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Hum Mol Genet ; 23(8): 2055-77, 2014 Apr 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24282027

RESUMEN

Mutations in LRRK2 cause autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD). LRRK2 encodes a multi-domain protein containing GTPase and kinase domains, and putative protein-protein interaction domains. Familial PD mutations alter the GTPase and kinase activity of LRRK2 in vitro. LRRK2 is suggested to regulate a number of cellular pathways although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. To explore such mechanisms, it has proved informative to identify LRRK2-interacting proteins, some of which serve as LRRK2 kinase substrates. Here, we identify common interactions of LRRK2 with members of the dynamin GTPase superfamily. LRRK2 interacts with dynamin 1-3 that mediate membrane scission in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and with dynamin-related proteins that mediate mitochondrial fission (Drp1) and fusion (mitofusins and OPA1). LRRK2 partially co-localizes with endosomal dynamin-1 or with mitofusins and OPA1 at mitochondrial membranes. The subcellular distribution and oligomeric complexes of dynamin GTPases are not altered by modulating LRRK2 in mouse brain, whereas mature OPA1 levels are reduced in G2019S PD brains. LRRK2 enhances mitofusin-1 GTP binding, whereas dynamin-1 and OPA1 serve as modest substrates of LRRK2-mediated phosphorylation in vitro. While dynamin GTPase orthologs are not required for LRRK2-induced toxicity in yeast, LRRK2 functionally interacts with dynamin-1 and mitofusin-1 in cultured neurons. LRRK2 attenuates neurite shortening induced by dynamin-1 by reducing its levels, whereas LRRK2 rescues impaired neurite outgrowth induced by mitofusin-1 potentially by reversing excessive mitochondrial fusion. Our study elucidates novel functional interactions of LRRK2 with dynamin-superfamily GTPases that implicate LRRK2 in the regulation of membrane dynamics important for endocytosis and mitochondrial morphology.


Asunto(s)
Dinamina III/metabolismo , Dinamina II/metabolismo , Dinamina I/metabolismo , Neuroblastoma/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Parkinson/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , Animales , Western Blotting , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Células Cultivadas , Endocitosis , Femenino , GTP Fosfohidrolasas/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Técnicas para Inmunoenzimas , Inmunoprecipitación , Proteína 2 Quinasa Serina-Treonina Rica en Repeticiones de Leucina , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Proteínas de Transporte de Membrana Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Membranas Mitocondriales/metabolismo , Mutación , Neuritas/metabolismo , Neuroblastoma/patología , Neuronas/citología , Neuronas/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Parkinson/patología , Fosforilación , Dominios y Motivos de Interacción de Proteínas , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Técnicas del Sistema de Dos Híbridos
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Neurobiol Dis ; 73: 229-43, 2015 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25461191

RESUMEN

Mutations in the ATP13A2 (PARK9) gene cause early-onset, autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease (PD) and Kufor-Rakeb syndrome. ATP13A2 mRNA is spliced into three distinct isoforms encoding a P5-type ATPase involved in regulating heavy metal transport across vesicular membranes. Here, we demonstrate that three ATP13A2 mRNA isoforms are expressed in the normal human brain and are modestly increased in the cingulate cortex of PD cases. ATP13A2 can mediate protection toward a number of stressors in mammalian cells and can protect against α-synuclein-induced toxicity in cellular and invertebrate models of PD. Using a primary cortical neuronal model combined with lentiviral-mediated gene transfer, we demonstrate that human ATP13A2 isoforms 1 and 2 display selective neuroprotective effects toward toxicity induced by manganese and hydrogen peroxide exposure through an ATPase-independent mechanism. The familial PD mutations, F182L and G504R, abolish the neuroprotective effects of ATP13A2 consistent with a loss-of-function mechanism. We further demonstrate that the AAV-mediated overexpression of human ATP13A2 is not sufficient to attenuate dopaminergic neurodegeneration, neuropathology, and striatal dopamine and motoric deficits induced by human α-synuclein expression in a rat model of PD. Intriguingly, the delivery of an ATPase-deficient form of ATP13A2 (D513N) to the substantia nigra is sufficient to induce dopaminergic neuronal degeneration and motor deficits in rats, potentially suggesting a dominant-negative mechanism of action. Collectively, our data demonstrate a distinct lack of ATP13A2-mediated protection against α-synuclein-induced neurotoxicity in the rat nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway, and limited neuroprotective capacity overall, and raise doubts about the potential of ATP13A2 as a therapeutic target for PD.


