Vascular repair and anti‑inflammatory effects of soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor
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Abstract
Introduction
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute and systemic autoimmune vasculitis with unknown etiology, primarily occurring in pediatric patients aged <5 years (1,2). It is well known as the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries (3). Although the etiology remains elusive, KD contributes to systemic inflammation and has a clear preference for coronary arteries.
The histological manifestations of KD-associated coronary arteritis are inflammatory cell infiltration with breakdown of the extracellular matrix, particularly of the elastic tissue in the vascular media, resulting in coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) formation (4). Mortality in KD is usually caused by ischemic cardiomyopathy (5).
Limited knowledge of the etiologic factors and cell molecular pathology of vasculitis has hampered the discovery of more effective KD treatments or therapies (6–8). At present, single-dose intravenous γ globulin (IVIG) is used to effectively reduce the prevalence of CAAs and is the preferred treatment for preventing coronary lesions in pediatric patients with KD (9), but an estimated 10–20% of patients are not sensitive to this treatment which results in poor prognosis (3). The optimum treatment for IVIG non-responders remains inconclusive, and drugs for secondary or ‘rescue’ treatment vary by center. Thus, it is important to explore the pathogenesis of KD and identify alternative treatments.
Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors (sEHi) protect the cardiovascular system in multiple ways (10–12), e.g., by inhibiting the deactivation of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and at times by sEH-mediated effects on inflammation-associated diols (13,14). EETs are essential for maintaining the normal function of an organism and may cause significant vasodilation, alleviate inflammation, inhibit the migration of vascular smooth muscle cells and platelet aggregation, promote fibrinolysis and reduce adhesion factor expression (15–17). Furthermore, it has been reported that EETs are involved in vascular repair by inducing angiogenesis (18). Inhibition of sEH increases the positive roles of EETs in atherosclerosis, hypertension, myocardial hypertrophy, ischemic heart disease, diabetes-associated heart failure and metabolic syndrome in vivo (19–24).
However, it remains elusive whether sEHi have any therapeutic effect in KD. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine whether the sEHi 12-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)-dodecanoic acid (AUDA) promotes the vascular repair of human coronary arterial endothelial cells (HCAECs) and reduces inflammation in the coronary artery in a KD mouse model induced by Lactobacillus casei cell wall extract (LCWE). The present study further sought to reveal the role of the EET/peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) pathway in the effect of AUDA on HCAECs and the mouse model of KD. The results suggest a potential role of AUDA in promoting the vascular repair of HCAECs and in alleviating the inflammatory response in KD.
Materials and methods
Cell culture and treatments
HCAECs were obtained from the Wuhan Culture Collection and maintained in endothelial culture medium (ECM) with 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 1% penicillin/streptomycin solution and 1% endothelial cell growth supplement (all from ScienCell Research Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) at 37°C in 5% CO2 in air. HCAECs were treated with different concentrations of AUDA (0, 1, 10, 50 or 100 µmol/l) for 24 h.
To further investigate the role of the PPARγ pathway in the role of AUDA in HCAECs, the PPARγ antagonist GW9662 was used. HCAECs were cultured with GW9662 (5 µmol/l) for 30 min, followed by the addition of 100 µmol/l AUDA.
Cell migration assay
For migration assays, 24-well Transwell plates with 8-µm pore size and 6.5 mm-diameter polycarbonate filters (Costar; Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, USA) were used. HCAECs (100 µl) were resuspended in serum-free ECM at a density of 1×105 cells/ml and 100 µl was seeded onto the upper chamber, while ECM supplemented with 5% FBS was added to the lower chamber. Following 24-h culture, the migrated cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 min, washed with PBS and stained with 100 µl 0.1% crystal violet for 30 min. Quantitative analysis of migrated cells was performed. Cells in 10 randomly selected fields per well were observed and counted under a phase-contrast microscope (magnification, ×100; Olympus BH2; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan). Experiments were performed in triplicate.
Cell adhesion assay
At 90% confluence, HCAECs were seeded into 96-well culture plates coated in fibronectin (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA) at density of 1×104 cells/well and cultured for 1 h at 37°C. Following incubation, non-adherent cells were washed with PBS three times, followed by fixation with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 min, and staining with 100 µl 0.1% crystal violet for 30 min. Adherent cells in 10 randomly selected fields per well were observed and counted under a phase-contrast microscope (magnification, ×100; Olympus BH2; Olympus). Experiments were performed in triplicate.
