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Yazdani R, Aghamohammadi A, Rezaei N. Application of Flow Cytometry in Predominantly Antibody Deficiencies. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2020; 21:647-663. [PMID: 32693771 DOI: 10.2174/1871530320666200721013312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Predominantly antibody deficiencies (PADs) are a heterogeneous group of primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs), consisting of recurrent infections, autoimmunity, inflammation, and other immune complications. In the recent years, several immunological and genetic defects have been recognized in PADs. Currently, 45 distinct PAD disorders with 40 different genetic defects have been identified based on the 2019 IUIS classification. Genetic analysis is helpful for diagnosing PIDs; however, genetic studies are expensive, time-consuming, and unavailable everywhere. Flow cytometry is a highly sensitive tool for evaluating the immune system and diagnosing PADs. In addition to cell populations and subpopulations assay, flow cytometry can measure cell surface, intracellular and intranuclear proteins, biological changes associated with specific immune defects, and certain functional immune abnormalities. These capabilities help in rapid diagnostic and prognostic assessment as well as in evaluating the pathogenesis of PADs. For the first time, this review particularly provides an overview of the application of flow cytometry for diagnosis, immunophenotyping, and determining the pathogenesis of PADs.
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- Reza Yazdani
- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The advent of enhanced genetic testing has allowed for the discovery of gene defects underlying two broad categories of antibody deficiency in children: agammaglobulinemia and common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). This review describes the underlying gene defects and the clinical manifestations. RECENT FINDINGS Because novel monogenetic defects have been discovered in both categories, a strict dichotomous classification of B cell disorders as either X-linked agammaglobulinemia or common variable immunodeficiency is no longer appropriate. Advances in genetic testing technology and the decreasing cost of such testing permit more precise diagnosis of B cell disorders, more helpful information for genetic counselors, and a better understanding of the complex process of B cell development and function. More disorders await discovery.
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- Bailee Gilchrist
- Department of Pediatrics, Allergy-Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology Division, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Allergy-Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology Division, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
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Moore E, Putterman C. Are lupus animal models useful for understanding and developing new therapies for human SLE? J Autoimmun 2020; 112:102490. [PMID: 32535128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disease driven by a complex combination of genetic, environmental, and other immunoregulatory factors. The development of targeted therapies is complicated by heterogeneous clinical manifestations, varying organ involvement, and toxicity. Despite advances in understanding the mechanisms contributing to SLE, only one biologic drug, belimumab, is FDA-approved. The identification and development of potential therapies have largely been driven by studies in lupus animal models. Therefore, direct comparison of both the therapeutic and immunological findings in human and murine SLE studies is critical and can reveal important insights into indeed how useful and relevant are murine studies in SLE drug development. Studies involving belimumab, mycophenolate mofetil, abatacept, rituximab, and anti-interferon strategies generally demonstrated analogous findings in the attenuation of SLE manifestations and modulation of select immune cell populations in human and murine SLE. While further basic and translational studies are needed to identify SLE patient subsets likely to respond to particular therapeutic modalities and in dissecting complex mechanisms, we believe that despite some inherent weaknesses SLE mouse models will continue to be integral in developing targeted SLE therapies.
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- Erica Moore
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; Bar-Ilan University Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Safed, Israel; Research Institute, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.
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Infectious Complications of Biological and Small Molecule Targeted Immunomodulatory Therapies. Clin Microbiol Rev 2020; 33:33/3/e00035-19. [PMID: 32522746 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00035-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The past 2 decades have seen a revolution in our approach to therapeutic immunosuppression. We have moved from relying on broadly active traditional medications, such as prednisolone or methotrexate, toward more specific agents that often target a single receptor, cytokine, or cell type, using monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, or targeted small molecules. This change has transformed the treatment of many conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, cancers, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease, but along with the benefits have come risks. Contrary to the hope that these more specific agents would have minimal and predictable infectious sequelae, infectious complications have emerged as a major stumbling block for many of these agents. Furthermore, the growing number and complexity of available biologic agents makes it difficult for clinicians to maintain current knowledge, and most review articles focus on a particular target disease or class of agent. In this article, we review the current state of knowledge about infectious complications of biologic and small molecule immunomodulatory agents, aiming to create a single resource relevant to a broad range of clinicians and researchers. For each of 19 classes of agent, we discuss the mechanism of action, the risk and types of infectious complications, and recommendations for prevention of infection.
