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Free Radic Biol Med ; 221: 89-97, 2024 Aug 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38735541

ABSTRACT

The complex interplay between hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO) in endothelial cells presents challenges due to technical limitations in simultaneous measurement, hindering the elucidation of their direct relationship. Previous studies have yielded conflicting findings regarding the impact of H2O2 on NO production. To address this problem, we employed genetically encoded biosensors, HyPer7 for H2O2 and geNOps for NO, allowing simultaneous imaging in single endothelial cells. Optimization strategies were implemented to enhance biosensor performance, including camera binning, temperature regulation, and environmental adjustments to mimic physiological normoxia. Our results demonstrate that under ambient oxygen conditions, H2O2 exhibited no significant influence on NO production. Subsequent exploration under physiological normoxia (5 kPa O2) revealed distinct oxidative stress levels characterized by reduced basal HyPer7 signals, enhanced H2O2 scavenging kinetics, and altered responses to pharmacological treatment. Investigation of the relationship between H2O2 and NO under varying oxygen conditions revealed a lack of NO response to H2O2 under hyperoxia (18 kPa O2) but a modest NO response under physiological normoxia (5 kPa O2). Importantly, the NO response was attenuated by l-NAME, suggesting activation of eNOS by endogenous H2O2 generation upon auranofin treatment. Our study highlights the intricate interplay between H2O2 and NO within the endothelial EA.hy926 cell line, emphasizing the necessity for additional research within physiological contexts due to differential response observed under physiological normoxia (5 kPa O2). This further investigation is essential for a comprehensive understanding of the H2O2 and NO signaling considering the physiological effects of ambient O2 levels involved.


Subject(s)
Biosensing Techniques , Endothelial Cells , Hydrogen Peroxide , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III , Nitric Oxide , Oxidative Stress , Oxygen , Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism , Nitric Oxide/metabolism , Humans , Oxygen/metabolism , Endothelial Cells/metabolism , Endothelial Cells/drug effects , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/genetics , Biosensing Techniques/methods , NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/pharmacology
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ACS Sens ; 9(3): 1261-1271, 2024 03 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38293866

ABSTRACT

When a cell sustains damage, it liberates cytosolic ATP, which can serve as an injury signal, affecting neighboring cells. This study presents a methodological approach that employs in vitro axotomy and in vivo laser ablation to simulate cellular injury. Specially tailored biosensors are employed to monitor ATP dynamics and calcium transients in injured cells and their surroundings. To simultaneously visualize extracellular and cytosolic ATP, we developed bicistronic constructs featuring GRABATP1.0 and MaLionR biosensors alongside the calcium sensor RCaMP, enabling multiparametric imaging. In addition to transducing primary neuron cultures, we developed another method where we cocultured dorsal root ganglion neurons together with specialized "sniffer" cell lines expressing the bicistronic biosensors. Exploiting these approaches, we successfully demonstrated the release of ATP from the injured neurons and its extracellular diffusion in response to cellular injury in vitro and in vivo. Axotomy triggered intracellular calcium mobilization not only in the injured neuron but also in the intact neighboring cells, providing new insights into ATP's role as an injury signal. The tools developed in this study have demonstrated remarkable efficiency in unraveling the intricacies of ATP-mediated injury signaling.


Subject(s)
Biosensing Techniques , Calcium , Rats , Animals , Calcium/metabolism , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Neurons/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate
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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 14289, 2018 09 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30250150

ABSTRACT

Beside its unique nutritional content breast milk also contains live cells from the mother. Fate of these cells in the offspring has not been adequately described. In this study, we aimed to detect and identify maternal cells in the suckling's blood and the brain. Green fluorescent protein expressing transgenic female mice (GFP+) were used as foster mothers to breastfeed wildtype newborn pups. One week and two months after the birth, blood samples and brains of the sucklings were analyzed to detect presence of GFP+ cells by fluorescence activated cell sorting, polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry on the brain sections and optically cleared brains. The tests confirmed that maternal cells were detectable in the blood and the brain of the pups and that they differentiated into both neuronal and glial cell types in the brain. This phenomenon represents breastfeeding - induced microchimerism in the brain with functional implications remain to be understood.


