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Ma J, Ma HM, Shen MQ, Wang YY, Bao YX, Liu Y, Ke Y, Qian ZM. The Role of Iron in Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E Deficient Mice. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:857933. [PMID: 35669479 PMCID: PMC9163807 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.857933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The role of iron in atherosclerosis is still a controversial and unsolved issue. Here, we investigated serum iron, expression of iron regulatory, transport and storage proteins, pro-inflammatory chemokines and cytokines in ApoE–/– mice. We demonstrated that ApoE–/– induced atherosclerosis and an increase in iron contents, expression of transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1), iron regulatory proteins (IRPs), heme oxygenase 1 (HO1), cellular adhesion molecules and pro-inflammatory cytokines, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and a reduction in expression of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase enzyme in aortic tissues. All of these changes induced by ApoE deficiency could be significantly abolished by deferoxamine. The data showed that the increased iron in aortic tissues was mainly due to the increased iron uptake via IRP/TfR1 upregulation. These findings plus a brief analysis of the controversial results reported previously showed that ApoE deficiency-induced atherosclerosis is partly mediated by the increased iron in aortic tissues.
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- Juan Ma
- Institute of Translational and Precision Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Fudan University School of Pharmacy, Shanghai, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Translational and Precision Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Institute of Translational and Precision Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Fudan University School of Pharmacy, Shanghai, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Medicine and Biology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Pain and Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital, The Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Gerald Choa Neuroscience Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- *Correspondence: Ya Ke,
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- Institute of Translational and Precision Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Zhong-Ming Qian,
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Snarski P, Sukhanov S, Yoshida T, Higashi Y, Danchuk S, Chandrasekar B, Tian D, Rivera-Lopez V, Delafontaine P. Macrophage-Specific IGF-1 Overexpression Reduces CXCL12 Chemokine Levels and Suppresses Atherosclerotic Burden in Apoe-Deficient Mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2022; 42:113-126. [PMID: 34852642 PMCID: PMC8792341 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.121.316090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1) exerts pleiotropic effects including promotion of cellular growth, differentiation, survival, and anabolism. We have shown that systemic IGF-1 administration reduced atherosclerosis in Apoe-/- (apolipoprotein E deficient) mice, and this effect was associated with a reduction in lesional macrophages and a decreased number of foam cells in the plaque. Almost all cell types secrete IGF-1, but the effect of macrophage-derived IGF-1 on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is poorly understood. We hypothesized that macrophage-derived IGF-1 will reduce atherosclerosis. Approach and Results: We created macrophage-specific IGF-1 overexpressing mice on an Apoe-/- background. Macrophage-specific IGF-1 overexpression reduced plaque macrophages, foam cells, and atherosclerotic burden and promoted features of stable atherosclerotic plaque. Macrophage-specific IGF1 mice had a reduction in monocyte infiltration into plaque, decreased expression of CXCL12 (CXC chemokine ligand 12), and upregulation of ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter 1), a cholesterol efflux regulator, in atherosclerotic plaque and in peritoneal macrophages. IGF-1 prevented oxidized lipid-induced CXCL12 upregulation and foam cell formation in cultured THP-1 macrophages and increased lipid efflux. We also found an increase in cholesterol efflux in macrophage-specific IGF1-derived peritoneal macrophages. CONCLUSIONS Macrophage IGF-1 overexpression reduced atherosclerotic burden and increased features of plaque stability, likely via a reduction in CXCL12-mediated monocyte recruitment and an increase in ABCA1-dependent macrophage lipid efflux.
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- Patricia Snarski
- Section of Cardiology, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Section of Cardiology, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Section of Cardiology, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Section of Cardiology, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Section of Cardiology, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital, Columbia, MO,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Section of Cardiology, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Caffeic Acid Prevents Vascular Oxidative Stress and Atherosclerosis against Atherosclerogenic Diet in Rats. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2022; 2022:8913926. [PMID: 35069771 PMCID: PMC8776452 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8913926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Diet and lifestyle play a crucial role in the progress of some cardiovascular disorders (CVDs). Rising interest in natural products and their pharmacological investigations witnessed therapeutic potential against CVDs. Caffeic acid (CA) is an organic composite hydroxycinnamic acid derivative classified among phenolics. It is a secondary metabolite biosynthesized in all plant species in the form of ester conjugates. The reported pharmacological activities of CA are neuroprotective, cardioprotective, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory properties. This work is aimed to examine the outcome of CA in atherogenic diet- (Ath-) induced rat model on lipid profile changes and endothelium function. The method involves a study duration of 35 days utilizing (n = 6) male Wistar rats (180–200 g) that were fed either normal chow or Ath. Study groups are given (i) normal chow diet, (ii) Ath, (iii) Ath + CA (25 or 50 mg/kg, p.o.), (iv) normal chow diet + CA (50 mg/kg, p.o.), and (v) Ath + Atorvastatin (ATORVA) (5 mg/kg, p.o.). Blood samples were collected at the end of the study to measure serum lipid profile, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, and tissue oxidative stress level. Hemodynamic parameters and aorta staining were performed. CA treatment ameliorated lipid profile and significantly reduced the oxidative stress level. Aorta staining examination revealed a marked reduction of the atherosclerotic lesions. These findings suggested that CA is an effective treatment approach for preventing atherosclerotic lesion progression attributed to protection against oxidative stress and various enzymatic activities in the Ath model.
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Meng Q, Ma M, Zhang W, Bi Y, Cheng P, Yu X, Fu Y, Chao Y, Ji T, Li J, Chen Q, Zhang Q, Li Y, Shan J, Bian H. The gut microbiota during the progression of atherosclerosis in the perimenopausal period shows specific compositional changes and significant correlations with circulating lipid metabolites. Gut Microbes 2022; 13:1-27. [PMID: 33691599 PMCID: PMC7954427 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1880220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Atherosclerosis (AS) is exacerbated in the perimenopausal period, which significantly increases the incidence rate of cardiovascular disease. The disruption of the gut microbiota has been associated with AS or menopause, but the specific changes of AS-associated gut microbiota in the perimenopausal period remain largely unknown. As lipid abnormalities are mainly responsible for AS, the relationship between lipid metabolism abnormalities and gut microbiota disruptions during menopause is rarely reported hitherto. In the present study, ApoE-/- mice fed with a high-fat diet (HFD) were subjected to ovariectomy and supplemented with estrogen. The ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice underwent significant AS damage, hepatic lipid damage, hyperlipidemia, and changes of lipid metabolism- and transport-related enzymes. There was significantly higher abundance of some lipid metabolites in the plasma of ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice than in non-ovariectomized ones, including cholesterol esters, triglycerides, phospholipids, and other types of lipids (free fatty acids, acylcarnitine, sphingomyelins, and ceramides). The administration of estrogen significantly reduced the contents of most lipid metabolites. The diversity and composition of gut microbiota evidently changed in ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice, compared to HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice without ovariectomy. In contrast, with estrogen supplementation, the diversity and composition of gut microbiota were restored to approach that of non-ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice, and the relative abundances of some bacteria were even like those of C57BL/6 mice fed with a normal diet. On the other hand, the transplantation of feces from C57BL/6 mice fed with normal diet to ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice was sufficient to correct the hyperlipidemia and AS damage, and to reverse the characteristics changing of lipid metabolomics in ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice. These phenomena were also been observed after transplantation of feces from estrogen-treated ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice to ovariectomized HFD-fed ApoE-/- mice. Moreover, the gut microbiota and lipid metabolites were significantly correlated, demonstrating that the changes of serum lipids may be associated with the gut microbiota disruptions in the perimenopausal period. In conclusion, the gut microbiota during the progression of AS in the perimenopausal period showed specific compositional changes and significant correlations with circulating lipid metabolites. Estrogen supplementation may exert beneficial effects on gut bacteria and lipid metabolism.
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- Qinghai Meng
- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China,School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China,CONTACT Huimin Bian School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing320561, China; Jinjun Shan First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023 China
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Omega-3 fatty acids ameliorate vascular inflammation: A rationale for their atheroprotective effects. Atherosclerosis 2021; 324:27-37. [PMID: 33812168 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Clinical trials have demonstrated reductions in major adverse cardiovascular events with purified high-dose eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), independent of effects on lipids. We aimed to investigate whether omega-3 fatty acids reduce vascular inflammation, a critical mediator of atherosclerosis, and hypothesised that EPA is superior to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). METHODS In a double-blind randomised controlled trial and cell-culture study, 40 healthy volunteers were supplemented with 4 g daily of either EPA, DHA, fish oil (2:1 EPA:DHA), or placebo for 30 days. Serum was incubated with TNF-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and markers of acute vascular inflammation (AVI) were measured. The effects of EPA, DHA (600 mg/kg/day), olive oil, or no treatment were also measured in preclinical models of [1] AVI using a periarterial collar (C57Bl/6J; n = 40 mice) and [2] atherosclerosis where ApoE-/- mice (n = 40) were fed a 16-week atherogenic diet. RESULTS EPA supplementation reduced expression of C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) by 25% compared to placebo (p = 0.03). In the AVI model, EPA reduced vascular expression of VCAM1 by 43% (p = 0.02) and CCL2 by 41% (p = 0.03). Significant inverse correlations were observed between EPA levels and vascular expression of VCAM1 (r = -0.56, p = 0.001) and CCL2 (r = -0.56, p = 0.001). In ApoE-/- mice, EPA reduced aortic expression of Il1b by 44% (p = 0.04) and Tnf by 49% (p = 0.04), with similar inverse correlations between EPA levels and both Il1b (r = -0.63, p = 0.009) and Tnf (r = -0.50, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Supplementation with EPA, more so than DHA, ameliorates acute and chronic vascular inflammation, providing a rationale for the cardiovascular benefit observed with high dose omega-3 fatty acid administration.
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Ameer OZ, Salman IM, Alwadi AY, Ouban A, Abu-Owaimer FM, AlSharari SD, Bukhari IA. Regional functional and structural abnormalities within the aorta as a potential driver of vascular disease in metabolic syndrome. Exp Physiol 2021; 106:771-788. [PMID: 33450088 DOI: 10.1113/ep089213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Is aortic dysfunction, a significant contributor to cardiovascular disease in metabolic syndrome, expressed uniformly across both the thoracic and abdominal aorta? What is the main finding and its importance? Our study shows that, in the setting of metabolic syndrome, functional and structural deficits in the aorta are differentially expressed along its length, with the abdominal portion displaying more extensive vascular abnormalities. It is, therefore, likely that early interventional strategies targeting the abdominal aorta might alleviate cardiovascular pathologies driven by the metabolic syndrome. ABSTRACT The extent of vascular dysfunction associated with metabolic syndrome might vary along the length of the aorta. In this study, we investigated regional functional and structural changes in the thoracic and abdominal aorta of a rat model of metabolic syndrome, namely, high-fat diet (HFD) streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus (HFD-D). Four-week-old male Wistar albino rats were fed with either HFD or control diet (CD) for 10 weeks. At week 6, 40 mg/kg streptozotocin and its vehicle were injected i.p. into HFD and CD groups, respectively. At the end of the feeding period, rats were euthanised and aortic segments collected for assessment of vascular functional responses and histomorphometry. Tail-cuff systolic blood pressures (154 ± 6 vs. 110 ± 4 mmHg) and areas under the curve for oral glucose and i.p. insulin tolerance tests were greater in HFD-D versus CD rats. Abdominal aortic vasoconstriction in response to noradrenaline and KCl was greater in HFD-D compared with CD rats. Thoracic vasoconstrictor responses to noradrenaline, but not KCl, were greater in the HFD-D group. Abdominal, but not thoracic, endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in response to acetylcholine was blunted in HFD-D relative to CD rats; however, nitric oxide-dependent vasorelaxation in HFD-D rats was impaired in both thoracic and abdominal segments. The abdominal aorta of HFD-D rats showed deranged interlamellar spacing and increased lipid plaque deposition. In conclusion, vascular dysfunction in metabolic syndrome is expressed differentially along the length of the aorta, with the abdominal aorta exhibiting increased susceptibility to vasoconstrictors and greater deficits in endothelium-dependent relaxation. These vascular functional abnormalities could potentially underlie the development of hypertensive cardiovascular disease associated with the metabolic syndrome.
