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Brown, Bronnwyn Elizabeth. "The role of glycation and glycoxidation of low-density lipoproteins in foam cell formation." University of Sydney. Central Clinical School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/682.

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People with diabetes suffer from an increased incidence of atherosclerosis, possibly due to the hyperglycaemia associated with this disease. Glucose may covalently modify proteins via glycation and glycoxidation reactions. Reactive aldehydes (e.g. methylglyoxal and glycolaldehyde) generated from these glycation and glycoxidation reactions, lipid peroxidation and other metabolic pathways may also modify proteins in glycation and glycoxidation reactions. These reactions can result in the formation of advanced glycation end-products, which are increased in diabetes and associated complications such as atherosclerosis. Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are the main source of lipid in atherosclerotic plaques, and the lipid-laden foam cells contained within. Modification of the single protein in LDL, apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B) by glucose and aldehydes may result in recognition of these altered LDL particles by macrophage scavenger receptors and cellular accumulation of cholesteryl esters; such accumulation is characteristic of atherosclerotic foam cells. The extent and nature of the modifications of LDLs that give rise to this behaviour have been poorly characterised, especially in regards to modification/oxidation of protein versus lipid components induced by glucose and low-molecular-mass aldehydes. Therefore the aims of this project were to: 1) characterise LDL modification by glucose, methylglyoxal and glycolaldehyde; 2) examine the effect of these modified LDLs on arterial cells by monitoring cellular viability, proliferation and cholesterol and cholesteryl ester levels; and 3) examine macrophage handling of apo B from these modified LDLs. Glycolaldehyde induced more rapid and more extensive changes to LDL than methylglyoxal, which was significantly more modified than LDL exposed to glucose, in the presence or absence of Cu2+. LDL was modified by glycolaldehyde and methylglyoxal in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. These aldehyde-modified LDLs were significantly more negatively charged relative (determined by changes in relative electrophoretic mobility), more aggregated (by SDS-PAGE) and lost more Arg, Lys and Trp residues (assessed by fluorescence-based assays) than glucose-modified and control LDLs. Glucose-modified LDL had more modest increases in net negative charge, aggregation and only significantly lost Arg residues. Under the conditions examined none of the modified LDLs contained significant levels of the protein oxidation products DOPA and o-tyrosine, the lipid oxidation products 7-ketocholesterol and cholesteryl ester hydro(pero)oxides, nor marked depletion of the major antioxidant α-tocopherol or significant radical formation (EPR spectroscopy). Therefore these LDLs were glycated, but not (glyc)oxidised, and so allowed the cellular uptake of glycated LDL, rather than glycoxidised LDL, to be examined. These glycated LDLs had no effect on the cellular viability (assessed by LDH release), cell protein (BCA assay), and cholesterol and cholesteryl ester levels (quantified by reverse-phase HPLC) of endothelial and smooth muscle cells. The glycated LDLs also had no effects on human and mouse macrophage viability, protein and free cholesterol levels. However, exposure of macrophages to some of the glycated LDLs resulted in significant accumulation of cholesteryl esters and apo B. The greatest cellular accumulation of cholesteryl esters was in cells exposed to glycolaldehyde-modified LDL, which occurred in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Less cholesteryl ester accumulation was observed in cells exposed to methylglyoxal-modified LDL, but some conditions resulted in significantly more cellular cholesteryl esters as compared to control LDLs, unlike glucose-modified LDL. Macrophages endocytosed significantly more apo B from glycolaldehyde-modified LDL labelled with 125I on the apo B, than methylglyoxal-modified 125I-LDL. Apo B from methylglyoxal-modified 125I-LDL was also endocytosed and degraded in greater amounts than control 125I-LDLs, unlike glucose-modified 125I-LDLs. The glycation of LDL by some low-molecular-mass aldehydes have been shown to result in model foam cell formation as characterised by cholesteryl ester and apo B accumulation. This accumulation correlated with increases in net negative charge, aggregation and loss of Lys and Trp residues of the apo B in glycated LDL particles. However, the differences in cellular uptake of glycolaldehyde- versus methylglyoxal-modified LDL were not completely resolved and it is postulated that this may arise from the extent or type of products formed on key amino acid residues, resulting in differential uptake by macrophage scavenger receptors, rather than loss of particular amino acids per se. Therefore these studies provide a potential mechanism to explain the increased atherosclerosis in people with diabetes, and a suitable model to examine the potential inhibition of the effects of glycated LDLs. This could provide potential therapeutic interventions to reduce diabetes-induced atherosclerosis.
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Brown, Bronnwyn Elizabeth. "The role of glycation and glycoxidation of low-density lipoproteins in foam cell formation." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/682.

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People with diabetes suffer from an increased incidence of atherosclerosis, possibly due to the hyperglycaemia associated with this disease. Glucose may covalently modify proteins via glycation and glycoxidation reactions. Reactive aldehydes (e.g. methylglyoxal and glycolaldehyde) generated from these glycation and glycoxidation reactions, lipid peroxidation and other metabolic pathways may also modify proteins in glycation and glycoxidation reactions. These reactions can result in the formation of advanced glycation end-products, which are increased in diabetes and associated complications such as atherosclerosis. Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are the main source of lipid in atherosclerotic plaques, and the lipid-laden foam cells contained within. Modification of the single protein in LDL, apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B) by glucose and aldehydes may result in recognition of these altered LDL particles by macrophage scavenger receptors and cellular accumulation of cholesteryl esters; such accumulation is characteristic of atherosclerotic foam cells. The extent and nature of the modifications of LDLs that give rise to this behaviour have been poorly characterised, especially in regards to modification/oxidation of protein versus lipid components induced by glucose and low-molecular-mass aldehydes. Therefore the aims of this project were to: 1) characterise LDL modification by glucose, methylglyoxal and glycolaldehyde; 2) examine the effect of these modified LDLs on arterial cells by monitoring cellular viability, proliferation and cholesterol and cholesteryl ester levels; and 3) examine macrophage handling of apo B from these modified LDLs. Glycolaldehyde induced more rapid and more extensive changes to LDL than methylglyoxal, which was significantly more modified than LDL exposed to glucose, in the presence or absence of Cu2+. LDL was modified by glycolaldehyde and methylglyoxal in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. These aldehyde-modified LDLs were significantly more negatively charged relative (determined by changes in relative electrophoretic mobility), more aggregated (by SDS-PAGE) and lost more Arg, Lys and Trp residues (assessed by fluorescence-based assays) than glucose-modified and control LDLs. Glucose-modified LDL had more modest increases in net negative charge, aggregation and only significantly lost Arg residues. Under the conditions examined none of the modified LDLs contained significant levels of the protein oxidation products DOPA and o-tyrosine, the lipid oxidation products 7-ketocholesterol and cholesteryl ester hydro(pero)oxides, nor marked depletion of the major antioxidant α-tocopherol or significant radical formation (EPR spectroscopy). Therefore these LDLs were glycated, but not (glyc)oxidised, and so allowed the cellular uptake of glycated LDL, rather than glycoxidised LDL, to be examined. These glycated LDLs had no effect on the cellular viability (assessed by LDH release), cell protein (BCA assay), and cholesterol and cholesteryl ester levels (quantified by reverse-phase HPLC) of endothelial and smooth muscle cells. The glycated LDLs also had no effects on human and mouse macrophage viability, protein and free cholesterol levels. However, exposure of macrophages to some of the glycated LDLs resulted in significant accumulation of cholesteryl esters and apo B. The greatest cellular accumulation of cholesteryl esters was in cells exposed to glycolaldehyde-modified LDL, which occurred in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Less cholesteryl ester accumulation was observed in cells exposed to methylglyoxal-modified LDL, but some conditions resulted in significantly more cellular cholesteryl esters as compared to control LDLs, unlike glucose-modified LDL. Macrophages endocytosed significantly more apo B from glycolaldehyde-modified LDL labelled with 125I on the apo B, than methylglyoxal-modified 125I-LDL. Apo B from methylglyoxal-modified 125I-LDL was also endocytosed and degraded in greater amounts than control 125I-LDLs, unlike glucose-modified 125I-LDLs. The glycation of LDL by some low-molecular-mass aldehydes have been shown to result in model foam cell formation as characterised by cholesteryl ester and apo B accumulation. This accumulation correlated with increases in net negative charge, aggregation and loss of Lys and Trp residues of the apo B in glycated LDL particles. However, the differences in cellular uptake of glycolaldehyde- versus methylglyoxal-modified LDL were not completely resolved and it is postulated that this may arise from the extent or type of products formed on key amino acid residues, resulting in differential uptake by macrophage scavenger receptors, rather than loss of particular amino acids per se. Therefore these studies provide a potential mechanism to explain the increased atherosclerosis in people with diabetes, and a suitable model to examine the potential inhibition of the effects of glycated LDLs. This could provide potential therapeutic interventions to reduce diabetes-induced atherosclerosis.
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Svensson, Ulf. "Macrophage activation by bacteria signalling to prostaglandin and cytokine responses /." Lund : Dept. of Medical & Physiological Chemistry, Lund University, 1994. http://books.google.com/books?id=sAhrAAAAMAAJ.

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Higuera, González Laura 1993. "Novel transcription regulators of tissue macrophages and alternative macrophage polarization." Doctoral thesis, TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672702.

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Macrophages play crucial roles in the defense of the organism against a wide range of pathogens. Macrophages can rapidly adapt to perturbations in the microenvironment due to the existence of a network of transcription factors that modulates their responses. While transcription factors that regulate macrophage identity have been widely described in the past decades, the role of transcription regulators that fine-tune tissue macrophage responses in homeostasis and infection is starting to be elucidated. Our group has previously identified transcription regulators of pro-inflammatory macrophage responses, and in the present work we have explored the function of novel transcription mechanisms that participate in the regulation of the homeostatic distribution of tissue macrophages and in anti-inflammatory macrophage responses. We have studied ontogenically different macrophage populations inhabiting different tissues and have characterized their transcription regulation. We have also compared the anti-inflammatory response of tissue macrophages and identified a specific transcriptional control of anti-inflammatory gene expression that depends on their ontogeny.
Los macrófagos juegan un papel muy importante en la defensa del organismo frente a una amplia variedad de patógenos. Los macrófagos se adaptan rápidamente a las perturbaciones en el microambiente gracias a que existe una compleja red de factores de transcripción que modulan sus respuestas. En los últimos años se han identificado factores de transcripción que regulan la identidad de los macrófagos, sin embargo, apenas se está comenzando a conocer la importancia de otros factores de transcripción que permiten adaptar la respuesta de los macrófagos, tanto en condiciones homeostáticas como frente a infecciones. Anteriormente nuestro grupo identificó reguladores transcripcionales de las respuestas pro-inflamatorias de los macrófagos, y en este trabajo hemos explorado la función de nuevos mecanismos reguladores que participan en la regulación de la distribución de los macrófagos en homeostasis, así como en las respuestas anti-inflamatorias de los macrófagos. Hemos estudiado poblaciones de macrófagos con diferentes ontogenias que habitan dentro de los tejidos y hemos caracterizado su regulación transcripcional. Además, hemos comparado la respuesta anti-inflamatoria de los diferentes macrófagos tisulares y así hemos identificado que existe un mecanismo transcripcional específico que controla la expresión de genes anti-inflamatorios según el origen del macrófago.
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Tabata, Yasuhiko. "Macrophage phagocytosis of polymer microspheres and antitumor activation of macrophages." Kyoto University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/74704.

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Raborn, Erinn Shenee. "Cannabinoid Modulation of Chemotaxis of Macrophages and Macrophage-like Cells." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1333.

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Grand-Perret, Thierry A. R. "Induction d'une activité anti-tumorale chez les macrophages péritonéaux murins." Paris 11, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA112301.

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Di, Maggio Paula. "Dietary lipids and inflammation : chylomicron remnants suppress pro-inflammatory pathways and activate antioxidant defence mechanisms in human macrophages." Thesis, Royal Veterinary College (University of London), 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618287.

