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Hsieh PC, Kuo CY, Wu CP, Yue CT, Peng CK, Huang KL, Lan CC. Nonionic surfactant attenuates acute lung injury by restoring epithelial integrity and alveolar fluid clearance. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18:1363-1374. [PMID: 33628092 PMCID: PMC7893557 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.51905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Introduction: Acute lung injury (ALI) has a great impact and a high mortality rate in intensive care units (ICUs). Excessive air may enter the lungs, causing pulmonary air embolism (AE)-induced ALI. Some invasive iatrogenic procedures cause pulmonary AE-induced ALI, with the presentation of severe inflammatory reactions, hypoxia, and pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary surfactants are vital in the lungs to reduce the surface tension and inflammation. Nonionic surfactants (NIS) are a kind of surfactants without electric charge on their hydrophilic parts. Studies on NIS in AE-induced ALI are limited. We aimed to study the protective effects and mechanisms of NIS in AE-induced ALI. Materials and methods: Five different groups (n = 6 in each group) were created: sham, AE, AE + NIS pretreatment (0.5 mg/kg), AE + NIS pretreatment (1 mg/kg), and AE + post-AE NIS (1 mg/kg). AE-induced ALI was introduced by the infusion of air via the pulmonary artery. Aerosolized NIS were administered via tracheostomy. Results: Pulmonary AE-induced ALI showed destruction of the alveolar cell integrity with increased pulmonary microvascular permeability, pulmonary vascular resistance, pulmonary edema, and lung inflammation. The activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) increased the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and sodium-potassium-chloride co-transporter isoform 1 (NKCC1). The pretreatment with NIS (1 mg/kg) prominently maintained the integrity of the epithelial lining and suppressed the expression of NF-κB, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and NKCC1, subsequently reducing AE-induced ALI. Conclusions: NIS maintained the integrity of the epithelial lining and suppressed the expression of NF-κB, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and NKCC1, thereby reducing hyperpermeability, pulmonary edema, and inflammation in ALI.
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- Po-Chun Hsieh
- Department of Chinese Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Landseed International Hospital, Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation; School of Medicine, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Bradley BT, Maioli H, Johnston R, Chaudhry I, Fink SL, Xu H, Najafian B, Deutsch G, Lacy JM, Williams T, Yarid N, Marshall DA. Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series. Lancet 2020; 396:320-332. [PMID: 32682491 PMCID: PMC7365650 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31305-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 576] [Impact Index Per Article: 144.0] [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: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of an ongoing pandemic, with increasing deaths worldwide. To date, documentation of the histopathological features in fatal cases of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been scarce due to sparse autopsy performance and incomplete organ sampling. We aimed to provide a clinicopathological report of severe COVID-19 cases by documenting histopathological changes and evidence of SARS-CoV-2 tissue tropism. METHODS In this case series, patients with a positive antemortem or post-mortem SARS-CoV-2 result were considered eligible for enrolment. Post-mortem examinations were done on 14 people who died with COVID-19 at the King County Medical Examiner's Office (Seattle, WA, USA) and Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office (Everett, WA, USA) in negative-pressure isolation suites during February and March, 2020. Clinical and laboratory data were reviewed. Tissue examination was done by light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and quantitative RT-PCR. FINDINGS The median age of our cohort was 73·5 years (range 42-84; IQR 67·5-77·25). All patients had clinically significant comorbidities, the most common being hypertension, chronic kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnoea, and metabolic disease including diabetes and obesity. The major pulmonary finding was diffuse alveolar damage in the acute or organising phases, with five patients showing focal pulmonary microthrombi. Coronavirus-like particles were detected in the respiratory system, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract. Lymphocytic myocarditis was observed in one patient with viral RNA detected in the tissue. INTERPRETATION The primary pathology observed in our cohort was diffuse alveolar damage, with virus located in the pneumocytes and tracheal epithelium. Microthrombi, where observed, were scarce and endotheliitis was not identified. Although other non-pulmonary organs showed susceptibility to infection, their contribution to the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection requires further examination. FUNDING None.
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- Benjamin T Bradley
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office, Everett, WA, USA
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- King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, WA, USA
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Bradley BT, Maioli H, Johnston R, Chaudhry I, Fink SL, Xu H, Najafian B, Deutsch G, Lacy JM, Williams T, Yarid N, Marshall DA. Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series. Lancet 2020. [PMID: 32682491 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(2031305-2] [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] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of an ongoing pandemic, with increasing deaths worldwide. To date, documentation of the histopathological features in fatal cases of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been scarce due to sparse autopsy performance and incomplete organ sampling. We aimed to provide a clinicopathological report of severe COVID-19 cases by documenting histopathological changes and evidence of SARS-CoV-2 tissue tropism. METHODS In this case series, patients with a positive antemortem or post-mortem SARS-CoV-2 result were considered eligible for enrolment. Post-mortem examinations were done on 14 people who died with COVID-19 at the King County Medical Examiner's Office (Seattle, WA, USA) and Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office (Everett, WA, USA) in negative-pressure isolation suites during February and March, 2020. Clinical and laboratory data were reviewed. Tissue examination was done by light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and quantitative RT-PCR. FINDINGS The median age of our cohort was 73·5 years (range 42-84; IQR 67·5-77·25). All patients had clinically significant comorbidities, the most common being hypertension, chronic kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnoea, and metabolic disease including diabetes and obesity. The major pulmonary finding was diffuse alveolar damage in the acute or organising phases, with five patients showing focal pulmonary microthrombi. Coronavirus-like particles were detected in the respiratory system, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract. Lymphocytic myocarditis was observed in one patient with viral RNA detected in the tissue. INTERPRETATION The primary pathology observed in our cohort was diffuse alveolar damage, with virus located in the pneumocytes and tracheal epithelium. Microthrombi, where observed, were scarce and endotheliitis was not identified. Although other non-pulmonary organs showed susceptibility to infection, their contribution to the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection requires further examination. FUNDING None.
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- Benjamin T Bradley
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office, Everett, WA, USA
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- King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, WA, USA
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Pizzorno A, Padey B, Julien T, Trouillet-Assant S, Traversier A, Errazuriz-Cerda E, Fouret J, Dubois J, Gaymard A, Lescure FX, Dulière V, Brun P, Constant S, Poissy J, Lina B, Yazdanpanah Y, Terrier O, Rosa-Calatrava M. Characterization and Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasal and Bronchial Human Airway Epithelia. Cell Rep Med 2020; 1:100059. [PMID: 32835306 DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.31.017889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In the current COVID-19 pandemic context, proposing and validating effective treatments represents a major challenge. However, the scarcity of biologically relevant pre-clinical models of SARS-CoV-2 infection imposes a significant barrier for scientific and medical progress, including the rapid transition of potentially effective treatments to the clinical setting. We use reconstituted human airway epithelia to isolate and then characterize the viral infection kinetics, tissue-level remodeling of the cellular ultrastructure, and transcriptional early immune signatures induced by SARS-CoV-2 in a physiologically relevant model. Our results emphasize distinctive transcriptional immune signatures between nasal and bronchial HAE, both in terms of kinetics and intensity, hence suggesting putative intrinsic differences in the early response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Most important, we provide evidence in human-derived tissues on the antiviral efficacy of remdesivir monotherapy and explore the potential of the remdesivir-diltiazem combination as an option worthy of further investigation to respond to the still-unmet COVID-19 medical need.
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- Andrés Pizzorno
- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Signia Therapeutics SAS, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Laboratoire Commun de Recherche HCL-bioMérieux, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Virus Influenza Sud, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- AP-HP, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
- University of Paris, French Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), IAME U1137, Team DesCID, Paris, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Pôle de Réanimation, Hôpital Roger Salengro, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille 2, Lille, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Virus Influenza Sud, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- AP-HP, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
- University of Paris, French Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), IAME U1137, Team DesCID, Paris, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Pizzorno A, Padey B, Julien T, Trouillet-Assant S, Traversier A, Errazuriz-Cerda E, Fouret J, Dubois J, Gaymard A, Lescure FX, Dulière V, Brun P, Constant S, Poissy J, Lina B, Yazdanpanah Y, Terrier O, Rosa-Calatrava M. Characterization and Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasal and Bronchial Human Airway Epithelia. Cell Rep Med 2020; 1:100059. [PMID: 32835306 PMCID: PMC7373044 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
In the current COVID-19 pandemic context, proposing and validating effective treatments represents a major challenge. However, the scarcity of biologically relevant pre-clinical models of SARS-CoV-2 infection imposes a significant barrier for scientific and medical progress, including the rapid transition of potentially effective treatments to the clinical setting. We use reconstituted human airway epithelia to isolate and then characterize the viral infection kinetics, tissue-level remodeling of the cellular ultrastructure, and transcriptional early immune signatures induced by SARS-CoV-2 in a physiologically relevant model. Our results emphasize distinctive transcriptional immune signatures between nasal and bronchial HAE, both in terms of kinetics and intensity, hence suggesting putative intrinsic differences in the early response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Most important, we provide evidence in human-derived tissues on the antiviral efficacy of remdesivir monotherapy and explore the potential of the remdesivir-diltiazem combination as an option worthy of further investigation to respond to the still-unmet COVID-19 medical need. We use reconstituted human airway epithelia to characterize SARS-CoV-2 infection kinetics SARS-CoV-2 induces characteristic remodeling of the respiratory epithelium cellular ultrastructure SARS-CoV-2 induces differential early immune responses in nasal and bronchial HAE We evaluate the antiviral activity of remdesivir and remdesivir-diltiazem in both Vero E6 and HAE models
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- Andrés Pizzorno
- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Signia Therapeutics SAS, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Laboratoire Commun de Recherche HCL-bioMérieux, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Virus Influenza Sud, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- AP-HP, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
- University of Paris, French Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), IAME U1137, Team DesCID, Paris, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Pôle de Réanimation, Hôpital Roger Salengro, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille 2, Lille, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Virus Influenza Sud, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- AP-HP, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
- University of Paris, French Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), IAME U1137, Team DesCID, Paris, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- Corresponding author
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team VirPath), Université de Lyon, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France
- VirNext, Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Corresponding author
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Ochs M, Hegermann J, Lopez-Rodriguez E, Timm S, Nouailles G, Matuszak J, Simmons S, Witzenrath M, Kuebler WM. On Top of the Alveolar Epithelium: Surfactant and the Glycocalyx. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21093075. [PMID: 32349261 PMCID: PMC7246550 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Gas exchange in the lung takes place via the air-blood barrier in the septal walls of alveoli. The tissue elements that oxygen molecules have to cross are the alveolar epithelium, the interstitium and the capillary endothelium. The epithelium that lines the alveolar surface is covered by a thin and continuous liquid lining layer. Pulmonary surfactant acts at this air-liquid interface. By virtue of its biophysical and immunomodulatory functions, surfactant keeps alveoli open, dry and clean. What needs to be added to this picture is the glycocalyx of the alveolar epithelium. Here, we briefly review what is known about this glycocalyx and how it can be visualized using electron microscopy. The application of colloidal thorium dioxide as a staining agent reveals differences in the staining pattern between type I and type II alveolar epithelial cells and shows close associations of the glycocalyx with intraalveolar surfactant subtypes such as tubular myelin. These morphological findings indicate that specific spatial interactions between components of the surfactant system and those of the alveolar epithelial glycocalyx exist which may contribute to the maintenance of alveolar homeostasis, in particular to alveolar micromechanics, to the functional integrity of the air-blood barrier, to the regulation of the thickness and viscosity of the alveolar lining layer, and to the defence against inhaled pathogens. Exploring the alveolar epithelial glycocalyx in conjunction with the surfactant system opens novel physiological perspectives of potential clinical relevance for future research.