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- Omar Z Ameer
- College of Pharmacy, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad HMF, Makary S, Atef H, El-Sherbiny M, Atteia HH, Ibrahim GA, Mohamed AS, Zaitone SA. Clopidogrel or prasugrel reduces mortality and lessens cardiovascular damage from acute myocardial infarction in hypercholesterolemic male rats. Life Sci 2020; 247:117429. [PMID: 32061670 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AIMS Hypercholesterolemia is a hazard for increasing susceptibility of the heart to myocardial infarction (MI) by inducing platelet hyperaggregability. Clopidogrel and prasugrel have documented cardioprotective effects in clinical studies. Herein, we investigated whether clopidogrel and prasugrel could protect against isoproterenol-induced acute MI (A-MI) under hypercholesterolemic conditions in rats. MAIN METHODS Dietary hypercholesterolemic rats were subjected to acute doses of isoproterenol. Serum lipids, inflammatory markers, aortic endothelin1 and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNAs expression and immunexpression of BCL2 were determined. KEY FINDINGS Hypercholesterolemic rats showed infiltration of inflammatory cells and reduction in aortic wall thickness, deposition of fibrous tissue between cardiac muscle fibers. Protective doses of prasugrel or clopidogrel for 28 days before A-MI increased survival, amended the ECG parameters -including ST segment elevation- and improved the histopathological picture in hypercholesterolemic rats. This was coupled with reductions in platelet aggregation, creatine kinase-MB activity, endothelin 1, systemic inflammation and cardiac lipid peroxidation and increment in aortic eNOS expression. Clopidogrel and prasugrel groups showed enhanced BCL2 expression in cardiac fibers and aortic wall. SIGNIFICANCE Prasugrel and clopidogrel protected against A-MI via anti-aggregatory and anti-inflammatory effects. These results add to the value of these drugs in correcting cardiovascular dysfunction in patients vulnerable to A-MI after confirmation by appropriate human studies.
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- Hala M F Mohammad
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt; Central Lab., Center of Excellence in Molecular and Cellular Medicine (CEMCM), Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Anatomy department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; Anatomy department, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, El-Sharkia, Egypt; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; Pathology department, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
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Chang HR, Josefs T, Scerbo D, Gumaste N, Hu Y, Huggins LA, Barrett TJ, Chiang SS, Grossman J, Bagdasarov S, Fisher EA, Goldberg IJ. Role of LpL (Lipoprotein Lipase) in Macrophage Polarization In Vitro and In Vivo. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2019; 39:1967-1985. [PMID: 31434492 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.312389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Fatty acid uptake and oxidation characterize the metabolism of alternatively activated macrophage polarization in vitro, but the in vivo biology is less clear. We assessed the roles of LpL (lipoprotein lipase)-mediated lipid uptake in macrophage polarization in vitro and in several important tissues in vivo. Approach and Results: We created mice with both global and myeloid-cell specific LpL deficiency. LpL deficiency in the presence of VLDL (very low-density lipoproteins) altered gene expression of bone marrow-derived macrophages and led to reduced lipid uptake but an increase in some anti- and some proinflammatory markers. However, LpL deficiency did not alter lipid accumulation or gene expression in circulating monocytes nor did it change the ratio of Ly6Chigh/Ly6Clow. In adipose tissue, less macrophage lipid accumulation was found with global but not myeloid-specific LpL deficiency. Neither deletion affected the expression of inflammatory genes. Global LpL deficiency also reduced the numbers of elicited peritoneal macrophages. Finally, we assessed gene expression in macrophages from atherosclerotic lesions during regression; LpL deficiency did not affect the polarity of plaque macrophages. CONCLUSIONS The phenotypic changes observed in macrophages upon deletion of Lpl in vitro is not mimicked in tissue macrophages.
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- Hye Rim Chang
- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (T.J., T.J.B., EA.F.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (T.J., T.J.B., EA.F.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (T.J., T.J.B., EA.F.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (H.R.C., D.S., N.G., Y.H., L.-A.H., S.S.C., J.G., S.B., I.J.G.), New York University School of Medicine, New York
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Zhao LJ, Xiao Y, Meng X, Wang N, Kang YJ. Application of a Simple Quantitative Assessment of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Freshly Isolated Aortas from Rabbits. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2019; 18:537-546. [PMID: 29858736 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-018-9465-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Rabbits are widely used for the study of atherosclerosis; however, the lack of a unified and quantitative analysis of atheroma limits data interpretation and comparisons between laboratories. In this study, we applied a simple quantitative method, referred to as the oil red O (ORO) dye-eluting method, for analysis of atherosclerotic plaques in freshly isolated aortas. It employs ORO staining of the plaques followed by elution of the dye that is subjected to quantitative measurement. Atherosclerosis was induced in rabbits by feeding a 1% (w/w) high cholesterol diet for 4 or 12 weeks. Thoracic aortas were isolated and sufficiently stained by ORO. These dyes were easily and completely extracted by 100% ethanol and quantified by spectrophotometric measurement at 510 nm. A series of cross-sectional slices at 100-µm intervals were counterstained by elastic van Gieson. It was found that there was a highly positive correlation between the dye concentration and the amount of plaque tissue, determined as volume of plaques (regression coefficient r2: 0.8792, p < 0.001). The color equivalence of the dye content was expressed as µg/mm2 of intimal aorta area to allow direct comparisons among aortas. The color equivalences of ORO content in rabbits fed 12 weeks were almost 5.0 times higher than those fed 4 weeks. Thus, this ORO dye-eluting method is useful for quantification of atherosclerotic plaques in aortas in rabbits, as well as other animal models.
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- Li-Jun Zhao
- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
- College of Medicine, Memphis Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 608, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
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Altered mitochondrial quality control in Atg7-deficient VSMCs promotes enhanced apoptosis and is linked to unstable atherosclerotic plaque phenotype. Cell Death Dis 2019; 10:119. [PMID: 30741928 PMCID: PMC6370858 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-019-1400-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are one of the main cellular determinants in arterial pathology. A large body of evidence indicates that death of VSMCs is associated with features of high-risk/vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. Mitochondrial turnover is an essential aspect of the mitochondrial quality control in which dysfunctional mitochondria are selectively eliminated through autophagy and replaced through expansion of preexisting mitochondria. Even though successful autophagy promotes VSMC survival, it is unclear whether reduced autophagic flux affects mitochondrial quality control of VSMCs in atherosclerotic plaques. By using apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE−/−) mice carrying a VSMC-specific deletion of the essential autophagy gene Atg7, we show in the present study that impaired VSMC autophagy promotes an unstable plaque phenotype, as well as the accumulation of fragmented mitochondria with reduced bioenergetic efficiency and more oxidative stress. Furthermore, we demonstrate that disrupted autophagic flux is linked to defective mitophagy and biogenesis of mitochondria, which exacerbate VSMC apoptosis and in turn plaque vulnerability. Overall, our data indicate that mitochondrial quality control is a promising therapeutic target to stabilize atherosclerotic plaques.
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Unacylated Ghrelin Improves Vascular Dysfunction and Attenuates Atherosclerosis during High-Fat Diet Consumption in Rodents. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20030499. [PMID: 30682769 PMCID: PMC6387360 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20030499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Unacylated ghrelin (UnGhr) exerts several beneficial actions on vascular function. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of UnGhr on high-fat induced endothelial dysfunction and its underlying mechanisms. Thoracic aortas from transgenic mice, which were overexpressing UnGhr and being control fed either a standard control diet (CD) or a high-fat diet (HFD) for 16 weeks, were harvested and used for the assessment of vascular reactivity, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression and activity, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and glutathione levels, and aortic lipid accumulation by Oil Red O staining. Relaxations due to acetylcholine and to DEA-NONOate were reduced (p < 0.05) in the HFD control aortas compared to vessels from the CD animals. Overexpression of UnGhr prevented HFD-induced vascular dysfunction, while eNOS expression and activity were similar in all vessels. HFD-induced vascular oxidative stress was demonstrated by increased (p < 0.05) aortic TBARS and glutathione in wild type (Wt) mice; however, this was not seen in UnGhr mice. Moreover, increased (p < 0.05) HFD-induced lipid accumulation in vessels from Wt mice was prevented by UnGhr overexpression. In conclusion, chronic UnGhr overexpression results in improved vascular function and reduced plaque formation through decreased vascular oxidative stress, without affecting the eNOS pathway. This research may provide new insight into the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of UnGhr on the vascular dysfunction associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
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Park KY, Heo TH. Combination therapy with cilostazol and pravastatin improves antiatherogenic effects in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice. Cardiovasc Ther 2018; 36:e12476. [PMID: 30378752 DOI: 10.1111/1755-5922.12476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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AIMS Despite the therapeutic efficacy of statins and antiplatelet agents for atherosclerosis, monotherapy with each drug alone is often insufficient to achieve the patient's therapeutic goals. We previously showed that combined statin/antiplatelet agent/anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agent therapy (pravastatin/sarpogrelate/etanercept) reduces atherosclerotic lesions by inhibiting TNF, an atherogenic cytokine that contributes to the progression of arteriosclerosis. In addition, our previous study showed that combined treatment with pravastatin and cilostazol is effective for reducing TNF-driven inflammation through anti-TNF activity. Therefore, in the present study, we evaluated the additive effects of combined pravastatin and cilostazol therapy on atherosclerotic progression using low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) knockout (KO) mice. METHODS Ten-week-old LDLR KO mice were fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet and orally administered pravastatin and cilostazol alone or in combination. Body weight, plasma lipid levels, and the levels of intracellular adhesion molecules and inflammatory cytokines were analyzed. In addition, aortas and aortic roots were stained with Oil Red O, and atherosclerotic plaques were quantified. RESULTS The atherosclerotic plaques in the combined pravastatin and cilostazol treatment groups were significantly reduced compared to those in each drug monotherapy group. The combination therapy group also showed the downregulation of ICAM-1, MOMA-2, TNF, interleukin (IL)-6, triglyceride, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein levels and the upregulation of high-density lipoprotein levels compared to those of the pravastatin- or cilostazol-treated groups. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that combination therapy with pravastatin and cilostazol exerts beneficial effects by decreasing atherosclerotic lesion progression and improving the pro-inflammatory state in the vascular endothelium. These effects are mediated by the reduction in adhesion molecule expression, immune cell infiltration, and cytokine levels and the antiatherosclerotic modulation of serum cholesterol levels. Therefore, we conclude that combined treatment with pravastatin and cilostazol may be a more effective antiatherosclerotic strategy than treatment with either agent alone.
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- Kyung-Yeon Park
- Department of Pharmacy, Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and BK21 PLUS Team for Creative Leader Program for Pharmacomics-based Future Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and BK21 PLUS Team for Creative Leader Program for Pharmacomics-based Future Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Korea
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Park KY, Heo TH. Critical role of TNF inhibition in combination therapy for elderly mice with atherosclerosis. Cardiovasc Ther 2018. [PMID: 28643478 DOI: 10.1111/1755-5922.12280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIMS We have previously shown that the combination of pravastatin and sarpogrelate is synergistically beneficial for atherosclerosis. In this study, we investigated whether the pravastatin-sarpogrelate combination was sufficient for treatment in an old mouse model of atherosclerosis or if additional intervention would be needed to address the newly included aging factor and its complex pathophysiological impact on the atherosclerogenic state. We added an anti-TNF biological to the combination treatment cocktail because of the known pathologic roles of TNF in the aging process. METHODS Sixty-week-old low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice were fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet and treated with the sarpogrelate and pravastatin combination, etanercept alone, or the triple combination. RESULTS Although, etanercept alone did not significantly reduce aortic root and atherosclerotic plaque areas, the pravastatin-sarpogrelate combination, and pravastatin-sarpogrelate-etanercept triple therapy significantly reduced the plaque areas. Surprisingly, TNF inhibition was critically required to reduce the plaque areas of aortic roots and the expression of ICAM-1, MOMA-2, and TNF. More importantly, a lipid-lowering effect by pravastatin was observed only in the triple therapy group and not in the pravastatin and sarpogrelate combination group. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that TNF-inhibitory intervention should be added to the conventional therapy as a novel strategy for treating the elderly patients with atherosclerosis.
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- Kyung-Yeon Park
- Department of Pharmacy, Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and BK21 PLUS Team for Creative Leader Program for Pharmacomics-based Future Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.,ILAb Inc, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and BK21 PLUS Team for Creative Leader Program for Pharmacomics-based Future Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.,ILAb Inc, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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Kim CY, Chung KS, Cheon SY, Lee K, Ham I, Choi HY, Cho YB, Cho BH, Mok SY, An HJ. Hypolipidemic effects of HVC1 in a high cholesterol diet‑induced rat model of hyperlipidemia. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:3152-8. [PMID: 27510839 PMCID: PMC5042765 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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HVC1, a novel formation containing four herbs, was developed and its hypolipidemic effects in rats with high cholesterol diet (HCD)-induced hyperlipidemia were investigated. The rats were given a HCD for 8 weeks. The HVC1-treated groups were orally administered HVC1 at doses of 10, 50 or 250 mg/kg, respectively, and the simvastatin group was treated at a dose of 10 mg/kg. The normal diet and HCD control groups were administered with physiological saline. Oral administration of HVC1 (10, 50 or 250 mg/kg) significantly reduced the body weight of rats with hyperlipidemia and regulated the total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the serum. In addition, tissue analysis revealed that lipid accumulation in the liver and aorta was reduced by HVC1 administration. Furthermore, HVC1 significantly reduced the mRNA expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase and low-density lipoprotein receptor, as well as the protein level of 5′ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase in the liver. The results clearly demonstrate that HVC1 has a potent hypolipidemic effect, and suggest that HVC1 should be evaluated as a potential treatment for hyperlipidemia.
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- Chae-Yun Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Gangwon‑do 220702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Gangwon‑do 220702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Gangwon‑do 220702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130701, Republic of Korea
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- Pharmaceutical R&D Center, Kolmar Korea Co. Ltd, Sejong 339853, Republic of Korea
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- Pharmaceutical R&D Center, Kolmar Korea Co. Ltd, Sejong 339853, Republic of Korea
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- Pharmaceutical R&D Center, Kolmar Korea Co. Ltd, Sejong 339853, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Gangwon‑do 220702, Republic of Korea
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Matz-Soja M, Rennert C, Schönefeld K, Aleithe S, Boettger J, Schmidt-Heck W, Weiss TS, Hovhannisyan A, Zellmer S, Klöting N, Schulz A, Kratzsch J, Guthke R, Gebhardt R. Hedgehog signaling is a potent regulator of liver lipid metabolism and reveals a GLI-code associated with steatosis. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27185526 PMCID: PMC4869931 DOI: 10.7554/elife.13308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in industrialized countries and is increasing in prevalence. The pathomechanisms, however, are poorly understood. This study assessed the unexpected role of the Hedgehog pathway in adult liver lipid metabolism. Using transgenic mice with conditional hepatocyte-specific deletion of Smoothened in adult mice, we showed that hepatocellular inhibition of Hedgehog signaling leads to steatosis by altering the abundance of the transcription factors GLI1 and GLI3. This steatotic 'Gli-code' caused the modulation of a complex network of lipogenic transcription factors and enzymes, including SREBP1 and PNPLA3, as demonstrated by microarray analysis and siRNA experiments and could be confirmed in other steatotic mouse models as well as in steatotic human livers. Conversely, activation of the Hedgehog pathway reversed the "Gli-code" and mitigated hepatic steatosis. Collectively, our results reveal that dysfunctions in the Hedgehog pathway play an important role in hepatic steatosis and beyond. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13308.001 The liver is one of the main organs responsible for processing everything that mammals eat and drink. Nutrients absorbed by the gut like sugars and lipids (fats) are processed by the liver and are stored or distributed to provide energy to other organs. Sometimes these metabolic processes become unbalanced. This can lead to lipids accumulating in the liver – a process known as steatosis, which is a feature of human non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In organs like the liver, cells are instructed how to behave via signaling pathways. A protein outside the cell signals to specific proteins inside, which switch on a set of target genes. One such pathway is the Hedgehog pathway, which primarily regulates tissue regeneration and the development of embryos. A component of this pathway is the Smoothened gene, which indirectly switches on proteins called GLI factors that regulate metabolic genes, including those involved in lipid metabolism. The Hedgehog pathway has been found to control the metabolism of lipids in fat tissue but it is not known whether it is important for lipid metabolism in the liver. Matz-Soja et al. investigated this possible role of the Hedgehog pathway in the liver using mice with a Smoothened gene that could be deleted specifically in that organ. This deletion disrupted Hedgehog signaling and led to lipids accumulating in the liver and eventually to steatosis. These changes were associated with an increase in the amounts and activityof several enzymes (and the proteins that regulate these enzymes) that help to synthesize lipids. Steatosis was also associated with low amounts of two of the three GLI factors; indeed, this seems to be key for triggering problems with lipid metabolism. Human livers with steatosis showed the same changes in levels of the GLI factors. Increasing the amount of GLI factors in liver cells taken from mice with steatosis reduced the accumulation of lipids and brought lipid metabolism back to its normal balance. A focus of future studies will be to understand how the Hedgehog signaling pathway interacts with other signaling pathways known to regulate liver lipid metabolism, such as insulin signaling. This knowledge will help clinicians to design new treatments for lipid-associated diseases like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13308.002
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- Madlen Matz-Soja
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- University Children Hospital, Regensburg University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Integrated Research and Treatment Centre Adiposity Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Weiszenstein M, Pavlikova N, Elkalaf M, Halada P, Seda O, Trnka J, Kovar J, Polak J. The Effect of Pericellular Oxygen Levels on Proteomic Profile and Lipogenesis in 3T3-L1 Differentiated Preadipocytes Cultured on Gas-Permeable Cultureware. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152382. [PMID: 27023342 PMCID: PMC4811553 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Pericellular oxygen concentration represents an important factor in the regulation of cell functions, including cell differentiation, growth and mitochondrial energy metabolism. Hypoxia in adipose tissue has been associated with altered adipokine secretion profile and suggested as a possible factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. In vitro experiments provide an indispensable tool in metabolic research, however, physical laws of gas diffusion make prolonged exposure of adherent cells to desired pericellular O2 concentrations questionable. The aim of this study was to investigate the direct effect of various O2 levels (1%, 4% and 20% O2) on the proteomic profile and triglyceride accumulation in 3T3-L1 differentiated preadipocytes using gas-permeable cultureware. Following differentiation of cells under desired pericellular O2 concentrations, cell lysates were subjected to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and protein visualization using Coomassie blue staining. Spots showing differential expression under hypoxia were analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. All identified proteins were subjected to pathway analysis. We observed that protein expression of 26 spots was reproducibly affected by 4% and 1% O2 (17 upregulated and 9 downregulated). Pathway analysis showed that mitochondrial energy metabolism and triglyceride synthesis were significantly upregulated by hypoxia. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the direct effects of pericellular O2 levels on adipocyte energy metabolism and triglyceride synthesis, probably mediated through the reversed tricarboxylic acid cycle flux.
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- Martin Weiszenstein
- Center for Research on Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology—Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Metabolism and Bioenergetics, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Metabolism and Bioenergetics, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology—Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Research on Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Centre of Toxicology and Health Safety, The National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2 Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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Xu X, Yuan X, Li N, Dewey WL, Li PL, Zhang F. Lysosomal cholesterol accumulation in macrophages leading to coronary atherosclerosis in CD38(-/-) mice. J Cell Mol Med 2016; 20:1001-13. [PMID: 26818887 PMCID: PMC4882979 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The disruption in transportation of oxLDL‐derived cholesterol and the subsequent lipid accumulation in macrophages are the hallmark events in atherogenesis. Our recent studies demonstrated that lysosomal Ca2+ messenger of nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP), an enzymatic product of CD38 ADP‐ribosylcyclase (CD38), promoted lipid endocytic trafficking in human fibroblast cells. The current studies are designed to examine the functional role of CD38/NAADP pathway in the regulation of lysosomal cholesterol efflux in atherosclerosis. Oil red O staining showed that oxLDL concentration‐dependently increased lipid buildup in bone marrow‐derived macrophages from both wild type and CD38−/−, but to a significant higher extent with CD38 gene deletion. Bodipy 493/503 fluorescence staining found that the deposited lipid in macrophages was mainly enclosed in lysosomal organelles and largely enhanced with the blockade of CD38/NAADP pathway. Filipin staining and direct measurement of lysosome fraction further revealed that the free cholesterol constituted a major portion of the total cholesterol segregated in lysosomes. Moreover, in situ assay disclosed that both lysosomal lumen acidity and the acid lipase activity were reduced upon cholesterol buildup in lysosomes. In CD38−/− mice, treatment with Western diet (12 weeks) produced atherosclerotic damage in coronary artery with striking lysosomal cholesterol sequestration in macrophages. These data provide the first experimental evidence that the proper function of CD38/NAADP pathway plays an essential role in promoting free cholesterol efflux from lysosomes and that a defection of this signalling leads to lysosomal cholesterol accumulation in macrophages and results in coronary atherosclerosis in CD38−/− mice.
