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Williams KJ. The value of a negative study. Atherosclerosis 2024; 396:118530. [PMID: 38972157 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.118530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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- Kevin Jon Williams
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Skeyni A, Pradignac A, Matz RL, Terrand J, Boucher P. Cholesterol trafficking, lysosomal function, and atherosclerosis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2024; 326:C473-C486. [PMID: 38145298 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00415.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Despite years of study and major research advances over the past 50 years, atherosclerotic diseases continue to rank as the leading global cause of death. Accumulation of cholesterol within the vascular wall remains the main problem and represents one of the early steps in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. There is a complex relationship between vesicular cholesterol transport and atherosclerosis, and abnormalities in cholesterol trafficking can contribute to the development and progression of the lesions. The dysregulation of vesicular cholesterol transport and lysosomal function fosters the buildup of cholesterol within various intracytoplasmic compartments, including lysosomes and lipid droplets. This, in turn, promotes the hallmark formation of foam cells, a defining feature of early atherosclerosis. Multiple cellular processes, encompassing endocytosis, exocytosis, intracellular trafficking, and autophagy, play crucial roles in influencing foam cell formation and atherosclerotic plaque stability. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the understanding of the intricate mechanisms of vesicular cholesterol transport and its relationship with atherosclerosis and discuss the importance of understanding these mechanisms in developing strategies to prevent or treat this prevalent cardiovascular disease.
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- Alaa Skeyni
- UMR-S INSERM 1109, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR-S INSERM 1109, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR-S INSERM 1109, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR-S INSERM 1109, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Maxfield FR, Steinfeld N, Ma CIJ. The formation and consequences of cholesterol-rich deposits in atherosclerotic lesions. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1148304. [PMID: 36926046 PMCID: PMC10011067 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1148304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death throughout the world. Accumulation of lipoprotein-associated lipids and their interaction with macrophages are early steps in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. For decades, it has been known that aggregates of lipoproteins in the subendothelial space are found in early plaques, and these aggregates are tightly associated with extracellular matrix fibers. Additionally, most of the cholesterol in these subendothelial aggregates is unesterified, in contrast to the core of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), in which cholesteryl esters predominate. This suggests that the hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters occurs extracellularly. At the cellular level, macrophages in early plaques engage with the LDL and ingest large amounts of cholesterol, which is esterified and stored in lipid droplets. When excessive lipid droplets have accumulated, endoplasmic reticulum stress responses are activated, leading to cell death. The cholesterol-laden dead cells must be cleared by other macrophages. For many years, it was unclear how unesterified (free) cholesterol could be formed extracellularly in early lesions. Papers in the past decade have shown that macrophages form tightly sealed extracellular attachments to aggregates of LDL. These sealed regions become acidified, and lysosomal contents are secreted into these compartments. Lysosomal acid lipase hydrolyzes the cholesteryl esters, and the free cholesterol is transported into the macrophages. High concentrations of cholesterol can also lead to formation of crystals of cholesterol hydrate, and these crystals have been observed in atherosclerotic blood vessels. Characterization of this process may lead to novel therapies for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.
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Xiang P, Blanchard V, Francis GA. Smooth Muscle Cell—Macrophage Interactions Leading to Foam Cell Formation in Atherosclerosis: Location, Location, Location. Front Physiol 2022; 13:921597. [PMID: 35795646 PMCID: PMC9251363 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.921597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cholesterol-overloaded cells or “foam cells” in the artery wall are the biochemical hallmark of atherosclerosis, and are responsible for much of the growth, inflammation and susceptibility to rupture of atherosclerotic lesions. While it has previously been thought that macrophages are the main contributor to the foam cell population, recent evidence indicates arterial smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are the source of the majority of foam cells in both human and murine atherosclerosis. This review outlines the timeline, site of appearance and proximity of SMCs and macrophages with lipids in human and mouse atherosclerosis, and likely interactions between SMCs and macrophages that promote foam cell formation and removal by both cell types. An understanding of these SMC-macrophage interactions in foam cell formation and regression is expected to provide new therapeutic targets to reduce the burden of atherosclerosis for the prevention of coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.
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Gamboa R, Jaramillo-Estrella MJ, Martínez-Alvarado MDR, Soto ME, Torres-Paz YE, Gonzalo-Calvo DD, Del Valle-Mondragón L, López-Marure R, Llorente-Cortés VC, Huesca-Gómez C. Monocyte Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 1 (LRP1) Expression Correlates with cIMT in Mexican Hypertensive Patients. Arq Bras Cardiol 2021; 116:56-65. [PMID: 33566965 PMCID: PMC8159500 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20190535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Fundamento A hipertensão arterial (HTA) representa um grande fator de risco de morbidade e mortalidade cardiovascular. Ainda não se sabe que mecanismos moleculares específicos estão associados ao desenvolvimento de hipertensão essencial. Objetivo Neste trabalho, analisamos a associação entre expressão mRNA de monócito LRP1, expressão de proteína LRP1, e espessura íntima-média de carótida (EIMC) de pacientes com hipertensão essencial. Métodos A expressão mRNA de monócito LRP1 e os níveis de proteína e EIMC foram quantificados em 200 indivíduos mexicanos, sendo 91 normotensos (NT) e 109 hipertensos (HT) A significância estatística foi definida em p < 0,05. Resultados O grupo de pacientes HT tinha EIMC maior altamente significativa em comparação com os pacientes NT (p = 0,002), e isso está relacionado ao aumento na expressão mRNA de LRP1 (6,54 versus. 2,87) (p = 0,002) e expressão de proteína LRP1 (17,83 versus 6,25), respectivamente (p = 0,001). Essas diferenças foram mantidas mesmo quando dividimos nossos grupos de estudo, levando em consideração apenas aqueles que apresentavam dislipidemia na expressão de mRNA (p = 0,041) e de proteínas (p < 0,001). Também se identificou que a indução de LRP1 mediada por LRP1 em monócitos em de maneira dependente de dose e tempo, com diferença significativa em NT versus HT (0,195 ± 0,09 versus 0,226 ± 0,12, p = 0,046). Conclusão Foi encontrado um aumento em EIMC em indivíduos com hipertensão, associada a expressões de proteína LRP1 e mRNA mais altas em monócitos, independente da presença de dislipidemia em pacientes HT. Esses resultados que a upregulation de LRP1 em monócitos de pacientes hipertensos mexicanos poderia estar envolvida na diminuição da EIMC. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021; 116(1):56-65)
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- Ricardo Gamboa
- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Ciudad de México - México
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- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Ciudad de México - México
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- Hospital de Sant Pau - Lipids and Cardiovascular Pathology Group, Barcelona, Catalunya - Espanha
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Atherosclerosis is a complicated cardiovascular disease characterized by unbalanced lipid metabolism and unresolved inflammation that occurred inside of arteries. The transcytosis of LDL across the endothelium and its accumulation in the arterial wall is the initial step of atherosclerosis. Here, we summarize recent research into the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of endothelial LDL transcytosis and its relevance in the development of atherosclerosis. RECENT FINDINGS A number of recent studies have revealed the contribution of caveolae, activin-like kinase 1 (ALK1) or scavenger receptor B1 (SR-B1) in endothelial LDL transcytosis and the progression of atherosclerosis. Caveolin-1 (Cav-1), the major protein component in caveolae, is required for the formation of caveolae and caveolae-mediated LDL uptake and transcytosis across the endothelium. SR-B1 and ALK1 directly bind LDL and facilitate the transport of LDL through the endothelial cells. The change in expression of caveolae-associated proteins and SR-B1 regulates endothelial LDL transcytosis and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. SUMMARY Caveolae, ALK1 and SR-B1 are identified as key regulators in the LDL transcytosis across the endothelium. Endothelial LDL transcytosis might be a potential therapeutic approach to limit the initiation of early atherosclerosis and treat the atherosclerotic vascular diseases.
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- Xinbo Zhang
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 10 Amistad St., New Haven, CT 06510. USA
- Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism Program, Department of Comparative Medicine and Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 10 Amistad St., New Haven, CT 06510. USA
- Corresponding authors: Carlos Fernández-Hernando, PhD. 10 Amistad Street, Amistad Research Building, Room 337C, New Haven, CT 06510. Yale University School of Medicine. Tel: (203) 737-4615. Fax: (203) 737-2290. , Xinbo Zhang, MD, PhD. 10 Amistad Street, Amistad Research Building, Room 320, New Haven, CT 06510. Yale University School of Medicine. Tel: (203) 737-3300. Fax: (203) 737-2290.
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- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 10 Amistad St., New Haven, CT 06510. USA
- Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism Program, Department of Comparative Medicine and Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 10 Amistad St., New Haven, CT 06510. USA
- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 10 Amistad St., New Haven, CT 06510. USA
- Corresponding authors: Carlos Fernández-Hernando, PhD. 10 Amistad Street, Amistad Research Building, Room 337C, New Haven, CT 06510. Yale University School of Medicine. Tel: (203) 737-4615. Fax: (203) 737-2290. , Xinbo Zhang, MD, PhD. 10 Amistad Street, Amistad Research Building, Room 320, New Haven, CT 06510. Yale University School of Medicine. Tel: (203) 737-3300. Fax: (203) 737-2290.
