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Obeagu EI, Obeagu GU. Type 1 diabetes mellitus: Roles of neutrophils in the pathogenesis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e36245. [PMID: 38115297 PMCID: PMC10727583 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000036245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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Circulating neutrophil counts are reduced both in healthy autoantibody-positive individuals and in patients with type 1 diabetes, which may be related on cell-specific autoimmunity. This paper was written to give an update on roles of neutrophils in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Different research search engines like PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science, Researchgate, Google Scholar etc were utilised for writing this paper. A drop in blood neutrophil counts in type 1 diabetes may be caused by decreased neutrophil generation and maturation, tissue maintenance, consumption, or peripheral damage. Neutrophil count variations between studies may be explained by results from various stages of diabetes or by ethnic groups. Neutrophils can induce type 1 diabetes by colonizing pancreatic islets and interacting with other immune cells, according to exciting findings that shed new light on their role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Knowing more about the function of neutrophils in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes will help in early diagnosis, treatment, and even prevention of the disease.
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Huang J, Xiao Y, Xu A, Zhou Z. Neutrophils in type 1 diabetes. J Diabetes Investig 2016; 7:652-63. [PMID: 27181374 PMCID: PMC5009125 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that afflicts millions of people worldwide. It occurs as the consequence of destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells triggered by genetic and environmental factors. The initiation and progression of the disease involves a complicated interaction between β-cells and immune cells of both innate and adaptive systems. Immune cells, such as T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells, have been well documented to play crucial roles in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. However, the particular actions of neutrophils, which are the most plentiful immune cell type and the first immune cells responding to inflammation, in the etiology of this disease might indeed be unfairly ignored. Progress over the past decades shows that neutrophils might have essential effects on the onset and perpetuation of type 1 diabetes. Neutrophil-derived cytotoxic substances, including degranulation products, cytokines, reactive oxygen species and extracellular traps that are released during the process of neutrophil maturation or activation, could cause destruction to islet cells. In addition, these cells can initiate diabetogenic T cell response and promote type 1 diabetes development through cell-cell interactions with other immune and non-immune cells. Furthermore, relevant antineutrophil therapies have been shown to delay and dampen the progression of insulitis and autoimmune diabetes. Here, we discuss the relationship between neutrophils and autoimmune type 1 diabetes from the aforementioned aspects to better understand the roles of these cells in the initiation and development of type 1 diabetes.
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- Juan Huang
- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Uzoigwe JC, Prum T, Bresnahan E, Garelnabi M. The emerging role of outdoor and indoor air pollution in cardiovascular disease. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2013; 5:445-53. [PMID: 24083218 PMCID: PMC3784920 DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.117290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Outdoor and indoor air pollution poses a significant cardiovascular risk, and has been associated with atherosclerosis, the main underlying pathology in many cardiovascular diseases. Although, it is well known that exposure to air pollution causes pulmonary disease, recent studies have shown that cardiovascular health consequences of air pollution generally equal or exceed those due to pulmonary diseases. The objective of this article is to evaluate the current evidence on the emerging role of environmental air pollutions in cardiovascular disease, with specific focus on the types of air pollutants and mechanisms of air pollution-induced cardiotoxicity. Published literature on pollution was systematically reviewed and cited in this article. It is hoped that this review will provide a better understanding of the harmful cardiovascular effects induced by air pollution exposure. This will help to bring a better understanding on the possible preventive health measures and will also serve regulatory agencies and researchers. In addition, elucidating the biological mechanisms underlying the link between air pollution and cardiovascular disease is an essential target in developing novel pharmacological strategies aimed at decreasing adverse effects of air pollution on cardiovascular system.
