Subendothelial retention of atherogenic lipoproteins in early atherosclerosis

Kristina Skålén, Maria Gustafsson, Ellen Knutsen Rydberg, Lillemor Mattsson Hultén, Olov Wiklund, Thomas L. Innerarity and Jan Borén ()
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Kristina Skålén: Göteborg University
Maria Gustafsson: Göteborg University
Ellen Knutsen Rydberg: Göteborg University
Lillemor Mattsson Hultén: Göteborg University
Olov Wiklund: Göteborg University
Thomas L. Innerarity: Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Jan Borén: Göteborg University

Nature, 2002, vol. 417, issue 6890, 750-754

Abstract: Abstract Complications of atherosclerosis are the most common cause of death in Western societies1. Among the many risk factors identified by epidemiological studies, only elevated levels of lipoproteins containing apolipoprotein (apo) B can drive the development of atherosclerosis in humans and experimental animals even in the absence of other risk factors2. However, the mechanisms that lead to atherosclerosis are still poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that the subendothelial retention of atherogenic apoB-containing lipoproteins is the initiating event in atherogenesis3. The extracellular matrix of the subendothelium, particularly proteoglycans, is thought to play a major role in the retention of atherogenic lipoproteins4. The interaction between atherogenic lipoproteins and proteoglycans involves an ionic interaction between basic amino acids in apoB100 and negatively charged sulphate groups on the proteoglycans5. Here we present direct experimental evidence that the atherogenicity of apoB-containing low-density lipoproteins (LDL) is linked to their affinity for artery wall proteoglycans. Mice expressing proteoglycan-binding-defective LDL developed significantly less atherosclerosis than mice expressing wild-type control LDL. We conclude that subendothelial retention of apoB100-containing lipoprotein is an early step in atherogenesis.

Date: 2002
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