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JACC-BASIC TO TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 582-598Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.03.016
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atherosclerosis; IL-1 beta; NLRP3 inflammasome; sex
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- National Institutes of Health [HL66436-05, HL111483]
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In the Ldlr(-/-) mouse model of atherosclerosis, female Nlrp3(-/-) bone marrow chimera and Nlrp3(-/- )mice developed significantly smatter lesions in the aortic sinus and decreased lipid content in aorta en face, but a similar protection was not observed in males. Ovariectomized female mice lost protection from atherosclerosis in the setting of NLRP3 deficiency, whereas atherosclerosis showed a greater dependency on NLRP3 in castrated males. Thus, castration increased the dependency of atherosclerosis on the NLRP3 inflammasome, suggesting that testosterone may block inflammation in atherogenesis. Conversely, ovariectomy reduced the dependency on NLRP3 inflammasome components for atherogenesis, suggesting that estrogen may promote inflammasome-mediated atherosclerosis. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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