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- Xiaoyang Xu
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Singh NK, Kotla S, Dyukova E, Traylor JG, Orr AW, Chernoff J, Marion TN, Rao GN. Disruption of p21-activated kinase 1 gene diminishes atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7450. [PMID: 26104863 PMCID: PMC4480433 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Pak1 plays an important role in various cellular processes, including cell motility, polarity, survival and proliferation. To date, its role in atherogenesis has not been explored. Here we report the effect of Pak1 on atherogenesis using atherosclerosis-prone apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE−/−) mice as a model. Disruption of Pak1 in ApoE−/− mice results in reduced plaque burden, significantly attenuates circulating IL-6 and MCP-1 levels, limits the expression of adhesion molecules and diminishes the macrophage content in the aortic root of ApoE−/− mice. We also observed reduced oxidized LDL uptake and increased cholesterol efflux by macrophages and smooth muscle cells of ApoE−/−:Pak1−/− mice as compared with ApoE−/− mice. In addition, we detect increased Pak1 phosphorylation in human atherosclerotic arteries, suggesting its role in human atherogenesis. Altogether, these results identify Pak1 as an important factor in the initiation and progression of atherogenesis. Atherogenesis involves coordinated action of different cell types and factors. Here the authors show that the kinase Pak1 represents a key pro-atherogenic factor affecting the function of macrophages and vascular smooth muscle cells, including their production of proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 and chemokine MCP-1, and retention of cholesterol.
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- Nikhlesh K Singh
- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 894 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 894 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 894 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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- Department of Pathology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71103, USA
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- Department of Pathology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71103, USA
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 894 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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Pavlikova N, Weiszenstein M, Pala J, Halada P, Seda O, Elkalaf M, Trnka J, Kovar J, Polak J. The effect of cultureware surfaces on functional and structural components of differentiated 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 20:919-36. [DOI: 10.1515/cmble-2015-0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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AbstractExperiments using cultured primary cells or cell lines are a routine in vitro approach used across multiple biological disciplines, However, the structural and functional influences of various cultureware materials on cultured cells is not clearly understood. Surface treatments of cultureware have proven to have profound effects on cell viability and proliferation. In this study, we investigated the impact of polystyrene and fluorocarbon cultureware dishes on the proteomic profile of differentiated 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. After expansion and differentiation of cells on appropriate cultureware dishes, cell lysates were separated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and proteins were visualized with Coomassie blue staining. Spots with the highest differential expression between the two culture conditions were subsequently analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and the identified proteins were subjected to pathway analysis. We observed that 43% of all spots were differentially expressed depending on the cultureware. Pathway analysis revealed that glucose metabolism, mitochondrial structure and cell differentiation, represented by 14-3-3 protein-mediated signaling and the mitochondrial inner membrane organizing system (MINOS), were significantly affected by cultureware material. These results indicate that cultureware material can have a profound effect on key adipocyte functional pathways. These effects modifications of the cells should be reflected in the design of in vitro experiments and interpretation of their results.
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Quantification of plaque lipids in the aortic root of ApoE-deficient mice by 3D DIXON magnetic resonance imaging in an ex vivo model. Eur Radiol 2014; 25:736-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3456-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sánchez SA, Méndez-Barbero N, Santos-Beneit AM, Esteban V, Jiménez-Borreguero LJ, Campanero MR, Redondo JM. Nonlinear optical 3-dimensional method for quantifying atherosclerosis burden. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 7:566-9. [PMID: 24847011 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.114.001753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Susana A Sánchez
- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.).
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- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.)
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- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.)
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- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.)
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- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.)
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- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.).
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- From the Microscopy and Dynamic Imaging Unit (S.A.S., A.M.S.-B.), Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation (N.M.-B., V.E., J.M.R.), and Department of Atherothrombosis and Imaging (L.J.J.-B.), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain (L.J.J.-B.); and Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain (M.R.C.).
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Zhang Y, Li L, You J, Cao J, Fu X. Effect of 7-difluoromethyl-5, 4'-dimethoxygenistein on aorta atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemia ApoE(-/-) mice induced by a cholesterol-rich diet. Drug Des Devel Ther 2013; 7:233-42. [PMID: 23589679 PMCID: PMC3622435 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s37512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose 7-Difluoromethyl–5, 4′-dimethoxygenistein (DFMG), prepared by the difluoromethylation and alkylation of Genistein, is an active new chemical entity. Its anti-atherosclerosis effect was found in a series of studies in vitro. In this article, we explored and evaluated the anti-atherosclerosis effect via its protection of endothelial function in ApoE−/− mice that were fed a high-fat diet. Methods Five C57BL/6J mice were selected as a control group and were fed a 1% high-fat diet (control group, n = 5). Five ApoE−/− mice that were fed a high-fat diet for 16 weeks were selected as the atherosclerosis model group (model group, n = 5). In the phase I study, 25 ApoE−/− mice were provided a prophylactic treatment with different drugs at the beginning of the 16 week high-fat diet: 5 mg/gk genistein (genistein 1 group, n = 5), 5 mg/kg lovastatin (lovastatin1 group, n = 5), 2.5 mg/kg DFMG (DFMG L1 group, n = 5), 5 mg/kg DFMG (DFMG M1 group, n = 5), and 10 mg/kg DFMG (DFMG H1 group, n = 5). In the phase II study, 25 atherosclerosis model, ApoE−/− mice were treated with different drugs and fed a high-fat diet for 16 weeks: 5 mg/gk genistein (genistein 2 group, n = 5), 5 mg/kg lovastatin (lovastatin 2 group, n = 5), 2.5 mg/kg DFMG (DFMG L2 group, n = 5), 5 mg/kg DFMG (DFMG M2 group, n = 5), and 10 mg/kg DFMG (DFMG H2 group, n = 5). The plasma levels of lipids, von Willebrand factor (vWF), and nitrite were compared between phases I and II. Endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR), aortic lesion development, and quantification in thoracic aortas were measured during these two phase studies. Results Compared to the model group, the lipid and vWF plasma levels were significantly lower, the plasma nitrite levels were significantly higher, the fatty streaks of aortic lesions were significantly lower, and the endothelium dependent relaxation was significantly higher after both phase studies (P < 0.05). The DFMG supplementation led to significant plasma nitrite increment in all groups after both phase studies (P < 0.05). There were significantly decreased fatty streaks of aortic lesions in DFMG-prevented and DFMG-treated mice (P < 0.05). There was a significant increase in EDR in all prophylactic treatment groups and treatment groups (P < 0.05). We further demonstrated that the preventative effect was more obvious than the therapeutic effect. Conclusion Our results suggest that DFMG could work in prophylactic and therapeutic treatments for atherosclerosis development.
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- Yong Zhang
- Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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Zhang X, Gu L, Chen X, Wang S, Deng X, Liu K, Lv Z, Yang R, He S, Peng Y, Huang D, Jiang W, Wu K. Intermedin ameliorates atherosclerosis in ApoE null mice by modifying lipid profiles. Peptides 2012; 37:189-93. [PMID: 22910189 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Intermedin (IMD) is a recently discovered vasodilator peptide. We studied the role of IMD in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by investigating the ability of exogenous IMD to alter lipid profiles and ameliorate the development of atherogenic-diet induced atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice. Ten of eight-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were as control. Thirty of eight-week-old male ApoE-/- mice were fed with an atherogenic diet for 18 weeks. After feeding atherogenic diet for 12 weeks, the mice were equally and randomly divided into three groups. Normal saline was given in group A and C57BL/6J mice. Intermedin was given by mini osmotic pumps at the dosage of 100 ng/kg/h and 500 ng/kg/h in group B and group C respectively. After the treatment of IMD for 6 weeks, aortic ultrasonography of group C showed that IMD prevented the progression of atherosclerotic lesions and the increase of wall thickness in the aorta. Oil-red-O staining of the entire aorta and the atherosclerotic aortic root section showed 2 folds decrease atherogenic plaque (p<0.05). Serum lipid profiles were measured, compared with the group A, in group C TC and LDL-C levels were decreased by 86.32% and 89.68%, respectively (both p<0.05), meanwhile, HDL-C level was significantly increased by 74.82% (p<0.05). These data indicate that exogenous administration of IMD could prevent the progression of atherosclerotic plaque. The possible underlying mechanisms may relate to the improvement of lipid profiles.
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- Xin Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Dong B, Qi D, Yang L, Huang Y, Xiao X, Tai N, Wen L, Wong FS. TLR4 regulates cardiac lipid accumulation and diabetic heart disease in the nonobese diabetic mouse model of type 1 diabetes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 303:H732-42. [PMID: 22842069 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00948.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Toll-like receptor (TLR)4 regulates inflammation and metabolism and has been linked to the pathogenesis of heart disease. TLR4 is upregulated in diabetic cardiomyocytes, and we examined the role of TLR4 in modulating cardiac fatty acid (FA) metabolism and the pathogenesis of diabetic heart disease in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. Both wild-type (WT) NOD and TLR4-deficient NOD animals had increased plasma triglyceride levels after the onset of diabetes. However, by comparison, TLR4-deficient NOD mouse hearts had lower triglyceride accumulation in the early stages of diabetes, which was associated with a reduction in myeloid differentiation primary response gene (88) (MyD88), phosphorylation of p38 MAPK (phospho-p38), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and JNK levels but increased phospho-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Oleic acid treatment in H9C2 cardiomyocytes also led to cellular lipid accumulation, which was attenuated by TLR4 small interfering RNA. TLR4 deficiency in the cells decreased FA-induced augmentation of MyD88, phospho-p38, and LPL, suggesting that TLR4 may modulate FA-induced lipid metabolism in cardiomyocytes. In addition, although cardiac function was impaired in both diabetic WT NOD and TLR4-deficient NOD animals compared with control nondiabetic mice, this deficit was less in the diabetic TLR4-deficient NOD mice, which had greater ejection fraction, greater fractional shortening, and increased left ventricular developed pressure in the early stages after the development of diabetes compared with their diabetic WT NOD counterparts. Thus, we conclude that TLR4 plays a role in regulating lipid accumulation in cardiac muscle after the onset of type 1 diabetes, which may contribute to cardiac dysfunction.
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- Baojun Dong
- Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Kerley-Hamilton JS, Trask HW, Ridley CJA, Dufour E, Lesseur C, Ringelberg CS, Moodie KL, Shipman SL, Korc M, Gui J, Shworak NW, Tomlinson CR. Inherent and benzo[a]pyrene-induced differential aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling greatly affects life span, atherosclerosis, cardiac gene expression, and body and heart growth in mice. Toxicol Sci 2012; 126:391-404. [PMID: 22228805 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Little is known of the environmental factors that initiate and promote disease. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a key regulator of xenobiotic metabolism and plays a major role in gene/environment interactions. The AHR has also been demonstrated to carry out critical functions in development and disease. A qualitative investigation into the contribution by the AHR when stimulated to different levels of activity was undertaken to determine whether AHR-regulated gene/environment interactions are an underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. We used two congenic mouse models differing at the Ahr gene, which encodes AHRs with a 10-fold difference in signaling potencies. Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a pervasive environmental toxicant, atherogen, and potent agonist for the AHR, was used as the environmental agent for AHR activation. We tested the hypothesis that activation of the AHR of different signaling potencies by BaP would have differential effects on the physiology and pathology of the mouse cardiovascular system. We found that differential AHR signaling from an exposure to BaP caused lethality in mice with the low-affinity AHR, altered the growth rates of the body and several organs, induced atherosclerosis to a greater extent in mice with the high-affinity AHR, and had a huge impact on gene expression of the aorta. Our studies also demonstrated an endogenous role for AHR signaling in regulating heart size. We report a gene/environment interaction linking differential AHR signaling in the mouse to altered aorta gene expression profiles, changes in body and organ growth rates, and atherosclerosis.
