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Acute Stress Response of Sheep to Shearing Procedures: Dynamic Change of Cortisol Concentration and Protein Electrophoretic Pattern. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12070862. [PMID: 35405852 PMCID: PMC8996932 DOI: 10.3390/ani12070862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The current study aimed to investigate the influence of acute stress by shearing procedures on hematological parameters, serum cortisol concentration and serum protein electrophoretic pattern in Comisana sheep. A total of 20 not pregnant and not lactating adult ewes, aged 3−4 years old and with a mean bodyweight of 55.50 ± 3.50 kg, were enrolled in the study. From each animal, blood samples were collected before shearing (TPRE) and 5 (TPOST5) and 60 (TPOST60) minutes after the end of the shearing procedure in order to assess the values of hematological parameters, serum cortisol, total proteins and protein fractions, including albumin, α-, β1-, β2- and γ-globulins. According to statistical analysis results, albumin values were lower at TPOST60 than TPOST5 (p < 0.01), whereas α- and β2-globulins and the A/G ratio were higher at TPOST60 with respect to TPRE (p < 0.01) and TPOST5 (p < 0.01). A higher serum concentration of cortisol was found at TPOST5 and TPOST60 than TPRE (p < 0.01), and at TPOST60 than TPOST5 (p < 0.01). The serum cortisol values were negatively correlated with the serum values of albumin, β1-globulins and A/G ratio at TPOST60, and positively correlated with α- and β2-globulins at TPOST5 and TPOST60. The decrease in the albumin concentration and the increase in the α- and β2-globulins observed in ewes after shearing with respect to the baseline values suggests an acute phase response in shorn ewes. Additionally, the correlation found between the serum cortisol concentration and the serum protein fractions confirmed the immunomodulatory effect of this hormone, emphasizing the linkage between the endocrine and immune systems during an acute stress condition.
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Age-Related Changes in Acute Phase Reaction, Cortisol, and Haematological Parameters in Ewes in the Periparturient Period. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11123459. [PMID: 34944236 PMCID: PMC8697918 DOI: 10.3390/ani11123459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The acute phase response (APR), which comprises a series of specific physiological reactions, is a systemic reaction of the organism to disturbances in its homeostasis caused by infection, inflammation, tissue damage, and stress. Even in healthy ewes, during pregnancy and the transition period, corticosteroids are released which cause the physiological acute phase response. Both in humans and animals, the immune system, like many other physiological systems, is dysregulated with age and a process known as immunoaging occurs. Knowledge of APPs, cortisol, and haematological parameters and factors that influence their alteration could be useful for establishing herd health in ewes during the periparturient period. Understanding how these factors interact with the immune system will help in developing disease control and management strategies that will aid in maintaining good health in ewes and lambs, resulting in greater reproduction. Abstract A well-functioning immune system is the basis for protection against infectious and metabolic diseases, and a smooth return to homeostasis. The periparturient period is considered critical because major changes in the endocrine, behavioural, digestive, and immune systems dysregulate immune function, leading to immunosuppression. With age, the immune system could become dysregulated. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare changes in plasma concentrations of acute phase proteins, cortisol, and haematological parameters in the peripheral blood of two age-related groups of healthy ewes to get a better understanding of changes around lambing. Two groups of ewes were enrolled in the study: 3-year-old (young; n = 9) and 7-year-old ewes (old; n = 9). All females were synchronised and inseminated. In blood plasma, serum amyloid A (SAA) and cortisol concentrations were measured using ELISA tests, a spectrophotometric method to determine haptoglobin (Hp), and a thrombin clottable estimation to determine the fibrinogen (Fb) concentration. The blood parameters were examined using an automated haematological analyser. In clinically healthy ewes, no significant effect of age was observed in SAA, Hp, Fb and cortisol concentration in most of analysed terms. SAA, Hp, Fb, and cortisol fluctuations typical for the periparturient period were observed. There were no age-associated differences in red or white blood cell parameters.
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Greguła-Kania M, Kosior-Korzecka U, Patkowski K, Juszczuk-Kubiak E, Plewik M, Gruszecki TM. Acute-phase proteins, cortisol and haematological parameters in ewes during the periparturient period. Reprod Domest Anim 2020; 55:393-400. [PMID: 31916297 DOI: 10.1111/rda.13628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Numerous subclinical diseases in sheep occur in the periparturient period and involve inflammatory processes; therefore, determining markers, such as acute-phase proteins (APPs), can allow an early diagnosis. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to assess changes in the plasma concentration of APPs and cortisol in clinically healthy ewes in the periparturient period for use in future studies. At the same time, haematological parameters were monitored. We showed that plasma APPs and cortisol concentrations were significantly higher in pregnant ewes than before insemination. A gradual increase in the SAA concentration was observed from the 14th day before to the day of parturition, while Hp was reduced from 2 weeks before up to 2 weeks after delivery. A significant increase in the Fb concentration was detected from the 14th day before to the 1st week after delivery. The cortisol concentration did not undergo significant changes in the periparturient period. We found an increase in the SAA and Fb concentrations and decrease in Hp in the periparturient period. The direction of the change in APPs of healthy ewes in the current study may be related to their distinct regulatory mechanisms during pregnancy. The APPs are usually altered during infection, inflammation, neoplasia, stress and trauma; therefore, knowing their reference values could help lead to an early diagnosis of subclinical forms of some diseases and pregnancy complications in ewes. The haematological analysis showed that ewes in late pregnancy and postpartum compared to dry period were under metabolic stress related to pregnancy and lactation.