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Kozlova V, Ledererova A, Ladungova A, Peschelova H, Janovska P, Slusarczyk A, Domagala J, Kopcil P, Vakulova V, Oppelt J, Bryja V, Doubek M, Mayer J, Pospisilova S, Smida M. CD20 is dispensable for B-cell receptor signaling but is required for proper actin polymerization, adhesion and migration of malignant B cells. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229170. [PMID: 32210425 PMCID: PMC7094844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Surface protein CD20 serves as the critical target of immunotherapy in various B-cell malignancies for decades, however its biological function and regulation remain largely elusive. Better understanding of CD20 function may help to design improved rational therapies to prevent development of resistance. Using CRISPR/Cas9 technique, we have abrogated CD20 expression in five different malignant B-cell lines. We show that CD20 deletion has no effect upon B-cell receptor signaling or calcium flux. Also B-cell survival and proliferation is unaffected in the absence of CD20. On the contrary, we found a strong defect in actin cytoskeleton polymerization and, consequently, defective cell adhesion and migration in response to homeostatic chemokines SDF1α, CCL19 and CCL21. Mechanistically, we could identify a reduction in chemokine-triggered PYK2 activation, a calcium-activated signaling protein involved in activation of MAP kinases and cytoskeleton regulation. These cellular defects in consequence result in a severely disturbed homing of B cells in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/metabolism
- Animals
- Antigens, CD20/genetics
- Antigens, CD20/metabolism
- Antigens, CD20/physiology
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- B-Lymphocytes/physiology
- Cell Adhesion/physiology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Movement/physiology
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Humans
- Leukemia, B-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Mice, Transgenic
- Polymerization
- Protein Multimerization/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/immunology
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- Veronika Kozlova
- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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Ikuse T, Ohtsuka Y, Obayashi N, Jimbo K, Aoyagi Y, Kudo T, Asaoka D, Hojo M, Nagahara A, Watanabe S, Blanchard TG, Czinn SJ, Shimizu T. Host response genes associated with nodular gastritis in Helicobacter pylori infection. Pediatr Int 2018; 60:446-454. [PMID: 29415337 DOI: 10.1111/ped.13527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection in children induces lymphoid hyperplasia called nodular gastritis (NG) at the antral gastric mucosa. The aim of this study was to evaluate genes in gastric biopsy on microarray analysis, to identify molecules associated with NG on comparison with NG-negative pediatric corpus tissue and with H. pylori-infected adult tissue with atrophic gastritis (AG). METHODS Eight pediatric and six adult H. pylori-infected patients, as well as six pediatric and six adult uninfected patients were evaluated. All infected adults had AG. NG was observed in the antrum of all eight pediatric patients and in the corpus of three patients. Adult and uninfected patients were free of NG; that is, only pediatric H. pylori-infected patients had NG. Total RNA was purified from gastric biopsy, and microarray analysis was performed to compare gene expression between groups. The three infected children with NG in both the antrum and corpus were excluded from analysis of corpus samples. RESULTS The number of genes significantly up- or downregulated (fold change >3, P < 0.01) compared with uninfected controls varied widely: 72 in pediatric antrum, 45 in pediatric corpus, 103 in adult antrum and 71 in adult corpus. Nineteen genes had significantly altered expression in the antrum of NG tissue compared with NG-negative pediatric corpus tissue and adult AG tissue. The CD20 B-cell specific differentiation antigen had the most pronounced increase. Previously described regulators of NG development were not predominantly upregulated in the NG mucosa. CONCLUSIONS CD20 overexpression may play an important role in lymphoid follicle enlargement and NG.
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- Tamaki Ikuse
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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de Bruyn M, Wiersma VR, Wouters MCA, Samplonius DF, Klip HG, Helfrich W, Nijman HW, Eggleton P, Bremer E. CD20 + T cells have a predominantly Tc1 effector memory phenotype and are expanded in the ascites of patients with ovarian cancer. Oncoimmunology 2015; 4:e999536. [PMID: 26137418 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2014.999536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Recently, a small subset of T cells that expresses the B cell marker CD20 has been identified in healthy volunteers and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The origin of these CD20-positive T cells as well as their relevance in human disease remains unclear. Here, we identified that after functional B cell/T cell interaction CD20 molecules are transferred to the cell surface of T cells by trogocytosis together with the established trogocytosis marker HLA-DR. Further, the presence of CD20 on isolated CD20+ T cells remained stable for up to 48h of ex vivo culture. These CD20+ T cells almost exclusively produced IFNγ (∼70% vs. ∼20% in the CD20- T cell population) and were predominantly (CD8+) effector memory T cells (∼60-70%). This IFNγ producing and effector memory phenotype was also determined for CD20+ T cells as detected in the peripheral blood and ascitic fluids of ovarian cancer (OC) patients. In the latter, the percentage of CD20+ T cells was further strongly increased (from ∼6% in peripheral blood to 23% in ascitic fluid). Taken together, the data presented here indicate that CD20 is transferred to T cells upon intimate T cell/B cell interaction. Further, CD20+ T cells are of memory and IFNγ producing phenotype and are present in increased amounts in ascitic fluid of OC patients.