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- Matthias Ochs
- Institute of Functional Anatomy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 10117 Berlin, Germany; (M.W.); (W.M.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Research Core Unit Electron Microscopy and Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany;
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- Institute of Functional Anatomy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Core Facility Electron Microscopy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, and Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (J.M.); (S.S.)
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (J.M.); (S.S.)
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- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 10117 Berlin, Germany; (M.W.); (W.M.K.)
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, and Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 10117 Berlin, Germany; (M.W.); (W.M.K.)
- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (J.M.); (S.S.)
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Chen B, Antunes MB, Claire SE, Palmer JN, Chiu AG, Kennedy DW, Cohen NA. Reversal of Chronic Rhinosinusitis-Associated Sinonasal Ciliary Dysfunction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 21:346-53. [PMID: 17621822 DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Background Although multiple etiologies contribute to the development of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), a common pathophysiological sequelae is ineffective sinonasal mucociliary clearance, leading to stasis of sinonasal secretions, with subsequent infection and/or persistent inflammation. Proper therapeutic intervention typically restores mucociliary activity, suggesting that the pathophysiological process(es) responsible for CRS-associated mucostasis may be reversible. We previously demonstrated a blunted response of CRS sinonasal cilia after purinergic stimulation. This study investigated whether the blunted ciliary response is unique to purinergic stimulation and addressed whether the blunted effect is primarily caused by local CRS-associated mediators or inherent genetic defects in ciliary function. Methods A dual temperature-controlled perfusion chamber, differential interference contrast microscopy, and high-speed digital video were used to analyze both basal as well as cholinergic, adrenergic, and purinergic stimulation of cilia in human sinonasal mucosal explants. Additionally, enzymically dissociated sinonasal ciliated cells were maintained ex vivo in submersion, on glass coverslips, and assessed daily for purinergic ciliary beat frequency stimulation. Results Cholinergic and adrenergic stimulation generally were blunted in mucosal explants obtained from CRS patients. Ex vivo maintenance of samples demonstrated that the majority of CRS samples developed a stimulatory phenotype within 36 hours of culturing. Conclusion CRS is a common debilitating disease principally affecting sinonasal epithelial function with a resultant diminution of mucociliary transport. Presently, little is known about how this disease process affects the sinonasal epithelial ciliated cells. Our data suggest that ciliary response to environmental insults is blunted in a reversible manner in CRS patients.
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- Bei Chen
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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van den Brand JMA, Wohlsein P, Herfst S, Bodewes R, Pfankuche VM, van de Bildt MWG, Seehusen F, Puff C, Richard M, Siebert U, Lehnert K, Bestebroer T, Lexmond P, Fouchier RAM, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Herbst W, Koopmans M, Osterhaus ADME, Kuiken T, Baumgärtner W. Influenza A (H10N7) Virus Causes Respiratory Tract Disease in Harbor Seals and Ferrets. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159625. [PMID: 27448168 PMCID: PMC4957826 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Avian influenza viruses sporadically cross the species barrier to mammals, including humans, in which they may cause epidemic disease. Recently such an epidemic occurred due to the emergence of avian influenza virus of the subtype H10N7 (Seal/H10N7) in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). This epidemic caused high mortality in seals along the north-west coast of Europe and represented a potential risk for human health. To characterize the spectrum of lesions and to identify the target cells and viral distribution, findings in 16 harbor seals spontaneously infected with Seal/H10N7 are described. The seals had respiratory tract inflammation extending from the nasal cavity to bronchi associated with intralesional virus antigen in respiratory epithelial cells. Virus infection was restricted to the respiratory tract. The fatal outcome of the viral infection in seals was most likely caused by secondary bacterial infections. To investigate the pathogenic potential of H10N7 infection for humans, we inoculated the seal virus intratracheally into six ferrets and performed pathological and virological analyses at 3 and 7 days post inoculation. These experimentally inoculated ferrets displayed mild clinical signs, virus excretion from the pharynx and respiratory tract inflammation extending from bronchi to alveoli that was associated with virus antigen expression exclusively in the respiratory epithelium. Virus was isolated only from the respiratory tract. In conclusion, Seal/H10N7 infection in naturally infected harbor seals and experimentally infected ferrets shows that respiratory epithelial cells are the permissive cells for viral replication. Fatal outcome in seals was caused by secondary bacterial pneumonia similar to that in fatal human cases during influenza pandemics. Productive infection of ferrets indicates that seal/H10N7 may possess a zoonotic potential. This outbreak of LPAI from wild birds to seals demonstrates the risk of such occasions for mammals and thus humans.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstraβe 6, D-25761, Büsum, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Werftstraβe 6, D-25761, Büsum, Germany
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Straβe 85-89, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Straβe 85-89, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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Fortoul TI, Avila-Costa MR, Espejel-Maya G, Mussali-Galante P, Avila-Casado MDC, Hernández-Serrato MI, Saldivar-Osorio L. Metal mixture inhalation (Cd-Pb) and its effects on the bronchiolar epithelium. An ultrastructural approach. Toxicol Ind Health 2016; 20:69-75. [PMID: 15807410 DOI: 10.1191/0748233704th196oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The current study explores the effects of the inhalation of lead (Pb), Cd and its mixture (Pb-Cd) in a mice model, analysing metal concentrations in the lung, and the morphological modifications in the bronchiolar epithelium identified by scanning electron microscopy after eight weeks of inhalation. Our results indicate that metal concentrations in lung were higher compared to controls; however, Pb concentrations drastically decrease in the mixture. This reduction was also observed in the inhalation chamber. The main changes observed in the bronchiole were mostly in the mixture. The modifications were mainly given by Cd alone and in the mixture, with a decreased number of nonciliated bronchiolar cells and an increased number of bundles of dividing cells. The additive effect of Pb-Cd is suggested, as the extensive damage observed was more evident when mice were exposed to the mixture, and the results endured more research in the area of inhaled mixtures.
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- Teresa I Fortoul
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Mast J, Nanbru C, van den Berg T, Meulemans G. Ultrastructural Changes of the Tracheal Epithelium after Vaccination of Day-Old Chickens with the La Sota Strain of Newcastle Disease Virus. Vet Pathol 2016; 42:559-65. [PMID: 16145202 DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-5-559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The progression of tracheal lesions induced by vaccination of day-old specific pathogen-free chicks with the La Sota strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) was examined by relating surface changes as observed by scanning electron microscopy with subcellular changes seen by transmission electron microscopy. NDV infection resulted in hypertrophy of goblet cells, their rupture, and the formation of excess mucus. Activation of goblet cells peaked within 4 days postvaccination. Afterward, the activation levels gradually decreased. At the level of the ciliated cells, a marked increase in the proportion of nonciliated to ciliated cells and later an almost complete deciliation of the tracheal surface were observed because a simple squamous to cuboidal epithelium replaced the original pseudostratified epithelium. Fifteen days postvaccination, all epithelial damage was restored. Because the observed vaccination-induced lesions are detrimental to epithelial integrity and function as a barrier against invading microorganisms, they might explain at the ultrastructural level the secondary complications of vaccination with the La Sota strain against NDV
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- J Mast
- Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Brussels, Belgium.
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Kowalewski JM, Shafqat-Abbasi H, Jafari-Mamaghani M, Endrias Ganebo B, Gong X, Strömblad S, Lock JG. Disentangling Membrane Dynamics and Cell Migration; Differential Influences of F-actin and Cell-Matrix Adhesions. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135204. [PMID: 26248038 PMCID: PMC4527765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Cell migration is heavily interconnected with plasma membrane protrusion and retraction (collectively termed “membrane dynamics”). This makes it difficult to distinguish regulatory mechanisms that differentially influence migration and membrane dynamics. Yet such distinctions may be valuable given evidence that cancer cell invasion in 3D may be better predicted by 2D membrane dynamics than by 2D cell migration, implying a degree of functional independence between these processes. Here, we applied multi-scale single cell imaging and a systematic statistical approach to disentangle regulatory associations underlying either migration or membrane dynamics. This revealed preferential correlations between membrane dynamics and F-actin features, contrasting with an enrichment of links between cell migration and adhesion complex properties. These correlative linkages were often non-linear and therefore context-dependent, strengthening or weakening with spontaneous heterogeneity in cell behavior. More broadly, we observed that slow moving cells tend to increase in area, while fast moving cells tend to shrink, and that the size of dynamic membrane domains is independent of cell area. Overall, we define macromolecular features preferentially associated with either cell migration or membrane dynamics, enabling more specific interrogation and targeting of these processes in future.
