: 17121800 PMCID: PMC1797548 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01513-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Infection with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) can result in the development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). HTLV-2 is highly related to HTLV-1 at the genetic level and shares a high degree of sequence homology, but infection with HTLV-2 is relatively nonpathogenic compared to HTLV-1. Although the pathogenesis of HAM/TSP remains to be fully elucidated, previous evidence suggests that elevated levels of the proinflammatory cytokines in the CNS are associated with neuropathogenesis. We demonstrate that HTLV-1 infection in astrogliomas results in a robust induction of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-1alpha, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), TNF-beta, and IL-6 expression. HTLV encodes for a viral transcriptional transactivator protein named Tax that also induces the transcription of cellular genes. To investigate and compare the effects of Tax1 and Tax2 expression on the dysregulation of proinflammatory cytokines, lentivirus vectors were used to transduce primary human astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas. The expression of Tax1 in primary human astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas resulted in significantly higher levels of proinflammatory cytokine gene expression compared to Tax2. Notably, Tax1 expression uniquely sensitized primary human astrocytomas to apoptosis. A Tax2/Tax1 chimera encoding the C-terminal 53 amino acids of the Tax1 fused to the Tax2 gene (Tax(221)) demonstrated a phenotype that resembled Tax1, with respect to proinflammatory cytokine gene expression and sensitization to apoptosis. The patterns of differential cytokine induction and sensitization to apoptosis displayed by Tax1 and Tax2 may reflect differences relating to the heightened neuropathogenicity associated with HTLV-1 infection and the development of HAM/TSP.
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- Prabal Banerjee
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Hudson LC, Bragg DC, Tompkins MB, Meeker RB. Astrocytes and microglia differentially regulate trafficking of lymphocyte subsets across brain endothelial cells. Brain Res 2005; 1058:148-60. [PMID: 16137663 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.07.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 07/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Feline brain endothelial cells (BECs), astrocytes, and microglia were combined in different configurations in a cell culture insert system to assess the effect of different cell types on the trafficking of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) subsets in response to feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). The addition of astrocytes to BECs significantly increased the adherence of PBMCs. This increase in adherence was suppressed by microglia, whereas microglia alone had no effect on PBMC adherence. FIV exposure of the glial cells did not alter PBMC adherence as compared to same configurations with untreated cells. All PBMC subsets showed some level of trafficking across the endothelial cell layer. The level of trafficking of monocytes and B cells was significantly increased if astrocytes were present. The presence of microglia with the astrocytes reduced transmigration across all PBMC subsets. FIV exposure of astrocytes significantly increased the percentage of CD8 T cell transmigration from 24% to 64% of the total CD4 and CD8 numbers. The presence of microglia significantly reversed the preferential trafficking of CD8 cells in the presence of astrocytes. The results suggested that interaction between the triad of endothelial cells, astrocytes, and microglia played an important, but varying, role in the trafficking of different PBMC subsets. In general, astrocytes had a positive effect on trafficking of PBMCs, while microglia had a suppressive effect. Effects of FIV on trafficking were largely restricted to increases seen in CD8 T cells and monocytes.
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- L C Hudson
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
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Kim HJ, Fillmore HL, Reeves TM, Phillips LL. Elevation of hippocampal MMP-3 expression and activity during trauma-induced synaptogenesis. Exp Neurol 2005; 192:60-72. [PMID: 15698619 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2004] [Revised: 10/15/2004] [Accepted: 10/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzyme family contributes to the regulation of a variety of brain extracellular matrix molecules. In order to assess their role in synaptic plasticity following traumatic brain injury (TBI), we compared expression of stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) protein and mRNA in two rodent models of TBI exhibiting different levels of recovery: adaptive synaptic plasticity following central fluid percussion injury and maladaptive synaptic plasticity generated by combined TBI and bilateral entorhinal cortical lesion (TBI + BEC). We sampled the hippocampus at 7 days postinjury, targeting a selectively vulnerable brain region and a survival interval exhibiting rapid synaptogenesis. We report elevated expression of hippocampal MMP-3 mRNA and protein after TBI. MMP-3 immunohistochemical staining showed increased protein levels relative to sham-injured controls, primarily localized to cell bodies within the deafferented dendritic laminae. Injury-related differences in MMP-3 protein were also observed. TBI alone elevated MMP-3 immunobinding over the stratum lacunosum moleculare (SLM), inner molecular layer and hilus, while TBI + BEC generated more robust increases in MMP-3 reactivity within the deafferented SLM and dentate molecular layer (DML). Double labeling with GFAP confirmed the presence of MMP-3 within reactive astrocytes induced by each injury model. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR revealed that MMP-3 mRNA also increased after each injury, however, the combined insult induced a much greater elevation than fluid percussion alone: 1.9-fold vs. 79%, respectively. In the TBI + BEC model, MMP-3 up-regulation was spatio-temporally correlated with increased enzyme activity, an effect which was attenuated with the neuroprotective compound MK-801. These results show that distinct pathological conditions elicited by TBI can differentially affect MMP-3 expression during reactive synaptic plasticity. Notably, these effects are both transcriptional and translational and are correlated with functionally active enzyme.
