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Zhang H, Zheng Y, Hou L, Zheng C, Liu L. Mediation analysis for survival data with High-Dimensional mediators. Bioinformatics 2021; 37:3815-3821. [PMID: 34343267 PMCID: PMC8570823 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION Mediation analysis has become a prevalent method to identify causal pathway(s) between an independent variable and a dependent variable through intermediate variable(s). However, little work has been done when the intermediate variables (mediators) are high-dimensional and the outcome is a survival endpoint. In this paper, we introduce a novel method to identify potential mediators in a causal framework of high-dimensional Cox regression. RESULTS We first reduce the data dimension through a mediation-based sure independence screening (SIS) method. A de-biased Lasso inference procedure is used for Cox's regression parameters. We adopt a multiple-testing procedure to accurately control the false discovery rate (FDR) when testing high-dimensional mediation hypotheses. Simulation studies are conducted to demonstrate the performance of our method. We apply this approach to explore the mediation mechanisms of 379,330 DNA methylation markers between smoking and overall survival among lung cancer patients in the TCGA lung cancer cohort. Two methylation sites (cg08108679 and cg26478297) are identified as potential mediating epigenetic markers. AVAILABILITY Our proposed method is available with the R package HIMA at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/HIMA/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Haixiang Zhang
- Center for Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Wetzel TJ, Wyatt TA. Dual Substance Use of Electronic Cigarettes and Alcohol. Front Physiol 2020; 11:593803. [PMID: 33224040 PMCID: PMC7667127 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.593803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are a modern nicotine delivery system that rapidly grew in widespread use, particularly in younger populations. Given the long history of the comorbidity of alcohol and nicotine use, the rising prevalence of ECs raises the question as to their role in the consumption of alcohol. Of the numerous models of ECs available, JUUL is the most popular. This narrative review aims to determine current trends in literature regarding the relationship between EC and alcohol dual use, as well as hypothesize potential pathogenic tissue damage and summarize areas for future study, including second-hand vapor exposure and calling for standardization among studies. In summary, EC users are more likely to participate in hazardous drinking and are at higher risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD). We surmise the pathogenic damage of dual use may exhibit an additive effect, particularly in pathogen clearance from the lungs, increased inflammation and decreased immune response, physical damage to epithelial cells, and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-like illnesses. A better understanding of pathogenic damages is critical to understand the risks placed on dual users when exposed to respiratory pathogens, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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- Tanner J Wetzel
- Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.,Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.,VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE, United States
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Strzelak A, Ratajczak A, Adamiec A, Feleszko W. Tobacco Smoke Induces and Alters Immune Responses in the Lung Triggering Inflammation, Allergy, Asthma and Other Lung Diseases: A Mechanistic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:E1033. [PMID: 29883409 PMCID: PMC5982072 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15051033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Many studies have been undertaken to reveal how tobacco smoke skews immune responses contributing to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases. Recently, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been linked with asthma and allergic diseases in children. This review presents the most actual knowledge on exact molecular mechanisms responsible for the skewed inflammatory profile that aggravates inflammation, promotes infections, induces tissue damage, and may promote the development of allergy in individuals exposed to ETS. We demonstrate how the imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants resulting from exposure to tobacco smoke leads to oxidative stress, increased mucosal inflammation, and increased expression of inflammatory cytokines (such as interleukin (IL)-8, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor α ([TNF]-α). Direct cellular effects of ETS on epithelial cells results in increased permeability, mucus overproduction, impaired mucociliary clearance, increased release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, enhanced recruitment of macrophages and neutrophils and disturbed lymphocyte balance towards Th2. The plethora of presented phenomena fully justifies a restrictive policy aiming at limiting the domestic and public exposure to ETS.
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- Agnieszka Strzelak
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
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White PC, Hirschfeld J, Milward MR, Cooper PR, Wright HJ, Matthews JB, Chapple IL. Cigarette smoke modifies neutrophil chemotaxis, neutrophil extracellular trap formation and inflammatory response-related gene expression. J Periodontal Res 2018; 53:525-535. [DOI: 10.1111/jre.12542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- P. C. White
- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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- School of Dentistry and Dental Hospital; University of Birmingham; Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK
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Lee SU, Lee S, Ro H, Choi JH, Ryu HW, Kim MO, Yuk HJ, Lee J, Hong ST, Oh SR. Piscroside C inhibits TNF-α/NF-κB pathway by the suppression of PKCδ activity for TNF-RSC formation in human airway epithelial cells. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 40:148-157. [PMID: 29496167 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2018.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Piscroside C, isolated from Pseudolysimachion rotundum var. subintegrum, is a novel iridoid glycoside with therapeutic efficacy in a mouse model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Piscroside C has been reported as a constituent of YPL-001 (under Phase 2a study, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02272634). PURPOSE To investigate the mechanisms behind piscroside C therapeutic effects on COPD in human airway epithelial NCI-H292 cells. METHODS We tested if piscroside C effectively suppresses MUC5AC gene expression and TNF-RSC/IKK/NF-κB cascades in TNF-α-stimulated NCI-H292 cells by employing, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, luciferase reporter assays, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays and immunoprecipitation. RESULTS Piscroside C markedly suppressed the expression of TNF-α-induced MUC5AC mucus protein by inhibiting the transcriptional activity of NF-κB in NCI-H292 cells. Indeed, piscroside C negatively regulated the function of TNF receptor 1 signaling complex (TNF-RSC, an upstream regulator of the NF-κB pathway) without affecting its extracellular interaction with the TNF-α ligand. This inhibitory effect by piscroside C is mediated by the inactivation of protein kinase C (PKC), an essential regulator of TNF-RSC. PKC inactivation by piscroside C results in decreased PKCδ binding to a TRAF2 subunit of TNF-RSC and subsequent reduced IKK phosphorylation, resulting in NF-κB inactivation. CONCLUSION We propose that piscroside C is a promising therapeutic constituent of YPL-001 through its inhibition of PKCδ activity in the TNF-RSC/IKK/NF-κB/MUC5AC signaling cascade.
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- Su Ui Lee
- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell biology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 266, Munhwa-Ro, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea.
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 30 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Cheongju-si 28116, Republic of Korea.
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Tian Z, Zhang H, Dixon J, Traphagen N, Wyatt TA, Kharbanda K, Simet Chadwick S, Kolliputi N, Allen-Gipson DS. Cigarette Smoke Impairs A 2A Adenosine Receptor Mediated Wound Repair through Up-regulation of Duox-1 Expression. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44405. [PMID: 28337995 PMCID: PMC5364501 DOI: 10.1038/srep44405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure and intrinsic factors such as the NADPH oxidases produce high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), ensuing inflammatory tissue injury. We previously demonstrated that CS-generated ROS, particularly hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), impaired adenosine stimulated wound repair. We hypothesized that CS exposure modulates expression of Dual oxidase 1 (Duox-1), a NADPH oxidases known to generate H2O2. To test this hypothesis, we used human bronchial epithelial cell line Nuli-1 and C57BL/6 mice. Cells were treated with 5% CS extract (CSE) for various periods of time, and mice were exposed to whole body CS for six weeks. Both CSE and CS treatment induced increased expression of Duox-1, and silencing of Doux-1 improved the rate of cell wound repair induced by CSE treatment. Nuli-1 cells pretreated with thapsigargin but not calcium ionophore exhibited increased Duox-1 mRNA expression. CSE treatment stimulated PKCα activation, which was effectively blocked by pretreatment with diphenylene iodonium, a NADPH oxidase inhibitor. Compared to control, lungs from CS-exposed mice showed a significant increase in PKCα activity and Duox-1 expression. Collectively, the data demonstrated that CS exposure upregulates expression of Duox-1 protein. This further leads to H2O2 production and PKCα activation, inhibiting A2AAR-stimulated wound repair.
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- Zhi Tian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Research Service, Omaha-Western Iowa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Research Service, Omaha-Western Iowa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA
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Siew LQC, Wu SY, Ying S, Corrigan CJ. Cigarette smoking increases bronchial mucosal IL-17A expression in asthmatics, which acts in concert with environmental aeroallergens to engender neutrophilic inflammation. Clin Exp Allergy 2017; 47:740-750. [PMID: 28211191 DOI: 10.1111/cea.12907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mild asthmatics who smoke cigarettes may develop unstable disease and neutrophilic infiltration of the airways, features more usually associated with severe asthmatic disease. The mechanisms giving rise to this response remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To address the hypothesis that smoking increases bronchial mucosal production of IL-17A which acts on bronchial epithelial cells directly and in concert with other environmental stimuli to induce the production of IL-6 and neutrophil chemotaxins. METHODS IL-17A, IL-8, IL-6, neutrophils and eosinophils were detected and quantified by immunohistochemistry in endobronchial biopsy sections from smoking and non-smoking asthmatics. Human tracheal epithelial cells (HTEpC) were cultured with IL-17A in the presence/absence of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) and aeroallergens lacking intrinsic protease activity, and IL-6 and IL-8 production measured in vitro. RESULTS Expression of IL-17A, IL-6 and IL-8 and neutrophil numbers was significantly elevated in the bronchial mucosa of the asthmatic smokers compared to the non-smokers. Expression of IL-17A correlated with that of IL-8 and neutrophil numbers. In the smoking asthmatics, eosinophil numbers also correlated with expression of IL-8 and IL-17A. Exposure of HTEpC cells to both CSE and IL-17A increased expression of IL-6 and IL-8 in a concentration-dependent and synergistic manner. Co-stimulation with CSE, IL-17A and aeroallergens further increased IL-6 and IL-8 production synergistically. CONCLUSIONS The data support the hypothesis that asthmatic smokers develop neutrophilic inflammation of the airways propagated at least partly by smoke-induced production of IL-17A which together with smoke and other environmental stimuli acts on airways epithelial cells to induce neutrophil chemotaxins.
