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Mueller A, Lam I, Kishor K, Lee RK, Bhattacharya S. Secondary glaucoma: Toward interventions based on molecular underpinnings. WIREs Mech Dis 2024; 16:e1628. [PMID: 37669762 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Glaucoma is a heterogeneous group of progressive diseases that leads to irreversible blindness. Secondary glaucoma refers to glaucoma caused by a known underlying condition. Pseudoexfoliation and pigment dispersion syndromes are common causes of secondary glaucoma. Their respective deposits may obstruct the trabecular meshwork, leading to aqueous humor outflow resistance, ocular hypertension, and optic neuropathy. There are no disease-specific interventions available for either. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is characterized by fibrillar deposits (pseudoexfoliative material) on anterior segment structures. Over a decade of multiomics analyses taken together with the current knowledge on pseudoexfoliative glaucoma warrant a re-think of mechanistic possibilities. We propose that the presence of nucleation centers (e.g., vitamin D binding protein), crosslinking enzymes (e.g., transglutaminase 2), aberrant extracellular matrix, flawed endocytosis, and abnormal aqueous-blood barrier contribute to the formation of proteolytically resistant pseudoexfoliative material. Pigment dispersion syndrome is characterized by abnormal iridolenticular contact that disrupts iris pigment epithelium and liberates melanin granules. Iris melanogenesis is aberrant in this condition. Cytotoxic melanogenesis intermediates leak out of melanosomes and cause iris melanocyte and pigment epithelium cell death. Targeting melanogenesis can likely decrease the risk of pigmentary glaucoma. Skin and melanoma research provides insights into potential therapeutics. We propose that specific prostanoid agonists and fenofibrates may reduce melanogenesis by inhibiting cholesterol internalization and de novo synthesis. Additionally, melatonin is a potent melanogenesis suppressor, antioxidant, and hypotensive agent, rendering it a valuable agent for pigmentary glaucoma. In pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, where environmental insults drive pseudoexfoliative material formation, melatonin's antioxidant and hypotensive properties may offer adjunct therapeutic benefits. This article is categorized under: Neurological Diseases > Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
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- Anna Mueller
- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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Jaimes L, Vinet R, Knox M, Morales B, Benites J, Laurido C, Martínez JL. A Review of the Actions of Endogenous and Exogenous Vasoactive Substances during the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy in Rats. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:E288. [PMID: 31146394 PMCID: PMC6617363 DOI: 10.3390/ani9060288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Vascular endothelium plays a key role in regulating cardiovascular homeostasis by controlling the vascular tone. Variations in sex hormones during the reproductive cycle of females affect the homeostasis of the cardiovascular system. Also, the evidence shows that estrogens show a cardioprotective effect. On this basis, this study describes some vascular responses induced by vasoactive substances during the estrous cycle in rats. We obtained the information available on this topic from the online databases that included scientific articles published in the Web of Science, PubMed, and Scielo. Many investigations have evaluated the vasoactive response of substances such as acetylcholine and norepinephrine during the estrous cycle. In this review, we specifically described the vascular response to vasoactive substances in rats during the estrous cycle, pregnancy, and in ovariectomized rats. In addition, we discussed the existence of different signaling pathways that modulate vascular function. The knowledge of these effects is relevant for the optimization and development of new treatments for some vascular pathologies.
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- Luisauris Jaimes
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University de Santiago de Chile, Estación Central 9160020, Chile; (L.J.); (B.M.)
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- CMBi, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile; (R.V.); (M.K.)
- Regional Centre for Studies in Food and Health (CREAS, Grant R17A10001), Valparaíso 2362696, Chile
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- CMBi, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile; (R.V.); (M.K.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University de Santiago de Chile, Estación Central 9160020, Chile; (L.J.); (B.M.)
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- Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique 1100000, Chile;
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University de Santiago de Chile, Estación Central 9160020, Chile; (L.J.); (B.M.)
