Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-28DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2024.2309717
Dorrian G Cohen, Rebecca A Wingert
{"title":"Caught red feathered: infection from cockatoo to human and mice reveals genetic plasticity of <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> during mammalian passage.","authors":"Dorrian G Cohen, Rebecca A Wingert","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2309717","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2309717","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The fungus <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> is pervasive in our environment and causes the infectious disease cryptococcosis in humans, most commonly in immunocompromised patients. In addition to corroborating the avian origins of a case of cryptococcosis in an immunocompromised patient in 2000, a fascinating recent report has now characterized the genetic and phenotypic changes that occur in this <i>C. neoformans</i> during passage in mammalian hosts. Interestingly, mouse-passaged isolates showed differences in virulence factors ranging from capsule size, melanization, nonlytic macrophage exocytosis, and amoeba predation resistance as compared to the patient strain. Taken together, these results provide new insights about the relationship between mutations acquired during an infection and changes in virulence.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2309717"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12363520/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139571371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2024.2392361
Qi Cao, Wei Zeng, Jingmin Nie, Yongjun Ye, Yanchao Chen
{"title":"RETRACTED ARTICLE: The protective effects of apelin-13 in HIV-1 tat- induced macrophage infiltration and BBB impairment.","authors":"Qi Cao, Wei Zeng, Jingmin Nie, Yongjun Ye, Yanchao Chen","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2392361","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2392361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Statement of RetractionWe, the Editors and Publisher of the journal <i>Tissue Barriers</i>, have retracted the following article:<b>Cao, Q., Zeng, W., Nie, J., Ye, Y., & Chen, Y. (2024). The protective effects of apelin-13 in HIV-1 tat- induced macrophage infiltration and BBB impairment. <i>Tissue Barriers</i></b>. <b>https://doi.org/10.1080/21688370.2024.2392361</b>After publication, the corresponding author requested the withdrawal of the article because none of the listed authors had agreed to the publication of the article. When contacted for further information, only the corresponding author has responded. The corresponding author has provided proof of their affiliation and details of their current email address, which differs from the email address associated with the submission and publication of the article.As determining authorship is core to the integrity of published work, we are therefore retracting the article. The corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as 'Retracted'.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2392361"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12363529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142296509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-29DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2024.2386183
Abdulaziz H Alanazi, Mohamed S Selim, Manyasreeprapti R Yendamuri, Duo Zhang, S Priya Narayanan, Payaningal R Somanath
{"title":"The impact of diabetes mellitus on blood-tissue barrier regulation and vascular complications: Is the lung different from other organs?","authors":"Abdulaziz H Alanazi, Mohamed S Selim, Manyasreeprapti R Yendamuri, Duo Zhang, S Priya Narayanan, Payaningal R Somanath","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2386183","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2386183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetes Mellitus presents a formidable challenge as one of the most prevalent and complex chronic diseases, exerting significant strain on both patients and the world economy. It is recognized as a common comorbidity among severely ill individuals, often leading to a myriad of micro- and macro-vascular complications. Despite extensive research dissecting the pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms underlying vascular complications of diabetes, relatively little attention has been paid to potential lung-related complications. This review aims to illuminate the impact of diabetes on prevalent respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), tuberculosis (TB), pneumonia infections, and asthma, and compare the vascular complications with other vascular beds. Additionally, we explore the primary mechanistic pathways contributing to these complications, such as the expression modulation of blood-tissue-barrier proteins, resulting in increased paracellular and transcellular permeability, and compromised immune responses rendering diabetes patients more susceptible to infections. The activation of inflammatory pathways leading to cellular injury and hastening the onset of these respiratory complications is also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2386183"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12363537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141789129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-25DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2024.2431416
Kanchana Pandian, Anton Jan van Zonneveld, Amy Harms, Thomas Hankemeier
