Journal
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages 371-377Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000061714.74668.5C
Keywords
interleukin-8; diabetes; endothelium; AP-1; carbohydrate response element
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We have shown that glucose increases monocyte adhesion to human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) in vitro.(1) In the present study, we examined mechanisms by which glucose stimulates monocyte: endothelial interactions. HAECs cultured for 7 days in 25 mmol/L glucose had a 2-fold elevation in interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion over control cells cultured in 5.5 mmol/L glucose (P<0.001). Use of a neutralizing antibody to IL-8 prevented glucose-mediated monocyte adhesion. Both glucose and IL-8 activated β(1) integrin on the HAEC surface, suggesting that both activate the α(5)β(1) integrin complex on the endothelial surface. The α(5)β(1) integrin complex is important for anchoring connecting segment-1 fibronectin on the HAEC surface for monocyte adhesion. Analysis of the human IL-8 promoter revealed binding sites for NF-κB and AP-1 as well as several aligned carbohydrate response elements (also known as E-boxes). Glucose dramatically stimulated IL-8 promoter activity. Using mutated IL-8 promoter constructs and EMSA, we found that the AP-1 element and the glucose-response element were responsible for much of the glucose-mediated activation of IL-8 transcription. Interestingly, inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production through use of pharmacological uncouplers of the mitochondrial electron transport chain significantly reduced glucose-mediated induction of IL-8 expression. These data indicate that glucose regulates monocyte: endothelial interactions through stimulation of IL-8 and ROS production and activation of the α(5)β(1) integrin complex on HAECs.
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