Hypercholesterolemia Impairs Clearance of Extracellular DNA and Promotes Inflammation and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression
Dhawan, U. K.; Bhattacharya, P.; Narayanan, S.; Manickam, V.; Aggarwal, A.; Subramanian, M.
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Defects in clearance of extracellular DNA due to sub-optimal activity of DNase results in exacerbated inflammation and contributes to the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and other inflammatory diseases. However, the physiological mechanisms that regulate systemic DNase levels and the basis of its functional impairment during disease are poorly understood. Using a mouse model of experimental increase in systemic extracellular DNA levels, we identify the existence of a physiologic DNA-induced DNase response. Importantly, hypercholesterolemia in mice impairs this critical DNA-induced DNase response through an endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated mechanism with consequences in advanced atherosclerotic plaque progression including increased extracellular DNA accumulation, exacerbated inflammation, and development of pathological features of necrotic rupture-prone vulnerable plaques. From a translational standpoint in humans, we demonstrate that individuals with hypercholesterolemia have elevated systemic extracellular DNA levels and decreased plasma DNase activity. These data suggest that the restoration of DNA-induced DNase response could be a potential therapeutic strategy to promote inflammation resolution during hypercholesterolemia.
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