Associations of ApoAI and ApoB-containing lipoproteins with AngII-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice.
Associations of ApoAI and ApoB-containing lipoproteins with AngII-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice.
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10.1161/atvbaha.115.305482
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2015-08
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Daugherty A
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Liu J;Lu H;Howatt DA;Balakrishnan A;Moorleghen JJ;Sorci-Thomas M;Cassis LA;Daugherty A
Dyslipidemia is implicated in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in humans and angiotensin (Ang)II-infused mice. This study determined effects of major lipoprotein classes on AngII-induced AAAs using multiple mouse strains with dietary and pharmacological manipulations. Western diet had minor effects on plasma cholesterol concentrations and the low incidence of AngII-induced AAAs in C57BL/6J mice. Low incidence of AAAs in this strain was not attributed to protection from HDL, since apolipoprotein (apo)AI deficiency did not increase AngII-induced AAAs. ApoAI deletion also failed to alter AAA occurrence in hypercholesterolemic mice. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor−/− mice fed normal diet had low incidence of AngII-induced AAAs. Western diet feeding of this strain provoked pronounced hypercholesterolemia due to increased apoB-containing lipoproteins with attendant increases of atherosclerosis in both genders, but AAAs only in male mice. ApoE−/− mice fed normal diet were modestly hypercholesterolemic, whereas this strain fed Western diet was severely hypercholesterolemic due to increased apoB-containing lipoprotein concentrations. The latter augmented atherosclerosis, but did not change the high incidence of AAAs in this strain. To determine whether reductions in apoB-containing lipoproteins influenced AngII-induced AAAs, ezetimibe was administered at a dose that partially reduced plasma cholesterol concentrations to apoE−/− mice fed Western diet. This decreased atherosclerosis, but not AAAs. This ezetimibe dose in apoE−/− mice fed normal diet significantly decreased plasma apoB-containing lipoprotein concentrations and reduced AngII-induced AAAs. ApoB-containing lipoproteins contribute to augmentation of AngII-induced AAA in male mice. However, unlike atherosclerosis, AAA occurrence was not correlated with increases in plasma apoB-containing lipoprotein concentrations.