Asunto(s)
Neuronas Dopaminérgicas/metabolismo , Peróxido de Hidrógeno/toxicidad , Manganeso/toxicidad , Fármacos Neuroprotectores/farmacología , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/metabolismo , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón/metabolismo , Bancos de Tejidos , alfa-Sinucleína/metabolismo , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Neuronas Dopaminérgicas/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/tratamiento farmacológico , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/genética , Embarazo , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón/genética , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón/farmacología , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley
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Hum Mol Genet ; 21(11): 2420-31, 2012 Jun 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22357653

RESUMEN

Mutations in the genes encoding LRRK2 and α-synuclein cause autosomal dominant forms of familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Fibrillar forms of α-synuclein are a major component of Lewy bodies, the intracytoplasmic proteinaceous inclusions that are a pathological hallmark of idiopathic and certain familial forms of PD. LRRK2 mutations cause late-onset familial PD with a clinical, neurochemical and, for the most part, neuropathological phenotype that is indistinguishable from idiopathic PD. Importantly, α-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies are the most common pathology identified in the brains of PD subjects harboring LRRK2 mutations. These observations may suggest that LRRK2 functions in a common pathway with α-synuclein to regulate its aggregation. To explore the potential pathophysiological interaction between LRRK2 and α-synuclein in vivo, we modulated LRRK2 expression in a well-established human A53T α-synuclein transgenic mouse model with transgene expression driven by the hindbrain-selective prion protein promoter. Deletion of LRRK2 or overexpression of human G2019S-LRRK2 has minimal impact on the lethal neurodegenerative phenotype that develops in A53T α-synuclein transgenic mice, including premature lethality, pre-symptomatic behavioral deficits and human α-synuclein or glial neuropathology. We also find that endogenous or human LRRK2 and A53T α-synuclein do not interact together to influence the number of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Taken together, our data suggest that α-synuclein-related pathology, which occurs predominantly in the hindbrain of this A53T α-synuclein mouse model, occurs largely independently from LRRK2 expression. These observations fail to provide support for a pathophysiological interaction of LRRK2 and α-synuclein in vivo, at least within neurons of the mouse hindbrain.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas/genética , Fenotipo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/genética , alfa-Sinucleína/genética , Animales , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Humanos , Proteína 2 Quinasa Serina-Treonina Rica en Repeticiones de Leucina , Cuerpos de Lewy/metabolismo , Cuerpos de Lewy/patología , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Ratones Transgénicos , Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas/patología , Neuronas/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , alfa-Sinucleína/metabolismo
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Blood ; 119(6): 1479-89, 2012 Feb 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22167753

