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Effects of thrombospondin-4 on pro-inflammatory phenotype differentiation and apoptosis in macrophages.


ABSTRACT: Thrombospondin-4 (TSP-4) attracted renewed attention recently as a result of assignment of new functions to this matricellular protein in cardiovascular, muscular, and nervous systems. We have previously reported that TSP-4 promotes local vascular inflammation in a mouse atherosclerosis model. A common variant of TSP-4, P387-TSP-4, was associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk in human population studies. In a mouse atherosclerosis model, TSP-4 had profound effect on accumulation of macrophages in lesions, which prompted us to examine its effects on macrophages in more detail. We examined the effects of A387-TSP-4 and P387-TSP-4 on mouse macrophages in cell culture and in vivo in the model of LPS-induced peritonitis. In tissues and in cell culture, TSP-4 expression was associated with inflammation: TSP-4 expression was upregulated in peritoneal tissues in LPS-induced peritonitis, and pro-inflammatory signals, INF?, GM-CSF, and LPS, induced TSP-4 expression in macrophages in vivo and in cell culture. Deficiency in TSP-4 in macrophages from Thbs4-/- mice reduced the expression of pro-inflammatory macrophage markers, suggesting that TSP-4 facilitates macrophage differentiation into a pro-inflammatory phenotype. Expression of TSP-4, especially more active P387-TSP-4, was associated with higher cellular apoptosis. Cultured macrophages displayed increased adhesion to TSP-4 and reduced migration in presence of TSP-4, and these responses were further increased with P387 variant. We concluded that TSP-4 expression in macrophages increases their accumulation in tissues during the acute inflammatory process and supports macrophage differentiation into a pro-inflammatory phenotype. In a model of acute inflammation, TSP-4 supports pro-inflammatory macrophage apoptosis, a response that is closely related to their pro-inflammatory activity and release of pro-inflammatory signals. P387-TSP-4 was found to be the more active form of TSP-4 in all examined functions.

SUBMITTER: Rahman MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6978349 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effects of thrombospondin-4 on pro-inflammatory phenotype differentiation and apoptosis in macrophages.

Rahman Mohammed Tanjimur MT   Muppala Santoshi S   Wu Jiahui J   Krukovets Irene I   Solovjev Dmitry D   Verbovetskiy Dmitriy D   Obiako Chioma C   Plow Edward F EF   Stenina-Adognravi Olga O  

Cell death & disease 20200123 1


Thrombospondin-4 (TSP-4) attracted renewed attention recently as a result of assignment of new functions to this matricellular protein in cardiovascular, muscular, and nervous systems. We have previously reported that TSP-4 promotes local vascular inflammation in a mouse atherosclerosis model. A common variant of TSP-4, P387-TSP-4, was associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk in human population studies. In a mouse atherosclerosis model, TSP-4 had profound effect on accumulation of  ...[more]

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