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Possible hidden hazards of mass vaccination against new influenza A/H1N1: have the cardiovascular risks been adequately weighed? Med Microbiol Immunol 2009; 198:205-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00430-009-0130-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Innate immune signals in atherosclerosis. Clin Immunol 2009; 134:5-24. [PMID: 19740706 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease characterised by lipid retention and inflammation in the arterial intima. Innate immune mechanisms are central to atherogenesis, involving activation of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and induction of inflammatory processes. In a complex tissue, such as the atherosclerotic lesion, innate signals can originate from several sources and promote atherogenesis through ligation of PRRs. The receptors recognise conserved molecular patterns on pathogens and endogenous products of tissue injury and inflammation. Activation of PRRs might affect several aspects of atherosclerosis by acting on lesion resident cells. Scavenger receptors mediate antigen uptake and clearance of lipoproteins, thereby promoting foam cell formation. Signalling receptors, such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs), lead to induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and antigen-specific immune responses. In this review we describe the innate mechanisms present in the plaque. We focus on TLRs, their cross-talk with other PRRs, and how their signalling cascades influence inflammation within the atherosclerotic lesion.
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Feingold KR, Kazemi MR, Magra AL, McDonald CM, Chui LG, Shigenaga JK, Patzek SM, Chan ZW, Londos C, Grunfeld C. ADRP/ADFP and Mal1 expression are increased in macrophages treated with TLR agonists. Atherosclerosis 2009; 209:81-8. [PMID: 19748622 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Revised: 08/17/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Activation of macrophages by TLR agonists enhances foam cell formation, but the underlying mechanisms are not understood. We examined the effects of TLR agonists on ADRP/ADFP, a protein associated with forming lipid droplets, and Mal1 a fatty acid-binding protein, in two mouse macrophage cell lines and human monocytes. Low doses of LPS, a TLR4 agonist increased both mRNA and protein levels of ADRP/ADFP and Mal1 in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Following pretreatment with Intralipid, fatty acids, or acetyl-LDL to increase triglyceride or cholesterol ester storage, LPS treatment still increased ADRP/ADFP and Mal1 mRNA levels. LPS also induced ADRP/ADFP and Mal1 in J774 macrophages and ADRP/ADFP in human monocytes. Zymosan, a fungal product that activates TLR2, poly-I:C, a viral mimetic that activates TLR3, and imiquimod, a TLR7 agonist, also increased ADRP/ADFP. Zymosan, but not poly-I:C or imiquimod, induced Mal1. In contrast, neither gene was induced by TNFalpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, or interferon-gamma. Thus TLR agonists induce ADRP/ADFP and Mal1, which likely contributes to macrophage triglyceride and cholesterol ester storage leading to foam cell formation.
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- Kenneth R Feingold
- Metabolism Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Guo ZJ, Hou FF, Liu SX, Tian JW, Zhang WR, Xie D, Zhou ZM, Liu ZQ, Zhang X. Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora improves accelerated atherosclerosis through inhibition of redox-sensitive inflammation. Int J Cardiol 2009; 136:315-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 12/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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TR4 nuclear receptor functions as a fatty acid sensor to modulate CD36 expression and foam cell formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:13353-8. [PMID: 19666541 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905724106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Testicular orphan nuclear receptor 4 (TR4) is an orphan member of the nuclear receptor superfamily with diverse physiological functions. Using TR4 knockout (TR4(-/-)) mice to study its function in cardiovascular diseases, we found reduced cluster of differentiation (CD)36 expression with reduced foam cell formation in TR4(-/-) mice. Mechanistic dissection suggests that TR4 induces CD36 protein and mRNA expression via a transcriptional regulation. Interestingly, we found this TR4-mediated CD36 transactivation can be further enhanced by polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), such as omega-3 and -6 fatty acids, and their metabolites such as 15-hydroxyeico-satetraonic acid (15-HETE) and 13-hydroxy octa-deca dieonic acid (13-HODE) and thiazolidinedione (TZD)-rosiglitazone. Both electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays demonstrate that TR4 binds to the TR4 response element located on the CD36 5'-promoter region for the induction of CD36 expression. Stably transfected TR4-siRNA or functional TR4 cDNA in the RAW264.7 macrophage cells resulted in either decreased or increased CD36 expression with decreased or increased foam cell formation. Restoring functional CD36 cDNA in the TR4 knockdown macrophage cells reversed the decreased foam cell formation. Together, these results reveal an important signaling pathway controlling CD36-mediated foam cell formation/cardiovascular diseases, and findings that TR4 transactivation can be activated via its ligands/activators, such as PUFA metabolites and TZD, may provide a platform to screen new drug(s) to battle the metabolism syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.
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Dutta K, Bishayi B. Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide administration alters antioxidant profile during hypercholesterolemia. Indian J Clin Biochem 2009; 24:179-83. [PMID: 23105829 PMCID: PMC3453217 DOI: 10.1007/s12291-009-0032-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pathogens, especially Gram-negative bacteria or bacterial endotoxin, along with other classical factors, may be involved in inflammatory response within the aortic endothelium during the progression of cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that bacterial endotoxin activates various inflammatory processes in the body. Our study aims to establish a correlation between endotoxemia and vascular expression of antioxidant enzymes. Swiss albino mice (4 weeks old) were fed a high fat diet for 24 weeks and then were administered Escherichia coli endotoxin intraperitonealy, for 4 weeks. Tissue antioxidant enzymes, serum levels of IL-6 and TNF alpha were measured from the mice. We report that i.p. administration of endotoxin to hyperlipidemic mice resulted in elevation of superoxide dismutase and catalase enzymes, which was paralleled by a systemic reduction of serum cholesterol and LDL expression. Myeloperoxidase levels were also found to be elevated in aortic tissue, while an increase was also observed in the serum cytokine levels.
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- Kallol Dutta
- Department of Physiology, University College of Science & Technology, University of Calcutta, 92, APC Road, Kolkata, 700009 West Bengal India
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- Department of Physiology, University College of Science & Technology, University of Calcutta, 92, APC Road, Kolkata, 700009 West Bengal India
- Immunology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata, 700009 West Bengal India
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Ward JR, Wilson HL, Francis SE, Crossman DC, Sabroe I. Translational mini-review series on immunology of vascular disease: inflammation, infections and Toll-like receptors in cardiovascular disease. Clin Exp Immunol 2009; 156:386-94. [PMID: 19309349 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03886.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease, in which atherosclerosis is the major underlying cause, is currently the largest cause of death in the world. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of arterial lesions over a period of several decades at sites of endothelial cell dysfunction. These lesions are composed of endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, monocytes/macrophages and T lymphocytes (CD4(+)). As the lesions progress some can become unstable and prone to disruption, resulting in thrombus formation and possibly a myocardial infarction or stroke depending upon the location. Although the exact triggers for plaque disruption remain unknown, much recent evidence has shown a link between the incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke and a recent respiratory tract infection. Interestingly, many reports have also shown a link between a family of pattern recognition receptors, the Toll-like receptors, and the progression of atherosclerosis, suggesting that infections may play a role in both the progression of atherosclerosis and in inducing the more severe complications associated with the disease.
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- J R Ward
- Cardiovascular Research Unit, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Torzewski M, Navarro B, Cheng F, Canisius A, Schmidt T, Bhakdi S, Urban R, Lackner KJ. Investigation of Sudan IV staining areas in aortas of infants and children: possible prelesional stages of atherogenesis. Atherosclerosis 2009; 206:159-67. [PMID: 19268943 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Revised: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/METHODS Although atherosclerosis in infants and children is generally acknowledged, the temporal and spatial sequence of LDL insudation, modification and intimal monocyte accumulation has not been systematically studied. We have investigated herein very early stages of lesion formation in human aortas of individuals up to the age of 15 years. Aortic specimens from 61 cases (37 male, 24 female) were examined. 34 cases were <1 year old, 16 cases were between 1 and 5 years old, and 11 cases were between 6 and 15 years old. Areas preselected under a dissection microscope after Sudan IV staining were investigated in depth by immunohistochemical staining for apolipoprotein B, monocytes/macrophages, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), enzymatically and oxidatively modified lipoproteins, C-reactive protein and complement components. RESULTS (i) Lipoprotein accumulation in the intima before macrophage infiltration, (ii) virtually no extracellular lipoprotein modification, either enzymatic or oxidative, within intimal lesions in infancy (<1 year), (iii) onset of extracellular enzymatic modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the age group between 6 and 15 years and (iv) no coincidence of lipoprotein accumulation in the intima with activation of the terminal complement cascade as known from early atherosclerotic lesions in adults. CONCLUSIONS The present study indicates the existence of hitherto undescribed prelesional stages in atherogenesis characterized by 'inert' lipoprotein insudation in individuals <1 year of age without lipoprotein modification, monocyte/macrophage infiltration and/or inflammation on the one hand and the onset of extracellular enzymatic rather than oxidative lipoprotein modification in individuals between 6 and 15 years of age on the other hand. Further investigations of these stages should advance understanding of events underlying initiation, progression and regression of intimal lesions developing in early atherogenesis.
