Abstract
Background: Angiotensin II (ATII) causes hypertension and promotes infiltration of inflammatory cells into the vessel wall. Vascular superoxide formation and shear stress mediated inflammatory remodeling of conduit arteries was shown to be myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) dependent, but the exact mechanism are unknown. Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the mechanism, how MyD88 contributes to the development of ATII-induced vascular dysfunction and arterial hypertension. Methods and Results: MyD88 deficiency profoundly attenuated ATII-induced (1 mg/kg/d for 7 days) blood pressure increase (measured by radio telemetry) and vascular dysfunction (assessed by aortic ring relaxation studies). Additionally vascular superoxide levels as well as mRNA expression levels of VCAM-1, iNOS, Nox2 were decreased in ATII-infused MyD88 -/- mice compared to WT controls. Aortic flow cytometric analysis revealed that ATII-induced infiltration with CD11b + Ly6C high inflammatory monocytes was significantly dampened in MyD88 -/- mice. ATII led to an increased expression of inflammatory monocyte markers in blood and aorta, which was blocked in MyD88 -/- mice, indicating a role of MyD88 for myeloid cell differentiation. Additionally less IFN-gamma + NK cells were detected in the vessel wall of ATII-treated MyD88 -/- mice and aortic lysates showed reduced mRNA levels of several proinflammatory cytokines like IL-12 and IL-1beta. Bone marrow transfer experiments further revealed a protective effect of MyD88 deficiency in inflammatory cells represented by a reduction of vascular dysfunction and inflammation. Conclusion: We provide first evidence that MyD88 expressed by bone marrow-derived cells plays an essential role in ATII-induced vascular dysfunction and arterial hypertension. Our data indicate that MyD88 is important for cytokine production and might be required for ATII-induced differentiation of monocytes into an inflammatory phenotype.
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