scholarly journals Exogenous bone marrow cells do not rescue non-irradiated mice from acute renal tubular damage caused by HgCl2, despite establishment of chimaerism and cell proliferation in bone marrow and spleen

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.-C. Fang ◽  
W. R. Otto ◽  
R. Jeffery ◽  
T. Hunt ◽  
M. R. Alison ◽  
...  
2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (5) ◽  
pp. C1049-C1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Kawasaki ◽  
Mashkoor A. Choudhry ◽  
Martin G. Schwacha ◽  
Kirby I. Bland ◽  
Irshad H. Chaudry

Traumatic and/or surgical injury as well as hemorrhage induces profound suppression of cellular immunity. Although local anesthetics have been shown to impair immune responses, it remains unclear whether lidocaine affects lymphocyte functions following trauma-hemorrhage (T-H). We hypothesized that lidocaine will potentiate the suppression of lymphocyte functions after T-H. To test this, we randomly assigned male C3H/HeN (6–8 wk) mice to sham operation or T-H. T-H was induced by midline laparotomy and ∼90 min of hemorrhagic shock (blood pressure 35 mmHg), followed by fluid resuscitation (4× shed blood volume in the form of Ringer lactate). Two hours later, the mice were killed and splenocytes and bone marrow cells were isolated. The effects of lidocaine on concanavalin A-stimulated splenocyte proliferation and cytokine production in both sham-operated and T-H mice were assessed. The effects of lidocaine on LPS-stimulated bone marrow cell proliferation and cytokine production were also assessed. The results indicate that T-H suppresses cell proliferation, Th1 cytokine production, and MAPK activation in splenocytes. In contrast, cell proliferation, cytokine production, and MAPK activation in bone marrow cells were significantly higher 2 h after T-H compared with shams. Lidocaine depressed immune responses in splenocytes; however, it had no effect in bone marrow cells in either sham or T-H mice. The enhanced immunosuppressive effects of lidocaine could contribute to the host's enhanced susceptibility to infection following T-H.


2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (2) ◽  
pp. F326-F335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Ohnishi ◽  
Shinya Mizuno ◽  
Toshikazu Nakamura

During the progression of acute renal failure (ARF), the renal tubular S3 segment is sensitive to ischemic stresses. For reversing tubular damage, resident tubular cells proliferate, and bone marrow-derived cells (BMDC) can be engrafted into injured tubules. However, how resident epithelium or BMDC are involved in tubular repair remains unknown. Using a mouse model of ARF, we examined whether hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) regulates a balance of resident cell proliferation and BMDC recruitment. Within 48 h post-renal ischemia, tubular destruction became evident, followed by two-waved regenerative events: 1) tubular cell proliferation between 2 and 4 days, along with an increase in blood HGF; and 2) appearance of BMDC in the tubules from 6 days postischemia. When anti-HGF IgG was injected in the earlier stage, tubular cell proliferation was inhibited, leading to an increase in BMDC in renal tubules. Under the HGF-neutralized state, stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF1) levels increased in renal tubules, associated with the enhanced hypoxia. Administrations of anti-SDF1 receptor IgG into ARF mice reduced the number of BMDC in interstitium and tubules. Thus possible cascades include 1) inhibition of tubular cell proliferation by neutralizing HGF leads to renal hypoxia and SDF1 upregulation; and 2) BMDC are eventually engrafted in tubules through SDF1-mediated chemotaxis. Inversely, administration of recombinant HGF suppressed the renal hypoxia, SDF1 upregulation, and BMDC engraftment in ARF mice by enhancing resident tubular cell proliferation. Thus we conclude that HGF is a positive regulator for eliciting resident tubular cell proliferation, and SDF1 for BMDC engraftment during the repair process of ARF.


Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 1334-1334
Author(s):  
Seiji Fukuda ◽  
Mariko Abe ◽  
Seiji Yamaguchi ◽  
Louis M. Pelus