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- Michael Torzewski
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
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Reifenberg K, Lehr HA, Fan J, Koike T, Wiese E, Küpper I, Sagban TA, Schaefer SC, Zähringer U, Torzewski M, Lackner KJ, Bhakdi S. Endotoxin accelerates atherosclerosis independent of complement activation. Thromb Res 2009; 123:653-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Katsargyris A, Klonaris C, Bastounis E, Theocharis S. Toll-like receptor modulation: a novel therapeutic strategy in cardiovascular disease? Expert Opin Ther Targets 2009; 12:1329-46. [PMID: 18851691 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.12.11.1329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have been recently recognised as primary receptors in the innate immune system. Apart from initiating a prompt immune response against invading pathogens, TLRs are also considered to be an important link between innate immunity, inflammation and a variety of clinical disorders, including cardiovascular diseases. TLR signalling manipulation with novel drugs could offer important opportunities for cardiovascular disease modification. OBJECTIVE To present the latest knowledge supporting the involvement of TLRs in the pathogenesis and progress of cardiovascular diseases and explore the role of TLRs as potential targets for therapeutic intervention in cardiovascular territory. METHODS A review of the literature documenting implication of TLR signalling in cardiovascular disorders. Current progress in TLR-targeting drug development and the potential role of such a treatment strategy in cardiovascular disorders are discussed. CONCLUSIONS A growing body of evidence supports a role for TLRs in cardiovascular disease initiation and progression. Altering TLR signalling with novel drugs could be a beneficial therapeutic strategy for patients with cardiovascular disorders.
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- Athanasios Katsargyris
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, LAIKON Hospital, Vascular Division, 1st Department of Surgery, 75, Mikras Asias street, Goudi, 11527 Athens, Greece
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Sorrentino R, Arditi M. Innate immunity, Toll-like receptors, and atherosclerosis: mouse models and methods. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 517:381-399. [PMID: 19378021 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-541-1_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Chronic inflammation and aberrant lipid metabolism represent hallmarks of atherosclerosis. Innate immunity critically depends upon Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling. Recent data directly implicate signalling by TLR4 and TLR2 in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The role that TLRs play in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis can be assessed by using several animal models, which provide a double genetic deficiency in TLRs and molecules implicated in the lipid metabolism, such as ApoE or LDL receptor. Furthermore, a more recent technique, such as the bone marrow transplantation (BMT), can be a useful and straightforward method to elucidate the role of stromal versus hematopoietic cells in the acceleration of the atheroma.
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- Rosalinda Sorrentino
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Toll-like receptors, wound healing, and carcinogenesis. J Mol Med (Berl) 2008; 87:125-38. [PMID: 19089397 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-008-0426-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Revised: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Following acute injury, the concerted action of resident and nonresident cell populations evokes wound healing responses that entail a temporary increase in inflammation, extracellular matrix production, and proliferation to ultimately restore normal organ architecture. However, chronic injury evokes a perpetuating wound healing response promoting the development of fibrosis, organ failure, and cancer. Recent evidence points toward toll-like receptors (TLRs) as important regulators of inflammatory signals in wound healing. Here, we will review the activation of TLRs by different endogenous and bacterial TLR ligands during wound healing, and the contribution of TLR-induced signals to injury, fibrogenesis, regeneration, and carcinogenesis. We will discuss the hypothesis that TLRs act as sensors of danger signals in injured tissue to switch the wound healing response toward fibrogenesis and regeneration as a protective response to imminent danger at the cost of an increased long-term risk of developing scars and cancer.
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Erridge C, Burdess A, Jackson AJ, Murray C, Riggio M, Lappin D, Milligan S, Spickett CM, Webb DJ. Vascular cell responsiveness to Toll-like receptor ligands in carotid atheroma. Eur J Clin Invest 2008; 38:713-20. [PMID: 18837796 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis is potentiated by stimulation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which serve to detect pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). However little is known of which PAMPs may be present in atheroma, or capable of stimulating inflammatory signalling in vascular cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS DNA extracted from human carotid atheroma samples was amplified and sequenced using broad-range 16S gene specific primers to establish historical exposure to bacterial PAMPs. Responsiveness of primary human arterial and venous endothelial and smooth muscle cells to PAMPs specific for each of the TLRs was assessed by measurement of interleukin-8 secretion and E-selectin expression. RESULTS Extracts of atheromatous tissue stimulated little or no signalling in TLR-transfected HEK-293 cells. However, sequencing of bacterial DNA amplified from carotid atheroma revealed the presence of DNA from 17 different bacterial genera, suggesting historical exposure to bacterial lipopeptide, lipopolysaccharide and flagellin. All cells examined were responsive to the ligands of TLR3 and TLR4, poly inosine:cytosine and lipopolysaccharide. Arterial cells were responsive to a wider range of PAMPs than venous cells, being additionally responsive to bacterial flagellin and unmethylated cytosine-phosphate-guanosine DNA motifs, the ligands of TLR5 and TLR9, respectively. Cells were generally unresponsive towards the ligands of human TLR7 and TLR8, loxoribine and single stranded RNA. Only coronary artery endothelial cells expressed TLR2 mRNA and responded to the TLR2 ligand Pam(3)CSK(4). CONCLUSIONS Vascular cells are responsive to a relatively diverse range of TLR ligands and may be exposed, at least transiently, to ligands of TLR2, TLR4, TLR5 and TLR9 during the development of carotid atheroma.
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- C Erridge
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
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Loppnow H, Werdan K, Buerke M. Vascular cells contribute to atherosclerosis by cytokine- and innate-immunity-related inflammatory mechanisms. Innate Immun 2008; 14:63-87. [PMID: 18713724 DOI: 10.1177/1753425908091246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases are the human diseases with the highest death rate and atherosclerosis is one of the major underlying causes of cardiovascular diseases. Inflammatory and innate immune mechanisms, employing monocytes, innate receptors, innate cytokines, or chemokines are suggested to be involved in atherogenesis. Among the inflammatory pathways the cytokines are central players. Plasma levels of cytokines and related proteins, such as CRP, have been investigated in cardiovascular patients, tissue mRNA expression was analyzed and correlations to vascular diseases established. Consistent with these findings the generation of cytokine-deficient animals has provided direct evidence for a role of cytokines in atherosclerosis. In vitro cell culture experiments further support the suggestion that cytokines and other innate mechanisms contribute to atherogenesis. Among the initiation pathways of atherogenesis are innate mechanisms, such as toll-like-receptors (TLRs), including the endotoxin receptor TLR4. On the other hand, innate cytokines, such as IL-1 or TNF, or even autoimmune triggers may activate the cells. Cytokines potently activate multiple functions relevant to maintain or spoil homeostasis within the vessel wall. Vascular cells, not least smooth muscle cells, can actively contribute to the inflammatory cytokine-dependent network in the blood vessel wall by: (i) production of cytokines; (ii) response to these potent cell activators; and (iii) cytokine-mediated interaction with invading cells, such as monocytes, T-cells, or mast cells. Activation of these pathways results in accumulation of cells and increased LDL- and ECM-deposition which may serve as an 'immunovascular memory' resulting in an ever-growing response to subsequent invasions. Thus, vascular cells may potently contribute to the inflammatory pathways involved in development and acceleration of atherosclerosis.
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- Harald Loppnow
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin , Halle (Saale), Germany.
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de Souza LF, Jardim FR, Sauter IP, de Souza MM, Bernard EA. High glucose increases RAW 264.7 macrophages activation by lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Chim Acta 2008; 398:130-3. [PMID: 18824162 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2008] [Revised: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 09/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and accelerated atherosclerosis, which has been associated to hyperglycemia and chronic inflammation. Activated macrophages are described to participate in atherosclerosis due to foam cell formation and pro-inflammatory mediators production. Bacterial infections are described to accelerate atherosclerosis, moreover, gram-positive and negative bacterial DNA was described in atherosclerotic plaques. METHODS We studied the glucose modulation of RAW 264.7 macrophages activation by the gram-positive bacterial antigen lipoteichoic acid (LTA), evaluating nitrite production, tumor necrosis factor alpha secretion and matrix metalloproteinase 9 activity. RESULTS High glucose increased macrophages activation by LTA, evidenced by exacerbated nitric oxide and tumor necrosis factor alpha production, as well matrix metalloproteinase 9 secretion. CONCLUSIONS These effects could contribute to atherosclerotic risk parameters, like atherome plaque instability, and participate in chronic inflammation present in type 2 diabetes.
