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Aissous I, Benrebai M, Ameddah S, Menad A, Erenler R, Benayache S, Benayache F. The preventive effects of Centaurea maroccana Ball. extract against oxidative stress induced by cisplatin in mice brains: in vitro and in vivo studies. Drug Chem Toxicol 2023; 46:1162-1175. [PMID: 36330673 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2022.2139841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Since antiquity, Centaurea species have been used in folk medicine to treat several diseases owing to their potential biological activities that distinguish this genus such as antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory effect. The current study aimed to investigate the possible neuroprotective effects of the n-butanol extract of Centaurea maroccana (BECM) against cisplatin (CP) induced neurotoxicity in mice. BECM's potential neuroprotective properties were studied in vitro and in vivo models. Male Swiss albino mice were orally received BECM (200 mg/kg) for 10 days before a single intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin (8 mg/kg). Vitamin E (100 mg/kg) was given daily by gavage as a positive control. In vitro results revealed that BECM inhibited lipid peroxidation (LPO) levels and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. In vivo findings showed that BECM pretreatment was able to regulate lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and to improve CP-induced cholinergic dysfunction by inhibiting AChE activity in mice brains. Moreover, BECM attenuated CP-provoked oxidative stress by suppressing LPO levels, increasing total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and enhancing the activities of antioxidant enzymes (catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione S-transferase (GST)) in both brain cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions. The histological analysis exhibited neurotoprotective effect of BECM by protecting the cerebral cortex and reducing the histomorphological alterations resulted by cisplatin. Interestingly, our extract achieved neuroprotection comparable to vitamin E in most evaluated parameters. It appears that protective potency of BECM against CP-induced neurotoxicity could be related to its richness in polyphenols confirmed by liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analysis (LC-MS/MS).
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- Imane Aissous
- Laboratory of Biology and Environment, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life, University of Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Biology and Environment, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life, University of Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Biology and Environment, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life, University of Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Biology and Environment, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life, University of Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
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- Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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- Research Unit, Valorization of Natural Resources, Bioactive Molecules, Physicochemical and Biological Analysis (VARENBIOMOL), University of Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
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- Research Unit, Valorization of Natural Resources, Bioactive Molecules, Physicochemical and Biological Analysis (VARENBIOMOL), University of Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
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Jankauskaite L, Malinauskas M, Snipaitiene A. Effect of stimulated platelets in COVID-19 thrombosis: Role of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:1037369. [PMID: 36312286 PMCID: PMC9614055 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1037369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Since early 2020, SARS-CoV-2-induced infection resulted in global pandemics with high morbidity, especially in the adult population. COVID-19 is a highly prothrombotic condition associated with subsequent multiorgan failure and lethal outcomes. The exact mechanism of the prothrombotic state is not well understood and might be multifactorial. Nevertheless, platelets are attributed to play a crucial role in COVID-19-associated thrombosis. To date, platelets' role was defined primarily in thrombosis and homeostasis. Currently, more focus has been set on their part in inflammation and immunity. Moreover, their ability to release various soluble factors under activation as well as internalize and degrade specific pathogens has been highly addressed in viral research. This review article will discuss platelet role in COVID-19-associated thrombosis and their role in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Multiple studies confirmed that platelets display a hyperactivated phenotype in COVID-19 patients. Critically ill patients demonstrate increased platelet activation markers such as P-selectin, PF4, or serotonin. In addition, platelets contain acetylcholine and express α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAchR). Thus, acetylcholine can be released under activation, and α7nAchR can be stimulated in an autocrine manner and support platelet function. α7 receptor is one of the most important mediators of the anti-inflammatory properties as it is associated with humoral and intrinsic immunity and was demonstrated to contribute to better outcomes in COVID-19 patients when under stimulation. Hematopoietic α7nAchR deficiency increases platelet activation and, in experimental studies, α7nAchR stimulation can diminish the pro-inflammatory state and modulate platelet reactiveness via increased levels of NO. NO has been described to inhibit platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation. In addition, acetylcholine has been demonstrated to decrease platelet aggregation possibly by blocking the e p-38 pathway. SARS-CoV-2 proteins have been found to be similar to neurotoxins which can bind to nAChR and prevent the action of acetylcholine. Concluding, the platelet role in COVID-19 thrombotic events could be explained by their active function in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway.
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- Lina Jankauskaite
- Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania,Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania,*Correspondence: Lina Jankauskaite
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- Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Margraf A, Perretti M. Immune Cell Plasticity in Inflammation: Insights into Description and Regulation of Immune Cell Phenotypes. Cells 2022; 11:cells11111824. [PMID: 35681519 PMCID: PMC9180515 DOI: 10.3390/cells11111824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Inflammation is a life-saving immune reaction occurring in response to invading pathogens. Nonetheless, inflammation can also occur in an uncontrolled, unrestricted manner, leading to chronic disease and organ damage. Mechanisms triggering an inflammatory response, hindering such a response, or leading to its resolution are well-studied but so far insufficiently elucidated with regard to precise therapeutic interventions. Notably, as an immune reaction evolves, requirements and environments for immune cells change, and thus cellular phenotypes adapt and shift, leading to the appearance of distinct cellular subpopulations with new functional features. In this article, we aim to highlight properties of, and overarching regulatory factors involved in, the occurrence of immune cell phenotypes with a special focus on neutrophils, macrophages and platelets. Additionally, we point out implications for both diagnostics and therapeutics in inflammation research.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Loss of chromosome 7 has long been associated with adverse-risk myeloid malignancy. In the last decade, CUX1 has been identified as a critical tumor suppressor gene (TSG) located within a commonly deleted segment of chromosome arm 7q. Additional genes encoded on 7q have also been identified as bona fide myeloid tumor suppressors, further implicating chromosome 7 deletions in disease pathogenesis. This review will discuss the clinical implications of del(7q) and CUX1 mutations, both in disease and clonal hematopoiesis, and synthesize recent literature on CUX1 and other chromosome 7 TSGs. RECENT FINDINGS Two major studies, including a new mouse model, have been published that support a role for CUX1 inactivation in the development of myeloid neoplasms. Additional recent studies describe the cellular and hematopoietic effects from loss of the 7q genes LUC7L2 and KMT2C/MLL3, and the implications of chromosome 7 deletions in clonal hematopoiesis. SUMMARY Mounting evidence supports CUX1 as being a key chromosome 7 TSG. As 7q encodes additional myeloid regulators and tumor suppressors, improved models of chromosome loss are needed to interrogate combinatorial loss of these critical 7q genes.
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- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology/Oncology
- The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a serine hydrolase whose primary function is to degrade acetylcholine (ACh) and terminate neurotransmission. Apart from its role in synaptic transmission, AChE has several "non-classical" functions in non-neuronal cells. AChE is involved in cellular growth, apoptosis, drug resistance pathways, response to stress signals and inflammation. The observation that the functional activity of AChE is altered in human tumors (relative to adjacent matched normal tissue) has raised several intriguing questions about its role in the pathophysiology of human cancers. Published reports show that AChE is a vital regulator of oncogenic signaling pathways involving proliferation, differentiation, cell-cell adhesion, migration, invasion and metastasis of primary tumors. The objective of this book chapter is to provide a comprehensive overview of the contributions of the AChE-signaling pathway in the growth of progression of human cancers. The AChE isoforms, AChE-T, AChE-R and AChE-S are robustly expressed in human cancer cell lines as well in human tumors (isolated from patients). Traditionally, AChE-modulators have been used in the clinic for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Emerging studies reveal that these drugs could be repurposed for the treatment of human cancers. The discovery of potent, selective AChE ligands will provide new knowledge about AChE-regulatory pathways in human cancers and foster the hope of novel therapies for this disease.
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- Stephen D Richbart
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Toxicology Research Cluster, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Toxicology Research Cluster, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States
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- West Virginia University Medical School, Morgantown, WV, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Toxicology Research Cluster, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States.
