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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37227783/a-modeling-based-approach-to-optimize-covid-19-vaccine-dosing-schedules-for-improved-protection
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Prashant Dogra, Carmine Schiavone, Zhihui Wang, Javier Ruiz-Ramírez, Sergio Caserta, Daniela I Staquicini, Christopher Markosian, Jin Wang, H Dirk Sostman, Renata Pasqualini, Wadih Arap, Vittorio Cristini
While the development of different vaccines slowed the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2, the occurrence of breakthrough infections has continued to fuel the COVID-19 pandemic. To at least secure partial protection in majority of the population through one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, delayed administration of boosters has been implemented in many countries. However, waning immunity and emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 suggest that such measures may induce breakthrough infections due to intermittent lapses in protection...
May 25, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37227782/orai1-calcium-channel-inhibition-prevents-progression-of-chronic-pancreatitis
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Viktória Szabó, Noémi Csákány-Papp, Marietta Görög, Tamara Madacsy, Árpád Varga, Aletta Kiss, Balint Tel, Boldizsár Jójárt, Tim Crul, Krisztina Dudás, Mária Bagyánszki, Nikolett Bódi, Ferhan Ayaydin, Shyam Jee, Laszlo Tiszlavicz, Kenneth A Stauderman, Sudarshan Hebbar, Petra Pallagi, József Maléth
Patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) are at significant risk of developing early chronic pancreatitis (CP), which progresses into irreversible, end-stage CP with severe symptoms. There is no specific therapy in RAP or in early CP that may hinder disease progression. The pathogenesis of CP is complex and involves interactions among multiple cell types, including pancreatic acinar, ductal, and stellate cells (PSC). Therefore, it is pivotal to identify common pathogenic pathways in these cells that could be targeted pharmacologically...
May 25, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37227781/eculizumab-treatment-alters-the-proteometabolome-beyond-the-inhibiton-of-complement
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Christopher Nelke, Christina B Schroeter, Frauke Stascheit, Niklas Huntemann, Marc Pawlitzki, Alice G Willison, Saskia Räuber, Nico Melzer, Ute Distler, Stefan Tenzer, Kai Stühler, Andreas Roos, Andreas Meisel, Sven G Meuth, Tobias Ruck
Therapeutic strategies targeting complement have revolutionized the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG). However, a deeper understanding of complement modulation in the human system is required to improve treatment responses and identify "off-target effects" shaping long-term outcomes. For this purpose, we studied a cohort of MG patients treated with either eculizumab (n = 10) or azathioprine (n = 10) as well as treatment-naïve (n = 10) patients using a combined proteomics and metabolomics approach. This strategy confirmed known effects of eculizumab on the terminal complement cascade...
May 25, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37227779/ablation-of-c-type-natriuretic-peptide-cgmp-signaling-in-fibroblasts-exacerbates-adverse-cardiac-remodeling-in-mice
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Franziska Werner, Estefania Prentki Santos, Konstanze Michel, Hanna Schrader, Katharina Völker, Tamara Potapenko, Lisa Krebes, Marco Abesser, Dorothe Möllmann, Martin Schlattjan, Hannes Schmidt, Boris V Skryabin, Katarina Špiranec Spes, Kai Schuh, Christopher P Denton, Hideo A Baba, Michaela Kuhn
Excessive activation of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) in response to injury provokes cardiac fibrosis, stiffness, and failure. The local mediators counter-regulating this response remain unclear. Exogenous C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) exerted antifibrotic effects in preclinical models. To unravel the role of the endogenous hormone, we generated mice with fibroblast-restricted deletion (KO) of guanylyl cyclase-B (GC-B), the cGMP-synthesizing CNP receptor.CNP activated GC-B/cGMP signaling in human and murine CFs, preventing proliferative and promigratory effects of AngiotensinII (AngII) and TGF-β...
May 25, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37227774/the-tlr7-irf-5-axis-sensitizes-memory-cd4-t-cells-to-fas-mediated-apoptosis-during-hiv-1-infection
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Liseth Carmona-Perez, Xavier Dagenais-Lussier, Linh Thuy Mai, Tanja Stögerer, Sharada Swaminathan, Stephane Isnard, Matthew R Rice, Betsy J Barnes, Jean Pierre Routy, Julien van Grevenynghe, Simona Stager
HIV-1 infection is characterized by a strong inflammatory environment, tissue disruption, and a progressive decline in CD4+ T cell count. Despite treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART), the majority of persons living with HIV (PLWH) maintain residual levels of inflammation, low degree of immune activation, and higher sensitivity to cell death in their memory CD4+ T-cell compartment. To date, the mechanisms responsible for this high sensitivity remain elusive. We have identified the transcription factor IRF-5 to be involved in impairing the maintenance of murine CD4+ T cells in a chronic inflammatory environment...
