PKC-Mediated Endothelin-1 Expression in Endothelial Cell Promotes Macrophage Activation in Atherogenesis.

Am J Hypertens

Cardiac Center & Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Published: August 2019

Background: Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease triggered by endothelial dysfunction and exaggerated by macrophage infiltration. Although endothelin-1 (ET-1) plays an important role in vascular inflammation and reactive oxygen species production, the individual effect of ET-1 in atherogenesis remains unclear.

Methods And Results: ET-1 expression was increased in mouse atherosclerotic plaques and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) administrated by oxidized low-density lipoprotein stimulation. Moreover, the immunofluorescence co-staining showed upregulated ET-1 expression in endothelial cells. Real-time polymerase chain reaction demonstrated that ET-1 overexpression promoted adhesion molecules and chemokines secretion in HUVECs. Following this intervention, the migration of macrophages and the pro-inflammatory cytokines were increased. More importantly, the endothelial dysfunction regulated by ET-1 and subsequently the effect on macrophage activation were mediated by ETA receptor and largely reversed by protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor. Eight-week-old male ApoE-/- mice and eET-1/ApoE-/- mice were fed with high-fat diet for 12 weeks. eET-1/ApoE-/- significantly increased atherosclerotic lesions in the whole aorta and aortic sinus, which accompanied by the induction of inflammatory cytokines and macrophages infiltration.

Conclusions: ET-1 accelerates atherogenesis by promoting adhesion molecules and chemokines, as well as subsequent macrophage activation. Collected, these evidence suggest that ET-1 might be a potential target for the treatment of atherogenesis.

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