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Table 1 Quick reference guide: Overview of available reverse cholesterol transport studies

From: Regulation of reverse cholesterol transport - a comprehensive appraisal of available animal studies

Factor

investigated

Intervention

Animal model

Type of macrophages used

Effect on

RCT

Ref

Macrophage

     

ApoE

ApoE knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

↓

[24]

CE hydrolysis

Human nCEH transgenic macrophages

LDLr knockout mice

Peritoneal

↑

[29]

ABCA1

ABCA1 knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

↓

[30, 31]

ABCG1

ABCG1 overexpression in macrophages

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[31]

 

ABCG1 knockdown in macrophages

Wild-type mice

J774

↓

[31]

 

ABCG1 knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

↓

[31]

ABCA1/ABCG1

ABCA1/ABCG1 double knockdown in macrophages

Wild-type mice

J774

↓

[31]

 

ABCA1/ABCG1 double knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

↓

[32]

SR-BI

SR-BI knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

=

[31]

 

SR-BI knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

=

[33]

ABCA1/SR-BI

ABCA1/SR-BI double knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

↓

[33]

PLTP

PLTP knockout macrophages

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

=

[34]

CETP

CETP overexpression in macrophages

Wild-type mice

RAW 267.4

=

[35]

 

CETP overexpression in macrophages

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

=

[36]

15(S)-lipoxygenase-1

Human 15(S)-lipoxygenase-1 overexpression in macrophages

Wild-type mice

RAW 267.4

↑

[37]

Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88

MyD88 knockout macrophages

Wild-type

Peritoneal

↓

[38]

Transport through the plasma compartment

     

ApoA-I

Adenoviral overexpression human apoA-I

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[18]

 

ApoA-I knockout

LDLr/apobec double

knockout mice

J774

↓

[39]

 

Adenoviral overexpression mouse or human apoA-I

(wild-type or apoA-I Milano)

ApoA-I knockout mice

J774

↑

[40, 41]

 

Ro 11-1464

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

J774

↑

[42]

ApoA-I tertiary structural domain

AAV overexpression domain-swap variants of human and mouse apoA-I

ApoA-I knockout mice

J774

↑

[40]

ApoA-I Milano versus wild-type apoA-I

AAV overexpression

ApoA-I knockout mice

J774

=

[41]

ApoA-I mimetic peptides

D-4 F

ApoE knockout mice

J774

↑

[43]

 

5A

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[17]

 

ATI-5261

ApoE knockout mice

J774

↑

[44]

HDL particle formation

ABCA1 knockout

ABCA1 knockout mice

Endogenous

↓

[45]

 

ABCA1 knockout

ABCA1 knockout mice

Peritoneal

↓

[33]

 

Probucol

Wild-type mice

J774

=

[46]

 

Probucol

SR-BI knockout mice

J774

↑

[46]

LCAT

AAV overexpression human LCAT

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

J774

↓

[47]

 

AAV overexpression human LCAT

Human apoA-I transgenic mice overexpressing SR-BI

J774

=

[47]

 

AAV overexpression human LCAT

Human apoA-I transgenic mice overexpressing human CETP

J774

=

[47]

 

LCAT knockout

LCAT knockout mice

J774

↓

[47]

Hepatic lipase

HL knockout

HL knockout mice

J774

=

[48]

Endothelial lipase

EL knockout

EL knockout mice

J774

=

[48]

 

Inhibition hepatic proprotein convertases

Wild-type mice

J774

↓

[49]

Hepatic lipase/endothelial lipase

HL/EL double knockout

HL/EL double knockout mice

J774

=

[48]

PLTP

PLTP overexpression

Human PLTP transgenic mice

Peritoneal

↓

[34]

CETP

Adenoviral CETP overexpression

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[35]

 

AAV overexpression human CETP

Apobec knockout mice

J774

↑

[50]

 

AAV overexpression human CETP

LDLr/apobec double

knockout mice

J774

=

[50]

 

AAV overexpression human CETP

SR-BI knockout mice

J774

↑

[50]

 

CETP overexpression

Cynomolgus monkey

CETP transgenic mice

P388D1 or peritoneal

=

[36]

 

CETP overexpression

Human CETP transgenic mice

Bone marrow

=

[51]

CETP inhibition

Torcetrapib

Hamsters

J774

↑

[35]

 

Torcetrapib

Hamsters

Peritoneal

↑

[52]

 

Torcetrapib

Human CETP/human

apoB100 transgenic mice

J774

↑

[53]

 

Anacetrapib

Hamsters

Peritoneal

=

[52]

 

Anacetrapib

Hamsters

J774

↑

[54]

 

Dalcetrapib

Hamsters

Peritoneal

↑

[52]

ApoA-II

Overexpression human apoA-II

Human apoA-II transgenic mice

P388D1

↑ or =

[55]

ApoF

AAV overexpression mouse apoF

Wild-type mice

J774

=

[56]

Uptake by the liver

     

Selective uptake

Adenoviral overexpression SR-BI

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[57]

 

Adenoviral overexpression SR-BI

Human apoA-I transgenic

mice

J774

↑

[57]

 

SR-BI knockout

SR-BI knockout mice

J774

↓

[57]

 

SR-BI knockout

SR-BI knockout mice

Peritoneal

↓

[33]

 

SR-BI knockout

SR-BI knockout mice

Bone marrow

↓

[51]

 

Transgenic CETP overexpression

SR-BI knockout mice

Bone marrow

=

[51]

 

Liver-specific SR-BI knockout

SR-BI conditional

knockout mice

Bone marrow

↓

[51]

 

Transgenic CETP overexpression

SR-BI conditional

knockout mice

Bone marrow

=

[51]

