PMID- 30936963 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1792-0981 (Print) IS - 1792-1015 (Electronic) IS - 1792-0981 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 4 DP - 2019 Apr TI - TIPE2 suppresses atherosclerosis by exerting a protective effect on macrophages via the inhibition of the Akt signaling pathway. PG - 2937-2944 LID - 10.3892/etm.2019.7316 [doi] AB - Macrophage apoptosis and inflammation serve pivotal roles in the occurrence of atherosclerosis. However, the detailed underlying mechanism of macrophage action during atherosclerosis is poorly understood. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced protein 8-like 2 (TIPE2) is a well-known negative regulator of the immune response. The current study assessed the association between TIPE2 and apoptosis-associated molecules in macrophages during atherosclerosis, as well as the role of TIPE2 in macrophage inflammation. RAW264.7 macrophages were subsequently transfected with a TIPE2 expression plasmid. Following oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) induction (100 microg/m1) for 48 h, macrophage apoptosis was assessed via Annexin V/propidium iodide dual staining. The apoptosis-associated factors and Akt signaling pathway-associated factors were also evaluated via western blot analysis. The expression of inflammatory factors was determined via a reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay and western blotting. Furthermore, a transwell assay was performed to test cell invasion ability. NF-kappaB phosphorylation and nuclear translocation were also assessed via western blotting. The results demonstrated that TIPE2 overexpression may promote oxLDL-induced RAW264.7 macrophage apoptosis by inhibiting the protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that TIPE2 significantly reduced oxLDL-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 expression (MCP-1), and increased IL-10 expression by suppressing NF-kappaB phosphorylation and nuclear translocation in RAW264.7 macrophages. These results indicated that TIPE2 serves a protective role in oxLDL-induced RAW264.7 macrophages, and its mechanism may partly be exerted via the inhibition of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and the reduction of the macrophage inflammatory response achieved via the suppression of NF-kappaB signal activation. FAU - Li, Dan AU - Li D AD - Department of Geriatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China. FAU - Tan, Ying AU - Tan Y AD - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421000, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190226 PL - Greece TA - Exp Ther Med JT - Experimental and therapeutic medicine JID - 101531947 PMC - PMC6434246 OTO - NOTNLM OT - apoptosis OT - atherosclerosis OT - inflammation OT - macrophage OT - nuclear factor-kappaB OT - protein kinase B OT - tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced protein 8-like 2 EDAT- 2019/04/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/03 06:01 PMCR- 2019/02/26 CRDT- 2019/04/03 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/03 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ETM-0-0-7316 [pii] AID - 10.3892/etm.2019.7316 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Ther Med. 2019 Apr;17(4):2937-2944. doi: 10.3892/etm.2019.7316. Epub 2019 Feb 26.