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Ijabi J, Afrisham R, Moradi-Sardareh H, Roozehdar P, Seifi F, Sahebkar A, Ijabi R. The Shift of HbF to HbA under Influence of SKA2 Gene; A Possible Link between Cortisol and Hematopoietic Maturation in Term and Preterm Newborns. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2021; 21:485-494. [PMID: 32364083 DOI: 10.2174/1871530320666200504091354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND We hypothesized that the SKA2 gene can convert hemoglobin F to A leading to the maturity of the hematopoietic system by glucocorticoid hormone; so, the present study aimed to investigate the health outcome of newborns by using the effect of SKA2 gene on hematopoietic maturation. METHODS At first, 142 samples were divided into term and preterm. After sampling from the umbilical cord blood, the expression of SKA2 genes and HbA and F were evaluated by quantitative RT-PCR. The blood gases were measured by Campact 3 device. Finally, the cortisol level was measured by ELISA method and HbA and F levels were investigated by capillary electrophoresis. RESULTS The blood gases and Apgar scores were more favorable in term newborns (P <0.001). Levels of protein/expression of HbF in newborns with Apgar score greater than 7 was lower than that of the newborns with Apgar score below 7 (P <0.001). Cortisol and HbA levels were considerably higher in term newborns compared to the preterm ones (P <0.001). In the preterm and term groups, SKA2 gene expression had a positive and significant relationship with cortisol and HbA levels as well as a negative relationship with the HbF level. In the preterm group, a positive and significant relationship was observed between the expression of SKA2 and HbF genes. CONCLUSION The results revealed that the SKA2 gene affected hematopoietic maturation in preterm and term newborns and the health outcome of newborns improved by increasing HbA level.
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- Janat Ijabi
- Department of Hematology, School of Allied Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Veterinary, Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Garmsar, Iran
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- Counseling and Reproductive Health Research Centre, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Counseling and Reproductive Health Research Centre, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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Al-Sharea A, Lee MKS, Purton LE, Hawkins ED, Murphy AJ. The haematopoietic stem cell niche: a new player in cardiovascular disease? Cardiovasc Res 2020; 115:277-291. [PMID: 30590405 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Haematopoiesis, the process of blood production, can be altered during the initiation or progression of many diseases. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been shown to be heavily influenced by changes to the haematopoietic system, including the types and abundance of immune cells produced. It is now well established that innate immune cells are increased in people with CVD, and the mechanisms contributing to this can be vastly different depending on the risk factors or comorbidities present. Many of these changes begin at the level of the haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) that reside in the bone marrow (BM). In general, the HSPCs and downstream myeloid progenitors are expanded via increased proliferation in the setting of atherosclerotic CVD. However, HSPCs can also be encouraged to leave the BM and colonise extramedullary sites (i.e. the spleen). Within the BM, HSPCs reside in specialized microenvironments, often referred to as a niche. To date in depth studies assessing the damage or dysregulation that occurs in the BM niche in varying CVDs are scarce. In this review, we provide a general overview of the complex components and interactions within the BM niche and how they influence the function of HSPCs. Additionally, we discuss the main findings regarding changes in the HSPC niche that influence the progression of CVD. We hypothesize that understanding the influence of the BM niche in CVD will aid in delineating new pathways for therapeutic interventions.
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- Annas Al-Sharea
- Division of Immunometabolism, Haematopoiesis and Leukocyte Biology, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Immunometabolism, Haematopoiesis and Leukocyte Biology, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Immunology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Immunometabolism, Haematopoiesis and Leukocyte Biology, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Jaguezeski AM, da Silva AS, Gomes TMA, Bottari NB, Lopes TF, Cechin RA, Morsch VM, Schetinger MRC, Giongo JL, de A Vaucher R. Experimental listeriosis: A study of purinergic and cholinergic inflammatory pathway. Vet Microbiol 2019; 241:108528. [PMID: 31882365 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The cholinergic, purinergic and oxidative stress systems were related to nervous system damage in some pathologies, as well as being involved in pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory pathways. The objective was to investigate changes in purinergic, cholinergic systems and oxidative stress related to the neuropathology of listeriosis. Gerbils were used as experimental models. The animals were divided in two groups: control and infected. The animals were orally infected with 5 × 108 CFU/animal of the pathogenic strain of Listeria monocytogenes. Collected of material was 6 and 12th days post-infection (PI). Infected animals showed moderate mixed inflammatory infiltrates in the liver. The spleen and brain was used for PCR analyses, confirming infection by L. monocytogenes. Increase in number of total leukocytes because of an increase in lymphocytes in infected (P < 0.001). ATP and ADP hydrolysis by NTPDase was lower at 6 and 12th days PI in infected animals than in the control group. ADA (adenosine deaminase) activity was higher on the 6th day PI (P < 0.05) and decreased on the 12th day PI (P < 0.05) in infected animals. AChE (acetylcholinesterase) activity did not differ between groups on the 6th day PI; however, activity decreased in infected group on the 12th day PI (P < 0.05). On the 12th day PI, an increase of oxygen-reactive species levels and lower catalase and superoxide dismutase activities in the infected group was observed, characterizing a situation of cerebral oxidative stress. The inflammatory and oxidative mechanisms are present in listeriosis in asymptomatic animals, and that ectonucleotidases and cholinesterase's are involved in immunomodulation.
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- Antonise M Jaguezeski
- Department of Molecular Biology and Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; Department of Animal Science, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; Department of Animal Science, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Instituto Federal Catarinense - IFC, Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Instituto Federal Catarinense - IFC, Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Pharmacy Laboratory, Faculdade Anhanguera, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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Xu ML, Luk WKW, Bi CWC, Liu EYL, Wu KQY, Yao P, Dong TTX, Tsim KWK. Erythropoietin regulates the expression of dimeric form of acetylcholinesterase during differentiation of erythroblast. J Neurochem 2018; 146:390-402. [PMID: 29675901 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 03/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1.1.7) is known to hydrolyze acetylcholine at cholinergic synapses. In mammalian erythrocyte, AChE exists as a dimer (G2 ) and is proposed to play role in erythropoiesis. To reveal the regulation of AChE during differentiation of erythroblast, erythroblast-like cells (TF-1) were induced to differentiate by application of erythropoietin (EPO). The expression of AChE was increased in parallel to the stages of differentiation. Application of EPO in cultured TF-1 cells induced transcriptional activity of ACHE gene, as well as its protein product. This EPO-induced event was in parallel with erythrocytic proteins, for example, α- and β-globins. The EPO-induced AChE expression was mediated by phosphorylations of Akt and GATA-1; because the application of Akt kinase inhibitor blocked the gene activation. Erythroid transcription factor also known as GATA-1, a downstream transcription factor of EPO signaling, was proposed here to account for regulation of AChE in TF-1 cell. A binding sequence of GATA-1 was identified in ACHE gene promoter, which was further confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay. Over-expression of GATA-1 in TF-1 cultures induced AChE expression, as well as activity of ACHE promoter tagged with luciferase gene (pAChE-Luc). The deletion of GATA-1 sequence on the ACHE promoter, pAChEΔGATA-1 -Luc, reduced the promoter activity during erythroblastic differentiation. On the contrary, the knock-down of AChE in TF-1 cultures could lead to a reduction in EPO-induced expression of erythrocytic proteins. These findings indicated specific regulation of AChE during maturation of erythroblast, which provided an insight into elucidating possible mechanisms in regulating erythropoiesis.