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- Jacinta C. Uzoigwe
- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA
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Winkelmann BR, von Holt K, Unverdorben M. Smoking and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Part I: atherosclerotic disease process. Biomark Med 2010; 3:411-28. [PMID: 20477486 DOI: 10.2217/bmm.09.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The normal endothelium inhibits platelet and leukocyte adhesion to the vascular surface maintaining a balance of profibrinolytic and prothrombotic activity. Endothelial function is assessed largely as endothelium-dependent vasomotion, partly based on the assumption that impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation reflects the alteration of important endothelial functions. Atherosclerotic risk factors, such as hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes and smoking, are associated with endothelial dysfunction. In the diseased endothelium, the balance between pro- and antithrombotic, pro- and anti-inflammatory, pro- and antiadhesive or pro- and antioxidant effects shifts towards a proinflammatory, prothrombotic, pro-oxidative and proadhesive phenotype of the endothelium. A common mechanism underlying endothelial dysfunction is related to the increased vascular production of reactive oxygen species. Recent studies suggest that inflammation per se, and C-reactive protein in particular, may contribute directly to endothelial dysfunction. The loss of endothelial integrity is a hallmark of atherosclerosis and the causal possible link between each individual risk factor, the development of atherosclerosis and the subsequent clinical events, such as myocardial infarction or stroke.
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De Caterina R, Giannessi D, Lazzerini G, Bernini W, Sicari R, Cupelli F, Lenzi S, Rugolotto MM, Madonna R, Maclouf J. Sulfido-peptide leukotrienes in coronary heart disease - relationship with disease instability and myocardial ischaemia. Eur J Clin Invest 2010; 40:258-72. [PMID: 20415701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Urinary excretion of leukotriene (LT) E(4) is an index of LTC(4) biosynthesis and platelet-neutrophil interactions, which may occur in coronary heart disease and contribute to myocardial ischaemia. Enhanced LTC(4) biosynthesis may be a consequence of myocardial ischaemia or be linked to its pathogenetic substrate. METHODS AND RESULTS Overnight urine collections were obtained from 17 patients with chronic stable angina, three patients with Prinzmetal's angina, 16 patients with non ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) and six patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). LTE(4) excretion was measured by enzyme immunoassay after HPLC separation. Compared with healthy controls (51.1 +/- 21.3 pg mg(-1) creatinine, mean +/- SD, n = 11) and with non-coronary cardiac controls (36.6 +/- 9.8 pg mg(-1) creatinine, n = 9), LTE(4) excretion was unchanged in stable angina (40.5 +/- 25.8 pg mg(-1) creatinine), but significantly (P < 0.01) increased in NSTE-ACS (122.7 +/- 137.2 pg mg(-1) creatinine) and STEMI (213.4 +/- 172.4 pg mg(-1) creatinine). In these patients, LTE(4) excretion rapidly dropped after day 1, consistent with effective coronary reperfusion. In patients with NSTE-ACS, the increase in LTE(4) excretion was entirely restricted to patients with recent (< 48 h) spontaneous anginal episodes. Myocardial ischaemia elicited by a positive exercise stress test was not accompanied by any detectable increase in LTE(4) excretion, while a significant (P < 0.01) increase was detected after a single-vessel percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) procedure (n = 10), as compared with diagnostic angiography (n = 9). CONCLUSIONS In coronary heart disease, increased LTC(4) biosynthesis is restricted to ACS and not linked to myocardial ischaemia per se, but likely to the occurrence of plaque disruption.
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- R De Caterina
- C.N.R. Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.
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Ruef J, Kuehnl P, Meinertz T, Merten M. The complement factor properdin induces formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates via leukocyte activation. Platelets 2008; 19:359-64. [PMID: 18791942 DOI: 10.1080/09537100802105040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Both the complement system and platelet-leukocyte aggregates are involved in chronic and acute stages of atherosclerosis. Properdin, a positive regulator of the complement system, is secreted by leukocytes and endothelial cells. In the present study, the role of properdin in the formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates was investigated. Incubation of human whole blood with properdin (25-200 microg/ml) resulted in a dose-dependent formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates, with an increase of up to 2.2-fold compared to controls (p < 0.05), as analysed by flow cytometry. In addition, properdin significantly amplified ADP-induced aggregation of platelets with leukocytes by 53% (p < 0.05), while it had no effect on ADP-induced aggregation of platelets alone. Consistent with these results, properdin did not activate platelets as shown by the expression of activated GPIIb/IIIa (PAC-1 epitope) and P-selectin (CD62P) on the platelet surface. However, properdin significantly induced expression of CD11b (MAC-1) on leukocytes by 12-fold (p < 0.05) as a measure of leukocyte activation. In conclusion, the complement system component properdin induces the formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates via leukocyte activation. The data establish a link between the complement system and platelet-leukocyte aggregates with potential significance in atherosclerotic vascular disease.
