C-reactive protein-induced in vitro endothelial cell activation is an artefact caused by azide and lipopolysaccharide

Taylor, Karolina E., Giddings, John Charles and Van Den Berg, Carmen Wilma 2005. C-reactive protein-induced in vitro endothelial cell activation is an artefact caused by azide and lipopolysaccharide. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 25 (6) , pp. 1225-1230. 10.1161/01.ATV.0000164623.41250.28

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Abstract

Objective— C-reactive protein (CRP) has been proposed to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In vitro studies investigating the mechanism behind this have used purified commercial CRP (cCRP) and endothelial cells. We investigated the role of contaminants in cCRP preparations. Methods and Results— Human umbilical vein endothelial cells and the human endothelial cell line EA.hy926 were incubated with Escherichia coli–derived cCRP, in-house–generated azide-free recombinant, and ascites-purified CRP, azide, or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) equivalent to the concentration present in cCRP preparations. Cells were investigated for change in cell proliferation, morphology, apoptosis, and expression of endothelial NO synthase and intercellular adhesion molecule-1. Cell supernatants were assessed for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), interleukin-8, von Willebrand factor secretion, and pH change. Only cCRP was able to induce all activation events analyzed; however, this ability was lost on extensive dialysis, suggesting that low molecular weight contaminants were responsible for these events. Indeed, the effects of cCRP were mirrored by azide or LPS. Conclusions— We investigated a wide range of effects on endothelial cells ascribed to CRP; however, azide and LPS, but never CRP itself, were responsible for the cell activation events. We conclude that CRP, per se, does not activate endothelial cells. We investigated the validity of the numerous responses of endothelial cells attributed to CRP and demonstrate here that the reported effects are caused by low molecular weight contaminants, like azide and LPS, which are present in commercial CRP preparations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
ISSN:	15244636
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/56

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