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Badimon L, Luquero A, Crespo J, Peña E, Borrell-Pages M. PCSK9 and LRP5 in macrophage lipid internalization and inflammation. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 117:2054-2068. [PMID: 32991689 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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AIMS Atherosclerosis, the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases, is driven by high blood cholesterol levels and chronic inflammation. Low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR) play a critical role in regulating blood cholesterol levels by binding to and clearing LDLs from the circulation. The disruption of the interaction between proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) and LDLR reduces blood cholesterol levels. It is not well known whether other members of the LDLR superfamily may be targets of PCSK9. The aim of this work was to determine if LDLR-related protein 5 (LRP5) is a PCSK9 target and to study the role of PCSK9 and LRP5 in foam cell formation and lipid accumulation. METHODS AND RESULTS Primary cultures of human inflammatory cells (monocytes and macrophages) were silenced for LRP5 or PCSK9 and challenged with LDLs. We first show that LRP5 is needed for macrophage lipid uptake since LRP5-silenced macrophages show less intracellular CE accumulation. In macrophages, internalization of LRP5-bound LDL is already highly evident after 5 h of LDL incubation and lasts up to 24 h; however, in the absence of both LRP5 and PCSK9, there is a strong reduction of CE accumulation indicating a role for both proteins in lipid uptake. Immunoprecipitation experiments show that LRP5 forms a complex with PCSK9 in lipid-loaded macrophages. Finally, PCSK9 participates in TLR4/NFkB signalling; a decreased TLR4 protein expression levels and a decreased nuclear translocation of NFκB were detected in PCSK9 silenced cells after lipid loading, indicating a downregulation of the TLR4/NFκB pathway. CONCLUSION Our results show that both LRP5 and PCSK9 participate in lipid uptake in macrophages. In the absence of LRP5, there is a reduced release of PCSK9 indicating that LRP5 also participates in the mechanism of release of soluble PCSK9. Furthermore, PCSK9 up-regulates TLR4/NFκB favouring inflammation.
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- Lina Badimon
- CIBER-CV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.,Cardiovascular Research Chair, UAB, Barcelona, Spain.,Cardiovascular Research ICCC, IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 165, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research ICCC, IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 165, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research ICCC, IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 165, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research ICCC, IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 165, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER-CV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.,Cardiovascular Research ICCC, IR-Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 165, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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Bandaru S, Ala C, Ekstrand M, Akula MK, Pedrelli M, Liu X, Bergström G, Håversen L, Borén J, Bergo MO, Akyürek LM. Lack of RAC1 in macrophages protects against atherosclerosis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239284. [PMID: 32941503 PMCID: PMC7498073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The Rho GTPase RAC1 is an important regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics, but the role of macrophage-specific RAC1 has not been explored during atherogenesis. We analyzed RAC1 expression in human carotid atherosclerotic plaques using immunofluorescence and found higher macrophage RAC1 expression in advanced plaques compared with intermediate human atherosclerotic plaques. We then produced mice with Rac1-deficient macrophages by breeding conditional floxed Rac1 mice (Rac1fl/fl) with mice expressing Cre from the macrophage-specific lysosome M promoter (LC). Atherosclerosis was studied in vivo by infecting Rac1fl/fl and Rac1fl/fl/LC mice with AdPCSK9 (adenoviral vector overexpressing proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9). Rac1fl/fl/LC macrophages secreted lower levels of IL-6 and TNF-α and exhibited reduced foam cell formation and lipid uptake. The deficiency of Rac1 in macrophages reduced the size of aortic atherosclerotic plaques in AdPCSK9-infected Rac1fl/fl/LC mice. Compare with controls, intima/media ratios, the size of necrotic cores, and numbers of CD68-positive macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques were reduced in Rac1-deficient mice. Moreover, we found that RAC1 interacts with actin-binding filamin A. Macrophages expressed increased RAC1 levels in advanced human atherosclerosis. Genetic inactivation of RAC1 impaired macrophage function and reduced atherosclerosis in mice, suggesting that drugs targeting RAC1 may be useful in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- Sashidar Bandaru
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Västra Götalandregionen, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Västra Götalandregionen, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bornachea O, Benitez-Amaro A, Vea A, Nasarre L, de Gonzalo-Calvo D, Escola-Gil JC, Cedo L, Iborra A, Martínez-Martínez L, Juarez C, Camara JA, Espinet C, Borrell-Pages M, Badimon L, Castell J, Llorente-Cortés V. Immunization with the Gly 1127-Cys 1140 amino acid sequence of the LRP1 receptor reduces atherosclerosis in rabbits. Molecular, immunohistochemical and nuclear imaging studies. Theranostics 2020; 10:3263-3280. [PMID: 32194867 PMCID: PMC7053206 DOI: 10.7150/thno.37305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: The LRP1 (CR9) domain and, in particular, the sequence Gly1127-Cys1140 (P3) plays a critical role in the binding and internalization of aggregated LDL (agLDL). We aimed to evaluate whether immunization with P3 reduces high-fat diet (HFD)-induced atherosclerosis. Methods: Female New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits were immunized with a primary injection and four reminder doses (R1-R4) of IrP (irrelevant peptide) or P3 conjugated to the carrier. IrP and P3-immunized rabbits were randomly divided into a normal diet group and a HFD-fed group. Anti-P3 antibody levels were determined by ELISA. Lipoprotein profile, circulating and tissue lipids, and vascular pro-inflammatory mediators were determined using standardized methods while atherosclerosis was determined by confocal microscopy studies and non-invasive imaging (PET/CT and Doppler ultrasonography). Studies treating human macrophages (hMΦ) and coronary vascular smooth muscle cells (hcVSMC) with rabbit serums were performed to ascertain the potential impact of anti-P3 Abs on the functionality of these crucial cells. Results: P3 immunization specifically induced the production of anti-P3 antibodies (Abs) and did not alter the lipoprotein profile. HFD strongly induced cholesteryl ester (CE) accumulation in the aorta of both the control and IrP groups, and their serum dose-dependently raised the intracellular CE of hMΦ and hcVSMC, promoting TNFR1 and phospho-NF-kB (p65) overexpression. These HFD pro-inflammatory effects were dramatically decreased in the aorta of P3-immunized rabbits and in hMΦ and hcVSMC exposed to the P3 rabbit serums. Microscopy studies revealed that P3 immunization reduced the percentage of lipids, macrophages, and SMCs in the arterial intima, as well as the atherosclerotic extent and lesion area in the aorta. PET/CT and Doppler ultrasonography studies showed that the average standardized uptake value (SUVmean) of the aorta and the arterial resistance index (ARI) of the carotids were more upregulated by HFD in the control and IrP groups than the P3 group. Conclusions: P3 immunization counteracts HFD-induced fatty streak formation in rabbits. The specific blockade of the LRP1 (CR9) domain with Anti-P3 Abs dramatically reduces HFD-induced intracellular CE loading and harmful coupling to pro-inflammatory signaling in the vasculature.
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- Olga Bornachea
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Lipids and Cardiovascular Pathology. Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona. Spain
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- Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Lipids and Cardiovascular Pathology. Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona. Spain
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- Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Lipids and Cardiovascular Pathology. Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona. Spain
- CIBER enfermedades cardiovasculares (CIBERcv)
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- Metabolic Basis of Cardiovascular Risk, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. CIBER de Diabetes y enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Barcelona. Spain
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- Metabolic Basis of Cardiovascular Risk, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. CIBER de Diabetes y enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Barcelona. Spain
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- SCAC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Institut de Recerca and Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Institut de Recerca and Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Preclinical Imaging Platform. Vall dHebron Institute of Research. Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge (IDI), Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER enfermedades cardiovasculares (CIBERcv)
- Cardiovascular Program ICCC, Institut de Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER enfermedades cardiovasculares (CIBERcv)
- Cardiovascular Program ICCC, Institut de Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Cardiovascular Research Chair, UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge (IDI), Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB). Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Lipids and Cardiovascular Pathology. Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona. Spain
- CIBER enfermedades cardiovasculares (CIBERcv)
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Singh RK, Haka AS, Asmal A, Barbosa-Lorenzi VC, Grosheva I, Chin HF, Xiong Y, Hla T, Maxfield FR. TLR4 (Toll-Like Receptor 4)-Dependent Signaling Drives Extracellular Catabolism of LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Aggregates. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2019; 40:86-102. [PMID: 31597445 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.313200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Aggregation and modification of LDLs (low-density lipoproteins) promote their retention and accumulation in the arteries. This is a critical initiating factor during atherosclerosis. Macrophage catabolism of agLDL (aggregated LDL) occurs using a specialized extracellular, hydrolytic compartment, the lysosomal synapse. Compartment formation by local actin polymerization and delivery of lysosomal contents by exocytosis promotes acidification of the compartment and degradation of agLDL. Internalization of metabolites, such as cholesterol, promotes foam cell formation, a process that drives atherogenesis. Furthermore, there is accumulating evidence for the involvement of TLR4 (Toll-like receptor 4) and its adaptor protein MyD88 (myeloid differentiation primary response 88) in atherosclerosis. Here, we investigated the role of TLR4 in catabolism of agLDL using the lysosomal synapse and foam cell formation. Approach and Results: Using bone marrow-derived macrophages from knockout mice, we find that TLR4 and MyD88 regulate compartment formation, lysosome exocytosis, acidification of the compartment, and foam cell formation. Using siRNA (small interfering RNA), pharmacological inhibition and knockout bone marrow-derived macrophages, we implicate SYK (spleen tyrosine kinase), PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase), and Akt in agLDL catabolism using the lysosomal synapse. Using bone marrow transplantation of LDL receptor knockout mice with TLR4 knockout bone marrow, we show that deficiency of TLR4 protects macrophages from lipid accumulation during atherosclerosis. Finally, we demonstrate that macrophages in vivo form an extracellular compartment and exocytose lysosome contents similar to that observed in vitro for degradation of agLDL. CONCLUSIONS We present a mechanism in which interaction of macrophages with agLDL initiates a TLR4 signaling pathway, resulting in formation of the lysosomal synapse, catabolism of agLDL, and lipid accumulation in vitro and in vivo.
