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Mast N, El-Darzi N, Li Y, Pikuleva IA. Quantitative characterizations of the cholesterol-related pathways in the retina and brain of hamsters. J Lipid Res 2023:100401. [PMID: 37330011 PMCID: PMC10394389 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023] Open
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The retina and brain are separated from the systemic circulation by the anatomical barriers, which are permeable (the outer blood-retinal barrier) and impermeable (the blood-brain and inner blood-retina barriers) to cholesterol. Herein we investigated whether the whole-body cholesterol maintenance affects cholesterol homeostasis in the retina and brain. We used hamsters, whose whole-body cholesterol handling is more similar to those in humans than in mice and conducted separate administrations of deuterated water and deuterated cholesterol. We assessed the quantitative significance of the retinal and brain pathways of cholesterol input and compared the results with those from our previous studies in mice. The utility of the measurements in the plasma of deuterated 24-hydroxycholesterol, the major cholesterol elimination product from the brain, was investigated as well. We established that despite a 7-fold higher serum LDL to HDL ratio and other cholesterol-related differences, in situ biosynthesis remained the major source of cholesterol for hamster retina, although its quantitative significance was reduced to 53% as compared to 72-78% in mouse retina. In the brain, the principal pathway of cholesterol input was also the same, in situ biosynthesis, accounting for 94% of the total brain cholesterol input (96% in mice); the interspecies differences pertained to the absolute rates of the total cholesterol input and turnover. We documented the correlations between deuterium enrichments of the brain 24-hydroxycholesterol, brain cholesterol, and plasma 24-hydroxycholesterol, which suggested that deuterium enrichment of plasma 24-hydroxycholesteol could be an in vivo marker of cholesterol elimination and turnover in the brain.
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- Natalia Mast
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA.
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Sangha GS, Goergen CJ, Prior SJ, Ranadive SM, Clyne AM. Preclinical techniques to investigate exercise training in vascular pathophysiology. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 320:H1566-H1600. [PMID: 33385323 PMCID: PMC8260379 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00719.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Atherosclerosis is a dynamic process starting with endothelial dysfunction and inflammation and eventually leading to life-threatening arterial plaques. Exercise generally improves endothelial function in a dose-dependent manner by altering hemodynamics, specifically by increased arterial pressure, pulsatility, and shear stress. However, athletes who regularly participate in high-intensity training can develop arterial plaques, suggesting alternative mechanisms through which excessive exercise promotes vascular disease. Understanding the mechanisms that drive atherosclerosis in sedentary versus exercise states may lead to novel rehabilitative methods aimed at improving exercise compliance and physical activity. Preclinical tools, including in vitro cell assays, in vivo animal models, and in silico computational methods, broaden our capabilities to study the mechanisms through which exercise impacts atherogenesis, from molecular maladaptation to vascular remodeling. Here, we describe how preclinical research tools have and can be used to study exercise effects on atherosclerosis. We then propose how advanced bioengineering techniques can be used to address gaps in our current understanding of vascular pathophysiology, including integrating in vitro, in vivo, and in silico studies across multiple tissue systems and size scales. Improving our understanding of the antiatherogenic exercise effects will enable engaging, targeted, and individualized exercise recommendations to promote cardiovascular health rather than treating cardiovascular disease that results from a sedentary lifestyle.
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- Gurneet S Sangha
- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland.,Baltimore Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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Tyrrell DJ, Blin MG, Song J, Wood S, Zhang M, Beard D, Goldstein DR. Age-Associated Mitochondrial Dysfunction Accelerates Atherogenesis. Circ Res 2020; 126:298-314. [PMID: 31818196 PMCID: PMC7006722 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.119.315644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Rationale: Aging is one of the strongest risk factors for atherosclerosis. Yet whether aging increases the risk of atherosclerosis independently of chronic hyperlipidemia is not known. Objective: To determine if vascular aging before the induction of hyperlipidemia enhances atherogenesis. Methods and Results: We analyzed the aortas of young and aged normolipidemic wild type, disease-free mice and found that aging led to elevated IL (interleukin)-6 levels and mitochondrial dysfunction, associated with increased mitophagy and the associated protein Parkin. In aortic tissue culture, we found evidence that with aging mitochondrial dysfunction and IL-6 exist in a positive feedback loop. We triggered acute hyperlipidemia in aged and young mice by inducing liver-specific degradation of the LDL (low-density lipoprotein) receptor combined with a 10-week western diet and found that atherogenesis was enhanced in aged wild-type mice. Hyperlipidemia further reduced mitochondrial function and increased the levels of Parkin in the aortas of aged mice but not young mice. Genetic disruption of autophagy in smooth muscle cells of young mice exposed to hyperlipidemia led to increased aortic Parkin and IL-6 levels, impaired mitochondrial function, and enhanced atherogenesis. Importantly, enhancing mitophagy in aged, hyperlipidemic mice via oral administration of spermidine prevented the increase in aortic IL-6 and Parkin, attenuated mitochondrial dysfunction, and reduced atherogenesis. Conclusions: Before hyperlipidemia, aging elevates IL-6 and impairs mitochondrial function within the aorta, associated with enhanced mitophagy and increased Parkin levels. These age-associated changes prime the vasculature to exacerbate atherogenesis upon acute hyperlipidemia. Our work implies that novel therapeutics aimed at improving vascular mitochondrial bioenergetics or reducing inflammation before hyperlipidemia may reduce age-related atherosclerosis.
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- Daniel J. Tyrrell
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Recent studies indicate that dietary interventions have the potential to prevent and even treat cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death. Many of these studies have focused on various animal models that are able to recreate one or more conditions or elevate risk factors that characterize the disease. Here, we highlight macronutrient-focused interventions in both mammalian model organisms and humans with emphasis on some of the most relevant and well-established diets known to be associated with cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. We also discuss more recent dietary interventions in rodents, monkeys, and humans, which affect atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases with focus on those that also delay aging.