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Key Words
- APC, Antigen-Presenting Cell
- Ascites
- CD20
- CTL, Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte
- FSC, Forward Scatter
- OC, Ovarian Cancer
- PBMC, Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell
- Regulatory T cell
- SCC, Side Scatter
- TC, Cytotoxic T cell
- TCM, Central Memory T cell
- TEM, Effector Memory T cell
- TH, Helper T cell
- TIL, Tumor Infiltrating T cell
- TNaïve, Naïve T cell
- TTD, Terminally Differentiated T cell
- Treg
- cancer immunology
- ovarian cancer
- trogocytosis
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- Marco de Bruyn
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- Surgical Research Laboratory; Department of Surgery; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- Surgical Research Laboratory; Department of Surgery; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- Surgical Research Laboratory; Department of Surgery; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands
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- St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter Medical School ; Exeter, Devon, UK ; Department of Biochemistry; University of Alberta ; Edmonton, AB Canada
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- Surgical Research Laboratory; Department of Surgery; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen ; The Netherlands ; St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter Medical School ; Exeter, Devon, UK
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Weber J, Haberkorn U, Mier W. Cancer stratification by molecular imaging. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:4918-46. [PMID: 25749472 PMCID: PMC4394457 DOI: 10.3390/ijms16034918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Revised: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The lack of specificity of traditional cytotoxic drugs has triggered the development of anticancer agents that selectively address specific molecular targets. An intrinsic property of these specialized drugs is their limited applicability for specific patient subgroups. Consequently, the generation of information about tumor characteristics is the key to exploit the potential of these drugs. Currently, cancer stratification relies on three approaches: Gene expression analysis and cancer proteomics, immunohistochemistry and molecular imaging. In order to enable the precise localization of functionally expressed targets, molecular imaging combines highly selective biomarkers and intense signal sources. Thus, cancer stratification and localization are performed simultaneously. Many cancer types are characterized by altered receptor expression, such as somatostatin receptors, folate receptors or Her2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2). Similar correlations are also known for a multitude of transporters, such as glucose transporters, amino acid transporters or hNIS (human sodium iodide symporter), as well as cell specific proteins, such as the prostate specific membrane antigen, integrins, and CD20. This review provides a comprehensive description of the methods, targets and agents used in molecular imaging, to outline their application for cancer stratification. Emphasis is placed on radiotracers which are used to identify altered expression patterns of cancer associated markers.
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- Justus Weber
- Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Zhang LN, Wang L, Fang C, Zou ZJ, Fan L, Zhang R, Young KH, Li JY, Xu W. The significance of single nucleotide polymorphism rs2070770 inCD20gene in Chinese patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2014; 56:676-81. [DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2014.927455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 2, TRPV2, is a calcium-permeable cation channel belonging to the TRPV channel family. This channel is activated by heat (>52 °C), various ligands, and mechanical stresses. In most of the cells, a large portion of TRPV2 is located in the endoplasmic reticulum under unstimulated conditions. Upon stimulation of the cells with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-activating ligands, TRPV2 is translocated to the plasma membrane and functions as a cation channel. Mechanical stress may also induce translocation of TRPV2 to the plasma membrane. The expression of TRPV2 is high in some types of cells including neurons, neuroendocrine cells, immune cells involved in innate immunity, and certain types of cancer cells. TRPV2 may modulate various cellular functions in these cells.
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- Itaru Kojima
- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular & Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, 371-8511, Japan,
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Morsy DED, Sanyal R, Zaiss AK, Deo R, Muruve DA, Deans JP. Reduced T-dependent humoral immunity in CD20-deficient mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 191:3112-8. [PMID: 23966626 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CD20 is a tetraspanning membrane protein expressed on B lymphocytes. CD20 deficiency in both mice and humans has recently been shown to have deleterious effects on Ab responses to T-independent Ags; however, no effect on T-dependent immunity has been reported. In this study, we used a Cd20⁻/⁻ mouse line to evaluate Ab responses to adeno-associated virus and SRBCs. The neutralizing Ab response to adeno-associated virus was significantly reduced by CD20 deficiency; both primary (IgM) and secondary (IgG1 and IgG2b) responses to SRBC were also reduced in Cd20⁻/⁻ mice, and this was associated with a reduction in the number of germinal center B cells. A successful humoral response requires the integration of intracellular signaling networks that critically rely on calcium mobilization. In this article, we confirm that BCR-mediated calcium mobilization is reduced in Cd20⁻/⁻ murine B cells after BCR stimulation in vitro, and further show that the reduction is due to an effect on calcium influx rather than calcium release from intracellular stores. Calcium-dependent upregulation of CD69 was impaired in CD20-deficient B cells, as was upregulation of CD86. Altogether, this study demonstrates a role for CD20 in B cell activation and T-dependent humoral immunity.
