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Chmielinska JJ, Kramer JH, Mak IT, Spurney CF, Weglicki WB. Substance P receptor blocker, aprepitant, inhibited cutaneous and other neurogenic inflammation side effects of the EGFR1-TKI, erlotinib. Mol Cell Biochem 2019; 465:175-185. [PMID: 31853800 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-019-03677-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Cutaneous changes like rash and hair loss, as well as other neurogenic inflammation side effects, occur frequently during anticancer treatment with the epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), erlotinib. These adverse events may be so severe that they impair the patient's compliance with the treatment or even cause its discontinuation. In the current preclinical study, rats (9.2 weeks) were treated with erlotinib (10 mg/kg/day) ± aprepitant (2 mg/kg/day) for 12 weeks. Visual changes in the development of facial skin lesions/hair loss and SP-receptor expression (immunohistochemically) in facial skin tissue were assessed; also changes in plasma magnesium, 8-isoprostane, substance P (SP), neutrophil superoxide production, and cardiac function (echocardiography) were measured. Erlotinib lowered plasma magnesium 14%, elevated SP 65%, caused 3.7-fold higher basal superoxide production, 2.5-fold higher 8-isoprostane levels, 11.6% lower cardiac systolic, and 10.9% lower diastolic function. Facial dermatological changes (alopecia, skin reddening, scabbing, nose crusting) occurred by 4 weeks (± + to ++) in erlotinib-treated rats, and progressively worsened (±++ to +++) by week 12. Facial skin SP-receptor upregulation (78% higher) occurred in epidermal and hair follicle cells. All adverse effects were substantially and significantly mitigated by aprepitant, including a 62% lowering of skin SP-receptors (p < 0.05). Elevated SP levels mediated the side effects of erlotinib treatment, but aprepitant's significant prevention of the systemic and cutaneous adverse events indicates a novel potential therapy against the side effects of this anticancer treatment.
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- Joanna J Chmielinska
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 439A Ross Hall, 2300 I St., N.W., Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 442 Ross Hall, 2300 I St., N.W., Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 441 Ross Hall, 2300 I St., N.W., Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20010, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20037, USA
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Mak IT, Kramer JH, Chmielinska JJ, Spurney CF, Weglicki WB. EGFR-TKI, erlotinib, causes hypomagnesemia, oxidative stress, and cardiac dysfunction: attenuation by NK-1 receptor blockade. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2015; 65:54-61. [PMID: 25343568 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000000163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To determine whether the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, erlotinib may cause hypomagnesemia, inflammation, and cardiac stress, erlotinib was administered to rats (10 mg · kg(-1)· d(-1)) for 9 weeks. Plasma magnesium decreased progressively between 3 and 9 weeks (-9% to -26%). Modest increases in plasma substance P (SP) occurred at 3 (27%) and 9 (25%) weeks. Neutrophil superoxide-generating activity increased 3-fold, and plasma 8-isoprostane rose 210%, along with noticeable appearance of cardiac perivascular nitrotyrosine. The neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonist, aprepitant (2 mg · kg(-1) · d(-1)), attenuated erlotinib-induced hypomagnesemia up to 42%, reduced circulating SP, suppressed neutrophil superoxide activity and 8-isoprostane elevations; cardiac nitrotyrosine was diminished. Echocardiography revealed mild to moderately decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (-11%) and % fractional shortening (-17%) by 7 weeks of erlotinib treatment and significant reduction (-17.5%) in mitral valve E/A ratio at week 9 indicative of systolic and early diastolic dysfunction. Mild thinning of the left ventricular posterior wall suggested early dilated cardiomyopathy. Aprepitant completely prevented the erlotinib-induced systolic and diastolic dysfunction and partially attenuated the anatomical changes. Thus, chronic erlotinib treatment does induce moderate hypomagnesemia, triggering SP-mediated oxidative/inflammation stress and mild-to-moderate cardiac dysfunction, which can largely be corrected by the administration of the SP receptor blocker.