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Barber RC. The genetics of Alzheimer's disease. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:246210. [PMID: 24278680 PMCID: PMC3820554 DOI: 10.6064/2012/246210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that represents a growing global health crisis. Two major forms of the disease exist: early onset (familial) and late onset (sporadic). Early onset Alzheimer's is rare, accounting for less than 5% of disease burden. It is inherited in Mendelian dominant fashion and is caused by mutations in three genes (APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2). Late onset Alzheimer's is common among individuals over 65 years of age. Heritability of this form of the disease is high (79%), but the etiology is driven by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. A large number of genes have been implicated in the development of late onset Alzheimer's. Examples that have been confirmed by multiple studies include ABCA7, APOE, BIN1, CD2AP, CD33, CLU, CR1, EPHA1, MS4A4A/MS4A4E/MS4A6E, PICALM, and SORL1. Despite tremendous progress over the past three decades, roughly half of the heritability for the late onset of the disease remains unidentified. Finding the remaining genetic factors that contribute to the development of late onset Alzheimer's disease holds the potential to provide novel targets for treatment and prevention, leading to the development of effective strategies to combat this devastating disease.
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- Robert C. Barber
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Jeong J, Kim Y, Kyung Seong J, Lee KJ. Comprehensive identification of novel post-translational modifications in cellular peroxiredoxin 6. Proteomics 2012; 12:1452-62. [PMID: 22589192 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6), a 1-Cys peroxiredoxin, is a bifunctional enzyme acting both as a glutathione peroxidase and a phospholipase A2. However, the underlying mechanisms and their regulation mechanisms are not well understood. Because post-translational modifications (PTMs) have been shown to play important roles in the function of many proteins, we undertook, in this study, to identify the PTMs in PRDX6 utilizing proteomic tools including nanoUPLC-ESI-q-TOF MS/MS employing selectively excluded mass screening analysis (SEMSA) in conjunction with MOD(i) and MODmap algorithm. We chose PRDX6 obtained from liver tissues from two inbred mouse strains, C57BL/6J and C3H/HeJ, which vary in their susceptibility to high-fat diet-induced obesity and atherosclerosis, and a B16F10 melanoma cell line for this study. When PRDX6 protein samples were separated on 2D-PAGE based on pI, several PRDX6 spots appeared. They were purified and the low abundant PTMs in each PRDX6 spot were analyzed. Unexpected mass shifts (Δm = -34, +25, +64, +87, +103, +134, +150, +284 Da) observed at active site cysteine residue (Cys47) were quantified using precursor ion intensities. Mass differences of -34, +25, and +64 Da are presumed to reflect the conversion of cysteine to dehydroalanine, cyano, and Cys-SO(2) -SH, respectively. We also detected acrylamide adducts of sulfenic and sulfinic acids (+87 and +103 Da) as well as unknown modifications (+134, +150, +284 Da). Comprehensive analysis of these PTMs revealed that the PRDX6 exists as a heterogeneous mixture of molecules containing a multitude of PTMs. Several of these modifications occur at cysteine residue in the enzyme active site. Other modifications observed, in PRDX6 from mouse liver tissues included, among others, mono- and dioxidation at Trp and Met, acetylation at Lys, and deamidation at Asn and Gln. Comprehensive identification of the diverse PTMs occurring in this bifunctional PRDX6 enzyme should help understand how PRDX6 plays key roles in oxidative stresses.
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- Jaeho Jeong
- The Center for Cell Signaling & Drug Discovery Research, College of Pharmacy, Division of Life & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Bioinspired Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
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The effect of apoE genotype and sex on ApoE plasma concentration is determined by dietary fat in healthy subjects. Br J Nutr 2008; 101:1745-52. [PMID: 19025720 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114508111515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The interindividual variation in ApoE plasma concentration is considerable, mainly determined by apoE genotype and sex. However, a large amount of variability remains unexplained by these factors. We have evaluated whether the quantity and quality of dietary fat interacts with the apoE genotype and sex modifying ApoE plasma levels in young healthy subjects. Eighty-four volunteers (sixty-six apoE3/3, eight apoE4/3 and ten apoE3/2) were subjected to three dietary periods, each lasting 4 weeks. The first was a SFA-enriched diet (38 % fat and 20 % SFA), which was followed by a carbohydrate (CHO)-rich diet (30 % fat, < 10 % SFA and 55 % carbohydrate) or a MUFA-rich diet (38 % fat and 22 % MUFA) following a randomised crossover design. apoE2 carriers have the highest ApoE levels, whereas apoE4 individuals show the lowest concentration after the SFA, CHO and MUFA diets. Women had significantly higher ApoE concentration than men only after the consumption of the SFA diet. The SFA diet increased the ApoE plasma concentration when compared with the CHO- and MUFA-rich diets in women, but not in men. In women, but not in men, the shift from the SFA- to CHO- or MUFA-rich diets significantly decreased the ApoE concentration in apoE3/2 and apoE3/3 subjects, whereas no differences were observed in women with the apoE4/3 genotype. Sex and apoE genotype determine ApoE plasma levels; however, this effect is dependent on dietary fat.
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Stein O, Dabach Y, Hollander G, Ben-Naim M, Halperin G, Stein Y. Effect of atherogenic diet on reverse cholesterol transport in vivo in atherosclerosis susceptible (C57BL/6) and resistant (C3H) mice. Atherosclerosis 2001; 156:307-13. [PMID: 11395026 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(00)00667-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mice susceptible (C57BL/6) or resistant (C3H) to atherosclerosis induced by a high cholesterol-cholate containing diet (A-diet) were used to study reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) in vivo as measured by loss of cholesterol from a depot created by injection of cationized LDL into the rectus femoris muscle. Plasma total and HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), total and HDL phospholipid (HDL-PL) levels in chow fed C3H male and female mice were higher than in C57BL/6 mice. After one month on A-diet, plasma cholesterol more than doubled in both strains and genders. The decrease in HDL-C and HDL-PL was twice as great in C57BL/6 as in C3H female mice, while in male C3H mice there was no decrease. The loss of exogenous cholesterol mass (ECM) after injection of cationized LDL was more rapid in C3H than in C57BL/6 mice. In chow fed mice, ECM retained in muscle on day 12 was 37% in C57BL/6 and 20% in C3H females; in males it was 39% and 18% in C57BL/6 and C3H, respectively. On A-diet, 76% were retained in C57BL/6 and 28% in C3H females; these values were 59% and 28% in C57BL/6 and C3H males. Thus, the slow clearance of ECM (which represents RCT) in C57BL/6 mice on A-diet, that could be related to a marked decrease of HDL-PL, might contribute towards their susceptibility to atherosclerosis.
