title: Lysyl oxidase resolves inflammation by reducing monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: Lysyl oxidase (LOX) is an enzyme critical for the stability of extracellular matrix and also known to have diverse biological functions. Little is known, however, about the role of LOX in regulating inflammation. Here we demonstrate that LOX suppresses secretion of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. Furthermore, enhancement of LOX activity reduces MCP-1 in a mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), thereby preventing macrophage infiltration and AAA progression. These findings suggest that LOX has a novel function in resolving inflammation by reducing MCP-1 in AAA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami Kogushi, Ube, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onoda
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Noriyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morikage
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furutani
authors.forename: Masunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Kimikazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamano
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D018450:Disease Progression; D007249:Inflammation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D008249:Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D016207:Cytokines; D008249:Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase