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Shi FL, Li Q, Xu R, Yuan LS, Chen Y, Shi ZJ, Li YP, Zhou ZY, Xu LH, Zha QB, Hu B, He XH, Ou-Yang DY. Blocking reverse electron transfer-mediated mitochondrial DNA oxidation rescues cells from PANoptosis. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2024; 45:594-608. [PMID: 37964019 PMCID: PMC10834539 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-023-01182-8] [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: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
Abstract
PANoptosis is a new type of cell death featured with pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis, and is implicated in organ injury and mortality in various inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Reverse electron transport (RET)-mediated mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) has been shown to contribute to pyroptosis and necroptosis. In this study we investigated the roles of mtROS and RET in PANoptosis induced by TGF-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) inhibitor 5Z-7-oxozeaenol (Oxo) plus lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as well as the effects of anti-RET reagents on PANoptosis. We showed that pretreatment with anti-RET reagents 1-methoxy PMS (MPMS) or dimethyl fumarate (DMF) dose-dependently inhibited PANoptosis in macrophages BMDMs and J774A.1 cells induced by Oxo/LPS treatment assayed by propidium iodide (PI) staining. The three arms of the PANoptosis signaling pathway, namely pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis signaling, as well as the formation of PANoptosomes were all inhibited by MPMS or DMF. We demonstrated that Oxo/LPS treatment induced RET and mtROS in BMDMs, which were reversed by MPMS or DMF pretreatment. Interestingly, the PANoptosome was co-located with mitochondria, in which the mitochondrial DNA was oxidized. MPMS and DMF fully blocked the mtROS production and the formation of PANoptosome induced by Oxo plus LPS treatment. An HLH mouse model was established by poly(I:C)/LPS challenge. Pretreatment with DMF (50 mg·kg-1·d-1, i.g. for 3 days) or MPMS (10 mg·kg-1·d-1, i.p. for 2 days) (DMF i.g. MPMS i.p.) effectively alleviated HLH lesions accompanied by decreased hallmarks of PANoptosis in the liver and kidney. Collectively, RET and mtDNA play crucial roles in PANoptosis induction and anti-RET reagents represent a novel class of PANoptosis inhibitors by blocking oxidation of mtDNA, highlighting their potential application in treating PANoptosis-related inflammatory diseases. PANoptotic stimulation induces reverse electron transport (RET) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mitochondia, while 1-methoxy PMS and dimethyl fumarate can inhibit PANoptosis by suppressing RETmediated oxidation of mitochondrial DNA.
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- Fu-Li Shi
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Ni ST, Li Q, Chen Y, Shi FL, Wong TS, Yuan LS, Xu R, Gan YQ, Lu N, Li YP, Zhou ZY, Xu LH, He XH, Hu B, Ouyang DY. Anti-Necroptotic Effects of Itaconate and its Derivatives. Inflammation 2024; 47:285-306. [PMID: 37759136 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-023-01909-z] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
Itaconate is an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid that is derived from the decarboxylation of the Krebs cycle intermediate cis-aconitate and has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial/viral properties. But the mechanisms underlying itaconate's anti-inflammatory activities are not fully understood. Necroptosis, a lytic form of regulated cell death (RCD), is mediated by receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1), RIPK3, and mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) signaling. It has been involved in the pathogenesis of organ injury in many inflammatory diseases. In this study, we aimed to explore whether itaconate and its derivatives can inhibit necroptosis in murine macrophages, a mouse MPC-5 cell line and a human HT-29 cell line in response to different necroptotic activators. Our results showed that itaconate and its derivatives dose-dependently inhibited necroptosis, among which dimethyl itaconate (DMI) was the most effective one. Mechanistically, itaconate and its derivatives inhibited necroptosis by suppressing the RIPK1/RIPK3/MLKL signaling and the oligomerization of MLKL. Furthermore, DMI promoted the nuclear translocation of Nrf2 that is a critical regulator of intracellular redox homeostasis, and reduced the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial superoxide (mtROS) that were induced by necroptotic activators. Consistently, DMI prevented the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential induced by the necroptotic activators. In addition, DMI mitigated caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice accompanied by reduced activation of the necroptotic signaling in vivo. Collectively, our study demonstrates that itaconate and its derivatives can inhibit necroptosis by suppressing the RIPK1/RIPK3/MLKL signaling, highlighting their potential applications for treating necroptosis-associated diseases.
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- Si-Tao Ni
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Zhang HR, Li YP, Shi ZJ, Liang QQ, Chen SY, You YP, Yuan T, Xu R, Xu LH, Ouyang DY, Zha QB, He XH. Triptolide induces PANoptosis in macrophages and causes organ injury in mice. Apoptosis 2023; 28:1646-1665. [PMID: 37702860 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-023-01886-6] [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] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Macrophages represent the first lines of innate defense against pathogenic infections and are poised to undergo multiple forms of regulated cell death (RCD) upon infections or toxic stimuli, leading to multiple organ injury. Triptolide, an active compound isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F., possesses various pharmacological activities including anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effects, but its applications have been hampered by toxic adverse effects. It remains unknown whether and how triptolide induces different forms of RCD in macrophages. In this study, we showed that triptolide exhibited significant cytotoxicity on cultured macrophages in vitro, which was associated with multiple forms of lytic cell death that could not be fully suppressed by any one specific inhibitor for a single form of RCD. Consistently, triptolide induced the simultaneous activation of pyroptotic, apoptotic and necroptotic hallmarks, which was accompanied by the co-localization of ASC specks respectively with RIPK3 or caspase-8 as well as their interaction with each other, indicating the formation of PANoptosome and thus the induction of PANoptosis. Triptolide-induced PANoptosis was associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and ROS production. PANoptosis was also induced by triptolide in mouse peritoneal macrophages in vivo. Furthermore, triptolide caused kidney and liver injury, which was associated with systemic inflammatory responses and the activation of hallmarks for PANoptosis in vivo. Collectively, our data reveal that triptolide induces PANoptosis in macrophages in vitro and exhibits nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity associated with induction of PANoptosis in vivo, suggesting a new avenue to alleviate triptolide's toxicity by harnessing PANoptosis.
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- Hong-Rui Zhang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China.
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Chen SY, Li YP, You YP, Zhang HR, Shi ZJ, Liang QQ, Yuan T, Xu R, Xu LH, Zha QB, Ou-Yang DY, He XH. Theaflavin mitigates acute gouty peritonitis and septic organ injury in mice by suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome assembly. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2023; 44:2019-2036. [PMID: 37221235 PMCID: PMC10545837 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-023-01105-7] [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: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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Activation of NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome plays important role in defending against infections, but its aberrant activation is causally linked to many inflammatory diseases, thus being a therapeutic target for these diseases. Theaflavin, one major ingredient of black tea, exhibits potent anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative activities. In this study, we investigated the therapeutic effects of theaflavin against NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages in vitro and in animal models of related diseases. We showed that theaflavin (50, 100, 200 μM) dose-dependently inhibited NLRP3 inflammasome activation in LPS-primed macrophages stimulated with ATP, nigericin or monosodium urate crystals (MSU), evidenced by reduced release of caspase-1p10 and mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Theaflavin treatment also inhibited pyroptosis as shown by decreased generation of N-terminal fragment of gasdermin D (GSDMD-NT) and propidium iodide incorporation. Consistent with these, theaflavin treatment suppressed ASC speck formation and oligomerization in macrophages stimulated with ATP or nigericin, suggesting reduced inflammasome assembly. We revealed that theaflavin-induced inhibition on NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and pyroptosis resulted from ameliorated mitochondrial dysfunction and reduced mitochondrial ROS production, thereby suppressing interaction between NLRP3 and NEK7 downstream of ROS. Moreover, we showed that oral administration of theaflavin significantly attenuated MSU-induced mouse peritonitis and improved the survival of mice with bacterial sepsis. Consistently, theaflavin administration significantly reduced serum levels of inflammatory cytokines including IL-1β and attenuated liver inflammation and renal injury of mice with sepsis, concomitant with reduced generation of caspase-1p10 and GSDMD-NT in the liver and kidney. Together, we demonstrate that theaflavin suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis by protecting mitochondrial function, thus mitigating acute gouty peritonitis and bacterial sepsis in mice, highlighting a potential application in treating NLRP3 inflammasome-related diseases.
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- Si-Yuan Chen
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan, 517000, China.
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Huang YT, Liang QQ, Zhang HR, Chen SY, Xu LH, Zeng B, Xu R, Shi FL, Ouyang DY, Zha QB, He XH. Baicalin inhibits necroptosis by decreasing oligomerization of phosphorylated MLKL and mitigates caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2022; 108:108885. [PMID: 35623294 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.108885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Necroptosis is a form of regulated necrosis mainly controlled by receptor-interacting protein kinases 3 (RIPK3) and mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL). Necroptosis has important roles in defensing against pathogenic infections, but it is also implicated in various inflammatory diseases including pancreatitis. Baicalin, a flavonoid from Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and anti-pyroptosis properties, yet it is unclear whether baicalin can inhibit necroptosis and confer protection against necroptosis-related diseases. Here we reported that baicalin significantly inhibited necroptosis in macrophages induced by lipopolysaccharide plus pan-caspase inhibitor (IDN-6556), or by tumor-necrosis factor-α in combination with LCL-161 (Smac mimetic) and IDN-6556 (TSI). Mechanistically, baicalin did not inhibit the phosphorylation of RIPK1, RIPK3 and MLKL, nor membrane translocation of p-MLKL, during necroptotic induction, but instead inhibited p-MLKL oligomerization that is required for executing necroptosis. As intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been reported to be involved in p-MLKL oligomerization, we assessed the effects of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), an ROS scavenger, on necroptosis and found that NAC significantly attenuated TSI-induced necroptosis and intracellular ROS production concomitantly with reduced levels of oligomerized p-MLKL, mirroring the effect of baicalin. Indeed, inhibitory effect of baicalin was associated with reduced TSI-induced superoxide (indicating mitochondrial ROS) production and increased mitochondrial membrane potential within cells during necroptosis. Besides, oral administration of baicalin significantly reduced the severity of caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice, an animal model of necroptosis-related disease. Collectively, baicalin can inhibit necroptosis through attenuating p-MLKL oligomerization and confers protection against caerulein-induced pancreatitis in mice.