RESUMEN

Herein we describe that in classic Hodgkin lymphomas (cHL, n = 25) the lymph node (LN) stroma displayed in situ high levels of transcription and expression of the disulfide-isomerase ERp5 and of the disintegrin-metalloproteinase ADAM10, able to shed the ligands for NKG2D (NKG2D-L) from the cell membrane. These enzymes were detected both in LN mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and in Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells; in addition, MIC-A and ULBP3 were present in culture supernatants of LN MSCs or RS cells. NKG2D-L-negative RS cells could not be killed by CD8(+)αßT or γδT cells; tumor cell killing was partially restored by treating RS cells with valproic acid, which enhanced NKG2D-L surface expression. Upon coculture with LN MSCs, CD8(+)αßT and γδT cells strongly reduced their cytolytic activity against NKG2D-L(+) targets; this seems to be the result of TGF-ß, present at the tumor site, produced in vitro by LN MSCs and able to down-regulate the expression of NKG2D on T lymphocytes. In addition, CD8(+)αßT and γδT cells from the lymph nodes of cHL patients, cocultured in vitro with LN MSCs, underwent TGF-ß-mediated down regulation of NKG2D. Thus, in cHL the tumor microenvironment is prone to inhibit the development of an efficient antitumor response.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas ADAM/metabolismo , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Hodgkin/metabolismo , Ganglios Linfáticos/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Proteína Disulfuro Isomerasas/metabolismo , Proteínas ADAM/genética , Proteína ADAM10 , Adulto , Anciano , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/genética , Células Cultivadas , Técnicas de Cocultivo , Femenino , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Enfermedad de Hodgkin/genética , Enfermedad de Hodgkin/inmunología , Humanos , Ganglios Linfáticos/inmunología , Ganglios Linfáticos/patología , Masculino , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/inmunología , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/metabolismo , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/patología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Proteína Disulfuro Isomerasas/genética , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T alfa-beta/metabolismo , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T gamma-delta/metabolismo , Células de Reed-Sternberg/inmunología , Células de Reed-Sternberg/metabolismo , Células de Reed-Sternberg/patología , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/genética , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Microambiente Tumoral/genética , Microambiente Tumoral/inmunología , Adulto Joven
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Haematologica ; 99(1): 131-9, 2014 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24162786

RESUMEN

In this study, we analyzed the influence of mesenchymal stromal cells derived from lymph nodes of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, on effector functions and differentiation of Vdelta (δ)2 T lymphocytes. We show that: i) lymph-node mesenchymal stromal cells of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma inhibit NKG2D-mediated lymphoid cell killing, but not rituximab-induced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, exerted by Vδ2 T lymphocytes; ii) pre-treatment of mesenchymal stromal cells with the aminobisphosphonates pamidronate or zoledronate can rescue lymphoma cell killing via NKG2D; iii) this is due to inhibition of transforming growth factor-ß and increase in interleukin-15 production by mesenchymal stromal cells; iv) aminobisphosphonate-treated mesenchymal stromal cells drive Vδ2 T-lymphocyte differentiation into effector memory T cells, expressing the Thelper1 cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ. In non-Hodgkin's lymphoma lymph nodes, Vδ2 T cells were mostly naïve; upon co-culture with autologous lymph-node mesenchymal stromal cells exposed to zoledronate, the percentage of terminal differentiated effector memory Vδ2 T lymphocytes increased. In all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, low or undetectable transcription of Thelper1 cytokines was found. In diffused large B-cell lymphomas and in a group of follicular lymphoma, transcription of transforming growth factor ß and interleukin-10 was enhanced compared to non-neoplastic lymph nodes. Thus, in non-Hodgkin lymphomas mesenchymal stromal cells interfere with Vδ2 T-lymphocyte cytolytic function and differentiation to Thelper1 and/or effector memory cells, depending on the prominent in situ cytokine milieu. Aminobisphosphonates, acting on lymph-node mesenchymal stromal cells, can push the balance towards Thelper1/effector memory and rescue the recognition and killing of lymphoma cells through NKG2D, sparing rituximab-induced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.


Asunto(s)
Difosfonatos/farmacología , Linfoma no Hodgkin/inmunología , Linfoma no Hodgkin/metabolismo , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T gamma-delta/metabolismo , Células del Estroma/efectos de los fármacos , Células del Estroma/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Diferenciación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Citocinas/genética , Citocinas/metabolismo , Citotoxicidad Inmunológica , Expresión Génica , Humanos , Memoria Inmunológica , Ganglios Linfáticos/inmunología , Ganglios Linfáticos/metabolismo , Linfoma no Hodgkin/genética , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/inmunología , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T/patología , Linfocitos T Colaboradores-Inductores/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T Colaboradores-Inductores/inmunología , Linfocitos T Colaboradores-Inductores/metabolismo
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Int J Cancer ; 129(2): 387-96, 2011 Jul 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20853320

