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ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 8, Pages 1970-1980Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/art.39656
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- Medical Faculty at Lund University
- Crafoord Foundation
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- Foundation Blanceflor Boncompagni-Ludovisi nee Bildt
- Greta and Johan Kock Foundation
- King Gustaf V's 80th Birthday Foundation
- Lund University Hospital
- Swedish Rheumatism Association
- Swedish Society of Medicine
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation
- Stockholm County Council
- Karolinska Institutet
- Swedish Cancer Foundation
- Alfred Osterlund Foundation
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Objective. Levels of S100A8/A9, a proinflammatory and prothrombotic protein complex, are increased in several diseases, and high levels predispose to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recently, platelet S100A8/A9 synthesis was described in mice and humans in relation to CVD. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of platelet S100A8/A9 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease with markedly increased cardiovascular morbidity, as well as the exact platelet distribution of the S100A8/A9 proteins. Methods. The occurrence and distribution of platelet S100A8/A9 protein were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, electron microscopy, Western blotting, and flow cytometry in healthy controls (n = 79) and in 2 individual cohorts of SLE patients (n = 148 and n = 318, respectively) and related to cardiovascular morbidity. Results. We observed that human platelets expressed S100A8/A9 proteins, and that these were localized in close proximity to intracellular membranes and granules as well as on the cell surface upon activation with physiologic and pathophysiologic stimuli. Interestingly, S100A8/A9 was enriched at sites of membrane interactions, indicating a role of S100A8/A9 in cell-cell communication. S100A8/A9 levels were highly regulated by interferon-alpha, both in vivo and in vitro. Patients with SLE had increased platelet S100A8/A9 content compared with healthy individuals. Increased levels of platelet S100A8/A9 were associated with CVD, particularly myocardial infarction (odds ratio 4.8, 95% confidence interval 1.5-14.9, P = 0.032 [adjusted for age, sex, and smoking]). Conclusion. Platelets contain S100A8/A9 in membrane-enclosed vesicles, enabling rapid cell surface deposition upon activation. Furthermore, platelet S100A8/A9 protein levels were increased in SLE patients, particularly in those with CVD, and may be a future therapeutic target.
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