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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), the major protein constituent within high-density lipoprotein (HDL), has been associated with antiatherogenic protection by mechanisms that include reverse cholesterol transport and antiinflammatory functions. To evaluate the proposed protective function of apoA-I, proteins modified by nitrating oxidants were evaluated in the aortic tissue and plasma of mice lacking the low-density lipoprotein receptor and apobec (LA) and LA mice with genetic deletion of apoA-I (LA-apoA-I(-/-)). The levels of nitrated proteins in aortic tissue quantified by liquid chromatography with online electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS/MS) were 6-fold higher in the LA-apoA-I(-/-) as compared with the LA mice. The quantitative analyses were corroborated by immunohistochemical and high-resolution immunoelectron microscopic evaluation of the lesions, which revealed abundant staining for nitrated proteins in the aortic root lesions of LA-apoA-I(-/-) as compared with the LA mice. Proteomic approaches based on affinity enrichment and site-specific adduct mapping identified unique specific protein targets for nitration in the plasma of LA-apoA-I(-/-) that were not present in the plasma of LA mice. In particular the nitration of fibrinogen was shown to accelerate fibrin clot formation. Another consequence of the augmented levels of nitrated proteins was the induction of humoral responses documented by the increased circulating immunoglobulins that recognize nitrotyrosine in LA-apoA-I(-/-) as compared with the LA mice. These data collectively support a protective function of apoA-I diminishing the burden of nitrative oxidants in these mice models of atherosclerosis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1524-4571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
368-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Apolipoprotein A-I, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Atherosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Autoantibodies, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Blood Coagulation, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Blood Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Cholesterol, HDL, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Fibrin, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Nitrogen, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Oxidants, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Proteomics, pubmed-meshheading:17615369-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased protein nitration burden in the atherosclerotic lesions and plasma of apolipoprotein A-I deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Stokes Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural