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Park BS, Park SO. Lowering Lipid Mechanism of the Ethanol Extracts from Maggot of Musca domestica in Rats Fed a High-Cholesterol Diet. INT J PHARMACOL 2014. [DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2015.1.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Yang X, Ouyang H, Chen F, Pang D, Dong M, Yang S, Liu X, Peng Z, Wang F, Zhang X, Ren L. HMG-CoA reductase is negatively associated with PCV2 infection and PCV2-induced apoptotic cell death. J Gen Virol 2014; 95:1330-1337. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.063644-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We examined the role of HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) during porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) infection. The results demonstrated that levels of endogenous HMGCR were not significantly different in PCV2-infected cells and mock-infected cells. However, the level of phosphorylated HMGCR, an inactivated form of HMGCR, was increased in PCV2-infected cells. Furthermore, HMGCR was upregulated by overexpression, silenced by siRNA or inactivated using its dominant-negative form in PK-15 cells. The results showed that PCV2 infection was inhibited by HMGCR overexpression, whereas it was significantly increased in HMGCR-silenced cells and HMGCR inhibitor-treated cells. Moreover, there was a robust apoptotic response at 48 h post-infection (p.i.) in HMGCR-inactivated cells, and this response was significantly greater than that observed in PK-15 cells. A modest apoptotic response was also observed in HMGCR-silenced cells. Caspase-3 activity was also analysed in PCV2-infected cells at 48 h p.i. As expected, caspase-3 activity was significantly increased in HMGCR-inactivated and -silenced cells compared with PK-15 cells. PCV2 replication was dose-dependently increased in HMGCR-inactivated cells when treated with increasing amounts of caspase-3 inhibitor. Altogether, HMGCR was negatively associated with PCV2 infection and PCV2-induced apoptotic cell death. These data demonstrated that HMGCR can be used as a candidate target for PCV2 disease control and antivirus research. Furthermore, the cells generated in this study can be used to evaluate the potential effects of HMGCR on PCV2 replication.
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- Xin Yang
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, PR China
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Effects of an ergosterol synthesis inhibitor on gene transcription of terpenoid biosynthesis in Blakeslea trispora. Curr Microbiol 2008; 57:527-31. [PMID: 18769852 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9236-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Highly efficient induction of carotene biosynthesis of Blakeslea trispora by ketoconazole (KCZ), an inhibitor of ergosterol biosynthesis, was found previously. To get some insight into the regulatory mechanisms of KCZ controlling terpenoid (including carotene) biosynthesis, the transcript levels of gene hmgR, encoding HMGR, which initiates the biosynthesis of all terpenoids, and gene carRA, encoding lycopene cyclase and phytoene synthase in the carotene biosynthsis pathway, were investigated in B. trispora cells treated with KCZ. Upon KCZ treatment, up-regulation of hmgR and carRA genes, increased beta-carotene and ubiquinone contents, and decreased ergosterol content were all observed. The results suggest that the inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis by KCZ triggered hmgR gene transcription, which might present a positive feedback regulation of gene hmgR in response to a depletion of ergosterol. Furthermore, KCZ could be used as a new agent to improve not only beta-carotene but also ubiquinone production, whose regulatory mechanisms controlling terpenoid biosynthesis differ from the agents reported previously.
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Sun Y, Yuan QP, Vriesekoop F. Effect of two ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors on lycopene production by Blakeslea trispora. Process Biochem 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gueguen Y, Ferrari L, Souidi M, Batt AM, Lutton C, Siest G, Visvikis S. Compared Effect of Immunosuppressive Drugs Cyclosporine A and Rapamycin on Cholesterol Homeostasis Key Enzymes CYP27A1 and HMG-CoA Reductase. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2007; 100:392-7. [PMID: 17516993 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2007.00066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hyperlipidaemia, i.e. increase in total cholesterol and triglycerides, is a common side-effect of the immunosuppressive drugs rapamycin (RAPA) and cyclosporine A (CsA), and is probably related to inhibition of the 27-hydroxylation of cholesterol (acid pathway of bile acid biosynthesis). This might be one of the causes for the increase in plasma cholesterol, as 27-hydroxycholesterol is a potent suppressor of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR), a key enzyme of cholesterol synthesis. As the sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) inhibition by CsA is well known, we evaluated the effect of another immunosuppressive drug, RAPA, on this enzyme in HepG2 mitochondria, which confirmed the dose-dependent inhibition of mitochondrial CYP27A1 by cyclosporine (10-20 microM), while the inhibition by RAPA required a higher dose (50-100 microM). Corresponding K(i) was 10 microM for CsA (non-competitive inhibition) and 110 microM for RAPA (competitive inhibition). Cotreatment with both immunosuppressive drugs showed an additive inhibitory effect on CYP27A1 activity. Later, we analysed the effect of these immunosuppressants on HMGR expression in HepG2 cells, and a dose-dependent up-regulation of HMGR gene expression was observed. The results suggest that RAPA and CsA are both inhibitors of CYP27A1 activity with slightly different mechanisms and that they may accordingly increase HMGR expression.
