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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 100, 期 23, 页码 13531-13536出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1735526100
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foam cell; cycloclextrin; gene expression; cholesteryl ester
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [1R24 CA095823-01, R24 CA095823] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL61814] Funding Source: Medline
Mouse aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) were loaded for 72 h with cholesterol by using cholesterol: methyl-beta-cyclodextrin complexes, leading to approximate to2-fold and approximate to10-fold increases in the contents of total cholesterol and cholesteryl ester, respectively. Foam-cell formation was demonstrated by accumulation of intracellular, Oil Red O-stained lipid droplets. Immunostaining showed decreased protein levels of smooth muscle alpha-actin and alpha-tropomyosin and increased levels of macrophage markers CD68 and Mac-2 antigen. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR revealed that after cholesterol loading, the expression of SMC-related genes a-actin, a-tropomyosin, myosin heavy chain, and calponin H1 decreased (to 11.5 +/- 0.5%,29.3 +/- 1.4%,23.8 +/- 1.4%, and 3.8 +/- 0.5% of unloaded cells, respectively; P < 0.05 for all), whereas expression of macrophage-related genes CD68, Mac-2, and ABCA1 mRNA increased (to 709 +/- 84%, 330 +/- 11%, and 207 +/- 13% of unloaded cells, respectively; P < 0.05 for all), thereby demonstrating that the protein changes were regulated at the mRNA level. Furthermore, these changes were accompanied by a gain in macrophage-like function as assessed by phagocytotic activity. Expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, known responders to inflammation, were not changed. In conclusion, cholesterol loading of SMC causes phenotypic changes regulated at the mRNA level that result in a transdifferentiation to a macrophagelike state. This finding suggests that not all foam cells in lesions may have a macrophage origin, despite what is indicated by immunostaining for macrophage-related markers. Furthermore, inflammatory changes in foam cells observed in vivo may not be simple consequences of cholesterol accumulation.
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