scholarly journals Local Shifts in Inflammatory and Resolving Lipid Mediators in Response to Tendon Overuse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Markworth ◽  
Kristoffer B. Sugg ◽  
Dylan C. Sarver ◽  
Krishna Rao Maddipati ◽  
Susan V. Brooks

Tendon inflammation has been implicated in both adaptive connective tissue remodeling and overuse-induced tendinopathy. Lipid mediators control the initiation and resolution of inflammation, but their roles within tendon are largely unknown. Here we profiled local shifts in intratendinous lipid mediators via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in response to synergist ablation-induced plantaris tendon overuse. Sixty-four individual lipid mediators were detected in homogenates of habitually loaded plantaris tendons from healthy ambulatory rats. This included many bioactive metabolites of the cyclooxygenase (COX), lipoxygenase (LOX), and epoxygenase (CYP) pathways. Synergist ablation induced a robust inflammatory response at day 3 post-surgery characterized by epitenon infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and macrophages (MΦ), heightened expression of inflammation-related genes, and increased intratendinous concentrations of the pro-inflammatory eicosanoids thromboxane B2 (TXB2) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). By day 7, MΦ became the predominant myeloid cell type in tendon and there were further delayed increases in other COX metabolites including PGD2, PGF2α and PGI2. Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) including protectin D1 (PD1) and resolvin D6 (RvD6), as well as related pathway markers of D-resolvins (17-HDoHE), E-resolvins (18-HEPE) and lipoxins (15-HETE) were also increased locally in response to tendon overuse, as were many anti-inflammatory fatty acid epoxides of the CYP pathway (e.g. EpETrEs). Nevertheless, intratendinous prostaglandins remained markedly increased even following 28 days of tendon overuse together with a lingering MΦ presence. These data reveal a delayed and prolonged local inflammatory response to tendon overuse characterized by an overwhelming predominance of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids and a relative lack of pro-resolving lipid mediators.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issa Beegun ◽  
Duco S. Koenis ◽  
Ghassan Alusi ◽  
Jesmond Dalli

The mechanisms that lead to disease onset and propagation in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are not fully elucidated. Maresins (MaR) are a family of essential fatty acid-derived lipid mediators that play a central role in the regulation of inflammation with several studies demonstrating that these mediators display protective activities in airway inflammation. Therefore, in the present studies we evaluated whether concentrations of these mediators were altered in both peripheral blood and nasal secretions from CRS patients. Herein, we focused on patients with CRS that also develop nasal polyps (CRSwNP), given that therapeutic options for the treatment of these patients are limited. Thereby, insights into disease mechanisms in these patients may help design more effective treatments. For this purpose, we compared maresin concentrations from CRSwNP patients with those found in healthy volunteers or patients with an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), as a self-resolving inflammatory condition. Using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, we found that MaR concentrations were significantly decreased in plasma from patients with CRSwNP when compared to healthy volunteers. MaR concentrations were observed to be significantly upregulated in nasal secretions from patients with CRSwNP when compared with both healthy volunteers and URTI subjects. Concentration of these mediators in both plasma and nasal secretions from CRSwNP patients were positively correlated with quality-of-life scores in these patients. Assessment of the concentrations of other pro-resolving and pro-inflammatory lipid mediators (LM) demonstrated that there was a general shift in LM levels in both plasma and nasal secretions from CRSwNP when compared with healthy volunteers and URTI subjects. Of note, incubation of peripheral blood cells from CRSwNP patients with MaR1 downregulated the expression of activation markers on peripheral blood phagocytes, including CD41 and CD62P, markers of platelet-leukocyte heterotypic aggregates. Together these findings demonstrate that both local and systemic LM concentrations, in particularly those of the MaR family, become altered in patients with CRSwNP. They also suggest that therapeutics designed around MaR1 may be useful in regulating the activation of phagocytes in patients with CRSwNP thereby potentially also limiting the local inflammatory response in these patients.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2058
Author(s):  
Nicole Reisinger ◽  
Dominik Wendner ◽  
Nora Schauerhuber ◽  
Elisabeth Mayer

Endotoxins play a crucial role in ruminant health due to their deleterious effects on animal health. The study aimed to evaluate whether LPS and LTA can induce an inflammatory response in rumen epithelial cells. For this purpose, epithelial cells isolated from rumen tissue (RECs) were stimulated with LPS and LTA for 1, 2, 4, and 24 h. Thereafter, the expression of selected genes of the LPS and LTA pathway and inflammatory response were evaluated. Furthermore, it was assessed whether LPS affects inflammatory response and structural integrity of claw explants. Therefore, claw explants were incubated with LPS for 4 h to assess the expression of selected genes and for 24 h to evaluate tissue integrity via separation force. LPS strongly affected the expression of genes related to inflammation (NFkB, TNF-α, IL1B, IL6, CXCL8, MMP9) in RECs. LTA induced a delayed and weaker inflammatory response than LPS. In claw explants, LPS affected tissue integrity, as there was a concentration-dependent decrease of separation force. Incubation time had a strong effect on inflammatory genes in claw explants. Our data suggest that endotoxins can induce a local inflammatory response in the rumen epithelium. Furthermore, translocation of LPS might negatively impact claw health.


