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Akbalut C, Arisz R, Baaten C, Baildildinova G, Barakzie A, Bauersachs R, Ten Berg JM, van den Broek W, de Boer HC, Broker V, Buka R, Ten Cate H, Cate AT, De Luca C, De Simone I, Dignat-George F, Freson K, Gazzaniga G, van Gorp E, Habibi A, Henskens YMC, Iding AFJ, Khan A, Koenderink G, Konkoth A, Lacroix R, Lahiri T, Lam W, Lamerton R, Lorusso R, Luo Q, Maas C, McCarty OJT, van der Meijden P, Meijers J, Mohapatra A, Nevo N, Pallares Robles A, Poncelet P, Reinhardt C, Ruf W, Saraswat R, Schonichen C, Schutgens REG, Simioni P, Spada S, Spronk HMH, Tazhibayeva K, Thachil J, Vacik-Diaz R, Veninga A, Verhamme P, Visser C, Watson SP, Wenzel P, Willems R, Willers A, Zhang P, Zifkos K, van Zonneveld AJ. Blood coagulation and beyond: Position paper from the Fourth Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis. Thromb Haemost 2023. [PMID: 36913975 PMCID: PMC10365887 DOI: 10.1055/a-2052-9175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
Abstract
The 4th Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis (MCCT), included the following themes: Theme 1: The "coagulome" as a critical driver of cardiovascular disease Blood coagulation proteins also play divergent roles in biology and pathophysiology, related to specific organs, including brain, heart, bone marrow and kidney. Four investigators shared their views on these organ-specific topics. Theme 2: Novel mechanisms of thrombosis Mechanisms linking factor XII to fibrin, including their structural and physical properties, contribute to thrombosis, which is also affected by variation in microbiome status. Virus infections associated-coagulopathies perturb the hemostatic balance resulting in thrombosis and/or bleeding. Theme 3: How to limit bleeding risks: insights from translational studies This theme included state of the art methodology for exploring the contribution of genetic determinants of a bleeding diathesis; determination of polymorphisms in genes that control the rate of metabolism by the liver of P2Y12 inhibitors, to improve safety of antithrombotic therapy. Novel reversal agents for direct oral anticoagulants are discussed. Theme 4: Hemostasis in extracorporeal systems: how to utilize ex vivo models? Perfusion flow chamber and nanotechnology developments are developed for studying bleeding and thrombosis tendencies. Vascularised organoids are utilized for disease modeling and drug development studies. Strategies for tackling extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) associated coagulopathy are discussed. Theme 5: Clinical dilemmas in thrombosis and antithrombotic management Plenary presentations addressed controversial areas, ie thrombophilia testing, thrombosis risk assessment in hemophilia, novel antiplatelet strategies and clinically tested factor XI(a) inhibitors,both possibly with reduced bleeding risk. Finally, Covid-19 associated coagulopathy is revisited.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cengiz Akbalut
- Biochemistry, Maastricht University Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Frankfurt, Germany.,Center for Vascular Research, Germany
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- Dept. of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Thrombosis Expert Center and departments of Internal medicine and Biochemistry, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- UNS 50/box 8, University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Salute Mentale e Fisica e Medicina Preventiva, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- INSERM, VRCM, UMR-S1076,, Aix-Marseille University, UFR de Pharmacie, Marseille, France, Marseille, France
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.,MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,C2VN Inserm, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France
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- Inserm UMR-S1076, UFR de Pharmacie, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,C2VN Inserm, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France
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- Emory University, Atlanta, United States
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Cardiovascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,IMCAR, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.,C2VN Inserm, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France
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- Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.,Immunology, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Maastricht University Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Center of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Universitatsmedizin, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,C2VN Inserm, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Dep of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua ; 2nd Chair of Internal Medicine, Padua, Italy
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Thrombosis Expert Center, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Haematology, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,C2VN Inserm, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Zentrum für Kardiologie - Centrum für Thrombose und Hämostase, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands.,Research, Synapse Research Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.,ISAS Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences, Dortmund, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Laboyrie SL, de Vries MR, de Jong A, de Boer HC, Lalai RA, Martinez L, Vazquez-Padron RI, Rotmans JI. von Willebrand Factor: A Central Regulator of Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Through Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Outward Remodeling. J Am Heart Assoc 2022; 11:e024581. [PMID: 35929448 PMCID: PMC9496319 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.024581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation failure is a main limitation of vascular access. Maturation is determined by the intricate balance between outward remodeling and intimal hyperplasia, whereby endothelial cell dysfunction, platelet aggregation, and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation play a crucial role. von Willebrand Factor (vWF) is an endothelial cell-derived protein involved in platelet aggregation and VSMC proliferation. We investigated AVF vascular remodeling in vWF-deficient mice and vWF expression in failed and matured human AVFs. Methods and Results Jugular-carotid AVFs were created in wild-type and vWF-/- mice. AVF flow was determined longitudinally using ultrasonography, whereupon AVFs were harvested 14 days after surgery. VSMCs were isolated from vena cavae to study the effect of vWF on VSMC proliferation. Patient-matched samples of the basilic vein were obtained before brachio-basilic AVF construction and during superficialization or salvage procedure 6 weeks after AVF creation. vWF deficiency reduced VSMC proliferation and macrophage infiltration in the intimal hyperplasia. vWF-/- mice showed reduced outward remodeling (1.5-fold, P=0.002) and intimal hyperplasia (10.2-fold, P<0.0001). AVF flow in wild-type mice was incremental over 2 weeks, whereas flow in vWF-/- mice did not increase, resulting in a two-fold lower flow at 14 days compared with wild-type mice (P=0.016). Outward remodeling in matured patient AVFs coincided with increased local vWF expression in the media of the venous outflow tract. Absence of vWF in the intimal layer correlated with an increase in the intima-media ratio. Conclusions vWF enhances AVF maturation because its positive effect on outward remodeling outweighs its stimulating effect on intimal hyperplasia.
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- Suzanne L Laboyrie
- Internal Medicine Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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- Surgery Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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- Internal Medicine Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden The Netherlands
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Dólleman SC, Agten SM, Spronk HMH, Hackeng TM, Bos MHA, Versteeg HH, van Zonneveld AJ, de Boer HC. Thrombin in complex with dabigatran can still interact with PAR-1 via exosite-I and instigate loss of vascular integrity. J Thromb Haemost 2022; 20:996-1007. [PMID: 35037739 PMCID: PMC9306515 DOI: 10.1111/jth.15642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) can lead to the loss of microvascular integrity thereby enhancing AF progression. Mechanistically, the pro-coagulant state that drives the risk of stroke in patients with AF may also play a causal role in microvascular loss. Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), the preferred anticoagulants for AF, can target factors upstream (factor Xa [FXa]) or downstream (thrombin) in the coagulation cascade and mediate differential vascular effects through interaction with protease-activated receptors (PARs). OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential effect of different DOACs on vascular integrity. METHODS To model the impact of DOACs on vascular integrity, we utilized platelet-free plasma in thrombin generation assays and endothelial barrier assays under identical experimental conditions. These multifactorial systems provide all coagulation factors and their respective natural inhibitors in physiological ratios in combination with the pro-coagulant endothelial surface on which coagulation is initiated. Furthermore, the system provides pro- and anti-barrier factors and monitoring both assays simultaneously permits coupling of thrombin kinetics to endothelial barrier dynamics. RESULTS We provide evidence that the anti-FXa DOAC rivaroxaban and the anti-thrombin DOAC dabigatran are efficient in blocking their target proteases. However, while rivaroxaban could preserve endothelial barrier function, dabigatran failed to protect endothelial integrity over time, which could be prevented in the presence of a custom-made peptide that blocks thrombin's exosite-I. CONCLUSIONS Proteolytically inactive thrombin in complex with dabigatran evokes loss of barrier function that can be prevented by a protease-activated receptor-1 mimicking peptide blocking thrombin's exosite-I.
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- Sophie C. Dólleman
- Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Department of BiochemistryCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtthe Netherlands
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- Department of BiochemistryCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtthe Netherlands
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- Department of BiochemistryCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtthe Netherlands
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- Division of Thrombosis and HemostasisLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Division of Thrombosis and HemostasisLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeidenthe Netherlands
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Zhang H, Bredewold EOW, Vreeken D, Duijs JMGJ, de Boer HC, Kraaijeveld AO, Jukema JW, Pijls NH, Waltenberger J, Biessen EA, van der Veer EP, van Zonneveld AJ, van Gils JM. Prediction Power on Cardiovascular Disease of Neuroimmune Guidance Cues Expression by Peripheral Blood Monocytes Determined by Machine-Learning Methods. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21176364. [PMID: 32887275 PMCID: PMC7503551 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Atherosclerosis is the underlying pathology in a major part of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality in developed countries. The infiltration of monocytes into the vessel walls of large arteries is a key denominator of atherogenesis, making monocytes accountable for the development of atherosclerosis. With the development of high-throughput transcriptome profiling platforms and cytometric methods for circulating cells, it is now feasible to study in-depth the predicted functional change of circulating monocytes reflected by changes of gene expression in certain pathways and correlate the changes to disease outcome. Neuroimmune guidance cues comprise a group of circulating- and cell membrane-associated signaling proteins that are progressively involved in monocyte functions. Here, we employed the CIRCULATING CELLS study cohort to classify cardiovascular disease patients and healthy individuals in relation to their expression of neuroimmune guidance cues in circulating monocytes. To cope with the complexity of human datasets featured by noisy data, nonlinearity and multidimensionality, we assessed various machine-learning methods. Of these, the linear discriminant analysis, Naïve Bayesian model and stochastic gradient boost model yielded perfect or near-perfect sensibility and specificity and revealed that expression levels of the neuroimmune guidance cues SEMA6B, SEMA6D and EPHA2 in circulating monocytes were of predictive values for cardiovascular disease outcome.
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- Huayu Zhang
- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan, 1003584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Michelangelolaan, 25623 EJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan, 256202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Pathology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), University of Maastricht, Universiteitssingel, 506229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands;
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, 22333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (H.Z.); (E.O.W.B.); (D.V.); (J.M.G.J.D.); (H.C.d.B.); (E.P.v.d.V.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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Tilburg J, Coenen DM, Zirka G, Dólleman S, van Oeveren‐Rietdijk AM, Karel MFA, de Boer HC, Cosemans JMEM, Versteeg HH, Morange PE, van Vlijmen BJM, Maracle CX, Thomas GM. SLC44A2 deficient mice have a reduced response in stenosis but not in hypercoagulability driven venous thrombosis. J Thromb Haemost 2020; 18:1714-1727. [PMID: 32297475 PMCID: PMC7383581 DOI: 10.1111/jth.14835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genome wide association studies (GWAS) identified SLC44A2 as a novel susceptibility gene for venous thrombosis (VT) and previous work established that SLC44A2 contributed to clot formation upon vascular injury. OBJECTIVE To further investigate the role of SLC44A2 in VT by utilizing SLC44A2 deficient mice (Slc44a2-/- ) in two representative disease models. METHODS Mice were included in a hypercoagulability model driven by siRNA-mediated hepatic gene silencing of anticoagulants Serpinc1 (antithrombin) and Proc (protein C) and a flow restriction (stenosis) model induced by partial ligation of the inferior vena cava. RESULTS In the hypercoagulability model, no effect in onset was observed in Slc44a2-/- animals; however, a drop in plasma fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor coinciding with an increase in blood neutrophils was recorded. In the neutrophil dependent stenosis model after 48 hours, Slc44a2-/- mice had significantly smaller thrombi both in length and weight with less platelet accumulation as a percentage of the total thrombus area. During the initiation of thrombosis at 6 hours post-stenosis, Slc44a2-/- mice also had smaller thrombi both in length and weight, with circulating platelets remaining elevated in Slc44a2-/- animals. Platelet activation and aggregation under both static- and venous and arterial shear conditions were normal for blood from Slc44a2-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS These studies corroborate the original GWAS findings and establish a contributing role for SLC44A2 during the initiation of VT, with indications that this may be related to platelet-neutrophil interaction. The precise mechanism however remains elusive and warrants further investigation.