RESUMEN

Herein, we show that γδT, CD8(+) αßT lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells display a different sensitivity to survival signals delivered via NKG2D surface receptor. All the three effector cell populations activate Akt1/PKBalpha through the engagement of this molecule. Upon binding to leukemic cells expressing NKG2D ligands (NKG2DL), including chronic lymphocytic leukemias treated with transretinoic acid, most γδT (>60%) and half CD8(+) αßT cells (about 50%) received a survival signal, at variance with the majority of NK cells (>80%) that underwent apoptosis by day 5. Interestingly, oligomerization of NKG2D in γδT or CD8(+) αßT cells, led to a significant rise in nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio of both NF-kBp52 and RelB, the two NF-kB subunits mainly involved in the transcription of antiapoptotic proteins of the Bcl family. Indeed, the ratio between the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 or Bcl-x(L) and the proapoptotic protein Bax raised in γδT or CD8(+) αßT cells following NKG2D engagement by specific monoclonal antibodies or by NKG2DL expressing leukemic cells. Conversely, nuclear translocation of NF-kBp52 or RelB did not increase, nor the Bcl-2/Bax or the Bcl-x(L) /Bax ratios changed significantly, in NK cells upon oligomerizaton of NKG2D. Of note, transcripts for α5 importin, responsible for nuclear translocation of NF-kBp52/Rel B heterodimer, are significantly higher in γδT and CD8(+) αßT cells than in NK cells. These biochemical data may explain, at least in part, why γδT and CD8(+) αßT cells are cytolytic effector cells more resistant to target-induced apoptosis than NK cells.


Asunto(s)
Células Asesinas Naturales/fisiología , Leucemia/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/fisiología , Apoptosis , Supervivencia Celular , Células Cultivadas , Humanos , Leucemia/inmunología , Leucemia/patología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T alfa-beta , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T gamma-delta , Transducción de Señal
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Haematologica ; 96(1): 16-23, 2011 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20884711

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells can suppress T-lymphocyte proliferation but promote survival of normal and malignant B cells, thus representing a possible target for new therapeutic schemes. Here we defined the effects of cholesterol synthesis inhibitors on the interaction between these mesenchymal stromal cells and T or B lymphocytes. DESIGN AND METHODS: We exposed mesenchymal stromal cells to inhibitors, such as fluvastatin, of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, responsible for the synthesis of mevalonate, the precursor of cholesterol. Also, these cells were treated with manumycin A, a farnesyl transferase inhibitor which blocks the mevalonate-dependent isoprenylation of small guanosin triphosphate binding proteins. First, mesenchymal stromal cell morphology, cytoskeleton assembly, cell cycle, survival and cytokine production were evaluated. Then, these cells were co-cultured with either T or B lymphocytes and we analyzed: 1) the inhibition of T-cell proliferation to mitogenic stimuli; 2) B-cell survival. RESULTS: Fluvastatin altered the assembly of actin microfilaments, inactivated RhoA guanosin triphosphate binding protein, inhibited the S-phase of the cell cycle, induced apoptosis in a small fraction of cells but preserved cytokine production. Preincubation of mesenchymal stromal cells with fluvastatin, or manumycin A, down-regulated the expression of adhesion molecules, reduced cell-to-cell interactions and prevented the inhibition exerted by these stromal cells on CD3/T-cell receptor-induced lymphocyte proliferation. Mevalonic acid could revert morphological, phenotypic and functional effects of fluvastatin. Finally, fluvastatin significantly reduced the mesenchymal stromal cells-mediated rescue of B cells in the presence of dexamethasone, although it did not function in the absence of corticosteroids. CONCLUSIONS: Fluvastatin-mediated effects on bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells were conceivably due to the inhibition of isoprenylation of small guanosin triphosphate binding proteins, occurring for the lack of mevalonate. Altogether these findings suggest that drugs acting on the mevalonate biosynthetic pathway can regulate mesenchymal stromal cell-induced T-cell suppression and B-lymphocyte survival.


