An imbalance between specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators and pro-inflammatory leukotrienes promotes instability of atherosclerotic plaques
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Fredman, Gabrielle
Proto, Jonathan D.
Kuriakose, George
Colas, Romain A.
Dorweiler, Bernhard
Connolly, E. Sander
Solomon, Robert
Jones, David M.
Heyer, Eric J.
Tabas, Ira
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Fredman, G., J. Hellmann, J. D. Proto, G. Kuriakose, R. A. Colas, B. Dorweiler, E. S. Connolly, et al. 2016. “An imbalance between specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators and pro-inflammatory leukotrienes promotes instability of atherosclerotic plaques.” Nature Communications 7 (1): 12859. doi:10.1038/ncomms12859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12859.Abstract
Chronic unresolved inflammation plays a causal role in the development of advanced atherosclerosis, but the mechanisms that prevent resolution in atherosclerosis remain unclear. Here, we use targeted mass spectrometry to identify specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPM) in histologically-defined stable and vulnerable regions of human carotid atherosclerotic plaques. The levels of SPMs, particularly resolvin D1 (RvD1), and the ratio of SPMs to pro-inflammatory leukotriene B4 (LTB4), are significantly decreased in the vulnerable regions. SPMs are also decreased in advanced plaques of fat-fed Ldlr−/− mice. Administration of RvD1 to these mice during plaque progression restores the RvD1:LTB4 ratio to that of less advanced lesions and promotes plaque stability, including decreased lesional oxidative stress and necrosis, improved lesional efferocytosis, and thicker fibrous caps. These findings provide molecular support for the concept that defective inflammation resolution contributes to the formation of clinically dangerous plaques and offer a mechanistic rationale for SPM therapy to promote plaque stability.Other Sources
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