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- Luiz Fernando de Souza
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600 anexo, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Erridge C. The Roles of Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns in Atherosclerosis. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2008; 18:52-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 11/23/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tobias PS, Curtiss LK. TLR2 in murine atherosclerosis. Semin Immunopathol 2007; 30:23-7. [PMID: 18058099 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-007-0102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Atherosclerosis was once thought to be solely a disease of lipid accumulation in the vessel wall. It does involve lipid accumulation, but inflammation appears to be an important driving factor. Consequently, our laboratory undertook to examine the role(s) of TLRs, and especially TLR2, in murine models of atherosclerosis.
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- Peter S Tobias
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Erridge C, Attina T, Spickett CM, Webb DJ. A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 86:1286-92. [PMID: 17991637 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 524] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacterial endotoxin is a potently inflammatory antigen that is abundant in the human gut. Endotoxin circulates at low concentrations in the blood of all healthy individuals, although elevated concentrations are associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether a high-fat meal or smoking increases plasma endotoxin concentrations and whether such concentrations are of physiologic relevance. DESIGN Plasma endotoxin and endotoxin neutralization capacity were measured for 4 h in 12 healthy men after no meal, 3 cigarettes, a high-fat meal, or a high-fat meal with 3 cigarettes by using the limulus assay. RESULTS Baseline endotoxin concentrations were 8.2 pg/mL (interquartile range: 3.4-13.5 pg/mL) but increased significantly (P < 0.05) by approximately 50% after a high-fat meal or after a high-fat meal with cigarettes but not after no meal or cigarettes alone. These results were validated by the observations that a high-fat meal with or without cigarettes, but not no meal or smoking, also significantly (P < 0.05) reduced plasma endotoxin neutralization capacity, which is an indirect measure of endotoxin exposure. Human monocytes, but not aortic endothelial cells, were responsive to transient (30 s) or low-dose (10 pg/mL) exposure to endotoxin. However, plasma from whole blood treated with as little as 10 pg endotoxin/mL increased the endothelial cell expression of E-selectin, at least partly via tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced cellular activation. CONCLUSIONS Low-grade endotoxemia may contribute to the postprandial inflammatory state and could represent a novel potential contributor to endothelial activation and the development of atherosclerosis.
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- Clett Erridge
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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With cardiovascular (CV)-related disorders accounting for the highest mortality rates in the world, affecting the quantity and quality of life of patients and creating an economic burden of prolonged therapeutic intervention, there is great significance in understanding the cellular and molecular alterations that influence the progression of these pathologies. The cellular genotype is regulated by the DNA component, whilst the cellular phenotype is influenced by the protein complement. By improving the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that influence the protein profile, the pathologies that influence the intrinsic functions of the CV system may be detected earlier or managed more efficiently. This is achievable with technologies encompassed by 'proteomics.' Proteomic investigations of CV diseases, including dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), atherosclerosis, and ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, have identified candidate proteins altered with the pathologic states, complementing past biochemical and physiologic observations. Whilst proteomics is still a relatively new discipline to be applied to the basic scientific investigation of CV diseases, it is emerging as a technique to screen for potential biomarkers in both tissues/cells and biologic fluids (biofluids), as well as to identify the targets of existing therapeutics. By enabling the separation of complex mixtures over numerous dimensions, exploiting the intrinsic properties of proteins, including charge state, molecular mass, and hydrophobicity, in addition to cellular location, the discrete alterations within the cell may be resolved. Proteomics has shown alterations to myofilament proteins including troponin I and myosin light chain, correlating with the reduction in contractility in the myocardium from DCM and I/R. The diverse cell types that coalesce to induce atherosclerotic plaque formation have been investigated both collectively and individually to elucidate the influence of the modifications to single cell types on the developing plaque as a whole. Proteomics has also been used to observe changes to biofluids occurring with these pathologies, a new potential link between basic science and clinical applications. The development of CV proteomics has helped to identify a number of possible protein candidates, and offers the potential to treat and diagnose CV disease more effectively in the future.
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- Melanie Y White
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Altintas E, Ucbilek E, Ulu O, Sezgin O, Uzer C, Tataroglu C, Camdeviren H. Helicobacter pylori-associated atrophic gastritis and carotid intima-media thickness: is there a link? Int J Clin Pract 2007; 61:810-4. [PMID: 17343667 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Chronic infections are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Helicobacter pylori-induced chronic active gastritis results in atrophic gastritis. In this study, we attempted to determine carotid intima-media thickness in patients with and individuals without H. pylori-induced atrophic gastritis. Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy was performed on 123 patients for various reasons. Helicobacter pylori were considered positive when histological examination and rapid urease test showed H. pylori. Helicobacter pylori-positive cases were divided into two groups, namely atrophic gastritis and non-atrophic gastritis. Of 123 patients, 92 patients had H. pylori-positive non-atrophic gastritis and 31 had H. pylori-positive atrophic gastritis. There was no significant difference in carotid intima-media thickness between the two groups. Carotid intima-media thickness is not associated with H. pylori-induced atrophic gastritis.
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- E Altintas
- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
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Triantafilou M, Gamper FGJ, Lepper PM, Mouratis MA, Schumann C, Harokopakis E, Schifferle RE, Hajishengallis G, Triantafilou K. Lipopolysaccharides from atherosclerosis-associated bacteria antagonize TLR4, induce formation of TLR2/1/CD36 complexes in lipid rafts and trigger TLR2-induced inflammatory responses in human vascular endothelial cells. Cell Microbiol 2007; 9:2030-9. [PMID: 17419716 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00935.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Infection with bacteria such as Chlamydia pneumonia, Helicobacter pylori or Porphyromonas gingivalis may be triggering the secretion of inflammatory cytokines that leads to atherogenesis. The mechanisms by which the innate immune recognition of these pathogens could lead to atherosclerosis remain unclear. In this study, using human vascular endothelial cells or HEK-293 cells engineered to express pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), we set out to determine Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and functionally associated PRRs involved in the innate recognition of and response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from H. pylori or P. gingivalis. Using siRNA interference or recombinant expression of cooperating PRRs, we show that H. pylori and P. gingivalis LPS-induced cell activation is mediated through TLR2. Human vascular endothelial cell activation was found to be lipid raft-dependent and to require the formation of heterotypic receptor complexes comprising of TLR2, TLR1, CD36 and CD11b/CD18. In addition, we report that LPS from these bacterial strains are able to antagonize TLR4. This antagonistic activity of H. pylori or P. gingivalis LPS, as well as their TLR2 activation capability may be associated with their ability to contribute to atherosclerosis.
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- Martha Triantafilou
- Infection and Immunity Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK
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Ranjbaran H, Sokol SI, Gallo A, Eid RE, Iakimov AO, D'Alessio A, Kapoor JR, Akhtar S, Howes CJ, Aslan M, Pfau S, Pober JS, Tellides G. An inflammatory pathway of IFN-gamma production in coronary atherosclerosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:592-604. [PMID: 17182600 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.1.592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Inflammation is associated with the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis, although the mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated whether cytokine secretion by innate immune responses could contribute to the production of proarteriosclerotic Th1-type cytokines in human coronary atherosclerosis. Cytokines were measured by ELISA in the plasma of patients with coronary atherosclerosis undergoing cardiac catheterization. IL-18 was detected in all subjects, whereas a subset of patients demonstrated a coordinated induction of other IFN-gamma-related cytokines. Specifically, elevated plasma levels of IL-12 correlated with that of IFN-gamma and IFN-gamma-inducible chemokines, defining an IFN-gamma axis that was activated independently of IL-6 or C-reactive protein. Systemic inflammation triggered by cardiopulmonary bypass increased plasma levels of the IFN-gamma axis, but not that of IL-18. Activation of the IFN-gamma axis was not associated with acute coronary syndromes, but portended increased morbidity and mortality after 1-year follow-up. IL-12 and IL-18, but not other monokines, elicited secretion of IFN-gamma and IFN-gamma-inducible chemokines in human atherosclerotic coronary arteries maintained in organ culture. T cells were the principal source of IFN-gamma in response to IL-12/IL-18 within the arterial wall. This inflammatory response did not require, but was synergistic with and primed for TCR signals. IL-12/IL-18-stimulated T cells displayed a cytokine-producing, nonproliferating, and noncytolytic phenotype, consistent with previous descriptions of lymphocytes in stable plaques. In contrast to cognate stimuli, IL-12/IL-18-dependent IFN-gamma secretion was prevented by a p38 MAPK inhibitor and not by cyclosporine. In conclusion, circulating IL-12 may provide a mechanistic link between inflammation and Th1-type cytokine production in coronary atherosclerosis.
