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Vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype is modulated by ligands of the lymphotoxin β receptor and the tumor necrosis factor receptor
El fenotipo de las células de músculo liso vascular es modulado por los ligandos del receptor de la linfotoxina β y del receptor del factor de necrosis tumoral
Susana Martín-Vañóa, Alejandra Miralles-Abellaa, Pascual Castañoa, Gema Hurtado-Genovésa, María Aguilar-Ballestera, Andrea Herrero-Cerveraa, Angela Vinuéa, Sergio Martínez-Hervása,b,c, Herminia González-Navarroa,c,d,
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a Institute of Health Research-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
b Endocrinology and Nutrition Department Clinic Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
c CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
d Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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and the tumor necrosis factor superfamily 14 &#40;TNFSF14&#41;&#44; also called LIGHT&#44; belong to the TNFSF and constitute with their receptors an important interconnected network signaling in immune homeostasis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;7</span></a> LIGHT is mainly produced by immune cells and mediates its effects through two receptors&#44; the LT&#946;R and the herpes virus entry mediator &#40;HVEM&#41; while its activity is inhibited by the Decoy receptor 3 &#40;DcR3&#41;&#46; LIGHT-signaling through LT&#946;R&#44; a receptor mostly expressed in stromal and epithelial cells&#44; activates both canonical and non-canonical nuclear factor kappa B &#40;NFkB&#41; pathways&#44; exerting important functions in immune response and lymphorganogenesis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;7</span></a> Through HVEM signaling&#44; a receptor characteristic of T and B cells&#44; LIGHT promotes non-canonical NFKB and c-Jun N-terminal Kinase &#40;JNK&#41; pathways increasing cytokine production&#44; cell survival&#44; and proliferation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> The LIGHT&#47;LT&#946;R-HVEM axis becomes more complex due to interactions with the other LT&#46; Thus&#44; LT&#945; exerts cytotoxic effects and forms the homotrimer LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">3</span> that binds to TNF receptor 1 &#40;TNFR1&#41; and TNFR2&#46; The homotrimer LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">3</span> can also bind&#44; with low affinity&#44; to HVEM&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> In addition&#44; LT&#945; and LT&#946; form the LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> heterotrimer which is produced by lymphocytic cells&#44; and is essential&#44; through the LT&#946;R&#47;NFKB non-canonical pathway&#44; in lymphoid tissue organogenesis during development&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> In adulthood&#44; the LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>&#47;LT&#946;R&#47;NFKB interaction is important in immune responses against pathogenic insults&#46; Hence LIGHT&#44; LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">3</span> and LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> compete for the same receptors and therefore their actions will depend on their relative abundance in the circulation and within tissues&#46;</p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">It is not therefore surprising that the study of LIGHT and LT signaling through the LT&#946;R&#47;HVEM-dependent pathways in metabolic diseases have yielded discrepant results&#46; Thus&#44; hepatic T cell production of LIGHT in mouse models induces hypercholesterolemia by modulating hepatic enzymes<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Light</span> gene inactivation alleviates insulin resistance&#44; steatosis and hepatic inflammation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> On the other hand&#44; T60N variant of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">LYMPHOTOXIN ALPHA</span> gene has been associated with type 2 diabetes and other features of the metabolic syndrome&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0190"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> However&#44; its deficiency does not affect obesity or insulin resistance in mouse models&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0195"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a></p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In CVD&#44; discrepant results have been reported as well&#46; LIGHT levels are elevated in coronary disease&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> clinical heart failure<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a> and unstable angina&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0210"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> while a soluble form of LT&#946;R has been observed in human atherosclerosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> In the atherosclerotic <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Apolipoprotein e</span>-deficient &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Apoe</span>-&#47;-&#41; 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FBS&#47;DMEM-P&#47;S&#47;A medium with vehicle or human soluble LIGHT &#40;50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml&#41;&#46; After treatments&#44; cells were rinsed with PBS 1&#215;&#44; collected by centrifugation &#40;500<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#215;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">g</span>&#44; 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>min&#41; snap-frozen with liquid N<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> and stored for gene expression analysis by qPCR&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Gene expression analysis by quantitative real-time PCR &#40;qPCR&#41;</span><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Total RNA was obtained from cultured haVSMCs treated as indicated above using TRIzol reagent following manufacturer recomendations &#40;Invitrogen&#44; Carlsbad&#44; CA&#44; USA&#41;&#46; A total of 500<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng of RNA were reverse transcribed with the Maxima First-Strand kit &#40;Fermentas&#44; Waltham&#44; MA&#44; USA&#41;&#46; The genes of interest were amplified with Luminaris Color HiGreen High ROX qPCR Master Mix &#40;Fermentas&#44; Waltham&#44; MA&#44; USA&#41; on a 7900 FastSystem thermal cycler and results were analyzed with the formula 2<span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#8722;&#916;&#916;Ct</span>&#46; mRNA levels were normalized to the GAPDH mRNA levels and relativized to vehicle-treated cells&#46; The primer sequences were obtained from the PrimerBank data base &#40;Massachusetts General Hospital&#44; Harvard University&#41; and are listed in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Western Blot analysis</span><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Protein extracts were obtained by homogenization of haVSMCs in the presence of ice-cold lysis TNG buffer &#40;Tris&#8211;HCl 50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mM&#44; pH 7&#46;5&#44; NaCl 200<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mM&#44; Tween-20 1&#37; vol&#47;vol&#44; NP-40 0&#46;2&#37; vol&#47;vol&#41; supplemented with Complete Mini cocktail&#44; PhosSTOP &#40;Roche&#44; Mannheim&#44; Germany&#41;&#44; beta-glycerophosphate 50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mM &#40;Sigma&#41;&#44; 2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride &#40;PMSF&#44; Roche&#41; and 200<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;M Na<span class="elsevierStyleInf">3</span>VO<span class="elsevierStyleInf">4</span> &#40;Sigma&#41;&#46; For protein analysis&#44; protein extracts &#40;25&#8211;50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#41; were prepared with Laemmli buffer &#40;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>min 95<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#176;C&#41; and subjected to 12&#37; w&#47;v polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blot as described&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> The following primary &#40;1&#47;200&#41; and secondary &#40;1&#47;2000&#41; antibodies were used to detect the proteins&#58; HVEM &#40;PA5-20237&#44; ThermoFisher&#41;&#44; LT&#946;R &#40;ab70063&#44; Abcam&#41; and &#946;-actin &#40;Sigma&#41;&#44; anti-mouse IgG-HRP &#40;P0447&#44; Dako&#41; and goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP &#40;P0448&#44; Dako&#41;&#46; The immunocomplexes were detected with an ECL Plus detection kit &#40;ThermoFisher&#41;&#46; All antibodies for western blot were acquired and used after checking that validation was performed by the manufacturer company&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0095">Statistical analysis</span><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Quantitative data are presented as the mean<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>the standard error of the mean &#40;SEM&#41; and with the single data points&#46; All samples were randomly treated and analyzed by observers blinded to treatments&#46; Treatments and collection of data were obtained at the same time and order to avoid confounding effects&#46; The exclusion criteria were applied when data was out of range of the standard curve in each experiment&#44; when samples were lost during the experimentation and when the &#40;non-iterative&#41; Grubbs test identified outliers&#46; Statistical tests were applied after the determination of normal distribution &#40;Shapiro&#8211;Wilk and D&#8217;Agostino&#8211;Pearson normality tests&#41; and equality of variances &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">F</span> test&#41;&#46; Differences were evaluated with unpaired Student&#39;s t test&#44; Mann&#8211;Whitney <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">U</span> test &#40;for nonparametric distribution&#41; and one-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni multiple comparison test &#40;more than two groups&#41;&#46; All statistical tests were run in GraphPad Prism 9&#46;0&#46;0 &#40;GraphPad Prism Software&#44; La Jolla&#44; CA&#44; USA&#41;&#46; Differences were considered statistically significant when <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span>-values were below 0&#46;05&#58; &#42;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;05&#59; &#42;&#42;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;01&#59; &#42;&#42;&#42;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;001&#59; &#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;0001&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0100">Results</span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0105">Aortic human vascular smooth muscle cells express LT&#946;R and HVEM</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">LT&#946;R is expressed mainly in stromal and epithelial cells while HVEM is mainly found in immune cells&#46; However&#44; the expression of LT&#946;R and HVEM in liver and adipose tissue<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> and the expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">LTBR</span> gene in haVSMC<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0235"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> has been previously described&#46; To assess whether the TNFSF ligands can signal in haVSMCs protein analysis was performed&#46; Analysis of both LT&#946;R and HVEM receptors in vehicle- and LIGHT-treated haVSMC indicated the presence of both receptors in these cells with similar levels regardless of the treatment &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#44; B&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0110">LT&#945; and LIGHT but not LT&#945;1&#946;2 decrease myofibroblast markers in aortic human vascular smooth muscle cells</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The potential effect of the LTs and LIGHT in haVSMC phenotype switching was explored by using the expression of different markers for myofibroblast-like cell&#46; Analysis of