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- L Q C Siew
- Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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Gu H, Fisher AJ, Mickler EA, Duerson F, Cummings OW, Peters-Golden M, Twigg HL, Woodruff TM, Wilkes DS, Vittal R. Contribution of the anaphylatoxin receptors, C3aR and C5aR, to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. FASEB J 2016; 30:2336-50. [PMID: 26956419 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201500044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Complement activation, an integral arm of innate immunity, may be the critical link to the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Whereas we have previously reported elevated anaphylatoxins-complement component 3a (C3a) and complement component 5a (C5a)-in IPF, which interact with TGF-β and augment epithelial injury in vitro, their role in IPF pathogenesis remains unclear. The objective of the current study is to determine the mechanistic role of the binding of C3a/C5a to their respective receptors (C3aR and C5aR) in the progression of lung fibrosis. In normal primary human fetal lung fibroblasts, C3a and C5a induces mesenchymal activation, matrix synthesis, and the expression of their respective receptors. We investigated the role of C3aR and C5aR in lung fibrosis by using bleomycin-injured mice with fibrotic lungs, elevated local C3a and C5a, and overexpression of their receptors via pharmacologic and RNA interference interventions. Histopathologic examination revealed an arrest in disease progression and attenuated lung collagen deposition (Masson's trichrome, hydroxyproline, collagen type I α 1 chain, and collagen type I α 2 chain). Pharmacologic or RNA interference-specific interventions suppressed complement activation (C3a and C5a) and soluble terminal complement complex formation (C5b-9) locally and active TGF-β1 systemically. C3aR/C5aR antagonists suppressed local mRNA expressions of tgfb2, tgfbr1/2, ltbp1/2, serpine1, tsp1, bmp1/4, pdgfbb, igf1, but restored the proteoglycan, dcn Clinically, compared with pathologically normal human subjects, patients with IPF presented local induction of C5aR, local and systemic induction of soluble C5b-9, and amplified expression of C3aR/C5aR in lesions. The blockade of C3aR and C5aR arrested the progression of fibrosis by attenuating local complement activation and TGF-β/bone morphologic protein signaling as well as restoring decorin, which suggests a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with IPF.-Gu, H., Fisher, A. J., Mickler, E. A., Duerson, F., III, Cummings, O. W., Peters-Golden, M., Twigg, H. L., III, Woodruff, T. M., Wilkes, D. S., Vittal, R. Contribution of the anaphylatoxin receptors, C3aR and C5aR, to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Hongmei Gu
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Pace E, Ferraro M, Siena L, Scafidi V, Gerbino S, Di Vincenzo S, Gallina S, Lanata L, Gjomarkaj M. Carbocysteine regulates innate immune responses and senescence processes in cigarette smoke stimulated bronchial epithelial cells. Toxicol Lett 2013; 223:198-204. [PMID: 24076166 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 09/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cigarette smoke represents the major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke extracts (CSE) alter TLR4 expression and activation in bronchial epithelial cells. Carbocysteine, an anti-oxidant and mucolytic agent, is effective in reducing the severity and the rate of exacerbations in COPD patients. The effects of carbocysteine on TLR4 expression and on the TLR4 activation downstream events are largely unknown. This study was aimed to explore whether carbocysteine, in a human bronchial epithelial cell line (16-HBE), counteracted some pro-inflammatory CSE-mediated effects. In particular, TLR4 expression, LPS binding, p21 (a senescence marker), IL-8 mRNA and release in CSE-stimulated 16-HBE as well as actin reorganization in neutrophils cultured with supernatants from bronchial epithelial cells which were stimulated with CSE and/or carbocysteine were assessed. TLR4 expression, LPS binding, and p21 expression were assessed by flow cytometry, IL-8 mRNA by Real Time PCR and IL-8 release by ELISA. Actin reorganization, a prerequisite for cell migration, was determined using Atto 488 phalloidin in neutrophils by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. CSE increased: (1) TLR4, LPS binding and p21 expression; (2) IL-8 mRNA and IL-8 release due to IL-1 stimulation; (3) neutrophil migration. Carbocysteine in CSE stimulated bronchial epithelial cells, reduced: (1) TLR4, LPS binding and p21; (2) IL-8 mRNA and IL-8 release due to IL-1 stimulation; (3) neutrophil chemotactic migration. In conclusion, the present study provides compelling evidences that carbocysteine may contribute to control the inflammatory and senescence processes present in smokers.
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- Elisabetta Pace
- Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa, 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
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Sundar IK, Yao H, Rahman I. Oxidative stress and chromatin remodeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and smoking-related diseases. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:1956-71. [PMID: 22978694 PMCID: PMC3624634 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is predominantly a tobacco smoke-triggered disease with features of chronic low-grade systemic inflammation and aging (inflammaging) of the lung associated with steroid resistance induced by cigarette smoke (CS)-mediated oxidative stress. Oxidative stress induces various kinase signaling pathways leading to chromatin modifications (histone acetylation/deacetylation and histone methylation/demethylation) in inflammation, senescence, and steroid resistance. RECENT ADVANCES Histone mono-, di-, or tri-methylation at lysine residues result in either gene activation (H3K4, H3K36, and H3K79) or repression (H3K9, H3K27, and H3K20). Cross-talk occurs between various epigenetic marks on histones and DNA methylation. Both CS and oxidants alter histone acetylation/deacetylation and methylation/demethylation leading to enhanced proinflammatory gene expression. Chromatin modifications occur in lungs of patients with COPD. Histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) reduction (levels and activity) is associated with steroid resistance in response to oxidative stress. CRITICAL ISSUES Histone modifications are associated with DNA damage/repair and epigenomic instability as well as premature lung aging, which have implications in the pathogenesis of COPD. HDAC2/SIRTUIN1 (SIRT1)-dependent chromatin modifications are associated with DNA damage-induced inflammation and senescence in response to CS-mediated oxidative stress. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Understanding CS/oxidative stress-mediated chromatin modifications and the cross-talk between histone acetylation and methylation will demonstrate the involvement of epigenetic regulation of chromatin remodeling in inflammaging. This will lead to identification of novel epigenetic-based therapies against COPD and other smoking-related lung diseases. Pharmacological activation of HDAC2/SIRT1 or reversal of their oxidative post-translational modifications may offer therapies for treatment of COPD and CS-related diseases based on epigenetic histone modifications.
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- Isaac K Sundar
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Kim H, Zamel R, Bai XH, Liu M. PKC activation induces inflammatory response and cell death in human bronchial epithelial cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64182. [PMID: 23691166 PMCID: PMC3656947 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
A variety of airborne pathogens can induce inflammatory responses in airway epithelial cells, which is a crucial component of host defence. However, excessive inflammatory responses and chronic inflammation also contribute to different diseases of the respiratory system. We hypothesized that the activation of protein kinase C (PKC) is one of the essential mechanisms of inflammatory response in airway epithelial cells. In the present study, we stimulated human bronchial lung epithelial (BEAS-2B) cells with the phorbol ester Phorbol 12, 13-dibutyrate (PDBu), and examined gene expression profile using microarrays. Microarray analysis suggests that PKC activation induced dramatic changes in gene expression related to multiple cellular functions. The top two interaction networks generated from these changes were centered on NFκB and TNF-α, which are two commonly known pathways for cell death and inflammation. Subsequent tests confirmed the decrease in cell viability and an increase in the production of various cytokines. Interestingly, each of the increased cytokines was differentially regulated at mRNA and/or protein levels by different sub-classes of PKC isozymes. We conclude that pathological cell death and cytokine production in airway epithelial cells in various situations may be mediated through PKC related signaling pathways. These findings suggest that PKCs can be new targets for treatment of lung diseases.
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- Hyunhee Kim
- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Allen-Gipson DS, Zimmerman MC, Zhang H, Castellanos G, O'Malley JK, Alvarez-Ramirez H, Kharbanda K, Sisson JH, Wyatt TA. Smoke extract impairs adenosine wound healing: implications of smoke-generated reactive oxygen species. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2013; 48:665-73. [PMID: 23371060 PMCID: PMC3707376 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0273oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Adenosine concentrations are elevated in the lungs of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, where it balances between tissue repair and excessive airway remodeling. We previously demonstrated that the activation of the adenosine A2A receptor promotes epithelial wound closure. However, the mechanism by which adenosine-mediated wound healing occurs after cigarette smoke exposure has not been investigated. The present study investigates whether cigarette smoke exposure alters adenosine-mediated reparative properties via its ability to induce a shift in the oxidant/antioxidant balance. Using an in vitro wounding model, bronchial epithelial cells were exposed to 5% cigarette smoke extract, were wounded, and were then stimulated with either 10 μM adenosine or the specific A2A receptor agonist, 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamido-adenosine (CPCA; 10 μM), and assessed for wound closure. In a subset of experiments, bronchial epithelial cells were infected with adenovirus vectors encoding human superoxide dismutase and/or catalase or control vector. In the presence of 5% smoke extract, significant delay was evident in both adenosine-mediated and CPCA-mediated wound closure. However, cells pretreated with N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a nonspecific antioxidant, reversed smoke extract-mediated inhibition. We found that cells overexpressing mitochondrial catalase repealed the smoke extract inhibition of CPCA-stimulated wound closure, whereas superoxide dismutase overexpression exerted no effect. Kinase experiments revealed that smoke extract significantly reduced the A2A-mediated activation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase. However, pretreatment with NAC reversed this effect. In conclusion, our data suggest that cigarette smoke exposure impairs A2A-stimulated wound repair via a reactive oxygen species-dependent mechanism, thereby providing a better understanding of adenosine signaling that may direct the development of pharmacological tools for the treatment of chronic inflammatory lung disorders.
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- Diane S Allen-Gipson
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida Health, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
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Whang YM, Jo U, Sung JS, Ju HJ, Kim HK, Park KH, Lee JW, Koh IS, Kim YH. Wnt5a is associated with cigarette smoke-related lung carcinogenesis via protein kinase C. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53012. [PMID: 23349696 PMCID: PMC3549912 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Wnt5a is overexpressed during the progression of human non-small cell lung cancer. However, the roles of Wnt5a during smoking-related lung carcinogenesis have not been clearly elucidated. We investigated the associations between Wnt5a and the early development of cigarette smoke related lung cancer using human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells (NHBE, BEAS-2B, 1799, 1198 and 1170I) at different malignant stages established by exposure to cigarette smoke condensate (CSC). Abnormal up-regulation of Wnt5a mRNA and proteins was detected in CSC-exposed transformed 1198 and tumorigenic 1170I cells as compared with other non-CSC exposed HBE cells. Tumor tissues obtained from smokers showed higher Wnt5a expressions than matched normal tissues. In non-CSC exposed 1799 cells, treatment of recombinant Wnt5a caused the activations of PKC and Akt, and the blockage of Wnt5a and PKC significantly decreased the viabilities of CSC-transformed 1198 cells expressing high levels of Wnt5a. This reduced cell survival rate was associated with increased apoptosis via the down-regulation of Bcl2 and the induction of cleaved poly ADP-ribose polymerase. Moreover, CSC-treated 1799 cells showed induction of Wnt5a expression and enhanced colony-forming capacity. The CSC-induced colony forming efficiency was suppressed by the co-incubation with a PKC inhibitor. In conclusion, these results suggest that cigarette smoke induces Wnt5a-coupled PKC activity during lung carcinogenesis, which causes Akt activity and anti-apoptosis in lung cancer. Therefore, current study provides novel clues for the crucial role of Wnt5a in the smoking-related lung carcinogenesis.
