PMID- 20382109 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100622 LR - 20220409 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 395 IP - 4 DP - 2010 May 14 TI - Impact of insulin resistance on enhanced monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells and atherosclerogenesis independent of LDL cholesterol level. PG - 477-83 LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.031 [doi] AB - Epidemiological studies suggest that insulin resistance is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, there is little information on the role of insulin resistance in atherosclerogenesis independent of LDL cholesterol level. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of systemic insulin resistance on monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells and atherosclerotic lesions independent of LDL cholesterol level. KKAy mice are obese mice with spontaneous diabetes and insulin resistance, and normal levels of LDL cholesterol. In parallel with systemic insulin resistance, decreased insulin signal, and the increased expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were noted in macrophages isolated from KKAy mice. These mice showed enhanced monocyte adhesion to the endothelial cells of the thoracic artery. Furthermore, these mice showed expanded atherosclerotic lesions when fed high cholesterol diet. Our data indicate that insulin resistance promotes the atherosclerogenesis independent of LDL cholesterol level. Decreased insulin signaling in macrophages associated with systemic insulin resistance could be involved, at least in part, in this pathological process. CI - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Mita, Tomoya AU - Mita T AD - Department of Medicine, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Goto, Hiromasa AU - Goto H FAU - Azuma, Kosuke AU - Azuma K FAU - Jin, Wen Long AU - Jin WL FAU - Nomiyama, Takashi AU - Nomiyama T FAU - Fujitani, Yoshio AU - Fujitani Y FAU - Hirose, Takahisa AU - Hirose T FAU - Kawamori, Ryuzo AU - Kawamori R FAU - Watada, Hirotaka AU - Watada H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100409 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Cholesterol, LDL) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Atherosclerosis/metabolism/*pathology MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Cholesterol, LDL/blood/metabolism MH - Diet MH - Endothelial Cells/physiology MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*physiology MH - Female MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Macrophages/physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred Strains MH - Monocytes/*pathology/physiology EDAT- 2010/04/13 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/23 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/13 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/04/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/04/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-291X(10)00693-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 May 14;395(4):477-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.031. Epub 2010 Apr 9.