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Liao K, Wang F, Xia C, Xu Z, Zhong S, Bi W, Ruan J. The cGAS-STING pathway in COPD: targeting its role and therapeutic potential. Respir Res 2024; 25:302. [PMID: 39113033 PMCID: PMC11308159 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-024-02915-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) is a gradually worsening and fatal heterogeneous lung disease characterized by airflow limitation and increasingly decline in lung function. Currently, it is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The consistent feature of COPD is airway inflammation. Several inflammatory factors are known to be involved in COPD pathogenesis; however, anti-inflammatory therapy is not the first-line treatment for COPD. Although bronchodilators, corticosteroids and roflumilast could improve airflow and control symptoms, they could not reverse the disease. The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS-STING) signaling pathway plays an important novel role in the immune system and has been confirmed to be a key mediator of inflammation during infection, cellular stress, and tissue damage. Recent studies have emphasized that abnormal activation of cGAS-STING contributes to COPD, providing a direction for new treatments that we urgently need to develop. Here, we focused on the cGAS-STING pathway, providing insight into its molecular mechanism and summarizing the current knowledge on the role of the cGAS-STING pathway in COPD. Moreover, we explored antagonists of cGAS and STING to identify potential therapeutic strategies for COPD that target the cGAS-STING pathway.
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- Kexin Liao
- First Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China.
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Xu Z, Li J, Su B, Gao H, Ren M, Lin Y, Shen H. A role of ROS-dependent defects in mitochondrial dynamic and autophagy in carbon black nanoparticle-mediated myocardial cell damage. Free Radic Biol Med 2024; 220:249-261. [PMID: 38697491 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.04.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
Carbon black nanoparticles (CBNPs) are widely distributed in the environment and are increasingly recognized as a contributor in the development of cardiovascular disease. A variety of cardiac injuries and diseases result from structural and functional damage to cardiomyocytes. This study explored the mechanisms of CBNPs-mediated myocardial toxicity. CBNPs were given to mice through intra-tracheal instillation and it was demonstrated that the particles can be taken up into the cardiac tissue. Exposure to CBNPs induced cardiomyocyte inflammation and apoptosis. In combination with in vitro experiments, we showed that CBNPs increased the ROS and induced mitochondria fragmentation. Functionally, CBNPs-exposed cardiomyocyte exhibited depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane potential, release of cytochrome c, and activation of pro-apoptotic BAX, thereby initiating programmed cell death. On the other hand, CBNPs impaired autophagy, leading to the inadequate removal of dysfunctional mitochondria. The excess accumulation of damaged mitochondria further stimulated NF-κB activation and triggered the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway. Both the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine and the autophagy activator rapamycin were effective to attenuate the damage of CBNPs on cardiomyocytes. Taken together, this study elucidated the potential mechanism underlying CBNPs-induced myocardial injury and provided a scientific reference for the evaluation and prevention of the CBNPs-related heart risk.
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- Zehua Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China; Department of Obstetrics, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361003, PR China.
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Huang C, Liu X, Wu Q, Cao J, Zhu X, Wang X, Song Y. Cardiovascular toxic effects of nanoparticles and corresponding molecular mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 356:124360. [PMID: 38871171 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
Abstract
Rapid advancements in nanotechnology have been integrated into various disciplines, leading to an increased prevalence of nanoparticle exposure. The widespread utilization of nanomaterials and heightened levels of particulate pollution have prompted government departments to intensify their focus on assessing the safety of nanoparticles (NPs). The cardiovascular system, crucial for maintaining human health, has emerged as vulnerable to damage from nanoparticle exposure. A mounting body of evidence indicates that interactions can occur when NPs come into contact with components of the cardiovascular system, contributing to adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms driving these events remain elusive. This work provides a comprehensive review of recent advance on nanoparticle-induced adverse cardiovascular events and offers insight into the associated molecular mechanisms. Finally, the influencing factors of NPs-induced cardiovascular toxicity are discussed.
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- Chunfeng Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Erice PA, Huang X, Seasock MJ, Robertson MJ, Tung HY, Perez-Negron MA, Lotlikar SL, Corry DB, Kheradmand F, Rodriguez A. Downregulation of Mirlet7 miRNA family promotes Tc17 differentiation and emphysema via de-repression of RORγt. eLife 2024; 13:RP92879. [PMID: 38722677 PMCID: PMC11081633 DOI: 10.7554/elife.92879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Environmental air irritants including nanosized carbon black (nCB) can drive systemic inflammation, promoting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema development. The let-7 microRNA (Mirlet7 miRNA) family is associated with IL-17-driven T cell inflammation, a canonical signature of lung inflammation. Recent evidence suggests the Mirlet7 family is downregulated in patients with COPD, however, whether this repression conveys a functional consequence on emphysema pathology has not been elucidated. Here, we show that overall expression of the Mirlet7 clusters, Mirlet7b/Mirlet7c2 and Mirlet7a1/Mirlet7f1/Mirlet7d, are reduced in the lungs and T cells of smokers with emphysema as well as in mice with cigarette smoke (CS)- or nCB-elicited emphysema. We demonstrate that loss of the Mirlet7b/Mirlet7c2 cluster in T cells predisposed mice to exaggerated CS- or nCB-elicited emphysema. Furthermore, ablation of the Mirlet7b/Mirlet7c2 cluster enhanced CD8+IL17a+ T cells (Tc17) formation in emphysema development in mice. Additionally, transgenic mice overexpressing Mirlet7g in T cells are resistant to Tc17 and CD4+IL17a+ T cells (Th17) development when exposed to nCB. Mechanistically, our findings reveal the master regulator of Tc17/Th17 differentiation, RAR-related orphan receptor gamma t (RORγt), as a direct target of Mirlet7 in T cells. Overall, our findings shed light on the Mirlet7/RORγt axis with Mirlet7 acting as a molecular brake in the generation of Tc17 cells and suggest a novel therapeutic approach for tempering the augmented IL-17-mediated response in emphysema.
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- Phillip A Erice
- Immunology Graduate Program, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Immunology Graduate Program, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Dan Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E Debakey, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E Debakey, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E Debakey, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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Colarusso C, Falanga A, Di Caprio S, Terlizzi M, Pinto A, Maiolino P, Sorrentino R. The activation of the AIM2 inflammasome after cigarette smoke exposure leads to an immunosuppressive lung microenvironment. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 131:111832. [PMID: 38460301 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.111832] [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: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
Abstract
Cigarette smoke is widely known as contributing to chronic inflammation underlying several airway diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. In our previous studies we found that the lung of both COPD and cancer patients were characterized by the presence and activation of the AIM2 inflammasome. Here, we wanted to investigate the upstream step during the establishment of chronic lung inflammation after cigarette smoke exposure. We took advantage of a mouse model of smoking exposure and public scRNAseq data. We found that AIM2 mRNA was expressed in both alveolar type II, B cells, T regulatory (Treg) and macrophages detected in the lung of non-smokers (n = 4) and smokers (n = 3). The activation of AIM2 in smoking mice by using PolydA:dT did not alter cigarette-smoke-induced alveoli enlargement and mucus production, rather it induced higher recruitment of immunosuppressive cells, such as non-active dendritic cells (DCs), Arginase I+ macrophages, myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and Tregs. In addition, the inflammatory environment after AIM2 activation in smoking mice was characterized by higher levels of IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-33, TNFα, LDH, IL-10 and TGFβ. This scenario was not altered after the pharmacological inhibition of both caspase-1 and STING pathway. In conclusion, these data suggest that chronic inflammation after cigarette smoke exposure is associated with AIM2 activation, which could lead towards cigarette smoke-associated lung diseases.
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- Chiara Colarusso
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano 804084, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano 804084, Italy; Program in Drug Discovery and Development, Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano 804084, Italy; Program in Drug Discovery and Development, Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano 804084, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano 804084, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS, "Fondazione Pascale", National Institute of Cancer, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Erice PA, Huang X, Seasock MJ, Robertson MJ, Tung HY, Perez-Negron MA, Lotlikar SL, Corry DB, Kheradmand F, Rodriguez A. Downregulation of Let-7 miRNA promotes Tc17 differentiation and emphysema via de-repression of RORγt. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.10.12.562059. [PMID: 37905101 PMCID: PMC10614797 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.12.562059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
Abstract
Environmental air irritants including nanosized carbon black (nCB) can drive systemic inflammation, promoting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema development. The let-7 family of miRNAs is associated with IL-17-driven T cell inflammation, a canonical signature of lung inflammation. Recent evidence suggests the let-7 family is downregulated in patients with COPD, however, whether this repression conveys a functional consequence on emphysema pathology has not been elucidated. Here we show that overall expression of the let-7 miRNA clusters, let-7b/let-7c2 and let-7a1/let-7f1/let-7d, are reduced in the lungs and T cells of smokers with emphysema as well as in mice with cigarette smoke (CS)- or nCB-elicited emphysema. We demonstrate that loss of the let-7b/let-7c2-cluster in T cells predisposed mice to exaggerated CS- or nCB-elicited emphysema. Furthermore, ablation of the let-7b/let-7c2-cluster enhanced CD8+IL17a+ T cells (Tc17) formation in emphysema development in mice. Additionally, transgenic mice overexpressing let-7 in T cells are resistant to Tc17 and CD4+IL17a+ T cells (Th17) development when exposed to nCB. Mechanistically, our findings reveal the master regulator of Tc17/Th17 differentiation, RAR-related orphan receptor gamma t (RORγt), as a direct target of let-7 miRNA in T cells. Overall, our findings shed light on the let-7/RORγt axis with let-7 acting as a molecular brake in the generation of Tc17 cells and suggests a novel therapeutic approach for tempering the augmented IL-17-mediated response in emphysema.