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- Yann Gueguen
- Faculty of Pharmacy 1, Nancy Universities, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U525, 30 Rue Lionnois, Nancy, France.
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Hester SD, Wolf DC, Nesnow S, Thai SF. Transcriptional profiles in liver from rats treated with tumorigenic and non-tumorigenic triazole conazole fungicides: Propiconazole, triadimefon, and myclobutanil. Toxicol Pathol 2007; 34:879-94. [PMID: 17178689 DOI: 10.1080/01926230601047824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Conazoles are a class of fungicides used as pharmaceutical and agricultural agents. In chronic bioassays in rats, triadimefon was hepatotoxic and induced follicular cell adenomas in the thyroid gland, whereas, propiconazole and myclobutanil were hepatotoxic but had no effect on the thyroid gland. These conazoles administered in the feed to male Wistar/Han rats were found to induce hepatomegaly, induce high levels of pentoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase, increase cell proliferation in the liver, increase serum cholesterol, decrease serum T3 and T4, and increase hepatic uridine diphosphoglucuronosyl transferase activity. The goal of the present study was to define pathways that explain the biologic outcomes. Male Wistar/Han rats (3 per group), were exposed to the 3 conazoles in the feed for 4, 30, or 90 days of treatment at tumorigenic and nontumorigenic doses. Hepatic gene expression was determined using high-density Affymetrix GeneChips (Rat 230_2). Differential gene expression was assessed at the probe level using Robust Multichip Average analysis. Principal component analysis by treatment and time showed within group sample similarity and that the treatment groups were distinct from each other. The number of altered genes varied by treatment, dose, and time. The greatest number of altered genes was induced by triadimefon and propiconazole after 90 days of treatment, while myclobutanil had minimal effects at that time point. Pathway level analyses revealed that after 90 days of treatment the most significant numbers of altered pathways were related to cell signaling, growth, and metabolism. Pathway level analysis for triadimefon and propiconazole resulted in 71 altered pathways common to both chemicals. These pathways controlled cholesterol metabolism, activation of nuclear receptors, and N-ras and K-ras signaling. There were 37 pathways uniquely changed by propiconazole, and triadimefon uniquely altered 34 pathways. Pathway level analysis of altered gene expression resulted in a more complete description of the associated toxicological effects that can distinguish triadimefon from propiconazole and myclobutanil.
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- Susan D Hester
- Environmental Carcinogenesis Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA.
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Travert C, Carreau S, Le Goff D. Induction of apoptosis by 25-hydroxycholesterol in adult rat Leydig cells: Protective effect of 17β-estradiol. Reprod Toxicol 2006; 22:564-70. [PMID: 17023141 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 04/24/2006] [Accepted: 05/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Testicular macrophages can convert cholesterol into 25-hydroxycholesterol which strongly stimulates Leydig cell testosterone production. We demonstrated that 25-hydroxycholesterol reduced cholesterol biosynthesis in adult rat Leydig cells. This oxysterol can also be cytotoxic. As hydroxylated cholesterol can induce apoptosis in various cells, we investigated cell death produced by 25-hydroxycholesterol. Apoptosis was characterized by TUNEL assay and by DAPI test. Addition of 25-hydroxycholesterol, during 24h, induced a dose dependent increase of apoptosis. This effect was reduced by a treatment with a caspase-3 inhibitor (Ac-DEVD-CHO). 25-Hydroxycholesterol is known to stimulate testosterone production, but an increase of intracellular or culture medium testosterone level does not modify significantly the percentage of apoptotic cells. In contrast, addition of 17beta-estradiol (2 nM) induced a decrease of apoptotic cells. These data suggested that this oxysterol can be used by rat Leydig cells in culture for sterol metabolism, but also induces apoptosis which could be inhibited by 17beta-estradiol.
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- Carine Travert
- Biochemistry Laboratory EA 2608-USC INRA 2006, IBFA, University of Caen, Esplanade de la Paix, 14302 Caen Cedex, France.
