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Lymphocyte interactions mediated by leukocyte integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA1) and intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) are important for lymphocyte trafficking and antigen recognition. Integrins are regulated by the modulation of ligand-binding affinity and avidity (valency). Although the mechanism underlying high-affinity LFA1 binding has been investigated extensively, the molecular mechanisms by which low-affinity multivalent binding initiates adhesion remain unclear. We previously showed that ICAM1 and monoclonal antibodies that recognize specific LFA1 conformations induce the accumulation of LFA1 at the contact surface. In this study, we found that the small GTPase Rab8 is critical for intracellular transport and accumulation of LFA1 at cell contact areas mediated by low-affinity LFA1-dependent outside-in signaling. Super-resolution microscopy revealed that Rab8 co-localized with LFA1 in small vesicles near the contact membrane. Inactivation of Rab8 decreased ICAM1-dependent adhesion and substantially reduced LFA1 density on the contact membrane. The GTP-bound active form of Rab8 increased cell adhesiveness and promoted LFA1 accumulation at the contact area through co-trafficking with LFA1. Rab8 activation was induced by low-affinity conformation-dependent outside-in signaling via the guanine exchange factor Rabin8, which induced Rab8 activation at the cell contact area independent of Rap1. Single-molecule imaging of ICAM1 on a supported planner lipid bilayer demonstrated that Rab8 increased the frequency of LFA1-ICAM1 interactions without affecting their binding lifetime, indicating that Rab8 is mainly involved in the modulation of LFA1 avidity rather than LFA1 affinity. The present findings underscore the importance of low-affinity conformation-dependent outside-in signaling via the Rabin8-Rab8 axis leading to the initiation of LFA1 transport to the contact area.
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BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is a disease of unmet medical need. Although extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been implicated in anti-tumor responses, discrepancies were observed among studies. We analyzed the role of tumor-derived EVs (TEVs) in tumor progression in vivo by focusing on regulatory T (Treg) cells, which play essential roles in tumor development and progression. METHODS: A mouse model of colorectal cancer lung metastasis was generated using BALB/c mice by tail vein injection of the BALB/c colon adenocarcinoma cell line Colon-26. TEVs derived from Colon-26 and BALB/c lung squamous cell carcinoma ASB-XIV were retrieved from the culture media supernatants. A TEV equivalent to 10 µg protein was injected every other day for 2 weeks. RESULTS: Histology and immunohistochemistry studies revealed that lung tumors reduced in the Colon-26-EV group when compared to the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) group. The population of CD4 + FoxP3 + cells in the lung was upregulated in the PBS group mice when compared to the healthy mice (P < 0.001), but was significantly downregulated in the Colon-26-EV group mice when compared to the PBS group mice (P < 0.01). Programmed cell death protein 1, glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein, and CD69 expression in lung Treg cells were markedly upregulated in the PBS group when compared to the healthy mice, but downregulated in the Colon-26-EV group when compared to the PBS group. The changes in expression were dose-dependent for Colon-26-EVs. ASB-EVs also led to significantly downregulated Treg cell expression, although non-cancer line 3T3-derived EVs did not. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that TEVs possess components for tumor suppression.
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Adenocarcinoma , Neoplasias do Colo , Vesículas Extracelulares , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Camundongos , Animais , Linfócitos T Reguladores/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Injeções Intravenosas , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Vesículas Extracelulares/patologia , FenótipoRESUMO
Rap1-GTPase activates integrins and plays an indispensable role in lymphocyte trafficking, but the importance of Rap1 inactivation in this process remains unknown. Here we identified the Rap1-inactivating proteins Rasa3 and Sipa1 as critical regulators of lymphocyte trafficking. The loss of Rasa3 and Sipa1 in T cells induced spontaneous Rap1 activation and adhesion. As a consequence, T cells deficient in Rasa3 and Sipa1 were trapped in the lung due to firm attachment to capillary beds, while administration of LFA1 antibodies or loss of talin1 or Rap1 rescued lung sequestration. Unexpectedly, mutant T cells exhibited normal extravasation into lymph nodes, fast interstitial migration, even greater chemotactic responses to chemokines and sphingosine-1-phosphate, and entrance into lymphatic sinuses but severely delayed exit: mutant T cells retained high motility in lymphatic sinuses and frequently returned to the lymph node parenchyma, resulting in defective egress. These results reveal the critical trafficking processes that require Rap1 inactivation.
