Acute exposure to apolipoprotein A1 inhibits macrophage chemotaxis in vitro and monocyte recruitment in vivo

  1. Asif J Iqbal
  2. Tessa J Barr
  3. Lewis Taylor
  4. Eileen McNeill
  5. Arun Manmadhan
  6. Carlota Recio
  7. Alfredo Carmineri
  8. Maximillian H Brodermann
  9. Gemma E White
  10. Dianne Cooper
  11. Joseph A DiDonato
  12. Stanley L Hazen
  13. Keith M Channon
  14. David R Greaves  Is a corresponding author
  15. Edward A Fisher  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  2. NYU School of Medicine, United States
  3. Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  4. Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, United States
  5. University of Oxford, United States

Abstract

Apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) is the major protein component of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and has well documented anti-inflammatory properties. To better understand the cellular and molecular basis of the anti-inflammatory actions of apoA1, we explored the effect of acute human apoA1 exposure on the migratory capacity of monocyte-derived cells in vitro and in vivo. Acute (20-60 min) apoA1 treatment induced a substantial (50-90%) reduction in macrophage chemotaxis to a range of chemoattractants. This acute treatment was anti-inflammatory in vivo as shown by pre-treatment of monocytes prior to adoptive transfer into an on-going murine peritonitis model. We find that apoA1 rapidly disrupts membrane lipid rafts, and as a consequence, dampens the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway that coordinates reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton and cell migration. Our data strengthen the evidence base for therapeutic apoA1 infusions in situations where reduced monocyte recruitment to sites of inflammation could have beneficial outcomes.

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  1. Asif J Iqbal

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  2. Tessa J Barr

    Division of Cardiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  3. Lewis Taylor

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  4. Eileen McNeill

    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  5. Arun Manmadhan

    Division of Cardiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  6. Carlota Recio

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  7. Alfredo Carmineri

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  8. Maximillian H Brodermann

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  9. Gemma E White

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  10. Dianne Cooper

    William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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  11. Joseph A DiDonato

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, Cleavland, United States
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  12. Stanley L Hazen

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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  13. Keith M Channon

    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  14. David R Greaves

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United States
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    david.greaves@path.ox.ac.uk
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  15. Edward A Fisher

    Division of Cardiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States
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    Edward.Fisher@nyumc.org
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Funding

British Heart Foundation (RG/10/15/28578, PG/10/6028496, RG/15/10/31485)

  • Asif J Iqbal
  • Eileen McNeill
  • Keith M Channon
  • David R Greaves

Royal Society (IE120747)

  • David R Greaves
  • Edward A Fisher

National Institutes of Health (HL098055, DK095684)

  • Tessa J Barr
  • Edward A Fisher

BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Oxford (RE/08/004/23915)

  • Asif J Iqbal
  • David R Greaves

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: UK animal studies were conducted with ethical approval from the Dunn School of Pathology Local Ethical Review Committee and in accordance with the UK Home Office regulations (Guidance on the Operation of Animals, Scientific Procedures Act, 1986). All USA animal experiments were carried out according to the guidelines of the National Institutes of Health and approved by the New York University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol 102090)

Human subjects: Human blood from anonymous healthy donors was obtained in the form of leukocyte cones from the NHS Blood and Transplant service. Leukocyte cones contain waste leukocytes isolated from individuals donating platelets via apharesis, and consist of a small volume (~10ml) of packed leukocytes with few red blood cells or platelets.

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© 2016, Iqbal et al.

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  1. Asif J Iqbal
  2. Tessa J Barr
  3. Lewis Taylor
  4. Eileen McNeill
  5. Arun Manmadhan
  6. Carlota Recio
  7. Alfredo Carmineri
  8. Maximillian H Brodermann
  9. Gemma E White
  10. Dianne Cooper
  11. Joseph A DiDonato
  12. Stanley L Hazen
  13. Keith M Channon
  14. David R Greaves
  15. Edward A Fisher
(2016)
Acute exposure to apolipoprotein A1 inhibits macrophage chemotaxis in vitro and monocyte recruitment in vivo
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https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15190

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