@article{f91ddb995a27436c81d928bfbd05fe6c,
title = "Statins downregulate ATP-binding-cassette transporter A1 gene expression in macrophages",
abstract = "The ATP-binding-cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) plays an essential role in cellular cholesterol efflux and helps prevent macrophages from becoming foam cells. The statins are widely used as cholesterol-lowering agents and have other anti-atherogenic actions. We tested the effects of four different statins (fluvastatin, atorvastatin, simvastatin, and lovastatin) on ABCA1 expression in macrophages in vitro. The statins suppressed ABCA1 mRNA expression in RAW246.7 and THP-1 macrophage cell lines and in mouse peritoneal macrophages. The effect was time- and dose-dependent and was abolished by the addition of the post-reductase product, mevalonate. These findings imply that there is a possible modulation of the well-known beneficial effects of the statins on the reverse cholesterol transport pathway.",
keywords = "ATP-binding-cassette transporter A1, Macrophage, Reverse cholesterol transport, Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors)",
author = "Hirohito Sone and Hitoshi Shimano and Miao Shu and Masanori Nakakuki and Akimitsu Takahashi and Masakazu Sakai and Yuichiro Sakamoto and Tomotaka Yokoo and Ken Matsuzaka and Hiroaki Okazaki and Yoshimi Nakagawa and Iida, {Kaoruko Tada} and Hiroaki Suzuki and Hideo Toyoshima and Seikoh Horiuchi and Nobuhiro Yamada",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Ms. Reiko Takada, BSc, Mr. Noriyuki Inoue, MSc, Ms. Magali Berthoze, and Ms. Chizuko Fukui in University of Tsukuba for expert technical assistance. This work is supported by Research Project Grant of University of Tsukuba. H.S. is a recipient of a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (#12770632/14571084), and of Research Grants from the Uehara Memorial, and Meiji Kosei, Foundations.",
year = "2004",
month = apr,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.121",
language = "英語",
volume = "316",
pages = "790--794",
journal = "Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications",
issn = "0006-291X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "3",
}