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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 295, Issue 5, Pages 1156-1159Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00808-2
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adenoviral vector; apolipoprotein; atherosclerosis; cholesterol metabolism; lipid homeostasis; triglyceride metabolism
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Mice lacking ApoA-V, a novel HDL-associated apolipoprotein identified by our group and independently by Permacchio et al. [Science 294 (2001) 169], were recently shown to be hypertriglyceridemic. To study the role of ApoA-V in triglyceride homeostasis, we compared lipid profiles in mice expressing normal and highly elevated levels of ApoA-V. For this purpose, adenoviral vectors expressing sense or antisense ApoA-V cDNA were constructed. Treatment of mice with sense adenoviral constructs resulted in circa 20-fold higher serum ApoA-V levels compared with mice injected with either PBS or antisense adenoviral constructs. ApoA-V overexpressing mice had markedly decreased (-70%) serum triglyceride levels caused primarily by lowered triglyceride content of the VLDL fraction. Furthermore, in these mice cholesterol levels were found to be lowered in all lipoprotein fractions with the largest mass decrease in the HDL fraction. This resulted in a 40% drop of serum cholesterol content. These findings suggest a role of ApoA-V in regulating levels of circulating triglycerides and cholesterol. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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