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  1. Article ; Online: Un nouvel acteur dans la perception gustative des lipides alimentaires : le canal calcique TRPC3.

    Sayed Khan, Amira / Hichami, Aziz / Akhtar Khan, Naim

    Medecine sciences : M/S

    2021  Volume 37, Issue 8-9, Page(s) 704–705

    Title translation TRPC3 calcium channel: A new chain-link in the gustatory perception of dietary lipids.
    MeSH term(s) Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium Channels/genetics ; Humans ; Lipids ; Taste Perception
    Chemical Substances Calcium Channels ; Lipids ; Calcium (SY7Q814VUP)
    Language French
    Publishing date 2021-09-07
    Publishing country France
    Document type News
    ZDB-ID 632733-3
    ISSN 1958-5381 ; 0767-0974
    ISSN (online) 1958-5381
    ISSN 0767-0974
    DOI 10.1051/medsci/2021097
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  2. Article ; Online: In Vitro Functional Characterization of Type-I Taste Bud Cells as Monocytes/Macrophages-like Which Secrete Proinflammatory Cytokines

    Aziz Hichami / Hamza Saidi / Amira Sayed Khan / Pernelle Degbeni / Naim Akhtar Khan

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 24, Iss 10325, p

    2023  Volume 10325

    Abstract: The sense of taste determines the choice of nutrients and food intake and, consequently, influences feeding behaviors. The taste papillae are primarily composed of three types of taste bud cells (TBC), i.e., type I, type II, and type III. The type I TBC, ...

    Abstract The sense of taste determines the choice of nutrients and food intake and, consequently, influences feeding behaviors. The taste papillae are primarily composed of three types of taste bud cells (TBC), i.e., type I, type II, and type III. The type I TBC, expressing GLAST (glutamate-–aspartate transporter), have been termed as glial-like cells. We hypothesized that these cells could play a role in taste bud immunity as glial cells do in the brain. We purified type I TBC, expressing F4/80, a specific marker of macrophages, from mouse fungiform taste papillae. The purified cells also express CD11b, CD11c, and CD64, generally expressed by glial cells and macrophages. We further assessed whether mouse type I TBC can be polarized toward M1 or M2 macrophages in inflammatory states like lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-triggered inflammation or obesity, known to be associated with low-grade inflammation. Indeed, LPS-treatment and obesity state increased TNFα, IL-1β, and IL-6 expression, both at mRNA and protein levels, in type I TBC. Conversely, purified type I TBC treated with IL-4 showed a significant increase in arginase 1 and IL-4. These findings provide evidence that type I gustatory cells share many features with macrophages and may be involved in oral inflammation.
    Keywords GLAST ; taste bud cells ; F4/80 ; inflammation ; type I cells ; obesity ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: In Vitro Functional Characterization of Type-I Taste Bud Cells as Monocytes/Macrophages-like Which Secrete Proinflammatory Cytokines.

    Hichami, Aziz / Saidi, Hamza / Khan, Amira Sayed / Degbeni, Pernelle / Khan, Naim Akhtar

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 12

    Abstract: The sense of taste determines the choice of nutrients and food intake and, consequently, influences feeding behaviors. The taste papillae are primarily composed of three types of taste bud cells (TBC), i.e., type I, type II, and type III. The type I TBC, ...

    Abstract The sense of taste determines the choice of nutrients and food intake and, consequently, influences feeding behaviors. The taste papillae are primarily composed of three types of taste bud cells (TBC), i.e., type I, type II, and type III. The type I TBC, expressing GLAST (glutamate--aspartate transporter), have been termed as glial-like cells. We hypothesized that these cells could play a role in taste bud immunity as glial cells do in the brain. We purified type I TBC, expressing F4/80, a specific marker of macrophages, from mouse fungiform taste papillae. The purified cells also express CD11b, CD11c, and CD64, generally expressed by glial cells and macrophages. We further assessed whether mouse type I TBC can be polarized toward M1 or M2 macrophages in inflammatory states like lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-triggered inflammation or obesity, known to be associated with low-grade inflammation. Indeed, LPS-treatment and obesity state increased TNFα, IL-1β, and IL-6 expression, both at mRNA and protein levels, in type I TBC. Conversely, purified type I TBC treated with IL-4 showed a significant increase in arginase 1 and IL-4. These findings provide evidence that type I gustatory cells share many features with macrophages and may be involved in oral inflammation.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Taste Buds/metabolism ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology ; Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism ; Interleukin-4/pharmacology ; Interleukin-4/metabolism ; Monocytes/metabolism ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Inflammation/metabolism ; Obesity/metabolism ; Taste
    Chemical Substances Cytokines ; Lipopolysaccharides ; Interleukin-4 (207137-56-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-19
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms241210325
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  4. Article: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Fat Taste Perception.

