Mice lacking serum paraoxonase are susceptible to organophosphate toxicity and atherosclerosis
Mice lacking serum paraoxonase are susceptible to organophosphate toxicity and atherosclerosis
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DOI:
10.1038/28406
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发表时间:
1998-07-16
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
Lusis, AJ
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作者:
Shih, DM;Gu, LJ;Lusis, AJ
Serum paraoxonase (PON1) is an esterase that is associated with high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) in the plasma; it is involved in the detoxification of organophosphate insecticides such as parathion and chlorpyrifos(1-3). PON1 may also confer protection against coronary artery disease by destroying pro-inflammatory oxidized lipids present in oxidized low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)(4-8). To study the role of PON1 in vivo we created PON1-knockout mice by gene targeting. Compared with their wild-type littermates, PON1-deficient mice were extremely sensitive to the toxic effects of chlorpyrifos oxon, the activated form of chlorpyrifos, and were more sensitive to chlorpyrifos itself. HDLs isolated from PON1-deficient mice were unable to prevent LDL oxidation in a co-cultured cell model of the artery wall, and both HDLs and LDLs isolated from PON1-knockout mice were more susceptible to oxidation by co-cultured cells than the lipoproteins from wild-type littermates. When fed on a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet, PON1-null mice were more susceptible to atherosclerosis than their wild-type littermates.