scholarly journals Legumain is activated in macrophages during pancreatitis

2016 ◽  
Vol 311 (3) ◽  
pp. G548-G560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Edgington-Mitchell ◽  
Thomas Wartmann ◽  
Alicia K. Fleming ◽  
Vasilena Gocheva ◽  
Wouter A. van der Linden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Molecule Inhibitor ◽  
Acinar To Ductal Metaplasia ◽  
Lysosomal Cysteine Protease ◽  
Ex Vivo Imaging

Pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas characterized by dysregulated activity of digestive enzymes, necrosis, immune infiltration, and pain. Repeated incidence of pancreatitis is an important risk factor for pancreatic cancer. Legumain, a lysosomal cysteine protease, has been linked to inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis, stroke, and cancer. Until now, legumain activation has not been studied during pancreatitis. We used a fluorescently quenched activity-based probe to assess legumain activation during caerulein-induced pancreatitis in mice. We detected activated legumain by ex vivo imaging, confocal microscopy, and gel electrophoresis. Compared with healthy controls, legumain activity in the pancreas of caerulein-treated mice was increased in a time-dependent manner. Legumain was localized to CD68+ macrophages and was not active in pancreatic acinar cells. Using a small-molecule inhibitor of legumain, we found that this protease is not essential for the initiation of pancreatitis. However, it may serve as a biomarker of disease, since patients with chronic pancreatitis show strongly increased legumain expression in macrophages. Moreover, the occurrence of legumain-expressing macrophages in regions of acinar-to-ductal metaplasia suggests that this protease may influence reprogramming events that lead to inflammation-induced pancreatic cancer.

scholarly journals Organotypic Culture of Acinar Cells for the Study of Pancreatic Cancer Initiation

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2606
Author(s):  
Carlotta Paoli ◽  
Alessandro Carrer
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Lineage Tracing ◽  
Metabolic Reprogramming ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
The Impact

The carcinogenesis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) progresses according to multi-step evolution, whereby the disease acquires increasingly aggressive pathological features. On the other hand, disease inception is poorly investigated. Decoding the cascade of events that leads to oncogenic transformation is crucial to design strategies for early diagnosis as well as to tackle tumor onset. Lineage-tracing experiments demonstrated that pancreatic cancerous lesions originate from acinar cells, a highly specialized cell type in the pancreatic epithelium. Primary acinar cells can survive in vitro as organoid-like 3D spheroids, which can transdifferentiate into cells with a clear ductal morphology in response to different cell- and non-cell-autonomous stimuli. This event, termed acinar-to-ductal metaplasia, recapitulates the histological and molecular features of disease initiation. Here, we will discuss the isolation and culture of primary pancreatic acinar cells, providing a historical and technical perspective. The impact of pancreatic cancer research will also be debated. In particular, we will dissect the roles of transcriptional, epigenetic, and metabolic reprogramming for tumor initiation and we will show how that can be modeled using ex vivo acinar cell cultures. Finally, mechanisms of PDA initiation described using organotypical cultures will be reviewed.

scholarly journals Organotypic Culture of Acinar Cells for the Study of Pancreatic Cancer Initiation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Carrer ◽  
Carlotta Paoli
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Lineage Tracing ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Tumor Onset ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
Primary Mouse

Multi-step evolution characterizes the carcinogenesis of GI malignancies, where the disease progresses through the accrual of genetic mutations, co-option of multiple host cellular factors and the acquisition of increasingly aggressive pathological features. Ensuing cancer complexity and plasticity are challenges for therapeutic approaches. On the other hand, disease inception is often triggered by a defined oncogenic event, which leads to escalating effects on gene expression, cellular metabolism, chromatin organization and ultimately cell identity. Decoding this molecular cascade of events is crucial to design strategies for early diagnosis as well as to tackle tumor onset. To this aim, the in vitro culture of non-transformed epithelial cells represents a major technical challenge. Genetic studies, combined with lineage-tracing experiments demonstrated that pancreatic cancerous lesions originate from acinar cells, a specialized cell type in the pancreatic epithelium, following mutations of the KRAS oncogene. Ex vivo culture of pancreatic acinar cells has allowed the identification of early mutant KRAS-driven alterations. Primary acinar cells survive in vitro in organoid-like 3D spheroids, which can recapitulate histological and molecular features of disease initiation. Here, we will discuss the isolation and culture of primary mouse pancreatic acinar cells, providing and historical and technical perspective. Impact for pancreatic cancer research will also be debated; in particular we will dissect the role of KRAS signaling in driving oncogenic transformation and highlight differences with canonical 2D culture of established cancer cell lines.