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- Yuan-Ting Huang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan 517000, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan 517000, China; Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Heyuan 517000, China.
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Ye XJ, Xu R, Liu SY, Hu B, Shi ZJ, Shi FL, Zeng B, Xu LH, Huang YT, Chen MY, Zha QB, He XH, Ouyang DY. Taraxasterol mitigates Con A-induced hepatitis in mice by suppressing interleukin-2 expression and its signaling in T lymphocytes. Int Immunopharmacol 2022; 102:108380. [PMID: 34848154 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.108380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Discovery of anti-inflammatory drugs that can suppress T lymphocyte activation and proliferation by inhibiting TCR/CD3 and IL-2/IL-2R signaling is still needed in clinic, though rapamycin and other related reagents have made great success. Taraxasterol (TAS) is an active ingredient of dandelion, an anti-inflammatory medicinal herb with low in vivo toxicity that has long been used in China. Yet the action mechanism of TAS on lymphocytes remains elusive. The anti-inflammatory effects of TAS were evaluated in C57BL/6 mouse primary lymphocytes stimulated with concanavalin A (Con A) in vitro and in mouse model of Con A-induced acute hepatitis in vivo. Our results showed that TAS significantly suppressed Con A-induced acute hepatitis in a mouse model, reducing the hepatic necrosis areas, the release of aminotransferases, and the production of IL-2 and other inflammatory cytokines. Supporting this, in vitro study also showed that TAS reduced the production of IL-2 and the expression of IL-2 receptor subunit α (CD25) upon the stimulation of Con A, which was likely mediated by suppressing NF-κB activation. The downstream pathways of IL-2/IL-2R signaling, including the activation of PI3K/PDK1/mTOR, STAT3 and STAT5, were also suppressed by TAS. Consistently, Con A-induced T cell proliferation was also inhibited by TAS in vitro. Our data indicate that TAS can suppress both T lymphocyte activation and cell proliferation by down-regulating IL-2 expression and its signaling pathway thereby ameliorating Con A-induced acute hepatitis, highlighting TAS as a potential drug candidate for treating inflammatory diseases including autoimmune hepatitis.
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- Xun-Jia Ye
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Qiu Y, Wang LM, Xu LH, Shen Y, Wang LY, Liu YD. Controllable Preparation of Ag-Ce/ZnO Nanorods Photocatalyst and Its Growth on Modified Polyester Surface in Water Bath. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2021; 21:3291-3298. [PMID: 34739784 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2021.19078] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this paper, a simple and effective method to prepare Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods photocatalyst and grow them controllably on modified polyester fabrics was presented to fabricate multifunctional textiles. Analytical grade zinc acetate dihydrate and sodium hydroxide were used as the main raw materials to prepare Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods. Morphological, structural and chemical characterization of the Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods was performed by XRD, UV-vis and other spectroscopies. The results showed that the Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods had a hexagonal wurtzite structure. After 60 minutes of irradiation under ultraviolet light, the Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods showed a percentage photodegradation of 93.14% for a methylene blue (MB) solution. Modified polyester fabrics covered with the Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods were then prepared in a water bath. By a series of tests, it was observed that the Ag-Ce/ZnO nanorods on the modified polyester surface were neatly arranged and had good photocatalytic properties. Moreover, the UPF of the modified polyester fabric after finishing increased from 30.4 to 877.2. The multifunctional properties of the finished fabric exhibited good durability.
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- Yu Qiu
- Fashion Institute, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- Fashion Institute, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- Fashion Institute, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- Fashion Institute, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- Fashion Institute, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- Fashion Institute, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China
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Yang F, Ye XJ, Chen MY, Li HC, Wang YF, Zhong MY, Zhong CS, Zeng B, Xu LH, He XH, Ouyang DY. Inhibition of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Pyroptosis in Macrophages by Taraxasterol Is Associated With Its Regulation on mTOR Signaling. Front Immunol 2021; 12:632606. [PMID: 33679781 PMCID: PMC7925414 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.632606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Taraxasterol (TAS) is an active ingredient of Dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum Hand. -Mazz.), a medicinal plant that has long been used in China for treatment of inflammatory disorders. But the underlying mechanism for its therapeutic effects on inflammatory disorders is not completely clear. Inflammasome activation is a critical step of innate immune response to infection and aseptic inflammation. Among the various types of inflammasome sensors that has been reported, NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) is implicated in various inflammatory diseases and therefore has been most extensively studied. In this study, we aimed to explore whether TAS could influence NLPR3 inflammasome activation in macrophages. The results showed that TAS dose-dependently suppressed the activation of caspase-1 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-primed murine primary macrophages upon nigericin treatment, resulting in reduced mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β) release and gasdermin D (GSDMD) cleavage. TAS greatly reduced ASC speck formation upon the stimulation of nigericin or extracellular ATP. Consistent with reduced cleavage of GSDMD, nigericin-induced pyroptosis was alleviated by TAS. Interestingly, TAS time-dependently suppressed the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 (mTORC1) and mTORC2 signaling induced by LPS priming. Like TAS, both INK-128 (inhibiting both mTORC1 and mTORC2) and rapamycin (inhibiting mTORC1 only) also inhibited NLRP3 inflammasome activation, though their effects on mTOR signaling were different. Moreover, TAS treatment alleviated mitochondrial damage by nigericin and improved mouse survival from bacterial infection, accompanied by reduced IL-1β levels in vivo. Collectively, by inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome activation, TAS displayed anti-inflammatory effects likely through regulation of the mTOR signaling in macrophages, highlighting a potential action mechanism for the anti-inflammatory activity of Dandelion in treating inflammation-related disorders, which warrants further clinical investigation.
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- Fan Yang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Wuzhongpei Memorial Hospital of Shunde, Foshan, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Huang XL, Wu SH, Shi PF, Xu LH, Chen C, Xie YP, Gao DQ, Chen K, Tan JF, Liu LR, Xu Y, Yang F, Yu MX, Wang SY, Qian SX. [Active screening of intestinal carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in high-risk patients admitted to the hematology wards and its effect evaluation]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 41:932-936. [PMID: 33333697 PMCID: PMC7767815 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
目的 观察血液科肠道碳青霉烯类耐药的肠杆菌科细菌(CRE)主动筛查患者CRE定植、感染的特征,并评价主动筛查结合加强干预在血液科患者CRE感染预防控制中的效果。 方法 以2017年3月至2019年12月血液内科接受化疗或免疫抑制治疗且预期会出现粒细胞缺乏(粒缺)的患者为研究对象,进行至少3个时间点(治疗前、治疗后粒缺期、粒缺伴发热期)的肠道CRE筛查,以2016年12月至2017年2月血液内科未开展肠道CRE主动筛查的、接受化疗或免疫抑制治疗的115例患者为历史对照组,两组患者均进行CRE感染实时监测,CRE筛查阳性者均采取接触隔离措施,CRE筛查阳性者出现发热或者感染症状时启动针对CRE联合抗生素治疗。 结果 主动筛查患者CRE定植率为16.46%(66/401);病种分布上,以急性白血病定植率最高,为23.03%(26/113)。66例筛查阳性患者中,其中第1次筛查阳性患者为27例,占40.9%(27/66),第2次筛查阳性患者为15例,占22.7%(15/66),第3次及以后筛查阳性患者为24例,占36.4%(24/66)。CRE定植病原菌中耐碳青霉烯类肺炎克雷伯菌(CRKP)最多,占54.55%(36/66)。主动筛查患者CRE感染率(2.49%)及死亡率(50.00%)低于历史对照组的11.30%及69.23%;干预期间10例CRE血流感染患者病原菌种类与前期主动筛查病原菌完全相同,符合率为100.0%。 结论 血液科病房急性白血病患者CRE定植率最高,CRKP是CRE定植、感染的主要病原菌,提高筛查频率可以显著提高筛查阳性率,采取主动筛查并及早干预能有效降低血液科患者CRE发生率及死亡率,CRE筛查阳性病原菌与后续CRE感染病原菌符合率高。恶性血液病患者肠道CRE筛查可以对后期CRE血流感染起到预警以及优化抗菌药物使用的作用。
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- X L Huang
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hospital Infection Prevention and Control, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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Mouse models of bacterial sepsis are widely used in research to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms of sepsis and to develop clinically useful therapeutic regimens. Three commonly used mouse sepsis models include (a) injection of bacterial endotoxin, (b) infusion of cultured bacteria, and (c) cecal ligation and puncture. Here we describe the induction of bacterial sepsis in mice by intraperitoneal injection of cultured live Escherichia coli cells. The severity of the sepsis can be regulated by the number of E. coli cells injected into the peritoneal cavity of mice.
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- Xian-Hui He
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Shu JX, Zhong CS, Shi ZJ, Zeng B, Xu LH, Ye JZ, Wang YF, Yang F, Zhong MY, Ouyang DY, Zha QB, He XH. Berberine augments hypertrophy of colonic patches in mice with intraperitoneal bacterial infection. Int Immunopharmacol 2020; 90:107242. [PMID: 33307514 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Colonic patches, the counterparts of Peyer's patches in the small intestine, are dynamically regulated lymphoid tissues in the colon that have an important role in defensing against microbial infections. Berberine is an isoquinoline alkaloid extracted from medicinal herbs including Rhizoma coptidis and has long been used for the treatment of infectious gastroenteritis, but its impact on the colonic lymphoid tissues (such as colonic patches) is unknown. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether berberine had any influences on the colonic patches in mice with bacterial infection. The results showed that oral berberine administration in bacterial infected mice substantially enhanced the hypertrophy of colonic patches, which usually possessed the features of two large B-cell follicles with a separate T-cell area. Moreover, the colonic patches displayed follicular dendritic cell networks within the B-cell follicles, indicative of mature colonic patches containing germinal centers. Concomitant with enlarged colonic patches, the cultured colon of infected mice treated with berberine secreted significantly higher levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, TNF-α, and CCL-2, while NLRP3 inhibitor MMC950 or knockout of NLRP3 gene abrogated berberine-induced hypertrophy of colonic patches, suggesting the involvement of the NLRP3 signaling pathway in this process. Functionally, oral administration of berberine ameliorated liver inflammation and improved formed feces in the colon. Altogether, these results indicated that berberine was able to augment the hypertrophy of colonic patches in mice with bacterial infection probably through enhancing local inflammatory responses in the colon.