Asunto(s)
Linfocitos B/metabolismo , Células de la Médula Ósea/metabolismo , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/metabolismo , Ácido Mevalónico/metabolismo , Células del Estroma/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Actinas/metabolismo , Acilcoenzima A/antagonistas & inhibidores , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos B/efectos de los fármacos , Western Blotting , Células de la Médula Ósea/efectos de los fármacos , Comunicación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Ciclo Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Técnicas de Cocultivo , Ácidos Grasos Monoinsaturados/farmacología , Citometría de Flujo , Fluvastatina , Humanos , Inhibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Reductasas/farmacología , Indoles/farmacología , Activación de Linfocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/efectos de los fármacos , Prenilación de Proteína , Células del Estroma/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T/efectos de los fármacos , Proteína de Unión al GTP rhoA
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Eur J Immunol ; 39(12): 3459-68, 2009 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19830740

RESUMEN

Soluble HLA class I (sHLA-I) molecules can regulate survival of NK cells and their anti-tumor killing activity. Herein, we have analysed whether interaction of sHLA-I with CD8 and/or different isoforms of killer Ig-like receptors (KIR) induced secretion of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1. CD8+KIR- NK cell clones secreted TGF-beta1 upon the interaction of sHLA-I with CD8 molecule. sHLA-Cw4 or sHLA-Cw3 alleles engaging inhibitory isoforms of KIR, namely KIR2DL1 or KIR2DL2, strongly downregulated TGF-beta1 production elicited through CD8. On the other hand, sHLA-Cw4 or sHLA-Cw3 alleles induced secretion of TGF-beta1 by ligation of stimulatory KIR2DS1 or KIR2DS2 isoforms. TGF-beta1 strongly reduced NK cell-mediated tumor cell lysis and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma. Also, TGF-beta1 inhibited NK cell cytolysis induced by the engagement of stimulatory receptors including NKG2D, DNAM1, 2B4, CD69, NKp30, NKp44 and NKp46. The IL-2-dependent surface upregulation of some of these receptors was prevented by TGF-beta1. Furthermore, TGF-beta1 hampered IL-2-induced NK cell proliferation but not IL-2-mediated rescue from apoptosis of NK cells. Depletion of TGF-beta1 restored all the NK cell-mediated functional activities analysed. Taken together these findings suggest that sHLA-I antigens may downregulate the NK cell-mediated innate response by inducing TGF-beta1 release.


Asunto(s)
Citotoxicidad Inmunológica , Antígenos HLA/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Animales , Antígenos CD8/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular , Supervivencia Celular , Regulación hacia Abajo , Citometría de Flujo , Antígenos HLA-C/metabolismo , Humanos , Interferón gamma/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/citología , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Unión Proteica , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Receptores KIR/metabolismo , Receptores KIR2DL1/metabolismo , Receptores KIR2DL2/metabolismo , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Solubilidad , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/genética , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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Ann N Y Acad Sci ; 1109: 47-57, 2007 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17785290

RESUMEN

It is thought that human natural killer (NK) lymphocytes should not damage self-tissues due to the inhibiting signal initiated by the engagement of one or another inhibitory receptor superfamily (IRS) members with self-human histocompatibility antigen (HLA)-I. During viral infection, the low expression of self-HLA-I on infected-cells leads to a reduction of the inhibiting signal and thus NK cells kill self-cells (missing self-hypothesis). Here, we have analyzed human NK cell interaction with self-cells as antigen-presenting cells (APC) or stromal cells isolated from bone marrow or skin. Despite the expression of high levels of HLA-I, APC and stromal cells are killed by interleukin (IL)-2-activated NK cells upon lymphocyte function antigen (LFA)1-(intracellular adhesion molecule) (ICAM)1 interaction. The natural cytotoxicity receptors NKp30 and NKp46 are responsible for the delivery of lethal hit to APC, whereas NKG2D-activating receptor, the ligand of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-related molecule MICA, and the UL16-binding protein are involved in stromal cell killing. These events are dependent on the activation of phosphoinositol 3-kinase and consequent release of perforins and granzymes. Both bone marrow stromal cells and skin fibroblasts inhibit T cell proliferation to alloantigen or triggering through CD3/T cell receptor complex. Importantly, NK cells can revert this veto effect. Altogether, these findings support the notion that NK cells can recognize self-cells possibly affecting both APC function and interaction between lymphocytes and microenvironment leading to autoreactivity.


