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CIRCULATION RESEARCH
卷 117, 期 3, 页码 244-253出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.304611
关键词
atherosclerosis; inflammation; lymphocytes; monocytes
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB688 TPA22, ZE 827/1-2]
Rationale: Proinflammatory adaptive immune responses are recognized as major drivers of atherosclerotic lesion formation. Although CD8(+) T cells have recently been proposed as a proatherogenic cell subset, their full scope of actions remains to be elucidated. Objective: We here addressed the contribution of CD8(+) T cells to monocyte trafficking in atherosclerosis. Method and Results: We observed that CD8(+) T cells express proinflammatory cytokines (interferon-, tumor necrosis factor-, and interleukin-12) within atherosclerotic lesions and spleens of high-fat diet-fed low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (Ldlr(-/-)) mice. Antibody-mediated CD8(+) T-cell depletion in high-fat diet-fed Ldlr(-/-) mice decreased atherosclerotic plaque formation, associated with decreased macrophage accumulation within lesions. Despite a reduction in vascular chemokine (CC-motif) ligand 2 and chemokine (CXC-motif) ligand 1 expression, CD8(+) T-cell depletion did not directly affect monocyte recruitment to inflamed vessels. However, CD8(+) T-cell depletion decreased chemokine (CC-motif) ligand serum concentrations and circulating Ly6C(high) monocyte counts. We further evidenced that CD8(+) T-cell depletion decreased levels of mature monocytes and myeloid granulocyte-monocyte progenitors in the bone marrow and spleen of hypercholesterolemic mice, effects that were partially reproduced by interferon- neutralization, showing a role for interferon-. Conclusions: These data suggest that CD8(+) T cells promote atherosclerosis by controlling monopoiesis and circulating monocyte levels, which ultimately contributes to plaque macrophage burden without affecting direct monocyte recruitment, identifying this cell subset as a critical regulator of proatherogenic innate immune cell responses in atherosclerosis.
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