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* Department of Pharmacology and
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;
Serono Pharmaceuticals Research Institutes, Geneva, Switzerland;
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;
¶ Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;
|| Research Foundation, University General Hospital Consortium, Valencia, Spain; and
# Leukocyte Biology Section, Biomedical Sciences Division, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Angiotensin II (Ang-II) is associated with atherogenesis and arterial subendothelial mononuclear leukocyte infiltration. We have demonstrated that Ang-II causes the initial attachment of mononuclear cells to the arteriolar endothelium. We now report on the contribution of CC chemokines to this response. Intraperitoneal administration of 1 nM Ang-II induced MCP-1, RANTES, and MIP-1
generation, maximal at 4 h, followed by mononuclear leukocyte recruitment at 8 and 24 h. Using intravital microscopy within the rat mesenteric microcirculation 4 h after exposure to 1 nM Ang-II, arteriolar mononuclear cell adhesion was 80–90% inhibited by pretreatment with Met-RANTES, a CCR1 and CCR5 antagonist, or an anti-MCP-1 antiserum, without affecting the increased endothelial expression of P-selectin and VCAM-1. Conversely, leukocyte interactions with the venular endothelium, although inhibited by Met-RANTES, were little affected by the anti-MCP-1. Using rat whole blood in vitro, Ang-II (100 nM) induced the expression of monocyte CD11b that was inhibited by Met-RANTES but not by anti-MCP-1. Stimulation of human endothelial cells (human umbilical arterial endothelial cells and HUVECs) with 1–1000 nM Ang-II, predominantly acting at its AT1 receptor, induced the release of MCP-1 within 1 h, RANTES within 4 h, and MCP-3 within 24 h. Eotaxin-3, a natural CCR2 antagonist, was released within 1 h and may delay mononuclear cell responses to MCP-1. Therefore, Ang-II-induced mononuclear leukocyte recruitment at arterioles and venules is mediated by the production of different CC chemokines. Thus, Ang-II may be a key molecule in the initial attachment of mononuclear cells to the arterial endothelium in cardiovascular disease states where this event is a characteristic feature.
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