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. 2017 Jun 28;131(13):1449-1463.
doi: 10.1042/CS20160807. Print 2017 Jul 1.

High phosphate induces a pro-inflammatory response by vascular smooth muscle cells and modulation by vitamin D derivatives

Julio M Martínez-Moreno  1   2   3 , Carmen Herencia  4 , Addy Montes de Oca  1   2   3 , Juan M Díaz-Tocados  1   2   3 , Noemi Vergara  1   2   3 , M José Gómez-Luna  1   2   3 , Silvia D López-Argüello  5 , Antonio Camargo  1   3   6   7 , Esther Peralbo-Santaella  1   2   3 , Maria E Rodríguez-Ortiz  8 , Antonio Canalejo  9 , Mariano Rodríguez  1   3   10   11 , Juan R Muñoz-Castañeda  12   3   10   11 , Yolanda Almadén  1   3   6   7
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High phosphate induces a pro-inflammatory response by vascular smooth muscle cells and modulation by vitamin D derivatives

Julio M Martínez-Moreno et al. Clin Sci (Lond). .

Abstract

In chronic kidney disease patients, high phosphate (HP) levels are associated with cardiovascular disease, the major cause of morbidity and mortality. Since serum phosphate has been independently correlated with inflammation, the present study aimed to investigate an independent direct effect of HP as a pro-inflammatory factor in VSMCs. A possible modulatory effect of vitamin D (VitD) was also investigated. The study was performed in an in vitro model of human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs). Incubation of cells in an HP (3.3 mM) medium caused an increased expression of the pro-inflammatory mediators intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), interleukins (ILs) IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) (not corroborated at the protein levels for ICAM-1), as well as an increase in reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) production. This was accompanied by the activation of nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) signalling as demonstrated by the increase in the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells protein 65 (p65-NF-κΒ) assessed by Western blotting and confocal microscopy. Since all these events were attenuated by an antioxidant pre-incubation with the radical scavenger Mn(III)tetrakis (4-benzoic acid) porphyrin (MnTBAP), it is suggested that the inflammatory response is upstream mediated by the ROS/RNS-induced activation of NF-κΒ. Addition of paricalcitol (PC) 3·10-8 M to cells in HP prevented the phosphate induced ROS/RNS increase, the activation of NF-κΒ and the cytokine up-regulation. A bimodal effect was observed, however, for different calcitriol (CTR) concentrations, 10-10 and 10-12 M attenuated but 10-8 M stimulated this phosphate induced pro-oxidative and pro-inflammatory response. Therefore, these findings provide novel mechanisms whereby HP may directly favour vascular dysfunctions and new insights into the protective effects exerted by VitD derivatives.

Keywords: Calcitriol; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Paricalcitol; Phosphate; VSMCs.

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