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Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), an important regulator of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), has recently been shown to interact with CD74, a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). However, the biological effects mediated by TIMP-1 through CD74 remain largely un...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12141899 |
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author | Ebert, Simon Zang, Lan Ismail, Noor Otabil, Michael Fröhlich, Adrian Egea, Virginia Ács, Susann Hoeberg, Mikkel Berres, Marie-Luise Weber, Christian Moreira, José M. A. Ries, Christian Bernhagen, Jürgen El Bounkari, Omar |
author_facet | Ebert, Simon Zang, Lan Ismail, Noor Otabil, Michael Fröhlich, Adrian Egea, Virginia Ács, Susann Hoeberg, Mikkel Berres, Marie-Luise Weber, Christian Moreira, José M. A. Ries, Christian Bernhagen, Jürgen El Bounkari, Omar |
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description | Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), an important regulator of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), has recently been shown to interact with CD74, a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). However, the biological effects mediated by TIMP-1 through CD74 remain largely unexplored. Using sequence alignment and in silico protein–protein docking analysis, we demonstrated that TIMP-1 shares residues with both MIF and MIF-2, crucial for CD74 binding, but not for CXCR4. Subcellular colocalization, immunoprecipitation, and internalization experiments supported these findings, demonstrating that TIMP-1 interacts with surface-expressed CD74, resulting in its internalization in a dose-dependent manner, as well as with a soluble CD74 ectodomain fragment (sCD74). This prompted us to study the effects of the TIMP-1–CD74 axis on monocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSCMs) to assess its impact on vascular inflammation. A phospho-kinase array revealed the activation of serine/threonine kinases by TIMP-1 in THP-1 pre-monocytes, in particular AKT. Similarly, TIMP-1 dose-dependently triggered the phosphorylation of AKT and ERK1/2 in primary human monocytes. Importantly, Transwell migration, 3D-based Chemotaxis, and flow adhesion assays demonstrated that TIMP-1 engagement of CD74 strongly promotes the recruitment response of primary human monocytes, while live cell imaging studies revealed a profound activating effect on VSMC proliferation. Finally, re-analysis of scRNA-seq data highlighted the expression patterns of TIMP-1 and CD74 in human atherosclerotic lesions, thus, together with our experimental data, indicating a role for the TIMP-1–CD74 axis in vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-103783282023-07-29 Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Ebert, Simon Zang, Lan Ismail, Noor Otabil, Michael Fröhlich, Adrian Egea, Virginia Ács, Susann Hoeberg, Mikkel Berres, Marie-Luise Weber, Christian Moreira, José M. A. Ries, Christian Bernhagen, Jürgen El Bounkari, Omar Cells Article Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), an important regulator of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), has recently been shown to interact with CD74, a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). However, the biological effects mediated by TIMP-1 through CD74 remain largely unexplored. Using sequence alignment and in silico protein–protein docking analysis, we demonstrated that TIMP-1 shares residues with both MIF and MIF-2, crucial for CD74 binding, but not for CXCR4. Subcellular colocalization, immunoprecipitation, and internalization experiments supported these findings, demonstrating that TIMP-1 interacts with surface-expressed CD74, resulting in its internalization in a dose-dependent manner, as well as with a soluble CD74 ectodomain fragment (sCD74). This prompted us to study the effects of the TIMP-1–CD74 axis on monocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSCMs) to assess its impact on vascular inflammation. A phospho-kinase array revealed the activation of serine/threonine kinases by TIMP-1 in THP-1 pre-monocytes, in particular AKT. Similarly, TIMP-1 dose-dependently triggered the phosphorylation of AKT and ERK1/2 in primary human monocytes. Importantly, Transwell migration, 3D-based Chemotaxis, and flow adhesion assays demonstrated that TIMP-1 engagement of CD74 strongly promotes the recruitment response of primary human monocytes, while live cell imaging studies revealed a profound activating effect on VSMC proliferation. Finally, re-analysis of scRNA-seq data highlighted the expression patterns of TIMP-1 and CD74 in human atherosclerotic lesions, thus, together with our experimental data, indicating a role for the TIMP-1–CD74 axis in vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. MDPI 2023-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10378328/ /pubmed/37508563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12141899 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ebert, Simon Zang, Lan Ismail, Noor Otabil, Michael Fröhlich, Adrian Egea, Virginia Ács, Susann Hoeberg, Mikkel Berres, Marie-Luise Weber, Christian Moreira, José M. A. Ries, Christian Bernhagen, Jürgen El Bounkari, Omar Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation |
title | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation |
title_full | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation |
title_fullStr | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation |
title_full_unstemmed | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation |
title_short | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 Interacts with CD74 to Promote AKT Signaling, Monocyte Recruitment Responses, and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation |
title_sort | tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 interacts with cd74 to promote akt signaling, monocyte recruitment responses, and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12141899 |
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