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- I Tong Mak
- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; †Division of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; and ‡Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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Mak IT, Kramer JH, Chen X, Chmielinska JJ, Spurney CF, Weglicki WB. Mg supplementation attenuates ritonavir-induced hyperlipidemia, oxidative stress, and cardiac dysfunction in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013; 305:R1102-11. [PMID: 24049113 PMCID: PMC3841797 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00268.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Use of protease inhibitors (PI) in HIV patients is associated with hyperlipidemia and increased risk of coronary heart disease. Chronic systemic and cardiac effects of ritonavir (RTV), a universal PI booster, and Mg supplementation were examined. RTV was administered (75 mg·kg(-1)·day(-1) po) to Lewis × Brown-Norway hybrid (LBNF1) rats for up to 8 wk; significant increases in plasma triglyceride and cholesterol occurred from 8 days to 8 wk. At 5 wk, the expression of selected hepatic genes (CYP7A1, CITED2, G6PC, and ME-1), which are key to lipid catabolism/synthesis, were altered toward lipogenesis. Dietary Mg supplementation (six-fold higher) completely reversed the altered expression of these genes and attenuated both hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. Neutrophils isolated from the RTV-treated rats displayed a three-fold higher basal and a twofold higher stimulated superoxide production; plasma isoprostane and red blood cell (RBC) GSSG levels were elevated two- to three-fold. All oxidative indices were normalized by Mg supplementation. After 5 wk, RTV caused significant decreases in cardiac left ventricular (LV) shortening fraction and LV ejection fraction; mitral valve early/late atrial ventricular filling (E/A) ratio was reduced accompanied by LV posterior wall thinning. Immunohistochemical staining revealed significant white blood cell (WBC) infiltration (5 wk) and prominent fibrosis (8 wk) in the RTV hearts. Mg supplementation attenuated RTV-induced declines in systolic and diastolic (improved mitral valve E/A ratio) function (>70%), lessened LV posterior wall thinning (by 75%), and substantially decreased the pathological markers. The known clinical hyperlipidemia effects of RTV can be mimicked in the LBNF1 rats; in association, systemic oxidative stress and progressive cardiac dysfunction occurred. Remarkably, Mg supplementation alone suppressed RTV-mediated hyperlipidemia, oxidative stress, and cardiac dysfunction.
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- I. Tong Mak
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and
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Weglicki WB, Mak IT, Chmielinska JJ, Spurney CF, Kramer JH. Epidermal growth factor receptor‐tyrosine kinase inhibition by erlotinib causes hypomagnesemia, oxidative stress and cardiac dysfunction. FASEB J 2013. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.1128.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Biochem & Mol BiolThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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- Biochem & Mol BiolThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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Mak IT, Landgraf KM, Chmielinska JJ, Weglicki WB. Angiotensin II promotes iron accumulation and depresses PGI₂ and NO synthesis in endothelial cells: effects of losartan and propranolol analogs. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:1413-8. [PMID: 23067376 DOI: 10.1139/y2012-104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Angiotensin may promote endothelial dysfunction through iron accumulation. To research this, bovine endothelial cells (ECs) were incubated with iron (30 µmol·L⁻¹) with or without angiotensin II (100 nmol·L⁻¹). After incubation for 6 h, it was observed that the addition of angiotensin enhanced EC iron accumulation by 5.1-fold compared with a 1.8-fold increase for cells incubated with iron only. This enhanced iron uptake was attenuated by losartan (100 nmol·L⁻¹), d-propranolol (10 µmol·L⁻¹), 4-HO-propranolol (5 µmol·L⁻¹), and methylamine, but not by vitamin E or atenolol. After 6 h of incubation, angiotensin plus iron provoked intracellular oxidant formation (2'7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCF-DA) fluorescence) and elevated oxidized glutathione; significant loss of cell viability occurred at 48 h. Stimulated prostacyclin release decreased by 38% (6 h) and NO synthesis was reduced by 41% (24 h). Both oxidative events and functional impairment were substantially attenuated by losartan or d-propranolol. It is concluded that angiotensin promoted non-transferrin-bound iron uptake via AT-1 receptor activation, leading to EC oxidative functional impairment. The protective effects of d-propranolol and 4-HO-propranolol may be related to their lysosomotropic properties.