Capillary-like tube formation assay
Matrigel® (BD Biosciences) was thawed on ice overnight and once thawed, 50 µl was added to each well of a 96-well plate and incubated for 1 h at 37°C to solidify. HCAECs were seeded into 96-well plates pre-coated with Matrigel® at a density of 1×104 cells/well and incubated at 37°C for 6 h. Images of tube formation were captured using an inverted light microscope (magnification, ×100; Olympus BH2; Olympus). Segment lengths were measured using ImageJ software (version 1.44p; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA) in 5 randomly selected fields per well and the average segment length per field was calculated.
Cell proliferation assay
Cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8; Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Haimen, China) was used to determine the proliferation of HCAECs following the manufacturer's protocol. The CCK-8 assay utilizes the yellow formazan dye produced following the reduction of tetrazolium salt WST-8 by the mitochondria of live cells to determine cell activity.
In brief, 2×103 cells in 100 µl medium were added to each well of a 96-well plate and cultured overnight. Cells were subsequently treated with various concentrations (0, 1, 10, 50 or 100 µmol/l) of AUDA for 24 h. Following incubation, 10 µl CCK-8 solution was added and cells were incubated at 37°C for a further 4 h. The optical density was measured at 490 mm using a microplate reader (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA).
LCWE
LCWE was prepared as previously described (25). The concentration of LCWE (in PBS) was measured by analyzing the rhamnose content determined via a phenol-sulfuric acid colorimetric assay.
Mice
In total 20, male (wild-type) C57BL/6 mice (age, 4–6 weeks; weight, 18–20 g) were obtained from the Animal Centre of Shandong Medical University (Shandong, China). All mice were maintained under specific pathogen-free conditions (20–26°C, 40–70% humidity, 12-h light/dark cycle with access to full-valence granular rat feedstuff and sterile water ad libitum). Mice were randomly divided into four groups: PBS, LCWE, LCWE+AUDA and LCWE+AUDA+GW9662. In each group, mice were injected intraperitoneally with 0.5 ml PBS alone; PBS supplemented with 0.5 mg LCWE; PBS supplemented with 0.5 mg LCWE and 10 mg/kg AUDA (Cayman Chemical, Wuhan, China); or PBS supplemented with 0.5 mg LCWE, 10 mg/kg AUDA and 10 mg/kg GW9662 (MedchemExpress, Shanghai, China), respectively. Following 14-day induction, mice were sacrificed.
ELISA
The supernatant of HCAECs and total protein of murine hearts were used for the detection of matrix metallopeptidase (MMP)-9, interleukin (IL)-1β and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α by means of ELISA. Lysis buffer (Lichen, Shanghai, China) was used for the homogenization of murine hearts, and total protein was extracted following the manufacturer's instructions. Protein levels of MMP-9, IL-1β and TNF-α were examined using ELISA kits (MMP-9, cat. no. TY02784B; IL-1β, cat. no., lc-005; TNF-α, cat. no. lc-007; all Yingxin Laboratory Equipment Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China).
Statistical analysis
Prism 5.0 (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA) was used for data analysis. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard error. The significance of differences among several groups was determined using one-way analysis of variance with Bonferroni correction. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.
Results
Effect of AUDA on the migration of HCAECs
As presented in Fig. 1, AUDA augmented the migratory ability of HCAECs in a dose-dependent manner. Compared with that in the control group (0 µmol/l AUDA), treatment with 10, 50 and 100 µmol/l AUDA resulted in a significant increase in HCAEC migration (P<0.05). To further investigate the effect of AUDA on HCAECs, the PPARγ antagonist GW9662 was used to examine the PPARγ signaling pathway. Following pre-treatment with GW9662 (5 µmol/l), the AUDA-induced increase in HCAEC migration was significantly suppressed (P<0.05).
Effect of AUDA on the adhesion of HCAECs
Next, the effect of AUDA on the adhesion of HCAECs was evaluated, revealing that AUDA increased cell adhesion in a dose-dependent manner. Compared with that in the control group (0 µmol/l AUDA), 10, 50 and 100 µmol/l AUDA significantly increased the adhesion ability of HCAECs (P<0.05). However, cell adhesion was severely impaired by pre-treatment with GW9662 followed by AUDA (P<0.05; Fig. 2).