Asunto(s)
Células Presentadoras de Antígenos/inmunología , Autoantígenos/inmunología , Citotoxicidad Inmunológica/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Receptores Inmunológicos/inmunología , Animales , Médula Ósea/inmunología , Moléculas de Adhesión Celular/inmunología , Muerte Celular , Separación Celular , Fibroblastos , Prepucio/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/citología , Linfocitos/inmunología , Masculino , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/inmunología , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK , Fenotipo , Receptores Inmunológicos/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores Inmunológicos/clasificación , Receptores de Células Asesinas Naturales , Células del Estroma/citología , Células del Estroma/inmunología
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Oncoimmunology ; 5(5): e1123367, 2016 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27467923

RESUMEN

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) resistant to conventional therapies is increasing, making of interest the search for new schemes of treatment. Members of the "A Disintegrin And Metalloproteases" (ADAMs) family, mainly ADAM10 or ADAM17, have been proposed as therapeutic targets in solid tumors and some ADAMs inhibitors have been shown to exert antitumor effects. We have previously described an overexpression of ADAM10 in HL, together with increased release of NKG2D ligands (NKG2D-L) and reduced activation of effector T lymphocytes with anti-lymphoma capacity. Aim of the present work was to verify whether inhibition of ADAM10 in HL cells could restore the triggering of NKG2D-dependent anti-lymphoma T cell response. As no selective ADAM10 blockers have been reported so far, we synthesized the two hydroxamate compounds LT4 and MN8 with selectivity for ADAM10 over metalloproteases (MMPs), LT4 showing higher specificity for ADAM10 over ADAM17. We show that (i) HL lymph nodes (LN) and cultured HL cells express high levels of the mature active membrane form of ADAM10; (ii) ADAM10 is the major sheddase for the NKG2D-L in HL cells; (iii) the new LT4 and MN8 compounds strongly reduce the shedding of NKG2D-L by HL cell lines and enhance the binding of NKG2D receptor; (iv) of note, these new ADAM10 inhibitors increase the sensitivity of HL cell lines to NKG2D-dependent cell killing exerted by natural killer and γδ T cells. Overall, the biologic activity of LT4 and MN8 appears to be more potent than that of the commercial inhibitor GI254023X.

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Immunol Lett ; 159(1-2): 55-72, 2014.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24657523

RESUMEN

Tumor microenvironment represents the site where the tumor tries to survive and escape from immune system-mediated recognition. Indeed, to proliferate tumor cells can divert the immune response inducing the generation of myeloid derived suppressor cells and regulatory T cells which can limit the efficiency of effector antitumor lymphocytes in eliminating neoplastic cells. Many components of the tumor microenvironment can serve as a double sword for the tumor and the host. Several types of fibroblast-like cells, which herein we define mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC), secrete extracellular matrix components and surrounding the tumor mass can limit the expansion of the tumor. On the other hand, MSC can interfere with the immune recognition of tumor cells producing immunoregulatory cytokines as transforming growth factor (TGF)ß, releasing soluble ligands of the activating receptors expressed on cytolytic effector cells as decoy molecules, affecting the correct interaction among lymphocytes and tumor cells. MSC can also serve as target for the same anti-tumor effector lymphocytes or simply impede the interaction between these lymphocytes and neoplastic cells. Thus, several evidences point out the role of MSC, both in epithelial solid tumors and hematological malignancies, in regulating tumor cell growth and immune response. Herein, we review these evidences and suggest that MSC can be a suitable target for a more efficient anti-tumor therapy.