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- Phillip A Erice
- Immunology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030
- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
- Current address, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P.R. China
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- Immunology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030
- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
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- Dan Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, 77030
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, 77030
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. Debakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, 77030
- Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX, 77030
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. Debakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology & Allergy Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX, 77030
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. Debakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030
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Han L, Haefner V, Yu Y, Han B, Ren H, Irmler M, Beckers J, Liu Q, Feuchtinger A, Yildirim AO, Adler H, Stoeger T. Nanoparticle-Exposure-Triggered Virus Reactivation Induces Lung Emphysema in Mice. ACS NANO 2023; 17:21056-21072. [PMID: 37856828 PMCID: PMC10655245 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c04111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
Abstract
Nanoparticles (NPs) released from engineered materials or combustion processes as well as persistent herpesvirus infection are omnipresent and are associated with chronic lung diseases. Previously, we showed that pulmonary exposure of a single dose of soot-like carbonaceous NPs (CNPs) or fiber-shaped double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) induced an increase of lytic virus protein expression in mouse lungs latently infected with murine γ-herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68), with a similar pattern to acute infection suggesting virus reactivation. Here we investigate the effects of a more relevant repeated NP exposure on lung disease development as well as herpesvirus reactivation mechanistically and suggest an avenue for therapeutic prevention. In the MHV-68 mouse model, progressive lung inflammation and emphysema-like injury were detected 1 week after repetitive CNP and DWCNT exposure. NPs reactivated the latent herpesvirus mainly in CD11b+ macrophages in the lungs. In vitro, in persistently MHV-68 infected bone marrow-derived macrophages, ERK1/2, JNK, and p38 MAPK were rapidly activated after CNP and DWCNT exposure, followed by viral gene expression and increased viral titer but without generating a pro-inflammatory signature. Pharmacological inhibition of p38 activation abrogated CNP- but not DWCNT-triggered virus reactivation in vitro, and inhibitor pretreatment of latently infected mice attenuated CNP-exposure-induced pulmonary MHV-68 reactivation. Our findings suggest a crucial contribution of particle-exposure-triggered herpesvirus reactivation for nanomaterial exposure or air pollution related lung emphysema development, and pharmacological p38 inhibition might serve as a protective target to alleviate air pollution related chronic lung disease exacerbations. Because of the required precondition of latent infection described here, the use of single hit models might have severe limitations when assessing the respiratory toxicity of nanoparticle exposure.
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- Lianyong Han
- Institute
of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department
of Forensic Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, 211166 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory
of Translational Research “Stress and Immunity”, Department
of Anesthesiology, LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute
of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center
for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische
Universität München, Chair
of Experimental Genetics, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Research
Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum
München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute
of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute
of Experimental Pneumology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Asthma and Allergy Prevention, Helmholtz
Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Walther Straub
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research
Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Member
of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
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Auschwitz E, Almeda J, Andl CD. Mechanisms of E-Cigarette Vape-Induced Epithelial Cell Damage. Cells 2023; 12:2552. [PMID: 37947630 PMCID: PMC10650279 DOI: 10.3390/cells12212552] [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: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
Abstract
E-cigarette use has been reported to affect cell viability, induce DNA damage, and modulate an inflammatory response resulting in negative health consequences. Most studies focus on oral and lung disease associated with e-cigarette use. However, tissue damage can be found in the cardio-vascular system and even the bladder. While the levels of carcinogenic compounds found in e-cigarette aerosols are lower than those in conventional cigarette smoke, the toxicants generated by the heat of the vaping device may include probable human carcinogens. Furthermore, nicotine, although not a carcinogen, can be metabolized to nitrosamines. Nitrosamines are known carcinogens and have been shown to be present in the saliva of e-cig users, demonstrating the health risk of e-cigarette vaping. E-cig vape can induce DNA adducts, promoting oxidative stress and DNA damage and NF-kB-driven inflammation. Together, these processes increase the transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This creates a microenvironment thought to play a key role in tumorigenesis, although it is too early to know the long-term effects of vaping. This review considers different aspects of e-cigarette-induced cellular changes, including the generation of reactive oxygen species, DNA damage, DNA repair, inflammation, and the possible tumorigenic effects.
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
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Chen S, Su Y, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Xiu P, Luo W, Zhang Q, Zhang X, Liang H, Lee APW, Shao L, Xiu J. Insights into the toxicological effects of nanomaterials on atherosclerosis: mechanisms involved and influence factors. J Nanobiotechnology 2023; 21:140. [PMID: 37118804 PMCID: PMC10148422 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-01899-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Atherosclerosis is one of the most common types of cardiovascular disease and is driven by lipid accumulation and chronic inflammation in the arteries, which leads to stenosis and thrombosis. Researchers have been working to design multifunctional nanomedicines with the ability to target, diagnose, and treat atherosclerosis, but recent studies have also identified that nanomaterials can cause atherosclerosis. Therefore, this review aims to outline the molecular mechanisms and physicochemical properties of nanomaterials that promote atherosclerosis. By analyzing the toxicological effects of nanomaterials on cells involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis such as vascular endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells and immune cells, we aim to provide new perspectives for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, and raise awareness of nanotoxicology to advance the clinical translation and sustainable development of nanomaterials.
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- Siyu Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Function and Microcirculation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Stomatology Center, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde), Foshan, 528300, China
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- Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, China
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- Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, China
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- Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Function and Microcirculation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Function and Microcirculation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Function and Microcirculation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Function and Microcirculation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Function and Microcirculation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
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Kheradmand F, Zhang Y, Corry DB. Contribution of adaptive immunity to human COPD and experimental models of emphysema. Physiol Rev 2023; 103:1059-1093. [PMID: 36201635 PMCID: PMC9886356 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00036.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the undisputed role of innate immune cells in this condition have dominated the field in the basic research arena for many years. Recently, however, compelling data suggesting that adaptive immune cells may also contribute to the progressive nature of lung destruction associated with COPD in smokers have gained considerable attention. The histopathological changes in the lungs of smokers can be limited to the large or small airways, but alveolar loss leading to emphysema, which occurs in some individuals, remains its most significant and irreversible outcome. Critically, however, the question of why emphysema progresses in a subset of former smokers remained a mystery for many years. The recognition of activated and organized tertiary T- and B-lymphoid aggregates in emphysematous lungs provided the first clue that adaptive immune cells may play a crucial role in COPD pathophysiology. Based on these findings from human translational studies, experimental animal models of emphysema were used to determine the mechanisms through which smoke exposure initiates and orchestrates adaptive autoreactive inflammation in the lungs. These models have revealed that T helper (Th)1 and Th17 subsets promote a positive feedback loop that activates innate immune cells, confirming their role in emphysema pathogenesis. Results from genetic studies and immune-based discoveries have further provided strong evidence for autoimmunity induction in smokers with emphysema. These new findings offer a novel opportunity to explore the mechanisms underlying the inflammatory landscape in the COPD lung and offer insights for development of precision-based treatment to halt lung destruction.
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- Farrah Kheradmand
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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Dolah S, Mohd Adnan M, Abd Rahman N. Towards Healthy Adolescents: A Review of Smoking Impact According to Dental Perspectives. JANUARY 2023 2023; 19:316-324. [DOI: 10.47836/mjmhs.19.1.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Nowadays, tobacco companies target to recruit new smokers among adolescents due to this age group was easy to be influenced by smoking behaviours. This narrative review aimed to explore the possible impact of smoking among adolescents. Knowing the negative impacts of smoking might result in avoiding continuing the habit or preventing from initiation of the habit. The literature search on PubMed, SCOPUS, and Epistemonikos database with related search terms of “adolescents”, “smoking” and “impact”. Only papers published within the year 2017 to 2021 and in the English language were included. However, articles without full text were excluded from this review. Fourteen articles were selected and divided impacts into three categories which are effect on oral health, effect on general health and other impacts. Possible impacts of smoking among adolescents were identified, and it could be beneficial in the development of customized smoking prevention or smoking cessation intervention for adolescents.
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Cui Y, Li Z, Xiao Q, Ge J, Jiang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Yuan Y, Zhuang Y, Hao W, Jiang J, Meng Q, Wei X. 1,4-Naphthoquinone-coated black carbon nanoparticles up-regulation POR/FTL/IL-33 axis in THP1 cells. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 249:114381. [PMID: 36508801 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Black carbon (BC) is an important component of atmospheric PM 2.5 and the second largest contributor to global warming. 1,4-naphthoquinone-coated BC (1,4 NQ-BC) is a secondary particle with great research value, so we chose 1,4 NQ-BC as the research object. In our study, mitochondria and lysosomes were selected as targets to confirm whether they were impaired by 1,4 NQ-BC, label free proteomics technology, fluorescent probes, qRT-PCR and western blots were used to investigate the mechanism of 1,4 NQ-BC toxicity. We found 494 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in mitochondria and 86 DEPs in lysosomes using a proteomics analysis of THP1 cells after 1,4 NQ-BC exposure for 24 h. Through proteomics analysis and related experiments, we found that 1,4 NQ-BC can damage THP-1-M cells by obstructing autophagy, increasing lysosomal membrane permeability, disturbing the balance of ROS, and reducing the mitochondrial membrane potential. It is worth noting that 1,4 NQ-BC prevented the removal of FTL by inhibiting autophagy, and increased IL-33 level by POR/FTL/IL-33 axis. We first applied proteomics to study the damage mechanism of 1,4 NQ-BC on THP1 cells. Our research will enrich knowledge of the mechanism by which 1,4 NQ-BC damages human macrophages and identify important therapeutic targets and adverse outcome pathways for 1,4 NQ-BC-induced damage.
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- Yuan Cui
- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191, PR China.
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Lu W, Helou YA, Shrinivas K, Liou J, Au-Yeung BB, Weiss A. The phosphatidylinositol-transfer protein Nir3 promotes PI(4,5)P 2 replenishment in response to TCR signaling during T cell development and survival. Nat Immunol 2023; 24:136-147. [PMID: 36581712 PMCID: PMC9810531 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-022-01372-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) by phospholipase C-γ (PLCγ1) represents a critical step in T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling and subsequent thymocyte and T cell responses. PIP2 replenishment following its depletion in the plasma membrane (PM) is dependent on delivery of its precursor phosphatidylinositol (PI) from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the PM. We show that a PI transfer protein (PITP), Nir3 (Pitpnm2), promotes PIP2 replenishment following TCR stimulation and is important for T cell development. In Nir3-/- T lineage cells, the PIP2 replenishment following TCR stimulation is slower. Nir3 deficiency attenuates calcium mobilization in double-positive (DP) thymocytes in response to weak TCR stimulation. This impaired TCR signaling leads to attenuated thymocyte development at TCRβ selection and positive selection as well as diminished mature T cell fitness in Nir3-/- mice. This study highlights the importance of PIP2 replenishment mediated by PITPs at ER-PM junctions during TCR signaling.
