Interleukin-10 inhibits the in vivo and in vitro adverse effects of TNF-α on the endothelium of murine aorta

Saiprasad M. Zemse, Chin Wei Chiao, Rob H.P. Hilgers, R. Clinton Webb

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Abstract

TNF-α is a proinflammatory cytokine and is an important mediator of maternal endothelial dysfunction leading to preeclampsia. In this study, we tested whether IL-10 protects against TNF-α-induced endothelial dysfunction in murine aorta. In in vitro experiments, aortic rings of C57BL/6 female mice were incubated in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium in the presence of either vehicle (distilled H2O), TNF-α (4 nmol/l), or recombinant mouse IL-10 (300 ng/ml) or in the presence of both TNF-α and IL-10 for 22 h at 37°C. In in vivo experiments C57BL6/IL-10 knockout female mice were treated with saline or TNF-α (220 ng·kg -1·day-1) for 14 days. Aortic rings were isolated from in vitro and in vivo experiments and mounted in a wire myograph (Danish Myotech) and stretched to a tension of 5 mN. Endothelium-dependent relaxation was assessed by constructing cumulative concentration-response curves to acetylcholine (ACh, 0.001-10 μmol/l) during phenylephrine (10 μmol/l)-induced contraction. As a result, overnight exposure of aortic rings to TNF-α resulted in significant blunted maximal relaxing responses (Emax) to ACh compared with untreated rings (22 ± 4 vs. 82 ± 3%, respectively). IL-10 knockout mice treated with TNF-α showed significant impairment in ACh responses (Emax) compared with C57BL/6 mice treated with TNF-α (51 ± 3 vs. 72 ± 3%, respectively). Western blot analysis showed that endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression was reduced by TNF-α in in vitro and in vivo experiments, whereas IL-10 restored the eNOS expression. In conclusion, the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 prevents impairment in endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation caused by TNF-α by protecting eNOS expression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)H1160-H1167
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Volume299
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nuclear factor-κB
  • Tumor necrosis factor-α

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology (medical)

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