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- Miranda L Xu
- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresourses, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresourses, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresourses, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Kapur R, Zufferey A, Boilard E, Semple JW. Nouvelle cuisine: platelets served with inflammation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 194:5579-87. [PMID: 26048965 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Platelets are small cellular fragments with the primary physiological role of maintaining hemostasis. In addition to this well-described classical function, it is becoming increasingly clear that platelets have an intimate connection with infection and inflammation. This stems from several platelet characteristics, including their ability to bind infectious agents and secrete many immunomodulatory cytokines and chemokines, as well as their expression of receptors for various immune effector and regulatory functions, such as TLRs, which allow them to sense pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Furthermore, platelets contain RNA that can be nascently translated under different environmental stresses, and they are able to release membrane microparticles that can transport inflammatory cargo to inflammatory cells. Interestingly, acute infections can also result in platelet breakdown and thrombocytopenia. This report highlights these relatively new aspects of platelets and, thus, their nonhemostatic nature in an inflammatory setting.
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- Rick Kapur
- Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada; Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada; Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada; and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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Nadorp B, Soreq H. Gut feeling: MicroRNA discriminators of the intestinal TLR9-cholinergic links. Int Immunopharmacol 2015; 29:8-14. [PMID: 26003847 PMCID: PMC4646847 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2015.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The intestinal tissue notably responds to stressful, cholinergic and innate immune signals by microRNA (miRNA) changes, but whether and how those miRNA regulators modify the intestinal cholinergic and innate immune pathways remained unexplored. Here, we report changes in several miRNA regulators of cholinesterases (ChEs) and correspondingly modified ChE activities in intestine, splenocytes and the circulation of mice exposed to both stress and canonical or alternative Toll-Like Receptor 9 (TLR9) oligonucleotide (ODN) aptamer activators or blockers. Stressful intraperitoneal injection of saline, the anti-inflammatory TLR9 agonist mEN101 aptamer or the inflammation-activating TLR9 aptamer ODN 1826 all increased the expression of the acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-targeting miR-132. In comparison, mEN101 but neither ODN 1826 nor saline injections elevated intestinal miR-129-5p, miR-186 and miR-200c, all predicted to target both AChE and the homologous enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). In cultured immune cells, BL-7040, the human counterpart of mEN101, reduced AChE activity reflecting inflammatory reactions in a manner preventable by the TLR9 blocking ODN 2088. Furthermore, the anti-inflammatory BL-7040 TLR9 aptamer caused reduction in nitric oxide and AChE activity in both murine splenocytes and human mononuclear cells at molar concentrations four orders of magnitude lower than ODN 1826. Our findings demonstrate differential reaction of cholinesterase-targeting miRNAs to distinct TLR9 challenges, indicating upstream miRNA co-regulation of the intestinal alternative NFκB pathway and cholinergic signaling. TLR9 aptamers may hence potentiate miRNA regulation that enhances cholinergic signaling and the resolution of inflammation, which opens new venues for manipulating bowel diseases.
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- Bettina Nadorp
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Edmond and Lily Safra Center of Brain Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Grass Center for Bioengineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Edmond and Lily Safra Center of Brain Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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Xi HJ, Wu RP, Liu JJ, Zhang LJ, Li ZS. Role of acetylcholinesterase in lung cancer. Thorac Cancer 2015; 6:390-8. [PMID: 26273392 PMCID: PMC4511315 DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.12249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a key role in catalytic hydrolysis of cholinergic neurotransmitters. Intensive research has proven the involvement of this protein in novel functions, such as cell adhesion, differentiation, and proliferation. In addition, several recent studies have indicated that acetylcholinesterase is potentially a marker and regulator of apoptosis. Importantly, AChE is also a promising tumor suppressor. In this review, we briefly summarize the involvement of AChE in apoptosis and cancer, focusing on the role of AChE in lung cancer, as well as the therapeutic consideration of AChE for cancer therapy.
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- Hui-Jun Xi
- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
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- School of Nursing, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nursing, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China ; Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
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Readthrough acetylcholinesterase (AChE-R) and regulated necrosis: pharmacological targets for the regulation of ovarian functions? Cell Death Dis 2015; 6:e1685. [PMID: 25766324 PMCID: PMC4385929 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2015.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Proliferation, differentiation and death of ovarian cells ensure orderly functioning of the female gonad during the reproductive phase, which ultimately ends with menopause in women. These processes are regulated by several mechanisms, including local signaling via neurotransmitters. Previous studies showed that ovarian non-neuronal endocrine cells produce acetylcholine (ACh), which likely acts as a trophic factor within the ovarian follicle and the corpus luteum via muscarinic ACh receptors. How its actions are restricted was unknown. We identified enzymatically active acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in human ovarian follicular fluid as a product of human granulosa cells. AChE breaks down ACh and thereby attenuates its trophic functions. Blockage of AChE by huperzine A increased the trophic actions as seen in granulosa cells studies. Among ovarian AChE variants, the readthrough isoform AChE-R was identified, which has further, non-enzymatic roles. AChE-R was found in follicular fluid, granulosa and theca cells, as well as luteal cells, implying that such functions occur in vivo. A synthetic AChE-R peptide (ARP) was used to explore such actions and induced in primary, cultured human granulosa cells a caspase-independent form of cell death with a distinct balloon-like morphology and the release of lactate dehydrogenase. The RIPK1 inhibitor necrostatin-1 and the MLKL-blocker necrosulfonamide significantly reduced this form of cell death. Thus a novel non-enzymatic function of AChE-R is to stimulate RIPK1/MLKL-dependent regulated necrosis (necroptosis). The latter complements a cholinergic system in the ovary, which determines life and death of ovarian cells. Necroptosis likely occurs in the primate ovary, as granulosa and luteal cells were immunopositive for phospho-MLKL, and hence necroptosis may contribute to follicular atresia and luteolysis. The results suggest that interference with the enzymatic activities of AChE and/or interference with necroptosis may be novel approaches to influence ovarian functions.
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Fiore M, James C, Mouton C, Calderon J, Barandon L, Ouattara A, Picard F. Assessment of platelet function with light transmission aggregometry in 24 patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: A single-center experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 148:3119-25.e1. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zimmermann M. Neuronal AChE splice variants and their non-hydrolytic functions: redefining a target of AChE inhibitors? Br J Pharmacol 2014; 170:953-67. [PMID: 23991627 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2013] [Revised: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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AChE enzymatic inhibition is a core focus of pharmacological intervention in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Yet, AChE has also been ascribed non-hydrolytic functions, which seem related to its appearance in various isoforms. Neuronal AChE presents as a tailed form (AChE-T) predominantly found on the neuronal synapse, and a facultatively expressed readthough form (AChE-R), which exerts short to medium-term protective effects. Notably, this latter form is also found in the periphery. While these non-hydrolytic functions of AChE are most controversially discussed, there is evidence for them being additional targets of AChE inhibitors. This review aims to provide clarification as to the role of these AChE splice variants and their interplay with other cholinergic parameters and their being targets of AChE inhibition: AChE-R is particularly involved in the mediation of (anti-)apoptotic events in cholinergic cells, involving adaptation of various cholinergic parameters and a time-dependent link to the expression of neuroprotective factors. The AChE-T C-terminus is central to AChE activity regulation, while isolated AChE-T C-terminal fragments mediate toxic effects via the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. There is direct evidence for roles of AChE-T and AChE-R in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection, with these roles involving AChE as a key modulator of the cholinergic system: in vivo data further encourages the use of AChE inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions such as AD since effects on both enzymatic activity and the enzyme's non-hydrolytic functions can be postulated. It also suggests that novel AChE inhibitors should enhance protective AChE-R, while avoiding the concomitant up-regulation of AChE-T.
