scholarly journals Reprogramming of bone marrow myeloid progenitor cells in patients with severe coronary artery disease

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlies P Noz ◽  
Siroon Bekkering ◽  
Laszlo Groh ◽  
Tim MJ Nielen ◽  
Evert JP Lamfers ◽  
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Atherosclerosis is the major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Monocyte-derived macrophages are the most abundant immune cells in atherosclerotic plaques. In patients with atherosclerotic CVD, leukocytes have a hyperinflammatory phenotype. We hypothesize that immune cell reprogramming in these patients occurs at the level of myeloid progenitors. We included 13 patients with coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis and 13 subjects without atherosclerosis in an exploratory study. Cytokine production capacity after ex vivo stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNCs) and bone marrow MNCs was higher in patients with atherosclerosis. In BM-MNCs this was associated with increased glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation. The BM composition was skewed towards myelopoiesis and transcriptome analysis of HSC/GMP cell populations revealed enrichment of neutrophil- and monocyte-related pathways. These results show that in patients with atherosclerosis, activation of innate immune cells occurs at the level of myeloid progenitors, which adds exciting opportunities for novel treatment strategies.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Unhammer Njerve ◽  
Sissel Åkra ◽  
Thomas W. Weiss ◽  
Svein Solheim ◽  
Reidun Øvstebø ◽  
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Background. Promising results regarding potential anti-inflammatory and antiatherosclerotic effects of gliptins have been reported. Our aim was to investigate whether saxagliptin treatment modifies expression of inflammatory markers, primarily in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and in circulating leukocytes in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and T2DM. Methods. Patients (n=12) were randomized to saxagliptin 5 mg daily or placebo for 3 months. Samples were taken at baseline and end of study in fasting state prior to intake of medications. PBMCs were isolated and cryopreserved at −150°C until ex vivo exposed to 1 ng/mL of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 4 hours. Gene expression was performed with custom-designed TaqMan® Arrays and relative quantification by real-time PCR (RT-qPCR). Results. HbA1c was reduced in the saxagliptin-treated group compared to that in the change with placebo (p=0.042). In unstimulated PBMCs and in circulating leukocytes, we observed a significant increase in IL-10 expression in the saxagliptin group (p=0.043, both), significantly different from that in the placebo (p=0.009 and p=0.032, resp.). No between group differences in changes were observed in any of the selected proinflammatory markers. Conclusion. In our small cohort of patients with combined T2DM and CAD, a possible anti-inflammatory effect of saxagliptin, observed in the present study by upregulation of IL-10 in leukocytes, needs to be confirmed in larger studies.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behnoosh Miladpour ◽  
Atefeh Seghatoleslam ◽  
mehdi kalani ◽  
Mehran Erfani ◽  
peyman Nowrouzi-Sohrabi

Abstract Background: Plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) is a newly discovered long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), and it has not been previously studied in the inflammatory responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 15 CAD patients and 15 non-CAD (NCAD) individuals. PVT1 expression in PBMCs of the participants was measured, using real-time PCR. Interleukin (IL)-10, IL-22 and MMP-9 in the plasma and supernatant of the cultured PBMCs in the presence or absence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was assessed, using flowcytometry and ELISA.Results: An increased expression of PVT1 was observed in untreated PBMCs of CAD patients compared to the NCAD group. There was a significant up-regulation of PVT1 after LPS treatment in PBMCs of both groups. Plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) levels were found to be higher in CAD patients compared to the controls. The level of IL-10 and IL-22 production from the non-treated PBMCs of CAD was significantly lower compared to the NCAD group. In the total examined population, PVT1 expression was negatively correlated with IL-10 secretion. The results also showed a significant negative correlation between PVT1 expression and IL-10 produced by untreated cells. Conclusions: PVT1 expression is increased in PBMCs of CAD patients and this increased expression could be associated with decreased IL-10 production from PBMCs of these patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 120 (01) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Gao ◽  
Jia Liu ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
BaoYi Guan ◽  
Hua Qu ◽  
...  

AbstractPrethrombotic status (PTS) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) increases the risk of coronary thrombosis. Accumulating evidences have indicated that micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) may serve as promising biomarkers for SCAD patients with PTS. The present study aimed to identify the miRNA signature in SCAD patients with PTS and evaluated their diagnostic significance. In the screening phase, 32 differently expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were detected in 35 SCAD patients compared with 5 healthy controls by microarray. MiRNA-gene network analysis was then performed, and 4 DEMs were selected for validation with reverse transcription-quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) test in an independent cohort comprising 79 SCAD patients and 19 healthy controls. Compared with healthy controls, RT-qPCR test verified the upregulations of miR-34a-5p, miR-432–5p, and miR-370–3p detected by microarray; while the upregulation of miR-495–3p measured by RT-qPCR was not consistent with its low expression detected by microarray. Only miR-34a-5p and miR-495–3p were significantly upregulated in the PTS group compared with the non-PTS group (p < 0.01, p < 0.05). Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed that PBMCs-derived miR-34a-5p and miR-495–3p may discriminate PTS with the areas under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.780 (confidence interval [CI]95% = 0.673–0.866) and 0.712 (CI95% = 0.599–0.808), respectively. The combination of miR-34a-5p and fibrinogen (FIB, a traditional biomarker for PTS) improved AUC to 0.885 (CI95% = 0.793–0.946) and showed added predictive ability compared with FIB, with an integrated discrimination improvement of 0.201 (p < 0.01). Therefore, the combination of miR-34a-5p and FIB may serve as an efficient tool for distinguishing PTS in SCAD patients.


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