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- Vice Chancellor of Investigation, Development and Innovation, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Estación Central 9160020, Chile
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Hou TT, Lin F, Bai S, Cleves MA, Xu HM, Lou XY. Generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction approaches to identification of genetic interactions underlying ordinal traits. Genet Epidemiol 2018; 43:24-36. [PMID: 30387901 DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The manifestation of complex traits is influenced by gene-gene and gene-environment interactions, and the identification of multifactor interactions is an important but challenging undertaking for genetic studies. Many complex phenotypes such as disease severity are measured on an ordinal scale with more than two categories. A proportional odds model can improve statistical power for these outcomes, when compared to a logit model either collapsing the categories into two mutually exclusive groups or limiting the analysis to pairs of categories. In this study, we propose a proportional odds model-based generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR) method for detection of interactions underlying polytomous ordinal phenotypes. Computer simulations demonstrated that this new GMDR method has a higher power and more accurate predictive ability than the GMDR methods based on a logit model and a multinomial logit model. We applied this new method to the genetic analysis of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a causal risk factor for coronary artery disease, in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, and identified a significant joint action of the CELSR2, SERPINA12, HPGD, and APOB genes. This finding provides new information to advance the limited knowledge about genetic regulation and gene interactions in metabolic pathways of LDL cholesterol. In conclusion, the proportional odds model-based GMDR is a useful tool that can boost statistical power and prediction accuracy in studying multifactor interactions underlying ordinal traits.
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- Ting-Ting Hou
- Biostatistics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Biostatistics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Biostatistics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Biostatistics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Biostatistics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas.,Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Wang LY, Wang N, Le F, Li L, Lou HY, Liu XZ, Zheng YM, Qian YQ, Chen YL, Jiang XH, Huang HF, Jin F. Superovulation Induced Changes of Lipid Metabolism in Ovaries and Embryos and Its Probable Mechanism. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0132638. [PMID: 26167919 PMCID: PMC4500408 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This research was intended to investigate the fetal origins of changed birth weight of the offspring born through assisted reproductive technology (ART). The association between hormone and lipid metabolism or body weight has been generally accepted, and as the basic and specific treatment in ART procedure, gonadotropin stimulation might have potential effects on intrauterine lipid metabolism. In our studies, the mice were superovulated with two doses of gonadotropin. The cholesterol metabolism in ovaries and the triglyceride metabolism in embryos were analyzed. The results showed gonadotropin probably accelerated luteinization and induced a longer time follicle development and ovulation, which resulted in histological and morphological alteration of ovary, and increased the cholesterol content and the expressions of steroidogenesis-related genes. In embryos, gonadotropin increased lipid accumulation and decreased fatty acid synthesis in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, the changes of fatty acid composition were also shown in superovulation groups. Our studies firstly provided the evidence that the superovulation might affect the maternal and fetal lipid metabolism. These variations of lipid metabolism in our results may be associated with birth weight of ART infants.
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- Li-Ya Wang
- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450003, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 910 Hengshan Road, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China
- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Zhejiang), Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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Azambuja M. Connections: can the 20th century coronary heart disease epidemic reveal something about the 1918 influenza lethality? Braz J Med Biol Res 2007; 41:1-4. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006005000192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- M.I Azambuja
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Sinner D, Caviglia JM, Jawerbaum A, Igal RA, Gonzalez E. Lipid metabolism in the embryos of diabetic rats during early organogenesis: modulatory effect of prostaglandin E2. Reprod Fertil Dev 2005; 15:75-80. [PMID: 12729505 DOI: 10.1071/rd02068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2002] [Accepted: 02/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The purpose of this work was to evaluate de novo lipid biosynthesis and the lipid profile, and to study the effect of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2; prostaglandin has previously been found to be involved in diabetes embryopathy) on lipid metabolism in embryos from control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats during organogenesis. Increased levels of triacylglycerols were found in embryos of diabetic rats compared with controls, whereas no differences were detected in the levels of cholesterol, cholesterylester, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. When the de novo synthesis of lipids in the embryo was studied using [14C]acetate as a tracer, a diminished rate of incorporation of [14C]acetate into the evaluated lipid classes was detected in the diabetic embryo compared with controls. Addition of PGE2 did not modify the incorporation of [14C]acetate into any of the lipid species of control embryos, but enhanced the incorporation of [14C]acetate into triacylglycerol, cholesterylesters, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine of embryos from diabetic rats. The study's results show alterations in both synthesis and concentrations of lipids in the embryos of diabetic rats. Interestingly, the results demonstrate that the addition of PGE2, a prostaglandin that reverses the embryonic morphological abnormalities induced by diabetes, prevents disturbances in embryo lipid synthesis caused by diabetes.