myofibroblast-like cell genes showed reduced expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> mRNA levels in haVSMCs treated with LT&#945; at 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml compared with vehicle-treated cells &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>B&#44; C&#41;&#46; HaVSMCs treated with LT&#945; at a lower dose of 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml also displayed reduced mRNA levels of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> and enhanced expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP9</span> compared with vehicle-treated haVSMCs &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>C&#44; E&#41;&#46; No changes were observed in the expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">ACTA2</span> or in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP2</span> genes &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#44; D&#41;&#46; Likewise&#44; haVSMCs treated with LIGHT displayed diminished <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> mRNA gene expression &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>B&#44; C&#41; with no changes in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">ACTA2</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP2</span> or <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP9</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>A&#44; D&#44; E&#41;&#46; Treatment of haVSMCs with the trimer LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> did not affect <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">ACTA2</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP9</span> mRNA levels at any of the two doses tested &#40;20 or 100<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>A&#8211;D&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0115">Aortic human vascular smooth muscle cells treated with LT&#945; and LIGHT but not display decreased expression of CKIT and KLF4 genes</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Next&#44; we evaluated a possible effect of LIGHT and LT signaling in genes related with pluripotency and osteochondrogenic phenotypes&#46; Treatment of haVSMCs with LT&#945; at 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml&#44; but not with LIGHT&#44; significantly decreased the expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig&#46; 4</a>A&#41;&#46; Reduced mRNA levels of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CKIT</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig&#46; 4</a>B&#44; C&#41; were also observed in haVSMC treated with LIGHT and with LT&#945; at the both 5 and 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml doses&#46; Neither LIGHT or LT&#945; affected the gene expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">OCT4</span> or <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF10</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig&#46; 4</a>D&#44; E&#41;&#46; Similarly&#44; compared with vehicle-treated controls&#44; haVSMCs treated with LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> did not display altered mRNA levels of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CKIT</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">OCT4</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4</span> or <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF10</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig&#46; 4</a>F&#8211;J&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0020"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Aortic human vascular smooth muscle cells treated with LT&#945;&#44; LIGHT and LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> modulate the expression of lymphorganogenic cytokines</p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One of the described effects of LT&#946;R-dependent signaling in VSMCs is the induction of a cellular phenotype secretor of lymphorganogenic cytokines&#44; hence the production of these were studied&#46; The analysis of haVSMC treated with LT&#945; revealed an increase in the gene expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL16</span> at the 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml dose &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>A&#44; D&#41; and of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> at 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml dose &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>A&#41; compared with vehicle-treated VSMCs while the mRNA levels of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> were unaffected by LT&#945; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>C&#41;&#46; Unlike LT&#945;&#44; LIGHT did not modify the gene expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL16</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>A&#44; D&#41; and surprisingly diminished <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> mRNA levels &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>B&#41;&#46; The mRNA levels of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL13</span> were unaffected by either LT&#945; or LIGHT treatment &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>C&#41;&#46; Interestingly&#44; the treatment of haVSMCs with the trimer LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>&#44; at both 20 and 100<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;ml doses&#44; decreased the expression of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL13</span> gene &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>G&#41; while no changes were observed in the other cytokines &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>E&#44; F&#44; H&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0025"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0120">LT&#945; and LIGHT dependent signaling does not affect the expression of macrophage markers in aortic human vascular smooth muscle cells</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Previous studies have shown a modulation of macrophage-like cell phenotype through upregulation