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- Hooman Ranjbaran
- Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Shanmuganayagam D, Warner TF, Krueger CG, Reed JD, Folts JD. Concord grape juice attenuates platelet aggregation, serum cholesterol and development of atheroma in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. Atherosclerosis 2007; 190:135-42. [PMID: 16780846 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Intake of Concord grape juice (CGJ), rich in polyphenolics, inhibits platelet aggregation (PA), a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), in normocholesterolemic animals and humans. It is unclear whether CGJ can attenuate hypercholesterolemia-enhanced PA. The effects of daily CGJ consumption on hypercholesterolemia-enhanced PA and the development of atherosclerosis were investigated. Two groups of rabbits (Control and Treated; n=10 each) were fed a hypercholesterolemic diet for 48 days. Treated group then received supplemental CGJ (225mL/day) while Control group received supplemental iso-caloric sugar water for 48 days. Collagen-, collagen+epinephrine- and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced whole blood PA responses were measured on Days 0, 48 and 96; total serum cholesterol and blood pressure were also measured. The development of aortic atheroma was quantified at the end. Both groups showed significant increases in PA and serum cholesterol at Day 48. However, at Day 96, Treated group showed significantly lower PA and development of atheroma (30.7+/-3.9% lower (p<0.001)) than Control group; Treated group also had significantly lower total serum cholesterol and blood pressure than Control group. In conclusion, daily consumption of CGJ attenuates hypercholesterolemia-enhanced PA, blood pressure, total serum cholesterol and development of atheroma in rabbits.
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- Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, United States
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Mullick AE, Tobias PS, Curtiss LK. Toll-like receptors and atherosclerosis: key contributors in disease and health? Immunol Res 2006; 34:193-209. [PMID: 16891671 DOI: 10.1385/ir:34:3:193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The identification of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) as key patternrecognition receptors of innate immunity has opened inquiries into previously unknown disease mechanisms. The ability of TLRs to detect a spectrum of pathogen-derived molecules defines their importance in innate immunity and provides a mechanistic link between infection and disease. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease where immune and metabolic factors interact to initiate and propagate arterial lesions. An understanding of TLRs in atherosclerosis could clarify the etiology of this complex process. Furthermore, the existence of host-derived endogenous TLR ligands may implicate TLR involvement in disease mechanisms beyond innate immunity, such as a role in homeostatic mechanisms to resolve injury. Our current knowledge of TLRs in atherosclerosis is discussed in this review with emphasis on experimental studies in atherosclerosis-susceptible mouse models. Highlights from studies of TLR involvement in other disease processes have demonstrated that TLR-dependent mechanisms probably parallel those found in atherosclerosis, some of which could be important in mitigating atherosclerotic injury. Finally, an appreciation of the pro- and anti-atherosclerotic mechanisms of TLR activation over the entire lifetime of an organism will provide clues to the role of TLRs in both health and disease.
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- Adam E Mullick
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
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Erridge C, Webb DJ, Spickett CM. Toll-like receptor 4 signalling is neither sufficient nor required for oxidised phospholipid mediated induction of interleukin-8 expression. Atherosclerosis 2006; 193:77-85. [PMID: 16982060 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Revised: 08/04/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 signalling has been shown to accelerate atherosclerosis. As oxidised phospholipids are present in atherosclerotic plaque and have been shown to modulate TLR4 signalling, we investigated the role of oxidised 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine (OxPAPC) in the regulation of TLR 1, 2, 4 and 6 signalling. METHODS AND RESULTS Unlike established TLR agonists, OxPAPC did not induce NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression in monocytic THP-1 cells, human aortic endothelial cells or TLR-deficient HEK-293 cells transfected with TLRs 1, 2, 4 or 6. OxPAPC induction of IL-8 was not blocked by the TLR4 specific antagonist Rhodobacter sphaeroides LPS in human aortic endothelial cells, though OxPAPC potently inhibited TLR4 mediated IL-8 induction in these cells. OxPAPC upregulated IL-8 production in TLR4 deficient HEK-293 cells and this was not increased following TLR4 overexpression. Lipids extracted from carotid atherectomy samples did not stimulate TLR 1, 2, 4 or 6 signalling in a HEK-293 transfection assay. CONCLUSIONS TLR4 signalling does not contribute to OxPAPC induced IL-8 expression in human epithelial HEK-293, monocytic THP-1 or aortic endothelial cells. As lipids extracted from diseased human artery also induced no TLR signalling, it is likely that the TLR-activating materials contributing to atherosclerosis are not of endogenous lipid origin.
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- Clett Erridge
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.
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da Cunha V, Martin-McNulty B, Vincelette J, Choy DF, Li WW, Schroeder M, Mahmoudi M, Halks-Miller M, Wilson DW, Vergona R, Sullivan ME, Wang YXJ. Angiotensin II induces histomorphologic features of unstable plaque in a murine model of accelerated atherosclerosis. J Vasc Surg 2006; 44:364-71. [PMID: 16890870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2005] [Accepted: 04/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND We explored the role of angiotensin II in determining the histomorphometric features of plaque stability in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice submitted to ligation of the carotid artery. METHODS Six-month-old apolipoprotein E-deficient mice underwent ligation of the common left carotid artery and were immediately assigned to receive either angiotensin II (1.4 mg . kg(-1) . d(-1) subcutaneously) or vehicle (phosphate-buffered saline; control) via a subcutaneous osmotic minipump for 4 weeks. RESULTS Ligated arteries from control animals developed intimal lesions composed of macrophage foam cell plaques, which accumulated adjacent to the internal elastic lamina and were surrounded by a fibromuscular layer. Angiotensin II-treated mice had a greater intimal area (threefold), which was accompanied by a fivefold increase in the foam cell area. Lesions from angiotensin II-treated mice also displayed complex morphology characterized by intralesional neovasculature and hemorrhage. The content of active matrix metalloproteinase 2, mainly colocalized with macrophage foam cells, and the production of the inflammatory mediators monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 were also increased by angiotensin II treatment. Although angiotensin II induced vessel expansion and lumen loss to a similar extent, only vessel enlargement correlated with intimal area. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, this study's results support a role of angiotensin II in plaque vulnerability by promoting intraplaque neovascularization/hemorrhage, inflammation, and expansive remodeling.
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- Valdeci da Cunha
- Department of Pharmacology, Berlex Biosciences, Richmond, CA, USA.
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Földes G, von Haehling S, Anker SD. Toll-like receptor modulation in cardiovascular disease: a target for intervention? Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2006; 15:857-71. [PMID: 16859390 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.15.8.857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) form a family of pattern recognition receptors that have emerged as key mediators of innate immunity. These receptors sense invading microbes and initiate the immune response. TLR-mediated inflammation is an important pathogenic link between innate immunity and a diverse panel of clinical disorders. Among the processes in which TLRs play a role are cardiovascular disorders such as cardiac ischaemia, coronary artery disease, ventricular remodelling, cancer angiogenesis or transplant rejection. From these, many important opportunities for disease modification through TLR signalling manipulation can be imagined. Their role as potential targets for therapeutic intervention is just beginning to be appreciated and this article reviews the current status of these treatment strategies for cardiovascular disease.
