Journal
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
Volume 130, Issue 3, Pages 366-383Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319032
Keywords
edema; erythrocytes; fibrin; macrophages
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [R35HL144605, R01HL134778, P30GM114731, P20GM139763]
- American Heart Association [16POST31300013]
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This study reveals the role of BRG1 in embryonic lymphatic development and highlights the epigenetically regulated crosstalk between macrophages, blood vessels, and lymphatics. The findings suggest that IL-1 beta, produced by omental macrophages, destabilizes adherens junctions in omental blood and lymphatic vessels, leading to erythrocyte extravasation and uptake by lymphatics.
Background: The chromatin-remodeling enzyme BRG1 (brahma-related gene 1) regulates gene expression in a variety of rapidly differentiating cells during embryonic development. However, the critical genes that BRG1 regulates during lymphatic vascular development are unknown. Methods: We used genetic and imaging techniques to define the role of BRG1 in murine embryonic lymphatic development, although this approach inadvertently expanded our study to multiple interacting cell types. Results: We found that omental macrophages fine-tune an unexpected developmental process by which erythrocytes escaping from naturally discontinuous omental blood vessels are collected by nearby lymphatic vessels. Our data indicate that circulating fibrin(ogen) leaking from gaps in omental blood vessels can trigger inflammasome-mediated IL-1 beta (interleukin-1 beta) production and secretion from nearby macrophages. IL-1 beta destabilizes adherens junctions in omental blood and lymphatic vessels, contributing to both extravasation of erythrocytes and their uptake by lymphatics. BRG1 regulates IL-1 beta production in omental macrophages by transcriptionally suppressing the inflammasome trigger RIPK3 (receptor interacting protein kinase 3). Conclusions: Genetic deletion of Brg1 in embryonic macrophages leads to excessive IL-1 beta production, erythrocyte leakage from blood vessels, and blood-filled lymphatics in the developing omentum. Altogether, these results highlight a novel context for epigenetically regulated crosstalk between macrophages, blood vessels, and lymphatics.
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