scholarly journals Degradation of cartilage proteoglycans by a neutral proteinase secreted by rabbit bone-marrow macrophages in culture

1978 ◽  
Vol 172 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Hauser ◽  
G Vaes

When cultivated together with pieces of cartilage biosynthetically labelled with 35S in their proteoglycans, rabbit macrophages, differentiated in vitro from bone-marrow cells, cause the release of soluble 35S-labelled material into the culture medium. This process is inhibited by killing the macrophages or by cycloheximide treatment, and is due to the secretion by the cells of a metal-dependent neutral proteinase capable of degrading cartilage proteoglycan subunits into fragments of high molecular weight. Enzyme activity is optimum at about pH7, and is inhibited by EDTA, o-phenanthroline, cysteine or serum, but not by di-isopropyl phosphorofluoridate nor by 4-hydroxymercuribenzoate. The effect of EDTA is partially reversed by Co2+ or Zn2+ ions. The enzyme is eluted from Sephadex G-150 columns as a single peak of material (apparent mol.wt. 17000) that contains also most of the proteolytic activity exerted by culture media on Azocoll (denatured collagen) or on casein. The possible role of this metalloproteinase in chronic inflammatory processes is discussed, particularly in connection with joint erosions in rheumatoid arthritis.

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara McCurdy ◽  
William A Boisvert

Macrophage accumulation is a key process affecting all stages of atherosclerosis. Whether these cells accumulate in plaque solely by recruitment of monocytes from circulation or by proliferation within the plaque is an important question that has garnered much interest in recent years. Originally identified as a lymphocyte activation marker, CD98hc (SLC3A2) is a transmembrane protein involved in cell proliferation and survival via integrin signaling and MAP kinase activation. We hypothesized that CD98hc deficiency in myeloid cells would have a protective effect on atherosclerosis development and plaque composition by limiting macrophage proliferation. For the studies described, we utilized mice with myeloid-specific deletion of the CD98hc ( CD98hc fl/fl LysMCre + ) to determine the effects of CD98hc deficiency on macrophage function in the context of atherosclerosis . We performed in vitro assays to investigate the role of CD98hc in the proliferation and survival of primary mouse bone marrow derived macrophages. Although we found no differences in the number of bone marrow cells isolated from control or CD98hc -/- animals, after differentiation with MCS-F for 7 days, the number of macrophages obtained from CD98hc -/- mice was approximately 80% lower (7.2 ± 2.2 x 10 6 vs. 42.4 ± 4.6 x 10 6 per mouse) compared to control mice. Proliferation assays in vitro using EdU revealed approximately 50% (15.4 ± 2.5% vs. 7.5±1.8%) reduced cell proliferation in CD98hc -/- macrophages compared to control cells that could not be rescued with the addition M-CSF. In a 6-week atherosclerosis study using Ldlr -/- CD98hc fl/fl LysMCre + mice, Oil-Red O staining of whole aortae as well as aortic sinus sections showed that atherosclerotic plaque development was reduced compared to Ldlr -/- CD98hc fl/fl LysMCre - control mice. Additionally, immunohistochemical staining of atherosclerotic tissues revealed a reduction in macrophage abundance and proliferation within the plaque of Ldlr -/- CD98hc fl/fl LysMCre + mice compared to control mice. These findings support an important role of CD98hc in macrophage proliferation within the plaque environment, and provide a novel target for reducing atherosclerosis.


1979 ◽  
Vol 180 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Hauser ◽  
G Vaes

Soluble products released by rabbit spleen cells on stimulation with either mitogen or antigen markedly stimulate the secretion of a proteoglycan-degrading neutral proteinase by rabbit bone-marrow macrophages.


