Granulocytes are pivotal regulators of tissue injury. However, the transcriptional mechanisms that regulate granulopoiesis under inflammatory conditions are poorly understood. Here we show that the transcriptional coregulator B cell leukemia/lymphoma 3 (Bcl3) limits granulopoiesis under emergency (i.e., inflammatory) conditions, but not homeostatic conditions. Treatment of mouse myeloid progenitors with G-CSF -serum concentrations of which rise under inflammatory conditions -rapidly increased Bcl3 transcript accumulation in a STAT3-dependent manner. Bcl3-deficient myeloid progenitors demonstrated an enhanced capacity to proliferate and differentiate into granulocytes following G-CSF stimulation, whereas the accumulation of Bcl3 protein attenuated granulopoiesis in an NF-κB p50-dependent manner. In a clinically relevant model of transplant-mediated lung ischemia reperfusion injury, expression of Bcl3 in recipients inhibited emergency granulopoiesis and limited acute graft damage. These data demonstrate a critical role for Bcl3 in regulating emergency granulopoiesis and suggest that targeting the differentiation of myeloid progenitors may be a therapeutic strategy for preventing inflammatory lung injury.
The mechanisms by which innate immune signals regulate alloimmune responses remain poorly understood. In the present study, we show by intravital 2-photon microscopy direct interactions between graft-infiltrating neutrophils and donor
The use of probiotics has been widely documented to benefit human health, but their clinical value in
surgical patients remains unclear. The present study investigated the effect of perioperative oral
administration of probiotic bifidobacteria to patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Sixty patients
undergoing colorectal resection were randomized to two groups prior to resection. One group (n=31) received a
probiotic supplement, Bifidobacterium longum BB536, preoperatively for 7–14 days and
postoperatively for 14 days, while the other group (n=29) received no intervention as a control. The
occurrences of postoperative infectious complications were recorded. Blood and fecal samples were collected
before and after surgery. No significant difference was found in the incidence of postoperative infectious
complications and duration of hospital stay between the two groups. In comparison to the control group, the
probiotic group tended to have higher postoperative levels of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, lymphocytes, total
protein, and albumin and lower levels of high sensitive C-reactive proteins. Postoperatively, the proportions
of fecal bacteria changed significantly; Actinobacteria increased in the probiotic group, Bacteroidetes and
Proteobacteria increased in the control group, and Firmicutes decreased in both groups. Significant
correlations were found between the proportions of fecal bacteria and blood parameters; Actinobacteria
correlated negatively with blood inflammatory parameters, while Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria correlated
positively with blood inflammatory parameters. In the subgroup of patients who received preoperative
chemoradiotherapy treatment, the duration of hospital stay was significantly shortened upon probiotic
intervention. These results suggest that perioperative oral administration of bifidobacteria may contribute to
a balanced intestinal microbiota and attenuated postoperative inflammatory responses, which may subsequently
promote a healthy recovery after colorectal resection.
The mechanisms that link bacterial infection to solid organ rejection remain unclear. Here we show that following the establishment of lung allograft acceptance in mice P. Aeruginosa (PA) airway infection induces a G-CSF-dependent neutrophilia that stimulates acute rejection. Graft-infiltrating neutrophils sharply upregulate the B7 molecules CD80 and CD86, but do not express CD40 or MHC Class II in response to PA infection. Neutrophil B7 promotes naïve CD4+ T cell activation and intragraft IL-2+, IFN-γ+ and IL-17+ T lymphocyte accumulation. Intravital 2-photon microscopy reveals direct interactions between neutrophils and CD4+ T cells within pulmonary allografts. Importantly, lung rejection in PA-infected recipients is triggered by CD80/86 on neutrophils and can be prevented by B7 blockade without affecting clearance of this pathogen. These data show that neutrophils enhance T cell activation through B7 trans-costimulation and suggest that inhibiting neutrophil-mediated alloimmunity can be accomplished without compromising bacterial immune surveillance.
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin 8 levels of the perfusate were elevated during EVLP. Although adverse effects of these inflammatory cytokines were anticipated, removal of inflammatory cytokines by the adsorbent membrane did not improve lung function during prolonged EVLP. Factors other than the cytokines may play a major role in causing lung injury during EVLP. Further research is needed to investigate the real mechanism of lung graft injury during prolonged EVLP and to establish longer EVLP duration for graft treatment. This strategy could contribute to the salvage of potentially damaged lungs, especially from cardiac death donors, and to expansion of the donor pool.
Although T cells are required for acute lung rejection, other
graft-infiltrating cells such as neutrophils accumulate in allografts and are
also high glucose utilizers. Positron emission tomography (PET) with the glucose
probe [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose
([18F]FDG) has been employed to image solid organ
acute rejection, but the sources of glucose utilization remain undefined. Using
a mouse model of orthotopic lung transplantation, we analyzed glucose probe
uptake in the grafts of syngeneic and allogeneic recipients with or without
immunosuppression treatment. Pulmonary microPET scans demonstrated significantly
higher [18F]FDG uptake in rejecting allografts when
compared to transplanted lungs of either immunosuppressed or syngeneic
recipients. [18F]FDG uptake was also markedly
attenuated following T cell depletion therapy in lung recipients with ongoing
acute rejection. Flow-cytometric analysis using the fluorescent deoxyglucose
analog 2-NBDG revealed that T cells, and in particular CD8+ T
cells, were the largest glucose utilizers in acutely rejecting lung grafts
followed by neutrophils and antigen presenting cells. These data indicate that
imaging modalities tailored toward assessing T cell metabolism may be useful in
identifying acute rejection in lung recipients
The activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway influences the severity of lung IRI, causing inflammation with neutrophil infiltration. SPRED2 may be a promising target for the suppression of lung IRI.
Both graft and recipient Egr-1 played a role in lung IRI, but the graft side contributed more to this phenomenon through regulation of PMN infiltration. Donor Egr-1 expression in pulmonary artery endothelial cells may play an important role in PMN infiltration, which results in IRI after lung transplantation.
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