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Forder RE, Willson NL, Angove JA, McWhorter TJ, McQueen MA, Cadogan DJ. Dietary inclusion of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite improved reproductive performance but did not affect intestinal permeability in two chicken meat breeder lines. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103595. [PMID: 38471229 PMCID: PMC11067777 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Gastrointestinal dysbiosis is a disturbance in mucosal homeostasis, producing low-grade chronic intestinal inflammation and impaired intestinal barrier function. It is induced by several factors, including nutrition and stress, which are both significant factors when considering current broiler breeder practices. A great grandparent (GGP) chicken meat line was identified displaying clinical signs characteristic of potential dysbiosis, including wet droppings and litter, in addition to reduced reproductive performance when compared to a consistently high performing line. This study aimed to determine whether the reduced reproductive performance observed in these hens was a result of dysbiosis and whether dietary supplementation with a Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) fermentation product would alleviate clinical signs. Dietary inclusion of SC did not influence intestinal permeability, WBC differentials, or corticosterone concentration in either the wet litter (WL) or high-performing (HP) breeder lines. Compared to hens from the HP line, WL line hens had a significant increase in intestinal permeability at 26 wk (onset of lay). WL hen heterophil counts were increased markedly at week 26 before declining. At weeks 26, 32, and 37 there were also significant increases in monocytes. Higher plasma corticosterone was also observed in WL hens at 37 wk. No significant differences in heterophil to lymphocyte (H:L) ratios or feather corticosterone were observed between lines. Dietary inclusion of SC supplementation to breeder diets had some benefit in regards to reducing hen mortality, improving egg production and hatchability but only in the WL line. Results from this study did not indicate that hens from the wet litter line were experiencing gut dysbiosis. Chronic intestinal inflammation may be a possible reason for the increase in intestinal permeability. These results do indicate that both breeder lines may be exhibiting physiological stress. Future investigation into the physiology and behavior around point of lay is required to find novel strategies to alleviate this stress and in turn, potentially improve welfare and production outcomes.
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- Rebecca Ea Forder
- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, South Australia, 5371, Australia; Feedworks Pty. Ltd. Romsey, Victoria, 3434, Australia.
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, South Australia, 5371, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, South Australia, 5371, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, South Australia, 5371, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, South Australia, 5371, Australia
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Engler-Chiurazzi E. B cells and the stressed brain: emerging evidence of neuroimmune interactions in the context of psychosocial stress and major depression. Front Cell Neurosci 2024; 18:1360242. [PMID: 38650657 PMCID: PMC11033448 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1360242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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The immune system has emerged as a key regulator of central nervous system (CNS) function in health and in disease. Importantly, improved understanding of immune contributions to mood disorders has provided novel opportunities for the treatment of debilitating stress-related mental health conditions such as major depressive disorder (MDD). Yet, the impact to, and involvement of, B lymphocytes in the response to stress is not well-understood, leaving a fundamental gap in our knowledge underlying the immune theory of depression. Several emerging clinical and preclinical findings highlight pronounced consequences for B cells in stress and MDD and may indicate key roles for B cells in modulating mood. This review will describe the clinical and foundational observations implicating B cell-psychological stress interactions, discuss potential mechanisms by which B cells may impact brain function in the context of stress and mood disorders, describe research tools that support the investigation of their neurobiological impacts, and highlight remaining research questions. The goal here is for this discussion to illuminate both the scope and limitations of our current understanding regarding the role of B cells, stress, mood, and depression.
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- Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi
- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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Jimbo H, Horimoto Y, Ishizuka Y, Nogami N, Shikanai A, Saito M, Watanabe J. Absolute lymphocyte count decreases with disease progression and is a potential prognostic marker for metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2022; 196:291-298. [PMID: 36156756 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-022-06748-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Peripheral blood parameters such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are prognostic markers for breast cancer patients. For instance, patients with a high NLR have a poor prognosis. Meanwhile, high absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) is reportedly a predictive factor for some chemotherapies. However, the underlying mechanisms behind how these markers relate to patient outcomes and how these markers change during the clinical course of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) remains unknown. METHODS We retrospectively investigated 156 patients who were treated for MBC and eventually transitioned to best supportive care (BSC) at our hospital between January 2017 and December 2021. Changes in peripheral blood parameters during MBC treatments and their association with patient outcomes were examined. RESULTS From the time of MBC diagnosis (baseline) through to the transition to BSC, ALC became significantly lower, while the NLR and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) became significantly higher (p < 0.001 for all). This association was independent of hormone receptor status. Cox proportional hazard modeling found patients with hormone receptor-negative and a lower baseline ALC had a significantly shorter overall survival (p = 0.030 and p = 0.019, respectively). CONCLUSION We observed that peripheral blood markers gradually changed with MBC disease progression. Our data suggest that baseline ALC may be a potential prognostic marker after recurrence.