May 25, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37219953/specific-regulation-of-mechanical-nociception-by-g%C3%AE-5-involves-gaba-b-receptors
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Mritunjay Pandey, Jian-Hua Zhang, Poorni R Adikaram, Claire M Kittock, Nicole Lue, Adam M Awe, Katherine N Degner, Nirmal Jacob, Jenna N Staples, Rachel Thomas, Allison B Kohnen, Sundar Ganesan, Juraj Kabat, Ching-Kang Chen, William F Simonds
Mechanical, thermal, and chemical pain sensation is conveyed by primary nociceptors, a subset of sensory afferent neurons. The intracellular regulation of the primary nociceptive signal is an area of active study. We report here the discovery of a Gβ5-dependent regulatory pathway within mechanical nociceptors that restrains anti-nociceptive input from metabotropic GABA-B receptors. In mice with conditional knockout (cKO) of Gnb5 targeted to peripheral sensory neurons, we demonstrate the impairment of mechanical, thermal, and chemical nociception...
May 23, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37219951/tiam1-acts-as-an-actin-organization-regulator-to-control-adipose-derived-pericyte-cell-fate
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Ginny Ching-Yun Hsu, Yiyun Wang, Amy Z Lu, Mario A Gomez-Salazar, Jiajia Xu, Dongqing Li, Carolyn Meyers, Stefano Negri, Sintawat Wangsiricharoen, Kristen P Broderick, Bruno Peault, Carol D Morris, Aaron W James
Pericytes are multipotent mesenchymal precursor cells that demonstrate tissue-specific properties. In this study, by comparing human adipose and periosteal-derived pericyte microarrays, we identified TIAM1 as a key regulator of cell morphology and differentiation decisions. TIAM1 represents a tissue-specific determinant between predispositions for adipocytic versus osteoblastic differentiation in human pericytes. TIAM1 overexpression promotes an adipogenic phenotype, whereas its downregulation amplifies osteogenic differentiation...
May 23, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37219949/disruption-of-the-nuclear-localization-signal-in-rbm20-is-causative-in-dilated-cardiomyopathy
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Yanghai Zhang, Zachery R Gregorich, Yujuan Wang, Camila U Braz, Jibin Zhang, Yang Liu, Peiheng Liu, Jiaxi Shen, Nanyumuzi Aori, Timothy A Hacker, Henk Granzier, Wei Guo
Human patients carrying genetic mutations in RNA binding motif 20 (RBM20) develop a clinically aggressive dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Genetic mutation knock-in (KI) animal models imply that altered function of the arginine-serine-rich (RS) domain is crucial for severe DCM. To test this hypothesis, we generated an RS domain deletion mouse model (Rbm20ΔRS). We show that Rbm20ΔRS mice manifest DCM with mis-splicing of RBM20 target transcripts. We found that RBM20 is mis-localized to the sarcoplasm in Rbm20ΔRS mice, which led to the formation of RBM20 granules similar to those detected in mutation KI animals...
May 23, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37219942/high-fat-diet-plus-hnf1a-variant-promotes-polyps-by-activating-%C3%AE-catenin-in-early-onset-colorectal-cancer
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Heyu Song, Ricky A Sontz, Matthew J Vance, Julia M Morris, Sulaiman Sheriff, Songli Zhu, Suzann Duan, Jiping Zeng, Erika Koeppe, Ritu Pandey, Curtis A Thorne, Elena M Stoffel, Juanita L Merchant
The incidence of early onset colorectal cancer (EO-CRC) is rising and is poorly understood. Lifestyle factors and altered genetic background possibly contribute. Here we performed targeted exon sequencing of archived leukocyte DNA from 158 EO-CRC participants, which identified a missense mutation at p.A98V within the proximal DNA binding domain of Hepatic Nuclear Factor 1 alpha (HNF1AA98V, Rs1800574). The HNF1AA98V exhibited reduced DNA binding. To test function, the HNF1A variant was introduced into the mouse genome by CRISPR/Cas9 and the mice were placed on either a high fat (HFD) or high sugar diet (HSD)...