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- O Stein
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Loirdighi N, Ménard D, Delvin D, Levy E. Selective effects of hydrocortisone on intestinal lipoprotein and apolipoprotein synthesis in the human fetus. J Cell Biochem 1997; 66:65-76. [PMID: 9215529 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19970701)66:1<65::aid-jcb8>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Studies employing human fetal intestine have yielded much interesting information on the role of polarized enterocytes in fat absorption and transport. Using the organ culture model, we examined the influence of hydrocortisone on the synthesis and secretion of lipids and lipoproteins. Human jejunal explants were cultured for 5 days at 37 degrees C in serum-free medium containing either [14C]-oleic acid or [14C]-acetate, alone or supplemented with hydrocortisone (25 or 50 ng/ml). The uptake of [14C]-oleic acid was associated with the production of triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesteryl esters, which were all affected by hydrocortisone. This hormonal agent (50 micrograms) led to the marked reduction of secreted triglycerides (43%, P < 0.01), phospholipids (39%, P < 0.01), and cholesteryl esters (36%, P < 0.05) without altering the characteristic distribution of tissue and medium lipid classes. Similarly, hydrocortisone significantly (P < 0.01) decreased (approximately 60%) the incorporation of [14C]-acetate into secreted free and esterified cholesterol in the medium. With [14C]-oleic acid as a precursor, hydrocortisone significantly diminished the delivery of chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins to the medium while consistently enhancing the secretion of high density lipoproteins. In parallel, [35S]-methionine pulse-labeling of jejunal explants revealed the concomitant inhibitory effect of hydrocortisone on apo B-100 synthesis and hydrocortisone's stimulatory effect on apo B-48 and apo A-1. These studies suggest that glucocorticoids play a critical role in lipoprotein processing during intestinal development.
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- N Loirdighi
- Department of Nutrition, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Wang J, Kitagawa K, Kitado H, Kogishi K, Matsushita T, Hosokawa M, Higuchi K. Regulation of the metabolism of plasma lipoproteins by apolipoprotein A-II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1345:248-58. [PMID: 9150245 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(96)00183-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mouse apolipoprotein (apo) A-II has three variants (type A, B, and C) among inbred strains. To clarify the role of ApoA-II in the metabolism of high density lipoproteins (HDL), we constructed a new congenic mouse strain (P1.R1-Apoa2b) with type B ApoA-II of the SAMR1 strain on the genetic background of the SAMP1 strain, and examined it together with another ApoA-II congenic strain (R1.P1-Apoa2c) containing type C ApoA-II of the SAMPI strain on the SAMR1 strain and the parental SAMP1 and SAMR1 strains. Genetic characterization of the congenic strains indicated that only small regions surrounding the ApoA-II gene of the parental strains had been transferred. The strains with Apoa2c had lower plasma concentrations of HDL and ApoA-II, and a smaller HDL particle size than strains with Apoa2b. We detected no significant differences in the mRNA levels of ApoA-II or in the in vitro translational efficiency of the ApoA-II mRNA among the four strains. These findings suggested that the differences in the post-translational modification or efficiency of secretion between the Apoa2b and Apoa2c protein regulates the ApoA-II concentration which in turn determines the concentration and size of HDL in mice.
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- J Wang
- Department of Senescence Biology, Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan
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Krause BR, Barnett BC, Essenburg AD, Kieft KA, Auerbach BJ, Bousley R, Stanfield R, Newton RS, Bisgaier CL. Opposite effects of bezafibrate and gemfibrozil in both normal and hypertriglyceridemic rats. Atherosclerosis 1996; 127:91-101. [PMID: 9006809 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(96)05939-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Chow and sucrose-fed rats were used as animal models to study the dose-responses of bezafibrate and gemfibrozil in normolipidemic and hypertriglyceridemic states, respectively. Although both drugs lowered plasma triglycerides (TG) to about the same extent in chow-fed rats, gemfibrozil lowered liver TG as well as plasma total and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), but elevated HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and plasma apo E concentrations. Bezafibrate produced opposite effects, namely, decreased HDL-C, apo E and liver TG, and tended to increase LDL-C. TG lowering for both drugs in chow-fed rats was not due to changes in TG secretion (production) in normal rats but was associated with enhanced LPL activity. In hypertriglyceridemic rats both drugs modestly reduced TG secretion rates about 40% at a dose producing maximal TG lowering, but again, gemfibrozil elevated and bezafibrate lowered HDL-C and apo E. Unlike gemfibrozil, bezafibrate induced the appearance of LDL-C in hypertriglyceridemic rats which was not detected in control animals, and also tended to increase rather than decrease plasma apo B levels. Finally, changes in liver TG concentration (mg/g) in hypertriglyceridemic rats were opposite for these drugs, resulting in significant drug-related differences in liver TG content (mg/organ). From these data we postulate that, although similar with regard to TG lowering activity and mechanisms thereof, gemfibrozil and bezafibrate produce fundamentally different effects on LDL, HDL and apolipoprotein metabolism (apo B and apo E) in rats which may relate to potential differential effects on reverse cholesterol transport and atherogenesis.
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- B R Krause
- Vascular and Cardiac Diseases, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA.
