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CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 438-443Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2013.04.005
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Treatment/Therapies; Beta-blockers; Carotid artery stenosis; Inflammation; Lp-PLA2; suPAR; lysoPC
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Objectives: To determine whether a long-term treatment with beta-blockers influences the inflammatory activity in carotid artery disease by reducing the carotid plaque levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), its enzymatic products lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPCs), and of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR). Materials and Methods: One hundred and thirty-four patients with significant symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid stenosis undergoing surgery were prospectively included and divided into two groups (Group A or B) based on the absence or presence of an on-going long-term oral treatment with beta-blockers. The harvested carotid plaques were analyzed for the levels of lysoPCs using mass spectrometry and Lp-PLA2 and suPAR by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: Plaques of patients on long-term treatment with beta-blockers revealed lower levels of Lp-PLA2 (Group A 0.752+/-0.393 ug/g vs. Group B 0.644+/-0.445 ug/g, P=.049) as well as suPAR (Group A 0.044+/-0.024 mu g/g vs. Group B 0.036+/-0.025 mu g/g, P=.028). Levels of Lp-PLA2 and suPAR were positively correlated (r=.637, P<.0001). Lp-PLA2 and suPAR levels were also correlated (P<.0001) with the three lysoPC species tested (lysoPC 16:0, lysoPC 18:0. lysoPC 18:1). All the above-mentioned findings were confirmed after correction for age, gender, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and statin usage. Conclusions: The reduced levels of Lp-PLA2 and suPAR in human carotid plaques of subjects on long-term treatment with beta-blockers suggest their possible protective role in plaque inflammation. Our findings support an even more selective Lp-PLA2 and suPAR inhibition as a possible strategy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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