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Gerloff T, Schaefer M, Mwinyi J, Johne A, Sudhop T, Lütjohann D, Roots I, von Bergmann K. Influence of the SLCO1B1*1b and *5 haplotypes on pravastatin’s cholesterol lowering capabilities and basal sterol serum levels. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2006; 373:45-50. [PMID: 16568260 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-006-0053-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We previously showed that variant SLCO1B1 haplotype *1b (A388G) accelerates and that *5 (T521C) delays hepatocellular uptake of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor pravastatin [Mwinyi et al. (2004): Clin Pharmacol Ther 75:415-421]. In the present study we checked for differential effects of variant SLCO1B1 haplotypes on hepatocellular cholesterol synthesis. We analyzed the serum levels of cholesterol, lathosterol, and campesterol in healthy white males which had been grouped on the basis of their SLCO1B1 haplotype: *1a (n=10), *1b (n=10), and *5 (n=8). The subjects received a single oral dose of 40 mg pravastatin. Cholesterol and lathosterol levels were lower in all subjects following pravastatin intake for up to 24. Median levels 6 h post-dosing of lathosterol decreased in each SLCO1B1 haplotype group in the rank order of *1b (-0.11 mg dl(-1); min-max: -0.20 to -0.04; p=0.005) > *1a (-0.09 mg dl(-1); min-max: -0.22 to -0.05; p=0.005) > *5 (-0.07 mg dl(-1); min-max: -0.17 to -0.05; p=0.012). Lathosterol median-change values were significantly greater in haplotype *1b than in haplotype *5 individuals (p=0.041, non-adjusted), which was congruent with the extent of mean changes in lathosterol-to-cholesterol ratios, although the latter did not reach statistical significance. Post-treatment serum levels of campesterol were not affected by SLCO1B1 haplotype. Interestingly, sterol basal serum levels tended to be highest in *1b carriers, followed by those in *1a and *5 individuals, with significant differences in lathosterol concentrations between the *1b and *5 (p=0.041, non-adjusted) haplotype group. Our findings suggest an association of SLCO1B1*1b and *5 haplotypes to pravastatin's inhibition of the hepatocellular HMG-CoA reductase. Furthermore, SLCO1B1 haplotypes seem to play a role in basal cholesterol homeostasis.
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- Thomas Gerloff
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Charité University Medical Center, Humboldt University of Berlin, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10098, Berlin, Germany.
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Tang R, Huang K. Inhibiting effect of selenium on oxysterols-induced apoptosis of rat vascular smooth muscle cells. J Inorg Biochem 2004; 98:1678-85. [PMID: 15522395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2004.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2004] [Revised: 06/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To evaluate the cytoprotection mechanism of selenium against cholestane-3beta,5alpha,6beta-triol (3-triol)-induced vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) damage, cell viability was analyzed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2 -yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and cell count, the percentage release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from the cell was assessed, and apoptosis was detected by DNA laddering and flow cytometric analysis. Meanwhile, the activity of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) of VSMCs was measured. The results showed that 3-triol could inhibit proliferation of VSMCs time-dependently and dose-dependently, increase the percentage release of LDH and induce VSMCs apoptosis. While the cytotoxicity and cells apoptosis induced by 3-triol was attenuated by pretreatment of cells with low concentration of sodium selenite, and the longer the pretreated time was, the stronger the inhibition was. Preincubation of cells with sodium selenite (50 nM) for 12 or 24 h before 1, 5, 10, 25, or 50 microM 3-triol exposure, the cell viabilities increased 28.5% (P<0.05), 18.3%, 197.6% (P<0.01), 66.7%, 50.0% or 35.1% (P<0.05), 62.3% (P<0.05), 329.6% (P<0.01), 221.3% (P<0.05), 74.0% compared with the control cells, respectively. When the cells were preincubated with sodium selenite (50 nM) for 12 or 24 h before exposure to 3-triol (10 microM), the percent of apoptotic cells reduced from 30.47+/-15.34% to 26.88+/-17.32% or 7.41+/-5.46% (P<0.05). With preincubation of sodium selenite (50 nM) for 24 h, the GPx activity of VSMCs increased 18.5% compared with control (P<0.05). In conclusion, the results suggested that incubated VSMCs could absorb and transfer selenite as selenoprotrein, such as GPx, if the time is long enough and VSMCs selenoproteins can protect markedly against apoptosis and damage induced by 3-triol in VSMCs.
