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van Lent PLEM, Hofkens W, Blom AB, Grevers L, Sloetjes A, Takahashi N, van Tits LJ, Vogl T, Roth J, de Winther MP, van den Berg WB. Scavenger receptor class A type I/II determines matrix metalloproteinase-mediated cartilage destruction and chondrocyte death in antigen-induced arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 60:2954-65. [DOI: 10.1002/art.24908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Herijgers N, de Winther MP, Van Eck M, Havekes LM, Hofker MH, Hoogerbrugge PM, Van Berkel TJ. Effect of human scavenger receptor class A overexpression in bone marrow-derived cells on lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis in low density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice. J Lipid Res 2000; 41:1402-9. [PMID: 10974047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Scavenger receptors, which include various classes, play an important role in atherogenesis by mediating the unrestricted uptake of modified lipoproteins, resulting in the massive accumulation of cholesteryl esters. Because macrophage-derived foam cells are considered to be an important feature in early atherogenesis, we investigated the role of scavenger receptor class A (SR-A) overexpression, especially on macrophages in lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis. Bone marrow from human SR-A (MSR1)-overexpressing mice was transplanted into irradiated low density lipoprotein receptor knockout [LDLR(-/-)] mice. The transplantation resulted in an increase in total serum cholesterol (approximately 15 to 25%), especially in the VLDL fraction, when compared with LDLR(-/-) mice that were transplanted with bone marrow of wild-type littermates. Quantification of atherosclerotic lesions in the mice that were fed a "Western-type" diet for 3 months revealed that there were no differences in mean lesion area between LDLR(-/-) mice transplanted with MSR1 overexpressing and wild-type littermate bone marrow, despite increased scavenger receptor activity in vitro. The presence or absence of the LDLR in the transplanted bone marrow did not influence these results.In conclusion, introduction of MSR1-overexpressing bone marrow in LDLR(-/-) mice via bone marrow transplantation resulted in a slight increase in lipoprotein levels, but had no effect on the atherosclerotic lesion area, despite increased scavenger receptor activity in vitro.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylation
- Animals
- Arteriosclerosis/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/physiology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/physiology
- Female
- Humans
- Lipoproteins/metabolism
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, LDL/deficiency
- Receptors, LDL/genetics
- Receptors, LDL/physiology
- Receptors, Scavenger
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A
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Affiliation(s)
- N Herijgers
- Division of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, University of Leiden, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Affiliation(s)
- M P de Winther
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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de Winther MP, van Dijk KW, Havekes LM, Hofker MH. Macrophage scavenger receptor class A: A multifunctional receptor in atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20:290-7. [PMID: 10669623 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.20.2.290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In atherogenesis, elevated plasma levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) lead to the chronic presence of LDL in the arterial wall. There, LDL is modified (eg, oxidized), and these modified lipoproteins activate endothelial cells, which attract circulating monocytes. These monocytes enter the vessel wall, differentiate into macrophages, and subject the modified lipoproteins to endocytosis through scavenger receptor pathways. This unrestricted uptake, which is not limited by intracellular cholesterol levels, eventually leads to the formation of lipid-filled foam cells, the initial step in atherosclerosis. Macrophage scavenger receptor class A (SRA) is thought to be one of the main receptors involved in foam cell formation, mediating the influx of lipids into the macrophages. In addition to this role in modified lipoprotein uptake by macrophages, the SRA has been shown to be important in the inflammatory response in host defense, cellular activation, adhesion, and cell-cell interaction. Given the importance of these processes in atherogenesis, these latter functions may prove to make the SRA a multifunctional player in the atherosclerotic process.