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- H J Kim
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Medical Sciences Building Room #736, 1217 E. Marshall Street, PO Box 980709, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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Zuo YX, Tracey DJ, Geczy C. Upregulation of matrix metalloproteinases following nerve injury is not mediated by mast cell activation. Neuroimmunomodulation 2005; 12:211-9. [PMID: 15990452 DOI: 10.1159/000085653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) contribute to inflammatory and degenerative processes in injured nerves. Since mast cells release mediators which upregulate and activate MMPs, we tested the hypothesis that activation of mast cells is responsible for changes in the expression and activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the injured peripheral nerve. METHODS The sciatic nerve was partially ligated in Wistar rats in which mast cells were stabilized with sodium cromoglycate. Expression and activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were measured in the injured and contralateral nerve using gelatin zymography, and compared between mast cell-stabilized and control groups. RESULTS Expression and activity of MMP-9 were increased in both the injured and contralateral nerve, but activity of MMP2 was slightly reduced by nerve injury. However, stabilization of mast cells did not alter the changes in expression or activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 following nerve injury. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the contribution of MMP-9 upregulation to the inflammatory and degenerative changes that follow nerve injury is independent of mast cell activation.
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- Yun-Xia Zuo
- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Lévêque T, Le Pavec G, Boutet A, Tardieu M, Dormont D, Gras G. Differential regulation of gelatinase A and B and TIMP-1 and -2 by TNFalpha and HIV virions in astrocytes. Microbes Infect 2004; 6:157-63. [PMID: 14998513 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2003.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2003] [Accepted: 11/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Changes in the fine balance between matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors, which drives extracellular matrix turnover, may be critical to central nervous system inflammation in HIV infection as well as in neurotoxicity. Although they do not produce virus when infected by HIV, astrocytes may be directly affected by the virion, because some viral proteins are known to transduce signaling in brain cells and are also sensitive to the major proinflammatory cytokine TNFalpha. We therefore studied the effects of HIV and TNFalpha on MMP-2, MMP-9 and their inhibitors, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2, in astrocytes, by zymography and ELISA, respectively, or by RT-PCR for both of them. HIV slightly increased the production of pro-MMP-2 and pro-MMP-9 by astrocytes, in a dose-dependent manner. TNFalpha strongly induced pro-MMP-9. TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 levels were affected only slightly, if at all, by HIV and TNFalpha. Thus, astrocyte/HIV contact may lead to extracellular matrix activation, which may be strongly amplified by the inflammatory response. Our data strongly suggest that, besides their physiological production of MMP-2, astrocytes would be a major source of MMP-9 in the inflamed brain.