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Integrinas , Linfócitos T , Adesão Celular , Integrinas/metabolismo , Proteínas Ativadoras de GTPase/fisiologia , Linfonodos/metabolismo , Pulmão/metabolismoRESUMO
Lymphocyte trafficking requires fine-tuning of chemokine-mediated cell migration. This process depends on cytoskeletal dynamics and polarity, but its regulation remains elusive. We quantitatively measured cell polarity and revealed critical roles performed by integrin activator Rap1 in this process, independent of substrate adhesion. Rap1-deficient naive T cells exhibited impaired abilities to reorganize the actin cytoskeleton into pseudopods and actomyosin-rich uropods. Rap1-GTPase activating proteins (GAPs), Rasa3 and Sipa1, maintained an unpolarized shape; deletion of these GAPs spontaneously induced cell polarization, indicative of the polarizing effect of Rap1. Rap1 activation required F-actin scaffolds, and stimulated RhoA activation and actomyosin contractility at the rear. Furthermore, talin1 acted on Rap1 downstream effectors to promote actomyosin contractility in the uropod, which occurred independently of substrate adhesion and talin1 binding to integrins. These findings indicate that Rap1 signaling to RhoA and talin1 regulates chemokine-stimulated lymphocyte polarization and chemotaxis in a manner independent of adhesion.
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Immune responses in humanized mice are generally inefficient without co-transplantation of human thymus or HLA transgenes. Previously, we generated humanized mice via the intra-bone marrow injection of CD133+ cord blood cells into irradiated adult immunodeficient mice (IBMI-huNSG mice), which could mount functional immune responses against HTLV-1, although the underlying mechanisms were still unknown. Here, we investigated thymocyte development in IBMI-huNSG mice, focusing on the roles of human and mouse MHC restriction. IBMI-huNSG mice had normal developmental profiles but aberrant thymic structures. Surprisingly, the thymic medulla-like regions expanded after immunization due to enhanced thymocyte expansion in association with the increase in HLA-DR+ cells, including CD205+ dendritic cells (DCs). The organ culture of thymus from immunized IBMI-huNSG mice with a neutralizing antibody to HLA-DR showed the HLA-DR-dependent expansion of CD4 single positive thymocytes. Mature peripheral T-cells exhibited alloreactive proliferation when co-cultured with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Live imaging of the thymus from immunized IBMI-huNSG mice revealed dynamic adhesive contacts of human-derived thymocytes and DCs accompanied by Rap1 activation. These findings demonstrate that an increase in HLA-DR+ cells by immunization promotes HLA-restricted thymocyte expansion in humanized mice, offering a unique opportunity to generate humanized mice with ease.
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Leucócitos Mononucleares , Timócitos , Humanos , Camundongos , Animais , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos , Timo , Antígenos HLA-DR , ImunizaçãoRESUMO
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common glomerular injury leading to end-stage renal disease. Monogenic FSGS is primarily ascribed to decreased podocyte integrity. Variants between residues 184 and 245 of INF2, an actin assembly factor, produce the monogenic FSGS phenotype. Meanwhile, variants between residues 57 and 184 cause a dual-faceted disease involving peripheral neurons and podocytes (Charcot-Marie-Tooth CMT/FSGS). To understand the molecular basis for INF2 disorders, we compared structural and cytoskeletal effects of INF2 variants classified into two subgroups: One (G73D, V108D) causes the CMT/FSGS phenotype, and the other (T161N, N202S) produces monogenic FSGS. Molecular dynamics analysis revealed that all INF2 variants show distinct flexibility compared to the wild-type INF2 and could affect stability of an intramolecular interaction between their N- and C-terminal segments. Immunocytochemistry of cells expressing INF2 variants showed fewer actin stress fibers, and disorganization of cytoplasmic microtubule arrays. Notably, CMT/FSGS variants caused more prominent changes in mitochondrial distribution and fragmentation than FSGS variants and these changes correlated with the severity of cytoskeletal disruption. Our results indicate that CMT/FSGS variants are associated with more severe global cellular defects caused by disrupted cytoskeleton-organelle interactions than are FSGS variants. Further study is needed to clarify tissue-specific pathways and/or cellular functions implicated in FSGS and CMT phenotypes.