Blood ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 4194-4194
Author(s):  
Tobias Berg ◽  
Michael Heuser ◽  
Florian Kuchenbauer ◽  
Gyeongsin Park ◽  
Stephen Fung ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 4194 Cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia (CN-AML) patients with high BAALC or MN1 expression have a poor prognosis. Whereas the oncogenic function of MN1 is well established, the functional role of BAALC in hematopoiesis is not known. We therefore compared the expression of BAALC and MN1 in 140 CN-AML patients by quantitative PCR. To further assess the impact of BAALC on leukemogenesis we used retroviral gene transfer into primary murine bone marrow cells and cells immortalized with NUP98-HOXD13 (ND13) and HOXA9. Transduced cells were assessed in vitro by colony forming assays and for their sensitivity to treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). They were also evaluated by in vivo transplantation into lethally-irradiated mice. In the 140 CN-AML patients analyzed, the expression of BAALC and MN1 was highly correlated (R=0.71). Retroviral overexpression of MN1 or BAALC in the Hox gene-immortalized bone marrow cells did not cause upregulation of the other gene, suggesting that these genes do not regulate each other. In murine bone marrow cells BAALC did not immortalize the cells in vitro as assessed by serial replating of transduced cells in methylcellulose assays. Transplantation of transduced cells resulted in negligible engraftment of approximately 1 percent at 4 weeks after transplantation. However, co-transduction of BAALC into NUP98-HOXD13 cells (which are very sensitive to the treatment with all-trans retinoic acid) increased the 50 percent inhibitory concentration (IC50) of ATRA by 4.3-fold, suggesting a negative impact of BAALC on myeloid differentiation. We next evaluated whether the differentiation inhibiting effects of BAALC may cooperate with the self renewal-promoting effects of HOXA9 to induce leukemia in mice. Mice receiving transplants of murine bone marrow cells transduced with BAALC and HOXA9 developed myeloid leukemias with a median latency of 139.5 days that were characterized by leukocytosis, massively enlarged spleens (up to 1.02 g), anemia and thrombocytopenia. Infiltrations of myeloid cells were also found in liver, spleen, and kidney. The disease was transplantable into secondary animals. By Southern blot analysis we found one to two BAALC viral integrations per mouse, suggesting that clonal disease had developed from BAALC-transduced cells. We demonstrate for the first time that BAALC blocks myeloid differentiation and promotes leukemogenesis when combined with the self-renewal promoting oncogene HOXA9. Due to its prognostic and functional effects BAALC may become a valuable therapeutic target in leukemia patients. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Blood ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Zucker ◽  
Diane M. Howe ◽  
Lewis R. Weintraub

Abstract The regulation of erythropoiesis was studied in patients with polycythemia vera and chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL). An in vitro culture system was employed to determine the response of bone marrow cells to erythropoietin. In normal subjects, iron incorporation into heme (during the 18th to 22nd hr of culture) was increased by 35% (mean) in erythropoietin-treated cultures as compared to control cultures. Erythropoietin was ineffective in stimulating iron incorporation into heme in five patients with polycythemia vera. The marrow response to erythropoietin in vitro was within the normal range in three patients with CGL (37% stimulation). Thus, the role of erythropoietin in the control of erythropoiesis in myeloproliferative syndromes appears variable.


Blood ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 732-732
Author(s):  
Huihui Ma ◽  
Caisheng Lu ◽  
Judy Ziegler ◽  
Suzanne Lentzsch ◽  
Markus Y Mapara

