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Apolipoprotein E favours the blunting by high-fat diet of prostacyclin receptor activation in the mouse aorta.
British Journal of Pharmacology 2018 September
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: NO-mediated, endothelium-dependent relaxations of isolated arteries are blunted by ageing and high-fat diets, as well as by apolipoprotein E deletion. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that apolipoprotein E deletion impairs endothelium-dependent responses to prostacyclin (IP) receptor activation.
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Five-week-old ApoE+/+ and ApoE-/- mice were fed normal chow or high-fat diet for 29 weeks. The aortae were isolated for the measurements of isometric tension in Halpern-Mulvany myographs. Levels of proteins were assessed by Western blotting and immunofluorescence, and cyclic nucleotide levels by elisa.
KEY RESULTS: The IP receptor agonist, iloprost, induced endothelium-, NO-synthase- and IP-dependent relaxations in aortae of young ApoE+/+ mice. High-fat diet favoured activation of thromboxane receptors by iloprost, causing contraction. Apolipoprotein E was present in aortae of ApoE+/+ mice, especially in endothelium. Its presence was augmented by high-fat diet. Its deletion potentiated iloprost-induced relaxations in aortae of young mice and prevented the blunting of this response by high-fat diet. Levels of cAMP were higher, but those of cGMP were lower in the aorta of ApoE-/- than in ApoE+/+ mice of the same age. The levels of IP receptor protein were not different between ApoE+/+ and ApoE-/- mice.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Iloprost induced an endothelium-dependent relaxation in the aorta of young healthy mice which involved both the cGMP and cAMP pathways. This response was blunted by prolonged exposure to a high-fat diet. Apolipoprotein E deletion potentiated relaxations to IP receptor activation, independently of age and diet.
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Five-week-old ApoE+/+ and ApoE-/- mice were fed normal chow or high-fat diet for 29 weeks. The aortae were isolated for the measurements of isometric tension in Halpern-Mulvany myographs. Levels of proteins were assessed by Western blotting and immunofluorescence, and cyclic nucleotide levels by elisa.
KEY RESULTS: The IP receptor agonist, iloprost, induced endothelium-, NO-synthase- and IP-dependent relaxations in aortae of young ApoE+/+ mice. High-fat diet favoured activation of thromboxane receptors by iloprost, causing contraction. Apolipoprotein E was present in aortae of ApoE+/+ mice, especially in endothelium. Its presence was augmented by high-fat diet. Its deletion potentiated iloprost-induced relaxations in aortae of young mice and prevented the blunting of this response by high-fat diet. Levels of cAMP were higher, but those of cGMP were lower in the aorta of ApoE-/- than in ApoE+/+ mice of the same age. The levels of IP receptor protein were not different between ApoE+/+ and ApoE-/- mice.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Iloprost induced an endothelium-dependent relaxation in the aorta of young healthy mice which involved both the cGMP and cAMP pathways. This response was blunted by prolonged exposure to a high-fat diet. Apolipoprotein E deletion potentiated relaxations to IP receptor activation, independently of age and diet.
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