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- Joanna S Kerley-Hamilton
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
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von Vietinghoff S, Koltsova EK, Mestas J, Diehl CJ, Witztum JL, Ley K. Mycophenolate mofetil decreases atherosclerotic lesion size by depression of aortic T-lymphocyte and interleukin-17-mediated macrophage accumulation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2011; 57:2194-204. [PMID: 21596236 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Revised: 11/24/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study tested whether immunosuppression with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) inhibits atherosclerosis development in apolipoprotein-E-deficient (Apoe(-/-)) mice and investigated the mechanism. BACKGROUND Chronic vascular inflammation involving both innate and adaptive immunity is central in the development of atherosclerosis, but immunosuppressive treatment is not uniformly beneficial. The immunosuppressive MMF targets lymphocyte proliferation by inhibiting inosine-monophosphate dehydrogenase. METHODS Young and aged Apoe(-/-) mice were treated with 30 mg/kg daily MMF during 12 and 3 weeks of a high-fat diet, respectively. Aortic lesion size and composition was investigated by histology and flow cytometry; soluble inflammatory mediators were investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS Macroscopic and histologic aortic atherosclerotic lesions were significantly decreased in both MMF-treated groups. While systemic immunoglobulin G directed against low-density lipoproteins was not significantly altered, the T-cell cytokine interleukin (IL)-17 was significantly reduced in plasma of MMF-treated mice and supernatants from their aortas after T-cell stimulation. The MMF treatment decreased aortic αβ T-cell receptor(+) lymphocyte proliferation and cell numbers. Also, aortic contents of CD11b(+)CD11c(+) cells and their proliferation were reduced in MMF-treated Apoe(-/-) mice. The IL-17 supplementation restored the number of proliferating aortic CD11b(+)CD11c(+) cells in MMF-treated mice. The IL-17 receptor A was highly expressed on circulating monocytes that are macrophage progenitors. Genetic deletion of IL-17 receptor A or IL-17A reduced inflammatory peritoneal CD11b(+)CD11c(+) macrophage accumulation. CONCLUSIONS The lymphocyte-directed immunosuppressant MMF that curbs IL-17 production was a successful antiatherosclerotic treatment. Our data delineate a role for IL-17 in CD11b(+)CD11c(+) cell accumulation.
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Parathath S, Grauer L, Huang LS, Sanson M, Distel E, Goldberg IJ, Fisher EA. Diabetes adversely affects macrophages during atherosclerotic plaque regression in mice. Diabetes 2011; 60:1759-69. [PMID: 21562077 PMCID: PMC3114401 DOI: 10.2337/db10-0778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Patients with diabetes have increased cardiovascular risk. Atherosclerosis in these patients is often associated with increased plaque macrophages and dyslipidemia. We hypothesized that diabetic atherosclerosis involves processes that impair favorable effects of lipid reduction on plaque macrophages. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Reversa mice are LDL receptor-deficient mice that develop atherosclerosis. Their elevated plasma LDL levels are lowered after conditional knockout of the gene encoding microsomal triglyceride transfer protein. We examined the morphologic and molecular changes in atherosclerotic plaques in control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic Reversa mice after LDL lowering. Bone marrow-derived macrophages were also used to study changes mediated by hyperglycemia. RESULTS Reversa mice were fed a western diet for 16 weeks to develop plaques (baseline). Four weeks after lipid normalization, control (nondiabetic) mice had reduced plasma cholesterol (-77%), plaque cholesterol (-53%), and plaque cells positive for macrophage marker CD68+ (-73%), but increased plaque collagen (+116%) compared with baseline mice. Diabetic mice had similarly reduced plasma cholesterol, but collagen content increased by only 34% compared with baseline; compared with control mice, there were lower reductions in plaque cholesterol (-30%) and CD68+ cells (-41%). Diabetic (vs. control) plaque CD68+ cells also exhibited more oxidant stress and inflammatory gene expression and less polarization toward the anti-inflammatory M2 macrophage state. Many of the findings in vivo were recapitulated by hyperglycemia in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes hindered plaque regression in atherosclerotic mice (based on CD68+ plaque content) and favorable changes in plaque macrophage characteristics after the reduction of elevated plasma LDL.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cholesterol/blood
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Collagen/blood
- Collagen/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/physiopathology
- Diet, Atherogenic
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Oxidative Stress/genetics
- Oxidative Stress/physiology
- Plaque, Atherosclerotic
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, LDL/deficiency
- Receptors, LDL/genetics
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- Saj Parathath
- Department of Medicine and the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine and the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine and the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine and the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine and the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K
- Corresponding author: Edward A. Fisher,
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Potteaux S, Gautier EL, Hutchison SB, van Rooijen N, Rader DJ, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG, Randolph GJ. Suppressed monocyte recruitment drives macrophage removal from atherosclerotic plaques of Apoe-/- mice during disease regression. J Clin Invest 2011; 121:2025-36. [PMID: 21505265 DOI: 10.1172/jci43802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Experimental models of atherosclerosis suggest that recruitment of monocytes into plaques drives the progression of this chronic inflammatory condition. Cholesterol-lowering therapy leads to plaque stabilization or regression in human atherosclerosis, characterized by reduced macrophage content, but the mechanisms that underlie this reduction are incompletely understood. Mice lacking the gene Apoe (Apoe-/- mice) have high levels of cholesterol and spontaneously develop atherosclerotic lesions. Here, we treated Apoe-/- mice with apoE-encoding adenoviral vectors that induce plaque regression, and investigated whether macrophage removal from plaques during this regression resulted from quantitative alterations in the ability of monocytes to either enter or exit plaques. Within 2 days after apoE complementation, plasma cholesterol was normalized to wild-type levels, and HDL levels were increased 4-fold. Oil red O staining and quantitative mass spectroscopy revealed that esterified cholesterol content was markedly reduced. Plaque macrophage content decreased gradually and was 72% lower than baseline 4 weeks after apoE complementation. Importantly, this reduction in macrophages did not involve migratory egress from plaques or CCR7, a mediator of leukocyte emigration. Instead, marked suppression of monocyte recruitment coupled with a stable rate of apoptosis accounted for loss of plaque macrophages. These data suggest that therapies to inhibit monocyte recruitment to plaques may constitute a more viable strategy to reduce plaque macrophage burden than attempts to promote migratory egress.
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- Stephane Potteaux
- Department of Gene and Cell Medicine and Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Berecochea-Lopez A, Decordé K, Ventura E, Godard M, Bornet A, Teissèdre PL, Cristol JP, Rouanet JM. Fungal chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger efficiently reduces aortic fatty streak accumulation in the high-fat fed hamster, an animal model of nutritionally induced atherosclerosis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:1093-1098. [PMID: 19154104 DOI: 10.1021/jf803063v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The effects of chitin-glucan (CG) on early atherosclerosis, cardiac production of superoxide anion, and hepatic antioxidant enzymes were studied in an animal model of atherosclerosis. Three groups of 12 hamsters were fed an atherogenic diet for 12 weeks. They received by gavage either water (control group) or CG in water at a dose of 21.4 mg/kg BW x d-1 of chitin-glucan (CG ld) or 42.8 mg/kg BW x d-1 (GG hd). CG did not affect plasma cholesterol but lowered triglycerides. It also strongly reduced the area of aortic fatty streak deposition by 87-97%, cardiac production of superoxide anion by 25% and liver MDA by 77-85%, and enhanced liver superoxide dismutase activity by 7-45% and glutathionne peroxidase activity by 38-120%. These findings support the view that chronic consumption of chitin-glucan has potential beneficial effects with respect to the development of atherosclerosis. The underlying mechanism is related mainly to improving the antioxidant status.
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Miyazaki K, Makino K, Iwadate E, Deguchi Y, Ishikawa F. Anthocyanins from purple sweet potato Ipomoea batatas cultivar Ayamurasaki suppress the development of atherosclerotic lesions and both enhancements of oxidative stress and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:11485-11492. [PMID: 18986148 DOI: 10.1021/jf801876n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We evaluated the protective potential of anthocyanins from purple sweet potato Ipomoea batatas cultivar Ayamurasaki (APSP) against low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in vitro and atherosclerotic lesion development in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice given a cholesterol- and fat-enriched diet with or without 1% APSP for 4 weeks. APSP protected LDL against oxidation more potently than other anthocyanins and l-ascorbic acid in vitro. In mice, APSP significantly lowered the atherosclerotic plaque area to about half of the control, the liver level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances as an oxidative stress marker, and the plasma level of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1). However, APSP showed no effects on body weight and cholesterol and lipid levels in the plasma. The results suggest that APSP can suppress the development of atherosclerotic lesions and both enhancements of oxidative stress and sVCAM-1 independently of the changes in cholesterol and lipid levels in mice.
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- Kouji Miyazaki
- Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo. Japan
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Harry BL, Sanders JM, Feaver RE, Lansey M, Deem TL, Zarbock A, Bruce AC, Pryor AW, Gelfand BD, Blackman BR, Schwartz MA, Ley K. Endothelial cell PECAM-1 promotes atherosclerotic lesions in areas of disturbed flow in ApoE-deficient mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008; 28:2003-8. [PMID: 18688018 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.108.164707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1, CD31) has recently been shown to form an essential element of a mechanosensory complex that mediates endothelial responses to fluid shear stress. The aim of this study was to determine the in vivo role of PECAM-1 in atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS We crossed C57BL/6 Pecam1(-/-) mice with apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe(-/-)) mice. On a Western diet, Pecam1(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice showed reduced atherosclerotic lesion size compared to Apoe(-/-) mice. Striking differences were observed in the lesser curvature of the aortic arch, an area of disturbed flow, but not in the descending thoracic or abdominal aorta. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expression, macrophage infiltration, and endothelial nuclear NF-kappaB were all reduced in Pecam1(-/-)Apoe(-/-) mice. Bone marrow transplantation suggested that endothelial PECAM-1 is the main determinant of atherosclerosis in the aortic arch, but that hematopoietic PECAM-1 promotes lesions in the abdominal aorta. In vitro data show that siRNA-based knockdown of PECAM-1 attenuates endothelial NF-kappaB activity and VCAM-1 expression under conditions of atheroprone flow. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that endothelial PECAM-1 contributes to atherosclerotic lesion formation in regions of disturbed flow by regulating NF-kappaB-mediated gene expression.
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- Brian L Harry
- Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Robert M Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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An G, Wang H, Tang R, Yago T, McDaniel JM, McGee S, Huo Y, Xia L. P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 is highly expressed on Ly-6Chi monocytes and a major determinant for Ly-6Chi monocyte recruitment to sites of atherosclerosis in mice. Circulation 2008; 117:3227-37. [PMID: 18519846 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.771048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ly-6C(hi) monocytes are key contributors to atherosclerosis in mice. However, the manner in which Ly-6C(hi) monocytes selectively accumulate in atherosclerotic lesions is largely unknown. Monocyte homing to sites of atherosclerosis is primarily initiated by rolling on P- and E-selectin expressed on endothelium. We hypothesize that P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1), the common ligand of P- and E-selectin on leukocytes, contributes to the preferential homing of Ly-6C(hi) monocytes to atherosclerotic lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS To test this hypothesis, we examined the expression and function of PSGL-1 on Ly-6C(hi) and Ly-6C(lo) monocytes from wild-type mice, ApoE(-/-) mice, and mice lacking both ApoE and PSGL-1 genes (ApoE(-/-)/PSGL-1(-/-)). We found that Ly-6C(hi) monocytes expressed a higher level of PSGL-1 and had enhanced binding to fluid-phase P- and E-selectin compared with Ly-6C(lo) monocytes. Under in vitro flow conditions, more Ly-6C(hi) monocytes rolled on P-, E-, and L-selectin at slower velocities than Ly-6C(lo) cells. In an ex vivo perfused carotid artery model, Ly-6C(hi) monocytes interacted preferentially with atherosclerotic endothelium compared with Ly-6C(lo) monocytes in a PSGL-1-dependent manner. In vivo, ApoE(-/-) mice lacking PSGL-1 had impaired Ly-6C(hi) monocyte recruitment to atherosclerotic lesions. Moreover, ApoE(-/-)/PSGL-1(-/-) mice exhibited significantly reduced monocyte infiltration in wire injury-induced neointima and in atherosclerotic lesions. ApoE(-/-)/PSGL-1(-/-) mice also developed smaller neointima and atherosclerotic plaques. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that PSGL-1 is a new marker for Ly-6C(hi) monocytes and a major determinant for Ly-6C(hi) cell recruitment to sites of atherosclerosis in mice.