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- Jun-Xiang Shu
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Liu TH, Li XY, Han XW, Zhang YT, Zhou DH, Xu LH, Huang JW, Fang JP. [Acute lymphoblastic leukemia complicated with cerebral venous thrombosis in 14 children]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2020; 58:764-768. [PMID: 32872718 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20200203-00058] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the clinical characteristics and management of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) complicated with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). Methods: The clinical data of 14 ALL children complicated with CVT who were admitted to Department of Pediatrics of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital and underwent chemotherapy from January 2011 to October 2019 were collected retrospectively. The clinical manifestations, coagulation function, imaging findings, treatment plan and prognosis of patients were analyzed. Results: CVT was diagnosed in 14 (2.8%, 14/505) cases, with a median age of 10 (3-14) years at onset, 11 cases occurred in the stage of induction remission, and the acute onsets were mainly characterized by convulsions (9 cases), consciousness disorders (6 cases) and headache (4 cases). Coagulation function test showed that, before the CVT, antithrombin Ⅲ activity was lower than 60% in 8 cases, D-dimer elevated on the day of onset in 8 cases. Arteriovenous angiography showed filling defects in single (9 cases) or multiple (5 cases) venous sinuses. The most common site of venous sinus enlargement was superior sagittal sinus (10 cases). Secondary cerebral hemorrhage was found in 5 cases. Anticoagulation therapy included combination of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and warfarin in 9 cases, sequential application of LMWH and warfarin in 2 cases, and LMWH alone in 3 cases. Patients accepted further asparaginase and no CVT recurrence or progression was found. Conclusions: The secondary coagulation dysfunction during induction remission chemotherapy is the major risk factor for CVT in ALL, which needs active monitoring and early prevention. Arteriovenous angiography can diagnose accurately, and the prognosis of anticoagulant therapy with LMWH and warfarin is optimistic.
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- T H Liu
- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Radiology , Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Zeng CY, Li CG, Shu JX, Xu LH, Ouyang DY, Mai FY, Zeng QZ, Zhang CC, Li RM, He XH. ATP induces caspase-3/gasdermin E-mediated pyroptosis in NLRP3 pathway-blocked murine macrophages. Apoptosis 2020; 24:703-717. [PMID: 31175486 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-019-01551-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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ATP acts as a canonical activator to induce NLRP3 (NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3) inflammasome activation in macrophages, leading to caspase-1/gasdermin D (GSDMD)-mediated pyroptosis. It remains unclear whether ATP can induce pyroptosis in macrophages when the NLRP3 pathway is blocked by pathogenic infection. In this study, we used cellular models to mimic such blockade of NLRP3 activation: bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) treated with NLRP3-specific inhibitor MCC950 and RAW264.7 cells deficient in ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain) expression. The results showed that ATP treatment induced lytic cell death morphologically resembling canonical pyroptosis in both MCC950-treated BMDMs and RAW264.7 cells, but did not cause the activation of caspase-1 (by detecting caspase-1p10 and mature interleukin-1β) and cleavage of GSDMD. Instead, both apoptotic initiator (caspase-8 and -9) and executioner (caspase-3 and -7) caspases were evidently activated and gasdermin E (GSDME) was cleaved to generate its N-terminal fragment (GSDME-NT) which executes pyroptosis. The GSDME-NT production and lytic cell death induced by ATP were diminished by caspase-3 inhibitor. In BMDMs without MCC950 treatment, ATP induced the formation of ASC specks which were co-localized with caspase-8; with MCC950 treatment, however, ATP did not induced the formation of ASC specks. In RAW264.7 cells, knockdown of GSDME by small interfering RNA attenuated ATP-induced lytic cell death and HMGB1 release into culture supernatants. Collectively, our results indicate that ATP induces pyroptosis in macrophages through the caspase-3/GSDME axis when the canonical NLRP3 pathway is blocked, suggestive of an alternative mechanism for combating against pathogen evasion.
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- Chen-Ying Zeng
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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Xu LH, Pan H, Wang LM, Shen Y, Ding Y. Preparation of Fluorine-Free Superhydrophobic Cotton Fabric with Polyacrylate/SiO₂ Nanocomposite. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2020; 20:2292-2300. [PMID: 31492239 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2020.17317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fluorine-free superhydrophobic cotton fabric was fabricated by coating polyacrylate (PA)/SiO₂ nanocomposite. PA/SiO₂ nanocomposite was prepared based on the modified SiO₂ nanoparticles with double bonds and hexadecyl groups by solution polymerization of butyl acrylate (BA), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and octadecylmethacrylate (OMA). The obtained cotton fabric showed excellent superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 152.2±0.4° and a water shedding angle of 8.0±0.2°, due to the simultaneous introduction of surface topography constructed by modified SiO₂ nanoparticles and low surface free energy PA adhesive layer and hexadecyl groups onto cotton fibers. The as-obtained products were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and size distribution analysis. The obtained superhydrophobic fabric coated by PA/SiO₂ demonstrated good mechanical stability and self-cleaning. The PA/SiO₂ coating treatment caused little loss in the tensile strength, breathability, and whiteness of the treated fabric. This approach with improved human/environmental friendliness can pave the potential way for the preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces.
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- Li-Hui Xu
- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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Xu LH, Wang LM, Pan H, Shen Y, Ding Y, Zhang XY, Sheng Y. Preparation of Superhydrophobic Porous SiO₂ Aerogel Using Methyl Trimethoxy Silane Single Precursor and Superhydrophobic Cotton Fabric Coating from It. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2019; 19:7799-7809. [PMID: 31196292 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2019.16730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Superhydrophobic cotton fabrics were prepared by simultaneous incorporation of SiO₂ aerogel particles and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The SiO₂ aerogels were synthesized via acid-base catalyzed sol-gel reaction with methyl trimethoxy silane (MTMS) as the single precursor and oxalic acid and ammonium hydroxide as the catalyst in methanol (MeOH) solution by drying under ambient pressure. The preparation parameters (e.g., MTMS/MeOH molar ratio, oxalic acid/MTMS molar ratio, gelation pH value, and gelation temperature) had great influences on the density and porosity of the SiO₂ aerogel. The obtained SiO₂ aerogel had low density, high porosity and high specific surface area, showing the typical rough mesoporous structure. The prepared bulk SiO₂ aerogel displayed excellent superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle (WCA) of 151.0 ± 0.8°. Superhydrophobic cotton fabric with a WCA of 155.6 ± 0.9° for a 5 μL water droplet was successfully obtained by simply coating the PDMS/SiO₂ aerogel composite solution via dip-pad-cure process. This could be attributed to the combination of SiO₂ aerogel particles with porous rough microstructure, high specific surface area and PDMS adhesive layer with low surface energy. The effect of PDMS/SiO₂ aerogel coating treatment on the mechanical strength properties of the cotton fabrics was negligible. This simple approach may pave the potential way for practical applications.
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- Li-Hui Xu
- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Fashion and Textiles, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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Mai FY, He P, Ye JZ, Xu LH, Ouyang DY, Li CG, Zeng QZ, Zeng CY, Zhang CC, He XH, Hu B. Caspase-3-mediated GSDME activation contributes to cisplatin- and doxorubicin-induced secondary necrosis in mouse macrophages. Cell Prolif 2019; 52:e12663. [PMID: 31347748 PMCID: PMC6797504 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [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: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Induction of secondary necrosis/pyroptosis contributes to the toxicity of chemotherapeutic drugs, in which gasdermin E (GSDME) plays critical roles. This study aimed to explore whether GSDME is involved in mediating the cytotoxic effects of cisplatin and doxorubicin on mouse macrophages. METHODS RAW 264.7 cells and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were treated with cisplatin or doxorubicin. Propidium iodide staining was used to assay necrosis, and immunoblotting was performed to detect protein expression. GSDME was knocked down by using small interfering RNA. Mice were injected intraperitoneally to evaluate toxicity to macrophages in vivo. Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence microscopy were adopted to analyse phenotypes of peritoneal cells. Cytokine levels were assayed by cytometric bead array. RESULTS Both cisplatin and doxorubicin dose-dependently induced necrosis in mouse RAW 264.7 macrophages and BMDMs. Accompanying this, multiple caspases were activated, concomitant with the cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. Consistent with caspase-3 activation, GSDME was cleaved to generate its N-terminal fragment (GSDME-NT), thus leading to secondary necrosis/pyroptosis. Inhibition of caspase-3 significantly attenuated the generation of GSDME-NT concurrently with decreased necrosis in macrophages. GSDME knockdown also evidently decreased the necrosis in RAW 264.7 and BMDMs. Besides, cisplatin administration depleted peritoneal macrophages in mice, which was associated with caspase-3 activation and GSDME-NT generation. Consistent with the macrophage depletion, cisplatin administration significantly decreased survival of mice with bacterial infection. CONCLUSION Chemotherapeutic cisplatin and doxorubicin exerted their cytotoxicity on macrophages partly by inducing caspase-3/GSDME-mediated secondary necrosis.