Abstract Abstract 732 Treg cells have been recognized as critical regulators of the immune response and shown to prevent the development of GVHD. However, little is known about of the role of STAT1 signaling in Treg cells during the development of GVHD. In this study, we tried to investigate how STAT1 signaling controls donor Treg development and function in the setting of GVHD. For this purpose we studied the role of STAT1 in natural and inducible Treg (nTreg and iTreg, respectively). To better understand the influence of STAT1-deficiency on the proliferation of nTreg cells, purified splenic STAT1−/− or STAT1+/+ CD4+CD25+ cells were labeled with Carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) and cultured on anti-CD3 coated plates in the presence of anti-CD28 and IL-2 for 3 days and analyzed for proliferation and viability. After 72h of in vitro culture 50% of the STAT1+/+ starting population were no longer viable compared to only 10% of STAT1−/− cells. Furthermore, we noted a significantly increased expansion of STAT1-deficient CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg cells compared to STAT1+/+ Treg cells (p<0.001). In line with these findings, STAT1-deficiency resulted in a significantly higher proportion of CFSElo cells indicating vigorous proliferation (85% Foxp3+CFSElo in STAT1−/− compared to only 65% Foxp3+CFSElo in STAT1+/+ Treg cells. Furthermore, at the end of the culture 30% of the STAT1+/+ CD4+CD25+ population were Foxp3-negative compared to only 10% of the STAT1−/− cells. We next determined the impact of STAT1 on the generation of iTreg cells in vitro. For this purpose CD4+CD25− cells from STAT1−/− or STAT1+/+ mice were cultured for 3 days on anti-CD3 coated plates in the presence of anti-CD28 antibodies, hTGF-β, mIL-2, anti-IFN-γ and anti-IL-4 for 3 days. Compared to STAT1+/+, we observed significantly enhanced generation of iTregs from STAT1−/− splenocytes (19.9%±3.0% vs. 10.6%±1.3%, p=0.008). We then performed studies to assess the in vivo generation of iTreg. For that purpose BALB/c mice were reconstituted with T Cell Depleted (TCD) 129.STAT1+/+Bone Marrow Cells (BMC) following lethal irradiation and recipients were co-injected with CD4+CD25− cells purified from either 129.STAT1+/+ or 129.STAT1−/− splenocytes. We again noted a significantly higher proportion of CD4+CD25+ Foxp3+ cells in recipients of CD4+CD25−STAT1−/− cells compared to recipients of STAT1+/+ T cells indicating a significantly increased conversion of CD4+CD25- cells into Treg cells. To confirm the in vitro results we tested the functional ability of in vitro expanded (using anti-CD3, anti-CD28, IL-2 and TGF-β) STAT1+/+ or STAT1−/− Treg cells to block induction of GVHD. GVHD was induced in BALB/c mice following lethal irradiation (800rad) and fully MHC-mismatched BMT using 129.STAT1+/+ bone marrow cells plus 129.STAT+/+ conventional T cells (Tcon). Animals were co-injected with expanded Treg cells from either 129.STAT1+/+ or 129.STAT1−/− donors at a ratio of 1:1 or 1:4 (Treg:Tcon). STAT1−/− or STAT1+/+ Treg cells were equipotent in completely preventing GVHD mortality. However, compared to recipients of STAT1+/+ Treg recipients of STAT1−/− Treg showed reduced signs of GVHD morbidity as determined by a significantly improved weight development. Furthermore, recipients of STAT1−/− Treg showed significantly increased donor cell engraftment compared to recipients of STAT1+/+Treg (donor CD4+ [87% vs. 60%, p=0.03], CD8+[99% vs. 96%, p=0.04], Mac1+[96% vs. 77%, p=0.02] and B220+[100% vs. 96%, p=0.007]) cells in the recipient spleen. These observations clearly demonstrate that STAT1 is a critical regulator of Treg cell development and expansion and that targeting STAT1 in CD4+ T cells may facilitate in vitro and in vivo generation/expansion of Treg cells for therapeutic use in GVHD while also promoting donor cell engraftment. Disclosures: Lentzsch: Celgene Corp: Research Funding. Mapara:Resolvyx: Research Funding; Gentium: stocks.


