Jade Bath, Elisabet Bjånes, Cengiz Goekeri, Jeff Hsiao, Deniz Uzun, Geraldine Nouailles, Victor Nizet, Katharina Ribbeck
{"title":"Mucins protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence by suppressing pneumolysin expression.","authors":"Jade Bath, Elisabet Bjånes, Cengiz Goekeri, Jeff Hsiao, Deniz Uzun, Geraldine Nouailles, Victor Nizet, Katharina Ribbeck","doi":"10.1172/JCI182769","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI182769","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444151/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aoife Murray, Ana Muñiz-García, Ivan Alić, Dean Nižetić
{"title":"It's good to know what to BACE the specificity of your inhibitors on.","authors":"Aoife Murray, Ana Muñiz-García, Ivan Alić, Dean Nižetić","doi":"10.1172/JCI183677","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI183677","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Production, aggregation, and clearance of the amyloid β peptide (Aβ) are important processes governing the initial pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibition of β-site amyloid precursor protein (APP) cleaving enzyme (BACE1) (one of two key proteases responsible for Aβ production) as an AD-therapeutic approach so far has failed to yield a successful drug. BACE1 and its homologue BACE2 are frequently inhibited by the same inhibitors. Several genetic and cerebral organoid modeling studies suggest that BACE2 has dose-dependent AD-suppressing activity, which makes its unwanted inhibition potentially counterproductive for AD treatment. The in vivo effects of an unwanted cross inhibition of BACE2 have so far been impossible to monitor because of the lack of an easily accessible pharmacodynamic marker specific for BACE2 cleavage. In this issue of the JCI, work led by Stefan F. Lichtenthaler identifies soluble VEGFR3 (sVEGFR3) as a pharmacodynamic plasma marker for BACE2 activity not shared with BACE1.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324289/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quy Le, Brandon Hadland, Jenny L Smith, Amanda Leonti, Benjamin J Huang, Rhonda Ries, Tiffany A Hylkema, Sommer Castro, Thao T Tang, Cyd N McKay, LaKeisha Perkins, Laura Pardo, Jay Sarthy, Amy K Beckman, Robin Williams, Rhonda Idemmili, Scott Furlan, Takashi Ishida, Lindsey Call, Shivani Srivastava, Anisha M Loeb, Filippo Milano, Suzan Imren, Shelli M Morris, Fiona Pakiam, Jim M Olson, Michael R Loken, Lisa Brodersen, Stanley R Riddell, Katherine Tarlock, Irwin D Bernstein, Keith R Loeb, Soheil Meshinchi
{"title":"CBFA2T3-GLIS2 model of pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia identifies FOLR1 as a CAR T cell target.","authors":"Quy Le, Brandon Hadland, Jenny L Smith, Amanda Leonti, Benjamin J Huang, Rhonda Ries, Tiffany A Hylkema, Sommer Castro, Thao T Tang, Cyd N McKay, LaKeisha Perkins, Laura Pardo, Jay Sarthy, Amy K Beckman, Robin Williams, Rhonda Idemmili, Scott Furlan, Takashi Ishida, Lindsey Call, Shivani Srivastava, Anisha M Loeb, Filippo Milano, Suzan Imren, Shelli M Morris, Fiona Pakiam, Jim M Olson, Michael R Loken, Lisa Brodersen, Stanley R Riddell, Katherine Tarlock, Irwin D Bernstein, Keith R Loeb, Soheil Meshinchi","doi":"10.1172/JCI184305","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI184305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324293/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Callum Beach, David MacLean, Dominika Majorova, Stavros Melemenidis, Dhanya K Nambiar, Ryan K Kim, Gabriel N Valbuena, Silvia Guglietta, Carsten Krieg, Mahnaz Darvish-Damavandi, Tatsuya Suwa, Alistair Easton, Lily Vs Hillson, Ashley K McCulloch, Ross K McMahon, Kathryn Pennel, Joanne Edwards, Sean M O'Cathail, Campbell S Roxburgh, Enric Domingo, Eui Jung Moon, Dadi Jiang, Yanyan Jiang, Qingyang Zhang, Albert C Koong, Trent M Woodruff, Edward E Graves, Tim Maughan, Simon Ja Buczacki, Manuel Stucki, Quynh-Thu Le, Simon J Leedham, Amato J Giaccia, Monica M Olcina
{"title":"Improving radiotherapy in immunosuppressive microenvironments by targeting complement receptor C5aR1.","authors":"Callum Beach, David MacLean, Dominika Majorova, Stavros Melemenidis, Dhanya K Nambiar, Ryan K Kim, Gabriel N Valbuena, Silvia Guglietta, Carsten Krieg, Mahnaz Darvish-Damavandi, Tatsuya Suwa, Alistair Easton, Lily Vs Hillson, Ashley K McCulloch, Ross K McMahon, Kathryn Pennel, Joanne Edwards, Sean M O'Cathail, Campbell S Roxburgh, Enric Domingo, Eui Jung Moon, Dadi Jiang, Yanyan Jiang, Qingyang Zhang, Albert C Koong, Trent M Woodruff, Edward E Graves, Tim Maughan, Simon Ja Buczacki, Manuel Stucki, Quynh-Thu Le, Simon J Leedham, Amato J Giaccia, Monica M Olcina","doi":"10.1172/JCI185067","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI185067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324292/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathaniel Bloodworth, Wei Chen, Kuniko Hunter, David Patrick, Amy Palubinsky, Elizabeth Phillips, Daniel Roeth, Markus Kalkum, Simon Mallal, Sean Davies, Mingfang Ao, Rocco Moretti, Jens Meiler, David G Harrison