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- Jacob M. Kowalewski
- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden
- Division of Mathematical Statistics, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden
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Zhang R, Dai Y, Zhang X, Niu Y, Meng T, Li Y, Duan H, Bin P, Ye M, Jia X, Shen M, Yu S, Yang X, Gao W, Zheng Y. Reduced pulmonary function and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines in nanoscale carbon black-exposed workers. Part Fibre Toxicol 2014; 11:73. [PMID: 25497989 PMCID: PMC4318129 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-014-0073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although major concerns exist regarding the potential consequences of human exposures to nanoscale carbon black (CB) particles, limited human toxicological data is currently available. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if nanoscale CB particles could be responsible, at least partially, for the altered lung function and inflammation observed in CB workers exposed to nanoscale CB particles. METHODS Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller were used to characterize CB. Eighty-one CB-exposed male workers and 104 non-exposed male workers were recruited. The pulmonary function test was performed and pro-inflammatory cytokines were evaluated. To further assess the deposition and pulmonary damage induced by CB nanoparticles, male BALB/c mice were exposed to CB for 6 hours per day for 7 or 14 days. The deposition of CB and the pathological changes of the lung tissue in mice were evaluated by paraffin sections and TEM. The cytokines levels in serum and lung tissue of mice were evaluated by ELISA and immunohistochemical staining (IHC). RESULTS SEM and TEM images showed that the CB particles were 30 to 50 nm in size. In the CB workplace, the concentration of CB was 14.90 mg/m³. Among these CB particles, 50.77% were less than 0.523 micrometer, and 99.55% were less than 2.5 micrometer in aerodynamic diameter. The reduction of lung function parameters including FEV1%, FEV/FVC, MMF%, and PEF% in CB workers was observed, and the IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, MIP-1beta, and TNF- alpha had 2.86-, 6.85-, 1.49-, 3.35-, and 4.87-folds increase in serum of CB workers, respectively. In mice exposed to the aerosol CB, particles were deposited in the lung. The alveolar wall thickened and a large amount of inflammatory cells were observed in lung tissues after CB exposure. IL-6 and IL-8 levels were increased in both serum and lung homogenate. CONCLUSIONS The data strongly suggests that nanoscale CB particles could be responsible for the lung function reduction and pro-inflammatory cytokines secretion in CB workers. These results, therefore, provide the first evidence of a link between human exposure to CB and long-term pulmonary effects.
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- Rong Zhang
- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- Henan Provincial Institute for Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China.
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- Jiao Zuo Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiaozuo, China.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.
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- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing, 100050, China.
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Ballweg K, Mutze K, Königshoff M, Eickelberg O, Meiners S. Cigarette smoke extract affects mitochondrial function in alveolar epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2014; 307:L895-907. [PMID: 25326581 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00180.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [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] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cigarette smoke is the main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Exposure of cells to cigarette smoke induces an initial adaptive cellular stress response involving increased oxidative stress and induction of inflammatory signaling pathways. Exposure of mitochondria to cellular stress alters their fusion/fission dynamics. Whereas mild stress induces a prosurvival response termed stress-induced mitochondrial hyperfusion, severe stress results in mitochondrial fragmentation and mitophagy. In the present study, we analyzed the mitochondrial response to mild and nontoxic doses of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) in alveolar epithelial cells. We characterized mitochondrial morphology, expression of mitochondrial fusion and fission genes, markers of mitochondrial proteostasis, as well as mitochondrial functions such as membrane potential and oxygen consumption. Murine lung epithelial (MLE)12 and primary mouse alveolar epithelial cells revealed pronounced mitochondrial hyperfusion upon treatment with CSE, accompanied by increased expression of the mitochondrial fusion protein mitofusin 2 and increased metabolic activity. We did not observe any alterations in mitochondrial proteostasis, i.e., induction of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response or mitophagy. Therefore, our data indicate an adaptive prosurvival response of mitochondria of alveolar epithelial cells to nontoxic concentrations of CSE. A hyperfused mitochondrial network, however, renders the cell more vulnerable to additional stress, such as sustained cigarette smoke exposure. As such, cigarette smoke-induced mitochondrial hyperfusion, although part of a beneficial adaptive stress response in the first place, may contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD.
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- Korbinian Ballweg
- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians University, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians University, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians University, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians University, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians University, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
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Lee LH, Tambasco M, Otsuka S, Wright A, Klimowicz A, Petrillo S, Morris D, Magliocco A, Bebb DG. Digital differentiation of non-small cell carcinomas of the lung by the fractal dimension of their epithelial architecture. Micron 2014; 67:125-131. [PMID: 25151215 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.07.005] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2014] [Revised: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In recent years, differences have emerged in the treatment of squamous and non-squamous non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs). This highlights the importance of accurate histopathologic classification. However, there remains inter-observer disagreement when making diagnoses based on histology. Fractal dimension (FD) is a mathematical measure of irregularity and complexity of shape. We hypothesize that the FD of carcinoma epithelial architecture can assist in differentiating adenocarcinoma (ADC) from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung. METHODS 134 resected (88 ADC and 46 SCC) cases of resected early-stage NSCLC were analyzed. Tissue micro arrays were generated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue, stained with pan-cytokeratin, and digitally imaged and the FD of the epithelial structure calculated. Mean FD of ADC and SCC were compared using the independent t-test, partial correlations, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses. RESULTS A statistically significant difference (p<0.001) between the mean FD of ADC (M=1.70, SD=0.07) and SCC (M=1.78, SD=0.07) was found. Significance remained (p<0.001) when controlling for several possible confounders. ROC analysis demonstrated an area-under-the-curve of 0.81 (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The epithelial structure FD of NSCLC has potential as a reproducible and automated measure to help subtype NSCLCs into ADC and SCC. With further image analysis algorithm improvements, fractal analysis may be a component in computerized histomorphological assessments of lung cancer and may provide an adjunct test in differentiating NSCLCs.
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- Lik Hang Lee
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 2T9
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4; Department of Oncology, University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2
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- Department of Oncology, University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2
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- Department of Oncology, University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2
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- Functional Tissue Imaging Unit, Translational Research Laboratory, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2
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- Functional Tissue Imaging Unit, Translational Research Laboratory, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2
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- Department of Oncology, University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 2T9; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Oncology, University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2 N 4N2.
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Azevedo-Pereira AED, Saka JA, Oliveira-Braga KAD, Pazetti R, Canzian M, Pêgo-Fernandes PM, Jatene FB. The impact of topically applied preservation solutions on the respiratory epithelium of tracheal grafts submitted to cold ischemia: functional and morphological analysis. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2013; 68:702-9. [PMID: 23778415 PMCID: PMC3654295 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(05)19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Advances in graft reepithelialization and revascularization have renewed interest in airway transplantation. This study aims to determine whether topically applied preservation solutions can ameliorate ischemic injury to tracheal grafts. We analyzed 1) the effects of cold ischemia on the mucociliary clearance of tracheal grafts and 2) the impact of topically applied preservation solutions on the effects of cold ischemia on mucociliary clearance. METHOD Tracheal segments (n=217) from 109 male Wistar rats were harvested, submerged in low-potassium-dextran-glucose, histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate, or saline solution (saline group), and stored at 4°C for 6, 10, 16, or 24 hours. A control group (not submerged) was analyzed immediately after harvesting. In situ mucociliary transport and ciliary beating frequency were measured using a stroboscope. Epithelial integrity, cellular infiltration, and mucus storage were quantified by light microscopy and image analysis software, along with transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS 1) The effects of cold ischemia: in situ mucociliary transport and ciliary beating frequency were greater in the control group than after cold ischemia. Microscopic analysis results were similar between groups. 2) The effects of preservation solutions: there was no difference between the low-potassium-dextran-glucose, histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate, and saline groups in functional or light microscopy analysis. The saline group presented stronger signs of ischemic injury with transmission electron microscopy. CONCLUSIONS Cold ischemia diminished the mucociliary clearance of the tracheal respiratory epithelium. Topically applied preservation solutions did not ameliorate the injury caused by cold ischemia to the tracheal respiratory epithelium.
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- Artur Eugênio de Azevedo-Pereira
- Instituto do Coração InCor, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratory of Research on Thoracic Surgery, LIM-61, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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Liu L, Chu KK, Houser GH, Diephuis BJ, Li Y, Wilsterman EJ, Shastry S, Dierksen G, Birket SE, Mazur M, Byan-Parker S, Grizzle WE, Sorscher EJ, Rowe SM, Tearney GJ. Method for quantitative study of airway functional microanatomy using micro-optical coherence tomography. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54473. [PMID: 23372732 PMCID: PMC3553101 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [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: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We demonstrate the use of a high resolution form of optical coherence tomography, termed micro-OCT (μOCT), for investigating the functional microanatomy of airway epithelia. μOCT captures several key parameters governing the function of the airway surface (airway surface liquid depth, periciliary liquid depth, ciliary function including beat frequency, and mucociliary transport rate) from the same series of images and without exogenous particles or labels, enabling non-invasive study of dynamic phenomena. Additionally, the high resolution of μOCT reveals distinguishable phases of the ciliary stroke pattern and glandular extrusion. Images and functional measurements from primary human bronchial epithelial cell cultures and excised tissue are presented and compared with measurements using existing gold standard methods. Active secretion from mucus glands in tissue, a key parameter of epithelial function, was also observed and quantified.
