Effect of low dose atorvastatin versus diet-induced cholesterol lowering on atherosclerotic lesion progression and inflammation in apolipoprotein E*3-Leiden transgenic mice
| Autor: | Hans M.G. Princen, E.H. Offerman, Teake Kooistra, Alexander J. Szalai, Robert Kleemann, Sjef J. Emeis, Lars Verschuren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Apolipoprotein E
Male medicine.medical_specialty Apolipoprotein B Arteriosclerosis Atorvastatin Apolipoprotein E3 Mice Transgenic Biology Drug Administration Schedule Lesion chemistry.chemical_compound Mice Apolipoproteins E Internal medicine medicine Animals Pyrroles Serum amyloid A Aorta Inflammation Serum Amyloid A Protein Cholesterol Anticholesteremic Agents Diet Endocrinology C-Reactive Protein chemistry Heptanoic Acids Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 biology.protein Diet Atherogenic lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Biomarkers medicine.drug Lipoprotein |
| Zdroj: | Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 25(1) |
| ISSN: | 1524-4636 |
| Popis: | Objective - To evaluate whether low-dose atorvastatin suppresses atherosclerotic lesion progression and inflammation in apolipoprotein E*3 (apoE*3)-Leiden mice beyond its cholesterol-lowering effect. Methods and Results - ApoE*3-Leiden mice were fed a high-cholesterol (HC) diet until mild atherosclerotic lesions had formed. Subsequently, HC diet feeding was continued or mice received HC supplemented with 0.002% (w/w) atorvastatin (HC+A), resulting in 19% plasma cholesterol lowering, or mice received a low-cholesterol (LC) diet to establish a plasma cholesterol level similar to that achieved in the HC+A group. HC+A and LC diet reduced, significantly and to the same extent, lesion progression and complication in the aortic root, as assessed by measuring total atherosclerotic lesion area, lesion severity, and macrophage and smooth muscle cell area. In the aortic arch, HC+A but not LC blocked lesion progression. HC+A and LC reduced vascular inflammation (ie, expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, matrix metalloproteinase-9), but HC+A additionally suppressed vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression and, in parallel, monocyte adhesion. In contrast, low-dose atorvastatin showed no antiinflammatory action toward hepatic inflammation markers (serum amyloid A, C-reactive protein [CRP]) in apoE*3-Leiden mice and human CRP transgenic mice. Conclusion - Low-dose atorvastatin cholesterol-dependently reduces lesion progression in the aortic root but shows antiinflammatory vascular activity and tends to retard atherogenesis in the aortic arch beyond its cholesterol-lowering effect. Chemicals / CAS: amyloid A protein, 59165-71-8; atorvastatin, 134523-00-5, 134523-03-8; C reactive protein, 9007-41-4; cholesterol, 57-88-5; gelatinase B, 146480-36-6; plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, 140208-23-7; Anticholesteremic Agents; apolipoprotein E3 (Leidein); Apolipoprotein E3; Apolipoproteins E; atorvastatin, 110862-48-1; Biological Markers; C-Reactive Protein, 9007-41-4; Cholesterol, 57-88-5; Heptanoic Acids; Pyrroles; Serum Amyloid A Protein |
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