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- Feng-Yi Mai
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Li CG, Zeng QZ, Chen MY, Xu LH, Zhang CC, Mai FY, Zeng CY, He XH, Ouyang DY. Evodiamine Augments NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Anti-bacterial Responses Through Inducing α-Tubulin Acetylation. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:290. [PMID: 30971927 PMCID: PMC6443907 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Evodiamine is a major ingredient of the plant Evodia rutaecarpa, which has long been used for treating infection-related diseases including diarrhea, beriberi and oral ulcer, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Here we aimed to explore whether evodiamine influenced NLRP3 (NLR family, pyrin containing domain 3) inflammasome activation in macrophages, which is a critical mechanism for defending the host against pathogenic infections. We uncovered that evodiamine dose-dependently enhanced NLRP3 inflammasome activation in lipopolysaccharide-primed macrophages, as indicated by increased interleukin (IL)-1β production and caspase-1 cleavage, accompanied by increased ASC speck formation and pyroptosis. Mechanistically, evodiamine induced acetylation of α-tubulin around the microtubule organization center (indicated by γ-tubulin) in lipopolysaccharide-primed macrophages. Such evodiamine-mediated increases in NLRP3 activation and pyroptosis were attenuated by activators of α-tubulin deacetylase, resveratrol and NAD+, or dynein-specific inhibitor ciliobrevin A. Small interfering RNA knockdown of αTAT1 (the gene encoding α-tubulin N-acetyltransferase) expression, which reduced α-tubulin acetylation, also diminished evodiamine-mediated augmentation of NLRP3 activation and pyroptosis. Evodiamine also enhanced NLRP3-mediated production of IL-1β and neutrophil recruitment in vivo. Moreover, evodiamine administration evidently improved survival of mice with lethal bacterial infection, accompanied by increased production of IL-1β and interferon-γ, decreased bacterial load, and dampened liver inflammation. Resveratrol treatment reversed evodiamine-induced increases of IL-1β and interferon-γ, and decreased bacterial clearance in mice. Collectively, our results indicated that evodiamine augmented the NLRP3 inflammasome activation through inducing α-tubulin acetylation, thereby conferring intensified innate immunity against bacterial infection.
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- Chen-Guang Li
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Zeng QZ, Yang F, Li CG, Xu LH, He XH, Mai FY, Zeng CY, Zhang CC, Zha QB, Ouyang DY. Paclitaxel Enhances the Innate Immunity by Promoting NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages. Front Immunol 2019; 10:72. [PMID: 30761140 PMCID: PMC6361797 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [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: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Microtubules play critical roles in regulating the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and microtubule-destabilizing agents such as colchicine have been shown to suppress the activation of this inflammasome. However, it remains largely unknown whether paclitaxel, a microtubule-stabilizing agent being used in cancer therapy, has any influences on NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Here we showed that paclitaxel pre-treatment greatly enhanced ATP- or nigericin-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation as indicated by increased release of cleaved caspase-1 and mature IL-1β, enhanced formation of ASC speck, and increased gasdermin D cleavage and pyroptosis. Paclitaxel time- and dose-dependently induced α-tubulin acetylation in LPS-primed murine and human macrophages and further increased ATP- or nigericin-induced α-tubulin acetylation. Such increased α-tubulin acetylation was significantly suppressed either by resveratrol or NAD+ (coenzyme required for deacetylase activity of SIRT2), or by genetic knockdown of MEC-17 (gene encoding α-tubulin acetyltransferase 1). Concurrently, the paclitaxel-mediated enhancement of NLRP3 inflammasome activation was significantly suppressed by resveratrol, NAD+, or MEC-17 knockdown, indicating the involvement of paclitaxel-induced α-tubulin acetylation in the augmentation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Similar to paclitaxel, epothilone B that is another microtubule-stabilizing agent also induced α-tubulin acetylation and increased NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages in response to ATP treatment. Consistent with the in vitro results, intraperitoneal administration of paclitaxel significantly increased serum IL-1β levels, reduced bacterial burden, dampened infiltration of inflammatory cells in the liver, and improved animal survival in a mouse model of bacterial infection. Collectively, our data indicate that paclitaxel potentiated NLRP3 inflammasome activation by inducing α-tubulin acetylation and thereby conferred enhanced antibacterial innate responses, suggesting its potential application against pathogenic infections beyond its use as a chemotherapeutic agent.
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- Qiong-Zhen Zeng
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Li XY, Liu MJ, Xu LH, Xu HG, Chen HL, Fang JP. [Clinical analysis of three cases with beta-thalassemia]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2018; 56:294-297. [PMID: 29614571 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2018.04.011] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Objective: To study the diagnostic strategy of β-thalassemia through retrospective analysis of 3 cases of β-thalassemia. Methods: Three patients were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from January 2014 to June 2015. The clinical manifestations, hemoglobin electrophoresis and gene detection of these patients and their parents were analyzed, diagnostic ideas and key points were discussed when beta thalassemia gene detection did not explain clinical manifestations or hemoglobin electrophoresis. Results: Case 1, boy, 5 years old, was diagnosed as compound heterozygotes of β41-42 and IVS-Ⅱ-654 with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin(HPFH) according to the clinical manifestations of mild anemia, normal size of liver and spleen, 92.8% fetal hemoglobin (HbF) and gene analysis. Case 2, girl, 3 years old, was confirmed the diagnosis of thalassemia intermedia with β41-42 heterozygote compound and αααanti3.7 heterozygote in accordance with the manifestations of severe anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, 8.6% HbF, 4.1% hemoglobin A2(HbA2) and gene analysis. Case 3, girl, 3 years old, with severe anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, 51.2% HbF and 3.7% HbA2, was diagnosed as thalassemia major with compound heterozygotes of PolyA (T→C) and β17 by DNA sequencing. Conclusion: The diagnosis of β-thalassemia should be confirmed by clinical manifestations of hemolytic anemia, hemoglobin electrophoresis, gene diagnosis and family survey.
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- X Y Li
- Department of Pediatrics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Li CG, Yan L, Jing YY, Xu LH, Liang YD, Wei HX, Hu B, Pan H, Zha QB, Ouyang DY, He XH. Berberine augments ATP-induced inflammasome activation in macrophages by enhancing AMPK signaling. Oncotarget 2018; 8:95-109. [PMID: 27980220 PMCID: PMC5352208 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The isoquinoline alkaloid berberine possesses many pharmacological activities including antibacterial infection. Although the direct bactericidal effect of berberine has been documented, its influence on the antibacterial functions of macrophages is largely unknown. As inflammasome activation in macrophages is important for the defense against bacterial infection, we aimed to investigate the influence of berberine on inflammasome activation in murine macrophages. Our results showed that berberine significantly increased ATP-induced inflammasome activation as reflected by enhanced pyroptosis as well as increased release of caspase-1p10 and mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in macrophages. Such effects of berberine could be suppressed by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) inhibitor compound C or by knockdown of AMPKα expression, indicating the involvement of AMPK signaling in this process. In line with increased IL-1β release, the ability of macrophages to kill engulfed bacteria was also intensified by berberine. This was corroborated by the in vivo finding that the peritoneal live bacterial load was decreased by berberine treatment. Moreover, berberine administration significantly improved survival of bacterial infected mice, concomitant with increased IL-1β levels and elevated neutrophil recruitment in the peritoneal cavity. Collectively, these data suggested that berberine could enhance bacterial killing by augmenting inflammasome activation in macrophages through AMPK signaling.
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- Chen-Guang Li
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Liu Y, Jing YY, Zeng CY, Li CG, Xu LH, Yan L, Bai WJ, Zha QB, Ouyang DY, He XH. Scutellarin Suppresses NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages and Protects Mice against Bacterial Sepsis. Front Pharmacol 2018; 8:975. [PMID: 29375379 PMCID: PMC5767189 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [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: 09/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The NLRP3 inflammasome plays a critical role in mediating the innate immune defense against pathogenic infections, but aberrant activation of NLRP3 inflammasome has been linked to a variety of inflammatory diseases. Thus targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome represents a promising therapeutic for the treatment of such diseases. Scutellarin is a flavonoid isolated from Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand.-Mazz. and has been reported to exhibit potent anti-inflammatory activities, but the underlying mechanism is only partly understood. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether scutellarin could affect the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages. The results showed that scutellarin dose-dependently reduced caspase-1 activation and decreased mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β) release in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-primed macrophages upon ATP or nigericin stimulation, indicating that scutellarin inhibited NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages. Consistent with this, scutellarin also suppressed pyroptotic cell death in LPS-primed macrophages treated with ATP or nigericin. ATP or nigericin-induced ASC speck formation and its oligomerization were blocked by scutellarin pre-treatment. Intriguingly, scutellarin augmented PKA-specific phosphorylation of NLRP3 in LPS-primed macrophages, which was completely blocked by selective PKA inhibitor H89, suggesting that PKA signaling had been involved in the action of scutellarin to suppress NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Supporting this, the inhibitory effect of scutellarin on NLRP3 inflammasome activation was completely counteracted by H89 or adenyl cyclase inhibitor MDL12330A. As NLRP3-dependent release of IL-1β has a critical role in sepsis, the in vivo activity of scutellarin was assayed in a mouse model of bacterial sepsis, which was established by intraperitoneally injection of a lethal dose of viable Escherichia coli. Oral administration of scutellarin significantly improved the survival of mice with bacterial sepsis. In line with this, scutellarin treatment significantly reduced serum IL-1β levels and attenuated the infiltration of inflammatory cells in the liver of E. coli-infected mice. These data indicated that scutellarin suppressed NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages by augmenting PKA signaling, highlighting its potential therapeutic application for treating NLRP3-related inflammatory diseases.
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- Yi Liu
- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Chen Q, Zhou JW, Fan JZ, Wu SH, Xu LH, Jiang Y, Ruan Z, Yu YS, Yu DJ, Wang XJ. Simultaneous emergence and rapid spread of three OXA-23 producing Acinetobacter baumannii ST208 strains in intensive care units confirmed by whole genome sequencing. Infect Genet Evol 2018; 58:243-250. [PMID: 29320720 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is a common nosocomial bacterial pathogen with limited treatment options. CRAB outbreaks are disastrous for critically ill patients. This study investigated carbapenemase-produced A. baumannii outbreaks in a tertiary hospital. Although multiple outbreaks were suggested by pulse-field gel electrophoresis, the genetic lineages and evolution between these isolates were not clear. To investigate the genomic epidemiology of these outbreaks and to reveal possible transmission routes, whole genome sequences (WGS) were compared and analyzed. From the WGS data, thirty isolates had the same sequence type (ST208); acquired resistance genes and chromosome resistant genes were detected and were responsible for multidrug resistance. A phylogenetic tree of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) compared to the earliest index isolate found that three outbreaks had emerged and disseminated simultaneously. Of these, <10 SNPs were detected within the cluster, whereas at least 600 SNPs were found between the clusters. The probable transmission routes of outbreaks were generated combined with the genetic distance of isolates and patient epidemiological data. In conclusion, WGS was a convenient and accurate monitoring method for genomic epidemiologic investigation of outbreaks, and the genomic surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens would be a powerful warning system for the surveillance and prevention of outbreaks.