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- Gábor Földes
- Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
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Engelmann MG, Redl CV, Pelisek J, Barz C, Heesemann J, Nikol S. Chronic perivascular inoculation with Chlamydophila pneumoniae results in plaque formation in vivo. J Transl Med 2006; 86:467-76. [PMID: 16550192 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hypercholesterolemic and normocholesterolemic rabbit models of chronic arterial Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae (CPN) inoculation were established and the role of both viable and inactivated bacteria was investigated in atherogenesis. A total of 29 rabbits were randomized to four groups. Groups A and B were fed a cholesterol-enriched diet, and groups C and D were fed a normal diet. Arterial segments of group A and C animals were inoculated in vivo using viable CPN chronically using repeated perivascular applications. Contralateral arteries were treated using heat-inactivated CPN. Group B and D animals were treated with repeated perivascular injections of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and saline (control). Additional hypercholesterolemic rabbits were treated by repeated injections using viable and inactivated CPN, each controlled by saline injections. To compare the effects of this chronic inoculation model, additional animals received single injections of either viable CPN, inactivated CPN, LPS, or saline. Vascular tissues (n=162 treated arteries of 29 rabbits) were analyzed using morphometry at histology. CPN was detected by fluorescence-immunohistochemistry and nested polymerase chain reaction. Only in hypercholesterolemic, but not in normocholesterolemic rabbits, chronic perivascular infection of all bacterial components, viable and heat-inactivated CPN, as well as LPS resulted in a significant increase in atheromatous lesion formation (lesion area index: 0.23+/-0.08, 0.25+/-0.09, and 0.15+/-0.05) when compared to controls (lesion area index 0.01+/-0.01, P=0.002). CPN persisted in atheromatous lesions and vascular tissues. Single perivascular infection using CPN or inactivated CPN was not able to induce lesion formation (lesion area index: 0.03+/-0.03, 0.03+/-0.02 vs 0.03+/-0.02 after single saline inoculation, P=0.965). In conclusion, chronic vascular infection with CPN or CPN components acts as a cofactor requiring other major atherogenic stimuli, rather than as a causative agent.
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Roth GA, Moser B, Roth-Walter F, Giacona MB, Harja E, Papapanou PN, Schmidt AM, Lalla E. Infection with a periodontal pathogen increases mononuclear cell adhesion to human aortic endothelial cells. Atherosclerosis 2006; 190:271-81. [PMID: 16620832 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2005] [Revised: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 03/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND As a link between periodontal infections and an increased risk for vascular disease has been demonstrated, we assessed the ability of the Gram-negative periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis to modulate properties of endothelial cells linked to inflammation and proatherogenic pathways. METHODS AND RESULTS Primary human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC) were infected with either P. gingivalis strain 381 or its non-invasive fimbriae-deficient mutant, DPG3, and incubated with U-937 monocytes, or Jurkat T cells. P. gingivalis-infected HAEC demonstrated significantly increased adhesion of immune cells compared to non-infected cells or those infected with DPG3. Heat-killed bacteria had no effect on mononuclear cell adhesion and P. gingivalis LPS had only a minimal effect. P. gingivalis infection significantly increased HAEC expression of VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and E-selectin, and enhanced production of IL-6, IL-8 and MCP-1. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate that live invasive P. gingivalis 381 elicits a pro-atherogenic response in HAEC.
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- Georg A Roth
- Division of Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Harari OA, Alcaide P, Ahl D, Luscinskas FW, Liao JK. Absence of TRAM restricts Toll-like receptor 4 signaling in vascular endothelial cells to the MyD88 pathway. Circ Res 2006; 98:1134-40. [PMID: 16574902 PMCID: PMC2701732 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000220105.85182.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Mammalian cells respond to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) through a cognate receptor: Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). The signaling pathways, which link TLR4 to the proinflammatory transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), occur through the intracellular docking proteins MyD88 and Trif. We hypothesize that unlike antigen-presenting cells, vascular endothelial cells (ECs) lack the Trif protein TRAM and are therefore incapable of eliciting Trif-dependent immune responses to LPS. Stimulation of wild-type mice with LPS leads to the activation of NF-kappaB in ECs and macrophages in vitro and in vivo. In contrast to macrophages, LPS did not activate endothelial NF-kappaB or NF-kappaB-dependent genes in MyD88(-/-) mice, suggesting the absence of a functional Trif pathway in vascular ECs. Indeed, the Trif-dependent gene cxcl10 was not expressed in ECs after LPS stimulation. This correlated with diminished expression of the Trif accessory TIR protein TRAM in ECs. Overexpression of TRAM cDNA in ECs reconstituted LPS-induced Trif-dependent NF-kappaB activation and cxcl10 promoter activity. The functional absence of TRAM in vascular ECs restricts TLR4 signaling to MyD88-dependent pathway. This is in contrast to macrophages, which respond to LPS via both Trif- and MyD88-dependent pathways. These findings indicate that vascular ECs do not express the Trif-dependent gene subset. This implies that these genes may be dispensable for the endothelial response to bacterial infection and play no role in the endothelial contribution to the development of atherosclerosis.
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- Olivier A Harari
- Vascular Medicine Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Wehrwein G, Neumeier M, Schäffler A, Kopp A, Weigert J, Abke S, Schölmerich J, Buechler C. Lipopolysaccharide regulated protein expression is only partly impaired in monocytes from patients with type I diabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2006; 5:5. [PMID: 16566827 PMCID: PMC1524748 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-5-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Monocytes play an important role in innate immunity and atherosclerosis. A disturbed secretion of cytokines in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activated monocytes from type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients has been described and may contribute to the impaired inflammatory response in these individuals. In the present study the influence of LPS on five different proteins with a function in immunity and atherosclerosis was analyzed in monocytes from controls and T1D patients. METHODS Monocytes were isolated from controls and T1D patients and the LPS-stimulated increase of IL-6, CXCL8, monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (CCL2, MCP-1) and superoxide dismutase (SOD 2), as well as the LPS-mediated decrease of apolipoprotein E (Apo E) in primary human monocytes from controls and T1D patients was determined. RESULTS CCL2 and IL-6 secretion in response to LPS was found significantly reduced in monocytes from T1D patients when compared to controls whereas basal CCL2 release was similar in control and T1D cells. In contrast, CXCL8 and apolipoprotein E secretion and SOD 2 expression upon LPS stimulation is similar from T1D and control monocytes. CONCLUSION These data indicate that LPS-mediated protein expression is only partly disturbed in monocytes from T1D patients. Reduced secretion of IL-6 and CCL2 in activated monocytes of these patients may contribute to an impaired inflammatory response and vascular disease.
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- Gabriele Wehrwein
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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Mitra AK, Del Core MG, Agrawal DK. Cells, cytokines and cellular immunity in the pathogenesis of fibroproliferative vasculopathies. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2006; 83:701-15. [PMID: 16333372 DOI: 10.1139/y05-080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Atherosclerosis and restenosis are the result of vascular injury followed by an inflammatory and fibroproliferative response that involves a large number of growth factors, cytokines, and cellular elements. Platelet activation and leukocyte recruitment into the arterial intima play a crucial role, initiating a whole spectrum of reactions leading to vascular smooth muscle cell hyperplasia and intimal migration. The roles of macrophages and lymphocytes and mast cells as mediators of inflammation and immune response is discussed, as are the roles of growth factors and cytokines. New light on the 'old' problems will help us to devise newer and better therapeutic strategies to combat these clinical entities.
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- Amit K Mitra
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by infiltration of blood vessels by lipids and leukocytes. There is a growing body of evidence that among risk factors that promote atherosclerosis, the metabolic syndrome is a powerful and prevalent predictor of cardiovascular events. The systemic inflammatory process associated with the metabolic syndrome has numerous deleterious effects that promote plaque activation, which is responsible for clinical events. Interactions between the innate immune system with lipid-derived products seem to play a major role in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis in relation with the metabolic syndrome. The multiple links among adipose tissue, the vascular wall, and the immune system are the topics of this review, which examines the roles of oxidized low-density lipoprotein, inflammatory cytokines, and adipokines in triggering and perpetuating a danger signal response that promotes the development of atherosclerosis. Furthermore, therapeutic options that specifically target the metabolic syndrome components are reviewed in light of recent developments.
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- Patrick Mathieu
- Department of Surgery, Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Laval/Institut de Cardiologie de Québec, Québec, Canada.
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Mullick AE, Tobias PS, Curtiss LK. Modulation of atherosclerosis in mice by Toll-like receptor 2. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:3149-56. [PMID: 16211093 PMCID: PMC1242192 DOI: 10.1172/jci25482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Epidemiologic evidence has established a relationship between microbial infection and atherosclerosis. Mammalian TLRs provide clues on the mechanism of this inflammatory cascade. TLR2 has a large ligand repertoire that includes bacterial-derived exogenous and possibly host-derived endogenous ligands. In atherosclerosis-susceptible low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (Ldlr-/-) mice, complete deficiency of TLR2 led to a reduction in atherosclerosis. However, with BM transplantation, loss of TLR2 expression from BM-derived cells had no effect on disease progression. This suggested that an unknown endogenous TLR2 agonist influenced lesion progression by activating TLR2 in cells that were not of BM cell origin. Moreover, with intraperitoneal administration of a synthetic TLR2/TLR1 agonist, Pam3CSK4, disease burden was dramatically increased in Ldlr-/- mice. A complete deficiency of TLR2 in Ldlr-/- mice, as well as a deficiency of TLR2 only in BM-derived cells in Ldlr-/- mice, led to striking protection against Pam3CSK4-mediated atherosclerosis, suggesting a role for BM-derived cell expression of TLR2 in transducing the effects of an exogenous TLR2 agonist. These studies support the concept that chronic or recurrent microbial infections may contribute to atherosclerotic disease. Additionally, these data suggest the presence of host-derived endogenous TLR2 agonists.
