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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 186, 期 5, 页码 1361-1374出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.12.023
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- NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL115575, HL117724]
- American Heart Association [13GRNT1685003]
- American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship [11POST7530001]
- NIH [DA14230, DA25532, P30DA13429, PO1 DA23860, S10 RR27910]
Atherosclerosis regression is an important clinical goal, and treatments that can reverse atherosclerotic plaque formation are actively being sought. Our aim was to determine whether administration of exogenous IL-19, a Th2 cytokine, could attenuate progression of preformed atherosclerotic plaque and to identify molecular mechanisms. LDLR-/- mice were fed a Western diet for 12 weeks, then administered rIL-19 or phosphate-buffered saline concomitant with Western diet for an additional 8 weeks. Analysis of atherosclerosis burden showed that IL-19-treated mice were similar to baseline, in contrast to control mice which showed a 54% increase in plaque, suggesting that IL-19 halted the progression of atherosclerosis. Plaque characterization showed that IL-19-treated mice had key features of atherosclerosis regression, including a reduction in macrophage content and an enrichment in markers of M2 macrophages. Mechanistic studies revealed that IL-19 promotes the activation of key pathways leading to M2 macrophage polarization, including STAT3, STATE, Kruppel-like factor 4, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, and can reduce cytokine-induced inflammation in vivo. We identified a novel rote for IL-19 in regulating macrophage lipid metabolism through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma-dependent regulation of scavenger receptor mediated cholesterol uptake and ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux. These data show that IL-19 can halt progression of preformed atherosclerotic plaques by regulating both macrophage inflammation and cholesterol homeostasis and implicate IL-19 as a link between inflammation and macrophage cholesterol metabolism.
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