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- Johannes Ruef
- Red Cross Hospital Cardiology Center, Frankfurt, Germany
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Ray MR, Mukherjee S, Roychoudhury S, Bhattacharya P, Banerjee M, Siddique S, Chakraborty S, Lahiri T. Platelet activation, upregulation of CD11b/ CD18 expression on leukocytes and increase in circulating leukocyte-platelet aggregates in Indian women chronically exposed to biomass smoke. Hum Exp Toxicol 2007; 25:627-35. [PMID: 17211980 DOI: 10.1177/0960327106074603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The majority of households in rural India still rely on unprocessed solid biomass for domestic energy. The aim of this study was to investigate whether chronic exposure to biomass smoke causes activation of leukocytes and the formation of leukocyte-platelet aggregates. We conducted flow cytometric analysis of beta2 Mac-1 integrin (CD11b/CD18) expression on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and monocytes, and P-selectin (CD62P) expression on the platelets of 165 women from eastern India, who cook solely with wood, dung and agricultural wastes, and 155 age- and socio-economic condition-matched control subjects, who used relatively cleaner fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Leukocyte-platelet aggregates were defined as CD11b-positive PMN and monocytes co-expressing platelet-specific markers CD41 or CD62P. A significant increase in leukocyte-platelet aggregates was found in women who used biomass as cooking fuel. In addition, they showed increased surface expression of CD11b/CD18 in circulating PMN and monocytes and CD62P expression on platelets. The mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of CD11b on the surface of circulating monocytes and PMN of biomass users increased by 50 and 68%, respectively. Similarly, a 62 and 48% increase in MFI was observed in CD18 expression on the surface of these cells in biomass users. The results show that chronic biomass smoke exposure activates circulating platelets, PMN and monocytes, and increases the number of leukocyte-platelet aggregates, which are considered a risk factor for thrombosis.
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- M R Ray
- Experimental Hematology Unit, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700 026, India.
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Gawlowski T, Stratmann B, Stirban AO, Negrean M, Tschoepe D. AGEs and methylglyoxal induce apoptosis and expression of Mac-1 on neutrophils resulting in platelet—neutrophil aggregation. Thromb Res 2007; 121:117-26. [PMID: 17445870 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2006] [Revised: 03/01/2007] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is characterised by hyperglycaemia that plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications including accumulation of methylglyoxal (MG), a highly reactive alpha-dicarbonyl metabolite of glucose degradation pathways and increased generation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of AGE-BSA, the model substance for AGEs, and MG on cellular haemostasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) or whole blood was incubated with AGE-BSA and MG. Markers of cellular haemostasis were monitored by flow cytometry. RESULTS Exposure of PBMCs to AGE-BSA and MG resulted in a dose- and time-dependent increase of TF-expression by monocytes. AGE-BSA and MG induced enhanced platelet-neutrophil aggregation. Examination of platelet activation showed that AGE-BSA induces no direct effect on the expression of P-selectin. However, stimulation with MG resulted in a dose-dependent expression of P-selectin by platelets. Stimulation with AGE-BSA or MG markedly increased dose-dependent expression of Apo2.7 on the neutrophil mitochondria. In addition the analysis demonstrated for the first time that both AGE-BSA and MG induce a dose-dependent expression of the adhesion molecule Mac-1 on the surface of neutrophils. CONCLUSIONS AGE-BSA as well as MG induced apoptosis of neutrophils and enhanced expression of the adhesion molecule Mac-1 resulting in increased formation of platelet-neutrophil aggregates. These findings may contribute to better understand the mechanism of diabetic thrombosis and the associated high cardiovascular risk of diabetic patients.
