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Published online before print October 23, 2006 as doi: 10.1096/fj.06-5867fje.

Smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerotic plaques secrete and proliferate in response to high mobility group box 1 protein

Annalisa Porto, Roberta Palumbo, Maurizio Pieroni, Gianfranco Aprigliano, Roberto Chiesa, Francesca Sanvito, Attilio Maseri, and Marco E. Bianchi

E-mail contact: bianchi.marco@hsr.it

High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) is a chromatin component leaked out by necrotic cells and actively secreted by activated myeloid cells. The extracellular protein is a potent mediator of tissue remodeling. We show here that human atherosclerotic plaques, but not normal arteries, produce extracellular HMGB1. Secreted HMGB1 originates from endothelial cells, by neointimal foam cells, and also smooth muscle cells (SMCs). SMCs are an unexpected source for secreted HMGB1, since they normally express much lower amounts of HMGB1 than other cells types, and they do not secrete it. However, cultured SMCs actively secrete HMGB1 after cholesterol loading. In turn, in response to HMGB1, SMCs proliferate, migrate, and secrete more HMGB1. Thus, SMCs are both a source and a target of HMGB1; blocking HMGB1 secretion by SMCs can be an important strategy for treatment of atherosclerotic disease and in particular restenosis.--Porto, A., Palumbo, R., Pieroni, M., Aprigliano, G., Chiesa, R., Sanvito, F., Maseri, A., Bianchi, M. E. Smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerotic plaques secrete and proliferate in response to high mobility protein box 1.




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