Atherosclerotic plaque macrophage transcriptional regulators are expressed in blood and modulated by tristetraprolin. Export

@article{citeulike:732877, abstract = {Circulating monocytes and plaque macrophages mediate inflammation in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We purified these cells from patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy for advanced atherosclerosis and examined their in vivo transcriptomes using the serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) technique. We observed striking differences in transcriptional regulators as monocytes transformed into plaque macrophages in contrast to monocytes and lung macrophages from normal subjects. Consistent with its role in moderating inflammation, tristetraprolin (TTP, ZFP36) was among the most highly expressed macrophage transcriptional regulators. Interestingly, the mRNAs of a subset of the macrophage transcriptional regulators specifically interacted with TTP, revealing a network of genes that may be important in controlling macrophage inflammatory activity. Giving functional significance to this interaction, the knockdown of TTP increased both cognate macrophage gene mRNAs and inflammatory tumor necrosis factor protein release. In contrast, transient overexpression of TTP resulted in decreased levels of the same genes supporting its role in regulating macrophage gene expression. Together, our results indicate that the in vivo gene expression analyses of cells involved in pathogenesis can provide biological insights for functional studies with potential clinical implications.}, address = {Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.}, author = {Patino, W. D. and Kang, J. G. and Matoba, S. and Mian, O. Y. and Gochuico, B. R. and Hwang, P. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {732877}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.0000222284.48288.28}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16614304}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16614304}, day = {26}, doi = {10.1161/01.RES.0000222284.48288.28}, issn = {1524-4571}, journal = {Circ Res}, keywords = {atherosclerosis, atherosclerosisgenes, networks, transcription}, month = {May}, number = {10}, pages = {1282--1289}, posted-at = {2006-07-03 14:28:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Atherosclerotic plaque macrophage transcriptional regulators are expressed in blood and modulated by tristetraprolin.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.0000222284.48288.28}, volume = {98}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:732877 L3 - citeulike-article-id:732877 N2 - Circulating monocytes and plaque macrophages mediate inflammation in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We purified these cells from patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy for advanced atherosclerosis and examined their in vivo transcriptomes using the serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) technique. We observed striking differences in transcriptional regulators as monocytes transformed into plaque macrophages in contrast to monocytes and lung macrophages from normal subjects. Consistent with its role in moderating inflammation, tristetraprolin (TTP, ZFP36) was among the most highly expressed macrophage transcriptional regulators. Interestingly, the mRNAs of a subset of the macrophage transcriptional regulators specifically interacted with TTP, revealing a network of genes that may be important in controlling macrophage inflammatory activity. Giving functional significance to this interaction, the knockdown of TTP increased both cognate macrophage gene mRNAs and inflammatory tumor necrosis factor protein release. In contrast, transient overexpression of TTP resulted in decreased levels of the same genes supporting its role in regulating macrophage gene expression. Together, our results indicate that the in vivo gene expression analyses of cells involved in pathogenesis can provide biological insights for functional studies with potential clinical implications. IS - 10 JF - Circ Res SN - 1524-4571 AD - Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. EP - 1289 TI - Atherosclerotic plaque macrophage transcriptional regulators are expressed in blood and modulated by tristetraprolin. VL - 98 SP - 1282 KW - atherosclerosis KW - atherosclerosisgenes KW - networks KW - transcription AU - Patino, WD AU - Kang, JG AU - Matoba, S AU - Mian, OY AU - Gochuico, BR AU - Hwang, PM PY - 2006/05/26/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.0000222284.48288.28 ER -