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Melchior GW, Marotti KR. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein's role in high-density lipoprotein metabolism. Trends Cardiovasc Med 1995; 5:83-7. [DOI: 10.1016/1050-1738(95)00002-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lin AH, Castle CK, Melchior GW, Marotti KR. The effect of population density on the development of experimental atherosclerosis in female mice. Atherosclerosis 1995; 115:85-8. [PMID: 7669090 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(94)05502-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The effect of cage population density on plasma lipids and the development of atherosclerosis was examined in female C57BL/6 mice. Mice were housed at a density of one, two or five animals per cage and fed an atherogenic diet for 28 weeks. Subsequently, the animals were bled, sacrificed, the hearts removed and the extent of fatty lesion development in the aorta examined and quantified. As the population density increased, there was a statistically significant increase in total cholesterol levels, VLDL+LDL cholesterol levels, the VLDL+LDL/HDL ratio and lesion severity. These differences are due to the psychosocial stress associated with living within a confined space with high population density over an extended period of time.
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- A H Lin
- Upjohn Laboratories, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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Unique inflammatory lesions affecting the ascending aorta and pulmonary artery of BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice infected with murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) were identified in a pilot and two subsequent experiments to characterize the potential effect of MCMV infection on diet-induced atherosclerotic lesions. Suckling BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were inoculated with MCMV and subsequently fed either a commercial mouse diet or a synthetic atherogenic diet from weaning. The three experiments varied with respect to the age of the mice at the time of MCMV inoculation and the dose of virus given. The conditions of MCMV exposure were progressively modified in the three experiments to increase the prevalence of MCMV-associated inflammatory lesions in the pulmonary artery and aorta. In the final experiment, in which suckling mice were inoculated at 9 days of age, MCMV-associated arteritic lesions had an observed prevalence at 8 weeks post-inoculation of 87.5% (7/8) in BALB/c mice on the normal diet and 100% (8/8) in C57BL/6 mice on the normal diet and in both strains on the atherogenic diet. The inflammatory lesions in both vessels were characterized by mononuclear cell infiltrates containing CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ lymphocytes. The cellular infiltrates were often more intense on the adventitial surface and infiltrated into the overlying tunica media. The intima was infiltrated by mononuclear cell infiltrates that appeared to contain more macrophages and fewer lymphocytes than did the adventitial infiltrates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C A Dangler
- Department of Veterinary Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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Qiao JH, Xie PZ, Fishbein MC, Kreuzer J, Drake TA, Demer LL, Lusis AJ. Pathology of atheromatous lesions in inbred and genetically engineered mice. Genetic determination of arterial calcification. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS : A JOURNAL OF VASCULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 14:1480-97. [PMID: 8068611 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.14.9.1480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report comprehensive pathological studies of atheromatous lesions in various inbred mouse strains fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet and in two genetically engineered strains that develop spontaneous lesions on a low-fat chow diet. Coronary and aortic lesions were studied with respect to anatomic locations, lesion severity, calcification, and lipofuscin deposition. Surprisingly, the genetic determinants for coronary fatty lesion formation differed in part from those for aortic lesion development. This suggests the existence of genetic factors acting locally as well as systematically in lesion development. We used immunohistochemical analyses to determine the cellular and molecular compositions of the lesions. The aortic lesions contained monocyte/macrophages, lipid, apolipoprotein B, serum amyloid A proteins, and immunoglobulin M and showed expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, all absent in normal arteries. In certain strains, advanced lesions developed in which smooth muscle cells were commonly observed. The lesions in mice targeted for a null mutation in the apolipoprotein E gene were much larger, more widely dispersed, and more fibrous, cellular, and calcified in nature than the lesions in laboratory inbred strains. When apolipoprotein A-II transgenic mice were maintained on a low-fat chow diet, the lesions in these mice were relatively small and located in the very proximal regions of the aorta. There were clear differences in the occurrence of arterial wall calcification among genetically distinct inbred mouse strains, indicating for the first time a genetic component in this clinically significant trait. Analysis of a genetic cross indicated a complex pattern of calcification inheritance with incomplete penetrance.
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- J H Qiao
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Medicine 90024-1679
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Chinellato A, Ragazzi E, Petrelli L, Paro M, Mironov A, Aliev G. Effect of cholesterol-supplemented diet in heritable hyperlipidemic Yoshida rats: functional and morphological characterization of thoracic aorta. Atherosclerosis 1994; 106:51-63. [PMID: 8018107 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(94)90082-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In this study we have considered the possibility of inducing vascular damage in Yoshida Pittsburg (YOS) rat, an inbred strain which has endogenous hyperlipidemia without vascular atherosclerotic damage. Cholesterol-enriched diet (4% cholesterol plus 1% cholic acid and 0.5% thiouracil) was administered to YOS rats, in order to induce atherogenesis. The results indicate that, despite significant increase in serum (about 2-fold) and aortic tissue cholesterol (about 6-fold), no morphological damage occurred. A reduction in acetylcholine-mediated relaxation (of about 37%) was observed. No inhibition of ATP- or sodium nitrite-induced relaxation, or of contraction induced by norepinephrine was seen. Serum triglyceride concentration did not vary after administration of a cholesterol-enriched diet. Our results suggest that in heritable hyperlipidemic Yoshida rat, after 2 months of cholesterol-enriched diet, despite increased serum cholesterol levels, no atheromatous plaque developed on the aortic wall. Impaired vascular function and reductions in the response to acetylcholine were related to changed endothelial cell function. Administration of a high cholesterol diet to YOS rat may represent a new model of mixed endogenous and exogenous hyperlipidemia that can resemble many human dislipidemic diseases and therefore may become a useful tool for the study of isolated endothelial dysfunction.