Effect of AUDA on in vitro angiogenesis in HCAECs
The effect of AUDA on capillary tube formation was then evaluated as a measure of in vitro angiogenesis in HCAECs. AUDA increased the capillary tube formation of HCAECs in vitro in a dose-dependent manner (Fig. 3). In comparison with that observed in the control group (0 µmol/l AUDA), 1, 10, 50 and 100 µmol/l AUDA markedly promoted the capillary tube formation ability of HCAECs in vitro (P<0.05), while pre-treatment with GW9662 followed by AUDA significantly blocked tube formation (P<0.05; Fig. 3).
Effect of AUDA on the proliferation of HCAECs
To further explore the role of AUDA in the proliferation of HCAECs, HCAECs were treated with different concentrations of AUDA (1, 10, 50 and 100 µmol/l) and the cell proliferation was determined using the CCK-8 assay. The results presented in Fig. 4A indicate that AUDA increased the proliferation of HCAECs in a dose-dependent manner. Compared with that in the control group (0 µmol/l AUDA), 1, 10, 50 and 100 µmol/l AUDA significantly increased the proliferation of HCAECs (P<0.05). However, the cell proliferation was severely attenuated by pre-treatment with GW9662 (P<0.05; Fig. 4A).
Effects of AUDA on the PPARγ signaling pathway of HCAECs
To further confirm the effect of AUDA on the PPARγ signaling pathway, the proliferation of HCAECs treated with 100 µmol/l AUDA combined with different concentrations of GW9662 was detected. As presented in Fig. 4B, the cell proliferation was attenuated by pre-treatment with GW9662 in a dose-dependent manner. The expression of the inflammatory factors TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9 in HCAECs was then determined using ELISA. The results proved that AUDA inhibited the expression of TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9 in a dose-dependent manner (Fig. 4C-E). In comparison to the control group (0 µmol/l AUDA), 10, 50 and 100 µmol/l AUDA significantly inhibited the expression of inflammatory factors in HCAECs (P<0.05). However, the inhibitory effect of AUDA on the inflammatory factors was abrogated by pre-treatment with GW9662 followed by AUDA (P<0.05; Fig. 4C-E).
Inflammation in mouse cardiac tissues
To elucidate the potential role of AUDA in vivo, a KD mouse model was induced by injection of LCWE. Next, the inflammatory responses in the heart tissues of different groups of mice, as determined by examination of the protein expression of the inflammatory factors TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9, were assessed by ELISA at 14 days after drug injection. As presented in Fig. 5, the relative protein expression of TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9 was significantly higher in the hearts of mice injected with LCWE than in those injected with PBS alone (P<0.05). In the AUDA+LCWE injection group, TNF-α, MMP-9 and IL-1β expression levels were lower than those in the LCWE group (P<0.05), while pre-treatment with GW9662 abrogated the effect of AUDA (P<0.05).
Discussion
KD is a systemic vasculitis of unknown origin, frequently occurring in pediatric patients. Coronary artery lesions, particularly giant CAAs and severe myocarditis, are potentially fatal complications of KD (26); therefore, the development of effective therapies is important for improving the outcome for KD patients. The results of the present study demonstrated the utility of the sEHi AUDA in improving the vascular repair of HCAECs and reduce inflammatory reactions in the coronary artery in KD. The present results also indicated that these effects are dependent on PPARγ.
KD causes systemic inflammation and has a clear preference for coronary arteries (27). Coronary arteritis in KD with characteristics of inflammatory cell infiltration and the destruction of elastic tissue in the vascular media results in the occurrence of CAAs (4). EETs have multiple biological functions in normal and pathophysiological processes, exerting anti-inflammatory (28,29), anti-fibrotic (30), anti-apoptotic (31) and anti-oxidant (32) effects. Furthermore, EETs are known to have anti-inflammatory effects on blood vessels (33). It is therefore suggested that EETs have an immunomodulatory effect with potential clinical applications in chronic inflammatory diseases.
However, EETs are rapidly degraded to dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids with low activity in vivo (13). There is evidence that the suppression of sEH increases EET levels, which represents a possible strategy for improving the biological activity of EETs (34). In the present study, the efficacy of the sEHi AUDA in modulating the inflammatory response was investigated.