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- Wen Lu
- Rosalind Russell and Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Rosalind Russell and Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Clade Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- NSF-Simons Center for Mathematical & Statistical Analysis of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Rosalind Russell and Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Chang CY, You R, Armstrong D, Bandi A, Cheng YT, Burkhardt PM, Becerra-Dominguez L, Madison MC, Tung HY, Zeng Z, Wu Y, Song L, Phillips PE, Porter P, Knight JM, Putluri N, Yuan X, Marcano DC, McHugh EA, Tour JM, Catic A, Maneix L, Burt BM, Lee HS, Corry DB, Kheradmand F. Chronic exposure to carbon black ultrafine particles reprograms macrophage metabolism and accelerates lung cancer. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabq0615. [PMID: 36383649 PMCID: PMC9668323 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq0615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chronic exposure to airborne carbon black ultrafine (nCB) particles generated from incomplete combustion of organic matter drives IL-17A-dependent emphysema. However, whether and how they alter the immune responses to lung cancer remains unknown. Here, we show that exposure to nCB particles increased PD-L1+ PD-L2+ CD206+ antigen-presenting cells (APCs), exhausted T cells, and Treg cells. Lung macrophages that harbored nCB particles showed selective mitochondrial structure damage and decreased oxidative respiration. Lung macrophages sustained the HIF1α axis that increased glycolysis and lactate production, culminating in an immunosuppressive microenvironment in multiple mouse models of non-small cell lung cancers. Adoptive transfer of lung APCs from nCB-exposed wild type to susceptible mice increased tumor incidence and caused early metastasis. Our findings show that nCB exposure metabolically rewires lung macrophages to promote immunosuppression and accelerates the development of lung cancer.
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- Cheng-Yen Chang
- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Developmental Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX 77030, USA
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- Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, NanoCarbon Center, The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials, and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Developmental Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Tejwani V, Woo H, Liu C, Tillery AK, Gassett AJ, Kanner RE, Hoffman EA, Martinez FJ, Woodruff PG, Barr RG, Fawzy A, Koehler K, Curtis JL, Freeman CM, Cooper CB, Comellas AP, Pirozzi C, Paine R, Tashkin D, Krishnan JA, Sack C, Putcha N, Paulin LM, Zusman M, Kaufman JD, Alexis NE, Hansel NN. Black carbon content in airway macrophages is associated with increased severe exacerbations and worse COPD morbidity in SPIROMICS. Respir Res 2022; 23:310. [PMID: 36376879 PMCID: PMC9664618 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-022-02225-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Airway macrophages (AM), crucial for the immune response in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are exposed to environmental particulate matter (PM), which they retain in their cytoplasm as black carbon (BC). However, whether AM BC accurately reflects environmental PM2.5 exposure, and can serve as a biomarker of COPD outcomes, is unknown. METHODS We analyzed induced sputum from participants at 7 of 12 sites SPIROMICS sites for AM BC content, which we related to exposures and to lung function and respiratory outcomes. Models were adjusted for batch (first vs. second), age, race (white vs. non-white), income (<$35,000, $35,000~$74,999, ≥$75,000, decline to answer), BMI, and use of long-acting beta-agonist/long-acting muscarinic antagonists, with sensitivity analysis performed with inclusion of urinary cotinine and lung function as covariates. RESULTS Of 324 participants, 143 were current smokers and 201 had spirometric-confirmed COPD. Modeled indoor fine (< 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter) particulate matter (PM2.5) and urinary cotinine were associated with higher AM BC. Other assessed indoor and ambient pollutant exposures were not associated with higher AM BC. Higher AM BC was associated with worse lung function and odds of severe exacerbation, as well as worse functional status, respiratory symptoms and quality of life. CONCLUSION Indoor PM2.5 and cigarette smoke exposure may lead to increased AM BC deposition. Black carbon content in AMs is associated with worse COPD morbidity in current and former smokers, which remained after sensitivity analysis adjusting for cigarette smoke burden. Airway macrophage BC, which may alter macrophage function, could serve as a predictor of experiencing worse respiratory symptoms and impaired lung function.
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- Vickram Tejwani
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A90, 44195, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Pulmonary/Critical Care, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Aslam I, Roeffaers MBJ. Carbonaceous Nanoparticle Air Pollution: Toxicity and Detection in Biological Samples. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:nano12223948. [PMID: 36432235 PMCID: PMC9698098 DOI: 10.3390/nano12223948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Among the different air pollutants, particulate matter (PM) is of great concern due to its abundant presence in the atmosphere, which results in adverse effects on the environment and human health. The different components of PM can be classified based on their physicochemical properties. Carbonaceous particles (CPs) constitute a major fraction of ultrafine PM and have the most harmful effects. Herein, we present a detailed overview of the main components of CPs, e.g., carbon black (CB), black carbon (BC), and brown carbon (BrC), from natural and anthropogenic sources. The emission sources and the adverse effects of CPs on the environment and human health are discussed. Particularly, we provide a detailed overview of the reported toxic effects of CPs in the human body, such as respiratory effects, cardiovascular effects, neurodegenerative effects, carcinogenic effects, etc. In addition, we also discuss the challenges faced by and limitations of the available analytical techniques for the qualitative and quantitative detection of CPs in atmospheric and biological samples. Considering the heterogeneous nature of CPs and biological samples, a detailed overview of different analytical techniques for the detection of CPs in (real-exposure) biological samples is also provided. This review provides useful insights into the classification, toxicity, and detection of CPs in biological samples.
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Shivshankar P, Karmouty-Quintana H, Mills T, Doursout MF, Wang Y, Czopik AK, Evans SE, Eltzschig HK, Yuan X. SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Host Response, Immunity, and Therapeutic Targets. Inflammation 2022; 45:1430-1449. [PMID: 35320469 PMCID: PMC8940980 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-022-01656-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a global pandemic with severe socioeconomic effects. Immunopathogenesis of COVID-19 leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and organ failure. Binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) on bronchiolar and alveolar epithelial cells triggers host inflammatory pathways that lead to pathophysiological changes. Proinflammatory cytokines and type I interferon (IFN) signaling in alveolar epithelial cells counter barrier disruption, modulate host innate immune response to induce chemotaxis, and initiate the resolution of inflammation. Here, we discuss experimental models to study SARS-CoV-2 infection, molecular pathways involved in SARS-CoV-2-induced inflammation, and viral hijacking of anti-inflammatory pathways, such as delayed type-I IFN response. Mechanisms of alveolar adaptation to hypoxia, adenosinergic signaling, and regulatory microRNAs are discussed as potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19.
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- Pooja Shivshankar
- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Gatti AM, Ristic M, Stanzani S, Lavezzi AM. Novel chemical-physical autopsy investigation in Sudden Infant Death and Sudden Intrauterine Unexplained Death Syndromes. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2022; 17:275-288. [PMID: 35133189 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2021-0203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aim: Verify the presence of inorganic nanoparticle entities in brain tissue samples from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/Sudden Intrauterine Unexplained Death Syndrome (SIUDS) cases. The presence of inorganic debris could be a cofactor that compromises proper brain tissue functionality. Materials & methods: A novel autopsy approach that consists of neuropathological analysis procedures combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy/field emission gun environmental scanning electron microscopy investigations was implemented on 10 SIDS/SIUDS cases, whereas control samples were obtained from 10 cases of fetal/infant death from known cause. Results: Developmental abnormalities of the brain were associated with the presence of foreign bodies. Although nanoparticles were present as well in control samples, they were not associated with histological brain anomalies, as was the case in SIDS/SIUDS. Conclusion: Inorganic particles present in brain tissues demonstrate their ability to cross the hemato-encephalic barrier and to interact with tissues and cells in an unknown yet pathological fashion. This gives a rationale to consider them as co-factors of lethality.
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- "Lino Rossi" Research Center for The Study & prevention of unexpected perinatal death & SIDS Department of Biomedical, Surgical & Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
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Todd NW, Atamas SP, Hines SE, Luzina IG, Shah NG, Britt EJ, Ghio AJ, Galvin JR. Demystifying idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: time for more etiology-focused nomenclature in interstitial lung disease. Expert Rev Respir Med 2022; 16:235-245. [PMID: 35034567 PMCID: PMC8983480 DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2022.2030710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION A major focus of interstitial lung disease (ILD) has centered on disorders termed idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) which include, among others, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, and respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease. AREAS COVERED We review the radiologic and histologic patterns for the nine disorders classified by multidisciplinary approach as IIP, and describe the remarkable amount of published epidemiologic, translational, and molecular studies demonstrating their associations with numerous yet definitive environmental exposures, occupational exposures, pulmonary diseases, systemic diseases, medication toxicities, and genetic variants. EXPERT OPINION In the 21st century, these disorders termed IIPs are rarely idiopathic, but rather are well-described radiologic and histologic patterns of lung injury that are associated with a wide array of diverse etiologies. Accordingly, the idiopathic nomenclature is misleading and confusing, and may also promote a lack of inquisitiveness, suggesting the end rather than the beginning of a thorough diagnostic process to identify ILD etiology and initiate patient-centered management. A shift toward more etiology-focused nomenclature will be beneficial to all, including patients hoping for better life quality and disease outcome, general medicine and pulmonary physicians furthering their ILD knowledge, and expert ILD clinicians and researchers who are advancing the ILD field.