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- A Chinellato
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Padova, Italy
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Fazio S, Horie Y, Simonet W, Weisgraber K, Taylor J, Rall S. Altered lipoprotein metabolism in transgenic mice expressing low levels of a human receptor-binding-defective apolipoprotein E variant. J Lipid Res 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)41192-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Vaithilingam DS, Antao V, Kakis G. Regulation of polyunsaturated fat induced postprandial hypercholesterolemia by a novel gene Phc-2. Mol Cell Biochem 1994; 130:67-74. [PMID: 8190122 DOI: 10.1007/bf01084269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Inbred mouse strains vary in susceptibility or resistance to dietary induced atherosclerosis. To investigate the effect of polyunsaturated fat feeding on postprandial serum cholesterol levels, in C57BL/67 (B6) and BALB/cJ inbred mice, we fed by stomach gavage previously fasted mice, a mixture containing 30% sunflower oil, 5% cholesterol, 2% sodium cholate and 0.5% choline chloride. The most significant difference in serum cholesterol levels between B6 and BALB/cJ mouse strains was observed at 2 h postfeeding. Susceptible B6 strain mice had a 41% postprandial increment in serum cholesterol. The resistant BALB/cJ strain had an insignificant 16% rise in serum cholesterol, at 2 h. We next examined eight other inbred mouse strains, to identify the gene(s) that regulate the observed 2 h postprandial hypercholesterolemia response, in the susceptible B6 mouse strain. Only the C57BR/cdJ and C57L/J strains developed postprandial hypercholesterolemia, at 2 h. The C57BR/cdJ strain had a 20% increase and the C57L/J strain a 62% increase in postprandial serum cholesterol levels. From this result, we found that the postprandial hypercholesterolemic response to an acute polyunsaturated fat-cholesterol feed, cosegregated with the a allele at the Gpd-1 and Ahd-1 loci, on mouse chromosome 4. In this study, non-responsiveness cosegregated with the b allele at the Gpd-1 and Ahd-1 loci. Thus polyunsaturated fat-cholesterol induced postprandial hypercholesterolemia appeared to be genetically determined by a gene located between the Gpd-1 and Ahd-1 loci, in mice. The putative gene regulating polyunsaturated fat-cholesterol induced post-absorptive hypercholesterolemia was designated Phc-2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D S Vaithilingam
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yamaguchi Y, Kitagawa S, Imaizumi N, Kunitomo M, Fujiwara M. Enhancement of aortic cholesterol deposition by dietary linoleic acid in cholesterol-fed mice: an animal model for primary screening of antiatherosclerotic agents. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 1993; 30:169-75. [PMID: 8305719 DOI: 10.1016/1056-8719(93)90042-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We tried to develop an experimental model using mice for the primary screening of antiatherosclerotic agents. Male ICR strain mice were given a high-cholesterol diet supplemented with 10% linoleic acid for 14 weeks. Throughout the experimental period, weight gain of these mice was significantly inhibited as compared to that of control mice given a basal diet, but displayed a steady increase comparable to that of the high-cholesterol diet without linoleic acid. The cholesterol and linoleic acid-fed mice showed increased serum cholesterol and phospholipid levels, and decreased serum triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein-(HDL) cholesterol levels and lecithin/cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity, as well as a markedly increased lipid peroxide level which was a characteristic appearance in the serum of this mouse model. At the end of the experiment, uniform and significant increases in cholesterol, notably cholesteryl ester, were observed in the aorta. Also found were marked decreases in the aorta contents of desmosine and isodesmosine, which are cross-linking amino acids present only in the elastin. Histological observations showed accumulations of fatty droplets in the intima. These changes were much less in mice receiving a high-cholesterol diet without linoleic acid. In this mouse model, probucol prevented elevation of serum cholesterol, phospholipid, and cholesterol accumulation in the aorta. Increases in lipid peroxide level and decreases in LCAT activity were also prevented. These findings indicate that this mouse model is useful for primary screening of antiatherosclerotic agents with antioxidative activity.
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- Y Yamaguchi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Ito Y, Onoda Y, Nakamura S, Tagawa K, Fukushima T, Sugawara Y, Takaiti O. Effects of the new anti-ulcer drug ecabet sodium (TA-2711) on pepsin activity. II. Interaction with substrate protein. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1993; 62:175-81. [PMID: 8371516 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.62.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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To define the mechanism of the protection by ecabet (TA-2711) of the gastric mucosa from peptic attack, the characteristics of protein binding of this drug and its effect on peptic hydrolysis of substrate proteins were investigated in vitro. Both the binding to proteins and the hydrophobicity of ecabet were dependent on the pH; the lower the pH, the higher both parameters. The percentage of ecabet bound to proteins was nearly constant, being independent of the drug concentration at pH's below 2, indicating that this drug is bound to proteins in a non-specific manner. The activity of peptic hydrolysis of bovine serum albumin (BSA) decreased in the presence of ecabet, and this was not due to the interaction between pepsin and ecabet judging from the kinetic studies. The apparent Km values of peptic hydrolysis of BSA increased depending on the quantity of ecabet bound to BSA. These results suggest that ecabet is bound to substrate proteins by a non-specific hydrophobic interaction to form a complex that is less vulnerable to peptic hydrolysis.
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- Y Ito
- Pharmacological Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan
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Rao AV, Friday D, Janezic SA, Kendall CW. Influence of dietary cholesterol on facal steroid excretion and its impact on the colonic epithelium in mice: Implications for colon carcinogenesis. Nutr Res 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(05)80655-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zhang SH, Reddick RL, Piedrahita JA, Maeda N. Spontaneous hypercholesterolemia and arterial lesions in mice lacking apolipoprotein E. Science 1992; 258:468-71. [PMID: 1411543 DOI: 10.1126/science.1411543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1674] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a ligand for receptors that clear remnants of chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins. Lack of apoE is, therefore, expected to cause accumulation in plasma of cholesterol-rich remnants whose prolonged circulation should be atherogenic. ApoE-deficient mice generated by gene targeting were used to test this hypothesis and to make a mouse model for spontaneous atherosclerosis. The mutant mice had five times normal plasma cholesterol, and developed foam cell-rich depositions in their proximal aortas by age 3 months. These spontaneous lesions progressed and caused severe occlusion of the coronary artery ostium by 8 months. The severe yet viable phenotype of the mutants should make them valuable for investigating genetic and environmental factors that modify the atherogenic process.
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- S H Zhang
- Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7525
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Ishida BY, Blanche PJ, Nichols AV, Yashar M, Paigen B. Effects of atherogenic diet consumption on lipoproteins in mouse strains C57BL/6 and C3H. J Lipid Res 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)42043-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City
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Overturf ML, Smith SA, Gotto AM, Morrisett JD, Tewson T, Poorman J, Loose-Mitchell DS. Dietary cholesterol absorption, and sterol and bile acid excretion in hypercholesterolemia-resistant white rabbits. J Lipid Res 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)42266-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Yamaguchi Y, Yamada K, Kitagawa S, Kunitomo M. Atherosclerosis mouse model induced by a high-cholesterol diet supplemented with beta-aminopropionitrile: effects of various anti-atherosclerotic agents on the biochemical parameters. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1990; 54:187-96. [PMID: 2077185 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.54.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A mouse model of atherosclerosis was produced by feeding a 1.5% cholesterol diet with 0.4% beta-aminopropionitrile (BAPN) fumarate, a chemical lathyrogen, for 10 weeks, and the pharmacological sensitivity and specificity of this model were evaluated biochemically with various hypolipidemic drugs and calcium antagonists. Histological findings on this model showed typical angiolathyrism with foam cells in the media of the thoracic aorta. Uniform and marked accumulation of cholesterol, notably esterified cholesterol, in the aorta was observed, although it was much less in mice receiving a high-cholesterol diet or BAPN alone. The reduction in elastin contents in the aorta was a characteristic feature of this model. Clofibrate, cetaben and elastase tended to prevent the increase of cholesterol contents in the aorta, together with their significant hypocholesterolemic effects. Nifedipine, diltiazem and verapamil showed a slight preventive effect on the cholesterol accumulation and on the reduction of elastin content in the aorta without a cholesterol lowering effect in the serum. MgCl2 was more effective than other calcium antagonists and even had a hypocholesterolemic effect. The results indicate that this mouse atherosclerosis model may be usable for primary drug evaluation.
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- Y Yamaguchi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Jiao S, Cole TG, Kitchens RT, Pfleger B, Schonfeld G. Genetic heterogeneity of lipoproteins in inbred strains of mice: analysis by gel-permeation chromatography. Metabolism 1990; 39:155-60. [PMID: 2299988 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(90)90069-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To assess genetic variation of murine lipoprotein profiles, plasma lipoproteins of 11 inbred strains, AKR/J, BALB/cByJ, C3H/HeJ, C57BL/6J, C57BL/6ByJ, C57L/J, DBA/1LacJ, 129/J, NZB/B1NJ, PL/J, and SWR/J, were analyzed by gel-permeation chromatography (fast peptide liquid chromatography) and nondenaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Vena caval blood was drawn after 18 to 20 hours of fasting. Plasma triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations ranged from 12.9 mg/dL (C57BL/6ByJ) to 66.9 mg/dL (C3H/HeJ) and from 54.8 mg/dL (AKR/J) to 128.5 mg/dL (NZB/B1NJ), respectively. Mouse strain-related heterogeneities of very low-, low-, and high-density lipoprotein (VLDL, LDL, and HDL, respectively) concentrations were documented; VLDL-triglyceride concentrations ranged from 7.5 mg/dL to 38.8 mg/dL, LDL cholesterol from 12.0 mg/dL to 39.6 mg/dL, and HDL cholesterol from 41.3 mg/dL to 92.4 mg/dL. Hyper-VLDL-triglyceridemia was present in C3H/HeJ and SWR/J strains and hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia in NZB/B1NJ, C3H/HeJ, and DBA/1LacJ. VLDL cholesterol/VLDL triglyceride ratios also ranged widely among strains (0.13 to 0.43), with C57BL/6J, C57BL/6ByJ, and C57L/J, the strains particularly susceptible to diet-induced atherosclerosis, having the highest VLDL-lipid ratio. LDL and HDL size heterogeneities were also observed. LDL and HDL diameters ranged between 24.1 nm and 29.4 nm, and between 9.24 nm and 10.32 nm, respectively. Although LDL sizes showed no segregation, HDL sizes fell into two groups. C57L/J and C57BL/6J possessed low HDL-cholesterol concentrations and small-sized HDL. HDL sizes were positively correlated with HDL-cholesterol concentrations (r = .90, P less than .001) and LDL-cholesterol concentrations (r = .85, P less than .001), but LDL sizes did not correlate with lipoprotein concentrations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Jiao
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Overturf ML, Smith SA, Hewett-Emmett D, Loose-Mitchell DS, Soma MR, Gotto AM, Morrisett JD. Development and partial metabolic characterization of a dietary cholesterol-resistant colony of rabbits. J Lipid Res 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)38386-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Genetically determined hypercholesterolemia in a rhesus monkey family due to a deficiency of the LDL receptor. J Lipid Res 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)38415-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aubert R, Perdereau D, Roubiscoul M, Herzog J, Lemonnier D. Genetic variations in serum lipid levels of inbred mice and response to hypercholesterolemic diet. Lipids 1988; 23:48-54. [PMID: 3352472 DOI: 10.1007/bf02535304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The serum lipid contents of a number of inbred and congenic strains of mice were measured. There were inter-strain variations in each of the lipid fractions in mice fed a normal diet. Male and female C3H mice had the highest total cholesterol level; AKR mice showed the lowest values. Serum phospholipids were correlated well with cholesterolemia. The greatest variations between strains were in the triglyceride levels. There also was significant variation in the high density lipoprotein cholesterol serum levels (from 73-88% of the total cholesterol). The response to a hypercholesterolemic diet (1% cholesterol) was tested in seven inbred strains. All strains showed changes in serum cholesterol and in the proportions of the lipoproteins fractions. There was a large increase in the low density lipoprotein + very low density lipoprotein fractions. Feeding the diet revealed marked interstrain differences in the responses of the serum cholesterol and electrophoretic lipoprotein profiles. The C57BL/6 and B10.D2 strains were hyperresponders to the hypercholesterolemic diet with 71% and 63% of their serum cholesterol in the low density lipoprotein plus very low density lipoprotein fractions, respectively.
