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Perrotta I. Seeing beyond apoptosis: ultrastructural aspects of necrosis in human atherosclerosis. Cardiovasc Pathol 2023; 66:107560. [PMID: 37453592 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2023.107560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, there has been an explosive growth of research to decipher the pathobiologic relevance of cell death in the development and progression of various cardiovascular disorders such as arterial remodeling and atherosclerosis. High rates of cell death have been reported in animal models, particularly following balloon catheter injury. Also, in humans there is considerable evidence indicating a close connection between cell death and atherosclerosis. In this regard, diverse biochemical and molecular analysis have suggested that intraplaque cells preferentially die by apoptosis, a mode of cell death considered to be active, highly regulated and programmed. In contrast to apoptosis, necrosis has been classically defined as an uncontrolled form of cell death that can occur in response to chemical or physical insults such as trauma, infection, toxins, or lack of blood supply. Necrosis has long been known to be present within atherosclerotic plaques but to date it is still less well understood and characterized than apoptosis. In addition, although electron microscopy (EM) remains essential in cell death research, only a very small proportion of studies deal with the ultrastructural aspects of cell death and/or include EM images to support their findings. As a consequence, many features of cell death modes in human atherosclerosis have not yet been thoroughly investigated and defined. The present study was undertaken to provide an ultrastructural description of the route/s by which intraplaque cells can die also suggesting novel insights for future research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ida Perrotta
- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza 87036, Italy.
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Tian Z, Li X, Jiang D. Analysis of immunogenic cell death in atherosclerosis based on scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq data. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 119:110130. [PMID: 37075670 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Regulated cell death plays a very important role in atherosclerosis (AS). Despite a large number of studies, there is a lack of literature on immunogenic cell death (ICD) in AS. METHOD Carotid atherosclerotic plaque single-cell RNA (scRNA) sequencing data were analyzed to define involved cells and determine their transcriptomic characteristics. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis, CIBERSORT, ESTIMATE and ssGSEA (Gene Set Enrichment Analysis), consensus clustering analysis, random forest (RF), Decision Curve Analysis (DCA), and the Drug-Gene Interaction and DrugBank databases were applied for bulk sequencing data. All data were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). RESULT mDCs and CTLs correlated obviously with AS occurrence and development (k2(mDCs) = 48.333, P < 0.001; k2(CTL) = 130.56, P < 0.001). In total, 21 differentially expressed genes were obtained for the bulk transcriptome; KEGG enrichment analysis results were similar to those for differentially expressed genes in endothelial cells. Eleven genes with a gene importance score > 1.5 were obtained in the training set and validated in the test set, resulting in 8 differentially expressed genes for ICD. A model to predict occurrence of AS and 56 drugs that may be used to treat AS were obtained with these 8 genes. CONCLUSION Immunogenic cell death occurs mainly in endothelial cells in AS. ICD maintains chronic inflammation in AS and plays a crucial role in its occurrence and development. ICD related genes may become drug-targeted genes for AS treatment.
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- Zemin Tian
- Department of Vascular and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Vascular and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Vascular and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China.
