Anticoagulant responses to thrombin are enhanced during regression of atherosclerosis in monkeys.
Anticoagulant responses to thrombin are enhanced during regression of atherosclerosis in monkeys.
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在猴子动脉粥样硬化消退过程中,对凝血酶的抗凝反应增强。
DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.0000024982.11646.25
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Heistad,DonaldD
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作者:
Lentz,StevenR;MillerJr,FrancisJ;Piegors,DonaldJ;Erger,RochelleA;Fernández,JoséA;Griffin,JohnH;Heistad,DonaldD
Background—Diet-induced atherosclerosis in monkeys produces abnormal anticoagulant responses to thrombin, including decreased generation of activated protein C (APC). We tested the hypothesis that anticoagulant responses to thrombin increase toward normal during regression of atherosclerosis.Methods and Results—Six cynomolgus monkeys were fed a high-fat atherogenic diet for 44 months and then a low-fat regression diet for 8 months. Serum total cholesterol decreased from 417±44 to 68±6 mg/dL (mean±SEM) and LDL cholesterol decreased from 375±44 to 27±5 mg/dL after the regression diet. In response to infusion of thrombin, the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) increased by 11±3 seconds before the regression diet and by 41±22 seconds after the regression diet (P=0.01). The peak level of circulating plasma APC was 52±9 ng/mL before the regression diet and 88±17 ng/mL after the regression diet (P=0.01). The APC sensitivity of plasma factor V was identical before and after the regression diet. Three additional atherosclerotic monkeys that remained on the high-fat diet for 8 months demonstrated no change in APTT or activation of protein C in response to thrombin.Conclusions—Short-term dietary regression of atherosclerosis produces enhanced anticoagulant responses to thrombin in vivo.