Anti-atherosclerotic effects of pravastatin in brachiocephalic artery in comparison with en face aorta and aortic roots in ApoE/LDLR^−/− mice

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• 作者：Renata B. Kostogrys^a ; ^{rkostogrys@ar.krakow.pl} ; Magdalena Franczyk-Zarow^b ; Marlena Gasior-Glogowska^c ; Edyta Kus^c ; Agnieszka Jasztal^c ; Tomasz P. Wrobel^c ; Malgorzata Baranska^c ; ^d ; Izabela Czyzynska-Cichon^b ; ^c ; Anna Drahun^b ; Angelika Manterys^b ; Stefan Chlopicki^c ; ^e
• 关键词：Atherosclerosis ; Pravastatin ; ApoE/LDLR&minus ; /&minus ; mice
• 刊名：Pharmacological Reports
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：69
• 期：1
• 页码：112-118
• 全文大小：1595 K
• 卷排序：69

文摘

Cholesterol-dependent and independent mechanisms were proposed to explain anti-atherosclerotic action of statins in humans. However, their effects in murine models of atherosclerosis have not been consistently demonstrated. Here, we studied the effects of pravastatin on atherosclerosis in ApoE/LDLR−/− mice fed a control and atherogenic diet.MethodsApoE/LDLR−/− mice were fed a control (CHOW) or an atherogenic (Low Carbohydrate High Protein, LCHP) diet. Two doses of pravastatin (40 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) were used. The anti-atherosclerotic effects of pravastatin in en face aorta, cross-sections of aortic roots and brachiocephalic artery (BCA) were analysed. The lipid profile was determined. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy followed by Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering was used for the quantitative assessment of plaque composition.ResultsTreatment with pravastatin (100 mg/kg) decreased total and LDL cholesterol only in the LCHP group, but displayed a pronounced anti-atherosclerotic effect in BCA and abdominal aorta. The anti-atherosclerotic effect of pravastatin (100 mg/kg) in BCA was associated with significant alterations of the chemical plaque composition, including a fall in cholesterol and cholesterol esters contents independently on total cholesterol and LDL concentration in plasma.ConclusionsPravastatin at high (100 mg/kg), but not low dose displayed a pronounced anti-atherosclerotic effect in ApoE/LDLR−/− mice fed a CHOW or LCHP diet that was remarkable in BCA, visible in en face aorta, whereas it was not observed in aortic roots, suggesting that previous inconsistencies might have been due to the various sites of atherosclerotic plaque analysis.