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- Qiong Chen
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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Bai WJ, Li CG, Zhang CC, Xu LH, Zeng QZ, Hu B, Hong Z, He XH, Ouyang DY. Prolonged Deleterious Influences of Chemotherapeutic Agent CPT-11 on Resident Peritoneal Macrophages and B1 Cells. Front Immunol 2018; 8:1919. [PMID: 29354128 PMCID: PMC5760539 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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CPT-11 is a first-line chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of colorectal cancer in clinic. Previous studies including ours have demonstrated that CPT-11 is, however, toxic to the intestinal epithelium and resident peritoneal macrophages. By interacting with B1 cells, the resident peritoneal macrophages play critical roles in the maintenance of gastrointestinal homeostasis. It remains therefore elusive whether these peritoneal innate immune cells could be rebuilt spontaneously or artificially after being impaired by CPT-11 administration. In this study, we found that mouse resident peritoneal macrophages, namely the large peritoneal macrophages (LPMs) with a CD11b+F4/80hiGATA6+ phenotype, and B1 (CD19+CD23−) cells were depleted by intraperitoneal (i.p.) CPT-11 treatment within 1 week, but reappeared from day 14 after CPT-11 treatment. However, the recovery processes of these innate immune cells were slow, as their counts could not be fully recovered even 2 months later, when compared with that of vehicle-treated control group. Interestingly, in the peritoneal cavity of the mice treated with CPT-11, the cell counts of LPMs and B1 cells were significantly increased after adoptive transfer with syngeneic peritoneal exudate cells (PECs) from healthy mice. Adoptive transfer with bone marrow cells also slightly increased, although not significantly, the cell counts of LPMs and B1 cells in CPT-11-treated mice. The survival rate of bacterial infected mice was significantly reduced by i.p. CPT-11 treatment in comparison with vehicle-treated or untreated control groups. Besides, oral administration of CPT-11 also had a delayed toxicity on the resident peritoneal macrophages. Our results suggest that CPT-11 has prolonged deleterious effects on peritoneal innate immune cells but adoptive transfer with PECs may accelerate their recovery processes, highlighting the potential of adoptive cell transfer as an avenue to counteract the adverse effects of this chemotherapeutic agent.
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- Wen-Jing Bai
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Li CG, Yan L, Mai FY, Shi ZJ, Xu LH, Jing YY, Zha QB, Ouyang DY, He XH. Baicalin Inhibits NOD-Like Receptor Family, Pyrin Containing Domain 3 Inflammasome Activation in Murine Macrophages by Augmenting Protein Kinase A Signaling. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1409. [PMID: 29163487 PMCID: PMC5674921 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The flavonoid baicalin has been reported to possess potent anti-inflammatory activities by suppressing inflammatory signaling pathways. However, whether baicalin can suppress the activation of NOD-like receptor (NLR) family, pyrin containing domain 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in macrophages is largely unknown. Here, we showed that baicalin treatment dose-dependently inhibited adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or nigericin-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation, as revealed by the decreased release of mature interleukin (IL)-1β, active caspase-1p10, and high-mobility group box-1 protein from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-primed bone marrow-derived macrophages. The formation of ASC specks, a critical marker of NLRP3 inflammasome assembly, was robustly inhibited by baicalin in the macrophages upon ATP or nigericin stimulation. All these inhibitory effects of baicalin could be partly reversed by MDL12330A or H89, both of which are inhibitors of the protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathway. Consistent with this, baicalin strongly enhanced PKA-mediated phosphorylation of NLRP3, which has been suggested to prevent ASC recruitment into the inflammasome. Of note, the PKA inhibitor H89 could block baicalin-induced NLRP3 phosphorylation on PKA-specific sites, further supporting PKA’s role in this process. In addition, we showed that when administered pre and post exposure to Escherichia coli infection baicalin treatment significantly improved mouse survival in bacterial sepsis. Baicalin administration also significantly reduced IL-1β levels in the sera of bacterial infected mice. Altogether, our results revealed that baicalin inhibited NLRP3 inflammasome activation at least partly through augmenting PKA signaling, highlighting its therapeutic potential for the treatment of NLRP3-related inflammatory diseases.
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- Chen-Guang Li
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Guo XH, Feng ZK, Xu LH. [The efficacy and safety of linagliptin in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: a pooled analysis of eight placebo-controlled clinical trials]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2017; 56:588-594. [PMID: 28789492 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2017.08.007] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, linagliptin, in subjects aged 60 years or older with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: Data from eight 24-week, multinational, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group studies were analyzed. Patients aged 60 years or older with T2DM were received oral linagliptin (5 mg/d) or placebo in combination with metformin, or metformin plus sulfonylurea. Efficacy was assessed by the changes in glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) from baseline to 24 weeks of treatment. Safety endpoint included the frequency and intensity of adverse events. Results: A total of 1 421 patients (placebo 429, linagliptin 992) were included in the full analysis set (FAS). Mean ages of the subjects were (67.4±5.6) years in the linagliptin group and (66.7±5.6) years in the placebo group. Baseline HbA1c was (8.0±0.8) % in the linagliptin group and (8.1±0.9) % in the placebo group. At the end of 24-week, placebo-adjusted reduction in HbA1c in subjects with linagliptin was (0.7±0.1)% (95%CI 0.6-0.8, P<0.000 1), and placebo-adjusted reduction in FPG in subjects with linagliptin was (0.88±0.12) mmol/L(95%CI 0.65-1.11, P<0.000 1). Overall safety and tolerability in the two groups were similar. Adverse events occurred in 57.1% of patients in the placebo group and 61.1% of patients in the linagliptin group, and the incidence of adverse events leading to discontinuation was 3.2% in the placebo group and 3.8% in the linagliptin group. Serious adverse events occurred in 1.6% of patients in the placebo group and 2.8% of patients in the linagliptin group. Investigator-defined hypoglycaemia occurred in 7.3% of patients in the placebo group and 11.9% of patients in the linagliptin group. Among them, most were mild or moderate hypoglycaemia, and severe hypoglycaemia only occurred in 0.2% of patients in the placebo and 0.5% in the linagliptin groups. Overall incidence of hypoglycaemia in linagliptin group was slightly higher than that in placebo group, which might be due to the fact that more patients were taking sulfonylureas in linagliptin group than in placebo group (26.8% linagliptin; 18.4% placebo). No difference could be viewed in hypoglycaemia between the two groups in patients without sulfonylureas (1.2% linagliptin, 1.1% placebo). Moreover, no severe hypoglycaemia was reported in subjects without sulfonylureas. The incidences of other adverse events were similar in both groups. Conclusion: Linagliptin was efficacious in lowering glucose with a safety profile similar to placebo in type 2 diabetic patients aged 60 years or older.
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- X H Guo
- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing100034, China
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Xu ZX, Ma GL, Zhang Q, Chen CH, He YM, Xu LH, Zhou GR, Li ZH, Yang HJ, Zhou P. Inhibitory Mechanism of Epigallocatechin Gallate on Fibrillation and Aggregation of Amidated Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:1611-1619. [PMID: 28297133 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The abnormal fibrillation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is associated with development of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) can bind amyloid proteins to inhibit the fibrillation of these proteins. However, the mechanic detail of EGCG inhibiting amyloid formation is still unclear at the molecular level. In the present work, we sought to investigate the effect of EGCG on amidated hIAPP (hIAPP-NH2 ) fibrillation and aggregation by using spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, and also sought to gain insights into the interaction of EGCG and hIAPP22-27 by using spectroscopic experiments and quantum chemical calculations. ThT fluorescence, real-time NMR, and TEM studies demonstrated that EGCG inhibits the formation of hIAPP-NH2 fibrils, while promoting the formation of hIAPP-NH2 amorphous aggregates. Phenylalanine intrinsic fluorescence and NMR studies of the EGCG/hIAPP22-27 complex revealed three important binding sites including the A ring of EGCG, residue Phe23, and residue Ile26. DFT calculations identified the dominant binding structures of EGCG/Phe23 and EGCG/Ile26 complexes, named structure I and structure II, respectively. Our study demonstrates the inhibitory mechanism of EGCG on fibrillation and aggregation of hIAPP-NH2 in which EGCG interacts with hIAPP-NH2 through hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions between the A ring and residue Phe23 as well as hydrophobic interactions between the A ring and residue Ile26, which can thus inhibit the interpeptide interaction between hIAPP-NH2 monomers and finally inhibit fibrillation of hIAPP-NH2 . This study agrees with and reinforces previous studies and offers an intuitive explanation at both the atomic and molecular levels. Our findings may provide an invaluable reference for the future development of new drugs in the management of diabetes.
