Abstract | OBJECTIVE: APPROACH AND RESULTS:
ApoE-deficient/ apoA-I-deficient mice were generated in the C57BL/6 and FVB/N strains from apoE-deficient mice. After 6 to 10 weeks on a Western-type diet, plasma lipids and atherosclerotic lesion size were assessed. Macrophage recruitment, cholesterol regulation, and blood monocyte levels were examined as potential mechanisms driving lesion size differences. FVB/N knockout mice had higher plasma very- LDL/ LDL cholesterol than their C57BL/6 counterparts. ApoA-I deficiency decreased very- LDL/ LDL cholesterol in C57BL/6 mice but not in FVB/N mice. FVB/N single and double knockout mice had less lesion than C57BL/6 6 to 10 weeks on diet. ApoA-I deficiency augmented lesion development only in C57BL/6 mice. Macrophage recruitment to thioglycollate-treated peritoneum and diet-induced blood monocyte levels reflected the pattern of lesion development among the 4 genotypes. ApoA-I deficiency increased macrophage cholesterol content only in C57BL/6. FVB/N plasma was a better acceptor for macrophage cholesterol efflux than C57BL/6. CONCLUSIONS:
ApoA-I is atheroprotective only in certain genetic contexts. In the C57BL/6 context, but not FVB/N, apoA-I decreases inflammatory macrophage recruitment and monocytosis, contributors to lesion formation.
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Authors | Timothy J Sontag, Paulette A Krishack, John R Lukens, Clarissa V Bhanvadia, Godfrey S Getz, Catherine A Reardon |
Journal | Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
(Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol)
Vol. 34
Issue 2
Pg. 262-9
(Feb 2014)
ISSN: 1524-4636 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24334873
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Apolipoproteins E
- Triglycerides
- Cholesterol
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Topics |
- Animals
- Aorta
(metabolism, pathology)
- Aortic Diseases
(genetics, metabolism, pathology, prevention & control)
- Apolipoprotein A-I
(deficiency, genetics, metabolism)
- Apolipoproteins E
(deficiency, genetics)
- Atherosclerosis
(genetics, metabolism, pathology, prevention & control)
- Brachiocephalic Trunk
(metabolism, pathology)
- Cell Line
- Cholesterol
(blood)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Macrophages
(metabolism, pathology)
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Monocytes
(metabolism, pathology)
- Species Specificity
- Time Factors
- Triglycerides
(blood)
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