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Georges, George Tharwat. "Novel Characteristics of Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages and Human Macrophage-Like Cells." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/932.

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These studies provide evidence for novel properties of macrophages derived from bone marrow stem cells. In study 1, treatment of activated mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM) with either catecholamine synthesis inhibitors (α-methyl-para-tyrosine and fusaric acid) or the β2 adrenergic receptor antagonist ICI 118,551 demonstrated that BMM produce catecholamines. The catecholamines modulated macrophage cytokine production through autocrine actions on adrenergic receptors. In study II, undifferentiated human bone marrow cells were incubated in 30% mouse L929 fibroblast conditioned medium and generated adherent cells within three days. The cells were clearly identifiable as macrophages based on surface proteins and phagocytic activity but produced only low levels of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-lβ. Cytokine production did not increase in response to the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Generation of these macrophage-like cells was not repeatable with other samples of human bone marrow, but the cells continue to proliferate in cell culture and will be investigated further in future studies.
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Adler, Heiko. "Fetal bovine bone marrow-derived macrophages : a model for studying basic aspects of macrophage biology and pathogen-macrophage interaction in cattle /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1994. http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/bibliotheken_sammlungen/sondersammlungen/dissen_bestellformular/index_ger.html.

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Bouchareychas, Laura. "Implication des phagocytes mononuclées dans l'évolution de la plaque d'athérosclérose et relation avec l'homéostasie du cholestérol et des lipoprotéines." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066282/document.

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L'athérosclérose est un processus physiopathologique chronique impliqué dans la majorité des maladies cardio-vasculaires. Le développement des lésions d'athérosclérose est caractérisé par l'accumulation de lipides extra et intracellulaires dans la paroi artérielle à l'origine d'une forte réponse inflammatoire impliquant notamment les macrophages. Les macrophages sont considérés comme des acteurs clés dans le développement des plaques d'athérosclérose. En effet, de par leur capacité à métaboliser le cholestérol (captation, stockage, efflux), à réguler l'inflammation et à phagocyter les cellules apoptotiques, ils exercent des fonctions pro et/ou anti-athèrogènes qui peuvent être modulées à des fins thérapeutiques. Dans cette perspective, nous avons évalué le pouvoir thérapeutique des " macrophages protégés de l'apoptose " sur la progression des lésions d'athérosclérose constituées. Nous avons démontré que l'augmentation de la survie des macrophages permet de ralentir la progression des lésions, de stabiliser les lésions et de diminuer la cholestérolémie. Ces effets athéro-protecteurs sont attribués à l'augmentation des cellules de Kupffer et des monocytes Ly-6Clow en partie par leur capacité à produire de l'apolipoprotéine E. Nous montrons également que les cellules de Kupffer participent à la clairance des lipoprotéines pro-athérogènes. L'augmentation du pool d'apoE ainsi que l'augmentation des cellules de Kupffer permettent de diminuer la cholestérolémie et ainsi de diminuer la progression des lésions
Atherosclerosis represents a chronic pathophysiological process implicated in the majority of cardiovascular diseases. The development of atherosclerotic lesions is characterized by an accumulation of extra and intracellular lipids in the arterial wall at the origin of a strong inflammatory response involving macrophages.Macrophages are considered key actors in the development of atherosclerotic plaques. Indeed, because of their ability to metabolize cholesterol (capture, storage, efflux), to regulate inflammation and to phagocyte apoptotic cells, they exert pro and/or anti-atherogenic functions that may be modulated therapeutically. In this context, we evaluated the therapeutic potential of macrophages protected against apoptosis, on the progression of established atherosclerotic lesions.We have demonstrated that increased macrophage survival can slow down the progression of established lesions, stabilize lesion and reduce cholesterol levels. These athero-protective effects are attributed to the increase in Kupffer cells and Ly-6Clow monocytes partly due to their ability to produce apolipoprotein E. We also show that Kupffer cells are involved in the clearance of pro-atherogenic lipoproteins. The increase in ApoE pool and in Kupffer cells reduces cholesterol levels and thus lesion progression
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Awomoyi, Agnes Abiola Oluwatoyin. "Genetics of susceptibility to tuberculosis." Thesis, Open University, 2000. http://oro.open.ac.uk/58012/.

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Convincing evidence that activated macrophages play a critical role in control of mycobacterial diseases has been clearly established from animal and in-vitro studies. Macrophages produce a variety of molecules upon appropriate stimulation, which act in concert towards eventual killing of bacteria. People with SUb-optimal macrophage activation are more susceptible to infection with intracellular pathogens. My project aims to answer two questions relating to genetic regulation of macrophage activation in tuberculosis: do macrophage genes regulate microbial-induced responses and do macrophage genes influence susceptibility to tuberculosis? A whole blood assay was used to investigate IFN-y responsiveness in healthy individuals and those who develop tuberculosis in The Gambia. Cytokine responses to lipopolysaccaride (LPS), Lipoarabinomanan (LAM) and the enhancing effect of IFN-y on these stimulants were measured. LPS induced IL-l 0 levels was higher in recovered TB cases than in controls (p=0.02). LPS and LAM induced cytokines were highly correlated (p<0.0001) similarly, levels of IL-IB and TNF were highly correlated (P
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Alhanghari, Mofeda Abdussalam. "The Anti-Apoptotic Effect of HSV-1 ON Murine Macrophages: RAW 246.7Murine Macrophage Cell Line." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1472747895.

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Chanez, Pascal. "Hétérogéneité morphologique et fonctionnelle des macrophages des voies aériennes de l'asthmatique." Montpellier 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994MON1T038.

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Rivier, Agnès. "Activation des phagocytes mononucléés chez les sujets normaux et les sujets asthmatiques/ Agnès Rivier." Montpellier 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994MON1T020.

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Warby, Tammra. "Interactions between granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and human monocyte-derived macrophages following infection with HIV-1 /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19318.pdf.

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Finney-Hayward, Tricia Kate. "Monocyte-derived macrophages as a lung macrophage model in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : characterisation and functional output." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/8330.

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Walter, Michaela Roylene Valerie. "Macrophages in bovine footrot, the effect of Porphyromonas levii on macrophage function and pro-inflammatory cytokine production." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ65143.pdf.

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Merlin, Johanna. "Étude de l’influence de la glutaminolyse des macrophages dans les maladies cardio-métaboliques." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Côte d'Azur, 2020. http://theses.univ-cotedazur.fr/2020COAZ6016.

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Les maladies chroniques inflammatoires telles que l’obésité ou l’athérosclérose constituent un problème majeur de santé publique dans les pays occidentaux. Il est désormais bien établi que les cellules immunitaires, et en particulier les macrophages, jouent un rôle essentiel dans l’initiation et la progression de ces maladies métaboliques. En effet, les macrophages résidents au sein des tissus contrôlent leur homéostasie comme par exemple l’expansion du tissu adipeux viscéral ou la thermogenèse du tissu adipeux brun. Cependant, les mécanismes restent mal compris. L’immuno-métabolisme est un nouveau domaine de recherche qui illustre l’adaptabilité des macrophages à leur environnement nutritionnel pour le maintien de leurs fonctions. Nous nous sommes ainsi intéressés au rôle de la glutamine dans l’homéostasie des macrophages et son impact sur l’obésité et l’athérosclérose. Pour cela, nous avons génétiquement supprimé l’enzyme limitante hydrolysant la glutamine en glutamate, appelée glutaminase 1 (Gls1), spécifiquement au sein des cellules myéloïdes. Dans notre première étude, nos données démontrent que l’absence de Gls1 dans les cellules myéloïdes conduit à une intolérance au glucose sous régime riche en graisses, associée à une diminution des niveaux de norépinephrine dans le tissu adipeux brun conduisant alors à un défaut de thermogenèse. Nos résultats mettent en évidence une diminution de l’adhésion des macrophages de la moelle épinière aux neurones glutamatergiques et diminuant ainsi l’activation de ces derniers. Notre étude démontre donc le rôle de la glutaminolyse des macrophages dans le contrôle du tonus sympathique des tissus adipeux thermogéniques. Dans un second temps nous avons étudié l’impact la glutaminolyse des cellules myéloïdes sur le développement de l’athérosclérose. L’invalidation de la glutaminolyse des cellules myéloïdes entraîne une augmentation de la surface de la plaque athéromateuse. En particulier, nous avons pu observer une augmentation de la nécrose des plaques suggérant une nouvelle fonction de la glutaminolyse des macrophages. Nous avons également pu valider cette association dans des plaques athéromateuses humaines. Bien que la déficience en Gls1 dans les macrophages n’altère pas leur survie, nous avons pu mettre en évidence un rôle clé de cette voie dans le processus d’efférocytose. L’analyse des mécanismes en aval a révélé une altération de la polarisation alternative des macrophages chez ces souris associée à une reprogrammation du métabolisme mitochondrial. La modulation de ces voies conduit à une baisse d’activité de Rac1 expliquant ainsi le défaut d’efférocytose. Ainsi, notre seconde étude identifie la glutaminolyse des cellules myéloïdes comme un acteur essentiel dans le développement des maladies cardiovasculaires
Chronic inflammatory diseases such as obesity or atherosclerosis are a major public health concern in the western countries. It is now well established that immune cells, and in particular macrophages, play a critical role in the initiation and progression of cardiometabolic diseases. Indeed, tissue resident macrophages control tissue homeostasis such as visceral adipose tissue expansion and brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Immuno-metabolism is a new research area that illustrates macrophage adaptability to their nutritional environment for their function maintenance. We therefore looked at the role of glutamine in macrophage homeostasis and its impact on obesity and atherosclerosis. Therefore, we genetically abolished the limiting enzyme hydrolyzing glutamine to glutamate, called glutaminase 1 (Gls1), specifically in myeloid cells.In our first study, our data demonstrate that Gls1 deficiency in myeloid cells leads to glucose intolerance on a high-fat diet. This is associated with a decrease in norepinephrine levels in brown adipose tissue leading to defective thermogenesis. Our results highlight a decrease in spinal cord macrophage adhesion to glutamatergic neurons leading therefore to a decrease in neuron activation. Thus, our study demonstrates the role of macrophage glutaminolysis in controlling the sympathetic tone of thermogenic adipose tissue.Secondly, we studied the impact of myeloid cell glutaminolysis on atherosclerosis development. Glutaminolysis invalidation in myeloid cells leads to an increase atherosclerotic plaque area. In particular, we observed an increase in plaque necrosis suggesting a new function for macrophage glutaminolysis. We also validated this association in human atheromatous plaques. Although Gls1 deficiency in macrophages does not affect their survival, we showed a key role of this pathway in efferocytosis. Further analyses of the downstream mechanisms revealed an alteration in macrophage alternative polarization associated with mitochondrial metabolism reprogramming. Modulation of these pathways leads to a drop in Rac1 activity, thus explaining the efferocytosis defect. Therefore, our second study identifies myeloid cell glutaminolysis as an essential actor in atherosclerosis development
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Leclercq, Yves. "Interactions transferrines macrophages : rôle des glycannes dans la reconnaissance par les récepteurs membranaires du macrophage péritonéal de souris." Lille 1, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987LIL10151.

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Graham, Susan. "Studies on the activation of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) macrophages and the characterization of a macrophage activating factor." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1989. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU498113.