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- Thomas Gawlowski
- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Filep JG, Khreiss T, József L. Lipoxins and aspirin-triggered lipoxins in neutrophil adhesion and signal transduction. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2005; 73:257-62. [PMID: 15979865 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2005.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and aspirin-triggered 15-epi-LXA4 (ATL) are emerging as endogenous braking signals for neutrophil-mediated tissue injury. LXA4 and ATL and their metabolically stable analogues display potent inhibitory actions in human isolated cells and blood, including attenuation of expression of adhesion molecules on leukocytes and endothelial cells, neutrophil adhesion to endothelial cells and platelets under shear, and IL-8 production, key events of the acute inflammatory response. The underlying molecular mechanisms include interference with MAPK signaling pathways, modulation of the oxidative chemistry of superoxide, NO and ONOO-, inhibition of activation of NF-kappaB and AP-1, and consequently the expression of interleukin-8 and likely other pro-inflammatory genes. Collectively, these results add to the profile of LXA4/ATL rapid actions that contribute to "stop signaling" involved in regulating neutrophil functions during acute inflammation and suggest that aspirin inhibits neutrophil accumulation through triggering the synthesis of 15-epi-LXA4.
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- János G Filep
- Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, University of Montreal, 5415 boulevard de l'Assomption, Montreal, Que., Canada H1T 2M4.
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Falanga A, Marchetti M, Vignoli A, Balducci D, Barbui T. Leukocyte-platelet interaction in patients with essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. Exp Hematol 2005; 33:523-30. [PMID: 15850829 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2005.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2004] [Revised: 01/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Circulating polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) activation occurs in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) and polycythemia vera (PV). We want to define whether this phenomenon plays a role in the formation of circulating PMN-platelet aggregates in these conditions. METHODS In 80 patients (46 ET and 34 PV) and 50 control subjects, we conducted a flow cytometric analysis to evaluate the levels of PMN-platelet aggregates (defined as the percentage of CD11b-positive PMN coexpressing a platelet-specific marker, i.e., CD42b or CD62P) and the levels of activated PMN and activated platelets. In addition, the in vitro PMN-platelet aggregate formation in response to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (f-MLP)-induced activation of PMN was studied. RESULTS Significantly high PMN-platelet aggregates in ET and PV patients were found and were associated with increased PMN surface CD11b and surface platelet CD62P expression. In vitro f-MLP stimulation upregulated PMN-CD11b expression and simultaneously increased CD11b/CD42b and CD11b/CD62P aggregates, without affecting platelet surface antigens. In ET patients receiving aspirin, the increments in f-MLP-induced PMN-CD11b and in PMN-platelet aggregates were significantly lower versus ET subjects not treated with aspirin. CONCLUSION Our data show that in ET and PV patients PMN activation plays an important role in increasing circulating PMN-platelet aggregates and suggest that aspirin treatment may decrease their formation.
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- Anna Falanga
- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.
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McCarty OJT, Tien N, Bochner BS, Konstantopoulos K. Exogenous eosinophil activation converts PSGL-1-dependent binding to CD18-dependent stable adhesion to platelets in shear flow. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 284:C1223-34. [PMID: 12529243 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00403.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study examined the binding kinetics and molecular requirements of eosinophil adhesion to surface-anchored platelets in shear flow. P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) binding to platelet P-selectin initiates tethering and rolling of eosinophils to platelets under flow. These primary interacting cells assist in the capture of free-flowing eosinophils through homotypic tethering (secondary interactions) mediated via L-selectin-PSGL-1 interactions. Differences between eosinophils and neutrophils in PSGL-1 and L-selectin expression levels predict the pattern and relative extent of their adhesive interactions with immobilized platelets under shear, as well as the relative magnitude of their average rolling velocities. The majority of tethered eosinophils become rapidly stationary on the platelet layer, a process that is predominantly mediated via eosinophil PSGL-1 binding to platelet P-selectin and has an absolute requirement for intact cytoskeleton. Only a small fraction of these stationary eosinophils develop shear-resistant attachments mediated by CD18 integrins. However, stimulation of eosinophils with eotaxin-2 converts PSGL-1-P-selectin-dependent stationary adhesion to CD18-mediated shear-resistant stable attachment. These studies provide insights for designing strategies based on blocking of eosinophil-platelet interactions to combat thrombotic disorders in hypereosinophilic patients.
