Rahman Shaikh M, Baquero Karalee C, Choudhury Mahua, Janssen Rachel C, de la Houssaye Becky A, Sun Ming, Miyazaki-Anzai Shinobu, Wang Shu, Moustaid-Moussa Naima, Miyazaki Makoto, Friedman Jacob E
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Departments of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.
Atherosclerosis. 2016 Jul;250:172-9. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.03.040. Epub 2016 Apr 1.
Atherosclerosis is both a chronic inflammatory disease and a lipid metabolism disorder. C/EBPβ is well documented for its role in the development of hematopoietic cells and integration of lipid metabolism. However, C/EBPβ's role in atherosclerotic progression has not been examined. We assessed the impact of hematopoietic CEBPβ deletion in ApoE(-/-) mice on hyperlipidemia, inflammatory responses and lesion formation in the aorta.
ApoE(-/-) mice were reconstituted with bone marrow cells derived from either WT or C/EBPβ(-/-) mice and placed on low fat or high fat/high cholesterol diet for 11 weeks. Hematopoietic C/EBPβ deletion in ApoE(-/-) mice reduced blood and hepatic lipids and gene expression of hepatic stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 and fatty acid synthase while expression of ATP binding cassette transporter G1, cholesterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase, and liver X receptor alpha genes were significantly increased. ApoE(-/-) mice reconstituted with C/EBPβ(-/-) bone marrow cells also significantly reduced blood cytokine levels and reduced lesion area in aortic sinuses compared with ApoE(-/-) mice reconstituted with WT bone marrow cells. Silencing of C/EBPβ in RAW264.7 macrophage cells prevented oxLDL-mediated foam cell formation and inflammatory cytokine secretion in conditioned medium.
C/EBPβ in hematopoietic cells is crucial to regulate diet-induced inflammation, hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis development.
动脉粥样硬化既是一种慢性炎症性疾病,也是一种脂质代谢紊乱疾病。C/EBPβ在造血细胞发育和脂质代谢整合中的作用已有充分记载。然而,C/EBPβ在动脉粥样硬化进展中的作用尚未得到研究。我们评估了ApoE(-/-)小鼠造血细胞中CEBPβ缺失对高脂血症、炎症反应和主动脉病变形成的影响。
用野生型(WT)或C/EBPβ(-/-)小鼠来源的骨髓细胞重建ApoE(-/-)小鼠,并给予低脂或高脂/高胆固醇饮食11周。ApoE(-/-)小鼠造血细胞中C/EBPβ缺失可降低血液和肝脏脂质水平,以及肝脏硬脂酰辅酶A去饱和酶1和脂肪酸合酶的基因表达,而ATP结合盒转运体G1、胆固醇7-α-羟化酶和肝脏X受体α基因的表达显著增加。与用WT骨髓细胞重建的ApoE(-/-)小鼠相比,用C/EBPβ(-/-)骨髓细胞重建的ApoE(-/-)小鼠还显著降低了血液细胞因子水平,并减少了主动脉窦的病变面积。在RAW264.7巨噬细胞中沉默C/EBPβ可防止氧化型低密度脂蛋白(oxLDL)介导的泡沫细胞形成和条件培养基中炎性细胞因子的分泌。
造血细胞中的C/EBPβ对于调节饮食诱导的炎症、高脂血症和动脉粥样硬化发展至关重要。