scholarly journals The Proinflammatory Cytokine High-Mobility Group Box-1 Mediates Retinal Neuropathy Induced by Diabetes

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar ◽  
Mohammad Mairaj Siddiquei ◽  
Mohd Imtiaz Nawaz ◽  
Karel Geboes ◽  
Ghulam Mohammad

To test the hypothesis that increased expression of proinflammatory cytokine high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) in epiretinal membranes and vitreous fluid from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and in retinas of diabetic rats plays a pathogenetic role in mediating diabetes-induced retinal neuropathy. Retinas of 1-month diabetic rats and HMGB1 intravitreally injected normal rats were studied using Western blot analysis, RT-PCR and glutamate assay. In addition, we studied the effect of the HMGB1 inhibitor glycyrrhizin on diabetes-induced biochemical changes in the retina. Diabetes and intravitreal injection of HMGB1 in normal rats induced significant upregulation of HMGB1 protein and mRNA, activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2), cleaved caspase-3 and glutamate; and significant downregulation of synaptophysin, tyrosine hydroxylase, glutamine synthetase, and glyoxalase 1. Constant glycyrrhizin intake from the onset of diabetes did not affect the metabolic status of the diabetic rats, but it significantly attenuated diabetes-induced upregulation of HMGB1 protein and mRNA, activated ERK1/2, cleaved caspase-3, and glutamate. In the glycyrrhizin-fed diabetic rats, the decrease in synaptophysin, tyrosine hydroxylase, and glyoxalase 1 caused by diabetes was significantly attenuated. These findings suggest that early retinal neuropathy of diabetes involves upregulated expression of HMGB1 and can be ameliorated by inhibition of HMGB1.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 1474-1485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyaldeva C. Vijayakumar ◽  
Lokesh Kumar Bhatt ◽  
Kedar S. Prabhavalkar

High mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) mainly belongs to the non-histone DNA-binding protein. It has been studied as a nuclear protein that is present in eukaryotic cells. From the HMG family, HMGB1 protein has been focused particularly for its pivotal role in several pathologies. HMGB-1 is considered as an essential facilitator in diseases such as sepsis, collagen disease, atherosclerosis, cancers, arthritis, acute lung injury, epilepsy, myocardial infarction, and local and systemic inflammation. Modulation of HMGB1 levels in the human body provides a way in the management of these diseases. Various strategies, such as HMGB1-receptor antagonists, inhibitors of its signalling pathway, antibodies, RNA inhibitors, vagus nerve stimulation etc. have been used to inhibit expression, release or activity of HMGB1. This review encompasses the role of HMGB1 in various pathologies and discusses its therapeutic potential in these pathologies.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e63073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Kuroiwa ◽  
Yoichi Takakusagi ◽  
Tomoe Kusayanagi ◽  
Kouji Kuramochi ◽  
Takahiko Imai ◽  
...  

2022 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathimath Zaha Ikram ◽  
Alina Arulsamy ◽  
Thaarvena Retinasamy ◽  
Mohd. Farooq Shaikh

Background: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein is a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) molecule that plays an important role in the repair and regeneration of tissue injury. It also acts as a pro-inflammatory cytokine through the activation of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), to elicit the neuroinflammatory response. HMGB1 may aggravate several cellular responses which may lead to pathological inflammation and cellular death. Thus, there have been a considerable amount of research into the pathological role of HMGB1 in diseases. However, whether the mechanism of action of HMGB1 is similar in all neurodegenerative disease pathology remains to be determined. Objective: Therefore, this systematic review aimed to critically evaluate and elucidate the role of HMGB1 in the pathology of neurodegeneration based on the available literature. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed on four databases; EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL Plus. Results: A total of 85 articles were selected for critical appraisal, after subjecting to the inclusion and exclusion criteria in this study. The selected articles revealed that HMGB1 levels were found elevated in most neurodegeneration except in Huntington’s disease and Spinocerebellar ataxia, where the levels were found decreased. This review also showcased that HMGB1 may act on distinctive pathways to elicit its pathological response leading to the various neurodegeneration processes/diseases. Conclusion: While there have been promising findings in HMGB1 intervention research, further studies may still be required before any HMGB1 intervention may be recommended as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 777-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Bok Ko ◽  
Boh-Ram Kim ◽  
Sang Lyun Nam ◽  
Jung Bo Yang ◽  
Sang-Yoon Park ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 316 (1) ◽  
pp. L280-L290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sisi Chen ◽  
Guangyuan Yu ◽  
Jun Xie ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Leiqiong Gao ◽  
...  

The type 2 immune response, induced by infection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), has been linked to asthma development, but it remains unclear how the response is initiated. Here, we reported that the high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) protein promotes the type 2 response in the later stage of RSV infection. In mice, we found that type 2 cytokines were elevated in the later stages, which were strongly diminished after administration of anti-HMGB1 antibodies. Further investigation revealed that HMGB1 expression was localized to CC10+ club cells in the lung. In the clinic, levels of HMGB1 in nasopharyngeal aspirates in hospitalized infants with RSV bronchiolitis [median (interquartile range) 161.20 ng/ml (68.06–221.30)] were significantly higher than those without lower respiratory tract infections [21.94 ng/ml (12.12–59.82); P < 0.001]. Moreover, higher levels of HMGB1 correlated with clinical severity. These results reveal a link between viral infection and the asthma-like type 2 responses that are associated with long-term consequences.