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- Julia Tilburg
- Division of Thrombosis and HemostasisDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Department of BiochemistryCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtthe Netherlands
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- Aix‐Marseille UnivINSERMINRAC2VNMarseilleFrance
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- Division of NephrologyDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Division of NephrologyDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Department of BiochemistryCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtthe Netherlands
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- Division of NephrologyDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Department of BiochemistryCardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)Maastricht UniversityMaastrichtthe Netherlands
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- Division of Thrombosis and HemostasisDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Aix‐Marseille UnivINSERMINRAC2VNMarseilleFrance
- APHMCHU de la TimoneLaboratoire d’hématologieMarseilleFrance
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- Division of Thrombosis and HemostasisDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Division of Thrombosis and HemostasisDepartment of Internal MedicineEinthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative MedicineLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenthe Netherlands
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Wang G, de Vries MR, Sol WMPJ, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, de Boer HC, van Zonneveld AJ, Quax PHA, Rabelink TJ, van den Berg BM. Loss of Endothelial Glycocalyx Hyaluronan Impairs Endothelial Stability and Adaptive Vascular Remodeling After Arterial Ischemia. Cells 2020; 9:cells9040824. [PMID: 32235347 PMCID: PMC7226746 DOI: 10.3390/cells9040824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
We recently reported that loss of hyaluronan (HA) from the endothelial glycocalyx leads to loss of vessel stability in specific microcirculatory vascular beds. Here we hypothesized that such derangements in the glycocalyx may also impair the adaptive response to vascular ischemia. Endothelial specific conditional hyaluronan synthase 2-KO (Has2-cKO) mice revealed reduced endothelial HA expression and lower hindlimb perfusion at baseline compared to control mice. After a single ligation of the common femoral artery in these mice, we observed dysregulated angiogenesis in the gastrocnemius muscle which did not restore capillary perfusion. Mechanistically, decreased endothelial binding of the pericyte-derived molecule angiopoietin1 (Ang1) could be observed in the Has2-cKO mouse. In vitro angiogenesis assays with an endothelial cell-pericyte coculture confirmed such disturbed Ang1-TIE2 signaling resulting in excessive angiogenesis upon loss of HA. These data could be of relevance to diabetes patients, where we confirm loss of endothelial HA in the microcirculation of muscle tissue, indicating that this may contribute to the known disturbed adaptation to ischemia in these patients. In summary, loss of endothelial HA results in impaired microvascular perfusion and endothelial stability in ischemic gastrocnemius muscle. Endothelial HA is a potential target to improve angiogenic therapy in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia.
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- Gangqi Wang
- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands; (M.R.d.V.); (P.H.A.Q.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands; (M.R.d.V.); (P.H.A.Q.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
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- The Einthoven laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands; (G.W.); (W.M.P.J.S.); (A.M.v.O.-R.); (H.C.d.B.); (A.J.v.Z.); (T.J.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-71-52-65024
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de Bruin RG, Vogel G, Prins J, Duijs JMJG, Bijkerk R, van der Zande HJP, van Gils JM, de Boer HC, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ, van der Veer EP, Richard S. Targeting the RNA-Binding Protein QKI in Myeloid Cells Ameliorates Macrophage-Induced Renal Interstitial Fibrosis. Epigenomes 2020; 4:epigenomes4010002. [PMID: 34968236 PMCID: PMC8594696 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes4010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
In the pathophysiologic setting of acute and chronic kidney injury, the excessive activation and recruitment of blood-borne monocytes prompts their differentiation into inflammatory macrophages, a process that leads to progressive glomerulosclerosis and interstitial fibrosis. Importantly, this differentiation of monocytes into macrophages requires the meticulous coordination of gene expression at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. The transcriptomes of these cells are ultimately determined by RNA-binding proteins such as QUAKING (QKI), that define their pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA transcript patterns. Using two mouse models, namely (1) quaking viable mice (qkv) and (2) the conditional deletion in the myeloid cell lineage using the lysozyme 2-Cre (QKIFL/FL;LysM-Cre mice), we demonstrate that the abrogation of QKI expression in the myeloid cell lineage reduces macrophage infiltration following kidney injury induced by unilateral urethral obstruction (UUO). The qkv and QKIFL/FL;LysM-Cre mice both showed significant diminished interstitial collagen deposition and fibrosis in the UUO-damaged kidney, as compared to wild-type littermates. We show that macrophages isolated from QKIFL/FL;LysM-Cre mice are associated with defects in pre-mRNA splicing. Our findings demonstrate that reduced expression of the alternative splice regulator QKI in the cells of myeloid lineage attenuates renal interstitial fibrosis, suggesting that inhibition of this splice regulator may be of therapeutic value for certain kidney diseases.
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- Ruben G. de Bruin
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology and Departments of Biochemistry, Human Genetics and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada;
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- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology and Departments of Biochemistry, Human Genetics and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada;
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, C7-36, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (R.G.d.B.); (J.P.); (J.M.J.G.D.); (R.B.); (H.J.P.v.d.Z.); (J.M.v.G.); (H.C.d.B.); (T.J.R.); (A.J.v.Z.)
- Correspondence: (E.P.v.d.V.); (S.R.)
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- Segal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology and Departments of Biochemistry, Human Genetics and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada;
- Correspondence: (E.P.v.d.V.); (S.R.)
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Sánchez-Duffhues G, Williams E, Benderitter P, Orlova V, van Wijhe M, Garcia de Vinuesa A, Kerr G, Caradec J, Lodder K, de Boer HC, Goumans MJ, Eekhoff EMW, Morales-Piga A, Bachiller-Corral J, Koolwijk P, Bullock AN, Hoflack J, Ten Dijke P. Development of Macrocycle Kinase Inhibitors for ALK2 Using Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva-Derived Endothelial Cells. JBMR Plus 2019; 3:e10230. [PMID: 31768489 PMCID: PMC6874179 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital form of heterotopic ossification (HO), caused by heterozygous mutations in the activin A type I receptor (ACVR1), that encodes the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor ALK2. These mutations enable ALK2 to induce downstream signaling in response to activins, thereby turning them into bone-inducing agents. To date, there is no cure for FOP. The further development of FOP patient-derived models may contribute to the discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches. Nevertheless, this has traditionally been a challenge, as biopsy sampling often triggers HO. We have characterized peripheral blood-derived endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) from three independent FOP donors as a new model for FOP. FOP ECFCs are prone to undergo endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and exhibit increased ALK2 downstream signaling and subsequent osteogenic differentiation upon stimulation with activin A. Moreover, we have identified a new class of small molecule macrocycles with potential activity against ALK2 kinase. Finally, using FOP ECFCs, we have selected OD36 and OD52 as potent inhibitors with excellent kinase selectivity profiles that potently antagonize mutant ALK2 signaling and osteogenic differentiation. We expect that these results will contribute to the development of novel ALK2 clinical candidates for the treatment of FOP. © 2019 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Gonzalo Sánchez-Duffhues
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Physiology and Amsterdam Bone Center Vrije University Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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- Structural Genomics Consortium University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology Leiden University Medical Center and the Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Physiology and Amsterdam Bone Center Vrije University Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Disease Research Institute, Carlos III Institute of Health (ISCIII) Madrid Spain
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- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Physiology and Amsterdam Bone Center Vrije University Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Structural Genomics Consortium University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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Thalgott JH, Dos-Santos-Luis D, Hosman AE, Martin S, Lamandé N, Bracquart D, Srun S, Galaris G, de Boer HC, Tual-Chalot S, Kroon S, Arthur HM, Cao Y, Snijder RJ, Disch F, Mager JJ, Rabelink TJ, Mummery CL, Raymond K, Lebrin F. Decreased Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1 Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Type 2. Circulation 2019; 138:2698-2712. [PMID: 30571259 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.033062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia type 2 (HHT2) is an inherited genetic disorder characterized by vascular malformations and hemorrhage. HHT2 results from ACVRL1 haploinsufficiency, the remaining wild-type allele being unable to contribute sufficient protein to sustain endothelial cell function. Blood vessels function normally but are prone to respond to angiogenic stimuli, leading to the development of telangiectasic lesions that can bleed. How ACVRL1 haploinsufficiency leads to pathological angiogenesis is unknown. METHODS We took advantage of Acvrl1+/- mutant mice that exhibit HHT2 vascular lesions and focused on the neonatal retina and the airway system after Mycoplasma pulmonis infection, as physiological and pathological models of angiogenesis, respectively. We elucidated underlying disease mechanisms in vitro by generating Acvrl1+/- mouse embryonic stem cell lines that underwent sprouting angiogenesis and performed genetic complementation experiments. Finally, HHT2 plasma samples and skin biopsies were analyzed to determine whether the mechanisms evident in mice are conserved in humans. RESULTS Acvrl1+/- retinas at postnatal day 7 showed excessive angiogenesis and numerous endothelial "tip cells" at the vascular front that displayed migratory defects. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR1; Flt-1) levels were reduced in Acvrl1+/- mice and HHT2 patients, suggesting similar mechanisms in humans. In sprouting angiogenesis, VEGFR1 is expressed in stalk cells to inhibit VEGFR2 (Flk-1, KDR) signaling and thus limit tip cell formation. Soluble VEGFR1 (sVEGFR1) is also secreted, creating a VEGF gradient that promotes orientated sprout migration. Acvrl1+/- embryonic stem cell lines recapitulated the vascular anomalies in Acvrl1+/- (HHT2) mice. Genetic insertion of either the membrane or soluble form of VEGFR1 into the ROSA26 locus of Acvrl1+/- embryonic stem cell lines prevented the vascular anomalies, suggesting that high VEGFR2 activity in Acvrl1+/- endothelial cells induces HHT2 vascular anomalies. To confirm our hypothesis, Acvrl1+/- mice were infected by Mycoplasma pulmonis to induce sustained airway inflammation. Infected Acvrl1+/- tracheas showed excessive angiogenesis with the formation of multiple telangiectases, vascular defects that were prevented by VEGFR2 blocking antibodies. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate a key role of VEGFR1 in HHT2 pathogenesis and provide mechanisms explaining why HHT2 blood vessels respond abnormally to angiogenic signals. This supports the case for using anti-VEGF therapy in HHT2.
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- Jérémy H Thalgott
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (J.H.T., G.G., H.C.d.B., T.J.R., K.R., F.L.)
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- CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and PSL Research University, Paris, France (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
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- St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands (A.E.H., S.K., R.J.S., F.D., J.J.M.)
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- CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and PSL Research University, Paris, France (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
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- CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and PSL Research University, Paris, France (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
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- CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and PSL Research University, Paris, France (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
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- CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and PSL Research University, Paris, France (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (J.H.T., G.G., H.C.d.B., T.J.R., K.R., F.L.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (J.H.T., G.G., H.C.d.B., T.J.R., K.R., F.L.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Centre of Life, Newcastle University, United Kingdom (S.T.-C., H.M.A., )
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- St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands (A.E.H., S.K., R.J.S., F.D., J.J.M.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Centre of Life, Newcastle University, United Kingdom (S.T.-C., H.M.A., )
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Y.C.)
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- St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands (A.E.H., S.K., R.J.S., F.D., J.J.M.)
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- St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands (A.E.H., S.K., R.J.S., F.D., J.J.M.)
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- St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands (A.E.H., S.K., R.J.S., F.D., J.J.M.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (J.H.T., G.G., H.C.d.B., T.J.R., K.R., F.L.)
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (C.L.M.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (J.H.T., G.G., H.C.d.B., T.J.R., K.R., F.L.)
- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM UMR_S938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, France (K.R.)
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (J.H.T., G.G., H.C.d.B., T.J.R., K.R., F.L.)
- CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, Collège de France, Paris (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and PSL Research University, Paris, France (D.D.-S.-L., S.M., N.L., D.B., S.S., F.L.)
- CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM U979, Institut Langevin, ESPCI, Paris, France (F.L.)