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- Hikari Jimbo
- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Department of Palliative Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Chanthavixay G, Kern C, Wang Y, Saelao P, Lamont SJ, Gallardo RA, Rincon G, Zhou H. Integrated Transcriptome and Histone Modification Analysis Reveals NDV Infection Under Heat Stress Affects Bursa Development and Proliferation in Susceptible Chicken Line. Front Genet 2020; 11:567812. [PMID: 33101389 PMCID: PMC7545831 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.567812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Two environmental factors, Newcastle disease and heat stress, are concurrently negatively impacting poultry worldwide and warrant greater attention into developing genetic resistance within chickens. Using two genetically distinct and highly inbred layer lines, Fayoumi and Leghorn, we explored how different genetic backgrounds affect the bursal response to a treatment of simultaneous Newcastle disease virus (NDV) infection at 6 days postinfection (dpi) while under chronic heat stress. The bursa is a primary lymphoid organ within birds and is crucial for the development of B cells. We performed RNA-seq and ChIP-seq targeting histone modifications on bursa tissue. Differential gene expression revealed that Leghorn, compared to Fayoumi, had significant down-regulation in genes involved in cell proliferation, cell cycle, and cell division. Interestingly, we also found greater differences in histone modification levels in response to treatment in Leghorns than Fayoumis, and biological processes enriched in associated target genes of H3K27ac and H3K4me1 were similarly associated with cell cycle and receptor signaling of lymphocytes. Lastly, we found candidate variants between the two genetic lines within exons of differentially expressed genes and regulatory elements with differential histone modification enrichment between the lines, which provides a strong foundation for understanding the effects of genetic variation on NDV resistance under heat stress. This study provides further understanding of the cellular mechanisms affected by NDV infection under heat stress in chicken bursa and identified potential genes and regulatory regions that may be targets for developing genetic resistance within chickens.
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- Ganrea Chanthavixay
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Harlé G, Kaminski S, Dubayle D, Frippiat JP, Ropars A. Murine splenic B cells express corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2 that affect their viability during a stress response. Sci Rep 2018; 8:143. [PMID: 29317694 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18401-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Chronic stress is now recognized as a risk factor for disease development and/or exacerbation. It has been shown to affect negatively the immune system and notably the humoral immune response. Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is known to play a crucial role in stress response. CRH receptors are expressed on different immune cells such as granulocytes, monocytes and T cells. However, up to now, no CRH receptor has been described on B cells which are key players of the humoral immune response. In order to highlight new pathways by which stress may impact immunity, we investigated the role of CRH in B cells. Here we show that splenic B cells express the CRH receptor 2 (CRHR2), but not CRHR1. This receptor is functional since CRH treatment of B cells activates different signaling pathways (e.g. p38) and decreases B cell viability. Finally, we show that immunization of mice with two types of antigens induces a more intense CRHR staining in secondary lymphoid organs where B cells are known to respond to the antigen. Altogether our results demonstrate, for the first time, that CRH is able to modulate directly B cell activity through the presence of CRHR2.
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Williams-Dautovich J, Yogendirarajah K, Dela Cruz A, Patel R, Tsai R, Morgan SA, Mitchell J, Grynpas MD, Cummins CL. The CRH-Transgenic Cushingoid Mouse Is a Model of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis. JBMR Plus 2017; 1:46-57. [PMID: 30283880 PMCID: PMC6124163 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) have unparalleled anti‐inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, which accounts for their widespread prescription and use. Unfortunately, a limitation to GC therapy is a wide range of negative side effects including Cushing's syndrome, a disease characterized by metabolic abnormalities including muscle wasting and osteoporosis. GC‐induced osteoporosis occurs in 30% to 50% of patients on GC therapy and thus, represents an important area of study. Herein, we characterize the molecular and physiologic effects of GC‐induced osteoporosis using the Cushing's mouse model, the corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) transgenic mouse (CRH‐Tg). The humeri, femurs, and tibias from wild‐type (WT) and CRH‐Tg male mice, aged 13 to 14 weeks old were subjected to multiple bone tests including, micro–computed tomography (μCT), static and dynamic histomorphometry, strength testing, and gene expression analyses. The CRH‐Tg mice had a 38% decrease in cortical bone area, a 35% decrease in cortical thickness, a 16% decrease in trabecular thickness, a sixfold increase in bone adiposity, a 27% reduction in osteoid width, a 75% increase in bone‐resorbing osteoclast number/bone surface, a 34% decrease in bone formation rate, and a 40% decrease in bone strength compared to WT mice. At the gene expression level, CRH‐Tg bone showed significantly increased osteoclast markers and decreased osteoblast markers, whereas CRH‐Tg muscle had increased muscle atrophy gene markers compared to WT mice. Overall, the CRH‐Tg mouse model aged to 14 weeks recapitulated many features of osteoporosis in Cushing's syndrome and thus, represents a useful model to study GC‐induced osteoporosis and interventions that target the effects of GCs on the skeleton. © 2017 The Authors. JBMR Plus is published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto Ontario Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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Truffault F, de Montpreville V, Eymard B, Sharshar T, Le Panse R, Berrih-Aknin S. Thymic Germinal Centers and Corticosteroids in Myasthenia Gravis: an Immunopathological Study in 1035 Cases and a Critical Review. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2017; 52:108-124. [PMID: 27273086 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-016-8558-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The most common form of Myasthenia gravis (MG) is due to anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies and is frequently associated with thymic pathology. In this review, we discuss the immunopathological characteristics and molecular mechanisms of thymic follicular hyperplasia, the effects of corticosteroids on this thymic pathology, and the role of thymic epithelial cells (TEC), a key player in the inflammatory thymic mechanisms. This review is based not only on the literature data but also on thymic transcriptome results and analyses of pathological and immunological correlations in a vast cohort of 1035 MG patients without thymoma. We show that among patients presenting a thymic hyperplasia with germinal centers (GC), 80 % are females, indicating that thymic follicular hyperplasia is mainly a disease of women. The presence of anti-AChR antibodies is correlated with the degree of follicular hyperplasia, suggesting that the thymus is a source of anti-AChR antibodies. The degree of hyperplasia is not dependent upon the time from the onset, implying that either the antigen is chronically expressed and/or that the mechanisms of the resolution of the GC are not efficiently controlled. Glucocorticoids, a conventional therapy in MG, induce a significant reduction in the GC number, together with changes in the expression of chemokines and angiogenesis. These changes are likely related to the acetylation molecular process, overrepresented in corticosteroid-treated patients, and essential for gene regulation. Altogether, based on the pathological and molecular thymic abnormalities found in MG patients, this review provides some explanations for the benefit of thymectomy in early-onset MG patients.
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- Frédérique Truffault
- INSERM U974, Paris, France.,CNRS FRE3617, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.,AIM, Institut de myologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, CHU Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- General Intensive Care Medicine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, 92380, Garches, France
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- INSERM U974, Paris, France.,CNRS FRE3617, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.,AIM, Institut de myologie, Paris, France
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- INSERM U974, Paris, France. .,CNRS FRE3617, Paris, France. .,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France. .,AIM, Institut de myologie, Paris, France. .,UMRS 974 UPMC, INSERM, FRE 3617 CNRS, AIM, Center of Research in Myology, 105 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, 75013, France.
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Burnley B, P Jones H. Corticotropin-releasing hormone improves survival in pneumococcal pneumonia by reducing pulmonary inflammation. Physiol Rep 2017; 5:5/1/e13000. [PMID: 28057851 PMCID: PMC5256152 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The use of glucocorticoids to reduce inflammatory responses is largely based on the knowledge of the physiological action of the endogenous glucocorticoid, cortisol. Corticotropin‐releasing hormone (CRH) is a neuropeptide released from the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis of the central nervous system. This hormone serves as an important mediator of adaptive physiological responses to stress. In addition to its role in inducing downstream cortisol release that in turn regulates immune suppression, CRH has also been found to mediate inflammatory responses in peripheral tissues. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a microorganism commonly present among the commensal microflora along the upper respiratory tract. Transmission of disease stems from the resident asymptomatic pneumococcus along the nasal passages. Glucocorticoids are central mediators of immune suppression and are the primary adjuvant pharmacological treatment used to reduce inflammatory responses in patients with severe bacterial pneumonia. However, controversy exists in the effectiveness of glucocorticoid treatment in reducing mortality rates during S. pneumoniae infection. In this study, we compared the effect of the currently utilized pharmacologic glucocorticoid dexamethasone with CRH. Our results demonstrated that intranasal administration of CRH increases survival associated with a decrease in inflammatory cellular immune responses compared to dexamethasone independent of neutrophils. Thus, providing evidence of its use in the management of immune and inflammatory responses brought on by severe pneumococcal infection that could reduce mortality risks.