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- Rajesh K Singh
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Y.X., T.H.).,Current address: Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (Y.X.)
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- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Y.X., T.H.)
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (R.K.S., A.S.H., A.A., V.C.B.-L., I.G., H.F.C., F.R.M.)
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Bandaru S, Ala C, Salimi R, Akula MK, Ekstrand M, Devarakonda S, Karlsson J, Van den Eynden J, Bergström G, Larsson E, Levin M, Borén J, Bergo MO, Akyürek LM. Targeting Filamin A Reduces Macrophage Activity and Atherosclerosis. Circulation 2019; 140:67-79. [PMID: 31014088 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.039697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The actin-binding protein FLNA (filamin A) regulates signal transduction important for cell locomotion, but the role of macrophage-specific FLNA during atherogenesis has not been explored. METHODS We analyzed FLNA expression in human carotid atherosclerotic plaques by immunofluorescence. We also produced mice with Flna-deficient macrophages by breeding conditional Flna-knockout mice ( Flna o/fl) with mice expressing Cre from the macrophage-specific lysosome M promoter ( LC). Atherosclerosis in vivo was studied by transplanting bone marrow from male Flna o/fl/ LC mice to atherogenic low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient ( Ldlr-/-) mice; and by infecting Flna o/fl and Flna o/fl/ LC mice with AdPCSK9 (adenoviral vector overexpressing proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9). Furthermore, C57BL/6 mice were infected with AdPCSK9 and then treated with the calpain inhibitor calpeptin to inhibit FLNA cleavage. RESULTS We found that macrophage FLNA expression was higher in advanced than in intermediate human atherosclerotic plaques. Flna o/fl/ LC macrophages proliferated and migrated less than controls; expressed lower levels of phosphorylated AKT and ERK1/2; exhibited reduced foam cell formation and lipid uptake; and excreted more lipids. The deficiency of Flna in macrophages markedly reduced the size of aortic atherosclerotic plaques in both Ldlr-/-BMT: Flnao/fl/LC and AdPCSK9-infected Flna o/fl/ LC mice. Intima/media ratios and numbers of CD68-positive macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques were lower in Flna-deficient mice than in control mice. Moreover, we found that STAT3 interacts with a calpain-cleaved carboxyl-terminal fragment of FLNA. Inhibiting calpain-mediated FLNA cleavage with calpeptin in macrophages reduced nuclear levels of phosphorylated STAT3, interleukin 6 secretion, foam cell formation, and lipid uptake. Finally, calpeptin treatment reduced the size of atherosclerotic plaques in C57BL/6 mice infected with AdPCSK9. CONCLUSIONS Genetic inactivation of Flna and chemical inhibition of calpain-dependent cleavage of FLNA impaired macrophage signaling and function, and reduced atherosclerosis in mice, suggesting that drugs targeting FLNA may be useful in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- Sashidar Bandaru
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy (M.K.A., J.K., M.O.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine (M.E., G.B., M.L., J.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy (M.K.A., J.K., M.O.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences (J.K.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Human Structure and Repair, Anatomy and Embryology Unit, Ghent University, Belgium (J.V.d.E.)
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine (M.E., G.B., M.L., J.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Clinical Physiology, Göteborg, Sweden (G.B.)
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine (M.E., G.B., M.L., J.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine (M.E., G.B., M.L., J.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy (M.K.A., J.K., M.O.B.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (M.O.B.)
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine (S.B., C.A., R.S., S.D., J.V.d.E., E.L., L.M.A.), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Göteborg, Sweden (L.M.A.)
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Progranulin in the hematopoietic compartment protects mice from atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2018; 277:145-154. [PMID: 30212683 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Progranulin is a circulating protein that modulates inflammation and is found in atherosclerotic lesions. Here we determined whether inflammatory cell-derived progranulin impacts atherosclerosis development. METHODS Ldlr-/- mice were transplanted with bone marrow from wild-type (WT) or Grn-/- (progranulin KO) mice (referred to as Tx-WT and Tx-KO, respectively). RESULTS After 10 weeks of high-fat diet feeding, both groups displayed similarly elevated plasma levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. Despite abundant circulating levels of progranulin, the size of atherosclerotic lesions in Tx-KO mice was increased by 47% in aortic roots and by 62% in whole aortas. Aortic root lesions in Tx-KO mice had increased macrophage content and larger necrotic cores, consistent with more advanced lesions. Progranulin staining was markedly reduced in the lesions of Tx-KO mice, indicating little or no uptake of circulating progranulin. Mechanistically, cultured progranulin-deficient macrophages exhibited increased lysosome-mediated exophagy of aggregated low-density lipoproteins resulting in increased cholesterol uptake and foam cell formation. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that hematopoietic progranulin deficiency promotes diet-induced atherosclerosis in Ldlr-/- mice, possibly due to increased exophagy-mediated cholesterol uptake. Circulating progranulin was unable to prevent the increased lesion development, consistent with the importance of progranulin acting via cell-autonomous or local effects.
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Goswami R, Merth M, Sharma S, Alharbi MO, Aranda-Espinoza H, Zhu X, Rahaman SO. TRPV4 calcium-permeable channel is a novel regulator of oxidized LDL-induced macrophage foam cell formation. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 110:142-150. [PMID: 28602913 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Revised: 05/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in United States, and atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory arterial disease, is the most dominant underlying pathology. Macrophages are thought to orchestrate atherosclerosis by generating lipid-laden foam cells and by secreting inflammatory mediators. Emerging data support a role for a mechanical factor, e.g., matrix stiffness, in regulation of macrophage function, vascular elasticity, and atherogenesis. However, the identity of the plasma membrane mechanosensor and the mechanisms by which pro-atherogenic signals are transduced/maintained are unknown. We have obtained evidence that TRPV4, an ion channel in the transient receptor potential vanilloid family and a known mechanosensor, is the likely mediator of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)-dependent macrophage foam cell formation, a critical process in atherogenesis. Specifically, we found that: i) genetic ablation of TRPV4 or pharmacologic inhibition of TRPV4 activity by a specific antagonist blocked oxLDL-induced macrophage foam cell formation, and ii) TRPV4 deficiency prevented pathophysiological range matrix stiffness or scratch-induced exacerbation of oxLDL-induced foam cell formation. Mechanistically, we found that: i) plasma membrane localization of TRPV4 was sensitized to the increasing level of matrix stiffness, ii) lack of foam cell formation in TRPV4 null cells was not due to lack of expression of CD36, a major receptor for oxLDL, and iii) TRPV4 channel activity regulated oxLDL uptake but not its binding on macrophages. Altogether, these findings identify a novel role for TRPV4 in regulating macrophage foam cell formation by modulating uptake of oxLDL. These findings suggest that therapeutic targeting of TRPV4 may provide a selective approach to the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- Rishov Goswami
- University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, The Fischell Department of Bioengineering, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Guzman E, Taylor G, Hope J, Herbert R, Cubillos-Zapata C, Charleston B. Transduction of skin-migrating dendritic cells by human adenovirus 5 occurs via an actin-dependent phagocytic pathway. J Gen Virol 2016; 97:2703-2718. [PMID: 27528389 PMCID: PMC5078831 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are central to the initiation of immune responses, and various approaches have been used to target vaccines to DC in order to improve immunogenicity. Cannulation of lymphatic vessels allows for the collection of DC that migrate from the skin. These migrating DC are involved in antigen uptake and presentation following vaccination. Human replication-deficient adenovirus (AdV) 5 is a promising vaccine vector for delivery of recombinant antigens. Although the mechanism of AdV attachment and penetration has been extensively studied in permissive cell lines, few studies have addressed the interaction of AdV with DC. In this study, we investigated the interaction of bovine skin-migrating DC and replication-deficient AdV-based vaccine vectors. We found that, despite lack of expression of Coxsackie B–Adenovirus Receptor and other known adenovirus receptors, AdV readily enters skin-draining DC via an actin-dependent endocytosis. Virus exit from endosomes was pH independent, and neutralizing antibodies did not prevent virus entry but did prevent virus translocation to the nucleus. We also show that combining adenovirus with adjuvant increases the absolute number of intracellular virus particles per DC but not the number of DC containing intracellular virus. This results in increased trans-gene expression and antigen presentation. We propose that, in the absence of Coxsackie B–Adenovirus Receptor and other known receptors, AdV5-based vectors enter skin-migrating DC using actin-dependent endocytosis which occurs in skin-migrating DC, and its relevance to vaccination strategies and vaccine vector targeting is discussed.