of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4&#46;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a> Given the lower <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4</span> mRNA levels observed in haVSMCs treated with LIGHT and with LT&#945;&#44; the expression of macrophage gene markers were also investigated&#46; Although the treatments with both LIGHT and LT&#945; slightly increased the gene expression of the surface membrane markers of macrophage subtypes including <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CD14</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CD80</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CD206</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CD183</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0030">Fig&#46; 6</a>A&#8211;D&#41; and of phagocytic activity&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CD68</span> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0030">Fig&#46; 6</a>E&#41; these were no significantly altered&#46; Likewise&#44; no differences were observed in the expression of proinflammatory cytokine genes typically expressed by macrophages&#44; such as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MCP1</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">IL6</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">IFNG&#44;</span> between vehicle- and LT&#945;- or LIGHT-treated haVSMCs &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0030">Fig&#46; 6</a>F&#8211;H&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0030"></elsevierMultimedia></span></span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0125">Discussion</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Atheroma plaque instability is strongly affected by VSMC functional transdifferentiation<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0160"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;22</span></a> in which different risk factors and secreted plaque mediators have been importantly implicated&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0255"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a> In the present investigation&#44; the potential effect of TNFSF ligands in the modulation of VSMC gene expression associated with functional heterogeneity was explored&#46; Consistent with a preservation of VSMC identity&#44; the treatment of VSMCs with LT&#945; or LIGHT diminished <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> mRNA levels&#44; LT&#945; incubation augmented the expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP9</span>&#44; without changing <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">ACTA2</span> mRNA levels&#46; Likewise&#44; genes associated with osteochondrogenesis&#44; pluripotency and transdifferentiation such as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CKIT</span>&#44; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4</span> were also repressed by LT&#945; and LIGHT treatments&#46; Notably&#44; all the above genes were not affected by the treatment with the LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> trimer&#46; VSMC treatment with all three ligands&#44; LT&#945;&#44; LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> and LIGHT&#44; altered the expression of well-reported lymphorganogenic cytokines<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;25</span></a> which included augmented <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> gene expression by LT&#945; as well as diminished <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL13</span> by LIGHT and LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>&#44; respectively&#46; Altogether&#44; indicates a role of the TNFSF ligands through their interconnected network of signaling&#44; in the preservation of VSMC identity against the acquisition of a genetic expression signature compatible with a functional transdifferentiation process&#46;</p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Studies have shown an important role of the cross-talk between the plaque-stress factors and the functional plasticity of VSMC&#46; Thus&#44; VSMC functionality loss consisting in an acquisition of an inflammatory and apoptotic phenotype promotes plaque instability in insulin resistance states through a CX3CL1-dependet manner&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0245"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> More recent investigations using cellular lineage tracing and single-cell RNAseq in plaque have further extended our knowledge about VSMC plasticity during plaque progression&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23&#44;26</span></a> Specifically&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vivo</span> VSMC specific deficiency in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Oct4</span> or <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Klf4</span> in mouse models resulted in two divergent genomic signatures associated with different VSMC fates and function such as osteochondrocyte-like and macrophage-like gene signatures&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23&#44;27</span></a> Notably&#44; protective ACTA2&#43; myofibroblast-like cells forming the fibrous caps were discovered to originate from endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and macrophage-to-mesenchymal transition&#44; a process dependent of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Pdgfrb</span> gene&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0270"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a></p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our present investigation indicates a gene repression by LT&#945; and LIGHT of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CKIT</span>&#44; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4</span> genes&#44; results that are consistent with the above studies indicating important roles of some of these genes in plaque instability through VSMC phenotype switching&#46; On the other hand&#44; LIGHT&#47;LT&#946;R-dependent signaling has as well been linked to atherosclerosis with discrepant