Tissue-Specific Liver X Receptor Activation Promotes Macrophage Reverse Cholesterol Transport In Vivo
2010
Objective— We previously reported that a systemic liver X receptor (LXR) agonist promoted macrophage reverse-cholesterol transport (mRCT) in vivo. Because LXR are expressed in multiple tissues involved in RCT (macrophages, liver, intestine), we analyzed the effect of tissue-specific LXR agonism on mRCT.
Methods and Results— In initial studies, the systemic LXR agonist GW3965 failed to promote mRCT in a setting in which LXR was expressed in macrophages but not in liver or intestine. To evaluate the effect of LXR activation specifically in small intestine on mRCT, wild-type mice were treated with either intestinal-specific LXR agonist (GW6340) or systemic LXR agonist (GW3965). Both GW3965 and GW6340 significantly promoted excretion of [3H]-sterol in feces by 162% and 52%, respectively. To evaluate the requirement for macrophage LXR activation, we assessed the ability of GW3965 to promote mRCT in wild-type mice using primary macrophages deficient in LXRα/β vs wild-type macrophages. Whereas GW3965 treatment promoted fecal excretion compared with vehicle, its overall ability to promote mRCT was significantly attenuated using LXRα/β knockout macrophages.
Conclusion— We demonstrate that intestinal-specific LXR agonism promotes macrophage RCT in vivo and that macrophage LXR itself plays an important, but not predominant, role in promoting RCT in response to an LXR agonist.
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