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- Rong Tang
- Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Lu, Hongshan, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, People's Republic of China
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Guan JZ, Tamasawa N, Murakami H, Matsui J, Yamato K, Suda T. Clofibrate, a peroxisome-proliferator, enhances reverse cholesterol transport through cytochrome P450 activation and oxysterol generation. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2004; 201:251-9. [PMID: 14690017 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.201.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fibrates are widely used hypolipidemic agents that activate the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a (PPARalpha) and regulate the expression of many genes involved in lipid metabolism. We studied the mechanism of the effect of clofibrate on cholesterol homeostasis. Rats were fed with chow containing clofibrate, cytochrome P-450 inhibitor ketoconazole, or clofibrate plus ketoconazole. Control rats were fed only with normal chow. The levels of six oxysterols in liver microsome were determined. The levels of mRNAs for liver X receptor alpha (LXRalpha), ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1), PPARalpha and cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A) in the liver were analyzed by northern blotting. Clofibrate administration decreased plasma levels of total cholesterol and triglyceride and increased high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C). Clofibrate increased the levels of liver microsomal oxysterols including 25- and 27-hydroxycholesterol, which are potent activators of LXRalpha. Clofibrate also enhanced the expression of mRNAs for PPARalpha, LXRalpha, and ABCA1. Simultaneous administration of ketoconazole suppressed the effects of clofibrate on plasma lipids, hepatic oxysterol levels, and the expression of the genes. Clofibrate increases cytochrome P450 content and the resulting oxysterol generation may partly mediate the clofibrate-induced up-regulattion of LXRa and ABCA1, which are related to reverse cholesterol transport.
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- Jing-Zhi Guan
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
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Choy KJ, Deng YM, Hou JY, Wu B, Lau A, Witting PK, Stocker R. Coenzyme Q(10) supplementation inhibits aortic lipid oxidation but fails to attenuate intimal thickening in balloon-injured New Zealand white rabbits. Free Radic Biol Med 2003; 35:300-9. [PMID: 12885592 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(03)00304-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Oxidized lipoproteins are implicated in atherosclerosis, and some antioxidants attenuate the disease in animals. Coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) in its reduced form, ubiquinol-10, effectively inhibits lipoprotein oxidation in vitro and in vivo; CoQ(10) supplements also inhibit atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E gene knockout (apoE-/-) mice. Here we tested the effect of dietary CoQ(10) supplements on intimal proliferation and lipoprotein lipid oxidation in balloon-injured, hypercholesterolemic rabbits. Compared to nonsupplemented chow, CoQ(10) supplementation (0.5% and 1.0%, w/w) significantly increased the plasma concentration of CoQ(10) and the resistance of plasma lipids to ex vivo oxidation. CoQ(10) supplements also increased the content of CoQ(10) in the aorta and liver, but not in the brain, skeletal muscle, kidney, and heart. Surprisingly, CoQ(10) supplementation at 1% increased the aortic concentrations of all lipids, particularly triacylglycerols, although it significantly inhibited the proportion of triacylglycerols present as hydroperoxides by > 80%. The observed increase in vessel wall lipid content was reflected in elevated plasma concentrations of cholesterol, cholesteryl esters and triacylglycerols, and hepatic levels of mRNA for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. CoQ(10) supplements did not attenuate lesion formation, assessed by the intima-to-media ratio of injured aortic vessels. Thus, like in apoE-/- mice, a high dose of supplemented CoQ(10) inhibits lipid oxidation in the artery wall of balloon-injured, hypercholesterolemic rabbits. However, unlike its antiatherosclerosis activity in the mice, CoQ(10) does not inhibit intimal hyperplasia in rabbits, thereby dissociating this disease process from lipid oxidation in the vessel wall.
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- Katherine J Choy
- Biochemistry Group, The Heart Research Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Reyland ME, Evans RM, White EK. Lipoproteins regulate expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) in mouse adrenocortical cells. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36637-44. [PMID: 10960482 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006456200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) is required for the movement of cholesterol from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane, the site of cholesterol side chain cleavage. Here we describe a novel form of regulation of StAR gene expression in steroidogenic cells. Treatment of Y-1 BS1 adrenocortical cells with either low density lipoprotein (LDL) or high density lipoprotein (HDL) increases expression of endogenous StAR mRNA and protein in a dose-dependent manner. Induction of StAR mRNA by lipoprotein requires basal cAMP-dependent protein kinase, since the inhibitor, R(p)-8-Br-cAMP, inhibited induction of StAR protein by LDL. Likewise, basal StAR expression or LDL induction of StAR protein was not detectable in Y-1 kin-8 cells which are deficient in cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Aminoglutethimide and ketoconazole were used to determine if side chain cleavage of lipoprotein-derived cholesterol is required for induction of StAR mRNA. Treatment with either drug alone induced StAR mRNA expression 1.5-3-fold, while induction of StAR in cells treated with either drug plus LDL, was equal to, or greater than, induction seen with either agent alone, suggesting that lipoprotein does not regulate StAR via generation of an oxysterol intermediate. Both LDL and HDL increased expression of a mouse -966 StAR promoter-reporter construct 1.5-2.5-fold, indicating that regulation occurs at the level of transcription. In contrast, neither lipoprotein was able to induce transcription from a -966 StAR promoter in which the steroidogenic factor-1 site at -135 was abolished, indicating that regulation of StAR transcription by lipoproteins requires steroidogenic factor-1. The regulation of StAR gene expression by lipoproteins may represent a positive feedback circuit which links cholesterol availability with steroidogenic output.
