Endogenous aggregates of amyloidogenic cystatin C variant are removed by THP-1 cells in vitro and induce differentiation and a proinflammatory response
Endogenous aggregates of amyloidogenic cystatin C variant are removed by THP-1 cells in vitro and induce differentiation and a proinflammatory response
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.11.012
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发表时间:
2013-05-01
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4.2
通讯作者:
Petersen, Petur Henry
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Jonsdottir, Gudrun;Ingolfsdottir, Indiana Elin;Petersen, Petur Henry
A mutation in the human cystatin C gene leads to familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy. This disease is known as "hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Icelandic type" or "hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy." The mutant cystatin C protein forms aggregates and amyloid, within the central nervous system almost exclusively in connection with the vascular system. It was not known whether immune cells could remove mutant cystatin C protein aggregates. Ex vivo mutant cystatin C protein aggregates, both in solution and dried onto a glass surface, induced adhesion to the substrate, differentiated the THP-1 monocyte cell line and led to a proinflammatory response. Aggregates were also taken up by both THP-1 cells and THP-1 derived macrophages. These are the same responses induced by other amyloidogenic protein species, such as amyloid beta protein and amylin, supporting the model of all amyloidogenic proteins being toxic due to common structural motifs. Proinflammatory response induced by the ex vivo mutant cystatin C protein aggregates suggests that vascular inflammation plays an important role in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Icelandic type. Ex vivo protein aggregates of cystatin C might better model cellular behavior than in vitro-generated aggregates or supplement in vitro material. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.