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- Monika Greguła-Kania
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Biology, Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Sub-Department of Pathophysiology, Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Biology, Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Large Animal Diseases with Clinic and Veterinary Research Centre and Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Science-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.,Laboratory of Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Sub-Department of Pathophysiology, Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Biology, Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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Spencer RL, Kalman BA, Dhabhar FS. Role of Endogenous Glucocorticoids in Immune System Function: Regulation and Counterregulation. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp070418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Park JH, Bonthuis P, Ding A, Rais S, Rissman EF. Androgen- and estrogen-independent regulation of copulatory behavior following castration in male B6D2F1 mice. Horm Behav 2009; 56:254-63. [PMID: 19450599 PMCID: PMC2845974 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Male reproductive behavior is highly dependent upon gonadal steroids. However, between individuals and across species, the role of gonadal steroids in male reproductive behavior is highly variable. In male B6D2F1 hybrid mice, a large proportion (about 30%) of animals demonstrate the persistence of the ejaculatory reflex long after castration. This provides a model to investigate the basis of gonadal steroid-independent male sexual behavior. Here we assessed whether non-gonadal steroids promote mating behavior in castrated mice. Castrated B6D2F1 hybrids that persisted in copulating (persistent copulators) were treated with the androgen receptor blocker, flutamide, and the aromatase enzyme inhibitor, letrozole, for 8 weeks. Other animals were treated with the estrogen receptor blocker, ICI 182,780, via continual intraventricular infusion for 2 weeks. None of these treatments eliminated persistent copulation. A motivational aspect of male sexual behavior, the preference for a receptive female over another male, was also assessed. This preference persisted after long-term castration in persistent copulators, and administration of ICI 182,780 did not influence partner preference. To assess the possibility of elevated sensitivity to sex steroids in brains of persistent copulators, we measured mRNA levels for genes that code for the estrogen receptor-alpha, androgen receptor, and aromatase enzyme in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. No differences in mRNA of these genes were noted in brains of persistent versus non-persistent copulators. Taken together our results suggest that non-gonadal androgens and estrogens do not maintain copulatory behavior in B6D2F1 mice which display copulatory behavior after castration.
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- Jin Ho Park
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Program in Neuroscience, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Klett C, Hellmann W, Ganten D, Hackenthal E. Tissue distribution of angiotensinogen mRNA during experimental inflammation. Inflammation 1993; 17:183-97. [PMID: 8491513 DOI: 10.1007/bf00916104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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It has been proposed that angiotensinogen is an acute phase protein, because its plasma concentrations increase during some forms of acute inflammation. However, this is not a consistent finding. Furthermore, no specific function of circulating angiotensinogen in the inflammatory reaction is known. This may be different for extrahepatic synthesis of angiotensinogen, as the local generation of angiotensin II has been implicated in inflammation-related processes in some organs. We have therefore examined the expression of the angiotensinogen gene in liver and extrahepatic tissues under the influence of experimental inflammatory stimuli in comparison to the effects of dexamethasone. Dexamethasone (7 mg/kg intraperitoneally) induced a several-fold increase in angiotensinogen mRNA in liver, aorta, heart, adrenal, and a moderate increase in kidney, testis, and brain. Plasma concentrations of angiotensinogen, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, and alpha 2-macroglobulin increased, whereas albumin concentrations decreased. Lipopolysaccharide (500 micrograms/kg subcutaneously) stimulated angiotensinogen mRNA in hepatic, cardiac, renal, adrenal, and testicular tissues, but not in the brain. Plasma concentrations of angiotensinogen, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, and alpha 2-macroglobulin increased, those of albumin decreased. In turpentine-treated rats (5 ml/kg subcutaneously), angiotensinogen mRNA was reduced in liver and kidney; stimulated in adrenals, testis, and heart; and not influenced in the brain. Plasma concentrations of the acute phase proteins increased, whereas angiotensinogen and albumin decreased. It is concluded that hepatic and extrahepatic angiotensinogen gene expression seem to be regulated similarly by dexamethasone and lipopolysaccharide. The different response to turpentine may reflect differences in the pattern of cytokines induced by turpentine or be associated with additional pharmacological effects of turpentine or its metabolites.
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- C Klett
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Vogels MT, Sweep CG, Hermus AR, van der Meer JW. Interleukin-1-induced nonspecific resistance to bacterial infection in mice is not mediated by glucocorticosteroids. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1992; 36:2785-9. [PMID: 1482145 PMCID: PMC245545 DOI: 10.1128/aac.36.12.2785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Preexposure to a low dose of interleukin-1 (IL-1; 3 to 30 micrograms/kg) 24 h before a lethal gram-negative bacterial infection prolonged survival in normal and granulocytopenic mice. To examine whether this protective effect is mediated by glucocorticosteroids, we first measured corticosterone concentrations in mice after administration of 80 and 800 ng of IL-1. IL-1 induced a dose-dependent increase in corticosterone levels in plasma. Next, the corticosterone peak induced by a protective dose of IL-1 (800 ng) was simulated by administration of synthetic human adrenocorticotropic hormone 1-24 (ACTH) in normal and neutropenic mice. Although corticosterone levels induced by pretreatment with IL-1 or ACTH were virtually identical, the ACTH-induced corticosterone peak was not associated with protection against Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in normal mice and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in neutropenic mice. This indicates that the protective effect of IL-1 pretreatment against gram-negative bacterial infection is not mediated by elevated levels of glucocorticosteroids. In addition, we found that plasma corticosterone concentrations during K. pneumoniae infection were significantly lower after pretreatment with IL-1 than after pretreatment with ACTH or vehicle, probably reflecting the better physical condition of IL-1-treated mice.
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- M T Vogels
- Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Differential expression of three C/EBP isoforms in multiple tissues during the acute phase response. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42720-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Castell JV, Gómez-Lechón MJ, David M, Fabra R, Trullenque R, Heinrich PC. Acute-phase response of human hepatocytes: regulation of acute-phase protein synthesis by interleukin-6. Hepatology 1990; 12:1179-86. [PMID: 1699862 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840120517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 515] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Human hepatocytes in primary culture were used as a model system to investigate the mechanism(s) involved in the induction of the acute-phase response in human liver. Hepatocytes were incubated with increasing amounts of recombinant human interleukin-1 beta, recombinant interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Synthesis of C-reactive protein was studied at the mRNA and protein levels. Only recombinant interleukin-6 was capable of inducing C-reactive protein-mRNA and C-reactive protein-protein synthesis. Also, fibrinogen and alpha-1-antitrypsin synthesis measured by immunoprecipitation with specific antisera increased in a dose-dependent, time-dependent manner, whereas albumin synthesis decreased to about 50% of controls. Maximal effects were observed at 100 to 300 units of recombinant interleukin-6/ml culture medium after 20 hr of incubation. Although the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone slightly modulated the effect of recombinant interleukin-6, it was not an absolute requirement for the induction of acute-phase protein synthesis in human hepatocytes. In pulse-chase experiments it was shown that the time course of the disappearance of the acute-phase proteins from the cells and their appearance in the medium is not influenced by recombinant interleukin-6. This finding suggests that recombinant interleukin-6 exerts its regulatory effect on acute-phase protein synthesis at the pretranslational level.
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- J V Castell
- Institut für Biochemie, RWTH Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany
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The permissive role of glucocorticoids on interleukin-1 stimulation of angiotensinogen gene transcription is mediated by an interaction between inducible enhancers. Mol Cell Biol 1990. [PMID: 2370871 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.8.4389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The acute-phase activation of the rat angiotensinogen (rAT) gene in liver cells is a transcriptional event mediated through an interleukin-1-inducible, NF kappa B-binding, cis-acting element (the acute-phase response element [APRE]). Using a cell culture model for the acute-phase response, we showed that the increase in angiotensionogen mRNA in H35 rat hepatoma cells requires costimulation with glucocorticoids and cytokines. Stably transfected rAT promoter-luciferase reporter genes were also activated by cytokines only in the presence of glucocorticoids. This permissive role of glucocorticoids is dependent on the expression of functional glucocorticoid receptors, because in HepG2 cells naturally deficient in such receptors, rAT gene-luciferase reporter constructs responded to interleukin-1 only when cotransfected with an expression vector for the glucocorticoid receptor. Point mutations in the two rAT gene glucocorticoid response elements located adjacent to the APRE led to loss of interleukin-1 inducibility. Induction of luciferase activity in transfected cells occurred even in the presence of cycloheximide, demonstrating that this synergistic response did not depend on new protein synthesis. Thus, a direct interaction between the interleukin-1-inducible NF kappa B-binding APRE and glucocorticoid response elements, located in cis, underlies the acute-phase activation of the rAT gene.
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Ron D, Brasier AR, Wright KA, Habener JF. The permissive role of glucocorticoids on interleukin-1 stimulation of angiotensinogen gene transcription is mediated by an interaction between inducible enhancers. Mol Cell Biol 1990; 10:4389-95. [PMID: 2370871 PMCID: PMC360996 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.8.4389-4395.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The acute-phase activation of the rat angiotensinogen (rAT) gene in liver cells is a transcriptional event mediated through an interleukin-1-inducible, NF kappa B-binding, cis-acting element (the acute-phase response element [APRE]). Using a cell culture model for the acute-phase response, we showed that the increase in angiotensionogen mRNA in H35 rat hepatoma cells requires costimulation with glucocorticoids and cytokines. Stably transfected rAT promoter-luciferase reporter genes were also activated by cytokines only in the presence of glucocorticoids. This permissive role of glucocorticoids is dependent on the expression of functional glucocorticoid receptors, because in HepG2 cells naturally deficient in such receptors, rAT gene-luciferase reporter constructs responded to interleukin-1 only when cotransfected with an expression vector for the glucocorticoid receptor. Point mutations in the two rAT gene glucocorticoid response elements located adjacent to the APRE led to loss of interleukin-1 inducibility. Induction of luciferase activity in transfected cells occurred even in the presence of cycloheximide, demonstrating that this synergistic response did not depend on new protein synthesis. Thus, a direct interaction between the interleukin-1-inducible NF kappa B-binding APRE and glucocorticoid response elements, located in cis, underlies the acute-phase activation of the rAT gene.
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- D Ron
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Silveira VL, Limãos EA. Effect of bacterial endotoxin on plasma concentration of haptoglobin and fibrinogen in rats treated with metopyrone. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1990; 31:143-7. [PMID: 1704682 DOI: 10.1007/bf02003234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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During the acute phase of the inflammatory process there is a characteristic increase in some plasma proteins called collectively acute phase reactants (APR) as well as in the levels of corticosteroids. A bacterial endotoxin (LPS) that induces a strong acute phase response, indicated by high levels of fibrinogen and haptoglobin, did not show this effect when administered to rats treated previously with metopyrone, a specific inhibitor of corticosteroid hormone synthesis. These results suggest that adequate levels of these hormones are important for the production of acute phase reactants.
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- V L Silveira
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil
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Pedersen P, Hasselgren PO, Angerås U, Hall-Angerås M, Warner BW, LaFrance R, Li S, Fischer JE. Protein synthesis in liver following infusion of the catabolic hormones corticosterone, epinephrine, and glucagon in rats. Metabolism 1989; 38:927-32. [PMID: 2477664 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(89)90001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The mediator(s) and mechanism(s) of acute-phase protein synthesis in the liver following injury and sepsis are not fully known. Elevated plasma levels of the catabolic hormones cortisol, glucagon, and epinephrine have been reported in trauma and sepsis. In previous reports, when these hormones were infused simultaneously (triple hormone infusion), several, but not all, of the metabolic alterations characteristic of sepsis occurred. In the current investigation, the effect of triple hormone infusion on hepatic protein synthesis was studied. Rats were infused intravenously during 16 hours with a solution containing corticosterone (4.2 mg/kg/h), glucagon (2.5 micrograms/kg/h), and epinephrine (6 micrograms/kg/h). Control animals were infused with a corresponding volume of vehicle. Total hepatic protein synthesis in vivo was measured with a flooding dose technique using [14C]-leucine. The synthesis of total secretory proteins and of the individual proteins albumin, complement component C3, and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein was measured in isolated, perfused liver using [3H]-leucine and a recirculating technique. Urinary excretion of nitrogen and plasma concentration of glucose were higher and plasma total amino acid concentration was lower in hormone-infused than in control rats. Total hepatic protein synthesis in vivo, expressed as the proportion of the protein pool that was replaced each day, was increased from 39% +/- 2% per day to 48% +/- 3% per day (P less than .05) by hormone infusion, but synthesis of secretory proteins in perfused liver was not significantly altered. The results suggest that although total hepatic protein synthesis may be increased by catabolic hormones, other mediator(s) are probably responsible for the stimulation of acute-phase protein synthesis in sepsis.