2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1982-1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Kaneko ◽  
Julian P. Tuazon ◽  
Xunming Ji ◽  
Cesario V. Borlongan

Background/Aims: The endogenous neurotrophic peptides pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptides (PACAP-27/38) protect against stroke, but the molecular mechanism remains unknown. Methods: Primary rat neural cells were exposed to PACAP-27 or PACAP-38 before induction of experimental acute ischemic stroke via oxygen-glucose deprivation-reperfusion (OGD/R) injury. To reveal PACAP’s role in neuroprotection, we employed fluorescent live/dead cell viability and caspase 3 assays, optical densitometry of mitochondrial dehydrogenase and cell growth, glutathione disulfide luciferase activity, ELISA for high mobility group box1 extracellular concentration, ATP bioluminescence, Western blot analysis of PACAP, NMDA subunits, apoptosis regulator Bcl-2, social interaction hormone oxytocin, and trophic factor BDNF, and immunocytochemical analysis of PACAP. Results: Both PACAP-27 and PACAP-38 (PACAP-27/38) increased cell viability, decreased oxidative stress-induced cell damage, maintained mitochondrial activity, prevented the release of high mobility group box1, and reduced cytochrome c/caspase 3-induced apoptosis. PACAP-27/38 increased the protein expression levels of BDNF, Bcl-2, oxytocin, and precursor PACAP. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-induced excitotoxicity contributes to the cell death associated with stroke. PACAP-27/38 modulated the protein expression levels of NMDAR subunits. PACAP-27/38 increased the protein expression levels of the GluN1 subunit, and decreased that of the GluN2B and GluN2D subunits. PACAP-27, but not PACAP-38, increased the expression level of the GluN2C subunit. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that PACAP regulated NMDAR subunits, affording neuroprotection after OGD/R injury.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-175
Author(s):  
Tianlong Quan ◽  
Chunhua Zhang ◽  
Xin Song ◽  
Lu Wang

As a common malignant tumor in neurosurgery, glioma is characterized as high incidence rate, easy to invade, metastasize and recurrent. It is difficult to treat and has a poor prognosis. The gliomas pathogenesis is complex and has not been fully resolved. Therefore, finding effective molecular targets for glioma is beneficial to improve therapeutic effect. The SRY-related high mobility group box 9 (SOX9) gene involves in mammalian development and is significantly increased in glioma. However, SOX9’s role in gliomas is unclear. The glioma cell line U87 was assigned into control group, scramble group that was transfected with siRNA negative control, and SOX9 siRNA group that was transfected with SOX9 siRNA followed by analysis of SOX9 mRNA and protein level by qPCR and Western blot, cell proliferation by MTT assay, cell apoptosis by Caspase 3 activity assay, cell invasion by Transwell assay, and MMP-9 level by ELISA. SOX9 siRNA transfection significantly downregulated SOX9 mRNA and protein expressions, inhibited U87 cell proliferation, enhanced Caspase 3 activity, suppressed cell invasion of U87, decreased the secretion of MMP-9 in the supernatant, and reduced ERK1/2 and P38 phosphorylation levels (P < 0.05). SOX9 can regulate the progression of glioma by regulating ERK/P38 signaling pathway, promoting cell apoptosis, inhibiting cell proliferation, and restraining cell invasion.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 1464-1464
Author(s):  
Kamal K. Biswas ◽  
Yoko Oyama ◽  
Kazuhiro Abeyama ◽  
Teruto Hashiguchi ◽  
Ikuro Maruyama

Abstract Uric acid, a final metabolite of purine metabolism has gained attention for its pathogenic role in the development of hypertension, vascular disease, renal disease, and cardiovascular events. Recent studies have shown that soluble uric acid induces proliferation as well as synthesis of proinflammatory chemokine, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. It also stimulates human monolayer cells to produce IL-1B. IL-6 and TNF alpha. However, high mobility group box 1(HMGB1), a non histone DNA binding protein which is recently identified as a proinflammatory cytokine and can be released from cells of the macrophage/monocyte lineage by proinflammatory stimuli or by cells undergoing necrotic cell death pathway. In the present study, we hypothesized that soluble uric acid may stimulates monocytes/macrophages to release HMGB1. Here we demonstrate that crystal and endotoxin free uric acid triggers the release of HMGB1 in a time and dose dependant fashion in mouse macrophage cells, Raw 264.7, human leukemic promonocytes(THP-1 cells) as well as in macrophages but not in fibroblast obtained from synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Moreover, translocation of HMGB1 to the cytoplasm before secreted in the extracellular milieu was significantly detected within 6h of Uric acid exposure. No loss of cell viability was observed in our experimental condition as judged by trypan blue exclusion, MTT reduction and LDH release assays, indicating that HMGB1 release was not due to cell death. Uric acid treatment resulted in the activation of p38 mitogen activated protein kinase(MAPK), c-Jun N terminal kinase(JNK) and extracellular regulatroy kinase (ERK1/2). Inhibition of each of p38 MAPK, ERK1/2 and JNK by using potent and selective inhibitors, SB203580, U0126 and SP60012 respectively, almost completely blocked uric acid-induced HMGB1 release. Furthermore, Curcumin, a potent inhibitor of the transcription factor, activator protein 1(AP-1) strongly suppressed HMGB1 release, indicating that these signaling patways are essential for the induction of HMGB1 release in response to uric acid. In conclusion, our data suggest that uric acid may regulate critical proinflammatory pathways at least in part through its action as a monocyte/macrophage derived potent proinflammatory cytokine, HMGB1 release. This may play pathologic role for hyperuricemia-induced morbidities including arthritis, atherosclerosis, renal disease and so on.


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