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- Owen J T McCarty
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2694, USA
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Bertram U, Moser M, Peter K, Kuecherer HF, Bekeredjian R, Straub A, Nordt TK, Bode C, Ruef J. Effects of different thrombolytic treatment regimen with abciximab and tirofiban on platelet aggregation and platelet-leukocyte interactions: a subgroup analysis from the GUSTO V and FASTER trials. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2002; 14:197-203. [PMID: 12913399 DOI: 10.1023/a:1025044625487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Due to considerably high rates of reocclusion under standard thrombolytic therapy GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors have been combined with thrombolytics to improve therapeutic outcomes. Potential reasons for arterial reocclusion may be increased platelet activation, interaction of platelets with other cell types such as leukocytes and inadequate drug dosing due to lack of ideal platelet monitoring. We compared combination therapy regimens consisting of GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors and thrombolytics with respect to platelet inhibition and platelet-leukocyte interactions. METHODS AND RESULTS From the GUSTO V trial (standard rPA vs. reduced dose rPA and abciximab) and the FASTER trial (standard TNK-tPA vs. reduced dose TNK-tPA and tirofiban) 15 patients were monitored by platelet aggregometry, rapid platelet function assay (RPFA) and flow cytometry (FC). rPA alone (n = 5) caused initial increases in platelet aggregation. However, platelet aggregation was significantly (p < 0.05) and sufficiently (>80%) inhibited by abciximab/rPA (n = 5) and tirofiban/TNK-tPA (n = 5). The platelet inhibitory effect of tirofiban/TNK-tPA was more pronounced compared to abciximab/rPA with a significant difference after 2 h (p < 0.05). Tirofiban/TNK-tPA and abciximab/rPA caused decreases in platelet-leukocyte aggregates as well as in binding of specific antibodies to the platelet vitronectin receptor and P-selectin (p < 0.05, respect.). No differences among the treatment groups were seen with respect to antibody binding to MAC-1 and CD154/CD40 ligand. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors overcome the platelet activating effect of thrombolytics resulting in sufficient platelet inhibition. RPFA is a suitable monitoring tool to accurately assess platelet inhibition. Within the given combination treatment regimen tirofiban appears to be more effective compared to abciximab and to exert effects beyond the inhibition of GP IIb/IIIa.
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- Ulf Bertram
- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Neelamegham S, Taylor AD, Shankaran H, Smith CW, Simon SI. Shear and time-dependent changes in Mac-1, LFA-1, and ICAM-3 binding regulate neutrophil homotypic adhesion. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:3798-805. [PMID: 10725740 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.7.3798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We examined the relative contributions of LFA-1, Mac-1, and ICAM-3 to homotypic neutrophil adhesion over the time course of formyl peptide stimulation at shear rates ranging from 100 to 800 s-1. Isolated human neutrophils were sheared in a cone-plate viscometer and the kinetics of aggregate formation was measured by flow cytometry. The efficiency of cell adhesion was computed by fitting the aggregate formation rates with a model based on two-body collision theory. Neutrophil homotypic adhesion kinetics varied with shear rate and was most efficient at 800 s-1, where approximately 40% of the collisions resulted in adhesion. A panel of blocking Abs to LFA-1, Mac-1, and ICAM-3 was added to assess the relative contributions of these molecules. We report that 1) LFA-1 binds ICAM-3 as its primary ligand supporting homotypic adhesion, although the possibility of other ligands was also detected. 2) Mac-1 binding to an unidentified ligand supports homotypic adhesion with an efficiency comparable to LFA-1 at low shear rates of approximately 100 s-1. Above 300 s-1, however, Mac-1 and not LFA-1 were the predominant molecules supporting cell adhesion. This is in contrast to neutrophil adhesion to ICAM-1-transfected cells, where LFA-1 binds with a higher avidity than Mac-1 to ICAM-1. 3) Following stimulation, the capacity of LFA-1 to support aggregate formation decreases with time at a rate approximately 3-fold faster than that of Mac-1. The results suggest that the relative contributions of beta2 integrins and ICAM-3 to neutrophil adhesion is regulated by the magnitude of fluid shear and time of stimulus over a range of blood flow conditions typical of the venular microcirculation.