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- Efrain Guzman
- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Woking, Surrey GU240NF, UK
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- The Roslin Institute University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH259RG, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Woking, Surrey GU240NF, UK
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Dissmore T, Seye CI, Medeiros DM, Weisman GA, Bradford B, Mamedova L. The P2Y2 receptor mediates uptake of matrix-retained and aggregated low density lipoprotein in primary vascular smooth muscle cells. Atherosclerosis 2016; 252:128-135. [PMID: 27522265 PMCID: PMC5060008 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The internalization of aggregated low-density lipoproteins (agLDL) mediated by low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein (LRP1) may involve the actin cytoskeleton in ways that differ from the endocytosis of soluble LDL by the LDL receptor (LDLR). This study aims to define novel mechanisms of agLDL uptake through modulation of the actin cytoskeleton, to identify molecular targets involved in foam cell formation in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). The critical observation that formed the basis for these studies is that under pathophysiological conditions, nucleotide release from blood-derived and vascular cells activates SMC P2Y2 receptors (P2Y2Rs) leading to rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton and cell motility. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that P2Y2R activation mediates agLDL uptake by VSMCs. METHODS Primary VSMCs were isolated from aortas of wild type (WT) C57BL/6 and.P2Y2R-/- mice to investigate whether P2Y2R activation modulates LRP1 expression. Cells were transiently transfected with cDNA encoding a hemagglutinin-tagged (HA-tagged) WT P2Y2R, or a mutant P2Y2R that unlike the WT P2Y2R does not bind the cytoskeletal actin-binding protein filamin-A (FLN-A). RESULTS P2Y2R activation significantly increased agLDL uptake, and LRP1 mRNA expression decreased in P2Y2R-/- VSMCs versus WT. SMCs, expressing P2Y2R defective in FLN-A binding, exhibit 3-fold lower LDLR expression levels than SMCs expressing WT P2Y2R, while cells transfected with WT P2Y2R show greater agLDL uptake in both WT and P2Y2R-/- VSMCs versus cells transfected with the mutant P2Y2R. CONCLUSIONS Together, these results show that both LRP1 and LDLR expression and agLDL uptake are regulated by P2Y2R in VSMCs, and that agLDL uptake due to P2Y2R activation is dependent upon cytoskeletal reorganization mediated by P2Y2R binding to FLN-A.
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- School of Graduate Studies, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, United States
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- Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
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- Kevin Jon Williams
- From the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (K.J.W.); Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden (K.J.W.); Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Cell Biology, and Physiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (I.T.); and Department of Medicine (Cardiology), the Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology and The Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY (E.A.F.).
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- From the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (K.J.W.); Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden (K.J.W.); Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Cell Biology, and Physiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (I.T.); and Department of Medicine (Cardiology), the Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology and The Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY (E.A.F.)
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- From the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (K.J.W.); Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden (K.J.W.); Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Cell Biology, and Physiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (I.T.); and Department of Medicine (Cardiology), the Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology and The Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY (E.A.F.)
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Singh RK, Barbosa-Lorenzi VC, Lund FW, Grosheva I, Maxfield FR, Haka AS. Degradation of aggregated LDL occurs in complex extracellular sub-compartments of the lysosomal synapse. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:1072-82. [PMID: 26801085 PMCID: PMC4813320 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.181743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Monocyte-derived cells use an extracellular, acidic, lytic compartment (a lysosomal synapse) for initial degradation of large objects or species bound to the extracellular matrix. Akin to osteoclast degradation of bone, extracellular catabolism is used by macrophages to degrade aggregates of low density lipoprotein (LDL) similar to those encountered during atherogenesis. However, unlike osteoclast catabolism, the lysosomal synapse is a highly dynamic and intricate structure. In this study, we use high resolution three dimensional imaging to visualize compartments formed by macrophages to catabolize aggregated LDL. We show that these compartments are topologically complex, have a convoluted structure and contain sub-regions that are acidified. These sub-regions are characterized by a close apposition of the macrophage plasma membrane and aggregates of LDL that are still connected to the extracellular space. Compartment formation is dependent on local actin polymerization. However, once formed, compartments are able to maintain a pH gradient when actin is depolymerized. These observations explain how compartments are able to maintain a proton gradient while remaining outside the boundaries of the plasma membrane.
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- Rajesh K Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Morita SY. Metabolism and Modification of Apolipoprotein B-Containing Lipoproteins Involved in Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis. Biol Pharm Bull 2016; 39:1-24. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b15-00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Shin-ya Morita
- Department of Pharmacy, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital
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Costales P, Castellano J, Revuelta-López E, Cal R, Aledo R, Llampayas O, Nasarre L, Juarez C, Badimon L, Llorente-Cortés V. Lipopolysaccharide downregulates CD91/low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 expression through SREBP-1 overexpression in human macrophages. Atherosclerosis 2012; 227:79-88. [PMID: 23312784 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Revised: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) negatively modulate the expression of the CD91/low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP1), a carrier and signaling receptor that mediates the endocytosis of more than 40 structurally and functionally distinct ligands. The aim of this work was to analyze whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can regulate LRP1 expression through SREBPs in human monocyte-derived macrophages (HMDM). LPS led to LRP1 mRNA and protein inhibition in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Concomitantly, a strong upregulation of SREBP-1 mRNA and SREBP-1 nuclear protein levels was observed in LPS-treated HMDM. The specific silencing of SREBP-1 efficiently prevented LRP1 reduction caused by LPS. SREBP-1 mRNA and nuclear protein levels remained high in HMDM treated with LPS unexposed or exposed to LDL. Native (nLDL) or aggregated LDL (agLDL) per se downregulated SREBP-2 expression levels and increased LRP1 expression. However, lipoproteins did not significantly alter the effect of LPS on SREBP-1 and LRP1 expression. Collectively, these data support that lipoproteins and LPS exert their modulatory effect on LRP1 expression through different SREBP isoforms, SREBP-2 and SREBP-1, respectively. These results highlight a crucial role of SREBP-1 as a mediator of the downregulatory effects of LPS on LRP1 expression in human macrophages, independently of the absence or presence of modified lipoproteins.
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- P Costales
- Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Westhorpe CLV, Dufour EM, Maisa A, Jaworowski A, Crowe SM, Muller WA. Endothelial cell activation promotes foam cell formation by monocytes following transendothelial migration in an in vitro model. Exp Mol Pathol 2012; 93:220-6. [PMID: 22609311 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2012.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Foam cells are a pathological feature present at all stages of atherosclerosis. Foam cells develop from monocytes that enter the nascent atheroma and subsequently ingest modified low density lipoproteins (LDL). The regulation of this process has previously been studied in vitro using cultured macrophage fed modified LDL. We used our existing in vitro model of transendothelial migration (TEM) to study this process in a more physiologically relevant setting. In our model, monocytes undergo TEM across a primary endothelial monolayer into an underlying three-dimensional collagen matrix in the presence of 20% human serum. Foam cells were detected by Oil Red O staining for intracellular lipid droplets. We demonstrate that sub-endothelial monocytes can develop into foam cells within 48 h of TEM across TNF-α activated endothelium, in the absence of additional lipids. Our data indicate a role for both monocyte-endothelial interactions and soluble factors in the regulation of foam cell development, including oxidation of LDL in situ from lipid present in culture medium following TNF-α stimulation of the endothelial cells. Our study provides a simple model for investigating foam cell development in vitro that mimics cell migration in vivo, and demonstrates the critical role of inflammation in regulating early atherogenic events.
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- Clare L V Westhorpe
- Centre for Virology, Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
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Guzman E, Cubillos-Zapata C, Cottingham MG, Gilbert SC, Prentice H, Charleston B, Hope JC. Modified vaccinia virus Ankara-based vaccine vectors induce apoptosis in dendritic cells draining from the skin via both the extrinsic and intrinsic caspase pathways, preventing efficient antigen presentation. J Virol 2012; 86:5452-66. [PMID: 22419811 PMCID: PMC3347273 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00264-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are potent antigen-presenting cells and central to the induction of immune responses following infection or vaccination. The collection of DC migrating from peripheral tissues by cannulation of the afferent lymphatic vessels provides DC which can be used directly ex vivo without extensive in vitro manipulations. We have previously used bovine migrating DC to show that recombinant human adenovirus 5 vectors efficiently transduce afferent lymph migrating DEC-205(+) CD11c(+) CD8(-) DC (ALDC). We have also shown that recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) infects ALDC in vitro, causing downregulation of costimulatory molecules, apoptosis, and cell death. We now show that in the bovine system, modified vaccinia virus Ankara-induced apoptosis in DC draining from the skin occurs soon after virus binding via the caspase 8 pathway and is not associated with viral gene expression. We also show that after virus entry, the caspase 9 pathway cascade is initiated. The magnitude of T cell responses to mycobacterial antigen 85A (Ag85A) expressed by recombinant MVA-infected ALDC is increased by blocking caspase-induced apoptosis. Apoptotic bodies generated by recombinant MVA (rMVA)-Ag85A-infected ALDC and containing Ag85A were phagocytosed by noninfected migrating ALDC expressing SIRPα via actin-dependent phagocytosis, and these ALDC in turn presented antigen. However, the addition of fresh ALDC to MVA-infected cultures did not improve on the magnitude of the T cell responses; in contrast, these noninfected DC showed downregulation of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II), CD40, CD80, and CD86. We also observed that MVA-infected ALDC promoted migration of DEC-205(+) SIRPα(+) CD21(+) DC as well as CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells independently of caspase activation. These in vitro studies show that induction of apoptosis in DC by MVA vectors is detrimental to the subsequent induction of T cell responses.
