An Allosteric Shift in CD11c Affinity Activates a Proatherogenic State in Arrested Intermediate Monocytes.
J Immunol
; 205(10): 2806-2820, 2020 11 15.
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| ID: mdl-33055281
ABSTRACT
Intermediate monocytes (iMo; CD14+CD16+) increase in number in the circulation of patients with unstable coronary artery disease (CAD), and their recruitment to inflamed arteries is implicated in events leading to mortality following MI. Monocyte recruitment to inflamed coronary arteries is initiated by high affinity ß2-integrin (CD11c/CD18) that activates ß1-integrin (VLA-4) to bind endothelial VCAM-1. How integrin binding under shear stress mechanosignals a functional shift in iMo toward an inflammatory phenotype associated with CAD progression is unknown. Whole blood samples from patients treated for symptomatic CAD including non-ST elevation MI, along with healthy age-matched subjects, were collected to assess chemokine and integrin receptor levels on monocytes. Recruitment on inflamed human aortic endothelium or rVCAM-1 under fluid shear stress was assessed using a microfluidic-based artery on a chip (A-Chip). Membrane upregulation of high affinity CD11c correlated with concomitant activation of VLA-4 within focal adhesive contacts was required for arrest and diapedesis across inflamed arterial endothelium to a greater extent in non-ST elevation MI compared with stable CAD patients. The subsequent conversion of CD11c from a high to low affinity state under fluid shear activated phospho-Syk- and ADAM17-mediated proteolytic cleavage of CD16. This marked the conversion of iMo to an inflammatory phenotype associated with nuclear translocation of NF-κB and production of IL-1ß+ We conclude that CD11c functions as a mechanoregulator that activates an inflammatory state preferentially in a majority of iMo from cardiac patients but not healthy patients.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Coronary Artery Disease
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Endothelium, Vascular
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Monocytes
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CD11c Antigen
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Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Immunol
Year:
2020
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Article