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Glomerulosclerose Segmentar e Focal , Podócitos , Humanos , Proteínas dos Microfilamentos/metabolismo , Glomerulosclerose Segmentar e Focal/complicações , Forminas/genética , Actinas/genética , Mutação , Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Podócitos/metabolismoRESUMO
Bidirectional control of integrin activation plays crucial roles in cell adhesive behaviors, but how integrins are specifically regulated by inside-out and outside-in signaling has not been fully understood. Here, we report distinct bidirectional regulation of major lymphocyte homing receptors LFA1 and α4ß7 in primary T cells. A small increase of Rap1 activation in L-selectin-mediated tether/rolling was boosted by the outside-in signaling from ICAM1-interacting LFA1 through subsecond, simultaneous activation of Rap1 GTPase and talin1, but not kindlin-3, resulting in increased capture and slowing. In contrast, none of them were required for tether/rolling by α4ß7 on MAdCAM1. High Rap1 activation with chemokines or the loss of Rap1-inactivating proteins Rasa3 and Sipa1 increased talin1/kindlin-3-dependent arrest with high-affinity binding of LFA1 to membrane-anchored ICAM1. However, despite increased affinity of α4ß7, activated Rap1 severely suppressed adhesion on MAdCAM1 under shear flow, indicating the critical importance of a sequential outside-in/inside-out signaling for α4ß7.
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Integrinas , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária , Linfócitos T , Adesão Celular/fisiologia , Quimiocinas/metabolismo , Integrinas/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Linfócitos T/metabolismoRESUMO
Integrin LFA1 is a cell adhesion receptor expressed exclusively in leukocytes, and plays crucial roles in lymphocyte trafficking, antigen recognition, and effector functions. Since the discovery that the adhesiveness of LFA1 can be dynamically changed upon stimulation, one challenge has been understanding how integrins are regulated by inside-out signaling coupled with macromolecular conformational changes, as well as ligand bindings that transduce signals from the extracellular domain to the cytoplasm in outside-in signaling. The small GTPase Rap1 and integrin adaptor proteins talin1 and kindlin-3 have been recognized as critical molecules for integrin activation. However, their cooperative regulation of integrin adhesiveness in lymphocytes requires further research. Recent advances in single-molecule imaging techniques have revealed dynamic molecular processes in real-time and provided insight into integrin activation in cellular environments. This review summarizes integrin regulation and discusses new findings regarding the bidirectionality of LFA1 activation and signaling processes in lymphocytes.
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Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Integrinas , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , Adesão Celular , Integrinas/metabolismo , Leucócitos/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologiaRESUMO
Integrin activation by the intracellular adaptor proteins talin1 and kindlin-3 is essential for lymphocyte adhesion. These adaptors cooperatively control integrin activation through bidirectional (inside-out and outside-in) activation signals. Using single-molecule measurements, we revealed the distinct dynamics of talin1 and kindlin-3 interactions with the integrin LFA1 (αLß2) and their functions in LFA1 activation and LFA1-mediated adhesion. The kinetics of talin1 binding to the tail of the ß2 subunit corresponded to those of LFA1 binding to its ligand ICAM1. ICAM1 binding induced transient interactions between the membrane-proximal cytoplasmic region of the ß2 subunit with an N-terminal domain of kindlin-3, leading to disruption of the association between the integrin subunits (the α/ß clasp) and unbending of the ectodomains of the α/ß heterodimer. These conformational changes promoted high-affinity talin1 binding to the ß2 tail that required the talin rod domain and the actomyosin cytoskeleton. Inside-out signaling induced by the GTPase Rap1 did not markedly stabilize the binding of talin1 and kindlin-3 to LFA1. In contrast, ligand-induced outside-in signaling, the stabilization of open LFA1 conformers, or shear force substantially altered the dynamics of talin1 and kindlin-3 association with LFA1 and enhanced both Rap1 and LFA1 activation. In migrating lymphocytes, asymmetrical distribution of talin1 and kindlin-3 correlated with the maturation of LFA1 from a low-affinity conformation at the leading edge to a high-affinity conformation in the adherent mid-body. Our results suggest that kindlin-3 spatiotemporally mediates a positive feedback circuit of LFA1 activation to control dynamic adhesion and migration of lymphocytes.
