Prakash Prem, Kulkarni Paresh P, Lentz Steven R, Chauhan Anil K
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Blood. 2015 May 14;125(20):3164-72. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-10-608653. Epub 2015 Feb 19.
Cellular fibronectin containing extra domain A (Fn-EDA+), which is produced in response to tissue injury in several disease states, has prothrombotic activity and is known to interact with Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4). The underlying mechanism and cell types involved in mediating the prothrombotic effect of Fn-EDA+ still remain unknown. Using intravital microscopy, we evaluated susceptibility to carotid artery thrombosis after FeCl3-induced injury in mice expressing Fn lacking EDA (Fn-EDA(-/-) mice) or Fn containing EDA (Fn-EDA(+/+) mice). Fn-EDA(-/-) mice exhibited prolonged times to first thrombus formation and complete occlusion and a significant decrease in the rate of thrombus growth (P < .05 vs Fn-EDA(+/+) mice). Genetic deletion of TLR4 reversed the accelerated thrombosis in Fn-EDA(+/+) mice (P < .05) but had no effect in Fn-EDA(-/-) mice. Bone marrow transplantation experiments revealed that TLR4 expressed on hematopoietic cells contributes to accelerated thrombosis in Fn-EDA(+/+) mice. In vitro studies showed that cellular Fn-EDA+ interacts with platelet TLR4 and promotes agonist-induced platelet aggregation. Finally, Fn-EDA(+/+) mice specifically lacking platelet TLR4 exhibited prolonged times to first thrombus formation and complete occlusion (P < .05 vs Fn-EDA(+/+) mice containing platelet TLR4). We conclude that platelet TLR4 contributes to the prothrombotic effect of cellular Fn-EDA+, suggesting another link between thrombosis and innate immunity.
含额外结构域A的细胞纤连蛋白(Fn-EDA+)在多种疾病状态下因组织损伤而产生,具有促血栓形成活性,且已知其与Toll样受体4(TLR4)相互作用。介导Fn-EDA+促血栓形成作用的潜在机制及相关细胞类型仍不清楚。我们利用活体显微镜技术,评估了在表达缺乏EDA的纤连蛋白(Fn-EDA(-/-)小鼠)或含EDA的纤连蛋白(Fn-EDA(+/+)小鼠)中,FeCl3诱导损伤后颈动脉血栓形成的易感性。Fn-EDA(-/-)小鼠首次形成血栓和完全阻塞的时间延长,血栓生长速率显著降低(与Fn-EDA(+/+)小鼠相比,P <.05)。TLR4基因缺失逆转了Fn-EDA(+/+)小鼠中加速的血栓形成(P <.05),但对Fn-EDA(-/-)小鼠无影响。骨髓移植实验表明,造血细胞上表达的TLR4促成了Fn-EDA(+/+)小鼠中加速的血栓形成。体外研究显示,细胞Fn-EDA+与血小板TLR4相互作用并促进激动剂诱导的血小板聚集。最后,特异性缺乏血小板TLR4的Fn-EDA(+/+)小鼠首次形成血栓和完全阻塞的时间延长(与含血小板TLR4的Fn-EDA(+/+)小鼠相比,P <.05)。我们得出结论,血小板TLR4促成了细胞Fn-EDA+的促血栓形成作用,提示血栓形成与先天免疫之间的另一种联系。