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- Brittney Burnley
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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de Kleijn S, Ferwerda G, Wiese M, Trentelman J, Cuppen J, Kozicz T, de Jager L, Hermans PWM, Verburg-van Kemenade BML. A short-term extremely low frequency electromagnetic field exposure increases circulating leukocyte numbers and affects HPA-axis signaling in mice. Bioelectromagnetics 2016; 37:433-43. [PMID: 27553635 PMCID: PMC5129481 DOI: 10.1002/bem.21998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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There is still uncertainty whether extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF‐EMF) can induce health effects like immunomodulation. Despite evidence obtained in vitro, an unambiguous association has not yet been established in vivo. Here, mice were exposed to ELF‐EMF for 1, 4, and 24 h/day in a short‐term (1 week) and long‐term (15 weeks) set‐up to investigate whole body effects on the level of stress regulation and immune response. ELF‐EMF signal contained multiple frequencies (20–5000 Hz) and a magnetic flux density of 10 μT. After exposure, blood was analyzed for leukocyte numbers (short‐term and long‐term) and adrenocorticotropic hormone concentration (short‐term only). Furthermore, in the short‐term experiment, stress‐related parameters, corticotropin‐releasing hormone, proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and CYP11A1 gene‐expression, respectively, were determined in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, pituitary, and adrenal glands. In the short‐term but not long‐term experiment, leukocyte counts were significantly higher in the 24 h‐exposed group compared with controls, mainly represented by increased neutrophils and CD4 ± lymphocytes. POMC expression and plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone were significantly lower compared with unexposed control mice. In conclusion, short‐term ELF‐EMF exposure may affect hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis activation in mice. Changes in stress hormone release may explain changes in circulating leukocyte numbers and composition. Bioelectromagnetics. 37:433–443, 2016. © 2016 The Authors. Bioelectromagnetics Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Stan de Kleijn
- Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Immunent B.V. and Neiding B.V., Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Cellular Animal Physiology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Valiathan R, Ashman M, Asthana D. Effects of Ageing on the Immune System: Infants to Elderly. Scand J Immunol 2016; 83:255-66. [DOI: 10.1111/sji.12413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- R. Valiathan
- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine; Miami FL USA
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- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine; Miami FL USA
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- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine; Miami FL USA
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Jackson JJ, Lindemann MD, Boling JA, Matthews JC. Summer-Long Grazing of High vs. Low Endophyte (Neotyphodium coenophialum)-Infected Tall Fescue by Growing Beef Steers Results in Distinct Temporal Blood Analyte Response Patterns, with Poor Correlation to Serum Prolactin Levels. Front Vet Sci 2015; 2:77. [PMID: 26734619 PMCID: PMC4685929 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2015.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previously, we reported the effects of fescue toxicosis on developing Angus-cross steer growth, carcass, hepatic mRNA, and protein expression profiles of selected serum proteins, and blood clinical and chemical profiles, after summer-long grazing (85 days) of high endophyte (HE)- vs. low endophyte (LE)-infected fescue pastures. We now report the temporal development of acute, intermediate, and chronic responses of biochemical and clinical blood analytes determined at specified time intervals (period 1, day 0–36; period 2, day 37–58; and period 3, day 59–85). Throughout the trial, the alkaloid concentrations of the HE forage was consistently 19–25 times greater (P ≤ 0.002) than the concentration in the LE forage, and HE vs. LE steers had continuously lower (P ≤ 0.049) serum prolactin (85%), cholesterol (27%), and albumin (5%), but greater red blood cells (7%). The HE steers had decreased (P = 0.003) ADG only during period 1 (−0.05 vs. 0.4 kg/day). For period 1, HE steers had reduced (P ≤ 0.090) numbers of eosinophils (55%) and lymphocytes (18%), serum triglyceride (27%), and an albumin/globulin ratio (9%), but an increased bilirubin concentration (20%). During period 2, serum LDH activities were 18% lower (P = 0.022) for HE vs. LE steers. During period 3, serum levels of ALP (32%), ALT (16%), AST (15%), creatine kinase (35%), glucose (10%), and LDH (23%) were lower (P ≤ 0.040) for HE steers. Correlation analysis of serum prolactin and other blood analytes revealed that triglycerides (P = 0.042) and creatinine (P = 0.021) were moderately correlated (r ≤ 0.433) with HE serum prolactin. In conclusion, three HE-induced blood analyte response patterns were identified: continually altered, initially altered, and subsequently “recovered,” or altered only after long-term exposure. Blood analytes affected by length of grazing HE vs. LE forages were either not or poorly correlated with serum prolactin. These data reveal important, temporal, data about how young cattle respond to the challenge of consuming HE pasture.