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Integrinas , Talina , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , Adesão Celular , Retroalimentação , Ligação Proteica , Transdução de Sinais , Talina/genética , Talina/metabolismoRESUMO
Although surgical treatment cures >90% of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients, the remaining patients, including advanced DTC cases, have poor clinical outcomes. These patients with inoperable disease have only two choices of radioactive iodine therapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as lenvatinib, which have a high incidence of treatment-related adverse events and can only prolong progression free survival by approximately 5-15 months. In this study, we investigated the antitumor effects of combination therapy with lenvatinib and radiation (CTLR) for DTC. CTLR synergistically inhibited cell replication and colony formation in vitro and tumor growth in nude mice without apparent toxicities and suppressed the expression of proliferation marker (Ki-67). CTLR also induced apoptosis and G2/M phase cell cycle arrest. Moreover, quantitative analysis of the intracellular uptake of lenvatinib using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry demonstrated that intracellular uptake of lenvatinib was significantly increased 48 h following irradiation. These data suggest that increased membrane permeability caused by irradiation increases the intracellular concentration of levatinib, contributing to the synergistic effect. This mechanism-based potential of combination therapy suggests a powerful new therapeutic strategy for advanced thyroid cancer with fewer side effects and might be a milestone for developing a regimen in clinical practice.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Raios gama , Compostos de Fenilureia/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Quinolinas/farmacologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/terapia , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Congênicos , Camundongos Nus , Neoplasias Experimentais/patologia , Neoplasias Experimentais/terapia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
The STE20-like serine/threonine kinases MST1 and MST2 (MST1/2) are mammalian homologs of Hippo in flies. MST1/2 regulate organ size by suppressing the transcription factor YAP, which promotes proliferation. MST1 is predominantly expressed in immune cells, where it plays distinct roles. Here, we review the functions of MST1/2 in immune cells, uncovered by a series of recent studies, and discuss the connection between MST1/2 function and immune responses. MST1/2 regulate lymphocyte development, trafficking, survival, and antigen recognition by naive T cells. MST1/2 also regulate the function of regulatory T cells and effector T cell differentiation, thus acting to balance immune activation and tolerance. Interestingly, MST1/2 elicit these functions not by the "canonical" Hippo pathway, but by the non-canonical Hippo pathway or alternative pathways. In these pathways, MST1/2 regulates cellular processes relating to immune response, such as chemotaxis, cell adhesion, immunological synapse, gene transcriptions. Recent advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of these processes have revealed important roles of MST1/2 in regulating cytoskeleton remodeling, integrin activation, and vesicular transport in lymphocytes. We discuss the significance of the MST1/2 signaling in lymphocytes in the regulation of organelle dynamics.
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Organelas/patologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Animais , Adesão Celular , Humanos , Tolerância Imunológica , Sinapses Imunológicas , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Ativação Linfocitária , Serina-Treonina Quinase 3 , Transdução de Sinais , Transcrição GênicaRESUMO
Antigen-specific adhesion between T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APC) during the formation of the immunological synapse (IS) is mediated by LFA-1 and ICAM-1. Here, LFA-1-ICAM-1 interactions were measured at the single-molecule level on supported lipid bilayers. High-affinity binding was detected at low frequencies in the inner peripheral supramolecular activation cluster (SMAC) zone that contained high levels of activated Rap1 and kindlin-3. Rap1 was essential for T cell attachment, whereas deficiencies of ste20-like kinases, Mst1/Mst2, diminished high-affinity binding and abrogated central SMAC (cSMAC) formation with mislocalized kindlin-3 and vesicle transport regulators involved in T cell receptor recycling/releasing machineries, resulting in impaired T cell-APC interactions. We found that NDR1 kinase, activated by the Rap1 signaling cascade through RAPL and Mst1/Mst2, associated with and recruited kindlin-3 to the IS, which was required for high-affinity LFA-1/ICAM-1 binding and cSMAC formation. Our findings reveal crucial roles for Rap1 signaling via NDR1 for recruitment of kindlin-3 and IS organization.