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- Young Mi Whang
- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oncology/Hematology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Biomedical Science, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Normalization of deranged signal transduction in lymphocytes of COPD patients by the novel calcium channel blocker H-DHPM. Biochimie 2011; 93:1146-56. [PMID: 21527308 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Investigations on the role of intracellular Ca(2+) ion concentration in the mechanism of development of COPD in smokers and non-smokers were carried out. The intracellular Ca(2+) levels were found to be increased in human lymphocytes in patients with COPD as compared to non-smokers and smokers without COPD. The investigations reveal an association in altered intracellular Ca(2+) regulation in lymphocytes and severity of COPD, by means of significant activation of Protein kinase C and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). The effect of a novel calcium channel blocker ethyl 4-(4'-heptanoyloxyphenyl)-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-one-5-carboxylate (H-DHPM) as a potential candidate for the treatment of COPD was also investigated. H-DHPM treated cells showed a decrease in intracellular Ca(2+) level as compared to the control cells. Molecular studies were carried out to evaluate the expression profile of NOS isoforms in human lymphocytes and it was shown that H-DHPM decreases the increased iNOS in COPD along with reestablishing the normal levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). The results of H-DHPM were comparable with those of Amlodipine, a known calcium channel blocker. Calcium channel blocker H-DHPM proves to be a potential candidate for the treatment of COPD and further clinical studies are required to prove its role in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH).
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McCaskill ML, Kharbanda KK, Tuma DJ, Reynolds JD, DeVasure JM, Sisson JH, Wyatt TA. Hybrid malondialdehyde and acetaldehyde protein adducts form in the lungs of mice exposed to alcohol and cigarette smoke. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2011; 35:1106-13. [PMID: 21428986 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01443.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most alcohol abusers smoke cigarettes and approximately half of all cigarette smokers consume alcohol. However, no animal models of cigarette and alcohol co-exposure exist to examine reactive aldehydes in the lungs. Cigarette smoking results in elevated lung acetaldehyde (AA) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. Likewise, alcohol metabolism produces AA via the action of alcohol dehydrogenase and MDA via lipid peroxidation. A high concentration of AA and MDA form stable hybrid protein adducts known as malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) adducts. We hypothesized that chronic cigarette smoke and alcohol exposure in an in vivo mouse model would result in the in vivo formation of MAA adducts. METHODS We fed C57BL/6 mice ad libitum ethanol (20%) in drinking water and exposed them to whole-body cigarette smoke 2 h/d, 5 d/wk for 6 weeks. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung homogenates were assayed for AA, MDA, and MAA adduct concentrations. MAA-adducted proteins were identified by Western blot and ELISA. RESULTS Smoke and alcohol exposure alone elevated both AA and MDA, but only the combination of smoke+alcohol generated protein-adducting concentrations of AA and MDA. MAA-adducted protein (~500 ng/ml) was significantly elevated in the smoke+alcohol-exposed mice. Of the 5 MAA-adducted proteins identified by Western blot, 1 protein band immunoprecipitated with antibodies to surfactant protein D. Similar to in vitro PKC stimulation by purified MAA-adducted protein, protein kinase C (PKC) epsilon was activated only in tracheal epithelial extracts from smoke- and alcohol-exposed mice. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that only the combination of cigarette smoke exposure and alcohol feeding in mice results in the generation of significant AA and MDA concentrations, the formation of MAA-adducted protein, and the activation of airway epithelial PKC epsilon in the lung.
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- Michael L McCaskill
- VA Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 985300 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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Wyatt TA, Slager RE, Heires AJ, Devasure JM, Vonessen SG, Poole JA, Romberger DJ. Sequential activation of protein kinase C isoforms by organic dust is mediated by tumor necrosis factor. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 42:706-15. [PMID: 19635931 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0065oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dust samples collected from Nebraska swine confinement facilities (hog dust extract [HDE]) are known to elicit proinflammatory cytokine release from human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells in vitro. This response involves the activation of two protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms: PKCalpha and PKCepsilon. Experiments were designed to investigate the relationship between the two isoenzymes and the degree to which each is responsible for cytokine release in HBE. Experiments also examined the contribution of TNF-alpha to IL-6 and IL-8 release. PKCalpha and PKCepsilon activities were inhibited using isoform-specific pharmacologic inhibitors and genetically modified dominant-negative (DN) expressing cell lines. Release of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-alpha was measured and PKC isoform activities assessed. We found that HDE stimulates PKCalpha activity by 1 hour, and within 6 hours the activity returns to baseline. PKCalpha-specific inhibitor or PKCalphaDN cells abolish this HDE-mediated effect. Both IL-6 and IL-8 release are likewise diminished under these conditions compared with normal HBE, and treatment with TNF-alpha-neutralizing antibody does not further inhibit cytokine release. In contrast, PKCepsilon activity was enhanced by 6 hours after HDE treatment. TNF-alpha blockade abrogated this effect. HDE-stimulated IL-6, but not IL-8 release in PKCepsilonDN cells. The concentration of TNF-alpha released by HDE-stimulated HBE is sufficient to have a potent cytokine-eliciting effect. A time course of TNF-alpha release suggests that TNF-alpha is produced after PKCalpha activation, but before PKCepsilon. These results suggest a temporal ordering of events responsible for the release of cytokines, which initiate and exacerbate inflammatory events in the airways of people exposed to agricultural dust.
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- Todd A Wyatt
- Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy Section, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985300 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5300, USA.
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Carter CA, Hamm JT. Multiplexed quantitative high content screening reveals that cigarette smoke condensate induces changes in cell structure and function through alterations in cell signaling pathways in human bronchial cells. Toxicology 2009; 261:89-102. [PMID: 19394402 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2009] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human bronchial cells are one of the first cell types exposed to environmental toxins. Toxins often activate nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and protein kinase C (PKC). We evaluated the hypothesis that cigarette smoke condensate (CSC), the particulate fraction of cigarette smoke, activates PKC-alpha and NF-kappaB, and concomitantly disrupts the F-actin cytoskeleton, induces apoptosis and alters cell function in BEAS-2B human bronchial epithelial cells. Compared to controls, exposure of BEAS-2B cells to doses of 30mug/ml CSC significantly activated PKC-alpha, while CSC doses above 20mug/ml CSC significantly activated NF-kappaB. As NF-kappaB was activated, cell number decreased. CSC treatment of BEAS-2B cells induced a decrease in cell size and an increase in cell surface extensions including filopodia and lamellipodia. CSC treatment of BEAS-2B cells induced F-actin rearrangement such that stress fibers were no longer prominent at the cell periphery and throughout the cells, but relocalized to perinuclear regions. Concurrently, CSC induced an increase in the focal adhesion protein vinculin at the cell periphery. CSC doses above 30mug/ml induced a significant increase in apoptosis in BEAS-2B cells evidenced by an increase in activated caspase 3, an increase in mitochondrial mass and a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential. As caspase 3 increased, cell number decreased. CSC doses above 30mug/ml also induced significant concurrent changes in cell function including decreased cell spreading and motility. CSC initiates a signaling cascade in human bronchial epithelial cells involving PKC-alpha, NF-kappaB and caspase 3, and consequently decreases cell spreading and motility. These CSC-induced alterations in cell structure likely prevent cells from performing their normal function thereby contributing to smoke-induced diseases.
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- Charleata A Carter
- A.W. Spears Research Center, 420 N. English Street, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Greensboro, NC 27405, USA.
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Koizumi JI, Kojima T, Ogasawara N, Kamekura R, Kurose M, Go M, Harimaya A, Murata M, Osanai M, Chiba H, Himi T, Sawada N. Protein kinase C enhances tight junction barrier function of human nasal epithelial cells in primary culture by transcriptional regulation. Mol Pharmacol 2008; 74:432-42. [PMID: 18477669 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.043711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The epithelium of upper respiratory tissues such as human nasal mucosa forms a continuous barrier via tight junctions, which is thought to be regulated in part through a protein kinase C (PKC) signaling pathway. To investigate the mechanisms of the regulation of PKC-mediated tight junction barrier function of human nasal epithelium in detail, primary human nasal epithelial cells were treated with the PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoylophorbol-13-acetate (TPA). In primary human nasal epithelial cells, treatment with TPA led not only to activation of phosphorylation of PKC, myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate, and mitogen-activated protein kinase but also expression of novel PKC-delta, PKC-theta, and PKC-epsilon. Treatment with TPA increased transepithelial electrical resistance, with tight junction barrier function more than 4-fold that of the control, together with up-regulation of tight junction proteins, occludin, zona occludens (ZO)-1, ZO-2 and claudin-1 at the transcriptional level. Furthermore, it affected the subcellular localization of the tight junction proteins and the numbers of tight junction strands. The up-regulation of barrier function and tight junction proteins was prevented by a pan-PKC inhibitor, and the inhibitors of PKC-delta and PKC-theta but not PKC-epsilon. In primary human nasal epithelial cells, transcriptional factors GATA-3 and -6 were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The knockdown of GATA-3 using RNA interference resulted in inhibition of up-regulation of ZO-1 and ZO-2 by treatment with TPA. These results suggest that TPA-induced PKC signaling enhances the barrier function of human nasal epithelial cells via transcriptional up-regulation of tight junction proteins, and the mechanisms may contribute to a drug delivery system.