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Affiliation(s)
- M P de Winther
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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van Dijk KW, van Vlijmen BJ, de Winther MP, van 't Hof B, van der Zee A, van der Boom H, Havekes LM, Hofker MH. Hyperlipidemia of ApoE2(Arg(158)-Cys) and ApoE3-Leiden transgenic mice is modulated predominantly by LDL receptor expression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999; 19:2945-51. [PMID: 10591674 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.19.12.2945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To investigate the relative roles of the LDL receptor- and non-LDL receptor-mediated pathways in the clearance of apolipoprotein E (apoE) variants in vivo, we have generated apoE2(Arg(158)-Cys) (apoE2) and apoE3-Leiden transgenic mice deficient for the endogenous mouse Apoe and Ldl receptor genes (Apoe-/-.Ldlr-/- mice). Unexpectedly, on the Apoe-/-.Ldlr-/- background, expression of neither apoE2 nor apoE3-Leiden results in a decrease of the hyperlipidemia. In contrast, serum cholesterol levels are increased by the introduction of apoE2 and apoE3-Leiden in Apoe-/-.Ldlr-/- mice (to 39.1+/-7.1 and 37.6+/-7.6 mmol/L, respectively, from 25. 9+/-6.5 mmol/L). In addition, in these transgenic mice, the serum triglyceride levels are substantially increased (to 9.6+/-7.0 and 5. 8+/-2.8 mmol/L, respectively, from 0.7+/-0.5 mmol/L), which is associated with a decreased efficiency of in vitro LPL-mediated lipolysis of circulating VLDL. The VLDL-triglyceride secretion rate is not affected by the expression of apoE2 or apoE3-Leiden on the Apoe-/-.Ldlr-/- background. These results indicate that in the absence of the LDL receptor, clearance of triglyceride-rich apoE2 and apoE3-Leiden-containing lipoproteins via alternative hepatic receptors, such as the LDL receptor-related protein (LRP) is inefficient. Although apoE2 and apoE3-Leiden are disturbed in binding to the LDL receptor in vitro, expression of 1 or 2 mouse Ldlr alleles in an apoE2.Apoe-/- or apoE3-Leiden.Apoe-/- background results in a gene dose-dependent decrease of the hyperlipidemia. Furthermore, overexpression of the LDL receptor via adenovirus-mediated gene transfer rescues the hyperlipidemia associated with apoE2 and apoE3-Leiden expression. These data indicate that in apoE2 and apoE3-Leiden transgenic mice, the LDL receptor constitutes the predominant route for clearance of VLDL remnants, carrying even poorly binding apoE variants, and that this pathway is functional despite an apoE-mediated disturbance in VLDL triglyceride lipolysis.
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- K W van Dijk
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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de Winther MP, van Dijk KW, van Vlijmen BJ, Gijbels MJ, Heus JJ, Wijers ER, van den Bos AC, Breuer M, Frants RR, Havekes LM, Hofker MH. Macrophage specific overexpression of the human macrophage scavenger receptor in transgenic mice, using a 180-kb yeast artificial chromosome, leads to enhanced foam cell formation of isolated peritoneal macrophages. Atherosclerosis 1999; 147:339-47. [PMID: 10559520 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(99)00204-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Macrophage scavenger receptors class A (MSR) are thought to play an important role in atherogenesis by mediating the unrestricted uptake of modified lipoproteins by macrophages in the vessel wall leading to foam cell formation. To investigate the in vivo role of the MSR in this process, a transgenic mouse model expressing both isoforms of the human MSR was generated. A 180-kb yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) containing the human MSR gene (MSR1) with 60- and 40-kb flanking sequence at the 5' and 3' end, respectively, was obtained by reducing the size of a 1050-kb YAC by homologous recombination. This 180-kb YAC was microinjected into mouse oocytes. In the resulting transgenic mice, high levels of mRNA for both type I and type II human MSR1 were detected in peritoneal macrophages and trace levels in other organs, known to contain macrophage-derived cells. Using an antibody against the human MSR, the Kupffer cells in the liver were shown to contain the MSR protein. In vivo clearance of acetyl-LDL was not changed in the MSR1-transgenic mice. However, in vitro studies using peritoneal macrophages from the transgenic mice showed a two-fold increased degradation of acetyl-LDL and cholesterolester accumulation concomitant with a four-fold increase in foam cell formation, as compared to wild-type macrophages. Thus, macrophage specific overexpression of the MSR may lead to increased foam cell formation, which is one of the initial and crucial steps in atherogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast/chemistry
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Foam Cells/metabolism
- Foam Cells/pathology
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Kupffer Cells/chemistry
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Lipoproteins, LDL/pharmacokinetics
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptors, Immunologic/analysis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Scavenger
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Species Specificity
- Tissue Distribution
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Affiliation(s)
- M P de Winther
