Deficiency of Monoacylglycerol Lipase Enhances IgM Plasma Levels and Limits Atherogenesis in a CB2-Dependent Manner
Deficiency of Monoacylglycerol Lipase Enhances IgM Plasma Levels and Limits Atherogenesis in a CB2-Dependent Manner
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单酰甘油脂肪酶的缺乏会增强 IgM 血浆水平并以 CB2 依赖性方式限制动脉粥样硬化形成
DOI:
10.1055/s-0038-1676769
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Steffens S
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作者:
Guillamat-Prats R;Rami M;Ring L;Rinne P;Lauer E;Lenglet S;Thomas A;Pagano S;Vuilleumier N;Caravatt BF;Weber C;Faussner A;Steffens S
In the past few years, the endocannabinoid system has emerged as a pathophysiologically activated lipid signalling system in atherosclerosis and metabolic disorders. 1 Endocannabinoids are endogenous arachidonic acid-derived lipid mediators produced ‘on demand’by the cleavage of membrane fatty acids, which bind to cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2. Clinical and experimental evidence based on pharmacological CB1 antagonism suggest a pro-atherogenic role of cannabinoid receptor CB1 signalling, whereas CB2 is considered as atheroprotective. 1 The main endogenous ligands are anandamide (N-arachidonoyl ethanolamide, AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). Increased circulating endocannabinoid levels have been reported in atherosclerotic mice and humans with coronary artery disease, 2, 3 patients with myocardial infarction4 and chronic heart failure, 5 and increased endocannabinoid levels correlate with coronary endothelial dysfunction in obese patients. 6 In support of a causal role for endocannabinoid 2-AG signalling in atherosclerosis, mice with genetic deficiency of the 2-AG metabolizing enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) on apolipoprotein E deficiency (ApoEÀ/À) background and 9 weeks of Western-type diet feeding developed larger, but more stable plaques with increased smooth muscle cell and collagen content as well as thickerfibrous caps, whereas plaque lipid and macrophage content was reduced. 7 Treatment with a CB2 inverse agonist prevented the observed plaque phenotype in ApoEÀ/ÀMaglÀ/À mice, suggesting that inhibiting the MAGL pathway exhibits anti-inflammatory effects via enhanced 2-AG/CB2 signalling. 7 CB2 is predominantly expressed by immune cells and is considered to play an anti-inflammatory and atheroprotective role. 8–10 Moreover, it was reported that ApoEÀ/ÀMaglÀ/À mice have an altered cholesterol metabolism with lower hepatic cholesterol content due to enhanced biliary secretion and reduced lipid absorption in the gut, which resulted in less pronounced liver steatosis upon Westerntype diet feeding. 11 Yet, the effect of genetic MAGL deficiency on early atherosclerotic plaque formation was not addressed in the initial study. 7 In a recent article, Jehle et al reported that elevated aorta 2-AG levels during early atherogenesis promotes plaque formation by enhancing macrophage migration. 12 ApoEÀ/À mice were treated for 4 weeks with the pharmacological MAGL inhibitor JZL184 at a dose of 5 mg/kg, 3 times per week by intraperitoneal injection in parallel to 4 weeks of high-
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影响因子:
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作者:
Vujic N;Korbelius M;Leopold C;Duta-Mare M;Rainer S;Schlager S;Goeritzer M;Kolb D;Eichmann TO;Diwoky C;Zimmer A;Zimmermann R;Lass A;Radovic B;Kratky D
通讯作者:
Kratky D
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Jehle J;Schöne B;Bagheri S;Avraamidou E;Danisch M;Frank I;Pfeifer P;Bindila L;Lutz B;Lütjohann D;Zimmer A;Nickenig G
通讯作者:
Nickenig G
影响因子:
--
作者:
Long JZ;Nomura DK;Cravatt BF
通讯作者:
Cravatt BF
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Vujic N;Schlager S;Eichmann TO;Madreiter-Sokolowski CT;Goeritzer M;Rainer S;Schauer S;Rosenberger A;Woelfler A;Doddapattar P;Zimmermann R;Hoefler G;Lass A;Graier WF;Radovic B;Kratky D
通讯作者:
Kratky D
影响因子:
37.8
作者:
Horckmans, Michael;Bianchini, Mariaelvy;Steffens, Sabine
通讯作者:
Steffens, Sabine