IL-1β Induces LDL Transcytosis by a Novel Pathway Involving LDLR and Rab27a.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol

Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada (E.J., T.W.W.H., C.W., W.L.L.).

Published: September 2024

Background: In early atherosclerosis, circulating LDLs (low-density lipoproteins) traverse individual endothelial cells by an active process termed transcytosis. The CANTOS trial (Canakinumab Antiinflammatory Thrombosis Outcome Study) treated advanced atherosclerosis using a blocking antibody for IL-1β (interleukin-1β); this significantly reduced cardiovascular events. However, whether IL-1β regulates early disease, particularly LDL transcytosis, remains unknown.

Methods: We used total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to quantify transcytosis by human coronary artery endothelial cells exposed to IL-1β. To investigate transcytosis in vivo, we injected wild-type and knockout mice with IL-1β and LDL to visualize acute LDL deposition in the aortic arch.

Results: Exposure to picomolar concentrations of IL-1β induced transcytosis of LDL but not of albumin by human coronary artery endothelial cells. Surprisingly, expression of the 2 known receptors for LDL transcytosis, ALK-1 (activin receptor-like kinase-1) and SR-BI (scavenger receptor BI), was unchanged or decreased. Instead, IL-1β increased the expression of the LDLR (LDL receptor); this was unexpected because LDLR is not required for LDL transcytosis. Overexpression of LDLR had no effect on basal LDL transcytosis. However, knockdown of LDLR abrogated the effect of IL-1β on transcytosis rates while the depletion of Cav-1 (caveolin-1) did not. Since LDLR was necessary but overexpression had no effect, we reasoned that another player must be involved. Using public RNA sequencing data to curate a list of Rab (Ras-associated binding) GTPases affected by IL-1β, we identified Rab27a. Overexpression of Rab27a alone had no effect on basal transcytosis, but its knockdown prevented induction by IL-1β. This was phenocopied by depletion of the Rab27a effector JFC1 (synaptotagmin-like protein 1). In vivo, IL-1β increased LDL transcytosis in the aortic arch of wild-type but not or Rab27a-deficient mice. The JFC1 inhibitor nexinhib20 also blocked IL-1β-induced LDL accumulation in the aorta.

Conclusions: IL-1β induces LDL transcytosis by a distinct pathway requiring LDLR and Rab27a; this route differs from basal transcytosis. We speculate that induction of transcytosis by IL-1β may contribute to the acceleration of early disease.

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