Antiinflammatory and Antiarteriosclerotic Actions of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors in a Rat Model of Chronic Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthesis
作者:
Weihua Ni,
Kensuke Egashira,
Chu Kataoka,
Shiro Kitamoto,
Masamichi Koyanagi,
Shujiro Inoue,
Akira Takeshita,
期刊:
Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 89,
issue 5
页码: 415-421
ISSN:0009-7330
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
关键词: arteriosclerosis;endothelium-derived factors;inflammation;monocyte chemoattractant protein-1;nitric oxide synthase
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Recent studies suggest that some of the beneficial effects of 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) may be due to their cholesterol-lowering independent effects on the blood vessels. Chronic inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthesis by oral administration ofN&ohgr;-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to rats induces early vascular inflammation as well as subsequent arteriosclerosis. The aim of the study is to test whether treatment with statins attenuates such arteriosclerotic changes through their cholesterol-lowering independent effects. We investigated the effect of statins (pravastatin and cerivastatin) on the arteriosclerotic changes in the rat model. We found that treatment with statins did not affect serum lipid levels but markedly inhibited the L-NAME–induced vascular inflammation and arteriosclerosis. Treatment with statins augmented endothelial NO synthase activity in L-NAME–treated rats. We also found the L-NAME induced increase in Rho membrane translocation in hearts and its prevention by statins. Such vasculoprotective effects of statins were suppressed by the higher dose of L-NAME. In summary, in this study, we found that statins such as pravastatin and cerivastatin inhibited vascular inflammation and arteriosclerosis through their lipid-lowering independent actions in this model. Such antiarteriosclerotic effects may involve the increase in endothelial NO synthase activity and the inhibition of Rho activity.
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