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- M E Reyland
- Department of Basic Science and Oral Research, School of Dentistry, and the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
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Henry KW, Nickels JT, Edlind TD. Upregulation of ERG genes in Candida species by azoles and other sterol biosynthesis inhibitors. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:2693-700. [PMID: 10991846 PMCID: PMC90137 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.10.2693-2700.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Infections due to Candida albicans are usually treated with azole antifungals such as fluconazole, but treatment failure is not uncommon especially in immunocompromised individuals. Relatedly, in vitro studies demonstrate that azoles are nonfungicidal, with continued growth at strain-dependent rates even at high azole concentrations. We hypothesized that upregulation of ERG11, which encodes the azole target enzyme lanosterol demethylase, contributes to this azole tolerance in Candida species. RNA analysis revealed that ERG11 expression in C. albicans is maximal during logarithmic-phase growth and decreases as the cells approach stationary phase. Incubation with fluconazole, however, resulted in a two- to fivefold increase in ERG11 RNA levels within 2 to 3 h, and this increase was followed by resumption of culture growth. ERG11 upregulation also occurred following treatment with other azoles (itraconazole, ketoconazole, clotrimazole, and miconazole) and was not dependent on the specific medium or pH. Within 1 h of drug removal ERG11 upregulation was reversed. Azole-dependent upregulation was not limited to ERG11: five of five ERG genes tested whose products function upstream and downstream of lanosterol demethylase in the sterol biosynthetic pathway were also upregulated. Similarly, ERG11 upregulation occurred following treatment of C. albicans cultures with terbinafine and fenpropimorph, which target other enzymes in the pathway. These data suggest a common mechanism for global ERG upregulation, e.g., in response to ergosterol depletion. Finally, azole-dependent ERG11 upregulation was demonstrated in three additional Candida species (C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, and C. krusei), indicating a conserved response to sterol biosynthesis inhibitors in opportunistic yeasts.
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- K W Henry
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA
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Rong JX, Shen L, Chang YH, Richters A, Hodis HN, Sevanian A. Cholesterol oxidation products induce vascular foam cell lesion formation in hypercholesterolemic New Zealand white rabbits. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999; 19:2179-88. [PMID: 10479661 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.19.9.2179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Circulating cholesterol oxidation products (ChOx) have long been implicated in the etiology of early atherosclerosis; however, direct in vivo evidence elucidating their role in atherogenesis is only recently becoming available. This study investigated ChOx effects on vascular lesion formation in New Zealand White rabbits under controlled hypercholesterolemic conditions. By closely monitoring plasma cholesterol levels and adjusting dietary cholesterol intake during a 78-day period, total plasma cholesterol exposures (cumulative plasma cholesterol levels over time) were controlled between 27 000 and 34 000 mg/dLxday (final plasma cholesterol concentration, 467+/-77 mg/mL), representing a threshold range for sudanophilic lesion formation in the aorta. Twenty injections of a ChOx mixture (70 mg per injection) were made bearing an oxysterol composition similar to that found in circulating oxidatively modified low density lipoprotein. At sacrifice, the ChOx-injected rabbits (n=5) had (1) significantly higher plasma ChOx levels, (2) significantly increased cholesterol content in the aortas, mainly as esterified cholesterol, and (3) significantly greater sudanophilic lesion size and frequency in the aortas compared with vehicle-injected control rabbits (n=5). The aortic cholesterol content and extent of sudanophilic lesion area were correlated significantly with total plasma ChOx exposure (P<0.003 and P<0.0001, respectively) but not with total cholesterol exposure. The results indicate that for moderate experimental hypercholesterolemia, a situation more relevant to physiological hypercholesterolemia in humans, circulating ChOx may play an important role in inducing formation of early atherosclerotic lesions. Because ChOx are often present in cholesterol-containing diets, foam cell lesion formation induced by ChOx rather than cholesterol cannot be overlooked.
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- J X Rong
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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