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- P Pedersen
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0558
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Baumann H. Hepatic acute phase reaction in vivo and in vitro. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1989; 25:115-26. [PMID: 2466031 DOI: 10.1007/bf02626167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- H Baumann
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263
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Microtubule Depolymerization Inhibits the Regulation of α1- Acid Glycoprotein mRNA by Hepatocyte Stimulating Factor. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31288-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pedersen P, Hasselgren PO, Li SJ, Hiyama DT, Fischer JE. Synthesis of acute-phase proteins in perfused liver following administration of recombinant interleukin 1 alpha to normal or adrenalectomized rats. J Surg Res 1988; 45:333-41. [PMID: 2458506 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4804(88)90128-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of recombinant interleukin 1 alpha (rIL-1 alpha) on metabolic rate and synthesis of acute-phase proteins in intact and adrenalectomized rats. Animals were housed in metabolic cages with daily recording of food intake and body weight. Twice daily, for 3 days, the rats were injected intraperitoneally with 5000 LAF U of human rIL-1 alpha, purified from Escherichia coli. Control animals were pair-fed and received corresponding injections with saline. In the morning of the fourth day, resting energy expenditure (REE) was determined by indirect calorimetry, and synthesis of total secreted proteins, albumin, complement component C3, and seromucoid fraction was measured by radioimmunological method using rat-specific antisera and [3H]leucine in livers perfused for 2 hr. Food intake decreased by approximately 30% during rIL-1 alpha administration to intact rats. The decrease in food intake occurred later and was less pronounced in adrenalectomized rats receiving rIL-1 alpha. Growth rate was significantly reduced on the first day of rIL-1 alpha treatment in intact rats, while there was no effect on growth rate in adrenalectomized animals. After rIL-1 alpha administration, REE was increased by 26% in intact rats (P less than 0.001) and by 14% in adrenalectomized rats (N.S.). Increased synthesis rates of total secreted proteins, complement component C3, and seromucoid fraction were observed in livers of intact rats following rIL-1 alpha administration. In adrenalectomized rats, only production of C3 was significantly increased after treatment with rIL-1 alpha. Albumin synthesis rate was not changed in either group following rIL-1 alpha injections.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P Pedersen
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio 45267-0558
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Andus T, Geiger T, Hirano T, Kishimoto T, Heinrich PC. Action of recombinant human interleukin 6, interleukin 1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha on the mRNA induction of acute-phase proteins. Eur J Immunol 1988; 18:739-46. [PMID: 2454192 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830180513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The rat hepatoma cell line Fao was used to study the role of three inflammatory mediators on the mRNA regulation of several acute-phase proteins. In the presence of 10(-6) M dexamethasone beta-fibrinogen mRNA levels increased 6-fold after addition of recombinant human IL 6 (rhIL 6). rhIL 1 beta or recombinant human tumor necrosis factor alpha (rhTNF alpha) had essentially no effect on beta-fibrinogen mRNA induction but led to a 20-fold increase in alpha 1-acid glycoprotein mRNA in the presence of dexamethasone. On the other hand, rhIL 6 was a much weaker stimulator of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein mRNA synthesis. All three mediators reduced albumin mRNA concentrations to about 30% of controls. Whereas the induction of beta-fibrinogen mRNA was potentiated by dexamethasone, the synthetic glucocorticoid analog was an absolute requirement for the stimulation of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein mRNA. The mRNA levels of the negative acute-phase protein albumin were induced 5-fold by dexamethasone alone. The beta-fibrinogen mRNA induction started immediately after addition of rhIL 6 and reached a maximum between 12 and 18 h. In contrast, the time-course for alpha 1-acid glycoprotein mRNA synthesis showed a lag phase of 8 h followed by an increase up to 20 h after rhIL 1 beta. rhTNF alpha led to an even more delayed increase in alpha 1-acid glycoprotein mRNA. Whereas in the case of beta-fibrinogen mRNA induction no synergistic effect was observed between various concentrations of the three mediators, the combination of rhIL 6/rhIL 1 beta as well as rhIL 6/rhTNF alpha or rhIL 1 beta/rhTNF alpha regulated synergistically alpha 1-acid glycoprotein and albumin mRNA. It is concluded that discrete acute-phase proteins are regulated differently by the inflammatory mediators IL 6, IL 1 beta and TNF alpha, indicating that the acute-phase response is more complex than previously assumed. The Fao cell line used in this study turned out to be an ideal model for acute-phase protein regulation, suitable for the discrimination between the inflammatory mediators IL 6 and IL 1/TNF alpha.
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- T Andus
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, FRG
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Bertini R, Bianchi M, Ghezzi P. Adrenalectomy sensitizes mice to the lethal effects of interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor. J Exp Med 1988; 167:1708-12. [PMID: 3259257 PMCID: PMC2188949 DOI: 10.1084/jem.167.5.1708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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To clarify the possible role of TNF and IL-1 in endotoxic shock, the lethality of rTNF (human and murine) and IL-1 in adrenalectomized mice was studied. Adrenalectomy, which has long been known to increase the susceptibility to endotoxin, rendered mice susceptible to TNF and IL-1 in terms of mortality. The lethality of endotoxin, TNF, or IL-1 was totally prevented by pretreatment with dexamethasone (minimal effective dose, 0.3 mg/Kg) but not by ibuprofen (10 mg/Kg).
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- R Bertini
- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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Aiello LP, Shia MA, Robinson GS, Pilch PF, Farmer SR. Characterization and hepatic expression of rat alpha 1-inhibitor III mRNA. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)69026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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It has become increasingly apparent over the past several decades that the hypothalamus, among other brain regions, plays an important part in the modulation of the immune system (reviewed in Korneva et al., 1985; Roszman & Brooks, 1985; Jankovic & Spector, 1986; Cotman et al., 1987). Since the hypothalamus also mediates the fever and various other acute-phase responses characteristic of the early stages of infection (reviewed in Hellon & Townsend, 1983; Blatteis, 1984, 1985; Cooper, 1987), it is possible that the localization within a common brain region of the controllers of several, different host defense reactions is not a happenstance, but represents a highly organized neuronal network serving to coordinate them. Indeed, pyrogenic, inflammatory, and immune responses do interact in the defense of the host against infection (reviewed in Dinarello, 1984). It is not yet known how immune responses are integrated centrally, but some data are available on the neural mechanisms controlling fever and certain components of the acute-phase reaction. The purpose of this paper is to review these briefly in the hope that a background can be provided against which features that may be common to neuroimmunomodulation and to the control of acute-phase reactions might be revealed.