- MGC-Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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de Winther MP, Gijbels MJ, van Dijk KW, van Gorp PJ, suzuki H, Kodama T, Frants RR, Havekes LM, Hofker MH. Scavenger receptor deficiency leads to more complex atherosclerotic lesions in APOE3Leiden transgenic mice. Atherosclerosis 1999; 144:315-21. [PMID: 10407492 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(98)00332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Apolipoprotein (apo) E3Leiden is a dysfunctional apo E variant associated with familial dysbetalipoproteinemia in humans. Transgenic mice carrying the APOE3Leiden gene develop hyperlipidemia and are highly susceptible to diet-induced atherosclerosis. An early step in atherosclerosis is foam cell formation, which is thought to result from the unrestricted uptake of modified lipoproteins by macrophages. To investigate the role of the macrophage scavenger receptor type I and II (MSR-A) in this process, APOE3Leiden transgenic mice were crossed onto a MSR-A deficient background and the development of atherosclerosis was examined. In view of recent results with apo E deficient mice (Suzuki H et al., A role for the macrophage scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis. Nature 1997; 386(6622):292-296), absence of the MSR-A in APOE3Leiden mice was expected to lead to a reduction of atherosclerosis. In our study we compared APOE3Leiden/MSR-A deficient mice (E3L MSR-A -/-) to APOE3Leiden/MSR-A wild-type mice (E3L MSR-A +/+). These animals were fed an atherogenic diet for 10 weeks. Quantification of the lesion area showed no significant difference between E3L MSR-A -/- and E3L MSR-A +/+ mice although there was a trend towards the development of larger lesions in the E3L MSR-A -/- mice. All lesions were typed according to their cellular composition. In both male and female E3L MSR-A -/- mice, significantly more severe lesions developed as compared to E3L MSR-A +/+ mice. These results indicate that the effect of MSR-A deficiency on atherogenesis may depend on the presence or absence of apo E.
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Affiliation(s)
- M P de Winther
- MGC-Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Heus JJ, de Winther MP, van de Vosse E, van Ommen GJ, den Dunnen JT. Centromeric and noncentromeric ADE2-selectable fragmentation vectors for yeast artificial chromosomes in AB1380. Genome Res 1997; 7:657-60. [PMID: 9199939 PMCID: PMC310663 DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.6.657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have constructed a set of fragmentation vectors for the truncation of either the centromeric or the noncentromeric end of YACs containing a human DNA insert. These vectors carry ADE2 or HIS5 as the selectable marker, enabling direct use in AB1380, the host strain of most publicly available YAC libraries. Centromeric fragmentation vectors for AB1380 have not been reported previously; the noncentromeric vectors show high frequencies of fragmentation.
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- J J Heus
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Toxopeus C, van Holsteijn I, de Winther MP, van den Dobbelsteen D, Horbach GJ, Blaauboer BJ, Noordhoek J. Role of thiol homeostasis and adenine nucleotide metabolism in the protective effects of fructose in quinone-induced cytotoxicity in rat hepatocytes. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 48:1682-92. [PMID: 7980636 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90452-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Freshly-isolated rat hepatocytes were exposed in glucose (15 mM) or fructose (5 mM) medium to menadione (2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) (85 microM) or 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ) (50 microM). Menadione and NQ are closely related quinones and have an approximately equal potential to induce redox cycling. However, NQ has a higher potential to arylate and is more toxic than menadione. During 2 hr of incubation, cell viability, thiol status, adenine nucleotide level and lactate production were determined. LDH-leakage was used as a measure of cell viability. In glucose medium, exposure of hepatocytes to menadione or NQ resulted in a faster excretion rate of oxidized glutathione as compared to those cells in fructose medium. As a result, quinone-exposed hepatocytes in fructose medium retained higher amounts of oxidized glutathione. Menadione-exposed hepatocytes in fructose medium exhibited a diminished rate of transthiolation of protein thiols with oxidized glutathione as compared to those cells in glucose medium. The adenine nucleotide level of hepatocytes in glucose medium was markedly higher than in fructose medium. This was caused by an ATP decrease in hepatocytes in fructose medium resulting in a low energy charge (E.C.) (0.6) as compared to hepatocytes in glucose medium (0.9). Only menadione caused a decrease in the E.C. in glucose medium while NQ caused a decrease of all three adenine nucleotides. In fructose medium, quinone-exposed hepatocytes showed no change in their adenine nucleotides as compared to control cells. Despite the higher oxidized glutathione content and the lower ATP level of NQ-exposed hepatocytes in fructose medium, they had a better viability than those cells in glucose medium. From our results we conclude that a high ATP content is not always beneficial for cell survival.
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- C Toxopeus
- Research Institute of Toxicology (RITOX), Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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