Macrophages: sentinels and regulators of the immune system

Franken, Lars; Schiwon, Marzena; Kurts, Christian

doi:10.1111/cmi.12580

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“…They were long believed to all differentiate from monocytes originating from HSCs but recent research suggests that tissue resident macrophages are evolved from cells in the yolk sac, present before the appearance of HSCs in the embryo [91]. However, it seems that tissue resident macrophages can be of both yolk sac and HSCs lineages [92] and that they are cooperating in the induction of inflammation [91]. Macrophages are present in almost all tissues in different shapes and forms with specialized functions.…”

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Aquaporins in Infection and Inflammation

Holm¹

2016

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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About the cover:The front cover displays a human, blood-derived macrophage stained for aquaporin 9.During the course of the research underlying this thesis, Angelika Holm was enrolled in Forum Scientium, a multidisciplinary doctoral programme at Linköping University Printed by LiU-Tryck, Linköping, Sweden, 2016 "Be brave, even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference."To that young, awkward, tall girl who dared to dream of something else, something more:You did it. SUPERVISOR Elena VikströmDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Linköping University Linköping Sweden When cells of the innate immune system encounter pathogens they need to respond and prepare for migration and phagocytosis and do so through volume regulatory processes. The Gramnegative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes a small molecule-based communication system, called quorum sensing (QS) to control the production of its virulence factors and biofilms. We found that P. aeruginosa with a complete QS system elicits a stronger phagocytic response in human blood-derived macrophages compared to its lasI-/rhlI-mutant lacking the production of the QS molecules N-butyryl-L-homoserine lactone (C4-HSL) and N-3-oxododecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (3O-C12-HSL). Infection with P. aeruginosa further increases the expression of AQP9 and induces re-localisation of AQP9 to the front and trailing ends of macrophages. Moreover, the 3O-C12-HSL alone elevates the expression of AQP9, redistribute the water channel to the front and rear ends and increases the cell area and volume of macrophages. Both infection with the wild type P. aeruginosa and the treatment with 3O-C12-HSL change the nano-structural architecture of the AQP9 distribution in macrophages. ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS Karl-Eric MagnussonViruses use the intracellular machinery of the invaded cells to produce and assemble new viral bodies. Intracellular AQPs are localised in a membranes of cellular organelles to regulate their function and morphology. C3H10T1/2 fibroblasts transiently expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-AQP6 show a reduced expression of AQP6 after Hazara virus infection and an increased cell area. Overexpressing AQP6 in C3H10T1/2 cells reduces the infectivity of Hazara virus indicating that AQP6 expression has a protective role in virus infections.Ion and water channels in the epithelial cell lining tightly regulate the water homeostasis. In microscopic colitis (MC), patients suffer from severe watery diarrhoeas. For the first time, we have shown that the expression of AQP1, 8 and 11 and the sodium/hydrogen exchanger NHE1 are reduced in colonic biopsies from MC patients compared to healthy control individuals. Following treatment with the glucocorticoid budesonide the patients experienced a rapid recovery and we observed a restored or increased expression of the AQPs and NHE1 during treatment, suggesting a role for AQPs in the diarrhoeal mechanisms in MC.Taken together, this thesis provides new evidence on the importance of water homeostasis regulatio...

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Section: Macrophages and The Innate Immune Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aquaporins in Infection and Inflammation

Holm¹

2016

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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“…Monocytes and macrophages are cellular components of the innate immune system that prevent the invasion of pathogens by releasing cytotoxic molecules such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and by secreting proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF- α and IL-8 [14, 15]. Macrophages sense bacteria because bacteria express conserved pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs).…”

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ProbioticLactobacillusStrains Stimulate the Inflammatory Response and Activate Human Macrophages

Rocha-Ramirez

Pérez-Solano

Castañón-Alonso

et al. 2017

Journal of Immunology Research

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Lactobacilli have been shown to promote health functions. In this study, we analyzed the mechanism by which four different strains of probiotics affected innate immunity, such as regulation of ROS, cytokines, phagocytosis, bactericidal activity, signaling by NF-κB pp65, and TLR2 activation. The production of ROS was dependent on the concentration and species of Lactobacillus. The results obtained from the tested strains (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, L. rhamnosus KLSD, L. helveticus IMAU70129, and L. casei IMAU60214) showed that strains induced early proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-8,TNF-α, IL-12p70, and IL-6. However, IL-1β expression was induced only by L. helveticus and L. casei strains (after 24 h stimulation). Phagocytosis and bactericidal activity of macrophages against various pathogens, such as S. aureus, S. typhimurium, and E. coli, were increased by pretreatment with Lactobacillus. The nuclear translocation NF-κB pp65 and TLR2-dependent signaling were also increased by treatment with the probiotics. Taken together, the experiments demonstrate that probiotic strains of Lactobacillus exert early immunostimulatory effects that may be directly linked to the initial inflammation of the response of human macrophages.

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“…Macrophages are widely considered as critical effectors in hosts for defense against pathogens (Franken et al, 2016). These cells perform both trophic and toxic functions through constitutive and induced endocytosis, phagocytosis, and secretion of various products, including cytokines, growth factors, and metabolites.…”

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Effects of Recombinant Toxoplasma gondii Citrate Synthase I on the Cellular Functions of Murine Macrophages In vitro

Liu

Sun

et al. 2017

Front. Microbiol.

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Toxoplasmosis, which is one of the most widespread zoonoses worldwide, has a high incidence and infection can result in severe disease in humans and livestock. Citrate synthase (CS) is a component of nearly all living cells that plays a vital role in the citric acid cycle, which is the central metabolic pathway of aerobic organisms. In the present study, the citrate synthase I gene of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) (TgCSI) was cloned and characterized. The TgCSI gene had an open reading frame of 1665 bp nucleotides encoding a 555 amino acid protein with a molecular weight of 60 kDa. Using western blotting assay, the recombinant protein was successfully recognized by the sera of rats experimentally infected with T. gondii, while the native protein in the T. gondii tachyzoites was detected in sera from rats immunized with the recombinant protein of TgCSI. Binding of the protein to murine macrophages was confirmed by immuno fluorescence assay. Following incubation of macrophages with rTgCSI, the rTgCSI protein was found to have a dual function, with low concentrations (5–10 μg/mL) enhancing phagocytosis and high levels (80 μg/mL) inhibiting phagocytosis. Investigation of murine macrophage apoptosis illustrated that 5 μg/mL rTgCSI protein can significantly induce early apoptosis and late stage apoptosis (*p < 0.05), while 10 μg/mL rTgCSI protein significantly induced early apoptosis, but had no effect on late stage of apoptosis (**p < 0.01), and 80 μg/mL rTgCSI protein inhibited late stage apoptosis of macrophages (*p < 0.05). Cytokine detection revealed that the secretion of interleukin-10, interleukin-1β, transforming growth factor-β1 and tumor necrosis factor-α of macrophages increased after the cells were incubated with all concentration of rTgCSI, with the exception that 5 μg/mL rTgCSI had no effect on the secretion of interleukin-10 and interleukin-1β. However, secretion of NO and cell proliferation of the macrophages were substantially reduced. Taken together, these results suggested that TgCSI can affect the immune functions of murine macrophages by binding to the cells in vitro.

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Macrophages: sentinels and regulators of the immune system

Cited by 155 publications

References 126 publications

Aquaporins in Infection and Inflammation

Aquaporins in Infection and Inflammation

ProbioticLactobacillusStrains Stimulate the Inflammatory Response and Activate Human Macrophages

Effects of Recombinant Toxoplasma gondii Citrate Synthase I on the Cellular Functions of Murine Macrophages In vitro

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