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标题：Relationship of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and oxidized low density lipoprotein in carotid atherosclerosis
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作者：Kasey C. Vickers ; Colin T. Maguire ; Robert Wolfert 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：2009
卷号：50
期号：9
页码：1735-1743
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M800342-JLR200
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Plasma levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ (Lp-PLA₂) and oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL) have been identified as risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Lp-PLA₂ is the sole enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of oxidized phospholipids on LDL particles in atherosclerotic plaques. We have studied the relationship between Lp-PLA₂ and oxLDL in carotid endarterectomy (CEA) tissues and in matched plasmas. In extracts from CEA anatomical segments, the levels of oxLDL were significantly associated with the levels of Lp-PLA₂ protein ( r = 0.497) and activity ( r = 0.615). OxLDL and Lp-PLA₂ mass/activity were most abundant in the carotid bifurcation and internal segments where plaque was most abundant. In extracts from CEA atheroma, the levels of oxLDL and Lp-PLA₂ were significantly correlated ( r = 0.634). In matched plasma and atheroma extracts, the levels of Lp-PLA₂ were negatively correlated ( r = − 0.578). The ratio of Lp-PLA₂ to oxLDL was higher in atheromatous tissue (277:1) than in normal tissue (135:1) and plasma (13:1). Immunohistochemical experiments indicated that in plaques, oxLDL and Lp-PLA₂ existed in overlapping but distinctly different distribution. Fluorescence microscopy showed both oxLDL and Lp-PLA₂ epitopes on the same LDL particle in plasma but not in plaque. These results suggest that the relationship between Lp-PLA₂ and oxLDL in the atherosclerotic plaque is different from that in the plasma compartment.
关键词：carotid endarterectomy ; risk factors ; atherosclerotic plaque ; lysophosphatidylcholine