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- Deyaa El Deen Morsy
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Identification of novel signalling roles and targets for G(α) and G(βγ) downstream of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor in vascular smooth muscle cells. Biochem J 2013. [PMID: 23186281 DOI: 10.1042/bj20112158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Vascular dysfunction is the underlying cause of nearly 80% of heart disease cases, and its initiation and progression can be exacerbated by circulating factors, such as IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1). IGF-1, which is highly homologous with insulin, elicits a response via a classical tyrosine kinase receptor, the IGF-1R (IGF-1 receptor). However, it has been suggested that the IGF-1R may also be coupled to a heterotrimeric G-protein and can thus modulate cellular processes via this alternate pathway. The objective of the present study was to investigate the structural aspects of IGF-1R coupling to a heterotrimeric G-protein in VSMCs [vascular SMCs (smooth muscle cells)], as well as examine the contribution of this pathway to cellular responses that are related to vascular disease. We found that the intracellular subunit of the IGF-1R precipitates with two G-protein subunits. The G(βγ)-mediated pathway contributes to both proliferation and migration. We also show that IGF-1 specifically activates G(αi) and can directly interact with both G(αi1) and G(αi2). A phospho-screen using a novel specific G(αi)-peptide inhibitor reveals a number of potential downstream effectors of this pathway, although our results show that it is not essential for SMC proliferation or migration.
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Common variable immunodeficiency at the end of a prospering decade: towards novel gene defects and beyond. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; 10:526-33. [DOI: 10.1097/aci.0b013e32833fea1c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kuijpers TW, Bende RJ, Baars PA, Grummels A, Derks IAM, Dolman KM, Beaumont T, Tedder TF, van Noesel CJM, Eldering E, van Lier RAW. CD20 deficiency in humans results in impaired T cell-independent antibody responses. J Clin Invest 2009; 120:214-22. [PMID: 20038800 DOI: 10.1172/jci40231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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CD20 was the first B cell differentiation antigen identified, and CD20-specific mAbs are commonly used for the treatment of B cell malignancies and autoantibody-mediated autoimmune diseases. Despite this the role of CD20 in human B cell physiology has remained elusive. We describe here a juvenile patient with CD20 deficiency due to a homozygous mutation in a splice junction of the CD20 gene (also known as MS4A1) that results in "cryptic" splicing and nonfunctional mRNA species. Analysis of this patient has led us to conclude that CD20 has a central role in the generation of T cell-independent (TI) antibody responses. Key evidence to support this conclusion was provided by the observation that although antigen-independent B cells developed normally in the absence of CD20 expression, antibody formation, particularly after vaccination with TI antigens, was strongly impaired in the patient. Consistent with this, TI antipolysaccharide B cell responses were severely impeded in CD20-deficient mice. Our study therefore identifies what we believe to be a novel type of humoral immunodeficiency caused by CD20 deficiency and characterized by normal development of antigen-independent B cells, along with a reduced capacity to mount proper antibody responses.
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Howie D, Nolan KF, Daley S, Butterfield E, Adams E, Garcia-Rueda H, Thompson C, Saunders NJ, Cobbold SP, Tone Y, Tone M, Waldmann H. MS4A4B is a GITR-associated membrane adapter, expressed by regulatory T cells, which modulates T cell activation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:4197-204. [PMID: 19752228 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In the aftermath of thymic negative selection, natural and adaptive regulatory T cells (Tregs) must acknowledge peripheral, "danger-free" self-Ag to ensure their sustained activity. In this paper, we show that natural and adaptive Tregs or T cells transduced with cDNA for Foxp3, just like Th1 cells, express members of the MS4A family of transmembrane molecules. Naive T cells transduced with MS4A4B become able to respond to lower levels of Ag. Using two family members, MS4A4B and MS4A6B, as baits in a yeast split-ubiquitin Treg library screen, we demonstrate their interaction with each other and with GITR, Orai1, and other surface receptors. Interaction of 4B with GITR augments GITR signaling and T cell IL-2 production in response to triggering with GITR ligand or anti-GITR Abs. This interaction provides a mechanism whereby MS4A family members, through lateral coassociation with costimulatory molecules, may amplify Ag signals. We propose that T cells preoccupied with immune defense use this MS4A family to enhance sensitivity to extrinsic Ag stimulation, ensuring its elimination, while Tregs use these adaptors to allow low level Ag signals to sustain regulatory function.