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- Nevins W. Todd
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,,Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,,Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,,Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,,Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Wu Y, Li E, Knight M, Adeniyi-Ipadeola G, Song LZ, Burns AR, Gazzinelli-Guimaraes AC, Fujiwara R, Bottazzi ME, Weatherhead JE. Transient Ascaris suum larval migration induces intractable chronic pulmonary disease and anemia in mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0010050. [PMID: 34914687 PMCID: PMC8717995 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ascariasis is one of the most common infections in the world and associated with significant global morbidity. Ascaris larval migration through the host’s lungs is essential for larval development but leads to an exaggerated type-2 host immune response manifesting clinically as acute allergic airway disease. However, whether Ascaris larval migration can subsequently lead to chronic lung diseases remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that a single episode of Ascaris larval migration through the host lungs induces a chronic pulmonary syndrome of type-2 inflammatory pathology and emphysema accompanied by pulmonary hemorrhage and chronic anemia in a mouse model. Our results reveal that a single episode of Ascaris larval migration through the host lungs leads to permanent lung damage with systemic effects. Remote episodes of ascariasis may drive non-communicable lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and chronic anemia in parasite endemic regions. Ascariasis is the most common helminth infection and leads to significant global morbidity. Transient Ascaris larval migration through the host’s lungs is essential for larval development but leads to an exaggerated type-2 host immune response. Our work demonstrates that transient Ascaris spp. larval migration through the lungs has significant long-term consequences including changes in lung structure and function as well as vascular damage causing chronic lung disease and anemia. We propose that Ascaris spp. larval migration through the host lungs is a risk factor for the development of chronic lung disease and anemia in parasite-endemic regions globally.
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- Yifan Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and the Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and the Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and the Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and the Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Kunzke T, Prade VM, Buck A, Sun N, Feuchtinger A, Matzka M, Fernandez IE, Wuyts W, Ackermann M, Jonigk D, Aichler M, Schmid RA, Eickelberg O, Berezowska S, Walch A. Patterns of carbon-bound exogenous compounds in lung cancer patients and association with disease pathophysiology. Cancer Res 2021; 81:5862-5875. [PMID: 34666994 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Asymptomatic anthracosis is the accumulation of black carbon particles in adult human lungs. It is a common occurrence, but the pathophysiological significance of anthracosis is debatable. Using in situ high mass resolution matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry imaging analysis, we discovered noxious carbon-bound exogenous compounds, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), tobacco-specific nitrosamines, or aromatic amines, in a series of 330 lung cancer patients in highly variable and unique patterns. The characteristic nature of carbon-bound exogenous compound had a strong association with patient outcome, tumor progression, the tumor immune microenvironment, PD-L1 expression, and DNA damage. Spatial correlation network analyses revealed substantial differences in the metabolome of tumor cells compared to tumor stroma depending on carbon-bound exogenous compounds. Overall, the bioactive pool of exogenous compounds is associated with several changes in lung cancer pathophysiology and correlates with patient outcome. Given the high prevalence of anthracosis in the lungs of adult humans, future work should investigate the role of carbon-bound exogenous compounds in lung carcinogenesis and lung cancer therapy.
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- Thomas Kunzke
- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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- Deparment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
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Li FJ, Surolia R, Li H, Wang Z, Liu G, Kulkarni T, Massicano AVF, Mobley JA, Mondal S, de Andrade JA, Coonrod SA, Thompson PR, Wille K, Lapi SE, Athar M, Thannickal VJ, Carter AB, Antony VB. Citrullinated vimentin mediates development and progression of lung fibrosis. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/585/eaba2927. [PMID: 33731433 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aba2927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The mechanisms by which environmental exposures contribute to the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis are unclear. Here, we demonstrate an increase in cadmium (Cd) and carbon black (CB), common components of cigarette smoke (CS) and environmental particulate matter (PM), in lung tissue from subjects with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Cd concentrations were directly proportional to citrullinated vimentin (Cit-Vim) amounts in lung tissue of subjects with IPF. Cit-Vim amounts were higher in subjects with IPF, especially smokers, which correlated with lung function and were associated with disease manifestations. Cd/CB induced the secretion of Cit-Vim in an Akt1- and peptidylarginine deiminase 2 (PAD2)-dependent manner. Cit-Vim mediated fibroblast invasion in a 3D ex vivo model of human pulmospheres that resulted in higher expression of CD26, collagen, and α-SMA. Cit-Vim activated NF-κB in a TLR4-dependent fashion and induced the production of active TGF-β1, CTGF, and IL-8 along with higher surface expression of TLR4 in lung fibroblasts. To corroborate ex vivo findings, mice treated with Cit-Vim, but not Vim, independently developed a similar pattern of fibrotic tissue remodeling, which was TLR4 dependent. Moreover, wild-type mice, but not PAD2-/- and TLR4 mutant (MUT) mice, exposed to Cd/CB generated high amounts of Cit-Vim, in both plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and developed lung fibrosis in a stereotypic manner. Together, these studies support a role for Cit-Vim as a damage-associated molecular pattern molecule (DAMP) that is generated by lung macrophages in response to environmental Cd/CB exposure. Furthermore, PAD2 might represent a promising target to attenuate Cd/CB-induced fibrosis.
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- Fu Jun Li
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Vanderbilt Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.,Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.,Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Bos B, Lim S, Hedges M, Molden N, Boyle S, Mudway DI, Barratt DB. Taxi drivers' exposure to black carbon and nitrogen dioxide in electric and diesel vehicles: A case study in London. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 195:110736. [PMID: 33484720 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and black carbon (BC) concentrations were measured inside London taxicabs across 40 work shifts in a real-world occupational study. The shifts were measured across five plug-in hybrid range-extender electric taxicabs (TXe City) and five diesel taxicabs (TX4 Diesel). The aim of this study was to characterise the impact of fuel and cabin design on professional drivers' air pollution exposures. Personal exposure was monitored using portable BC, NO2 and GPS devices. A controlled study replicating a typical taxi drivers' route in central London was conducted. Simultaneous inside and outside BC concentrations were measured to assess infiltration rates. The drivers were instructed to keep the BC devices with them at all times, providing a comparison of exposures at work and outside of work. The driver's average BC and NO2 exposure while working was nearly twice as high for diesel taxicab drivers (6.8 ± 7.0 μg/m³, 101.9 ± 87.8 μg/m³) compared with electric drivers (3.6 ± 4.9 μg/m³, 55.3 ± 53.0 μg/m³, respectively). The exposure to BC while not working was 1.6 μg/m³ for diesel drivers and 1.1 μg/m³ for electric drivers, highlighting the very high exposures experienced by this occupational sector. The analysis of vehicle type on BC concentrations showed that the airtight cabin design and presence of an in-built filter in the electric TXe City reduced the exposure to BC substantially; indoor to outdoor ratios being 0.63 on the electric taxi compared to 0.99 on the diesel taxi with recirculate ventilation mode off and 0.07 to 0.44 with recirculate on. These findings provide important evidence for occupational health of professional drivers through exposure reduction measures in vehicle design.
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- Brendan Bos
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Emissions Analytics, High Wycombe, HP14 3PD, UK
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- Emissions Analytics, High Wycombe, HP14 3PD, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Exposures and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Exposures and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Pollard KM. Perspective: The Lung, Particles, Fibers, Nanomaterials, and Autoimmunity. Front Immunol 2020; 11:587136. [PMID: 33391263 PMCID: PMC7775503 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.587136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Studies have shown that a wide range of factors including drugs, chemicals, microbes, and other environmental agents can induce pre-clinical autoimmunity. However, only a few have been confidently linked to autoimmune diseases. Among these are exposures to inhaled particulates that are known to be associated with autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. In this article, the potential of particle, fiber, and nanomaterial exposures to induce autoimmunity is discussed. It is hypothesized that inhalation of particulate material known to be associated with human autoimmune diseases, such as cigarette smoke and crystalline silica, results in a complex interplay of a number of pathological processes, including, toxicity, oxidative stress, cell and tissue damage, chronic inflammation, post-translational modification of self-antigens, and the formation of lymphoid follicles that provide a milieu for the accumulation of autoreactive B and T cells necessary for the development and persistence of autoimmune responses, leading to disease. Although experimental studies show nanomaterials are capable of inducing several of the above features, there is no evidence that this matures to autoimmune disease. The procession of events hypothesized here provides a foundation from which to pursue experimental studies to determine the potential of other environmental exposures to induce autoimmunity and autoimmune disease.
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- K Michael Pollard
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Naessens T, Morias Y, Hamrud E, Gehrmann U, Budida R, Mattsson J, Baker T, Skogberg G, Israelsson E, Thörn K, Schuijs MJ, Angermann B, Melville F, Staples KJ, Cunoosamy DM, Lambrecht BN. Human Lung Conventional Dendritic Cells Orchestrate Lymphoid Neogenesis during Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 202:535-548. [PMID: 32255375 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201906-1123oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Rationale: Emerging evidence supports a crucial role for tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) progression. However, mechanisms of immune cell activation leading to TLOs in COPD remain to be defined.Objectives: To examine the role of lung dendritic cells (DCs) in T follicular helper (Tfh)-cell induction, a T-cell subset critically implicated in lymphoid organ formation, in COPD.Methods: Myeloid cell heterogeneity and phenotype were studied in an unbiased manner via single-cell RNA sequencing on HLA-DR+ cells sorted from human lungs. We measured the in vitro capability of control and COPD lung DC subsets, sorted using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter, to polarize IL-21+CXCL13+ (IL-21-positive and C-X-C chemokine ligand type 13-positive) Tfh-like cells. In situ imaging analysis was performed on Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage IV COPD lungs with TLOs.Measurements and Main Results: Single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis revealed a high degree of heterogeneity among human lung myeloid cells. Among these, conventional dendritic type 2 cells (cDC2s) showed increased induction of IL-21+CXCL13+ Tfh-like cells. Importantly, the capacity to induce IL-21+ Tfh-like cells was higher in cDC2s from patients with COPD than in those from control patients. Increased Tfh-cell induction by COPD cDC2s correlated with increased presence of Tfh-like cells in COPD lungs as compared with those in control lungs, and cDC2s colocalized with Tfh-like cells in TLOs of COPD lungs. Mechanistically, cDC2s exhibited a unique migratory signature and (transcriptional) expression of several pathways and genes related to DC-induced Tfh-cell priming. Importantly, blocking the costimulatory OX40L (OX40 ligand)-OX40 axis reduced Tfh-cell induction by control lung cDC2s.Conclusions: In COPD lungs, we found lung EBI2+ (Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 2-positive) OX-40L-expressing cDC2s that induced IL-21+ Tfh-like cells, suggesting an involvement of these cells in TLO formation.