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- Linbo Liu
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SMR); (GJT)
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SMR); (GJT)
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Boublil L, Assémat E, Borot MC, Boland S, Martinon L, Sciare J, Baeza-Squiban A. Development of a repeated exposure protocol of human bronchial epithelium in vitro to study the long-term effects of atmospheric particles. Toxicol In Vitro 2012; 27:533-42. [PMID: 23159501 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2012.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Chronic exposure to atmospheric particles is suspected of exacerbating chronic inflammatory respiratory diseases but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. An experimental strategy using human bronchial epithelial cells (NHBE) known to be one of the main target cells of particles in the lung was developed to investigate the long term effects of repeated exposure to particles. Primary cultures of NHBE cells were grown at an air-liquid interface and subjected to repeated treatments to particles. Fate of particles, pro inflammatory response and epithelial differentiation were studied during the 5 weeks following the final treatment. Ultrastructural observations revealed the biopersistence of particles in the bronchial epithelium. The expression of cytochrome P450 1A1, was transiently induced, suggesting that organic compounds could have been metabolized. The release of GM-CSF and IL-6 (biomarkers of pro-inflammatory response), was induced by particle treatments and was maintained up to 5weeks after treatments. The release of amphiregulin and TGFα (Growth Factor) was induced after each treatment. The number of cells expressing the mucin MUC5AC, a differentiation marker, was increased in particle-exposed epithelium. The experimental strategy we developed is suitable for investigating in greater depth the long term effects of particles on bronchial epithelial cells repeatedly exposed to atmospheric particles in vitro.
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- Laura Boublil
- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Responses to Xenobiotics, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA) EAC CNRS 4413, 75 013 Paris, France.
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Button B, Cai LH, Ehre C, Kesimer M, Hill DB, Sheehan JK, Boucher RC, Rubinstein M. A periciliary brush promotes the lung health by separating the mucus layer from airway epithelia. Science 2012; 337:937-41. [PMID: 22923574 PMCID: PMC3633213 DOI: 10.1126/science.1223012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 538] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Mucus clearance is the primary defense mechanism that protects airways from inhaled infectious and toxic agents. In the current gel-on-liquid mucus clearance model, a mucus gel is propelled on top of a "watery" periciliary layer surrounding the cilia. However, this model fails to explain the formation of a distinct mucus layer in health or why mucus clearance fails in disease. We propose a gel-on-brush model in which the periciliary layer is occupied by membrane-spanning mucins and mucopolysaccharides densely tethered to the airway surface. This brush prevents mucus penetration into the periciliary space and causes mucus to form a distinct layer. The relative osmotic moduli of the mucus and periciliary brush layers explain both the stability of mucus clearance in health and its failure in airway disease.
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- Brian Button
- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA
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- Curriculum in Applied Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA
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- Curriculum in Applied Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA
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Hoa M, Syamal M, Schaeffer MA, Sachdeva L, Berk R, Coticchia J. Biofilms and chronic otitis media: an initial exploration into the role of biofilms in the pathogenesis of chronic otitis media. Am J Otolaryngol 2010; 31:241-5. [PMID: 20015753 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2008] [Revised: 02/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of the study was to compare the extent of biofilm infection in percentage of mucosal surface area of adenoids removed from children with otitis media with effusion (OME) vs those with recurrent acute otitis media (RAOM) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Comparative microanatomical investigation of adenoid mucosa using scanning electron microscopy obtained from 30 children with OME, RAOM, and OSA was used in this study. Seventeen males and 13 females ranging in age from 9 months to 10 years were included in this study. Percentage of biofilm surface area involvement was the main measure. RESULTS Adenoids removed from patients with OME had moderately dense mature biofilms covering the mucosal surface with a mean of 27.7% of their mucosal surface covered with mature biofilms. These results were distinct from results obtained from patients diagnosed with RAOM and OSA with means of 97.6% and 0.10% of their mucosal surfaces covered with mature biofilms, respectively. These differences were statistically significant at P < .0001. CONCLUSIONS Adenoids removed from patients with OME were characterized by distinctly different percentage of biofilm mucosal surface area coverage, with significantly more biofilm presence than OSA patients but significantly less biofilm presence than RAOM patients. Although previous investigations have supported a dominant role of nasopharyngeal biofilms in RAOM pathogenesis, these results suggest nasopharyngeal biofilms may play a different role in the pathogenesis of OME and that this clinical entity may be more multifactorial in nature.
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- Michael Hoa
- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Capelozzi VL, Parra ER, Ximenes M, Bammann RH, Barbas CSV, Duarte MIS. Pathological and ultrastructural analysis of surgical lung biopsies in patients with swine-origin influenza type A/H1N1 and acute respiratory failure. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2010; 65:1229-37. [PMID: 21340209 PMCID: PMC3020331 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322010001200003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 09/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cases of H1N1 and other pulmonary infections evolve to acute respiratory failure and death when co-infections or lung injury predominate over the immune response, thus requiring early diagnosis to improve treatment. OBJECTIVE To perform a detailed histopathological analysis of the open lung biopsy specimens from five patients with ARDS with confirmed H1N1. METHODS Lung specimens underwent microbiologic analysis, and examination by optical and electron microscopy. Immunophenotyping was used to characterize macrophages, natural killer, T and B cells, and expression of cytokines and iNOS. RESULTS The pathological features observed were necrotizing bronchiolitis, diffuse alveolar damage, alveolar hemorrhage and abnormal immune response. Ultrastructural analysis showed viral-like particles in all cases. CONCLUSIONS Viral-like particles can be successfully demonstrated in lung tissue by ultrastructural examination, without confirmation of the virus by RT-PCR on nasopharyngeal aspirates. Bronchioles and epithelium, rather than endothelium, are probably the primary target of infection, and diffuse alveolar damage the consequence of the effect of airways obliteration and dysfunction on innate immunity, suggesting that treatment should be focused on epithelial repair.
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, autosomal recessive condition. The signs and symptoms are due to congenital abnormalities of ciliary structure and function, resulting in impaired mucociliary clearance. This affects the ciliated epithelium lining the nose, sinuses, Eustachian tube and airways. As a consequence, the patient typically presents with a range of features, including recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections, persistent glue ear and possible hearing deficit. Around half of all patients will have situs anomalies, most typically situs inversus totalis. The most significant morbidity results from the development of bronchiectasis. Access to early diagnosis and effective treatment is essential to reduce disease progression and to alleviate the burden of symptoms. This review aims to provide a clinical guide to what to look for and when to suspect the diagnosis. Recent advances in the screening and diagnostic tests available will be outlined, as well as some future directions that aim to enhance the current diagnostic techniques.
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- Claire Hogg
- The Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.
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Wen G, Partridge MA, Calaf GM, Meador JA, Hu B, Echiburú-Chau C, Hong M, Hei TK. Increased susceptibility of human small airway epithelial cells to apoptosis after long term arsenate treatment. Sci Total Environ 2009; 407:1174-1181. [PMID: 18977016 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Revised: 09/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/26/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Inorganic arsenic (arsenate and arsenite) are well known human carcinogens. Apoptosis is a normal biological process that is involved in regulating cell development and differentiation, and is an important protective response to cell injury. The aim of this study was to determine the long term arsenic effect on human small airway epithelial cells (SAEC) by analyzing two distinct apoptosis-inducing agents, Fas ligand (Fas L), which evokes death receptor-mediated apoptosis, and hydrogen peroxide H2O2, which induces apoptosis mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). The SAEC were continuously exposed to 0.5 microg/mL arsenic for 28 weeks, and apoptosis was examined after 24 h treatment with either Fas L or H2O2. SAEC displayed decreased cell viability and increased apoptosis after treatment with Fas L and H2O2, compared to non-arsenic treated control cells. Furthermore, treatment of these arsenic-exposed SAEC with Fas L or H2O2 induced cleavage of the DNA damage recognition protein, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and the 'effector' caspase, Caspase-3, both canonical indicators of apoptosis. We observed increased phosphorylation of p38, a member of the MAP kinase family, following treatment with Fas L or H2O2. To confirm the involvement of p38 in the regulation of apoptosis we pretreated cells with the p38 kinase inhibitor, SB 203580 and observed a significant decrease in apoptosis.
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- Gengyun Wen
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States.
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Acetylcholine (ACh), a classical transmitter of parasympathetic nerve fibres in the airways, is also synthesized by a large number of non-neuronal cells, including airway surface epithelial cells. Strongest expression of cholinergic traits is observed in neuroendocrine and brush cells but other epithelial cell types--ciliated, basal and secretory--are cholinergic as well. There is cell type-specific expression of the molecular pathways of ACh release, including both the vesicular storage and exocytotic release known from neurons, and transmembrane release from the cytosol via organic cation transporters. The subcellular distribution of the ACh release machineries suggests luminal release from ciliated and secretory cells, and basolateral release from neuroendocrine cells. The scenario as known so far strongly suggests a local auto-/paracrine role of epithelial ACh in regulating various aspects on the innate mucosal defence mechanisms, including mucociliary clearance, regulation of macrophage function and modulation of sensory nerve fibre activity. The proliferative effects of ACh gain importance in recently identified ACh receptor disorders conferring susceptibility to lung cancer. The cell type-specific molecular diversity of the epithelial ACh synthesis and release machinery implies that it is differently regulated than neuronal ACh release and can be specifically targeted by appropriate drugs.
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- W Kummer
- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Excellence Cluster Cardiopulmonary System, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35385, Giessen, Germany.
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Sohn SW, Chang YS, Lee HS, Chung DH, Lee CT, Kim YH, Kim YK, Min KU, Kim YY, Cho SH. Atopy may be an important determinant of subepithelial fibrosis in subjects with asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness. J Korean Med Sci 2008; 23:390-6. [PMID: 18583872 PMCID: PMC2526529 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2008.23.3.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The bronchial pathology of asymptomatic airway hyperreponsiveness (AHR) subjects is not well understood, and the role of atopy in the development of airway remodeling is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether atopy is associated with airway remodeling in asymptomatic AHR subjects. Five groups, i.e., atopic or non-atopic subjects with asymptomatic AHR, atopic or non-atopic healthy controls, and subjects with mild atopic asthma, were evaluated by bronchoscopic biopsy. By electron microscopy, mean reticular basement membrane (RBM) thicknesses were 4.3+/-1.7 microm, 3.4+/-1.8 microm, 2.5+/-1.5 microm, 2.6+/-1.1 microm, and 2.3+/-1.2 microm in the mild atopic asthma, atopic and non-atopic asymptomatic AHR, atopic and nonatopic control groups, respectively (p=0.002). RBM thicknesses were significantly higher in the mild atopic asthma group and in the atopic asymptomatic AHR group than in the other three groups (p=0.048). No significant difference in RBM thickness was observed between the atopic asymptomatic AHR group and the mild atopic asthma group (p>0.05), nor between non-atopic asymptomatic AHR group and the two control groups (p>0.05). By light microscopy, subepithelial layer thicknesses between the groups showed the same results. These findings suggest that RBM thickening occurs in subjects with atopic asymptomatic AHR, and that atopy plays an important role in airway remodeling.
