Isoform-specific effects of apolipoprotein E on atherogenesis - Gene transduction studies in mice

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作者
Yoshida, H
Hasty, AH
Major, AS
Ishiguro, H
Su, YR
Gleaves, LA
Babaev, VR
Linton, MF
Fazio, S
机构
[1] Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Med, Div Cardiovasc Med, Dept Med, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
[2] Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
[3] Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
关键词
apolipoproteins; receptors; lipoproteins; proteoglycans;
D O I
10.1161/hc4801.100034
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background-We recently used a bone marrow-based gene therapy approach to show that small amounts of retrovirus-derived human apolipoprotein E3 (apoE3) produced by macrophages are protective against early atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient mice. Methods and Results-In the present study, we evaluated whether the effect produced by macrophage-derived apoE3 is related to its ability to bind cellular membranes. To this end, we used apoE2 and apoEcys142, dysfunctional human variants with reduced binding to the LDL receptor or to heparan sulfate proteoglycans, respectively. ApoE-deficient mice, 5 weeks of age, received transplants of apoE(-/-) bone marrow cells transduced with either parental retrovirus or apoE3, apoE2, or apoEcys142 retroviral vectors. Human apoE was detected by ELISA in the serum of apoE3, apoE2, and apoEcys142 mice as early as 4 weeks after bone marrow transplantation, and at 8 weeks, plasma apoE levels were 55.5 +/- 20.3, 50.5 +/-8.7, and 15.3 +/-7.3 mug/dL, respectively. In all groups, cholesterol levels increased with age but were not affected by apoE expression. As previously demonstrated, the lesion area in male apoE3 mice (3808 +/- 2224 mum(2)/section) was 40% smaller than that in control mice (6503 +/- 3475 mum(2)/section). In apoE2 mice, however, the lesion area was similar to that of controls (5991 +/- 2771 mum(2)/section), and apoEcys142 mice showed an unexpected and significant increase in lesion size (10 320 +/- 6128 mum(2)/section). Thus, transplantation with marrow transfected with receptor binding-defective apoE variants did not replicate the antiatherogenic effect of apoE3. Conclusions-These data provide in vivo evidence suggesting that macrophage-derived apoE delays development of atherosclerosis through a receptor-dependent pathway.
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页码:2820 / 2825
页数:6
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