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Aging and Hypercholesterolemia Differentially Affect the Unfolded Protein Response in the Vasculature of ApoE-/- Mice

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.020441

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aging; apoE deficient mice; hypercholesterolemia; unfolded protein response; vascular cells

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  1. National Institutes of Health [R01HL137771, R21AG058983, R21AA026922, R01HL13631, 1UL1TR001430]
  2. Evans Medical Foundation
  3. Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

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This study utilized a mouse model of atherosclerosis to show that aging and an atherogenic diet activate different aortic UPR pathways, leading to distinct vascular responses. Compared with dietary intervention, aging is associated with impaired endoplasmic reticulum protein folding and increased aortic apoptosis.
Background Persistent activation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR) induces vascular cell apoptosis, contributing to atherogenesis. Aging and hypercholesterolemia are 2 independent proatherogenic factors. How they affect vascular UPR signaling remains unclear. Methods and Results Transcriptome analysis of aortic tissues from high fat diet-fed and aged ApoE(-/-) mice revealed 50 overlapping genes enriched for endoplasmic reticulum stress- and UPR-related pathways. Aortae from control, Western diet (WD)-fed, and aged ApoE(-/-) mice were assayed for (1) 3 branches of UPR signaling (pancreatic ER eIF2-alpha kinase /alpha subunit of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1/activating transcription factor 4, inositol-requiring enzyme 1 alpha/XBP1s, activating transcription factor 6); (2) UPR-mediated protective adaptation (upregulation of immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein and protein disulfide isomerase); and (3) UPR-mediated apoptosis (induction of C/EBP homologous transcription factor, p-JNK, and cleaved caspase-3). Aortic UPR signaling was differentially regulated in the aged and WD-fed groups. Consumption of WD activated all 3 UPR branches; in the aged aorta, only the ATF6 alpha arm was activated, but it was 10 times higher than that in the WD group. BiP and protein disulfide isomerase protein levels were significantly decreased only in the aged aorta despite a 5-fold increase in their mRNA levels. Importantly, the aortae of aged mice exhibited a substantially enhanced proapoptotic UPR compared with that of WD-fed mice. In lung tissues, UPR activation and the resultant adaptive/apoptotic responses were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Conclusions Using a mouse model of atherosclerosis, this study provides the first in vivo evidence that aging and an atherogenic diet activate differential aortic UPR pathways, leading to distinct vascular responses. Compared with dietary intervention, aging is associated with impaired endoplasmic reticulum protein folding and increased aortic apoptosis.

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