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- Thomas Naessens
- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Bioscience Cardiovascular, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), and
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Bioscience COPD/IPF, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmunity
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, VIB-UGhent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; and.,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Schlage WK, Titz B, Iskandar A, Poussin C, Van der Toorn M, Wong ET, Pratte P, Maeder S, Schaller JP, Pospisil P, Boue S, Vuillaume G, Leroy P, Martin F, Ivanov NV, Peitsch MC, Hoeng J. Comparing the preclinical risk profile of inhalable candidate and potential candidate modified risk tobacco products: A bridging use case. Toxicol Rep 2020; 7:1187-1206. [PMID: 32995294 PMCID: PMC7502378 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Heated tobacco products tested for reduced exposure and reduced risk properties. Bridging opportunities for nonclinical results from two heated tobacco products. Similarly reduced impact on apical and molecular endpoints relative to cigarettes. Evidence evaluated along a “causal chain of events leading to disease” (CELSD). Representative assays along CELSD could support nonclinical substantial equivalence.
Cigarette smoking causes major preventable diseases, morbidity, and mortality worldwide. Smoking cessation and prevention of smoking initiation are the preferred means for reducing these risks. Less harmful tobacco products, termed modified-risk tobacco products (MRTP), are being developed as a potential alternative for current adult smokers who would otherwise continue smoking. According to a regulatory framework issued by the US Food and Drug Administration, a manufacturer must provide comprehensive scientific evidence that the product significantly reduces harm and the risk of tobacco-related diseases, in order to obtain marketing authorization for a new MRTP. For new tobacco products similar to an already approved predicate product, the FDA has foreseen a simplified procedure for assessing “substantial equivalence”. In this article, we present a use case that bridges the nonclinical evidence from previous studies demonstrating the relatively reduced harm potential of two heat-not-burn products based on different tobacco heating principles. The nonclinical evidence was collected along a “causal chain of events leading to disease” (CELSD) to systematically follow the consequences of reduced exposure to toxicants (relative to cigarette smoke) through increasing levels of biological complexity up to disease manifestation in animal models of human disease. This approach leverages the principles of systems biology and toxicology as a basis for further extrapolation to human studies. The experimental results demonstrate a similarly reduced impact of both products on apical and molecular endpoints, no novel effects not seen with cigarette smoke exposure, and an effect of switching from cigarettes to either MRTP that is comparable to that of complete smoking cessation. Ideally, a subset of representative assays from the presented sequence along the CELSD could be sufficient for predicting similarity or substantial equivalence in the nonclinical impact of novel products; this would require further validation, for which the present use case could serve as a starting point.
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Key Words
- BIF, biological impact factor
- CELSD, causal chain of events leading to disease
- CHTP, carbon heated tobacco product
- CS, cigarette smoke
- CVD, cardiovascular disease
- GVP, gas/vapor phase
- HPHC, harmful and potentially harmful constituents
- MRTP, modified risk tobacco product
- Modified risk tobacco product (MRTP)
- NPA, network perturbation amplitude
- PMI, Philip Morris International
- RBIF, relative BIF
- Substantial equivalence
- Systems toxicology
- THS, Tobacco Heating System
- TPM, total particulate matter
- Tobacco harm reduction
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Affiliation(s)
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris International Research Laboratories Pte. Ltd., Science Park II, Singapore
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Gu BH, Choi JC, Shen YH, Song LZ, Scheurer ME, Luong A, Rodriguez A, Woodruff P, Koth L, Corry DB, Kheradmand F, LeMaire SA. Elastin-Specific Autoimmunity in Smokers With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection is Independent of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 8:e011671. [PMID: 30957625 PMCID: PMC6507218 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.011671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Background Thoracic aortic aneurysm ( TAA ) and dissection ( TAD ) are characterized by progressive disorganization of the aortic wall matrix, including elastin, a highly immunogenic molecule. Whether acquired autoimmune responses can be detected in TAA / TAD patients who are smokers is unknown. The objectives of this study were to determine whether TAA / TAD smokers have increased T-cell responses to human elastin fragments, and to determine whether autoimmune responses in TAA / TAD smokers are dependent on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods and Results In a cross-sectional study (N=86), we examined peripheral blood CD 4+ T cell responses to elastin fragments in never-, former-, or current-smokers with or without TAA / TAD . CD 4+ T cells were co-cultured with irradiated autologous peripheral blood CD 1a+/ CD 14+ antigen presenting cells pulsed with or without elastin fragments to measure cytokine production. Baseline plasma concentration of anti-elastin antibodies and elastin-degrading enzymes (eg, matrix metalloproteinase-9, and -12, and neutrophil elastase) were measured in the same cohort. elastin fragment-specific CD 4+ T cell expression of interferon-γ, and anti-elastin antibodies were dependent on history of smoking in TAA / TAD patients but were independent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Matrix metalloproteinase-9, and -12, and neutrophil elastase plasma concentrations were also significantly elevated in ever-smokers with TAA / TAD . Conclusions Cigarette smoke is associated with loss of self-tolerance and induction of elastin-specific autoreactive T- and B-cell responses in patients with TAA / TAD . Development of peripheral blood biomarkers to track immunity to self-antigens could be used to identify and potentially prognosticate susceptibility to TAA / TAD in smokers.
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- Bon-Hee Gu
- 1 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- 2 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- 2 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,3 Cardiovascular Research Institute Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,7 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Texas Heart Institute Houston TX
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- 4 Section of Hematology-Oncology Department of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- 8 Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery McGovern Medical School University of Texas Health Science Center Houston TX
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,5 Departments of Pathology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,6 Biology of Inflammation Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- 9 University of California San Francisco San Francisco CA
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,5 Departments of Pathology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,6 Biology of Inflammation Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,10 Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases Michael E. DeBakey VA Houston TX
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- 1 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,3 Cardiovascular Research Institute Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,5 Departments of Pathology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,6 Biology of Inflammation Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,10 Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases Michael E. DeBakey VA Houston TX
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- 2 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,7 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Texas Heart Institute Houston TX.,11 CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston TX
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Halappanavar S, van den Brule S, Nymark P, Gaté L, Seidel C, Valentino S, Zhernovkov V, Høgh Danielsen P, De Vizcaya A, Wolff H, Stöger T, Boyadziev A, Poulsen SS, Sørli JB, Vogel U. Adverse outcome pathways as a tool for the design of testing strategies to support the safety assessment of emerging advanced materials at the nanoscale. Part Fibre Toxicol 2020; 17:16. [PMID: 32450889 PMCID: PMC7249325 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-020-00344-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Toxicity testing and regulation of advanced materials at the nanoscale, i.e. nanosafety, is challenged by the growing number of nanomaterials and their property variants requiring assessment for potential human health impacts. The existing animal-reliant toxicity testing tools are onerous in terms of time and resources and are less and less in line with the international effort to reduce animal experiments. Thus, there is a need for faster, cheaper, sensitive and effective animal alternatives that are supported by mechanistic evidence. More importantly, there is an urgency for developing alternative testing strategies that help justify the strategic prioritization of testing or targeting the most apparent adverse outcomes, selection of specific endpoints and assays and identifying nanomaterials of high concern. The Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) framework is a systematic process that uses the available mechanistic information concerning a toxicological response and describes causal or mechanistic linkages between a molecular initiating event, a series of intermediate key events and the adverse outcome. The AOP framework provides pragmatic insights to promote the development of alternative testing strategies. This review will detail a brief overview of the AOP framework and its application to nanotoxicology, tools for developing AOPs and the role of toxicogenomics, and summarize various AOPs of relevance to inhalation toxicity of nanomaterials that are currently under various stages of development. The review also presents a network of AOPs derived from connecting all AOPs, which shows that several adverse outcomes induced by nanomaterials originate from a molecular initiating event that describes the interaction of nanomaterials with lung cells and involve similar intermediate key events. Finally, using the example of an established AOP for lung fibrosis, the review will discuss various in vitro tests available for assessing lung fibrosis and how the information can be used to support a tiered testing strategy for lung fibrosis. The AOPs and AOP network enable deeper understanding of mechanisms involved in inhalation toxicity of nanomaterials and provide a strategy for the development of alternative test methods for hazard and risk assessment of nanomaterials.
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- Sabina Halappanavar
- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Louvain centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Toxicology, Misvik Biology, Turku, Finland
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- Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Departamento de Toxicologia, CINVESTAV-IPN, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Sabbatical leave at Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
- Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German, Oberschleißheim, Germany
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- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
- DTU Health Tech, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Passive Exposure to Pollutants from a New Generation of Cigarettes in Real Life Scenarios. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17103455. [PMID: 32429196 PMCID: PMC7277352 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and heat-not-burn tobacco (HNBT), as popular nicotine delivery systems (NDS), has increased among adult demographics. This study aims to assess the effects on indoor air quality of traditional tobacco cigarettes (TCs) and new smoking alternatives, to determine the differences between their potential impacts on human health. Measurements of particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10), black carbon, carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) were performed in two real life scenarios, in the home and in the car. The results indicated that the particle emissions from the different NDS devices were significantly different. In the home and car, the use of TCs resulted in higher PM10 and ultrafine particle concentrations than when e-cigarettes were smoked, while the lowest concentrations were associated with HNBT. As black carbon and CO are released by combustion processes, the concentrations of these two pollutants were significantly lower for e-cigarettes and HNBT because no combustion occurs when they are smoked. CO2 showed no increase directly associated with the NDS but a trend linked to a higher respiration rate connected with smoking. The results showed that although the levels of pollutants emitted by e-cigarettes and HNBT are substantially lower compared to those from TCs, the new smoking devices are still a source of indoor air pollutants.
