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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
Hypertriglyceridemia is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis, especially in obesity. Macrophages are one of the primary cell types involved in atherogenesis and are thought to contribute to lesion formation through both lipid accumulation and proinflammatory gene expression. In this study, we sought to determine the direct impact of triglyceride (TG)-rich VLDL-induced lipid accumulation on macrophage proinflammatory processes. Incubation of mouse peritoneal macrophages with 100 microg/ml VLDL for 6 h led to 2.8- and 3.7-fold increases in intracellular TGs and FFAs, respectively (P < 0.05). The inflammatory proteins tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3), and macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) were all upregulated by at least 2-fold (P < 0.05) in a dose-dependent manner in VLDL-treated macrophages. The increase in inflammatory gene expression coincided with the phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway members extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2, stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase, and p38 MAPK and was ameliorated by U0126, an inhibitor of ERK1/2. Inhibition of extracellular TG hydrolysis with tetrahydrolipstatin (Orlistat) resulted in the absence of intracellular TG and FFA accumulation and was accompanied by the amelioration of ERK1/2 phosphorylation and MIP-1alpha gene expression. These data indicate that VLDL hydrolysis, and the subsequent accumulation of intracellular FFAs and TGs, plays a substantive role in mediating the proinflammatory effects of VLDL. These data have important implications for the direct proatherogenic effects of VLDL on macrophage-driven atherosclerosis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1406-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Chemokine CCL3, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Chemokine CCL4, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Esterification, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Inflammation Mediators, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Lipolysis, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Lipoproteins, VLDL, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16639077-Triglycerides
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of lipolysis in mediating the proinflammatory effects of very low density lipoproteins in mouse peritoneal macrophages.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural