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Full-Text Articles in Medical Physiology
Role Of Chemokine Rantes In The Regulation Of Perivascular Inflammation, T-Cell Accumulation, And Vascular Dysfunction In Hypertension., Tomasz P Mikolajczyk, Ryszard Nosalski, Piotr Szczepaniak, Klaudia Budzyn, Grzegorz Osmenda, Paul J. Marvar, +10 Additional Authors
Role Of Chemokine Rantes In The Regulation Of Perivascular Inflammation, T-Cell Accumulation, And Vascular Dysfunction In Hypertension., Tomasz P Mikolajczyk, Ryszard Nosalski, Piotr Szczepaniak, Klaudia Budzyn, Grzegorz Osmenda, Paul J. Marvar, +10 Additional Authors
Pharmacology and Physiology Faculty Publications
Recent studies have emphasized the role of perivascular inflammation in cardiovascular disease. We studied mechanisms of perivascular leukocyte infiltration in angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced hypertension and their links to vascular dysfunction. Chronic Ang II infusion in mice increased immune cell content of T cells (255 ± 130 to 1664 ± 349 cells/mg; P < 0.01), M1 and M2 macrophages, and dendritic cells in perivascular adipose tissue. In particular, the content of T lymphocytes bearing CC chemokine receptor (CCR) 1, CCR3, and CCR5 receptors for RANTES chemokine was increased by Ang II (CCR1, 15.6 ± 1.5% vs. 31 ± 5%; P < 0.01). Hypertension was associated with an increase in perivascular adipose tissue expression of the chemokine RANTES (relative quantification, 1.2 ± 0.2 vs. 3.5 ± 1.1; P < 0.05), which induced T-cell chemotaxis and vascular accumulation of T cells expressing the chemokine receptors CCR1, CCR3, and CCR5. Mechanistically, RANTES(-/-) knockout protected against vascular leukocyte, and in particular T lymphocyte infiltration (26 ± 5% in wild type Ang II vs. 15 ± 4% in RANTES(-/-)), which was associated with protection from endothelial dysfunction induced by Ang II. This effect was linked with diminished infiltration of IFN-γ-producing CD8(+) and double-negative CD3(+)CD4(-)CD8(-) T cells in perivascular space and reduced vascular oxidative stress while FoxP3(+) T-regulatory cells were unaltered. IFN-γ ex vivo caused significant endothelial dysfunction, which was reduced by superoxide anion scavenging. In a human cohort, a significant inverse correlation was observed between circulating RANTES levels as a biomarker and vascular function measured as flow-mediated dilatation (R = -0.3, P < 0.01) or endothelial injury marker von Willebrand factor (R = +0.3; P < 0.01). Thus, chemokine RANTES is important in the regulation of vascular dysfunction through modulation of perivascular inflammation.-Mikolajczyk, T. P., Nosalski, R., Szczepaniak, P., Budzyn, K., Osmenda, G., Skiba, D., Sagan, A., Wu, J., Vinh, A., Marvar, P. J., Guzik, B., Podolec, J., Drummond, G., Lob, H. E., Harrison, D. G., Guzik, T. J. Role of chemokine RANTES in the regulation of perivascular inflammation, T-cell accumulation, and vascular dysfunction in hypertension.
Cc2d1a Regulates Human Intellectual And Social Function As Well As Nf-Κb Signaling Homeostasis., M. Chiara Manzini, Lan Xiong, Ranad Shaheen, Dimira E Tambunan, Stefania Di Costanzo, Vanessa Mitisalis, +15 Additional Authors
Cc2d1a Regulates Human Intellectual And Social Function As Well As Nf-Κb Signaling Homeostasis., M. Chiara Manzini, Lan Xiong, Ranad Shaheen, Dimira E Tambunan, Stefania Di Costanzo, Vanessa Mitisalis, +15 Additional Authors
Pharmacology and Physiology Faculty Publications
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) are often comorbid, but the extent to which they share common genetic causes remains controversial. Here, we present two autosomal-recessive "founder" mutations in the CC2D1A gene causing fully penetrant cognitive phenotypes, including mild-to-severe ID, ASD, as well as seizures, suggesting shared developmental mechanisms. CC2D1A regulates multiple intracellular signaling pathways, and we found its strongest effect to be on the transcription factor nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). Cc2d1a gain and loss of function both increase activation of NF-κB, revealing a critical role of Cc2d1a in homeostatic control of intracellular signaling. Cc2d1a knockdown in neurons …