{"title":"Posttranslationally modified self-peptides promote hypertension in mouse models.","authors":"Nathaniel Bloodworth, Wei Chen, Kuniko Hunter, David Patrick, Amy Palubinsky, Elizabeth Phillips, Daniel Roeth, Markus Kalkum, Simon Mallal, Sean Davies, Mingfang Ao, Rocco Moretti, Jens Meiler, David G Harrison","doi":"10.1172/JCI174374","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI174374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Posttranslational modifications can enhance immunogenicity of self-proteins. In several conditions, including hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, and heart failure, isolevuglandins (IsoLGs) are formed by lipid peroxidation and covalently bond with protein lysine residues. Here, we show that the murine class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) variant H-2Db uniquely presents isoLG-modified peptides and developed a computational pipeline that identifies structural features for MHC-I accommodation of such peptides. We identified isoLG-adducted peptides from renal proteins, including sodium glucose transporter 2, cadherin 16, Kelch domain-containing protein 7A, and solute carrier family 23, that are recognized by CD8+ T cells in tissues of hypertensive mice, induce T cell proliferation in vitro, and prime hypertension after adoptive transfer. Finally, we find patterns of isoLG-adducted antigen restriction in class I human leukocyte antigens that are similar to those in murine analogs. Thus, we have used a combined computational and experimental approach to define likely antigenic peptides in hypertension.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decoding the decline: unveiling drivers of sarcopenia.","authors":"Allison M Owen, Christopher S Fry","doi":"10.1172/JCI183302","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI183302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There remains a critical need to define molecular pathways underlying sarcopenia to identify putative therapeutic targets. Research in the mechanisms of aging and sarcopenia relies heavily on preclinical rodent models. In this issue of the JCI, Kerr et al. implemented a clinically-relevant sarcopenia classification system of aged C57BL/6J mice, capturing sarcopenia prevalence across both sexes. The authors performed detailed physiological, molecular, and energetic analyses and demonstrated that mitochondrial biogenesis, oxidative capacity, and AMPK-autophagy signaling decreased as sarcopenia progressed in male mice. Sarcopenia was less prevalent in female mice with fewer alterations compared with the male-affected processes. The findings highlight factors beyond age as necessary for classifying the sarcopenic phenotype in rodent models, reveal sexual dimorphism across the trajectory of age-related declines in muscle mass and function in a commonly used rodent model, and provide insight into sex-dependent molecular alterations associated with sarcopenia progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalie M Walker, Yuta Ibuki, A Patrick McLinden, Keizo Misumi, Dylan C Mitchell, Gabriel G Kleer, Alison M Lock, Ragini Vittal, Nahum Sonenberg, Amanda L Garner, Vibha N Lama
{"title":"MNK-driven eIF4E phosphorylation regulates the fibrogenic transformation of mesenchymal cells and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.","authors":"Natalie M Walker, Yuta Ibuki, A Patrick McLinden, Keizo Misumi, Dylan C Mitchell, Gabriel G Kleer, Alison M Lock, Ragini Vittal, Nahum Sonenberg, Amanda L Garner, Vibha N Lama","doi":"10.1172/JCI168393","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI168393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue fibrosis remains unamenable to meaningful therapeutic interventions and is the primary cause of chronic graft failure after organ transplantation. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF4E), a key translational regulator, serves as convergent target of multiple upstream profibrotic signaling pathways that contribute to mesenchymal cell (MC) activation. Here, we investigate the role of MAP kinase-interacting serine/threonine kinase-induced (MNK-induced) direct phosphorylation of eIF4E at serine 209 (Ser209) in maintaining fibrotic transformation of MCs and determine the contribution of the MNK/eIF4E pathway to the pathogenesis of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). MCs from patients with CLAD demonstrated constitutively higher eIF4E phosphorylation at Ser209, and eIF4E phospho-Ser209 was found to be critical in regulating key fibrogenic protein autotaxin, leading to sustained β-catenin activation and profibrotic functions of CLAD MCs. MNK1 signaling was upregulated in CLAD MCs, and genetic or pharmacologic targeting of MNK1 activity inhibited eIF4E phospho-Ser209 and profibrotic functions of CLAD MCs in vitro. Treatment with an MNK1/2 inhibitor (eFT-508) abrogated allograft fibrosis in an orthotopic murine lung-transplant model. Together these studies identify what we believe is a previously unrecognized MNK/eIF4E/ATX/β-catenin signaling pathway of fibrotic transformation of MCs and present the first evidence, to our knowledge, for the utility of MNK inhibitors in fibrosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324311/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rare genetic variants provide a mechanistic basis for immune imbalance in IgG4-related disease.","authors":"Dominic J Ciavatta","doi":"10.1172/JCI183396","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI183396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autoimmune