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Journal Article
The FKBPL-based therapeutic peptide, AD-01, protects the endothelium from hypoxia-induced damage by stabilising hypoxia inducible factor-α and inflammation
2025
Overview
Background
Endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark feature of cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. This has impeded the development of effective therapies, particularly for peripheral artery disease. FK506-binding protein like (FKBPL) and its therapeutic peptide mimetic, AD-01, are crucial negative regulators of angiogenesis, however their roles in CVD are unknown. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the FKBPL-mediated mechanisms involved in regulating endothelial dysfunction induced by hypoxia or inflammation, and to determine whether AD-01 can effectively restore endothelial function under these conditions.
Methods
Hindlimb ischemia was induced in mice by ligating the proximal and distal ends of the right femoral artery, and, after three days, the gastrocnemius muscle was collected for immunofluorescence staining, and RNA extraction. A 3D in vitro microfluidics model was developed to determine the endothelial cell migration and impact of FKBPL following treatments with: (i) 24 µM FKBPL targeted siRNA, (ii) 1 mM hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1)α activator (DMOG), (iii) 50% (v/v) macrophage conditioned media (MCM), ± 100 nM AD-01. Unbiased, untargeted proteomic analysis was conducted via LC-MS/MS to identify protein targets of AD-01.
Results
FKBPL expression is substantially downregulated in mice after hindlimb ischemia (
p
< 0.05, protein;
p
< 0.001, mRNA), correlating with increased neovascularization and altered vascular adhesion molecule expression. In our real-time advanced 3D microfluidics model, hypoxia suppressed FKBPL (
p
< 0.05) and VE-cadherin (
p
< 0.001) expression, leading to increased endothelial cell number and migration (
p
< 0.001), which was restored by AD-01 treatment (
p
< 0.01). Under inflammatory conditions, FKBPL (
p
< 0.01) and HIF-1α (
p
< 0.05) expression was elevated, correlating with increased endothelial cell migration (
p
< 0.05). Unlike hypoxia, AD-01 did not influence endothelial cell migration under inflammatory conditions, but normalized FKBPL (
p
< 0.001), HIF-1α (
p
< 0.05) and CD31 (
P
< 0.05), expression, in 3D microfluidic cell culture. Proteomic analysis revealed that AD-01 treatment in hypoxia enhanced the abundance of tissue remodelling and vascular integrity proteins including collagen alpha-1(XIX) chain and junctional cadherin associated-5 (JCAD) proteins.
Conclusions
FKBPL represents an important novel mechanism in hypoxia and inflammation-induced angiogenesis. The FKBPL-based therapeutic peptide, AD-01, could be a viable treatment option for CVD-related endothelial cell dysfunction.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BMC
Subject
/ Animals
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Cell Movement - drug effects
/ Endothelial Cells - drug effects
/ Endothelial Cells - metabolism
/ Endothelial Cells - pathology
/ Endothelium, Vascular - drug effects
/ Endothelium, Vascular - pathology
/ FKBPL
/ Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells - drug effects
/ Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells - metabolism
/ Humans
/ Hypoxia
/ Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit - metabolism
/ Male
/ Mice
