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    Enjeux et amélioration de la réduction de l'acidité dans les fruits mûrs du palmier à huile, Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (synthèse bibliographique)

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    Introduction. L'acidification de l'huile de palme détermine la qualité et la stabilité de cette importante denrée alimentaire. Cette synthèse analyse les causes de l'acidification de l'huile et son impact sur la qualité et la stabilité de l'huile. Les enjeux liés à la réduction de l'acidification de l'huile et les approches utilisées sont aussi analysés, en particulier la réduction par l'amélioration génétique. Littérature. L'acidification est principalement due à l'action de la lipase endogène du mésocarpe, mais peut aussi être causée par des lipases microbiennes ou une hydrolyse autocatalytique. Plusieurs facteurs, notamment le matériel végétal, les conditions de récolte et de traitement post-récolte des régimes, d'extraction et de conservation de l'huile impactent de manière significative l'acidification de l'huile. L'acidification réduit la qualité et la valeur marchande de l'huile et engendre une baisse de productivité. Des fonds génétiques à faible acidité ont été identifiés. La variabilité de ce caractère rend possible la sélection variétale. Un gène impliqué dans l'acidification de l'huile est identifié, mais l'action d'autres gènes ou facteurs génétiques est soupçonnée. Conclusions. Ces recherches ont permis la récente commercialisation des premiers palmiers avec une huile faiblement acide. Ceci améliorera la qualité de l'huile tout en augmentant le rendement et en facilitant la gestion des opérations de récolte et de post-récolte, en particulier pour les petits producteurs. Il est nécessaire de continuer la recherche de tous les facteurs génétiques impliqués au niveau du genre Elaeis. La validation des ressources génomiques permettrait la sélection assistée par marqueurs de variétés à faible acidité de l'huile

    Data from: IL-33 mediated iLC2 activation and neutrophil IL-5 production in the lung response after severe trauma: a reverse translation study from a human cohort to a mouse trauma model

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    Background: The immunosuppression and immune dysregulation that follows severe injury includes type 2 immune responses manifested by elevations in interleukin (IL) 4, IL5, and IL13 early after injury. We hypothesized that IL33, an alarmin released early after tissue injury and a known regulator of type 2 immunity, contributes to the early type 2 immune responses after systemic injury. Methods and findings: Blunt trauma patients admitted to the trauma intensive care unit of a level I trauma center were enrolled in an observational study that included frequent blood sampling. Dynamic changes in IL33 and soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) levels were measured in the plasma and correlated with levels of the type 2 cytokines and nosocomial infection. Based on the observations in humans, mechanistic experiments were designed in a mouse model of resuscitated hemorrhagic shock and tissue trauma (HS/T). These experiments utilized wild-type C57BL/6 mice, IL33-/- mice, B6.C3(Cg)-Rorasg/sg mice deficient in group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), and C57BL/6 wild-type mice treated with anti-IL5 antibody. Severely injured human blunt trauma patients (n = 472, average injury severity score [ISS] = 20.2) exhibited elevations in plasma IL33 levels upon admission and over time that correlated positively with increases in IL4, IL5, and IL13 (P < 0.0001). sST2 levels also increased after injury but in a delayed manner compared with IL33. The increases in IL33 and sST2 were significantly greater in patients that developed nosocomial infection and organ dysfunction than similarly injured patients that did not (P < 0.05). Mechanistic studies were carried out in a mouse model of HS/T that recapitulated the early increase in IL33 and delayed increase in sST2 in the plasma (P < 0.005). These studies identified a pathway where IL33 induces ILC2 activation in the lung within hours of HS/T. ILC2 IL5 up-regulation induces further IL5 expression by CXCR2+ lung neutrophils, culminating in early lung injury. The major limitations of this study are the descriptive nature of the human study component and the impact of the potential differences between human and mouse immune responses to polytrauma. Also, the studies performed did not permit us to make conclusions about the impact of IL33 on pulmonary function. Conclusions: These results suggest that IL33 may initiate early detrimental type 2 immune responses after trauma through ILC2 regulation of neutrophil IL5 production. This IL33–ILC2–IL5–neutrophil axis defines a novel regulatory role for ILC2 in acute lung injury that could be targeted in trauma patients prone to early lung dysfunction