Asunto(s)
Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/inmunología , Neoplasias/inmunología , Escape del Tumor/inmunología , Matriz Extracelular/inmunología , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Humanos , Sistema Inmunológico , Inmunoterapia , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/patología , Células Mieloides/inmunología , Células Mieloides/patología , Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias/patología , Neoplasias/terapia , Transducción de Señal , Linfocitos T Reguladores/inmunología , Linfocitos T Reguladores/patología , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/genética , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/inmunología , Escape del Tumor/genética , Microambiente Tumoral/inmunología , Receptores Señuelo del Factor de Necrosis Tumoral/genética , Receptores Señuelo del Factor de Necrosis Tumoral/inmunología
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PLoS One ; 8(5): e62932, 2013.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23667543

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We have analyzed the effects of fluvastatin, an inhibitor of the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase involved in mevalonate synthesis, on human NK cell-mediated anti-tumor cytolysis. Fluvastatin inhibited the activation of the small guanosin triphosphate binding protein (GTP) RhoA and the consequent actin redistribution induced by ligation of LFA1 involved in NK-tumor target cell adhesion. Also, fluvastatin reduced ganglioside M1 rafts formation triggered through the engagement of NK cell activating receptors as FcγRIIIA (CD16), NKG2D and DNAM1. Cytolysis of tumor targets was inhibited up to 90% when NK cells were cultured with fluvastatin by affecting i) receptor-mediated increase of the intracellular free calcium concentration, ii) activation of akt1/PKB and iii) perforin and granzyme release. Fluvastatin displayed a stronger inhibiting effect on NKG2D, DNAM1, 2B4, NKp30, NKp44 and NKp46 than on CD16-mediated NK cell triggering. This was in line with the impairment of surface expression of all these receptors but not of CD16. Remarkably, fluvastatin did not affect the expression of the inhibiting receptors CD94, KIR2D and LAIR1. FasL release elicited by either NK-tumor cell interaction or CD16 or NKG2D engagement, as well as FasL-mediated killing, were not sensitive to fluvastatin. Moreover, TNFα secretion triggered in NK cells upon incubation with tumor target cells or engagement of NKG2D receptor was not impaired in fluvastatin-treated NK cells. Likewise, antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) triggered through FcγRIIIA engagement with the humanized monoclonal antibody rituximab or trastuzumab was only marginally affected in fluvastatin-treated NK cells. Altogether these findings suggest that interference with mevalonate synthesis impairs activation and assembly of cytoskeleton, degranulation and cytotoxic effect of perforins and granzyme but not FasL- and TNFα-mediated cytotoxicity.


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Proteína Ligando Fas/metabolismo , Ácidos Grasos Monoinsaturados/farmacología , Indoles/farmacología , Células Asesinas Naturales/efectos de los fármacos , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Ácido Mevalónico/metabolismo , Perforina/metabolismo , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Actinas/metabolismo , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/inmunología , Citotoxicidad Celular Dependiente de Anticuerpos/efectos de los fármacos , Calcio/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Activación Enzimática/efectos de los fármacos , Fluvastatina , Gangliósido G(M1)/metabolismo , Granzimas/metabolismo , Humanos , Espacio Intracelular/efectos de los fármacos , Espacio Intracelular/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/citología , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Antígeno-1 Asociado a Función de Linfocito/metabolismo , Microdominios de Membrana/efectos de los fármacos , Microdominios de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Receptores de IgG/metabolismo , Proteína de Unión al GTP rhoA/metabolismo
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Eur J Cancer ; 49(15): 3353-65, 2013 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23849826

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Despite advances in surgery and radiotherapy of uveal melanoma (UM), many patients develop distant metastases that poorly respond to therapy. Improved therapies for the metastatic disease are therefore urgently needed. Expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a target of kinase inhibitors and humanised antibodies in use for several cancers, had been reported. Forty-eight human UMs were analysed by expression profiling. Signalling was tested in three EGFR expressing UM cell lines by Western blotting using phosphorylation specific antibodies for EGFR and the downstream mediators AKT (v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Evidence for signalling in tumours was obtained through the application of a UM-specific EGF-signature. The EGFR specific kinase inhibitor, Gefitinib and the humanised monoclonal antibody, Cetuximab, were tested for their effect on EGFR signalling. Natural killer cell mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) release was analysed for Cetuximab. Fourteen of 48 UMs and three of 14 cell lines (over-)express EGFR, at least in part due to trisomy of the EGFR locus on chromosome 7p12. EGFR and the downstream mediator, AKT, are phosphorylated upon stimulation with EGF in EGFR expressing cell lines. EGFR over-expressing tumours but not EGFR negative tumours show an activated EGF-signature. Gefitinib inhibits EGFR and AKT phosphorylation and Cetuximab induces EGFR phosphorylation but inhibits signalling to AKT induced with EGF. Cetuximab triggers natural killer (NK) cells to lyse EGFR+ cell lines and to release TNF-α. EGFR appears suited as a novel molecular drug target for therapy of uveal melanoma.


