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NFkB Inhibition Mitigates Serum Amyloid A-Induced Pro-Atherogenic Responses in Endothelial Cells and Leukocyte Adhesion and Adverse Changes to Endothelium Function in Isolated Aorta
Vallejo, A.; Chami, B.; Dennis, J.M.; Simone, M.; Ahmad, G.; Abdo, A.I.; Sharma, A.; Shihata, W.A.; Martin, N.; Chin-Dusting, J.P.F.; de Haan, J.B.; Witting, P.K. NFκB Inhibition Mitigates Serum Amyloid A-Induced Pro-Atherogenic Responses in Endothelial Cells and Leukocyte Adhesion and Adverse Changes to Endothelium Function in Isolated Aorta. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2019, 20, 105.
Vallejo, A.; Chami, B.; Dennis, J.M.; Simone, M.; Ahmad, G.; Abdo, A.I.; Sharma, A.; Shihata, W.A.; Martin, N.; Chin-Dusting, J.P.F.; de Haan, J.B.; Witting, P.K. NFκB Inhibition Mitigates Serum Amyloid A-Induced Pro-Atherogenic Responses in Endothelial Cells and Leukocyte Adhesion and Adverse Changes to Endothelium Function in Isolated Aorta. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 105.
Abstract
The acute phase protein serum amyloid A (SAA) is associated with endothelial dysfunction and early-stage atherogenesis. Stimulation of vascular cells with SAA increases gene expression of pro-inflammation cytokines and tissue factor (TF). Activation of the transcription factor, nuclear factor kappa-B (NFkB), may be central to SAA-mediated endothelial cell inflammation, dysfunction and pro-thrombotic responses, while targeting NFkB with a pharmacologic inhibitor, BAY11-7082, may mitigate SAA activity. Human carotid artery endothelial cells (HCtAEC) were pre-incubated (1.5 h) with 10 µM BAY11-7082 or vehicle (control) followed by SAA (10 μg/mL; 4.5 h). Under these conditions gene expression for TF and TNF increased in SAA-treated HCtAEC and pre-treatment with BAY11-7082 significantly (TNF) and marginally (TF) reduced mRNA expression. Intracellular TNF and IL-6 protein also increased in HCtAEC supplemented with SAA and this expression was inhibited by BAY11-7082. Supplemented BAY11-7082 also significantly decreased SAA-mediated leukocyte adhesion to apolipoprotein E-deficient mouse aorta in ex vivo vascular flow studies. In vascular function studies, isolated aortic rings pre-treated with BAY11-7082 prior to incubation with SAA showed improved endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation and increased vascular cGMP content. Together these data suggest that inhibition of NFkB activation may protect endothelial function by inhibiting the pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic activities of SAA.
Subject Areas
Nuclear transcription, endothelium, atherosclerosis, serum amyloid A, vascular function
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Abigail Vallejo
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