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Pluijmert NJ, den Haan MC, van Zuylen VL, Steendijk P, de Boer HC, van Zonneveld AJ, Fibbe WE, Schalij MJ, Quax PHA, Atsma DE. Hypercholesterolemia affects cardiac function, infarct size and inflammation in APOE*3-Leiden mice following myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217582. [PMID: 31199833 PMCID: PMC6570022 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease including acute myocardial infarction. However, long-term effects of hypercholesterolemia in a rodent myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury model are unknown. Therefore, the effects of diet-induced hypercholesterolemia on cardiac function and remodeling were investigated up to eight weeks after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI-R) injury which was induced in either normocholesterolemic (NC-MI) or hypercholesterolemic (HC-MI) APOE*3-Leiden mice. Methods Left ventricular (LV) dimensions were serially assessed using parasternal long-axis echocardiography followed by LV pressure-volume measurements. Subsequently, infarct size and the inflammatory response were analyzed by histology and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis. Results Intrinsic LV function eight weeks after MI-R was significantly impaired in HC-MI compared to NC-MI mice as assessed by end-systolic pressure, dP/dtMAX, and -dP/dtMIN. Paradoxically, infarct size was significantly decreased in HC-MI compared to NC-MI mice, accompanied by an increased wall thickness. Hypercholesterolemia caused a pre-ischemic peripheral monocytosis, in particular of Ly-6Chi monocytes whereas accumulation of macrophages in the ischemic-reperfused myocardium of HC-MI mice was decreased. Conclusion Diet-induced hypercholesterolemia caused impaired LV function eight weeks after MI-R injury despite a reduced post-ischemic infarct size. This was preceded by a pre-ischemic peripheral monocytosis, while there was a suppressed accumulation of inflammatory cells in the ischemic-reperfused myocardium after eight weeks. This experimental model using hypercholesterolemic APOE*3-Leiden mice exposed to MI-R seems suitable to study novel cardioprotective therapies in a more clinically relevant animal model.
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- Niek J. Pluijmert
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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d'Alessio P, Zwaginga JJ, de Boer HC, Federici AB, Rodeghierio F, Castaman G, Mariani G, Msnnucci PM, de Groot PG, Sixma JJ. Platelet Adhesion to Collagen in Subtypes of Type I von Willebrand’s Disease Is Dependent on Platelet von Willebrand Factor. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryVon Willebrand’s disease type I, characterized by low levels of factor VIII coagulant activity (VTII :C), von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag) and ristocetin cofactor activity (RiCof) (1), can be subdivided on the basis of platelet von Willebrand factor into subtype platelet normal, platelet discordant, and platelet low (2). We have investigated the contribution of platelet von Willebrand factor in these various subtypes to platelet adhesion using the rectangular perfusion chamber of Sakariassen et al. (3) with fibrillar collagen or a fibroblast matrix as adhesive surfaces. Platelet adhesion to fibrillar collagen was decreased in all subtypes of von Willebrand’s disease, but not as low as in severe von Willebrand’s disease. A close correlation was observed between platelet adhesion to collagen and plasma vWF:Ag in severe von Willebrand’s disease, subtype platelet low, subtype platelet discordant, and normal controls. The platelet adhesion in subtype platelet normal was higher than expected from the plasma vWF: Ag level. Perfusions in which washed platelets were added to a human albumin solution together with red blood cells gave similar adhesion values in subtype platelet normal and normal controls; adhesion was decreased in subtype platelet discordant, and the lowest values were found in subtype platelet low and in severe von Willebrand’s disease. These data indicate that platelet von Willebrand factor may contribute to platelet adhesion, when plasma von Willebrand factor is low. Perfusion studies over a fibroblast matrix gave similar low adhesion values for subtype platelet low and platelet normal, indicating that the contribution of platelet von Willebrand factor can only be observed on a strongly activating surface such as fibrillar collagen.
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- Patrizia d'Alessio
- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The A. Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Hematology Division Hospital of Vicenza, Italy,
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- The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Hematology Division Hospital of Vicenza, Italy,
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- The A. Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Milano, Italy
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Khedoe PPSJ, de Kleijn S, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, Plomp JJ, de Boer HC, van Pel M, Rensen PCN, Berbée JFP, Hiemstra PS. Acute and chronic effects of treatment with mesenchymal stromal cells on LPS-induced pulmonary inflammation, emphysema and atherosclerosis development. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183741. [PMID: 28910300 PMCID: PMC5598950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND COPD is a pulmonary disorder often accompanied by cardiovascular disease (CVD), and current treatment of this comorbidity is suboptimal. Systemic inflammation in COPD triggered by smoke and microbial exposure is suggested to link COPD and CVD. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) possess anti-inflammatory capacities and MSC treatment is considered an attractive treatment option for various chronic inflammatory diseases. Therefore, we investigated the immunomodulatory properties of MSC in an acute and chronic model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation, emphysema and atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-Leiden (E3L) mice. METHODS Hyperlipidemic E3L mice were intranasally instilled with 10 μg LPS or vehicle twice in an acute 4-day study, or twice weekly during 20 weeks Western-type diet feeding in a chronic study. Mice received 0.5x106 MSC or vehicle intravenously twice after the first LPS instillation (acute study) or in week 14, 16, 18 and 20 (chronic study). Inflammatory parameters were measured in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and lung tissue. Emphysema, pulmonary inflammation and atherosclerosis were assessed in the chronic study. RESULTS In the acute study, intranasal LPS administration induced a marked systemic IL-6 response on day 3, which was inhibited after MSC treatment. Furthermore, MSC treatment reduced LPS-induced total cell count in BAL due to reduced neutrophil numbers. In the chronic study, LPS increased emphysema but did not aggravate atherosclerosis. Emphysema and atherosclerosis development were unaffected after MSC treatment. CONCLUSION These data show that MSC inhibit LPS-induced pulmonary and systemic inflammation in the acute study, whereas MSC treatment had no effect on inflammation, emphysema and atherosclerosis development in the chronic study.
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- P. Padmini S. J. Khedoe
- Dept. of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Boels MGS, Koudijs A, Avramut MC, Sol WMPJ, Wang G, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, van Zonneveld AJ, de Boer HC, van der Vlag J, van Kooten C, Eulberg D, van den Berg BM, IJpelaar DHT, Rabelink TJ. Systemic Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Inhibition Modifies Renal Macrophages and Restores Glomerular Endothelial Glycocalyx and Barrier Function in Diabetic Nephropathy. Am J Pathol 2017; 187:2430-2440. [PMID: 28837800 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Inhibition of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) with the Spiegelmer emapticap pegol (NOX-E36) shows long-lasting albuminuria-reducing effects in diabetic nephropathy. MCP-1 regulates inflammatory cell recruitment and differentiation of macrophages. Because the endothelial glycocalyx is also reduced in diabetic nephropathy, we hypothesized that MCP-1 inhibition restores glomerular barrier function through influencing macrophage cathepsin L secretion, thus reducing activation of the glycocalyx-degrading enzyme heparanase. Four weeks of treatment of diabetic Apoe knockout mice with the mouse-specific NOX-E36 attenuated albuminuria without any change in systemic hemodynamics, despite persistent loss of podocyte function. MCP-1 inhibition, however, increased glomerular endothelial glycocalyx coverage, with preservation of heparan sulfate. Mechanistically, both glomerular cathepsin L and heparanase expression were reduced. MCP-1 inhibition resulted in reduced CCR2-expressing Ly6Chi monocytes in the peripheral blood, without affecting overall number of kidney macrophages at the tissue level. However, the CD206+/Mac3+ cell ratio, as an index of presence of anti-inflammatory macrophages, increased in diabetic mice after treatment. Functional analysis of isolated renal macrophages showed increased release of IL-10, whereas tumor necrosis factor and cathepsin L release was reduced, further confirming polarization of tissue macrophages toward an anti-inflammatory phenotype during mouse-specific NOX-E36 treatment. We show that MCP-1 inhibition restores glomerular endothelial glycocalyx and barrier function and reduces tissue inflammation in the presence of ongoing diabetic injury, suggesting a therapeutic potential for NOX-E36 in diabetic nephropathy.
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- Margien G S Boels
- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Rothuizen TC, Kemp R, Duijs JM, de Boer HC, Bijkerk R, van der Veer EP, Moroni L, van Zonneveld AJ, Weiss AS, Rabelink TJ, Rotmans JI. Promoting Tropoelastin Expression in Arterial and Venous Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Fibroblasts for Vascular Tissue Engineering. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2016; 22:923-931. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2016.0173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Tonia C. Rothuizen
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- MERLN Institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Complex Tissue Regeneration, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, Charles Perkins Centre, Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Leuning DG, Reinders ME, Li J, Peired AJ, Lievers E, de Boer HC, Fibbe WE, Romagnani P, van Kooten C, Little MH, Engelse MA, Rabelink TJ. Clinical-Grade Isolated Human Kidney Perivascular Stromal Cells as an Organotypic Cell Source for Kidney Regenerative Medicine. Stem Cells Transl Med 2016; 6:405-418. [PMID: 28191776 PMCID: PMC5442810 DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2016-0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are immunomodulatory and tissue homeostatic cells that have shown beneficial effects in kidney diseases and transplantation. Perivascular stromal cells (PSCs) identified within several different organs share characteristics of bone marrow‐derived MSCs (BM‐MSCs). These PSCs may also possess tissue‐specific properties and play a role in local tissue homeostasis. We hypothesized that human kidney‐derived PSCs (hkPSCs) would elicit improved kidney repair in comparison with BM‐MSCs. Here we introduce a novel, clinical‐grade isolation method of hkPSCs from cadaveric kidneys by enriching for the perivascular marker, NG2. hkPSCs show strong transcriptional similarities to BM‐MSCs but also show organotypic expression signatures, including the HoxD10 and HoxD11 nephrogenic transcription factors. Comparable to BM‐MSCs, hkPSCs showed immunosuppressive potential and, when cocultured with endothelial cells, vascular plexus formation was supported, which was specifically in the hkPSCs accompanied by an increased NG2 expression. hkPSCs did not undergo myofibroblast transformation after exposure to transforming growth factor‐β, further corroborating their potential regulatory role in tissue homeostasis. This was further supported by the observation that hkPSCs induced accelerated repair in a tubular epithelial wound scratch assay, which was mediated through hepatocyte growth factor release. In vivo, in a neonatal kidney injection model, hkPSCs reintegrated and survived in the interstitial compartment, whereas BM‐MSCs did not show this potential. Moreover, hkPSCs gave protection against the development of acute kidney injury in vivo in a model of rhabdomyolysis‐mediated nephrotoxicity. Overall, this suggests a superior therapeutic potential for the use of hkPSCs and their secretome in the treatment of kidney diseases. Stem Cells Translational Medicine2017;6:405–418
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- Daniëlle G. Leuning
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Excellence Centre for Research, Transfer and High Education for the Development of DE NOVO Therapies, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Experimental, and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology and Hematology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Excellence Centre for Research, Transfer and High Education for the Development of DE NOVO Therapies, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Experimental, and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology and Hematology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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de Bruin RG, Shiue L, Prins J, de Boer HC, Djaramshi A, Fagg WS, van Gils JM, Katzman S, Donahue JP, van Esch H, Rabelink TJ, Kazan H, Biessen EA, Ares M, van Zonneveld AJ, van der Veer EP. Abstract 47: Quaking Post-Transcriptionally Promotes Differentiation of Monocytes Into Pro-Atherogenic Macrophages by Controling Pre-mRNA Splicing and Gene Expression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.36.suppl_1.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Aim:
Atherosclerosis is accelerated by excessive monocyte recruitment, influx and differentiation into pro-inflammatory macrophages. While the genome-wide mRNA expression profiles of human monocytes and pro-inflammatory macrophages are well-established, their transcriptomes are ultimately defined by factors, such as RNA-binding proteins, that modulate pre-mRNA splicing patterns and mRNA transcript abundance. This prompted us to investigate the role of the RNA-binding protein Quaking in regulating global changes in pre-mRNA splicing and mature mRNA expression as human monocytes acquire the pro-inflammatory macrophage identity.
Methods:
We employed RNA-sequencing and splicing-sensitive microarrays to determine genome-wide changes in pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA expression upon conversion of human monocytes into pro-inflammatory macrophages, including those derived from a unique Quaking haploinsufficient patient.
Results:
Using laser-capture micro-dissection and immunohistochemistry, we discovered that expression levels of Quaking mRNA and protein are low in monocytes of early human atherosclerotic lesions, but abundant in macrophages of advanced plaques. Depletion of Quaking protein using both siRNA and GapmeR technology significantly impaired monocyte adhesion and migration; delayed differentiation into pro-inflammatory macrophages while maintaining the capacity to adopt the anti-inflammatory phenotype; and diminished foam cell formation in vitro and in vivo. RNA-sequencing and microarray analysis of human monocyte and macrophage transcriptomes revealed striking changes in Quaking-dependent pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA transcript levels, with gene ontology analyses identifying an enrichment in transcripts involved in cellular migration and lipid metabolism. Furthermore, these studies uncovered common as well as novel alternatively spliced transcripts with unknown biological functions in monocytes and macrophages.