{"title":"Metabolic alterations of endothelial cells under transient and persistent hypoxia: study using a 3D microvessels-on-chip model.","authors":"Kanchana Pandian, Anton Jan van Zonneveld, Amy Harms, Thomas Hankemeier","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2431416","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2431416","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Numerous signaling pathways are activated during hypoxia to facilitate angiogenesis, promoting interactions among endothelial cells and initiating downstream signaling cascades. Although the pivotal role of the nitric oxide (NO) response pathway is well-established, the involvement of arginine-specific metabolism and bioactive lipid mechanisms in 3D flow-activated in vitro models remains less understood. In this study, we explored the levels of arginine-specific metabolites and bioactive lipids in human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs) under both transient and persistent hypoxia. We compared targeted metabolite levels between a 2D static culture model and a 3D microvessels-on-chip model. Notably, we observed robust regulation of NO metabolites in both transient and persistent hypoxic conditions. In the 2D model under transient hypoxia, metabolic readouts of bioactive lipids revealed increased oxidative stress markers, a phenomenon not observed in the 3D microvessels. Furthermore, we made a novel discovery that the responses of bioactive lipids were regulated by hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) in the 2D cell culture model and partially by HIF-1α and flow-induced shear stress in the 3D microvessels. Immunostaining confirmed the HIF-1α-induced regulation under both hypoxic conditions. Real-time oxygen measurements in the 3D microvessels using an oxygen probe validated that oxygen levels were maintained in the 3D model. Overall, our findings underscore the critical regulatory roles of HIF-1α and shear stress in NO metabolites and bioactive lipids in both 2D and 3D cell culture models.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2431416"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12506904/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2024.2361202
Margarita Shuvalova, Anastasiia Dmitrieva, Vsevolod Belousov, Georgii Nosov
{"title":"The role of reactive oxygen species in the regulation of the blood-brain barrier.","authors":"Margarita Shuvalova, Anastasiia Dmitrieva, Vsevolod Belousov, Georgii Nosov","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2361202","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2361202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulates the exchange of metabolites and cells between the blood and brain, and maintains central nervous system homeostasis. Various factors affect BBB barrier functions, including reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS can act as stressors, damaging biological molecules, but they also serve as secondary messengers in intracellular signaling cascades during redox signaling. The impact of ROS on the BBB has been observed in multiple sclerosis, stroke, trauma, and other neurological disorders, making blocking ROS generation a promising therapeutic strategy for BBB dysfunction. However, it is important to consider ROS generation during normal BBB functioning for signaling purposes. This review summarizes data on proteins expressed by BBB cells that can be targets of redox signaling or oxidative stress. It also provides examples of signaling molecules whose impact may cause ROS generation in the BBB, as well as discusses the most common diseases associated with BBB dysfunction and excessive ROS generation, open questions that arise in the study of this problem, and possible ways to overcome them.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2361202"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12363512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2024-12-25DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2024.2444724
Gilbert Georg Klamminger, Annick Bitterlich, Meletios P Nigdelis, Martin Ertz, Kim Yoo-Jin, Annette Hasenburg, Mathias Wagner
{"title":"Claudins in vulvar cancer - from epithelial barrier to potential tumor-agnostic cancer therapy.","authors":"Gilbert Georg Klamminger, Annick Bitterlich, Meletios P Nigdelis, Martin Ertz, Kim Yoo-Jin, Annette Hasenburg, Mathias Wagner","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2444724","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2024.2444724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The immunohistochemical expression of various members of the claudin family has already been studied in pathological affections of the vulva whether to differentiate precancerous lesions from vulvar squamous cell carcinoma or in inflammatory conditions such as lichen sclerosus. From an oncological perspective, however, immunohistochemical analysis of claudin 18.2 protein expression has become increasingly clinically relevant nowadays since the impressive therapeutic benefits of the claudin 18.2 antibody <i>zolbetuximab</i> have been widely recognized. Systematic studies evaluating its expression, including in vulvar cancer, are needed to understand whether such treatment strategies may eventually benefit patients with vulvar neoplasia.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2444724"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142898543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-12-05DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2023.2290946
Elysa Ng May May, Rebecca A Wingert
