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4. Development and optimization of a diluted whole blood ELISpot assay to test immune function

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Ungaro, Ricardo F., Xu, Julie, Kucaba, Tamara A., Rao, Mahil, Bergmann, Christian B., Brakenridge, Scott C., Efron, Philip A., Goodman, Michael D., Gould, Robert W., Hotchkiss, Richard S., Liang, Muxuan, Mazer, Monty B., McGonagill, Patrick W., Moldawer, Lyle L., Remy, Kenneth E., Turnbull, Isaiah R., Caldwell, Charles C., Badovinac, Vladimir P., and Griffith, Thomas S.

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2024
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7. sEH-derived metabolites of linoleic acid drive pathologic inflammation while impairing key innate immune cell function in burn injury

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Bergmann, Christian B, McReynolds, Cindy B, Wan, Debin, Singh, Nalin, Goetzman, Holly, Caldwell, Charles C, Supp, Dorothy M, and Hammock, Bruce D

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Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Dietary Supplements, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition, Clinical Research, Physical Injury - Accidents and Adverse Effects, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Inflammatory and immune system, Cardiovascular, Animals, Burns, Epoxide Hydrolases, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Inflammation, Linoleic Acid, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Phenylurea Compounds, Piperidines, Sepsis, soluble epoxide hydrolase, burn injury, TPPU, DIHOME, DiHOME
Abstract

Fatty acid composition in the Western diet has shifted from saturated to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and specifically to linoleic acid (LA, 18:2), which has gradually increased in the diet over the past 50 y to become the most abundant dietary fatty acid in human adipose tissue. PUFA-derived oxylipins regulate a variety of biological functions. The cytochrome P450 (CYP450)–formed epoxy fatty acid metabolites of LA (EpOMEs) are hydrolyzed by the soluble epoxide hydrolase enzyme (sEH) to dihydroxyoctadecenoic acids (DiHOMEs). DiHOMEs are considered cardioprotective at low concentrations but at higher levels have been implicated as vascular permeability and cytotoxic agents and are associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in severe COVID-19 patients. High EpOME levels have also correlated with sepsis-related fatalities; however, those studies failed to monitor DiHOME levels. Considering the overlap of burn pathophysiology with these pathologies, the role of DiHOMEs in the immune response to burn injury was investigated. 12,13-DiHOME was found to facilitate the maturation and activation of stimulated neutrophils, while impeding monocyte and macrophage functionality and cytokine generation. In addition, DiHOME serum concentrations were significantly elevated in burn-injured mice and these increases were ablated by administration of 1-trifluoromethoxyphenyl-3-(1-propionylpiperidin-4-yl) urea (TPPU), a sEH inhibitor. TPPU also reduced necrosis of innate and adaptive immune cells in burned mice, in a dose-dependent manner. The findings suggest DiHOMEs are a key driver of immune cell dysfunction in severe burn injury through hyperinflammatory neutrophilic and impaired monocytic actions, and inhibition of sEH might be a promising therapeutic strategy to mitigate deleterious outcomes in burn patients.

Published
2022

9. TPPU treatment of burned mice dampens inflammation and generation of bioactive DHET which impairs neutrophil function

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Bergmann, Christian B, Hammock, Bruce D, Wan, Debin, Gogolla, Falk, Goetzman, Holly, Caldwell, Charles C, and Supp, Dorothy M

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Physical Injury - Accidents and Adverse Effects, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Inflammatory and immune system, 8, 11, 14-Eicosatrienoic Acid, Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Burns, Cytokines, Epoxide Hydrolases, Female, Lipopolysaccharides, MAP Kinase Signaling System, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, NADPH Oxidases, Neutrophils, Phagocytosis, Phenylurea Compounds, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Piperidines, Reactive Oxygen Species, Receptors, Chemokine, Respiratory Burst, Transcription, Genetic, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Abstract

Oxylipins modulate the behavior of immune cells in inflammation. Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) converts anti-inflammatory epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) to dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (DHET). An sEH-inhibitor, TPPU, has been demonstrated to ameliorate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- and sepsis-induced inflammation via EETs. The immunomodulatory role of DHET is not well characterized. We hypothesized that TPPU dampens inflammation and that sEH-derived DHET alters neutrophil functionality in burn induced inflammation. Outbred mice were treated with vehicle, TPPU or 14,15-DHET and immediately subjected to either sham or dorsal scald 28% total body surface area burn injury. After 6 and 24 h, interleukin 6 (IL-6) serum levels and neutrophil activation were analyzed. For in vitro analyses, bone marrow derived neutrophil functionality and mRNA expression were examined. In vivo, 14,15-DHET and IL-6 serum concentrations were decreased after burn injury with TPPU administration. In vitro, 14,15-DHET impaired neutrophil chemotaxis, acidification, CXCR1/CXCR2 expression and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, the latter independent from p38MAPK and PI3K signaling. We conclude that TPPU administration decreases DHET post-burn. Furthermore, DHET downregulates key neutrophil immune functions and mRNA expression. Altogether, these data reveal that TPPU not only increases anti-inflammatory and inflammation resolving EET levels, but also prevents potential impairment of neutrophils by DHET in trauma.