Conclusions:
Our studies illustrate a central role for Quaking in post-transcriptionally guiding pro-inflammatory macrophage identity and function.
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- Dept of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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- Dept of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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- Dept of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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- Dept of Human Genetics, Leuven Univ Hosp, Leuven, Belgium
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Computer Engineering, Antalya International Univ, Antalya, Turkey
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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van Solingen C, Bijkerk R, de Boer HC, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. The Role of microRNA-126 in Vascular Homeostasis. Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2016; 13:341-51. [PMID: 23713864 DOI: 10.2174/15701611113119990017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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MicroRNAs are negative regulators of gene expression that have been shown to be essential elements in the coordination of complex regulatory pathways. One of these short non-coding RNAs, microRNA-126, is highly enriched in the vascular endothelium and was shown to play distinct roles in angiogenesis, vasculogenesis and endothelial inflammation. Abrogation of this microRNA leads to severe complications in the response in vascular development as well as vital repair mechanisms carried out by endothelial cells. Interestingly, recent data suggest that the homeostatic role of microRNA-126 may reach far beyond its endothelial functions as this microRNA was also found to be present in cells of the hematopoietic system and in microvesicles or 'free-form' in the periphery. MicroRNA-126 is controlling the fate and/or function of a variety of cells differentiating from the hematopoietic lineage, including megakaryocytes and erythrocytes. Recent studies identified circulating microRNA-126 as a biomarker for myocardial injury and vascular damage in diabetes. Furthermore, reports have suggested a protective role of circulating microRNA-126 in murine models of organ ischemia. Here, we review current insights in the role of microRNA-126 in vascular homeostasis and conclude that this microRNA may serve to integrate and facilitate both local as well as systemic functions in vascular maintenance and repair.
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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de Bruin RG, van der Veer EP, Prins J, Lee DH, Dane MJC, Zhang H, Roeten MK, Bijkerk R, de Boer HC, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ, van Gils JM. The RNA-binding protein quaking maintains endothelial barrier function and affects VE-cadherin and β-catenin protein expression. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21643. [PMID: 26905650 PMCID: PMC4764852 DOI: 10.1038/srep21643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Proper regulation of endothelial cell-cell contacts is essential for physiological functioning of the endothelium. Interendothelial junctions are actively involved in the control of vascular leakage, leukocyte diapedesis, and the initiation and progression of angiogenesis. We found that the RNA-binding protein quaking is highly expressed by endothelial cells, and that its expression was augmented by prolonged culture under laminar flow and the transcription factor KLF2 binding to the promoter. Moreover, we demonstrated that quaking directly binds to the mRNA of VE-cadherin and β-catenin and can induce mRNA translation mediated by the 3′UTR of these genes. Reduced quaking levels attenuated VE-cadherin and β-catenin expression and endothelial barrier function in vitro and resulted in increased bradykinin-induced vascular leakage in vivo. Taken together, we report that quaking is essential in maintaining endothelial barrier function. Our results provide novel insight into the importance of post-transcriptional regulation in controlling vascular integrity.
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- Ruben G de Bruin
- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Pont MJ, Hobo W, Honders MW, van Luxemburg-Heijs SAP, Kester MGD, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, Schaap N, de Boer HC, van Bergen CAM, Dolstra H, Falkenburg JHF, Griffioen M. LB-ARHGDIB-1R as a novel minor histocompatibility antigen for therapeutic application. Haematologica 2015; 100:e419-22. [PMID: 26069289 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2015.125021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Margot J Pont
- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and the Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and the Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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de Bruin RG, Dane MJ, Lee DH, Roeten MK, Schmidt I, Bijkerk R, van der Veer EP, de Boer HC, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ, van Gils JM. Abstract 8: RNA-binding Protein Quaking Maintains Endothelial Barrier Function Through β-catenin and VE-cadherin. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.35.suppl_1.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Endothelial barrier function plays a major role in the onset of atherosclerosis. This barrier is determined largely by adherens junctions. Remarkably little is known about their regulation at the post[[Unable to Display Character: ‐]]transcriptional level. We find that the RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI), known for its function in embryonic blood vessel formation, is highly expressed in quiescent adult endothelial cells (EC) in vivo. In vitro, EC displayed increased levels of QKI when cultured under laminar atheroprotective flow. Using KLF2 overexpression and a human QKI promoter reporter gene, we found that KLF2 mediates this increase in QKI expression.
Subsequently we aimed to investigate the role of QKI in EC vascular integrity. Silencing of QKI markedly impaired (0.65 fold ±0.13; p<0.05) the capacity to form a high resistance endothelial monolayer, as measured using Electric cell-substrate impedance sensing. To confirm a role for QKI in maintaining EC barrier function in vivo, we measured Bradykinin-induced vascular leakage in QKI viable mice (QKIv), which express decreased levels of the QKI protein. Indeed, QKIv mice displayed a 20% (p<0.05) increase in extravascular accumulation of Evans blue-labeled albumin compared to wild type littermates. Interestingly, the mRNA of both β-catenin and VE-cadherin, the prime adhesion proteins in EC adherens junctions, contain conserved QKI-binding sites. Moreover the targeted reduction of QKI resulted in a reduction of β-catenin and VE-cadherin protein expression. Importantly, we identified a direct role for QKI in regulating mRNA biology of β-catenin and VE-cadherin, as RNA immunoprecipitation and luciferase-reporter assays revealed that QKI can directly bind to the mRNA and induces transcript translation, respectively. This effects was perturbed upon reduced QKI expression.
In conclusion, we show that QKI functions as a critical regulator of β-catenin and VE-cadherin in endothelial cells, and the modulation of QKI expression affects endothelial monolayer integrity, in vitro and in vivo. These studies provide novel insight into the importance of post-transcriptional regulation of components of the endothelial adherens junction, and may have wide ranging implications for the preservation of vascular integrity in disease.
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- Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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de Bruin RG, Shiue L, Djarmshi A, de Boer HC, Leung WY, van Gils JM, Prins J, Duijs JM, van der Zande PH, Rabelink TJ, Jukema WJ, van Esch H, Kazan H, Biessen EA, Ares M, van Zonneveld AJ, van der Veer EP. Abstract 217: Quaking Post-Transcriptionally Guides Monocyte Adhesion and Differentiation into the Pro-Inflammatory Macrophage. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.35.suppl_1.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A hallmark of inflammatory diseases is the excessive recruitment and influx of monocytes to sites of tissue damage and their ensuing differentiation into macrophages. Numerous stimuli are known to induce new transcription necessary for macrophage identity, but post-transcriptional control of human macrophage differentiation is less well understood. Here, we detail our discovery that levels of the RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI) are low in monocytes of early atherosclerotic lesions, but abundant in macrophages of advanced plaques. Specific depletion of QKI protein impaired monocyte adhesion, migration and differentiation into macrophages, and lesion formation. RNA-seq and microarray analysis of human monocyte and macrophage transcriptomes, including those of a unique QKI haploinsufficient patient, reveal developmental changes in RNA levels and alternative splicing of RNA transcripts enriched in QKI-bound sequence elements. The importance of these transcripts and requirement for QKI during differentiation illustrates a central role for QKI in post-transcriptionally guiding macrophage identity and function. These studies implicate QKI as a novel target for therapeutic intervention in inflammatory diseases.
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- Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Med Statistics, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Human Genetics, Univ Hosps Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Dept of Nephrology, Antalya International Univ, Antalya, Turkey
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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Bastiaansen AJNM, Karper JC, Wezel A, de Boer HC, Welten SMJ, de Jong RCM, Peters EAB, de Vries MR, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, van Zonneveld AJ, Hamming JF, Nossent AY, Quax PHA. TLR4 accessory molecule RP105 (CD180) regulates monocyte-driven arteriogenesis in a murine hind limb ischemia model. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99882. [PMID: 24945347 PMCID: PMC4063870 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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AIMS We investigated the role of the TLR4-accessory molecule RP105 (CD180) in post-ischemic neovascularization, i.e. arteriogenesis and angiogenesis. TLR4-mediated activation of pro-inflammatory Ly6Chi monocytes is crucial for effective neovascularization. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed that RP105+ monocytes are present in the perivascular space of remodeling collateral arterioles. As RP105 inhibits TLR4 signaling, we hypothesized that RP105 deficiency would lead to an unrestrained TLR4-mediated inflammatory response and hence to enhanced blood flow recovery after ischemia. METHODS AND RESULTS RP105-/- and wild type (WT) mice were subjected to hind limb ischemia and blood flow recovery was followed by Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging. Surprisingly, we found that blood flow recovery was severely impaired in RP105-/- mice. Immunohistochemistry showed that arteriogenesis was reduced in these mice compared to the WT. However, both in vivo and ex vivo analyses showed that circulatory pro-arteriogenic Ly6Chi monocytes were more readily activated in RP105-/- mice. FACS analyses showed that Ly6Chi monocytes became activated and migrated to the affected muscle tissues in WT mice following induction of hind limb ischemia. Although Ly6Chi monocytes were readily activated in RP105-/- mice, migration into the ischemic tissues was hampered and instead, Ly6Chi monocytes accumulated in their storage compartments, bone marrow and spleen, in RP105-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS RP105 deficiency results in an unrestrained inflammatory response and monocyte over-activation, most likely due to the lack of TLR4 regulation. Inappropriate, premature systemic activation of pro-inflammatory Ly6Chi monocytes results in reduced infiltration of Ly6Chi monocytes in ischemic tissues and in impaired blood flow recovery.
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- Antonius J. N. M. Bastiaansen
- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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de Boer HC, Versteeg HH, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, Reinders ME, de Vries DK, Schaapherder AF, Bogdanov VY, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Abstract 168: Splice Variants of Tissue Factor Determine the Coagulant State of Endothelial Cells and Modulate Vascular Stabilization/Regression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.34.suppl_1.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Introduction:
Recruitment of pericytes (PC), critical to microvascular maturation, requires deposition of basement membrane proteins such as von Willebrand factor (vWF). Loss of PCs ultimately leads to vessel regression and rarefaction.
Hypothesis:
Splice variants of tissue factor (TF) stabilize the vasculature by supporting EC-PC interactions.
Results:
We determined that alternatively spliced TF (asTF) resides in Weibel Palade bodies (WPB) of ECs. Overexpression of KLF-2 enhanced asTF protein levels in WPBs. In confluent EC monolayers, asTF was deposited into the extracellular matrix (ECM). In assays employing vascular plexus remodelling on 3D-basement membrane and purified recombinant asTF or full-length TF (flTF), only asTF improved EC-PC interactions. At sites of low KLF-2 expression (low or turbulent flow), total TF mRNA was diminished, leading to low asTF expression. However, upon EC activation by TNFα, total TF mRNA levels rapidly increased and TF protein expression shifted from the ECM-deposited asTF to luminally expressed flTF. Interestingly, flTF-driven EC conversion to a procoagulant state was associated with the release of vWF and asTF from WPBs, depleting the intracellular depots from these proteins. Immunohistochemical staining of kidney specimens of human living donors confirmed that asTF was present at high levels in WPBs of microvascular endothelium. Moreover, after 45 minutes of reperfusion of the transplanted kidney, asTF- and vWF-staining was markedly reduced, consistent with their release from WPB following an inflammatory insult.
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We show for the first time that quiescent, KLF-2 expressing ECs predominantly generate non-coagulant asTF, which is stored in WPBs and serves to stabilize the microvasculature by supporting EC-PC interactions. In contrast, in low-flow zones or sites with disturbed flow (e.g. at bifurcations), KLF-2 is downregulated, leading to decreased production of asTF and impaired stabilization of the vasculature. During inflammation, acute perturbation of ECs (e.g. exposure to TNFα) is associated with downregulation of KLF-2 and a post-transcriptionally regulated increase in the production of flTF, resulting in a pro-coagulant phenotype and loss of EC-PC interactions.