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- I Tong Mak
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Kramer JH, Spurney CF, Iantorno M, Tziros C, Chmielinska JJ, Mak IT, Weglicki WB. d-Propranolol protects against oxidative stress and progressive cardiac dysfunction in iron overloaded rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:1257-68. [PMID: 22913465 PMCID: PMC3715050 DOI: 10.1139/y2012-091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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d-Propranolol (d-Pro: 2-8 mg·(kg body mass)(-1)·day(-1)) protected against cardiac dysfunction and oxidative stress during 3-5 weeks of iron overload (2 mg Fe-dextran·(g body mass)(-1)·week(-1)) in Sprague-Dawley rats. At 3 weeks, hearts were perfused in working mode to obtain baseline function; red blood cell glutathione, plasma 8-isoprostane, neutrophil basal superoxide production, lysosomal-derived plasma N-acetyl-β-galactosaminidase (NAGA) activity, ventricular iron content, and cardiac iron deposition were assessed. Hearts from the Fe-treated group of rats exhibited lower cardiac work (26%) and output (CO, 24%); end-diastolic pressure rose 1.8-fold. Further, glutathione levels increased 2-fold, isoprostane levels increased 2.5-fold, neutrophil superoxide increased 3-fold, NAGA increased 4-fold, ventricular Fe increased 4.9-fold; and substantial atrial and ventricular Fe-deposition occurred. d-Pro (8 mg) restored heart function to the control levels, protected against oxidative stress, and decreased cardiac Fe levels. After 5 weeks of Fe treatment, echocardiography revealed that the following were depressed: percent fractional shortening (%FS, 31% lower); left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF, 17%), CO (25%); and aortic pressure maximum (P(max), 24%). Mitral valve E/A declined by 18%, indicating diastolic dysfunction. Cardiac CD11b+ infiltrates were elevated. Low d-Pro (2 mg) provided modest protection, whereas 4-8 mg greatly improved LVEF (54%-75%), %FS (51%-81%), CO (43%-78%), P(max) (56%-100%), and E/A >100%; 8 mg decreased cardiac inflammation. Since d-Pro is an antioxidant and reduces cardiac Fe uptake as well as inflammation, these properties may preserve cardiac function during Fe overload.
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- Jay H Kramer
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Weglicki WB, Kramer JH, Spurney CF, Chmielinska JJ, Mak IT. The EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostin AG-1478 causes hypomagnesemia and cardiac dysfunction. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:1145-9. [PMID: 22646904 DOI: 10.1139/y2012-023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We determined whether the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) N-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-4-quinazolinamine (tyrphostin AG-1478) causes hypomagnesemia and cardiac dysfunction in rats. Tyrphostin was administered (3 times per week, intraperitoneal injection, to achieve 21.4 mg·(kg body mass)(-1)·day(-1)) to normomagnesemic rats for 5 weeks. Levels of magnesium in the plasma of the tyrphostin-treated rats decreased significantly by the following amount: 17% at week 1, 27% at week 2, and 26%-35% between weeks 3 to 5. Levels of the plasma lipid peroxidation marker 8-isoprostane rose significantly: by 58% at week 1, 168% at week 3, and 113% at week 5. At week 5, blood neutrophils from the tyrphostin-treated group displayed a 2.26-fold higher basal level of O(2)(·-) generation; the ratio of oxidized glutathione (glutathione disulfide; GSSG) to reduced glutathione (GSH) in the red blood cells increased 2.5-fold. At week 5, echocardiography revealed that TKI treatment resulted in significant cardiac systolic dysfunction, with impaired diastolic function and dilated cardiomyopathy. Since hypomagnesemia alone can trigger oxidative stress and cardiac injury, we suggest that inhibition of EGFR-TK caused magnesium wasting, which partly contributed to decreased cardiac contractility.