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- Zhi-Xue Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 21-55664038
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis & Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 21-55664038
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- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 21-55664038
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 21-55664038
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis & Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 21-55664038
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Zha QB, Wei HX, Li CG, Liang YD, Xu LH, Bai WJ, Pan H, He XH, Ouyang DY. ATP-Induced Inflammasome Activation and Pyroptosis Is Regulated by AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Macrophages. Front Immunol 2016; 7:597. [PMID: 28018360 PMCID: PMC5149551 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [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: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is released by bacteria and host cells during bacterial infection as well as sterile tissue injury, acting as an inducer of inflammasome activation. Previous studies have shown that ATP treatment leads to AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation. However, it is unclear whether AMPK signaling has been involved in the regulation of ATP-induced inflammasome activation and subsequent pyroptosis. In this study, we aimed to investigate this issue in lipopolysaccharide-activated murine macrophages. Our results showed that AMPK signaling was activated in murine macrophages upon ATP treatment, which was accompanied by inflammasome activation and pyroptosis as evidenced by rapid cell membrane rupture as well as mature interleukin (IL)-1β and active caspase-1p10 release. The ATP-induced inflammasome activation and pyroptosis were markedly suppressed by an AMPK inhibitor compound C or small-interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of AMPKα, but could be greatly enhanced by metformin (a well-known AMPK agonist). Importantly, metformin administration increased the mortality of mice with bacterial sepsis, which was likely because metformin treatment enhanced the systemic inflammasome activation as indicated by elevated serum and hepatic IL-1β levels. Collectively, these data indicated that the AMPK signaling positively regulated ATP-induced inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in macrophages, highlighting the possibility of AMPK-targeting therapies for inflammatory diseases involving inflammasome activation.
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- Qing-Bing Zha
- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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Fang JP, Xu LH. [Current situation and future prospectives of umbilical cord blood transplantation in China]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 54:801-803. [PMID: 27806784 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Liang YD, Bai WJ, Li CG, Xu LH, Wei HX, Pan H, He XH, Ouyang DY. Piperine Suppresses Pyroptosis and Interleukin-1β Release upon ATP Triggering and Bacterial Infection. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:390. [PMID: 27812336 PMCID: PMC5071324 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 08/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Piperine is a phytochemical present in black pepper (Piper nigrum Linn) and other related herbs, possessing a wide array of pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory effects. Previously, we demonstrated that piperine has therapeutic effects on bacterial sepsis in mice, but the underlying mechanism has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we aimed to investigate the influences of piperine on pyroptosis in murine macrophages. The results showed that piperine dose-dependently inhibited ATP-induced pyroptosis, thereby suppressing interleukin-1β (IL-1β) or high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1) release in LPS-primed bone marrow-derived macrophages and J774A.1 cells. Accompanying this, ATP-induced AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation was greatly suppressed by piperine, whereas AMPK agonist metformin counteracted piperine’s inhibitory effects on pyroptosis. Moreover, piperine administration greatly reduced both peritoneal and serum IL-1β levels in the mouse model intraperitoneally infected with Escherichia coli, suggestive of suppressing systemic inflammation and pyroptosis. Our data indicated that piperine could protect macrophages from pyroptosis and reduced IL-1β and HMGB1 release by suppressing ATP-induced AMPK activation, suggesting that piperine may become a potential therapeutic agent against bacterial sepsis.
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- Yi-Dan Liang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University Guangzhou, China
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Zhao GX, Xu LH, Pan H, Lin QR, Huang MY, Cai JY, Ouyang DY, He XH. The BH3-mimetic gossypol and noncytotoxic doses of valproic acid induce apoptosis by suppressing cyclin-A2/Akt/FOXO3a signaling. Oncotarget 2016; 6:38952-66. [PMID: 26517515 PMCID: PMC4770749 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Previously we reported that valproic acid (VPA) acts in synergy with GOS to enhance cell death in human DU145 cells. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. In this study, we observed that such synergistic cytotoxicity of GOS and VPA could be extended to human A375, HeLa, and PC-3 cancer cells. GOS and VPA co-treatment induced robust apoptosis as evidenced by caspase-8/-9/-3 activation, PARP cleavage, and nuclear fragmentation. GOS and VPA also markedly decreased cyclin A2 protein expression. Owing to the reduction of cyclin A2, Akt signaling was suppressed, leading to dephosphorylation of FOXO3a. Consequently, FOXO3a was activated and the expression of its target genes, including pro-apoptotic FasL and Bim, was upregulated. Supporting this, FOXO3a knockdown attenuated FasL and Bim upregulation and apoptosis induction in GOS+VPA-treated cells. Furthermore, blocking proteasome activity by MG132 prevented the downregulation of cyclin A2, dephosphorylation of Akt and FOXO3a, and induction of apoptosis in cells co-treated with GOS and VPA. In mouse model, GOS and VPA combination significantly inhibited the growth of A375 melanoma xenografts. Our findings indicate that GOS and VPA co-treatment induces apoptosis in human cancer cells by suppressing the cyclin-A2/Akt/FOXO3a pathway.
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- Gao-Xiang Zhao
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Huang MY, Pan H, Liang YD, Wei HX, Xu LH, Zha QB, He XH, Ouyang DY. Chemotherapeutic agent CPT-11 eliminates peritoneal resident macrophages by inducing apoptosis. Apoptosis 2016; 21:130-42. [PMID: 26531131 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1193-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 12/31/2022]
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CPT-11 (Irinotecan) is a first-line chemotherapeutic agent in clinic, but it may induce side effects including diarrhea and enteritis in patients. The underlying mechanism of CPT-11's intestinal toxicity is unclear. Peritoneal resident macrophages have been reported to be important for the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis. In this study, we evaluated the cytotoxic effects of CPT-11 on mouse peritoneal resident macrophages. CPT-11 was administered intraperitoneally to mice and their peritoneal exudate cells were isolated for evaluation. CPT-11 treatment strikingly decreased the ratio of F4/80(hi)MHCII(low) large peritoneal macrophages (LPMs), which are regarded as prenatally-originated peritoneal resident macrophages. Consistent with this, the transcription factor GATA6 specifically expressed in LPMs was barely detectable in the macrophages from CPT-11-treated mice, indicative of elimination of LPMs. Such elimination of LPMs was at least partly due to CPT-induced apoptosis in macrophages, because inhibition of apoptosis by caspase-3 inhibitor z-DEVD-fmk significantly diminished the loss of GATA6(+) LPMs. As GATA6 is a transcription factor that controls expression of multiple genes regulating peritoneal B-1 cell development and translocation, elimination of GATA6(+) LPMs led to a great reduction in B-1 cells in the peritoneal cavity after CPT-11 treatment. These results indicated that CPT-11-induced apoptosis contributed to the elimination of peritoneal resident macrophages, which might in turn impair the function of peritoneal B-1 cells in maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Our findings may at least partly explain why CPT-11 treatment in cancer patients induces diarrhea and enteritis, which may provide a novel avenue to prevent such side effects.
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- Mei-Yun Huang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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Pan H, Xu LH, Huang MY, Zha QB, Zhao GX, Hou XF, Shi ZJ, Lin QR, Ouyang DY, He XH. Piperine metabolically regulates peritoneal resident macrophages to potentiate their functions against bacterial infection. Oncotarget 2016; 6:32468-83. [PMID: 26439699 PMCID: PMC4741706 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pepper, a daily-used seasoning for promoting appetite, is widely used in folk medicine for treating gastrointestinal diseases. Piperine is the major alkaloid in pepper and possesses a wide range of pharmacological activities. However, the mechanism for linking metabolic and medicinal activities of piperine remains unknown. Here we report that piperine robustly boosts mTORC1 activity by recruiting more system L1 amino acid transporter (SLC7A5/SLC3A2) to the cell membrane, thus promoting amino acid metabolism. Piperine-induced increase of mTORC1 activity in resident peritoneal macrophages (pMΦs) is correlated with enhanced production of IL-6 and TNF-α upon LPS stimulation. Such an enhancement of cytokine production could be abrogated by inhibitors of the mTOR signaling pathway, indicating mTOR's action in this process. Moreover, piperine treatment protected resident pMΦs from bacterium-induced apoptosis and disappearance, and increased their bacterial phagocytic ability. Consequently, piperine administration conferred mice resistance against bacterial infection and even sepsis. Our data highlight that piperine has the capacity to metabolically reprogram peritoneal resident macrophages to fortify their innate functions against bacterial infection.
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- Hao Pan
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Gao YY, Ji J, Jin L, Sun BL, Xu LH, Wang CK, Bi YZ. Xanthophyll supplementation regulates carotenoid and retinoid metabolism in hens and chicks. Poult Sci 2016; 95:541-9. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pev335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Wang L, Chen L, Yu M, Xu LH, Cheng B, Lin YS, Gu Q, He XH, Xu J. Discovering new mTOR inhibitors for cancer treatment through virtual screening methods and in vitro assays. Sci Rep 2016; 6:18987. [PMID: 26732172 PMCID: PMC4702177 DOI: 10.1038/srep18987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is an attractive target for new anticancer drug development. We recently developed in silico models to distinguish mTOR inhibitors and non-inhibitors. In this study, we developed an integrated strategy for identifying new mTOR inhibitors using cascaded in silico screening models. With this strategy, fifteen new mTOR kinase inhibitors including four compounds with IC50 values below 10 μM were discovered. In particular, compound 17 exhibited potent anticancer activities against four tumor cell lines, including MCF-7, HeLa, MGC-803, and C6, with IC50 values of 1.90, 2.74, 3.50 and 11.05 μM. Furthermore, cellular studies and western blot analyses revealed that 17 induces cell death via apoptosis by targeting both mTORC1 and mTORC2 within cells and arrests the cell cycle of HeLa at the G1/G0-phase. Finally, multi-nanosecond explicit solvent simulations and MM/GBSA analyses were carried out to study the inhibitory mechanisms of 13, 17, and 40 for mTOR. The potent compounds presented here are worthy of further investigation.
