p66Shc Deletion Confers Vascular Protection in Advanced Atherosclerosis in Hypercholesterolemic Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice
p66Shc Deletion Confers Vascular Protection in Advanced Atherosclerosis in Hypercholesterolemic Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice
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DOI:
10.1080/10623320802487791
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
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Napoli, Claudio
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作者:
Martin-Padura, Ines;de Nigris, Filomena;Napoli, Claudio
Previous studies showed that p66Shc -/- mice on a very-high-fat diet (HFD) had reduced oxidative stress, foam cell, and early atherosclerotic lesion formation. Here, the authors have used hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E (ApoE-/-) mice to investigate the role of p66Shc deletion in advanced atheroma. The authors generated mice deficient of both ApoE and p66Shc genes (ApoE-/- /p66Shc -/-). They used microsatellite polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis to analyze the genetic background and considered only animals with a constant percentages of C57B6L and 129SV background strands (it was obtained the 50.3% 6.4% of C57B6L background). Computer-assisted analysis revealed that advanced atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE-/-/p66Shc +/+ were significantly larger than those observed in ApoE-/-/p66Shc -/-. Accordingly, the lipid-laden macrophage foam cells and oxidation-specific epitopes in ApoE-/-/p66shc +/+ HFD-treated groups were higher than those observed in normal diet (ND)-treated groups. Thus, p66Shc -/- plays an important protective role also against advanced atherosclerotic lesion formation. Finally, the authors have used microarray to investigate major changes in gene expression in aortas of mice with ApoE-/-/p66Shc -/- background treated with a very HFD in comparison to ApoE-/-/p66Shc +/+ (these data have been confirmed by by real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry). DAVID (Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery) analysis revealed that CD36 antigen (CD36), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP2), apolipoprotein E (ApoE), acetyl-coenzyme A acetyltransferase 1 (ACAT1), and thrombospondin 1 (THBS1) can be involved in p66 deletion-dependent vascular protection through the adipocytokine/lipid signaling pathway.