Highlights
- •Macrophage-derived foam cells induced by LPA have a diminished capacity of migration.
- •Downregulation of Fut8 and α-1, 6-fucosylation levels is involved in the decreased mobility of foam cells.
- •LPA can reduce the combination between HNF1α and Fut8 promoter region by activating its LPA1, 3 receptors.
Abstract
Background and aims
Aberrant fucosylation, such as α-1,6 fucosylation catalyzed by fucosyltransferase
8 (Fut8), is associated with reduced cell migration and is responsible for cholesterol-enriched
foam cell accumulation in the intima in the early stage of atherosclerosis.
The current study evaluated the impact of glycosyltransferases on foam cell migration
induced by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and its potential mechanism.
Methods
The mobility of foam cells was evaluated via transwell and scratch assays. The expression
of Fut8 and α-1,6 fucosylation of proteins were assessed by RT-PCR, Western blotting,
etc. Overexpression of Fut8 was used to explore the direct relationship between Fut8
and foam cell migration. Dual luciferase reporter assay was performed to determine
whether the regulation of Fut8 by LPA occurred at the transcriptional level. Binding
of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-alpha (HNF1α) to the Fut8 promoter was assessed by
electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay.
Results
We found that the migration capacity of foam cells induced by LPA was significantly
decreased. Fut8 and α-1,6 fucosylation showed the most obvious decline after treatment
with 200 μM LPA for 24 h. Overexpression of Fut8 was able to restore the foam cell
migration capacity. Another important finding was that the LPA1 and LPA3 (LPA1,3) receptors were involved in the regulation of Fut8. It is interesting to note that
LPA led to a decrease in Fut8 gene transcription activity, and HNF1α transcription
factor played a positive role in downregulation of Fut8 promoter activity.
Conclusions
Our results strongly indicated that the LPA-LPA1, 3 receptor-HNF1α pathway is involved in the downregulation of Fut8, leading to diminished
foam cell migration.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 11, 2019
Accepted:
September 10,
2019
Received in revised form:
August 19,
2019
Received:
May 9,
2019
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