In:
Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 116, No. suppl_16 ( 2007-10-16)
Abstract:
Introduction: High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (C) levels positively correlate with plasma adiponectin levels. However, the role of HDL on adiponectin expression is unkown. To investigate the effect of increased HDL levels on adiponectin expression, 1) gene transfer with human apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, the main apo of HDL, was performed in control mice and in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injected mice, associated with decreased adiponectin levels and 2) HDL was supplemented in vitro on (pre)-adipocytes. Methods: Eight weeks old male C57BL/6 mice were i.v. injected with 5 × 10e10 total particles of the E1E3E4-deleted adenoviral vector Ad.hapoA-I, expressing human apo A-I or with the same dose of Ad.Null, containing no expression cassette. Fourteen days hereafter, mice were i.p. injected with LPS from Escherichia coli at a dose of 80 mg/kg or with saline. Mice were sacrificed 12 hours after LPS or saline injection. Human apo A-I and mouse adiponectin plasma concentrations were determined by ELISA. Abdominal fat phospho (p) and total (tot.) Akt protein levels were determined by Western Blot; adiponectin mRNA expression of (pre)-adipocytes by real-time PCR. Results: Ad.hapoA-I GT resulted in human apo A-I expression levels of 83Â27 〉 4.6 mg/dl at day 14, which was associated with 1.8-fold (p 〈 0.05) and 1.5-fold (p 〈 0.05) higher HDL-C and adiponectin levels compared to Ad.Null mice, respectively. After LPS-injection, human apo A-I levels decreased by 1.7-fold (p 〈 0.001), leading to 1.7-fold lower adiponectin levels compared to Ad.hapoA-I control mice, but still 1.5-fold (p 〈 0.01) higher compared to LPS-Ad.Null mice. The increased adiponectin levels in Ad.hapoA-I versus Ad.Null LPS-injected mice were associated with a 1.7-fold (p 〈 0.05) increase in p-Akt/tot.Akt ratio. In vitro, LPS administration decreased adiponectin expression by 2.1-fold (p 〈 0.01), which was normalized to control levels by HDL supplementation in a phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent manner, since Ly 294002 reversed the HDL-mediated increase in adiponectin expression. Conclusion: HDL increases adiponectin expression via the PI3K-Akt pathway, which may contribute to some of the pleiotropic actions of HDL such as its well-known anti-inflammatory effects.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-7322
,
1524-4539
DOI:
10.1161/circ.116.suppl_16.II_286
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2007
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1466401-X
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