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- M Zimmermann
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Dong ZF, Tang LJ, Deng GF, Zeng T, Liu SJ, Wan RP, Liu T, Zhao QH, Yi YH, Liao WP, Long YS. Transcription of the human sodium channel SCN1A gene is repressed by a scaffolding protein RACK1. Mol Neurobiol 2014; 50:438-48. [PMID: 24436055 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8633-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Voltage-gated sodium channel α subunit type I (Nav1.1, encoded by SCN1A gene) plays a critical role in the initiation of action potential in the central nervous system. Downregulated expression of SCN1A is believed to be associated with epilepsy. Here, we found that the SCN1A promoter (P1c), located at the 5' untranslated exon 1c, drove the reporter gene expression in human NT2 cells, and a region between nt +53 and +62 downstream of the P1c promoter repressed the promoter activity. Further analyses showed that a scaffolding protein RACK1 (receptor for activated C kinase 1) was involved in binding to this silencer. Knockdown of RACK1 expression in NT2 cells deprived the repressive role of the silencer on the P1c promoter and increased SCN1A transcription, suggesting the potential involvement of RACK1 in negatively regulating SCN1A transcription via interaction with the silencer. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the binding of the protein complex including RACK1 to the SCN1A promoter motif was decreased in neuron-like differentiation of the NT2 cells induced by retinoic acid and resulted in the upregulation of SCN1A transcription. Taken together, this study reports a novel role of RACK1 in regulating SCN1A expression that participates in retinoic acid-induced neuronal differentiation of NT2 cells.
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- Zhao-Fei Dong
- Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Channelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Neuroscience and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 250 Changgang East Road, Guangzhou, 510260, China
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Bi CWC, Luk WKW, Campanari ML, Liu YH, Xu L, Lau KM, Xu ML, Choi RCY, Sáez-Valero J, Tsim KWK. Quantification of the transcripts encoding different forms of AChE in various cell types: real-time PCR coupled with standards in revealing the copy number. J Mol Neurosci 2014; 53:461-8. [PMID: 24385197 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0210-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is encoded by a single gene, and the alternative splicing at the 3' end produces different isoforms, including tailed (AChET), read-through (AChER), and hydrophobic (AChEH). Different forms of this enzyme exist in different cell types. Each AChE form has been proposed to have unique function, and all of them could be found in same cell type. Thus, the splicing process of different AChE forms remains unclear. Here, we aimed to establish a quantification method in measuring the absolute amount of each AChE splicing variants within a cell type. By using real-time PCR coupled with standard curves of defined copy of AChE variants, the copies of AChET transcript per 100 ng of total RNA were 5.7 × 10(4) in PC12 (rat neuronal cell), 1.3 × 10(4) in Caco-2 (human intestinal cell), 0.67 × 10(4) in TF-1 (human erythropoietic precursor), 133.3 in SH-SY5Y (human neuronal cell), and 56.7 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (human endothelial cells). The copies of AChEH in these cell types were 0.3 × 10(4), 3.3 × 10(4), 2.7 × 10(4), 133.3, and 46.7, respectively, and AChER were 0.07 × 10(4), 0.13 × 10(4), 890, 3.3, and 2.7, respectively. Furthermore, PC12 and TF-1 cells were chosen for the analysis of AChE splicing pattern during differentiation. The results demonstrated a selective increase in AChET mRNA but not AChER or AChEH mRNAs in PC12 upon nerve growth factor-induced neuronal differentiation. PC12 cells could therefore act as a good cell model for the study on alternative splicing mechanism and regulation of AChET.
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- Cathy W C Bi
- Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong, China
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Pötschke C, Kessler W, Maier S, Heidecke CD, Bröker BM. Experimental sepsis impairs humoral memory in mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81752. [PMID: 24312349 PMCID: PMC3842948 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Patients with sepsis are often immune suppressed, and experimental mouse models of sepsis also display this feature. However, acute sepsis in mice is also characterized by a generalized B cell activation and plasma cell differentiation, resulting in a marked increase in serum antibody concentration. Its effects on humoral memory are not clearly defined. We measured the effects of experimental sepsis on long-term immunological memory for a defined antigen: we induced colon ascendens stent peritonitis (CASP) 8 weeks after 2 rounds of immunization with ovalbumin. Four weeks later, the antigen-specific bone marrow plasma cell count had doubled in immunized non-septic animals, but remained unchanged in immunized septic animals. Sepsis also caused a decrease in antigen-specific serum antibody concentration. We conclude that sepsis weakens humoral memory by impeding the antigen-specific plasma cell pool's development, which is not complete 8 weeks after secondary immunization.
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- Christian Pötschke
- Institute of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Differential regulation of the apoptotic machinery during megakaryocyte differentiation and platelet production by inhibitor of apoptosis protein Livin. Cell Death Dis 2013; 4:e937. [PMID: 24287698 PMCID: PMC3847330 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Livin is a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAP) family of intracellular antiapoptotic proteins that act by binding and inhibiting caspases. Upon strong apoptotic stimuli, it is then specifically cleaved by caspases to produce a truncated protein (tLivin) with a paradoxical proapoptotic activity. Intriguingly, we have detected robust protein levels of Livin in normal mature bone marrow megakaryocyte (MK) and platelets. To evaluate the potential role of Livin in thrombopoiesis, we used the human BCR-ABL+ cell line, LAMA-84, and cord blood CD34+ cells to induce differentiation toward MKs. Upon differentiation, induced by phorbol myristate acetate and concurrent with increase in Livin protein expression, LAMA-84 cells formed functional platelet-like particles. Livin overexpression in CD34+ progenitor cells induced higher endoreplication in the MKs generated. Furthermore, overexpression of Livin increased the ability of both primary MKs and differentiated LAMA-84 cells to produce functional platelets. In the differentiated LAMA-84 cells, we observed accumulation of proapoptotic tLivin concomitant with increased caspase-3 activity. Downregulation of Livin with small interfering RNA in both leukemic and primary MK cells decreased their ability to produce functional platelets. We suggest that Livin has a role in thrombopoiesis by regulating the apoptotic and antiapoptotic balance in MK endoreplication and platelet production.
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AChE and RACK1 promote the anti-inflammatory properties of fluoxetine. J Mol Neurosci 2013; 53:306-15. [PMID: 24258317 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0174-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) show anti-inflammatory effects, suggesting a possible interaction with both Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4) responses and cholinergic signaling through as yet unclear molecular mechanism(s). Our results of structural modeling support the concept that the antidepressant fluoxetine physically interacts with the TLR4-myeloid differentiation factor-2 complex at the same site as bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We also demonstrate reduced LPS-induced pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells preincubated with fluoxetine. Furthermore, we show that fluoxetine intercepts the LPS-induced decreases in intracellular acetylcholinesterase (AChE-S) and that AChE-S interacts with the nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB)-activating intracellular receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1). This interaction may prevent NFκB activation by residual RACK1 and its interacting protein kinase PKCβII. Our findings attribute the anti-inflammatory properties of SSRI to surface membrane interference with leukocyte TLR4 activation accompanied by intracellular limitation of pathogen-inducible changes in AChE-S, RACK1, and PKCβII.
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Deutsch VR, Tomer A. Advances in megakaryocytopoiesis and thrombopoiesis: from bench to bedside. Br J Haematol 2013; 161:778-93. [PMID: 23594368 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Megakaryocytopoiesis involves the commitment of haematopoietic stem cells, proliferation and terminal differentiation of megakaryocytic progenitors (MK-p) and maturation of megakaryocytes (MKs) to produce functional platelets. This complex process occurs in specialized niches in the bone marrow where MKs align adjacent to vascular endothelial cells, form proplatelet projections and release platelets into the circulation. Thrombopoietin (THPO, TPO) is the primary growth factor for the MK lineage and necessary at all stages of development. THPO is constitutively produced in the liver, and binds to MPL (c-Mpl) receptor on platelets and MKs. This activates a cascade of signalling molecules, which induce transcription factors to drive MK development and thrombopoiesis. Decreased turnover rate and platelet number result in increased levels of free THPO, which induces a concentration-dependent compensatory response of marrow-MKs to enhance platelet production. Newly developed thrombopoietic agents operating via MPL receptor facilitate platelet production in thrombocytopenic states, primarily immune thrombocytopenia. Other drugs are available for attenuating malignant thrombocytosis. Herein, we review the regulation of megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production in normal and disease states, and the innovative drugs and therapeutic modalities to stimulate or decrease thrombopoiesis.