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- Debora Sinner
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Serrano 669, (1414) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Koba K, Liu JW, Chuang LT, Anderson SN, Bowman T, Bobik E, Sugano M, Huang YS. Modulation of cholesterol concentration in Caco-2 cells by incubation with different n-6 fatty acids. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:2538-42. [PMID: 11210114 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Incorporation of exogenous cholesterol was compared in human adenocarcinoma colon cells (Caco-2) after incubation with 100 microM of either linoleic acid (LA, 18:2n-6), gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, 18:3n-6), arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6) or adrenic acid (or n-6 docosatetraenoic acid, DTA, 22:4n-6). In both cells 7 days after seeding and 14 days after confluency, incubation with LA significantly raised the proportion of 18:2n-6 but not its long-chain metabolites in cellular phospholipid. Incubation with GLA increased the levels of 18:3n-6, 20:3n-6, and 20:4n-6. Incubation with AA increased the levels of 20:4n-6 and 22:4n-6, and incubation with DTA increased the levels of 22:4n-6 as well as its retro-conversion metabolite, 20:4n-6. A subsequent addition of cholesterol (180 microM) to the medium significantly raised the cellular cholesterol level but less so in the cells 7 days after seeding incubated with GLA. The increase in cellular cholesterol level was generally greater in the cells of 7 days after seeding, particularly those incubated with long-chain highly unsaturated n-6 fatty acids, than in those of 14 days after confluency. These findings suggest that the cell growth and the extent of unsaturation in cell membrane phospholipid fatty acids modulate the incorporation of the exogenous cholesterol into the Caco-2 cells.
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- K Koba
- Siebold University of Nagasaki, Nagayo, Japan.
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Gesquière L, Loreau N, Blache D. Role of the cyclic AMP-dependent pathway in free radical-induced cholesterol accumulation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 29:181-90. [PMID: 10980406 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00337-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have previously reported that free radical-treated vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) lead to cholesterol accumulation in vitro. In the current study, we investigated the effects of oxidative stress on cyclic AMP concentration and cAMP-dependent enzymes involved in cholesterol homeostasis in A7r5 cells. Under our conditions of a mild oxidative stress, namely with no change in cell viability, we found that free radicals, initiated using azobis-amidinopropane dihydrochloride (AAPH), resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in cellular cAMP which was opposed by vitamin E preincubation. Although the addition of adenylate cyclase activators (carbacyclin and forskolin) increased cAMP levels it did not succeed in restoring the AAPH-induced decrease. The oxidative stress-induced increase in activities of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase and of acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase and the decrease in neutral cholesteryl ester hydrolase activity were suppressed by addition of dibutyryl cAMP. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that free radicals reduce cAMP concentrations by altering cell membrane adenylate cyclase activity. The changes of cAMP-dependent enzymes induced by oxidative stress resulting in cholesterol accumulation might be one of the processes leading to SMC-derived foam cells depicted in atheroma plaque. Moreover, if extrapolated to in vivo, these data may explain in part the beneficial effects of antioxidants in the reduction of cardiovascular diseases.
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- L Gesquière
- INSERM U 498, Biochimie des Lipoprotéines et Interactions Vasculaires, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Middleton A, Middleton B. Elevation of cyclic AMP by iloprost and prostaglandin E1 increases cholesterol efflux and the binding capacity for high-density lipoproteins in human fibroblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1391:117-32. [PMID: 9554975 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(97)00207-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Elevation of cAMP concurrently enhances cholesterol efflux and binding of HDL3 in human skin fibroblasts. These effects were observed regardless of the route by which cAMP levels were increased. Cholesterol efflux and HDL3 binding were stimulated by the cAMP analogue CPT-cAMP, the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin, and by iloprost and prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) (which elevate cAMP via receptor-mediated processes). Dideoxyforskolin and PGF2alpha, which do not elevate cAMP, altered neither cholesterol efflux nor binding of HDL3. Inhibition of protein kinase A with H89 abolished the stimulatory effects of CPT-cAMP and iloprost, suggesting protein kinase A involvement in enhancing cholesterol efflux and HDL3 binding. Enhancement of HDL3 binding by iloprost was due to increased maximal capacity of the cells to bind HDL3, i.e., a greater number of HDL3 binding sites. A positive correlation was demonstrated between changes in HDL3 binding and changes in [3H]cholesterol efflux. The data are compatible with a model in which cholesterol efflux is partially dependent upon HDL binding to the cells. A short exposure to iloprost was sufficient to stimulate cAMP synthesis, triggering a chain of events leading to increased HDL3 binding and [3H]cholesterol efflux 20-24 h later. We conclude that both cholesterol efflux and the maximal capacity for HDL3 binding are enhanced by elevation of cellular cAMP. Cyclic AMP-elevating prostanoids could initiate these responses in vivo.
