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. 2018 Apr:103-105:16-28.
doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

A positive feedback loop between IL-1β, LPS and NEU1 may promote atherosclerosis by enhancing a pro-inflammatory state in monocytes and macrophages

Irina Sieve  1 , Melanie Ricke-Hoch  1 , Martina Kasten  1 , Karin Battmer  2 , Britta Stapel  1 , Christine S Falk  3 , Matthias S Leisegang  4 , Axel Haverich  5 , Michaela Scherr  2 , Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner  6
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A positive feedback loop between IL-1β, LPS and NEU1 may promote atherosclerosis by enhancing a pro-inflammatory state in monocytes and macrophages

Irina Sieve et al. Vascul Pharmacol. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Inflammation plays an important role in atherosclerosis, a notion supported by the beneficial effects of the IL-1β inhibitor canakinumab in the CANTOS trial. Sialic acids (Sias), components of the surface glycocalyx, regulate intercellular and intermolecular interactions. We investigated the expression of the Sia cleaving enzyme neuraminidase-1 (NEU1) in atherosclerotic plaques and its potential role in inflammatory processes. In isolated mononuclear blood cells from patients with myocardial infarction, NEU1 expression was increased compared to healthy controls. High expression of NEU1 in macrophages located on the intima layer, in calcified regions and the adventitia of the plaque was observed in human carotid arteries' atherectomies. IL-1β and LPS induced NEU1 expression in THP-1 monocytic cells. Lentiviral NEU1-overexpression in THP-1-cells enhanced expression of CD80, TNF-α, IL-1β, number of multinuclear cells, phagocytosis and chemotaxis indicative for M1 monocyte/macrophage polarization. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-out of NEU1 in THP-1-cells did not affect differentiation of monocytes to macrophages but attenuated LPS- and IL-1β -induced TNF-α and IL-1β expression. SiRNA-mediated knock-down of NEU1 in M1-macrophages differentiated from primary human CD14+ monocytes reduced the expression of TNF-α and IL-1β. Thus, in monocytes/macrophages, LPS, NEU1 and IL-1β act in a positive feedback loop as enhancers of inflammation and may therefore promote atherosclerosis and plaque instability.

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Monocytes/macrophage; Neuraminidase 1.

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