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Rainbow trout macrophages were stimulated with PMA to produce 02- and H2O2 as detected by the reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) and the oxidation of phenol red respectively. Addition of DDC or nitroprusside, inhibitors of superoxide dismutase (SOD) increased O2-levels and decreased H2O2 levels, whereas addition of exogenous SOD had the reverse effect. Such data are indicative of a respiratory burst pathway in teleost macrophages comparable with that of mammals. Respiratory burst activity, acid phosphatase activity and RNA synthesis in rainbow trout macrophages which have been stimulated in vitro with the mitogen Concanavalin A (Con A) or in vivo by injection of formalin-fixed Aeromonas salmonicida in Freund's incomplete adjuvant (FIA) was analysed. With Con A, in vitro stimulated head kidney (HK) or elicited macrophages had increased O2-production and RNA synthesis but no significant increases in H2O2 or acid phosphatase activity after 72h post-stimulation with Con A. In contrast, all functions were increased in in vivo stimulated macrophages compared with FIA-elicited peritoneal macrophages. In a bactericidal assay, Con A stimulated macrophages did not show an increase in killing of an avirulent strain of A. salmonicida (004) above control levels whereas in vivo stimulated macrophages not only displayed increased killing of the avirulent strain of bacteria but also acquired the ability to kill a virulent strain (048). Thus, Con A stimulated macrophages only possessed some of the features of activation whereas in vivo stimulated macrophages were activated as defined by the increased bactericidal activity. Peritoneal washes obtained in the collection of activated macrophages were able to increase NBT reduction in normal HK macrophages suggesting the presence of a soluble activating factor. Lymphokine (LK)-containing supernatants produced using either HK or blood derived leucocytes, by pulsing with 10ug/ml Con and 5ng/ml PMA, were able to increase O2- and H2O2 production, to enhance the killing of an avirulent strain of A. Salmonicida and conferred the ability to kill a virulent strain of A. salmonicida. The LK present in these supernatants was therefore designated a macrophage activating factor (MAF). The use of potential second signals to enhance the killing of bacteria by LK-treated macrophages, met with limited success. Only A. salmonicida (strain 004) LPS was able to produce a small increase in killing above LK-treatment. The MAF produced in this study was tested for antiviral/interferon (IFN) activity. The results showed that the supernatants did contain IFN activity. Attempts to semi-purify the MAF from antiviral activity showed the two activities to co-purify, indicating that both activities may be due to the same molecular species. The retention time of the MAF/IFN, coupled with the results of SDS-PAGE analysis showed the molecular weight of the moiety to be approximately 19K daltons. Both activities were sensitive to low pH (pH 2), high temperature (60oC) and trypsin, providing further evidence that the MAF and IFN activity produced in these studies may be due to the same molecular species, possibly akin to IFN- of higher vertebrates.
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Leclercq, Yves. "Interactions transferrines macrophages rôle des glycannes dans la reconnaissance par les récepteurs membranaires du macrophage péritonéal de souris /." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37607185j.

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Manriquez, Rojas Valeria. "Role of the innate immune response in vascular damage caused by Neisseria meningitidis infection Vascular colonization by Neisseria meningitidis triggers a delayed and inefficient neutrophil response Intermittent pili-mediated forces fluidize Neisseria meningitidis aggregates promoting vascular colonization Adhesion to nanofibers drives cell membrane remodeling through 1D wetting." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCB076.

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Neisseria meningitidis est un diplocoque à Gram négatif responsable de méningite et de choc septique. Alors que la méningite est la forme d'infection la plus fréquente, la septicémie fulminante est responsable de 90% de la mortalité imputable à N. meningitidis. La septicémie méningococcique est caractérisée par une éruption purpurique due à des lésions vasculaires. Les observations au niveau histologique révèlent des méningocoques associés aux cellules endothéliales, des thromboses, des hémorragies périvasculaires et des infiltrations de cellules inflammatoires. Les mécanismes conduisant à ces lésions vasculaires ainsi que les raisons pour lesquelles le système immunitaire inné est incapable de contrôler l'infection avant l'atteinte de ce stade pathologique sont inconnus. Dans ce travail de doctorat, nous abordons ces questions en utilisant un modèle murin humanisée par xénogreffe de peau humaine chez des animaux immunodéficients. Nous rapportons que la prolifération bactérienne dans les capillaires est rapide et mène à l'occlusion des vaisseaux en moins de 3 heures post-infection. Dans ce contexte, les macrophages périvasculaires jouent un rôle de sentinelles car ils phagocytent efficacement les bactéries intraluminales adhérentes, aux stades précoces de l'infection et sont essentiels pour recruter les neutrophiles au site d'infection. L'imagerie intravitale et les expériences de déplétion des neutrophiles indiquent que ceux-ci jouent un rôle important dans la destruction des bactéries adhérentes par un processus de migration inverse c'est à dire de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur des vaisseaux et, par conséquent, diminuent les dommages vasculaires induits par les bactéries. L'analyse de la cinétique de recrutement des neutrophiles montre que ceux-ci atteignent un pic de recrutement entre 16h et 24h post-infection chez la souris infectée par voie intravasculaire, comme c'est le cas lors d'une infection naturelle alors que cela ne prend seulement 3h lorsque les bactéries sont injectées par voie intradermique. Ces résultats montrent que la détection intraluminale des bactéries par les macrophages périvasculaires conduit finalement au recrutement des neutrophiles et au contrôle des lésions vasculaires, mais cette réponse dépendante des macrophages périvasculaires est initiée trop tard pour être pleinement efficace
Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative diplococcus responsible for meningitis and septic shock. While meningitidis is the most frequent form of infection, fulminant septicemia is responsible for 90% of the mortality imputable to N. meningitidis. Meningococcal sepsis is characterized by a purpuric rash due to vascular damages. Observations at the histological level reveal meningococci associated to endothelial cells, thrombosis, perivascular hemorrhage and inflammatory cells infiltrates. The mechanisms leading to this vascular damage and the reasons for which the innate immune system is unable to control the infection before reaching this pathological stage are unknown. In this doctoral work, we address these questions using a humanized skin xenograft mouse model of Neisseria meningitidis infection. We report that bacterial proliferation inside capillaries is rapid leading to vessel occlusion in less than 3 hours post-infection. In this context, perivascular macrophages play a role of sentinels as they efficiently phagocytose adhering intraluminal bacteria at early stages of infection and are essential to recruit neutrophils to the site of infection. Intravital imaging and neutrophils depletion experiments indicate that neutrophils play an important role in killing adherent bacterial through a reverse migration process and as a consequence decrease the vascular damages induced by the bacteria. Interestingly, detailed analysis of the kinetics of neutrophil recruitment show that while neutrophil numbers reach a peak between 16h and 24h post-infection in mice challenged by the intravascular route as during the natural infection, this takes only 3h when bacteria are injected intra-dermally. These results show that intraluminal detection of bacteria by perivascular macrophages eventually leads to neutrophil recruitment and vascular damage control but this perivascular macrophage-dependent response is initiated too late to be fully efficient
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Afroun-Talantikite, Samia. "Activation des macrophages péritonéaux murins : modifications dans le profil de glycosylation des protéines, et dans l'activité bactéricide vis-à-vis du BCG." Paris 11, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA112165.

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Le macrophage est une des cellules effectrices des réactions de défense de l'organisme contre les infections. Mais les macrophages ne sont capables de s’opposer à la multiplication des microbes à developpement intacellulaire et les cellules tumorales que s'ils sont dans un état activé. Nous avons montré que l'action cytotoxique des macrophages activés vis-à-vis de cellules de nastocytome P815 dépend de l'intégrité des structures membranaires spécialement susceptibles à la trypsine. Nous avons d'autre part recherché les modifications apportées au profil de glycosylation des protéines macrophagiques lors. Du phénomène d'activation nous avons démontré que l'activation s'accompagne d'une réduction de 30 à 40 du taux d'acide sialique; 2) d'une réduction, hezles protéines N-glycosylées, des chaines deglycanes detypecomplexe au profit deglycanes hybrides ou oligomannosidiques. Une augmentation du nombre de résidus mannose et de galactose exposés à la surface des macrophages pourrait modifier leur capacité d'interaction avec les parasites et les cellules tumorales. Pour l'expression d'une activité cytotoxique, les macrophages sont activés, par l'application séquentielle de 2 stimuli (injection de dimycolate de tréhalose (TOM) puis traitement in vitro par le LPS). Nous avons recherché quelle était la contribution propre de chacun de ces 2 signaux pour l'induction d'une activité microbicide vis-à-vis d'une bactérie à croissance intracellulaire comme le BCG: le TOM induit une activité anti-BCG qui s'exprime in de façon transitoire; le traitement par le LPS renforce et/ou prolonge l'activité microbicide des macrophages. L'eau oxygénée que les macrophages-TOM sont capables d'émettre ne semble pas très responsable de l'arrêt de la croissance du BCG; par contre, les lysats de macrophages activés ont une activité bactériostatique.
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Lévêque, Manuella. "Résolution de l'inflammation - infection dans les macrophages de patients atteints de mucoviscidose : impact de la membrane." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016REN1B041/document.

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Les macrophages sont en première ligne de la défense innée et jouent un rôle important dans l’initiation de la réponse immunitaire puisque régulant l’inflammation et permettant la clairance des pathogènes. Dans la mucoviscidose, ces phénomènes sont exacerbés et deviennent chronique sans pouvoir être résolus. Les objectifs de cette thèse ont été de déterminer des cibles potentielles responsables des altérations du macrophage dans la mucoviscidose. Dans le contexte inflammatoire, la forme soluble du CD14 (sCD14), dont la sécrétion est augmentée par les macrophages de patients atteints de la mucoviscidose, est caractérisé comme un DAMP puisqu’il contribue à l’entretien de l’inflammation au niveau tissulaire. Dans le contexte infectieux, l’activité de TRPV2, impliqué dans la phagocytose, est altérée. Dans la mucoviscidose, l’inflammation et l’infection sont aussi intimement liées par l’intermédiaire d’une altération des microstructures de la membrane plasmique impliquée dans la production du sCD14 et dans le processus de phagocytose. En conclusion, les modifications des fonctions du macrophage affaiblissent la défense innée des patients atteints de mucoviscidose et peuvent être impliqués dans la progression de la maladie. Par conséquent, les interventions visant à réduire l’inflammation et l’infection pourraient être bénéfiques afin de préserver la fonction pulmonaire des patients. Ainsi, les approches thérapeutiques visant à corriger les dysfonctions du macrophage de patients atteints de mucoviscidose pourrait fournir une meilleure résolution de l'infection et l'inflammation
Macrophages play a significant role in the initiating stages of immune responses regulating inflammation and clearance of the pathogens. In cystic fibrosis, inability of the macrophage to act as a suppressor cell leading to chronic inflammation/infection cannot be resolved. The aims of this work was to find new targets responsible for alterations in cystic fibrosis macrophages. Regarding inflammation, the soluble form of CD14 (sCD14), find overproduced by cystic fibrosis macrophages, is characterized to be a DAMP as it contributes for maintenance of inflammation in tissues. Regarding infection, the activity of TRPV2, involved in phagocytic capacity of macrophage, is impaired. In cystic fibrosis, inflammation and infection were closely linked to the alteration of the plasma membrane microstructures involved in the production of sCD14 and in the phagocytosis process. In conclusion, the alterations of macrophage weaken innate defense of cystic fibrosis patients and may be involved in cystic fibrosis disease progression and lung damage. Consequently, interventions aimed to reduce ongoing infection and destructive inflammatory response may be beneficial in order to preserve their lung function. In this way, therapeutic approaches aimed to correct cystic fibrosis macrophages dysfunctions might provide improved resolution of infection and inflammation
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Willems, Jorine Joanna Lamberta Paulina. "Apoptosis-driven activation of macrophages by starry-sky B-cell lymphoma." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18738.

