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Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

Interferon-{gamma} Induces Downregulation of Tangier Disease Gene (ATP-Binding-Cassette Transporter 1) in Macrophage-Derived Foam Cells

Constantinos G. Panousis; Steven H. Zuckerman

From the Division of Cardiovascular Research, Lilly Research Labs, Indianapolis, Ind.

Correspondence to Steven H. Zuckerman, Division of Cardiovascular Research, Lilly Research Labs, Indianapolis, IN 46285. E-mail Zuckerman_Steven{at}lilly.com

Abstract—Cholesterol efflux is a fundamental process that serves to mitigate cholesterol accumulation and macrophage foam cell formation. Recently, we reported that cholesterol efflux to high density lipoprotein subfraction 3 was reduced by interferon-{gamma} (IFN-{gamma}) and that this decrease was associated with an increase in acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) expression. In the present study, although treatment of murine peritoneal macrophages with IFN-{gamma} resulted in a 2-fold decrease in HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux, efflux to lipid-free apolipoprotein A-I was reduced >4-fold and approached basal levels. This decrease was associated with a 3- to 4-fold reduction in ATP-binding-cassette transporter 1 (ABC1) mRNA content, the gene responsible for the defect in Tangier disease. Consistent with the reduction in cholesterol and phospholipid efflux in Tangier fibroblasts, downregulation of ABC1 expression by IFN-{gamma} also resulted in reduced phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin efflux to apolipoprotein A-I. Whereas foam cells had a 3-fold increase in ABC1 mRNA, the decrease in ABC1 message levels by IFN-{gamma} was observed in foam cells and control macrophages. This effect of IFN-{gamma} was independent of general macrophage activation (inasmuch as similar changes were not detected with granulocyte-macrophage colony–stimulating factor) and was not observed with other ABC transporters (inasmuch as the expression of the transporter in antigen processing was upregulated 4-fold in these same cells). Therefore, by decreasing cholesterol efflux through pathways that include the upregulation of ACAT and the downregulation of ABC1, IFN-{gamma} can shift the equilibrium between macrophages and foam cells and thus impact the progression of an atherosclerotic lesion.


Key Words: interferon-{gamma} • cholesterol efflux • apolipoprotein A-I • ATP-binding-cassette transporter 1




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