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- A Middleton
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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Mehta KD, Chang R, Underwood J, Wise J, Kumar A. Identification of a novel cis-acting element participating in maximal induction of the human low density lipoprotein receptor gene transcription in response to low cellular cholesterol levels. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:33616-22. [PMID: 8969230 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.52.33616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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In this paper, we present both in vivo and in vitro evidence for the presence of a novel cis-acting regulatory element that is required for maximal induction of the human low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene following depletion of cellular sterols in HepG2 cells. First, in vivo dimethyl sulfate footprinting of the human LDL receptor promoter before and after transcriptional induction in HepG2 cells revealed protection from -145 to -126, 5'-GAGCTTCACGGGTTAAAAAG-3' (referred to as FP1 site). Second, transient transfections of HepG2 cells with promoter luciferase reporter constructs containing the FP1 site resulted in significant enhancement (approximately 375%) of reporter gene expression in response to low levels of sterols compared with parallel plasmid without the FP1 site. In addition, this response was markedly attenuated on nucleotide substitutions within the FP1 site. Third, by electrophoretic mobility shift assays, the FP1 sequence was found to bind protein(s) from HepG2 nuclear extracts in a sequence-specific manner. In vitro binding of the FP1 mutants paralleled the results obtained for their in vivo transcription. On the basis of competition profiles, the FP1-binding factor is different from the known transcription factors binding to the AT-rich CArG and GArC motifs. Furthermore, the FP1-binding protein is not specific to HepG2 cells because nuclear factor(s) with the same specificity was observed in nuclear extracts of non-hepatic HeLa cells. We conclude that transcriptional induction of the LDL receptor gene in response to sterol depletion is mediated, in part, by an highly conserved novel cis-acting element through the binding of specific nuclear protein(s).
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- K D Mehta
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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Godinho AF, Silva MA. Effects of misoprostol on circulating HDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides and their relationship with hepatic microsomal function. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1995; 77:255-8. [PMID: 8577636 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1995.tb01023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The effects of misoprostol (cytotec, SC29333) on circulating lipoproteins and liver microsomal enzyme activity were studied. Misoprostol increased serum levels of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and decreased total cholesterol and triglycerides. The high density lipoprotein-cholesterol/total cholesterol ratio increased by 54.8%. In parallel, misoprostol significantly altered enzyme hepatic activity. Liver microsomal cytochromes P450 and b5 were significantly increased in correlation with enhanced liver aminopyrine N-demethylase and antipyrine hydroxylase activities, suggesting a liver induction effect of misoprostol. Other observations such as increased liver weight and glycogen and increased plasma albumin and glucose in rats receiving misoprostol support this evidence.
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- A F Godinho
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of Marilia, São Paulo, Brazil
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Müller-Wieland D, Krone W. Stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors inhibits cholesterol synthesis in freshly isolated human mononuclear leukocytes. Life Sci 1995; 57:1613-20. [PMID: 7564909 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(95)02137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Specific agonists and antagonists for alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors were used to determine an alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated action of adrenaline on the rate of sterol synthesis from [14C]acetate in freshly isolated human mononuclear leukocytes. In the presence of the beta-adrenergic blocker propranolol (1 microM), adrenaline (100 microM) and noradrenaline (100 microM) suppressed sterol synthesis by 36% and 38%, respectively, suggesting an action via alpha-adrenoceptors. The catecholamine effect could be mimicked by alpha 2-selective beta-phenethylamines including alpha-methylnoradrenaline, but not by imidazolines. alpha 1-Selective agonists like phenylephrine and methoxamine had no effect on the pathway. Accordingly, the effects of adrenaline and the alpha 2-selective agonist alpha-methylnoradrenaline on sterol synthesis were attenuated by the unselective alpha-antagonist phentolamine and the selective alpha 2-antagonist yohimbine, but not by the alpha 1-antagonist prazosin. The results provide evidence that catecholamines can affect sterol synthesis in human mononuclear leukocytes by stimulating alpha-adrenoceptors of the alpha 2-subtype.
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- D Müller-Wieland
- Klinik II und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln Cologne, Germany
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Basheeruddin K, Li X, Rechtoris C, Mazzone T. Platelet-derived growth factor enhances Sp1 binding to the LDL receptor gene. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1995; 15:1248-54. [PMID: 7627719 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.15.8.1248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have previously demonstrated that growth activation of quiescent cells enhances LDL receptor gene transcription and that the proximal 5' flanking region of the LDL receptor gene could transduce a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) response. This portion of the LDL receptor gene encompasses a previously characterized sterol response element and an adjacent Sp1 binding site. By use of mobility shift analyses we show that PDGF activation of quiescent cells enhances binding of Sp1 to the LDL receptor gene. Transfection analyses indicated that the Sp1 site, but not the sterol response element binding protein site, could confer PDGF responsiveness to a heterologous promoter in quiescent cells. Furthermore, cotransfection of an LDL receptor reporter gene (containing -141 to +35 bp of the LDL receptor gene promoter) along with an expression construct coding for high-level constitutive expression of an Sp1 cDNA led to marked enhancement in expression of the LDL receptor reporter gene in quiescent cells. Increased Sp1 binding due to PDGF could be due to enhanced production of Sp1; alternatively, posttranslational activation of binding could be involved. Western blot analysis showed no difference in Sp1 abundance in quiescent cells versus PDGF-stimulated cells, suggesting a posttranslational mechanism for activation of Sp1 binding by growth induction. Our data demonstrate that PDGF stimulation of quiescent cells leads to enhanced Sp1 binding to the LDL receptor gene. This enhanced binding could participate in PDGF induction of LDL receptor gene transcription.
