Autocrine role of vascular IL-15 in intimal thickening |
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Authors: | Cercek Miha Matsumoto Michiaki Li Hongyan Chyu Kuang-Yuh Peter Ashok Shah Prediman K Dimayuga Paul C |
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Affiliation: | Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. |
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Abstract: | Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that modulates T cell recruitment and activation, independent of antigen. It has been detected in human atherosclerotic plaques and atherosclerotic plaques of apoE-/- mice. IL-15 regulates fractalkine (FKN)-CX3CR1 chemokine signaling which is involved in atherogenesis and promotes SMC proliferation. We investigated the role of IL-15 in intimal thickening after arterial injury. Treatment of serum-stimulated SMC with IL-15 in vitro attenuated proliferation and suppressed CX3CR1 and FKN mRNA expression. The role of endogenous IL-15 in vivo was investigated in injured carotid arteries of mice. Periadventitial arterial injury resulted in increased IL-15 expression in the media and neointima, paralleled by increased IL-15 receptor alpha expression. Blockade of endogenous IL-15 increased intimal thickening. FKN and CX3CR1 expression increased after injury and were further augmented after IL-15 blockade. These data suggest that endogenous IL-15 attenuated intimal thickening after arterial injury. The potential mechanism of action is suppression of CX3CR1 signaling. |
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Keywords: | Intimal thickening IL-15 CX3CR1 Fractalkine |
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