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- Joshua J Jackson
- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY , USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY , USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY , USA
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY , USA
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Valiathan R, Deeb K, Diamante M, Ashman M, Sachdeva N, Asthana D. Reference ranges of lymphocyte subsets in healthy adults and adolescents with special mention of T cell maturation subsets in adults of South Florida. Immunobiology 2014; 219:487-96. [PMID: 24661720 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2014.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets has become an essential tool in the evaluation of outcome of diagnostic and research related questions in immunological and pathological conditions. Periodic evaluation and establishment of normal lymphocyte reference ranges are required in clinical and research settings of various immunodeficiency disorders for evaluation of the significance of observations. It is also important that age and gender specific lymphocyte subset reference ranges should be locally established for meaningful comparison and accurate result interpretation as age plays a significant role in the development of immune system. METHODS We performed dual platform flow cytometry to determine reference ranges for lymphocyte subsets (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19 [B cells] and CD16+CD56+ [Natural Killer - NK cells]) in 50 adolescents (age range: 12-18) and 100 adults (age range: 21-67) along with T cell maturation, activation and co-stimulatory molecules in healthy multiracial adult population of South Florida. RESULTS The lymphocyte reference ranges percentages [absolute counts - Abs, cells/μl] unadjusted for gender differences for adolescents are: CD3: 49-83 [939-2959]; CD4: 27-53 [467-1563]; CD8: 16-40 [259-1262]; CD19+ B cells: 8-31 [169-1297] and CD16+CD56+ NK cells: 3-30 [59-1178] and for adults are: CD3: 65-88 [983-3572]; CD4: 26-62 [491-2000]; CD8: 14-44 [314-2,087]; CD19+ B cells: 2-27 [64-800] and CD16+CD56+ NK cells: 2-27 [27-693]. The ranges for CD4:CD8 ratio for adolescents and adults are 0.7-2.6 and 0.6-4.4, respectively. Gender based analysis of relative percentages of lymphocyte subsets showed no significant differences between adult and adolescent males and females. The mean CD4:CD8 ratio was significantly higher in adult females than males (P=0.04) and in adolescents this difference was not significant between genders. The mean CD3 and CD4 T cell percentages were higher and CD19 cell percentages were lower in adults compared to adolescents (P<0.0001). Absolute lymphocyte counts showed a positive correlation with the absolute counts of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD19+, CD16+CD56+, CD45RO+ and CD45RA+ cells (all correlations with P<0.0001 except CD45RO [P=0.01] and CD45RA [P=0.03]). CONCLUSION The reference values of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets were analyzed in healthy adolescent and adult population of South Florida. This study indicates the need for periodic evaluation and establishment of lymphocyte reference ranges for patient population served based on gender and age since these could influence immune status and treatment outcome.
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- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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O’Shea TJ, Bowen RA, Stanley TR, Shankar V, Rupprecht CE. Variability in seroprevalence of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies and associated factors in a Colorado population of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). PLoS One 2014; 9:e86261. [PMID: 24465996 PMCID: PMC3899234 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In 2001–2005 we sampled permanently marked big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) at summer roosts in buildings at Fort Collins, Colorado, for rabies virus neutralizing antibodies (RVNA). Seroprevalence was higher in adult females (17.9%, n = 2,332) than males (9.4%, n = 128; P = 0.007) or volant juveniles (10.2%, n = 738; P<0.0001). Seroprevalence was lowest in a drought year with local insecticide use and highest in the year with normal conditions, suggesting that environmental stress may suppress RVNA production in big brown bats. Seroprevalence also increased with age of bat, and varied from 6.2 to 26.7% among adult females at five roosts sampled each year for five years. Seroprevalence of adult females at 17 other roosts sampled for 1 to 4 years ranged from 0.0 to 47.1%. Using logistic regression, the only ranking model in our candidate set of explanatory variables for serological status at first sampling included year, day of season, and a year by day of season interaction that varied with relative drought conditions. The presence or absence of antibodies in individual bats showed temporal variability. Year alone provided the best model to explain the likelihood of adult female bats showing a transition to seronegative from a previously seropositive state. Day of the season was the only competitive model to explain the likelihood of a transition from seronegative to seropositive, which increased as the season progressed. We found no rabies viral RNA in oropharyngeal secretions of 261 seropositive bats or in organs of 13 euthanized seropositive bats. Survival of seropositive and seronegative bats did not differ. The presence of RVNA in serum of bats should not be interpreted as evidence for ongoing rabies infection.
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- Thomas J. O’Shea
- United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, West Indies
- The Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Archer GS, Mench JA. The effects of light stimulation during incubation on indicators of stress susceptibility in broilers. Poult Sci 2013; 92:3103-8. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hulbert LE, Carroll JA, Ballou MA, Burdick NC, Dailey JW, Caldwell LC, Loyd AN, Vann RC, Welsh TH, Randel RD. Sexually dimorphic stress and pro-inflammatory cytokine responses to an intravenous corticotropin-releasing hormone challenge of Brahman cattle following transportation. Innate Immun 2012; 19:378-87. [PMID: 23112011 DOI: 10.1177/1753425912462752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study was designed to characterize potential sexually dimorphic stress and immunological responses following a corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) challenge in beef cattle. Six female (heifers) and six male (bulls) Brahman calves (264 ± 12 d of age) were administered CRH intravenously (0.5 µg of CRH/kg body mass) after which serum concentrations of cortisol increased from 0.5 h to 4 h. From 1 h to 4 h after CRH administration, serum cortisol concentrations were greater in heifers than in bulls. In all cattle, increased serum concentrations of TNF-α, IL-6 and IFN-γ were observed from 2.5 h to 3 h after CRH, with greater concentrations of IFN-γ and IL-6 in heifers than bulls. Heifer total leukocyte counts decreased 1 h after CRH administration, while bull leukocyte counts and percent neutrophils decreased 2 h after CRH administration. Heifers had greater rectal temperatures than bulls, yet rectal temperatures did not change following administration of CRH. There was no effect of CRH administration on heart rate. However, bulls tended to have increased heart rate 2 h after CRH administration than before CRH. Heifer heart rate was greater than bulls throughout the study. These data demonstrate that acute CRH administration can elicit a pro-inflammatory response, and cattle exhibit a sexually dimorphic pro-inflammatory cytokine and cortisol response to acute CRH administration.