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- S Neelamegham
- Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Li N, Goodall AH, Hjemdahl P. Efficient flow cytometric assay for platelet-leukocyte aggregates in whole blood using fluorescence signal triggering. CYTOMETRY 1999; 35:154-61. [PMID: 10554171 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0320(19990201)35:2<154::aid-cyto7>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Platelet-leukocyte aggregates (PLAs) may be important in thrombotic and inflammatory disease states, but accurate assessment of PLA formation in vivo is hampered by the propensity for in vitro artefacts caused by sample manipulation. A whole blood flow cytometric assay for circulating PLAs, based on minimal sample manipulation, was thus developed. METHODS Citrated whole blood was labeled with a RPE-CD45 MAb (leukocyte marker) and an FITC-CD42a (GPIX) MAb (platelet marker). The latter was used to avoid possible influences of platelet glycoprotein proteolysis by neutrophil-derived proteases. The samples were mildly fixed with 0.5% formaldehyde saline. The cytometer was triggered by RPE-CD45 fluorescence. Leukocyte subpopulations were separated according to their typical light scattering and CD45 expression. RESULTS Minimal sample manipulation and mild sample fixation resulted in minor in vitro artefacts and good sample stability. Fluorescence triggering increased the efficiency of the flow cytometric analysis approximately 5-fold compared with triggering with light scatter, and allowed discrimination of leukocyte subpopulations. The majority of PLAs involved monocytes and neutrophils, rather than lymphocytes, both without and with in vitro stimulation by ADP or thrombin. A cocktail of blocking MAbs to CD62P, CD15, GPIIb/IIIa and the CD11b/CD18 complex had no effect on unstimulated samples, whilst totally inhibiting aggregation induced by 10(-5) M ADP, suggesting that the PLAs in unstimulated blood were preformed in vivo. CONCLUSIONS This whole blood flow cytometric assay for PLAs is simple and efficient, and appears to reflect closely platelet-leukocyte aggregates in circulating blood in vivo.
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- N Li
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Morcos SK, Dawson P, Pearson JD, Jeremy JY, Davenport AP, Yates MS, Tirone P, Cipolla P, de Haën C, Muschick P, Krause W, Refsum H, Emery CJ, Liss P, Nygren A, Haylor J, Pugh ND, Karlsson JO. The haemodynamic effects of iodinated water soluble radiographic contrast media: a review. Eur J Radiol 1998; 29:31-46. [PMID: 9934557 DOI: 10.1016/s0720-048x(98)00018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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All classes of iodinated water-soluble radiographic contrast media (RCM) are vasoactive with the iso-osmolar dimers inducing the least changes in the vascular tone. The mechanisms responsible for RCM-induced changes in the vascular tone are not fully understood and could be multifactorial. A direct effect on the vascular smooth muscle cells causing alterations in the ion exchanges across the cell membrane is thought to be an important factor in RCM-induced vasodilatation. The release of the endogenous vasoactive mediators adenosine and endothelin may also play a crucial role in the haemodynamic effects of RCM particularly in the kidney. In addition, the effects of RCM on blood rheology can cause a reduction in the blood flow in the microcirculation. The purpose of this review is to discuss the pathophysiology of the haemodynamic effects of RCM and to offer some insight into the biology of the endothelium and vascular smooth muscle cells as well as the pharmacology of the important vasoactive mediators endothelin and adenosine.