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- E Guzman
- Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
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Borrell-Pagès M, Romero JC, Juan-Babot O, Badimon L. Wnt pathway activation, cell migration, and lipid uptake is regulated by low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 in human macrophages. Eur Heart J 2011; 32:2841-50. [PMID: 21398644 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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AIMS Atherosclerosis plaque development includes infiltration of inflammatory cells, accumulation of lipids and fibrous cap formation. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) is expressed on atherosclerotic lesions associated with macrophages and vascular smooth muscle cells. The aim of this work is to analyse the role in atherosclerosis lesion progression of another member of the LDL receptor protein family, low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5), a co-receptor with Frizzled known to activate the Wnt signalling pathway in several cell types. METHODS AND RESULTS LRP5 is expressed in human vascular and innate inflammatory cells. LRP5 is transcriptionally regulated by aggregated LDL (agLDL), participating in the lipid uptake and transformation of macrophages into foam cells, a critical step in atherosclerosis progression. AgLDL-treated macrophages show up-regulated expression of β-catenin, LEF1, c-jun, cyclinD1, bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), and osteopontin (OPN), proteins and targets of the Wnt signalling pathway, whereas LRP5-silenced macrophages show a significant down-regulation of OPN and BMP2 expression. Furthermore, LRP5-deficient macrophages exhibit an impaired migration both in wound-repair and modified Boyden chambers models. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate the involvement of LRP5 in the innate inflammatory reaction to lipid infiltration in atherosclerosis.
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- Maria Borrell-Pagès
- Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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Missiou A, Rudolf P, Stachon P, Wolf D, Varo N, Aichele P, Colberg C, Hoppe N, Ernst S, Münkel C, Walter C, Sommer B, Hilgendorf I, Nakano H, Bode C, Zirlik A. TRAF5 Deficiency Accelerates Atherogenesis in Mice by Increasing Inflammatory Cell Recruitment and Foam Cell Formation. Circ Res 2010; 107:757-66. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.110.219295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Rationale:
Tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated factors (TRAFs) are cytoplasmic adaptor proteins for the TNF/interleukin-1/Toll-like receptor superfamily. Ligands of this family comprise multiple important cytokines such as TNFα, CD40L, and interleukin-1β that promote chronic inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis. We recently reported overexpression of TRAF5 in murine and human atheromata and that TRAF5 promotes inflammatory functions of cultured endothelial cells and macrophages.
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This study tested the hypothesis that TRAF5 modulates atherogenesis in vivo.
Methods and Results:
Surprisingly, TRAF5
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mice consuming a high-cholesterol diet for 18 weeks developed significantly larger atherosclerotic lesions than did TRAF5
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controls. Plaques of TRAF5-deficient animals contained more lipids and macrophages, whereas smooth muscle cells and collagen remained unchanged. Deficiency of TRAF5 in endothelial cells or in leukocytes enhanced adhesion of inflammatory cells to the endothelium in dynamic adhesion assays in vitro and in murine vessels imaged by intravital microscopy in vivo. TRAF5 deficiency also increased expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines and potentiated macrophage lipid uptake and foam cell formation. These findings coincided with increased activation of JNK and appeared to be independent of TRAF2. Finally, patients with stable or acute coronary heart disease had significantly lower amounts of TRAF5 mRNA in blood compared with healthy controls.
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Unexpectedly, TRAF5 deficiency accelerates atherogenesis in mice, an effect likely mediated by increased inflammatory cell recruitment to the vessel wall and enhanced foam cell formation.
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- Anna Missiou
- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiology (A.M., P.R., P.S., D.W., C.C., N.H., S.E., C.M., C.W., B.S., I.H., C.B., A.Z.); Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (A.M., A.Z.); Faculty of Biology (A.M.); and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Immunology (P.A.), University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry (N.V.), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; and Department of Immunology (H.N.), Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Walters MJ, Wrenn SP. Size-selective uptake of colloidal low density lipoprotein aggregates by cultured white blood cells. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 350:494-501. [PMID: 20667542 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.06.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Revised: 06/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This paper illustrates how principles of colloid science are useful in studying atherosclerosis. Accumulation of foam cells in the arterial intima is a key step in atherogenesis. The extent of foam cell formation is enhanced by low density lipoprotein (LDL) aggregates, and we have previously shown that the size of sphingomyelinase (Smase)-hydrolysis-induced aggregates depends directly on the concentration of ceramide generated in the LDL phospholipid monolayer, mediated by the hydrophobic effect. Here, we focus on the effect of LDL aggregate particle sizes on their subsequent uptake by macrophages. Our data show the first direct measurement of uptake as a function of aggregate size and the first direct comparison of uptake after Smase-catalyzed and vortex-mixing-mediated aggregation. Vortex-mixed aggregates with radii 20-77 nm showed maximal uptake approximately 118 microg sterol/mg protein at a 53 nm intermediate size, consistent with a mathematical model describing competition between aggregate surface area and volume. Smase-treated aggregates with radii 25-211 nm also showed maximal uptake at an intermediate size, approximately 58 microg sterol/mg protein for 132 nm particles, and fit a modified model that incorporated ceramide concentration expressed as aggregate size. This study shows that particle size is significant and composition may also be a factor in LDL uptake.
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- Michael J Walters
- Drexel University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Effect of Mediterranean diet on the expression of pro-atherogenic genes in a population at high cardiovascular risk. Atherosclerosis 2010; 208:442-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Miller YI, Choi SH, Fang L, Tsimikas S. Lipoprotein modification and macrophage uptake: role of pathologic cholesterol transport in atherogenesis. Subcell Biochem 2010; 51:229-51. [PMID: 20213546 DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8622-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is a major extracellular carrier of cholesterol and, as such, plays important physiologic roles in cellular function and regulation of metabolic pathways. However, under pathologic conditions of hyperlipidemia, oxidative stress and/or genetic disorders, specific components of LDL become oxidized or otherwise modified, and the transport of cholesterol by modified LDL is diverted from its physiologic targets toward excessive cholesterol accumulation in macrophages and the formation of macrophage "foam" cells in the vascular wall. This pathologic deposition of modified lipoproteins and the attendant pro-inflammatory reactions in the artery wall lead to the development of atherosclerotic lesions. Continued accumulation of immunogenic modified lipoproteins and a pro-inflammatory milieu result in the progression of atherosclerotic lesions, which may obstruct the arterial lumen and/or eventually rupture and thrombose, causing myocardial infarction or stroke. In this review, we survey mechanisms of LDL modification and macrophage lipoprotein uptake, including results of recent in vivo experiments, and discuss unresolved problems and controversial issues in this growing field. Future directions in studying foam cell formation may include introducing novel animal models, such as hypercholesterolemic zebrafish, enabling dynamic in vivo observation of macrophage lipid uptake.
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- Yury I Miller
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037-0682, USA.
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Haka AS, Grosheva I, Chiang E, Buxbaum AR, Baird BA, Pierini LM, Maxfield FR. Macrophages create an acidic extracellular hydrolytic compartment to digest aggregated lipoproteins. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:4932-40. [PMID: 19812252 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-07-0559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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A critical event in atherogenesis is the interaction of macrophages with subendothelial lipoproteins. Although most studies model this interaction by incubating macrophages with monomeric lipoproteins, macrophages in vivo encounter lipoproteins that are aggregated. The physical features of the lipoproteins require distinctive mechanisms for their uptake. We show that macrophages create an extracellular, acidic, hydrolytic compartment to carry out digestion of aggregated low-density lipoproteins. We demonstrate delivery of lysosomal contents to these specialized compartments and their acidification by vacuolar ATPase, enabling aggregate catabolism by lysosomal acid hydrolases. We observe transient sealing of portions of the compartments, allowing formation of an "extracellular" proton gradient. An increase in free cholesterol is observed in aggregates contained in these compartments. Thus, cholesteryl ester hydrolysis can occur extracellularly in a specialized compartment, a lysosomal synapse, during the interaction of macrophages with aggregated low-density lipoprotein. A detailed understanding of these processes is essential for developing strategies to prevent atherosclerosis.
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- Abigail S Haka
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Grosheva I, Haka AS, Qin C, Pierini LM, Maxfield FR. Aggregated LDL in contact with macrophages induces local increases in free cholesterol levels that regulate local actin polymerization. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2009; 29:1615-21. [PMID: 19556523 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.109.191882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Interaction of macrophages with aggregated matrix-anchored lipoprotein deposits is an important initial step in atherogenesis. Aggregated lipoproteins require different cellular uptake processes than those used for endocytosis of monomeric lipoproteins. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that engagement of aggregated LDL (agLDL) by macrophages could lead to local increases in free cholesterol levels and that these increases in free cholesterol regulate signals that control cellular actin. METHODS AND RESULTS AgLDL resides for prolonged periods in surface-connected compartments. Although agLDL is still extracellular, we demonstrate that an increase in free cholesterol occurs at sites of contact between agLDL and cells because of hydrolysis of agLDL-derived cholesteryl ester. This increase in free cholesterol causes enhanced actin polymerization around the agLDL. Inhibition of cholesteryl ester hydrolysis results in decreased actin polymerization. CONCLUSIONS We describe a novel process that occurs during agLDL-macrophage interactions in which local release of free cholesterol causes local actin polymerization, promoting a pathological positive feedback loop for increased catabolism of agLDL and eventual foam cell formation.
