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Int J Med Sci 2014; 11(10):1015-1021. doi:10.7150/ijms.8330 This issue Cite

Research Paper

Rosiglitazone Enhances Apolipoprotein M (Apom) Expression in Rat's Liver

Guanghua Luo¹, Yuehua Feng¹, Jun Zhang¹, Qinfeng Mu¹, Yuanping Shi¹, Li Qin¹, Lu Zheng¹, Maria Berggren-Söderlund³, Peter Nilsson-Ehle³, Xiaoying Zhang^2✉, Ning Xu^3✉

1. Comprehensive Laboratory, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, P.R. China.
2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, P.R. China;
3. Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lunds University, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden.

✉ Corresponding author: Xiaoying Zhang MD., Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, P.R. China. Tel: +86 519 68871278; Fax: + 86 519 86621235; E-mail: zhangxy6689996com and Ning Xu, MD, PhD., Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lunds University, Lund S-221 85, Sweden. Tel: +46 46 173487; Fax: + 46 46 130064; E-mail: ning.xulu.se. More

Abstract

Apolipoprotein M (APOM) has been suggested as a vasculoprotective constituent of high density lipoprotein (HDL), which plays a crucial role behind the mechanism of HDL-mediated anti-atherosclerosis. Previous studies demonstrated that insulin resistance could associate with decreased APOM expressions. In agreement with our previous reports, here, we further confirmed that the insulin sensitivity was also reduced in rats treated with high concentrations of glucose; such effect could be reversed by administration of rosiglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). The present study shows that Apom expression is significantly affected by either rosiglitazone or hyperglycemia alone without cross interaction with each other, which indicates that the pathway of Apom expression regulating by hyperglycemia might be differed from that by rosiglitazone. Further study indicated that hyperglycemia could significantly inhibit mRNA levels of Lxrb (P=0.0002), small heterodimer partner 1 (Shp1) (P<0.0001), liver receptor homologue-1 (Lrh1) (P=0.0012), ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (Abca1) (P=0.0012) and Pparb/d (P=0.0043). Two-way ANOVA analysis demonstrated that the interactions between rosiglitazone and infusion of 25% glucose solution on Shp1 (P=0.0054) and Abca1 (4E, P=0.0004) mRNA expression was statistically significant. It is concluded that rosiglitazone could increase Apom expression, of which the detailed mechanism needs to be further investigated. The downregulation of Apom by hyperglycemia might be mainly through decreasing expression of Pparg and followed by inhibiting Lxrb in rats.

Keywords: Apolipoprotein M, Hyperglycemia, Insulin sensitivity, Liver receptor homologue-1, ATP-binding cassette transporter 1.

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