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- Thierry Lévêque
- Laboratoire de Neuro-Immuno-Virologie, Service de Neurovirologie, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique and Université Paris-Sud, Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées, Institut Paris-Sud Cytokines, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) has been associated with changes in extracellular matrix of neural tissue. HTLV-I infection has multiple other systemic effects. Extracellular matrix is important for bone mineral deposition. We examined bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with HAM/TSP. BMD was assessed by ultrasonographic calcaneous densitometry in 24 patients (7 males, 17 females) with HAM/TPS, and 23 healthy HTLV-I-seronegative controls matched by age and sex. Patients with HAM/TPS had a mean BMD T-score of -3.07 +/- 0.64 in males and -2.93 +/- 0.69 in females. Control patients revealed a T-score of -0.77 +/- 1.31 in males and -1.17 +/- 1.08 females. The difference in T-score between HAM/TSP patients and control groups is significant (P < 0.001). Of HAM/TPS patients, 7 of 24 (29.2%) had osteopenia (T-score between -1 and -2.5) and 17 of 24 (70.8%) were diagnosed with osteoporosis (T < -2.5). Respective figures for control patients were 10 of 23 (43.5%) with a normal T-score, 11 of 23 (47.8%) with osteopenia, and 2 of 23 (8.7%) with osteoporosis. After adjustment for age and sex, odds ratio of osteoporosis for HAM/TSP patients was 31.52 (95% confidence interval, 5.07 to 195.88). No correlation was found in HAM/TSP patients between T-score and age, menstrual status, gait functionality, or years of evolution of HAM/TSP. HAM/TSP patients have a significantly diminished BMD of the calcaneous that appears not to be explained by paresis, age, years of disease, menstrual status; may be the result of systemic alterations due to HTLV-1 infection.
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- Dina Schachter
- Department of Endocrinology, Clínica Santa María, Calle del Arzobispo 0665, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
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Chua PK, Melish ME, Yu Q, Yanagihara R, Yamamoto KS, Nerurkar VR. Elevated levels of matrix metalloproteinase 9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 10:308-14. [PMID: 12626459 PMCID: PMC150536 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.10.2.308-314.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limiting, multisystem vasculitis of unknown etiology affecting infants and young children. Unless treated promptly with high-dose intravenous gamma globulin and aspirin, patients frequently develop coronary aneurysms. Previously, matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), which is secreted complexed to tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), has been implicated in abdominal aortic aneurysm formation. Since the clinical and pathological features of KD include inflammation and weakening of blood vessels, we analyzed acute- and convalescent-phase paired plasma or serum samples from 31 KD patients, 7 patients who did not completely meet the criteria for KD, and 26 non-KD controls (9 febrile and 17 afebrile patients) for pro-MMP-9 (92 kDa) enzyme activity by gelatin zymography and for active MMP-9 (83 kDa), pro-MMP-9, and TIMP-1 protein levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Statistical analysis was performed by using Student t tests, linear regression, and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Markedly elevated pro-MMP-9 enzymatic activity, pro-MMP-9 protein levels, and TIMP-1 protein levels were found during the acute phase of illness in patients with clinically established KD and in patients who were suspected of having KD but did not meet all of the criteria. There was no significant difference in active MMP-9 levels. Furthermore, pro-MMP-9 and TIMP-1 protein levels were significantly elevated among KD patients, compared to those of febrile and afebrile non-KD controls. The significantly elevated pro-MMP-9 enzyme and protein levels during the acute phase of KD may reflect vascular remodeling or an inflammatory response to a microbial agent, suggesting a pathophysiological role for MMP-9 in coronary aneurysm formation.
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- Pong Kian Chua
- Retrovirology Research Laboratory, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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Wollmer MA, Papassotiropoulos A, Streffer JR, Grimaldi LME, Kapaki E, Salani G, Paraskevas GP, Maddalena A, de Quervain D, Bieber C, Umbricht D, Lemke U, Bosshardt S, Degonda N, Henke K, Hegi T, Jung HH, Pasch T, Hock C, Nitsch RM. Genetic polymorphisms and cerebrospinal fluid levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatr Genet 2002; 12:155-60. [PMID: 12218659 DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200209000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) inhibits several proteinases including a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10), a major alpha-secretase that cleaves the beta-amyloid precursor protein within its amyloidogenic Abeta domain. The gene encoding TIMP-1 (TIMP 1) maps to the short arm of the X chromosome, in a region previously suggested as conferring genetic susceptibility for Alzheimer's disease (AD). To determine whether genetic variability of TIMP 1 contributes to the pathogenesis of AD, we analysed one single nucleotide polymorphism within TIMP 1 and one single nucleotide polymorphism in the 5'-untranslated region of TIMP 1 in patients with AD and control subjects from two independent and ethnically different populations. We did not observe any association between TIMP 1 genotypes and the diagnosis of AD in men or women. We also measured TIMP-1 protein levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with AD, healthy control subjects, and patients with other neurological disorders. TIMP-1 levels were similar in all groups. In addition, no significant differences were observed after stratification for TIMP 1 genotypes. Our data show that neither genetic variability nor protein levels of TIMP-1 are associated with AD.
