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Abundant expression of apoprotein-e by macrophages in human and rabbit atherosclerotic lesions

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authors

  • Rosenfeld, M. E.
  • Butler, S.
  • Ord, V. A.
  • Lipton, B. A.
  • Dyer, C. A.
  • Curtiss, Linda
  • Palinski, W.
  • Witztum, J. L.

publication date

  • September 1993

journal

  • Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis  Journal

abstract

  • Previous studies have demonstrated the presence of apoprotein (apo) E protein and message in arterial lesions. To determine the source of the synthesized apoE, we performed simultaneous in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry on human and rabbit atherosclerotic tissue. Studies of serial sections of aortic atherosclerotic lesions from humans and hypercholesterolemic New Zealand White rabbits and Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits revealed a similar pattern of macrophage-specific apoE expression in the rabbit and human lesions. In early lesions of rabbit atherosclerotic tissue, in which many macrophages were present, there was abundant expression of apoE mRNA. Northern blot analyses of total mRNA obtained from arterial macrophage-derived foam cells, freshly isolated from ballooned, cholesterol-fed New Zealand White rabbits, demonstrated positive hybridization with an apoE-specific riboprobe. Western blot analyses of conditioned media from the isolated foam cells placed in culture for up to 24 hours demonstrated the presence of secreted apoE. These studies demonstrated that in atherosclerotic lesions, arterial wall macrophages synthesize and secrete apoE and probably account for most of the apoE synthesized in the atherosclerotic artery.

subject areas

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Apolipoproteins E
  • Arteriosclerosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Macrophages
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Rabbits
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keywords

  • APOPROTEIN-E
  • ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  • IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY
  • IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION
  • MACROPHAGES
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1049-8834

PubMed ID

  • 8364022
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1382

end page

  • 1389

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 9

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