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In high-grade ‘starry-sky’ non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), particularly Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL), large numbers of apoptotic tumour cells are engulfed by infiltrating tumour-associated macrophages (TAM). In situ studies suggest that in starry-sky TAM in a xenograft model of BL various tumour-promoting, trophic, angiogenic, tissue remodelling, and anti-inflammatory pathways are activated. Furthermore, apoptotic cells have been shown to activate expression of tumour-promoting matrix metalloproteinases in macrophages. This work investigates the hypothesis that apoptotic cells or factors released from apoptotic cells induce additional aspects of the starry-sky TAM signature, which serve to promote tumour growth. Macrophages at different stages of maturation, cultured in vitro in the presence of large numbers of apoptotic cells, were shown to differ in phenotype, giving credibility to the hypothesis. Less mature mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) were better at migrating towards apoptotic cells, whereas mature BMDM were better at phagocytosing them. Lactoferrin, which is released from cells undergoing apoptosis and inhibits the migration of neutrophils, was selected as a candidate mediator in the activation of macrophages by apoptotic cells. Lactoferrin was shown to bind viable human and murine monocytes and macrophages, however only high concentrations, which are unlikely to be physiologically or clinically relevant, were found to affect expression of starry-sky TAM genes or reduce classically-activated macrophage cytotoxicity. The direct effect of apoptotic cells on macrophage activation was assessed. Mature BMDM were not used for these studies as their development in vitro in a highly apoptotic environment was judged likely to bias their activation state toward that of TAM, therefore macrophages were first classically-activated with IFN-γ and LPS. This reduced the expression of many starry-sky TAM genes, including several genes associated with responses to apoptotic cells. However, classical activation did not inhibit apoptotic cell engulfment, but rather enhanced it. Co-culture with apoptotic cells, but not viable cells, increased the gene expression of Gas6, Mrc1, Cd36, Timp2, and Pparg, and the latter was dependent on direct interaction with macrophages rather than factors released from apoptotic cells. Furthermore, classically-activated macrophages were found to induce apoptosis in lymphoma cells, and although pre-co-culture of the macrophages with apoptotic cells did not reduce their ability to induce apoptosis, it enhanced tumour cell growth. Macrophage deficiency of IL-4Rα or galectin-3 did not affect classically-activated macrophage responses to apoptotic cells. However, classical activation of galectin-3 deficient macrophages appeared to restore the decreased ability of galectin-3 deficient, untreated macrophages to phagocytose apoptotic cells. Because of the unique new method of laser-capture microdissection by which starry-sky TAM signatures were established, direct comparisons with expression databases of tissue and in vitro cultured macrophages were not possible, but indirect comparisons suggest starry-sky TAM activation reflects the activation phenotype of a mixture of tissue macrophages. Furthermore, it highlighted phagocytosis as one of the most important pathways activated by starry-sky TAM. Together the results presented here suggest apoptotic lymphoma cells can shape TAM activation signatures in starry-sky NHL, even when macrophages are pre-activated to induce apoptosis in lymphoma cells. This is important when considering the consequences of anti-cancer therapies that induce apoptosis or aim to redirect phagocyte activation.
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Gui, Philippe. "Caractérisation de la migration trans-tissulaire des macrophages." Toulouse 3, 2014. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/2612/.

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L'infiltration de macrophages dans les tumeurs est associée à un mauvais pronostic. Le contrôle de leur migration trans-tissulaire représente donc un enjeu thérapeutique important. Ma thèse a consisté à identifier les mécanismes impliqués dans cette migration. Grâce à des approches d'observation directe du comportement migratoire des cellules dans des tissus vivants (microscopie intravitale et explants tissulaires ex vivo), je montre que les macrophages in vivo adoptent un mode de migration distinct selon le tissu. Dans un fibrosarcome (tissu dense), ils ont une migration de type mésenchymateux (dépendante des protéases), tandis que dans le derme sain adjacent, ils ont une migration de type amiboïde (indépendante des protéases). De plus, j'ai identifié une protéine, p27kip1, impliquée dans la migration mésenchymateuse. Ainsi, en montrant que la migration mésenchymateuse des macrophages existe in vivo, notamment dans les tumeurs, elle pourra devenir une cible thérapeutique prometteuse
The infiltration of macrophages inside tumors is associated with a poor prognosis. Therefore, the specific control of their trans-tissular migration represents an important therapeutic challenge. My thesis has consisted in identifying the mechanisms involved in this migration. Using approaches allowing the observation of the migration behavior of cells directly inside living tissues (intravital microscopy and ex vivo tissue explants), I show that macrophages adopt a distinct migration mode in vivo depending on the tissue. In a fibrosarcoma (dense tissue), they use a mesenchymal-like migration (protease-dependent), whereas in the healthy surrounding derma, they use an amoeboid-like migration (protease-independent). Moreover, I identified a protein, p27kip1, involved in mesenchymal migration. In conclusion, by showing that the mesenchymal migration of macrophages exists in vivo, particularly in tumors, it could become a promising therapeutic target
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Nguyen, Deborah Lynn Greene. "The "ins and outs" of macrophage HIV infection how HIV interacts with and exploits te endosomal/exosomal pathway in macrophages /." Available to US Hopkins community, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/dlnow/3080731.

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Stephens, Janet. "A study of biochemical and morphological aspects of macrophage function in experimental murine Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis infections." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27213.

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It is submitted in this thesis that the degree of activation or inhibition of macrophage function may differ in N. asteroides and N. brasiliensis infections with respect to release of plasminogen activator and of lysozyme The pattern of secretion of plasminogen activator and lysozyme in N. asteroides infections appears to differ in N. brasiliensis infection; and there is possibly a difference in the amount of lysozyme released by 2 day N. asteroides-activated macrophages and 2 day N. brasiliensis -activated macrophages. Strains of Nocardia organism did not influence macrophage morphology or ultrastructure. The study also shows the biochemical characteristics of plasminogen activator and lysozyme release, but not macrophage morphology and ultrastructure, are modified in the first 21 days of experimental Nocardia infections. There are three apparent mechanisms by which virulent strains of N. asteroides manage to survive within macrophages: (i) an ability to inhibit phagosome-lysozome fusion: (ii) alteration in the intraphagosomal pH: and (iii) alteration in the activity of the lysozomal enzyme acid-phosphatase. This study attempted to elucidate further the mechanisms enabling Nocardia organisms to persist and grow within macrophages. Reduced lysozyme release reflects diminished functional status of the macrophages of mice inoculated with N. asteroides or N. brasiliensis at certain times during infection. Reduced intracellular lysozyme levels have been linked with defects in bactericidal function. Such a reduction in intracellular and consequently extracellular levels of lysozyme might explain the capacity of Nocardia to survive intracellularly and to proliferate in the macrophage host.
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Lisowski, Zofia Maria. "Targeting the macrophage in equine post-operative ileus." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33191.

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Post-operative ileus (POI) is the functional inhibition of propulsive intestinal motility which is a frequent occurrence following abdominal surgery in the horse and in humans. Rodent and human-derived data have shown that manipulation-induced activation of the resident muscularis externa (ME) macrophages in the intestine contributes to the pathophysiology of the disease. Most studies of the disease, specifically in the horse, have focussed on identification of risk factors, descriptive studies of the disease or the assessment of the efficacy of various therapeutic and prophylactic interventions. As a result, the proposed pathogenesis of equine POI is largely reliant on the translation of data from rodent models. The aims of this thesis were to identify macrophage populations in the normal equine gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and to study equine macrophage activation by stimulating equine bone marrow-derived macrophages (eqBMDMs) with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as a model for intestinal macrophage activation. Firstly, the normal population of macrophages in the equine GIT was determined. Using CD163 as an immunohistochemical marker for macrophages. CD163+ve cells were present in all tissue layers of the equine intestine: mucosa, submucosa, ME and serosa. CD163+ve cells were regularly distributed within the ME, with accumulations adjacent to the myenteric plexus, and therefore to intestinal motility effector cells such as neurons and the Interstitial Cells of Cajal. The differentiation and survival of intestinal macrophages depends upon signals from the macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1) receptor. LPS translocation from the gut lumen is thought to be a key activator of ME macrophages. To provide a model for gut macrophages, a protocol was optimised to produce pure populations of equine bone marrow-derived macrophages (eqBMDMs) by cultivation of equine bone marrow in CSF-1. Macrophage functionality was assessed using microscopy, flow cytometry and phagocytosis assays. EqBMDMs responded to LPS stimulation with increases in expression of positive control genes, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1). The same mRNA was subjected to transcriptomic (RNA-Seq) analysis. Differential gene expression and network cluster analysis demonstrated an inflammatory response characterised by the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β) and interleukin 6 (IL-6). However, in contrast to rodent macrophages, eqBMDMs failed to produce nitric oxide in response to LPS, showing species-specific variation in innate immune biology. Using these data, we compared gene expression in normal equine intestine and in intestine from horses undergoing abdominal surgery for colic (abdominal pain). Horses undergoing abdominal surgery showed evidence of increased expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the mucosa and ME when compared to control tissue. Horses with post-operative reflux (POR), a clinical sign of POI, had increased gene expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α compared to horses that did not develop POR following abdominal surgery. These preliminary data suggest that there is macrophage activation within the ME of the intestine during abdominal surgery in the horse, and that a greater activation state is present in horses that subsequently develop POR. The final part of this study was to investigate the effect of a long-acting form of CSF- 1, an Fc fusion protein (CSF1-Fc), as a potential treatment for POI using a mouse model. This work, performed in collaboration with another research group, found that mice lacking the C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) gene, which is required for monocyte recruitment into tissues, had a longer recovery period following intestinal manipulation (IM) than wild type (WT) mice. With the administration of CSF1-Fc, infiltration of neutrophils to the ME was reduced and the number of macrophages in the ME was increased in both WT and CCR2-/- mice following IM. Administration of CSF1-Fc in CCR2-/- mice improved recovery of gastrointestinal transit three days following IM, to the same extent as WT mice. Network cluster analysis and RT-qPCR of the ME revealed clusters of genes induced and downregulated by CSF1-Fc, with increased expression of anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving genes after IM in WT and CCR2-/- mice following treatment with CSF1-Fc.
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Ellouze, Mehdi. "Identification des mécanismes anti-inflammatoires de GILZ dans les monocytes/macrophages et de son potentiel thérapeutique dans le choc septique." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLS239/document.

