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Submitted on June 7, 2004
Revised on October 6, 2004
Accepted on October 12, 2004

-Galactosidase A Deficiency Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Mice With Apolipoprotein E Deficiency

Peter F. Bodary PhD, Yuechun Shen MD, Fernando B. Vargas BS, Xiaoming Bi MD, Kristen A. Ostenso BS, Shufang Gu MD, James A. Shayman MD, and Daniel T. Eitzman MD^*

From the Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Cardiovascular Medicine (P.F.B., Y.S., F.B.V., X.B., K.A.O., S.G., D.T.E.) and Nephrology (J.A.S.), University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: deitzman{at}umich.edu.

Background---Galactosidase A (Gla) deficiency leads to widespread tissue accumulation of neutral glycosphingolipids and is associated with premature vascular complications such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Glycosphingolipids have been shown to accumulate in human atherosclerotic lesions, although their role in atherogenesis is unclear.

Methods and Results--To determine whether Gla affects the progression of atherosclerosis, mice were generated with combined deficiencies of apolipoprotein E and Gla. At 45 weeks of age, Gla-deficient mice had developed more atherosclerosis than mice with normal Gla expression (25.1±14.0 versus 12.3±9.3 mm² of total lesion area, P<0.02). This increase in atherosclerosis was associated with the presence of increased Gb3, enhanced inducible nitric oxide synthase expression, and increased nitrotyrosine staining.

Conclusions--These findings suggest that deficiency of Gla leads to increased inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and accelerated atherosclerosis.

Key words: arteriosclerosis • nitric oxide synthase • glycolipids

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