Published
2021

14. Nanoparticles containing intracellular proteins modulate neutrophil functional and phenotypic heterogeneity.

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Raudszus, Leonore, Bahreini, Farbod, Allan, Susanne, Kalies, Kai-Uwe, Caldwell, Charles C., and Kalies, Kathrin

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IMMUNE response, ANTIGEN presentation, IMMUNE complexes, BONE marrow, CELL death
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Neutrophils are rapidly recruited to sites of infection, injury, or to immune complexes. Upon arrival, they initiate degranulation, release reactive oxygen species (ROS), and/or nuclear extracellular traps (NETs) to eliminate invading microorganisms, clear debris, or remove abnormal immunoglobulins. While these processes ideally trigger healing and a return to balance, overshooting neutrophil function can lead to life-threatening infections such as sepsis or persistent inflammation observed in various autoimmune diseases. However, recent evidence highlights a phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of neutrophils that extends well beyond their traditional - potentially harmful- role as first responders. For example, neutrophils regulate ongoing inflammation by modulating macrophage function through efferocytosis, T cell responses by antigen presentation and the release of cytokines. The factors that induce neutrophil differentiation into activating or regulatory phenotypes remain poorly defined. Here, we hypothesize that intracellular components that have been released into the extracellular space could contribute to the phenotypic heterogeneity of neutrophils. To find out, we used nanoparticles composed of intracellular proteins (cell-derived nanoparticles, CDNPs) and analyzed their effects on cultured murine bone marrow neutrophils (BMN). We observed that CDNPs activate BMN transiently with an increase in the expression of CD11b without triggering classical effector functions. Additionally, CDNPs induce the secretion of IL-10, shift PMA-induced cell death toward apoptosis, and increase the expression of CD80. Mechanistically, our findings indicate that 26% of BMNs ingest CDNPs. These BMNs preferentially express CD54+, fail to migrate toward CXCL12, exhibit diminished responses to LPS, and undergo apoptosis. These data identify CDNPs as biomaterials that modulate neutrophil behavior by fine-tuning the expression of CD11b and CD80. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2025
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22. Role of Sphingolipids in Bacterial Infections

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Becker, Katrin Anne, Boudreau, Ryan, Gardner, Aaron, Seitz, Aaron P., Caldwell, Charles C., Li, Xiang, Zhang, Yang, Brodlie, Malcolm, Edwards, Michael J., Gulbins, Erich, Timmis, Kenneth N., Editor-in-Chief, Boll, Matthias, Series Editor, Geiger, Otto, Series Editor, Goldfine, Howard, Series Editor, Krell, Tino, Series Editor, Lee, Sang Yup, Series Editor, McGenity, Terry J., Series Editor, Rojo, Fernando, Series Editor, Sousa, Diana Z., Series Editor, Stams, Alfons J. M., Series Editor, Steffan, Robert J., Series Editor, and Wilkes, Heinz, Series Editor

Published
2020
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26. Development and optimization of a diluted whole blood ELISpot assay to test immune function

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Ungaro, Ricardo F., primary, Xu, Julie, additional, Kucaba, Tamara A., additional, Rao, Mahil, additional, Brakenridge, Scott C, additional, Efron, Philip A., additional, Gould, Robert W., additional, Hotchkiss, Richard S., additional, Mazer, Monty B., additional, McGonagill, Patrick W., additional, Moldawer, Lyle L., additional, Remy, Kenneth E., additional, Turnbull, Isaiah R., additional, Caldwell, Charles C., additional, Badovinac, Vladimir P., additional, and Griffith, Thomas S., additional

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2024
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27. Adverse outcomes and an immunosuppressed endotype in septic patients with reduced IFN-γ ELISpot

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Barrios, Evan L., primary, Mazer, Monty B., additional, McGonagill, Patrick W., additional, Bergmann, Christian B., additional, Goodman, Michael D., additional, Gould, Robert W., additional, Rao, Mahil, additional, Polcz, Valerie E., additional, Davis, Ruth J., additional, Del Toro, Drew E., additional, Dirain, Marvin L.S., additional, Dram, Alexandra, additional, Hale, Lucas O., additional, Heidarian, Mohammad, additional, Kim, Caleb Y., additional, Kucaba, Tamara A., additional, Lanz, Jennifer P., additional, McCray, Ashley E., additional, Meszaros, Sandra, additional, Miles, Sydney, additional, Nelson, Candace R., additional, Rocha, Ivanna L., additional, Silva, Elvia E., additional, Ungaro, Ricardo F., additional, Walton, Andrew H., additional, Xu, Julie, additional, Zeumer-Spataro, Leilani, additional, Drewry, Anne M., additional, Liang, Muxuan, additional, Bible, Letitia E., additional, Loftus, Tyler J., additional, Turnbull, Isaiah R., additional, Efron, Philip A., additional, Remy, Kenneth E., additional, Brakenridge, Scott C., additional, Badovinac, Vladimir P., additional, Griffith, Thomas S., additional, Moldawer, Lyle L., additional, Hotchkiss, Richard S., additional, and Caldwell, Charles C., additional