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- Seong-Wook Sohn
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University International Hospital, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospitial, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospitial, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang Biotechnology Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
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Dokukina IV, Tsukanov AA, Gracheva ME, Grachev EA. [Effect of the tissue architecture on cell-to-cell calcium signaling]. Biofizika 2008; 53:305-314. [PMID: 18543773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A novel approach based on the approximation of tissue structure by the Voronoi diagram has been elaborated to study cell-to-cell signaling in a tissue mediated by gap junctions. This methodology was applied for the analysis of Ca2+ signaling in the airway epithelium, where adjacent cells were taken to be coupled by gap junctions whose permeability depended on Ca2+ concentration in their cytoplasm. The number of junctional channels connecting a given pair of cells was postulated to be directly proportional to the length of the boundary between them. In a certain range of parameters, a modeled cell generate intracellular Ca2+ oscillations upon the stimulation with the purinergic agonist ATP, and the Ca2+ signal propagated through the tissue due to a Ca2+ rise in adjacent connected cells. The influence of variable sensitivity of cells to ATP on Ca2+ signaling in the tissue was also examined. The model also showed that a mechanical disturbance of a single airway epithelial cell resulted in a prolonged increase in Ca2+ concentration in its cytoplasm, which entailed the spreading of a Ca2+ wave along the tissue.
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Martin S, Dawidowski L, Mandalunis P, Cereceda-Balic F, Tasat DR. Characterization and biological effect of Buenos Aires urban air particles on mice lungs. Environ Res 2007; 105:340-9. [PMID: 17628521 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2006] [Revised: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 04/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Exposure to increased levels of ambient air particulate matter (PM) is associated with increased cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. Its association with adverse health effects and the still unclear mechanisms of action are of concern worldwide. Our objective was to analyze air PM from downtown Buenos Aires (UAP-BA), and evaluate its biological impact on normal airways. We studied the inflammatory response to intranasal instillation of UAP-BA in a short-term-exposure mouse model. We analyzed UAP-BA morphology by scanning electron microscopy and characterized particle chemical composition by energy dispersive X-ray analysis and capillary gas chromatography. We evaluated lung changes by histomorphometry and histochemical methods. Regarding size, surface area and distribution, UAP-BA proved to be small spherical ultrafine particles: free, in clusters and associated to a matrix. The particles contained polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and almost no metal traces. Histologically, UAP-BA induced the recruitment of phagocytes, a reduction in air spaces, an increase in mucous PAS positive cells and weak incomplete elastic fiber network. Our results demonstrate that UAP-BA causes adverse biological effects on the respiratory tract generating inflammation that, in turn, may cause tissue injury or organ dysfunction and may contribute to the pathogenesis of lung diseases.
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- Susana Martin
- School of Science and Technology, National University of General San Martín, Alem 3901, 1653 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Takenaka S, Karg E, Kreyling WG, Lentner B, Möller W, Behnke-Semmler M, Jennen L, Walch A, Michalke B, Schramel P, Heyder J, Schulz H. Distribution pattern of inhaled ultrafine gold particles in the rat lung. Inhal Toxicol 2007; 18:733-40. [PMID: 16774862 DOI: 10.1080/08958370600748281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The role of alveolar macrophages in the fate of ultrafine particles in the lung was investigated. Male Wistar-Kyoto rats were exposed to ultrafine gold particles, generated by a spark generator, for 6 h at a concentration of 88 microg/m3 (4 x 10(6)/cm3, 16 nm modal mobility diameter). Up to 7 days, the animals were serially sacrificed, and lavaged cells and lung tissues were examined by transmission electron microscopy. The gold concentration/content in the lung, lavage fluid, and blood was estimated by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Gold particles used were spherical and electron dense with diameters of 5-8 nm. The particles were individual or slightly agglomerated. By inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis of the lung, 1945 +/- 57 ng (mean +/- SD) and 1512 +/- 184 ng of gold were detected on day 0 and on day 7, respectively, indicating that a large portion of the deposited gold particles was retained in the lung tissue. In the lavage fluid, 573 +/- 67 ng and 96 +/- 29 ng were found on day 0 and day 7, respectively, which means that 29% and 6% of the retained gold particles were lavageable on these days. A low but significant increase of gold (0.03 to 0.06% of lung concentration) was found in the blood. Small vesicles containing gold particles were found in the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages. In the alveolar septum, the gold particles were enclosed in vesicles observed in the cytoplasm of alveolar type I epithelial cells. These results indicate that inhaled ultrafine gold particles in alveolar macrophages and type I epithelial cells are processed by endocytotic pathways, though the uptake of the gold particles by alveolar macrophages is limited. To a low degree, systemic particle translocation took place.
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- S Takenaka
- GSF-Institute for Inhalation Biology, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany.
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Wagner JG, Jiang Q, Harkema JR, Illek B, Patel DD, Ames BN, Peden DB. Ozone enhancement of lower airway allergic inflammation is prevented by gamma-tocopherol. Free Radic Biol Med 2007; 43:1176-88. [PMID: 17854713 PMCID: PMC4465777 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Revised: 06/22/2007] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ozone is a commonly encountered environmental oxidant which has been linked to asthma exacerbation in epidemiological studies. Ozone induces airway inflammation and enhances response to inhaled allergen. It has been suggested that antioxidant therapy may minimize the adverse effects of ozone in asthma. We have previously shown that the antioxidant gamma-tocopherol (gammaT), an isoform of vitamin E, also has anti-inflammatory effects. We employed a Brown Norway rat model of ozone-enhanced allergic responses to test the therapeutic effects of gammaT on O(3)-induced airway inflammation. Ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized rats were intranasally challenged with 0 or 0.5% OVA on Days 1 and 2, and exposed to 0 or 1 ppm ozone (8 h/day) on Days 4 and 5. Rats were also given 0 or 100 mg/kg gammaT on Days 2 through 5. Pulmonary tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected on Day 6. OVA challenge caused increased total cells (267% increase) and eosinophils (4000%) in BALF that was unaffected by ozone exposure. Morphometric evaluation of lung tissue revealed increases in intraepithelial mucosubstances (IM) (300%) and subepithelial eosinophils (400%) in main axial airways. Ozone exposure of allergic rats enhanced IM increases in proximal axial airways (200%), induced cys-leukotrienes, MCP-1, and IL-6 production in BALF, and upregulated expression of IL-5 and IL-13 mRNA. gammaT treatment had no effect on IM increases by allergen, but blocked enhancement by ozone. gammaT attenuated both OVA- or ozone-stimulated eosinophilic infiltration, and increases of BALF cys-leukotrienes, MCP-1, and IL-6, as well as IL-5 and IL-13 mRNA. These data demonstrate broad anti-inflammatory effects of a gammaT and suggest that it may be an effective therapy of allergic airway inflammation.
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- James G Wagner
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, 211 Food Safety and Toxicology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Rogers AV, Adelroth E, Hattotuwa K, Dewar A, Jeffery PK. Bronchial mucosal dendritic cells in smokers and ex-smokers with COPD: an electron microscopic study. Thorax 2007; 63:108-14. [PMID: 17875567 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.078253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bronchial mucosal dendritic cells (DCs) initiate and regulate immune responses to inhaled antigens, viruses and bacteria. Currently, little is known of their numbers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While reductions in their numbers have been reported recently in smokers with asthma, nothing is known of the effects of cigarette smoking on bronchial DCs in COPD. The present study compares DC numbers in smokers and ex-smokers with COPD. METHODS Endobronchial biopsies were obtained from 15 patients with moderate to severe COPD (10 current smokers with median forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) 45.5% predicted (range 23-68) and 5 ex-smokers with median FEV1 30% predicted (range 21-52)), 11 non-smokers with asthma (median FEV1 102% predicted (range 89-116)) and 11 non-smoker healthy controls (median FEV1 110% predicted (range 92-135)). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to identify the total population of DCs by their ultrastructure and their number in the epithelium and subepithelium was counted. RESULTS Median (range) DC numbers were significantly lower in current smokers with COPD in the epithelium (0.0 (0.0-156.8) cells/mm2) and the subepithelium (4.5 (0.0-63.6) cells/mm2) compared with ex-smokers with COPD (97.9 (93.5-170.3) cells/mm2 in the epithelium (p<0.05); 91.8 (38.2-283.3) cells/mm2 in the subepithelium (p<0.01)). DC numbers in ex-smokers with COPD were similar to those in subjects with atopic asthma and healthy controls (131.6 (33.3-235.5) cells/mm2 in the epithelium and 64.4 (0.0-182.4) cells/mm2 in the subepithelium for the latter). CONCLUSIONS In COPD, bronchial mucosal DC numbers are lower in current smokers while, in those who quit, numbers are similar to non-smoking subjects with asthma and non-smoking healthy controls. The functional consequences of the reduction in mucosal DC numbers in smokers with COPD have yet to be determined.