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- R Aubert
- Unite 1 de l'I.N.S.E.R.M., Hopital Bichat, Paris, France
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The well-defined genetic systems of the mouse are proving useful in experimental studies of atherosclerosis. Inbred mouse strains differ in atherosclerosis susceptibility, and several variants of apolipoproteins have been identified and mapped. This report explores the location and timing of lesion formation in the mouse in an effort to provide a basis for quantitatively comparing groups of mice. After 14 weeks on an atherogenic diet containing 1.25% cholesterol, 15% fat, and 0.5% cholic acid, C57BL/6J female mice had aortic lesions at each of the intercostal arteries, at the junction of the aorta to the heart, and in scattered areas covering 1.1% +/- 0.5 (SD) of the aortic surface. After 9 months on the atherogenic diet, those lesions near the heart and intercostal arteries were extensive, 8% +/- 3 (SD) of the remainder of the aorta was involved in lesions, and lesions were found in the coronary arteries. Results indicated that one suitable location for scoring lesions was in a 300 micron area of the aorta just beyond the aortic sinus. The mean number of lesions/mouse in the selected area after 14 weeks on the atherogenic diet was 1.1 +/- 0.3 (SD). The results were reproducible over 10 separate experiments. The number of lesions per mouse fit a Poisson distribution indicating that the presence of one lesion did not predispose the mouse to acquiring a second lesion. Lesion formation and cholesterol levels did not vary with the season of the year as demonstrated by 9 separate experiments over more than 12 months. Methods of evaluating the number and size of lesions were compared including sizing with a microscope eyepiece grid and computer-assisted planimetry. The resulting data provide reproducible methods of quantitatively comparing lesion formation in various strains or groups of mice, thereby increasing the usefulness of the mouse as an experimental system for atherosclerosis research.
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- B Paigen
- Bruce Lyon Memorial Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Oakland, CA 94609
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Paigen B, Albee D, Holmes PA, Mitchell D. Genetic analysis of murine strains C57BL/6J and C3H/HeJ to confirm the map position of Ath-1, a gene determining atherosclerosis susceptibility. Biochem Genet 1987; 25:501-11. [PMID: 3128974 DOI: 10.1007/bf00554352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Previous results suggested that strains C57BL/6J and C3H/HeJ differed in a single gene for atherosclerosis susceptibility, called Ath-1. Based on data from recombinant inbred strains Ath-1 was tentatively assigned to chromosome 1 linked to Alp-2. In this report, a cross between C57BL/6 and C3H/HeJ was carried out in order to test whether the tentative map position was correct. Parental strains and F1 and F2 progeny were examined. Susceptible alleles of Ath-1, found in C57BL/6, are associated with relatively low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol in animals fed an atherogenic diet; resistant alleles of Ath-1 are associated with relatively high levels of HDL-cholesterol. F1 progeny have HDL levels that are intermediate between these of the two parental strains. Among the F2 progeny, Alp-2 and Ath-1 cosegregated, providing confirmatory evidence that Ath-1 is linked to Alp-2 on chromosome 1. Three mice recombinant for Alp-2 and Ath-1 were found among the 60 chromosomes tested, giving an estimated map distance between these two genes of 5.0 +/- 2.8 (SE) cM. The phenotypic characteristics of Ath-1 resemble a genetic trait in humans, hyperalphalipoproteinemia, which is characterized by elevated levels of HDL-cholesterol, reduced risk of heart disease, and increased longevity.
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- B Paigen
- Bruce Lyon Memorial Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Oakland, California 94609
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Lusis AJ, Taylor BA, Quon D, Zollman S, LeBoeuf RC. Genetic factors controlling structure and expression of apolipoproteins B and E in mice. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47607-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Mouse apolipoprotein A-IV gene: nucleotide sequence and induction by a high-lipid diet. Mol Cell Biol 1987. [PMID: 3796595 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.6.11.3807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Apolipoprotein A-IV (apo A-IV) functions in conjunction with other apolipoproteins to form lipoprotein particles which are involved in lipid homeostasis. In this report we present the nucleotide sequence of the mouse apo A-IV gene and demonstrate its induction in the liver by chronically high dietary lipid. The apo A-IV gene consists of three exons and two introns. The introns separate evolutionarily conserved and functional polypeptide domains. Intron 1 divides most of the apo A-IV signal peptide from the amino terminus of the mature plasma protein. The second intron separates a highly evolutionarily conserved, variant amphipathic peptide repeat from the remainder of the mature apo A-IV protein. The 5' flanking region has several interesting features. The apo A-IV gene has variant TATA and CAT box sequences, TTTAAA and CCAACG, respectively. There are five G-rich direct repeats of 10 nucleotides and a short inverted repeat in the 5' flanking region. We speculate that these sequence elements in the 5' flanking region may be involved in the regulation of apo A-IV gene expression. We also show that chronically high dietary lipid induces liver apo A-IV levels 10-fold in C57BL/6 mice, a strain susceptible to atherosclerotic lesions, while we observed no induction in nonsusceptible BALB/c and C3H mice.
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Beynen AC, Lemmens AG, De Bruijne JJ, Ronai A, Wassmer B, Von Deimling O, Katan MB, Van Zutphen LF. Esterases in inbred strains of mice with differential cholesterolemic responses to a high-cholesterol diet. Atherosclerosis 1987; 63:239-49. [PMID: 3827985 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(87)90127-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Specific esterase isoenzyme patterns in plasma may be associated with responsiveness of serum cholesterol to dietary cholesterol. In rabbits and rats the presence and absence of a high-mobility, anodal esterase band on electrophoresis have been shown to be associated with hypo- and hyperresponsiveness, respectively. We fed for 28 days male mice of 7 inbred strains either a low-cholesterol, commercial diet or a diet containing 2% (w/w) cholesterol, 0.5% cholic acid and 5% olive oil. Feeding the high-cholesterol diet revealed marked inter-strain differences in the responses of plasma and liver cholesterol; the increases ranged from 21 to 129% and from 10 to 80-fold, respectively. There was no association between esterase isoenzyme patterns in plasma and the sensitivity to the high-cholesterol diet. The mean baseline plasma total esterase activity tended to be positively associated with the absolute response of plasma cholesterol to the high-cholesterol diet (r = 0.56; n = 7), but the positive relationship between the baseline concentration of the ES-1 component in plasma and the cholesterolemic response was stronger (r = 0.84; n = 7; P less than 0.05). The high-cholesterol diet caused a significant increase in plasma total esterase activities in 6 out of the 7 strains. Evidence is presented that the increase in plasma total esterase activity, which was associated with an increase in the activity and concentration of the so-called ES-2 isoenzyme, is the result of an enhanced release of esterases from the intestine, rather than from the liver. A significant, positive correlation was found between the baseline intestinal esterase activity and the cholesterolemic response after cholesterol feeding (r = 0.83; n = 7; P less than 0.05).
