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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin (IL)-10 may have a therapeutic potential in atherosclerosis, but its mechanisms of action have not been clarified. Foam cell formation is a key event in atherogenesis, and apoptosis of these lipid-laden cells may promote plaque destabilization. We sought to explore whether IL-10 could have plaque-stabilizing properties in acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We studied the effect of IL-10 on oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL)-stimulated THP-1 cells and monocyte-derived macrophages from ACS patients and healthy controls using different experimental approaches. Our main findings were: i) IL-10 enhances lipid accumulation in oxLDL-stimulated THP-1 macrophages, at least partly by counteracting oxLDL-induced apoptosis; ii) This antiapoptotic effect of IL-10 involves increased expression of the antiapoptotic genes Bfl-1 and Mcl-1, accompanied by protective effects on mitochondria function; iii) By silencing Bfl-1 and Mcl-1 genes using siRNAs, we were able to abolish this IL-10-mediated effect on lipid accumulation; iv) IL-10 also induced lipid accumulation in oxLDL-stimulated macrophages from patients with ACS, but not in macrophages from healthy controls; v) In ACS patients, this enhancing effect of IL-10 on lipid accumulation was accompanied by enhanced Mcl-1 expression. No such antiapoptotic effect was seen in macrophages from healthy controls. These findings suggest a new mechanism for the effect of IL-10 in atherosclerosis, possibly contributing to plaque stabilization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Azo Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BCL2-related protein A1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-10, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipoproteins, LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/oil red O, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/oxidized low density lipoprotein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Azo Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Foam Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Lipoproteins, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15547296-Transfection
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Interleukin-10 enhances the oxidized LDL-induced foam cell formation of macrophages by antiapoptotic mechanisms.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute for Internal Medicine, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway. bente.halvorsen@klinmed.uio.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't