{"title":"The amazing axolotl: robust kidney regeneration following acute kidney injury.","authors":"Elysa Ng May May, Rebecca A Wingert","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2023.2290946","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2023.2290946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incidence of kidney disease from acute and chronic conditions continues to escalate worldwide. Interventions to replace renal function after organ failure remain limited to dialysis or transplantation, as human kidneys exhibit a limited capacity to repair damaged cells or regenerate new ones. In contrast, animals ranging from flies to fishes and even some mammals like the spiny mouse exhibit innate abilities to regenerate their kidney cells following injury. Now, a recent study has illuminated how the Mexican salamander, <i>Ambystoma mexicanum</i>, most commonly known as the axolotl, possesses a kidney with remarkable similarity to humans, which can robustly regenerate following acute chemical damage. These discoveries position the axolotl as a new model that can be used to advance our understanding about the fundamental mechanisms of kidney regeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2290946"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11583613/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-12-12DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2023.2292463
Li Ai, Chen Xin, Muhammad Usman, Yu Zhu, Hong Lu
{"title":"Effect of Bevacizumab on traumatic penumbra brain edema in rats at different time points.","authors":"Li Ai, Chen Xin, Muhammad Usman, Yu Zhu, Hong Lu","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2023.2292463","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2023.2292463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Traumatic penumbra (TP) is a secondary injury area located around the core area of traumatic brain injury after brain trauma, and is an important factor affecting the outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The main pathological change caused by TP is brain edema, including (cellular brain edema and vascular brain edema). The formation and development of brain edema in the TP area are closely related to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF is a vascular permeability factor that can promote angiogenesis and increase BBB permeability, and there is a debate on the pros and cons of its role in early TBI. Therefore, in the early stage of TBI, when using the VEGF inhibitor bevacizumab to treat TP area brain edema, the timing of bevacizumab administration is particularly important, and there are currently no relevant literature reports. This article explores the treatment time window and optimal treatment time point of bevacizumab in the treatment of cerebral edema in the TP area by administering the same dose of bevacizumab at different time points after brain injury in rats. The results showed that there was traumatic brain edema in TP area, BBB structure and function were damaged, VEGF expression and angiogenesis were increased. Compared with TBI + NS Group, after Bevacizumab treatment, brain edema in TP area was alleviated, BBB structure and function were improved, VEGF expression and angiogenesis were decreased in each treatment group, and the effect of TBI + Bevacizumab 1 h group was the most significant. Bevacizumab can be used as a targeted therapy for traumatic brain edema. The therapeutic time window of bevacizumab for traumatic brain edema is within 12 hours after TBI, and 1 h is the optimal therapeutic time point.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2292463"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11583617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138809824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tissue BarriersPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2023.2292461
Elizabeth M Rhea, Alice Babin, Peter Thomas, Mohamed Omer, Riley Weaver, Kim Hansen, William A Banks, Konrad Talbot
{"title":"Brain uptake pharmacokinetics of albiglutide, dulaglutide, tirzepatide, and DA5-CH in the search for new treatments of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.","authors":"Elizabeth M Rhea, Alice Babin, Peter Thomas, Mohamed Omer, Riley Weaver, Kim Hansen, William A Banks, Konrad Talbot","doi":"10.1080/21688370.2023.2292461","DOIUrl":"10.1080/21688370.2023.2292461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A number of peptide incretin receptor agonists (IRAs) show promise as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is one way for IRAs to act directly within the brain. To determine which IRAs are high priority candidates for treating these disorders, we have studied their brain uptake pharmacokinetics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We quantitatively measure the ability of four IRAs to cross the BBB. We injected adult male CD-1 mice intravenously with <sup>125</sup>I- or <sup>14</sup>C-labeled albiglutide, dulaglutide, DA5-CH, or tirzepatide and used multiple-time regression analyses to measure brain kinetics up to 1 hour. For those IRAs failing to enter the brain 1 h after intravenous injection, we also investigated their ability to enter over a longer time frame (i.e., 6 h).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Albiglutide and dulaglutide had the fastest brain uptake rates within 1 hour. DA5-CH appears to enter the brain rapidly, reaching equilibrium quickly. Tirzepatide does not appear to cross the BBB within 1 h after iv injection but like albumin, did so slowly over 6 h, presumably via the extracellular pathways.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We find that IRAs can cross the BBB by two separate processes; one that is fast and one that is slow. Three of the four IRAs investigated here have fast rates of transport and should be taken into consideration for testing as AD and PD therapeutics as they would have the ability to act quickly and directly on the brain as a whole.</p>","PeriodicalId":23469,"journal":{"name":"Tissue Barriers","volume":" ","pages":"2292461"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11583597/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138809805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}