To further study the anti-inflammatory role of AUDA in KD, a mouse model of KD was employed, and the protein expression levels of IL-1β, TNF-α and MMP-9 were measured following AUDA treatment. There is evidence that the expression of TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9 is associated with the degree of inflammatory infiltrates in the coronary artery walls of LCWE-injected mice (35). Circulating TNF-α contributes to the pathogenesis of coronary artery inflammation as a pivotal pro-inflammatory cytokine, and its expression is significantly upregulated during the KD-associated inflammatory response in a mouse model (36). There is also evidence that the expression of TNF-α in the coronary artery results in the upregulation of MMP-9 in vascular smooth muscle cells, as well as localized electrolytic activity and the matrix destruction of surrounding coronary arteries (37,38). In addition, it has been indicated that the serum levels of IL-1β are markedly increased in KD patients in comparison to those in age-matched healthy controls (39). In view of this, the protein expression levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9 were examined in the hearts of KD model mice treated with AUDA. The results demonstrated that the protein expression levels were reduced in the mouse model of KD following AUDA treatment, which suggests that AUDA may reduce heart inflammation, and thereby serve a potential role in the therapeutic treatment of KD.
Certain subgroups of KD have a risk of myocardial ischemia from coronary artery thrombosis and stenosis (3). A previous study indicated that EETs promote the vascular repair of endothelial cells via potent pro-mitogenic, pro-migratory and pro-angiogenic effects (40–42). In the present study, it was hypothesized that EETs accelerate the recovery of coronary arteries by promoting the proliferation, migration, adhesion and tube formation ability of HCAECs. To verify this hypothesis, the role of the sEHi AUDA on cell proliferation, migration, adhesion and in vitro angiogenesis of HCAECs was examined. The results of the current study demonstrated that in HCAECs, AUDA promoted cell adhesion, migration, proliferation and tube formation in a dose-dependent manner. AUDA promoted the migration and adhesion of HCAECs. These results suggest that AUDA may promote cell migration and adhesion in HCAECs through interaction with cell surface receptors, leading to cytoskeletal rearrangement, which can serve as a scaffold for cascades of signal transducing molecules (43). However, this hypothesis requires further verification. Taken together, these results suggest that AUDA may be involved in promoting coronary artery recovery. PPARγ activation has been reported to involve the anti-inflammatory functions of EETs (44). PPARs belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily and act as ligand-activated transcription factors. PPARs include three subtypes: PPARa, PPARb/δ and PPARγ. PPARγ is overexpressed in the skeletal muscle, liver, vascular wall, kidney and heart. PPAR activators have an anti-inflammatory role in a variety of cells through suppressing the levels of pro-inflammatory genes. These results suggest that PPARs have a regulatory role in inflammation and have potential therapeutic applications for chronic inflammatory diseases (45). In addition, a previous study has indicated that EETs act as ligands and endogenous activators for PPARγ (46). Thus, it was speculated that the EET/PPARγ pathway may be responsible for the function of AUDA on HCAECs. The present results indicated that AUDA enhanced HCAEC adhesion and migration in a dose-dependent manner and, this AUDA-induced effect was eliminated following treatment with GW9662, a PPARγ ligand antagonist. These results suggest that AUDA may be involved in promoting metastasis and adhesion by regulating the PPARγ pathway. Furthermore, in the KD mouse model, GW9662 markedly enhanced the protein levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and MMP-9. Taken together, the results of the present study suggest that AUDA may exert its angiogenic and anti-inflammatory effects via the EET/PPARγ pathway. In brief, the present study suggests that EETs may act in a PPARγ-dependent manner.
In conclusion, the present study investigated the role of AUDA in HCAECs and a mouse model of KD. The results demonstrated that treatment with AUDA reduced the protein expression levels of TNF-α, MMP-9 and IL-1β in the KD mouse model and that the vascular repair by HCAECs was markedly increased. These results suggest that AUDA positively modulates the vascular repair function of HCAECs in vitro and alleviates inflammation in heart tissue, demonstrating AUDA as a potential therapeutic treatment of KD.
Acknowledgements
Not applicable.
Funding
The present study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 30900730), the Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province (grant no. 2014GSF118066), the Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (grant nos. Y2008C44 and Z2008C14) and the Shandong Province Foundation for Excellent Young and Midlife Scholars (grant no. 2005BS02003).
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the present study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Authors' contributions
ND designed the experiments and prepared the manuscript. QK, DL, ZC and MW analyzed and interpreted the data. CZ revised the manuscript and provided technical assistance and advice. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Ethical approval and consent to participate
All animal experiments were performed in accordance with the protocol approved by the Animal Care Committee of Shandong University (Ji'nan, China).
Patient consent for publication
Not applicable.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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