Impaired Cholesterol Efflux in Senescent Macrophages Promotes Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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• 作者：Abdoulaye Sene¹ ; ⁸ ; Aslam A. Khan¹ ; ⁸ ; Douglas Cox¹ ; Rei E.I. Nakamura¹ ; Andrea Santeford¹ ; Bryan M. Kim¹ ; Rohini Sidhu² ; Michael D. Onken¹ ; J. William Harbour¹ ; Shira Hagbi-Levi⁴ ; Itay Chowers⁴ ; Peter A. Edwards⁵ ; Angel Baldan⁶ ; John S. Parks⁷ ; Daniel S. Ory² ; Rajendra S. Apte¹ ; ³ ; ^{apte@vision.wustl.edu}
• 刊名：Cell Metabolism
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：2 April, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：17
• 期：4
• 页码：549-561
• 全文大小：1456 K

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Summary

Pathologic angiogenesis mediated by abnormally polarized macrophages plays a central role in common age-associated diseases such as atherosclerosis, cancer, and macular degeneration. Here we demonstrate that abnormal polarization in older macrophages is caused by programmatic changes that lead to reduced expression of ATP binding cassette transporter ABCA1. Downregulation of ABCA1 by microRNA-33 impairs the ability of macrophages to effectively efflux intracellular cholesterol, which in turn leads to higher levels of free cholesterol within senescent macrophages. Elevated intracellular lipid polarizes older macrophages to an abnormal, alternatively activated phenotype that promotes pathologic vascular proliferation. Mice deficient for Abca1, but not Abcg1, demonstrate an accelerated aging phenotype, whereas restoration of cholesterol efflux using LXR agonists or miR-33 inhibitors reverses it. Monocytes from older humans with age-related macular degeneration showed similar changes. These findings provide an avenue for therapeutic modulation of macrophage function in common age-related diseases.