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- Duncan Howie
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
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Zhao Y, Fang Q, Straub SG, Sharp GWG. Both G i and G o heterotrimeric G proteins are required to exert the full effect of norepinephrine on the beta-cell K ATP channel. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:5306-16. [PMID: 18162464 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707695200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The effects of norepinephrine (NE), an inhibitor of insulin secretion, were examined on membrane potential and the ATP-sensitive K+ channel (K ATP) in INS 832/13 cells. Membrane potential was monitored under the whole cell current clamp mode. NE hyperpolarized the cell membrane, an effect that was abolished by tolbutamide. The effect of NE on K ATP channels was investigated in parallel using outside-out single channel recording. This revealed that NE enhanced the open activities of the K ATP channels approximately 2-fold without changing the single channel conductance, demonstrating that NE-induced hyperpolarization was mediated by activation of the K ATP channels. The NE effect was abolished in cells preincubated with pertussis toxin, indicating coupling to heterotrimeric G i/G o proteins. To identify the G proteins involved, antisera raised against alpha and beta subunits (anti-G alpha common, anti-G beta, anti-G alpha i1/2/3, and anti-G alpha o) were used. Anti-G alpha common totally blocked the effects of NE on membrane potential and K ATP channels. Individually, anti-G alpha i1/2/3 and anti-G alpha o only partially inhibited the action of NE on K ATP channels. However, the combination of both completely eliminated the action. Antibodies against G beta had no effects. To confirm these results and to further identify the G protein subunits involved, the blocking effects of peptides containing the sequence of 11 amino acids at the C termini of the alpha subunits were used. The data obtained were similar to those derived from the antibody work with the additional information that G alpha i3 and G alpha o1 were not involved. In conclusion, both G i and G o proteins are required for the full effect of norepinephrine to activate the K ATP channel.
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- Ying Zhao
- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401, USA
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Binder M, Otto F, Mertelsmann R, Veelken H, Trepel M. The epitope recognized by rituximab. Blood 2006; 108:1975-8. [PMID: 16705086 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-04-014639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody widely used in the treatment of malignant lymphoma and autoimmunity. Its epitope within the B-cell antigen CD20 is largely unknown. We used phage display libraries to select peptides binding to rituximab. Enriched peptides showed 2 sequence patterns: one motif (CALMIANSC) is related to (170)ANPS(173) within CD20, while another motif (WEWTI) may mimic the CD20 segment (182)YCYSI(185). Phages displaying either motif specifically bound rituximab. Binding to rituximab by the CD20 peptides ANPS and YCYSI was weak when used separately and enhanced when both peptides were linked. Recombinant CD20 extracellular loop proteins blocked binding of the selected CWWEWTIGC phage to rituximab, suggesting that CWWEWTIGC mimics the epitope. Blocking capacity was strongly reduced upon mutation of the CD20 strings ANPS or YCYSI. We conclude that rituximab binds a discontinuous epitope in CD20, comprised of (170)ANPS(173) and (182)YCYSI(185), with both strings brought in steric proximity by a disulfide bridge between C(167) and C(183).
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- Mascha Binder
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Mergler S, Strauss O, Strowski M, Prada J, Drost A, Langrehr J, Neuhaus P, Wiedenmann B, Ploeckinger U. Insulin-like growth factor-1 increases intracellular calcium concentration in human primary neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor cells and a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cell line (BON-1) via R-type Ca2+ channels and regulates chromogranin a secretion in BON-1 cells. Neuroendocrinology 2005; 82:87-102. [PMID: 16424676 DOI: 10.1159/000091008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Accepted: 10/28/2005] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is a potent mitogenic and secretory factor that acts on voltage operated Ca(2+) channels (VOCCs). VOCCs are categorized into L-type channels (Ca(V)1.1-1.4), P/Q-type channels (Ca(V)2.1), N-type channels (Ca(V)2.2), R-type channels (Ca(V)2.3), and T-type channels (Ca(V)3.1-3.3). Aside from regulating membrane excitability, VOCCs influence chromogranin A (CgA) secretion in neuroendocrine tumor (NET) cells. It is not known, whether VOCCs play a role in the IGF-1-dependent regulation of CgA secretion in NET cells. We therefore studied the effects of IGF-1 on individual VOCC subtypes and characterized their role in mediating IGF-1-dependent regulation of CgA secretion in NET cells. Using specific modulators of VOCC subtypes, we identified the functional expression of L-, N-, P/Q- and R-type channels in primary as well as permanent models of NET. The IGF-1-induced intracellular Ca(2+) increase in NET cells was mainly due to the activation of R-type channel activity. The effects on intracellular calcium, observed in whole-cell patch-clamp recordings and fluorescence imaging, were partially blocked by the specific R-type channel blocker SNX-482 and antisense oligonucleotides against the alpha(1) subunit of this channel. IGF-1 potently induced CgA secretion. The effect of IGF-1 was reduced by both, inhibition of R-type channel activity and a reduction of R-type channel expression using antisense oligonucleotides. Since R-type channels exist in NET cells and couple to both, IGF-1 receptor signaling as well as CgA secretion, pharmacological interference with R-type channels may represent a new therapeutic option by blocking Ca(2+) signaling thereby abrogating IGF-1-dependent hypersecretion in NET disease.
