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JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 263, Issue -, Pages 236-244Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.12.016
Keywords
STIM1; SOCE; Sepsis; Calcium overload; Cytokine; Vascular endothelial cells
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [30700869, 81272088]
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STIM1-mediated store-operated Ca2+ entry plays a crucial role in calcium overload and inflammation in vascular endothelial cells during systemic inflammatory response and sepsis. Knockdown of STIM1 inhibits inflammatory cytokine expression induced by sepsis serum or LPS, while overexpression of STIM1 promotes induction of these cytokines. Depletion of STIM1 or the SOC proteins TRPC1 and ORAI1 significantly inhibits calcium influx and expression of inflammatory cytokines induced by septic serum or LPS.
Background: Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1)-mediated store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is now recognized as the main mechanism of the majority of nonexcitable cell calcium influx. Calcium overload is a primary mechanism of endothelial cell injury during systemic inflammatory response and sepsis. Whether STIM1-mediated SOCE plays a role in calcium overload in vascular endothelial cell injury remains unclear. Materials and methods: To explore the role of STIM1-gated SOCE in vascular endothelial cell calcium overload and inflammation, we established a human septic serum or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) experimental system and derived ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi)-mediated STIM1, ORAI1 (orai gene [HGNC: 25896 Entrez Gene: 84876] coding protein, ORAI Calcium Release-Activated Calcium Modulator 1), and transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPC1) (core components of store-operated Ca2+ [SOC]) downregulated HUVECs, as well as STIM1 overinduced HUVECs. Results: Our results show that sepsis serum or LPS stimulation increased STIM1 in HUVECs and increased all cytokines except for VEGF and the inflammatory mediators tumor necrosis factor, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1, and endothelin-1 in a time-dependent manner. RNAi-mediated knockdown of STIM1 significantly inhibited serum or LPS-induced inflammatory cytokine expression, and STIM1 overexpression in HUVECs promoted LPS-mediated induction of these cytokines. Meanwhile, similar to the blocking effect of the specific SOC inhibitors Gd3+ and La3+ on LPS-induced calcium influx, RNAi-mediated depletion of STIM1 or the SOC proteins TRPC1 and ORAI1 could significantly inhibit serum or LPS-induced extracellular calcium influx, as well as the expression of the inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1, and endothelin-1. Simultaneous downregulation of the SOCE core units TRPC1 and ORAI1 inhibited LPS-induced calcium influx and cytokine expression, which could not be restored by inducing STIM1. Forced expression of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) in HUVECs significantly induced STIM1 expression, whereas RNAi-mediated depletion of NF-kappa B significantly inhibited STIM1 mRNA levels and significantly reduced the thapsigargin-mediated SOCE calcium influx, which was similar to results with the NF-kappa B inhibitor wogonin. Conclusions: Septic serum stimulates the expression of STIM1, cytokines, and inflammatory mediators in HUVECs. STIM1-mediated SOCE is required for Ca2+ influx induced by LPS or septic serum and contributes cytokines and inflammatory mediators in septic serum-stimulated HUVECs. In addition, STIM1-mediated SOCE on Ca2+ influx by septic serum or LPS involves NF-kappa B signaling. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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