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- A V Rogers
- Lung Pathology Unit, Department of Gene Therapy, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Inhaled corticosteroids are being recommended for the treatment of bronchial asthma for their anti-inflammatory properties and reduction of airway hyperreactivity. The first tissue coming to the contact with all inhaled substances is the airway epithelium. In this experiment, the immediate effect of a single MDI dose of beclomethasone on the ultrastructure of the tracheal and bronchiolar epithelium was studied. Due to the beclomethasone administration, the secretory elements were highly affected. The tracheal goblet cells were damaged, mucus release was significantly accelerated, and the mechanism of secretion was influenced. The bronchiolar Clara cells revealed signs of the pathological alteration. Their secretory granules were usually stored in the cytoplasm. Occasionally, degenerating Clara cells were found after the beclomethasone administration. The injury of ciliated cells in both locations was only mild and this fact was reflected in slight impairment of the tracheal ciliary border. As a morphological sign of impaired self-cleaning ability, inspissated secretion was discovered among cilia. According to this evaluation, the inhalation of the single dose of beclomethasone caused a moderate damage to the tracheal epithelium and a mild one to the epithelium of terminal bronchioles. The results draw attention to the adverse effects of otherwise therapeutically beneficial inhaled glucocorticosteroids.
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- Jirí Uhlík
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Kramer EL, Deutsch GH, Sartor MA, Hardie WD, Ikegami M, Korfhagen TR, Le Cras TD. Perinatal increases in TGF-α disrupt the saccular phase of lung morphogenesis and cause remodeling: microarray analysis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 293:L314-27. [PMID: 17468132 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00354.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) and its receptor, the epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR), have been associated with lung remodeling in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The goal of this study was to target TGF-α overexpression to the saccular phase of lung morphogenesis and determine early alterations in gene expression. Conditional lung-specific TGF-α bitransgenic mice and single-transgene control mice were generated. TGF-α overexpression was induced by doxycycline (Dox) treatment from embryonic day 16.5 (E16.5) to E18.5. After birth, all bitransgenic pups died by postnatal day 7 (P7). Lung histology at E18.5 and P1 showed abnormal lung morphogenesis in bitransgenic mice, characterized by mesenchymal thickening, vascular remodeling, and poor apposition of capillaries to distal air spaces. Surfactant levels (saturated phosphatidylcholine) were not reduced in bitransgenic mice. Microarray analysis was performed after 1 or 2 days of Dox treatment during the saccular (E17.5, E18.5) and alveolar phases (P4, P5) to identify genes induced by EGFR signaling that were shared or unique to each phase. We found 196 genes to be altered (>1.5-fold change; P < 0.01 for at least 2 time points), with only 32% similarly altered in both saccular and alveolar phases. Western blot analysis and immunostaining showed that five genes selected from the microarrays (egr-1, SP-B, SP-D, S100A4, and pleiotrophin) were also increased at the protein level. Pathological changes in TGF-α-overexpressing mice bore similarities to premature infants born in the saccular phase who develop BPD, including remodeling of the distal lung septae and arteries.
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- Elizabeth L Kramer
- Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Granio O, Norez C, Ashbourne Excoffon KJD, Karp PH, Lusky M, Becq F, Boulanger P, Zabner J, Hong SS. Cellular localization and activity of Ad-delivered GFP-CFTR in airway epithelial and tracheal cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007; 37:631-9. [PMID: 17641299 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0026te] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, and the cellular trafficking of the CFTR protein is an essential factor that determines its function in cells. The aim of our study was to develop an Ad vector expressing a biologically active green fluorescent protein (GFP)-CFTR chimera that can be tracked by both its localization and chloride channel function. No study thus far has demonstrated a GFP-CFTR construct that displayed both of these functions in the airway epithelia. Tracheal glandular cells, MM39 (CFTRwt) and CF-KM4 (CFTRDeltaF508), as well as human airway epithelial cells from a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF-HAE) and from a healthy donor (HAE) were used for the functional analysis of our Ad vectors, Ad5/GFP-CFTRwt and Ad5/GFP-CFTRDeltaF508. The GFP-CFTRwt protein expressed was efficiently addressed to the plasma membrane of tracheal cells and to the apical surface of polarized CF-HAE cells, while GFP-CFTRDeltaF508 mutant was sequestered intracellularly. The functionality of the GFP-CFTRwt protein was demonstrated by its capacity to correct the chloride channel activity both in CF-KM4 and CF-HAE cells after Ad transduction. A correlation between the proportion of Ad5-transduced CF-KM4 cells and correction of CFTR function showed that 55 to 70% transduction resulted in 70% correction of the Cl- channel function. In reconstituted CF-HAE, GFP-CFTRwt appeared as active as the nontagged CFTRwt protein in correcting the transepithelial Cl- transport. We show for the first time a GFP-CFTR chimera that localized to the apical surface of human airway epithelia and restored epithelial chloride transport to similar levels as nontagged CFTR.
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- Ophélia Granio
- Laboratoire de Virologie et Pathologie Humaine, Université de Lyon 1 and CNRS FRE 3011, Faculté de Médecine Laennec and IFR Lyon-Est, Lyon, France
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Smith TD, Bhatnagar KP, Rossie JB, Docherty BA, Burrows AM, Cooper GM, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. Scaling of the first ethmoturbinal in nocturnal strepsirrhines: olfactory and respiratory surfaces. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2007; 290:215-37. [PMID: 17525938 DOI: 10.1002/ar.20428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Turbinals (scroll bones, turbinates) are projections from the lateral wall of the nasal fossa. These bones vary from simple folds to branching scrolls. Conventionally, maxilloturbinals comprise the respiratory turbinals, whereas nasoturbinals and ethmoturbinals comprise olfactory turbinals, denoting the primary type of mucosa that lines these conchae. However, the first ethmoturbinal (ETI) appears exceptional in the variability of it mucosal covering. Recently, it was suggested that the distribution of respiratory versus olfactory mucosae varies based on body size or age in strepsirrhine primates (lemurs and lorises). The present study was undertaken to determine how the rostrocaudal distribution of olfactory epithelium (OE) versus non-OE scales relative to palatal length in strepsirrhines. Serially sectioned heads of 20 strepsirrhines (10 neonates, 10 adults) were examined for presence of OE on ETI, rostral to its attachment to the nasal fossa wall (lateral root). Based on known distances between sections of ETI, the rostrocaudal length of OE was measured and compared to the length lined solely by non-OE (primarily respiratory epithelium). In 13 specimens, the total surface area of OE versus non-OE was calculated. Results show that the length of non-OE scales nearly isometrically with cranial length, while OE is more negatively allometric. In surface area, a lesser percentage of non-OE exists in smaller species than larger species and between neonates and adults. Such results are consistent with recent suggestions that the olfactory structures do not scale closely with body size, whereas respiratory structures (e.g., maxilloturbinals) may scale close to isometry. In primates and perhaps other mammals, variation in ETI morphology may reflect dual adaptations for olfaction and endothermy.
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- Timothy D Smith
- School of Physical Therapy, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057, USA.
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Clinical signs, serologic response, viral contents of the trachea and intestine, and histopathological and ultrastructural changes of the tracheal epithelium of Japanese quail experimentally infected with field isolate of H9N2 avian influenza were studied. Vaccinated and unvaccinated quail were inoculated with 10(6.3) 50% embryo infectious dose/bird of A/ chicken/Iran/SH-110/99 (H9N2) virus via nasal inoculation. Clinical signs such as depression, ruffled feathers, diarrhea, and nasal and eye discharges were observed 6 days postinfection (PI). No mortality was observed; however, there was reduction in feed and water consumption and egg production. However, the serologic response of vaccinated challenged and unvaccinated challenged birds was not significantly different. Unvaccinated challenged quail showed more severe histopathologic reaction in their lungs and trachea. Hyperemia, edema, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and deciliation and sloughing of the tracheal epithelium were observed. Ultrastructural study showed dilatation of endoplasmic reticulum and degeneration of Golgi apparatus and cilia of the tracheal lining cells of respiratory epithelium.
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- H Nili
- Department of Avian Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, P.O. Box 1731, Shiraz 71345, Iran
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Wiszniewski L, Sanz J, Scerri I, Gasparotto E, Dudez T, Lacroix JS, Suter S, Gallati S, Chanson M. Functional expression of connexin30 and connexin31 in the polarized human airway epithelium. Differentiation 2007; 75:382-92. [PMID: 17428265 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2007.00157.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gap junctions are documented in the human airway epithelium but the functional expression and molecular identity of their protein constituents (connexins, Cx) in the polarized epithelium is not known. To address this question, we documented the expression of a family of epithelial Cx (Cx26, Cx30, Cx30.3, Cx31, Cx31.1, Cx32, Cx37, Cx40, and Cx43) in primary human airway epithelial cells (AEC) grown on porous supports. Under submerged conditions, AEC formed a monolayer of airway cells whereas the air-liquid interface induced within 30-60 days AEC differentiation into a polarized epithelium for up to 6-9 months. Maturation of AEC was associated with the down-regulation of Cx26 and Cx43. The well-differentiated airway epithelium exhibited gap junctional communication between ciliated and between ciliated and basal cells. Interestingly, Cx30 was mostly present between ciliated cells whereas Cx31 was found between basal cells. These results are supportive of the establishment of signal-selective gap junctions with maturation of AEC, likely contributing to support airway epithelium function. These results lay the ground for studying the role of Cx-mediated cell-cell communication during repair following AEC injury and exploring Cx-targeted interventions to modulate the healing process.
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- Ludovic Wiszniewski
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation III, Department of Pediatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Cilia depend on their highly differentiated structure, a 9 + 2 arrangement, to remove particles from the lung and to transport reproductive cells. Immortalized cells could potentially be of great use in cilia research. Immortalization of cells with cilia structure containing the 9 + 2 arrangement might be able to generate cell lines with such cilia structure. However, whether immortalized cells can retain such a highly differentiated structure remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that (1) using E1a gene transfection, tracheal cells are immortalized; (2) interestingly, in a gel culture the immortalized cells form spherical aggregations within which a lumen is developed; and (3) surprisingly, inside the aggregation, cilia containing a 9 + 2 arrangement grow from the cell's apical pole and protrude into the lumen. These results may influence future research in many areas such as understanding the mechanisms of cilia differentiation, cilia generation in other existing cell lines, cilia disorders, generation of other highly differentiated structures besides cilia using the gel culture, immortalization of other ciliated cells with the E1a gene, development of cilia motile function, and establishment of a research model to provide uniform ciliated cells.