conclusions<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0195"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12&#44;13&#44;15&#8211;19</span></a> which we believe might be attributed to the intrincated network signaling of the TFNSF ligands&#46; The present investigation is also in agreement with a study describing a protective function of LIGHT in aneurysm lesion<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0235"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> and a prevention by LIGHT of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span> gene expression which is associated with an osteochondrogenic and proatherogenic phenotype&#46; Consequently&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vivo</span> analysis showed diminished ACTA2&#43; lesion area and vascular <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Col1a1</span> gene expression&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0235"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> suggesting a protective role for LIGHT by preventing VSMC de-differentiation and plasticity <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vivo</span> during vascular injury&#46; Of note&#44; as in the present investigation&#44; LIGHT did not affect the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vitro</span> gene expression of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">ACTA2</span> contractile marker in haVSMCs which could be due to a high prevalence of ACTA2&#43; myofibroblast-like cells<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0265"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a> which could difficult the detection of other non-contractile cells originated during the transdifferentiation process&#46; Hence&#44; changes in gene expression were performed in the cell culture probably containing a mixed pool of cells with different cell-type phenotypes which could mask gene expression changes belonging to a less prevalent cell-type&#46;</p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Therefore&#44; a limitation of our results is that our study is based on gene expression techniques and hence future studies would require the detection of active proteins as well as the performance of functional assays to better characterize each cell-type&#46; To avoid the above limitations&#44; future studies should include experimental approaches such as single-cell RNAseq or flow-cytometry analysis using several markers to identify&#44; fractionate and quantify the different cell-types induced by LT&#945;&#44; LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> and LIGHT&#46;</p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In addition&#44; a modulation by the TNFSF ligands of lymphorganogenic cytokines&#44; including enhanced <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> gene expression and diminished <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL13</span>&#44; has been also observed in the present investigation which suggest a coordinated role of these ligands in cytokine-mediated lymphorganogenesis&#46; In the line of these results&#44; VSMC <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Ltbr</span>-specific deficiency in mice prevented this cell type to acquire a protective lymphorganogenic PDGFRB&#43; phenotype&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> and aggravated lesion size&#44; suggesting a role in lymphorganogenesis associated with plaque stability&#46;</p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Altogether&#44; the present investigation indicates a role of the TNFSF ligands in VSMC gene expression of genes relevant for cellular plasticity and reprogramming events during plaque lesion development and stability&#46; Therefore&#44; these data suggest a possible role of these ligands in cellular plasticity during atheroma development&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0130">Conclusions</span><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The TNFSF ligands through its interconnected network signaling modulate haVSMC gene expression signature associated with cellular plasticity&#46; These results suggest a possible role of the TNFSF ligands in plaque stability&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0135">Funding</span><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This research was funded by grants from the <span class="elsevierStyleGrantSponsor" id="gs1">ISCIII</span> &#40;PI19&#47;00169 to H&#46;G&#46;-N&#46; and S&#46;M&#46;-H&#46; and CIBERDEM CB07&#47;08&#47;0043&#44; CB07&#47;08&#47;0018&#41;&#44; the <span class="elsevierStyleGrantSponsor" id="gs2">European Regional Development Fund</span> &#40;FEDER&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleGrantSponsor" id="gs3">GenT Investigator</span> &#40;CDEI-04-20-B&#44; GVA&#41; and by the <span class="elsevierStyleGrantSponsor" id="gs4">Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society</span> &#40;BIB 07-20&#41;&#46; MAB received support from a fellowship of ISCIII and the European Regional Development Fund &#40;FEDER&#41; &#40;FI20&#47;00017&#41; and GHG from the <span class="elsevierStyleGrantSponsor" id="gs5">Ministerio de Universidades</span> &#40;FPU20&#47;04916&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0140">Conflict of interests</span><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflict of interests to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Objective</span><p id="spar0005" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Vascular smooth muscle cells &#40;VSMCs&#41; undergo a phenotypic-switching process during the generation of unstable atheroma plaques&#46; In this investigation&#44; the potential implication of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily &#40;TNFSF&#41; ligands&#44; in the gene expression signature associated with VSMC plasticity was studied&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Material and methods</span><p id="spar0010" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Human aortic &#40;ha&#41;VSMCs were obtained commercially and treated with the cytokine