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Sasaki S, Ishida Y, Nishio N, Ito S, Isobe KI. Thymic involution correlates with severe ulcerative colitis induced by oral administration of dextran sulphate sodium in C57BL/6 mice but not in BALB/c mice. Inflammation 2008; 31:319-28. [PMID: 18696222 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-008-9081-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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There is accumulating evidence to support the interactions between psychological stress and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In order to elucidate the relationship between psycoimmunological stress and IBD, we examined the alteration of immune system during the disease course of experimental Ulcerative colitis(UC)-model induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). When C57BL/6 mice were treated with 4.5% DSS, they developed progressive weight loss. In contrast, the same treatment applied to BALB/c mice led to a small weight loss from which they soon recovered. Surprisingly, we found significant involution of the thymus and a reduction in the number of double positive thymocytes in DSS-treated C57BL/6 mice but not in DSS-treated BALB/c mice. Double negative thymocytes, especially DN1 (CD25-CD44+) and DN2 (CD25+CD44+) thymocytes, were relatively upregulated. The weights of spleens were slightly increased in both C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice following oral administration of DSS. In C57BL/6 spleens, both CD4 and CD8 single positive T cells gradually decreased (day 3), then recovered (day 14) after treatment. Because oral administration causes starvation, we examined the effects of starvation on the thymus and spleen. Although involution of thymus was observed both in starvation and DSS-treatment, the weight of spleen was reduced only in starvation. Also, the population changes in thymocytes in starvation was different from DSS-treatment. The administration of the steroid inhibitor RU486 partially reversed the thymic involution in C57BL/6 mice, thus DSS-treated UC might induce psycoimmunological changes partly through hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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- Shin Sasaki
- Department of Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Turumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8520, Japan
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Gonzales XF, Deshmukh A, Pulse M, Johnson K, Jones HP. Stress-induced differences in primary and secondary resistance against bacterial sepsis corresponds with diverse corticotropin releasing hormone receptor expression by pulmonary CD11c+ MHC II+ and CD11c- MHC II+ APCs. Brain Behav Immun 2008; 22:552-64. [PMID: 18166336 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Revised: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Stress responses have been associated with altered immunity and depending upon the type of stressor, can have diverse effects on disease outcomes. As the first line of defense against potential pathogens, alterations in cellular immune responses along the respiratory tract can have a significant impact on the manifestation of local and systemic disease. Utilizing a murine model of respiratory pneumonia, the current study investigated the effects of restraint stress on the induction of primary and secondary immunity along the respiratory tract, influencing host susceptibility. Female CD-1 mice were subjected to three hours of restraint stress over a period of four days followed by primary and secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae infection via intranasal route. Stress exposure led to increased retention of bacterial carriage in the lungs, enhanced polymorphonuclear cells and a preferential decrease in pulmonary CD11c(+) MHC II(+) cells resulting in delayed lethality during primary infection but significant impairment of acquired immune protection after secondary infection. We also provide evidence to support a role for lung-associated corticotropin releasing hormone regulation through peripheral CRH and diverse CRH receptor expression by MHC II(+) antigen presenting cells (APCs). We conclude that repeated restraint stress has distinct influences on immune cell populations that appear to be important in the generation of innate and adaptive immune responses along the respiratory tract with the potential to influence local and systemic protection against disease pathogenesis.
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The adipocyte-derived hormone leptin is an important regulator of appetite and energy expenditure and is now appreciated for its ability to control innate and adaptive immune responses. We have reported previously that the leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse exhibited increased susceptibility to the Gram-negative bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae. In this report we assessed the impact of chronic leptin deficiency, using ob/ob mice, on pneumococcal pneumonia and examined whether restoring circulating leptin to physiological levels in vivo could improve host defences against this pathogen. We observed that ob/ob mice, compared with wild-type (WT) animals, exhibited enhanced lethality and reduced pulmonary bacterial clearance following Streptococcus pneumoniae challenge. These impairments in host defence in ob/ob mice were associated with elevated levels of lung tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, macrophage inflammatory peptide (MIP)-2 [correction added after online publication 28 September 2007: definition of MIP corrected], prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), lung neutrophil polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) counts, defective alveolar macrophage (AM) phagocytosis and PMN killing of S. pneumoniae in vitro. Exogenous leptin administration to ob/ob mice in vivo improved survival and greatly improved pulmonary bacterial clearance, reduced bacteraemia, reconstituted AM phagocytosis and PMN H(2)O(2) production and killing of S. pneumoniae in vitro. Our results demonstrate, for the first time, that leptin improves pulmonary bacterial clearance and survival in ob/ob mice during pneumococcal pneumonia. Further investigations are warranted to determine whether there is a potential therapeutic role for this adipokine in immunocompromised patients.
