Month: January 2020

We used IHC to identify and localize T cells and myeloid cells in PDA tumors, and performed flow cytometry on single cell suspensions of both tumor and peripheral blood on a subset of patients. Since immune checkpoint blockade has shown promise in the treatment of other malignancies, we examined whether the inhibitory receptor programmed death-1 was upregulated on T cells locally or systemically, and found that, in contrast to T cells in the peripheral blood, the majority of T cells in the PDA tumor microenvironment express PD-1. We also demonstrated that multimodal neoadjuvant therapy reduces the infiltration of PDA tumors by immunosuppressive cell types associated with reduced survival. We found that, while T cells and myeloid cells were rare in normal, non-neoplastic pancreatic parenchyma, both cell types were present both within the stroma and adjacent to carcinoma cells throughout PDA tumors. Since tumor differentiation in PDA has been shown to impact survival, we categorized tumors based upon standard histological criteria into well- to moderately differentiated or poorly differentiated. We determined the average numbers of CD3 + and CD11b + cells in regions containing carcinoma cells and found that T cells were significantly more prevalent than myeloid cells in both well-mod differentiated and poorly differentiated tumors. There were significantly more myeloid cells in poorly differentiated tumors, as well as a trend towards an increase in T cell infiltrate based upon tumor differentiation status. Importantly, we discovered a strong positive correlation between the density of T cell and myeloid cell infiltration in our specimens. We stained a subset of the specimens for GM-CSF to determine if there was a relationship between its expression in human PDA and the character of the immune infiltrate. Normal pancreas tissue showed minimal GM-CSF expression, while PDA tumors had a range of expression from low to high. There was no association between intratumoral GMCSF expression and the density of either the T cell or myeloid cell infiltrate, nor was a correlation observed between the intensity of GM-CSF staining and the differentiation status of tumor. Furthermore, we often observed CD3 positive cells overlying cancer glands in tumors with strong GM-CSF expression, demonstrating that tumor-derived GMCSF production does not directly or indirectly preclude T cell homing and infiltration in human PDA. The immune system is known to be intimately involved in the development, progression or control of multiple cancers, including PDA. Prior studies identified T cells infiltrating human PDA and demonstrated a positive relationship between the density of the T cell infiltrate and survival. In the present study, we used IHC and flow cytometry to characterize the immune infiltrate in PDA from both a qualitative and quantitative standpoint.

In addition, the increased activity of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 and carbohydrate regulatory element binding protein-1 and decreased activity of phosphorylated acetyl-CoA carboxylase most likely also play a role in increased free fatty acid synthesis and accumulation of triglycerides in diabetic kidney disease and PPARa activation can suppress the SREBP pathway through the reduction of liver X receptor /retinoid X receptor formation in the liver. PGC-1a functionally interacts with transcriptional factors, particularly with members of nuclear receptor families such as PPARa, PPARc, ERR-1a, LXR and hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 a, although also with non-nuclear receptor transcription factors and regulatory elements including the cAMP response element-binding protein and SREBP-1c. These diverse members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, such as PPARa, PPARc, and ERR-1a, improve hepatic lipogenesis via suppression of the lipogenic transcription factor SREBP-1c. PGC-1a targets ERR-1a, which serves as an internal ‘amplifier’ of the PGC1a cascade and is an important regulator of mitochondrial energy transduction pathways, including fatty acid oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation. In addition, PGC-1a regulates class O forkhead box 3a, which is a direct transcription regulator of a group of oxidative protection genes in primary endothelial cells. FoxO3a and PGC-1a interact directly and cooperatively; their interaction regulates mitochondrial oxidative stress. We have previously reported that PPARa deficiency appears to aggravate the severity of diabetic nephropathy through increase in extracelluar matrix formation, inflammation and circulating FFA and TG concentrations. We also demonstrated that fenofibrate ameliorated diabetic nephropathy directly, which may go beyond a systemic lipid-lowering effect, as evidenced by improvements in albuminuria, glomerular hypertrophy and mesangial expansion in a type 2 diabetic model. However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effect of fenofibrate on diabetic nephropathy are not completely understood. We hypothesized that fenofibrate can potentially improve renal lipotoxicity-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis by way of the activation of AMPKPGC-1a-ERR-1a and its downstream PI3K-Akt-FoxO3a pathway. This study demonstrates that diabetic nephropathy is associated with an increase in renal lipid accumulation, apoptotic renal injury and oxidative stress which are related to a decreased level of PPARa expression in diabetic mice. These changes lead to the inactivation of AMPK-PGC-1a-ERR-1a signaling and the deregulation of their target molecules, SREBP-1, ChREBP-1 and PI3KAkt-FoxO3a, which subsequently result in an increase in oxidative stress in the kidney. On the contrary, fenofibrate ameliorates diabetic nephropathy by way of the activation of AMPK-PGC-1aERR-1a signaling and the subsequent.

