Published online before print October 14, 2004, doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000147406.00871.b3
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Vascular Biology |
Intracellular Labile Iron Modulates Adhesion of Human Monocytes to Human Endothelial Cells
From the Eijkman-Winkler Center for Medical Microbiology (A.E.R.K., N.A.G., F.L.J.V., H.v.K.-R., B.S.v.A., J.J.M.M.), Infectious Diseases, and Inflammation and Eijkman Graduate School for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, and the Departments of Vascular Medicine (F.L.J.V.) and Internal Medicine (B.S.v.A.), University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Correspondence Prof Joannes J.M. Marx, MD, PhD, Eijkman-Winkler Center for Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Inflammation, University Medical Center Utrecht, 100 Heidelberglaan G04.614, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Email jmarx{at}azu.nl
Objective— Elevated iron stores and high plasma iron concentration have been linked to an increased risk of atherosclerosis. Iron may thereby affect the interaction of monocytes to endothelium, an initial event in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
Methods and Results— Addition of 10 µmol/L non–transferrin-bound iron to the incubation medium caused a 2-fold increase in monocyte adhesion to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). A concordant increase in the expression of the following adhesion molecules was observed: vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, and endothelial selectin on HUVECs as well as very late antigen-4, and lymphocyte function–associated antigen-1 on monocytes. The inclusion of either deferiprone or salicylaldehyde isonicotinoylhydrazone counteracted these effects. Intracellular iron chelation by deferoxamine was completed only after 10 hours of incubation, shown by reversal of iron-quenched intracellular calcein signal, and concurrently the effects of iron were blunted. The membrane-impermeable chelator, diethylenetriamine pentaaceticacid, failed to negate iron effects, even after 48 hours of treatment. Furthermore, only membrane-permeable superoxide or hydroxyl radical scavengers were capable of preventing HUVEC activation by iron.
Conclusions— Non–transferrin-bound iron increases the level of intracellular labile iron, which promotes monocyte recruitment to endothelium and may thereby contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Iron-induced adhesion molecule expression was observed, and this event may involve the production of oxygen radicals.
An increase in the level of intracellular labile iron induced monocyte adhesion to endothelium, an initial event in atherosclerotic plaque formation. A concordant increase in the cell adhesion molecule expression was observed. Furthermore, only inclusion of membrane-permeable iron chelators and radical scavengers resulted in a complete inhibition of these effects of iron.
Key Words: iron • atherosclerosis • monocytes • endothelium • adhesion molecules
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