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- A Hsu
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Murray SE, Rosenzweig HL, Johnson M, Huising MO, Sawicki K, Stenzel-Poore MP. Overproduction of corticotropin-releasing hormone blocks germinal center formation: role of corticosterone and impaired follicular dendritic cell networks. J Neuroimmunol 2004; 156:31-41. [PMID: 15465594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2004] [Revised: 06/23/2004] [Accepted: 06/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is a central mediator in the response to stress, coordinating behavioral, autonomic and neuroendocrine activation. CRH overproduction is implicated in several affective disorders, including major depression, panic-anxiety disorder and anorexia--diseases also associated with altered immune function. We investigated the link between CRH overdrive and immune function using CRH transgenic mice. Following immunization, CRH transgenic mice fail to form germinal centers; chronic glucocorticoid administration recapitulates this effect in wild-type mice. Regulation of germinal centers by glucocorticoids appears to be mediated, in part, through effects on follicular dendritic cells (FDC), providing a novel mechanism by which CRH dysregulation may significantly impair humoral immune responses.
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- Susan E Murray
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Mail Code L220, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97201, USA
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Tao W, Mallard B, Karrow N, Bridle B. Construction and application of a bovine immune-endocrine cDNA microarray. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2004; 101:1-17. [PMID: 15261689 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2003.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Revised: 10/20/2003] [Accepted: 10/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A variety of commercial DNA arrays specific for humans and rodents are widely available; however, microarrays containing well-characterized genes to study pathway-specific gene expression are not as accessible for domestic animals, such as cattle, sheep and pigs. Therefore, a small-scale application-targeted bovine immune-endocrine cDNA array was developed to evaluate genetic pathways involved in the immune-endocrine axis of cattle during periods of altered homeostasis provoked by physiological or environmental stressors, such as infection, vaccination or disease. For this purpose, 167 cDNA sequences corresponding to immune, endocrine and inflammatory response genes were collected and categorized. Positive controls included 5 housekeeping genes (glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase, ribosomal protein L19, beta-actin, beta2-microglobulin) and bovine genomic DNA. Negative controls were a bacterial gene (Rhodococcus equi 17-kDa virulence-associated protein) and a partial sequence of the plasmid pACYC177. In addition, RNA extracted from un-stimulated, as well as superantigen (Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin-A, S. aureus Cowan Pansorbin Cells) and mitogen-stimulated (LPS, ConA) bovine blood leukocytes was mixed, reverse transcribed and PCR amplified using gene-specific primers. The endocrine-associated genes were amplified from cDNA derived from un-stimulated bovine hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal and thyroid gland tissues. The array was constructed in 4 repeating grids of 180 duplicated spots by coupling the PCR amplified 213-630 bp gene fragments onto poly-l-lysine coated glass slides. The bovine immune-endocrine arrays were standardized and preliminary gene expression profiles generated using Cy3 and Cy5 labelled cDNA from un-stimulated and ConA (5 microg/ml) stimulated PBMC of 4 healthy Holstein cows (2-4 replicate arrays/cow) in a time course study. Mononuclear cell-derived cytokine and chemokine (IL-2, IL-1alpha, TNFalpha, IFN-gamma, TGFbeta-1, MCP-1, MCP-2 and MIP-3alpha) mRNA exhibited a repeatable and consistently low expression in un-stimulated cells and at least a two-fold increased expression following 6 and 24 h ConA stimulation as compared to 0 h un-stimulated controls. In contrast, expression of antigen presenting molecules, MHC-DR, MHC-DQ and MHC-DY, were consistently at least two-fold lower following 6 and 24 h ConA stimulation. The only endocrine gene with differential expression following ConA stimulation was prolactin. Additionally, due to the high level of genetic homology between ovine, swine and bovine genes, RNA similarly acquired from sheep and pigs was evaluated and similar gene expression patterns were noted. These data demonstrate that this application-targeted array containing a set of well characterized genes can be used to determine the relative gene expression corresponding to immune-endocrine responses of cattle and related species, sheep and pigs.
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- Wenjing Tao
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.
