Chronic Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Activates Unfolded Protein Response in Arterial Endothelium in Regions of Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis Export

@article{citeulike:5432618, abstract = {Rationale: Endothelial function and dysfunction are central to the focal origin and regional development of atherosclerosis; however, an in vivo endothelial phenotypic footprint of susceptibility to atherosclerosis preceding pathological change remains elusive. Objective: To conduct a comparative multi-site genomics study of arterial endothelial phenotype in atherosusceptible and atheroprotected regions. Methods and Results: Transcript profiles of freshly isolated endothelial cells from 7 discrete arterial regions in normal swine were analyzed to determine the steady state in vivo endothelial phenotypes in regions of varying susceptibilities to atherosclerosis. The most abundant common feature of the endothelium of all atherosusceptible regions was the upregulation of genes associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The unfolded protein response pathway, induced by ER stress, was therefore investigated in detail in endothelium of the atherosusceptible aortic arch and was found to be partially activated. ER transmembrane signal transducers IRE1{alpha} and ATF6{alpha} and their downstream effectors, but not PERK, were activated concomitant with a higher transcript expression of protein folding enzymes and chaperones, indicative of ER stress in vivo. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate the prevalence of chronic endothelial ER stress and activated unfolded protein response in vivo at atherosusceptible arterial sites. We propose that chronic localized biological stress is linked to spatial susceptibility of the endothelium to the initiation of atherosclerosis. 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203711}, author = {Civelek, Mete and Manduchi, Elisabetta and Riley, Rebecca J. and Stoeckert, Christian J. and Davies, Peter F.}, citeulike-article-id = {5432618}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203711}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/105/5/453}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19661457}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19661457}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203711}, journal = {Circ Res}, keywords = {atherosclerosis, endoplasmic-reticulum-stress}, month = {August}, number = {5}, pages = {453--461}, posted-at = {2009-08-28 00:35:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Chronic Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Activates Unfolded Protein Response in Arterial Endothelium in Regions of Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203711}, volume = {105}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5432618 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5432618 N2 - Rationale: Endothelial function and dysfunction are central to the focal origin and regional development of atherosclerosis; however, an in vivo endothelial phenotypic footprint of susceptibility to atherosclerosis preceding pathological change remains elusive. Objective: To conduct a comparative multi-site genomics study of arterial endothelial phenotype in atherosusceptible and atheroprotected regions. Methods and Results: Transcript profiles of freshly isolated endothelial cells from 7 discrete arterial regions in normal swine were analyzed to determine the steady state in vivo endothelial phenotypes in regions of varying susceptibilities to atherosclerosis. The most abundant common feature of the endothelium of all atherosusceptible regions was the upregulation of genes associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The unfolded protein response pathway, induced by ER stress, was therefore investigated in detail in endothelium of the atherosusceptible aortic arch and was found to be partially activated. ER transmembrane signal transducers IRE1{alpha} and ATF6{alpha} and their downstream effectors, but not PERK, were activated concomitant with a higher transcript expression of protein folding enzymes and chaperones, indicative of ER stress in vivo. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate the prevalence of chronic endothelial ER stress and activated unfolded protein response in vivo at atherosusceptible arterial sites. We propose that chronic localized biological stress is linked to spatial susceptibility of the endothelium to the initiation of atherosclerosis. 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203711 IS - 5 JF - Circ Res EP - 461 TI - Chronic Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Activates Unfolded Protein Response in Arterial Endothelium in Regions of Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis VL - 105 SP - 453 KW - atherosclerosis KW - endoplasmic-reticulum-stress AU - Civelek, Mete AU - Manduchi, Elisabetta AU - Riley, Rebecca AU - Stoeckert, Christian AU - Davies, Peter PY - 2009/08/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203711 ER -