FERNANDA BUENO FUSCO
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LIM/10 - Laboratório de Lípides, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Low-sodium diet induces atherogenesis regardless of lowering blood pressure in hypertensive hyperlipidemic mice(2017) FUSCO, Fernanda B.; GOMES, Diego J.; BISPO, Kely C. S.; TOLEDO, Veronica P.; BARBEIRO, Denise F.; CAPELOZZI, Vera L.; FURUKAWA, Luzia N. S.; VELOSA, Ana P. P.; TEODORO, Walcy R.; HEIMANN, Joel C.; QUINTAO, Eder C. R.; PASSARELLI, Marisa; NAKANDAKARE, Edna R.; CATANOZI, SergioThis study investigated the influence of sodium restriction and antihypertensive drugs on atherogenesis utilizing hypertensive (H) low-density lipoprotein-receptor knockout mice treated or not with losartan (Los) or hydralazine (Hyd) and fed low-sodium (LS) or normal-sodium (NS) chow. Despite reducing the blood pressure (BP) of H-LS mice, the LS diet caused arterial lipid infiltration due to increased plasma total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG). Los and Hyd reduced the BP of H-LS mice, and Los effectively prevented arterial injury, likely by reducing plasma TG and nonesterified fatty acids. Aortic lipid infiltration was lower in Los-treated H-LS mice (H-LS+Los) than in normotensive (N)-LS and H-LS mice. Aortic angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor content was greater in H-NS than H-LS mice and in H-LS+Hyd than H-LS+Los mice. Carboxymethyl-lysine (CML) and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) immunostaining was greater in H-LS than H-NS mice. CML and RAGE levels were lower in LS animals treated with antihypertensive drugs, and Hyd enhanced the AT1 receptor level. Hyd also increased the gene expression of F4/80 but not tumor necrosis factor-a, interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-6, IL-10, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 or cluster of differentiation 66. The novelty of the current study is that in a murine model of simultaneous hypertension and hyperlipidemia, the pleiotropic effect of chronic, severe sodium restriction elicited aortic damage even with reduced BP. These negative effects on the arterial wall were reduced by AT1 receptor antagonism, demonstrating the influence of angiotensin II in atherogenesis induced by a severely LS diet.
conferenceObject LOW-SALT DIET INDUCES ATHEROSCLEROSIS INDEPENDENT OF LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE MICE(2016) CATANOZI, S.; FUSCO, F.; GOMES, D.; BISPO, K.; TOLEDO, V.; BARBEIRO, D.; CAPELOZZI, V.; FURUKAWA, L.; VELOSA, A. P.; TEODORO, W.; HEIMANN, J.; QUINTAO, E.; PASSARELLI, M.; NAKANDAKARE, E.- Glycated albumin induces lipid infiltration in mice aorta independently of DM and RAS local modulation by inducing lipid peroxidation and inflammation(2016) GOMES, Diego Juvenal; VELOSA, Ana Paula; OKUDA, Ligia Shimabukuro; FUSCO, Fernanda Bueno; SILVA, Karolinne Santana da; PINTO, Paula Ramos; NAKANDAKARE, Edna Regina; CORREA-GIANNELLA, Maria Lucia; WOODS, Tom; BRIMBLE, Margaret Anne; PICKFORD, Russell; RYE, Kerry-Anne; TEODORO, Walcy Rosolia; CATANOZI, Sergio; PASSARELLI, MarisaAims: Advanced glycated albumin (AGE-albumin) adversely impairs macrophage lipid homeostasis in vitro, which may be prevented by angiotensin receptor blockers. In vivo studies are inconclusive whether AGE-albumin itself plays important role in early-stage atherogenesis. We aimed at investigating how AGE-albumin by itself drives atherosclerosis development in dyslipidemic non-diabetic mice and if its effects are due to the activation of renin-angiotensin system in the arterial wall and the expression of genes and proteins involved in lipid flux. Methods and results: Murine albumin glycation was induced by incubation with 10 mM glycolaldehyde and C-albumin with PBS alone. Twelve-week-old-male apoE knockout mice were submitted to a daily IP injection of control (C) or AGE-albumin (2 mg/mL) during 30 days with or without losartan (LOS: 100 mg/L; C + LOS and AGE + LOS). Aortic arch was removed, and gene expression was determined by RT-PCR and protein content by immunofluorescence. Plasma lipid and glucose levels were similar among groups. Systolic blood pressure was similarly reduced in both groups treated with LOS. In comparison to C-albumin, aortic lipid infiltration was 5.3 times increased by AGE-albumin, which was avoided by LOS. LOS prevented the enhancement induced by AGE-albumin in Ager, Tnf and Cybb mRNA levels but did not reduce Olrl. Nfkb and Agt mRNA levels were unchanged by AGE-albumin. LOS similarly reduced Agtri a mRNA level in both C and AGE-albumin groups. In AGE-albumin-treated mice, immunofluorescence for carboxymethyl-lysine, 4-hydroxynonenal and RAGE was respectively, 4.8, 2.6 and 1.7 times enhanced in comparison to C-albumin. These increases were all avoided by LOS. Conclusions: AGE-albumin evokes a pre-stage of atherogenesis in dyslipidemic mice independently of the presence of diabetes mellitus or modulation in the RAS in part by the induction of lipid peroxidation and inflammation.