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- C M Blatteis
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine 38163
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Jamieson JC, Lammers G, Janzen R, Woloski BM. The acute phase response to inflammation: the role of monokines in changes in liver glycoproteins and enzymes of glycoprotein metabolism. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 87:11-5. [PMID: 3111778 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(87)90463-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The role of monocyte derived factors in the acute phase response to inflammation is discussed. The kinetics of response of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, sialyltransferase and albumin to a rat monokine preparation is described. There was an increase in synthesis of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein and sialyltransferase and a decrease in albumin synthesis following administration. However, the kinetics of response of sialyltransferase to the monokine was much slower than was found for the other two proteins. The possibility that sialyltransferase responds to a different monokine compared to the other acute phase proteins is discussed.
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This report describes the first case of acquired anhaptoglobinemia observed in panhypopituitarism (Sheehan's syndrome). Anhaptoglobinemia was completely reversed by the administration of hydrocortisone. These findings suggest that haptoglobin synthesis and/or secretion are modulated by hydrocortisone.
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Koj A, Gauldie J, Regoeczi E, Sauder DN, Sweeney GD. The acute-phase response of cultured rat hepatocytes. System characterization and the effect of human cytokines. Biochem J 1984; 224:505-14. [PMID: 6083778 PMCID: PMC1144459 DOI: 10.1042/bj2240505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hepatocytes were isolated from adult livers and cultured for periods of up to 5 days as monolayers at an initial density of 10(6) cells/10cm2 in Williams E medium containing insulin, dexamethasone and 5% foetal-calf serum. The daily production of 11 plasma proteins was measured by electroimmunoassay and compared with the concentrations of the same proteins in the plasma of normal rats and of those with experimental inflammation. Hepatocytes from normal rats synthesized proteins in relative amounts which were similar to the relative proportions of the same proteins in the plasma of turpentine-injected animals. The pattern changed only slowly during 5 days in culture, but it did so profoundly either when the medium was devoid of dexamethasone or when human cytokines (from endotoxin-stimulated monocytes or unstimulated human squamous-carcinoma cell line COLO-16) were added. The cytokines consistently increased the synthesis of alpha 2-macroglobulin and fibrinogen and depressed that of albumin; variable increases in the synthesis of alpha 1-acute-phase globulin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, haptoglobin and alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor, and variable decreases in transferrin synthesis, were seen, whereas the synthesis of antithrombin III, alpha 1-macroglobulin and prothrombin remained virtually unaffected. The cytokine effects on protein synthesis required the presence of dexamethasone. The hepatocyte-stimulating activity derived from monocytes chromatographed on Sephadex G-100 corresponding to 30 000 Da, as opposed to the lymphocyte-activating factor, which was eluted as a molecule of approx. 15 000 Da. This suggests that both activities probably reside with distinct molecular species in the preparations of human cytokines.
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DiSilvestro RA, Cousins RJ. Glucocorticoid independent mediation of interleukin-1 induced changes in serum zinc and liver metallothionein levels. Life Sci 1984; 35:2113-8. [PMID: 6333572 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(84)90510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) causes changes in zinc metabolism which have been attributed to mediation, at least in part, by glucocorticoids. However, IL-1 was found to actually lower serum corticosterone levels in rats. In addition, adrenalectomy only partially inhibited the ability of IL-1 to depress serum zinc levels and increase the amount of zinc associated with hepatic metallothionein. Furthermore, IL-1 increased total liver metallothionein protein to similar levels in both adrenalectomized and normal rats. Administering the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone with IL-1 to adrenalectomized rats produced additive, but not synergistic effects on serum zinc and metallothionein concentrations. Studies with actinomycin D suggested that IL-1 induction of metallothionein might involve glucagon.
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Myers MA, Fleck A, Sampson B, Colley CM, Bent J, Hall G. Early plasma protein and mineral changes after surgery: a two stage process. J Clin Pathol 1984; 37:862-6. [PMID: 6332122 PMCID: PMC498882 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.37.8.862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Sequential changes in albumin, transferrin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, C reactive protein, fibrinogen, copper, iron, and zinc in plasma up to 24 h after hysterectomy were measured. No increases in the concentrations of the acute phase proteins alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, C reactive protein, and fibrinogen were observed until 6 h after the skin incision. These increases were preceded by significant falls at 2-4 h, and this was shown also by albumin, transferrin, iron, zinc, and copper. The ratios of iron and zinc to their binding proteins, transferrin and albumin, did not decrease until 4-6 h and their concentrations remained low for at least 24 h. These patterns suggest that at least two mechanisms operate after trauma. The early fall in the concentrations of the proteins in plasma is consistent with a prompt increase in microvascular permeability. The later decrease in binding of the metals iron and zinc to their transport proteins and the increase in concentrations of the acute phase proteins could be initiated by a common mediator.
