Lu, Zhongyang; Li, Yanchun; Syn, Wing-Kin; Wang, Zhewu; Lopes-Virella, Maria F.; Lyons, Timothy J.; Huang, Yan published the artcile< Amitriptyline inhibits nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and atherosclerosis induced by high-fat diet and LPS through modulation of sphingolipid metabolism>, Reference of 6823-69-4, the main research area is atherosclerosis nonalcoholic steatohepatitis amitriptyline antiatherosclerotic sphingolipid; acid sphingomyelinase; amitriptyline; diabetes; inflammation; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
We reported previously that increased acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase)-catalyzed hydrolysis of sphingomyelin, which leads to increases in ceramide and sphingosine 1 phosphate, played a key role in the synergistic upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines by palmitic acid (PA), a major saturated fatty acid, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in macrophages. Since macrophages are vital players in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and atherosclerosis, we assessed the effect of ASMase inhibition on NASH and atherosclerosis cooperatively induced by high-PA-containing high-fat diet (HP-HFD) and LPS in LDL receptor-deficient mice. Interestingly, immunohistochem. study showed that amitriptyline, but not GW4869, strongly reduced hepatic inflammation. Furthermore, results showed that both amitriptyline and GW4869 attenuated atherosclerosis. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms whereby amitriptyline inhibited both NASH and atherosclerosis, but GW4869 only inhibited atherosclerosis, we found that amitriptyline, but not GW4869, downregulated proinflammatory cytokines in macrophages. Finally, we found that inhibition of sphingosine 1 phosphate production is a potential mechanism whereby amitriptyline inhibited proinflammatory cytokines. Collectively, this study showed that amitriptyline inhibited NASH and atherosclerosis through modulation of sphingolipid metabolism in LDLR-/- mice, indicating that sphingolipid metabolism in macrophages plays a crucial role in the linkage of NASH and atherosclerosis.
American Journal of Physiology published new progress about Atherosclerosis. 6823-69-4 belongs to class imidazoles-derivatives, and the molecular formula is C30H30Cl2N6O2, Reference of 6823-69-4.
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