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- M Axel Wollmer
- Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Rivera S, Ogier C, Jourquin J, Timsit S, Szklarczyk AW, Miller K, Gearing AJH, Kaczmarek L, Khrestchatisky M. Gelatinase B and TIMP-1 are regulated in a cell- and time-dependent manner in association with neuronal death and glial reactivity after global forebrain ischemia. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15:19-32. [PMID: 11860503 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01838.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to a large family of endopeptidases that regulate the pericellular environment through the cleavage of protein components of the extracellular matrix, membrane receptors and cytokines. MMP activity is controlled by the multifunctional tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Proteases and their inhibitors are critically involved in developmental and pathological processes in numerous organs, including the brain. Global transient cerebral ischemia induces selective delayed neuronal death and neuroinflammation. We compared, in discrete vulnerable and resistant areas of the ischemic rat hippocampus, the kinetics and cellular distribution of gelatinase B and its principal inhibitor TIMP-1 and we assessed by in situ zymography, the net gelatinolytic activity at the cellular level. We show that gelatinases are expressed and active in neurons, suggesting that MMPs play a role in maintaining neural homeostasis. In the ischemic rat brain, expression and activity of gelatinase B, and expression of TIMP-1 are altered in a time-, region- and cell-dependent manner. Gelatinase B is induced first in reactive microglia and subsequently in reactive astrocytes. In situ, increases in gelatinase activity accompanied the progression of neuronal death and glial reactivity. Our results suggest that MMPs and TIMPs are involved in cell viability and tissue remodelling in the ischemic brain, and reinforces the idea that the MMP/TIMP system contributes both to neuronal demise and tissue repair in the context of glial reactivity.
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- Santiago Rivera
- IFR Jean Roche, Faculté de Médecine Nord, Boulevard Pierre Dramard, 13916 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
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Bremer C, Bredow S, Mahmood U, Weissleder R, Tung CH. Optical imaging of matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity in tumors: feasibility study in a mouse model. Radiology 2001; 221:523-9. [PMID: 11687699 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2212010368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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PURPOSE To develop an optical imaging method to determine the expression level of tumoral matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS An optical contrast agent was developed that was highly activatable by means of MMP-2-induced conversion. Signal characteristics of the probe were quantified ex vivo with a recombinant enzyme. Animal tumor models were established with MMP-2-positive (human fibrosarcoma cell line, n = 4) and MMP-2-negative (well-differentiated mammary adenocarcinoma, n = 4) tumor cell lines. Both tumors were implanted into nude mice and were optically imaged after intravenous administration of the MMP-2-sensitive probe. RESULTS The MMP-2-sensitive probe was activated by MMP-2 in vitro, producing up to an 850% increase in near-infrared fluorescent signal intensity. This activation could be blocked by MMP-2 inhibitors. MMP-2-positive tumors were easily identified as high-signal-intensity regions as early as 1 hour after intravenous injection of the MMP-2 probe, while contralateral MMP-2-negative tumors showed little to no signal intensity. A nonspecific control probe showed little to no activation in MMP-2-positive tumors. CONCLUSION It is feasible to image MMP-2 enzyme activity in vivo by using near-infrared optical imaging technology and "smart" matrix metalloproteinase-sensitive probes.
