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Miller, Ashley M; Xu, Damo; Asquith, Darren L; Denby, Laura; Li, Yubin; Sattar, Naveed; Baker, Andrew H; McInnes, Iain B; Liew, Foo Y
The Journal of experimental medicine, 02/2008, Volume: 205, Issue: 2Journal Article
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the vasculature commonly leading to myocardial infarction and stroke. We show that IL-33, which is a novel IL-1-like cytokine that signals via ST2, can reduce atherosclerosis development in ApoE(-/-) mice on a high-fat diet. IL-33 and ST2 are present in the normal and atherosclerotic vasculature of mice and humans. Although control PBS-treated mice developed severe and inflamed atherosclerotic plaques in the aortic sinus, lesion development was profoundly reduced in IL-33-treated animals. IL-33 also markedly increased levels of IL-4, -5, and -13, but decreased levels of IFNgamma in serum and lymph node cells. IL-33 treatment also elevated levels of total serum IgA, IgE, and IgG(1), but decreased IgG(2a), which is consistent with a Th1-to-Th2 switch. IL-33-treated mice also produced significantly elevated antioxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) antibodies. Conversely, mice treated with soluble ST2, a decoy receptor that neutralizes IL-33, developed significantly larger atherosclerotic plaques in the aortic sinus of the ApoE(-/-) mice compared with control IgG-treated mice. Furthermore, coadministration of an anti-IL-5 mAb with IL-33 prevented the reduction in plaque size and reduced the amount of ox-LDL antibodies induced by IL-33. In conclusion, IL-33 may play a protective role in the development of atherosclerosis via the induction of IL-5 and ox-LDL antibodies.
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