Subject(s)
Brain/cytology , Milk/cytology , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Animals, Suckling , Brain/metabolism , Female , Gene Dosage , Green Fluorescent Proteins/blood , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Am J Pathol ; 181(6): 2138-48, 2012 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23058370

ABSTRACT

Plasma progesterone levels remain elevated throughout human pregnancy, suggesting that reduced reproductive-tract progesterone receptor (PR) initiates labor. Placental abruption and excess thrombin generation elicit preterm delivery (PTD). PR, glucocorticoid receptor (GR), and total and p-ERK1/2 in decidual cells (DCs) and interstitial trophoblasts (IT) were assessed via immunohistochemical staining in abruption-associated PTD versus gestational-age matched control placentas, and in cultured DCs incubated with estradiol (E2) ± medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) ± thrombin. Immunostaining for PR was lower in DC nuclei in abruption versus control decidua and was absent from ITs; GR was higher in IT than DCs, with no abruption-related changes in either cell type; p-ERK1/2 was higher in DCs in abruption than control decidua, with total ERK 1/2 unchanged. Immunoblotting of cultured DCs demonstrated strong E2, weak MPA, and intermediate E2+MPA mediated elevation of PR-A and PR-B levels, with constitutive GR expression. In cultured DCs, thrombin inhibited PR but not GR mRNA levels, reduced PR binding to DNA and [(3)H]progesterone binding to PR, and enhanced phosphorylated but not total ERK1/2 levels. Coincubation with a specific p-ERK1/2 inhibitor reversed thrombin-enhanced p-ERK1/2 and lowered PR levels. Thus, abruption-associated PTD is initiated by functional progesterone withdrawal, as indicated by significantly reduced DC nuclear expression of PR-A and PR-B. Functional withdrawal of progesterone results in increased p-ERK1/2, and is thus one pathway initiating abruption-associated PTD.


Subject(s)
Abruptio Placentae/pathology , Decidua/pathology , Premature Birth/pathology , Progesterone/metabolism , Thrombin/metabolism , Abruptio Placentae/genetics , Blotting, Western , Cell Extracts , Cell Nucleus/drug effects , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , DNA/metabolism , Decidua/drug effects , Decidua/enzymology , Estradiol/pharmacology , Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Humans , MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects , Medroxyprogesterone Acetate/pharmacology , Phosphorylation/drug effects , Pregnancy , Premature Birth/genetics , Protein Binding/drug effects , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/genetics , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism , Receptors, Progesterone/genetics , Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism
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Am J Reprod Immunol ; 68(2): 146-53, 2012 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22564191

ABSTRACT

PROBLEM: Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) protects against Gram-negative bacteria expressed lipopolysaccharide and 'danger signals' from injured or dying cells. Although decidual cells (DCs) and interstitial trophoblasts (ITs) are in close contact, TLR-4 has been studied extensively only in ITs. METHOD OF STUDY: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded serial sections of endometrium in follicular and luteal phases and deciduas from first and second trimester elective terminations and third trimester normal deliveries were immunostained for TLR-4, trophoblast-specific cytokeratin, and DC-specific vimentin. HSCORE assessed TLR-4 immunostaining in DCs versus ITs. RESULTS: TLR-4 HSCORES were significantly higher in: (i) first trimester DCs than luteal phase pre-decidual stromal cells; (ii) first and third versus second trimester DCs, but similar between third trimester deciduas parietalis and basalis; (iii) first versus second trimester ITs; (iv) DCs versus ITs across gestation. CONCLUSION: Higher TLR-4 in DCs than ITs suggests DCs as primary targets for Gram-negative bacteria and/or inflammation-related danger signals.


Subject(s)
Decidua/immunology , Premature Birth/immunology , Toll-Like Receptor 4/metabolism , Trophoblasts/immunology , Biomarkers/metabolism , Decidua/pathology , Female , Follicular Phase/immunology , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Keratin-7/genetics , Keratin-7/metabolism , Luteal Phase/immunology , Pregnancy , Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics , Up-Regulation , Vimentin/genetics , Vimentin/metabolism
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