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Le Sepsis et le choc septique, associés à une inflammation systémique sévère et incontrôlée, sont les principales causes de mortalité dans les unités de soins intensifs. Les macrophages jouent un rôle central dans ces pathologies. Ils participent à l'initiation et à la régulation de l'inflammation. Lors d'une infection bactérienne, ils reconnaissent le LPS de la paroi bactérienne par l’intermédiaire du TLR4 ce qui déclenche l’activation des MAPK, des facteurs de transcription NF-kB et AP1 et, in fine, la production des cytokines pro-inflammatoires dont le TNF et l'IL6. L’expression de la protéine GILZ dans les macrophages limite, in vitro, la production d'IL6 et de TNF en réponse au LPS. Cet effet est attribué à une inactivation de NF-kB. D’autre part, l'expression de GILZ décroît dans les macrophages humains et murins après une stimulation par du LPS.Compte tenu des effets régulateurs de GILZ dans les macrophages, les objectifs de notre étude sont 1) de déterminer si l’expression de GILZ est altérée dans les monocytes/macrophages (M/M) au cours du Sepsis, 2) de déterminer si une modulation de l’expression de GILZ dans les M/M est suffisante pour influencer l’inflammation systémique, et 3) d’identifier le mécanisme d'action de GILZ dans les M/M humains.Nous avons mesuré l’expression de GILZ dans les M/M de patients atteints de choc septique ou de syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë, et dans un modèle murin d’endotoxémie. Nous avons observé une diminution significative de GILZ dans ces contextes pathologiques chez l’homme et la souris. L'impact de cette altération a été exploré dans des souris transgéniques uniques dont les macrophages surexpriment GILZ de façon non régulable. Nous avons confirmé que la surexpression de GILZ limite la production de TNF et favorise celle de l'IL-10 dans les macrophages stimulés in vitro par du LPS. Nous avons ensuite étudié la réponse inflammatoire et la survie de ces souris dans un modèle d’endotoxémie et de choc septique, et montré que cette surexpression de GILZ restreinte aux macrophages limite la production sérique de cytokines pro-inflammatoires et, par conséquent, l'inflammation systémique en améliorant significativement la survie des souris. Ces résultats mettent en évidence les conséquences, au niveau systémique, de la régulation des macrophages par GILZ.Dans l’optique d’élucider les mécanismes impliqués dans la régulation des macrophages par GILZ, nous avons confirmé que GILZ inhibe NF-kB dans les macrophages humains sans toutefois retrouver l’interaction directe décrite entre GILZ murin et la sous-unité p65 de NF-kB.Ce résultat nous a conforté dans la nécessité de caractériser l’interactome de GILZ dans les macrophages humains. Deux approches complémentaires ont été utilisées. La première est un criblage pan-génomique des interactants de GILZ humain par la technique du double-hybride. La seconde méthode consiste en une purification d'affinité en tandem (TAP-TAG) de la protéine GILZ et de ses interactants, suivie d'une identification de ces protéines par spectrométrie de masse. Ce complexe a été isolé à partir d'extraits nucléaires ou cytoplasmiques de cellules humaines différenciées en macrophages et génétiquement modifiées afin d’exprimer la protéine GILZ flanquée des deux étiquettes nécessaires à sa purification. Ces deux approches ont mis en évidence des interactions nouvelles entre GILZ et des protéines clés de la signalisation du TLR4 dans les macrophages humains ainsi qu'un rôle probable de GILZ comme facteur régulateur de la transcription.Ces résultats montrent que la régulation de la réponse anti-inflammatoire des macrophages par GILZ a un impact sur l’inflammation systémique in vivo et améliore la survie dans un modèle de choc septique sévère. De plus, ces travaux identifient pour la première fois les partenaires cytoplasmiques et nucléaires de GILZ dans les macrophages humains et devraient permettre dans le futur, une meilleure compréhension de cette protéine
Sepsis and septic shock, associated with a severe and uncontrolled systemic inflammation, are the main causes of death in intensive care units. Macrophages play a central role in these pathologies. They are involved in the initiation and regulation of inflammation. They recognize LPS from the bacterial cell wall via TLR4, which triggers the activation of MAPK signaling pathway and transcription factors such as NF-KB and AP1 and ultimately, the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines including TNF and IL6. The expression of the protein GILZ in macrophages limits in vitro the production of IL6 and TNF in response to LPS. This effect is attributed to inactivation of NF-kB. Moreover, GILZ expression decreases in human and mouse macrophages exposed to LPS.Given the regulatory effects of GILZ in macrophages, the objectives of our study were 1) to determine whether GILZ expression is down-regulated in monocytes / macrophages (M/M) in the sepsis, 2) to determine whether the modulation of GILZ expression in M/M is sufficient to influence systemic inflammation, and 3) to identify GILZ mechanism of action in human M/M.GILZ expression was measured in the M/M of patients with septic shock or acute respiratory distress syndrome, and in a murine model of endotoxemia. We observed a significant reduced expression of GILZ in these pathological contexts in human and mice. The impact of this alteration was explored in unique transgenic mouse model in which macrophages stably overexpress GILZ (CD68-GILZ).We confirmed that GILZ overexpression limits TNF production and promotes IL-10 production in in vitro LPS-stimulated macrophages. We further studied the inflammatory response and survival of these mice in models of endotoxemia and septic shock. We showed that GILZ overexpression restricted to macrophages, limits serum pro-inflammatory cytokines production, therefore decreases systemic inflammation and significantly improves mice survival. These results highlight the effects of macrophage polarization by GILZ at a systemic level.This result confirmed the need to characterize GILZ interactome in human macrophages. Two complementary approaches have been used. The first one consists of a pan-genomic double hybrid screening of human GILZ partners. The second method consists of a tandem affinity purification (TAP-TAG) of GILZ protein and its associated partners, followed by the identification of these partners by mass spectrometry. Analyses have been performed independently on nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts from human macrophage cells, genetically engineered to express GILZ protein with the two tags required for purification. This dual approach led us to identify new direct and indirect interactions between GILZ and other key proteins of TLR4 signaling pathway in human macrophages and highlight a likely role of GILZ as a transcription regulatory factor.These results confirm the anti-inflammatory role of GILZ on systemic inflammation and enhancement of lifetime in murine models of endotoxemia and septic shock. Furthermore, this work identifies for the first time the cytoplasmic and nuclear GILZ partners in human macrophages and would allow in the future, a better understanding of GILZ mechanism of action
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Chinnery, Holly Rose. "Dendritic cells and macrophages in the mammalian cornea : distribution, morphology, phenotype and their role in responding to microbial challenge." University of Western Australia. School of Anatomy and Human Biology, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0217.

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[Truncated abstract] The cornea plays a major role in the refraction of light and thus the maintenance of its transparency is critical for optimal vision. Infection or trauma can initiate a host inflammatory response, which can cause edema of the collagenous stroma. This tissue edema compromises vision by disrupting the regular arrangement of the corneal stromal lamellae, whose organization is critical to its refractive properties. Until recently, it was the accepted dogma that the cornea was an immune privileged tissue owing in part to its avascular nature and paucity of resident macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) in the central region of the cornea. However, recent studies have identified heterogenous populations of macrophages and DCs in both the corneal stroma and epithelium. Despite the recognition of the existence of these cells in the cornea, very little is known about their biological role. The overall purpose of the experiments described in this thesis is to characterise corneal macrophages and DCs in homeostatic conditions and investigate their role in the initiation of inflammatory responses to bacterial ligands that induce corneal inflammation and contribute to the severity and resolution of bacterial keratitis. Experiments described in this thesis utilized a range of transgenic, knock-out and bone marrow (BM) chimeric mice to address the immunological function and characterization of BM-derived cells in the mouse cornea. Of particular importance was the use of Cx3cr1 transgenic mice, which contain an enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) encoding cassette knocked into the Cx3cr1 gene that disrupts its expression but facilitates GFP expression under the control of the Cx3cr1 promoter. ... This highlights a novel functional role for corneal BM-derived cells in the recognition and initiation of inflammatory responses to LPS. Finally, a novel observation of a potential mechanism by which DC in the cornea communicate with neighbouring DCs via fine membrane extensions was identified in both chimeric and wild-type mice. These membrane nanotubes, found exclusively on MHC class II+ cells in the corneal stroma, significantly increased in density in the central cornea under inflammatory conditions, suggesting a role for these cell protrusions in the immune response. These data represent the first ever description of nanotubes in vivo, the only previous evidence of their presence being in vitro studies. In summary, the data presented in this thesis supports a role for Cx3cr1 in the homing of DCs to the normal corneal epithelium and also suggests that Cx3cr1-deficiency may influence the ability of corneal macrophages and DCs to respond to bacteria. In addition, the thesis supports a role for resident corneal macrophages and DCs in the initiation of immune responses following challenge with LPS, which is possibly supported by a newly discovered system of membrane nanotubes. A greater understanding of the biology of the resident corneal immune cells could lead to the development of potential therapies aimed at targeting macrophages and DCs as a means of regulating potentially harmful inflammatory responses in the cornea.
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Lecointe, Didier. "Effets immunologiques du monoxyde d'azote : rôle du NO. dans la défense contre "Legionella pneumophila", étude chez la souris et chez l'homme." Paris 5, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA05P076.

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Nabulsi, Maisa. "Role of DNA methyltransferase 3a (Dnmt3a) in the adaptation of atherogenesis key players to proatherogenic environment." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066739/document.

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L’ADN méthyltransférase 3a (DNMT3A) relie environnement et phénotype par la méthylation des dinucléotides CpG, qu’on les trouve en particulier dans les régions promotrices des gènes. Hypométhylation de ces CpG est associée à l’activation de la transcription, qui permet le contrôle de l'expression génique dans des états physiologiques et pathologiques. La plupart de nos connaissances sur l’implication de Dnmt3a en pathologie concernent le cancer, quelques données montrent sa contribution à d’autres pathologies. L’athérosclérose est la maladie cardiovasculaire la plus fréquente. Plusieurs facteurs de risque contribuant à son apparition, sont liés à L’environnement. En particulier, les dyslipidémies, largement influencées par le régime alimentaire. Par ailleurs, d’abondantes données décrivent la contribution des cellules inflammatoires à la physiopathologie de cette maladie. Jusqu'à présent, un nombre croissant de données suggère un rôle de la méthylation de l’ADN dans l'athérosclérose, mais à ce jour, le rôle de Dnmt3a dans la régulation du cholestérol et le développement initial des plaques n'a pas été étudié.Nos résultats suggèrent que l’inactivation de Dnmt3a dans les monocytes/macrophages ne modifie pas le développement initial des plaques d’athérome et n’a pas d’influence sur la polarisation des macrophages in vitro. En parallèle, nous avons démontré que l’inactivation de Dnmt3a dans les hépatocytes conduit à une différence significative de cholestérolémie plasmatique qui n’est pas liée à une dérégulation des gènes majeurs impliqués dans le métabolisme du cholestérol. En revanche, nous avons mis en évidence une activation des réponses inflammatoires
DNA methyltransferase 3a (DNMT3A) links environment to phenotypes via catalysis of CpG dinucleotides, notably found in genes promoter regions, methylation and whose hypomethylation is associated with gene transcriptional activation thus enabling the control of gene expression in physiologic and pathologic states. Most of our knowledge about its’ role in disease occurrence are based on articles demonstrating its’ implication in human cancers. Limited data from mouse studies illustrates its’ contribution to certain pathologies. Atherosclerosis constitutes the single most important contributor to the growing burden of cardiovascular disease. Risk factors contribute to disease occurrence, where most are related to environmental influences, notably Dyslipidaemia, a key initiator of atherosclerosis. Abundant data link hypercholesterolemia to atherogenesis, on the other hand, contribution of inflammatory mechanisms that couple dyslipidaemia to atheroma formation has been also appreciated. So far, a growing number of data suggests a role of Dnmt3a in atherosclerosis but to date, its role in cholesterol regulation and early plaque formation has not been clearly elucidated. Our results suggested that deletion of Dnmt3a in monocyte/macrophages does not affect the formation of early atherosclerostic plaque nor does it impact the polarization of macrophages in vitro. In parallel, we have also demonstrated that the deletion of Dnmt3a in hepatocytes leads to significant elevation in TC levels. We were not able to relate this elevation to dysregulation of major genes involved in Cholesterol regulation. On the other hand, we noticed activation of hepatic inflammatory responses
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Marie-Anaïs, Florence. "Mécanismes de formation et de fermeture des phagosomes dans les macrophages." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCB072/document.