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Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Sinapses Imunológicas/metabolismo , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/metabolismo , Animais , Células HEK293 , Fator de Crescimento de Hepatócito/metabolismo , Humanos , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Ligação Proteica , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinase 3 , Transdução de Sinais , Imagem Individual de Molécula , Vesículas Transportadoras/metabolismo , Proteínas rap1 de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismoRESUMO
Regulation of thymocyte trafficking plays an important role during thymic selection, but our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes is limited. In this study, we demonstrated that class III semaphorin E (sema3e), a guidance molecule during neural and vascular development, directly inhibited Rap1 activation and LFA-1-dependent adhesion through the GTPase-activating protein activity of plexin D1. Sema3e inhibited Rap1 activation of thymocytes in response to chemokines and TCR stimulation, LFA-mediated adhesion, and T cell-APC interactions. Immunological synapse (IS) formation in mature thymocytes on supported lipid bilayers was also attenuated by sema3e. Impaired IS formation was associated with reduced Rap1 activation on the contact surface and cell periphery. Moreover, a significant increase of CD4(+) thymocytes was detected in the medulla of mice with T cell lineage-specific deletion of plexin D1. Two-photon live imaging of thymic explants and slices revealed enhanced Rap1 activation and migration of CD69(+) double-positive and single-positive cells with plexin D1 deficiency. Our results demonstrate that sema3e/plexin D1 modulates IS formation and Ag-scanning activities of thymocytes within thymic tissues.
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Glicoproteínas/metabolismo , Sinapses Imunológicas/metabolismo , Imunomodulação , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Timócitos/imunologia , Timócitos/metabolismo , Proteínas rap1 de Ligação ao GTP/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos/imunologia , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos/metabolismo , Adesão Celular/genética , Comunicação Celular , Movimento Celular/genética , Quimiocinas/metabolismo , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto , Glicoproteínas/genética , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/química , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/química , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/deficiência , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/química , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/deficiência , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Semaforinas , Transdução de Sinais , Proteínas rac de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismoRESUMO
Whether HIV-1 enters cells by fusing with the plasma membrane or with endosomes is a subject of active debate. The ability of HIV-1 to mediate fusion between adjacent cells, a process referred to as "fusion-from-without" (FFWO), shows that this virus can fuse with the plasma membrane. To compare FFWO occurring at the cell surface with HIV-cell fusion through a conventional entry route, we designed an experimental approach that enabled the measurements of both processes in the same sample. The following key differences were observed. First, a very small fraction of viruses fusing with target cells participated in FFWO. Second, whereas HIV-1 fusion with adherent cells was insensitive to actin inhibitors, post-CD4/coreceptor binding steps during FFWO were abrogated. A partial dependence of HIV-cell fusion on actin remodeling was observed in CD4(+) T cells, but this effect appeared to be due to the actin dependence of virus uptake. Third, deletion of the cytoplasmic tail of HIV-1 gp41 dramatically enhanced the ability of the virus to promote FFWO, while having a modest effect on virus-cell fusion. Distinct efficiencies and actin dependences of FFWO versus HIV-cell fusion are consistent with the notion that, except for a minor fraction of particles that mediate fusion between the plasma membranes of adjacent cells, HIV-1 enters through an endocytic pathway. We surmise, however, that cell-cell contacts enabling HIV-1 fusion with the plasma membrane could be favored at the sites of high density of target cells, such as lymph nodes.
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Endocitose/genética , Infecções por HIV/genética , HIV-1/genética , Fusão de Membrana/genética , Membrana Celular/genética , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/virologia , Citoesqueleto/genética , Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Endossomos/metabolismo , Endossomos/virologia , Células HEK293 , Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV/metabolismo , Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV-1/patogenicidade , Humanos , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/genética , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/metabolismoRESUMO
We hypothesized that daily intake of nondigestible saccharides delays senescence onset through the improvement of intestinal microflora. Here, we raised senescence accelerated mice prone 8 (SAMP8) on the AIN93 diet (CONT), with sucrose being substituted for 5% of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) or 5% of glucomannan (GM), 15 mice per group. Ten SAMR1 were raised as reference of normal aging with control diet. Grading of senescence was conducted using the method developed by Hosokawa, and body weight, dietary intake, and drinking water intake were measured on alternate days. Following 38 weeks of these diets we evaluated learning and memory abilities using a passive avoidance apparatus and investigated effects on the intestinal microflora, measured oxidative stress markers, and inflammatory cytokines. Continuous intake of FOS and GM significantly enhanced learning and memory ability and decelerated senescence development when compared with the CONT group. Bifidobacterium levels were significantly increased in FOS and GM-fed mice. Urinary 8OHdG, 15-isoprostane, serum TNF- α , and IL-6 were also lower in FOS-fed mice, while IL-10 in FOS and GM groups was higher than in CONT group. These findings suggest that daily intake of nondigestible saccharides delays the onset of senescence via improvement of intestinal microflora.