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- William B Weglicki
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Mak IT, Chmielinska JJ, Kramer JH, Spurney CF, Weglicki WB. Loss of neutral endopeptidase activity contributes to neutrophil activation and cardiac dysfunction during chronic hypomagnesemia: Protection by substance P receptor blockade. Exp Clin Cardiol 2011; 16:121-124. [PMID: 22131854 PMCID: PMC3206104] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Hypomagnesemia (Hypo-Mg) in rodents leads to neurogenic inflammation associated with substance P (SP) elevations; neutral endopeptidase (NEP) is a principle cell surface proteolytic enzyme, which degrades SP. The effects of chronic Hypo-Mg on neutrophil NEP activity, cell activation and the associated cardiac dysfunction were examined. METHODS/RESULTS Male Sprague-Dawley rats (180 g) were fed Mg-sufficient or Mg-deficient (Hypo-Mg) diets for five weeks. Enriched blood neutrophils were isolated at the end of one, three and five weeks by step gradient centrifugation. NEP enzymatic activity decreased by 20% (P value was nonsignificant), 50% (P<0.025) and 57% (P<0.01), respectively, for week 1, 3 and 5 Hypo-Mg rats. In association, neutrophil basal superoxide (•O(2) (-))-generating activities were elevated: 30% at week 1 (P value was nonsignificant), and fourfold to sevenfold for weeks 3 to 5 (P<0.01). Maximal phorbol myristate acetate-stimulated •O(2) (-) production by Hypo-Mg neutrophils increased twofold at week 5. Also, plasma 8-isoprostane levels were elevated twofold to threefold, and red blood cell glutathione decreased by 50% (P<0.01) after three to five weeks of chronic Hypo-Mg. When Hypo-Mg rats were treated with the SP receptor blocker (L-703,606), neutrophil NEP activities were retained at 75% (week 3) and 77% (week 5) (P<0.05); activation of neutrophil •O(2) (-) and other oxidative indexes were also significantly (P<0.05) attenuated. After five weeks, histochemical (hematoxylin and eosin) staining of Hypo-Mg-treated rat ventricles revealed significant white blood cell infiltration, which was substantially reduced by L-703,606. Echocardiography after three weeks of Hypo-Mg only showed modest diastolic impairment, but five weeks resulted in significant (P<0.05) depression in both left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions; changes in these functional parameters were attenuated by L-703,606. CONCLUSION NEP activity regulates neutrophil •O(2) (-) formation by controlling SP bioavailability. When oxidative inactivation of NEP is prevented by SP receptor blockade, partial protection is afforded against cardiac contractile dysfunction.
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- I Tong Mak
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University
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- Children’s National Heart Institute, Division of Cardiology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University
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Mak IT, Chmielinska JJ, Kramer J, Weglick W. Loss of neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity contributes to neutrophil oxidative activation during Mg‐deficiency. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.785.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- I. Tong Mak
- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyGeorge Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyGeorge Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyGeorge Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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Spurney CF, Kramer JH, Iantorno M, Mak I, Chmielinska JJ, Weglicki WB. Deficiency in gp91 phox subunit of NADPH oxidase protects against oxidative stress and cardiac dysfunction in iron‐overloaded mice. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.1001.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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- Division of CardiologyChildren's National Medical CenterWashingtonDC
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonDC
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Weglicki WB, Chmielinska JJ, Tejero-Taldo I, Kramer JH, Spurney CF, Viswalingham K, Lu B, Mak IT. Neutral endopeptidase inhibition enhances substance P mediated inflammation due to hypomagnesemia. Magnes Res 2009; 22:167S-173S. [PMID: 19780404 PMCID: PMC3800095] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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During dietary deficiency of magnesium neurogenic inflammation is mediated, primarily, by elevated levels of substance P (SP). The enzyme most specific for degrading this neuropeptide is neutral endopeptidase (NEP). In recent studies we found that pharmacological inhibition of NEP by phosphoramidon resulted in elevated plasma levels of SP and greater oxidative stress. We also observed that hypomagnesemia reduced cardiac and intestinal expression of NEP. In these magnesium-deficient rats increased intestinal permeability and impaired cardiac contractility occurred. In our colony of genetically-engineered NEP knockout mice that have reduced ability to degrade SP, we found increased oxidative stress that was prevented by SP (neurokinin-1) receptor blockade. Thus, we submit that inhibition of NEP by pharmacological, genetic and dietary approaches (magnesium restriction), causes greater neurogenic inflammation that may result in increased intestinal and cardiac dysfunction.
