Abstract
NFκB mediated endothelial activation drives leukocyte recruitment and atherosclerosis, in part through upregulation of adhesion molecules Icam1 and Vcam. The endothelium is primed for cytokine activation of NFκB by exposure to low and disturbed blood flow (LDF). While priming leads to an exaggerated expression of Icam1 and Vcam following cytokine stimulation, the molecular underpinnings are not understood. In a model of LDF, platelets were required for the increased expression of several RNA-binding splice factors, including Polypyrimidine tract binding protein (Ptbp1). This was coordinated with changes in RNA splicing in the NFκB pathway in primed cells, leading us to examine splice factors as mediators of priming. Using Icam1 and Vcam induction by TNFα stimulation as a readout, we performed a CRISPR-Cas9 screen of these factors and identified a requirement for Ptbp1 in priming. Deletion of Ptbp1 had no obvious effect on cell proliferation or viability, but reversed LDF splicing patterns and inhibited NFκB nuclear translocation and transcriptional activation of nearly all downstream targets, including Icam1 and Vcam. In human coronary arteries, elevated PTBP1 correlates with expression of TNF pathway genes and plaque. In vivo , endothelial specific deletion of Ptbp1 reduced Icam1 expression and myeloid cell infiltration at regions of LDF in atherosclerotic mice and limited atherosclerosis. Together, our data show that Ptbp1, which is induced in a subset of the endothelium by innate immune cell recruitment at regions of LDF, is required for priming of the endothelium for subsequent NFκB activation, myeloid cell recruitment and atherosclerosis.
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