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- Stefan Mergler
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie, Interdisziplinares Stoffwechsel-Centrum: Endokrinologie, Diabetes und Stoffwechsel, Charité-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
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Barnhill JC, Stokes AJ, Koblan-Huberson M, Shimoda LMN, Muraguchi A, Adra CN, Turner H. RGA protein associates with a TRPV ion channel during biosynthesis and trafficking. J Cell Biochem 2004; 91:808-20. [PMID: 14991772 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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TRPV ion channels transduce a range of temperature stimuli. We proposed that analysis of the protein-protein interactions made by TRPV2 might give insight into the key issues surrounding this channel. These issues include the potential functional significance of TRPV2 in non-sensory tissues, the molecules involved in transducing its activation signal(s) and the mechanism by which its trafficking to the cell surface is regulated. Here we describe the interaction of TRPV2 channel with the RGA gene product. RGA is a four-transmembrane domain, intracellularly localized protein. RGA associates with TRPV2 in a rat mast cell line that is a native context for both proteins. The interaction between TRPV2 and RGA is transient and occurs intracellularly. RGA does not accompany TRPV2 to the cell surface. Formation of the TRPV2/RGA complex is dependent upon a cellular glycosylation event, suggesting that RGA may play a chaperone or targeting role for TRPV2 during the maturation of the ion channel protein. These data record a novel protein-protein interaction for TRPV2 and provide a foundation for future study of the potential regulatory contribution of RGA to TRPV2 function.
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- Jason C Barnhill
- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Immunology, Queen's Center for Biomedical Research at The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
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Hernandez MC, Knox SJ. Radiobiology of radioimmunotherapy: targeting CD20 B-cell antigen in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004; 59:1274-87. [PMID: 15275710 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2003] [Revised: 02/12/2004] [Accepted: 02/16/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The radiobiology of radioimmunotherapy is an important determinant of both the toxicity and the efficacy associated with the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with radiolabeled anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies. The properties of the target, CD20, and the mechanisms of action of both the monoclonal antibodies and the associated exponentially decreasing low-dose-rate radiotherapy are described. The radiation dose and dose-rate effects are discussed and related to both the tumor responses and normal organ toxicity. Finally, the use of either unlabeled or radiolabeled anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies as a component of combined modality therapy (including the sequential or concurrent use of sensitizers) and future directions of the field are discussed.
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- M Carmen Hernandez
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, 269 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Patel TB. Single Transmembrane Spanning Heterotrimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Their Signaling Cascades. Pharmacol Rev 2004; 56:371-85. [PMID: 15317909 DOI: 10.1124/pr.56.3.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Heptahelical of serpentine receptors such as the adrenergic receptors are well known to mediate their actions via heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins. Likewise, receptors that traverse the cell membrane once have been shown to mediate their biological actions by activating several different mechanisms including stimulation of their intrinsic tyrosine kinase activities or the kinase activities of other proteins. Some of these single transmembrane receptors have an intrinsic guanylyl cyclase activity and can stimulate the cyclic GMP second messenger system; however, over the last few years, several studies have shown the involvement of heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins in mediating signals that eventually culminate in the biological actions of single transmembrane spanning receptors and proteins. These receptors include the receptor tyrosine kinases that mediate the actions of growth factors such as epidermal growth factor, insulin, insulin-like growth factor as well as receptors for atrial natiuretic hormone or the zona pellucida protein (ZP3) and integrins. In this review, the significance of the coupling of the single transmembrane spanning receptors to G proteins has been highlighted by providing several examples of the concept that signaling via these receptors may involve the activation of multiple signaling cascades.
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- Tarun B Patel
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA.
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The B-cell surface antigen CD20 is currently the prime target for near-selective treatment of mature B-cell malignancies and a range of reactive B-cell associated disorders (including virus-associated lymphoproliferation or autoimmune conditions). CD20 is strongly and homogeneously expressed on the majority of mature B-cell neoplasms except chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells, and on all mature reactive B-cells. This review will summarise the modes of action of various reagents targeting CD20. Treatment results following their use in single and combination therapy for B-cell disorders are reviewed.
