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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
Absence of shear stress due to disturbed blood flow at arterial bifurcations and curvatures leads to endothelial dysfunction and proinflammatory gene expression, ultimately resulting in atherogenesis. KLF2 has recently been implicated as a transcription factor involved in mediating the anti-inflammatory effects of flow. We investigated the effect of shear on basal and TNF-alpha-induced genomewide expression profiles of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Cluster analysis confirmed that shear stress induces expression of protective genes including KLF2, eNOS, and thrombomodulin, whereas basal expression of TNF-alpha-responsive genes was moderately decreased. Promoter analysis of these genes showed enrichment of binding sites for ATF transcription factors, whereas TNF-alpha-induced gene expression was mostly NF-kappaB dependent. Furthermore, human endothelial cells overlying atherosclerotic plaques had increased amounts of phosphorylated nuclear ATF2 compared with endothelium at unaffected sites. In HUVECs, a dramatic reduction of nuclear binding activity of ATF2 was observed under shear and appeared to be KLF2 dependent. Reduction of ATF2 with siRNA potently suppressed basal proinflammatory gene expression under no-flow conditions. In conclusion, we demonstrate that shear stress and KLF2 inhibit nuclear activity of ATF2, providing a potential mechanism by which endothelial cells exposed to laminar flow are protected from basal proinflammatory, atherogenic gene expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4249-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Activating Transcription Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Atherosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Cluster Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Stress, Mechanical, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17244683-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolonged shear stress and KLF2 suppress constitutive proinflammatory transcription through inhibition of ATF2.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't