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- Jun-ichi Koizumi
- Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1. W17. Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
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Brandsma CA, Hylkema MN, van der Strate BWA, Slebos DJ, Luinge MA, Geerlings M, Timens W, Postma DS, Kerstjens HAM. Heme oxygenase-1 prevents smoke induced B-cell infiltrates: a role for regulatory T cells? Respir Res 2008; 9:17. [PMID: 18252008 PMCID: PMC2254411 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-9-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 02/06/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Smoking is the most important cause for the development of COPD. Since not all smokers develop COPD, it is obvious that other factors must be involved in disease development. We hypothesize that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a protective enzyme against oxidative stress and inflammation, is insufficiently upregulated in COPD. The effects of HO-1 modulation on cigarette smoke induced inflammation and emphysema were tested in a smoking mouse model. Methods Mice were either exposed or sham exposed to cigarette smoke exposure for 20 weeks. Cobalt protoporphyrin or tin protoporphyrin was injected during this period to induce or inhibit HO-1 activity, respectively. Afterwards, emphysema development, levels of inflammatory cells and cytokines, and the presence of B-cell infiltrates in lung tissue were analyzed. Results Smoke exposure induced emphysema and increased the numbers of inflammatory cells and numbers of B-cell infiltrates, as well as the levels of inflammatory cytokines in lung tissue. HO-1 modulation had no effects on smoke induced emphysema development, or the increases in neutrophils and macrophages and inflammatory cytokines. Interestingly, HO-1 induction prevented the development of smoke induced B-cell infiltrates and increased the levels of CD4+CD25+ T cells and Foxp3 positive cells in the lungs. Additionally, the CD4+CD25+ T cells correlated positively with the number of Foxp3 positive cells in lung tissue, indicating that these cells were regulatory T cells. Conclusion These results support the concept that HO-1 expression influences regulatory T cells and indicates that this mechanism is involved in the suppression of smoke induced B-cell infiltrates. The translation of this interaction to human COPD should now be pursued.
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- Corry-Anke Brandsma
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P,O, Box 30,001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Kim YH, Kim YJ, Lee SE, Kim YH, Lim SH, Lee JH, Lee KM, Cheong SH, Choi YK, Shin CM. Effect of smoking on bronchial mucus transport velocity under total intravenous anesthesia. Korean J Anesthesiol 2008. [DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2008.55.1.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Yong Han Kim
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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Wyatt TA, Slager RE, Devasure J, Auvermann BW, Mulhern ML, Von Essen S, Mathisen T, Floreani AA, Romberger DJ. Feedlot dust stimulation of interleukin-6 and -8 requires protein kinase Cepsilon in human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 293:L1163-70. [PMID: 17720876 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00103.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Individuals exposed to dusts from concentrated animal feeding operations report increased numbers of respiratory tract symptoms, and bronchoalveolar lavage samples from such individuals demonstrate elevated lung inflammatory mediators, including interleukin (IL)-8 and IL-6. We previously found that exposure of bronchial epithelial cells to hog barn dusts resulted in a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent increase in IL-6 and IL-8 release. We hypothesized that cattle feedlot dusts would also generate bronchial epithelial interleukin release in vitro. To test this, we used interleukin ELISAs and direct PKC isoform assays. We found that a dust extract from cattle feedlots [feedlot dust extract (FLDE)] augments PKC activity of human bronchial epithelial cells in vitro. A 5-10% dilution of FLDE stimulated a significant release of IL-6 and IL-8 at 6-24 h in a PKC-dependent manner vs. control medium-treated cells. An increase in PKCalpha activity was observed with 1 h of FLDE treatment, and PKCepsilon activity was elevated at 6 h of FLDE exposure. The PKCalpha inhibitor, Gö-6976, did not inhibit FLDE-stimulated IL-8 and IL-6 release. However, the PKCepsilon inhibitor, Ro 31-8220, effectively inhibited FLDE-stimulated IL-8 and IL-6 release. Inhibition of FLDE-stimulated IL-6 and IL-8 was confirmed in a dominant-negative PKCepsilon-expressing BEAS-2B cell line but not observed in a PKCalpha dominant negative BEAS-2B cell line. These data support the hypothesis that FLDE exposure stimulates bronchial epithelial IL-8 and IL-6 release via a PKCepsilon-dependent pathway.
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- Todd A Wyatt
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
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Markiewski MM, Lambris JD. The role of complement in inflammatory diseases from behind the scenes into the spotlight. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2007; 171:715-27. [PMID: 17640961 PMCID: PMC1959484 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.070166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 453] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Our understanding of the biology of the complement system has undergone a drastic metamorphosis since its original discovery. This system, which was traditionally primarily described as a "complement" to humoral immunity, is now perceived as a central constituent of innate immunity, defending the host against pathogens, coordinating various events during inflammation, and bridging innate and adaptive immune responses. Complement is an assembly of proteins found in the blood and body fluids and on cell surfaces. Soluble complement components form the proteolytic cascade, whose activation leads to the generation of complement effectors that target various cells involved in the immune response. Membrane-bound receptors and regulators transmit signals from complement effectors to target cells and limit complement activation to the surfaces of pathogens and damaged or activated host cells. The multiple interconnections among complement proteins, immune cells, and mediators provide an excellent mechanism to protect the organism against infections and support the repair of damaged tissues. However, disturbances in this "defense machinery" contribute to the pathogenesis of various diseases. The role of complement in various inflammatory disorders is multifaceted; for example, the activation of complement can significantly contribute to inflammation-mediated tissue damage, whereas inherited or acquired complement deficiencies highly favor the development of autoimmunity.
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- Maciej M Markiewski
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Booth BW, Sandifer T, Martin EL, Martin LD. IL-13-induced proliferation of airway epithelial cells: mediation by intracellular growth factor mobilization and ADAM17. Respir Res 2007; 8:51. [PMID: 17620132 PMCID: PMC1976612 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The pleiotrophic cytokine interleukin (IL)-13 features prominently in allergic and inflammatory diseases. In allergic asthma, IL-13 is well established as an inducer of airway inflammation and tissue remodeling. We demonstrated previously that IL-13 induces release of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFalpha) from human bronchial epithelial cells, with proliferation of these cells mediated by the autocrine/paracrine action of this growth factor. TGFalpha exists as an integral membrane protein and requires proteolytic processing to its mature form, with a disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM)17 responsible for this processing in a variety of tissues. METHODS In this study, normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells grown in air/liquid interface (ALI) culture were used to examine the mechanisms whereby IL-13 induces release of TGFalpha and cellular proliferation. Inhibitors and antisense RNA were used to examine the role of ADAM17 in these processes, while IL-13-induced changes in the intracellular expression of TGFalpha and ADAM17 were visualized by confocal microscopy. RESULTS IL-13 was found to induce proliferation of NHBE cells, and release of TGFalpha, in an ADAM17-dependent manner; however, this IL-13-induced proliferation did not appear to result solely from ADAM17 activation. Rather, IL-13 induced a change in the location of TGFalpha expression from intracellular to apical regions of the NHBE cells. The apical region was also found to be a site of significant ADAM17 expression, even prior to IL-13 stimulation. CONCLUSION Results from this study indicate that ADAM17 mediates IL-13-induced proliferation and TGFalpha shedding in NHBE cells. Furthermore, they provide the first example wherein a cytokine (IL-13) induces a change in the intracellular expression pattern of a growth factor, apparently inducing redistribution of intracellular stores of TGFalpha to the apical region of NHBE cells where expression of ADAM17 is prominent. Thus, IL-13-induced, ADAM17-mediated release of TGFalpha, and subsequent epithelial cell proliferation, could contribute to the epithelial hypertrophy, as well as other features, associated with airway remodeling in allergic asthma.
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- Brian W Booth
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Mammary Biology and Tumorigenesis Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Elliott MK, Sisson JH, Wyatt TA. Effects of cigarette smoke and alcohol on ciliated tracheal epithelium and inflammatory cell recruitment. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007; 36:452-9. [PMID: 17079783 PMCID: PMC2215768 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0440oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ciliated epithelium represents the first line of host defense against lung infection. Most alcoholics smoke and are at high risk for developing lung infections. We reported that cigarette smoke activates protein kinase C (PKC) and alcohol desensitizes ciliary beat frequency (CBF) to beta-agonists in bovine bronchial epithelial cells in vitro. The combined effect of smoke and alcohol exposure on mouse ciliated tracheal epithelium has not been studied in vivo. We hypothesized that previously observed in vitro effects of smoke and alcohol exposure could be replicated in vivo. Female C57BL/6 mice were exposed to whole body cigarette smoke only, 20% alcohol ad libitum in drinking water only, or the combination of cigarette smoke plus alcohol for 6 wk. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell populations, CBF, and airway kinase activity were assessed. Total BAL cells were decreased in animals exposed to alcohol alone and increased in animals exposed to smoke alone. Mice receiving smoke and alcohol had cell levels similar to smoke alone. Baseline CBF was not affected in any group; however, isoproterenol stimulation of CBF was blunted by alcohol exposure and actually slowed below baseline in the smoke plus alcohol group. Isoproterenol-induced PKA activity was inhibited in mice receiving alcohol independent of smoke exposure. Smoke activated PKC independent of alcohol. The isoproterenol-induced slowing below baseline of CBF after combined smoke and alcohol exposure demonstrates a novel ciliary impairment likely related to the combination of alcohol-mediated PKA desensitization and smoke-stimulated PKC activation, possibly through acetaldehyde present in the vapor phase of cigarette smoke.
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- Margaret K Elliott
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985300 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5300, USA
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Stout SL, Wyatt TA, Adams JJ, Sisson JH. Nitric oxide-dependent cilia regulatory enzyme localization in bovine bronchial epithelial cells. J Histochem Cytochem 2007; 55:433-42. [PMID: 17242464 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6a7089.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Airway epithelial-derived nitric oxide (NO), through the activation of nucleotide cyclases and downstream kinases, stimulates ciliary beating, yet the precise locations of these enzymes are unknown. We hypothesized that these NO-activated enzymes are located within, or adjacent to, the ciliary axoneme. Immunohistochemistry of intact ciliated cells revealed that endothelial-type nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the RII isoform of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA-RII), the type I isoform of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG-I), and guanylate cyclase beta (GC-beta) all colocalized with pericentrin to the basal body. In contrast, the PKA-RI isoform and the PKG-II isoform localized to ciliary axonemes. Western blot analysis of isolated demembranated ciliary preparations detected eNOS, GC-beta, and both isoforms of PKA and PKG. An A-kinase-anchoring protein was also detected. Our findings suggest that these enzymes are sequestered close to their points of action into a discrete ciliary metabolon, enabling targeted phosphorylation and efficient upregulation of ciliary beating.
