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2016 ; 291
(12
): 6232-44
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Huang LH
; Melton EM
; Li H
; Sohn P
; Rogers MA
; Mulligan-Kehoe MJ
; Fiering SN
; Hickey WF
; Chang CC
; Chang TY
J Biol Chem
2016[Mar]; 291
(12
): 6232-44
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Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 1 (Acat1) converts cellular cholesterol to
cholesteryl esters and is considered a drug target for treating atherosclerosis.
However, in mouse models for atherosclerosis, global Acat1 knockout (Acat1(-/-))
did not prevent lesion development. Acat1(-/-) increased apoptosis within lesions
and led to several additional undesirable phenotypes, including hair loss, dry
eye, leukocytosis, xanthomatosis, and a reduced life span. To determine the roles
of Acat1 in monocytes/macrophages in atherosclerosis, we produced a
myeloid-specific Acat1 knockout (Acat1(-M/-M)) mouse and showed that, in the Apoe
knockout (Apoe(-/-)) mouse model for atherosclerosis, Acat1(-M/-M) decreased the
plaque area and reduced lesion size without causing leukocytosis, dry eye, hair
loss, or a reduced life span. Acat1(-M/-M) enhanced xanthomatosis in apoe(-/-)
mice, a skin disease that is not associated with diet-induced atherosclerosis in
humans. Analyses of atherosclerotic lesions showed that Acat1(-M/-M) reduced
macrophage numbers and diminished the cholesterol and cholesteryl ester load
without causing detectable apoptotic cell death. Leukocyte migration analysis in
vivo showed that Acat1(-M/-M) caused much fewer leukocytes to appear at the
activated endothelium. Studies in inflammatory (Ly6C(hi)-positive) monocytes and
in cultured macrophages showed that inhibiting ACAT1 by gene knockout or by
pharmacological inhibition caused a significant decrease in integrin ? 1 (CD29)
expression in activated monocytes/macrophages. The sparse presence of lesion
macrophages without Acat1 can therefore, in part, be attributed to decreased
interaction between inflammatory monocytes/macrophages lacking Acat1 and the
activated endothelium. We conclude that targeting ACAT1 in a myeloid cell lineage
suppresses atherosclerosis progression while avoiding many of the undesirable
side effects caused by global Acat1 inhibition.