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- Title
Vitamin E suppresses isoprostane generation in vivo and reduces atherosclerosis in ApoE-deficient mice.
- Authors
Praticò, Domenico; Tangirala, Rajendra K.; Rader, Daniel J.; Rokach, Joshua; FitzGerald, Garret A.
- Abstract
Oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL) has been implicated in atherogenesis. Evidence consistent with this hypothesis includes the presence of oxidized lipids in atherosclerotic lesions, the newly discovered biological properties conferred on LDL by oxidation and the acceleration of atherogenesis by in vivo delivery of the gene for 15-lipoxygenase, an oxidizing enzyme present in atherosclerotic lesions. However, it is still unknown whether oxidative stress actually coincides with the evolution of the disease or whether it is of functional relevance to atherogenesis in vivo. Isoprostanes are products of arachidonic acid catalyzed by free radicals, which reflect oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in vivo. Elevation of tissue and urinary isoprostanes is characteristic of human atherosclerosis. Here, deficiency in apolipoprotein E in the mouse (apoE?/?) resulted in atherogenesis and an increase in iPF2α-VI, an F2-isoprostane, in urine, plasma and vascular tissue. Supplementation with vitamin E significantly reduced isoprostane generation, but had no effect on plasma cholesterol levels in apoE?/? mice. Aortic lesion areas and iPF2α-VI levels in the arterial wall were also reduced significantly by vitamin E. Our results indicate that oxidative stress is increased in the apoE?/? mouse, is of functional importance in the evolution of atherosclerosis and can be suppressed by oral administration of vitamin E.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of vitamin E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS treatment; APOLIPOPROTEIN E
- Publication
Nature Medicine, 1998, Vol 4, Issue 10, p1189
- ISSN
1078-8956
- Publication type
Article