    Hichami, Aziz / Khan, Amira Sayed / Khan, Naim Akhtar

    Handbook of experimental pharmacology

    2021  Volume 275, Page(s) 247–270

    Abstract: During the last couples of years, a number of studies have increasingly accumulated on the gustatory perception of dietary fatty acids in rodent models and human beings in health and disease. There is still a debate to coin a specific term for the ... ...

    Abstract During the last couples of years, a number of studies have increasingly accumulated on the gustatory perception of dietary fatty acids in rodent models and human beings in health and disease. There is still a debate to coin a specific term for the gustatory perception of dietary fatty acids either as the sixth basic taste quality or as an alimentary taste. Indeed, the psycho-physical cues of orosensory detection of dietary lipids are not as distinctly perceived as other taste qualities like sweet or bitter. The cellular and molecular pharmacological mechanisms, triggered by the binding of dietary long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) to tongue taste bud lipid receptors like CD36 and GPR120, involve Ca
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; CD36 Antigens/genetics ; CD36 Antigens/metabolism ; Fatty Acids/metabolism ; Humans ; Taste/physiology ; Taste Buds/metabolism ; Taste Perception/physiology
    Chemical Substances CD36 Antigens ; Fatty Acids
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-04
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 0171-2004
    ISSN 0171-2004
    DOI 10.1007/164_2021_437
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  5. Article: Association between polymorphisms and hypermethylation of CD36 gene in obese and obese diabetic Senegalese females.

    Touré, Maïmouna / Hichami, Aziz / Sayed, Amira / Suliman, Muhtadi / Samb, Abdoulaye / Khan, Naim Akhtar

    Diabetology & metabolic syndrome

    2022  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 117

    Abstract: Background: Obesity and related metabolic disorders are associated with genetic and epigenetic alterations. In this study, we have examined the association between polymorphisms and hypermethylation of the CD36 gene promoter with obesity in Senegalese ... ...

    Abstract Background: Obesity and related metabolic disorders are associated with genetic and epigenetic alterations. In this study, we have examined the association between polymorphisms and hypermethylation of the CD36 gene promoter with obesity in Senegalese females with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus to identify novel molecular markers of these pathologies (obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus).
    Materials and methods: The study was conducted in Senegal with healthy lean control, obese, and obese diabetic (age; 49.98 years ± 7.52 vs 50.50 years ± 8.76 vs 51.06 ± 5.78, and body mass index (BMI); 24.19 kg/m
    Results: For rs1761667, obese and obese diabetic subjects had statistically significant different parameters depending on the genotypic distribution. These were waist size for obese and HDL cholesterol for obese diabetic, they were significantly higher in subjects harboring GG genotype of rs1761667 (respectively p = 0.04 and p = 0.04). For rs3211867, obese subjects harboring the AA/AC genotype had significantly higher BMI (p = 0.02) and total cholesterol (p = 0.03) than obese subjects harboring the CC genotype. At the same time, the obese diabetic subjects harboring the AA/AC genotype had total cholesterol levels significantly higher than the obese diabetic subjects harboring the CC genotype (p = 0.03). For rs1527483, only the control subjects had statistically significant different parameters depending on the genotypic distribution. The control subjects harboring the GG genotype had a significantly higher BMI than the control subjects harboring the AA/AG genotype (p = 0.003). The CD36 gene methylation was significantly 1.36 times more frequent in obese and obese diabetic compared to lean control (RR = 1.36; p = 0.04). DNMT3a levels were higher in subjects with CD36 gene methylation than in subjects without CD36 gene methylation in each group. Obese diabetic subjects with CD36 gene methylation had significantly fewer plasmas sCD36 (p = 0.03) and more LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.01) than obese diabetic subjects without CD36 gene methylation. In the control group, an increase in sCD36 levels would be associated with a decrease in total cholesterol and triglyceride levels (coef = -7647.56 p = 0.01 and coef = -2528.50 p = 0.048, respectively) would be associated with an increase in LDL cholesterol levels. For the obese group, an increase in sCD36 levels would be associated with an increase in fasting insulin levels (coef = 490.99 p = 0.02) and a decrease in glycated hemoglobin levels (coef = -1196.26 p = 0.03). An increase in the sCD36 levels would be associated with an increase in the triglyceride levels in the obese diabetic group (coef = 9937.41 p = 0.02). The AA/AC genotype of SNP rs3211867 polymorphism was significantly associated with CD36 gene methylation in the control and obese diabetic groups (respectively p = 0.05, p = 0.002; 95% CI).
    Conclusion: These observations suggest that polymorphisms and epigenetic changes in CD36 gene promoters may be implicated in the onset of obesity and its related complication type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2518786-7
    ISSN 1758-5996
    ISSN 1758-5996
    DOI 10.1186/s13098-022-00881-2
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  6. Article: Obesity and COVID-19: Oro-Naso-Sensory Perception.

