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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2016

Monocyte exosomes induce adhesion molecules and cytokines via activation of NF-κB in endothelial cells.

Norina Tang, Bing Sun, Archana Gupta, Hans Rempel, Lynn Pulliam

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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115citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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115 citing papers in PubMed, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Norina TangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA;
Bing SunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA;
Archana GuptaSystem Biosciences, Incorporated, Mountain View, California, USA;
Hans RempelDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA;
Lynn PulliamDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA lynn.pulliam@ucsf.edu.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs · USSystem Biosciences (United States) · USUniversity of San Francisco · US

Funding

Interferon-a drives peripheral activation and brain injury in chronic HIVR01MH096673 · NIMH · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI PULLIAM, LYNN · 2012 to 2015
$1.4M
Exosomes from HIV-activated monocytes induce endothelial cell activationR21HL129853 · NHLBI · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI PULLIAM, LYNN · 2015 to 2016
$422k
Brain-derived exosomes as blood markers of HIV cognitive impairmentR21MH112483 · NIMH · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI PULLIAM, LYNN · 2017 to 2018
$422k
NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL129853NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH096673NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH112483
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV-infected individuals have activated monocytes with an IFNα phenotype and elevated levels of circulating LPS. These individuals also have a risk of premature cardiovascular disease. The effect of activated monocyte exosomes (Exos) on endothelial cells is unknown. To determine whether Exos from immune-activated monocytes could alter endothelial cell expression and contribute to monocyte/macrophage transmigration and adhesion, we isolated Exos from monocytes stimulated with IFNα, LPS, or both (I/L). We show that monocyte Exos contain different inflammatory microRNA cargo depending on stimulation. When LPS Exos or I/L Exos were added to HUVECs, we found a significant increase in adhesion molecule ICAM-1, chemokine ligand (CCL)-2, and cytokine IL-6 mRNAs and proteins compared with cells treated with IFNα Exos or Exos derived from unstimulated monocytes. Inhibition of transcription factor NF-κB, a common inflammatory cytokine pathway, prevented induction of CCL2, IL6, and ICAM1 Inhibition of TLR4 resulted in differential blockage of the targets. Our results demonstrate for the first time that primary human monocyte Exos enter endothelial cells and cause dysfunction via the TLR4 and NF-κB pathways, which may contribute to heart disease in HIV infection and other diseases involving chronic immune activation.-Tang, N., Sun, B., Gupta, A., Rempel, H., Pulliam, L. Monocyte exosomes induce adhesion molecules and cytokines via activation of NF-κB in endothelial cells.

Indexed as

Cell Adhesion MoleculesCells, CulturedCytokinesEndothelial CellsExosomesGene Expression RegulationHumansMonocytesNF-kappa BToll-Like Receptor 4Cell Adhesion MoleculesCytokinesNF-kappa BTLR4 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 4atherosclerosisCCL2HIVICAM-1miRNA

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PMID27226520
PMCPMC5001509
OpenAlexW2402848389

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