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- Sarah L Stout
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center 985300, Omaha, NE 68198-5300, USA
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Elliott MK, Sisson JH, West WW, Wyatt TA. Differential in vivo effects of whole cigarette smoke exposure versus cigarette smoke extract on mouse ciliated tracheal epithelium. Exp Lung Res 2006; 32:99-118. [PMID: 16754475 PMCID: PMC2092449 DOI: 10.1080/01902140600710546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In this study the authors compared the affect of vapor phase cigarette smoke (CS) versus cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on the lungs and upper airway of C57BL/6 mice. The authors found that CSE treatment significantly increased neutrophil influx (P < .001), baseline ciliary beat frequency (CBF) (P < .05), and protein kinase C activity compared to CS and controls. Isoproterenol increased CBF with CS exposure, but decreased CBF with CSE (P < .01). Isoproterenol increased protein kinase A (PKA) activity in all groups except CSE. CSE exposure induced inflammatory cell bronchiolitis. These data indicate that CSE exposure has differential effects on the lungs and tracheal epithelium compared to CS exposure.
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- Margaret K Elliott
- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Section, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5300, USA
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Serikov VB, Leutenegger C, Krutilina R, Kropotov A, Pleskach N, Suh JH, Tomilin NV. Cigarette smoke extract inhibits expression of peroxiredoxin V and increases airway epithelial permeability. Inhal Toxicol 2006; 18:79-92. [PMID: 16326404 DOI: 10.1080/08958370500282506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Inhaled cigarette smoke induces oxidative stress in the epithelium of airways. Peroxiredoxin V (PRXV) is a potent antioxidant protein, highly expressed in cells of the airway epithelium. The goal of our study was to determine whether cigarette smoke extract (CSE) influenced expression of this protein in airway epithelia in vivo and in vitro. In Sprague-Dawley rats, we determined effects of CSE on airway epithelial permeability, mRNA levels and expression of PRXV protein. Exposure of isolated tracheal segment in vitro to 20% CSE for 4 h resulted in development of increased permeability to albumin, significantly reduced mRNA levels for PRXV, and reduced amounts of PRXV protein in the epithelium. In cultures of the airway epithelial cell lines (Calu-3, JME), primary airway cell culture (cow), and alveolar epithelial cells A549, CSE also significantly decreased transepithelial electrical resistance and expression of PRXV protein, and induced glutathione and protein oxidation. To demonstrate functional importance of PRXV, we exposed clones of HeLa cells with siRNA-downregulated PRXV to hydrogen peroxide, which resulted in increased rate of cell death and protein oxidation. CSE directly downregulates expression of functionally important antioxidant enzyme PRXV in the epithelial cells of airways, which represents one pathophysiological mechanism of cigarette smoke toxicity.
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- Vladimir B Serikov
- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California 94609, USA.
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Izzotti A, Bagnasco M, Cartiglia C, Longobardi M, Balansky RM, Merello A, Lubet RA, De Flora S. Chemoprevention of genome, transcriptome, and proteome alterations induced by cigarette smoke in rat lung. Eur J Cancer 2005; 41:1864-74. [PMID: 15953715 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 04/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Post-genomic methodologies have provided novel tools for evaluating safety and efficacy of cancer chemopreventive agents. We exposed rats to environmental cigarette smoke (ECS) for 28 days, with or without oral administration of N-acetylcysteine (NAC). As assessed by 32P-postlabelling, ECS caused a 10-fold increase of DNA adduct levels, which were significantly reduced by NAC. Of 518 proteins tested by antibody microarray, ECS stimulated 56 activities involved in stress response, protein removal, cell replication, apoptosis, phagocytosis, and immune response. NAC alone did not change the amounts of any protein, whereas it significantly decreased the amounts of 6 ECS-induced proteins. The intensity of expression of 278 related genes, assessed by cDNA microarray, was significantly correlated with protein amounts. These observed molecular alterations, which can be attenuated by NAC, represent in part adaptive responses and in part reflect mechanisms contributing to the pathogenesis of smoke-related diseases, including lung cancer, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema.
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- Alberto Izzotti
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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Wei XM, Kim HS, Kumar RK, Heywood GJ, Hunt JE, McNeil HP, Thomas PS. Effects of cigarette smoke on degranulation and NO production by mast cells and epithelial cells. Respir Res 2005; 6:108. [PMID: 16168067 PMCID: PMC1262779 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) is decreased by cigarette smoking. The hypothesis that oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in cigarette smoke solution (CSS) may exert a negative feedback mechanism upon NO release from epithelial (AEC, A549, and NHTBE) and basophilic cells (RBL-2H3) was tested in vitro. CSS inhibited both NO production and degranulation (measured as release of beta-hexosaminidase) in a dose-dependent manner from RBL-2H3 cells. Inhibition of NO production by CSS in AEC, A549, and NHTBE cells was also dose-dependent. In addition, CSS decreased expression of NOS mRNA and protein expression. The addition of NO inhibitors and scavengers did not, however, reverse the effects of CSS, nor did a NO donor (SNP) or nicotine mimic CSS. N-acetyl-cysteine, partially reversed the inhibition of beta-hexosaminidase release suggesting CSS may act via oxidative free radicals. Thus, some of the inhibitory effects of CSS appear to be via oxidative free radicals rather than a NOX -related negative feedback.
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- Xiu M Wei
- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia
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Allen-Gipson DS, Floreani AA, Heires AJ, Sanderson SD, MacDonald RG, Wyatt TA. Cigarette smoke extract increases C5a receptor expression in human bronchial epithelial cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 314:476-82. [PMID: 15843499 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.079822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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We have shown that exposing human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) to 5% cigarette smoke extract (CSE) up-regulates C5a anaphylatoxin receptor (C5aR) expression as determined by flow cytometric analysis and immunohistochemistry. In this study, we conducted whole-cell saturation studies to quantitate the receptor number. After exposing an HBEC line (BEAS-2B) to CSE, radiolabeled C5a bound saturably with Kd = 2.71 +/- 1.03 nM (n = 4) and Bmax = 15,044 +/- 5702 receptors/cells. Without 5% CSE, no C5a binding was detected. Competitive binding studies revealed two classes of sites with distinct affinities for C5a (Ki1 = 3.28 x 10(-16) M; Ki2 = 1.60 x 10(-9) M). BEAS-2Bs were transfected with wild-type (WT) or mutant dominant-negative (DN) protein kinase C-alpha (PKC-alpha) to investigate the relationship between PKC-alpha and C5aR availability and affinity. Western blot analysis revealed a 75-kDa lysate band from cells expressing WT and DN PKC-alpha, but DN cells exposed to 5% CSE had no functional PKC activity. Pretreatment with Gö6976 [12-(2-cyanoethyl)-6,7,12,13-tetrahydro-13-methyl-5-oxo-5H-indolo(2,3-a)pyrrolo(3,4-c)-carbazole] (PKC-alpha inhibitor) had no effect on DN but significantly decreased WT PKC activity. Competitive binding studies conducted on either WT or DN PKC-alpha-transfected cells also revealed two classes of binding sites for C5a having different affinities. There was a significant rightward shift of the binding curve when WT cells were pretreated with Gö6976. These data suggest that C5aR is detectable on bronchial epithelial cells exposed to CSE and that exposure to CSE increases the availability of C5a binding sites. The data also indicate that PKC-alpha may play an important role in modulating C5aR binding.
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- Diane S Allen-Gipson
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985815 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5815, USA.
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Fields WR, Leonard RM, Odom PS, Nordskog BK, Ogden MW, Doolittle DJ. Gene expression in normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells following in vitro exposure to cigarette smoke condensate. Toxicol Sci 2005; 86:84-91. [PMID: 15858226 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cigarettes that burn tobacco produce a complex mixture of chemicals, including mutagens and carcinogens. Cigarettes that primarily heat tobacco produce smoke with marked reductions in the amount of mutagens and carcinogens and demonstrate reduced mutagenicity and carcinogenicity in a battery of toxicological assays. Chemically induced oxidative stress, DNA damage, and inflammation may alter cell cycle regulation and are important biological events in the carcinogenic process. The objective of this study was to characterize and compare the effects of smoke condensates from cigarettes that burn tobacco and those that primarily heat tobacco on gene expression in NHBE cells. For this comparison, we used quantitative RT/PCR and further evaluated the effects on cell cycling using flow cytometry. Cigarette smoke condensates (CSCs) were prepared from Kentucky 1R4F cigarettes (a tobacco-burning product designed to represent the average full-flavor, low "tar" cigarette in the US market) and Eclipse (a cigarette that primarily heats tobacco) using FTC machine smoking conditions. The CSC from 1R4F cigarettes induced statistically significant increases in the mRNA levels of genes responsive to DNA damage (GADD45) and involved in cell cycle regulation (p21;WAF1/CIP1), compared to the CSC from Eclipse cigarettes. In addition, genes coding for cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and interleukin 8 (IL-8), which are associated with oxidative stress and inflammation, respectively, were increased statistically significantly more by CSC from 1R4F than by that from Eclipse. Furthermore, a dose-dependent increase in IL-8 protein secretion into cell culture media was stimulated by 1R4F exposure, whereas minimal IL-8 protein was secreted after Eclipse treatment. The biological relevance of the differential effect on gene expression was reflected in differential cell cycle regulation, as cells exposed to 1R4F CSC exhibited more significant S phase and G2 phase accumulation than cells exposed to Eclipse CSC. These data indicate that the simplified smoke chemistry of the tobacco-heating Eclipse cigarette yields statistically significant reductions in the expression of key genes involved in DNA damage, oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and cell cycle regulation in normal human bronchial epithelial cells compared to a representative tobacco-burning cigarette.
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- Wanda R Fields
- Research and Development Department, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC 27102, USA.