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- C Bremer
- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Bldg 149, 13th St, Rm 5406, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Khuth ST, Akaoka H, Pagenstecher A, Verlaeten O, Belin MF, Giraudon P, Bernard A. Morbillivirus infection of the mouse central nervous system induces region-specific upregulation of MMPs and TIMPs correlated to inflammatory cytokine expression. J Virol 2001; 75:8268-82. [PMID: 11483772 PMCID: PMC115071 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.17.8268-8282.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Viral infection of the central nervous system (CNS) can result in perturbation of cell-to-cell communication involving the extracellular matrix (ECM). ECM integrity is maintained by a dynamic balance between the synthesis and proteolysis of its components, mainly as a result of the action of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). An MMP/TIMP imbalance may be critical in triggering neurological disorders, in particular in virally induced neural disorders. In the present study, a mouse model of brain infection using a neurotropic strain of canine distemper virus (CDV) was used to study the effect of CNS infection on the MMP/TIMP balance and cytokine expression. CDV replicates almost exclusively in neurons and has a unique pattern of expression (cortex, hypothalamus, monoaminergic nuclei, hippocampus, and spinal cord). Here we show that although several mouse brain structures were infected, they exhibited a differential pattern in terms of MMP, TIMP, and cytokine expression, exemplified by (i) a large increase in pro-MMP9 levels, in particular in the hippocampus, which occurred mainly in neurons and was associated with in situ gelatinolytic activity, (ii) specific and significant upregulation of MT1-MMP mRNA expression in the cortex and hypothalamus, (iii) an MMP/TIMP imbalance, suggested by the upregulation of TIMP-1 mRNA in the cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus and of TIMP-3 mRNA in the cortex, and (iv) a concomitant region-specific large increase in expression of Th1-like cytokines, such as gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin 6 (IL-6), contrasting with weaker induction of Th2-like cytokines, such as IL-4 and IL-10. These data indicate that an MMP/TIMP imbalance in specific brain structures, which is tightly associated with a local inflammatory process as shown by the presence of immune infiltrating cells, differentially impairs CNS integrity and may contribute to the multiplicity of late neurological disorders observed in this viral mouse model.
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- S T Khuth
- INSERM U433, Neurobiologie Expérimentale et Physiopathologie, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laënnec, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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Bremer C, Tung CH, Weissleder R. In vivo molecular target assessment of matrix metalloproteinase inhibition. Nat Med 2001; 7:743-8. [PMID: 11385514 DOI: 10.1038/89126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 519] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A number of different matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors have been developed as cytostatic and anti-angiogenic agents and are currently in clinical testing. One major hurdle in assessing the efficacy of such drugs has been the inability to sense or image anti-proteinase activity directly and non-invasively in vivo. We show here that novel, biocompatible near-infrared fluorogenic MMP substrates can be used as activatable reporter probes to sense MMP activity in intact tumors in nude mice. Moreover, we show for the first time that the effect of MMP inhibition can be directly imaged using this approach within hours after initiation of treatment using the potent MMP inhibitor, prinomastat (AG3340). The developed probes, together with novel near-infrared fluorescence imaging technology will enable the detailed analysis of a number of proteinases critical for advancing the therapeutic use of clinical proteinase inhibitors.
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- C Bremer
- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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Casseb J, Penalva-de-Oliveira AC. The pathogenesis of tropical spastic paraparesis/human T-cell leukemia type I-associated myelopathy. Braz J Med Biol Res 2000; 33:1395-401. [PMID: 11105090 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2000001200001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Tropical spastic paraparesis/human T-cell leukemia type I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) is caused by a human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) after a long incubation period. TSP/HAM is characterized by a chronic progressive paraparesis with sphincter disturbances, no/mild sensory loss, the absence of spinal cord compression and seropositivity for HTLV-I antibodies. The pathogenesis of this entity is not completely known and involves a multivariable phenomenon of immune system activation against the presence of HTLV-I antigens, leading to an inflammatory process and demyelination, mainly in the thoracic spinal cord. The current hypothesis about the pathogenesis of TSP/HAM is: 1) presence of HTLV-I antigens in the lumbar spinal cord, noted by an increased DNA HTLV-I load; 2) CTL either with their lytic functions or release/production of soluble factors, such as CC-chemokines, cytokines, and adhesion molecules; 3) the presence of Tax gene expression that activates T-cell proliferation or induces an inflammatory process in the spinal cord; 4) the presence of B cells with neutralizing antibody production, or complement activation by an immune complex phenomenon, and 5) lower IL-2 and IFN-gamma production and increased IL-10, indicating drive to a cytokine type 2 pattern in the TSP/HAM subjects and the existence of a genetic background such as some HLA haplotypes. All of these factors should be implicated in TSP/HAM and further studies are necessary to investigate their role in the development of TSP/HAM.
