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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 354-+Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300723
Keywords
atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; collagen; fibromodulin; LDL
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- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
- Alfred Osterlund Foundation
- Crafoord Foundation
- Thelma Zoega's Foundation, Vinnova
- British Heart Foundation [RG/11/13/29055] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objective-The aim of this study was to analyze how an altered collagen structure affects development of atherosclerotic plaques. Methods and Results-Fibromodulin-null mice develop an abnormal collagen fibril structure. In apolipoprotein E (ApoE)null and ApoE/fibromodulin-null mice, a shear stress-modifying carotid artery cast induced formation of atherosclerotic plaques of different phenotypes; inflammatory in low-shear stress regions and fibrous in oscillatory shear stress regions. Electron microscopy showed that collagen fibrils were thicker and more heterogeneous in oscillatory shear stress lesions from ApoE/fibromodulin-null mice. Low-shear stress lesions were smaller in ApoE/fibromodulin-null mice and contained less lipids. Total plaque burden in aortas stained en face with Oil Red O, as well as lipid accumulation in aortic root lesions, was also decreased in ApoE/fibromodulin-null mice. In addition, lipid accumulation in RAW264.7 macrophages cultured on fibromodulin-deficient extracellular matrix was decreased, whereas levels of interleukin-6 and -10 were increased. Our results show that an abnormal plaque collagen fibril structure can influence atherosclerotic plaque development. Conclusion-The present findings suggest a more complex role for collagen in plaque stability than previously anticipated, in that it may promote lipid-accumulation and inflammation at the same time as it provides mechanical stability. (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013;33:354-361.)
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