1977 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. HUNT ◽  
A. D. PERRIS ◽  
P. A. SANDFORD

SUMMARY Two days after a severe haemorrhage plasma calcium concentrations and bone marrow mitotic activity in rats were significantly increased and so remained for a further 5–6 days until the haematocrit had returned to normal. The first 48 h after bleeding were characterized by hypocalcaemia. During this phase two significant peaks in mitotic activity were observed at 4 and 18 h after haemorrhage. The mitotic surge 4 h after bleeding was still present in adrenalectomized and parathyroidectomized animals but in rats which were either hypophysectomized or had congenital diabetes insipidus this mitotic response was absent. Vasopressin was shown to stimulate bone marrow mitotic activity both in vivo and in vitro whereas angiotensin, aldosterone and erythropoietin had no rapid, direct mitogenic action on these cells. This novel hypophysial–bone marrow system suggests that vasopressin may assist in post-haemorrhagic recovery in blood cell numbers in the circulation.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Briddell ◽  
JE Brandt ◽  
TB Leemhuis ◽  
R Hoffman

An in vitro liquid suspension culture system was used to determine the role of cytokines in sustaining long-term human megakaryocytopoiesis. Bone marrow cells expressing CD34 but not HLA-DR (CD34+DR-) were used as the inoculum of cells to initiate long-term bone marrow cultures (LTBMC). CD34+DR- cells (5 x 10(3)/mL) initially contained 0.0 +/- 0.0 assayable colony-forming unit-megakaryocytes (CFU-MK), 6.2 +/- 0.4 assayable burst-forming unit-megakaryocytes (BFU-MK), and 0.0 +/- 0.0 megakaryocytes (MK). LTBMCs were recharged every 48 hours with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin- 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), IL-3, and/or IL-6, alone or in combination. LTBMCs were demidepopulated weekly or biweekly, the number of cells and MK enumerated, and then assayed for CFU-MK and BFU-MK. LTBMCs receiving no cytokine(s) contained no assayable CFU-MK or BFU-MK and no observable MK. LTBMCs receiving GM-CSF, IL-1 alpha, and/or IL-3 contained assayable CFU-MK and MK but no BFU-MK for 10 weeks of culture. The effects of GM-CSF and IL-3, IL-1 alpha and IL-3, but not GM-CSF and IL-1 alpha were additive with regards to their ability to augment the numbers of assayable CFU-MK during LTBMC. LTBMCs supplemented with IL-6 contained modest numbers of assayable CFU-MK for only 4 weeks; this effect was not additive to that of GM-CSF, IL-1 alpha, or IL-3. The addition of GM-CSF, IL-1 alpha, and IL-3 alone or in combination each led to the appearance of significant numbers of MKs during LTBMC. By contrast, IL-6 supplemented cultures contained relatively few MK. These studies suggest that CD34+DR- cells are capable of initiating long-term megakaryocytopoiesis in vitro and that a hierarchy of cytokines exists capable of sustaining this process.


Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 2074-2080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Onai ◽  
Yan-yun Zhang ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoneyama ◽  
Toshio Kitamura ◽  
Sho Ishikawa ◽  
...  

Both SDF-1 and CXCR4 disruption are lethal to mice at the embryonic stage and cause abnormalities in B lymphopoiesis, myelopoiesis, cardiogenesis, vasculogenesis, and cerebellar development. To investigate the role of SDF-1 and CXCR4 in hematopoiesis during the adult stage, mice reconstituted with bone marrow–derived hematopoietic progenitor cells transduced with either the SDF-1 or a genetically modified SDF-1–intrakine gene using a retroviral expression vector were analyzed. Flow cytometric (FCM) analysis showed a dramatic reduction of CXCR4 expression on the cells of intrakine-transduced mice, whereas CCR7 and CCR1 expression was unchanged or marginally decreased on splenocytes. Migration of splenocytes and bone marrow cells to SDF-1 was markedly suppressed in intrakine-transduced mice. FCM analysis of bone marrow cells of intrakine-transduced mice exhibited decreased numbers of pro-B (B220+ CD43+), pre-B (B220+CD43−), and immature B (B220+IgM+) cells and a decreased number of granulocytes/myeloid (Gr1+ CD11b+) cells. Impaired B lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis in intrakine-transduced mice were confirmed by an in vitro colony-forming assay of bone marrow cells. In contrast, B lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis were enhanced in SDF-1–transduced mice. Interestingly, T-cell maturation in the thymus was impaired both in intrakine- and SDF-1–transduced mice, suggesting that SDF-1 and CXCR4 play an important role in T lymphopoiesis as well as in B lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis in adults. These results demonstrate an essential role of CXCR4 and its ligand SDF-1 in adult hematopoiesis, and they indicate the intrakine method as a powerful tool for functional analysis of chemokines/chemokine receptors in vivo and as a potential therapeutic approach for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.


