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Combined use of metformin and atorvastatin attenuates atherosclerosis in rabbits
fed a high-cholesterol diet
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Luo F
; Guo Y
; Ruan GY
; Long JK
; Zheng XL
; Xia Q
; Zhao SP
; Peng DQ
; Fang ZF
; Li XP
Sci Rep
2017[May]; 7
(1
): 2169
PMID28526884
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Statins are widely used to reduce cardiovascular risk. Unfortunately, some
patients still experience cardiovascular events though prescribed with
high-intensity statins. Metformin, an anti-diabetic drug, was reported to possess
anti-atherosclerotic effects. Therefore, the experiments were designed to
evaluate whether combined use of metformin and atorvastatin can achieve
additional benefits. In rabbits fed a high-cholesterol diet, we evaluated the
effects of the combination therapy on atherosclerotic plaques, lipid profiles,
blood glucose levels, liver and kidney functions. Effects of combination therapy
on cholesterol efflux and the expression of related transporters were studied in
vitro. Our results showed that the combination therapy induced a more significant
decrease in atherosclerotic lesion area than atorvastatin without additional
lipid-lowering effect. The combination therapy significantly increased the
percentage of large high-density lipoprotein subfraction. The intravenous glucose
tolerance test showed that atorvastatin-treated rabbits had an increased area
under the curve for time-dependent glucose levels after a bolus injection of
glucose, which was completely reversed by metformin treatment. In cultured
macrophages, co-treatment with metformin and atorvastatin promoted cholesterol
efflux and up-regulated expression of ATP-binding cassette transporters A1 and
G1. Taken together, our results suggest that atorvastatin/metformin combination
therapy may achieve additional anti-atherosclerotic benefits likely through
increasing cholesterol efflux in macrophages.