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Aging-related atherosclerosis is exacerbated by arterial expression of tumor necrosis factor receptor-1: evidence from mouse models and human association studies.

ABSTRACT: Aging is believed to be among the most important contributors to atherosclerosis, through mechanisms that remain largely obscure. Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) rise with aging and have been correlated with the incidence of myocardial infarction. We therefore sought to determine whether genetic variation in the TNF receptor-1 gene (TNFR1) contributes to aging-related atherosclerosis in humans and whether Tnfr1 expression aggravates aging-related atherosclerosis in mice. With 1330 subjects from a coronary angiography database, we performed a case-control association study of coronary artery disease (CAD) with 16 TNFR1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Two TNFR1 SNPs significantly associated with CAD in subjects >55 years old, and this association was supported by analysis of a set of 759 independent CAD cases. In multiple linear regression analysis, accounting for TNFR1 SNP rs4149573 significantly altered the relationship between aging and CAD index among 1811 subjects from the coronary angiography database. To confirm that TNFR1 contributes to aging-dependent atherosclerosis, we grafted carotid arteries from 18- and 2-month-old wild-type (WT) and Tnfr1(-/-) mice into congenic apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe(-/-)) mice and harvested grafts from 1 to 7 weeks post-operatively. Aged WT arteries developed accelerated atherosclerosis associated with enhanced TNFR1 expression, enhanced macrophage recruitment, reduced smooth muscle cell proliferation and collagen content, augmented apoptosis and plaque hemorrhage. In contrast, aged Tnfr1(-/-) arteries developed atherosclerosis that was indistinguishable from that in young Tnfr1(-/-) arteries and significantly less than that observed in aged WT arteries. We conclude that TNFR1 polymorphisms associate with aging-related CAD in humans, and TNFR1 contributes to aging-dependent atherosclerosis in mice.

SUBMITTER: Zhang L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2893804 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Aging-related atherosclerosis is exacerbated by arterial expression of tumor necrosis factor receptor-1: evidence from mouse models and human association studies.

Zhang Lisheng L Connelly Jessica J JJ Peppel Karsten K Brian Leigh L Shah Svati H SH Nelson Sarah S Crosslin David R DR Wang Tianyuan T Allen Andrew A Kraus William E WE Gregory Simon G SG Hauser Elizabeth R ER Freedman Neil J NJ

Human molecular genetics 20100426 14

Aging is believed to be among the most important contributors to atherosclerosis, through mechanisms that remain largely obscure. Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) rise with aging and have been correlated with the incidence of myocardial infarction. We therefore sought to determine whether genetic variation in the TNF receptor-1 gene (TNFR1) contributes to aging-related atherosclerosis in humans and whether Tnfr1 expression aggravates aging-related atherosclerosis in mice. With 1330 su ...[more]

PMID: 20421368

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