diseases are commonly associated with a polygenic inheritance pattern. In rare instances, causal monogenic variants have been identified. The study by Liu et al. in this issue of the JCI provides an example of monogenic variants occurring in patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). The authors investigated a familial cluster of IgG4-RD that consisted of an affected father and two daughters; the mother was unaffected. Genome sequencing of this quad identified a variant in IKZF1 (encoding IKAROS) and another variant in UBR4 (encoding E3 ubiquitin ligase). Both variants were present in the father and both daughters but absent in the unaffected mother. Using multidimensional profiling of immune cells and functional experiments in primary cells, the authors determined a molecular pathway contributing to T cell activation in IgG4-RD. Importantly, the characterization of these variants provides insights into pathogenic mechanisms in IgG4-RD and, potentially, other autoimmune diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324286/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stress and substance use disorders: risk, relapse, and treatment outcomes.","authors":"Rajita Sinha","doi":"10.1172/JCI172883","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI172883","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stress has long been associated with substance misuse and substance use disorders (SUDs). The past two decades have seen a surge in research aimed at understanding the underlying mechanisms driving this association. This Review introduces a multilevel \"adaptive stress response\" framework, encompassing a stress baseline, acute reaction, and recovery with return-to-homeostasis phase that occurs at varying response times and across domains of analysis. It also discusses evidence showing the disruption of this adaptive stress response in the context of chronic and repeated stressors, trauma, adverse social and drug-related environments, as well as with acute and chronic drug misuse and with drug withdrawal and abstinence sequelae. Subjective, cognitive, peripheral, and neurobiological disruptions in the adaptive stress response phases and their link to inflexible, maladaptive coping; increased craving; relapse risk; and maintenance of drug intake are also presented. Finally, the prevention and treatment implications of targeting this \"stress pathophysiology of addiction\" are discussed, along with specific aspects that may be targeted in intervention development to rescue stress-related alterations in drug motivation and to improve SUD treatment outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11324296/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141982449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arvind Sridhar, Jaime DeSantiago, Hanna Chen, Mahmud Arif Pavel, Olivia Ly, Asia Owais, Miles Barney, Jordan Jousma, Sarath Babu Nukala, Khaled Abdelhady, Malek Massad, Lona Ernst Rizkallah, Sang-Ging Ong, Jalees Rehman, Dawood Darbar
{"title":"Modulation of NOX2 causes obesity-mediated atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Arvind Sridhar, Jaime DeSantiago, Hanna Chen, Mahmud Arif Pavel, Olivia Ly, Asia Owais, Miles Barney, Jordan Jousma, Sarath Babu Nukala, Khaled Abdelhady, Malek Massad, Lona Ernst Rizkallah, Sang-Ging Ong, Jalees Rehman, Dawood Darbar","doi":"10.1172/JCI175447","DOIUrl":"10.1172/JCI175447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity is linked to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) via increased oxidative stress. While NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2), a major source of oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the heart, predisposes to AF, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we studied NOX2-mediated ROS production in obesity-mediated AF using Nox2-knockout mice and mature human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived atrial cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-aCMs). Diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice and hiPSC-aCMs treated with palmitic acid (PA) were infused with a NOX blocker (apocynin) and a NOX2-specific inhibitor, respectively. We showed that NOX2 inhibition normalized atrial action potential duration and abrogated obesity-mediated ion channel remodeling with reduced AF burden. Unbiased transcriptomics analysis revealed that NOX2 mediates atrial remodeling in obesity-mediated AF in DIO mice, PA-treated hiPSC-aCMs, and human atrial tissue from obese individuals by upregulation of paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 2 (PITX2). Furthermore, hiPSC-aCMs treated with hydrogen peroxide, a NOX2 surrogate, displayed increased PITX2 expression, establishing a mechanistic link between increased NOX2-mediated ROS production and modulation of PITX2. Our findings offer insights into possible mechanisms through which obesity triggers AF and support NOX2 inhibition as a potential novel prophylactic or adjunctive therapy for patients with obesity-mediated AF.</p>","PeriodicalId":15469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Investigation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11405042/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141988094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}