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2024
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38. Molecular detection of B-cell neoplasms by specific DNA methylation biomarkers

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Wang, Michael X, Wang, Huan-You, Zhao, Xiaohui, Srilatha, Nalluri, Zheng, Dali, Shi, Huidong, Ning, Jie, Duff, Deiter J, Taylor, Kristen H, Gruner, Barbara A, and Caldwell, Charles W

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Mature B-cell neoplasms, B lymphoblastic leukemia, DNA methylation biomarker
Abstract

A novel, easy to perform PCR-based method employing specific DNA methylation biomarkers to detect B-cell neoplasms in a variety of B-cell lines and B lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) patient specimens has been developed. This method detects as few as 5 B-ALL cells, or 1 B-ALL cell in 1,000,000 normal background blood cells using a single marker, DLC-1 gene CpG island (CGI) methylation. By adding two additional markers PCDHGA12 and RPIB9, over 80% of B-ALL cases were detected in patients’ bone marrow and/or peripheral blood specimens. We have traced clinical B-ALL cases up to 10 years retrospectively and the DLC-1 methylation is correlated with patient clinical status. Thus, this epigenetic-based molecular method demonstrates its potential use in the diagnosis of B-cell neoplasia, in addition to traditional approach such as clinical features, morphology, immunophenotype, and genetic analysis.

Published
2010

39. Hypermethylation of the DLC1 CpG island does not alter gene expression in canine lymphoma

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Bryan, Jeffrey N, Jabbes, Mohamed, Berent, Linda M, Arthur, Gerald L, Taylor, Kristen H, Rissetto, Kerry C, Henry, Carolyn J, Rahmatpanah, Farah, Rankin, Wendi V, Villamil, Jose A, Lewis, Michael R, and Caldwell, Charles W

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Abstract Background This study is a comparative epigenetic evaluation of the methylation status of the DLC1 tumor suppressor gene in naturally-occurring canine lymphoma. Canine non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been proposed to be a relevant preclinical model that occurs spontaneously and may share causative factors with human NHL due to a shared home environment. The canine DLC1 mRNA sequence was derived from normal tissue. Using lymphoid samples from 21 dogs with NHL and 7 normal dogs, the methylation status of the promoter CpG island of the gene was defined for each sample using combined bisulfite restriction analysis (COBRA), methylation-specific PCR (MSP), and bisulfite sequencing methods. Relative gene expression was determined using real-time PCR. Results The mRNA sequence of canine DLC1 is highly similar to the human orthologue and contains all protein functional groups, with 97% or greater similarity in functional regions. Hypermethylation of the 5' and 3' flanking regions of the promoter was statistically significantly associated with the NHL phenotype, but was not associated with silencing of expression or differences in survival. Conclusion The canine DLC1 is constructed highly similarly to the human gene, which has been shown to be an important tumor suppressor in many forms of cancer. As in human NHL, the promoter CpG island of DLC1 in canine NHL samples is abnormally hypermethylated, relative to normal lymphoid tissue. This study confirms that hypermethylation occurs in canine cancers, further supporting the use of companion dogs as comparative models of disease for evaluation of carcinogenesis, biomarker diagnosis, and therapy.

Published
2009

40. Genomic Aberrations that Activate D-type Cyclins Are Associated with Enhanced Sensitivity to the CDK4 and CDK6 Inhibitor Abemaciclib

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Gong, Xueqian, Litchfield, Lacey M., Webster, Yue, Chio, Li-Chun, Wong, Swee Seong, Stewart, Trent R., Dowless, Michele, Dempsey, Jack, Zeng, Yi, Torres, Raquel, Boehnke, Karsten, Mur, Cecilia, Marugán, Carlos, Baquero, Carmen, Yu, Chunping, Bray, Steven M., Wulur, Isabella H., Bi, Chen, Chu, Shaoyou, Qian, Hui-Rong, Iversen, Philip W., Merzoug, Farhana F., Ye, Xiang S., Reinhard, Christoph, De Dios, Alfonso, Du, Jian, Caldwell, Charles W., Lallena, María José, Beckmann, Richard P., and Buchanan, Sean G.

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2017
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