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标题：Chemical analysis of atherosclerotic plaque cholesterol combined with histology of the same tissue
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作者：Ming-Shang Kuo ; J. Michael Kalbfleisch ; Pamela Rutherford 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2008
卷号：49
期号：6
页码：1353-1363
DOI：10.1194/jlr.D700037-JLR200
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Sensitive method for chemical analysis of free cholesterol (FC) and cholesterol esters (CE) was developed. Mouse arteries were dissected and placed in chloroform-methanol without tissue grinding. Extracts underwent hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters and derivatization of cholesterol followed by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis. We demonstrated that FC and CE could be quantitatively extracted without tissue grinding and that lipid extraction simultaneously worked for tissue fixation. Delipidated tissues can be embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained. Microscopic images obtained from delipidated arteries have not revealed any structural alterations. Delipidation was associated with excellent antigen preservation compatible with traditional immunohistochemical procedures. In ApoE^−/− mice, LC/MS/MS revealed early antiatherosclerotic effects of dual PPARα,γ agonist LY465606 in brachiocephalic arteries of mice treated for 4 weeks and in ligated carotid arteries of animals treated for 2 weeks. Reduction in CE and FC accumulation in atherosclerotic lesions was associated with the reduction of lesion size. Thus, a combination of LC/MS/MS measurements of CE and FC followed by histology and immunohistochemistry of the same tissue provides novel methodology for sensitive and comprehensive analysis of experimental atherosclerotic lesions.