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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 299, Issue 4, Pages E560-E566Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00284.2010
Keywords
angiogenesis; endothelial nitric oxide synthase
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- Japan Cardiovascular Research Foundation
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Li P, Shibata R, Maruyama S, Kondo M, Ohashi K, Ouchi N, Murohara T. Fenofibrate promotes ischemia-induced revascularization through the adiponectin-dependent pathway. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 299: E560-E566, 2010. First published July 27, 2010; doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00284.2010.-Recent clinical trials demonstrated that PPAR alpha agonist fenofibrate reduces cardiovascular events, including limb amputation in people with type 2 diabetes. Here, we investigated whether fenofibrate modulates the revascularization process in a mouse model of hindlimb ischemia. Treatment with fenofibrate led to acceleration of revascularization of ischemic hindlimb relative to the contralatereal limb in wild-type (WT) mice, as measured by laser Doppler blood flow and capillary density analyses. Treatment of WT mice with fenofibrate increased the serum levels of adiponectin, which has protective actions on the vasculature. Of importance, fenofibrate had no effects on the revascularization in ischemic limbs of adiponectin-deficient (APN-KO) mice. Fenofibrate stimulated the phosphorylation of AMPK and eNOS in the ischemic muscles in WT mice but not in APN-KO mice. AMPK inhibitor compound C suppressed fenofibrate-induced increase in limb perfusion and AMPK phosphorylation in ischemic muscle in WT mice without affecting adiponectin levels. NOS inhibitor L-NAME also blocked the increased blood flow of ischemic limbs in fenofibrate-treated WT mice. Our observations suggest that fenofibrate could promote revascularization in response to ischemia through adiponectin-dependent AMPK signaling.
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