Proinflammatory properties of murine aortic endothelial cells exclusively expressing a non cleavable form of TNFalpha. Effect on tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor type 2.

Canault, Matthias; Peiretti, Franck; Mueller, Christoph; Deprez, Paule; Bonardo, Bernadette; Bernot, Denis; Juhan-Vague, Irène; Nalbone, Gilles (2004). Proinflammatory properties of murine aortic endothelial cells exclusively expressing a non cleavable form of TNFalpha. Effect on tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor type 2. Thrombosis and haemostasis, 92(6), pp. 1428-1437. Schattauer 10.1160/TH04-06-0344

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Soluble (sTNF) and transmembrane (tmTNF) forms of TNFalpha (TNF) have distinct proinflammatory effects. We investigated whether tmTNF altered the synthesis of some proinflammatory proteins involved in atherothrombosis, in murine aortas and aortic endothelial cells (MAEC). Samples were obtained from wild-type (WT) mice and TNF-deficient mice that express a mutated non cleavable tmTNF transgene (tmTNFnc). The levels of secreted MCP-1, RANTES, IL-6, PAI-1, soluble ICAM-1, and soluble TNF receptor type 1 (TNFR1; CD120a) antigens, MMP-9 activity and of cell surface ICAM-1 were not significantly different between the two types of MAEC. The magnitude of endotoxin-stimulated production of RANTES, MCP-1 and IL-6 was similar in the two types of cells. Of note, the amount of synthesized TNF receptor type 2 (TNFR2; CD120b), measured by its secreted (in aorta and MAEC), intracellular and mRNA levels (in MAEC), was significantly 4-fold lower in tmTNFnc than in WT mice, both in basal and endotoxin-stimulated conditions. A neutralizing anti-TNF antibody or the recombinant murine TNF did not modify the magnitude of the difference in TNFR2 production between the two types of cells, suggesting a preponderant role of tmTNF in the down-regulation of TNFR2 synthesis. Macrophages of tmTNFnc mice also produced less TNFR2 than WT macrophages (-30%). Plasmas of tmTNFnc mice contained significantly less sTNFR2 than WT mice (-75%). In conclusion, an increase in tmTNF levels, rather than the lack of sTNF, significantly down-modulated TNFR2 synthesis in aortic endothelial cells, but had no major influence on the synthesis of some major pro-inflammatory and pro-atherothrombotic proteins.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology

UniBE Contributor:

Müller, Christoph (C)

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0340-6245

Publisher:

Schattauer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christoph Müller

Date Deposited:

23 Sep 2022 10:58

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:38

Publisher DOI:

10.1160/TH04-06-0344

PubMed ID:

15583753

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/173172

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173172

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