Zheng, Ruiyuan ORCID: 0000-0002-7594-3869 (2024). Cell-to-cell transcriptional remodelling: a nuclear role for myeloperoxidase (MPO) in endothelial inflammation. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
Myeloperoxidase (MPO), formerly termed Verdoperoxidase, is a lysosomal protein produced mostly by activated neutrophils and monocytes. It functions in response to pathogens during bacterial and fungicidal infections and contributes to pathogen clearance both within the phagosome and upon secretion. Clinical studies identified both MPO deficiency and over presentation in a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. However, patients lacking MPO were found healthy besides minor bacterial infection [111]. Hence, the demand to MPO functional studies apart from its role in the host defense has risen. Previous study had described the accumulation of MPO in the plasma upon secretion, as well as the afterwards uptake by endothelial cells (ECs) [123]. This finding opens up a promising aspect to dissect the vascular remodelling potential of MPO. In this dissertation, EC remodelling upon MPO transcytosis was studied systematically by hiring RNA-seq and ATAC-seq techniques. Both transcriptional regulations and chromatin structural changes were identified in the MPO treated cells. For the first time, MPO association with EC chromatin was identified and verified via using multiple molecular biology methods, and its occupying regions realised via ChIP-seq. Moreover, by treating ECs with inactivated MPO, the EC remodelling was recapitalised, indicating that the effect is independent of MPO enzymatic activity. With the help of mass-spectrometry analysis, potential MPO interacting proteins were identified, including ILF3, which previously was described in the context of angiogenesis. A significant loss of cytoplasmic and gain of nuclear ILF3 was detected. In the end, genes regulated by MPO via ILF3, and MPO-ILF3 synergistical effect on RNA stabilisation were studied via ILF3 knock down in ECs.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-720435 | ||||||||
Date: | 22 January 2024 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin | ||||||||
Subjects: | Life sciences Medical sciences Medicine |
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Date of oral exam: | 27 February 2023 | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/72043 |
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