    Elevated Admission Base Deficit Is Associated with a Complex Dynamic Network of Systemic Inflammation Which Drives Clinical Trajectories in Blunt Trauma Patients

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    We hypothesized that elevated base deficit (BD) ≥ 4 mEq/L upon admission could be associated with an altered inflammatory response, which in turn may impact differential clinical trajectories. Using clinical and biobank data from 472 blunt trauma survivors, 154 patients were identified after excluding patients who received prehospital IV fluids or had alcohol intoxication. From this subcohort, 84 patients had a BD ≥ 4 mEq/L and 70 patients with BD < 4 mEq/L. Three samples within the first 24 h were obtained from all patients and then daily up to day 7 after injury. Twenty-two cytokines and chemokines were assayed using Luminex™ and were analyzed using two-way ANOVA and dynamic network analysis (DyNA). Multiple mediators of the innate and lymphoid immune responses in the BD ≥ 4 group were elevated differentially upon admission and up to 16 h after injury. DyNA revealed a higher, sustained degree of interconnectivity of the inflammatory response in the BD ≥ 4 patients during the initial 16 h after injury. These results suggest that elevated admission BD is associated with differential immune/inflammatory pathways, which subsequently could predispose patients to follow a complicated clinical course

    IL33-mediated ILC2 activation and neutrophil IL5 production in the lung response after severe trauma: A reverse translation study from a human cohort to a mouse trauma model

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    <div><p>Background</p><p>The immunosuppression and immune dysregulation that follows severe injury includes type 2 immune responses manifested by elevations in interleukin (IL) 4, IL5, and IL13 early after injury. We hypothesized that IL33, an alarmin released early after tissue injury and a known regulator of type 2 immunity, contributes to the early type 2 immune responses after systemic injury.</p><p>Methods and findings</p><p>Blunt trauma patients admitted to the trauma intensive care unit of a level I trauma center were enrolled in an observational study that included frequent blood sampling. Dynamic changes in IL33 and soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) levels were measured in the plasma and correlated with levels of the type 2 cytokines and nosocomial infection. Based on the observations in humans, mechanistic experiments were designed in a mouse model of resuscitated hemorrhagic shock and tissue trauma (HS/T). These experiments utilized wild-type C57BL/6 mice, IL33<sup>-/-</sup> mice, B6.C3(Cg)-Rora<sup>sg/sg</sup> mice deficient in group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), and C57BL/6 wild-type mice treated with anti-IL5 antibody.</p><p>Severely injured human blunt trauma patients (<i>n</i> = 472, average injury severity score [ISS] = 20.2) exhibited elevations in plasma IL33 levels upon admission and over time that correlated positively with increases in IL4, IL5, and IL13 (<i>P</i> < 0.0001). sST2 levels also increased after injury but in a delayed manner compared with IL33. The increases in IL33 and sST2 were significantly greater in patients that developed nosocomial infection and organ dysfunction than similarly injured patients that did not (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Mechanistic studies were carried out in a mouse model of HS/T that recapitulated the early increase in IL33 and delayed increase in sST2 in the plasma (<i>P</i> < 0.005). These studies identified a pathway where IL33 induces ILC2 activation in the lung within hours of HS/T. ILC2 IL5 up-regulation induces further IL5 expression by CXCR2<sup>+</sup> lung neutrophils, culminating in early lung injury. The major limitations of this study are the descriptive nature of the human study component and the impact of the potential differences between human and mouse immune responses to polytrauma. Also, the studies performed did not permit us to make conclusions about the impact of IL33 on pulmonary function.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>These results suggest that IL33 may initiate early detrimental type 2 immune responses after trauma through ILC2 regulation of neutrophil IL5 production. This IL33–ILC2–IL5–neutrophil axis defines a novel regulatory role for ILC2 in acute lung injury that could be targeted in trauma patients prone to early lung dysfunction.</p></div

    The effects of exogenous recombinant interleukin (IL) 5 or IL5 neutralization on neutrophil IL5 expression in the lungs of C57BL/6 mice after resuscitated hemorrhagic shock and tissue trauma (HS/T).