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- William B Weglicki
- The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 439 Ross Hall, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 Eye ST., N.W., Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Kramer JH, Spurney C, Iantorno M, Tziros C, Mak IT, Tejero-Taldo MI, Chmielinska JJ, Komarov AM, Weglicki WB. Neurogenic inflammation and cardiac dysfunction due to hypomagnesemia. Am J Med Sci 2009; 338:22-7. [PMID: 19593099 PMCID: PMC3753099 DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e3181aaee4d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hypomagnesemia continues to be a significant clinical disorder that is present in patients with diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, and treatment with magnesuric drugs (diuretics, cancer chemotherapy agents, etc.). To determine the role of magnesium in cardiovascular pathophysiology, we have used dietary restriction of this cation in animal models. This review highlights some key observations that helped formulate the hypothesis that release of substance P (SP) during experimental dietary Mg deficiency (MgD) may initiate a cascade of deleterious inflammatory, oxidative, and nitrosative events, which ultimately promote cardiomyopathy, in situ cardiac dysfunction, and myocardial intolerance to secondary stresses. SP acts primarily through neurokinin-1 receptors of inflammatory and endothelial cells, and may induce production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (superoxide anion, NO*, peroxynitrite, hydroxyl radical), leading to enhanced consumption of tissue antioxidants; stimulate release of inflammatory mediators; promote tissue adhesion molecule expression; and enhance inflammatory cell tissue infiltration and cardiovascular lesion formation. These SP-mediated events may predispose the heart to injury if faced with subsequent oxidative stressors (ischemia/reperfusion, certain drugs) or facilitate development of in situ cardiac dysfunction, especially with prolonged dietary Mg restriction. Significant protection against most of these MgD-mediated events has been observed with interventions that modulate neuronal SP release or its bioactivity, and with several antioxidants (vitamin E, probucol, epicaptopril, d-propranolol). In view of the clinical prevalence of hypomagnesemia, new treatments, beyond magnesium repletion, may be needed to diminish deleterious neurogenic and prooxidative components described in this article.
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- Jay H Kramer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC 20037, USA.
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Tejero-Taldo MI, Chmielinska JJ, Weglicki WB. Chronic dietary Mg2+ deficiency induces cardiac apoptosis in the rat heart. Magnes Res 2007; 20:208-212. [PMID: 17972464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Severe Mg2+ deficiency provokes pro-oxidative and pro-inflammatory changes, and also has been shown to be pro-apoptotic in thymus and certain cell cultures. In this study we examined the extent that chronic severe dietary Mg2+ deficiency induces apoptosis in the heart. Sprague-Dawley rats were fed during three weeks with normal (25 mM, Mg-control) or magnesium deficient (2.25 mM, Mg-deficient) diets, after which, hearts were harvested and frozen. DNA fragmentation was examined in heart tissue sections, and while < 1% of nuclei were positive for apoptosis in Mg-control rat tissue, over 32% of nuclei gave positive for Klenow fragments in hearts from Mg-deficient rats. Caspase 3 activity measurements in heart homogenates showed a 3.9-fold increase in enzyme activity in Mg-deficient rat hearts compared to Mg-controls (p < 0.002); and furthermore, western blot analysis of cleaved PARP (caspase 3 substrate), showed a 4.6-fold increase of cleaved PARP in Mg-deficient rat hearts (p < 0.002). In summary, our data indicate that chronic Mg2+ deficiency induces apoptosis of myocardium in vivo.
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- M Isabel Tejero-Taldo
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 IST, NW. Washington, D.C. 20037, USA.