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- Ming Zhang
- Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, Texas Tech University - Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
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Tanaka K, Sutani A, Uchida Y, Shimizu Y, Shimizu M, Akita M. Ciliary ultrastructure in two sisters with Kartagener's syndrome. Med Mol Morphol 2007; 40:34-9. [PMID: 17384988 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-007-0354-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kartagener's syndrome (KS) is a clinical variant of primary ciliary dyskinesia involving situs inversus associated with chronic airway infections. We studied two sisters; the elder one had dextrocardia and scoliosis, and the younger one had situs inversus of the lung, liver, and stomach as well as dextrocardia. Both patients had chronic sinusitis and chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis. In both cases, the ciliary defect associated with this syndrome is the absence of inner dynein arms.
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- Kayoko Tanaka
- Division of Morphological Science, Biomedical Research Center, Saitama Medical University, 38 Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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Danielian PS, Bender Kim CF, Caron AM, Vasile E, Bronson RT, Lees JA. E2f4 is required for normal development of the airway epithelium. Dev Biol 2007; 305:564-76. [PMID: 17383628 PMCID: PMC1939821 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Revised: 02/24/2007] [Accepted: 02/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The airway epithelium is comprised of specialized cell types that play key roles in protecting the lungs from environmental insults. The cellular composition of the murine respiratory epithelium is established during development and different cell types populate specific regions along the airway. Here we show that E2f4-deficiency leads to an absence of ciliated cells from the entire airway epithelium and the epithelium of the submucosal glands in the paranasal sinuses. This defect is particularly striking in the nasal epithelium of E2f4-/- mice where ciliated cells are replaced by columnar secretory cells that produce mucin-like substances. In addition, in the proximal lung, E2f4 loss causes a reduction in Clara cell marker expression indicating that Clara cell development is also affected. These defects arise during embryogenesis and, in the nasal epithelium, appear to be independent of any changes in cell proliferation, the principal process regulated by members of the E2f family of transcription factors. We therefore conclude that E2f4 is required to determine the appropriate development of the airway epithelium. Importantly, the combination of no ciliated cells and excess mucous cells can account for the chronic rhinitis and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections that causes the postnatal lethality of E2f4 mutant mice.
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- Paul S. Danielian
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Stem Cell Program, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Corresponding author. Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA, Email address: , Telephone: +1-617-252-1972, Fax: +1-617-253-9863
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Duriez B, Duquesnoy P, Escudier E, Bridoux AM, Escalier D, Rayet I, Marcos E, Vojtek AM, Bercher JF, Amselem S. A common variant in combination with a nonsense mutation in a member of the thioredoxin family causes primary ciliary dyskinesia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:3336-41. [PMID: 17360648 PMCID: PMC1805560 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611405104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Thioredoxins belong to a large family of enzymatic proteins that function as general protein disulfide reductases, therefore participating in several cellular processes via redox-mediated reactions. So far, none of the 18 members of this family has been involved in human pathology. Here we identified TXNDC3, which encodes a thioredoxin-nucleoside diphosphate kinase, as a gene implicated in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a genetic condition characterized by chronic respiratory tract infections, left-right asymmetry randomization, and male infertility. We show that the disease, which segregates as a recessive trait, results from the unusual combination of the following two transallelic defects: a nonsense mutation and a common intronic variant found in 1% of control chromosomes. This variant affects the ratio of two physiological TXNDC3 transcripts: the full-length isoform and a novel isoform, TXNDC3d7, carrying an in-frame deletion of exon 7. In vivo and in vitro expression data unveiled the physiological importance of TXNDC3d7 (whose expression was reduced in the patient) and the corresponding protein that was shown to bind microtubules. PCD is known to result from defects of the axoneme, an organelle common to respiratory cilia, embryonic nodal cilia, and sperm flagella, containing dynein arms, with, to date, the implication of genes encoding dynein proteins. Our findings, which identify a another class of molecules involved in PCD, disclose the key role of TXNDC3 in ciliary function; they also point to an unusual mechanism underlying a Mendelian disorder, which is an SNP-induced modification of the ratio of two physiological isoforms generated by alternative splicing.
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- Bénédicte Duriez
- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 654, F-94000 Créteil, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris 12, IFR10, F-94000 Créteil, France
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 654, F-94000 Créteil, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris 12, IFR10, F-94000 Créteil, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 651, F-94000 Créteil, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
- Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département de Génétique-Cytogénétique-Embryologie, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 654, F-94000 Créteil, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris 12, IFR10, F-94000 Créteil, France
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- Hôpital de Bicêtre, Service d'Andrologie, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre 94275, France
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- **Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital Nord, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne, F-42055 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris 12, IFR10, F-94000 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire de Microscopie électronique, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, F-94000 Créteil, France; and
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- Département de Mathématiques, Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique, Cité Descartes, F-93162 Noisy-Le-Grand, France
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- *Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 654, F-94000 Créteil, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Stout SL, Wyatt TA, Adams JJ, Sisson JH. Nitric oxide-dependent cilia regulatory enzyme localization in bovine bronchial epithelial cells. J Histochem Cytochem 2007; 55:433-42. [PMID: 17242464 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6a7089.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Airway epithelial-derived nitric oxide (NO), through the activation of nucleotide cyclases and downstream kinases, stimulates ciliary beating, yet the precise locations of these enzymes are unknown. We hypothesized that these NO-activated enzymes are located within, or adjacent to, the ciliary axoneme. Immunohistochemistry of intact ciliated cells revealed that endothelial-type nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the RII isoform of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA-RII), the type I isoform of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG-I), and guanylate cyclase beta (GC-beta) all colocalized with pericentrin to the basal body. In contrast, the PKA-RI isoform and the PKG-II isoform localized to ciliary axonemes. Western blot analysis of isolated demembranated ciliary preparations detected eNOS, GC-beta, and both isoforms of PKA and PKG. An A-kinase-anchoring protein was also detected. Our findings suggest that these enzymes are sequestered close to their points of action into a discrete ciliary metabolon, enabling targeted phosphorylation and efficient upregulation of ciliary beating.
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- Sarah L Stout
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center 985300, Omaha, NE 68198-5300, USA
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Slebos DJ, Ryter SW, van der Toorn M, Liu F, Guo F, Baty CJ, Karlsson JM, Watkins SC, Kim HP, Wang X, Lee JS, Postma DS, Kauffman HF, Choi AMK. Mitochondrial localization and function of heme oxygenase-1 in cigarette smoke-induced cell death. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006; 36:409-17. [PMID: 17079780 PMCID: PMC1899328 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0214oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cigarette smoke-induced apoptosis and necrosis contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The induction of heme oxygenase-1 provides cytoprotection against oxidative stress, and may protect in smoking-related disease. Since mitochondria regulate cellular death, we examined the functional expression and mitochondrial localization of heme oxygenase-1 in pulmonary epithelial cells exposed to cigarette smoke extract (CSE), and its role in modulating cell death. Heme oxygenase-1 expression increased dramatically in cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions of human alveolar (A549), or bronchial epithelial cells (Beas-2b) exposed to either hemin, lipopolysaccharide, or CSE. Mitochondrial localization of heme oxygenase-1 was also observed in a primary culture of human small airway epithelial cells. Furthermore, heme oxygenase activity increased dramatically in mitochondrial fractions, and in whole cell extracts of Beas-2b after exposure to hemin and CSE. The mitochondrial localization of heme oxygenase-1 in Beas-2b was confirmed using immunogold-electron microscopy and immunofluorescence labeling on confocal laser microscopy. CSE caused loss of cellular ATP and rapid depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential. Apoptosis occurred in Beas-2b at low concentrations of cigarette smoke extract, whereas necrosis occurred at high concentrations. Overexpression of heme oxygenase-1 inhibited CSE-induced Beas-2b cell death and preserved cellular ATP levels. Finally, heme oxygenase-1 mRNA expression was elevated in the lungs of mice chronically exposed to cigarette smoke. We demonstrate the functional compartmentalization of heme oxygenase-1 in the mitochondria of lung epithelial cells, and its potential role in defense against mitochondria-mediated cell death during CSE exposure.
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- Dirk-Jan Slebos
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, MUH 628NW, 3459 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Inhaled particles may cause increased pulmonary and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The wall structures of airways and alveoli act as a series of structural and functional barriers against inhaled particles. Deposited particles are displaced and come into close association with epithelial cells, macrophages and dendritic cells. The cellular interplay after particle deposition in a triple cell co-culture model of the human airway wall was investigated by laser scanning microscopy. Furthermore, the cellular response was determined by measurement of TNF-alpha. Dendritic cells gained access to the apical side of the epithelium where they sampled particles and interacted with macrophages.
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- Peter Gehr
- Institute of Anatomy, Division of Histology, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 2, CH-3000, Bern 9, Switzerland.
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Krasteva G, Pfeil U, Drab M, Kummer W, König P. Caveolin-1 and -2 in airway epithelium: expression and in situ association as detected by FRET-CLSM. Respir Res 2006; 7:108. [PMID: 16904002 PMCID: PMC1563466 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-7-108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 04/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Caveolae are involved in diverse cellular functions such as signal transduction, cholesterol homeostasis, endo- and transcytosis, and also may serve as entry sites for microorganisms. Hence, their occurrence in epithelium of the airways might be expected but, nonetheless, has not yet been examined. METHODS Western blotting, real-time quantitative PCR analysis of abraded tracheal epithelium and laser-assisted microdissection combined with subsequent mRNA analysis were used to examine the expression of cav-1 and cav-2, two major caveolar coat proteins, in rat tracheal epithelium. Fluorescence immunohistochemistry was performed to locate caveolae and cav-1 and -2 in the airway epithelium of rats, mice and humans. Electron-microscopic analysis was used for the identification of caveolae. CLSM-FRET analysis determined the interaction of cav-1alpha and cav-2 in situ. RESULTS Western blotting and laser-assisted microdissection identified protein and transcripts, respectively, of cav-1 and cav-2 in airway epithelium. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR analysis of abraded tracheal epithelium revealed a higher expression of cav-2 than of cav-1. Immunoreactivities for cav-1 and for cav-2 were co-localized in the cell membrane of the basal cells and basolaterally in the ciliated epithelial cells of large airways of rat and human. However, no labeling for cav-1 or cav-2 was observed in the epithelial cells of small bronchi. Using conventional double-labeling indirect immunofluorescence combined with CLSM-FRET analysis, we detected an association of cav-1alpha and -2 in epithelial cells. The presence of caveolae was confirmed by electron microscopy. In contrast to human and rat, cav-1-immunoreactivity and caveolae were confined to basal cells in mice. Epithelial caveolae were absent in cav-1-deficient mice, implicating a requirement of this caveolar protein in epithelial caveolae formation. CONCLUSION These results show that caveolae and caveolins are integral membrane components in basal and ciliated epithelial cells, indicating a crucial role in these cell types. In addition to their physiological role, they may be involved in airway infection.