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Yun J, Yang H, Li X, Sun H, Xu J, Meng Q, Wu S, Zhang X, Yang X, Li B, Chen R. Up-regulation of miR-297 mediates aluminum oxide nanoparticle-induced lung inflammation through activation of Notch pathway. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 259:113839. [PMID: 31918133 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Exposure to Aluminum oxide nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPs) has been associated with pulmonary inflammation in recent years; however, the underlying mechanism that causes adverse effects remains unclear. In the present study, we characterized microRNA (miRNA) expression profiling in human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells exposed to Al2O3 NPs by miRNA microarray. Among the differentially expressed miRNAs, miR-297, a homologous miRNA in Homo sapiens and Mus musculus, was significantly up-regulated following exposure to Al2O3 NPs, compared with that in control. On combined bioinformatic analysis, proteomics analysis, and mRNA microarray, NF-κB-activating protein (NKAP) was found to be a target gene of miR-297 and it was significantly down-regulated in Al2O3 NPs-exposed HBE cells and murine lungs, compared with that in control. Meanwhile, inflammatory cytokines, including IL-1β and TNF-α, were significantly increased in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from mice exposed to Al2O3 NPs. Then we set up a mouse model with intranasal instillation of antagomiR-297 to further confirm that inhibition of miR-297 expression can rescue pulmonary inflammation via Notch pathway suppression. Collectively, our findings suggested that up-regulation of miR-297 expression was an upstream driver of Notch pathway activation, which might be the underlying mechanism involved in lung inflammation induced by exposure to Al2O3 NPs.
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- Jun Yun
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Center for New Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China; Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, China.
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The Protective Effect of an Eye Wash Solution on the Ocular Surface Damage Induced by Airborne Carbon Black Exposure. Cornea 2020; 39:1040-1047. [PMID: 32141942 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000002304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the effects of an eye wash solution on the ocular surface damage induced by airborne carbon black (CB) exposure. METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to ambient CB for 5 days. During the 5 days, a commercial eye wash solution (Eyebon-W) was used for irrigation twice daily on CB-exposed rat eyes; normal saline was used as the vehicle control. Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and matrix metallopeptidase (MMP)-9, histamine, and lactoferrin levels were measured in tears. The expression of inflammatory cytokines in the anterior segment of the eyeball was measured by Western blot analysis. RESULTS The ocular surface staining scores, tear LDH activity, tear MMP-9, histamine, and lactoferrin concentrations, and the expression of interleukin-4 and interferon-γ in the eye were significantly increased in the CB group versus the normal control group. When compared with CB group, the Eyebon-W eye wash treatment significantly reversed these elevations induced by CB, including ocular staining scores, tear LDH activity, histamine and MMP-9 concentrations in the tear fluid, and the expression of interleukin-4 in the eye. On the other hand, saline irrigation only reduced the concentrations of histamine and MMP-9 in tear fluid and the expression of interferon-γ in the eye. CONCLUSIONS Both Eyebon-W eye wash treatment and saline irrigation reversed CB-induced ocular surface injury, but the efficacy of Eyebon-W was more significant than that of the saline solution when compared with CB group. The use of an eye wash solution seems to play a protective role for the ocular surface when exposed to airborne particulate matter.
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Targeting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes, Endotypes, and Biomarkers. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2019; 15:S234-S238. [PMID: 30758998 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201808-533mg] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is now well recognized to be a phenotypically heterogeneous disease, and this heterogeneity is underpinned by biological heterogeneity. An "endotype" is a group of patients who share the same observed characteristic(s) because of shared underlying biology, and the "endotype" concept has emerged as one way of bringing order to this phenotypic heterogeneity by focusing on its biological underpinnings. In principle, biomarkers can help identify endotypes and mark these specific groups of patients as suitable candidates for targeted biological therapies. Among the better-described endotypes of COPD are alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and eosinophilic COPD. Both of these endotypes have biomarkers and at least some evidence of preferential benefit from targeted therapy. Other biological pathways that may define endotypes of COPD include more general pathways of type 2 inflammation, IL-17-driven inflammation (due to autoimmunity or deposition of nanoparticulate carbon black), bacterial colonization, pathological alterations of the airway mucus gel, and others that are beyond the scope of this review. Whether these biological pathways ultimately are found to segregate patients into very distinct endotypes or subsets (like alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency) or, instead, are present as "treatable traits" in various combinations is uncertain. However imperfect, the endotype concept forces a focus on heterogeneity at a biological level, and the development of biomarkers of biological heterogeneity should help advance the goal of developing new therapies for COPD.
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B Cells Produce the Tissue-Protective Protein RELMα during Helminth Infection, which Inhibits IL-17 Expression and Limits Emphysema. Cell Rep 2019; 25:2775-2783.e3. [PMID: 30517865 PMCID: PMC9413029 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Emphysema results in destruction of alveolar walls and enlargement of lung airspaces and has been shown to develop during helminth infections through IL-4R-independent mechanisms. We examined whether interleukin 17A (IL-17A) may instead modulate development of emphysematous pathology in mice infected with the helminth parasite Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. We found that transient elevations in IL-17A shortly after helminth infection triggered sub-sequent emphysema that destroyed alveolar structures. Furthermore, lung B cells, activated through IL-4R signaling, inhibited early onset of emphysematous pathology. IL-10 and other regulatory cytokines typically associated with B regulatory cell function did not play a major role in this response. Instead, at early stages of the response, B cells produced high levels of the tissue-protective protein, Resistin-like molecule α (RELMα), which then downregulated IL-17A expression. These studies show that transient elevations in IL-17A trigger emphysema and reveal a helminth-induced immune regulatory mechanism that controls IL-17A and the severity of emphysema. Emphysema causes pathology that can compromise lung function, and mechanisms for reducing disease severity remain unclear. Using a helminth model, Chen et al. show that type 2 immune response triggers lung B cells to produce RELMα, which then downregulates IL-17 production in the lung to limit emphysema. ![]()
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Self-DNA release and STING-dependent sensing drives inflammation to cigarette smoke in mice. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14848. [PMID: 31619733 PMCID: PMC6795997 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51427-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cigarette smoke exposure is a leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a major health issue characterized by airway inflammation with fibrosis and emphysema. Here we demonstrate that acute exposure to cigarette smoke causes respiratory barrier damage with the release of self-dsDNA in mice. This triggers the DNA sensor cGAS (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase) and stimulator of interferon genes (STING), driving type I interferon (IFN I) dependent lung inflammation, which are attenuated in cGAS, STING or type I interferon receptor (IFNAR) deficient mice. Therefore, we demonstrate a critical role of self-dsDNA release and of the cGAS-STING-type I interferon pathway upon cigarette smoke-induced damage, which may lead to therapeutic targets in COPD.
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Hoeng J, Maeder S, Vanscheeuwijck P, Peitsch MC. Assessing the lung cancer risk reduction potential of candidate modified risk tobacco products. Intern Emerg Med 2019; 14:821-834. [PMID: 30767158 PMCID: PMC6722152 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-019-02045-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Smoking is the major cause of lung cancer. While the risk of lung cancer increases with the number of cigarettes smoked and the duration of smoking, it also decreases upon smoking cessation. The development of candidate modified risk tobacco products (cMRTP) is aimed at providing smokers who will not quit with alternatives to cigarettes that present less risk of harm and smoking-related disease. It is necessary to assess the risk reduction potential of cMRTPs, including their potential to reduce the risk of lung cancer. Assessing the lung cancer risk reduction potential of cMRTPs is hampered by (i) the absence of clinical risk markers that are predictive of future lung cancer development, (ii) the latency of lung cancer manifestation (decades of smoking), and (iii) the slow reduction in excess risk upon cessation and a fortiori upon switching to a cMRTP. It is, therefore, likely that only long-term epidemiology will provide definitive answers to this question and allow to first verify that a cMRTP reduces the risk of lung cancer and if it does, to quantify the reduction in excess lung cancer risk associated with a cMRTP. For this to be possible, the cMRTP would need to be available in the market and used exclusively by a large portion of current smokers. Here, we propose that a mechanism-based approach represents a solid alternative to show in a pre-market setting that switching to a cMRTP is likely to significantly reduce the risk of lung cancer. This approach is based on the causal chain of events that leads from smoking to disease and leverages both non-clinical and clinical studies as well as the principles of systems toxicology. We also discuss several important challenges inherent to the assessment of cMRTPs as well as key aspects regarding product use behavior.
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- Julia Hoeng
- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Liu X, Tu B, Jiang X, Xu G, Bai L, Zhang L, Meng P, Qin X, Chen C, Zou Z. Lysosomal dysfunction is associated with persistent lung injury in dams caused by pregnancy exposure to carbon black nanoparticles. Life Sci 2019; 233:116741. [PMID: 31398419 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIMS Carbon black nanoparticles (CBNPs) are widely used in industrial field. Sensitive stages such as pregnancy are assumed to be more susceptible to stimulus, however whether pregnancy exposure to CBNPs (PrE-to-CBNPs) would cause long-term toxic effects in dams and the underlying mechanisms remain poorly addressed. The present study is aimed to determine the long-term toxic effects of PrE-to-CBNPs in dams. MATERIALS AND METHODS The pregnant mice were randomly divided into control group, low (21 μg/animal), medium (103 μg/animal) and high (515 μg/animal) CBNPs-treated groups. From gestational day (GD) 9 to GD18, the pregnant mice were intranasal exposed. At 49 days after parturition, lung tissues and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were obtained. Weight change, lung histopathology, lung ultrastructural pathology, cell count in BALF, oxidative stress/inflammatory maker and autophagy/lysosome-related protein expression were determined. KEY FINDINGS PrE-to-CBNPs caused a dose-dependent persistent lung injury in mice even 49 days after parturition, including the deteriorative lung histopathological changes, elevation of oxidative stress marker Nrf-2, HO-1 and CHOP, infiltration of macrophage and increased mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines in the lung tissues and elevation of cells in BALF. However, PrE-to-CBNPs did not induce significant neutrophil infiltration and fibrosis. Moreover, we found that CBNPs could deposit in the lysosomes and decrease cathepsin D (an important hydrolase in lysosome), which might be associated with the dysfunction of lysosome and autophagy. SIGNIFICANCE Our study demonstrated that PrE-to-CBNPs could result in long-term lung injury in dams, and lysosomal dysfunction was probably linked to this process.