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    <p>A: Neutrophils in the lungs of C57BL/6 mice did not express suppression of tumorigenicity (ST2) but were positive for CD125 (IL5 receptor). The control cells for ST2 expression were gated from the CD45<sup>+</sup>Lin<sup>-</sup>CD25<sup>+</sup>CD127<sup>+</sup>, and the control cells for CD125 expression were gated from the CD45<sup>+</sup> cells. B: Exposure of lung neutrophils isolated from HS/T mice to exogenous recombinant mouse IL5 (10 ng/ml) increased IL5 mRNA levels (<i>n</i> = 5/group, detected by PCR). C: Exposure of neutrophils isolated from the bone marrow to 10 ng/ml exogenous recombinant mouse IL5 induced their expression of IL5 (<i>n</i> = 3–7/group, detected by flow cytometry). D: IL5 neutralization did not change the frequency of neutrophils in the lungs after HS/T (<i>n</i> = 3–6/group). E: IL5 neutralization did inhibit the increase in lung neutrophil expression of IL5 after HS/T (<i>n</i> = 3–6/group). * <i>P</i> < 0.05. FSC-H, forward scatter-height.</p

    Effects of interleukin (IL) 33 deletion on group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) and neutrophil responses in lungs after resuscitated hemorrhagic shock and tissue trauma (HS/T).

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    <p>The increase of ILC2 frequency (A) and the ILC2 IL5 expression (B) at 6 hours after HS/T was inhibited in IL33<sup>-/-</sup> mice (<i>n</i> = 5–8/group). C: The increase in neutrophil (Ly6G<sup>+</sup>CD11b<sup>+</sup> gated from CD45<sup>+</sup> cells) frequency after HS/T was not changed by IL33 deletion (<i>n</i> = 6–7/group). D: The increase of neutrophil IL5 expression (IL5<sup>+</sup> gated from CD45<sup>+</sup>Ly6G<sup>+</sup>CD11b<sup>+</sup> cells) at 6 hours after HS/T was inhibited in IL33<sup>-/-</sup> mice, compared with the C57BL/6 WT mice (<i>n</i> = 5–7/group). * <i>P</i> < 0.05. FSC-H, forward scatter-height.</p

    Time course analysis of mean circulating levels of interleukin (IL) 33 and soluble suppression of tumorigenicity (sST2) in blunt trauma patients.

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    <p>The inflammatory mediators were assessed in serial plasma samples obtained at the indicated time points, starting with the first blood draw upon hospital admission and followed by 2 blood draws within the first 24 hours after injury and then daily thereafter up to day 7. A: Time course of IL33 in trauma patients (<i>n</i> = 472 survivors) versus healthy volunteers (HVs) (<i>n</i> = 12). B: Time course of sST2 in trauma patients (<i>n</i> = 472) versus HVs (<i>n</i> = 12). C: Time course analysis of mean circulating levels of IL33 in trauma patients diagnosed with nosocomial infection (NI) (<i>n</i> = 44) versus patients without NI (<i>n</i> = 44) matched for age, sex, and injury severity. D: Time course analysis of mean circulating levels of sST2 in trauma patients with NI (<i>n</i> = 44) versus patients without NI (<i>n</i> = 44). * <i>P</i> < 0.05.</p

    Effects of interleukin (IL) 33 deletion, ILC2 deficiency, and IL5 neutralization on lung injury after resuscitated hemorrhagic shock and tissue trauma (HS/T).

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    <p>A: Lung tissue sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). Representative histologic sections are shown along with the average lung injury scores from control mice and at 6 hours after HS/T. IL33<sup>-/-</sup> mice, mice with ILC2 deletion, and C57BL/6 WT mice pretreated with neutralizing anti-IL5 antibody are shown. 200× magnification; scale bar 100 μm. B: Lung injury scores were calculated on lung H&E sections (<i>n</i> = 3–5/group). * <i>P</i> < 0.05.</p
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