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- Adam E Mullick
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Schröder NWJ, Schumann RR. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of Toll-like receptors and susceptibility to infectious disease. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2005; 5:156-64. [PMID: 15766650 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(05)01308-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important part in the innate immune recognition of invading microorganisms, initiating sufficient immune responses. Growing amounts of data suggest that the ability of certain individuals to respond properly to TLR ligands may be impaired by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within TLR genes, resulting in an altered susceptibility to, or course of, infectious or inflammatory disease. Most studies have focused on two cosegregating SNPs-Asp299gly and Thr399Ile-within the gene encoding TLR4, the receptor for bacterial lipopolysaccharide. These SNPs are present in approximately 10% of white individuals, and have been found to be positively correlated with several infectious diseases. However, these SNPs seem to protect from atherosclerosis and related diseases, which is reviewed in this article also. Meanwhile, SNPs of genes encoding other TLRs-eg, TLR2, which recognises a wide variety of microbial ligands-have been reported, and preliminary studies indicate an impact on susceptibility to infectious and inflammatory diseases as well. This review summarises and discusses the results obtained, and draws conclusions from these data.
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- Nicolas W J Schröder
- Division of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Davis Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Tobias P, Curtiss LK. Thematic review series: The immune system and atherogenesis. Paying the price for pathogen protection: toll receptors in atherogenesis. J Lipid Res 2005; 46:404-11. [PMID: 15654120 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r400015-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory response characterized by the accumulation of cells of innate and acquired immune systems within the intima of the arterial wall. Macrophages are the predominant participant in innate immune responses in atherosclerosis. Protein receptors expressed by macrophages and endothelial cells recognize components and products of microorganisms and play a vital role in innate immunity. In particular, the members of the toll-like receptor (TLR) family play a critical role in the inflammatory components of atherosclerosis. Both exogenous ligands involved in microbial recognition as well as endogenous ligands involved in sterile inflammation pathways are implicated in the pathology of atherosclerosis. In this review, we discuss our current understanding of the role of TLRs and their coactivators in atherosclerosis, with particular emphasis on studies in atherosclerosis-prone hypercholesterolemic mice.
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- Peter Tobias
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Koizumi A, Mizukami H, Inoue M. pX Gene Causes Hypercholesterolemia in Hypercholesterolemia-Resistant BALB/c Mice. Biol Pharm Bull 2005; 28:1731-5. [PMID: 16141549 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.1731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To investigate the high incidence of atherosclerosis in the patients affected with rheumatoid arthritis, we examined the effect of feeding a cholesterol-enriched diet on the development of hypercholesterolemia in pX transgenic mice, which spontaneously develop chronic inflammatory arthritis. Cholesterol feeding to pX transgenic mice induced a striking elevation in serum total cholesterol (ca. 500 mg/dl) compared with their littermates, BALB/c mice used as controls. The pX transgenic mice exhibited elevated mRNA levels of ACAT1, and ABCG5 in the small intestine compared with their littermates, and furthermore, apoA1, ABCA1, ABCG5, ACAT1, and ACAT2 mRNAs were induced more easily by a cholesterol-enriched diet in pX transgenic mice than their littermates. As ACAT1 mRNA in the small intestine is known not to be induced by feeding a cholesterol-enriched diet, a possibility was inferred that interferon-gamma induced by Tax, a pX gene product, might play an important role in the induction of ACAT1 mRNA and the following hypercholesterolemia. These findings suggest that pX gene plays an important role in inducing hypercholesterolemia in BALB/c mice, which are genetically less susceptible to hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis and that RA patients carrying HTLV-1 virus have a predilection for hypercholesterolemia, a main risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
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- Ayano Koizumi
- Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
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Atherosclerosis, the leading cause of death in developed countries, is characterized by chronic inflammation in the artery wall. It has been appreciated for decades that this disease is linked to hypercholesterolemia and the accumulation of macrophages in the artery wall, yet the exact mechanisms underlying this inflammatory process remain unclear. The role of innate and adaptive immune responses in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis has been an area of intense study. It now appears that activation of innate immune signaling pathways designed to protect us from microbes may be responsible for initiating and feeding the chronic inflammatory cascade that characterizes this disease. In this review, we discuss the recent identification of Toll-like receptors and their downstream signaling pathways as critical contributors to atherosclerosis. Unraveling the contribution of individual Toll-like receptors and identifying the ligands that activate these pathways will be a central focus of atherosclerosis research in the next few years. The involvement of these pathways in atherogenesis will not only open up new avenues of investigation, but it also provides new targets for therapeutic manipulation that could ameliorate the atherosclerotic inflammatory response directly.
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- Marc A Laberge
- Lipid Metabolism Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Michelsen KS, Doherty TM, Shah PK, Arditi M. TLR signaling: an emerging bridge from innate immunity to atherogenesis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:5901-7. [PMID: 15528321 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.5901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chronic inflammation and disordered lipid metabolism represent hallmarks of atherosclerosis. Considerable evidence suggests that innate immune defense mechanisms might interact with proinflammatory pathways and contribute to development of arterial plaques. The preponderance of such evidence has been indirect clinical and epidemiologic studies, with some support from experimental animal models of atherosclerosis. However, recent data now directly implicate signaling by TLR4 in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, establishing a key link between atherosclerosis and defense against both foreign pathogens and endogenously generated inflammatory ligands. In this study, we briefly review these and closely related studies, highlighting areas that should provide fertile ground for future studies aimed at a more comprehensive understanding of the interplay between innate immune defense mechanisms, atherosclerosis, and related vascular disorders.
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- Kathrin S Michelsen
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Khovidhunkit W, Duchateau PN, Medzihradszky KF, Moser AH, Naya-Vigne J, Shigenaga JK, Kane JP, Grunfeld C, Feingold KR. Apolipoproteins A-IV and A-V are acute-phase proteins in mouse HDL. Atherosclerosis 2004; 176:37-44. [PMID: 15306172 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2003] [Revised: 03/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infection and inflammation are associated with atherosclerosis. During infection and inflammation, HDL decreases and there are changes in the levels of several HDL-associated proteins. To identify changes in the protein composition of HDL during infection and inflammation, a proteomic approach was utilized. METHODS AND RESULTS Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, we found the expected increases in apolipoprotein (apo) SAA and apo E, as well as a decrease in apo A-I on HDL isolated from mice injected with endotoxin. We identified apo A-IV and apo A-V as positive acute-phase proteins in mouse HDL. We also found an increase in hepatic mRNA levels of apo A-IV and apo A-V after injection of endotoxin. Interleukin-6 increased apo A-IV and apo A-V mRNA levels in Hep3B cells. Additionally, we demonstrated that the protein levels of apo A-II in acute-phase HDL and the hepatic mRNA levels of apo A-II were decreased. CONCLUSIONS Apo A-IV and A-V are positive acute-phase proteins that increase in the serum during inflammation while apo A-II is a negative acute-phase protein in mice. Similar to other positive and negative acute-phase proteins, changes in hepatic production account for the changes in serum levels. However, the changes in apo A-IV and apo A-V, two apolipoproteins whose activities are not fully understood, may serve functions other than regulating lipid metabolism during the acute-phase response (APR). Coupled with the other changes in HDL proteins that occur, these changes are likely to alter the functional properties of HDL perhaps increasing the risk of atherosclerosis.