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Anticuerpos Monoclonales Humanizados/farmacología , Receptores ErbB/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores ErbB/biosíntesis , Melanoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Melanoma/metabolismo , Quinazolinas/farmacología , Neoplasias de la Úvea/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias de la Úvea/metabolismo , Citotoxicidad Celular Dependiente de Anticuerpos/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular , Cetuximab , Receptores ErbB/metabolismo , Gefitinib , Humanos , Melanoma/enzimología , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/inmunología , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Transcriptoma , Neoplasias de la Úvea/enzimología , Neoplasias de la Úvea/genética , Neoplasias de la Úvea/inmunología
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PLoS One ; 7(6): e39942, 2012.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22768177

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Mutations in the ATP13A2 gene (PARK9) cause autosomal recessive, juvenile-onset Kufor-Rakeb syndrome (KRS), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by parkinsonism. KRS mutations produce truncated forms of ATP13A2 with impaired protein stability resulting in a loss-of-function. Recently, homozygous and heterozygous missense mutations in ATP13A2 have been identified in subjects with early-onset parkinsonism. The mechanism(s) by which missense mutations potentially cause parkinsonism are not understood at present. Here, we demonstrate that homozygous F182L, G504R and G877R missense mutations commonly impair the protein stability of ATP13A2 leading to its enhanced degradation by the proteasome. ATP13A2 normally localizes to endosomal and lysosomal membranes in neurons and the F182L and G504R mutations disrupt this vesicular localization and promote the mislocalization of ATP13A2 to the endoplasmic reticulum. Heterozygous T12M, G533R and A746T mutations do not obviously alter protein stability or subcellular localization but instead impair the ATPase activity of microsomal ATP13A2 whereas homozygous missense mutations disrupt the microsomal localization of ATP13A2. The overexpression of ATP13A2 missense mutants in SH-SY5Y neural cells does not compromise cellular viability suggesting that these mutant proteins lack intrinsic toxicity. However, the overexpression of wild-type ATP13A2 may impair neuronal integrity as it causes a trend of reduced neurite outgrowth of primary cortical neurons, whereas the majority of disease-associated missense mutations lack this ability. Finally, ATP13A2 overexpression sensitizes cortical neurons to neurite shortening induced by exposure to cadmium or nickel ions, supporting a functional interaction between ATP13A2 and heavy metals in post-mitotic neurons, whereas missense mutations influence this sensitizing effect. Collectively, our study provides support for common loss-of-function effects of homozygous and heterozygous missense mutations in ATP13A2 associated with early-onset forms of parkinsonism.


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Mutación Missense/genética , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/enzimología , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/genética , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón/genética , Edad de Inicio , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Corteza Cerebral/efectos de los fármacos , Corteza Cerebral/patología , Retículo Endoplásmico/efectos de los fármacos , Retículo Endoplásmico/enzimología , Endosomas/efectos de los fármacos , Endosomas/metabolismo , Femenino , Células HEK293 , Homocigoto , Humanos , Membranas Intracelulares/efectos de los fármacos , Membranas Intracelulares/enzimología , Lisosomas/efectos de los fármacos , Lisosomas/metabolismo , Metales Pesados/toxicidad , Neuritas/efectos de los fármacos , Neuritas/metabolismo , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/efectos de los fármacos , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Estabilidad Proteica/efectos de los fármacos , Transporte de Proteínas/efectos de los fármacos , Proteolisis/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley
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