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- Inna Grosheva
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Mosig S, Rennert K, Büttner P, Krause S, Lütjohann D, Soufi M, Heller R, Funke H. Monocytes of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia show alterations in cholesterol metabolism. BMC Med Genomics 2008; 1:60. [PMID: 19040724 PMCID: PMC2633353 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8794-1-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Elevated plasma cholesterol promotes the formation of atherosclerotic lesions in which monocyte-derived lipid-laden macrophages are frequently found. To analyze, if circulating monocytes already show increased lipid content and differences in lipoprotein metabolism, we compared monocytes from patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) with those from healthy individuals. Methods Cholesterol and oxidized cholesterol metabolite serum levels of FH and of healthy, gender/age matched control subjects were measured by combined gas chromatography – mass spectroscopy. Monocytes from patients with FH and from healthy subjects were isolated by antibody-assisted density centrifugation. Gene expression profiles of isolated monocytes were measured using Affymetrix HG-U 133 Plus 2.0 microarrays. We compared monocyte gene expression profiles from FH patients with healthy controls using a Welch T-test with correction for multiple testing (p < 0.05; Benjamini Hochberg correction, False Discovery Rate = 0.05). The differential expression of FH associated genes was validated at the mRNA level by qRT-PCR and/or at the protein level by Western Blot or flow cytometry. Functional validation of monocyte scavenger receptor activities were done by binding assays and dose/time dependent uptake analysis using native and oxidized LDL. Results Using microarray analysis we found in FH patients a significant up-regulation of 1,617 genes and a down-regulation of 701 genes compared to monocytes from healthy individuals. These include genes of proteins that are involved in the uptake, biosynthesis, disposition, and cellular efflux of cholesterol. In addition, plasma from FH patients contains elevated amounts of sterols and oxysterols. An increased uptake of oxidized as well as of native LDL by FH monocytes combined with a down-regulation of NPC1 and ABCA1 explains the lipid accumulation observed in these cells. Conclusion Our data demonstrate that circulating FH monocytes show differences in cell physiology that may contribute to the early onset of atherosclerosis in this disease.
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- Sandy Mosig
- Molecular Hemostaseology, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Bachstrasse 18, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Morita SY, Deharu Y, Takata E, Nakano M, Handa T. Cytotoxicity of lipid-free apolipoprotein B. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:2594-603. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Llorente-Cortés V, Royo T, Juan-Babot O, Badimon L. Adipocyte differentiation-related protein is induced by LRP1-mediated aggregated LDL internalization in human vascular smooth muscle cells and macrophages. J Lipid Res 2007; 48:2133-40. [PMID: 17620659 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m700039-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aggregated LDL (agLDL) is internalized by LDL receptor-related protein (LRP1) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and human monocyte-derived macrophages (HMDMs). AgLDL is, therefore, a potent inducer of massive intracellular cholesteryl ester accumulation in lipid droplets. The adipocyte differentiation-related protein (ADRP) has been found on the surface of lipid droplets. The objectives of this work were to analyze whether agLDL uptake modulates ADRP expression levels and whether the effect of agLDL internalization on ADRP expression depends on LRP1 in human VSMCs and HMDMs. AgLDL strongly upregulates ADRP mRNA (real-time PCR) and protein expression (Western blot) in human VSMCs (mRNA: by 3.06-fold; protein: 8.58-fold) and HMDMs (mRNA: by 3.5-fold; protein: by 3.71-fold). Treatment of VSMCs and HMDMs with small anti-LRP1-interfering RNA (siRNA-LRP1) leads to specific inhibition of LRP1 expression. siRNA-LRP1 treatment significantly reduced agLDL-induced ADRP overexpression in HMDMs (by 69%) and in VSMCs (by 53%). Immunohystochemical studies evidence a colocolocalization between ADRP/macrophages and ADRP/VSMCs in advanced lipid-enriched atherosclerotic plaques. These results demonstrate that agLDL-LRP1 engagement induces ADRP overexpression in both HMDMs and human VSMCs and that ADRP is highly expressed in advanced lipid-enriched human atherosclerotic plaques. Therefore, LRP1-mediated agLDL uptake might play a pivotal role in vascular foam cell formation.
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- V Llorente-Cortés
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Catalán de Ciencias Cardiovasculares, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Majumdar A, Chung H, Dolios G, Wang R, Asamoah N, Lobel P, Maxfield FR. Degradation of fibrillar forms of Alzheimer's amyloid beta-peptide by macrophages. Neurobiol Aging 2007; 29:707-15. [PMID: 17222479 PMCID: PMC2424018 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 12/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cultured microglia internalize fibrillar amyloid Abeta (fAbeta) and deliver it to lysosomes. Degradation of fAbeta by microglia is incomplete, but macrophages degrade fAbeta efficiently. When mannose-6 phosphorylated lysosomal enzymes were added to the culture medium of microglia, degradation of fAbeta was increased, and the increased degradation was inhibited by excess mannose-6-phosphate, which competes for binding and endocytic uptake. This suggests that low activity of one or more lysosomal enzymes in the microglia was responsible for the poor degradation of fAbeta. To further characterize the degradation of fAbeta in late endosomes and lysosomes, we analyzed fAbeta-derived intracellular degradation products in macrophages and microglia by mass spectrometry. Fragments with truncations in the first 12 N-terminal residues were observed in extracts from both cell types. We also analyzed material released by the cells. Microglia released mainly intact Abeta1-42, whereas macrophages released a variety of N-terminal truncated fragments. These results indicate that initial proteolysis near the N-terminus is similar in both cell types, but microglia are limited in their ability to make further cuts in the fAbeta.
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- Amitabha Majumdar
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University-College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Human Genetics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Human Genetics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, N.J. 00854
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Biochemistry, 1300 York Avenue, Room E215, New York, NY 10021, Tel: (212) 746-6405, Fax: (212) 746-8875,
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Morley S, Wagner J, Kauppinen K, Sherman M, Manor D. Requirement for Akt-mediated survival in cell transformation by the dbl oncogene. Cell Signal 2007; 19:211-8. [PMID: 16916597 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The dbl oncogene product is the founding member of a large family of oncogenic proteins that function by activating the small GTP-binding proteins Cdc42, Rac and Rho. Through its substrate GTPases, Dbl transduces proliferative signals from cell-surface receptors to diverse cellular effectors and signaling pathways. The mechanisms by which these multiple signals are integrated, as well as their relative contribution to Dbl-induced cell transformation, are presently poorly understood. We investigated the role of the survival regulators PI3-kinase and Akt in Dbl-induced cell transformation. We found that Dbl induced the phosphorylation of Akt on threonine 308, through the GTPases Rac and Cdc42 and in a PI3-kinase dependent manner. Pharmacological or biochemical interference with this pathway lead to a marked, dose-dependent inhibition of the focus formation activity exhibited by Dbl-expressing cells. Dbl expression stimulated the phosphorylation of the anti-apoptotic Akt substrate Bad, and caused a marked decrease in basal levels of apoptosis. Finally, we found that activated Cdc42 existed in cells in complex with phosphoionositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1), the downstream mediator of PI3-kinase action. The data indicate that Dbl signaling stimulate the formation of a novel survival complex, through which anti-apoptotic signals are generated and propagated.
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- S Morley
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Haug G, Barth H, Aktories K. Purification and Activity of the Rho ADP‐Ribosylating Binary C2/C3 Toxin. Methods Enzymol 2006; 406:117-27. [PMID: 16472654 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(06)06010-1] [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: 12/27/2022]
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C3 exoenzyme from Clostridium limosum, specifically ADP-ribosylates and inactivates Rho GTPases, but not or much less than Rac and Cdc42. To bypass the poor cell accessibility of the exoenzyme, a chimeric fusion toxin was constructed consisting of C3 exoenzyme and the N-terminal adaptor domain of the enzyme component C2I of the actin-ADP-ribosylating Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin. This fusion toxin C2IN-C3 is transported into cells by interaction with the binding and translocation component (C2II) of C2 toxin. Purification and activity of the chimeric toxin is reported.
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- Gerd Haug
- Albert Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Experimentelle & Klinische Pharmakologie & Toxikologie, Germany
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Llorente-Cortés V, Otero-Viñas M, Camino-López S, Costales P, Badimon L. Cholesteryl Esters of Aggregated LDL Are Internalized by Selective Uptake in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006; 26:117-23. [PMID: 16254205 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000193618.32611.8b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-related protein (LRP1) mediates the internalization of aggregated LDL (agLDL)–LDL trapped in the arterial intima bound to proteoglycans–into human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). LRP1-mediated agLDL uptake induces high-intracellular cholesteryl ester (CE) accumulation. The aim of this study was to characterize the mechanism of agLDL internalization in human VSMC.
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The lipidic component of LDL was labeled with [
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Taken together, these results demonstrate that LRP1 mediates the selective uptake of CE from agLDL and that CE derived from agLDL is not intracellularly processed but stored in lipid droplets in human VSMC.
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- Vicenta Llorente-Cortés
- Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Membrane lipids are essential for biological functions ranging from membrane trafficking to signal transduction. The composition of lipid membranes influences their organization and properties, so it is not surprising that disorders in lipid metabolism and transport have a role in human disease. Significant recent progress has enhanced our understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of lipid-associated disorders such as Tangier disease, Niemann-Pick disease type C and atherosclerosis. These insights have also led to improved understanding of normal physiology.