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Williams SC, Bruckheimer SM, Lusis AJ, LeBoeuf RC, Kinniburgh AJ. Mouse apolipoprotein A-IV gene: nucleotide sequence and induction by a high-lipid diet. Mol Cell Biol 1986; 6:3807-14. [PMID: 3796595 PMCID: PMC367142 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.6.11.3807-3814.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Apolipoprotein A-IV (apo A-IV) functions in conjunction with other apolipoproteins to form lipoprotein particles which are involved in lipid homeostasis. In this report we present the nucleotide sequence of the mouse apo A-IV gene and demonstrate its induction in the liver by chronically high dietary lipid. The apo A-IV gene consists of three exons and two introns. The introns separate evolutionarily conserved and functional polypeptide domains. Intron 1 divides most of the apo A-IV signal peptide from the amino terminus of the mature plasma protein. The second intron separates a highly evolutionarily conserved, variant amphipathic peptide repeat from the remainder of the mature apo A-IV protein. The 5' flanking region has several interesting features. The apo A-IV gene has variant TATA and CAT box sequences, TTTAAA and CCAACG, respectively. There are five G-rich direct repeats of 10 nucleotides and a short inverted repeat in the 5' flanking region. We speculate that these sequence elements in the 5' flanking region may be involved in the regulation of apo A-IV gene expression. We also show that chronically high dietary lipid induces liver apo A-IV levels 10-fold in C57BL/6 mice, a strain susceptible to atherosclerotic lesions, while we observed no induction in nonsusceptible BALB/c and C3H mice.
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Breckenridge WC, Roberts A, Kuksis A. Lipoprotein levels in genetically selected mice with increased susceptibility to atherosclerosis. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (DALLAS, TEX.) 1985; 5:256-64. [PMID: 3994583 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.5.3.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Male mice of two inbred strains, C57BR/cdJ and CBA/J, were maintained either on an atherogenic diet rich in cholesterol (5%) and saturated fat (30%) or on a control Purina Laboratory Chow diet. After 3 weeks on a 90% atherogenic/10% chow diet, the C57BR/cdJ mice showed a fivefold increase in plasma total cholesterol levels, while the CBA/J strain indicated only a twofold increase. On the atherogenic diet, both groups of animals showed marked increases in a lipoprotein of a broad density spectrum (1.006 greater than d less than 1.063) with prebeta and beta mobility on agarose gel electrophoresis, but the C57BR/cdJ strain showed a greater increase than the CBA/J strain. The very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) contained predominantly lipoprotein of prebeta mobility, while intermediate density lipoprotein (IDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) contained lipoprotein of beta-mobility. In both strains, the major lipid component in this lipoprotein was cholesteryl ester and both strains showed large amounts of an apoprotein (apo) with E mobility as defined for known apoproteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis or by isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide-urea disc gels. The phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratio of the VLDL, IDL, and LDL fractions isolated from the C57BR/cdJ mice on the atherogenic diet (0.76 to 0.95) was noticeably lower than that (1.10 to 1.19) from the CBA/J mice maintained on the same diet. There was a marked decrease in the high density lipoprotein (HDL) fraction in both strains of mice on the atherogenic diet, but a greater reduction in the HDL level of the C57BR/cdJ strain with a 50% decrease in the phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratio.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Forgez P, Chapman MJ, Rall SC, Camus MC. The lipid transport system in the mouse, Mus musculus: isolation and characterization of apolipoproteins B, A-I, A-II, and C-III. J Lipid Res 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37732-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Reue KL, Quon DH, O'Donnell KA, Dizikes GJ, Fareed GC, Lusis AJ. Cloning and regulation of messenger RNA for mouse apolipoprotein E. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)43322-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Distribution and characterization of the serum lipoproteins and apoproteins in the mouse, Mus musculus. J Lipid Res 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37904-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kuksis A, Roberts A, Thompson JS, Myher JJ, Geher K. Plasma phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratio as an indicator for atherosclerosis. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS (DALLAS, TEX.) 1983; 3:389-97. [PMID: 6882292 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.3.4.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Plasma lipid profiles were determined in two inbred strains of mice, C57BR/cdJ and CBA/J, fed either a normal chow or an atherogenic diet for a 15-week period, starting at 10 weeks of age. On the chow diet, the C57BR/cdJ had significantly higher mean free cholesterol, esterified cholesterol, and total lipid values, and a significantly lower mean phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratio than the CBA/J mice. On the atherogenic diet, the C57BR/cdJ had significantly higher mean levels for all lipids classes, except triacylglycerols, than the CBA/J mice. The mean plasma free cholesterol and esterified cholesterol levels of the C57BR/cdJ were four times greater than those of the CBA/J strain on the atherogenic diet. The mean plasma phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratio of the C57BR/cdJ mice on the high cholesterol diet was 0.87 compared to 1.91 for CBA/J mice. These plasma lipid changes were associated with a marked development of atheromatous deposits in the wall of the aortic sinus of the C57BR/cdJ compared to the CBA/J animals. The phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratios of the liver lipids of both strains decreased from 2.5-2.7 on the chow diet to 1.0-1.1 on the high cholesterol diet. It is suggested that a plasma phosphatidylcholine/free cholesterol ratio less than 1 represents a supersaturation of the vascular system and the vessel wall with cholesterol, which leads to a destabilization of the plasma membranes of the endothelial and smooth muscle cells, and an infiltration of the vessel wall by the plasma lipids.
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LeBoeuf RC, Puppione DL, Schumaker VN, Lusis AJ. Genetic control of lipid transport in mice. I. Structural properties and polymorphisms of plasma lipoproteins. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)32538-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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