Directly enters the glycolytic pathway, bypassing the major control point by which glucose enters glycolysis. This unregulated carbon source provides glycerol-3-phosphate and acetyl-CoA for hepatic lipogenesis, increasing the hepatic pool of free fatty acids. In addition, fructose neither suppresses ghrelin nor stimulates insulin or leptin to inhibit appetite. According to a previous study, the prevalence of NAFLD in Taiwan ranges from 11-41%. Of the NAFLD patients, 6-13% were diagnosed with NASH. NAFLD has a severe impact on health that substantially increases when combined with obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome. The presence of HFCS in beverages plays an important role in the progression of hepatic manifestations of the metabolic syndrome, including obesity, insulin resistance, NAFLD, and NASH. In 1998, Day and James proposed the “double hit” hypothesis. The first hit refers to the abnormal accumulation of lipids, especially triglycerides, in the liver. With the dysregulation of liver lipid homeostasis, free fatty acids continue to be transported to the liver, resulting in a decreased capacity for b-oxidation of fats. In addition, most studies suggest that NASH is related to inflammation and insulin resistance. Further studies have shown that insulin resistance may lead to overexpression of the lipoprotein lipase gene, thereby enabling continuous generation of free fatty acids in the liver. Most patients may simply have a fatty liver with no associated inflammation. However, the “second hit” induces inflammatory responses, including abnormal inflammatory cytokine production and oxidative stress response. Reactive oxygen species activate redox-sensitive kinases, thereby activating IkappaB kinase beta, inducing nuclear factor-kB activation, and further increasing the expression of TNF-a and production of cytokines by other inflammatory cells, leading to inflammation of the liver. Therefore, improvement of hepatic lipid metabolism and accumulation in “first-hit” and alleviating inflammation, insulin resistance and oxidative stress in “secondhit” have been shown the therapeutic potential in preventing the progression of HMMS. Lactoferrin is a single chain glycoprotein consisting of 700 amino acid residues, with a molecular weight of 76-80 kD. It plays a variety of physiological roles, and mediates antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory effects. Lactoferrin exerts an antibacterial effect by binding iron ions, which reduces the iron-dependent growth of bacteria such as E. coli. However, lactoferrin also acts as an iron donor to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. Inflammation or infection due to stimulation of phagocytes and release of cytokines further increases neutrophil infiltration. Lactoferrin is able to bind lipopolysaccharides, and is thereby able to reduce the LPS-driven inflammatory response.

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Based on such findings, dopaminergic targets have become a focus for depression therapies; one study found that the DRD2 agonist pramipexole was as effective as fluoxetine in the treatment of MDD. Thus, a decreased level of endogenous dopaminergic neurotransmission might make a significant contribution to depression pathology. Another method by which decreased dopaminergic neurotransmission might increase depressive symptoms is through its influence on motivation and reward processing, both of which are impaired in depression. Examination of the effect of dopamine-related genetic variants may extend knowledge of the role of dopamine neurotransmission in the etiology and course of depression. This line of research is warranted, as depression is highly heritable and several genetic variants have been found to modulate endogenous dopamine neurotransmission. Thus far, evidence on the role of variation in dopamine neurotransmission in depression has been mixed. While some studies find that dopamine-related variants are associated with multiple psychiatric and neurological diseases, other studies find no association. Moreover, when dopamine-related polymorphisms have been studied in the context of genome-wide association studies, none have emerged as significantly associated with depression. One likely contributor to these inconsistent findings is that common genetic variants for complex disease tend to have small to modest effects. Thus, tests of association based on a single nucleotide polymorphism are unlikely to yield significant effects unless very large samples are studied. We sought to provide additional evidence regarding the role of dopamine in depression by examining the combined effect of five dopamine-related polymorphisms and depressive symptom severity. We used a genetic risk score approach, which sums the effects of multiple polymorphisms in the same biological system. Genetic risk score approaches have been informative in several medical and psychiatric settings, including when studying the role of dopamine. The genetic risk score employed in the current study captures genetic variation in several aspects of the brain dopamine system, including synaptic dopamine availability and dopamine receptor binding. These proteins are abundant in the cortical and subcortical neural structures affected in depressive disorders. The genetic risk score employed in this analysis has been linked to learning a motor skill and the extent to which oral Ldopa supplementation improves this learning. Given its public health burden, there is an urgent need to better understand the etiology of depression and deploy this knowledge to inform the development and implementation of effective prevention and treatment efforts. However, depression is widely considered to be a heterogeneous disorder consisting of multiple subtypes and symptom clusters, which can reflect a number of different underlying brain states.