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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2007;27:2684.)
© 2007 American Heart Association, Inc.

Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

IGF-1 Reduces Inflammatory Responses, Suppresses Oxidative Stress, and Decreases Atherosclerosis Progression in ApoE-Deficient Mice

Sergiy Sukhanov; Yusuke Higashi; Shaw-Yung Shai; Charlotte Vaughn; Jessica Mohler; Yangxin Li; Yao-Hua Song; Jane Titterington; Patrick Delafontaine

From the Cardiology Section (S.S., Y.H., S.-Y.S., C.V., J.T., P.D.), Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans La; the School of Life Sciences (J.M.), Arizona State University, Tempe; the Laboratory of Heart Failure and Stem Cells (Y.L.), Texas Heart Institute, Houston; and the Department of Molecular Pathology (Y.-H.S.), University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.

Correspondence to Patrick Delafontaine, Cardiology Section, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, SL-48, New Orleans, LA 70112. E-mail pdelafon{at}tulane.edu

Objective— Whereas growth factors, via their ability to stimulate vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and migration, have been thought to play a permissive role in atherosclerosis initiation and progression, the role of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is unknown. Here we report for the first time that IGF-1 infusion decreased atherosclerotic plaque progression in ApoE-deficient mice on a Western diet.

Methods and Results— ApoE-null mice (8 weeks) were infused with vehicle or recombinant human IGF-1 and fed a high-fat diet for 12 weeks. Analysis of aortic sinuses revealed that IGF-1 infusion decreased atherosclerotic plaque progression and macrophage infiltration into lesions. Furthermore, IGF-1 decreased vascular expression of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-, reduced aortic superoxide formation and urinary 8-isoprostane levels, and increased aortic pAkt and eNOS expression and circulating endothelial progenitor cells, consistent with an antiinflammatory, antioxidant, and prorepair effect on the vasculature.

Conclusions— Our data indicate that an increase in circulating IGF-1 reduces vascular inflammatory responses, systemic and vascular oxidant stress and decreases atherosclerotic plaque progression. These findings have major implications for the treatment of atherosclerosis.

Although insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has been described to have pleiotropic effects in the vasculature, its role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis is obscure. Here we report that in ApoE-deficient mice fed a high-fat diet continuous infusion of IGF-1 suppressed progression of atherosclerosis potentially via antiinflammatory, antioxidant, and prorepair effects.

Key Words: insulin-like growth factor • atherosclerosis • apolipoprotein E • inflammatory response • oxidative stress

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