Leukotriene B4 receptor antagonism reduces monocytic foam cells in mice - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2002 Mar 1;22(3):443-9.

doi: 10.1161/hq0302.105593.

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Leukotriene B4 receptor antagonism reduces monocytic foam cells in mice

Robert J Aiello et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002.

Abstract

Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a potent chemotactic agent that activates monocytes through the LTB4 receptor (BLTR). We tested the hypothesis that LTB4 receptor blockade would slow atherosclerotic progression by inhibiting monocyte recruitment. Homozygous low-density receptor knockout (LDLr(-/-)) mice and apolipoprotein E deficient (apoE(-/-)) mice were treated with a specific LTB4 receptor antagonist, CP-105,696, for 35 days. In apoE(-/-)mice, treatment with the LTB4 antagonist did not affect plasma lipid concentrations but significantly reduced CD11b levels both in vascular lesions and whole blood. Compared with age-matched controls, lipid accumulation and monocyte infiltration were significantly reduced in treated apoE(-/-) mice at all time points tested. Lesion area reduction was also demonstrated in LDLr(-/-) mice maintained on a high-fat diet. LTB4 antagonism had no significant effect on lesion size in mice possessing the null alleles for another chemotactic agent, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1(-/-)xapoE(-/-)), suggesting MCP-1 and LTB4 may either interact or exert their effects by a common mechanism. These results demonstrate that in a preclinical model of atherosclerosis LTB4 receptor blockade reduces lesion progression and further suggest a previously unrecognized role for LTB4 or other oxidized lipids recognized by the BLTR receptor in the pathogenesis of this disease.

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