Title
The effect of PPE-induced emphysema and chronic LPS-induced pulmonary inflammation on atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-LEIDEN mice
Author
Khedoe, P.P.S.J.
Wong, M.C.
Wagenaar, G.T.M.
Plomp, J.J.
van Eck, M.
Havekes, L.M.
Rensen, P.C.N.
Hiemstra, P.S.
Berbée, J.F.P.
Publication year
2013
Abstract
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by pulmonary inflammation, airways obstruction and emphysema, and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the contribution of these individual COPD components to this increased risk is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the contribution of emphysema in the presence or absence of pulmonary inflammation to the increased risk of CVD, using a mouse model for atherosclerosis. Because smoke is a known risk factor for both COPD and CVD, emphysema was induced by intratracheal instillation of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE). Methods: Hyperlipidemic APOE*3-Leiden mice were intratracheally instilled with vehicle, 15 or 30 mg PPE and after 4 weeks, mice received a Western-type diet (WTD). To study the effect of emphysema combined with pulmonary inflammation on atherosclerosis, mice received 30 mg PPE and during WTD feeding, mice were intranasally instilled with vehicle or low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 1 mg/mouse, twice weekly). After 20 weeks WTD, mice were sacrificed and emphysema, pulmonary inflammation and atherosclerosis were analysed. Results: Intratracheal PPE administration resulted in a dose-dependent increase in emphysema, whereas atherosclerotic lesion area was not affected by PPE treatment. Additional low-dose intranasal LPS administration induced a low-grade systemic IL-6 response, as compared to vehicle. Combining intratracheal PPE with intranasal LPS instillation significantly increased the number of pulmonary macrophages and neutrophils. Plasma lipids during the study were not different. LPS instillation caused a limited, but significant increase in the atherosclerotic lesion area. This increase was not further enhanced by PPE. Conclusion: This study shows for the first time that PPE-induced emphysema both in the presence and absence of pulmonary inflammation does not affect atherosclerotic lesion development. © 2013 Khedoe et al.
Subject
EELS - Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences
Life
Healthy Living
Biomedical Innovation
Apolipoprotein E3
Blood clotting factor 5 Leiden
Cholesterol
Interleukin 6
Lipopolysaccharide
Pancreatic elastase
Phospholipid
Triacylglycerol
Animal experiment
Animal model
Animal tissue
Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease
Cholesterol blood level
Chronic inflammation
Controlled study Ccytokine release
Hyperlipidemia
Lung emphysema
Macrophage
Mouse
Neutrophil
Nonhuman
Phospholipid blood level
Pneumonia
Triacylglycerol blood level
MHR - Metabolic Health Research
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080196
TNO identifier
493083
ISSN
1932-6203
Source
PLoS ONE, 8 (8)
Bibliographical note
Chemicals/CAS: cholesterol, 57-88-5
Document type
article