4-Phenylbutyric acid suppresses inflammation through regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress of endothelial cells stimulated by uremic serum.

Abstract

AIMS:

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (AS). Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction and monocyte migration to the subendothelium are considered to be essential manifestations of AS. We conducted this study to determine whether ER stress was involved in uremic serum-induced EC dysfunction and whether the regulation of ER stress using a chemical chaperone 4-phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) had a preventative effect.

MAIN METHODS:

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were divided into 4 groups: a control serum group (C.S), a uremic serum group (U.S), a uremic serum plus 4-PBA (5mM) treatment group (4-PBA), and a uremic serum plus pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC:50 μM) treatment group (PDTC).

KEY FINDINGS:

Lower concentrations of uremic serum (<10%) facilitated the proliferation of HUVECs. In contrast, the proliferative capability of HUVECs was gradually decreased when we continuously increased the concentration of uremic serum. Compared with C.S, HUVEC incubation with uremic serum had high expression levels of GRP78, p-PERK, NF-κB, MCP-1, and VEGF. THP-1 migration was markedly higher than C.S over the indicated time. These alterations were inhibited by the administration of 4-PBA.

SIGNIFICANCE:

These findings suggest that regulation of ER stress coupled with inflammatory activation by 4-PBA would be a promising therapy to reverse the process and development of uremic serum-induced EC dysfunction.

• Authors: Wei Zeng, Yan-Hong Guo, Wei Qi, Ji-Gang Chen, Li-Ling Yang, Zhi-Feng Luo, Jiao Mu, Bing Feng
• Journal: Life sciences (Life Sci) Vol. 103 Issue 1 Pg. 15-24 (May 08 2014) ISSN: 1879-0631 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 24650493 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• CCL2 protein, human
• Chemokine CCL2
• Culture Media
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
• HSPA5 protein, human
• NF-kappa B
• Phenylbutyrates
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
• 4-phenylbutyric acid

Topics

• Cell Proliferation (drug effects)
• Chemokine CCL2 (analysis)
• Culture Media
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress (drug effects, physiology)
• Endothelial Cells (drug effects, physiology)
• Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (drug effects, physiology)
• Humans
• Inflammation (prevention & control)
• NF-kappa B (drug effects)
• Phenylbutyrates (pharmacology)
• Uremia (blood)
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (analysis)