Apolipoprotein C-I is crucially involved in lipopolysaccharide-induced atherosclerosis development in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice
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BACKGROUND - Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which is released from Gram-negative bacteria on multiplication or lysis, aggravates atherosclerosis in humans and rodents by inducing inflammation via toll-like receptors. Because apolipoprotein C-I (apoCI) enhances the LPS-induced inflammatory response in macrophages in vitro and in mice, we investigated the effect of endogenous apoCI expression on LPS-induced atherosclerosis in mice. METHODS AND RESULTS - Twelve-week-old apoeapoc1 and apoeapoc1 mice received weekly intraperitoneal injections of LPS (50 μg) or vehicle for a period of 10 weeks, and atherosclerosis development was assessed in the aortic root. LPS administration did not affect atherosclerotic lesion area in apoeapoc1 mice but increased it in apoeapoc1 mice. In fact, apoCI expression increased the LPS-induced atherosclerotic lesion area by 60% (P<0.05), concomitant with an increase in LPS-induced plasma levels of fibrinogen and E-selectin. This indicated that apoCI increased the LPS-induced inflammatory state, both systemically (ie, fibrinogen) and at the level of the vessel wall (ie, E-selectin). In addition, both macrophage-derived apoCI and HDL-associated apoCI increased the LPS-induced tumor necrosis factor-α response by macrophages in vitro. CONCLUSIONS - We conclude that apoCI is crucially involved in LPS-induced atherosclerosis in apoe mice, which mainly relates to an increased inflammatory response toward LPS. We anticipate that apoCI plasma levels contribute to accelerated atherosclerosis development in individuals who have chronic infection. © 2007 American Heart Association, Inc.
Topics
Biomedical ResearchApolipoproteinsAtherosclerosisHypercholesterolemiaInflammationLeukocytesLipoproteinsapolipoprotein C1apolipoprotein Ebacterium lipopolysaccharideendothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule 1fibrinogentumor necrosis factor alphaanimal cellanimal experimentanimal modelanimal tissueaorta atherosclerosisaorta rootarticleatherogenesisatherosclerosisbacterial infectioncontrolled studyfemalefibrinogen blood levelinflammationknockout mousemacrophagemousenonhumanpriority journalprotein blood levelprotein expressionAnimalsApolipoproteins CAtherosclerosisBiological MarkersCells, CulturedCholesterol, HDLE-SelectinFemaleFibrinogenHypercholesterolemiaLipopolysaccharidesMacrophages, PeritonealMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMonocytesT-LymphocytesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVasculitis
TNO Identifier
240260
ISSN
00097322
Source
Circulation, 116(19), pp. 2173-2181.
Pages
2173-2181
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