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- Ling Wang
- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.,Pre-Incubator for Innovative Drugs &Medicine, School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery &Institute of Human Virology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Lin QR, Li CG, Zha QB, Xu LH, Pan H, Zhao GX, Ouyang DY, He XH. Gossypol induces pyroptosis in mouse macrophages via a non-canonical inflammasome pathway. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2016; 292:56-64. [PMID: 26765310 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gossypol, a polyphenolic compound isolated from cottonseeds, has been reported to possess many pharmacological activities, but whether it can influence inflammasome activation remains unclear. In this study, we found that in mouse macrophages, gossypol induced cell death characterized by rapid membrane rupture and robust release of HMGB1 and pro-caspase-11 comparable to ATP treatment, suggesting an induction of pyroptotic cell death. Unlike ATP, gossypol induced much low levels of mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β) secretion from mouse peritoneal macrophages primed with LPS, although it caused pro-IL-1β release similar to that of ATP. Consistent with this, activated caspase-1 responsible for pro-IL-1β maturation was undetectable in gossypol-treated peritoneal macrophages. Besides, RAW 264.7 cells lacking ASC expression and caspase-1 activation also underwent pyroptotic cell death upon gossypol treatment. In further support of pyroptosis induction, both pan-caspase inhibitor and caspase-1 subfamily inhibitor, but not caspase-3 inhibitor, could sharply suppress gossypol-induced cell death. Other canonical pyroptotic inhibitors, including potassium chloride and N-acetyl-l-cysteine, could suppress ATP-induced pyroptosis but failed to inhibit or even enhanced gossypol-induced cell death, whereas nonspecific pore-formation inhibitor glycine could attenuate this process, suggesting involvement of a non-canonical pathway. Of note, gossypol treatment eliminated thioglycollate-induced macrophages in the peritoneal cavity with recruitment of other leukocytes. Moreover, gossypol administration markedly decreased the survival of mice in a bacterial sepsis model. Collectively, these results suggested that gossypol induced pyroptosis in mouse macrophages via a non-canonical inflammasome pathway, which raises a concern for its in vivo cytotoxicity to macrophages.
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- Qiu-Ru Lin
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Chen CH, Yao T, Zhang Q, He YM, Xu LH, Zheng M, Zhou GR, Zhang Y, Yang HJ, Zhou P. Influence of trehalose on human islet amyloid polypeptide fibrillation and aggregation. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra27689f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A lower dose of trehalose inhibits or delays, while higher dose of trehalose promotes the hIAPP fibrillation and aggregation.
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Xu ZX, Zhang Q, Ma GL, Chen CH, He YM, Xu LH, Zhang Y, Zhou GR, Li ZH, Yang HJ, Zhou P. Influence of Aluminium and EGCG on Fibrillation and Aggregation of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide. J Diabetes Res 2016; 2016:1867059. [PMID: 28074190 PMCID: PMC5198260 DOI: 10.1155/2016/1867059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The abnormal fibrillation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) has been implicated in the development of type II diabetes. Aluminum is known to trigger the structural transformation of many amyloid proteins and induce the formation of toxic aggregate species. The (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is considered capable of binding both metal ions and amyloid proteins with inhibitory effect on the fibrillation of amyloid proteins. However, the effect of Al(III)/EGCG complex on hIAPP fibrillation is unclear. In the present work, we sought to view insight into the structures and properties of Al(III) and EGCG complex by using spectroscopic experiments and quantum chemical calculations and also investigated the influence of Al(III) and EGCG on hIAPP fibrillation and aggregation as well as their combined interference on this process. Our studies demonstrated that Al(III) could promote fibrillation and aggregation of hIAPP, while EGCG could inhibit the fibrillation of hIAPP and lead to the formation of hIAPP amorphous aggregates instead of the ordered fibrils. Furthermore, we proved that the Al(III)/EGCG complex in molar ratio of 1 : 1 as Al(EGCG)(H2O)2 could inhibit the hIAPP fibrillation more effectively than EGCG alone. The results provide the invaluable reference for the new drug development to treat type II diabetes.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis & Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis & Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Yu F, Niu XH, Zhang Q, Zhao HT, Xu LH, Deng ZP. Radiofrequency ablation under 3D intraoperative Iso-C C-arm navigation for the treatment of osteoid osteomas. Br J Radiol 2015; 88:20140535. [PMID: 26415989 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative three-dimensional (3D) Iso-C C-arm-navigated percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of osteoid osteomas. METHODS 35 patients (20 males and 15 females) with osteoid osteomas underwent treatment with intraoperative 3D Iso-C C-arm navigation-guided RFA. The tumour was first biopsied for pathological examination, the core needle was removed and the RFA needle was inserted into the nidus. Post-operative X-rays and CT scans were performed to evaluate the degree of ablation and to assess for recurrence at 3-month follow-up. Patients also completed a visual analogue scale (VAS) both pre-operatively and 3 days post-operatively to subjectively assess pain. RESULTS Pathological diagnosis confirmed osteoid osteoma in 19 cases. The other 16 cases were not pathologically diagnosed owing to inadequate biopsy specimens. In all cases, localized pain was immediately relieved following RFA. Patients reported significantly decreased pain, with mean pre-operative VAS scores of 3.4 reducing to 0.80 at 3 days post-operatively and further to 0.06 at 3-month follow-up (p < 0.05). The mean follow-up time was 15.5 months (range: 3-38 months). CONCLUSION 3D Iso-C C-arm navigation-guided RFA is a safe and effective option for the treatment of osteoid osteomas and may be considered in place of intraoperative CT-guided and open resection. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE C-arm image-guided percutaneous RFA mitigates the need for pre-operative CT as well as intraoperative scintigraphy, provides real-time imaging of the anatomy, facilitates accurate resection of the tumour and enables immediate confirmation of excision.
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- Feng Yu
- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xu LH, Mu FF, Zhao JH, He Q, Cao CL, Yang H, Liu Q, Liu XH, Sun SJ. Lead Induces Apoptosis and Histone Hyperacetylation in Rat Cardiovascular Tissues. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129091. [PMID: 26075388 PMCID: PMC4468051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 02/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Acute and chronic lead (Pb) exposure might cause hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of early acute exposure to Pb on the cellular morphology, apoptosis, and proliferation in rats and to elucidate the early mechanisms involved in the development of Pb-induced hypertension. Very young Sprague-Dawley rats were allowed to drink 1% Pb acetate for 12 and 40 days. Western blot analysis indicated that the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) decreased in the tissues of the abdominal and thoracic aortas and increased in the cardiac tissue after 12 and 40 days of Pb exposure, respectively. Bax was upregulated and Bcl-2 was downregulated in vascular and cardiac tissues after 40 days of Pb exposure. In addition, an increase in caspase-3 activity was observed after 40 days of exposure to Pb. In terms of morphology, we found that the internal elastic lamina (IEL) of aorta lost the original curve and the diameter of cardiac cell was enlarged after 40 days. Furthermore, the exposure led to a marked increase in acetylated histone H3 levels in the aortas and cardiac tissue after 12 and 40 days, than that in the control group. These findings indicate that Pb might increase the level of histone acetylation and induce apoptosis in vascular and cardiac tissues. However, the mechanism involved need to be further investigated.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- College of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- The Second Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- The Second Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- College of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- College of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- College of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- College of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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Zha QB, Zhang XY, Lin QR, Xu LH, Zhao GX, Pan H, Zhou D, Ouyang DY, Liu ZH, He XH. Cucurbitacin E Induces Autophagy via Downregulating mTORC1 Signaling and Upregulating AMPK Activity. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124355. [PMID: 25970614 PMCID: PMC4430304 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cucurbitacins, the natural triterpenoids possessing many biological activities, have been reported to suppress the mTORC1/p70S6K pathway and to induce autophagy. However, the correlation between such activities is largely unknown. In this study, we addressed this issue in human cancer cells in response to cucurbitacin E (CuE) treatment. Our results showed that CuE induced autophagy as evidenced by the formation of LC3-II and colocalization of punctate LC3 with the lysosomal marker LAMP2 in HeLa and MCF7 cells. However, CuE induced much lower levels of autophagy in ATG5-knocked down cells and failed to induce autophagy in DU145 cells lacking functional ATG5 expression, suggesting the dependence of CuE-induced autophagy on ATG5. Consistent with autophagy induction, mTORC1 activity (as reflected by p70S6K and ULK1S758 phosphorylation) was inhibited by CuE treatment. The suppression of mTORC1 activity was further confirmed by reduced recruitment of mTOR to the lysosome, which is the activation site of mTORC1. In contrast, CuE rapidly activated AMPK leading to increased phosphorylation of its substrates. AMPK activation contributed to CuE-induced suppression of mTORC1/p70S6K signaling and autophagy induction, since AMPK knockdown diminished these effects. Collectively, our data suggested that CuE induced autophagy in human cancer cells at least partly via downregulation of mTORC1 signaling and upregulation of AMPK activity.
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- Qing-Bing Zha
- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Fetal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Wang GM, Spector A, Luo CQ, Tang LQ, Xu LH, Guo WY, Huang YQ. Prevalence of age-related cataract in Ganzi and in Qinpu. The Epidemiological Study Group. Dev Ophthalmol 2015; 21:33-40. [PMID: 1868946 DOI: 10.1159/000419931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, People's Republic of China
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Hou XF, Pan H, Xu LH, Zha QB, He XH, Ouyang DY. Piperine Suppresses the Expression of CXCL8 in Lipopolysaccharide-Activated SW480 and HT-29 Cells via Downregulating the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways. Inflammation 2014; 38:1093-102. [DOI: 10.1007/s10753-014-0075-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Tian F, Xu LH, Wang B, Tian LJ, Ji XL. The neuroprotective mechanism of puerarin in the treatment of acute spinal ischemia-reperfusion injury is linked to cyclin-dependent kinase 5. Neurosci Lett 2014; 584:50-5. [PMID: 25301568 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.09.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2014] [Revised: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Puerarin is shown to exert a variety of pharmacological effects including neuroprotective properties. However, mechanisms of the action are not fully understood. This study was designed to explore the mechanism of puerarin in treatment of acute spinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Acute spinal ischemia-reperfusion injury was conducted by aortic occlusion in twenty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighting 230-250 g. The animals were randomly divided into four groups. In the animals with puerarin treatment, 50 mg/kg of puerarin was injected intraperitoneally after reperfusion, and followed by the same dose of injection every 24h for 2 days. In the animals with roscovitine pre-treatment, 30 mg/kg roscovitine was intravenously administrated 60 min before spinal ischemia started. After spinal ischemia for 60 min followed by 48 h of reperfusion, the motor function, spinal infarction volume, apoptosis indices and the activities of Cdk5 and p25 were examined. Acute spinal ischemia-reperfusion resulted in an injury of the spines associated with motor deficit, elevation of Cdk5 and p25 activities, and increase in the spinal apoptosis number and spinal infarction volume. Puerarin improved motor function associated with the decreased apoptosis number, spinal infarction volume, and Cdk5 and p25 activities. The present study indicated that reduction of spinal injury was associated with inhibition of Cdk5 and p25, and that inhibition of Cdk5 and p25 was one of the neuroprotective mechanisms in the puerarin treatment of acute ischemia/reperfusion-induced spinal injury in rats.