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Scanlan BJ, Tuft B, Elfrey JE, Smith A, Zhao A, Morimoto M, Chmielinska JJ, Tejero-Taldo MI, Mak IT, Weglicki WB, Shea-Donohue T. Intestinal inflammation caused by magnesium deficiency alters basal and oxidative stress-induced intestinal function. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 306:59-69. [PMID: 17657590 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9554-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of magnesium deficiency on small intestinal morphology and function. Rats were assigned to 4 groups and placed on magnesium sufficient or deficient diet for 1 or 3 weeks. Infiltration of neutrophils and mucosal injury were assessed in stained sections of small intestine. Magnesium deficiency alone induced a significant increase in neutrophil infiltration and increased vascular ICAM-1 expression, in the absence of changes in mucosal injury or expression of proinflammatory mediators. Magnesium deficiency was associated with hyposecretory epithelial cell responses and vascular macromolecular leak in the small intestine and lung, which was attributed partly to reduced expression of NOS-3. To determine the effect of hypomagnesmia on the intestinal responses to a known oxidative stress, groups of rats were randomized to either sham operation or superior mesenteric artery occlusion for 10 (non-injurious) or 30 (injurious) minutes followed by a 1- or 4-hour reperfusion period. In response to mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion, deficient rats showed exaggerated PMN influx, but similar mucosal injury. Intestinal ischemia in sufficient animals induced vascular macromolecular leak in the small intestine and lung at 4 hours of reperfusion, with levels similar to those observed in untreated deficient rats. Acute magnesium repletion of deficient rats 24 h before surgery attenuated the exaggerated inflammation in deficient rats. These data show that magnesium deficiency induced a subclinical inflammation in the small intestine in the absence of mucosal injury, but with significant functional changes in local and remote organs and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress.
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- Bradford J Scanlan
- Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
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Chmielinska JJ, Mak IT, Kramer JH, Viswalingam K, Weglicki WB. Decreased neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity in cardiac neurogenic inflammation due to magnesium deficiency. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.03.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Komarov AM, Hall JM, Chmielinska JJ, Weglicki WB. Endotoxin‐induced iron loss in macrophages. FASEB J 2007. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Andrei M Komarov
- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington University Medical Center2300 Eye Street, N.W.WashingtonDC20037
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington University Medical Center2300 Eye Street, N.W.WashingtonDC20037
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington University Medical Center2300 Eye Street, N.W.WashingtonDC20037
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- Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyThe George Washington University Medical Center2300 Eye Street, N.W.WashingtonDC20037
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Chmielinska JJ, Mak IT, Weglicki WB. A62. Atrial and ventricular inflammatory responses to zidovudine (AZT) in normal and Mg-deficient animals. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.03.295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Komarov AM, Hall JM, Chmielinska JJ, Weglicki WB. Iron Uptake and Release by Macrophages is Sensitive to Propranolol. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 288:213-7. [PMID: 16718379 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9138-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study we have tested the effects of d-propranolol (D-Pro) on the iron uptake, iron release and oxidative response of iron-loaded cells in a cellular model of iron-overload using isolated rat peritoneal macrophages incubated with iron-dextran (Fe-D). Pretreatment of macrophages with D-Pro (5-200 microM) prior to Fe-D exposure decreased the cellular iron content and partially prevented iron release from latex-activated macrophages. Release of reactive oxygen species from activated cells was detected by dichlorodihydrofluorescein (DCDHF, 5 microM) oxidation. We found that loading cells with Fe-D increased their response to latex, which was prevented by the lysosomotropic antioxidant agent D-Pro (10 microM).