scholarly journals A multilayered post-GWAS assessment on genetic susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelina López de Maturana ◽  
◽  
Juan Antonio Rodríguez ◽  
Lola Alonso ◽  
Oscar Lao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Genetic Susceptibility ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Phenotypic Variance

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a complex disease in which both non-genetic and genetic factors interplay. To date, 40 GWAS hits have been associated with PC risk in individuals of European descent, explaining 4.1% of the phenotypic variance. Methods We complemented a new conventional PC GWAS (1D) with genome spatial autocorrelation analysis (2D) permitting to prioritize low frequency variants not detected by GWAS. These were further expanded via Hi-C map (3D) interactions to gain additional insight into the inherited basis of PC. In silico functional analysis of public genomic information allowed prioritization of potentially relevant candidate variants. Results We identified several new variants located in genes for which there is experimental evidence of their implication in the biology and function of pancreatic acinar cells. Among them is a novel independent variant in NR5A2 (rs3790840) with a meta-analysis p value = 5.91E−06 in 1D approach and a Local Moran’s Index (LMI) = 7.76 in 2D approach. We also identified a multi-hit region in CASC8—a lncRNA associated with pancreatic carcinogenesis—with a lowest p value = 6.91E−05. Importantly, two new PC loci were identified both by 2D and 3D approaches: SIAH3 (LMI = 18.24), CTRB2/BCAR1 (LMI = 6.03), in addition to a chromatin interacting region in XBP1—a major regulator of the ER stress and unfolded protein responses in acinar cells—identified by 3D; all of them with a strong in silico functional support. Conclusions This multi-step strategy, combined with an in-depth in silico functional analysis, offers a comprehensive approach to advance the study of PC genetic susceptibility and could be applied to other diseases.

Abstract PO-056: Insulin receptor signaling in pancreatic acinar cells contributes to pancreatic cancer development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anni M. Y. Zhang ◽  
Jenny C. C. Yang ◽  
Twan J. J. de Winter ◽  
David F. Schaeffer ◽  
Janel L. Kopp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Cancer Development ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Receptor Signaling ◽  
Insulin Receptor Signaling

Acinar Akt1 in pancreatic acinar cells supports proliferation and limits acinar-to-ductal metaplasia formation upon induction of acute pancreatitis

Pancreatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. S101
Author(s):  
Rong Chen ◽  
Ermanno Malagola ◽  
Maren Dietrich ◽  
Richard Zuellig ◽  
Marta Bombardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Acinar To Ductal Metaplasia

scholarly journals Mutations in the pancreatic secretory enzymes CPA1 and CPB1 are associated with pancreatic cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (18) ◽  
pp. 4767-4772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Tamura ◽  
Jun Yu ◽  
Tatsuo Hata ◽  
Masaya Suenaga ◽  
Koji Shindo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Er Stress ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Cancer Susceptibility ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Familial Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Coding Regions ◽  
Familial Cases ◽  
Genes Encoding

