Statins attenuate the development of atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction induced by exposure to urban particulate matter (PM10)
| Autor: | Don D. Sin, Jui Chih Cheng, Stephan F. van Eeden, Kunihiko Hiraiwa, Ni Bai, Gordon A. Francis, Renaud Vincent, Ryohei Miyata |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II Toxicology Nitric oxide Cholesterol Dietary chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine medicine Animals Lovastatin Vascular Diseases Endothelial dysfunction Pharmacology biology Endothelin-1 business.industry Endothelins Balloon catheter Urban Health Environmental Exposure medicine.disease Atherosclerosis Immunohistochemistry Lipids Plaque Atherosclerotic Nitric oxide synthase Endocrinology chemistry Biochemistry Cyclooxygenase 2 biology.protein Blood Vessels Cytokines Particulate Matter Sodium nitroprusside Endothelium Vascular Rabbits medicine.symptom Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors business Reactive Oxygen Species Vasoconstriction medicine.drug Myograph |
| Zdroj: | Toxicology and applied pharmacology. 272(1) |
| ISSN: | 1096-0333 |
| Popis: | Exposure to ambient air particulate matter (particles less than 10μm or PM10) has been shown to be an independent risk factor for the development and progression of atherosclerosis. The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) have well-established anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of statins on the adverse functional and morphological changes in blood vessels induced by PM10. New Zealand White rabbits fed with a high fat diet were subjected to balloon injury to their abdominal aorta followed by PM10/saline exposure for 4weeks±lovastatin (5mg/kg/day) treatment. PM10 exposure accelerated balloon catheter induced plaque formation and increased intimal macrophages and lipid accumulation while lovastatin attenuated these changes and promoted smooth muscle cell recruitment into plaques. PM10 impaired vascular acetylcholine (Ach) responses and increased vasoconstriction induced by phenylephrine as assessed by wire myograph. Supplementation of nitric oxide improved the impaired Ach responses. PM10 increased the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in blood vessels and increased the plasma levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1). Incubation with specific inhibitors for iNOS, COX-2 or ET-1 in the myograph chambers significantly improved the impaired vascular function. Lovastatin decreased the expression of these mediators in atherosclerotic lesions and improved endothelial dysfunction. However, lovastatin was unable to reduce blood lipid levels to the baseline level in rabbits exposed to PM10. Taken together, statins protect against PM10-induced cardiovascular disease by reducing atherosclerosis and improving endothelial function via their anti-inflammatory properties. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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