Abstract Survivin is a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family that has been implicated in cell cycle control, anti-apoptosis and cell division. Our previous studies and others have shown that Survivin and the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p21WAF1/CDKN1 (p21) are functionally associated and are involved in cell cycle, anti-apoptosis and cytokinesis in cancer cells and in normal hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC). P21 is highly expressed in quiescent hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in steady state, but the proportion of quiescent HSCs in G0 phase is reduced in p21−/− mice. In contrast, p21 has been shown as positive regulator on cell cycle of normal HPC since p21 deficiency results in fewer total CFU in mouse bone marrow (BM) cells with fewer CFU in S-phase and retrovirus transduction of p21 in p21 deficient bone marrow cells restores total and cycling CFU. We have previously reported that Survivin increases the proliferation of mouse primary HPC and that this enhancing effect is on HPC proliferation is absent when p21 is functionally deleted, suggesting that p21 is required for Survivin to enhance HPC proliferation. In addition, ITD-Flt3 mutations that are normally expressed in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and associate poor prognosis increase expression of both Survivin and p21, implicating their involvement in aberrant proliferation of HPC expressing ITD-Flt3. Herein we have characterized the functional association between p21 and Survivin in normal and transformed cell proliferation. Antagonizing wild-type Survivin in mouse BaF3 cells by retrovirus transduction of a T34A dominant negative mutant Survivin or anti-sense increased p21 expression, even though Survivin requires p21 to enhance HPC proliferation. Ectopic p21 in Survivin+/+ primary mouse bone marrow cells increased the number of immunophenotypically defined c-kit+, lin− (KL) cells, which is consistent with a positive role of p21 in HPC proliferation, however; ectopic expression of p21 failed to increase HPC proliferation in Survivin deficient primary bone marrow cells, suggesting that p21 alone is not sufficient to substitute for Survivin’s enhancing function on normal HPC proliferation. Over-expression of ITD-Flt3 enhanced growth factor independent proliferation of primary mouse marrow c-kit+, Sca-1+, lin− (KSL) cell number; however, co-expression of p21 with ITD-Flt3 dramatically decreased the number of growth factor independent KSL cells (80±6% reduction: P<0.01). Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of p21 on KLS proliferation was further enhanced by Survivin knockout bone marrow cells (64±5% reduction compared with presence of Survivin: P<0.05). These findings indicate that Survivin and p21 have a overlapping but distinct roles in regulating normal HPC proliferation and that manipulating p21 and Survivin may represent a potential therapeutic target for acute leukemia cells expressing ITD-Flt3.


Blood ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 879-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiva Akbarzadeh ◽  
Alister C. Ward ◽  
Dora O. M. McPhee ◽  
Warren S. Alexander ◽  
Graham J. Lieschke ◽  
...  

Abstract Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is the major regulator of granulopoiesis and acts through binding to its specific receptor (G-CSF-R) on neutrophilic granulocytes. Previous studies of signaling from the 4 G-CSF-R cytoplasmic tyrosine residues used model cell lines that may have idiosyncratic, nonphysiological responses. This study aimed to identify specific signals transmitted by the receptor tyrosine residues in primary myeloid cells. To bypass the presence of endogenous G-CSF-R, a chimeric receptor containing the extracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor in place of the entire extracellular domain of the G-CSF-R was used. A series of chimeric receptors containing tyrosine mutations to phenylalanine, either individually or collectively, was constructed and expressed in primary bone marrow cells from G-CSF–deficient mice. Proliferation and differentiation responses of receptor-expressing bone marrow cells stimulated by epidermal growth factor were measured. An increased 50% effective concentration to stimulus of the receptor Ynullmutant indicated that specific signals from tyrosine residues were required for cell proliferation, particularly at low concentrations of stimulus. Impaired responses by mutant receptors implicated G-CSF-R Y764 in cell proliferation and Y729 in granulocyte differentiation signaling. In addition, different sensitivities to ligand stimulation between mutant receptors indicated that G-CSF-R Y744 and possibly Y729 have an inhibitory role in cell proliferation. STAT activation was not affected by tyrosine mutations, whereas ERK activation appeared to depend, at least in part, on Y764. These observations have suggested novel roles for the G-CSF-R tyrosine residues in primary cells that were not observed previously in studies in cell lines.


Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 605-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao-bo Su ◽  
Naofumi Mukaida ◽  
Jian-bin Wang ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Akiyoshi Takami ◽  
...  