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Vander Top EA, Wyatt TA, Gentry-Nielsen MJ. Smoke exposure exacerbates an ethanol-induced defect in mucociliary clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005; 29:882-7. [PMID: 15897734 PMCID: PMC1224709 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000164364.35682.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcoholics and smokers are particularly susceptible to pulmonary infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, the pneumococcus. Infection begins when pneumococci colonizing the nasopharynx are aspirated into the lower respiratory tract. The major host defense against this movement is the mucociliary clearance apparatus. Both cigarette smoke and ethanol (EtOH) exposure alter ciliary beating and protein kinase activity in the respiratory mucosa in vitro, but their effects on bacterial clearance in the intact animal have not been determined. METHODS Male Sprague Dawley rats were exposed twice daily for 12 weeks to either the smoke generated from 30 cigarettes (smoke-exposed) or room air (sham-exposed). For the last five weeks of smoke exposure, the rats were fed Lieber-DeCarli liquid diets containing 0%, 16%, 26%, or 36% EtOH calories. The rats then were infected intranasally with S. pneumoniae, and movement of the organisms into the lower respiratory tract was quantified by plate counts of the tracheas and lungs 4 hr later. Ciliary beat frequency (CBF) analysis was performed on tracheal ring explants from each animal before and after stimulation with the beta-agonist isoproterenol, and tracheal epithelial cell protein kinase C (PKC) activity was measured. RESULTS Ingestion of any of the EtOH-containing diets resulted in a dose-dependent increase in movement of S. pneumoniae into the rats' lungs. This EtOH-induced defect was augmented further by concurrent smoke exposure, although smoke exposure alone had little effect on S. pneumoniae movement. Smoke, but not EtOH exposure, activated tracheal epithelial cell PKC. Increased movement of organisms into lungs correlated with a decrease in CBF and loss of the ciliary response to isoproterenol. CONCLUSION EtOH ingestion in our model facilitated movement of S. pneumoniae into rats' lungs, a phenomenon exacerbated by concurrent smoke exposure. Furthermore, the organism's movement into the lungs correlated with a blunting of the rats' ciliary response to an established stimulus. Defects in mucociliary clearance thus may be one cause of the increased risk of pneumococcal infections in people who abuse alcohol, particularly if they also smoke.
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Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress are important features in the pathogenesis of COPD. The increased oxidative stress in patients with COPD is the result of an increased burden of inhaled oxidants, as well as increased amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by various inflammatory, immune and epithelial cells of the airways. Oxidative stress has important implications on several events of lung physiology and for the pathogenesis of COPD. These include oxidative inactivation of antiproteases and surfactants, mucus hypersecretion, membrane lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial respiration, alveolar epithelial injury, remodeling of extracellular matrix, and apoptosis. An increased level of ROS produced in the airways is reflected by increased markers of oxidative stress in the airspaces, sputum, breath, lungs, and blood in patients with COPD. The biomarkers of oxidative stress such as H2O2, F2-isoprostanes, malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal have been successfully measured in breath condensate. ROS and aldehydes play a key role in enhancing the inflammation through the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases and redox-sensitive transcription factors such as nuclear factor kappa B and activator protein-1. Oxidative stress also alters nuclear histone acetylation and deacetylation leading to increased gene expression of pro-inflammatory mediators in the lung. Oxidative stress may play a role in the poor clinical efficacy of corticosteroids in the treatment of COPD. Since a variety of oxidants, free radicals, and aldehydes are implicated in the pathogenesis of COPD it is likely that a combination of antioxidants may be effective in the treatment of COPD. Antioxidant compounds may also be of therapeutic value in monitoring oxidative biomarkers indicating disease progression. Various approaches to enhance the lung antioxidant screen and the clinical effectiveness of antioxidant compounds in the treatment of COPD are discussed.
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- Irfan Rahman
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Division of Lung Biology and Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Lin J, Xu Y, Zhang Z, Ni W, Chen S. Effect of cigarette smoke extract on the role of protein kinase C in the proliferation of passively sensitized human airway smooth muscle cells. Curr Med Sci 2005; 25:269-73. [PMID: 16201268 DOI: 10.1007/bf02828139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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To investigate the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the proliferation of passively sensitized human airway smooth muscle cells (HASMCs). After synchronization of cultured HASMCs, they were divided into a group A and Group B. The group A was treated with normal human serum and served as controls and the group B was treated with the serum of asthma patients. The group A was further divided into group of A1, A2 and A3 and the group B was sub-divided into the group of B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5. No other agents were added to the group A1 and B1. The cells of group A2 and B2 were stimulated with 5% CSE for 24 h. HASMCs from group A3 and B3 were treated with PKC agonist PMA (10 nmol/L) and CSE (5%) for 24 h. PKC inhibitor Ro-31-8220 (5 micromol/L) was added to the HASMCs of group B4 for 24 h. The cells from group B5 were stimulated with Ro-31-8220 (5 micromol/L) and CSE (5 %) for 24 h. The proliferation of HASMCs isolated from group A and B was examined by cell cycle analysis, MTT colorimetric assay and 3H-TdR incorporation test. The expression of PKC-a in each group was observed by Western blotting and RT-PCR, respectively. The results showed that the percentage of S phase, absorbance (A) value, the rate of 3H-TdR incorporation, the ratios of A value of PKC-alpha mRNA and the A value of PKC-alpha protein in HASMCs from group B1, B2 and B3 were significantly increased compared to those of group A1, A2 and A3 correspondingly and respectively (P< 0.01). The proliferation of HASMCs of group A2 and B2 stimulated with CSE and group A3 and B3 stimulated with CSE and PMA were also significantly enhanced when group A1, A2 and A3 and group B1, B2 and B3 compared to each other (P<0.05, P<0.01, respectively). The percentage of S phase, absorbency (A) value, 3H-TdR incorporation rate, the ratios of A value of PKC-alpha mRNA and the A value of PKC-alpha protein in HASMCs from group B4 treated with Ro-31-8220 and group B5 treated with CSE and Ro-31-8220 were significantly decreased as compared to those of group B1 and B2 correspondingly and respectively (P<0.05, P<0.01). It was concluded that CSE can enhance the passively sensitized HASMC proliferation and the expression of PKC alpha. PKC and its alpha subtype may contribute to this process. Our results suggest cigarette may play an important role in ASMCs proliferation of asthma through PKC signal pathway.
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- Junling Lin
- Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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Cummings R, Zhao Y, Jacoby D, Spannhake EW, Ohba M, Garcia JGN, Watkins T, He D, Saatian B, Natarajan V. Protein Kinase Cδ Mediates Lysophosphatidic Acid-induced NF-κB Activation and Interleukin-8 Secretion in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:41085-94. [PMID: 15280372 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404045200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a potent bioactive lipid, elicits many of its biological actions via the specific G-protein-coupled receptors LPA1, LPA2, LPA3, and LPA4. Recently, we have shown that LPA-induced transactivation of platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta is regulated by phospholipase D2 in human bronchial epithelial cells (HBEpCs) (Wang, L., Cummings, R. J., Zhao, Y., Kazlauskas, A., Sham, J., Morris, A., Brindley, D. N., Georas, S., and Natarajan, V. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 39931-39940). Here, we report that protein kinase Cdelta (PKCdelta) mediates LPA-induced NF-kappaB transcription and interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion in HBEpCs. Treatment of HBEpCs with LPA increased both IL-8 gene and protein expression, which was coupled to Gi and G(12/13) proteins. LPA caused a marked activation of NF-kappaB in HBEpCs as determined by IkappaB phosphorylation and of NF-kappaB nuclear translocation and a strong induction of NF-kappaB promoter-mediated luciferase activity. Furthermore, LPA-activated PKCdelta and the LPA-mediated activation of NF-kappaB and IL-8 production were attenuated by overexpression of dominant-negative PKCdelta and rottlerin. Intratracheal administration of LPA in mice resulted in elevated levels of macrophage inflammatory protein-2, a murine homolog of IL-8, and an influx of neutrophils in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. These results demonstrate for the first time that LPA is a potent stimulator of IL-8 production in HBEpCs, which involves PKCdelta/NF-kappaB signaling pathways.
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- Rhett Cummings
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Allen-Gipson DS, Romberger DJ, Forget MA, May KL, Sisson JH, Wyatt TA. IL-8 inhibits isoproterenol-stimulated ciliary beat frequency in bovine bronchial epithelial cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 17:107-15. [PMID: 15294060 DOI: 10.1089/0894268041457138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mucociliary clearance is a critical host defense that protects the lung. The mechanisms by which mucociliary function is altered by inflammation are poorly defined. Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke decreases ciliary beating and interferes with proper airway clearance. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from smokers and ex-smokers has increased amounts of IL-8, which has played a critical role in airway inflammation. We hypothesized that IL-8 might interfere with stimulated ciliary beating in airway epithelium. To test this hypothesis, we stimulated bovine ciliated bronchial epithelial cells (BBECs) with a known activator of ciliary beat frequency (CBF), isoproterenol (ISO; 100 microM), in the presence or absence of IL-8 (100 pg/mL). We measured CBF digitally using the Sisson-Ammons Video Analysis (SAVA) system. CBF increased in untreated cells exposed to ISO (approximately 3 Hz) over baseline. In contrast, cells pre-incubated with IL-8 failed to respond to ISO. Pretreatment with IL-8 also blocked ISO-stimulated cAMP-dependent kinase (PKA) activation, which is known to control ISO-stimulated CBF. In addition, IL-8 pretreated cells revealed a marked decrease in PKA activity when cells were stimulated with forskolin (FSK; 10 microM). Cells were assayed specifically for cAMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity. ISO-stimulated cells demonstrated an increase in PDE activity as compared to control. Pretreatment with IL-8 had no effect on ISO-stimulated PDE activity. Collectively, these data suggest that IL-8 appears to mediate its effect at the level of adenylyl cyclase. It is also possible that IL-8 may not only act as a chemotactic agent, but also as a potential autocrine/paracrine inhibitor of PKA-mediated stimulation of ciliary motility. In conclusion, IL-8 inhibits beta-agonist dependent ciliostimulation and such inhibition of stimulated ciliary activity may contribute to the impaired mucociliary clearance seen in airway diseases. Furthermore, since IL-8 levels are increased in the airway of cigarette smokers, it is likely they may be more resistant to the cilio and muco-ciliostimulating effects of beta-agonists.