May 23, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37200091/gastric-vagal-afferent-signaling-to-the-basolateral-amygdala-mediates-anxiety-like-behaviors-in-experimental-colitis-mice
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Chin-Hao Chen, Tsung-Chih Tsai, Yi-Jen Wu, Kuei-Sen Hsu
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a relapsing-remitting disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Anxiety symptoms are commonly observed in IBD patients, but the mechanistic link between IBD and anxiety remains elusive. Here, we sought to characterize gut-to-brain signaling and brain circuitry responsible for the pathological expression of anxiety-like behaviors in male dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced experimental colitis mice. We found that DSS-treated mice displayed increased anxiety-like behaviors, which were prevented by bilateral GI vagal afferent ablation...
May 18, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37192007/mir-431-attenuates-synaptic-plasticity-and-memory-deficits-in-appswe-ps1de9-mice
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Jianwei Ge, Zhiwei Xue, Shu Shu, Linjie Yu, Ruomeng Qin, Wenyuan Tao, Pinyi Liu, Xiaohong Dong, Zhen Lan, Xinyu Bao, Lei Ye, Yun Xu, Xiaolei Zhu
Synaptic plasticity impairment plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and emerging evidence has shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) are alternative biomarkers and therapeutic targets for synaptic dysfunctions in AD. In this study, we found that the level of miR-431 was downregulated in the plasma of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and AD patients. In addition, it was decreased in the hippocampus and plasma of APPswe/PS1dE9 (APP/PS1) mice. Lentivirus mediated miR-431 overexpression in the hippocampus CA1 ameliorated synaptic plasticity and memory deficits of APP/PS1 mice, while it didn't affect the Aβ levels...
May 16, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37192005/the-glucagon-like-peptide-1-glp-1-analogue-semaglutide-reduces-alcohol-drinking-and-modulates-central-gaba-neurotransmission
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Vicky Chuong, Mehdi Farokhnia, Sophia Khom, Claire L Pince, Sophie K Elvig, Roman Vlkolinsky, Renata Cn Marchette, George F Koob, Marisa Roberto, Leandro F Vendruscolo, Lorenzo Leggio
Growing evidence indicates that the glucagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) system is involved in the neurobiology of addictive behaviors and GLP-1 analogues may be used for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Semaglutide is a long-acting GLP-1 analogue with compelling characteristics for clinical translation. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of semaglutide on biobehavioral correlates of alcohol use in rodents, using psychopharmacology and electrophysiology experiments. A drinking-in-the-dark procedure was used to test the effects of semaglutide on binge-like drinking in male and female mice...
May 16, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37192004/jp1-normalizes-tumor-vasculature-to-suppress-metastasis-and-facilitate-drug-delivery-by-inhibiting-il8
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Jiahua Cui, Zhen Che, Lu Zou, Dongyin Chen, Zhan Xie, Kun Ding, Huning Jiang, Aiping Li, Jianwei Zhou, Yongqian Shu
Tumor vascular normalization prevents tumor cells from breaking through the basement membrane and entering the vasculature, and then inhibiting metastasis initiation. In this study, we reported that the anti-tumor peptide JP1 regulates the mitochondria metabolic reprogramming through AMPK/FOXO3a/UQCRC2 signaling, which improves the tumor microenvironment hypoxia. The oxygen-rich tumor microenvironment inhibits the secretion of interleukin-8 (IL8) by tumor cells, thereby promoting tumor vascular normalization...
May 16, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37192001/an-immunosuppressed-microenvironment-distinguishes-lateral-ventricle-contacting-glioblastomas
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Todd Bartkowiak, Sierra M Lima, Madeline J Hayes, Akshitkumar M Mistry, Asa A Brockman, Justine Sinnaeve, Nalin Leelatian, Caroline E Roe, Bret C Mobley, Silky Chotai, Kyle D Weaver, Reid C Thompson, Lola B Chambless, Rebecca A Ihrie, Jonathan M Irish
Radiographic contact of glioblastoma (GBM) tumors with the lateral ventricle and adjacent stem cell niche correlates with poor patient prognosis, but the cellular basis of this difference is unclear. Here, we reveal and functionally characterize distinct immune microenvironments that predominate in subtypes of GBM distinguished by proximity to the lateral ventricle. Mass cytometry analysis of IDH-wildtype human tumors identified elevated T cell checkpoint receptor expression and greater abundance of a specific CD32+CD44+HLA-DRhigh macrophage population in ventricle-contacting GBM...
May 16, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37191999/regulatory-t-cells-are-paramount-effectors-in-progesterone-regulation-of-embryo-implantation-and-fetal-growth
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Ella S Green, Lachlan M Moldenhauer, Holly M Groome, David J Sharkey, Peck Y Chin, Alison S Care, Rebecca L Robker, Shaun R McColl, Sarah A Robertson
Progesterone (P4) is essential for embryo implantation, but the extent to which the pro-gestational effects of P4 depend on the maternal immune compartment is unknown. Here, we investigate whether regulatory T cells (Treg cells) act to mediate luteal phase P4 effects on uterine receptivity in mice. P4 antagonist RU486 administered to mice on days 0.5 and 2.5 post coitum (dpc) to model luteal phase P4 deficiency caused fewer CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells and impaired Treg functional competence, along with dysfunctional uterine vascular remodeling and perturbed placental development in mid-gestation...