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- Christoph von Schilling
- III. Medizinische Klinik der Technischen Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Strasse 22, D-81675 München, Germany.
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Kreuzer J, Viedt C, Brandes RP, Seeger F, Rosenkranz AS, Sauer H, Babich A, Nürnberg B, Kather H, Krieger-Brauer HI. Platelet-derived growth factor activates production of reactive oxygen species by NAD(P)H oxidase in smooth muscle cells through Gi1,2. FASEB J 2003; 17:38-40. [PMID: 12424219 DOI: 10.1096/fj.01-1036fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Recent findings indicate that platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) plays a role in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as second messengers in smooth muscle cells (SMC). To identify the source and signal transduction pathway of ROS formation in SMC, we investigated PDGF-induced ROS formation. Stimulation of SMC with PDGF resulted in a rapid increase of ROS production. Using an inactivating antibody, we identified the increase to be dependent on p22phox, a NAD(P)H-oxidase subunit. ROS release was completely inhibited by the Gi protein inhibitor PTX as well as an antibody against Galphai1,2, however, not by antibodies against Galphai3/0, Gas, and Gbeta1beta2. The effect of PDGF on ROS production in SMC membranes could likewise be mimicked by the use of a recombinant Galphai2 subunit but not by Galphai3, Galphai0, Gas, and Gbetagamma subunits. Immunoaffinity chromatography demonstrated coupling of Galphai1,2 to the PDGF a-receptor, which, after preincubation of the SMC membranes with PDGF, was increased in the absence of GTPgammaS but decreased in the presence of GTPgammaS and prevented by PTX treatment. These data define a novel G protein-dependent mechanism by which PDGF signaling is transduced through direct coupling of the Gai1,2 subunit of the trimeric G proteins to the PDGF tyrosine kinase receptor.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Enzyme Activation
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunit, Gi2
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go/physiology
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Models, Biological
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/metabolism
- NADPH Dehydrogenase/physiology
- NADPH Oxidases
- Phosphoproteins/physiology
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/physiology
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
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- J Kreuzer
- Innere Medizin III, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Deans JP, Li H, Polyak MJ. CD20-mediated apoptosis: signalling through lipid rafts. Immunology 2002; 107:176-82. [PMID: 12383196 PMCID: PMC1782791 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2002.01495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2002] [Accepted: 06/27/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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CD20 is an effective target for therapeutic B-cell depletion with monoclonal antibodies. One proposed mechanism of action is direct cytotoxicity mediated via tyrosine kinase-dependent signalling pathways activated upon CD20 cross-linking. The association of CD20 with membrane microdomains known as lipid rafts, enriched in src-family tyrosine kinases and other signalling effectors, suggests an indirect mechanism of anti-CD20-induced apoptosis in which activation of src-family kinases occurs as a consequence of lipid raft clustering.
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- Julie P Deans
- Immunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1.
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- G Grafton
- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham, The Medical School, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Liang Y, Tedder TF. Identification of a CD20-, FcepsilonRIbeta-, and HTm4-related gene family: sixteen new MS4A family members expressed in human and mouse. Genomics 2001; 72:119-27. [PMID: 11401424 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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CD20, high-affinity IgE receptor beta chain (FcepsilonRIbeta), and HTm4 are structurally related cell-surface proteins expressed by hematopoietic cells. In the current study, 16 novel human and mouse genes that encode new members of this nascent protein family were identified. All family members had at least four potential membrane-spanning domains, with N- and C-terminal cytoplasmic domains. This family was therefore named the membrane-spanning 4A gene family, with at least 12 subgroups (MS4A1 through MS4A12) currently representing at least 21 distinct human and mouse proteins. Each family member had unique patterns of expression among hematopoietic cells and nonlymphoid tissues. Four of the 6 human MS4A genes identified in this study mapped to chromosome 11q12-q13.1 along with CD20, FcepsilonRIbeta, and HTm4. Thus, like CD20 and FcepsilonRIbeta, the other MS4A family members are likely to be components of oligomeric cell surface complexes that serve diverse signal transduction functions.
