PMID- 28406704 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180604 LR - 20200115 IS - 1802-9973 (Electronic) IS - 0862-8408 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Sep 22 TI - Pro-inflammatory gene expression in adipose tissue of patients with atherosclerosis. PG - 633-640 AB - Inflammatory changes, both in the arterial wall and adipose tissue, play a crucial role in the development of atherosclerosis. We measured the gene expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in adipose tissue (AT) of living kidney donors (LKD) and patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and flow cytometry analyses were performed in subcutaneous (SAT), visceral (VAT), and perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT). Data of PAD patients showed significantly higher expression in VAT in all three genes (TNFalpha 5-fold, p<0.05; MCP-1 3.6-fold, p<0.05; IL-6 18.8-fold, p<0.001). The differences in PVAT and SAT were less significant. Total body pro-inflammatory status was documented by higher TNFalpha concentration in patients (4.86+/-1.4 pg/ml) compared to LKDs (2.14+/-0.9 pg/ml; p<0.001), as was hsCRP (11.8+/-7.0 in PAD; 1.5+/-0.48 in LKDs; p=0.017). We found no age-dependent relationship between gene expression vs. TNFalpha and hsCRP concentrations in both compared groups. No effect of the atherosclerosis score on gene expression and circulating inflammatory markers within the PAD group was observed. Our results suggest that the AT of PAD patients infiltrated with macrophages produces more cytokines involved in the development of inflammation and atherosclerosis. FAU - Cejkova, S AU - Cejkova S AD - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic. rupo@ikem.cz. FAU - Kralova Lesna, I AU - Kralova Lesna I FAU - Fronek, J AU - Fronek J FAU - Janousek, L AU - Janousek L FAU - Kralova, A AU - Kralova A FAU - Zdychova, J AU - Zdychova J FAU - Poledne, R AU - Poledne R LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170412 PL - Czech Republic TA - Physiol Res JT - Physiological research JID - 9112413 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (IL6 protein, human) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/*metabolism/pathology MH - Adult MH - Atherosclerosis/*genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Chemokine CCL2/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Female MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-6/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Living Donors MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis/genetics EDAT- 2017/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/05 06:00 CRDT- 2017/04/14 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 933352 [pii] AID - 10.33549/physiolres.933352 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Res. 2017 Sep 22;66(4):633-640. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933352. Epub 2017 Apr 12.