May 16, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37166995/beta-cell-function-after-roux-en-y-gastric-bypass-surgery-or-reduced-energy-intake-alone-in-people-with-obesity
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Bettina Mittendorfer, Bruce W Patterson, Faidon Magkos, Mihoko Yoshino, David P Bradley, J Christopher Eagon, Samuel Klein
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The effects of diet-induced weight loss (WL) and WL after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery on β-cell function are unclear because of conflicting results from different studies, presumably because of differences in the methods used to measure β-cell function, the amount of WL between treatment groups, and baseline β-cell function. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of WL after RYGB surgery or reduced energy intake alone on β-cell function in people with obesity with and without type 2 diabetes...
May 11, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37166992/the-proto-oncogene-src-phosphorylates-cgas-to-inhibit-an-anti-tumor-immune-response
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William Dunker, Shivam A Zaver, Jose Mario Bello Pineda, Cameron J Howard, Robert K Bradley, Joshua J Woodward
cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is a DNA sensor and responsible for inducing an anti-tumor immune response. Recent studies reveal cGAS is frequently inhibited in cancer, and therapeutic targets to promote anti-tumor cGAS function remain elusive. SRC is a proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase and is expressed at elevated levels in numerous cancers. Here, we demonstrate that SRC expression in primary and metastatic bladder cancer negatively correlates with innate immune gene expression and immune cell infiltration. We determine that SRC restricts cGAS signaling in human cell lines through SRC small molecule inhibitors, depletion, and overexpression...
May 11, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37166984/t-cell-metabolic-reprogramming-in-acute-kidney-injury-and-protection-by-glutamine-blockade
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Kyungho Lee, Elizabeth A Thompson, Sepideh Gharaie, Chirag H Patel, Johanna T Kurzhagen, Phillip M Pierorazio, Lois J Arend, Ajit G Thomas, Sanjeev Noel, Barbara S Slusher, Hamid Rabb
T cells play an important role in acute kidney injury (AKI). Metabolic programming of T cells regulates their function, is a rapidly emerging field, and is unknown in AKI. We induced ischemic AKI in C57B6 mice and collected kidneys and spleens at multiple time points. T cells were isolated and analyzed by an immune-metabolic assay. Unbiased machine learning analyses identified a distinct T cell subset with reduced VDAC1 and mTOR expression in post-AKI kidneys. Ischemic kidneys showed higher expression of trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27Me3) and glutaminase...
May 11, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37166980/short-term-fasting-lowers-glucagon-levels-under-euglycemic-and-hypoglycemic-conditions-in-healthy-humans
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Shana O Warner, Yufei Dai, Nicole Sheanon, Michael V Yao, Rebecca L Cason, Shahriar Arbabi, Shailendra B Patel, Diana M Lindquist, Jason J Winnick
Fasting is associated with increased susceptibility to hypoglycemia in people with type 1 diabetes, thereby making it a significant health risk. To date, the relationship between fasting and insulin-induced hypoglycemia has not been well characterized, so our objective was to determine whether insulin-independent factors, such as counterregulatory hormone responses, are adversely impacted by fasting in healthy control subjects. Counterregulatory responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia were measured in twelve healthy people during two metabolic studies...
May 11, 2023: JCI Insight
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37159335/restoring-calcium-homeostasis-in-purkinje-cells-arrests-neurodegeneration-and-neuroinflammation-in-the-arsacs-mouse-model
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Andrea Del Bondio, Fabiana Longo, Daniele De Ritis, Erica Spirito, Paola Podini, Bernard Brais, Angela Bachi, Angelo Quattrini, Francesca Maltecca
Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is caused by mutations in SACS gene encoding sacsin, a huge protein highly expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs). ARSACS patients, as well as mouse models, display early degeneration of PCs, but the underlying mechanisms remain unexplored, with no available treatments.In this work, we demonstrated aberrant calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis and its impact on PC degeneration in ARSACS. Mechanistically, we found pathological elevation in Ca2+-evoked responses in Sacs-/- PCs, as the result of defective mitochondria and ER trafficking to distal dendrites and strong downregulation of key Ca2+ buffer-proteins...
May 9, 2023: JCI Insight
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