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- Xuemei Liu
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Center of Experimental Teaching for Public Health, Experimental Teaching and Management Center, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Dongsheng Lung-Brain Disease Joint Lab, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Dongsheng Lung-Brain Disease Joint Lab, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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Gu BH, Sprouse ML, Madison MC, Hong MJ, Yuan X, Tung HY, Landers CT, Song LZ, Corry DB, Bettini M, Kheradmand F. A Novel Animal Model of Emphysema Induced by Anti-Elastin Autoimmunity. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2019; 203:349-359. [PMID: 31182478 PMCID: PMC6688643 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1900113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Loss of immune tolerance to self-antigens can promote chronic inflammation and disrupt the normal function of multiple organs, including the lungs. Degradation of elastin, a highly insoluble protein and a significant component of the lung structural matrix, generates proinflammatory molecules. Elastin fragments (EFs) have been detected in the serum of smokers with emphysema, and elastin-specific T cells have also been detected in the peripheral blood of smokers with emphysema. However, an animal model that could recapitulate T cell-specific autoimmune responses by initiating and sustaining inflammation in the lungs is lacking. In this study, we report an animal model of autoimmune emphysema mediated by the loss of tolerance to elastin. Mice immunized with a combination of human EFs plus rat EFs but not mouse EFs showed increased infiltration of innate and adaptive immune cells to the lungs and developed emphysema. We cloned and expanded mouse elastin-specific CD4+ T cells from the lung and spleen of immunized mice. Finally, we identified TCR sequences from the autoreactive T cell clones, suggesting possible pathogenic TCRs that can cause loss of immune tolerance against elastin. This new autoimmune model of emphysema provides a useful tool to examine the immunological factors that promote loss of immune tolerance to self.
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- Bon-Hee Gu
- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Section of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, McNair Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; and
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Section of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, McNair Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030;
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; and
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; and
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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Ekdahl KN, Fromell K, Mohlin C, Teramura Y, Nilsson B. A human whole-blood model to study the activation of innate immunity system triggered by nanoparticles as a demonstrator for toxicity. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2019; 20:688-698. [PMID: 31275460 PMCID: PMC6598515 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2019.1625721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this review article, we focus on activation of the soluble components of the innate immune system triggered by nonbiological compounds and stress variances in activation due to the difference in size between nanoparticles (NPs) and larger particles or bulk material of the same chemical and physical composition. We then discuss the impact of the so-called protein corona which is formed on the surface of NPs when they come in contact with blood or other body fluids. For example, NPs which bind inert proteins, proteins which are prone to activate the contact system (e.g., factor XII), which may lead to clotting and fibrin formation or the complement system (e.g., IgG or C3), which may result in inflammation and vascular damage. Furthermore, we describe a whole blood model which we have developed to monitor activation and interaction between different components of innate immunity: blood protein cascade systems, platelets, leukocytes, cytokine generation, which are induced by NPs. Finally, we describe our own studies on innate immunity system activation induced by three fundamentally different species of NPs (two types of engineered NPs and diesel NPs) as demonstrator of the utility of an initial determination of the composition of the protein corona formed on NPs exposed to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) plasma and subsequent analysis in our whole blood model.
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- Kristina N Ekdahl
- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
- Linnaeus Center of Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Linnaeus Center of Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
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Yuan X, Chang CY, You R, Shan M, Gu BH, Madison MC, Diehl G, Perusich S, Song LZ, Cornwell L, Rossen RD, Wetsel R, Kimal R, Coarfa C, Eltzschig HK, Corry DB, Kheradmand F. Cigarette smoke-induced reduction of C1q promotes emphysema. JCI Insight 2019; 5:124317. [PMID: 31112138 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.124317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Alteration of innate immune cells in the lungs can promote loss of peripheral tolerance that leads to autoimmune responses in cigarette smokers. Development of autoimmunity in smokers with emphysema is also strongly linked to the expansion of autoreactive T helper (Th) cells expressing interferon gamma (Th1), and interleukin 17A (Th17). However, the mechanisms responsible for enhanced self-recognition and reduced immune tolerance in smoker with emphysema remain less clear. Here we show that C1q, a component of the complement protein 1 complex (C1), is downregulated in lung CD1a+ antigen presenting cells (APCs) isolated from emphysematous human, and mouse lung APCs after chronic cigarette smoke exposure. C1q potentiated the function of APCs to differentiate CD4+ T cells to Tregs, while it inhibited Th17 cell development and proliferation. Mice deficient in C1q that were exposed to chronic smoke exhibited exaggerated lung inflammation marked by increased Th17 cells, while reconstitution of C1q in the lungs enhanced Tregs abundance, dampened smoke-induced lung inflammation, and reversed established emphysema. Our findings demonstrate that cigarette smoke-mediated loss of C1q could play a key role in reduced peripheral tolerance, which could be explored to treat emphysema.
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- Xiaoyi Yuan
- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, UT Health Science Center of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, UT Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas, USA.,Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Wu Y, Du S, Johnson JL, Tung HY, Landers CT, Liu Y, Seman BG, Wheeler RT, Costa-Mattioli M, Kheradmand F, Zheng H, Corry DB. Microglia and amyloid precursor protein coordinate control of transient Candida cerebritis with memory deficits. Nat Commun 2019; 10:58. [PMID: 30610193 PMCID: PMC6320369 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07991-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bloodborne infections with Candida albicans are an increasingly recognized complication of modern medicine. Here, we present a mouse model of low-grade candidemia to determine the effect of disseminated infection on cerebral function and relevant immune determinants. We show that intravenous injection of 25,000 C. albicans cells causes a highly localized cerebritis marked by the accumulation of activated microglial and astroglial cells around yeast aggregates, forming fungal-induced glial granulomas. Amyloid precursor protein accumulates within the periphery of these granulomas, while cleaved amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides accumulate around the yeast cells. CNS-localized C. albicans further activate the transcription factor NF-κB and induce production of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and Aβ peptides enhance both phagocytic and antifungal activity from BV-2 cells. Mice infected with C. albicans display mild memory impairment that resolves with fungal clearance. Our results warrant additional studies to understand the effect of chronic cerebritis on cognitive and immune function. The potential links between infections and neurodegenerative disorders are unclear. Here, Wu et al. present a mouse model of low-grade candidemia characterized by highly localized cerebritis, accumulation of amyloid precursor protein and beta peptides, and mild memory impairment that resolves with fungal clearance.
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- Yifan Wu
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Memory and Brain Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Program, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Memory and Brain Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA
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- Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA
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- Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Memory and Brain Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Michael E. DeBakey VA Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Memory and Brain Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Michael E. DeBakey VA Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Corry DB, Kheradmand F, Luong A, Pandit L. Immunological Mechanisms of Airway Diseases and Pathways to Therapy. Clin Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7020-6896-6.00041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ha TAN, Madison MC, Kheradmand F, Altman KW. Laryngeal inflammatory response to smoke and vape in a murine model. Am J Otolaryngol 2019; 40:89-92. [PMID: 30472132 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE To build a murine model for tobacco smoke and electronic cigarette vapor exposure to characterize the inflammatory and immune responses in the larynx. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this pilot study, twenty-four wild-type C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups: smoke, vapor with nicotine, vapor without nicotine, and air only. Following daily exposure for 4 months, larynges were dissected and processed with cytokine detection arrays. Each laryngeal cytokine level between the four different groups was analyzed statistically by using statistical analysis software (SAS) to calculate the analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS IL-4 was the only cytokine found to achieve statistically significant different levels in this study, with elevated levels of IL-4 in the tobacco smoke and vapor with nicotine groups compared to the levels found in the vapor without nicotine and air only groups (p = 0.0418). While statistically non-significant, prominent findings revealed up-regulation of TGF-β2 and TGF-β3 in the smoke group, but near-normal levels of TGF-β2 and TGF-β3 and suppression of IL-10 in the vapor groups (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION The potential utility of the murine model is established for studying the inflammatory and immune effects of tobacco smoke and vapor on the mammalian larynx. IL-4 levels in mice larynges were significantly elevated in the tobacco smoke and vapor with nicotine groups.
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Strojny B, Sawosz E, Grodzik M, Jaworski S, Szczepaniak J, Sosnowska M, Wierzbicki M, Kutwin M, Orlińska S, Chwalibog A. Nanostructures of diamond, graphene oxide and graphite inhibit CYP1A2, CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 enzymes and downregulate their genes in liver cells. Int J Nanomedicine 2018; 13:8561-8575. [PMID: 30587978 PMCID: PMC6300366 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s188997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Currently, carbon nanostructures are vastly explored materials with potential for future employment in biomedicine. The possibility of employment of diamond nanoparticles (DN), graphene oxide (GO) or graphite nanoparticles (GN) for in vivo applications raises a question of their safety. Even though they do not induce a direct toxic effect, due to their unique properties, they can still interact with molecular pathways. The objective of this study was to assess if DN, GO and GN affect three isoforms of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, namely, CYP1A2, CYP2D6 and CYP3A4, expressed in the liver. METHODS Dose-dependent effect of the DN, GO and GN nanostructures on the catalytic activity of CYPs was examined using microsome-based model. Cytotoxicity of DN, GO and GN, as well as the influence of the nanostructures on mRNA expression of CYP genes and CYP-associated receptor genes were studied in vitro using HepG2 and HepaRG cell lines. RESULTS All three nanostructures interacted with the CYP enzymes and inhibited their catalytic activity in microsomal-based models. CYP gene expression at the mRNA level was also downregulated in HepG2 and HepaRG cell lines. Among the three nanostructures, GO showed the most significant influence on the enzymes, while DN was the most inert. CONCLUSION Our findings revealed that DN, GO and GN might interfere with xenobiotic and drug metabolism in the liver by interactions with CYP isoenzymes responsible for the process. Such results should be considered if DN, GO and GN are used in medical applications.