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Cytokines expressed in the brain and involved in regulating the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis contribute to the neuroendocrine interface. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and LIF receptors are expressed in human pituitary cells and murine hypothalamus and pituitary. LIF potently induces pituitary proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene transcription and ACTH secretion and potentiates CRH induction of POMC. In vivo, LIF, along with CRH, enhances POMC expression and ACTH secretion in response to emotional and inflammatory stress. To further elucidate specific roles for both CRH and LIF in activating the inflammatory HPA response, double-knockout mice (CRH/LIFKO) were generated by breeding the null mutants for each respective single gene. Inflammation produced by ip injection of lipopolysaccharide (1 microg/mouse) to double CRH and LIF-deficient mice elicited pituitary POMC induction similar to wild type and markedly higher than in single null animals (P<0.0.01). Double-knockout mice also demonstrated robust corticosterone response to inflammation. High pituitary POMC mRNA levels may reflect abundant TNFalpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 activation observed in the hypothalamus and pituitary of these animals. Our results suggest that increased central proinflammatory cytokine expression can compensate for the impaired HPA axis function and activates inflammatory ACTH and corticosterone responses in mice-deficient in both CRH and LIF.
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- Anastasia Kariagina
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, California 90048, USA
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Acute stressor exposure can facilitate innate immunity and suppress acquired immunity. The present study further characterized the potentiating effect of stress on innate immunity, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and demonstrated that stress-induced potentiation of innate immunity may contribute to the stress-induced suppression of acquired immunity. The long-term effect of stress on IL-1beta was measured by using an ex vivo approach. Sprague-Dawley rats were challenged with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in vivo, and the IL-1beta response was measured in vitro. Splenocytes, mesenteric lymphocytes, and peritoneal cavity cells had a dose- and time-dependent ex vivo IL-1beta response to LPS. Rats that were exposed to inescapable shock (IS, 100 1.6 mA, 5-s tail shocks, 60-s intertrial interval) and challenged with a submaximal dose of LPS 4 days later had elevated IL-1beta measured ex vivo. To test whether the acute stress-induced elevation in IL-1beta contributes to the long-term suppression in acquired immunity, IL-1beta receptors were blocked for 24 h after stress. Serum anti-keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) immunoglobulin (Ig) was measured. In addition, the acute elevation (2 h post-IS) of splenic IL-1beta in the absence of antigen was verified. Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist prevented IS-induced suppression in anti-KLH Ig. These data support the hypothesis that stress-induced increases in innate immunity (i.e., IL-1beta) may contribute to stress-induced suppression in acquired immunity (i.e., anti-KLH Ig).
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- Albert Moraska
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 80309, USA
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Mancuso P, Gottschalk A, Phare SM, Peters-Golden M, Lukacs NW, Huffnagle GB. Leptin-deficient mice exhibit impaired host defense in Gram-negative pneumonia. J Immunol 2002; 168:4018-24. [PMID: 11937559 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.8.4018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that is secreted in correlation with total body lipid stores. Serum leptin levels are lowered by the loss of body fat mass that would accompany starvation and malnutrition. Recently, leptin has been shown to modulate innate immune responses such as macrophage phagocytosis and cytokine synthesis in vitro. To determine whether leptin plays a role in the innate host response against Gram-negative pneumonia in vivo, we compared the responses of leptin-deficient and wild-type mice following an intratracheal challenge of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Following K. pneumoniae administration, we observed increased leptin levels in serum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and whole lung homogenates. In a survival study, leptin-deficient mice, as compared with wild-type mice, exhibited increased mortality following K. pneumoniae administration. The increased susceptibility to K. pneumoniae in the leptin-deficient mice was associated with reduced bacterial clearance and defective alveolar macrophage phagocytosis in vitro. The exogenous addition of very high levels of leptin (500 ng/ml) restored the defect in alveolar macrophage phagocytosis of K. pneumoniae in vitro. While there were no differences between wild-type and leptin-deficient mice in lung homogenate cytokines TNF-alpha, IL-12, or macrophage-inflammatory protein-2 after K. pneumoniae administration, leukotriene synthesis in lung macrophages from leptin-deficient mice was reduced. Leukotriene production was restored by the addition of exogenous leptin (500 ng/ml) to macrophages in vitro. This study demonstrates for the first time that leptin-deficient mice display impaired host defense in bacterial pneumonia that may be due to a defect in alveolar macrophage phagocytosis and leukotriene synthesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/chemistry
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CXCL2
- Chemokines/biosynthesis
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Cysteine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cysteine/biosynthesis
- Female
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Interleukin-12/biosynthesis
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Klebsiella Infections/genetics
- Klebsiella Infections/immunology
- Klebsiella Infections/microbiology
- Klebsiella Infections/mortality
- Klebsiella pneumoniae/growth & development
- Klebsiella pneumoniae/immunology
- Leptin/blood
- Leptin/deficiency
- Leptin/genetics
- Leptin/pharmacology
- Leukocyte Count
- Leukotriene Antagonists
- Leukotrienes/biosynthesis
- Lung/metabolism
- Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Obese
- Phagocytosis/genetics
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/genetics
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/immunology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/mortality
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
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- Peter Mancuso
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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