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Birefringent Crystals Deposition and Inflammasome Expression in Human Atheroma Plaques by Levels of Uricemia.
Joint, Bone, Spine : Revue du Rhumatisme 2022 June 15
OBJECTIVE: To verify the monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition in artery walls following a structure assessment and to assess NLRP3 inflammasome expression in human atheroma plaques by levels of uricemia.
METHODS: Patients with peripheral arterial disease who were candidates for amputation were recruited and classified as normouricemic or hyperuricemic. During surgery, an artery segment from the amputated limb was sampled, divided and fixed separately by cryo-embedding, 100% ethanol or Glyo-fixx. Samples were assessed by compensated polarized-light microscopy to identify MSU crystals on the artery walls. Afterwards, macrophages, neutrophils and NLRP3 inflammasome components at the plaque were categorized by immunostaining and compared between normouricemics and hyperuricemics.
RESULTS: Thirty artery samples from 27 patients were studied; 10 (37.0%) participants were hyperuricemic. Birefringent needle-shaped crystals were found in three samples (10.0%), all processed by frozen sectioning. Other methods showed no crystals. No accompanying inflammatory process was noted, and the presence of crystals was equally distributed across ranges of uricemia, making it unlikely they were MSU crystals. Regarding immunostaining, 28 artery samples were available for analysis, with similar infiltration of macrophages and neutrophils. NLRP3 and gasdermin-D expression were significantly greater in hyperuricemics compared to normouricemics (p=0.044 and p=0.017, respectively). ASC content was numerically larger in hyperuricemics as well, while caspase-1 and IL-1beta expression were similar between groups.
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of MSU crystals on artery walls was not confirmed. Hyperuricemia was associated with greater NLRP3 and gasdermin-D expression on human atheroma plaques in patients with peripheral artery disease.
METHODS: Patients with peripheral arterial disease who were candidates for amputation were recruited and classified as normouricemic or hyperuricemic. During surgery, an artery segment from the amputated limb was sampled, divided and fixed separately by cryo-embedding, 100% ethanol or Glyo-fixx. Samples were assessed by compensated polarized-light microscopy to identify MSU crystals on the artery walls. Afterwards, macrophages, neutrophils and NLRP3 inflammasome components at the plaque were categorized by immunostaining and compared between normouricemics and hyperuricemics.
RESULTS: Thirty artery samples from 27 patients were studied; 10 (37.0%) participants were hyperuricemic. Birefringent needle-shaped crystals were found in three samples (10.0%), all processed by frozen sectioning. Other methods showed no crystals. No accompanying inflammatory process was noted, and the presence of crystals was equally distributed across ranges of uricemia, making it unlikely they were MSU crystals. Regarding immunostaining, 28 artery samples were available for analysis, with similar infiltration of macrophages and neutrophils. NLRP3 and gasdermin-D expression were significantly greater in hyperuricemics compared to normouricemics (p=0.044 and p=0.017, respectively). ASC content was numerically larger in hyperuricemics as well, while caspase-1 and IL-1beta expression were similar between groups.
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of MSU crystals on artery walls was not confirmed. Hyperuricemia was associated with greater NLRP3 and gasdermin-D expression on human atheroma plaques in patients with peripheral artery disease.
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