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- Frederick R Maxfield
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Beletskii A, Cooper M, Sriraman P, Chiriac C, Zhao L, Abbot S, Yu L. High-throughput phagocytosis assay utilizing a pH-sensitive fluorescent dye. Biotechniques 2005; 39:894-7. [PMID: 16382909 DOI: 10.2144/000112001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We describe a development of a novel high-throughput phagocytosis assay based on a pH-sensitive cyanine dye, CypHer5E™, which is maximally fluorescent in an acidic environment. This dye is ideally suited for the study of phagocytosis because of the acidic conditions generated in the intracellular phagocytic vesicles after particle uptake. Use of CypHer5E-labeled particles results in greatly reduced background from noninternalized particles and makes the assay more robust. Additionally, CypHer5E-labeled particles are resistant to fluorescence quenching observed in the aggressive and acidic environment of the phagosome with traditional dyes. The CypHer5E-based assay has been shown to work reliably in a variety of cell types, including primary human monocytes, primary human dendritic cells, primary human endothelial cells, human monocytic THP-1 cell line, and human/mouse hybrid macrophage cell line WBC264-9C. Inhibition of CypHer5E bead uptake by cytochalasin D was studied, and the 50% inhibition concentration (IC50) was determined. The assay was performed in 96- and 384-well formats, and it is appropriate for high-throughput cellular screening of processes and compounds affecting phagocytosis. The CypHer5E phagocytosis assay is superior to existing protocols because it allows easy distinction of true phagocytosis from particle adherence and can be used in microscopy-based measurement of phagocytosis.
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Qin C, Nagao T, Grosheva I, Maxfield FR, Pierini LM. Elevated plasma membrane cholesterol content alters macrophage signaling and function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 26:372-8. [PMID: 16306428 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000197848.67999.e1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE During atherogenesis, macrophages migrate into the subendothelial space where they ingest deposited lipoproteins, accumulate lipids, and transform into foam cells. It is unclear why these macrophages do not remove their lipid loads from the region. This study was aimed at testing the hypothesis that macrophage behavior is altered when membrane cholesterol levels are elevated, as might be the case for cells in contact with lipoproteins within atherosclerotic lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the effects of elevating membrane cholesterol on macrophage behavior. J774 macrophages were treated with either acetylated low-density lipoprotein (ac-LDL) and ACAT inhibitor or cholesterol-chelated methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (chol-MbetaCD) to increase membrane cholesterol levels. Our results show that elevating the membrane cholesterol of J774 macrophages induced dramatic ruffling, stimulated cell spreading, and affected F-actin organization. Cellular adhesion was required for these effects, and Rac-mediated signaling pathways were involved. Additionally, 3-dimensional transwell chemotaxis assays showed that migration of J774 macrophages was significantly inhibited when membrane cholesterol levels were raised. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that increased membrane cholesterol causes dramatic effects on macrophage cellular functions related to the actin cytoskeleton. They should provide new insights into the early steps of atherogenesis.
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- Chunbo Qin
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Barth H, Aktories K, Popoff MR, Stiles BG. Binary bacterial toxins: biochemistry, biology, and applications of common Clostridium and Bacillus proteins. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2004; 68:373-402, table of contents. [PMID: 15353562 PMCID: PMC515256 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.68.3.373-402.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Certain pathogenic species of Bacillus and Clostridium have developed unique methods for intoxicating cells that employ the classic enzymatic "A-B" paradigm for protein toxins. The binary toxins produced by B. anthracis, B. cereus, C. botulinum, C. difficile, C. perfringens, and C. spiroforme consist of components not physically associated in solution that are linked to various diseases in humans, animals, or insects. The "B" components are synthesized as precursors that are subsequently activated by serine-type proteases on the targeted cell surface and/or in solution. Following release of a 20-kDa N-terminal peptide, the activated "B" components form homoheptameric rings that subsequently dock with an "A" component(s) on the cell surface. By following an acidified endosomal route and translocation into the cytosol, "A" molecules disable a cell (and host organism) via disruption of the actin cytoskeleton, increasing intracellular levels of cyclic AMP, or inactivation of signaling pathways linked to mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases. Recently, B. anthracis has gleaned much notoriety as a biowarfare/bioterrorism agent, and of primary interest has been the edema and lethal toxins, their role in anthrax, as well as the development of efficacious vaccines and therapeutics targeting these virulence factors and ultimately B. anthracis. This review comprehensively surveys the literature and discusses the similarities, as well as distinct differences, between each Clostridium and Bacillus binary toxin in terms of their biochemistry, biology, genetics, structure, and applications in science and medicine. The information may foster future studies that aid novel vaccine and drug development, as well as a better understanding of a conserved intoxication process utilized by various gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria.
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- Holger Barth
- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Otto-Krayer-Haus, Albertstrasse 25, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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The focus of this article is on the cellular uptake mechanism of the family of binary actin ADP-ribosylating toxins from clostridia. These toxins are special-type AB toxins, because they are composed of two nonlinked proteins, which have to assemble on the surface of eukaryotic cells to act cytotoxically. The enzymatically active component (A), ADP-ribosylates G-actin in the cytosol of target cells. This leads to a complete depolymerization of the actin filaments and, thereby, to rounding up of cultured cells. The second component of these toxins, the binding/translocation component (B), mediates the transport of the enzyme component into the cytosol.
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- H Barth
- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Otto-Krayer-Haus, Albertstrasse 25, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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Liang CP, Han S, Okamoto H, Carnemolla R, Tabas I, Accili D, Tall AR. Increased CD36 protein as a response to defective insulin signaling in macrophages. J Clin Invest 2004. [PMID: 14991075 DOI: 10.1172/jci19528, 10.1172/jci200419528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Accelerated atherosclerosis is a major cause of morbidity and death in insulin-resistant states such as obesity and the metabolic syndrome, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We show that macrophages from obese (ob/ob) mice have increased binding and uptake of oxidized LDL, in part due to a post-transcriptional increase in CD36 protein. Macrophages from ob/ob mice are also insulin resistant, as shown by reduced expression and signaling of insulin receptors. Three lines of evidence indicate that the increase in CD36 is caused by defective insulin signaling: (a) Treatment of wild-type macrophages with LY294002, an inhibitor of insulin signaling via PI3K, results in an increase in CD36; (b) insulin receptor knockout macrophages show a post-transcriptional increase in CD36 protein; and (c) administration of thiazolidinediones to intact ob/ob mice and ob/ob, LDL receptor-deficient mice results in a reversal of macrophage insulin receptor defects and decreases CD36 protein. The last finding contrasts with the increase in CD36 that results from treatment of macrophages with these drugs ex vivo. The results suggest that defective macrophage insulin signaling predisposes to foam cell formation and atherosclerosis in insulin-resistant states and that this is reversed in vivo by treatment with PPAR-gamma activators.
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- Chien-Ping Liang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Liang CP, Han S, Okamoto H, Carnemolla R, Tabas I, Accili D, Tall AR. Increased CD36 protein as a response to defective insulin signaling in macrophages. J Clin Invest 2004; 113:764-73. [PMID: 14991075 PMCID: PMC351316 DOI: 10.1172/jci19528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2003] [Accepted: 12/15/2003] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Accelerated atherosclerosis is a major cause of morbidity and death in insulin-resistant states such as obesity and the metabolic syndrome, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We show that macrophages from obese (ob/ob) mice have increased binding and uptake of oxidized LDL, in part due to a post-transcriptional increase in CD36 protein. Macrophages from ob/ob mice are also insulin resistant, as shown by reduced expression and signaling of insulin receptors. Three lines of evidence indicate that the increase in CD36 is caused by defective insulin signaling: (a) Treatment of wild-type macrophages with LY294002, an inhibitor of insulin signaling via PI3K, results in an increase in CD36; (b) insulin receptor knockout macrophages show a post-transcriptional increase in CD36 protein; and (c) administration of thiazolidinediones to intact ob/ob mice and ob/ob, LDL receptor-deficient mice results in a reversal of macrophage insulin receptor defects and decreases CD36 protein. The last finding contrasts with the increase in CD36 that results from treatment of macrophages with these drugs ex vivo. The results suggest that defective macrophage insulin signaling predisposes to foam cell formation and atherosclerosis in insulin-resistant states and that this is reversed in vivo by treatment with PPAR-gamma activators.
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- Chien-Ping Liang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Morita SY, Kawabe M, Sakurai A, Okuhira K, Vertut-Doï A, Nakano M, Handa T. Ceramide in lipid particles enhances heparan sulfate proteoglycan and low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-mediated uptake by macrophages. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:24355-61. [PMID: 15044445 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402035200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Arterial wall sphingomyelinase (SMase) has been proposed to be involved in atherogenesis. SMase modification of lipoproteins has been shown to occur in atherosclerotic lesions and to facilitate their uptake by macrophages and foam cell formation. To investigate the mechanism of macrophage uptake enhanced by SMase, we prepared lipid emulsions containing sphingomyelin (SM) or ceramide (CER) as model particles of lipoproteins. SMase remarkably increased the uptake of SM-containing emulsions by J774 macrophages without apolipoproteins. The emulsion uptake was negatively correlated with the degree of particle aggregation by pretreatment with SMase, whereas the uptake of CER-containing emulsions was significantly larger than SM-containing emulsions, indicating that enhancement of uptake is due to the generation of CER molecules in particles but not to the aggregation by SMase. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) and low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) were crucial for CER-enhanced emulsion uptake, because heparin or lactoferrin inhibited the emulsion uptake. Confocal microscopy also showed that SMase promoted both binding and internalization of emulsions by J774 macrophages, which were almost abolished by lactoferrin. Apolipoprotein E further increased the uptake of CER-containing emulsions compared with SM-containing emulsions. These findings suggest the generation of CER in lipoproteins by SMase facilitates the macrophage uptake via HSPG and LRP pathways and plays a crucial role in foam cell formation. Thus, CER may act as an important atherogenic molecule.