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- S K Morcos
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Northern General Hospital NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
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Brscic E, Chiappino I, Bergerone S, Lanfranco G, Mainardi L, Imazio M, Amellone C, Pagni R, Rosettani E. Prognostic implications of detection of troponin I in patients with unstable angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol 1998; 82:971-3. [PMID: 9794354 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00514-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In our study, troponin I was not a predictor of cardiac events and a negative troponin I test did not exclude the presence of severe coronary artery disease. A positive troponin I test in patients with unstable angina identified a subgroup with probable, more active coronary disease (with higher levels of C-reactive protein).
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- E Brscic
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino, Italy
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Platelet-leukocyte interactions may contribute to the development of several pathological conditions, including myocardial ischemic disorders. Using an in vitro system that simulates vascular flow conditions, we investigated platelet-neutrophil adhesion. Collagen-adherent platelets were shown to express P-selectin and were able to mediate the binding of flowing neutrophils. Some of the adherent neutrophils displayed signs of cellular activation. Flow cytometric analyses revealed that activation induced a rapid and marked reduction of the P-selectin ligand, with levels decreased by 71% after 15 minutes of stimulation. Using a visual assay of platelet-neutrophil rosetting, we showed that the P-selectin ligand was translocated and clustered at the uropod of neutrophils after the shape changes and polarization induced by stimulation. Activated neutrophils that were bound to surface-adherent platelets also displayed the clustering of P-selectin ligand at the uropod, and these neutrophils detached from the platelets when a shear stress was applied through the adhesion chamber. These results indicate that stimulation of neutrophils induces changes in the surface expression and distribution of the ligand for P-selectin, and that these changes might influence the adhesive interactions occurring between neutrophils and activated platelets.
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- M Doré
- Département de Pathologie et Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Minamino T, Kitakaze M, Asanuma H, Tomiyama Y, Shiraga M, Sato H, Ueda Y, Funaya H, Kuzuya T, Matsuzawa Y, Hori M. Endogenous adenosine inhibits P-selectin-dependent formation of coronary thromboemboli during hypoperfusion in dogs. J Clin Invest 1998; 101:1643-53. [PMID: 9541494 PMCID: PMC508745 DOI: 10.1172/jci635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The activation of platelets and the formation of neutrophil- platelet conjugates may lead to the development of thromboemboli. We studied whether blockade of adenosine receptors during coronary hypoperfusion may cause thromboemboli via P-selectin-dependent mechanisms in 30 open-chest dogs. When coronary blood flow was reduced to 20% of the control, it was stable at low levels with increases in adenosine levels. When 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline, an adenosine receptor antagonist, was infused during coronary hypoperfusion, coronary blood flow decreased gradually and approached almost zero 20 min after its administration. Histological examination revealed thromboemboli in the small coronary vessels. During hypoperfusion in the presence of 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline, the mAb against P-selectin attenuated both the reduction in coronary blood flow and the formation of thromboemboli, and improved contractile and metabolic dysfunction of the myocardium. Flow cytometric analysis indicated that the expression of P-selectin on platelet and neutrophil-platelet adhesion were increased during coronary hypoperfusion, and that both were further augmented by 8-p-sulfophenyltheophylline. Immunohistochemical examination showed no staining of P-selectin in the ischemic myocardium. Adenosine inhibited the thrombin-induced expression of P-selectin on platelet and neutrophil- platelet adhesion via adenosine A2 receptors. Adenosine appears to inhibit the formation of thromboemboli during coronary hypoperfusion by suppressing the expression of P-selectin on platelets and neutrophil-platelet adhesion.
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- T Minamino
- The First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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