To evaluate whether germline variants in genes encoding pancreatic secretory enzymes contribute to pancreatic cancer susceptibility, we sequenced the coding regions of CPB1 and other genes encoding pancreatic secretory enzymes and known pancreatitis susceptibility genes (PRSS1, CPA1, CTRC, and SPINK1) in a hospital series of pancreatic cancer cases and controls. Variants in CPB1, CPA1 (encoding carboxypeptidase B1 and A1), and CTRC were evaluated in a second set of cases with familial pancreatic cancer and controls. More deleterious CPB1 variants, defined as having impaired protein secretion and induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in transfected HEK 293T cells, were found in the hospital series of pancreatic cancer cases (5/986, 0.5%) than in controls (0/1,045, P = 0.027). Among familial pancreatic cancer cases, ER stress-inducing CPB1 variants were found in 4 of 593 (0.67%) vs. 0 of 967 additional controls (P = 0.020), with a combined prevalence in pancreatic cancer cases of 9/1,579 vs. 0/2,012 controls (P < 0.01). More ER stress-inducing CPA1 variants were also found in the combined set of hospital and familial cases with pancreatic cancer than in controls [7/1,546 vs. 1/2,012; P = 0.025; odds ratio, 9.36 (95% CI, 1.15–76.02)]. Overall, 16 (1%) of 1,579 pancreatic cancer cases had an ER stress-inducing CPA1 or CPB1 variant, compared with 1 of 2,068 controls (P < 0.00001). No other candidate genes had statistically significant differences in variant prevalence between cases and controls. Our study indicates ER stress-inducing variants in CPB1 and CPA1 are associated with pancreatic cancer susceptibility and implicate ER stress in pancreatic acinar cells in pancreatic cancer development.

CRHSP-24 phosphorylation is regulated by multiple signaling pathways in pancreatic acinar cells

2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (4) ◽  
pp. G726-G734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Schäfer ◽  
Hanna Steffen ◽  
Karen J. Krzykowski ◽  
Burkhard Göke ◽  
Guy E. Groblewski
Keyword(s):  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Calyculin A ◽  
Concentration Dependent Manner ◽  
Pancreatic Acini ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
Heat Stable Protein ◽  
Mrna Binding

Ca2+-regulated heat-stable protein of 24 kDa (CRHSP-24) is a serine phosphoprotein originally identified as a physiological substrate for the Ca2+-calmodulin regulated protein phosphatase calcineurin (PP2B). CRHSP-24 is a paralog of the brain-specific mRNA-binding protein PIPPin and was recently shown to interact with the STYX/dead phosphatase protein in developing spermatids (Wishart MJ and Dixon JE. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 2112–2117, 2002). Investigation of the effects of phorbol ester (12- o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate; TPA) and cAMP analogs in 32P-labeled pancreatic acini revealed that these agents acutely dephosphorylated CRHSP-24 by a Ca2+-independent mechanism. Indeed, cAMP- and TPA-mediated dephosphorylation of CRHSP-24 was fully inhibited by the PP1/PP2A inhibitor calyculin A, indicating that the protein is regulated by an additional phosphatase other than PP2B. Supporting this, CRHSP-24 dephosphorylation in response to the Ca2+-mobilizing hormone cholecystokinin was differentially inhibited by calyculin A and the PP2B-selective inhibitor cyclosporin A. Stimulation of acini with secretin, a secretagogue that signals through the cAMP pathway in acini, induced CRHSP-24 dephosphorylation in a concentration-dependent manner. Isoelectric focusing and immunoblotting indicated that elevated cellular Ca2+ dephosphorylated CRHSP-24 on at least three serine sites, whereas cAMP and TPA partially dephosphorylated the protein on at least two sites. The cAMP-mediated dephosphorylation of CRHSP-24 was inhibited by low concentrations of okadaic acid (10 nM) and fostriecin (1 μM), suggesting that CRHSP-24 is regulated by PP2A or PP4. Collectively, these data indicate that CRHSP-24 is regulated by diverse and physiologically relevant signaling pathways in acinar cells, including Ca2+, cAMP, and diacylglycerol.

scholarly journals Macrophages in pancreatic cancer: Starting things off on the wrong track

2013 ◽  
Vol 202 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-405
Author(s):  
Xavier Deschênes-Simard ◽  
Yusuke Mizukami ◽  
Nabeel Bardeesy
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Chronic Inflammation ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Nuclear Factor Κb ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Oncogenic Transformation ◽  
Transcriptional Program ◽  
Cell Biol ◽  
Inflammatory Macrophages