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- Shin-Ya Morita
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Patel M, Morrow J, Maxfield FR, Strickland DK, Greenberg S, Tabas I. The cytoplasmic domain of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-related protein, but not that of the LDL receptor, triggers phagocytosis. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:44799-807. [PMID: 12941948 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308982200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The macrophage LDL receptor and LDL receptor-related protein (LRP, CD91) mediate the phagocytic-like uptake of atherogenic lipoproteins and apoptotic cells, yet the structural basis of their phagocytic functions is not known. To address this issue, we transfected macrophages with chimeric proteins containing the cytoplasmic tails and transmembrane regions of the LDL receptor or LRP and the ectodomain of CD2, which can bind non-opsonized sheep red blood cells (SRBCs). Macrophages expressing receptors containing the LDL receptor domains were able to bind but not internalize SRBCs. In contrast, macrophages expressing receptors containing the cytoplasmic tail of LRP were able to bind and internalize SRBCs. Chimeras in which the LRP cytoplasmic tail was mutated in two di-leucine motifs and a tyrosine in an NPXYXXL motif were able to endocytose anti-CD2 antibody and bind SRBCs, but SRBC phagocytosis was decreased by 70%. Thus, the phagocytic-like functions of LRP, but not those of the LDL receptor, can be explained by the ability of the LRP cytoplasmic tail to trigger phagocytosis. These findings have important implications for atherogenesis and apoptotic cell clearance and for a fundamental cell biological understanding of how the LDL receptor and LRP function in internalization processes.
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- Mintoo Patel
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Soldatos AN, Metheniti A, Mamali I, Lambropoulou M, Marmaras VJ. Distinct LPS-induced signals regulate LPS uptake and morphological changes in medfly hemocytes. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:1075-1084. [PMID: 14563359 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(03)00119-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recently we demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) promotes activation of the Ras/ERK cascade in medfly hemocytes and that phagocytosis of Escherichia coli by insect hemocytes is mediated by an integrin-dependent process via the activation of FAK/Src complex (J Biol Chem 273 (1998) 14813; FEBS Letters 496 (2001) 55). In the current study we wanted to further elucidate the effects of LPS on medfly hemocytes, in order to better understand the regulation of the evolutionary conserved signaling mechanisms between insects and mammals. We initially observed that different stimuli, including LPS, E. coli, RGD, fibronectin and heat shock activate hemocyte ERK. The response of hemocytes to these stimuli denoted that hemocyte ERK is evidently stimulated by at least an LPS receptor and via an integrin-mediated process. The medfly hemocytes respond to LPS by changing their morphology, inducing the activation of several signaling pathways, including Ras/MEK/ERK, PI-3K/ERK and Rho pathways and contributing to LPS uptake. Experiments based on inhibitors of specific signaling pathways, such as manumycin A, toxin A, U0126, PD98059 and wortmannin revealed that Ras, MEK and PI-3K are involved in the activation of ERK. Whether PI-3K is an intermediate of Ras/MEK/ERK pathway or activates ERK via other signaling pathway it remains to be elucidated. ERK is not activated via Rho pathway, denoting that Rho may not be an upstream effector molecule of ERK pathway. Regarding the role(s) that these kinases play in hemocytes, it can be suggested that PI-3K and Rho GTPases can modulate hemocyte shape changes, whereas ERK, Ras and MEK cannot. In addition, PI-3K as well as Ras and MEK through ERK activation participate in LPS endocytosis. Therefore, PI-3K shares a dual role; it is involved both in cell shape changes and in LPS endocytosis. Since ERK activation appears to be independent of the integrity of actin filaments, as cytochalasin D and latrunculin A did not block ERK activation, it can be concluded that LPS endocytosis is independent of actin cytoskeleton remodeling as is the case in mammalian systems.
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Abnormal erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport is common in a subgroup of patients with essential hypertension and a strong family history of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. We have previously shown that the abnormality in sodium-lithium countertransport is associated with tropomyosin, a cytoskeletal protein required to stabilize actin filament formation. Leukocyte trafficking events, which depend on cytoskeletal reorganization, are also altered in patients with essential hypertension with abnormal sodium-lithium countertransport. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an abnormality in isoforms of tropomyosin that are common to erythrocytes and leukocytes. Analysis of reticulocyte RNA by reverse transcription (RT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed expression of TPMN and TPM5b isoforms of tropomyosin. No other isoforms were expressed. These isoforms were also detected in RNA from leukocytes. In patients with essential hypertension with abnormal erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport compared with normal control subjects, there was a higher TPMN/TPM5b ratio of protein in erythrocytes (median 3.8 [range 1.8 to 6.6] versus 2.9 [1.9 to 4.0], P<0.001) and of RNA in leukocytes (3.7 [1.7 to 8.2] versus 2.6 [1.2 to 4.3], P<0.01). Furthermore, the protein ratio of TPMN/TPM5b in erythrocytes showed significant correlation with the V(max)/K(m) ratio of sodium-lithium countertransport across the patient groups (r=-0.42; P<0.01). Therefore, altered tropomyosin expression may be the underlying abnormality associated with blood cell membrane changes in essential hypertension and implicates the cytoskeleton in the pathogenesis of the disease in a major subgroup of patients.
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- Stuart A Dunn
- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Newcastle, England.
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Greenwell-Wild T, Vázquez N, Sim D, Schito M, Chatterjee D, Orenstein JM, Wahl SM. Mycobacterium avium infection and modulation of human macrophage gene expression. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:6286-97. [PMID: 12444135 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.11.6286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mycobacterium avium is a facultative intracellular pathogen cleared rapidly via intact host defense mechanisms. In the absence of adequate T cell function, as occurs in HIV-1-induced immunodeficiency, M. avium becomes an opportunistic infection with uncontrolled replication and reinfection of macrophage hosts. How M. avium infects, survives, and replicates in macrophages without signaling an effective microbicidal counterattack is unresolved. To address whether M. avium signals the expression of molecules, which influence mycobacterial survival or clearance, human monocyte-derived macrophage cultures were exposed to M. avium. Within minutes, M. avium, or its cell wall lipoarabinomannan, binds to the adherent macrophages and induces a spectrum of gene expression. In this innate response, the most abundant genes detected within 2 h by cDNA expression array involved proinflammatory chemokines, cytokines including TNF-alpha and IL-1, and adhesion molecules. Associated with this rapid initial up-regulation of recruitment and amplification molecules was enhanced expression of transcription factors and signaling molecules. By 24 h, this proinflammatory response subsided, and after 4 days, when some bacteria were being degraded, others escaped destruction to replicate within intracellular vacuoles. Under these conditions, inducible NO synthase was not up-regulated and increased transferrin receptors may facilitate iron-dependent mycobacterial growth. Sustained adhesion molecule and chemokine expression along with the formation of multinucleated giant cells appeared consistent with in vivo events. Thus, in the absence of T lymphocyte mediators, macrophages are insufficiently microbicidal and provide a nonhostile environment in which mycobacteria not only survive and replicate, but continue to promote recruitment of new macrophages to perpetuate the infection.
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- Teresa Greenwell-Wild
- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Evidence suggests that much of the LDL in atherosclerotic plaques is aggregated. Aggregation of LDL could be an important factor that determines how this lipoprotein is metabolized by plaque macrophages and the fate of aggregated LDL cholesterol within plaques. This review discusses a novel endocytic pathway by which macrophages process aggregated LDL. RECENT FINDINGS Recently, it has been shown that aggregated LDL can be sequestered in macrophage surface-connected compartments and plasma membrane invaginations by a process termed patocytosis. In contrast to rapid degradation of LDL and aggregated LDL taken up by macrophages through pinocytosis and phagocytosis, respectively, aggregated LDL sequestered in macrophages undergoes only limited degradation. Macrophages can disaggregate and release sequestered aggregated LDL by activating plasminogen to plasmin. Plasmin degrades LDL apolipoprotein B sufficiently to disaggregate the aggregated LDL, releasing it from the macrophage surface-connected compartments. In contrast, activating macrophages with phorbol-myristate-acetate stimulates degradation of aggregated LDL and inhibits plasminogen-mediated release of the aggregated lipoprotein from macrophage surface-connected compartments. SUMMARY Macrophage sequestration of aggregated LDL is a unique endocytic pathway relevant not only to the processing of aggregated LDL in atherosclerotic plaques but also for the processing of other materials, such as hydrophobic particles that trigger this endocytic pathway. Macrophage sequestration of aggregated LDL can result in different fates for the aggregated LDL, depending on the state of macrophage activation and the functioning of the plasminogen-based fibrinolytic system. Patocytosis of aggregated LDL should be considered in addition to phagocytosis as a possible uptake pathway in studies of macrophage processing of aggregated LDL.
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- Howard S Kruth
- Section of Experimental Atherosclerosis, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH, Buiulding 10, Room 5N113, 10 Center Drive MSC-1422, Bethesda, MD 20892-1422, USA.
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- Frederick R Maxfield
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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