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- Weerapan Khovidhunkit
- Metabolism Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, Box 111 F, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
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Henriksen PA, Hitt M, Xing Z, Wang J, Haslett C, Riemersma RA, Webb DJ, Kotelevtsev YV, Sallenave JM. Adenoviral gene delivery of elafin and secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor attenuates NF-kappa B-dependent inflammatory responses of human endothelial cells and macrophages to atherogenic stimuli. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:4535-44. [PMID: 15034071 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.7.4535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting arterial vessels. Strategies to reduce the inflammatory responses of endothelial cells and macrophages may slow lesion development and prevent complications such as plaque rupture. The human protease human neutrophil elastase (HNE), oxidized low density lipoprotein, LPS, and TNF-alpha were chosen as model stimuli of arterial wall inflammation and led to production of the chemokine IL-8 in endothelial cells. To counteract the activity of HNE, we have examined the effects of adenoviral gene delivery of the anti-elastases elafin, previously demonstrated within human atheroma, and murine secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), a related molecule, on the inflammatory responses of human endothelial cells and macrophages to atherogenic stimuli. We developed a technique of precomplexing adenovirus with cationic lipid to augment adenoviral infection efficiency in endothelial cells and to facilitate infection in macrophages. Elafin overexpression protected endothelial cells from HNE-induced IL-8 production and cytotoxicity. Elafin and murine SLPI also reduced endothelial IL-8 release in response to oxidized low density lipoprotein, LPS, and TNF-alpha and macrophage TNF-alpha production in response to LPS. This effect was associated with reduced activation of the inflammatory transcription factor NF-kappaB, through up-regulation of IkappaBalpha, in both cell types. Our work suggests a novel and extended anti-inflammatory role for these HNE inhibitors working as effectors of innate immunity to protect tissues against maladaptive inflammatory responses. Our findings indicate that elafin and SLPI may be gene therapy targets for the treatment of atheroma.
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- Peter A Henriksen
- Rayne Laboratory, Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Tamura Y, Osuga JI, Adachi H, Tozawa RI, Takanezawa Y, Ohashi K, Yahagi N, Sekiya M, Okazaki H, Tomita S, Iizuka Y, Koizumi H, Inaba T, Yagyu H, Kamada N, Suzuki H, Shimano H, Kadowaki T, Tsujimoto M, Arai H, Yamada N, Ishibashi S. Scavenger receptor expressed by endothelial cells I (SREC-I) mediates the uptake of acetylated low density lipoproteins by macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:30938-44. [PMID: 15145948 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313088200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Scavenger receptor expressed by endothelial cells I (SREC-I) is a novel endocytic receptor for acetylated low density lipoprotein (LDL). Here we show that SREC-I is expressed in a wide variety of tissues, including macrophages and aortas. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) robustly stimulated the expression of SREC-I in macrophages. In an initial attempt to clarify the role of SREC-I in the uptake of modified lipoproteins as well as in the development of atherosclerosis, we generated mice with a targeted disruption of the SREC-I gene by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. To exclude the overwhelming effect of the type A scavenger receptor (SR-A) on the uptake of Ac-LDL, we further generated mice lacking both SR-A and SREC-I (SR-A(-/-);SREC-I(-/-)) by cross-breeding and compared the uptake and degradation of Ac-LDL in the isolated macrophages. The contribution of SR-A and SREC-I to the overall degradation of Ac-LDL was 85 and 5%, respectively, in a non-stimulated condition. LPS increased the uptake and degradation of Ac-LDL by 1.8-fold. In this condition, the contribution of SR-A and SREC-I to the overall degradation of Ac-LDL was 90 and 6%, respectively. LPS increased the absolute contribution of SR-A and SREC-I by 1.9- and 2.3-fold, respectively. On the other hand, LPS decreased the absolute contribution of other pathways by 31%. Consistently, LPS did not increase the expression of other members of the scavenger receptor family such as CD36. In conclusion, SREC-I serves as a major endocytic receptor for Ac-LDL in LPS-stimulated macrophages lacking SR-A, suggesting that it has a key role in the development of atherosclerosis in concert with SR-A.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Aorta/metabolism
- Arteriosclerosis/etiology
- Arteriosclerosis/genetics
- Arteriosclerosis/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Biological Transport, Active
- CD36 Antigens/genetics
- CD36 Antigens/metabolism
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/deficiency
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Endocytosis
- Gene Expression
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/drug effects
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, LDL/deficiency
- Receptors, LDL/genetics
- Receptors, LDL/metabolism
- Receptors, Scavenger
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A
- Tissue Distribution
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- Yoshiaki Tamura
- Department of Metabolic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Dunzendorfer S, Lee HK, Soldau K, Tobias PS. Toll-like receptor 4 functions intracellularly in human coronary artery endothelial cells: roles of LBP and sCD14 in mediating LPS responses. FASEB J 2004; 18:1117-9. [PMID: 15132988 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-1263fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Endothelial cells are activated by microbial agonists through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) to express inflammatory mediators; this is of significance in acute as well as chronic inflammatory states such as septic shock and atherosclerosis, respectively. We investigated mechanisms of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cell activation in human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC) using a combination of FACS, confocal microscopy, RT-PCR, and functional assays. We found that TLR4, in contrast to TLR2, is not only located intracellularly but also functions intracellularly. That being the case, internalization of LPS is required for activation. We further characterized the HCAEC LPS uptake system and found that HCAEC exhibit an effective LPS uptake only in the presence of LPS binding protein (LBP). In addition to its function as a catalyst for LPS-CD14 complex formation, LBP enables HCAEC activation at low LPS concentrations by facilitating the uptake, and therefore delivery, of LPS-CD14 complexes to intracellular TLR4-MD-2. LBP-dependent uptake involves a scavenger receptor pathway. Our findings may be of pathophysiological relevance in the initial response of the organism to infection. Results further suggest that LBP levels, which vary as LBP is an acute phase reactant, could be relevant to initiating inflammatory responses in the vasculature in response to chronic or recurring low LPS.
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- Acute-Phase Proteins/physiology
- Acute-Phase Reaction
- Adult
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Antigens, Surface/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Surface/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/physiology
- Cell Compartmentation
- Cells, Cultured/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured/metabolism
- Coronary Vessels/cytology
- Endothelial Cells/drug effects
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- Endothelial Cells/ultrastructure
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Glycolipids/pharmacology
- Humans
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Lipid A/analogs & derivatives
- Lipid A/pharmacology
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Lymphocyte Antigen 96
- Macromolecular Substances
- Membrane Glycoproteins/analysis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Monocytes/ultrastructure
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/analysis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, Scavenger
- Toll-Like Receptor 2
- Toll-Like Receptor 4
- Toll-Like Receptors
- Umbilical Veins/cytology
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- Stefan Dunzendorfer
- Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Engelmann MG, Redl CV, Nikol S. Recurrent perivascular inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) results in the formation of atheromatous lesions in vivo. J Transl Med 2004; 84:425-32. [PMID: 14968125 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Bacteria and viruses are suspected to induce arteriosclerosis; however, most investigators have focused on coincidences rather than causal relationships. The aim of this work was to establish a rabbit model in which the vessel reaction to local perivascular injection of defined bacterial products can be analyzed. A total of 23 rabbits were randomized to four groups. Groups A and B were fed a normal diet, groups C and D were fed a cholesterol-enriched diet. Groups A and C were treated with a single perivascular injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) placed next to auricular, carotid and femoral arteries, and sodium chloride placed next to the contralateral arteries (control). Group B and D animals were treated with repeated perivascular injections over 90 days. Vascular tissues (n=116 treated segments of 23 rabbits) were analyzed using morphometry at histology, and using immunohistochemistry to detect macrophages, lymphocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells. LPS treatment resulted in transient focal intima thickening. After single LPS application, no increase in atheromatous lesion formation was observed in comparison with controls (group C, lesion area index 0.031+/-0.012 vs 0.015+/-0.006, P=1.0). Repeated LPS application resulted in significant atheromatous lesion formation compared with saline control (group D, lesion area index 0.148+/-0.049 vs 0.008+/-0.006, P=0.003) in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. Repeated LPS inflammation in normocholesterolemic did not lead to atheromatous lesion formation (intima media ratio 0.04+/-0.01 vs 0.04+/-0.007, P=1.0). Single perivascular administration of low-dose bacterial LPS resulted in transient focal intimal thickening, while significant increase in lesion formation occurred after repeated LPS application in cholesterol-fed animals. In conclusion, this animal model will allow the assessment of the impact of defined dosages of different bacterial pathogens onto the vascular wall in the context of atherogenesis. The atheromatous lesion-promoting effect of repeated perivascular administration of LPS supports the hypothesis that bacterial pathogens may be involved in atherogenesis.
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- Markus Georg Engelmann
- Medical Department I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilian University, Marchioninistrasse 15, Munich 81377, Germany.