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- Guangyu An
- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Galkina E, Harry BL, Ludwig A, Liehn EA, Sanders JM, Bruce A, Weber C, Ley K. CXCR6 promotes atherosclerosis by supporting T-cell homing, interferon-gamma production, and macrophage accumulation in the aortic wall. Circulation 2007; 116:1801-11. [PMID: 17909108 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.678474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND T lymphocytes are thought to be important in atherosclerosis, but very little is known about the mechanisms of lymphocyte recruitment into atherosclerosis-prone aortas. In this study we tested the hypothesis that CXCR6, a chemokine receptor that is expressed on a subset of CD4+ T helper 1 cells and natural killer T cells, is involved in lymphocyte homing into the aortic wall and modulates the development and progression of atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS To investigate the role of CXCR6 in the development and progression of atherosclerosis, we bred CXCR6-deficient (CXCR6(GFP/GFP)) mice with apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE(-/-)) mice. We found that CXCR6(GFP/GFP)/ApoE(-/-) mice fed a Western diet for 17 weeks or a chow diet for 56 weeks had decreased atherosclerosis compared with ApoE(-/-) controls. Flow cytometry analysis of the aortas from CXCR6(GFP/GFP)/ApoE(-/-) mice showed that the reduction of atherosclerosis was accompanied by a decreased percentage of CXCR6+ T cells within the aortas. Short-term homing experiments demonstrated that CXCR6 is involved in the recruitment of CXCR6+ leukocytes into the atherosclerosis-prone aortic wall. The reduced percentage of CXCR6+ T cells within the aortas resulted in significantly diminished production of interferon-gamma and reduction of CD11b+/CD68+ macrophages in the aorta. CONCLUSIONS These data provide evidence for a proatherosclerotic role of CXCR6. Absence of CXCR6 alters the recruitment of CXCR6+ leukocytes and modulates the local immune response within the aortic wall.
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- Elena Galkina
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Goharkhay N, Sbrana E, Gamble PK, Tamayo EH, Betancourt A, Villarreal K, Hankins GDV, Saade GR, Longo M. Characterization of a murine model of fetal programming of atherosclerosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 197:416.e1-5. [PMID: 17904984 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of fetal programming on the development of atherosclerosis in the offspring in a mouse model. STUDY DESIGN Male and female mice of the wild type and the knockout for the apoprotein E (apoE) gene were cross-bred to obtain all 4 possible genetic offspring types. The offspring were kept on regular chow and killed at 8 months of age. Levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides were determined. The aortic arch was examined for the presence and severity of atherosclerosis. Kidney and liver sections were analyzed for pathologic changes. RESULTS We found increased total cholesterol levels and incidence of atherosclerosis in offspring born to hypercholesterolemic mothers as compared with genomically similar animals born to wild-type mothers. These animals also showed kidney and liver lesions consistent with chronic hypercholesterolemia. CONCLUSIONS There is a strong effect of fetal programming on the development of atherosclerosis in the apoE mouse model.
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- Nima Goharkhay
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Riss J, Décordé K, Sutra T, Delage M, Baccou JC, Jouy N, Brune JP, Oréal H, Cristol JP, Rouanet JM. Phycobiliprotein C-phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis is powerfully responsible for reducing oxidative stress and NADPH oxidase expression induced by an atherogenic diet in hamsters. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2007; 55:7962-7. [PMID: 17696484 DOI: 10.1021/jf070529g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The effects of spirulina and its chromophore phycocyanin, both without bound Se or selenium-enriched, were studied on plasma cholesterol, early atherosclerosis, cardiac production of superoxide anions, and NAD(P)H oxidase expression in hamsters. Forty hamsters were divided into 5 groups of 8 and fed an atherogenic diet for 12 weeks. They received by gavage either 7.14 mL/(kg day) phycocyanin (PC), Se-rich phycocyanin (SePC), spirulina (SP) or Se-rich spirulina (SeSP) in water, or water as control. SeSP and SePC supplied 0.4 microg of Se per 100 g body weight. Plasma cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol concentrations were lower in group consuming SePC. HDL-cholesterol was never affected. SePC significantly increased plasma antioxidant capacity by 42% compared with controls. A sparing effect in liver glutathione peroxidase (87% on average) and superoxide dismutase (56% on average) activity was observed for all the groups compared to controls. Aortic fatty streak area was significantly reduced in the experimental groups, especially by PC (82%) and SePC (85%). Cardiac production of superoxide anion significantly decreased by approximately 46-76% in the four experimental groups and especially in SePC group (76%). The expression of p22phox subunit of NAD(P)H oxidase decreased by 34% after consumption of SePC. The results indicate that chronic consumption of Se-rich spirulina phycocyanin powerfully prevents the development of atherosclerosis. The underlying mechanism is related mainly to inhibiting pro-oxidant factors and at a lesser extent improving the serum lipid profile.
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- Jérome Riss
- EA 4188, Nutrition Humaine, Biodisponibilité et Athérogénèse, Place E. Bataillon, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Sutra T, Décordé K, Riss J, Dallas C, Cristol JP, Rouanet JM. A commercial extract of fruits and vegetables, Oxxynea, acts as a powerful antiatherosclerotic supplement in an animal model by reducing cholesterolemia, oxidative stress, and NADPH oxidase expression. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2007; 55:4258-63. [PMID: 17444653 DOI: 10.1021/jf070029n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The effects of fruit and vegetable extract (Oxxynea) on plasma cholesterol, early atherosclerosis, cardiac production of superoxide anion, and NAD(P)H oxidase expression were studied in an animal model of atherosclerosis. Thirty six hamsters were divided into two groups of 18 and fed an atherogenic diet for 12 weeks. They received by gavage either water or Oxxynea in water at a human dose equivalent of 10 fruits and vegetables per day. Oxxynea lowered plasma cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol, but not HDL-cholesterol, and increased plasma antioxidant capacity. It also strongly reduced the area of aortic fatty streak deposition by 77%, cardiac production of superoxide anion by 45%, and p22phox subunit of NAD(P)H oxidase expression by 59%. These findings support the view that chronic consumption of antioxidants supplied by fruits and vegetables has potential beneficial effects with respect to the development of atherosclerosis. The underlying mechanism is related mainly to inhibiting pro-oxidant factors and improving the serum lipid profile.
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- Thibault Sutra
- EA 3762 Nutrition & Aliments, Place E. Bataillon, Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Penumathsa SV, Thirunavukkarasu M, Koneru S, Juhasz B, Zhan L, Pant R, Menon VP, Otani H, Maulik N. Statin and resveratrol in combination induces cardioprotection against myocardial infarction in hypercholesterolemic rat. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006; 42:508-16. [PMID: 17188708 PMCID: PMC1857339 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 10/19/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hypercholesterolemia (HC) is a common health problem that significantly increases risk of cardiovascular disease. Both statin (S) and resveratrol (R) demonstrated cardioprotection through nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine whether combination therapy with statin and resveratrol is more cardioprotective than individual treatment groups in ischemic rat heart model. The rats were fed with 2% high cholesterol diet and after 8 weeks of high cholesterol diet the animals were treated with statin (1 mg/kg bw/day) and resveratrol (20 mg/kg bw/day) for 2 weeks. The rats were assigned to: (1) Control (C), (2) HC, (3) HCR, (4) HCS and (5) HCRS. The hearts, subjected to 30-min global ischemia followed by 120-min reperfusion were used as experimental model. The left ventricular functional recovery (+dp/dt(max)) was found to be significantly better in the HCRS (1926+/-43), HCR (1556+/-65) and HCS (1635+/-40) compared to HC group (1127+/-16). The infarct sizes in the HCRS, HCS and HCR groups were 37+/-3.6, 43+/-3.3 and 44+/-4.2 respectively compared to 53+/-4.6 in HC. The lipid level was found to be decreased in all the treatment groups when compared to HC more significantly in HCS and HCRS groups when compared to HCR. Increased phosphorylation of Akt and eNOS was also observed in all the treatment groups resulting in decreased extent of cardiomyocyte apoptosis but the extent of reduction in apoptosis was more significant in HCRS group compared to all other groups. In vivo rat myocardial infarction (MI) model subjected to 1 week of permanent left descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion documented increased capillary density in HCR and HCRS treated group when compared to HCS treatment group. We also documented increased beta-catenin translocation and increased VEGF mRNA expression in all treatment groups. Thus, we conclude that the acute as well as chronic protection afforded by combination treatment with statin and resveratrol may be due to pro-angiogenic, anti-hyperlipidemic and anti-apoptotic effects and long-term effects may be caused by increased neo-vascularization of the MI zone leading to less ventricular remodeling.
