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RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Smooth Muscle Cell-Derived Interleukin-17C Plays an Atherogenic Role via the Recruitment of Proinflammatory Interleukin-17A+ T Cells to the Aorta.
OBJECTIVE: Atherosclerosis is characterized by frequent communication between infiltrating leukocytes and vascular cells, through chemokine and cytokine networks. Interleukin-17C (IL-17C) is detectable within atherosclerotic lesions; however, the potential involvement of this cytokine has not been examined. Thus, we sought to investigate the role of IL-17C in atherosclerosis.
APPROACH AND RESULTS: The expression of IL-17 cytokines was profiled within aortas of apolipoprotein E double knockout (Apoe(-/-)) mice, and Il17c expression was elevated. Flow cytometry experiments revealed a major population of aortic IL-17C-producing smooth muscle cells. Next, we generated Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice and demonstrated that atherosclerotic lesion and collagen content was diminished within Western diet-fed Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) aortas and aortic roots in comparison to Apoe(-/-) controls. Smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts were mainly responsible for the reduced Col1A1 expression in the aorta of Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice. Importantly, IL-17C-treated Apoe(-/-) aortas showed upregulated Col1A1 expression ex vivo. Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice displayed a proportional reduction in aortic macrophages, neutrophils, T cells, T helper 1 cells, and T regulatory cells, without corresponding changes in the peripheral immune composition. Examination of aortic IL-17A(+) T-cell receptor γδ T cells and Th17 cells demonstrated a stark reduction in the percentage and number of these subsets within Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) versus Apoe(-/-) mice. Explanted 12-week Western diet-fed Apoe(-/-) aortas treated with IL-17C resulted in the induction of multiple vascular chemokines and cytokines. Th17 cells demonstrated attenuated migration toward supernatants from cultures of Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) smooth muscle cells, and short-term homing experiments revealed diminished recruitment of Th17 cells to the aorta of Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) recipients.
CONCLUSIONS: Smooth muscle cell-derived IL-17C plays a proatherogenic role by supporting the recruitment of Th17 cells to atherosclerotic lesions.
APPROACH AND RESULTS: The expression of IL-17 cytokines was profiled within aortas of apolipoprotein E double knockout (Apoe(-/-)) mice, and Il17c expression was elevated. Flow cytometry experiments revealed a major population of aortic IL-17C-producing smooth muscle cells. Next, we generated Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice and demonstrated that atherosclerotic lesion and collagen content was diminished within Western diet-fed Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) aortas and aortic roots in comparison to Apoe(-/-) controls. Smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts were mainly responsible for the reduced Col1A1 expression in the aorta of Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice. Importantly, IL-17C-treated Apoe(-/-) aortas showed upregulated Col1A1 expression ex vivo. Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice displayed a proportional reduction in aortic macrophages, neutrophils, T cells, T helper 1 cells, and T regulatory cells, without corresponding changes in the peripheral immune composition. Examination of aortic IL-17A(+) T-cell receptor γδ T cells and Th17 cells demonstrated a stark reduction in the percentage and number of these subsets within Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) versus Apoe(-/-) mice. Explanted 12-week Western diet-fed Apoe(-/-) aortas treated with IL-17C resulted in the induction of multiple vascular chemokines and cytokines. Th17 cells demonstrated attenuated migration toward supernatants from cultures of Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) smooth muscle cells, and short-term homing experiments revealed diminished recruitment of Th17 cells to the aorta of Il17c(-/-)Apoe(-/-) recipients.
CONCLUSIONS: Smooth muscle cell-derived IL-17C plays a proatherogenic role by supporting the recruitment of Th17 cells to atherosclerotic lesions.
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