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Jiang X, Ma C, Gao Y, Cui H, Zheng Y, Li J, Zong W, Zhang Q. Tongxinluo attenuates atherosclerosis by inhibiting ROS/NLRP3/caspase-1-mediated endothelial cell pyroptosis. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 304:116011. [PMID: 36529253 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.116011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Tongxinluo (TXL) is one of the most common traditional Chinese medicines and plays a vital role in treating atherosclerosis (AS). Endothelial cell (EC) pyroptosis plays a crucial role in the development of AS. Previous research revealed the inhibitory function of TXL in EC apoptosis and autophagy. However, whether TXL can inhibit the pyroptosis of ECs has not been determined. AIM OF THE STUDY To explore the influence of TXL on EC pyroptosis and determine its underlying mechanism of action in AS. MATERIALS AND METHODS The TXL components were determined by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with a photodiode array detector. We used ApoE-/- mice to establish a disease model of AS. After treatment with TXL, we recorded pathological changes in the mice and performed immunofluorescence staining of mice aortas. We also measured protein and gene levels to explore the influence of TXL on pyroptosis in vivo. The model was established by stimulating mouse aortic endothelial cells (MAECs) with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and analyzing the effect of TXL on pyroptosis by Western blotting (WB), real-time PCR (RT-PCR), and flow cytometry (FCM). We also investigated the impact of TXL on reactive oxygen species (ROS) by FCM and WB. RESULTS Ten major components of TXL were detected. The vivo results showed that TXL inhibited the development of AS and decreased EC pyroptosis, the activation of caspase-1, and the release of inflammatory cytokines. The vitro experiments showed that TXL significantly reduced the extent of injury to MAECs by oxidized LDL (ox-LDL). TXL reversed the high expression of gasdermin D and other proteins induced by ox-LDL and had a significant synergistic effect with the caspase-1 inhibitor VX-765. We also confirmed that TXL decreased the accumulation of ROS and the expression levels of its essential regulatory proteins Cox2 and iNOS. When ROS accumulation was reduced, EC pyroptotic damage was reduced accordingly. CONCLUSION Our results indicated that TXL inhibited EC pyroptosis in AS. Reducing the accumulation of ROS may be the essential mechanism of AS inhibition by TXL.
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- Xuejiao Jiang
- Beijing Key Lab of TCM Collateral Disease Theory Research, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of TCM Collateral Disease Theory Research, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of TCM Collateral Disease Theory Research, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'An Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- Beijing Key Lab of TCM Collateral Disease Theory Research, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 113# Xueshi Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan, 410208, PR China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 16 South Street, Dongzhimen Nei, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Beijing Key Lab of TCM Collateral Disease Theory Research, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.
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Ghzaiel I, Zarrouk A, Essadek S, Martine L, Hammouda S, Yammine A, Ksila M, Nury T, Meddeb W, Tahri Joutey M, Mihoubi W, Caccia C, Leoni V, Samadi M, Acar N, Andreoletti P, Hammami S, Ghrairi T, Vejux A, Hammami M, Lizard G. Protective effects of milk thistle (Sylibum marianum) seed oil and α-tocopherol against 7β-hydroxycholesterol-induced peroxisomal alterations in murine C2C12 myoblasts: Nutritional insights associated with the concept of pexotherapy. Steroids 2022; 183:109032. [PMID: 35381271 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2022.109032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Peroxisomes play an important role in regulating cell metabolism and RedOx homeostasis. Peroxisomal dysfunctions favor oxidative stress and cell death. The ability of 7β-hydroxycholesterol (7β-OHC; 50 μM, 24 h), known to be increased in patients with age-related diseases such as sarcopenia, to trigger oxidative stress, mitochondrial and peroxisomal dysfunction was studied in murine C2C12 myoblasts. The capacity of milk thistle seed oil (MTSO, 100 μg/mL) as well as α-tocopherol (400 µM; reference cytoprotective agent) to counteract the toxic effects of 7β-OHC, mainly at the peroxisomal level were evaluated. The impacts of 7β-OHC, in the presence or absence of MTSO or α-tocopherol, were studied with complementary methods: measurement of cell density and viability, quantification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and transmembrane mitochondrial potential (ΔΨm), evaluation of peroxisomal mass as well as topographic, morphologic and functional peroxisomal changes. Our results indicate that 7β-OHC induces a loss of cell viability and a decrease of cell adhesion associated with ROS overproduction, alterations of mitochondrial ultrastructure, a drop of ΔΨm, and several peroxisomal modifications. In the presence of 7β-OHC, comparatively to untreated cells, important quantitative and qualitative peroxisomal modifications were also identified: a) a reduced number of peroxisomes with abnormal sizes and shapes, mainly localized in cytoplasmic vacuoles, were observed; b) the peroxisomal mass was decreased as indicated by lower protein and mRNA levels of the peroxisomal ABCD3 transporter; c) lower mRNA level of Pex5 involved in peroxisomal biogenesis as well as higher mRNA levels of Pex13 and Pex14, involved in peroxisomal biogenesis and/or pexophagy, was found; d) lower levels of ACOX1 and MFP2 enzymes, implicated in peroxisomal β-oxidation, were detected; e) higher levels of very-long-chain fatty acids, which are substrates of peroxisomal β-oxidation, were found. These different cytotoxic effects were strongly attenuated by MTSO, in the same range of order as with α-tocopherol. These findings underline the interest of MTSO and α-tocopherol in the prevention of peroxisomal damages (pexotherapy).