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Leids Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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de Bruin RG, Dane MJ, Lee D, van der Veer EP, Roeten MK, Schmidt I, Sundararajah J, Bijkerk R, de Boer HC, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ, van Gils JM. Abstract 513: Endothelial Barrier Function is Maintained by the RNA-Binding Protein Quaking. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.34.suppl_1.513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Endothelial barrier function plays a major role in the onset of atherosclerosis. This barrier is maintained largely by adherens junctions. Remarkably, little is known about their regulation at the post–transcriptional level. We found that the RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI), known for its function in embryonic blood vessel formation, is highly expressed in quiescent endothelial cells (EC) in vivo. In vitro, EC displayed increased levels of QKI when cultured under laminar, atheroprotective flow. Using KLF2 overexpression and a human QKI promoter reporter gene, we found that KLF2 mediates this increase in QKI expression.
Subsequently, we aimed to investigate the role of QKI in EC vascular integrity. Interestingly, the mRNA of VE-cadherin, the prime adhesion protein in EC adherens junctions, contains a conserved QKI-binding site. We identified that the targeted reduction of QKI results in a reduction of VE-cadherin expression and organization at the cell periphery. These studies revealed a direct role for QKI in regulating VE-cadherin mRNA biology, as RNA-immunoprecipitation and luciferase-reporter assays revealed that QKI can directly bind to the VE-cadherin mRNA and induce transcript translation (4 fold ± 0.4; p<0.01), respectively. This effect was perturbed when the QKI-binding site was mutated. These results suggest that QKI acts to enhance barrier function. Overexpression of QKI markedly increased the capacity to form a high resistance endothelial monolayer (1.3 fold ± 0.96), while silencing of QKI markedly impaired EC barrier function (0.65 fold ± 0.13; p<0.05). To validate in vivo, we measured Bradykinin-induced vascular leakage in QKI viable mice (QKIv), which express decreased levels of the QKI protein. Indeed, QKIv mice displayed a 20% (p<0.05) increase in extravascular accumulation of Evans blue-labeled albumin compared to WT littermates.
In conclusion, we show that QKI functions as a critical regulator of VE-cadherin, and the modulation of QKI expression affects endothelial monolayer integrity. These studies provide novel insight into the importance of post-transcriptional regulation on endothelial barrier function, and may have wide ranging implications for the preservation of vascular integrity in disease.
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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Bijkerk R, van Solingen C, de Boer HC, van der Pol P, Khairoun M, de Bruin RG, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, Lievers E, Schlagwein N, van Gijlswijk DJ, Roeten MK, Neshati Z, de Vries AAF, Rodijk M, Pike-Overzet K, van den Berg YW, van der Veer EP, Versteeg HH, Reinders MEJ, Staal FJT, van Kooten C, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Hematopoietic microRNA-126 protects against renal ischemia/reperfusion injury by promoting vascular integrity. J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 25:1710-22. [PMID: 24610930 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2013060640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) is a central phenomenon in kidney transplantation and AKI. Integrity of the renal peritubular capillary network is an important limiting factor in the recovery from IRI. MicroRNA-126 (miR-126) facilitates vascular regeneration by functioning as an angiomiR and by modulating mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. We hypothesized that overexpression of miR-126 in the hematopoietic compartment could protect the kidney against IRI via preservation of microvascular integrity. Here, we demonstrate that hematopoietic overexpression of miR-126 increases neovascularization of subcutaneously implanted Matrigel plugs in mice. After renal IRI, mice overexpressing miR-126 displayed a marked decrease in urea levels, weight loss, fibrotic markers, and injury markers (such as kidney injury molecule-1 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin). This protective effect was associated with a higher density of the peritubular capillary network in the corticomedullary junction and increased numbers of bone marrow-derived endothelial cells. Hematopoietic overexpression of miR-126 increased the number of circulating Lin(-)/Sca-1(+)/cKit(+) hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Additionally, miR-126 overexpression attenuated expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 on Lin(-)/Sca-1(+)/cKit(+) cells in the bone marrow and increased renal expression of its ligand stromal cell-derived factor 1, thus favoring mobilization of Lin(-)/Sca-1(+)/cKit(+) cells toward the kidney. Taken together, these results suggest overexpression of miR-126 in the hematopoietic compartment is associated with stromal cell-derived factor 1/CXCR4-dependent vasculogenic progenitor cell mobilization and promotes vascular integrity and supports recovery of the kidney after IRI.
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- Roel Bijkerk
- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, and
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
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Bijkerk R, van Solingen C, de Boer HC, de Vries DK, Monge M, van Oeveren-Rietdijk A, van der Veer EP, Schaapherder AF, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Silencing of miRNA-126 in kidney ischemia reperfusion is associated with elevated SDF-1 levels and mobilization of Sca-1+/Lin- progenitor cells. Microrna 2014; 3:144-149. [PMID: 25541911 DOI: 10.2174/2211536604666150121000340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Integrity of the capillary network in the kidney is essential in the recovery from ischemia/ reperfusion injury (IRI), a phenomenon central to kidney transplantation and acute kidney injury. MicroRNA- 126 (miR-126) is known to be important in maintaining vascular homeostasis by facilitating vascular regeneration and modulating the mobilization of vascular progenitor cells. Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1), important in the mobilization of vascular progenitor cells, is a direct target of miR-126 and modulation of miR-126 was previously shown to affect the number of circulating Sca-1(+)/Lin(-) vascular progenitor cells in a mouse model for hind limb ischemia. Here, we assessed the in vivo contribution of miR-126 to progenitor cell mobilization and kidney function following IRI in mice. A three day follow up of blood urea levels following kidney IRI demonstrated that systemic antagomir silencing of miR-126 did not impact the loss or subsequent restoration of kidney function. However, whole kidney lysates displayed elevated gene expression levels of Sdf-1, Vegf-A and eNOS after IRI as a result of systemic silencing of miR-126. Furthermore, FACS-analysis on whole blood three days after surgery revealed a marked up regulation of the number of circulating Sca-1(+)/Lin(-) progenitor cells in the antagomir-126 treated mice, in an ischemia dependent manner. Our data indicate that silencing of miR-126 can enhance renal expression of Sdf-1 after IRI, leading to the mobilization of vascular progenitor cells into the circulation.
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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van der Veer EP, de Bruin RG, Kraaijeveld AO, de Vries MR, Bot I, Pera T, Segers FM, Trompet S, van Gils JM, Roeten MK, Beckers CM, van Santbrink PJ, Janssen A, van Solingen C, Swildens J, de Boer HC, Peters EA, Bijkerk R, Rousch M, Doop M, Kuiper J, Schalij MJ, van der Wal AC, Richard S, van Berkel TJC, Pickering JG, Hiemstra PS, Goumans MJ, Rabelink TJ, de Vries AAF, Quax PHA, Jukema JW, Biessen EAL, van Zonneveld AJ. Quaking, an RNA-binding protein, is a critical regulator of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype. Circ Res 2013; 113:1065-75. [PMID: 23963726 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.113.301302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
RATIONALE RNA-binding proteins are critical post-transcriptional regulators of RNA and can influence pre-mRNA splicing, RNA localization, and stability. The RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI) is essential for embryonic blood vessel development. However, the role of QKI in the adult vasculature, and in particular in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), is currently unknown. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the role of QKI in regulating adult VSMC function and plasticity. METHODS AND RESULTS We identified that QKI is highly expressed by neointimal VSMCs of human coronary restenotic lesions, but not in healthy vessels. In a mouse model of vascular injury, we observed reduced neointima hyperplasia in Quaking viable mice, which have decreased QKI expression. Concordantly, abrogation of QKI attenuated fibroproliferative properties of VSMCs, while potently inducing contractile apparatus protein expression, rendering noncontractile VSMCs with the capacity to contract. We identified that QKI localizes to the spliceosome, where it interacts with the myocardin pre-mRNA and regulates the splicing of alternative exon 2a. This post-transcriptional event impacts the Myocd_v3/Myocd_v1 mRNA balance and can be modulated by mutating the quaking response element in exon 2a of myocardin. Furthermore, we identified that arterial damage triggers myocardin alternative splicing and is tightly coupled with changes in the expression levels of distinct QKI isoforms. CONCLUSIONS We propose that QKI is a central regulator of VSMC phenotypic plasticity and that intervention in QKI activity can ameliorate pathogenic, fibroproliferative responses to vascular injury.
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Khairoun M, van der Pol P, de Vries DK, Lievers E, Schlagwein N, de Boer HC, Bajema IM, Rotmans JI, van Zonneveld AJ, Rabelink TJ, van Kooten C, Reinders MEJ. Renal ischemia-reperfusion induces a dysbalance of angiopoietins, accompanied by proliferation of pericytes and fibrosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 305:F901-10. [PMID: 23825073 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00542.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Endothelial cells (ECs) are highly susceptible to hypoxia and easily affected upon ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) during renal transplantation. Pericytes and angiopoeitins play important role in modulating EC function. In the present study, we investigate the effect of renal I/R on the dynamics of angiopoietin expression and its association with pericytes and fibrosis development. Male Lewis rats were subjected to unilateral renal ischemia for 45 min followed by removal of the contralateral kidney. Rats were killed at different time points after reperfusion. Endothelial integrity (RECA-1), pericytes [platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β (PDGFR-β)], angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2)/angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) expression, and interstitial collagen deposition (Sirius red and α-smooth muscle actin) were assessed using immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. Our study shows an increase in protein expression of Ang-2 starting at 5 h and remaining elevated up to 72 h, with a consequently higher Ang-2/Ang-1 ratio after renal I/R (P < 0.05 at 48 h). This was accompanied by an increase in protein expression of the pericytic marker PDGFR-β and a loss of ECs (both at 72 h after I/R, P < 0.05). Nine weeks after I/R, when renal function was restored, we observed normalization of the Ang-2/Ang-1 ratio and PDGFR-β expression and increase in cortical ECs, which was accompanied by fibrosis. Renal I/R induces a dysbalance of Ang-2/Ang-1 accompanied by proliferation of pericytes, EC loss, and development of fibrosis. The Ang-2/Ang-1 balance was reversed to baseline at 9 wk after renal I/R, which coincided with restoration of cortical ECs and pericytes. Our findings suggest that angiopoietins and pericytes play an important role in renal microvascular remodeling and development of fibrosis.
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- Meriem Khairoun
- Dept. of Nephrology, Leiden Univ. Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Bastiaansen AJNM, Ewing MM, de Boer HC, van der Pouw Kraan TC, de Vries MR, Peters EAB, Welten SMJ, Arens R, Moore SM, Faber JE, Jukema JW, Hamming JF, Nossent AY, Quax PHA. Lysine acetyltransferase PCAF is a key regulator of arteriogenesis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013; 33:1902-10. [PMID: 23788761 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.113.301579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Therapeutic arteriogenesis, that is, expansive remodeling of preexisting collaterals, using single-action factor therapies has not been as successful as anticipated. Modulation of factors that act as a master switch for relevant gene programs may prove more effective. Transcriptional coactivator p300-CBP-associated factor (PCAF) has histone acetylating activity and promotes transcription of multiple inflammatory genes. Because arteriogenesis is an inflammation-driven process, we hypothesized that PCAF acts as multifactorial regulator of arteriogenesis. APPROACH AND RESULTS After induction of hindlimb ischemia, blood flow recovery was impaired in both PCAF(-/-) mice and healthy wild-type mice treated with the pharmacological PCAF inhibitor Garcinol, demonstrating an important role for PCAF in arteriogenesis. PCAF deficiency reduced the in vitro inflammatory response in leukocytes and vascular cells involved in arteriogenesis. In vivo gene expression profiling revealed that PCAF deficiency results in differential expression of 3505 genes during arteriogenesis and, more specifically, in impaired induction of multiple proinflammatory genes. Additionally, recruitment from the bone marrow of inflammatory cells, in particular proinflammatory Ly6C(hi) monocytes, was severely impaired in PCAF(-/-) mice. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that PCAF acts as master switch in the inflammatory processes required for effective arteriogenesis.
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- Antonius J N M Bastiaansen
- Department of Surgery, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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de Boer HC, van Solingen C, Prins J, Duijs JM, Huisman MV, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Abstract 487: Aspirin Treatment Hampers the Use of Plasma MicroRNA-126 as Biomarker for the Progression of Vascular Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.33.suppl_1.a487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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MicroRNA-126 (miR-126) facilitates angiogenesis and regulates endothelial cell function. Recent data suggest that miR-126 can serve as a biomarker for cardiovascular disease. Although endothelial cells are enriched for miR-126, platelets also comprise a major pool of miR-126. We investigated the contribution of platelets to the level of miR-126 circulating in the plasma from patients with type 2 diabetes and how this level is affected by aspirin.
