Starting with human PBMCs, the purities of the start and final isolated fractions in the above example are 59.1% and 98.7%, respectively, using a PE-conjugated anti-human CD3 antibody and EasySep™ Human PE Positive Selection Kit II.
Clostridium perfringens $\alpha$-toxin up-regulates plasma membrane CD11b expression on murine neutrophils by changing intracellular localization. M. Takehara et al. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes 2022 dec
Abstract
Gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens type A infection is a highly lethal infection of soft tissue characterized by rapid spread of tissue necrosis. This tissue destruction is related to profound attenuation of blood flow accompanied by formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates in the blood vessels. Several studies have identified $\alpha$-toxin, which has both sphingomyelinase and phospholipase C activities, as a major virulence factor in the aggregate formation via activation of the platelet gpIIbIIIa. Here, we show that $\alpha$-toxin greatly and rapidly increases plasma membrane localization of CD11b, which binds to the platelet gpIIbIIIa via fibrinogen, in mouse neutrophils. Interestingly, short-term treatment of $\alpha$-toxin has little effect on gene expression profiles in neutrophils, and the toxin does not change the total protein expression levels of CD11b in whole cell lysates. The following analysis demonstrated that CD11b localizes to intracellular vesicles in intact cells, but the localization changed to the cytoplasmic membrane in $\alpha$-toxin-treated cells. These results suggest that CD11b is recruited to the cytoplasmic membrane by $\alpha$-toxin. Previously, we reported that $\alpha$-toxin promotes the formation of ceramide by its sphingomyelinase activity in mouse neutrophils. Interestingly, a synthetic cell-permeable ceramide analog, C2-ceramide, increases plasma membrane localization of CD11b, suggesting that ceramide production by $\alpha$-toxin recruits CD11b to the cytoplasmic membrane to promote platelet-leukocyte aggregation. Together, our results illustrate that the increase of cell membrane CD11b expression by $\alpha$-toxin might be crucial for the pathogenesis of C. perfringens to promote formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates, leading to rapid tissue necrosis due to ischemia.
Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonist Alleviates Allergic Airway Inflammation via the Inhibition of ILC2 Function. X. Zhang et al. Frontiers in immunology 2022
Abstract
Allergic airway inflammation is a universal airway disease that is driven by hyperresponsiveness to inhaled allergens. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) produce copious amounts of type 2 cytokines, which lead to allergic airway inflammation. Here, we discovered that both peripheral blood of human and mouse lung ILC2s express the endothelin-A receptor (ETAR), and the expression level of ETAR was dramatically induced upon interleukin-33 (IL-33) treatment. Subsequently, both preventive and therapeutic effects of BQ123, an ETAR antagonist, on allergic airway inflammation were observed, which were associated with decreased proliferation and type 2 cytokine productions by ILC2s. Furthermore, ILC2s from BQ123 treatment were found to be functionally impaired in response to an interleukin IL-33 challenged. And BQ123 treatment also affected the phosphorylation level of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), as well as the level of GATA binding protein 3 (GATA3) in activated ILC2s. Interestingly, after BQ123 treatment, both mouse and human ILC2s in vitro exhibited decreased function and downregulation of ERK signaling and GATA3 stability. These observations imply that ETAR is an important regulator of ILC2 function and may be involved in ILC2-driven pulmonary inflammation. Therefore, blocking ETAR may be a promising therapeutic strategy for allergic airway inflammation.
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