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- Andrei M Komarov
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 Eye St., NW, Ross Hall, Rm. 441A, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Mak IT, Chmielinska JJ, Nedelec L, Torres A, Weglicki WB. D-propranolol attenuates lysosomal iron accumulation and oxidative injury in endothelial cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 317:522-8. [PMID: 16456084 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.097709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The influence of selected beta-receptor blockers on iron overload and oxidative stress in endothelial cells (ECs) was assessed. Confluent bovine ECs were loaded with iron dextran (15 muM) for 24 h and then exposed to dihydroxyfumarate (DHF), a source of reactive oxygen species, for up to 2 h. Intracellular oxidant formation, monitored by fluorescence of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin (DCF; 30 microM), increased and peaked at 30 min; total glutathione decreased by 52 +/- 5% (p < 0.01) at 60 min. When the ECs were pretreated 30 min before iron loading with 1.25 to 10 microM d-propranolol, glutathione losses were attenuated 15 to 80%, with EC(50) = 3.1 microM. d-Propranolol partially inhibited the DCF intensity increase, but atenolol up to 10 microM was ineffective. At 2 h, caspase 3 activity was elevated 3.2 +/- 0.3-fold (p < 0.01) in the iron-loaded and DHF-treated ECs, and cell survival, determined 24 h later, decreased 47 +/- 6% (p < 0.01). Ten micromoles of d-propranolol suppressed the caspase 3 activation by 63% (p < 0.05) and preserved cell survival back to 88% of control (p < 0.01). In separate experiments, 24-h iron loading resulted in a 3.6 +/- 0.8-fold increase in total EC iron determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy; d-propranolol at 5 microM reduced this increase to 1.5 +/- 0.4-fold (p < 0.01) of controls. Microscopic observation by Perls' staining revealed that the excessive iron accumulated in vesicular endosomal/lysosomal structures, which were substantially diminished by d-propranolol. We previously showed that propranolol could readily concentrate into the lysosomes and raise the intralysosomal pH; it is suggested that the lysosomotropic properties of d-propranolol retarded the EC iron accumulation and thereby conferred the protective effects against iron load-mediated cytotoxicity.
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- I Tong Mak
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Experimental Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 Eye Street, N.W. Ross Hall, Rm 443, Washington DC 20037, USA.
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Chmielinska JJ, Tejero-Taldo MI, Mak IT, Weglicki WB. Intestinal and cardiac inflammatory response shows enhanced endotoxin receptor (CD14) expression in magnesium deficiency. Mol Cell Biochem 2005; 278:53-7. [PMID: 16180088 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-2733-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/24/2004] [Accepted: 02/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Substance P is elevated in plasma and in other tissues during Mg-deficiency, and was found localised to neuronal C-fibres of cardiac and intestinal tissues, where it could promote neurogenic inflammation. Plasma prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), indicative of systemic inflammation, rose significantly (>or=4 fold, p<0.01) after 1 week and remained elevated through week 2 and 3 in rat on the Mg-deficient (MgD) diet. Concomitantly, total blood glutathione decreased by 50%. Immunohistochemical staining for endotoxin (lipopolysaccaride, LPS) receptor, CD14 was prominent in macrophage-type cells in intestinal tissue; more importantly, cardiac tissue revealed both CD11b (monocyte/macrophage surface protein) and CD14 positive cells after 3 weeks in rats on MgD diet. Western blot analysis indicated a significant increase in the endotoxin receptor protein level in the 3 week MgD hearts. Since CD14 is known to be up-regulated in cells exposed to LPS, these observations suggest that prolonged Mg-deficiency results in increased intestinal permeability to bacterial products that induce the endotoxin receptor in cells localized to myocardial and intestinal tissues. These CD14 positive cells may amplify the cardiomyopathic inflammatory process by stimulating TNF-alpha and other pro-inflammatory cytokines.
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- Joanna J Chmielinska
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA.
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Tejero-Taldo MI, Chmielinska JJ, Gonzalez G, Mak IT, Weglicki WB. N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Blockade Inhibits Cardiac Inflammation in the Mg2+-Deficient Rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 311:8-13. [PMID: 15169828 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.070003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Elevated plasma levels of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) precede the perivascular inflammatory infiltrate seen in hearts of Mg(2+)-deficient (MgD) animals. The N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is found in neurons, and activation of this receptor participates in SP release; under normal circumstances, this release can be blocked by Mg(2+). Therefore, we reasoned that blockade of the NMDA receptor with dizolcipine maleate (a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist) would prevent SP release from C-fibers due to MgD. In this study, animals were implanted with slow-release pellets containing dizolcipine or placebo and were fed with diet sufficient in Mg(2+) or deficient with only 9% of USDA-recommended Mg(2+). SP immunostaining of dorsal root ganglia showed a time-dependent depletion of SP in the MgD animals, with a dramatic decrease of SP by week 2; this depletion was prevented by pretreatment with dizolcipine maleate. The significant increase in plasma prostaglandin E(2) levels during MgD was prevented by dizolcipine, and the loss of total red blood cell glutathione content was significantly attenuated by NMDA blockade after 3 weeks of MgD (p < 0.01 versus controls). Immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses of ventricular tissue demonstrated that NMDA receptor blockade abolished MgD-related increase of endothelium adhesion molecule CD54 (weeks 1 and 2; p < 0.05), and of monocyte/macrophage surface protein CD11b expression (week 3; p < 0.05). We conclude that NMDA receptor blockade with dizolcipine maleate prevented SP depletion and reduced perivascular inflammatory infiltrates, thus decreasing cardiac injury due to Mg(2+) deficiency.
