Deletion of the NR4A nuclear receptor NOR1 in hematopoietic stem cells reduces inflammation but not abdominal aortic aneurysm formation

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Research Article

Hua Qing¹  Dennis Bruemmer²  Alan Daugherty³  Hong Lu³  Elizabeth B. Heywood⁴  Karrie L. Jones⁴ 

[1] Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 15261, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China;Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 15261, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, 40536, Lexington, KY, USA;

关键词: Nuclear receptor;    Bone marrow transplantation;    Aneurysm;    Angiotensin II;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12872-017-0701-4

 received in 2017-07-18, accepted in 2017-10-10,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe NR4A3 orphan nuclear hormone receptor, NOR1, functions as a constitutively active transcription factor to regulate inflammation, proliferation, and cell survival during pathological vascular remodeling. Inflammatory processes represent key mechanisms leading to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation. However, a role of NOR1 in AAA formation has not been investigated previously.MethodsInflammatory gene expression was analyzed in bone marrow-derived macrophages isolated from NOR1-deficient mice. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (LDLr−/−) mice were irradiated and reconstituted with hematopoietic stem cells obtained from NOR1−/− or wild-type littermate mice. Animals were infused with angiotensin II and fed a diet enriched in saturated fat to induce AAA formation. Quantification of AAA formation was performed by ultrasound and ex vivo measurements.ResultsAmong 184 inflammatory genes that were analyzed, 36 genes were differentially regulated in LPS-treated NOR1-deficient macrophages. Albeit this difference in gene regulation, NOR1-deficiency in hematopoietic stem cells did not affect development of AAA formation in bone marrow-derived stem cell transplanted LDLr-deficient mice.ConclusionNOR1 deletion induced differential inflammatory gene transcription in macrophages but did not influence AAA formation in mice.

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