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- Varda R Deutsch
- The Haematology Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Herman AP, Krawczyńska A, Bochenek J, Haziak K, Antushevitch H, Herman A, Tomaszewska-Zaremba D. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity by rivastigmine decreases lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-1β expression in the hypothalamus of ewes. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2013; 44:109-14. [PMID: 23291013 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The present study was designed to determine the effect of subcutaneous rivastigmine treatment on IL-1β expression and IL-1 type I receptor (IL-1R1) gene expression in the hypothalamic structures (preoptic area [POA], anterior hypothalamus [AHA], and medial basal hypothalamus [MBH]) of ewes after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment. Endotoxin treatment increased (P ≤ 0.01) both IL-1β and IL-1R1 gene expression in the POA, AHA, and MBH compared with the control group, whereas concomitant rivastigmine and LPS injection abolished this stimulatory effect. It was also found that LPS elevated (P ≤ 0.01) IL-1β concentration in the hypothalamus (71.0 ± 2.3 pg/mg) compared with controls (16.1 ± 3.6 pg/mg). The simultaneous injection of LPS and rivastigmine did not increase IL-1β concentration in the hypothalamus (24.6 ± 13.0 pg/mg). This central change in IL-1β synthesis seems to be an effect of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition by rivastigmine, which decreases (P ≤ 0.01) the activity of this enzyme from 78.5 ± 15.0 μmol · min(-1) · g(-1) of total protein in the control and 68.8 ± 9.8 μmol · min(-1) · g(-1) of total protein in LPS-treated animals to 45.2 ± 5.6 μmol · min(-1) · g(-1) of total protein in the rivastigmine and LPS-treated group. Our study showed that rivastigmine could effectively reverse the stimulatory effect of immune stress induced by LPS injection on IL-1β synthesis through a decrease in AChE activity in the hypothalamic area of sheep. Our results also proved that the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway could directly modulate the central response to endotoxin.
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- A P Herman
- Department of Neuroendocrinology, Polish Academy of Sciences, The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, 05-110 Jabłonna, Poland.
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Nevo Y, Kamhi E, Jacob-Hirsch J, Amariglio N, Rechavi G, Sperling J, Sperling R. Genome-wide activation of latent donor splice sites in stress and disease. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:10980-94. [PMID: 23002147 PMCID: PMC3510495 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sequences that conform to the 5′ splice site (5′SS) consensus are highly abundant in mammalian introns. Most of these sequences are preceded by at least one in-frame stop codon; thus, their use for splicing would result in pre-maturely terminated aberrant mRNAs. In normally grown cells, such intronic 5′SSs appear not to be selected for splicing. However, under heat shock conditions aberrant splicing involving such latent 5′SSs occurred in a number of specific gene transcripts. Using a splicing-sensitive microarray, we show here that stress-induced (e.g. heat shock) activation of latent splicing is widespread across the human transcriptome, thus highlighting the possibility that latent splicing may underlie certain diseases. Consistent with this notion, our analyses of data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) revealed widespread activation of latent splicing in cells grown under hypoxia and in certain cancers such as breast cancer and gliomas. These changes were found in thousands of transcripts representing a wide variety of functional groups; among them are genes involved in cell proliferation and differentiation. The GEO analysis also revealed a set of gene transcripts in oligodendroglioma, in which the level of activation of latent splicing increased with the severity of the disease.
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- Yuval Nevo
- Department of Genetics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Gilboa-Geffen A, Hartmann G, Soreq H. Stressing hematopoiesis and immunity: an acetylcholinesterase window into nervous and immune system interactions. Front Mol Neurosci 2012; 5:30. [PMID: 22448158 PMCID: PMC3305920 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) differentiate and generate all blood cell lineages while maintaining self-renewal ability throughout life. Systemic responses to stressful insults, either psychological or physical exert both stimulating and down-regulating effects on these dynamic members of the immune system. Stress-facilitated division and re-oriented differentiation of progenitor cells modifies hematopoietic cell type composition, while enhancing cytokine production and promoting inflammation. Inversely, stress-induced increases in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) act to mitigate inflammatory response and regain homeostasis. This signaling process is terminated when ACh is hydrolyzed by acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Alternative splicing, which is stress-modified, changes the composition of AChE variants, modifying their terminal sequences, susceptibility for microRNA suppression, and sub-cellular localizations. Intriguingly, the effects of stress and AChE variants on hematopoietic development and inflammation in health and disease are both subject to small molecule as well as oligonucleotide-mediated manipulations in vitro and in vivo. The therapeutic agents can thus be targeted to the enzyme protein, its encoding mRNA transcripts, or the regulator microRNA-132, opening new venues for therapeutic interference with multiple nervous and immune system diseases.
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- Adi Gilboa-Geffen
- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and the Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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Schedel A, Thornton S, Schloss P, Klüter H, Bugert P. Human platelets express functional alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010; 31:928-34. [PMID: 21051662 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.110.218297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially α7 (nAChRα7), form Ca(2+) channels and are expressed on a variety of neuronal and nonneuronal cells. Also, megakaryocytic cells have been shown to contain components of a nonneuronal cholinergic system, including acetylcholine and acetylcholine esterase. However, the corresponding nAChRs and their role in platelet function have not been demonstrated until now. Our previous platelet transcriptome data indicated the presence of nAChR gene transcripts. METHODS AND RESULTS Here, we present evidence that human platelets and megakaryocytic precursor cells express nAChRα7 subunits, as revealed by mRNA and protein expression. The subunits form functional Ca(2+) channels, as demonstrated by Ca(2+) entry in platelets induced by the nAChRα7-selective agonist PNU-282987. PNU-282987 also enhanced fibrinogen receptor activation induced by classical platelet agonists (the thromboxane A(2) analog U46619 and ADP). Furthermore, agonist-induced platelet aggregation was significantly inhibited by the nAChRα7-selective antagonists α-bungarotoxin and methyllycaconitine. CONCLUSIONS Ca(2+) influx via nAChRα7 channels represents a novel pathway for human platelets with significant impact on platelet function. Because platelets were suggested to contain acetylcholine, we conclude that on activation, stored acetylcholine is released, which activates nAChRα7 channels and thereby contributes to maintaining intracellular Ca(2+) levels and supporting platelet activation.
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- Angelika Schedel
- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, German Red Cross Blood Service of Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 107, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany.
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Erythropoietin attenuates hyperoxia-induced oxidative stress in the developing rat brain. Brain Behav Immun 2010; 24:792-9. [PMID: 19729061 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Revised: 08/27/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Oxygen toxicity contributes to the pathogenesis of adverse neurological outcome in survivors of preterm birth in clinical studies. In infant rodent brains, hyperoxia triggers widespread apoptotic neurodegeneration, induces pro-inflammatory cytokines and inhibits growth factor signaling cascades. Since a tissue-protective effect has been observed for recombinant erythropoietin (rEpo), we hypothesized that rEpo would influence hyperoxia-induced oxidative stress in the developing rat brain. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of glutathione (reduced and oxidized), lipid peroxidation and the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) after hyperoxia and rEpo treatment. Six-day-old Wistar rats were exposed to 80% oxygen for 2-48 h and received 20,000 IU/kg rEpo intraperitoneally (i.p.). Sex-matched littermates kept under room air and injected with normal saline or rEpo served as controls. Treatment with rEpo significantly reduced hyperoxia-induced upregulation of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and malondialdehyde, a product of lipid breakdown, whereas reduced glutathione (GSH) was upregulated by rEpo. In parallel, hyperoxia-treated immature rat brains revealed rEpo-suppressible upregulation of synaptic AChE-S as well as of the stress-inducible AChE-R variant, together predicting rEpo-protected cholinergic signaling and restrained inflammatory reactions. Furthermore, treatment with rEpo induced upregulation of HO-1 on mRNA, protein and activity level in the developing rat brain. Our results suggest that rEpo generates its protective effect against oxygen toxicity by a reduction of diverse oxidative stress parameters and by limiting the stressor-inducible changes in both HO-1 and cholinergic functions.