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BACKGROUND: The majority of viruses enter host cells via endocytosis. Current knowledge of viral entry pathways is largely based upon infectivity measurements following genetic and/or pharmacological interventions that disrupt vesicular trafficking and maturation. Imaging of single virus entry in living cells provides a powerful means to delineate viral trafficking pathways and entry sites under physiological conditions. RESULTS: Here, we visualized single avian retrovirus co-trafficking with markers for early (Rab5) and late (Rab7) endosomes, acidification of endosomal lumen and the resulting viral fusion measured by the viral content release into the cytoplasm. Virus-carrying vesicles either merged with the existing Rab5-positive early endosomes or slowly accumulated Rab5. The Rab5 recruitment to virus-carrying endosomes correlated with acidification of their lumen. Viral fusion occurred either in early (Rab5-positive) or intermediate (Rab5- and Rab7-positive) compartments. Interestingly, different isoforms of the cognate receptor directed virus entry from distinct endosomes. In cells expressing the transmembrane receptor, viruses preferentially entered and fused with slowly maturing early endosomes prior to accumulation of Rab7. By comparison, in cells expressing the GPI-anchored receptor, viruses entered both slowly and quickly maturing endosomes and fused with early (Rab5-positive) and intermediate (Rab5- and Rab7-positive) compartments. CONCLUSIONS: Since the rate of low pH-triggered fusion was independent of the receptor isoform, we concluded that the sites of virus entry are determined by the kinetic competition between endosome maturation and viral fusion. Our findings demonstrate the ability of this retrovirus to enter cells via alternative endocytic pathways and establish infection by releasing its content from distinct endosomal compartments.
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Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Retroviridae/fisiologia , Internalização do Vírus , Transporte Biológico , Linhagem Celular , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Citoplasma/fisiologia , Citoplasma/virologia , Endossomos/metabolismo , Endossomos/fisiologia , Endossomos/virologia , Proteínas Ligadas por GPI/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Isoformas de Proteínas , Retroviridae/metabolismo , Proteínas rab de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Proteínas rab5 de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , proteínas de unión al GTP Rab7RESUMO
T cells exhibit high-speed migration within the paracortical T zone of lymph nodes (LNs) as they scan cognate Ags displayed by dendritic cells in the tissue microenvironment supported by the network of stromal cells. Although intranodal T cell migration is controlled in part by chemokines and LFA-1/ICAM-1, the mechanisms underlying their migratory activity independent of these factors remain to be elucidated. In this study, we show that LN stromal cells constitutively express autotaxin (ATX), an ectoenzyme that is important for the generation of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). Importantly, CCL21(+) stromal cells in the T zone produced and immobilized ATX on their cell surface. Two-photon imaging using LN tissue slices revealed that pharmacological inhibition of ATX or LPA receptors significantly reduced T cell migration, and this was further exacerbated by blockage of Gαi signaling or LFA-1. Therefore, T cell motility mediated by the ATX-LPA axis was independent of Gαi and LFA-1. LPA induced slow intermittent movement of T cells in vitro in a LFA-1-independent manner and enhanced CCL21-induced migration. Moreover, LPA and CCL21 cooperatively augmented RhoA activity in T cells, which was necessary for efficient intranodal T cell migration via the downstream ROCK-myosin II pathway. Taken together, T zone stromal cells control optimal migratory behavior of T cells via multiple signaling cues mediated by chemokines and ATX/LPA.