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- Feng Tian
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shenyang Medical College Fengtian Hospital, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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Wang Y, Liu Y, Zhang XY, Xu LH, Ouyang DY, Liu KP, Pan H, He J, He XH. Ginsenoside Rg1 regulates innate immune responses in macrophages through differentially modulating the NF-κB and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways. Int Immunopharmacol 2014; 23:77-84. [PMID: 25179784 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 04/28/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ginsenoside Rg1 is one of the major active components of ginseng, which has been shown to regulate the immune response of hosts. However, the mechanism underlying the immunomodulatory effect of Rg1 is incompletely understood. In this study, we aimed to explore whether and how Rg1 regulates the innate immune response in macrophages. The results showed that Rg1 treatment significantly increased tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α but decreased interleukin-6 (IL-6) protein expression in both lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW 264.7 cells and mouse peritoneal macrophages. However, Rg1 reduced the mRNA levels of both cytokines in LPS-activated macrophages, which might be a consequence of decreased activation of IκB and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB). Importantly, Rg1 treatment further promoted LPS-induced activation of the Akt/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which is critical for controlling protein translation. The elevated Akt/mTOR signaling was likely responsible for increased production of TNF-α protein at the translational level, as suppression of this pathway by LY294002, an inhibitor of the upstream phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), abrogated such an enhancement of TNF-α protein expression even though its mRNA levels were conversely increased. These findings highlight a novel mechanism for Rg1 to regulate the innate immune response in macrophages through differentially modulating the NF-κB and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways.
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- Yao Wang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
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Zhou D, Liu Y, Xu LH, Ouyang DY, Pan H, Zhang XY, Zhao GX, He XH. Chloroquine Differentially Modulates Inflammatory Cytokine Expression in RAW 264.7 Cells in Response to Inactivated Staphylococcus aureus. Inflammation 2014; 38:745-55. [DOI: 10.1007/s10753-014-9985-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Zhang YT, Xu LH, Lu Q, Liu KP, Liu PY, Ji F, Liu XM, Ouyang DY, He XH. VASP activation via the Gα13/RhoA/PKA pathway mediates cucurbitacin-B-induced actin aggregation and cofilin-actin rod formation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93547. [PMID: 24691407 PMCID: PMC3972149 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cucurbitacin B (CuB), a potent antineoplastic agent of cucurbitacin triterpenoids, induces rapid disruption of actin cytoskeleton and aberrant cell cycle inhibiting carcinogenesis. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of such anticancer effects remains incompletely understood. In this study, we showed that CuB treatment rapidly induced vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) phosphorylation (i.e. activation) at the Ser157 residue and generated VASP clumps which were co-localized with amorphous actin aggregates prior to the formation of highly-ordered cofilin-actin rods in melanoma cells. Knockdown of VASP or inhibition of VASP activation using PKA-specific inhibitor H89 suppressed CuB-induced VASP activation, actin aggregation and cofilin-actin rod formation. The VASP activation was mediated by cAMP-independent PKA activation as CuB decreased the levels of cAMP while MDL12330A, an inhibitor of adenylyl cyclase, had weak effect on VASP activation. Knockdown of either Gα13 or RhoA not only suppressed VASP activation, but also ameliorated CuB-induced actin aggregation and abrogated cofilin-actin rod formation. Collectively, our studies highlighted that the CuB-induced actin aggregation and cofilin-actin rod formation was mediated via the Gα13/RhoA/PKA/VASP pathway.
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- Yan-Ting Zhang
- Department of Immunobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Immunobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Entomological Institute, Guangzhou, China
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- Southern China Primate Research Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Wang Y, Zhao GX, Xu LH, Liu KP, Pan H, He J, Cai JY, Ouyang DY, He XH. Cucurbitacin IIb exhibits anti-inflammatory activity through modulating multiple cellular behaviors of mouse lymphocytes. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89751. [PMID: 24587010 PMCID: PMC3934946 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cucurbitacin IIb (CuIIb) is one of the major active compounds in Hemsleyadine tablets which have been used for clinical treatment of bacillary dysentery, enteritis and acute tonsilitis. However, its action mechanism has not been completely understood. This study aimed to explore the anti-inflammatory activity of CuIIb and its underlying mechanism in mitogen-activated lymphocytes isolated from mouse mesenteric lymph nodes. The results showed that CuIIb inhibited the proliferation of concanavalin A (Con A)-activated lymphocytes in a time- and dose-dependent manner. CuIIb treatment arrested their cell cycle in S and G2/M phases probably due to the disruption of the actin cytoskeleton and the modulation of p27(Kip1) and cyclin levels. Moreover, the surface expression of activation markers CD69 and CD25 on Con A-activated CD3(+) T lymphocytes was suppressed by CuIIb treatment. Both Con A- and phorbol ester plus ionomycin-induced expression of TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-6 proteins was attenuated upon exposure to CuIIb. Mechanistically, CuIIb treatment suppressed the phosphorylation of JNK and Erk1/2 but not p38 in Con A-activated lymphocytes. Although CuIIb unexpectedly enhanced the phosphorylation of IκB and NF-κB (p65), it blocked the nuclear translocation of NF-κB (p65). In support of this, CuIIb significantly decreased the mRNA levels of IκBα and TNF-α, two target genes of NF-κB, in Con A-activated lymphocytes. In addition, CuIIb downregulated Con A-induced STAT3 phosphorylation and increased cell apoptosis. Collectively, these results suggest that CuIIb exhibits its anti-inflammatory activity through modulating multiple cellular behaviors and signaling pathways, leading to the suppression of the adaptive immune response.
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- Yao Wang
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Liu KP, Zhou D, Ouyang DY, Xu LH, Wang Y, Wang LX, Pan H, He XH. LC3B-II deacetylation by histone deacetylase 6 is involved in serum-starvation-induced autophagic degradation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 441:970-5. [PMID: 24220335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Autophagy is a conserved mechanism for controlling the degradation of misfolded proteins and damaged organelles in eukaryotes and can be induced by nutrient withdrawal, including serum starvation. Although differential acetylation of autophagy-related proteins has been reported to be involved in autophagic flux, the regulation of acetylated microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) is incompletely understood. In this study, we found that the acetylation levels of phosphotidylethanolamine (PE)-conjugated LC3B (LC3B-II), which is a critical component of double-membrane autophagosome, were profoundly decreased in HeLa cells upon autophagy induction by serum starvation. Pretreatment with lysosomal inhibitor chloroquine did not attenuate such deacetylation. Under normal culture medium, we observed increased levels of acetylated LC3B-II in cells treated with tubacin, a specific inhibitor of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6). However, tubacin only partially suppressed serum-starvation-induced LC3B-II deacetylation, suggesting that HDAC6 is not the only deacetylase acting on LC3B-II during serum-starvation-induced autophagy. Interestingly, tubacin-induced increase in LC3B-II acetylation was associated with p62/SQSTM1 accumulation upon serum starvation. HDAC6 knockdown did not influence autophagosome formation but resulted in impaired degradation of p62/SQSTM1 during serum starvation. Collectively, our data indicated that LC3B-II deacetylation, which was partly mediated by HDAC6, is involved in autophagic degradation during serum starvation.
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- Kun-Peng Liu
- Department of Immunobiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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Xu LH, Zhang Q, Hao L, Ding Y, Niu XH. [Diagnosis and treatment of giant cell tumor of bone in skeletal immature patients]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2013; 51:827-830. [PMID: 24330965] [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: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the common characteristics of giant cell tumor of bone in immature skeletons. METHODS From 1989 to 2009, the 8 skeletal immature patients were pathologically diagnosed with giant cell tumor (GCT) in our department, which accounted for 1.3% (8/621) of all GCT patients in an extremity. All patients were identified with an open epiphyseal plate by retrospective review of the radiograph, CT or MRI by senior consultants. Oncological and functional outcome were followed for a mean 44.1 months. There were 5 boys and 3 girls. The mean age was 13.8 years. All cases had a primary lesion. The distal femur is the most common site involved (3 cases), followed by the proximal tibia (2 cases). The proximal humerus, the distal tibia and the distal radius accounted for 1 case respectively. Oncological and functional outcome are followed for a mean 44.1 months. RESULTS All lesions were lytic. Six lesions involved both the epiphysis and metaphysis. Two lesions located in the metaphysis area. Six lesions were treated with extended curettage and were reconstructed with allograft and (or) bone cement. Internal fixations were used in 2 cases. Two cases were treated with segmental resection. And one was reconstructed with cement spacer and the other one with segmental allograft and internal fixation. One patient (1/6) developed a bone recurrence after extended curettage. No extremity deformity and discrepancy were found during the follow up after the curettage. No metastasis was found during the follow up. CONCLUSION Histologically GCT occurs in skeletal immature bone has the same pathological appearance but radiologically has its unique features. These lesions share same behavior as that in adults. A low local recurrence rate and good function can be achieved after a proper surgery.
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- Li-Hui Xu
- Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China.
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Zhang YT, Ouyang DY, Xu LH, Zha QB, He XH. Formation of cofilin-actin rods following cucurbitacin-B-induced actin aggregation depends on slingshot homolog 1-mediated cofilin hyperactivation. J Cell Biochem 2013; 114:2415-29. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Yan-Ting Zhang
- Department of Immunobiology; Jinan University; Guangzhou; 510632; China
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- Department of Immunobiology; Jinan University; Guangzhou; 510632; China
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- Department of Immunobiology; Jinan University; Guangzhou; 510632; China
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- Department of Immunobiology; Jinan University; Guangzhou; 510632; China
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