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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
卷 29, 期 2, 页码 169-U44出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.176495
关键词
atherosclerosis-pathophysiology; apoptosis; macrophage; animal models of human disease
资金
- American Heart Association Scientist Development [0435364T]
- American Heart Association Postdoctoral Training Grant
- NIH [HL084312, HL54591, HL75662]
Objective-Macrophage apoptosis plays important roles in atherosclerosis. Bcl-2 is a key cell survival molecule, but its role in macrophage apoptosis in atherosclerosis is not known. The goal herein was to determine the effect of macrophage-targeted deletion of Bcl-2 on macrophage apoptosis in atherosclerotic lesions of Apoe(-/-) mice. Methods and Results-Bcl2(flox)-LysMCre mice were created as a model of macrophage Bcl-2 deficiency. Macrophages from these mice were more susceptible to apoptosis than those from control Bcl2(WT)-LysMCre mice. The mice were bred onto the Apoe(-/-) background and fed a Western-type diet for 4 or 10 weeks. Apoptotic cells were equally very rare in the lesions of both groups of the 4-week-diet mice, and there was no difference in lesion area. However, Bcl2(flox)-LysMCre;Apoe(-/-) plaques from the 10-week-diet protocol had a 40% to 45% increase in apoptotic cells and, in female mice, a approximate to 25% increase in plaque necrosis (P < 0.05) compared with Bcl2(WT)-LysMCre lesions. Conclusions-Macrophage Bcl-2 plays a protective role against macrophage apoptosis specifically in advanced atherosclerotic lesions of Apoe(-/-) mice. (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009; 29: 169-172.)
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