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- Suresh Varma Penumathsa
- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
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Trogan E, Feig JE, Dogan S, Rothblat GH, Angeli V, Tacke F, Randolph GJ, Fisher EA. Gene expression changes in foam cells and the role of chemokine receptor CCR7 during atherosclerosis regression in ApoE-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:3781-6. [PMID: 16537455 PMCID: PMC1450154 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0511043103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis regression is an important clinical goal. In previous studies of regression in mice, the rapid loss of plaque foam cells was explained by emigration to lymph nodes, a process reminiscent of dendritic cells. In the present study, plaque-containing arterial segments from apoE-/- mice were transplanted into WT recipient normolipidemic mice or apoE-/- mice. Three days after transplant, in the WT regression environment, plaque size decreased by approximately 40%, and foam cell content by approximately 75%. In contrast, both parameters increased in apoE-/- recipients. Foam cells were isolated by laser capture microdissection. In WT recipients, there were 3- to 6-fold increases in foam cells of mRNA for liver X receptor alpha and cholesterol efflux factors ABCA1 and SR-BI. Although liver X receptor alpha was induced, there was no detectable expression of its putative activator, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma. Expression levels of VCAM or MCP-1 were reduced to 25% of levels in pretransplant or apoE-/- recipient samples, but there was induction at the mRNA and protein levels of chemokine receptor CCR7, an essential factor for dendritic cell migration. Remarkably, when CCR7 function was abrogated in vivo by treatment of WT recipients with antibodies to CCR7 ligands CCL19 and CCL21, lesion size and foam cell content were substantially preserved. In summary, in foam cells during atherosclerosis regression, there is induction of CCR7 and a requirement for its function. Taken with the other gene expression data, these results in vivo point to complex relationships among the immune system, nuclear hormone receptors, and inflammation during regression.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Aorta, Thoracic/pathology
- Aorta, Thoracic/transplantation
- Apolipoproteins E/deficiency
- Apolipoproteins E/genetics
- Atherosclerosis/genetics
- Atherosclerosis/metabolism
- Atherosclerosis/pathology
- Atherosclerosis/therapy
- Biological Transport, Active
- Chemokine CCL19
- Chemokine CCL21
- Chemokines, CC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Dyslipidemias/genetics
- Dyslipidemias/metabolism
- Dyslipidemias/pathology
- Dyslipidemias/therapy
- Foam Cells/drug effects
- Foam Cells/metabolism
- Foam Cells/pathology
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Inflammation/pathology
- Ligands
- Liver X Receptors
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Orphan Nuclear Receptors
- PPAR gamma/agonists
- PPAR gamma/genetics
- PPAR gamma/metabolism
- Pioglitazone
- Receptors, CCR7
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Thiazolidinediones/pharmacology
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- Eugene Trogan
- *Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology Program, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences and
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- *Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology Program, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- *Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology Program, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029; and
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- Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029; and
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- Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029; and
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- *Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology Program, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology/Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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Auger C, Rouanet JM, Vanderlinde R, Bornet A, Décordé K, Lequeux N, Cristol JP, Teissedre PL. Polyphenols-enriched Chardonnay white wine and sparkling Pinot Noir red wine identically prevent early atherosclerosis in hamsters. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2005; 53:9823-9. [PMID: 16332138 DOI: 10.1021/jf050988m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The effects of a white wine enriched with polyphenols (PEWW) from Chardonnay grapes and of a sparkling red wine (SRW) from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes were studied for the first time on early atherosclerosis in hamsters. Animals were fed an atherogenic diet for 12 weeks. They received by force-feeding PEWW, SRW, ethanol 12% (ETH), or water as control (mimicking a moderate consumption of approximately 2 red wine glasses per meal for a 70 kg human). Plasma cholesterol concentrations were lower in groups that consumed PEWW and SRW accompanied by an increase in the ratio apo A-1/apo B. Liver-specific activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase were significantly increased by PEWW (38 and 16%, respectively) and by SRW (48 and 15%, respectively). PEWW and ETH significantly increased plasma antioxidant capacity and vitamin A concentrations. Aortic fatty streak area (AFSA) was significantly strongly reduced in the groups receiving PEWW (85%) and SRW (89%) in comparison with the control. AFSA was reduced by ethanol to a lesser extent (58%). These data suggest that tannins from the phenolics-enriched white wine induce a protective effect against early atherosclerosis comparable to that produced by sparkling red wine containing tanins and anthocyanins and dissociated from the antioxidant action of these compounds.
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- Cyril Auger
- Equipe d'Accueil 3762, Nutrition and Aliment, Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Seo T, Qi K, Chang C, Liu Y, Worgall TS, Ramakrishnan R, Deckelbaum RJ. Saturated fat-rich diet enhances selective uptake of LDL cholesteryl esters in the arterial wall. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:2214-22. [PMID: 16041409 PMCID: PMC1177997 DOI: 10.1172/jci24327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Plasma LDL levels and atherosclerosis both increase on a saturated fat-rich (SAT) diet. LDL cholesterol delivery to tissue may occur via uptake of the LDL particles or via selective uptake (SU), wherein cholesteryl ester (CE) enters cells without concomitant whole-particle uptake. It is not known how dietary fats might directly affect arterial LDL-CE uptake and whether SU is involved. Thus, mice that are relatively atherosclerosis resistant (C57BL/6) or susceptible to atherosclerosis (apoE) were fed a chow or SAT diet and injected with double radiolabeled or fluorescent-labeled human LDL to independently trace LDL-CE core and whole-particle uptake, respectively. Our results show that a SAT diet increased contributions of SU to total arterial LDL-CE delivery in C57BL/6 and apoE mice. The SAT diet increased plasma fatty acid and cholesterol levels; cholesterol, but not fatty acid, levels correlated with SU, as did the degree of atherosclerosis. Increased SU did not correlate with arterial scavenger receptor class B type I levels but paralleled increased lipoprotein lipase (LPL) levels and LPL distribution in the arterial wall. These studies suggest that arterial LDL-CE delivery via SU can be an important mechanism in vivo and that dietary influences on arterial LPL levels and atherogenesis modulate arterial LDL-CE delivery, cholesterol deposition, and SU.
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- Toru Seo
- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Auger C, Teissedre PL, Gérain P, Lequeux N, Bornet A, Serisier S, Besançon P, Caporiccio B, Cristol JP, Rouanet JM. Dietary wine phenolics catechin, quercetin, and resveratrol efficiently protect hypercholesterolemic hamsters against aortic fatty streak accumulation. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2005; 53:2015-2021. [PMID: 15769129 DOI: 10.1021/jf048177q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effects of the phenolic compounds catechin (Cat), quercetin (Qer), and resveratrol (Res) present in red wine on early atherosclerosis were studied in hamsters. Hamsters (n = 32) were divided into 4 groups of 8 and fed an atherogenic diet for 12 weeks. They received by force-feeding 7.14 mL/(kg of body wt.day) Cat, Qer, or Res in water [2.856 mg/(kg of body wt.day) for Cat and 0.1428 mg/(kg of body wt.dday) for Qer and Res], mimicking a moderate consumption of alcohol-free red wine (equivalent to that supplied by the consumption of about two glasses of red wine per meal for a 70 kg human), or water as control. Plasma cholesterol concentration was lower in groups that consumed phenolics than in controls. The increase in plasma apolipoprotein (Apo) A1 concentration was mainly due to Cat (26%) and Qer (22%) and to a lesser extent, but nonsignificantly, Res (19%). Apo-B was not affected. Plasma antioxidant capacity was not improved, and there was no sparing effect on plasma vitamins A and E. Plasma iron and copper concentrations were not modified nor were liver super oxide dismutase and catalase activities. A sparing effect of Qer on liver glutathione peroxidase activity appeared, whereas Cat and Res exhibited a smaller effect. Aortic fatty streak area was significantly reduced in the groups receiving Cat (84%) or Qer (80%) or Res (76%) in comparison with the controls. These findings demonstrate that catechin, quercetin, and resveratrol at nutritional doses prevent the development of atherosclerosis through several indirect mechanisms.
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- Cyril Auger
- Equipe d'Accueil 3762, Nutrition & Aliment, Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Huo Y, Zhao L, Hyman MC, Shashkin P, Harry BL, Burcin T, Forlow SB, Stark MA, Smith DF, Clarke S, Srinivasan S, Hedrick CC, Praticò D, Witztum JL, Nadler JL, Funk CD, Ley K. Critical role of macrophage 12/15-lipoxygenase for atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Circulation 2004; 110:2024-31. [PMID: 15451785 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000143628.37680.f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mice lacking leukocyte type 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LO) show reduced atherosclerosis in several models. 12/15-LO is expressed in a variety of cells, including vascular cells, adipocytes, macrophages, and cardiomyocytes. The purpose of this study was to determine which cellular source of 12/15-LO is important for atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Bone marrow from 12/15-LO-/-/apoE-/- mice was transplanted into apoE-/- mice and vice versa. Deficiency of 12/15-LO in bone marrow cells protected apoE-/- mice fed a Western diet from atherosclerosis to the same extent as complete absence of 12/15-LO, although plasma 8,12-iso-iPF2alpha-IV, a measure of lipid peroxidation, remained elevated. 12/15-LO-/-/apoE-/- mice regained the severity of atherosclerotic lesion typical of apoE-/- mice after replacement of their bone marrow cells with bone marrow from apoE-/- mice. Peritoneal macrophages obtained from wild-type but not 12/15-LO-/- mice caused endothelial activation in the presence of native LDL. Absence of 12/15-LO decreased the ability of macrophages to form foam cells when exposed to LDL. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that macrophage 12/15-LO plays a dominant role in the development of atherosclerosis by promoting endothelial inflammation and foam cell formation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apolipoproteins E/deficiency
- Apolipoproteins E/genetics
- Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/deficiency
- Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/genetics
- Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/physiology
- Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase/deficiency
- Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase/genetics
- Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase/physiology
- Arteriosclerosis/enzymology
- Autocrine Communication
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured/cytology
- Cells, Cultured/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured/enzymology
- Dinoprost/analogs & derivatives
- Dinoprost/blood
- Endothelial Cells/drug effects
- Endothelial Cells/enzymology
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Foam Cells/cytology
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/blood
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/enzymology
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/genetics
- Interleukin-4/pharmacology
- Lipoproteins, LDL/pharmacology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/cytology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/drug effects
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/enzymology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/enzymology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Radiation Chimera
- Triglycerides/blood
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- Yuqing Huo
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, USA.
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Auger C, Gérain P, Laurent-Bichon F, Portet K, Bornet A, Caporiccio B, Cros G, Teissédre PL, Rouanet JM. Phenolics from commercialized grape extracts prevent early atherosclerotic lesions in hamsters by mechanisms other than antioxidant effect. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2004; 52:5297-5302. [PMID: 15291511 DOI: 10.1021/jf040125d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the antiatherosclerotic effect of commercially available phenolic-rich extracts from grape seeds (ExGrape seeds, EGS; grape seed extract, GSE) and marc (ExGrape total, EGT) in cholesterol-fed hamsters and to investigate possible operating mechanisms. These extracts fed at a moderate dose mimicking two glasses of red wine per meal reduced plasma cholesterol (-11% on average) but did not affect plasma antioxidant capacity of hamsters. The extracts prevented the development of aortic atherosclerosis by 68% (EGS), 63% (EGT), and 34% (GSE). Elsewhere, in an ex vivo experiment using rat aortic rings, EGS (7 microg/mL) induced 77% endothelium-dependent relaxation, whereas EGT and GSE (30 microg/mL) induced 84 and 72%, respectively. These results suggests that phenolic extracts from grape seeds and marc are beneficial in inhibiting atherosclerosis by indirect mechanism(s).
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- Cyril Auger
- Equipe d'Accueil 3762, Nutrition et Aliment, Département Agroressources and Procédés Biologiques, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier 05, France
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Auger C, Laurent N, Laurent C, Besançon P, Caporiccio B, Teissédre PL, Rouanet JM. Hydroxycinnamic acids do not prevent aortic atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic golden Syrian hamsters. Life Sci 2004; 74:2365-77. [PMID: 14998714 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.09.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2003] [Accepted: 09/09/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The protective effect of hydroxycinnamic acids, i.e. caffeic acid (CA) and sinapic acid (SA) present in wine, and chlorogenic acid (CHA) present in apple, compared to a red wine phenolic extract (RWPE) was investigated in hamsters fed an atherogenic diet for 12 weeks. Five groups of 8 hamsters fed such a diet received by force-feeding RWPE, CA or SA in water, mimicking a moderate consumption of alcohol-free red wine. Controls received water and CHA force-feeding was extrapolated from apple consumption. Plasma cholesterol concentration was lower in group that received RWPE (-22%) and hydroxycinnamic acids had no effect. Plasma apolipoprotein Apo-A1 concentration was not affected; consumption of RWPE only decreased Apo-B concentration (-46%). Liver superoxide dismutase activity was 33% lower and glutathione peroxidase activity was 67% greater in the group receiving RWPE compared to controls; there was no effect when CA, SA or CHA were given. All the phenolic compounds significantly increased plasma antioxidant capacity (about 28% on average) compared with controls. Aortic fatty streak area was significantly reduced in the group receiving RWPE (-30%) in comparison with controls and hydroxycinnamic acids. Our findings demonstrate that chronic ingestion of the nonalcoholic components of red wine, mainly polyphenols, prevent the development of atherosclerosis in hamster and that wine hydroxycinnamic acids are not the phenolic compounds involved in such a beneficial effect.