Holoparticle uptake

P2Y13 knockout

P2Y13 knockout mice

Peritoneal

↓

[58]

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Alloxan

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

↓

[59]

 

Streptozotocin

Wild-type mice

J774

↓

[60]

 

Streptozotocin

Hp2-2 mice

J774

↓

[60]

Excretion into the intestine

     

CE hydrolysis liver

Adenoviral overexpression human nCEH

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[61]

 

Carboxyl ester lipase knockout

Carboxyl ester lipase

knockout mice

J774

↑

[62]

ABCG5/ABCG8

ABCG5/ABCG8 double knockout

ABCG5/ABCG8 double knockout mice

P388D1

=

[63]

Biliary sterol secretion

Bile duct ligation

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

↓

[64]

 

Surgical biliary diversion

Wild-type mice

J774

=

[65]

 

Transgenic overexpression NPC1L1 in the liver

Liver-specific human

NPC1L1 transgenic mice

J774

=

[65]

MDR2

MDR2 knockout

MDR2 knockout mice

Peritoneal

↓

[64]

Excretion from the body

     

NPC1L1 intestine

Ezetimibe

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[66]

 

Ezetimibe

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[67]

Cholesterol absorption intestine

Congenic 14DKK interval

14DKK congenic mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[67]

 

Congenic 14DKK interval

14DKK apoE knockout congenic mice

Bone marrow

↑

[68]

Inflammation

     

Acute inflammatory response

LPS

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

↓

[69]

 

LPS

Wild-type mice

J774

↓

[70]

 

Zymosan

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↓

[71]

Human group IIA secretory phospholipase A2

Overexpression human group IIA secretory phospholipase A2

Human group IIA secretory phospholipase A2 transgenic mice

Peritoneal

=

[69]

Serum amyloid A

Adenoviral overexpression human serum amyloid A

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

=

[69]

 

Adenoviral overexpression mouse serum amyloid A

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

↓

[69]

Myeloperoxidase

Human myeloperoxidase

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

↓

[69]

Mast cell activation

Mast cell degranulating compound 48/80

Wild-type mice treated

with human apoA-I

J774

↓

[72]

Drugs

     

LXR agonist

GW3965

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[73, 74]

 

GW3965

LDLr/apobec double

knockout mice

J774

↑

[73]

 

GW3965

ApoB/CETP double

transgenic mice

J774

↑

[73]

 

T0901317

Wild-type BALB/c mice

J774

↑

[75]

 

GW3965

Hamsters

J774

↑

[76]

 

T0901317

Wild-type mice

P388D1

↑

[63]

 

T0901317

ABCG5/ABCG8 double knockout mice

P388D1

=

[63]

 

T0901317

Wild-type FVB mice

Peritoneal

↑

[64]

 

T0901317

MDR2 knockout mice

Peritoneal

=

[64]

 

GW3965

LXR double knockout mice

J774

=

[74]

 

GW3965

Wild-type mice

Bone marrow

(wild-type and LXR double knockout)

=

[74]

Intestine-specific LXR activation

Constitutively activated LXRα

in the intestine

iVP16LXRα transgenic mice

J774

↑

[77]

Liver-specific LXR activation

Adenoviral overexpression constitutively active LXRα

Wild-type FVB mice

J774

=

[77]

Intestine-specific LXR agonist

GW6340

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[74]

PPARα agonist

GW7647

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[78]

 

GW7647

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

J774

↑

[78]

 

GW7647

LDLr/apobec double knockout mice

J774

↑

[78]

 

GW7647

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

Bone marrow

(PPARα knockout)

=

[78]

 

GW7647

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

Bone marrow

(LXR double knockout)

=

[78]

 

Fenofibrate

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

P388D1

↑

[79]

 

Gemfibrozil

Human apoA-I transgenic mice

P388D1

=

[79]

PPARδ agonist

GW0742

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[66]

PPARγ agonist

GW7845

Wild-type mice

J774

↓

[80]

FXR agonist

GW4064

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[81]

 

GW4064

SR-BI knockout mice

J774

↑

[81]

Liver-specific FXR activation

Adenoviral overexpression constitutively active FXR

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[81]

miR-33 antagonism

Anti-miR33 oligonucleotide

LDLr knockout mice

Bone marrow

↑

[82]

Liver-selective thyromimetic

T-0681

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[83]

 

T-0681

CETP transgenic mice

J774

=

[83]

Sylfonylurea agent

Glibenclamide

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

=

[84]

 

Glimepiride

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

=

[84]

Anti-HIV drug

Nevirapine

Human apoA-I

transgenic mice

J774

=

[85]

 

Efavirenz

Human apoA-I

transgenic mice

J774

↑

[85]

Phosphodiesterase 3 inhibition

Cilostazol

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[86]

Proteasomal inhibition

Bortezomib

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[87]

Propolis extract

Ethanolic extract of propolis

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[88]

Dietary modifications

     

Dietary cholesterol

Cholesterol-enriched diet

Hamsters

Peritoneal

↓

[89]

Dietary cholesterol and fat

Saturated fatty acid- and cholesterol-enriched diet

Wild-type mice

P388D1

↑

[90]

 

Saturated fatty acid-enriched diet

Wild-type mice

P388D1

=

[90]

Coffee

Coffee

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

=

[91]

 

Ferulic acid

Wild-type mice

RAW 264.7

↑

[91]

Fish oil

Fish oil

Wild-type mice

J774

↑

[92]

Exercise

     

Exercise

Voluntary wheel running

Wild-type mice

Peritoneal

=

[93]

 

Monitored wheel running

Human CETP

transgenic mice

J774

↑

[94]

  1. Wild-type; if not otherwise stated this term refers to the use of C57BL/6 mice