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- K Basheeruddin
- Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
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Pomerantz KB, Nicholson AC, Hajjar DP. Signal transduction in atherosclerosis: second messengers and regulation of cellular cholesterol trafficking. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1995; 369:49-64. [PMID: 7598016 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1957-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The data summarized in this review demonstrate that the regulation of intracellular cholesterol trafficking is mediated not only by extracellular lipoprotein concentrations and transcriptional responses to alterations in intracellular free cholesterol content. Rather, the modulation of cholesterol trafficking is also regulated by the products synthesized following activation of signal transduction pathways originating at the cell surface. Furthermore, we have identified those cell-derived factors which utilize these signal transduction pathways to elicit alterations in cholesterol trafficking, and demonstrated the importance of the generation of second messengers, most notably eicosanoids, and cyclic AMP in promoting a modulatory influence on specific pro-atherogenic effects of mitogens.
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- K B Pomerantz
- Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Effect of oleic, linoleic, γ-linolenic, and α-linolenic acids on VLDL-TG and -cholesterol synthesis in rat primary cultured hepatocytes. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0928-4680(94)90030-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pomerantz KB, Hajjar DP. Role of eicosanoids and the cytokine network in transmembrane signaling in vascular cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1991; 314:159-83. [PMID: 1818485 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-6024-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- K B Pomerantz
- Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
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Pomerantz KB, Hajjar DP. High-density-lipoprotein-induced cholesterol efflux from arterial smooth muscle cell derived foam cells: functional relationship of the cholesteryl ester cycle and eicosanoid biosynthesis. Biochemistry 1990; 29:1892-9. [PMID: 2331470 DOI: 10.1021/bi00459a033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Eicosanoids have been implicated in the regulation of arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC) cholesteryl ester (CE) metabolism. These eicosanoids, which include prostacyclin (PGI2), stimulate CE hydrolytic activities. High-density lipoproteins (HDL), which promote cholesterol efflux, also stimulate PGI2 production, suggesting that HDL-induced cholesterol efflux is modulated by eicosanoid biosynthesis. To ascertain the role of endogenously synthesized eicosanoids produced by arterial smooth muscle cells in the regulation of CE metabolism, we examined the effects of cyclooxygenase inhibition on CE hydrolytic enzyme activities, cholesterol efflux, and cholesterol content in normal SMC and SMC-derived foam cells following exposure to HDL and another cholesterol acceptor protein, serum albumin. Alterations of these activities were correlated with cholesterol efflux in response to HDL or bovine serum albumin (BSA) in the presence or absence of aspirin. HDL stimulated PGI2 synthesis and CE hydrolases in a dose-dependent manner. Eicosanoid dependency was established by demonstrating that HDL-induced acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase (ACEH) activity was blocked by aspirin. CE enrichment essentially abrogated HDL-induced PGI2 production in cells which also exhibited decreased lysosomal and cytoplasmic CE hydrolase activities. In CE-enriched cells whose cytoplasmic CE pool was metabolically labeled with [3H]oleate or cLDL containing [3H]cholesteryl linoleate, aspirin did not alter HDL- or BSA-induced net CE hydrolysis or efflux, respectively. Finally, aspirin treatment did not alter the mass of either free or esterified cholesterol content of untreated or CE-enriched SMC following exposure to acceptor proteins. These data demonstrated that CE enrichment significantly reduced HDL-induced activation of CE hydrolytic activity via inhibition of endogenous PGI2 production.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/cytology
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Cholesterol Esters/metabolism
- Eicosanoids/biosynthesis
- Humans
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Lipoproteins, HDL/blood
- Lipoproteins, HDL/pharmacology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Oleic Acid
- Oleic Acids/metabolism
- Rabbits
- Serum Albumin, Bovine/pharmacology
- Sterol Esterase/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- K B Pomerantz
- Department of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Specialized Center of Research in Thrombosis, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021
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