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This review focuses on the role of monocytes in the early phase of atherogenesis, before foam cell formation. An emerging consensus underscores the importance of the cellular inflammatory system in atherogenesis. Initiation of the process apparently hinges on accumulating low-density lipoproteins (LDL) undergoing oxidation and glycation, providing stimuli for the release of monocyte attracting chemokines and for the upregulation of endothelial adhesive molecules. These conditions favor monocyte transmigration to the intima, where chemically modified, aggregated, or proteoglycan- or antibody-complexed LDL may be endocytotically internalized via scavenger receptors present on the emergent macrophage surface. The differentiating monocytes in concert with T lymphocytes exert a modulating effect on lipoproteins. These events propagate a series of reactions entailing generation of lipid peroxides and expression of chemokines, adhesion molecules, cytokines, and growth factors, thereby sustaining an ongoing inflammatory process leading ultimately to lesion formation. New data emerging from studies using transgenic animals, notably mice, have provided novel insights into many of the cellular interactions and signaling mechanisms involving monocytes/macrophages in the atherogenic processes. A number of these studies, focusing on mechanisms for monocyte activation and the roles of adhesive molecules, chemokines, cytokines and growth factors, are addressed in this review.
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- Bjarne Osterud
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Atherosclerosis is now recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease. This review discusses recent literature reporting that innate immune receptors bind oxidatively modified LDL and its many oxidized moieties and consequently modulate the atherogenic process. These innate pattern recognition receptors are known to play a central role in pro-inflammatory responses to bacteria by binding pathogen-associated molecular patterns. It is hypothesized that oxidized LDL exposes similar molecular patterns recognized by receptors of innate immunity. RECENT FINDINGS Minimally modified LDL and its oxidized phospholipids have been found to bind to CD14 or activate Toll-like receptors on macrophages. In turn, various biological activities have been induced, including the stimulation of cytoskeletal rearrangements that alter phagocytic activity and the stimulation of cytokine secretion, such as IL-8. These findings link modified LDL with innate pattern recognition receptors, such as those involved in the lipopolysaccharide signaling pathway. Human epidemiological studies support the involvement of CD14 and TLR4 in cardiovascular diseases. Oxidized LDL has also been demonstrated to bind to C-reactive protein, an opsonic molecule activating classic complement pathway and Fcgamma receptor endocytosis. These data suggest that C-reactive protein may not only be a strong predictor of clinical disease, but may also play a role in atherogenesis. Recent data on other innate immune receptors are discussed in the context of their potential interactions with oxidized LDL and atherogenesis. SUMMARY Recent findings suggest that oxidized forms of LDL interact with innate immune receptors. Further studies are needed to identify the role of these interactions in inflammation and atherosclerosis.
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- Yury I Miller
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0682, USA.
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Pinhal-Enfield G, Ramanathan M, Hasko G, Vogel SN, Salzman AL, Boons GJ, Leibovich SJ. An angiogenic switch in macrophages involving synergy between Toll-like receptors 2, 4, 7, and 9 and adenosine A(2A) receptors. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2003; 163:711-21. [PMID: 12875990 PMCID: PMC1868201 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63698-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)R) agonists synergize with Escherichia coli (E. coli) LPS [toll-like receptor (TLR)4 agonist] to up-regulate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in murine macrophages. Here, we demonstrate that TLR2, TLR7, and TLR9, but not TLR3 and TLR5 agonists, also synergize with A(2A)R agonists and adenosine to up-regulate VEGF, while simultaneously strongly down-regulating TNFalpha expression. In the absence of adenosine or A(2A)R agonists, Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) LPS and PAM(3)CAG (TLR2 agonists), resiquimod (R848) (TLR7 agonist), and non-methylated CpG DNA (TLR9 agonist) strongly up-regulate TNFalpha expression, with no effect on VEGF. In the presence of adenosine or A(2A)R agonists, but not A(1)R agonists, TLR2, 4, 7, and 9 agonists strongly up-regulate VEGF expression, while simultaneously down-regulating TNFalpha. C57BL/10ScN (TLR4 deletion mutant) macrophages produce TNFalpha in response to TLR2, 3, 7, and 9 agonists, but not the TLR4 agonist E. coli LPS. With adenosine or A(2A)R agonists, TLR2, 7, and 9, but not TLR4 agonists, also synergistically up-regulate VEGF, while down-regulating TNFalpha expression. Polyinosinic-polycytidilic acid (poly(I:C)) (TLR3 agonist) stimulates TNFalpha expression in macrophages from both C57BL/10ScSn and C57BL/10ScN mice, but has little effect on VEGF expression in the presence of adenosine or A(2A)R agonists. R-flagellins from Serratia marcescens (S. marcescens) and Salmonella muenchen (S. muenchen) do not stimulate TNFalpha expression in either C57BL/10ScSn or C57BL10/ScN mice, and have no effect on VEGF production in the presence of adenosine or A(2A)R agonists. While adenosine and A(2A)R agonists strongly down-regulate TNFalpha protein expression induced by TLR2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 agonists, TNFalpha mRNA and NF-kappaB activation are not reduced. We propose a novel signaling pathway in murine macrophages involving synergy between TLRs 2, 4, 7, and 9 and A(2A)Rs, that up-regulates VEGF and down-regulates TNFalpha expression, thus acting as an angiogenic switch. This angiogenic switch may play an important role in ischemia when TLR agonists are present, providing an interface between innate immunity and wound healing.
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MESH Headings
- Adenine/analogs & derivatives
- Adenine/pharmacology
- Adenosine/pharmacology
- Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide)/pharmacology
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA-Binding Proteins/agonists
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Endothelial Growth Factors/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Lipoproteins/metabolism
- Lymphokines/metabolism
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/cytology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/drug effects
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins/agonists
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Physiologic
- Paclitaxel/pharmacology
- Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A
- Receptors, Cell Surface/agonists
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/metabolism
- Toll-Like Receptor 2
- Toll-Like Receptor 3
- Toll-Like Receptor 4
- Toll-Like Receptor 5
- Toll-Like Receptor 7
- Toll-Like Receptor 9
- Toll-Like Receptors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/physiology
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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- Grace Pinhal-Enfield
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, New Jersey 07013, USA
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Vamvakopoulos JE, Green C. HMG-CoA reductase inhibition aborts functional differentiation and triggers apoptosis in cultured primary human monocytes: a potential mechanism of statin-mediated vasculoprotection. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2003; 3:6. [PMID: 12871602 PMCID: PMC183828 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-3-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2003] [Accepted: 07/19/2003] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Statins effectively lower blood cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular death. Immunomodulatory actions, independent of their lipid-lowering effect, have also been ascribed to these compounds. Since macrophages participate in several vascular pathologies, we examined the effect of statin treatment on the survival and differentiation of primary human monocytes. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy individuals were cultured in the presence or absence of mevastatin. Apoptosis was monitored by annexin V / PI staining and flow cytometry. In parallel experiments, cultures were stimulated with LPS in the presence or absence of mevastatin and the release of IL-1beta and IL-1Ra was measured by ELISA. RESULTS Among PBMCs, mevastatin-treated monocytes were particularly susceptible to apoptosis, which occurred at doses >1 microM and was already maximal at 5 microM. However, even at the highest mevastatin dose used (10 microM), apoptosis occurred only after 24 h of culture, possibly reflecting a requirement for cell commitment to differentiation. After 72 h of treatment the vast majority (>50%) of monocytes were undergoing apoptosis. Stimulation with LPS revealed that mevastatin-treated monocytes retained the high IL-1beta output characteristic of undifferentiated cells; conversely, IL-1Ra release was inhibited. Concurrent treatment with mevalonolactone prevented the induction of apoptosis and suppressed both IL-1beta and IL-1Ra release in response to LPS, suggesting a rate-limiting role for HMG-CoA reductase in monocyte differentiation. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that statins arrest the functional differentiation of monocytes into macrophages and steer these cells into apoptosis, suggesting a novel mechanism for the vasculoprotective properties of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
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- Joannis E Vamvakopoulos
- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Current address: Rational Drug Design Program, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, UK
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Auer J, Berent R, Weber T, Eber B. Cytomegalovirus seropositivity, infectious burden, and coronary artery disease. Am Heart J 2003; 145:e9-e10. [PMID: 12595864 DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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There is growing evidence that inflammatory processes may be involved in the development of atherosclerosis and its complications. Viral and bacterial pathogens have been implicated as possible causative factors in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and postangioplasty restenosis. Antibiotic trials have been completed examining which treatment of infection can prevent the complications of coronary artery disease. In high-risk patients, the results of these most recent studies have not revealed any benefit of treatment.
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- William H Frishman
- Department of Medicine and Pharmacology New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA
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