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La phagocytose est un mécanisme cellulaire essentiel de l’organisme. Elle joue un rôle à la fois dans le maintien de l’homéostasie tissulaire mais également dans le système immunitaire. Ce processus, réalisé par des cellules phagocytaires, telles que les cellules dendritiques, les polymorphonucléaires neutrophiles ou les macrophages, permet l’ingestion et l’élimination quotidienne de particules de grandes tailles (>0,5 µm) : bactéries, champignons ou débris cellulaires. Il est induit par de nombreux récepteurs phagocytaires tels que les récepteurs aux fragments cristallisables des immunoglobulines (FcR) et les récepteurs au complément (CR3). Ceux-ci induisent des cascades de signalisation différentes mais aboutissant, toutes deux, à un remodelage du cytosquelette d’actine et de la membrane plasmique. Il y alors formation d’une coupe phagocytaire entourant et enfermant la particule à internaliser dans un compartiment clos appelé phagosome. Alors que de nombreuses études ont permis de disséquer l’organisation des coupes phagocytaires induites par les FcR, le mécanisme de fermeture des phagosomes n’était pas élucidé. Par ailleurs, les mécanismes moléculaires impliqués dans la formation des phagosomes suite à l’engagement des CR3 sont moins bien décrits. Au cours de ce travail, nous avons analysé le rôle de la dynamine 2, une GTPase impliquée dans les mécanismes de fission des vésicules d’endocytose, au cours de la formation et de la fermeture des phagosomes. Nous avons utilisé un système expérimental original utilisant la microscopie à ondes évanescentes pour montrer, que la dynamine 2 est recrutée avec l’actine dans les coupes phagocytaires en formation et qu’elle s’accumule au site de fermeture des phagosomes dans des macrophages vivants. L’inhibition de son activité GTPase induit une inhibition de l’efficacité de phagocytose et un défaut de la dynamique de l’actine lors de l’extension des coupes phagocytaires. De façon surprenante, la dépolymérisation de l’actine conduit à un défaut de recrutement de la dynamine 2 au site de la phagocytose mettant en évidence une régulation croisée entre la dynamine 2 et l’actine. Enfin cette étude a montré que la dynamine 2 joue un rôle critique dans la scission du phagosome. Dans un second temps, nous avons initié l’étude des mécanismes impliqués dans la régulation de l’activité du récepteur au complément CR3. L’activation de ce récepteur phagocytaire, qui fait partie de la famille des intégrines, requiert un ancrage à l’actine nécessaire à la signalisation vers la polymérisation d’actine et à la formation des coupes phagocytaires. L’ensemble de ces résultats contribue à une meilleure connaissance des mécanismes moléculaires fins impliqués dans la phagocytose
Phagocytosis is an important cellular mechanism. It plays a role in both the maintenance of tissue homeostasis and in the immune system. This process, performed by phagocytic cells, including dendritic cells, polymorphonuclear neutrophils or macrophages, enables daily ingestion and elimination of large particles (> 0.5 microns) e.g. bacteria, fungi or cellular debris. It is induced by many phagocytic receptors such as the receptors for crystallizable fragments of immunoglobulins (FcR) and complement receptor (CR3). These receptors induce different signaling cascades but ultimately lead to a remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane. Next there is the formation of a phagocytic cup which surrounds and encloses the ingested particle in a closed compartment called the phagosome. While many studies have dissected the phagocytic cup organization induced by the FcR, the mechanism of phagosome closure was not understood. Furthermore, the molecular mechanisms involved in phagosome formation following CR3 engagement are less well described. In this work, we analyzed the role of dynamin 2, a GTPase involved in fission mechanisms of endocytosis vesicles, and in the formation and closure of phagosomes. We used an original experimental system using the total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) to show that dynamin 2 is recruited with actin during phagocytic cup formation and accumulates at the site of phagosome closure in living macrophages. The inhibition of its GTPase activity induced an inhibition of phagocytosis and a defect in actin dynamics during pseudopod extension. Surprisingly, the depolymerization of actin lead to a defective recruitment of dynamin 2 at the phagocytic site showing there is a cross-regulation between dynamin 2 and actin. Finally, this study showed that dynamin 2 plays a critical role in the scission of the phagosome. Secondly, we initiated the study of the mechanisms involved in regulating the activity of the complement receptor CR3. Enabling this phagocytic receptor, part of the integrin family, requires anchoring actin which is necessary for signaling to the actin polymerization and the formation of phagocytic cups. All these results contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in phagocytosis purposes
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Reichard, Adam Craig. "The Effects of HSV-1 Challenge on Polarized Murine Macrophages: an In Vitro Model Using the J774A.1 Murine Macrophage Cell Line." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1343411395.

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Holmes, Benjamin A. "The Construction of a Plasmid for Detecting the Pathway of Arginine Metabolism in Human Macrophages: a Real-Time Assessment of Macrophage Polarity." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1348874681.

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Emre, Yalin. "Influence de la protéine découplante mitochondriale UCP2 sur la signalisation et le métabolisme des macrophages." Phd thesis, Université René Descartes - Paris V, 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00182672.

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La protéine UCP2 (UnCoupling Protein 2) appartient à la famille des transporteurs de la membrane interne de la mitochondrie. Son expression est restreinte à certains tissus comme la rate, l'estomac ou l'intestin. Au niveau cellulaire, UCP2 est particulièrement présente dans les macrophages où elle régule la production de radicaux libres (ROS). L'analyse des souris Ucp2-KO a montré qu'elles survivent mieux à une infection par le parasite Toxoplasma gondii que les animaux sauvages grâce à des macrophages superactifs en terme de production de ROS. Par ailleurs, dans le modèle murin de l'athérosclérose humaine, les souris Ucp2-KO développent des plaques athéromateuses plus instables et plus larges, présentant une forte accumulation de macrophages et des dégats importants liés au monoxyde d'azote (NO).
Au cours de ma thèse, nous avons cherché à approfondir les connaissances sur le rôle physiologique d'UCP2 ainsi que sur son activité biochimique.
Nous avons démontré que la diminution rapide d'UCP2 en réponse au LPS potentialise l'activation des MAPK dans les macrophages. La mitochondrie via UCP2 est ainsi au coeur d'une boucle d'amplification du signal impliquant la modulation des ROS mitochondriaux. Par conséquent, la signalisation et la vitesse d'activation des macrophages Ucp2-KO est accélérée, conduisant à une production accrue de NO et de cytokines.
La pertinance de ces résultats a ensuite été testée in vivo avec un volet infection et un volet auto-immunité. L'infection des souris par la bactérie Listeria monocytogenes a révélé une meilleure résistance des souris Ucp2-KO. Une production accrue de cytokines pro-inflammatoires chez les souris Ucp2-KO ainsi qu'un recrutement plus important de phagocytes au niveau de leur rate soulignent le rôle régulateur d'UCP2 sur l'immunité innée. En ce qui concerne, l'auto-immunité, l'induction expérimentale d'un diabète de type 1 est nettement accélérée chez les souris Ucp2-KO. L'analyse de ces souris montrent un rôle capital des macrophages dans le développement de la maladie grâce à leur forte capacité de production de cytokines et de NO.
L'activité biochimique d'UCP2, c'est-à-dire son activité de transport, a également été abordée. La glutamine est un inducteur spécifique de l'expression d'UCP2. Par conséquent, la comparaison du métabolisme de la glutamine dans les macrophages Ucp2-KO et Ucp2-WT a démontré que l'expression d'UCP2 est requise pour une oxydation correcte de la glutamine.
Enfin, grâce à la disponibilité de génomes complets de nombreuses espèces, l'étude phylogénomique des UCP a permis de tracer une histoire de l'évolution des UCP de mammifères et aviaire.
Nos études ont mis en évidence la participation d'UCP2 au métabolisme des macrophages. L'altération de celui-ci influe sur la signalisation et l'activité des cellules. Une meilleure compréhension de la fonction d'UCP2 et du métabolisme des cellules immunitaires pourrait ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives thérapeutiques.
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Cozon, Grégoire. "Activation macrophagique et infection lentivirale dans le modèle du virus Visna-Maedi." Lyon 1, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992LYO1H007.

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Lastrucci, Claire. "Polarisation et rôle des macrophages dans des contextes inflammatoires aigus et chroniques." Toulouse 3, 2014. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/2571/.

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Les cellules de l'immunité innée sont impliquées dans divers processus tels que l'initiation d'une réponse inflammatoire et les mécanismes de résolution de l'inflammation. Le premier objectif de ma thèse a permis de caractériser, dans un modèle de péritonite aigüe induite par le thioglycolate, les mécanismes cellulaires et moléculaires impliqués dans les processus résolutifs à la fois dans la cavité péritonéale et l'omentum. Le second objectif visait à étudier la réponse inflammatoire mise en jeu au cours de la tuberculose. J'ai montré que M. Tuberculosis est capable de moduler à distance le phénotype et la fonction des monocytes, vers un profil immuno-régulateur. Ceci permettrait à la bactérie de recruter sur le site infectieux des cellules moins compétentes pour contrôler l'infection afin de favoriser sa multiplication et sa survie. Ensemble ces résultats permettent de mieux comprendre les mécanismes de l'inflammation lors de pathologies aigües et chroniques
Innate immune cells are involved in different processes such as the initiation of an inflammatory response and the resolution of inflammation mechanisms. The first part of my work characterized, in a model of acute peritonitis induced by thioglycolate, the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved during the resolutive processes both in the peritoneal cavity and in the omentum. The second part of my work aimed at studying the immune mechanisms involved during tuberculosis. I showed that M. Tuberculosis is able to remotely modulate the phenotype and the function of monocytes, towards an immune-regulatory phenotype. This would allow the bacterium to recruit to the infectious site immune cells less competent to control the infection in order to promote its own fitness. Together these results provide new insights for the understanding of the inflammatory mechanisms in acute and chronic contexts
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Queraux, François-Yves. "Syndrome d'activation macrophagique avec hemophagocytose : à propos de trois observations." Bordeaux 2, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992BOR2M024.

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Soe-Lin, Shan. "Macrophage iron recycling." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66717.

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In an absurd twist of nature, the physiological role of iron is paradoxical. Iron is the most abundant element found on Earth and yet is insoluble under physiological conditions. Furthermore, life is not possible without iron; iron is indispensible for life, as it is a vital co-factor for essential enzymes due to its unique redox abilities. And yet, high concentrations of iron lead to the formation of reactive oxygen species and are toxic. Consequently, living creatures have evolved ingenious strategies for acquiring and managing otherwise insoluble iron atoms, and for tightly regulating its levels within the organism. The majority of bodily iron in humans is contained within the red blood cell (RBC) mass, as a component of hemoglobin. RBCs become more damaged and less deformable as they age, and at the end of their 120 day lifespan, senescent RBCs are engulfed by macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system of the liver and spleen. These specialized macrophages ingest 2 million RBCs/sec, catabolize the hemoglobin, and release the iron contained within to plasma transferrin for reincorporation into new RBCs within the bone marrow. It is remarkable how reticuloendothelial macrophages safely manage the enormous quantities of iron which would otherwise prove toxic to other cells. In my studies, I have examined the specific aspects of iron metabolism within these iron-handling macrophages. Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1) is a divalent metal transporter expressed only within the phagosomes of professional phagocytic cells such as macrophages and neutrophils. Nramp1 has since been found to be the gene responsible for conferring host resistance against intracellular pathogens. Mice deficient in Nramp1 have been found to be susceptible to infection with intracellular pathogens. Nramp1 is thought to confer protection by depleting the phagosome of divalent metals necessary for pathogen
La majorité du fer dans le corps humain est contenu dans la masse de globule rouge, en tant que composante de l'hémoglobine. Les GR deviennent plus endommagés et moins déformables en vieillissant, et à la fin de leurs durée de vie de 120 jours, les GR sénescents sont ingurgités par les macrophages du système réticuloendothélial du foie et de rate. Ces macrophages spécialisés ingèrent 2 millions de GR∕sec, catabolisent l'hémoglobine et relâche le fer qui y est contenu à la transferrine plasmatique pour permettre son réincorporation dans de nouveau GR dans la moelle épinière. C'est remarquable comment les macrophages réticuloendothéliaux gèrent de manière sécuritaire l'énorme quantité de fer qui serait sinon toxique pour les autres cellules. Dans mes recherches, j'ai examiné les aspects spécifiques du métabolisme du fer dans ces macrophages spécialisés dans sa manutention.La protéine associée à la résistance naturelle du macrophage (Nramp1) est un transporteur de métaux divalents exprimé seulement dans les phagosomes de cellules phagocytiques telle que les macrophages et les neutrophiles. Nramp1 a depuis été reconnu comme le gène responsable de conférer à l'hôte la résistance contre les pathogènes intracellulaires. Nramp 1 est présumé donner une protection en vidant le phagosome de métaux divalents nécessaires à la croissance de pathogènes.Au cours des recherches nous avons trouvé qu'en plus de jouer un rôle significatif dans la résistance de l'hôte, Nramp1 est aussi important pour la régularisation de l'homéostasie du fer. Nous avons remarqué que les macrophages sans Nramp1 sont incapables de recycler le fer (après l'erythrophagocytose in vitro) de manière aussi efficace que les macrophages qui ont le Nramp1 fonctionnel. On a ensuite observé les souris knockout et trouvé que les animaux sans Nramp1 ont une surdose progressive de fer en vieil
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Peyvandi, Sanam. "Les cellules Myéloïdes Dans le Microenvironnement Tumoral : Rôle de FasL." Phd thesis, Université Paris Sud - Paris XI, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00968103.