Chronic inflammation drives initiation and progression of many malignancies, including pancreatic cancer. In this issue, Liou et al. (2013. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201301001) report that inflammatory macrophages are major players in the earliest stages of pancreatic cancer. They show that paracrine signals from the macrophages activate the nuclear factor κB transcriptional program in normal pancreatic acinar cells, resulting in acinar–ductal metaplasia, a dedifferentiated state that is poised for oncogenic transformation.

scholarly journals Rhein Induces a Necrosis-Apoptosis Switch in Pancreatic Acinar Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianlin Zhao ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Shifeng Zhu ◽  
Yiling Liu ◽  
Jianlei Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Annexin V ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Maximum Effect ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Necrotic Cell ◽  
Ar42j Cells ◽  
Associated Proteins ◽  
Apoptosis And Necrosis ◽  
Dose Dependent

Objectives. The Chinese herbal medicine Da-Cheng-Qi decoction can regulate a necrosis-apoptosis switch in injured pancreatic acinar cells. This study investigated the effects of rhein, a component of this medicine, on a necrosis-apoptosis switch in pancreatic rat AR42J cells.Methods. Cerulein-treated AR42J cells were used. After pretreatment with 479, 119.8, or 29.9 μg/L rhein, cells were cocultured with rhein and cerulein (10−8 M) for 4, 8, or 16 h. Apoptosis and necrosis were examined using annexin V and propidium iodide costaining. Mitochondria-dependent apoptosis-associated proteins were examined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and western blotting.Results. Few cells died in untreated samples. The number was significantly higher in 16-h-cerulein-treated samples and treatment with 479 μg/L rhein most effectively increased the apoptotic-to-necrotic cell ratio (P<0.05). In cerulein-treated cells, rhein increased the concentrations of p53, cytochrome C, and caspase-3, and increased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in a time- and dose-dependent manner, with the maximum effect in cells treated with 479 μg/L rhein for 16 h (P<0.05).Conclusions. Rhein induces the necrosis-apoptosis switch in injured pancreatic acinar cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Mitochondria-dependent apoptosis signaling pathways might play an important role in this effect.

scholarly journals Identification and localization of cholecystokinin-binding sites on rat pancreatic plasma membranes and acinar cells: a biochemical and autoradiographic study.

1983 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 1288-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
S A Rosenzweig ◽  
L J Miller ◽  
J D Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Acinar Cell ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Acinar Cells ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Electron Microscopic Autoradiography ◽  
Pancreatic Acini

Using the combined approaches of affinity labeling and light and electron microscopic autoradiography, we investigated the identification and localization of cholecystokinin (CCK)-binding sites on rat pancreatic acinar cells. To define the molecular properties of the CCK-binding site, we incubated rat pancreatic plasma membranes with 125-I-CCK-33 for 15 min at 23 degrees C followed by washing and cross-linking with disuccinimidyl suberate. Specific labeling of a major Mr 85,000 component was revealed as assessed by SDS PAGE under reducing conditions and autoradiography of the dried gels. Components of Mr greater than 200,000, Mr 130,000-140,000, and, Mr 55,000 were labeled under maximal cross-linking conditions. The labeling of all components was specifically inhibited by CCK-8 in a dose-dependent manner (Kd approximately 9 nM). The Mr 85,000 component had identical electrophoretic mobilities under reducing and nonreducing conditions indicating that it likely does not contain intramolecular disulfide bonds. The larger labeled species may be cross-linked oligomers of this binding protein or complexes between it and neighboring polypeptides. For studies on the distribution of CCK-binding sites, pancreatic acini were incubated with 125I-CCK-33 (0.1 nM) in the absence or presence of CCK-8 (1 microM) for 2 or 15 min at 37 degrees C, washed, and fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde. Quantitative autoradiographic analysis indicated that approximately 60% of the total grains were located within +/- 1 HD (1 HD = 100 nm) of the lateral and basal plasmalemma with little or no labeling of the apical plasmalemma. From these data, it was estimated that each acinar cell possesses at least 5,000-10,000 CCK-binding sites on its basolateral plasmalemma. The remaining grains showed no preferential concentration over the cytoplasm or nucleus. Together, these data indicate that CCK interacts with a Mr 85,000 protein located on the basolateral plasmalemma of the pancreatic acinar cell.

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