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Blatteis CM, Hunter WS, Llanos J, Ahokas RA, Mashburn TA. Activation of acute-phase responses by intrapreoptic injections of endogenous pyrogen in guinea pigs. Brain Res Bull 1984; 12:689-95. [PMID: 6592031 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(84)90149-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The acute-phase reaction (APR) is the concatenation of events that develops in response to infectious or other acute inflammatory stimuli. It includes fever and changes in plasma trace metal and glycoprotein levels. Endogenous pyrogen (EP) is believed to be the mediator of the APR. It acts within the preoptic-anterior hypothalamus (PO) to initiate fever; prostaglandins E (PGE) may modulate this action. To determine whether the nonfebrile responses to EP also are mediated by the PO and through PGE, guinea pigs were injected bilaterally intra-PO (iPO) with homologous EP (1 microliter) or PGE2 (0.1 microgram), and their colonic temperatures (Tco) and plasma iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) levels were measured. For comparison, EP (2 ml) also was injected intraperitoneally (IP). Heat-denatured EP (delta EP) or pyrogen-free saline (PFS) was the corresponding control. Fevers were induced by IP EP (1.0 +/- 0.1 degrees C [mean +/- SD]), iPO EP (1.1 +/- 0.2 degrees C), and iPO PGE2 (1.4 +/- 0.2 degrees C); neither delta EP nor PFS was pyrogenic. Plasma Fe and Zn levels were decreased significantly after IP EP, but unchanged after iPO EP and PGE2. Plasma Cu and NANA levels were elevated significantly following both IP and iPO EP, but not after iPO PGE2. delta EP or PFS did not cause any changes, by either route. It appears, therefore, that EP-induced fever and rises in plasma Cu and NANA are mediated by the PO, while the decreases of plasma Fe and Zn are direct, peripheral effects. On the other hand, PGE2 appears to be involved only in the central febrile response. Indeed, guinea pigs, pretreated with indomethacin (5 mg/kg, IP), and injected iPO with EP or IP with S. enteritidis endotoxin (2 micrograms/kg), did not develop fever, but exhibited the rise in plasma Cu and NANA.
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van Gool J, Boers W, Sala M, Ladiges NC. Glucocorticoids and catecholamines as mediators of acute-phase proteins, especially rat alpha-macrofoetoprotein. Biochem J 1984; 220:125-32. [PMID: 6204643 PMCID: PMC1153601 DOI: 10.1042/bj2200125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Adrenal hormones were studied as possible triggering substances of the synthesis of acute-phase reactants in rats. alpha-Macrofoetoprotein, which rises sharply in concentration during inflammation, was used to monitor the acute-phase reaction. In normal rats glucocorticoids and catecholamines induce alpha-macrofoetoprotein synthesis; glucocorticoids only increase alpha-macrofoetoprotein to moderate levels in plasma, but catecholamines enhance alpha-macrofoetoprotein synthesis to very high levels, comparable with those observed in the post-injury phase. However, catecholamines in vivo also activate the adrenal cortex, suggesting a synergistic effect of both kinds of adrenal hormones. Our study showed that in adrenalectomized rats, the effect of catecholamines on alpha-macrofoetoprotein synthesis is greatly diminished, whereas the moderate effect of glucocorticoids remains. Combination of glucocorticoids and catecholamines induces extremely high alpha-macrofoetoprotein levels in both adrenalectomized and normal rats. With crossed immunoelectrophoresis it was shown that other acute-phase reactants, such as haptoglobin and alpha 1-major acute-phase protein, are affected differently by the hormones. Contrary to glucocorticoids, catecholamines give a pattern comparable with that found after surgical injury.
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Gross V, Andus T, Tran-Thi TA, Bauer J, Decker K, Heinrich PC. Induction of acute phase proteins by dexamethasone in rat hepatocyte primary cultures. Exp Cell Res 1984; 151:46-54. [PMID: 6199220 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(84)90354-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effect of dexamethasone on the synthesis of acute phase proteins has been studied in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. In the absence of dexamethasone no detectable amounts of alpha 2-macroglobulin were synthesized by hepatocytes cultured for 1 day. alpha 2-Macroglobulin synthesis was induced by dexamethasone concentrations of 10(-8) M or higher with a maximum at a concentration of 10(-7) M. alpha 1-Acid glycoprotein was synthesized in the absence of dexamethasone; however, its synthesis was also greatly stimulated by dexamethasone concentrations of 10(-8)-10(-6) M. Synthesis of alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor was stimulated only 1.4-fold at a dexamethasone concentration of 10(-7) M. The kinetics of induction of alpha 2-macroglobulin and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein were studied at a dexamethasone concentration of 10(-7) M. After an initial lag phase of 3 h the synthesis of both proteins showed a steady increase during 2 days. Synthesis of albumin remained unchanged under these experimental conditions. Unlike alpha 2-macroglobulin and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein tyrosine aminotransferase activity increased already during the first 3 h of induction by dexamethasone with a maximum at 12 h followed by a slight decrease.
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Wood DD. Antigen-Nonspecific Factors Elaborated by Macrophages Which Stimulate Lymphocytes. Immunology 1984. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-6784-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ritchie DG, Fuller GM. Hepatocyte-stimulating factor: a monocyte-derived acute-phase regulatory protein. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1983; 408:490-502. [PMID: 6223559 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1983.tb23268.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Batstone GF, Levick PL, Spurr E, Shakespeare PG, George SL, Ward CM. Changes in acute phase reactants and disturbances in metabolism after burn injury. Burns 1983; 9:234-9. [PMID: 6601976 DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(83)90052-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Colley CM, Fleck A, Goode AW, Muller BR, Myers MA. Early time course of the acute phase protein response in man. J Clin Pathol 1983; 36:203-7. [PMID: 6826776 PMCID: PMC498153 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.36.2.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The rate at which the acute phase protein response occurred after both major and minor surgery was explored. Increases in the plasma concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP), alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1 AG) and fibrinogen were not detected until 6-8 h after the initial incision. The peak concentration of CRP occurred at 48 h and that of fibrinogen at 96 h; alpha 1 AG concentrations rose rapidly until 48 h followed by little change until about 120 h. Although there was widespread variation in the concentrations of individual proteins in patients, severity of injury did not seem to have a significant effect on the time course of the change. Plasma cortisol concentration and the total white blood cell count (WBC) reached their peaks before the acute phase proteins, cortisol at 6 h and WBC at 12 h.