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- Gabriela Krasteva
- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
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Lien CF, Hazai D, Yeung D, Tan J, Füchtbauer EM, Jancsik V, Górecki DC. Expression of alpha-dystrobrevin in blood-tissue barriers: sub-cellular localisation and molecular characterisation in normal and dystrophic mice. Cell Tissue Res 2006; 327:67-82. [PMID: 16868787 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0241-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The alpha- and beta-dystrobrevins (DBs) belong to a family of dystrophin-related and dystrophin-associated proteins that are members of the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC). This complex provides a link between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix or other cells. However, specific functions of the two dystrobrevins remain largely unknown, with alpha-DB being believed to have a role mainly in skeletal muscle. Here, we describe previously unknown expression patterns and the localisation and molecular characteristics of alpha-DB isoforms in non-muscle mouse tissues. We demonstrate a highly specific sub-cellular distribution of alpha-DB in organs forming blood-tissue barriers. We show alpha-DB expression and localisation in testicular Sertoli cells, stomach and respiratory epithelia and provide electron-microscopic evidence for its immunolocalisation in these cells and in the central nervous system. Moreover, we present the molecular characterisation of alpha-DB transcript in these tissues and provide evidence for a distinct heterogeneity of associations between alpha-DB and dystrophins and utrophin in normal and dystrophic non-muscle tissues. Together, our results indicate that alpha-DB, in addition to its role in skeletal muscle, may also be required for the proper function of specific non-muscle tissues and that disruption of DAPC might lead to tissue-blood barrier abnormalities.
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- Chun Fu Lien
- Molecular Medicine, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, St. Michael's Building, White Swan Road, Portsmouth, UK
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The aim of this study was to investigate by light microscopy as well as by scanning and transmission electron microscopy the deciliation process which takes place on the respiratory epithelium of tracheal explants after experimental infection with Mycoplasma fermentans strain incognitus. Time-point photography allowed distinguishing five phases which occurred during the infection on the epithelial cell surface: (1) Attachment of M. fermentans to the cilia causing clumping of the cilia tips; (2) matting of cilia into bundles; (3) formation of abnormally shaped and shorter cilia; (4) collapse of cilia onto the epithelial cell surface; and (5) widespread loss of cilia. Based on the photographic images, a schematic model of the deciliation process was developed. Various potential factors contributing to the cilia destruction are discussed, including the release of mycoplasmal toxins, the physical presence of a high number of M. fermentans cells attached to the cilia, and the depletion of culture medium components by the mycoplasmas. This model of M. fermentans strain incognitus infection of respiratory epithelium is important for understanding mycoplasmal pathogenicity on a comparative level.
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- Christian T K H Stadtländer
- Greenville Hospital System/Clemson University Biomedical Cooperative and Department of Microbiology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
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Grainger CI, Greenwell LL, Lockley DJ, Martin GP, Forbes B. Culture of Calu-3 cells at the air interface provides a representative model of the airway epithelial barrier. Pharm Res 2006; 23:1482-90. [PMID: 16779708 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-0255-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Accepted: 02/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the effect of liquid-covered culture (LCC) and air-interfaced culture (AIC) on Calu-3 cell layer morphology and permeability, thus assessing the fitness of these culture systems as models of airway epithelium barrier function. METHODS Cell layers were grown on 0.33 cm2 Transwell polyester cell culture supports. Cell layers grown using LCC and AIC were evaluated by using light and electron microscopy, transepithelial electrical resistance (TER), and permeability to the transepithelial flux of fluorescein sodium (flu-Na), and by varying molecular weight dextrans labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC-dex). The tight junction protein, zona occludens protein-1 (ZO-1), was visualized by confocal microscopy and apical glycoprotein secretions were identified by using alcian blue. RESULTS Cells grown via AIC produced a more columnar epithelium with a more rugged apical topography and greater glycoprotein secretion compared to cells grown via LCC. Apical protrusions appearing to be cilia-like structures were observed on occasional cells using AIC, but typical airway ciliated cell phenotypes were not produced under either condition. Secretory granules were observed in cells cultured under both conditions. Cells cultured using LCC exhibited higher levels of ZO-1 protein than the AIC counterpart. The maximal TER of cells using LCC, 1,086 +/- 113 ohms cm2 at 11-16 days, was significantly greater than the TER of cells cultured using AIC, 306 +/- 53 ohms cm2 at 11-13 days. Apparent permeability (P(app)) values for the transport of flu-Na using LCC and AIC were 1.48 +/- 0.19x10(-7) and 3.36 +/- 0.47x10(-7) cm s(-1), respectively. Transport rates of flu-Na and FITC-dex were inversely proportional to molecular weight, and were significantly lower (p < 0.05) in cell layers grown using LCC than AIC. Renkin analysis fitted the data to single pore populations of radii 7.7 and 11.0 nm for LCC and AIC, respectively. CONCLUSION Distinct differences in morphology and permeability result when Calu-3 cells are grown using AIC or LCC. Cells cultured using AIC generate a model more morphologically representative of the airway epithelium than cells cultured using LCC.
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- Christopher I Grainger
- Pharmaceutical Science Research Division, King's College London, Franklin Williams Building, London, SE1 9NH, UK
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Aspiration of gastric acid commonly injures airway epithelium and, if severe, can lead to respiratory failure from acute respiratory distress syndrome. Recently, we identified cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-derived prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and lipoxin A(4) (LXA(4)) as pivotal mediators in vivo for resolution of acid-initiated acute lung injury. To examine protective mechanisms for these mediators in the airway, we developed an in vitro model of acid injury by transiently exposing well-differentiated normal human bronchial epithelial cells to hydrochloric acid. Transmission electron microscopy revealed selective injury to superficial epithelial cells with disruption of cell attachments and cell shedding. The morphological features of injury were substantially resolved within 6 hours. Acid triggered and early marked increases in COX-2 expression and PGE(2) production, and acid-induced PGE(2) significantly increased epithelial LXA(4) receptor (ALX) expression. LXA(4) is generated in vivo during acute lung injury, and we observed that nanomolar quantities increased basal epithelial cell proliferation and potently blocked acid-triggered interleukin-6 release and neutrophil transmigration across well-differentiated normal human bronchial epithelial cells. Expression of recombinant human ALX in A549 airway epithelial cells uncovered ALX-dependent inhibition of cytokine release by LXA(4). Together, these findings indicate that injured bronchial epithelial cells up-regulate ALX in a COX-2-dependent manner to promote LXA(4)-mediated resolution of airway inflammation.
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- Caroline Bonnans
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Yumoto R, Nishikawa H, Okamoto M, Katayama H, Nagai J, Takano M. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis of FITC-albumin in alveolar type II epithelial cell line RLE-6TN. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2006; 290:L946-55. [PMID: 16361359 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00173.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We examined mechanisms of FITC-albumin uptake by alveolar type II epithelial cells using cultured RLE-6TN cells. Alkaline phosphatase activity and the expression of cytokeratin 19 mRNA, which are characteristic features of alveolar type II epithelial cells, were detected in RLE-6TN cells. The uptake of FITC-albumin by the cells was time and temperature dependent and showed the saturation kinetics of high- and low-affinity transport systems. FITC-albumin uptake was inhibited by native albumin, by chemically modified albumin, and by metabolic inhibitors and bafilomycin A1, an inhibitor of vacuolar H+-ATPase. Confocal laser scanning microscopic analysis after FITC-albumin uptake showed punctate localization of fluorescence in the cells, which was partly localized in lysosomes. FITC-albumin taken up by the cells gradually degraded over time, as shown by fluoroimage analyzer after SDS-PAGE. The uptake of FITC-albumin by RLE-6TN cells was not inhibited by nystatin, indomethacin, or methyl-β-cyclodextrin (inhibitors of caveolae-mediated endocytosis) but was inhibited by phenylarsine oxide and chlorpromazine (inhibitors of clathrin-mediated endocytosis) in a concentration-dependent manner. Uptake was also inhibited by potassium depletion and hypertonicity, conditions known to inhibit clathrin-mediated endocytosis. These results indicate that the uptake of FITC-albumin in cultured alveolar type II epithelial cells, RLE-6TN, is mediated by clathrin-mediated but not by caveolae-mediated endocytosis, and intracellular FITC-albumin is gradually degraded in lysosomes. Possible receptors involved in this endocytic system are discussed.
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- Ryoko Yumoto
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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Novik VI, Zdraevskaia ON, Emanuél' VL. [Analysis of morphometric data and ploidy of nuclear DNA from the bronchial epithelial cells in benign processes and different histological forms of lung cancer]. Klin Lab Diagn 2006:40-3. [PMID: 16756165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Morphometric data and the ploidity of bronchial epitheliocytic nuclear DNA were studied in benign processes and different histological forms of lung cancer (LC), by using smears taken from 42 patients at fibrobronchoscopy. There were certain differences in the mean values of the area and content of DNA between basal-cell hyperplasia, squamous-cell metaplasia and dysplasia, small-cell and non-small-cell LC, which may be used in the differential cytological diagnosis in difficult cases.
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