Vladimir R Babaev1, Lei Ding2, Youmin Zhang2, James M May2, P Charles Lin2, Sergio Fazio2, MacRae F Linton2. 1. From the Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine (V.R.B., L.D., Y.Z., J.M.M., M.R.F.L.) and Pharmacology (M.R.F.L.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD (P.C.L.); and Department of Medicine, Center of Preventive Cardiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (S.F.). vladimir.babaev@vanderbilt.edu macrae.linton@vanderbilt.edu. 2. From the Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine (V.R.B., L.D., Y.Z., J.M.M., M.R.F.L.) and Pharmacology (M.R.F.L.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD (P.C.L.); and Department of Medicine, Center of Preventive Cardiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (S.F.).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The IκB kinase (IKK) is an enzyme complex that initiates the nuclear factor κB transcription factor cascade, which is important in regulating multiple cellular responses. IKKα is directly associated with 2 major prosurvival pathways, PI3K/Akt and nuclear factor κB, but its role in cell survival is not clear. Macrophages play critical roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, yet the impact of IKKα signaling on macrophage survival and atherogenesis remains unclear. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Here, we demonstrate that genetic IKKα deficiency, as well as pharmacological inhibition of IKK, in mouse macrophages significantly reduces Akt S(473) phosphorylation, which is accompanied by suppression of mTOR complex 2 signaling. Moreover, IKKα null macrophages treated with lipotoxic palmitic acid exhibited early exhaustion of Akt signaling compared with wild-type cells. This was accompanied by a dramatic decrease in the resistance of IKKα(-/-) monocytes and macrophages to different proapoptotic stimuli compared with wild-type cells. In vivo, IKKα deficiency increased macrophage apoptosis in atherosclerotic lesions and decreased early atherosclerosis in both female and male low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)(-/-) mice reconstituted with IKKα(-/-) hematopoietic cells and fed with the Western diet for 8 weeks compared with control LDLR(-/-) mice transplanted with wild-type cells. CONCLUSIONS: Hematopoietic IKKα deficiency in mouse suppresses Akt signaling, compromising monocyte/macrophage survival and this decreases early atherosclerosis.
OBJECTIVE: The IκB kinase (IKK) is an enzyme complex that initiates the nuclear factor κB transcription factor cascade, which is important in regulating multiple cellular responses. IKKα is directly associated with 2 major prosurvival pathways, PI3K/Akt and nuclear factor κB, but its role in cell survival is not clear. Macrophages play critical roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, yet the impact of IKKα signaling on macrophage survival and atherogenesis remains unclear. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Here, we demonstrate that genetic IKKα deficiency, as well as pharmacological inhibition of IKK, in mouse macrophages significantly reduces Akt S(473) phosphorylation, which is accompanied by suppression of mTOR complex 2 signaling. Moreover, IKKα null macrophages treated with lipotoxic palmitic acid exhibited early exhaustion of Akt signaling compared with wild-type cells. This was accompanied by a dramatic decrease in the resistance of IKKα(-/-) monocytes and macrophages to different proapoptotic stimuli compared with wild-type cells. In vivo, IKKα deficiency increased macrophage apoptosis in atherosclerotic lesions and decreased early atherosclerosis in both female and male low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)(-/-) mice reconstituted with IKKα(-/-) hematopoietic cells and fed with the Western diet for 8 weeks compared with control LDLR(-/-) mice transplanted with wild-type cells. CONCLUSIONS: Hematopoietic IKKα deficiency in mouse suppresses Akt signaling, compromising monocyte/macrophage survival and this decreases early atherosclerosis.
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