1998 ◽  
Vol 158 (3) ◽  
pp. R1-R5 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Ono ◽  
T Akatsu ◽  
T Murakami ◽  
M Nishikawa ◽  
M Yamamoto ◽  
...  

Of various PGs, PGE1 and PGE2 are shown to be the most potent stimulators of osteoclastogenesis in vitro. PGE receptors have been classified into four subtypes, EP1-EP4. Little is known about PGE receptors functioning in bone cells. In this study, using mouse marrow culture, we investigated which PGE receptors are important in osteoclast-like cell (OCL) formation induced by PGE. 11-deoxy-PGE1 (EP2, EP3 and EP4 agonist) stimulated OCL formation potently. Butaprost (EP2 agonist) stimulated it slightly, while sulprostone (EP1 and EP3 agonist) and ONO-AP-324-01 (EP3 agonist) did not. AH23848B (EP4 antagonist) inhibited PGE2-induced OCL formation in a dose-dependent manner. The expression of EP4 mRNA in mouse bone marrow was confirmed by RT-PCR. The results indicate an important role of EP4 in PGE2-induced OCL formation in marrow cultures and suggest therapeutic potential of EP4 antagonists in some clinical conditions with accelerated bone resorption.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabindranath Bera ◽  
Ming-Chun Chiu ◽  
Ying-Jung Huang ◽  
Tung-Huei Lin ◽  
Ming-Chung Kuo ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Additional sex combs-like 1 (ASXL1) mutations have been described in all forms of myeloid neoplasms including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and associated with inferior outcomes, yet the molecular pathogenesis of ASXL1 mutations (ASXL1-MT) remains poorly understood. Transformation of CMML to secondary AML (sAML) is one of the leading causes of death in CMML patients. Previously, we observed that transcription factor RUNX1 mutations (RUNX1-MT) coexisted with ASXL1-MT in CMML and at myeloid blast phase of chronic myeloid leukemia. The contribution of RUNX1 mutations in the pathogenesis of myeloid transformation in ASXL1-mutated leukemia, however, remains unclear. Methods To evaluate the leukemogenic role of RUNX1-MT in ASXL1-mutated cells, we co-expressed RUNX1-MT (R135T) and ASXL1-MT (R693X) in different cell lines and performed immunoblot, co-immunoprecipitation, gene expression microarray, quantitative RT-PCR, cell proliferation, differentiation, and clonogenic assays for in vitro functional analyses. The in vivo effect was investigated using the C57BL/6 mouse bone marrow transplantation (BMT) model. Results Co-expression of two mutant genes increased myeloid stem cells in animal model, suggesting that cooperation of RUNX1 and ASXL1 mutations played a critical role in leukemia transformation. The expression of RUNX1 mutant in ASXL1-mutated myeloid cells augmented proliferation, blocked differentiation, and increased self-renewal activity. At 9 months post-BMT, mice harboring combined RUNX1 and ASXL1 mutations developed disease characterized by marked splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and leukocytosis with a shorter latency. Mice transduced with both ASXL1 and RUNX1 mutations enhanced inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (ID1) expression in the spleen, liver, and bone marrow cells. Bone marrow samples from CMML showed that ID1 overexpressed in coexisted mutations of RUNX1 and ASXL1 compared to normal control and either RUNX1-MT or ASXL1-MT samples. Moreover, the RUNX1 mutant protein was more stable than WT and increased HIF1-α and its target ID1 gene expression in ASXL1 mutant cells. Conclusion The present study demonstrated the biological and functional evidence for the critical role of RUNX1-MT in ASXL1-mutated leukemia in the pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document