期刊
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
卷 225, 期 2, 页码 328-334出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.09.032
关键词
Atherosclerosis; Smoking; Apolipoprotein E knockout mice; Lipidomics
资金
- Philip Morris Products S.A.
Objective: Although relationships between smoking and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and between CVD and lipids are established, the direct impact of smoking on lipidomes is not well understood. We investigated the effect of mainstream cigarette smoke (CS) exposure on plasma, liver, and aorta molecular lipid profiles, and liver transcriptome in the ApoE(-/-) mouse, a well-established mouse model for human atherogenesis. Methods: Plasma, liver, and aorta samples from ApoE(-/-) mice exposed to CS or fresh air (sham) for six months were extracted for lipids using robotic-assisted method and analyzed by mass spectrometry. Gene expression in the liver was obtained on microarrays. Development of atherosclerosis in the aorta was further assessed by plaque size in the aortic arch and lipoprotein concentration in plasma and plaque. Results: CS increased most lipid classes and molecular lipid species. In plasma, free cholesterol, ceramides, cerebrosides, and most phospholipids were increased in CS-exposed mice. In the liver, several lipid species including free and esterified cholesterol, triacylglycerols, phospholipids, sphingomyelins, and ceramides were elevated. In the aorta, more than 2-fold higher cholesteryl ester (CE), lysophosphatidylcholine, and glucosyl/galactosylceramide levels were seen. Moreover, CS exposure induced a significant decrease in several plasma CE and phosphatidylcholine species that contained polyunsaturated fatty acids. Genes involved in amino acid and lipid metabolism showed perturbed transcription profiles in the liver. Conclusion: We have quantified some of the molecular changes that accompany the increase of plaque size that is accelerated by CS exposure in the aortae of ApoE(-/-) mice. These results suggest that specific changes in the lipidome and transcriptome, for example in ceramide and polyunsaturated fatty acid species, may be associated with atherosclerosis. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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