Abstract Several lines of evidence indicate that macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α) modulates the proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells, depending on their maturational stages. To clarify the mechanisms for the modulation of hematopoiesis by this chemokine, we examined the expression of a receptor for MIP-1α, CCR1, on bone marrow cells of normal individuals using a specific antibody and explored the effects of MIP-1α on in vitro erythropoiesis driven by stem cell factor (SCF) and erythropoietin (Epo). CCR1 was expressed on glycophorin A-positive erythroblasts in addition to lymphocytes and granulocytes. CCR1+ cells, isolated from bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNCs) using a cell sorter, comprised virtually all erythroid progenitor cells in the BMMNCs. Moreover, MIP-1α inhibited, in a dose-dependent manner, colony formation by burst-forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E), but not by colony forming unit-erythroid (CFU-E), in a methylcellulose culture of purified human CD34+ bone marrow cells. Although reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) showed the presence of CCR1, CCR4, and CCR5 transcripts in CD34+ cells in BM, anti-CCR1 antibodies significantly abrogated the inhibitory effects of MIP-1α on BFU-E formation both in a methylcellulose culture and in a single cell proliferation assay of purified CD34+ cells. Although the contribution of CCR4 or CCR5 cannot be completely excluded, these results suggest that MIP-1α–mediated suppression of the proliferation of immature, but not mature erythroid progenitor cells, is largely mediated by CCR1 expressed on these progenitor cells.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 3446-3446
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Lee ◽  
Quan-Sheng Zhu ◽  
Sonali Rudra ◽  
Elizabeth J. Shpall ◽  
Steven Kornblau ◽  
...  

Abstract Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) result from a malignant stem cell clone characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, manifested as peripheral cytopenia with a cellular bone marrow. A leading hypothesis is that MDS results from a breakdown in the control of myeloid cell proliferation and apoptosis. Through its generation of 3′-phosphoinositides and subsequent activation of effectors such as Akt, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) drives cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, and motility. We show here that PI 3-Kinase is profoundly deregulated in high-risk MDS. Bone marrow cells from high-risk MDS patients displayed a 3–30 fold increase in constitutive activation of the Src kinase Lyn. Constitutive serine/threonine phosphorylation of Akt, a surrogate of PI-3 kinase activity, was seen in all specimens. Protein levels of PTEN, which dephosphorylates the D3-position phosphate of the inositol ring, were variably decreased. Since PTEN is frequently silenced by hypermethylation, we treated U937, THP-1, and Mo7e cells with 5-azacytidine. However, real-time PCR showed no increase in PTEN transcripts in these cell lines. More significantly, protein expression of SHIP-1, which dephosphorylates the D5-position phosphate of the inositol ring, was markedly decreased or absent in bone marrow cells from MDS patients, whereas they were present in AML or ALL blasts. Real-time PCR showed SHIP-1 transcripts in MDS cells to be 50% of normal CD34+ stem cells. Although 5-azacytidine treatment resulted in an increase in SHIP-1 transcripts, as measured by quantitative PCR, protein levels did not increase. Because SHIP-1 contains three PEST-rich regions, we hypothesized that the low or absent level of expression of SHIP-1 may due to protein degradation. Neither the cryopreservation of cells nor lysis buffer could explain the absence of SHIP-1 protein. Instead, when U937 and HL60 leukemic cell lines were treated with the proteastome inhibitor lactacystin (1–5 uM), protein levels of SHIP-1 increased. These results suggest that constitutive activation of Akt is likely due to decreased PTEN and absent SHIP-1 protein levels in primary MDS cells. Consistent with these findings, mice deficient in PTEN and SHIP-1 suffer from anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukocytosis and impaired function of myeloid progenitors (BLOOD103:4503, 2004). These results also suggest that a combination of a Src kinase inhibitor and a proteasome inhibitor may be a therapeutic approach for the treatment of high-risk MDS.


Blood ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
J Goldberg ◽  
E Phalen ◽  
D Howard ◽  
S Ebbe ◽  
F Jr Stohlman

Megakaryocytopoiesis in the spleens of lethally irradiated mice transplanted with marrow cells was suppressed by platelet transfusions. In one group of experiments, animals were irradiated and transfused with bone marrow cells on day O. They were then given either no treatment, platelets, platelet-poor plasma, or saline on days 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8, and then were sacrificed on day 10. Megakaryocytes per section in the spleens of mice receiving platelets were 24%-48% of the values in the groups given plasma, saline, or bone marrow only. The number of pure megakaryocyte colonies was also diminished by platelet hypertransfusion. Another experiment examined the effect of platelets or plasma administered on days 1 and 2 or days 6 and 7 after irradiation and bone marrow transfusion. Hypertransfusion on days 6 and 7 was as effective in suppressing megakaryocytopoiesis as hypertransfusion every other day for 10 days. Animals given platelets or plasma only on days 1 and 2 did not have any significant change in their megakaryocyte number. These results implied that committed megakaryocyte precursors were more sensitive to inhibition by increased platelet levels than pluripotential stem cells. Further experiments with plethoric animals indicated that different levels of erythropoietin did not account for the effects of platelet hypertransfusion. The findings could be explained by inhibition of cell proliferation or of differentiation of megakaryocyte precursors by increased platelet levels.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document