TNFSF14&#44; also called LIGHT&#44; the lymphotoxin alpha &#40;LT&#945;&#41;&#44; the heterotrimer LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> or with vehicle for 72<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h&#46; The effect of the different treatments on gene expression was analyzed by quantitative PCR and included the study of genes associated with myofibroblast-like cell function&#44; osteochondrogenesis&#44; pluripotency&#44; lymphorganogenesis and macrophage-like cell function&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Results</span><p id="spar0015" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">HaVSMCs displayed a change in myofibroblast-like cell genes which consisted in reduced <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> mRNA levels when treated with LT&#945; or LIGHT and with augmented <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP9</span> expression levels when treated with LT&#945;&#46; LT&#945; and LIGHT treatments also diminished the expression of genes associated with osteochondrogenesis and pluripotency <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CKIT</span>&#44; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4&#46;</span> By contrary&#44; all the above genes were no affected by the treatment with the trimer LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>&#46; In addition&#44; haVSMC treatment with LT&#945;&#44; LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> and LIGHT altered lymphorganogenic cytokine gene expression which consisted of augmented <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> mRNA levels by LT&#945; and a reduction in the gene expression of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL13</span> by LIGHT and LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> respectively&#46; Neither&#44; LT&#945; or LIGHT or LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> treatments affected the expression of macrophage-like cell markers in haVSMC&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0025">Conclusions</span><p id="spar0020" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Altogether&#44; indicates that the TNFSF ligands through their interconnected network of signaling&#44; are important in the preservation of VSMC identity against the acquisition of a genetic expression signature compatible with functional cellular plasticity&#46;</p></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Objetivo</span><p id="spar0025" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La transici&#243;n de placa de ateroma estable a placa inestable implica&#44; entre otros procesos&#44; un cambio fenot&#237;pico de las c&#233;lulas del m&#250;sculo liso vascular &#40;CMLVs&#41;&#46; En esta investigaci&#243;n&#44; se estudi&#243; el posible papel de los ligandos de la superfamilia del factor de necrosis tumoral &#40;TNFSF&#41;&#44; en los cambios de expresi&#243;n g&#233;nica asociada a la plasticidad de las CMLVs&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Materiales y m&#233;todos</span><p id="spar0030" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Las CMLVs de aorta humana &#40;CMLVah&#41; se obtuvieron comercialmente y se trataron con la citoquina TNFSF14&#44; tambi&#233;n llamada LIGHT&#44; la linfotoxina alfa &#40;LT&#945;&#41;&#44; el heterotr&#237;mero LT&#945;1&#946;2 o con veh&#237;culo durante 72 horas&#46; El efecto de los diferentes tratamientos se analiz&#243; mediante el estudio de la expresi&#243;n g&#233;nica por PCR cuantitativa e incluy&#243; genes asociados con fenotipo miofibrobl&#225;stico&#44; osteocondrog&#233;nico&#44; genes de pluripotencia&#44; genes de linforganog&#233;nesis y genes caracter&#237;sticos de macr&#243;fagos&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Resultados</span><p id="spar0035" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">El estudio de genes asociados a fenotipo miofibrobl&#225;stico en las CMLVah revel&#243; una reducci&#243;n de la expresi&#243;n g&#233;nica de <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">COL1A1</span> y <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TGFB1</span> tras el tratamiento con LT&#945; o LIGHT mientras que el tratamiento con LT&#945; aument&#243; los niveles de mRNA de <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MMP9</span>&#46; LT&#945; y LIGHT tambi&#233;n disminuyeron la expresi&#243;n de genes de osteocondrog&#233;nesis y pluripotencia como <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SOX9</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CKIT</span> y <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">KLF4</span>&#46; Por el contrario&#44; la expresi&#243;n de los genes anteriores no se vio afectada por el tratamiento con el tr&#237;mero LT&#945;1&#946;2&#46; El tratamiento de las CMLVah con LT&#945;&#44; LT&#945;1&#946;2 y LIGHT alter&#243; la expresi&#243;n g&#233;nica de citoquinas linforganog&#233;nicas con una expresi&#243;n aumentada de los genes <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL20</span> y <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> por LT&#945; y una reducci&#243;n de los niveles de mRNA de <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CCL21</span> y <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CXCL13</span> por LIGHT y LT&#945;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span>&#946;<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span>&#44; respectivamente&#46; Ninguno de los tres tratamientos alter&#243; la expresi&#243;n de genes t&#237;picos de macr&#243;fagos en las CMLVah&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Conclusiones</span><p id="spar0040" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La presente investigaci&#243;n indica que los ligandos de la familia de los TNFSF a trav&#233;s de su red de se&#241;alizaci&#243;n&#44; son importantes en la preservaci&#243;n de la identidad de las CMLVs frente a la adquisici&#243;n de una expresi&#243;n g&#233;nica compatible con una mayor plasticidad celular funcional&#46;</p></span>"
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