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Mimicking the haematopoietic niche microenvironment provides a novel strategy for expansion of haematopoietic and megakaryocyte-progenitor cells from cord blood. Br J Haematol 2010; 149:137-49. [PMID: 20085580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Severe neutropenia and protracted thrombocytopenia remain serious clinical problems following cord blood transplantation (CBT) due to the paucity of stem and progenitor cells in the grafts. Administration of ex-vivo expanded megakaryocyte progenitor cells may facilitate platelet production. We propose a novel strategy to expand these rare cells ex-vivo, from a small portion of the cord blood (CB) unit, using fibronectin (FN), a major component of hematopoietic niches, combined with cytokines, including thrombopoietin and the hematopoietic stress-associated acetylcholinesterase readthrough peptide (ARP). Application of multiple gates and high definition flow cytometry enabled clear resolution of expanded hematopoietic stem/precursor cells (HSPC) and megakaryocyte progenitors (Mk-p) and their early subsets while eliminating positively stained non-relevant cells. FN increased viability, expansion of all CD34(+) HSPC populations and Mk-p. The combination of FN + thrombopoietin + ARP maintained and expanded very early myeloid and thrombopoietic precursors, increased the proliferation of megakaryocyte, granulocyte-macrophage and multilineage colony-forming progenitors and supported Mk maturation as measured by ploidy and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa expression by quantiative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. This approach, which involves expanding HSPC and Mk precursors from a small portion of the CB unit, without sacrificing the coveted stem cells, may lead to improved cell therapy modalities to facilitate earlier myelopoiesis and platelet production post-CBT.
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MicroRNA-132 potentiates cholinergic anti-inflammatory signaling by targeting acetylcholinesterase. Immunity 2009; 31:965-73. [PMID: 20005135 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Revised: 06/18/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to both neuronal and immune cell fate, but their involvement in intertissue communication remained unexplored. The brain, via vagal secretion of acetylcholine (ACh), suppresses peripheral inflammation by intercepting cytokine production; therefore, we predicted that microRNAs targeting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) can attenuate inflammation. Here, we report that inflammatory stimuli induced leukocyte overexpression of the AChE-targeting miR-132. Injected locked nucleic acid (LNA)-modified anti-miR-132 oligonucleotide depleted miR-132 amounts while elevating AChE in mouse circulation and tissues. In transfected cells, a mutated 3'UTR miR-132 binding site increased AChE mRNA expression, whereas cells infected with a lentivirus expressing pre-miR-132 showed suppressed AChE. Transgenic mice overexpressing 3'UTR null AChE showed excessive inflammatory mediators and impaired cholinergic anti-inflammatory regulation, in spite of substantial miR-132 upregulation in brain and bone marrow. Our findings identify the AChE mRNA-targeting miR-132 as a functional regulator of the brain-to-body resolution of inflammation, opening avenues for study and therapeutic manipulations of the neuro-immune dialog.
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The role of inflammation in regulating platelet production and function: Toll-like receptors in platelets and megakaryocytes. Thromb Res 2009; 125:205-9. [PMID: 19945154 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Platelets have been extensively studied as hemostatic regulators, stopping uncontrolled flow of blood from an injured vessel and allowing for repair. However, multiple studies have shown that platelets can interact with bacterial proteins, particularly seen during sepsis and inflammation. Immune cells recognize pathogens through Toll-like Receptors (TLRs). These same receptors allow platelets to recognize bacterial proteins and regulate platelet immunity and function. This review examines the TLRs expressed on platelets and megakaryocytes and how these receptors affect the function of these cells. Through TLRs, platelets go beyond hemostatic regulation and play a pivotal role in inflammation and infection.
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Paradox findings may challenge orthodox reasoning in acute organophosphate poisoning. Chem Biol Interact 2009; 187:270-8. [PMID: 19883634 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Revised: 10/17/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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It is generally accepted that inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is the most important acute toxic action of organophosphorus compounds, leading to accumulation of acetylcholine followed by a dysfunction of cholinergic signaling. However, the degree of AChE inhibition is not uniformly correlated with cholinergic dysfunction, probably because the excess of essential AChE varies among tissues. Moreover, the cholinergic system shows remarkable plasticity, allowing modulations to compensate for dysfunctions of the canonical pathway. A prominent example is the living (-/-) AChE knockout mouse. Clinical experience indicates that precipitous inhibition of AChE leads to more severe poisoning than more protracted yet finally complete inhibition. The former situation is seen in parathion, the latter in oxydemeton methyl poisoning. At first glance, this dichotomy is surprising since parathion is a pro-poison and has to be activated to the oxon, while the latter is still the ultimate inhibitor. Also oxime therapy in organophosphorus poisoning apparently gives perplexing results: Oximes are usually able to reactivate diethylphosphorylated AChE, but the efficiency may be occasionally markedly smaller than expected from kinetic data. Dimethylphosphorylated AChE is in general less amenable to oxime therapy, which largely fails in some cases of dimethoate poisoning where aging was much faster than expected from a dimethylphosphorylated enzyme. Similarly, poisoning by profenofos, an O,S-dialkyl phosphate, leads to a rapidly aged enzyme. Most surprisingly, these patients were usually well on admission, yet their erythrocyte AChE was completely inhibited. Analysis of the kinetic constants of the most important reaction pathways, determination of the reactant concentrations in vivo and comparison with computer simulations may reveal unexpected toxic reactions. Pertinent examples will be presented and the potentially underlying phenomena discussed.
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Mor I, Bruck T, Greenberg D, Berson A, Schreiber L, Grisaru D, Soreq H. Alternate AChE-R variants facilitate cellular metabolic activity and resistance to genotoxic stress through enolase and RACK1 interactions. Chem Biol Interact 2008; 175:11-21. [PMID: 18572152 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2007] [Revised: 05/11/2008] [Accepted: 05/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tumorogenic transformation is a multifaceted cellular process involving combinatorial protein-protein interactions that modulate different cellular functions. Here, we report apparent involvement in two independent tumorogenic processes by distinct partner protein interactions of the stress-induced acetylcholinesterase AChE-R and N-AChE-R variants. Human testicular tumors showed elevated levels of N-terminally extended N-AChE-R compared with healthy tissue, indicating alternate promoter usage in the transformed cells. Two-hybrid screens demonstrate that the C-terminus common to both N-AChE-R and AChE-R interacts either with the glycolytic enzyme enolase or with the scaffold protein RACK1. In vitro, the AChE-R C-terminal peptide ARP elevated enolase's activity by 12%, suggesting physiological relevance for this interaction. Correspondingly, CHO cells expressing either human AChE-R or N-AChE-R but not AChE-S showed a 25% increase in cellular ATP levels, indicating metabolic significance for this upregulation of enolase activity. ATP levels could be reduced by AChE-targeted siRNA in CHO cells expressing AChE-R but not AChE-S, attributing this elevation to the AChE-R C-terminus. Additionally, transfected CHO cells expressing AChE-R but not N-AChE-R showed resistance to up to 60 microM of the common chemotherapeutic agent, cis-platinum, indicating AChE-R involvement in another molecular pathway. cis-Platinum elevates the expression of the apoptosis-regulator p53-like protein, p73, which is inactivated by interaction with the scaffold protein RACK1. In co-transfected cells, AChE-R competed with endogenous RACK1 for p73 interaction. Moreover, AChE-R-transfected CHO cells presented higher levels than control cells of the pro-apoptotic TAp73 as well as the anti-apoptotic dominant negative DeltaNp73 protein, leading to an overall decrease in the proportion of pro-apoptotic p73. Together, these findings are compatible with the hypothesis that in cancer cells, both AChE-R and N-AChE-R elevate cellular ATP levels and that AChE-R modifies p73 gene expression by facilitating two independent cellular pathways, thus conferring both a selective metabolic advantage and a genotoxic resistance.