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- J Casseb
- Instituto de Moléstias Infecciosas Emílio Ribas, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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Szymocha R, Akaoka H, Brisson C, Beurton-Marduel P, Chalon A, Bernard A, Didier-Bazes M, Belin MF, Giraudon P. Astrocytic alterations induced by HTLV type 1-infected T lymphocytes: a role for Tax-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2000; 16:1723-9. [PMID: 11080817 DOI: 10.1089/08892220050193218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the neurological disease associated with HTLV-1 infected T lymphocytes infiltrated within the CNS are suspected of playing a prominent role in pathogenesis via inflammatory cytokines and the viral protein Tax-1. We hypothesized that T lymphocytes initiate functional perturbation in astrocytes, resulting in neuronal alteration as glial cells have a crucial role in CNS homeostasis. In particular, astrocytes manage the steady state level of glutamate and continuously provide metabolite precursors to neurons and oligodendrocytes. Using a model system of HTLV-1-infected T cells-astrocytes interaction, we show that after contact with T cells, astrocyte acquire a phenotype typical of gliosis: secretion of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, IL-1alpha, IL-6) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-9, MMP-3). The concomitant increase in the expression of MMPs and of their endogenous inhibitors (TIMP-1 and TIMP-3) suggests a perturbation in MMP/TIMP balance. This may alter the extracellular matrix and, in turn, the cell environment. At a functional level, glutamate transport and catabolism are impaired in astrocytes. A decrease in glutamate uptake is associated with downregulated expression of glutamate transporters GLAST and GLT1. The expression of astrocytic enzyme of glutamate metabolism is modified with up-regulation of glutamine synthetase and down-regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase. The involvement of Tax-1 in these alterations, directly or indirectly via TNF-alpha, is shown. Altered glutamate uptake and catabolism associated with impairment in cell connectivity via MMP/TIMP imbalance could compromise the functional integrity of the CNS in general and that of neurons and oligodendrocytes in particular.
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- R Szymocha
- U433 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine R. Laënnec, 69372 Lyon, France
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Johnston JB, Jiang Y, van Marle G, Mayne MB, Ni W, Holden J, McArthur JC, Power C. Lentivirus infection in the brain induces matrix metalloproteinase expression: role of envelope diversity. J Virol 2000; 74:7211-20. [PMID: 10906175 PMCID: PMC112242 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.16.7211-7220.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2000] [Accepted: 05/22/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection of the brain by lentiviruses, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), causes inflammation and results in neurodegeneration. Molecular diversity within the lentivirus envelope gene has been implicated in the regulation of cell tropism and the host response to infection. Here, we examine the hypothesis that envelope sequence diversity modulates the expression of host molecules implicated in lentivirus-induced brain disease, including matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and related transcription factors. Infection of primary macrophages by chimeric HIV clones containing brain-derived envelope fragments from patients with HIV-associated dementia (HAD) or nondemented AIDS patients (HIV-ND) showed that MMP-2 and -9 levels in conditioned media were significantly higher for the HAD clones. Similarly, STAT-1 and JAK-1 levels were higher in macrophages infected by HAD clones. Infections of primary feline macrophages by the neurovirulent FIV strain (V(1)CSF), the less neurovirulent strain (Petaluma), and a chimera containing the V(1)CSF envelope in a Petaluma background (FIV-Ch) revealed that MMP-2 and -9 levels were significantly higher in conditioned media from V(1)CSF- and FIV-Ch-infected macrophages, which was associated with increased intracellular STAT-1 and JAK-1 levels. The STAT-1 inhibitor fludarabine significantly reduced MMP-2 expression, but not MMP-9 expression, in FIV-infected macrophages. Analysis of MMP mRNA and protein levels in brain samples from HIV-infected persons or FIV-infected cats showed that MMP-2 and -9 levels were significantly increased in lentivirus-infected brains compared to those of uninfected controls. Elevated MMP expression was accompanied by significant increases in STAT-1 and JAK-1 mRNA and protein levels in the same brain samples. The present findings indicate that two lentiviruses, HIV and FIV, have common mechanisms of MMP-2 and -9 induction, which is modulated in part by envelope sequence diversity and the STAT-1/JAK-1 signaling pathway.