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Movimento Celular/imunologia , Linfonodos/imunologia , Diester Fosfórico Hidrolases/imunologia , Células Estromais/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/imunologia , Anilidas/farmacologia , Animais , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/genética , Células Cultivadas , Quimiocina CCL21/farmacologia , Feminino , Isoxazóis/farmacologia , Linfonodos/metabolismo , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/genética , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/imunologia , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/metabolismo , Lisofosfolipídeos/farmacologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Microscopia de Fluorescência por Excitação Multifotônica , Miosina Tipo II/genética , Miosina Tipo II/imunologia , Miosina Tipo II/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Organofosfonatos/farmacologia , Inibidores de Fosfodiesterase/farmacologia , Diester Fosfórico Hidrolases/genética , Diester Fosfórico Hidrolases/metabolismo , Propionatos/farmacologia , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/genética , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/imunologia , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Células Estromais/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/citologia , Transcriptoma/genética , Transcriptoma/imunologia , Quinases Associadas a rho/genética , Quinases Associadas a rho/imunologia , Quinases Associadas a rho/metabolismo , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: A dual split reporter protein system (DSP), recombining Renilla luciferase (RL) and green fluorescent protein (GFP) split into two different constructs (DSP1-7 and DSP8-11), was adapted to create a novel rapid phenotypic tropism assay (PTA) for HIV-1 infection (DSP-Pheno). METHODS: DSP1-7 was stably expressed in the glioma-derived NP-2 cell lines, which expressed CD4/CXCR4 (N4X4) or CD4/CCR5 (N4R5), respectively. An expression vector with DSP8-11 (pRE11) was constructed. The HIV-1 envelope genes were subcloned in pRE11 (pRE11-env) and transfected into 293FT cells. Transfected 293FT cells were incubated with the indicator cell lines independently. In developing the assay, we selected the DSP1-7-positive clones that showed the highest GFP activity after complementation with DSP8-11. These cell lines, designated N4R5-DSP1-7, N4X4-DSP1-7 were used for subsequent assays. RESULTS: The env gene from the reference strains (BaL for R5 virus, NL4-3 for X4 virus, SF2 for dual tropic virus) subcloned in pRE11 and tested, was concordant with the expected co-receptor usage. Assay results were available in two ways (RL or GFP). The assay sensitivity by RL activity was comparable with those of the published phenotypic assays using pseudovirus. The shortest turnaround time was 5 days after obtaining the patient's plasma. All clinical samples gave positive RL signals on R5 indicator cells in the fusion assay. Median RLU value of the low CD4 group was significantly higher on X4 indicator cells and suggested the presence of more dual or X4 tropic viruses in this group of patients. Comparison of representative samples with Geno2Pheno [co-receptor] assay was concordant. CONCLUSIONS: A new cell-fusion-based, high-throughput PTA for HIV-1, which would be suitable for in-house studies, was developed. Equipped with two-way reporter system, RL and GFP, DSP-Pheno is a sensitive test with short turnaround time. Although maintenance of cell lines and laboratory equipment is necessary, it provides a safe assay system without infectious viruses. With further validation against other conventional analyses, DSP-Pheno may prove to be a useful laboratory tool. The assay may be useful especially for the research on non-B subtype HIV-1 whose co-receptor usage has not been studied much.
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Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV-1/fisiologia , Tropismo Viral , Virologia/métodos , Antígenos CD4/genética , Fusão Celular , Linhagem Celular , Expressão Gênica , Genes Reporter , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/análise , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , HIV-1/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Luciferases/análise , Luciferases/genética , Receptores CCR5/genética , Receptores CXCR4/genética , Receptores de HIV/genéticaRESUMO
Although the cell-to-cell contact between CD4(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) and their target cells is important for the suppressor function of Treg cells, the regulation of this process is not well understood. Here we show that the Mst1 kinase plays a critical role in the suppressor function of Treg cells through regulation of cell contact dependent processes. Mst1 (-/-) Treg cells failed to prevent the development of experimental colitis and antigen-specific suppression of naïve T cells proliferation in vitro. Mst1 (-/-) Treg cells exhibited defective interactions with antigen-presenting dendritic cells (DCs), resulting in reduced down-regulation of costimulatory molecules. While wild-type CD4(+) Foxp3(+) Treg cells formed mobile immunological synapses on supported planar membrane, Mst1 (-/-) Treg cells did not exhibit ICAM-1 ring or central peptide-MHC clustering. Using two-photon imaging we showed that antigen-specific wild-type Treg cells exhibited dynamic mobile contacts with antigen-pulsed DCs bearing stably associated naïve T cells. In contrast, Mst1 (-/-) Treg had impairments in their interactions with DCs. Thus, Mst1 is required for Treg cells to mediate contact-dependent suppressor functions.