Inducible ApoE gene repair in hypomorphic ApoE mice deficient in the low-density lipoprotein receptor promotes atheroma stabilization with a human-like lipoprotein profile.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
; 33(8): 1759-67, 2013 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To study atherosclerosis regression in mice after plasma lipid reduction to moderately elevated apolipoprotein B (apoB)-lipoprotein levels. APPROACH ANDRESULTS:
Chow-fed hypomorphic Apoe mice deficient in low-density lipoprotein receptor expression (Apoe(h/h)Ldlr(-/-)Mx1-cre mice) develop hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. These mice were studied before and after inducible cre-mediated Apoe gene repair. By 1 week, induced mice displayed a 2-fold reduction in plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels and a decrease in the non-high-density lipoproteinhigh-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio from 87%13% to 60%40%. This halted atherosclerotic lesion growth and promoted macrophage loss and accumulation of thick collagen fibers for up to 8 weeks. Concomitantly, blood Ly-6C(high) monocytes were decreased by 2-fold but lesional macrophage apoptosis was unchanged. The expression of several genes involved in extracellular matrix remodeling and cell migration was changed in lesional macrophages 1 week after Apoe gene repair. However, mRNA levels of numerous genes involved in cholesterol efflux and inflammation were not significantly changed at this time point.CONCLUSIONS:
Restoring apoE expression in Apoe(h/h)Ldlr(-/-)Mx1-cre mice resulted in lesion stabilization in the context of a human-like ratio of non-high-density lipoproteinhigh-density lipoprotein-cholesterol. Our data suggest that macrophage loss derived in part from reduced blood Ly-6C(high) monocytes levels and genetic reprogramming of lesional macrophages.Palabras clave
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Apolipoproteínas E
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Receptores de LDL
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Terapia Genética
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Placa Aterosclerótica
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Animals
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Humans
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2013
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