Apolipoprotein A-IV of diabetic-foot patients upregulates tumor necrosis factor alpha expression in microfluidic arterial models
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)(2023)
摘要
Diabetic peripheral arterial atherosclerosis is one of the important characteristics of diabetic foot syndrome. Apolipoprotein (Apo A-IV) participates in various physiological processes, and animal studies have shown that it has roles of anti-atherosclerosis, prevention of platelet aggregation and thrombosis. Apo A-IV glycosylation is closely related to the occurrence and development of diabetic peripheral atherosclerosis. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of diabetic peripheral arterial lesions caused by glycosylated Apo A-IV. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and T2DM with diabetic foot patients (T2DM-F; n = 45, 30) were enrolled in this study, and individuals without diabetes (n = 35) served as normal controls (NC). In T2DM group, serum Apo A-IV content was higher than those in NC and T2DM-F group, as carboxymethyl lysine (CML) glycosylation of Apo A-IV in mixed serum from T2DM-F group was identified to be more significant than those in two other groups. Within a microfluidic arterial chip model, Apo A-IV from T2DM and T2DM-F group significantly increased transcription and protein levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in chip arteries, and CML expression was observed in T2DM-F group, which were associated with increased nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 3 (NR4A3) expression. Recombinant human Apo A-IV could reverse the stimulating effect of serum Apo A-IV from T2DM-F group on TNF-alpha expression, and NR4A3 blocking peptide downregulated TNF-alpha expression by inhibiting NR4A3 expression. In the chip arteries, Apo A-IV from T2DM and T2DM-F increased TNF-alpha expression and turn them into a pre-atherosclerotic state, which might be one of the important mechanisms of glycosylated Apo A-IV to induce diabetic peripheral arterial lesions and eventually lead to diabetic foot.
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Diabetic foot,apolipoprotein A-IV,arterial chip,TNF-alpha
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