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Numerous chemically distinct phlogistic substances have been shown to induce hepatic metallothionein-Zn (MT) accumulation when administered to rats. These findings suggest that induction of this cysteine-rich metalloprotein occurs through the action of some common mediator(s). Possible mediators include substances such as leukocytic endogenous mediator (LEM) and/or hormones known to influence hepatic protein synthesis. Studies were performed to examine further the mechanism(s) and potential mediators involved in endotoxin-induced MT accumulation. Additionally, the studies were performed to determine the possible involvement of genetic factors, which reportedly influence LEM production, in the induced MT response. Endotoxin (ET) was administered ip to rats and to EP-resistant, C3H/HeJ, and susceptible, C3Heb/FeJ, stains of mice. ET induced hypozincemia, hyperglucagonemia, and increased MT concentrations in rats. ET induced hypozincemia and MT accumulation to the same extent in both strains of mice. The induction of tolerance in rats to Zn depressing activity of ET also prevented hyperglucagonemia and additional accumulation of MT. Results suggest that glucagon, but not LEM, may be a common mediator in MT response during inflammatory stress.
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Fuller GM, Ritchie DG. A regulatory pathway for fibrinogen biosynthesis involving an indirect feedback loop. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1982; 389:308-22. [PMID: 6212017 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1982.tb22146.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Kampschmidt RF, Upchurch HF, Pulliam LA. Characterization of a leukocyte-derived endogenous mediator responsible for increased plasma fibrinogen. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1982; 389:338-53. [PMID: 6807180 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1982.tb22148.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Fibrinogen has been the plasma protein most frequently studied after tissue injury. This report presents evidence that leukocytic endogenous mediator (LEM) from macrophages promotes fibrinogen synthesis. LEM has a molecular weight of 13,000-16,000, an isoelectric point (pI) at pH 7.3, is heat labile, and is inactivated by trypsin or sulfhydryl reactive agents. LEM not only promotes increased synthesis of acute phase proteins, but also causes increased neutrophilia and alterations in metal metabolism. There is considerable evidence that LEM may be the same protein as endogenous pyrogen and Interleukin 1 (IL-1). There was no increase in plasma fibrinogen when endotoxin was injected in C3H/HeJ mice; however, this strain of mice responded the same as normal mice to injections of LEM. This provides further evidence that LEM is the endogenous mediator for acute phase protein synthesis during tissue injury. The half-life of LEM is still circulation following its iv injection into rats was less than 10 minutes. There is still considerable doubt about the mechanism LEM uses in promoting increased hepatocyte synthesis of fibrinogen. Some evidence indicates a direct action of LEM upon the hepatocyte, whereas other data suggest an indirect role through other mediators or the central nervous system. In addition to LEM with pI of 7.3, there are proteins with a pI near 5 that will increase plasma fibrinogen. These proteins also have a molecular weight between 13,000 to 16,000 but do not have essential sulfhydryl groups. These proteins also have pyrogenic and IL-1 activities. LEM shows a limited amount of species specificity. For example, the pI 7 LEM prepared from human monocytes or rabbit peritoneal leukocytes will increase plasma fibrinogen in rats, mice, and rabbits; but the pI 5 LEM from rabbits is inactive in rats.
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Ritchie DG, Levy BA, Adams MA, Fuller GM. Regulation of fibrinogen synthesis by plasmin-derived fragments of fibrinogen and fibrin: an indirect feedback pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982; 79:1530-4. [PMID: 6461860 PMCID: PMC346008 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.79.5.1530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The effect of plasmin-derived fibrinogen fragments on the biosynthesis of fibrinogen was investigated in cultured monolayers of rat hepatocytes. Incubating the cells with several concentrations of either fibrinogen or fibrin fragment D or E had no effect on the synthesis and secretion of fibrinogen by these cells. However, if the fragments were incubated with isolated peripheral blood leukocytes, they caused these cells to secrete a factor that when added to the hepatocytes caused an increase in fibrinogen synthesis 4- to 6-fold over controls. Moreover, the hepatocyte-stimulating factor also affected the production of several other proteins produced by the hepatocyte. These results demonstrate that both fragments D and E can stimulate hepatic fibrinogen synthesis via an indirect leukocyte-mediated pathway.
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White A, Fletcher TC. The effects of adrenal hormones, endotoxin and turpentine on serum components of the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C: COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY 1982; 73:195-200. [PMID: 6128173 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4492(82)90190-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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1. Within 24 hr of injection into plaice, cortisol, deoxycorticosterone, adrenalin or endotoxin cause an increase (P less than 0.001) in circulating C-reactive protein (CRP). Turpentine and soluble dexamethasone have no effect. 2. The increase in CRP with endotoxin is not enhanced with adrenalin or deoxycorticosterone, and in conjunction with cortisol the increase is additive. 3. Changes in CRP are independent of the amounts of serum amyloid P-component or total protein. 4. Turpentine, cortisol and adrenalin cause a rapid increase in circulating glucose. 5. It is concluded that some adrenal hormones stimulate the CRP acute phase response in plaice, without an apparent provoking agent.
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Ritchie DG, Fuller GM. An in vitro bioassay for leukocytic endogenous mediator(s) using cultured rat hepatocytes. Inflammation 1981; 5:275-87. [PMID: 7327696 DOI: 10.1007/bf00911093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes were used to assay for the presence of leukocytic mediator(s) (LEM), a neutrophil derived protein(s) capable of stimulating the synthesis of acute-phase plasma proteins when injected into rats. In the presence of physiological concentrations of dexamethasone (40 mM), the hepatocytes secreted a variety of plasma proteins as demonstrated by crossed immunoelectrophoresis. The addition of LEM to hepatocytes increased the secretion of several acute-phase related plasma proteins, including fibrinogen and hepatoglobin, and decreased albumin secretion. These results mimic the acute-phase response observed in the intact animal. Fibrinogen secretion was used as a quantitative marker for determining LEM activity. The rate of fibrinogen secretion depended upon both the concentration of dexamethasone and LEM present during a given 24-h assay period. One unit of LEM activity is defined as that concentration of LEM capable of producing a 50% maximal stimulation of fibrinogen secretion.
