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Objectives— Estro-progestin treatments have been associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events in postmenopausal women. This study examined whether progestins affect the stimulatory effect of estrogens on the endothelial formation of nitric oxide (NO), a potent antithrombotic factor. Methods and Results— Experiments were performed with human endothelial cells. Endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH I) mRNA expression was assessed by RT-PCR, eNOS protein by Western blotting, NO formation by electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and platelet aggregation by an aggregometer. Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), progesterone, levonorgestrel, and nomegestrol acetate prevented the 17β-estradiol (17β-E)-induced expression of eNOS mRNA and protein. MPA and progesterone reduced the 17β-E-induced formation of NO and potentiation of the inhibitory effect of endothelial cells on platelet aggregation whereas levonorgestrel and nomegestrol acetate were without effect. Moreover, MPA and progesterone prevented the 17β-E-induced expression of GTPCH I mRNA. Mifepristone, a glucocorticoid and progesterone receptor antagonist, and L-sepiapterin prevented the inhibitory effect of MPA and progesterone on platelet aggregation. Conclusions— Certain progestins, including MPA, attenuate the 17β-E-induced NO-mediated inhibition of platelet aggregation by endothelial cells through preventing both eNOS and GTPCH I expression most likely via activation of glucocorticoid receptors.

03 Feb 2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesQ1 · CROSS-FIELD

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin overproduced by keratinocytes in mouse skin aggravates experimental asthma

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Author: Frossard, Nelly ; Hener, Pierre ; Zhang, Zhikun ; Metzger, Daniel ; Kato, Shigeaki ; Li, Mei ; Chambon, Pierre

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is often the initial step in the “atopic march,” given that more than half of AD patients with moderate to severe AD develop asthma later in life. Both AD and asthma share a similar “atopy” phenotype that includes T helper type 2 inflammation with eosinophilia and hyper-IgE immunoglobulinemia, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the “atopic march” remain elusive. In the present study, we show that induced expression of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in mouse epidermal keratinocytes upon topical application of MC903 (a low calcemic analogue of vitamin D3) not only triggers AD as we previously reported but also aggravates experimental allergic asthma induced by ovalbumin sensitization and challenge. Our study, which provides a mouse model to study human “atopic march,” indicates that keratinocyte-produced TSLP may represent an important factor in the link of atopic dermatitis to asthma.

01 Sep 2008·MicrobiologyQ4 · BIOLOGY

Lactobacillus plantarum response to inorganic carbon concentrations: PyrR2-dependent and -independent transcription regulation of genes involved in arginine and nucleotide metabolism

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Author: Kugler, Valérie ; Arsène-Ploetze, Florence ; Hammann, Philippe ; Bringel, Françoise

Lactobacillus plantarum susbp. plantarum is a capnophilic Gram-positive heterotroph with optimal growth in 4 % CO(2)-enriched air. At low inorganic carbon (C(i)) concentrations, the pyr genes encoding the enzymes of the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway were overexpressed, in agreement with a previous study showing that these genes are regulated at the transcription level in response to C(i) via a PyrR(2)-mediated mechanism. A previous study of high-CO(2)-requiring (HCR) mutants revealed an unknown genetic link between arginine regulation and C(i)-dependent nutritional needs. To better understand L. plantarum's adaptation to C(i) availability, additional C(i)-responsive genes were sought in the arginine biosynthetic pathway (arg and car genes) using slot-blot hybridization and a proteomic differential 2D gel electrophoresis (DIGE) global approach. Besides the nine pyr-encoded proteins, 16 new Icr (inorganic-carbon-regulated) proteins accumulated differentially in response to C(i) availability, suggesting that the C(i) response involves several metabolic pathways and adaptation processes. Among these Icr proteins only argininosuccinate lyase, encoded by argH, was involved in arginine biosynthesis. Three proteins involved in the purine biosynthetic pathway and nucleotide conversion, adenylate kinase (Adk), GMP synthase (GuaA), and IMP dehydrogenase (GuaB), accumulated differentially in response to changes in C(i) levels. Expression of the Icr protein-encoding genes argH and guaB was regulated at the transcription level or by RNA stability in response to C(i) availability, as previously demonstrated for the pyr genes. However, PyrR(2) was not essential for the C(i)-regulated transcription of argH and guaB, demonstrating that PyrR(2) modulates only a subset of C(i)-regulated genes. These results suggest that the C(i) response may involve at least two regulatory mechanisms in L. plantarum.

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