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- J B Johnston
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Edwards JA, Denis F, Talbot PJ. Activation of glial cells by human coronavirus OC43 infection. J Neuroimmunol 2000; 108:73-81. [PMID: 10900340 PMCID: PMC7119868 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(00)00266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/1999] [Revised: 03/20/2000] [Accepted: 03/21/2000] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease that could be triggered by a viral infection. Coronaviruses induce an MS-like disease in rodents, are neuroinvasive in humans and can infect primary cultures of human astrocytes and microglia. Infection of the human astrocytic cell line U-373MG by the OC43 strain of human coronavirus caused an upregulation of IL-6, TNF-alpha, and MCP-1 mRNA expression. This virus also modulated the activity of matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 and augmented nitric oxide production in both U-373MG cells and the human microglial cell line CHME-5. Thus, a coronaviral infection of glial cells could lead to the production of inflammatory molecules that have been associated with central nervous system pathologies such as MS.
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- Laboratory of Neuroimmunovirology, Human Health Research Center, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 531 Boulevard des Prairies, Laval, Québec, Canada H7V 1B7
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Lezin A, Buart S, Smadja D, Akaoka H, Bourdonné O, Perret-Liaudet A, Césaire R, Belin MF, Giraudon P. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3, matrix metalloproteinase 9, and neopterin in the cerebrospinal fluid: preferential presence in HTLV type I-infected neurologic patients versus healthy virus carriers. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2000; 16:965-72. [PMID: 10890358 DOI: 10.1089/08892220050058380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The human retrovirus HTLV-I is responsible for the chronic progressive myelopathy, TSP/HAM, characterized by the presence of infiltrated T lymphocytes, cytokines, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) within spinal cord lesions. MMPs have been associated with several neurological diseases, and we previously reported the specific presence of the extracellular matrix-degrading protease, MMP-9, in the cerebrospinal fluid of TSP/HAM patients. Nevertheless, previous studies have not yet shown whether the expression of MMP-9 is associated with HTLV-I infection per se, or with neurological symptoms following infection. In the present work, the presence of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases 1 and 3 (TIMP-1 and TIMP-3) and of MMP-9 in the CSF of HTLV-I-infected individuals was compared in TSP/HAM patients versus HTLV-I carriers without neurological symptoms. TIMP-3, a regulator of MMP activity and cell survival, was detected with a significantly higher frequency in the TSP/HAM group and paralleled the increased levels of MMP-9 and neopterin, a sensitive indicator of cellular immune activation. These data may reflect the intense cell remodeling that occurs intrathecally in inflamed tissue. Changes in MMP, TIMP, and neopterin expression were not related to age at onset of disease, grade of motor disability, progressor status, or duration of disease, presumably indicating that TSP/HAM patients are continuously subjected to viral and immunological pressure. All these observations suggest that TIMPs and MMPs may contribute to the pathogenesis of TSP/HAM, and hence a new therapeutic strategy targeting the MMP/TIMP balance is needed. These observations also suggest that MMP-9 and TIMP-3 in CSF may be useful markers in the follow-up of the efficacy of therapeutic trials in TSP/HAM patients.