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Omata S, Tsubaki H, Sakimura K, Sato M, Yoshimura R, Hirakawa E, Sugano H. Stimulation of protein and RNA synthesis by methylmercury chloride in the liver of intact and adrenalectomized rats. Arch Toxicol 1981; 47:113-23. [PMID: 6168242 DOI: 10.1007/bf00332353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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(1) A single injection of methylmercury chloride in the rat (10-50 mg/kg) increased both in vivo and in vitro rates of 14C-leucine incorporation into the protein of the post-mitochondrial supernatant fraction of the liver. In contrast, no stimulation of protein synthesis was observed in the brain of the methylmercury-treated rats. (2) Methylmercury administration also stimulated RNA polymerase activities in isolated hepatic nuclei, stimulation of Mg-dependent activity being higher than that of Mn-dependent activity. (3) In experiments with adrenalectomized rats, it was found that the stimulatory effect of methylmercury on protein and RNA synthesis in the liver was mediated partly through the adrenal gland. (4) Analysis of serum by starch-block electrophoresis revealed that synthesis of all serum proteins, including albumin and alpha-gamma globulin fractions, was stimulated by methylmercury treatment. (5) These results suggest that the observed effects of methylmercury on the liver depend on mechanisms other than enhancement of the synthesis of acute-phase proteins.
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Burke JP, Fenton MR, Miller ML, Tursi FD. The effect of a zinc-deficient diet and the inflammatory response on rat liver mitochondrial protein synthesis. BIOCHEMICAL MEDICINE 1981; 25:48-55. [PMID: 7225098 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2944(81)90059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Gordon AH, Limaos EA. Effects of bacterial endotoxin and corticosteroids on plasma concentrations of alpha 2 macroglobulin, haptoglobin and fibrinogen in rats. BRITISH JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 1979; 60:434-40. [PMID: 92334 PMCID: PMC2041487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bacterial endotoxin injected into rats resulted in increased plasma concentration of alpha 2 macroglobulin, haptoglobin and fibrinogen. Cortisone acetate injected i.m. by itself was sufficient to increase the plasma concentration of haptoglobin by 54% and to a lesser extent the concentrations of the other two proteins. When cortisone acetate and/or cortisol succinate were injected simultaneously with varying doses of endotoxin, the effects of the corticosteroid differed for each plasma protein. Doubtless because of the effect of cortisone by itself the slope of the dose-response relationship for haptoglobin was greatly reduced. In contrast to this the slope for alpha 2 macroglobulin was reduced and that for fibrinogen was unaffected. These findings suggest that, if effects due to endogenous corticosteroids are to be avoided, increases in plasma fibrinogen will serve best as indicators of stimulation of the acute-phase response. Since, however, the relative increase of alpha 2 macroglobulin due to the lowest dose of endotoxin was much greater than that of fibrinogen, increases in concentration of the former protein represent the most sensitive indication of the acute-phase response. Consideration of the responses in individual rats has made possible division into those with more or less than average increases for all 3 plasma proteins and those showing irregular responses. Especially in the group which had received the lowest dose of endotoxin, a much larger number than would be expected on a random basis was found to respond regularly with either more or less than average increases for all 3 proteins.
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Powanda MC, Abeles FB, Bostian KA, Fowler JP, Hauer EC. Differential effect of clofibrate on inflammation-induced alterations in plasma proteins in the rat. Biochem J 1979; 178:633-41. [PMID: 88218 PMCID: PMC1186564 DOI: 10.1042/bj1780633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Daily intramuscular injections of clofibrate begun 6h before the initiation of inflammation induced by the subcutaneous injection of turpentine exerted a differential, dose-dependent inhibition of the anticipated acute-phase globulin response. Specifically, clofibrate at 140mg/kg muted the increase in alpha(2)-macrofoetoprotein, but did not affect that of seromucoid or haptoglobin and only transiently inhibited the rise in copper and the rebound in transferrin. A higher dose, 280mg/kg, markedly suppressed alpha(2)-macrofoetoprotein appearance and the rebound in transferrin, somewhat inhibited the increase in seromucoid and haptoglobin and only transiently affected the rise in plasma copper; 420mg of clofibrate/kg very nearly abolished the appearance of alpha(2)-macrofoetoprotein, markedly suppressed the transferrin rebound and the increases in seromucoid and haptoglobin and again only transiently affected the increase in copper. Clofibrate did not diminish the localized inflammatory response, did not cause microscopically detectable liver damage and did not prevent the hypozincaemia, hypoalbuminaemia and enhanced amino acid uptake by liver usually associated with inflammation. Thus it is unlikely that clofibrate exerted its dose-dependent selective inhibition by muting the initial stimulus or by impairing hepatic metabolism. This seemingly selective action of clofibrate on plasma-protein alterations during inflammation may provide a means of elucidating the function of individual acute-phase globulin during disease. Clofibrate of itself, apart from inflammation, produced decreases in plasma zinc, copper, transferrin and seromucoid and an increase in hepatic amino acid uptake that were to some extent dependent on the dose of the drug.
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Rupp RG, Fuller GM. The effects of leucocytic and serum factors on fibrinogen biosynthesis in cultured hepatocytes. Exp Cell Res 1979; 118:23-30. [PMID: 759214 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(79)90579-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hudig D, Sell S. Serum concentrations of alpha-macrofeto-protein (acute-phase alpha2-macroglobulin), a proteinase inhibitor, in pregnant and neonatal rats and in rats with acute inflammation. Inflammation 1978; 3:137-48. [PMID: 83965 DOI: 10.1007/bf00910735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Alpha macrofetoprotein (AMF) or acute-phase alpha2 macroglobulin serum concentrations are elevated in pregnant, fetal, and newborn rats and in rats with experimentally induced acute inflammation when quantitated using a double-antibody radioimmunoassay. Concentrations of AMF are 17 +/- 2 microgram/ml and 32 +/- 6 microgram/ml in normal adult rat sera. Both maternal (1.2 mg/ml) and neonatal (9.3 mg/ml) concentrations are maximal at term. AMF serum concentrations of rats injected with croton oil into the hind footpads are unchanged for the first 4 h after injection, then increase to a maximum of 10.5 mg/ml 36 h after injection. Serum AMF concentrations correlate directly with the dose of croton oil and the increase in size (swelling) of the injured foot, and remain elevated during the course of inflammation for at least two weeks. The possible function of AMF as an antiproteinase limiting the extent of inflammation after acute tissue injury is discussed.
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