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- D S Allen-Gipson
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, 68198, USA
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Rahman I. Smoking-Induced Inflammation, Injury and Disease. OXYGEN/NITROGEN RADICALS 2004. [DOI: 10.1201/b14147-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tobacco smoke is the number one risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and contains a high concentration of oxidants. The lung has a high concentration of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes; however, COPD patients show evidence of increased oxidative stress suggesting that endogenous antioxidants may be insufficient to prevent oxidative damage from cigarette smoke. The consequences of increased oxidative stress in the lung include increased transcription of inflammatory genes, increased protease activity, and increased mucus secretion. Oxidative stress is often associated with impaired skeletal muscle function and may be one of the causes of glucocorticoid resistance. While current pharmacologic approaches to the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease do not commonly include antioxidants, preclinical studies involving animal models suggest that antioxidant superoxide dismutase mimetics offer a potential new therapeutic approach to the prevention and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- Russell P Bowler
- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA.
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Park JW, Taube C, Joetham A, Takeda K, Kodama T, Dakhama A, McConville G, Allen CB, Sfyroera G, Shultz LD, Lambris JD, Giclas PC, Holers VM, Gelfand EW. Complement activation is critical to airway hyperresponsiveness after acute ozone exposure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 169:726-32. [PMID: 14701711 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200307-1042oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ozone (O3) can induce airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and neutrophilic inflammation. We evaluated the role of complement in development of AHR and inflammation after acute O3 exposure in mice. Mice were exposed to O3 at 2 ppm for 3 hours, and airway responsiveness to methacholine was measured 8 hours after O3 exposure. Complement was depleted or inhibited by intraperitoneal injection of cobra venom factor (CVF) or complement receptor-related gene y (Crry)-Ig, a potent C3 convertase inhibitor; neutrophils were depleted using an antineutrophil monoclonal antibody. CVF attenuated the development of AHR by O3. Administration of Crry-Ig also prevented the development of AHR. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid neutrophilia after O3 exposure was significantly decreased by administration of either CVF or Crry-Ig. Increased BAL fluid total protein after O3 exposure was lowered by depletion or inhibition of complement. In contrast to the effects of complement inhibition or depletion, depletion of BAL neutrophil counts by more than 90% with the monoclonal antibody did not affect the development of AHR after O3 exposure. These data indicated that activation of the complement system follows acute O3 exposure and is important to the development of AHR and airway neutrophilia. However, this neutrophil response does not appear necessary for the development of AHR.
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- Jung-Won Park
- Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Floreani AA, Wyatt TA, Stoner J, Sanderson SD, Thompson EG, Allen-Gipson D, Heires AJ. Smoke and C5a induce airway epithelial intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and cell adhesion. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2003; 29:472-82. [PMID: 12714373 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2002-0143oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The human bronchial epithelial cell is one of the first cell types to be exposed to the irritants and toxins present in inhaled cigarette smoke. The ability of the bronchial epithelium to modulate inflammatory and immune events in response to cigarette smoke is important in the pathogenesis of smoke-induced airway injury. We have shown that cigarette smoke extract and the complement anaphylatoxin C5a both independently induce increased expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 on airway epithelial monolayers compared with unstimulated cells in vitro. This enhanced ICAM-1 expression is associated with a greater capacity of the airway epithelial cells to bind mononuclear cells, a process that appears to require the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha and protein kinase C intracellular signaling. Exposure of epithelial monolayers to the combination of cigarette smoke followed by C5a results in an additive response for ICAM-1 expression and mononuclear cell adhesion compared with smoke or C5a challenge alone. Inhibiting C5a receptor expression can attenuate these responses. These findings suggest that smoke exposure in some way enhances the functional responsiveness of the C5a receptor expressed on these airway epithelial cells for subsequent C5a-mediated increases in ICAM-1 expression and mononuclear cell adhesion. Our results may help explain the initiation and propagation of inflammatory events in vivo induced by chronic airway exposure to cigarette smoke.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Bronchi/cytology
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Adhesion/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/drug effects
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Complement C5a/metabolism
- Complement C5a/pharmacology
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Humans
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/drug effects
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Pneumonia/etiology
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/etiology
- Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a
- Receptors, Complement/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Complement/metabolism
- Respiratory Mucosa/drug effects
- Respiratory Mucosa/metabolism
- Respiratory Mucosa/physiopathology
- Smoke/adverse effects
- Nicotiana
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Anthony A Floreani
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Health Systems, Omaha, NE 68198-5300, USA.
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Aoshiba K, Nagai A. Oxidative stress, cell death, and other damage to alveolar epithelial cells induced by cigarette smoke. Tob Induc Dis 2003; 1:219-26. [PMID: 19570263 PMCID: PMC2671551 DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-1-3-219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor in the development of various lung diseases, including pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer. The mechanisms of these diseases include alterations in alveolar epithelial cells, which are essential in the maintenance of normal alveolar architecture and function. Following cigarette smoking, alterations in alveolar epithelial cells induce an increase in epithelial permeability, a decrease in surfactant production, the inappropriate production of inflammatory cytokines and growth factors, and an increased risk of lung cancer. However, the most deleterious effect of cigarette smoke on alveolar epithelial cells is cell death, i.e., either apoptosis or necrosis depending on the magnitude of cigarette smoke exposure. Cell death induced by cigarette smoke exposure can largely be accounted for by an enhancement in oxidative stress. In fact, cigarette smoke contains and generates many reactive oxygen species that damage alveolar epithelial cells. Whether apoptosis and/or necrosis in alveolar epithelial cells is enhanced in healthy cigarette smokers is presently unclear. However, recent evidence indicates that the apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells and alveolar endothelial cells is involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema, an important cigarette smoke-induced lung disease characterized by the loss of alveolar structures. This review will discuss oxidative stress, cell death, and other damage to alveolar epithelial cells induced by cigarette smoke.
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- K Aoshiba
- First Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Page K, Li J, Zhou L, Iasvovskaia S, Corbit KC, Soh JW, Weinstein IB, Brasier AR, Lin A, Hershenson MB, Iasvoyskaia S. Regulation of airway epithelial cell NF-kappa B-dependent gene expression by protein kinase C delta. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:5681-9. [PMID: 12759450 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.11.5681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Airway epithelial cells synthesize proinflammatory molecules such as IL-8, GM-CSF, RANTES, and ICAM-1, the expression of which is increased in the airways of patients with asthma. We investigated the regulation of these NF-kappa B-dependent genes by the novel protein kinase C (PKC) isoform PKC delta in 16HBE14o- human airway epithelial cells, focusing on IL-8 expression. Transient transfection with the constitutively active catalytic subunit of PKC delta (PKC delta-CAT), and treatment with bryostatin 1, an activator of PKC delta, each increased transcription from the IL-8 promoter, whereas overexpression of PKC epsilon had minor effects. Expression of a dominant negative PKC delta mutant (PKC delta-KR) or pretreatment of cells with rottlerin, a chemical PKC delta inhibitor, attenuated TNF-alpha- and phorbol ester-induced transcription from the IL-8 promoter. Bryostatin 1 treatment increased IL-8 protein abundance in primary airway epithelial cells. Selective activation of PKC delta by bryostatin also activated NF-kappa B, as evidenced by p65 RelA and p50 NF-kappa B1 binding to DNA, NF-kappa B trans-activation, and I kappa B degradation. The sufficiency of PKC delta to induce NF-kappa B nuclear translocation and binding to DNA was confirmed in a 16HBE14o- cell line inducibly expressing PKC delta-CAT under the tet-off system. Deletion of the NF-kappa B response element severely attenuated PKC delta-induced IL-8 promoter activity. Finally, PKC delta-CAT induced transcription from the GM-CSF, RANTES, and ICAM-1 promoters. Together these data suggest that PKC delta plays a key role in the regulation of airway epithelial cell NF-kappa B-dependent gene expression.
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- Kristen Page
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Wyatt TA, Sisson JH, Forgèt MA, Bennett RG, Hamel FG, Spurzem JR. Relaxin stimulates bronchial epithelial cell PKA activation, migration, and ciliary beating. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2002; 227:1047-53. [PMID: 12486216 DOI: 10.1177/153537020222701114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Relaxin is an insulin-like serum protein secreted during pregnancy and found in many tissues, including the lung. Relaxin is reported to stimulate epithelial cell proliferation, but the effects of relaxin on airway epithelium are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that relaxin would stimulate the increased migration of bronchial epithelial cells (BEC) in response to wounding. Using monolayers of BEC in a wound-healing model, relaxin augmented wound closure with maximal closure occurring at 12 hr (1 micro M). Unlike cytokines, relaxin did not stimulate increased BEC interleukin-8 (IL-8) release. Relaxin caused a significant stimulation of ciliary beat frequency (CBF) in BEC. Because protein kinase (PKA) activation increases CBF and relaxin can elevate intracellular cAMP levels, we measured PKA activity in BEC treated with relaxin. Relaxin increased PKA activity 3-4 fold by approximately 4 hr, with a return to baseline levels by 8-10 hr. Relaxin-stimulated PKA activity differs temporally from the rapid (1 hr) beta-adrenergic activation of PKA in BEC. These data suggest that relaxin augments epithelial repair by increasing airway cell migration and CBF via PKA-dependent mechanisms.