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- A Lezin
- ETS de La Martinique, Laboratoire de Virologie, Fort de France
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Romero IA, Prevost MC, Perret E, Adamson P, Greenwood J, Couraud PO, Ozden S. Interactions between brain endothelial cells and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected lymphocytes: mechanisms of viral entry into the central nervous system. J Virol 2000; 74:6021-30. [PMID: 10846084 PMCID: PMC112099 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.13.6021-6030.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with a variety of clinical manifestations, including tropical spastic paraparesis or HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). Viral detection in the central nervous system (CNS) of TSP/HAM patients demonstrates the ability of HTLV-1 to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). To investigate viral entry into the CNS, rat brain capillary endothelial cells were exposed to human lymphocytes chronically infected by HTLV-1 (MT2), to lymphocytes isolated from a seropositive patient, or to a control lymphoblastoid cell line (CEM). An enhanced adhesion to and migration through brain endothelial cells in vitro was observed with HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes. HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes also induced a twofold increase in the paracellular permeability of the endothelial monolayer. These effects were associated with an increased production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes in the presence of brain endothelial cells. Ultrastructural analysis showed that contact between endothelial cells and HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes resulted in a massive and rapid budding of virions from lymphocytes, followed by their internalization into vesicles by brain endothelial cells and apparent release onto the basolateral side, suggesting that viral particles may cross the BBB using the transcytotic pathway. Our study also demonstrates that cell-cell fusion occurs between HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes and brain endothelial cells, with the latter being susceptible to transient HTLV-1 infection. These aspects may help us to understand the pathogenic mechanisms associated with neurological diseases induced by HTLV-1 infection.
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- I A Romero
- CNRS UPR 0415, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, 75014 Paris, France.
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Walz R, Portela LV, Tort AB, Neto EC, Fernandes LN, Gonçalves CA, Souza DO. Serum S100B levels in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. Neurology 2000; 54:2021-2. [PMID: 10822451 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.10.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- R Walz
- Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital Regional de São José, São José, SC, Brazil.
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Del Bigio MR, Tchélingérian JL, Jacque CM. Expression of extracellular matrix degrading enzymes during migration of xenografted brain cells. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1999; 25:54-62. [PMID: 10194776 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1999.00158.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Proteolytic enzymes, postulated to create an avenue for cell migration by digestion of host extracellular matrix molecules, have been implicated in neoplastic glial cell migration. A similar process is likely to occur in the developing brain. Fetal rabbit brain fragments transplanted into the striatum of the neonatal Shiverer mouse give rise to cells which migrate from the graft site and differentiate into astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Proteinase expression by transplanted brain cells was studied using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Immature donor cells expressed the mRNAs for matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) 1 (collagenase) and 3 (stromelysin). Northern blot analysis of rabbit brain showed that MMP-1 in particular is expressed in the immature rabbit cerebrum and down-regulated during maturation. Immature donor cells exhibited immunoreactivity for urokinase plasminogen activator. However, immunoreactivity was also present in maturing neurons. Donor and host astroglia in the vicinity of grafts were immunoreactive for MMP-2 and tissue-type plasminogen activator. This expression may represent a reactive phenomenon, not specifically related to cell migration, by mature astrocytes. Based upon our findings, MMP-1 appears to be a candidate for involvement in migration of immature brain cells in the cerebrum.
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- M R Del Bigio
- Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba, Canada
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Nien JK, Schmidt J, Cartier L, Alvarez J. Cerebrospinal fluid of HTLV-1 associated myelopathy patients induces axonal sproutings and Schwann cell proliferation in the rat sciatic nerve. J Neurol Sci 1998; 159:17-24. [PMID: 9700698 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(98)00145-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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HTLV-1 (human T-cell leukemia virus type I) associated myelopathy (HAM) is a demyelinating disease. We showed that the CSF of patients and heated CSF of normal subjects induce a segmentary demyelination in rat nerves, and potentiate trypsin in vitro. Here we further characterize the neuropathy induced by the CSF of patients. Peroneal nerves injected 5-8 days before with native or heated CSF of patients, besides extensive demyelination, presented proliferation of myelinating and nonmyelinating Schwann cells, axonal sprouting, fine fibres with a few turns of myelin, disarray of nonmedullated bundles, desmosome-like junctions, and coated pits and vesicles in Schwann cells and axons. The normal CSF was innocuous to the nerve in its native form, but after heating, it induced a neuropathy in all, similar to that elicited by the CSF of patients. Our findings indicate that the CSF of HAM patients contains a thermostable pathogen for nerves of the rat; a thermostable pathogen also occurs in the normal CSF although its activity is checked by endogenous thermolabile factors. We suggest that the pathogen present in the CSF of HAM patients participates in the disease.
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- J K Nien
- Unidad de Neurobiología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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