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- Barbara Strojny
- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark,
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Priyam A, Singh PP, Gehlout S. Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Engineered Nanomaterials in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:704. [PMID: 30542324 PMCID: PMC6277880 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Nanotechnology has enabled the development of innovative technologies and products for several industrial sectors. Their unique physicochemical and size-dependent properties make the engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) superior for devising solutions for various research and development sectors, which are otherwise unachievable by their bulk forms. However, the remarkable advantages mediated by ENMs and their applications have also raised concerns regarding their possible toxicological impacts on human health. The actual issue stems from the absence of systematic data on ENM exposure-mediated health hazards. In this direction, a comprehensive exploration on the health-related consequences, especially with respect to endocrine disruption-related metabolic disorders, is largely lacking. The reasons for the rapid increase in diabetes and obesity in the modern world remain largely unclear, and epidemiological studies indicate that the increased presence of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the environment may influence the incidence of metabolic diseases. Functional similarities, such as mimicking natural hormonal actions, have been observed between the endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and ENMs, which supports the view that different types of NMs may be capable of altering the physiological activity of the endocrine system. Disruption of the endocrine system leads to hormonal imbalance, which may influence the development and pathogenesis of metabolic disorders, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Evidence from many in vitro, in vivo and epidemiological studies, suggests that ENMs generally exert deleterious effects on the molecular/hormonal pathways and the organ systems involved in the pathogenesis of T2DM. However, the available data from several such studies are not congruent, especially because of discrepancies in study design, and therefore need to be carefully examined before drawing meaningful inferences. In this review, we discuss the outcomes of ENM exposure in correlation with the development of T2DM. In particular, the review focuses on the following sub-topics: (1) an overview of the sources of human exposure to NMs, (2) systems involved in the uptake of ENMs into human body, (3) endocrine disrupting engineered nanomaterials (EDENMs) and mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of T2DM, (4) evidence of the role of EDENMs in the pathogenesis of T2DM from in vitro, in vivo and epidemiological studies, and (5) conclusions and perspectives.
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- TERI Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India
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Yap GS, Gause WC. Helminth Infections Induce Tissue Tolerance Mitigating Immunopathology but Enhancing Microbial Pathogen Susceptibility. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2135. [PMID: 30386324 PMCID: PMC6198046 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Helminths are ubiquitous and have chronically infected vertebrates throughout their evolution. As such helminths have likely exerted considerable selection pressure on our immune systems. The large size of multicellular helminths and their limited replicative capacity in the host necessarily elicits different host protective mechanisms than the immune response evoked by microbial pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and intracellular parasites. The cellular damage resulting from helminth migration through tissues is a major trigger of the type 2 and regulatory immune responses, which activates wound repair mechanisms that increases tissue tolerance to injury and resistance mechanisms that enhance resistance to further colonization with larval stages. While these wound healing and anti-inflammatory responses may be beneficial to the helminth infected host, they may also compromise the host's ability to mount protective immune responses to microbial pathogens. In this review we will first describe helminth-induced tolerance mechanisms that develop in specific organs including the lung and the intestine, and how adaptive immunity may contribute to these responses through differential activation of T cells in the secondary lymphoid organs. We will then integrate studies that have examined how the immune response is modulated in these specific tissues during coinfection of helminths with viruses, protozoa, and bacteria.
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- George S Yap
- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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Jia J, Zhang Y, Xin Y, Jiang C, Yan B, Zhai S. Interactions Between Nanoparticles and Dendritic Cells: From the Perspective of Cancer Immunotherapy. Front Oncol 2018; 8:404. [PMID: 30319969 PMCID: PMC6167641 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are the primary antigen-presenting cells and play key roles in the orchestration of the innate and adaptive immune system. Targeting DCs by nanotechnology stands as a promising strategy for cancer immunotherapy. The physicochemical properties of nanoparticles (NPs) influence their interactions with DCs, thus altering the immune outcome of DCs by changing their functions in the processes of maturation, homing, antigen processing and antigen presentation. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in targeting DCs using NPs as a drug delivery carrier in cancer immunotherapy, the recognition of NPs by DCs, and the ways the physicochemical properties of NPs affect DCs' functions. Finally, the molecular pathways in DCs that are affected by NPs are also discussed.
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- Jianbo Jia
- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.,School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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You R, DeMayo FJ, Liu J, Cho SN, Burt BM, Creighton CJ, Casal RF, Lazarus DR, Lu W, Tung HY, Yuan X, Hill-McAlester A, Kim M, Perusich S, Cornwell L, Rosen D, Song LZ, Paust S, Diehl G, Corry D, Kheradmand F. IL17A Regulates Tumor Latency and Metastasis in Lung Adeno and Squamous SQ.2b and AD.1 Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res 2018; 6:645-657. [PMID: 29653981 PMCID: PMC6342490 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-17-0554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Somatic mutations can promote malignant transformation of airway epithelial cells and induce inflammatory responses directed against resultant tumors. Tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TIL) in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) secrete distinct proinflammatory cytokines, but the contribution of these TILs to tumor development and metastasis remains unknown. We show here that TILs in early-stage NSCLC are biased toward IL17A expression (Th17) when compared with adjacent tumor-free tissue, whereas Th17 cells are decreased in tumor infiltrating locoregional lymph nodes in advanced NSCLC. Mice in which Pten and Smad4 (Pts4d/d ) are deleted from airway epithelial cells develop spontaneous tumors, that share genetic signatures with squamous- (SQ.2b), and adeno- (AD.1) subtypes of human NSCLC. Pts4d/d mice globally lacking in IL17a (Pts4d/dIl17a-/- ) showed decreased tumor latency and increased metastasis. Th17 cells were required for recruitment of CD103+ dendritic cells, and adoptive transfer of IL17a-sufficient CD4+ T cells reversed early tumor development and metastasis in Pts4d/dIl17a-/- mice. Together, these findings support a key role for Th17 cells in TILs associated with the Pts4d/d model of NSCLC and suggest therapeutic and biomarker strategies for human SQ2b and AD1 lung cancer. Cancer Immunol Res; 6(6); 645-57. ©2018 AACR.
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- Ran You
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas
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- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas
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- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
- The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
- The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA, Houston, Texas
- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Protective role of γδ T cells in cigarette smoke and influenza infection. Mucosal Immunol 2018; 11:894-908. [PMID: 29091081 PMCID: PMC5930147 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Airborne pathogens commonly trigger severe respiratory failure or death in smokers with lung disease. Cigarette smoking compromises the effectiveness of innate immunity against infections but the underlying mechanisms responsible for defective acquired immune responses in smokers remains less clear. We found that mice exposed to chronic cigarette smoke recovered poorly from primary Influenza A pneumonia with reduced type I and II interferons (IFNs) and viral-specific immunoglobulins, but recruited γδ T cells to the lungs that predominantly expressed interleukin 17A (IL-17A). Il-17a-/- mice exposed to smoke and infected with Influenza A also recruited γδ T cells to the lungs, but in contrast to wild-type mice, expressed increased IFNs, made protective influenza-specific antibodies, and recovered from infection. Depletion of IL-17A with blocking antibodies significantly increased T-bet expression in γδ T cells and improved recovery from acute Influenza A infection in air, but not smoke-exposed mice. In contrast, when exposed to smoke, γδ T cell deficient mice failed to mount an effective immune response to Influenza A and showed increased mortality. Our findings demonstrate a protective role for γδ T cells in smokers and suggest that smoke-induced increase in IL-17A inhibits the transcriptional programs required for their optimal anti-viral responses. Cigarette smoke induces IL-17A expression in the lungs and inhibits γδ T-cell-mediated protective anti-viral immune responses.
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Stewart CJ, Auchtung TA, Ajami NJ, Velasquez K, Smith DP, De La Garza R, Salas R, Petrosino JF. Effects of tobacco smoke and electronic cigarette vapor exposure on the oral and gut microbiota in humans: a pilot study. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4693. [PMID: 29736335 PMCID: PMC5933315 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background The use of electronic cigarettes (ECs) has increased drastically over the past five years, primarily as an alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. However, the adverse effects of acute and long-term use of ECs on the microbiota have not been explored. In this pilot study, we sought to determine if ECs or tobacco smoking alter the oral and gut microbiota in comparison to non-smoking controls. Methods We examined a human cohort consisting of 30 individuals: 10 EC users, 10 tobacco smokers, and 10 controls. We collected cross-sectional fecal, buccal swabs, and saliva samples from each participant. All samples underwent V4 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Results Tobacco smoking had a significant effect on the bacterial profiles in all sample types when compared to controls, and in feces and buccal swabs when compared to EC users. The most significant associations were found in the gut, with an increased relative abundance of Prevotella (P = 0.006) and decreased Bacteroides (P = 0.036) in tobacco smokers. The Shannon diversity was also significantly reduced (P = 0.009) in fecal samples collected from tobacco smokers compared to controls. No significant difference was found in the alpha diversity, beta-diversity or taxonomic relative abundances between EC users and controls. Discussion From a microbial ecology perspective, the current pilot data demonstrate that the use of ECs may represent a safer alternative compared to tobacco smoking. However, validation in larger cohorts and greater understanding of the short and long-term impact of EC use on microbiota composition and function is warranted.
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- Christopher J Stewart
- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Carbon black suppresses the osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells: the role of mitochondria. Part Fibre Toxicol 2018; 15:16. [PMID: 29650039 PMCID: PMC5897950 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-018-0253-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The rapid increase in carbon black poses threats to human health. We evaluated the effect of CB (Printex 90) on the osteogenesis of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Mitochondria play an important role in the osteogenesis of MSCs and are potential targets of nanomaterials, so we studied the role of mitochondria in the CB Printex 90-induced effects on osteogenesis. RESULTS Low doses of Printex 90 (3 ng/mL and 30 ng/mL) that did not cause deleterious effects on MSCs' viability significantly inhibited osteogenesis of MSCs. Printex 90 caused down-regulation of osteoblastic markers, reduced activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and poor mineralization of osteogenically induced MSCs. Cellular ATP production was decreased, mitochondrial respiration was impaired with reduced expression of ATPase, and the mitochondrial membrane was depolarized. The quantity and quality of mitochondria are tightly controlled by mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy. The transcriptional co-activator and transcription factors for mitochondrial biogenesis, PGC-1α, Nrf1 and TFAM, were suppressed by Printex 90 treatment, suggesting that decreased biogenesis was caused by Printex 90 treatment during osteogenesis. Mitochondrial fusion and fission were significantly inhibited by Printex 90 treatment. PINK1 accumulated in Printex 90-treated cells, and more Parkin was recruited to mitochondria, indicating that mitophagy increased to remove the damaged mitochondria. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of the inhibitory effects of CB on the osteogenesis of MSCs and the involvement of mitochondria in CB Printex 90-induced suppression of MSC osteogenesis.
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