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platelet activation resulted in the transfer of miR-126 from the platelet- to the plasma-compartment, which was prevented by aspirin.
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platelet activation was studied in patients with type 2 diabetes, who exhibit disease-mediated platelet activation and are prone to develop cardiovascular disease. Platelet activation was monitored by measuring soluble P-selectin in plasma and correlated significantly with circulating levels of miR-126. Administration of aspirin to the patients in a randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over design, resulted in platelet inhibition and concomitantly reduced circulating levels of platelet-derived microRNAs including miR-126.
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The profile of circulating miRs constitutes a fingerprint of activated platelets rather then activated endothelial cells. In particular miR-126 can be derived from activated platelets and the circulating levels of this miRNA can be markedly reduced when aspirin is used in patho-physiological conditions associated with platelet activation such as diabetes type 2. Therefore, the use of platelet inhibitors should be taken into account when using plasma-levels of miR-126 as a biomarker.
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- Nephrology, Leids Univ Med Cntr (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
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- Thrombosis-Haemostasis, Leids Univ Med Cntr (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
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- Nephrology, Leids Univ Med Cntr (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
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van der Veer EP, de Bruin RG, Kraaijeveld AO, de Vries MR, Pera T, Segers FM, Trompet S, van Gils JM, Roeten MK, Beckers CM, van Santbrink PJ, Janssen A, van Solingen C, Swildens J, de Boer HC, Bot I, Peters EA, Rousch M, Doop M, Schalij MJ, van der Wal AC, Richard S, van Berkel TJ, Pickering JG, Hiemstra PS, Goumans MJ, Rabelink TJ, de Vries AA, Quax PH, Jukema JW, Biessen EA, van Zonneveld AJ. Abstract 532: The RNA-binding Protein Quaking Critically Regulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.33.suppl_1.a532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In response to vascular injury, smooth muscle cells (VSMC) adopt a proliferative, synthetic hypocontractile phenotype. This phenotype switch is deemed instrumental in vascular remodeling in both health and disease. Here, we detail a decisive role for the RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI) in regulating VSMC plasticity. We identified that the RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI) is highly expressed by neointimal VSMCs of human coronary restenotic lesions, but not in healthy vessels. In a mouse model of vascular injury, we observed reduced neointima hyperplasia in Qk
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mice, which have decreased QKI expression. Concordantly, abrogation of QKI attenuated fibroproliferative properties of VSMCs, while potently inducing contractile apparatus protein expression, rendering non-contractile VSMCs with the capacity to contract. We identified that QKI localizes to the spliceosome in proliferative VSMCs, where it interacts with and impacts myocardin (pre)-mRNA metabolism by mediating myocardin exon 2a exclusion. As such, in vitro and in vivo experiments indicate that the modulation of QKI expression directly influences the myocardin_v3 / myocardin_v1 mRNA balance, which could play a role in shifting the Myocardin-induced transcriptional coactivation profile following arterial damage. We propose that QKI is a central regulator of VSMC phenotypic plasticity and that intervention in QKI activity can ameliorate pathogenic, fibroproliferative responses to vascular injury.
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- Dept of Pulmonology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Cardiology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Dept of Cardiology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden/Amsterdam Cntr for Drug Rsch, Leiden Univ, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Vascular Surgery, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Leiden/Amsterdam Cntr for Drug Rsch, Leiden Univ, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Lady Davis Institute for Med Rsch, McGill Univ, Montreal, Canada
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- Leiden/Amsterdam Cntr for Drug Rsch, Leiden Univ, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Regenerative Medicine, Univ of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Vascular Surgery, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Cardiology, Leiden Univ Med Cntr, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept of Pathology, Maastricht Univ Med Cntr, Maastricht, Netherlands
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van den Hengel LG, Hellingman AA, Nossent AY, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, de Vries MR, Spek CA, van Zonneveld AJ, Reitsma PH, Hamming JF, de Boer HC, Versteeg HH, Quax PHA. Protease-activated receptor (PAR)2, but not PAR1, is involved in collateral formation and anti-inflammatory monocyte polarization in a mouse hind limb ischemia model. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61923. [PMID: 23637930 PMCID: PMC3630144 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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AIMS In collateral development (i.e. arteriogenesis), mononuclear cells are important and exist as a heterogeneous population consisting of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory/repair-associated cells. Protease-activated receptor (PAR)1 and PAR2 are G-protein-coupled receptors that are both expressed by mononuclear cells and are involved in pro-inflammatory reactions, while PAR2 also plays a role in repair-associated responses. Here, we investigated the physiological role of PAR1 and PAR2 in arteriogenesis in a murine hind limb ischemia model. METHODS AND RESULTS PAR1-deficient (PAR1-/-), PAR2-deficient (PAR2-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice underwent femoral artery ligation. Laser Doppler measurements revealed reduced post-ischemic blood flow recovery in PAR2-/- hind limbs when compared to WT, while PAR1-/- mice were not affected. Upon ischemia, reduced numbers of smooth muscle actin (SMA)-positive collaterals and CD31-positive capillaries were found in PAR2-/- mice when compared to WT mice, whereas these parameters in PAR1-/- mice did not differ from WT mice. The pool of circulating repair-associated (Ly6C-low) monocytes and the number of repair-associated (CD206-positive) macrophages surrounding collaterals in the hind limbs were increased in WT and PAR1-/- mice, but unaffected in PAR2-/- mice. The number of repair-associated macrophages in PAR2-/- hind limbs correlated with CD11b- and CD115-expression on the circulating monocytes in these animals, suggesting that monocyte extravasation and M-CSF-dependent differentiation into repair-associated cells are hampered. CONCLUSION PAR2, but not PAR1, is involved in arteriogenesis and promotes the repair-associated response in ischemic tissues. Therefore, PAR2 potentially forms a new pro-arteriogenic target in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients.
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- Lisa G. van den Hengel
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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de Boer HC, van Solingen C, Prins J, Duijs JMGJ, Huisman MV, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Aspirin treatment hampers the use of plasma microRNA-126 as a biomarker for the progression of vascular disease. Eur Heart J 2013; 34:3451-7. [PMID: 23386708 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS MicroRNA-126 (miR-126) facilitates angiogenesis and regulates endothelial cell function. Recent data suggest that miR-126 can serve as a biomarker for vascular disease. Although endothelial cells are enriched for miR-126, platelets also contain miR-126. In this paper, we investigated the contribution of platelets to the pool of miR-126 in plasma of patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) and how this is affected by aspirin. METHODS AND RESULTS In vitro platelet activation resulted in the transfer of miR-126 from the platelet to the plasma compartment, which was prevented by aspirin. In vivo platelet activation, monitored in patients with DM2 by measuring soluble P-selectin, correlated directly with circulating levels of miR-126. The administration of aspirin resulted both in platelet inhibition and concomitantly reduced circulating levels of platelet-derived microRNAs including miR-126. CONCLUSION Platelets are a major source of circulating miR-126. Consequently, in patho-physiological conditions associated with platelet activation, such as diabetes type 2, the administration of aspirin may lead to reduced levels of circulating miR-126. Thus, the use of platelet inhibitors should be taken into account when using plasma levels of miR-126 as a biomarker.
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- Hetty C de Boer
- Department of Nephrology and the Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Karper JC, Ewing MM, Habets KLL, de Vries MR, Peters EAB, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, de Boer HC, Hamming JF, Kuiper J, Kandimalla ER, La Monica N, Jukema JW, Quax PHA. Blocking toll-like receptors 7 and 9 reduces postinterventional remodeling via reduced macrophage activation, foam cell formation, and migration. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2012; 32:e72-80. [PMID: 22628437 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.112.249391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The role of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in vascular remodeling is well established. However, the involvement of the endosomal TLRs is unknown. Here, we study the effect of combined blocking of TLR7 and TLR9 on postinterventional remodeling and accelerated atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS In hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E*3-Leiden mice, femoral artery cuff placement led to strong increase of TLR7 and TLR9 presence demonstrated by immunohistochemistry. Blocking TLR7/9 with a dual antagonist in vivo reduced neointimal thickening and foam cell accumulation 14 days after surgery by 65.6% (P=0.0079). Intima/media ratio was reduced by 64.5% and luminal stenosis by 62.8%. The TLR7/9 antagonist reduced the arterial wall inflammation, with reduced macrophage infiltration, decreased cytoplasmic high-mobility group box 1 expression, and altered serum interleukin-10 levels. Stimulation of cultured macrophages with TLR7 and TLR9 ligands enhanced tumor necrosis factor-α expression, which is decreased by TLR7/9 antagonist coadministration. Additionally, the antagonist abolished the TLR7/9-enhanced low-density lipoprotein uptake. The antagonist also reduced oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced foam cell formation, most likely not via decreased influx but via increased efflux, because CD36 expression was unchanged whereas interleukin-10 levels were higher (36.1 ± 22.3 pg/mL versus 128.9 ± 6.6 pg/mL; P=0.008). CONCLUSIONS Blocking TLR7 and TLR9 reduced postinterventional vascular remodeling and foam cell accumulation indicating TLR7 and TLR9 as novel therapeutic targets.
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- Jacco C Karper
- Einthoven Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands
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van Solingen C, de Boer HC, Bijkerk R, Monge M, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, Seghers L, de Vries MR, van der Veer EP, Quax PHA, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. MicroRNA-126 modulates endothelial SDF-1 expression and mobilization of Sca-1(+)/Lin(-) progenitor cells in ischaemia. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 92:449-55. [PMID: 21856785 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIMS MicroRNA-126 (miR-126), which is enriched in endothelial cells, plays a role in angiogenesis. Based on the seed sequence, miR-126 can also be predicted to regulate vasculogenesis by modulating the endothelial expression of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1). METHODS AND RESULTS Using miR-reporter constructs, we first validated that miR-126 inhibits SDF-1 expression in endothelial cells in vitro. Next, we investigated the potential relevance of this observation with respect to the mobilization of progenitor cells. For this, we studied the migration of human CD34+ progenitor cells towards chemotactic factors present in endothelial cell-conditioned medium. Antagomir-induced silencing of miR-126 elevated SDF-1 expression by human umbilical vein endothelial cells and enhanced migration of the CD34+ cells. In a murine model of hind limb ischaemia, a striking increase in the number of circulating Sca-1(+)/Lin(-) progenitor cells in antagomir-126-treated mice was observed when compared with scramblemir-treated controls. Immunohistochemical staining of capillaries in the post-ischaemic gastrocnemius muscle of miR-126-silenced mice revealed elevated SDF-1 expressing CD31-positive capillaries, whereas a mobilizing effect of miR-126 inhibition was not detected in healthy control animals. CONCLUSION miR-126 can regulate the expression of SDF-1 in endothelial cells. In the context of an ischaemic event, systemic silencing of miR-126 leads to the mobilization of Sca-1(+)/Lin(-) progenitor cells into the peripheral circulation, potentially in response to elevated SDF-1 expression by endothelial cells present in the ischaemic tissue.
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- Coen van Solingen
- Department of Nephrology, LUMC, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wong MC, van Diepen JA, Hu L, Guigas B, de Boer HC, van Puijvelde GH, Kuiper J, van Zonneveld AJ, Shoelson SE, Voshol PJ, Romijn JA, Havekes LM, Tamsma JT, Rensen PCN, Hiemstra PS, Berbée JFP. Hepatocyte-specific IKKβ expression aggravates atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-Leiden mice. Atherosclerosis 2011; 220:362-8. [PMID: 21798539 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The liver is the key organ involved in systemic inflammation, but the relation between hepatic inflammation and atherogenesis is poorly understood. Since nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a central regulator of inflammatory processes, we hypothesized that chronically enhanced hepatic NF-κB activation, through hepatocyte-specific expression of IκB kinase-β (IKKβ) (LIKK), will aggravate atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-Leiden (E3L) mice. METHODS AND RESULTS E3L.LIKK and E3L control littermates were fed a Western-type diet for 24 weeks. E3L.LIKK mice showed a 2.3-fold increased atherosclerotic lesion area and more advanced atherosclerosis in the aortic root with less segments without atherosclerotic lesions (11% vs. 42%), and more segments with mild (63% vs. 44%) and severe (26% vs. 14%) lesions. Expression of LIKK did not affect basal levels of inflammatory parameters, but plasma cytokine levels tended to be higher in E3L.LIKK mice after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration. E3L.LIKK mice showed transiently increased plasma cholesterol levels, confined to (V)LDL. This transient character resulted in a mild (+17%) increased cumulative plasma cholesterol exposure. CONCLUSION We conclude that selective activation of NF-κB in hepatocytes considerably promotes atherosclerosis development which is (at least partly) explained by an increased sensitivity to proinflammatory triggers and transiently increased plasma cholesterol levels.