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- T A Wyatt
- Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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Cummings RJ, Parinandi NL, Zaiman A, Wang L, Usatyuk PV, Garcia JGN, Natarajan V. Phospholipase D activation by sphingosine 1-phosphate regulates interleukin-8 secretion in human bronchial epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:30227-35. [PMID: 12039947 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111078200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a potent bioactive sphingolipid, has been implicated in many critical cellular events, including a regulatory role in the pathogenesis of airway inflammation. We investigated the participation of S1P as an inflammatory mediator by assessing interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion and phospholipase D (PLD) activation in human bronchial epithelial cells (Beas-2B). S1P(1), S1P(3), S1P(4), S1P(5), and weak S1P(2) receptors were detected in Beas-2B and primary human bronchial epithelial cells. S1P stimulated a rapid activation of PLD, which was nearly abolished by pertussis toxin (PTX) treatment, consistent with S1P receptor/G(i) protein coupling. S1P also markedly induced Beas-2B secretion of IL-8, a powerful neutrophil chemoattractant and activator, in a PTX-sensitive manner. This S1P-mediated response was dependent on transcription as indicated by a strong induction of IL-8 promoter-mediated luciferase activity in transfected Beas-2B cells and a complete inhibition by actinomycin D. Beas-2B exposure to 1-butanol, which converts the PLD-generated phosphatidic acid (PA) to phosphatidylbutanol by a transphosphatidylation reaction, significantly attenuated the S1P-induced IL-8 secretion, indicating the involvement of PLD-derived PA in the signaling pathway. Inhibition of 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate-stimulated IL-8 production by 1-butanol further strengthened this observation. Blocking protein kinase C and Rho kinase also attenuated S1P-induced IL-8 secretion. Our data suggest that PLD-derived PA, protein kinase C, and Rho are important signaling components in S1P-mediated IL-8 secretion by human bronchial epithelial cells.
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- Rhett J Cummings
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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COPD is a common disease and its major risk factor, cigarette smoking, has been identified. However, only a minority of smokers develop clinically relevant disease. Although, the current understanding of the pathogenesis includes an "abnormal inflammation" as a response to various noxious agents, its various pathways are not clear. Oxidative stress, inflammation, tissue damage and tissue repair (remodeling) are parts of the complex procedure leading to COPD. This is a review of the available literature concerning the "susceptible" smoker. An epidemiological model is discussed, putting emphasis on the timing of the exposure to cigarette smoke. There are evidences that respiratory adenoviral infection in early life could be also an important factor. Differences in nutrition could also play a role in protecting against the oxidative stress. Airway hyperresponsiveness failed to clarify the whole picture and is still open for debate. Genetic differences are the most likely explanations to describe the "susceptible" smoker. However, the only well-established genetic risk factor is the alpha-l-antitrypsin. Other candidate genes were reviewed, alpha-l-antichymotrypsin, blood group antigens, vitamin-D binding protein, a2-macroglobulin, immunoglobulin deficiency, extracellular superoxide dismutase, secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor, cathepsin G, tumor necrosis factor-a gene and others. Microsatellite DNA instability in COPD could be a useful tool to identify the locus of genetic alterations leading to COPD. Thus, in addition to exposure to exogenous factors, host factors, most likely several genes, are involved and affect various pathways of the pathogenesis of COPD.
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- N M Siafakas
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Romberger DJ, Bodlak V, Von Essen SG, Mathisen T, Wyatt TA. Hog barn dust extract stimulates IL-8 and IL-6 release in human bronchial epithelial cells via PKC activation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002; 93:289-96. [PMID: 12070216 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00815.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hog barn workers have an increased incidence of respiratory tract symptoms and demonstrate an increase in lung inflammatory mediators, including interleukin (IL)-8 and IL-6. Utilizing direct kinase assays for protein kinase C (PKC) activation, we demonstrated that dust from hog confinement facilities, or hog dust extract (HDE), augments PKC activity of human airway epithelial cells in vitro. A 5% dilution of HDE typically stimulates an approximately twofold increase in human bronchial epithelial cell (HBEC) PKC activity compared with control medium-treated cells. This increase in PKC is observed with 15 min of HDE treatment, and kinase activity reaches peak activity by 1-2 h of HDE treatment before returning to baseline PKC levels between 6 and 24 h. The classic PKC inhibitor, calphostin C, blocks HDE-stimulated PKC activity and associated IL-8 and IL-6 release. Desensitization to HDE stimulation of PKC activation does not appear to occur because subsequent exposures to HDE after an initial exposure result in further augmentation of PKC. Detoxification of HDE with polymyxin B to remove endotoxin did not change PKC activation or IL-8 release, suggesting that endotoxin is not solely responsible for HDE augmentation of PKC. These data support the hypothesis that HDE exposure augments HBEC IL-8 and IL-6 release via a PKC-dependent pathway.
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- D J Romberger
- Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha 68105, Nebraska, USA.
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Bosch I, Xhaja K, Estevez L, Raines G, Melichar H, Warke RV, Fournier MV, Ennis FA, Rothman AL. Increased production of interleukin-8 in primary human monocytes and in human epithelial and endothelial cell lines after dengue virus challenge. J Virol 2002; 76:5588-97. [PMID: 11991987 PMCID: PMC137016 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.11.5588-5597.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The more severe form of dengue virus infection, dengue hemorrhagic fever, is characterized by plasma leakage and derangements in hemostasis. As elevated interleukin-8 (IL-8) levels have been observed in sera from patients with more severe disease manifestations, a study was initiated to look at the effect of dengue virus infection in vitro on proinflammatory cytokine secretion and expression. A significant increase in IL-8 levels in the culture supernatant of primary human monocytes infected with dengue 2 virus (D2V) New Guinea C (NGC) was found by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Additionally, by reverse transcriptase PCR, the mRNA was also augmented. Among the proinflammatory cytokines and their mRNAs measured (IL-6, IL-1 beta, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor alpha), IL-8 showed the greatest change following D2V infection. Similarly, two cell lines, 293T (a human epithelial cell line) and ECV304 (an endothelial cell line), were permissive to D2V NGC and responded to the infection by increasing the synthesis of IL-8. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) and nuclear factor IL-6 (NFIL-6) are primary mediators of IL-8 expression. We studied the transcriptional regulation of IL-8 in the ECV304 and 293T cell lines and found that the induction of IL-8 gene expression involved the activation of NF-kappa B (P = 0.001) and, to a lesser extent, the activation of NFIL-6 in ECV304 cells only. We next observed by the chromatin immunoprecipitation procedure in vivo acetylation of core histones bound to the IL-8 promoter after D2V infection. IL-8 produced by infected monocytes and also IL-8 that may be produced by endothelial or other epithelial cells is associated with the hyperacetylation of histones bound to the IL-8 promoter in addition to the activation of transcription by NF-kappa B. We hypothesize that the overall increase in IL-8 synthesis observed in this in vitro study may play a role in the pathogenesis of the plasma leakage seen in dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.
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- Irene Bosch
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research and Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
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Kashyap R, Floreani AA, Heires AJ, Sanderson SD, Wyatt TA. Protein kinase C-alpha mediates cigarette smoke extract- and complement factor 5a-stimulated interleukin-8 release in human bronchial epithelial cells. J Investig Med 2002; 50:46-53. [PMID: 11813828 DOI: 10.2310/6650.2002.33517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoke extract (CSE) activates protein kinase C (PKC) and augments complement factor 5a (C5a)-stimulated release of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-8 in human bronchial epithelial cells (HBEC). We hypothesized that PKC activation by alternative PKC activators will also mediate C5a-stimulated IL-8 release in HBEC. METHODS HBEC were treated with phorbol myristate acetate (100 ng/mL), calcium ionophore A23187 (2 nM), or 10 nM cholesterol-3-sulfate in the presence or absence of C5a. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) release was measured by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay. RESULTS IL-8 release by PKC activators alone was significantly higher than in unstimulated cells and was further augmented in the presence of C5a. Preincubation with the PKC inhibitor calphostin C (1 microM) significantly suppressed IL-8 release in HBEC treated with CSE and C5a. Preincubation with 10 microM TMB-8 (an intracellular calcium sequester) also significantly suppressed IL-8 release in CSE- and C5a-treated HBEC, suggesting that intracellular calcium is required for CSE- and C5a-mediated IL-8 release. When HBEC were preincubated with 30 nM of the PKCbeta-specific inhibitor LY363196, CSE- and C5a-mediated IL-8 release was not inhibited. However, with higher concentrations of LY363196 (>600 nM), which exceeds the IC50 for PKCbeta greater than 100 fold, CSE- and C5a-mediated IL-8 release was significantly suppressed. Preincubation of HBEC with 100 nM of Gö 6976, a specific PKCalpha inhibitor, significantly inhibited CSE- and C5a-mediated stimulation of IL-8 release. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these data suggest that PKC activators in addition to CSE augment C5a-stimulated IL-8 release from HBEC and that CSE and C5a stimulate IL-8 release in HBEC by activating the calcium-dependent PKCalpha isoform.
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- Ravindra Kashyap
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-5300, USA
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Wyatt TA, Kharbanda KK, Tuma DJ, Sisson JH. Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde-adducted bovine serum albumin activates protein kinase C and stimulates interleukin-8 release in bovine bronchial epithelial cells. Alcohol 2001; 25:159-66. [PMID: 11839459 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(01)00177-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Previous study results have demonstrated that cigarette smoke or acetaldehyde rapidly stimulates protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated release of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in bovine bronchial epithelial cells (BECs). Low concentrations of acetaldehyde combine synergistically with malondialdehyde to increase significantly maximal BEC PKC activity at 48 to 96 h stimulation. Because more than 95% of alcoholics are cigarette smokers, we hypothesized that malondialdehyde, an inflammation product of lipid peroxidation, and acetaldehyde, both a product of ethanol metabolism and a component of cigarette smoke, might stimulate PKC-mediated IL-8 release in BECs by malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) adduct formation, rather than as free aldehydes. Protein kinase C activity is maximally elevated in BECs treated with 50 microg/ml of BSA-MAA from approximately 1 to 3 h. This activity subsequently begins to decrease by 4 to 6 h, with a return to baseline unstimulated kinase activity levels by 24 h. No activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) or cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) was observed in BSA-MAA-treated BECs. The MAA adduct activation of PKC was followed by a fourfold to tenfold greater release of IL-8 over that observed for both BECs exposed to media only and BSA control-treated BECs. Protein kinase C activation and IL-8 release were blocked by pretreating BECs with 1 microM calphostin C or 100 nM of the PKC alpha-specific inhibitor, Go 6976. Isoform-specific inhibitors to PKC beta, PKC delta, and PKC zeta failed to inhibit completely MAA adduct-stimulated PKC or IL-8 release. Results of these studies indicate that metabolites derived from ethanol and cigarette smoke, such as acetaldehyde and malondialdehyde, form adducts that stimulate airway epithelial cell PKC alpha-mediated release of promigratory cytokines.
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- T A Wyatt
- Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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