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- Cyril Auger
- Unité Nutrition, Laboratoire Génie Biologique et Sciences des Aliments, Université Montpellier II, CC 023, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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Luttun A, Lutgens E, Manderveld A, Maris K, Collen D, Carmeliet P, Moons L. Loss of matrix metalloproteinase-9 or matrix metalloproteinase-12 protects apolipoprotein E-deficient mice against atherosclerotic media destruction but differentially affects plaque growth. Circulation 2004; 109:1408-14. [PMID: 14993123 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000121728.14930.de] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological and histological evidence implicates proteinases of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family in atherosclerosis and aneurysm formation. We previously indicated a role for urokinase-type plasminogen activator in atherosclerotic media destruction by proteolytic activation of MMPs. However, the role of specific MMPs, such as MMP-9 and MMP-12, in atherosclerosis remains undefined. METHODS AND RESULTS MMP-9- or MMP-12-deficient mice were crossed in the atherosclerosis-prone apolipoprotein E-deficient background and fed a cholesterol-rich diet. Mice were killed at 15 or 25 weeks of diet to study intermediate and advanced lesions, respectively. Loss of MMP-9 reduced atherosclerotic burden throughout the aorta and impaired macrophage infiltration and collagen deposition, while MMP-12 deficiency did not affect lesion growth. MMP-9 or MMP-12 deficiency conferred significant protection against transmedial elastin degradation and ectasia in the atherosclerotic media. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to provide direct genetic evidence for a significant involvement of MMP-9, but not of MMP-12, in atherosclerotic plaque growth. In addition, deficiency of MMP-9 or MMP-12 protected apolipoprotein E-deficient mice against atherosclerotic media destruction and ectasia, mechanisms that implicate the involvement of these MMPs in aneurysm formation.
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- Aernout Luttun
- Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Buono C, Come CE, Stavrakis G, Maguire GF, Connelly PW, Lichtman AH. Influence of interferon-gamma on the extent and phenotype of diet-induced atherosclerosis in the LDLR-deficient mouse. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:454-60. [PMID: 12615659 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000059419.11002.6e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on atherosclerosis in low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-null mice. METHODS AND RESULTS We cross-bred IFN-gamma-deficient mice with LDLR-null mice and analyzed lipoprotein profiles and atherosclerosis in the compound mutant progeny after 8 and 20 weeks on a cholesterol-enriched diet. IFN-gamma deficiency did not affect serum cholesterol levels or lipoprotein profiles, but it did affect the extent and phenotype of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic lesions in IFN-gamma-deficient mice were reduced by 75% in the aortic arch and by 46% in the descending aorta compared with control mice after 8 weeks on the diet. After 20 weeks, arch lesions were reduced by 43%, and descending aorta lesions were reduced by 65% in IFN-gamma-deficient mice compared with controls. At 8 weeks, percent lesional macrophage and smooth muscle content was significantly less in the IFN-gamma-deficient mice, but not at 20 weeks. Although there were fewer class II major histocompatibility complex-positive cells in the lesions of IFN-gamma-deficient animals compared with controls, class II major histocompatibility complex expression on endothelial cells overlying lesions persisted in the absence of IFN-gamma. CONCLUSIONS These data provide direct evidence that IFN-gamma influences atherosclerosis development and phenotype in the LDLR-deficient mouse, independent of changes in blood lipoprotein profiles.
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- Chiara Buono
- Immunology Research Division, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Huo Y, Schober A, Forlow SB, Smith DF, Hyman MC, Jung S, Littman DR, Weber C, Ley K. Circulating activated platelets exacerbate atherosclerosis in mice deficient in apolipoprotein E. Nat Med 2003; 9:61-7. [PMID: 12483207 DOI: 10.1038/nm810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 735] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2002] [Accepted: 11/22/2002] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We studied whether circulating activated platelets and platelet-leukocyte aggregates cause the development of atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein-E-deficient (Apoe(-/-)) mice. Circulating activated platelets bound to leukocytes, preferentially monocytes, to form platelet-monocyte/leukocyte aggregates. Activated platelets and platelet-leukocyte aggregates interacted with atherosclerotic lesions. The interactions of activated platelets with monocytes and atherosclerotic arteries led to delivery of the platelet-derived chemokines CCL5 (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted, RANTES) and CXCL4 (platelet factor 4) to the monocyte surface and endothelium of atherosclerotic arteries. The presence of activated platelets promoted leukocyte binding of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and increased their adhesiveness to inflamed or atherosclerotic endothelium. Injection of activated wild-type, but not P-selectin-deficient, platelets increased monocyte arrest on the surface of atherosclerotic lesions and the size of atherosclerotic lesions in Apoe(-/-) mice. Our results indicate that circulating activated platelets and platelet-leukocyte/monocyte aggregates promote formation of atherosclerotic lesions. This role of activated platelets in atherosclerosis is attributed to platelet P-selectin-mediated delivery of platelet-derived proinflammatory factors to monocytes/leukocytes and the vessel wall.
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- Yuqing Huo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Health Science Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Auger C, Caporiccio B, Landrault N, Teissedre PL, Laurent C, Cros G, Besançon P, Rouanet JM. Red wine phenolic compounds reduce plasma lipids and apolipoprotein B and prevent early aortic atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic golden Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). J Nutr 2002; 132:1207-13. [PMID: 12042435 DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.6.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The effects of a red wine phenolic extract (PE) on plasma lipoproteins and early atherosclerosis were studied in hamsters. Hamsters (n = 32) were divided into 4 groups of 8 and fed an atherogenic diet for 8 wk. They received by force- feeding 7.14 mL/(kg. d) PE in 2.6 mol/L ethanol (E + PE) or PE in water (W + PE), mimicking a moderate consumption of red wine or alcohol-free red wine [30.4 mg/(kg. d)], or 2.6 mol/L ethanol (E-PE) or water (W-PE) as their respective controls. Plasma cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were lower in groups that consumed PE. The decrease in plasma apolipoprotein (Apo) B concentration was due mainly to PE and was significantly lower in Group E + PE than in Group E-PE (-7.5%) and in Group W + PE than in Group W-PE (-40%). Apo-A1 was not affected. PE significantly increased plasma antioxidant capacity by 9% in Group E + PE and 18% in Group W + PE compared with their respective controls. Liver glutathione peroxidase activity was 67% greater in the group receiving PE in water compared with the group given water; there was no effect when PE was given in ethanol relative to its control. Aortic fatty streak area (AFSA) was significantly reduced in the groups receiving PE in ethanol (-32%) or PE in water (-29%) in comparison with their respective controls. Ethanol significantly reduced AFSA by 60% (Group E-PE vs. Group W-PE) or 62% (Group E + PE vs. Group W + PE). These data suggest that ethanol is a complementary component of phenolics in the benefits of red wine for hamsters and that chronic ingestion of PE in ethanol prevents the development of atherosclerosis through several mechanisms. With moderate consumption of red wine, ethanol can improve the effects of phenolic compounds. However, alcohol-free red wine appears to be a very good alternative to red wine.
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- Cyril Auger
- Unité Nutrition, Laboratoire Génie Biologique et Sciences des Aliments, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Ciarlet M, Conner ME, Finegold MJ, Estes MK. Group A rotavirus infection and age-dependent diarrheal disease in rats: a new animal model to study the pathophysiology of rotavirus infection. J Virol 2002; 76:41-57. [PMID: 11739670 PMCID: PMC135688 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.1.41-57.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Group A rotaviruses are major pathogens causing acute gastroenteritis in children and animals. To determine if group A rotavirus replicates and induces disease in rats, antibody-negative Lewis neonatal or adult rats were inoculated orally with tissue culture-adapted human (Wa, WI61, and HAL1166), simian (rhesus rotavirus [RRV] and SA11), bovine (WC3), lapine (ALA), or porcine (OSU) rotavirus strains, wild-type murine (EC(wt)) rotavirus strain, or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). Rotavirus infection in rats was evaluated by (i) clinical findings, (ii) virus antigen shedding or infectious virus titers in the feces or intestinal contents measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or fluorescent-focus assay, (iii) histopathological changes in the small intestine, (iv) distribution of rotavirus antigen in small-intestine sections by immunofluorescence, and (v) growth rate. Rotavirus infection of 5-day-old but not > or =21-day-old rats resulted in diarrhea that lasted from 1 to 10 days postinoculation. The severity of disease and spread of infection to naIve littermates differed depending on the virus strain used for inoculation. The duration of virus antigen shedding following infection was considerably prolonged (up to 10 days) in neonatal rats compared to that in 21-day-old rats (1 or 2 days). Based on lack of virus antigen shedding and disease induction, the murine EC(wt) rotavirus was the only strain tested that did not infect rats. Histopathological changes in the small-intestine mucosa of 5-day-old RRV-inoculated rats but not of PBS-inoculated rats was limited to extensive enterocyte vacuolation in the ileum. In RRV-inoculated neonatal rats, rotavirus antigen was detected in the epithelial cells on the upper half of the intestinal villi of the jejunum and ileum. In addition, infection of neonatal rats with RRV but not with PBS resulted in reduced weight gain. Rats infected with group A rotaviruses provide a new animal model with unique features amenable to investigate rotavirus pathogenesis and the molecular mechanisms of intestinal development, including physiological factors that may regulate age-dependent rotavirus-induced diarrhea.
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- Max Ciarlet
- Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Hsu HY, Twu YC. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha -mediated protein kinases in regulation of scavenger receptor and foam cell formation on macrophage. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:41035-48. [PMID: 10969071 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003464200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We previously reported tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) modulates transcriptional and post-transcriptional down-regulation of macrophage scavenger receptor (MSR) (Hsu, H. Y., Nicholson, A. C., and Hajjar, D. P. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 7767-7773); however, TNF-mediated signaling mechanisms are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that ligation of TNF receptor stimulates activity of p21-activated protein kinase (PAK) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) as follows: ERK, JNK, and p38 in murine macrophage J774A.1 cells. Upon activation of protein kinases (PK), TNF rapidly increases MSR message and protein; later it markedly reduces MSR expression. Studies using PK inhibitors and dominant negative constructs demonstrate phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Rac1/PAK/JNK and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Rac1/PAK/p38 pathways contribute to important roles in the late stage of TNF down-regulation of MSR expression and taking up of OxLDL. Alternatively, the PKC/MEK1/ERK pathway in the early stage plays a significant role in up-regulation of the MSR gene. By using anti-TNF-R1 agonist antibody, we further confirm TNF-R1-mediated MAPK in regulation of MSR. Furthermore, in MSR gene promoter-driven luciferase reporter assays with TNF, PKC activator increases, but antioxidant N-acetylcysteine, PK inhibitors, and dominant negative constructs decrease luciferase activity in MSR gene promoter-transfected cells. Our current results show the first evidence of crucial roles for TNF-mediated MAPK pathways in the transcriptional regulation of MSR gene and increase MSR expression; in contrast, with TNF longer treatment the pathways down-regulate MSR and foam cell formation probably via post-transcriptional process.
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- H Y Hsu
- Faculty of Medical Technology, Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 112 Taipei, Taiwan
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