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- Imen Ghzaiel
- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; Lab-NAFS 'Nutrition-Functional Food & Vascular Health', Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, LR12ES05, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis-El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Lab-NAFS 'Nutrition-Functional Food & Vascular Health', Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, LR12ES05, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Neurosciences, Natural Resources and Environment, Faculty of Sciences & Techniques, University Hassan I, BP 577, 26000 Settat, Morocco
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRAE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21065 Dijon, France
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- Lab-NAFS 'Nutrition-Functional Food & Vascular Health', Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, LR12ES05, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; Bioactive Molecules Research Laboratory, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Fanar, Jdeidet P.O. Box 90656, Lebanon
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis-El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France; Laboratory of Biochemistry, Neurosciences, Natural Resources and Environment, Faculty of Sciences & Techniques, University Hassan I, BP 577, 26000 Settat, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Moléculaire des Eucaryotes, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, B.P 1177, Université de Sfax, 3018 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Hospitals of Desio, ASST-Brianza and Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Hospitals of Desio, ASST-Brianza and Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- LCPMC-A2, ICPM, Department of Chemistry, University Lorraine, Metz Technopôle, 57070 Metz, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRAE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21065 Dijon, France
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Lab-NAFS 'Nutrition-Functional Food & Vascular Health', Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, LR12ES05, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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- Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis-El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Lab-NAFS 'Nutrition-Functional Food & Vascular Health', Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, LR12ES05, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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- Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism'EA7270/Inserm, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France.
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Li YZ, Wang YY, Huang L, Zhao YY, Chen LH, Zhang C. Annexin A Protein Family in Atherosclerosis. Clin Chim Acta 2022; 531:406-417. [PMID: 35562096 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Atherosclerosis, a silent chronic vascular pathology, is the cause of the majority of cardiovascular ischaemic events. Atherosclerosis is characterized by a series of deleterious changes in cellularity, including endothelial dysfunction, transmigration of circulating inflammatory cells into the arterial wall, pro-inflammatory cytokines production, lipid accumulation in the intima, vascular local inflammatory response, atherosclerosis-related cells apoptosis and autophagy. Proteins of Annexin A (AnxA) family, the well-known Ca2+ phospholipid-binding protein, have many functions in regulating inflammation-related enzymes and cell signaling transduction, thus influencing cell adhesion, migration, differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. There is now accumulating evidence that some members of the AnxA family, such as AnxA1, AnxA2, AnxA5 and AnxA7, play major roles in the development of atherosclerosis. This article discusses the major roles of AnxA1, AnxA2, AnxA5 and AnxA7, and the multifaceted mechanisms of the main biological process in which they are involved in atherosclerosis. Considering these evidences, it has been proposed that AnxA are drivers- and not merely participator- on the road to atherosclerosis, thus the progression of atherosclerosis may be prevented by targeting the expression or function of the AnxA family proteins.
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- Yong-Zhen Li
- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Lab for Arteriosclerology of Hunan province, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Lab for Arteriosclerology of Hunan province, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Research Laboratory of Translational Medicine, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Lab for Arteriosclerology of Hunan province, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Lab for Arteriosclerology of Hunan province, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Lab for Arteriosclerology of Hunan province, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, People's Republic of China.
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