Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Cigarette smoking is associated with increased atherosclerosis and intimal thickening, and has immune-suppressive effects. The immune system modulates atherosclerosis and intimal thickening. We hypothesized that detrimental effects of cigarette smoke (CS) involves modulation of the immune response to oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL). ApoE-/- mice fed Western diet were exposed to CS starting at 20 weeks of age. Control mice were exposed to air. After 5 weeks of CS, mice were subjected to carotid arterial cuffing for 21 days. Intimal thickening was significantly increased in CS mice compared to control (0.050 +/- 0.034 mm(2) versus 0.023 +/- 0.021 mm(2); P < 0.05). Spleen lymphocyte population, cytokine mRNA expression, and total IgM and IgG levels were similar. Anti-MDA oxLDL IgG was reduced by 40% (P < 0.05) in CS mice compared to control. Copper-oxidized LDL IgG antibodies remained unchanged but IgM increased in CS mice, associated with increased intimal thickening. Anti-phosphorylcholine (PC) IgM was also increased in the CS mice, associated with increased intimal thickening. Lymphocyte signaling molecule lymphotoxin beta (LTbeta) expression was significantly decreased in spleens of CS exposed mice. Our results suggest that immune modulation by CS characterized by aberrant antibody responses to oxLDL and reduced LTbeta mRNA expression is associated with increased intimal thickening after arterial cuffing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apolipoproteins E, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carboxyhemoglobin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoglobulin G, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoglobulin M, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipoproteins, LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphorylcholine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tobacco Smoke Pollution, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/oxidized low density lipoprotein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9150
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Apolipoproteins E, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-CD4-CD8 Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Carboxyhemoglobin, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Lipoproteins, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Phosphorylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Tobacco Smoke Pollution, pubmed-meshheading:15186941-Tunica Intima
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Aberrant antibody responses to oxidized LDL and increased intimal thickening in apoE-/- mice exposed to cigarette smoke.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Davis 1064, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article