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- M Isabel Tejero-Taldo
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Weglicki WB, Dickens BF, Wagner TL, Chmielinska JJ, Phillips TM. Immunoregulation by neuropeptides in magnesium deficiency: ex vivo effect of enhanced substance P production on circulating T lymphocytes from magnesium-deficient mice. Magnes Res 1996; 9:3-11. [PMID: 8819089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The first week of dietary magnesium deficiency in rodent models is characterized by the induction of raised levels of neuropeptides (substance P [SP] and calcitonin gene related peptide [CGRP]), followed shortly thereafter by inflammatory cytokine release. Since neuropeptides participate in neurogenic inflammation, we have proposed that the neurogenic inflammatory response plays a role in the pathology of magnesium deficiency. However, the association between the early neuropeptide release and the subsequent pathology in this model remains unclear. Peripheral blood T lymphocytes were obtained from Balb/c mice fed a magnesium-deficient diet (approximately 1.8 mmol Mg/kg), or the same diet supplemented with 20 mmol MgO/kg. These cells were incubated in medium containing 10(-10) to 10(-5) M SP, after which the cells were examined for expression of SP receptors and the supernatants were collected and examined by immunochemical techniques for the presence of T lymphocyte associated cytokines. SP stimulation induced the secretion of interleukin (IL)-2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). T lymphocytes from magnesium-deficient animals, when compared to magnesium-sufficient ones, secreted increased levels of these cytokines. The secretion of these cytokines was maximal at either 5 days (IL-4, IL-5) or 7 days (II-2, IL-10, and IFN-gamma) of magnesium deficiency. This increased sensitivity to SP appears to be related to an increased expression of SP receptors on the surface of T lymphocytes during the first week of magnesium deficiency. These data indicate that SP released early during magnesium deficiency exerts a regulatory role on T lymphocyte cytokine production, especially those cytokines regulating mast cell and immune responses leading to the onset of an immunopathological state.
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- W B Weglicki
- George Washington University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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An immunoaffinity capillary electrophoresis technique has been developed for the analysis of cyclosporin A in human tear fluid following topical application of the drug. The technique combines the selectivity of immunoaffinity separation with the high-resolution of capillary electrophoresis by immobilizing monoclonal antibody fragments directly onto the internal surface of the capillary. This technique was used to measure cyclosporin levels in tears obtained from corneal transplant patients during normal and drug toxicity episodes in the course of their treatment. Comparison of this technique with HPLC detection of cyclosporin in tears showed a good correlation, with the immunoaffinity CE technique having the advantage of being able to simultaneously detect toxic metabolites of cyclosporin in the same sample.
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- T M Phillips
- Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
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Phillips TM, Frantz SC, Babashak JV, Chmielinska JJ. High-performance affinity isolation of lymphocyte membrane receptors on biotinylated antigen and avidin-coated beads. J Chromatogr A 1988; 458:185-92. [PMID: 3235634 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)90563-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Isolation of lymphocyte membrane receptors can be achieved by high-performance liquid chromatography using immobilized streptavidin as the ligand and biotinylated antigen. Activated lymphocytes were allowed to react with biotin-labelled antigen prior to harvesting. The cells were disrupted and their membranes solubilized before passing the suspension through the avidin affinity column. The biotinylated antigen acted as an efficient receptor probe, which helped to maintain the integrity of the receptor during the isolation procedure. The biotin also acted as the substrate that attaches to the immobilized avidin. Recovery of the bound receptor was achieved by dissociation of the receptor from the antigen and recovery of the receptor in the effluent during the elution phase of the separation.
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- T M Phillips
- George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037
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