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- Inbal Mor
- The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Mor I, Sklan EH, Podoly E, Pick M, Kirschner M, Yogev L, Bar-Sheshet Itach S, Schreiber L, Geyer B, Mor T, Grisaru D, Soreq H. Acetylcholinesterase-R increases germ cell apoptosis but enhances sperm motility. J Cell Mol Med 2008; 12:479-95. [PMID: 18194455 PMCID: PMC3822537 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00231.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Changes in protein subdomains through alternative splicing often modify protein-protein interactions, altering biological processes. A relevant example is that of the stress-induced up-regulation of the acetylcholinesterase (AChE-R) splice variant, a common response in various tissues. In germ cells of male transgenic TgR mice, AChE-R excess associates with reduced sperm differentiation and sperm counts. To explore the mechanism(s) by which AChE-R up-regulation affects spermatogenesis, we identified AChE-R's protein partners through a yeast two-hybrid screen. In meiotic spermatocytes from TgR mice, we detected AChE-R interaction with the scaffold protein RACK1 and elevated apoptosis. This correlated with reduced scavenging by RACK1 of the pro-apoptotic TAp73, an outcome compatible with the increased apoptosis. In contrast, at later stages in sperm development, AChE-R's interaction with the glycolytic enzyme enolase-α elevates enolase activity. In transfected cells, enforced AChE-R excess increased glucose uptake and adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) levels. Correspondingly, TgR sperm cells display elevated ATP levels, mitochondrial hyperactivity and increased motility. In human donors' sperm, we found direct association of sperm motility with AChE-R expression. Interchanging interactions with RACK1 and enolase-α may hence enable AChE-R to affect both sperm differentiation and function by participating in independent cellular pathways.
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- I Mor
- The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Zimmermann M, Grösgen S, Westwell MS, Greenfield SA. Selective enhancement of the activity of C-terminally truncated, but not intact, acetylcholinesterase. J Neurochem 2007; 104:221-32. [PMID: 17986217 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05045.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is one of the fastest enzymes approaching the catalytic limit of enzyme activity. The enzyme is involved in the terminal breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, but non-enzymatic roles have also been described for the entire AChE molecule and its isolated C-terminal sequences. These non-cholinergic functions have been attributed to both the developmental and degenerative situation: the major form of AChE present in these conditions is monomeric. Moreover, AChE has been shown to lose its typical characteristic of substrate inhibition in both development and degeneration. This study characterizes a form of AChE truncated after amino acid 548 (T548-AChE), whose truncation site is homologue to that of a physiological form of T-AChE detected in fetal bovine serum that has lost its C-terminal moiety supposedly due to proteolytic cleavage. Peptide sequences covered by this C-terminal sequence have been shown to be crucially involved in both developmental and degenerative mechanisms in vitro. Numerous studies have addressed the structure-function relationship of the AChE C-terminus with T548-AChE representing one of the most frequently studied forms of truncated AChE. In this study, we provide new insight into the understanding of the functional characteristics that T548-AChE acquires in solution: T548-AChE is incubated with agents of varying net charge and molecular weight. Together with kinetic studies and an analysis of different molecular forms and aggregation states of T548-AChE, we show that the enzymatic activity of T548-AChE, an enzyme verging at its catalytic limit is, nonetheless, apparently enhanced by up to 800%. We demonstrate, first, how the activity of T548-AChE can be enhanced through agents that contain highly positive charged moieties. Moreover, the un-competitive mechanism of activity enhancement most likely involves the peripheral anionic site of AChE that is reflected in delayed substrate inhibition being observed for activity enhanced T548-AChE. The data provides evidence towards a mechanistic and functional link between the form of AChE unique to both development and degeneration and a C-terminal peptide of T-AChE acting under those conditions.
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- Martina Zimmermann
- The Institute for the Future of the Mind, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK.
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Evron T, Geyer BC, Cherni I, Muralidharan M, Kilbourne J, Fletcher SP, Soreq H, Mor TS. Plant-derived human acetylcholinesterase-R provides protection from lethal organophosphate poisoning and its chronic aftermath. FASEB J 2007; 21:2961-9. [PMID: 17475919 PMCID: PMC2766558 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8112com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Therapeutically valuable proteins are often rare and/or unstable in their natural context, calling for production solutions in heterologous systems. A relevant example is that of the stress-induced, normally rare, and naturally unstable "read-through" human acetylcholinesterase variant, AChE-R. AChE-R shares its active site with the synaptic AChE-S variant, which is the target of poisonous organophosphate anticholinesterase insecticides such as the parathion metabolite paraoxon. Inherent AChE-R overproduction under organophosphate intoxication confers both short-term protection (as a bioscavenger) and long-term neuromuscular damages (as a regulator). Here we report the purification, characterization, and testing of human, endoplasmic reticulum-retained AChE-R(ER) produced from plant-optimized cDNA in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. AChE-R(ER) purified to homogeneity showed indistinguishable biochemical properties, with IC50 = 10(-7) M for the organophosphate paraoxon, similar to mammalian cell culture-derived AChE. In vivo titration showed dose-dependent protection by intravenously injected AChE-R(ER) of FVB/N male mice challenged with a lethal dose of paraoxon, with complete elimination of short-term clinical symptoms at near molar equivalence. By 10 days postexposure, AChE-R prophylaxis markedly limited postexposure increases in plasma murine AChE-R levels while minimizing the organophosphate-induced neuromuscular junction dismorphology. Our findings present plant-produced AChE-R(ER) as a bimodal agent, conferring both short- and long-term protection from organophosphate intoxication.
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- Tama Evron
- The Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- The Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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Ofek K, Krabbe KS, Evron T, Debecco M, Nielsen AR, Brunnsgaad H, Yirmiya R, Soreq H, Pedersen BK. Cholinergic status modulations in human volunteers under acute inflammation. J Mol Med (Berl) 2007; 85:1239-51. [PMID: 17657467 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-007-0226-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2007] [Revised: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cholinergic Status, the total soluble circulation capacity for acetylcholine hydrolysis, was tested for putative involvement in individual variabilities of the recruitment of immune cells in response to endotoxin challenge. Young (average age 26) and elderly (average age 70) volunteers injected with either Escherichia coli endotoxin or saline on two different occasions were first designated Enhancers and Suppressors if they showed increase or decrease, respectively, in plasma acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity 1.5 h after endotoxin administration compared to saline. Enhancers showed significant co-increases in plasma butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and paraoxonase (PON1) activities, accompanied by rapid recovery of lymphocyte counts. Young Enhancers alone showed pronounced post-exposure increases in the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6), and upregulation of the normally rare, stress-induced AChE-R variant, suggesting age-associated exhaustion of the cholinergic effects on recruiting innate immune reactions to endotoxin challenge. Importantly, IL-6 injected to young volunteers or administered in vitro to primary mononuclear blood cells caused upregulation of AChE, but not BChE or PON1, excluding it from being the sole cause for this extended response. Interestingly, Suppressors but not Enhancers showed improved post-exposure working memory performance, indicating that limited cholinergic reactions may be beneficial for cognition. Our findings establish Cholinergic Status modulations as early facilitators and predictors of individual variabilities in the peripheral response to infection.
