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ArticlePloS one2013

Mast cells express 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1: a role in restraining mast cell degranulation.

Agnes E Coutinho, Jeremy K Brown, Fu Yang, David G Brownstein, Mohini Gray, Jonathan R Seckl, John S Savill, Karen E Chapman

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Agnes E CoutinhoUniversity/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Jeremy K Brown
Fu Yang
David G Brownstein
Mohini Gray
Jonathan R Seckl
John S Savill
Karen E Chapman
University of Edinburgh · GBCentre for Inflammation Research · GBMedical Research Council · GBBritish Heart Foundation · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council 86642Medical Research Council G0800235Medical Research Council G0802069Medical Research Council G9900991Medical Research Council MR/K026992/1Versus Arthritis 20035Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 064497Wellcome Trust 083184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cells are key initiators of allergic, anaphylactic and inflammatory reactions, producing mediators that affect vascular permeability, angiogenesis and fibrosis. Glucocorticoid pharmacotherapy reduces mast cell number, maturation and activation but effects at physiological levels are unknown. Within cells, glucocorticoid concentration is modulated by the 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11β-HSDs). Here we show expression and activity of 11β-HSD1, but not 11β-HSD2, in mouse mast cells with 11β-HSD activity only in the keto-reductase direction, regenerating active glucocorticoids (cortisol, corticosterone) from inert substrates (cortisone, 11-dehydrocorticosterone). Mast cells from 11β-HSD1-deficient mice show ultrastructural evidence of increased activation, including piecemeal degranulation and have a reduced threshold for IgG immune complex-induced mast cell degranulation. Consistent with reduced intracellular glucocorticoid action in mast cells, levels of carboxypeptidase A3 mRNA, a glucocorticoid-inducible mast cell-specific transcript, are lower in peritoneal cells from 11β-HSD1-deficient than control mice. These findings suggest that 11β-HSD1-generated glucocorticoids may tonically restrain mast cell degranulation, potentially influencing allergic, anaphylactic and inflammatory responses.

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11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 111-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2AnaphylaxisAnimalsCarboxypeptidases ACell DegranulationCorticosteroneGene ExpressionHydrocortisoneHypersensitivityInflammationMast CellsMice11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 111-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2Carboxypeptidases ACorticosteroneCpa3 protein, mouseHydrocortisone

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PMID23349944
PMCPMC3548897
OpenAlexW2083316727

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