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La voie Fas-FasL est la voie majeure d'apoptose dont le rôle est indispensable pour l'homéostasie des cellules hématopoïétiques et la tolérance périphérique. Mon projet de thèse consiste à étudier le rôle de FasL dans la réponse anti tumorale, notamment le rôle de son expression sur les cellules myéloïdes, en l'occurrence les macrophages et les cellules myéloïdes suppressives.Les souris Fasl KO sont caractérisées par une accumulation des différentes populations de cellules hématopoïétiques dans les organes lymphoïdes périphériques. Cependant, elles ne développent pas de tumeurs spontanées. De façon intéressante, nos résultats montrent que lors qu'elles sont transplantées par les cellules tumorales, leur survie est significativement diminuée par rapport aux souris contrôles (Fasl fl/fl), ce qui suggère un rôle de FasL dans la réponse anti-tumorale. Une caractérisation fine de la répartition des cellules myéloïdes chez les souris Fasl KO porteuses de tumeur, montre une répartition différentielle des cellules Gr1+, par une accumulation des M-MDSC, dans la rate de ces souris. En plus, un enrichissement de l'infiltrat tumoral par les macrophages TAM chez les souris Fasl KO a été observé. Ces macrophages, indépendamment de génotype exècrent une forte activité d'arginase et iNOS et une inhibition de la prolifération des cellules T in vitro. Ainsi, la mortalité plus importante chez les souris Fasl KO pourrait, en partie, être associée à cet enrichissement des TAM dans l'infiltrat des souris déficientes en FasL.Afin de déterminer si cette accumulation des cellules myéloïdes immunosuppressives déficientes en FasL est spécifique d'un environnement tumoral ou le reflet d'un état inflammatoire, nous avons examiné le phénotype des macrophages dans un modèle d'inflammation induite par le thioglycollate. Les résultats montrent que les macrophages CD11b+F480+, recrutés sur le site de l'inflammation, lorsqu'elles sont déficientes en FasL, sur-expriment les gènes anti-inflammatoires comme IL-10, Arg1, CCL17. La caractérisation plus fine de cette population de macrophages a montré que la population responsable de ce phénotype suppressive est F480+CD115+IL-4R+. Chez les souris Fasl KO, le pourcentage des macrophages F480+CD115+IL-4R+ est significativement augmenté en comparaison avec les souris contrôles. L'analyse fonctionnelle de cette population CD115+ a montré que ces cellules, inhibent la prolifération et la production d'IFN- des cellules T activées. Ces caractéristiques fonctionnelles sont en faveur d'un phénotype anti-inflammatoire de ces macrophages, qui lorsqu'ils sont déficients en FasL, leur recrutement sur le site de l'inflammation est plus important.L'ensemble de ces résultats suggère que l'expression de FasL sur les cellules myéloïdes pourrait jouer un rôle dans leur polarisation vers un phénotype pro inflammatoire. Ainsi, ce travail pourrait apporter de nouvelles approches de levée de l'immunosuppression pour une immunothérapie efficace.
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Delfini, Marcello. "Jun regulates monocyte-derived macrophage accumulation and tumour progression." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019AIXM0076.

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Les macrophages sont des cellules immunitaires innées présentes dans chaque organe. Ils sont des cibles thérapeutiques dans de nombreuses maladies, dont le cancer. En dépit de travaux récents sur l'origine des macrophages, les mécanismes régulant leur différenciation sont mal définis. L'expression de Jun, membre de la famille AP-1, augmente pendant la différenciation des macrophages, mais son rôle dans ce processus n'est pas connu.Au cours de mon doctorat, nous avons caractérisé le rôle de Jun dans le développement et l'homéostasie des macrophages, dans un modèle de souris avec délétion conditionnelle de Jun dans la lignée myéloïde (JunΔCsf1r). Nous montrons que Jun contrôle la différenciation, induite par CSF1, des monocytes en macrophages. In vivo, Jun régule l'accumulation de macrophages dérivés de monocytes dans les poumons et intestins. Les macrophages associés aux tumeurs (TAMs) jouent un rôle crucial dans la progression des cancers. L’absence de Jun freine la croissance d’un mélanome et la différenciation, induite par CSF1, des TAMs dérivés de monocytes qui participent à l’angiogénèse tumorale. Cependant, lors d'une inflammation aiguë, Jun n’affecte pas le recrutement de macrophages inflammatoires.En conclusion, nos résultats identifient Jun comme un régulateur central de la différenciation des macrophages. Dans un modèle de mélanome, les macrophages Jun-dépendants exercent des fonctions pro-tumorales. Le fait que Jun soit un régulateur sélectif du développement des macrophages dépendants de CSF-1 permettra de définir de nouvelles approches ciblant sélectivement la différenciation des macrophages, sans altérer les réponses immunitaires dépendantes des monocytes
Macrophages are immune cells present in every organ. Given their variety of functions, macrophages are therapeutic targets in many diseases including cancer. Despite the research efforts to characterise their origins, the molecular mechanisms regulating macrophage differentiation are still poorly defined. Expression of the AP-1 factor, Jun, increases during differentiation, but its role in macrophage development is not known.During my PhD, we characterised how Jun affects macrophage development and homeostasis. We developed a conditional mouse model in which Jun is deficient in the myeloid lineage (JunΔCsf1r). We showed that Jun controls CSF1-mediated monocyte to macrophage differentiation, proliferation and survival. In vivo, Jun loss limits macrophage accumulation in lungs and intestine. Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) play critical roles in cancer progression. We observed that Jun deficiency dampens melanoma growth and the differentiation of CSF1-dependent monocyte-derived TAMs. We further showed that Jun-dependent TAMs mediate vessel normalisation in melanoma. During inflammation, Jun was dispensable for the recruitment of monocyte-derived inflammatory macrophages.Altogether, our results identify Jun as a master regulator of macrophage differentiation, without altering monocyte effector functions. In a melanoma model, we showed that Jun-dependent TAMs play tumour-promoting roles. Therefore, Jun is a selective regulator of CSF-1-dependent macrophage development, which is redundant during inflammation; this observation should help to define novel approaches to selectively target macrophage differentiation, without altering monocyte-dependent immune responses
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Omarjee, Sulliman Ommar Ismael. "Identification and functional characterization of LACC1 in familial forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis." Thesis, Lyon, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LYSEN053.

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Les maladies inflammatoires à début pédiatrique sont des situations rares de dérégulation du système immunitaire dont les causes sont peu connues et supposées multifactorielles. L’arthrite juvénile idiopathique (AJI) est responsable d’une inflammation articulaire chronique chez l’enfant dont les causes restent indéfinies. Les formes familiales de cette maladie suggèrent une cause génétique et les nouvelles techniques de séquençage haut débit nous permettent d’identifier des variants rares prédits pathogéniques. Nous avons identifié 3 familles d’AJI dont les patients sont porteurs de mutations homozygotes exoniques dans le gène LACC1. Il existe dans la littérature des données contradictoires sur LACC1 et son implication dans les maladies inflammatoires. Afin de mieux comprendre son rôle, nous avons développé plusieurs outils translationels afin d’étudier LACC1 à la fois chez l’homme et la souris. A l’aide de cellules primaires humaines, nous avons mis en évidence que l’expression de LACC1 était induite par le M-CSF via la voie mTOR au cours de la différentiation des monocytes en macrophages spécifiquement. Chez les patients, les mutations dans le gène LACC1 conduisent à une perte d’expression de la protéine dans les macrophages indiquant qu’une perte de fonction dans LACC1 est impliquée dans le développement de l’AJI. De plus, pour la première fois, nous avons observé que LACC1 promouvait le flux autophagique ainsi que le niveau de corps lipidique qui alimente la respiration mitochondriale. De plus, nous avons montré que le liquide synovial, composant majeur des articulations, réduit le flux autophagique et la respiration mitochondriale. Ce microenvironnement potentialise le caractère inflammatoire des macrophages déficients en LACC1. Ces résultats suggèrent que l’équilibre du flux autophagique est important dans un contexte de déficience en LACC1 où le microenvironnement favorise l’inflammation par les macrophages. De ce fait, les thérapies visant à moduler l’autophagie peuvent représenter un atout dans le traitement des maladies causées par une déficience en LACC1
Pediatric-onset inflammatory diseases arise from deregulated, uncontrolled and exacerbated immune responses. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is one of the most frequent and is associated to chronic inflammation of the joints. The causes of JIA are multifactorial and poorly understood. Familial and very early-onset cases are rare and suggest genetic inheritance of the disease. Next generation sequencing combined with advanced bioinformatics enable us to identify rare variants predicted to be highly pathogenic. We identified 3 families with JIA patients carrying homozygous mutations in the gene encoding for LACC1. In the literature, there exist conflicting data on LACC1 and its role in inflammatory diseases. In order to dissect the role of LACC1, we developed several translational tolls based on both human and mice models. Using primary human cells, we showed that the specific expression of LACC1 is stimulated by M-CSF via the mTOR pathway during monocyte-macrophage differentiation. In patient’s macrophages, mutations in LACC1 gene led to loss of expression in macrophages implying the loss of function of LACC1 contributes to the development of JIA. In addition, we demonstrated for the first time that LACC1 promotes autophagy flux and impact on lipid droplet levels which fed mitochondrial respiration. Furthermore, we showed that synovial fluid, a major component of joints, reduced autophagy flux of LACC1-defieinct macrophages and mitochondrial respiration. Moreover, this microenviroment potentializes the inflammatory character of LACC1-deficient macrophages. These evidences suggest that autophagy homeostasis is crucial in the context of LACC1 deficiency in which the synovial microenvironment favors inflammation mediated by macrophages. Autophagy-modulating drugs could represent a potential therapeutic option in LACC1 deficiency
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Dupont, Maeva. "Identification of novel factors involved in the exacerbation of HIV-1 infection and spread among macrophages in the tuberculosis context." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019TOU30211.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), la bactérie responsable de la tuberculose (TB), et le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine (VIH-1), l'agent du syndrome de l'immunodéficience acquise (SIDA), accélèrent leurs progressions mutuelles chez les patients co-infectés. Alors que de nombreuses données cliniques rapportent une augmentation de la charge virale dans les sites anatomiques co-infectés, les mécanismes qui en sont responsables restent insuffisamment décrits. Mtb cible principalement les macrophages. Nous émettons l'hypothèse que l'infection des macrophages par Mtb créé un microenvironnement propice à la réplication du VIH-1 au niveau des sites co-infectés. Pour le montrer, j'ai utilisé un modèle in vitro précédemment établi par mes équipes (le cmMTB - pour " conditioned media of Mtb-infected macrophages "). Celui-ci permet de mimer un environnement tuberculeux, par la différenciation et l'activation des macrophages vers un profil " M(cmMTB) ", largement retrouvé dans les poumons lors d'une tuberculose active. En rejoignant le laboratoire, j'ai participé à l'étude des mécanismes responsables de l'augmentation de la réplication virale dans le contexte de co-infection, en utilisant ce modèle. Nous avons trouvé que les M(cmMTB) forment de nombreux nanotubes (ponts intercellulaires), leur permettant de transférer plus de virus d'un macrophage à l'autre, et conduit à une forte augmentation de la production virale. L'objectif principal de ma thèse a donc été d'identifier, dans un contexte tuberculeux, de nouveaux facteurs impliqués dans l'augmentation de la réplication du VIH-1 dans les macrophages. Pour cela, une analyse transcriptomique des M(cmMTB) a été réalisée, révélant deux facteurs essentiels : le récepteur Siglec-1 et les interférons de type I (IFN-I) via STAT1. Dans un premier temps, j'ai étudié le rôle de Siglec-1 dans la synergie entre Mtb et le VIH-1 dans les macrophages. D'abord, j'ai montré que son expression de surface était augmentée par le cmMTB, de façon dépendante des IFN-I. Ensuite, j'ai établi que l'abondance des macrophages alvéolaires exprimant Siglec-1 chez les primates non-humains co-infectés avec Mtb et le virus de l'immunodéficience simienne corrélait avec la sévérité de la pathologie, et était associée à la signalisation des IFN-I, via l'activation de STAT1. De plus, j'ai identifié une nouvelle localisation de Siglec-1 le long d'un sous-type de nanotubes.[...]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria causing tuberculosis (TB), and the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the etiological agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), act in synergy to exacerbate the progression of each other in co-infected patients. While clinical evidence reveals a frequent increase of the viral load at co-infected anatomical sites, the mechanisms explaining how Mtb favours HIV-1 progression remain insufficiently understood. Macrophages are the main target for Mtb. Their infection by the bacilli likely shapes the microenvironment that favours HIV-1 infection and replication at sites of co-infection. To address this issue, I took advantage of an in vitro model mimicking the TB-associated microenvironment (cmMTB, "conditioned media of Mtb-infected macrophages") previously established in the laboratory; a model that renders macrophages susceptible to intracellular pathogens like Mtb. Upon joining the team, I participated in the study on how Mtb exacerbates HIV-1 replication in macrophages, using this model. We found that cmMTB-treated macrophages (M(cmMTB)) have an enhanced ability to form intercellular membrane bridges called tunneling nanotubes (TNT), which increase the capacity of the virus to transfer from one macrophage to another, leading to the exacerbation of HIV-1 production and spread. The principal objective of my PhD thesis was to identify novel factors that are involved in the exacerbation of HIV-1 replication in macrophages in the context of tuberculosis. To this end, a transcriptomic analysis of M(cmMTB) was conducted, and revealed two key factors: the Siglec-1 receptor and type I interferon (IFN-I)/STAT1 signaling. The first part of my PhD thesis dealt with the characterization of Siglec-1 as a novel factor involved in the synergy between Mtb and HIV-1 in macrophages. First, I demonstrated that its increased expression in M(cmMTB) was dependent on IFN-I. Second, in Mtb and simian immunodeficiency virus co-infected non-human primates, I established a positive correlation between the abundance of Siglec-1+ alveolar macrophages and the pathology, associated with the activation of the IFN-I/STAT-1 pathway. [...]
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Sobhani, Kimia. "Proteomic analysis of macrophage proinflammatory programmed cell death and macrophage activation /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8688.