2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (6) ◽  
pp. G1197-G1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Vaquero ◽  
Ilya Gukovsky ◽  
Vjekoslav Zaninovic ◽  
Anna S. Gukovskaya ◽  
Stephen J. Pandol

Transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is activated in cerulein pancreatitis and mediates cytokine expression. The role of transcription factor activation in other models of pancreatitis has not been established. Here we report upregulation of NF-κB and inflammatory molecules, and their correlation with local pancreatic injury, in a model of severe pancreatitis. Rats received intraductal infusion of taurocholate or saline, and the pancreatic head and tail were analyzed separately. NF-κB and activator protein-1 (AP-1) activation were assessed by gel shift assay, and mRNA expression of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, KC, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and inducible nitric oxide synthase was assessed by semiquantitative RT-PCR. Morphological damage and trypsin activation were much greater in the pancreatic head than tail, in parallel with a stronger activation of NF-κB and cytokine mRNA. Saline infusion mildly affected these parameters. AP-1 was strongly activated in both pancreatic segments after either taurocholate or saline infusion. NF-κB inhibition with N-acetylcysteine ameliorated the local inflammatory response. Correlation between localized NF-κB activation, cytokine upregulation, and tissue damage suggests a key role for NF-κB in the development of the inflammatory response of acute pancreatitis.


1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy T. Rohn ◽  
Laura K. Nelson ◽  
Karen M. Sipes ◽  
Steve D. Swain ◽  
Kathryn L. Jutila ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Miyasato ◽  
Oana Bollt ◽  
Joyce Pike ◽  
Ann Hashimoto ◽  
Ralph V Shohet ◽  
...  

In cardiac fibrosis, fibrous tissue replaces healthy contractile tissue. The regulation of these processes is controlled in large part by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). Caveolin-1 (cav1) regulates TGF-β signaling by either sequestering the TGF-β receptor complex or enhancing its degradation. Thus, cav1 may prevent TGF-β directed fibrosis. To investigate the role of cav1 in cardiac remodeling, we performed left ventricular cryoinjury in Cav1-deficient (Cav1−/−) mice and wild-type controls. Ventricular function was followed by echocardiography, and 3, 14, and 30 days after surgery, cardiac RNA and protein were analyzed for inflammatory responses, connective tissue and TGF-β signaling related proteins. Cryoinjured WT presented reduced cav1 expression. Concurrently, evidence of activation of TGF-β signaling was measured as shown by increase of Smad2 phosphorylation. Moreover Cav1−/− cryoinjured hearts had enhanced Smad2 phosphorylation. Collagen gene expression was transiently upregulated in cryoinjured WT mice 3 days post surgery (2.5-fold) and this elevation persisted in Cav1−/− hearts (3.5-fold at 14 days). The level of collagenases (mmp-8 and -13) expression was dramatically increased in the 3-day cryoinjured WT but not in Cav1−/− mice. As a result, augmented collagen deposition, resulting from increased collagen expression and reduced degradation by collagenases, was observed by Masson’s trichrome and picrosirius staining in injured Cav1−/− hearts. WT mice had a transient decline in fractional shortening (FS) but function returned to baseline by 30 days post-injury. In contrast, cryoinjured Cav1−/− mice had a significant lower % FS after 30 days compared to baseline or to cryoinjured WT (67.4 ± 9.6, 76 ± 11, 76.9 ± 5.5, respectively). Moreover Cav1−/− mice presented an altered inflammatory response following cryoinjury. Reduced macrophage infiltrates and IL-6 level of expression were also measured in cryoinjured Cav1−/− mice. These data indicate that in absence of caveolae, TGF-β signaling is enhanced, and this leads to a disordered inflammatory response and suboptimal cardiac remodeling that may impair left ventricular function.


1996 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Martinus Løvik ◽  
Per Ivar Gaarder ◽  
Ann-Kristin Høgseth ◽  
Randi Hagemann ◽  
Ingvar Eide

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Borna Relja ◽  
Bing Yang ◽  
Katrin Bundkirchen ◽  
Baolin Xu ◽  
Kernt Köhler ◽  
...  

AbstractMultiple injuries appear to be a decisive factor for experimental polytrauma. Therefore, our aim was to compare the inflammatory response and organ damage of five different monotrauma with three multiple trauma models. For this, mice were randomly assigned to 10 groups: Healthy control (Ctrl), Sham, hemorrhagic shock (HS), thoracic trauma (TxT), osteotomy with external fixation (Fx), bilateral soft tissue trauma (bsTT) or laparotomy (Lap); polytrauma I (PT I, TxT + HS + Fx), PT II (TxT + HS + Fx + Lap) and one multi-trauma group (MT, TxT + HS + bsTT + Lap). The inflammatory response and organ damage were quantified at 6 h by analyses of IL-6, IL-1β, IL-10, CXCL1, SAA1, HMGB1 and organ injury. Systemic IL-6 increased in all mono and multiple trauma groups, while CXCL1 increased only in HS, PT I, PT II and MT vs. control. Local inflammatory response was most prominent in HS, PT I, PT II and MT in the liver. Infiltration of inflammatory cells into lung and liver was significant in all multiple trauma groups vs. controls. Hepatic and pulmonary injury was prominent in HS, PT I, PT II and MT groups. These experimental multiple trauma models closely mimic the early post-traumatic inflammatory response in human. Though, the choice of read-out parameters is very important for therapeutic immune modulatory approaches.


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