    Khan, Amira Sayed / Hichami, Aziz / Khan, Naim Akhtar

    Journal of clinical medicine

    2020  Volume 9, Issue 7

    Abstract: Through a recent upsurge of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the clinical assessment of most of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients clearly presents a health condition with the loss of oro-naso-sensory ( ... ...

    Abstract Through a recent upsurge of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the clinical assessment of most of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients clearly presents a health condition with the loss of oro-naso-sensory (ONS) perception, responsible for the detection of flavor and savor. These changes include anosmia and dysgeusia. In some cases, these clinical manifestations appear even before the general flu-like symptoms, e.g., sore throat, thoracic oppression and fever. There is no direct report available on the loss of these chemical senses in obese COVID-19 patients. Interestingly, obesity has been shown to be associated with low ONS cues. These alterations in obese subjects are due to obesity-induced altered expression of olfacto-taste receptors. Besides, obesity may further aggravate the SARS-CoV-2 infection, as this pathology is associated with a high degree of inflammation/immunosuppression and reduced protection against viral infections. Hence, obesity represents a great risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, as it may hide the viral-associated altered ONS symptoms, thus leading to a high mortality rate in these subjects.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2662592-1
    ISSN 2077-0383
    ISSN 2077-0383
    DOI 10.3390/jcm9072158
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  7. Article ; Online: Obesity and COVID-19

    Amira Sayed Khan / Aziz Hichami / Naim Akhtar Khan

    Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 2158, p

    Oro-Naso-Sensory Perception

    2020  Volume 2158

    Abstract: Through a recent upsurge of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the clinical assessment of most of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients clearly presents a health condition with the loss of oro-naso-sensory ( ... ...

    Abstract Through a recent upsurge of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the clinical assessment of most of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients clearly presents a health condition with the loss of oro-naso-sensory (ONS) perception, responsible for the detection of flavor and savor. These changes include anosmia and dysgeusia. In some cases, these clinical manifestations appear even before the general flu-like symptoms, e.g., sore throat, thoracic oppression and fever. There is no direct report available on the loss of these chemical senses in obese COVID-19 patients. Interestingly, obesity has been shown to be associated with low ONS cues. These alterations in obese subjects are due to obesity-induced altered expression of olfacto-taste receptors. Besides, obesity may further aggravate the SARS-CoV-2 infection, as this pathology is associated with a high degree of inflammation/immunosuppression and reduced protection against viral infections. Hence, obesity represents a great risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, as it may hide the viral-associated altered ONS symptoms, thus leading to a high mortality rate in these subjects.
    Keywords taste ; smell ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; obesity ; Medicine ; R ; covid19
    Subject code 616 ; 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: A novel fatty acid analogue triggers CD36-GPR120 interaction and exerts anti-inflammatory action in endotoxemia.

    Boutanquoi, Pierre-Marie / Khan, Amira Sayed / Cabeza, Lidia / Jantzen, Lucas / Gautier, Thomas / Yesylevskyy, Semen / Ramseyer, Christophe / Masson, David / Van Waes, Vincent / Hichami, Aziz / Khan, Naim Akhtar

    Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS

    2024  Volume 81, Issue 1, Page(s) 176

    Abstract: Inflammation is a mediator of a number of chronic pathologies. We synthesized the diethyl (9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dien-1-ylphosphonate, called NKS3, which decreased lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mRNA upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL- ...

