The effects of diet on occlusive coronary artery atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction in scavenger receptor class B, type 1/low-density lipoprotein receptor double knockout mice.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

Deficiency of the high-density lipoprotein receptor, scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI), in apolipoprotein E knockout or hypomorphic mice, respectively, results in spontaneous or diet-inducible occlusive coronary artery (CA) atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and early death. Here, we examine effects of SR-BI deficiency on cardiovascular phenotypes in low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) knockout mice fed different atherogenic diets.

APPROACH AND RESULTS:

SR-BI/LDLR double knockout and control LDLR knockout mice were fed atherogenic diets containing different amounts of fat, cholesterol, and sodium cholate. Double knockout mice fed atherogenic diets high in cholesterol exhibited significantly reduced survival compared with LDLR knockout mice fed the same diets. In addition to increased diet-accelerated aortic sinus atherosclerosis, we observed significant diet-induced CA atherosclerosis in double knockout mice and diet-dependent accumulation of platelets in CA atherosclerotic plaques. This was accompanied by substantial myocardial fibrosis in double knockout mice fed high cholesterol diets. Atherogenic diet fed double knockout mice also exhibited higher circulating cytokine levels, monocytosis with increased proportions of Ly6C(hi) and Ly6C(int) monocytes, and higher adhesion molecule expression in CA endothelial cells compared with control LDLR knockout mice.

CONCLUSIONS:

Diet-accelerated atherosclerosis and occlusive, platelet-rich CA disease in SR-BI/LDLR double knockout mice is affected by amounts of cholesterol and cholate in atherogenic diets and is accompanied by increased expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in CAs and increased Ly6C(hi) and Ly6C(int) monocytes in circulation. The increased vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in CA endothelial cells in SR-BI-deficient mice likely explains their increased susceptibility to atherosclerosis in CAs.

• Authors: Mark Fuller, Omid Dadoo, Viktoria Serkis, Dina Abutouk, Melissa MacDonald, Neel Dhingani, Joseph Macri, Suleiman A Igdoura, Bernardo L Trigatti
• Journal: Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol) Vol. 34 Issue 11 Pg. 2394-403 (Nov 2014) ISSN: 1524-4636 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25212235 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2014 American Heart Association, Inc.

Chemical References

• Cholates
• Cholesterol, Dietary
• Cytokines
• Receptors, LDL
• Scarb1 protein, mouse
• Scavenger Receptors, Class B
• Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
• Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1

Topics

• Animals
• Arterial Occlusive Diseases (epidemiology, metabolism)
• Cholates (adverse effects)
• Cholesterol, Dietary (adverse effects)
• Coronary Artery Disease (epidemiology, metabolism)
• Cytokines (blood)
• Diet, Atherogenic (adverse effects)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Endothelium, Vascular (metabolism)
• Incidence
• Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (metabolism)
• Mice
• Mice, Knockout
• Myocardial Infarction (epidemiology, metabolism)
• Receptors, LDL (deficiency, genetics)
• Risk Factors
• Scavenger Receptors, Class B (deficiency, genetics)
• Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (metabolism)