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  • Title: Oral insulin supplementation attenuates atherosclerosis progression in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
    Author: Shamir R, Shehadeh N, Rosenblat M, Eshach-Adiv O, Coleman R, Kaplan M, Hamoud S, Lischinsky S, Hayek T.
    Journal: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol; 2003 Jan 01; 23(1):104-10. PubMed ID: 12524232.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The role of insulin in atherosclerosis progression in diabetes is uncertain. We examined the effects of oral insulin supplementation on atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-deficient (E(0)) mice. METHODS AND RESULTS: One-month-old male E(0) mice were orally supplemented with human insulin (0.1, 0.5, and 1 U/mL) or placebo for 3 months. At the end of the study, serum and macrophage oxidative stress and atherosclerosis progression were studied. Insulin reduced lesion size by 22% to 37% (P<0.05) in all study groups. Lipid peroxides serum levels were 18% lower (P<0.01), and serum paraoxonase activity was 30% higher (P<0.01) in mice supplemented with 1.0 U/mL insulin compared with controls. Insulin reduced mouse peritoneal macrophage (MPM) lipid peroxides content and superoxide anion release by up to 44% and 62%, respectively (P<0.01). In addition, oral insulin reduced MPM cholesterol content and cholesterol biosynthesis by up to 36% and 53%, respectively (P<0.01). In vitro incubation of E(0) mice MPM with increasing insulin concentrations (0 to 100 micro U/mL) resulted in a dose-dependent reduction of cholesterol synthesis by up to 66% (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In E(0) mice, oral insulin supplementation attenuates the atherosclerotic process. This may be attributable to insulin-mediated reduction of oxidative stress in serum and macrophages as well as reduction in macrophage cholesterol content.
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