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- Man C Wong
- The Dept. of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Wang JW, Valentijn KM, de Boer HC, Dirven RJ, van Zonneveld AJ, Koster AJ, Voorberg J, Reitsma PH, Eikenboom J. Intracellular storage and regulated secretion of von Willebrand factor in quantitative von Willebrand disease. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:24180-8. [PMID: 21596755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.215194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Several missense mutations in the von Willebrand Factor (VWF) gene of von Willebrand disease (VWD) patients have been shown to cause impaired constitutive secretion and intracellular retention of VWF. However, the effects of those mutations on the intracellular storage in Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs) of endothelial cells and regulated secretion of VWF remain unknown. We demonstrate, by expression of quantitative VWF mutants in HEK293 cells, that four missense mutations in the D3 and CK-domain of VWF diminished the storage in pseudo-WPBs, and led to retention of VWF within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Immunofluorescence and electron microscopy data showed that the pseudo-WPBs formed by missense mutant C1060Y are indistinguishable from those formed by normal VWF. C1149R, C2739Y, and C2754W formed relatively few pseudo-WPBs, which were often short and sometimes round rather than cigar-shaped. The regulated secretion of VWF was impaired slightly for C1060Y but severely for C1149R, C2739Y, and C2754W. Upon co-transfection with wild-type VWF, both intracellular storage and regulated secretion of all mutants were (partly) corrected. In conclusion, defects in the intracellular storage and regulated secretion of VWF following ER retention may be a common mechanism underlying VWD with a quantitative deficiency of VWF.
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- Jiong-Wei Wang
- Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Ewing MM, de Vries MR, Nordzell M, Pettersson K, de Boer HC, van Zonneveld AJ, Frostegård J, Jukema JW, Quax PHA. Annexin A5 therapy attenuates vascular inflammation and remodeling and improves endothelial function in mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010; 31:95-101. [PMID: 20947818 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.110.216747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Annexin A5 (AnxA5) has antithrombotic, antiapoptotic, and antiinflammatory properties; we investigated its effectiveness against vascular inflammation, remodeling, and dysfunction in accelerated atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS AnxA5 (1 mg/kg per day or vehicle) was investigated in vascular injury models in hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E (ApoE)3*Leiden mice. AnxA5 treatment reduced adhesion and infiltration of leukocytes by 71% to 69% (P=0.015, P=0.031) and macrophages by 51% to 87% (P=0.014, P=0.018), as well as monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α expression in a femoral artery inflammation model (perivascular cuff for 3 days), indicating reduced vascular inflammation. In a vein graft model, 28 days of AnxA5 treatment reduced vein graft thickening (48%; P=0.006) and leukocyte infiltration (46%; P=0.003). In these mice, reduced plasma concentrations of IFN-γ (-72%; P=0.040), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (-41%; P=0.010), and macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β) (-66%; P=0.020) were measured, indicating reduced systemic inflammation. An in vitro endothelial cell model shows the importance of AnxA5's anticoagulant properties in reducing vascular inflammation. Endothelium-mediated dilatation in hypercholesterolemic ApoE((-/-)) mice was improved by 3 days of AnxA5 treatment, shown by improved systolic and diastolic blood pressure reductions in response to metacholine, which could be abolished by l-Nitro-Arginine-Methyl Ester (l-NAME), indicating nitric oxide involvement. CONCLUSIONS AnxA5 reduced local vascular and systemic inflammation and vascular remodeling and improved vascular function, indicating that it has a therapeutic potential against atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases.
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- Mark M Ewing
- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Eefting D, Seghers L, Grimbergen JM, de Vries MR, de Boer HC, Lardenoye JWHP, Jukema JW, van Bockel JH, Quax PHA. A novel urokinase receptor-targeted inhibitor for plasmin and matrix metalloproteinases suppresses vein graft disease. Cardiovasc Res 2010; 88:367-75. [PMID: 20562095 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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AIMS Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and plasminogen activator (PA)/plasmin-mediated proteolysis, especially at the cell surface, play important roles in matrix degeneration and smooth muscle cell migration, which largely contributes to vein graft failure. In this study, a novel hybrid protein was designed to inhibit both protease systems simultaneously. MMP and plasmin activity were inhibited at the cell surface by this hybrid protein, consisting of the receptor-binding amino-terminal fragment (ATF) of urokinase-type PA, linked to both the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1) and bovine pancreas trypsin inhibitor (BPTI), a potent protease inhibitor. The effect of overexpression of this protein on vein graft disease was studied. METHODS AND RESULTS A non-viral expression vector encoding the hybrid protein TIMP-1.ATF.BPTI was constructed and validated. Next, cultured segments of human veins were transfected with this vector. Expressing TIMP-1.ATF.BPTI in vein segments resulted in a mean 36 ± 14% reduction in neointima formation after 4 weeks. In vivo inhibition of vein graft disease by TIMP-1.ATF.BPTI is demonstrated in venous interpositions placed into carotid arteries of hypercholesterolaemic APOE*3Leiden mice. After 4 weeks, vein graft thickening was significantly inhibited in mice treated with the domains TIMP-1, ATF, or BPTI (36-49% reduction). In the TIMP-1.ATF.BPTI-treated mice, vein graft thickening was reduced by 67±4%, which was also significantly stronger when compared with the individual components. CONCLUSION These data provide evidence that cell surface-bound inhibition of the PA and MMP system by the hybrid protein TIMP-1.ATF.BPTI, overexpressed in distant tissues after electroporation-mediated non-viral gene transfer, is a powerful approach to prevent vein graft disease.
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- Daniel Eefting
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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van Solingen C, Seghers L, Bijkerk R, Duijs JMGJ, Roeten MK, van Oeveren-Rietdijk AM, Baelde HJ, Monge M, Vos JB, de Boer HC, Quax PHA, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Antagomir-mediated silencing of endothelial cell specific microRNA-126 impairs ischemia-induced angiogenesis. J Cell Mol Med 2010; 13:1577-85. [PMID: 19120690 PMCID: PMC3828868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs are negative regulators of gene expression that play a key role in cell-type specific differentiation and modulation of cell function and have been proposed to be involved in neovascularization. Previously, using an extensive cloning and sequencing approach, we identified miR-126 to be specifically and highly expressed in human endothelial cells (EC). Here, we demonstrate EC-specific expression of miR-126 in capillaries and the larger vessels in vivo. We therefore explored the potential role of miR-126 in arteriogenesis and angiogenesis. Using miR-reporter constructs, we show that miR-126 is functionally active in EC in vitro and that it could be specifically repressed using antagomirs specifically targeting miR-126. To study the consequences of miR-126 silencing on vascular regeneration, mice were injected with a single dose of antagomir-126 or a control 'scramblemir' and exposed to ischemia of the left hindlimb by ligation of the femoral artery. Although miR-126 was effectively silenced in mice treated with a single, high dose (HD) of antagomir-126, laser Doppler perfusion imaging did not show effects on blood flow recovery. In contrast, quantification of the capillary density in the gastrocnemius muscle revealed that mice treated with a HD of antagomir-126 had a markedly reduced angiogenic response. Aortic explant cultures of the mice confirmed the role of miR-126 in angiogenesis. Our data demonstrate a facilitary function for miR-126 in ischemia-induced angiogenesis and show the efficacy and specificity of antagomir-induced silencing of EC-specific microRNAs in vivo.
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- Coen van Solingen
- Department of Nephrology and the Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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van Beem RT, Nur E, Zwaginga JJ, Landburg PP, van Beers EJ, Duits AJ, Brandjes DP, Lommerse I, de Boer HC, van der Schoot CE, Schnog JJB, Biemond BJ. Elevated endothelial progenitor cells during painful sickle cell crisis. Exp Hematol 2009; 37:1054-9. [PMID: 19539689 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2009] [Accepted: 06/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) counts were determined in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) to elucidate their role in SCD-related ischemia-induced angiogenesis and reendothelialization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Circulating EPC counts (KDR(+)/CD34(+)/Cd45(dim) cells) and their relation to serum levels of EPC mobilizing growth factors erythropoietin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and interleukin-8 were investigated in SCD patients during asymptomatic state (n=66) and painful crisis (n=36) and compared to healthy controls (n=13). RESULTS EPC counts were comparable between controls (0; range, 0-1.1 cells/mL) and patients (0; range, 0-0 cells/mL) in asymptomatic state, but were significantly higher during painful crisis (41.7; range, 0-186 cells/mL; p<0.05). Also in a paired analysis of 12 patients who were included both during asymptomatic state and painful crisis, EPC counts increased significantly during painful crisis (from 0 [range, 0-0] to 26 [range, 0-149 cell/mL; p<0.05). EPC counts were not related to any of the measured growth factors. CONCLUSION The higher EPC counts during painful crisis might indicate a role for EPC mobilization in reendothelialization. As a relationship of EPCs with the established mobilizing growth factors, measured in this study was not observed, the mechanism of EPC mobilization in SCD remains to be elucidated.
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- Rachel T van Beem
- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Loomans CJ, van Haperen R, Duijs JM, Verseyden C, de Crom R, Leenen PJ, Drexhage HA, de Boer HC, de Koning EJ, Rabelink TJ, Staal FJ, van Zonneveld AJ. Differentiation of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells is shifted into a proinflammatory phenotype by hyperglycemia. Mol Med 2009; 15:152-9. [PMID: 19295918 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2009.00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bone marrow (BM)-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) contribute to vascular maintenance by participating in angiogenesis, re-endothelialization, and remodeling. Myeloid progenitor cells in the BM are functionally and quantitatively an important precursor pool for cells that contribute to these processes. However, these precursor pools in the BM also give rise to important effector cells of the innate immune system, such as macrophages and dendritic cells. We hypothesized that the disturbed repair responses that are being observed in diabetes mellitus are also related to an effect on functional and differentiation characteristics at the level of this bone marrow precursor pool. Indeed, we observed that bone marrow differentiation cultures for EPC, macrophages (Mph), or dendritic cells (DC) from hyperglycemic BM yielded 40% fewer EPC and 50% more Mph compared with control BM. These changes were directly related to the hemoglobin A(1C) levels of the donor mice. BM-derived DC numbers were not affected by hyperglycemia. The composition of the BM was not altered; in particular, the numbers of CD31+/Ly6C+ cells, which serve as common progenitors for EPC, Mph, and DC, were unaffected. In addition, BM-derived EPC from hyperglycemic mice were less angiogenic and more proinflammatory in regards to endocytosis, T-cell activation, and interleukin 12 production. HMG-CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A) reductase inhibition by statin supplementation of the culture medium counteracted these hyperglycemia-induced changes. Our study results show that hyperglycemia alters the differentiation fate of BM precursor cells, reducing the potential to generate vascular regenerative cells and favoring the development of proinflammatory cells.