    Abstract Inflammation is a mediator of a number of chronic pathologies. We synthesized the diethyl (9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dien-1-ylphosphonate, called NKS3, which decreased lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mRNA upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α) not only in primary intraperitoneal and lung alveolar macrophages, but also in freshly isolated mice lung slices. The in-silico studies suggested that NKS3, being CD36 agonist, will bind to GPR120. Co-immunoprecipitation and proximity ligation assays demonstrated that NKS3 induced protein-protein interaction of CD36 with GPR120in RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line. Furthermore, NKS3, via GPR120, decreased LPS-induced activation of TAB1/TAK1/JNK pathway and the LPS-induced mRNA expression of inflammatory markers in RAW 264.7 cells. In the acute lung injury model, NKS3 decreased lung fibrosis and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α) and nitric oxide (NO) production in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid. NKS3 exerted a protective effect on LPS-induced remodeling of kidney and liver, and reduced circulating IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α concentrations. In a septic shock model, NKS3 gavage decreased significantly the LPS-induced mortality in mice. In the last, NKS3 decreased neuroinflammation in diet-induced obese mice. Altogether, these results suggest that NKS3 is a novel anti-inflammatory agent that could be used, in the future, for the treatment of inflammation-associated pathologies.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Endotoxemia/chemically induced ; Interleukin-6/genetics ; Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use ; Inflammation ; CD36 Antigens/genetics ; Cytokines/genetics ; Interleukin-1beta/genetics ; RNA, Messenger ; Fatty Acids
    Chemical Substances Interleukin-6 ; Lipopolysaccharides ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; CD36 Antigens ; Cytokines ; Interleukin-1beta ; RNA, Messenger ; Fatty Acids
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1358415-7
    ISSN 1420-9071 ; 1420-682X
    ISSN (online) 1420-9071
    ISSN 1420-682X
    DOI 10.1007/s00018-024-05207-1
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  9. Article ; Online: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Polyphenols Contained in Mediterranean Diet in Obesity: Molecular Mechanisms.

    Nani, Abdelhafid / Murtaza, Babar / Sayed Khan, Amira / Khan, Naim Akhtar / Hichami, Aziz

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2021  Volume 26, Issue 4

    Abstract: Nutrition transition can be defined as shifts in food habits, and it is characterized by high-fat (chiefly saturated animal fat), hypercaloric and salty food consumption at the expense of dietary fibers, minerals and vitamins. Western dietary patterns ... ...

    Abstract Nutrition transition can be defined as shifts in food habits, and it is characterized by high-fat (chiefly saturated animal fat), hypercaloric and salty food consumption at the expense of dietary fibers, minerals and vitamins. Western dietary patterns serve as a model for studying the impact of nutrition transition on civilization diseases, such as obesity, which is commonly associated with oxidative stress and inflammation. In fact, reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction can be associated with nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-mediated inflammation in obesity. NF-κB regulates gene expression of several oxidant-responsive adipokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). Moreover, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which plays a pivotal role in energy homeostasis and in modulation of metabolic inflammation, can be downregulated by IκB kinase (IKK)-dependent TNF-α activation. On the other hand, adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet is highly encouraged because of its healthy dietary pattern, which includes antioxidant nutraceuticals such as polyphenols. Indeed, hydroxycinnamic derivatives, quercetin, resveratrol, oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol, which are well known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, exert anti-obesity proprieties. In this review, we highlight the impact of the most common polyphenols from Mediterranean foods on molecular mechanisms that mediate obesity-related oxidative stress and inflammation. Hence, we discuss the effects of these polyphenols on a number of signaling pathways. We note that Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) dietary polyphenols can de-regulate nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (NOX) and NF-κB-mediated oxidative stress, and metabolic inflammation. MedDiet polyphenols are also effective in upregulating downstream effectors of several proteins, chiefly AMPK.
    MeSH term(s) Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use ; Antioxidants/metabolism ; Diet, Mediterranean ; Dietary Fiber/therapeutic use ; Humans ; NF-kappa B/genetics ; Obesity/diet therapy ; Obesity/genetics ; Obesity/metabolism ; Polyphenols/therapeutic use ; Resveratrol/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; Antioxidants ; Dietary Fiber ; NF-kappa B ; Polyphenols ; Resveratrol (Q369O8926L)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-12
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules26040985
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  10. Article: CD36

    Berrichi, Moustafa / Hichami, Aziz / Addou-Klouche, Lynda / Sayed Khan, Amira / Khan, Naim Akhtar

    Journal of clinical medicine

    2020  Volume 9, Issue 6

    Abstract: Background: The spontaneous preference for dietary fat is regulated by two lingual lipid sensors (: Methods: School children were recruited and classified according to their body mass index (BMI) : Results: Obese children showed higher lipid and ... ...

    Abstract Background: The spontaneous preference for dietary fat is regulated by two lingual lipid sensors (
    Methods: School children were recruited and classified according to their body mass index (BMI)
    Results: Obese children showed higher lipid and bitter detection thresholds than lean children. Besides, more obese children presented higher methylation level of the CpG sites than lean participants. Interestingly,
    Conclusion: Epigenetic changes in
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-23
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662592-1
    ISSN 2077-0383
    ISSN 2077-0383
    DOI 10.3390/jcm9061956
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