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- Y Liang
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Krieger-Brauer HI, Medda P, Kather H. Basic fibroblast growth factor utilizes both types of component subunits of Gs for dual signaling in human adipocytes. Stimulation of adenylyl cyclase via Galph(s) and inhibition of NADPH oxidase by Gbeta gamma(s). J Biol Chem 2000; 275:35920-5. [PMID: 10969069 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002490200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), a ligand of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases, promoted the dissociation of G(s) and had antagonistic stimulatory and inhibitory effects on adenylyl cyclase and NADPH oxidase in human fat cell plasma membranes. The bFGF-induced activation of adenylyl cyclase was blocked by COOH-terminal anti-Galpha(s), indicating that it was mediated by Galpha(s). The inhibitory action of bFGF was mimicked by exogenously supplied Gbetagamma-subunits and was reversed by anti-Gbeta(1/2), or betaARK-CT, a COOH-terminal beta-adrenergic receptor kinase fragment that specifically binds free Gbetagamma, indicating that it was transduced by Gbetagamma complexes. The bFGF-induced inhibition of NADPH-dependent H(2)O(2) generation was also reversed by peptide 100-119, an inhibitor of G(s) activation by ligand-occupied beta-adrenergic receptors, indicating that the Gbetagamma complexes mediating the inhibitory action of the growth factor are derived from G(s). The findings suggest a direct, non-kinase-dependent, coupling of bFGF receptor(s) to G(s) and provide the first example of a ligand of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases that is capable of utilizing both types of component subunits of a single heterotrimeric G protein for dual signaling in a single cell type.
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- H I Krieger-Brauer
- Klinisches Institut für Herzinfarktforschung an der Medizinischen Universitätsklinik, Bergheimerstrasse 58, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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Kanzaki M, Nagasawa M, Kojima I, Sato C, Naruse K, Sokabe M, Iida H. Molecular identification of a eukaryotic, stretch-activated nonselective cation channel. Science 1999; 285:882-6. [PMID: 10436155 DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5429.882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Calcium-permeable, stretch-activated nonselective cation (SA Cat) channels mediate cellular responses to mechanical stimuli. However, genes encoding such channels have not been identified in eukaryotes. The yeast MID1 gene product (Mid1) is required for calcium influx in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Functional expression of Mid1 in Chinese hamster ovary cells conferred sensitivity to mechanical stress that resulted in increases in both calcium conductance and the concentration of cytosolic free calcium. These increases were dependent on the presence of extracellular calcium and were reduced by gadolinium, a blocker of SA Cat channels. Single-channel analyses with cell-attached patches revealed that Mid1 acts as a calcium-permeable, cation-selective stretch-activated channel with a conductance of 32 picosiemens at 150 millimolar cesium chloride in the pipette. Thus, Mid1 appears to be a eukaryotic, SA Cat channel.
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- M Kanzaki
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8510, Japan
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Briede J, Daija D, Bisenieks E, Makarova N, Uldriķis J, Poikans J, Duburs G. Effects of some 1,4-dihydropyridine Ca antagonists on the blast transformation of rat spleen lymphocytes. Cell Biochem Funct 1999; 17:97-105. [PMID: 10377955 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0844(199906)17:2<97::aid-cbf814>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ca antagonists of different classes (verapamil, nifedipine, nicardipinc, diltiazem) in a concentration of 10(-5) M and higher are known to suppress Ca2+ transport into the lymphocyte cytosol, changing a normal response of lymphocytes to mitogens and antigens and so inhibiting their proliferation, as well as IL-2-induced cell proliferation, and their receptor expression on the surface of lymphocytes without cell cytotoxicity. In the present work we studied the effect of some 1, 4-dihydropyridines (DHP) such as nimodipine, nicardipine, nifedipine, niludipine, cerebrocrast, etaftoron, as well as metabolites of cerebrocrast: compounds 7 and 8, (four of the last were synthesized in the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis) on rat spleen isolated lymphocyte activation and proliferation in vitro following stimulation with the mitogens concanavalin A (Con A) and recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2), insulin and insulin antibodies. Based on the experimental results we conclude that in low concentrations (10(-7) to 10(-9) M) the tested 1, 4-DHP Ca antagonists stimulated the process of rat spleen lymphocyte proliferation and DNA synthesis, especially cerebrocrast. It is proposed that these Ca antagonists, as well as causing a concentration decrease of Ca2+, also activated phosphodiesterase, which in its turn, suppressed cAMP accumulation in the lymphocytes and eventually increased Ca2+ ion transport in the cells. Cerebrocrast among all the studied DHP Ca antagonists was the most potent in studies of activation of the lymphocytes in the presence of Con A, IL-2 and insulin, which indicates the number of suppressor and helper lymphocytes and formation of insulin and interleukin receptors on their membrane surface. The increase in the lymphocytes suppressive activity produced by this compound effect can prevent diabetes mellitus types I and II at the stages of pre-diabetes, early and distant diabetes, from hyperexpression of insulin and its receptor antibodies.
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- J Briede
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia
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- J H Kehrl
- B Cell Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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