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Dubois, Violaine. "Adaptations comparées de Mycobacterium abscessus à la phagocytose amibienne et macrophagique : recherche de gènes de virulence par des approches globales." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLV064/document.

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La mycobactérie à croissance rapide Mycobacterium abscessus est un pathogène opportuniste de l’homme, particulièrement des poumons, capable de se multiplier au sein de macrophages (MФ) mais aussi d’amibes environnementales. Nous avons pu montrer que l’environnement amibien est propice à l’adaptation de M. abscessus à cette survie intramacrophagique. Par des analyses transcriptomiques comparant les adaptations de M. abscessus au sein d’amibes ou de MФ, nous observons des enrichissements de voies biologiques démontrant des adaptations au stress oxydatif et des adaptations métaboliques telle que la béta-oxydation des lipides et l’assimilation des sulfates. Ces adaptations ont également été observées chez Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mycobactérie pathogène pulmonaire stricte de l’homme responsable de la tuberculose. Parmi les gènes induits par M. abscessus au sein des amibes figurent des gènes impliqués dans le transport de polyamines, la biosynthèse du MoCo (molybdopterin cofactor) ainsi que l’assemblage des centres fer-soufre (Fe-S). L’induction de tels gènes, décrits comme des facteurs de virulence chez certaines bactéries intracellulaires, contribuerait à la virulence de M. abscessus en permettant sa survie intramacrophagique. Quarante-cinq gènes ont été identifiés comme fortement induits en amibes chez M. abscessus. Mycobacterium chelonae, appartenant au même complexe génomique que M. abscessus et responsable exclusivement d’infections cutanées, ne présente pas de telles inductions après analyse de son transcriptome intracellulaire, ce qui pourrait expliquer son absence de survie en MФ. Cinq opérons recouvrant 10 gènes ont été délétés au sein du génome de M. abscessus par recombinaison homologue. Ces gènes sont requis pour la survie de M. abscessus en amibes et en MФ. La surexpression chez M. chelonae de deux de ces gènes, MAB_1517c et MAB_2649, codant respectivement une protéine TcmP (tetracenomycin polyketide synthesis O-methyltransferase) et une MmpS (mycobacterial membrane protein small), a conféré une survie intra-macrophagique à M. chelonae, suggérant que l’induction de ces gènes en amibes favorise la survie intracellulaire de M. abscessus en MФ. Enfin, l’analyse du transcriptome de M. abscessus en MФ révèle des adaptations propres à la vie intramacrophagique. Différents gènes particulièrement induits sont impliqués dans le métabolisme de la proline, la sécrétion de protéine par le système de sécrétion de type II ou appartiennent la voie MEP (méthylérythritol phosphate), des voies biologiques contribuant à la virulence de pathogènes. De plus, parmi les gènes induits, certains correspondent à des activités de N-acétylation, d’oxydoréduction, de liaison à l’oxygène ou de détoxification de l’oxyde nitrique par des dioxygénases qui sont enrichies. Comparé à 5 autres opérons délétés, sélectionnés selon leur niveau d’induction et leur activité biologique, le gène eis2 (MAB_4532c), codant une N-acétyltransférase, est essentiel à la survie de M. abscessus en MФ.L’utilisation d’une approche complémentaire, le criblage d’une banque de mutants par transposition chez M. abscessus en amibes, a révélé le rôle essentiel du gène mmpl8 (mycobacterial membrane protein large 8) parmi la famille de protéines MmpL, impliquées dans le transport et/ou la synthèse de lipides mycobactériens. Chez M. abscessus, l’absence de production de cette protéine est corrélée à un défaut d’export d’un nouveau glycolipide (GDND, glycosyl diacetylated nonadecyl diol) et à un phénotype délétère pour la bactérie en MФ.En conclusion, notre travail a montré le rôle fondamental de l’amibe dans l’apprêtement de M. abscessus à la survie intramacrophagique. Trois gènes ayant fait l’objet d’études approfondies, mmpL8, eis2 ainsi que le gène eccB4 (MAB_3759c) mis en évidence par le crible amibien de la banque de mutants de transposition, participent à ce phénotype, confirmant le caractère pathogène de M. abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, causing opportunistic infections in humans, and notably pulmonary infections. M. abscessus is able to multiply inside macrophages (MФ) and environmental amoebae. Here we demonstrate that M. abscessus undergoes adaptations in amoebae allowing its survival in MФ. Intracellular adaptations of M. abscessus to amoebae and MФ were assessed by RNAseq. We observed a significant enrichment of biological pathways reflecting adaptations to oxidative stress and metabolic adaptations illustrated by the consumption of fatty acids and activation of the sulfate assimilation pathway. These adaptations have been described in intramacrophagic Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a strictly pathogenic mycobacteria infecting the lung of humans and causing tuberculosis. Among the set of genes induced by M. abscessus during the amoebal co-culture are genes implicated in polyamine transport, MoCo (molybdopterin cofactor) biosynthesis and iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster assembly. The induction of such genes, described as virulence factors from intracellular bacteria, might enhance M. abscessus virulence and thus allow its survival in MФ. Forty-five genes are highly induced along the amoebal co-culture. In comparison, the amoebal co-culture with Mycobacterium chelonae, a mycobacterium that belongs to the same genomic complex as M. abscessus and causing solely extrapulmonary infections, does not elicit the same adaptations; potentially explaining M. chelonae inability to persist in macrophages. Five operons, representing a total of 10 genes, were deleted from M. abscessus genome by homologous recombineering. These genes are required for both M. abscessus survival in amoebae and MФ. Overexpression of two of these genes in M. chelonae, MAB_1517c and MAB_2649, encoding a TcmP (tetracenomycin polyketide synthesis O-methyltransferase) protein and an MmpS (mycobacterial membrane protein small) protein respectively, enhances M. chelonae survival in MФ, suggesting that the induction of these genes favors M. abscessus survival in MФ. Analyses of M. abscessus transcriptome in MФ also shed light on adaptations specific to the bacterium intramacrophagic life. Several genes highly induced in macrophages are implicated in biological pathways known to contribute to bacteria virulence, including proline metabolism, protein secretion by the type II secretion system and the MEP (methylerythritol phosphate) pathway. Among the set of induced genes selected according to their level of induction and their biological activity, N-acetylation and redox activities, bounding to oxygen and detoxification from nitric oxide by dioxygenases are significantly enriched. Among operons from this set of genes, it appears that M. abscessus eis2 gene (MAB_4542c), encoding a N-acetyltransferase, is essential for M. abscessus survival in MФ.In addition, a complementary approach to RNAseq, the screening of a transposon (Tn) mutant library of M. abscessus inside amoebae, revealed important roles of the mmpL8 gene encoding a mycobacterial membrane protein large belonging to a family of proteins implicated in lipid biosynthesis and export to the cell surface. When this protein was no longer produced by M. abscessus, a lower amount of a new glycolipd family (GDND, glycosyl diacetylated nonadecyl diol) was observed as well as a deleterious phenotype in MФ.To conclude, our work has shown a fundamental role of amoebae in triggering the virulence of M. abscessus, further allowing its survival in macrophages. Besides, three genes that have been studied more extensively – mmpL8, eis2 and eccB4 (revealed by the Tn library screening) – are required for M. abscessus survival in macrophages and confirmed its pathogenic behavior
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McKinley, Gavin. "The innate immune response of Atlantic salmon head kidney macrophages to Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/243.

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Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is the aetiological agent of infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN), a disease associated with serious economic loss in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The interaction between IPNV and the host is poorly characterised. IPNV has been detected within macrophages in natural and experimental infections. The macrophage is an important component of the host immune system, participating in innate and adaptive immune responses. The overarching objective of this project was to study aspects of the interaction between IPNV and innate immune responses in the Atlantic salmon macrophage. Methods were developed for the isolation and in vitro culture of Atlantic salmon macrophages. These cells were isolated from head kidney using percoll gradients and subsequently cultured in 24 well plates using Leibovitz L-15 medium containing penicillin, streptomycin and foetal calf serum. This procedure enabled the in vitro culture of macrophages for 9 days post isolation. Real time RT-PCR assays were developed to quantitate the expression of IPNV, Interferon (IFN), Mx, and Elongation factor 1 (ELF-1) in IPNV-infected macrophages and uninfected controls. ELF-1 is utilised as a control gene for relative quantitation in RT-PCR studies. The RT-PCR assays utilised targetspecific primers, and MGB probes. Assay efficiencies varied from 0.85 to 0.99, these were suitable for quantitative RT-PCR analyses. IPNV was demonstrated to replicate in macrophages cultured in vitro as assessed by quantitative RT-PCR. IPNV levels in macrophages were greatest at the early stages of infection. Virus was detected in infected macrophages throughout the nine day period of investigation. Quantitative RT-PCR analyses of the expression of the immune response genes IFN and Mx suggested that IPNV blocks IFN production, as opposed to blocking IFN signalling. The ability of three immunostimulants, Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), macrophage activating factor (MAF), and glucan to up regulate immune responses in IPNV-infected macrophages was also investigated. None of these immunostimulants were able to enhance expression of IFN and Mx, suggesting that these substances may not represent useful therapeutic means of mitigating IPN in Atlantic salmon.
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Hiltenbrand, Patrick. "Histiocytose et hémophagocytose médullaire : étude comparative de la cytologie et de l'immunomarquage." Bordeaux 2, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995BOR2P074.

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