Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS
Volume 1733, Issue 2-3, Pages 192-198Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.01.003
Keywords
apo-E-deficient mice; absorption; arteriosclerosis; cholesterol; inflammation; mdr1b
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We aimed to investigate the effect of turpentine-induced inflammation in an atherosclerosis-prone murine model. We have induced a chronic aseptic inflammation in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice, with or without a dietary supplement of aspirin (n=10, each), by the injection of a mixture (1: 1) of turpentine and olive oil in the hind limb twice weekly for a period of 12 weeks. Control animals were injected with olive oil alone (n=10). The control mice did show any alteration neither in plasma nor at the site of injection. Turpentine-treated mice showed a significant increase in plasma TNF-alpha and SAA concentrations which indicated a systemic inflammatory response that was not substantially affected by aspirin. Also, turpentine injections significantly reduced the plasma cholesterol concentration, probably decreasing intestinal cholesterol re-absorption, and attenuated the size of atherosclerotic lesion. Both effects were minimally influenced by aspirin. The burden of atherosclerosis correlated with plasma lipid levels but not with plasma inflammatory markers. Finally, there was a concomitant decrease in the expression of the hepatic mdrlb gene that correlated with the decrease in plasma cholesterol concentration. Therefore, we conclude that mdrl is an additional factor to consider in the complexity of alterations in cholesterol metabolism that occur in this model. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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