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- Cindy Jm Loomans
- Department of Nephrology and the Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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van der Klaauw AA, Pereira AM, Rabelink TJ, Corssmit EPM, Zonneveld AJ, Pijl H, de Boer HC, Smit JWA, Romijn JA, de Koning EJP. Recombinant human GH replacement increases CD34+ cells and improves endothelial function in adults with GH deficiency. Eur J Endocrinol 2008; 159:105-11. [PMID: 18495694 DOI: 10.1530/eje-08-0179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Adult patients with GH deficiency (GHD) are at increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Endothelial function, vascular stiffness, and loss of circulating CD34+ cells are considered biomarkers for cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to assess vascular structure and function in relation to circulating CD34+ cells in adults with GHD before and during 1 year of recombinant human GH (rhGH) replacement. DESIGN One-year intervention with rhGH. PATIENTS AND METHODS Vascular function (flow-mediated dilatation (FMD)) and structure (pulse wave velocity (PWV) and analysis) were assessed in 14 adult patients (nine men) with GHD (mean age 57 years, range 27-71 years). In addition, the number of CD34+ cells was evaluated using flow cytometric analysis. Study parameters were analyzed at baseline, and after 6 months and 1 year of rhGH replacement. RESULTS rhGH replacement increased IGF-I levels from 10.4+/-4.5 mmol/l at baseline to 18.4+/-10.1 mmol/l, and 20.5+/-8.0 mmol/l, at 6 months, and 1 year respectively (P=0.001). FMD increased from 3.5+/-1.8% to 6.0+/-2.5% and 5.1+/-2.5% during 1 year of rhGH replacement (P=0.008). There was no beneficial effect on PWV, central pulse pressure, central systolic pressure, and augmentation index. The number of CD34+ cells increased from 794.9+/-798.8 to 1270.7+/-580.1 cells/ml and to 1356.9+/-759.0 cells/ml (P=0.010). CONCLUSION One year of rhGH replacement in adults with GHD improves endothelial function and increases the number of circulating CD34+ cells.
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- Agatha A van der Klaauw
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Xu W, Berger SP, Trouw LA, de Boer HC, Schlagwein N, Mutsaers C, Daha MR, van Kooten C. Properdin binds to late apoptotic and necrotic cells independently of C3b and regulates alternative pathway complement activation. J Immunol 2008; 180:7613-21. [PMID: 18490764 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.11.7613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cells that undergo apoptosis or necrosis are promptly removed by phagocytes. Soluble opsonins such as complement can opsonize dying cells, thereby promoting their removal by phagocytes and modulating the immune response. The pivotal role of the complement system in the handling of dying cells has been demonstrated for the classical pathway (via C1q) and lectin pathway (via mannose-binding lectin and ficolin). Herein we report that the only known naturally occurring positive regulator of complement, properdin, binds predominantly to late apoptotic and necrotic cells, but not to early apoptotic cells. This binding occurs independently of C3b, which is additional to the standard model wherein properdin binds to preexisting clusters of C3b on targets and stabilizes the convertase C3bBb. By binding to late apoptotic or necrotic cells, properdin serves as a focal point for local amplification of alternative pathway complement activation. Furthermore, properdin exhibits a strong interaction with DNA that is exposed on the late stage of dying cells. Our data indicate that direct recognition of dying cells by properdin is essential to drive alternative pathway complement activation.
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- Wei Xu
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Rookmaaker MB, Verhaar MC, de Boer HC, Goldschmeding R, Joles JA, Koomans HA, Gröne HJ, Rabelink TJ. Met-RANTES reduces endothelial progenitor cell homing to activated (glomerular) endothelium in vitro and in vivo. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 293:F624-30. [PMID: 17567937 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00398.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The chemokine RANTES (regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted) is involved in the formation of an inflammatory infiltrate during glomerulonephritis. However, RANTES receptor inhibition, although reducing glomerular leukocyte infiltration, can also increase damage. We hypothesized that RANTES does not only promote the influx and activation of inflammatory leukocytes but also mediates glomerular microvascular repair by stimulating the homing of bone marrow (BM)-derived endothelial progenitor cells. To investigate the role of RANTES in the participation of BM-derived cells in glomerular vascular repair, we used a rat BM transplantation model in combination with reversible anti-Thy-1.1 glomerulonephritis. Twenty-four hours after the induction of glomerulonephritis, BM-transplanted rats were treated for 7 days with either the RANTES receptor antagonist Met-RANTES or saline. The participation of BM-derived endothelial cells in glomerular repair, glomerular monocyte infiltration, and proteinuria was evaluated at days 7 and 28. Furthermore, we used an in vitro perfusion chamber assay to study the role of RANTES receptors in shear-resistant adhesion of the CD34+ stem cells to activated endothelium under flow. In our reversible glomerulonephritis model, RANTES receptor inhibition specifically reduced the participation of BM-derived cells in glomerular vascular repair by more than 40% at day 7 without impairing monocyte influx. However, no obvious change in recovery from proteinuria or morphological damage was observed. Blockade of RANTES receptors on CD34+ cells in vitro partially inhibited platelet-enhanced, shear-resistant firm adhesion of the CD34+ cells to activated endothelium. In conclusion, our data suggest that RANTES is involved in the homing and participation of BM-derived endothelial cells in glomerular repair.
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- Maarten B Rookmaaker
- Dept. of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Cheng C, Tempel D, van Haperen R, de Boer HC, Segers D, Huisman M, van Zonneveld AJ, Leenen PJ, van der Steen A, Serruys PW, de Crom R, Krams R. Shear stress-induced changes in atherosclerotic plaque composition are modulated by chemokines. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:616-26. [PMID: 17304353 PMCID: PMC1794116 DOI: 10.1172/jci28180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We previously found that low shear stress (LSS) induces atherosclerotic plaques in mice with increased lipid and matrix metalloproteinase content and decreased vascular smooth muscle and collagen content. Here, we evaluated the role of chemokines in this process, using an extravascular device inducing regions of LSS, high shear stress, and oscillatory shear stress (OSS) in the carotid artery. One week of shear stress alterations induced expression of IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) exclusively in the LSS region, whereas monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and the mouse homolog of growth-regulated oncogene alpha (GRO-alpha) were equally upregulated in both LSS and OSS regions. After 3 weeks, GRO-alpha and IP-10 were specifically upregulated in LSS regions. After 9 weeks, lesions with thinner fibrous caps and larger necrotic cores were found in the LSS region compared with the OSS region. Equal levels of MCP-1 expression were observed in both regions, while expression of fractalkine was found in the LSS region only. Blockage of fractalkine inhibited plaque growth and resulted in striking differences in plaque composition in the LSS region. We conclude that LSS or OSS triggers expression of chemokines involved in atherogenesis. Fractalkine upregulation is critically important for the composition of LSS-induced atherosclerotic lesions.
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- Caroline Cheng
- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, and
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Immunology and
Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Thijssen DHJ, Vos JB, Verseyden C, van Zonneveld AJ, Smits P, Sweep FCGJ, Hopman MTE, de Boer HC. Haematopoietic stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells in healthy men: effect of aging and training. Aging Cell 2006; 5:495-503. [PMID: 17081158 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) is thought to be a marker for neovascularization and vascular repair. Because physical inactivity and aging are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, these factors may influence the numbers of HSCs and EPCs. Therefore, we examined baseline and exercise-induced levels of HSCs and EPCs in sedentary and trained young and older men. To study the role of aging in eight sedentary young (19-28 years) and eight sedentary older men (67-76 years), baseline and acute exercise-induced numbers of HSCs (CD34+-cells) and EPCs (CD34+/VEGFR-2+-cells) were quantified by fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis. To examine the effect of chronic training, eight age-matched trained young men (18-28 years) were compared with sedentary young men, whereas older men performed an 8-week endurance training. Older men showed significantly lower baseline and exercise-induced levels of HSCs/EPCs than the young men (P < 0.05). In young and older men, acute exercise significantly increased HSCs (P < 0.01), but not EPCs. The absolute increase in numbers of HSCs was attenuated in older men (P = 0.03). Apart from the lower baseline numbers of EPCs after chronic training in older men, training status did not alter baseline or exercise-induced levels of HSCs/EPCs in young and older men. We concluded that advancing age results in lower circulating numbers of HSCs and EPCs and attenuates the acute exercise-induced increase in HSCs. Interestingly, in young as well as in older men chronic endurance training does not affect baseline and exercise-induced numbers of HSCs and EPCs.
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- Dick H J Thijssen
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Fundamental and Clinical Movement sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
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Lipsic E, van der Meer P, Voors AA, Westenbrink BD, van den Heuvel AFM, de Boer HC, van Zonneveld AJ, Schoemaker RG, van Gilst WH, Zijlstra F, van Veldhuisen DJ. A single bolus of a long-acting erythropoietin analogue darbepoetin alfa in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomized feasibility and safety study. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2006; 20:135-41. [PMID: 16761193 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-006-7680-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Besides stimulating hematopoiesis, erythropoietin (EPO) protects against experimental ischemic injury in the heart. The present study evaluated the safety and tolerability of EPO treatment in non-anemic patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS AND RESULTS In this single-center, investigator-initiated, prospective study, patients with a first acute MI were randomized to one bolus of 300 microg darbepoetin alfa or no additional medication before primary coronary intervention. Twenty-two patients (mean age 59 +/- 2 years) were included. In the darbepoetin group, serum EPO-levels increased to 130-270 times that of controls, within the first 24 h. After darbepoetin administration, only small and non-significant changes in hematocrit levels were observed, while endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs, CD34+/CD45-) were increased at 72 h (2.8 vs. 1.0 cells/microl in control group, p < 0.01). No adverse events were recorded during the 30-day follow-up. After 4 months, left ventricular ejection fraction was similar in the two groups (52 +/- 3% in darbepoetin vs. 48 +/- 5% in control group, p = NS). CONCLUSIONS Intravenous single high-dose darbepoetin alfa in acute MI is both safe and well tolerated. Darbepoetin treatment after MI stimulates EPCs mobilization. The results of this first pilot study support a larger scale clinical trial to establish efficacy of EPO administration in patients after acute MI.
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- Erik Lipsic
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Bloemendal HJ, de Boer HC, Koop EA, van Dongen AJ, Goldschmeding R, Landman WJM, Logtenberg T, Gebbink MFBG, Voest EE. Activated vitronectin as a target for anticancer therapy with human antibodies. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2004; 53:799-808. [PMID: 15197494 PMCID: PMC11032953 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-004-0506-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2003] [Accepted: 01/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The formation of a provisional extracellular matrix represents an important step during tumor growth and angiogenesis. Proteins that participate in this process become activated and undergo conformational changes that expose biologically active cryptic sites. Activated matrix proteins express epitopes not found on their native counterparts. We hypothesized that these epitopes may have a restricted tissue distribution, rendering them suitable targets for therapeutic human monoclonal antibodies (huMabs). In this study, we exploited phage antibody display technology and subtractive phage selection to generate human monoclonal antibody fragments that discriminate between the activated and native conformation of the extracellular matrix protein vitronectin. One of the selected antibody fragments, scFv VN18, was used to construct a fully human IgG/kappa monoclonal antibody with an affinity of 9.3 nM. In immunohistochemical analysis, scFv and huMab VN18 recognized activated vitronectin in tumor tissues, whereas hardly any activated vitronectin was detectable in normal tissues. Iodine 123-radiolabeled huMabVN18 was shown to target to Rous sarcoma virus-induced tumors in chickens, an animal model in which the epitope for huMab VN18 is exposed during tumor development. Our results establish activated vitronectin as a potential target for tumor therapy in humans.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Avian Sarcoma Viruses/pathogenicity
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Chickens
- Colonic Neoplasms/immunology
- Colonic Neoplasms/therapy
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Epitope Mapping
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
- Iodine Radioisotopes
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Nude
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Library
- Poultry Diseases/diagnostic imaging
- Poultry Diseases/immunology
- Poultry Diseases/therapy
- Protein Conformation
- Radioimmunodetection
- Sarcoma, Avian/diagnostic imaging
- Sarcoma, Avian/immunology
- Sarcoma, Avian/therapy
- Vitronectin/immunology
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- Haiko J. Bloemendal
- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, HP F02.126, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, HP F02.126, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, HP F02.126, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, HP F02.126, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, HP F02.126, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, HP F02.126, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Abstract
The formation of new capillaries (angiogenesis) may be of clinical importance in facilitating reperfusion and regeneration of hibernating cardiac tissue after myocardial infarction and in microvascular ischemia. Evidence is accumulating that as part of the response to hypoxia, bone marrow-derived circulating endothelial progenitor cells (CEPs) are mobilized and subsequently differentiate into proper endothelial cells. There are also indications that such CEPs can facilitate endothelial repair and angiogenesis in vivo. It is not clear yet, however, whether these CEPs are essential for these adaptive processes or what the relative contribution of CEP is compared with that of other mononuclear inflammatory cells that are mobilized to areas of ischemia. Moreover, there are still many uncertainties about how cardiovascular risk factors alter CEP function. Particularly when therapeutically mobilizing CEPs, a further understanding of this issue is essential to assess the risk of potentially harmful side effects of altered CEP function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ton J Rabelink
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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