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- Keren Ofek
- The Institute of Life sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Perry C, Pick M, Podoly E, Gilboa-Geffen A, Zimmerman G, Sklan EH, Ben-Shaul Y, Diamant S, Soreq H. Acetylcholinesterase/C terminal binding protein interactions modify Ikaros functions, causing T lymphopenia. Leukemia 2007; 21:1472-80. [PMID: 17476278 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hematological changes induced by various stress stimuli are accompanied by replacement of the primary acetylcholinesterase (AChE) 3' splice variant acetylcholinesterase-S (AChE-S) with the myelopoietic acetylcholinesterase-R (AChE-R) variant. To search for putative acetylcholinesterase-S interactions with hematopoietic pathways, we employed a yeast two-hybrid screen. The transcriptional co-repressor C-terminal binding protein (CtBP) was identified as a protein partner of the AChE-S C terminus. In erythroleukemic K562 cells, AChE-S displayed nuclear colocalization and physical interaction with CtBP. Furthermore, co-transfected AChE-S reduced the co-repressive effect of CtBP over the hematopoietic transcription factor, Ikaros. In transgenic mice, overexpressed human (h) AChE-S mRNA induced selective bone marrow upregulation of Ikaros while suppressing FOG, another transcriptional partner of CtBP. Transgenic bone marrow cells showed a correspondingly elevated potential for producing progenitor colonies, compared with controls, while peripheral blood showed increased erythrocyte counts as opposed to reduced platelets, granulocytes and T lymphocytes. AChE's 3' alternative splicing, and the corresponding changes in AChE-S/CtBP interactions, thus emerge as being actively involved in controlling hematopoiesis and the potential for modulating immune functions, supporting reports on malfunctioning immune reactions under impaired splice site selection.
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- C Perry
- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Dori A, Ifergane G, Saar-Levy T, Bersudsky M, Mor I, Soreq H, Wirguin I. Readthrough acetylcholinesterase in inflammation-associated neuropathies. Life Sci 2007; 80:2369-74. [PMID: 17379257 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2006] [Revised: 01/27/2007] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The cholinergic control over inflammatory reactions calls for deciphering the corresponding protein partners. An example is blood-nerve barrier disruption allowing penetration of inflammatory factors, which is notably involved in various neuropathies due to yet unknown molecular mechanism(s). In rats, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration followed by intra-neural (i.n.) saline injection inducing a focal blood-nerve disruption leads to systemic inflammatory reaction accompanied by transient conduction impairment in the sciatic nerve. Here, we provide evidence compatible with the hypothesis that ARP, the naturally cleavable C-terminal peptide of the stress-induced "readthrough" acetylcholinesterase variant (AChE-R), is causally involved in the emergence of this LPS-induced conduction impairment. Intra-neural injection to naïve rats of conditioned medium from cultured splenocytes exposed to LPS in vitro (reactive splenocyte medium) induced a transient conduction impairment that was accompanied by facilitated accumulation of cleaved intra-neural ARP. Protein kinase C (PKC) betaII, known to interact with ARP, was significantly elevated in the LPS-exposed sciatic nerve preparations. Moreover, direct i.n. injection of synthetic ARP30, bearing the mouse AChE-R C-terminal sequence, similarly induced PKCbetaII expression and conduction impairment. The induction of neural conduction impairment by ARP, possibly through its interaction with PKCbetaII, suggests a role for AChE-R expression in inflammation-associated neuropathies.
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- Amir Dori
- Department of Neurology, The Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
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Evron T, Greenberg D, Mor TS, Soreq H. Adaptive changes in acetylcholinesterase gene expression as mediators of recovery from chemical and biological insults. Toxicology 2007; 233:97-107. [PMID: 17005312 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Both organophosphate (OP) exposure and bacterial infection notably induce short- and long-term cholinergic responses. These span the central and peripheral nervous system, neuromuscular pathway and hematopoietic cells and involve over-expression of the "readthrough" variant of acetylcholinesterase, AChE-R, and its naturally cleavable C-terminal peptide ARP. However, the causal involvement of these changes with post-exposure recovery as opposed to apoptotic events remained to be demonstrated. Here, we report the establishment of stably transfected cell lines expressing catalytically active human "synaptic" AChE-S or AChE-R which are fully viable and non-apoptotic. In addition, intraperitoneally injected synthetic mouse ARP (mARP) elevated serum AChE levels post-paraoxon exposure. Moreover, mARP treatment ameliorated post-exposure increases in corticosterone and decreases in AChE gene expression and facilitated earlier retrieval of motor activity following both paraoxon and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposures. Our findings suggest a potential physiological role for overproduction of AChE-R and the ARP peptide following exposure to both chemical warfare agents and bacterial LPS.
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- Tama Evron
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Gilboa-Geffen A, Lacoste PP, Soreq L, Cizeron-Clairac G, Le Panse R, Truffault F, Shaked I, Soreq H, Berrih-Aknin S. The thymic theme of acetylcholinesterase splice variants in myasthenia gravis. Blood 2007; 109:4383-91. [PMID: 17272501 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-033373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cholinergic signaling and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) influence immune response and inflammation. Autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is mediated by antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor and current therapy is based on anti-AChE drugs. MG is associated with thymic hyperplasia, showing signs of inflammation. The objectives of this study were to analyze the involvement of AChE variants in thymic hyperplasia. We found lower hydrolytic activities in the MG thymus compared with adult controls, accompanied by translocation of AChE-R from the cytoplasm to the membrane and increased expression of the signaling protein kinase PKC-betaII. To explore possible causal association of AChE-R changes with thymic composition and function, we used an AChE-R transgenic model and showed smaller thymic medulla compared with strain-matched controls, indicating that AChE-R overexpression interferes with thymic differentiation mechanisms. Interestingly, AChE-R transgenic mice showed increased numbers of CD4(+)CD8(+) cells that were considerably more resistant in vitro to apoptosis than normal thymocytes, suggesting possibly altered positive selection. We further analyzed microarray data of MG thymic hyperplasia compared with healthy controls and found continuous and discrete changes in AChE-annotated GO categories. Together, these findings show that modified AChE gene expression and properties are causally involved in thymic function and development.
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Darreh-Shori T, Kadir A, Almkvist O, Grut M, Wall A, Blomquist G, Eriksson B, Långström B, Nordberg A. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase in CSF versus brain assessed by 11C-PMP PET in AD patients treated with galantamine. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 29:168-84. [PMID: 17196712 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 09/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The relationship between acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the CSF and brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in 18 mild AD patients following galantamine treatment. The first 3 months of the study had a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled design, during which 12 patients received galantamine (16-24 mg/day) and six patients placebo. This was followed by 9 months galantamine treatment in all patients. Activities and protein levels of both the "read-through" AChE (AChE-R) and the synaptic (AChE-S) variants in CSF were assessed in parallel together with the regional brain AChE activity by (11)C-PMP and PET. The AChE-S inhibition was 30-36% in CSF, which correlated well with the in vivo AChE inhibition in the brain. No significant AChE inhibition was observed in the placebo group. The increased level of the AChE-R protein was 16% higher than that of AChE-S. Both the AChE inhibition and the increased level of AChE-R protein positively correlated with the patient's performance in cognitive tests associated with visuospatial ability and attention. In conclusion, AChE levels in CSF closely mirror in vivo brain AChE levels prior to and after treatment with the cholinesterase inhibitors. A positive cognitive response seems to dependent on the AChE inhibition level, which is balanced by an increased protein level of the AChE-R variant in the patients.
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- T Darreh-Shori
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Division of Molecular Neuropharmacology, NOVUM, 5th Floor, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Megakaryocytopoiesis involves the commitment of haematopoietic stem cells, and the proliferation, maturation and terminal differentiation of the megakaryocytic progenitors. Circulating levels of thrombopoietin (TPO), the primary growth-factor for the megakaryocyte (MK) lineage, induce concentration-dependent proliferation and maturation of MK progenitors by binding to the c-Mpl receptor and signalling induction. Decreased platelet turnover rates results in increased concentration of free TPO, enabling the compensatory response of marrow MKs to increased platelet production. C-Mpl activity is orchestrated by a complex cascade of signalling molecules that induces the action of specific transcription factors to drive MK proliferation and maturation. Mature MKs form proplatelet projections that are fragmented into circulating particles. Newly developed thrombopoietic agents operating via c-Mpl receptor may prove useful in supporting platelet production in thrombocytopenic state. Herein, we review the regulation of megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production in normal and disease state, and the new approaches to thrombopoietic therapy.
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- Varda R Deutsch
- The Haematology Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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