@article{oai:kanazawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014726,
 author = {岡本, 安雄 and 吉岡, 和晃 and 多久和, 典子 and 山本, 靖彦 and 西内, 巧 and 杉本, 直俊 and 浅野, 雅秀 and 多久和, 陽 and Wang, Fei and Okamoto, Yasuo and Inoki, Isao and Yoshioka, Kazuaki and Du, Wa and Qi, Xun and Takuwa, Noriko and Gonda, Koichi and Yamamoto, Yasuhiko and Ohkawa, Ryunosuke and Nishiuchi, Takumi and Sugimoto, Naotoshi and Yatomi, Yutaka and Mitsumori, Kunitoshi and Asano, Masahide and Kinoshita, Makoto and Takuwa, Yoh},
 issue = {11},
 journal = {The journal of clinical investigation},
 month = {Nov},
 note = {Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a biologically active sphingolipid that has pleiotropic effects in a variety of cell types including ECs, SMCs, and macrophages, all of which are central to the development of atherosclerosis. It may therefore exert stimulatory and inhibitory effects on atherosclerosis. Here, we investigated the role of the S1P receptor S1PR2 in atherosclerosis by analyzing S1pr2–/– mice with an Apoe–/– background. S1PR2 was expressed in macrophages, ECs, and SMCs in atherosclerotic aortas. In S1pr2–/–Apoe–/– mice fed a high-cholesterol diet for 4 months, the area of the atherosclerotic plaque was markedly decreased, with reduced macrophage density, increased SMC density, increased eNOS phosphorylation, and downregulation of proinflammatory cytokines compared with S1pr2+/+Apoe–/– mice. Bone marrow chimera experiments indicated a major role for macrophage S1PR2 in atherogenesis. S1pr2–/–Apoe–/– macrophages showed diminished Rho/Rho kinase/NF-κB (ROCK/NF-κB) activity. Consequently, they also displayed reduced cytokine expression, reduced oxidized LDL uptake, and stimulated cholesterol efflux associated with decreased scavenger receptor expression and increased cholesterol efflux transporter expression. S1pr2–/–Apoe–/– ECs also showed reduced ROCK and NF-κB activities, with decreased MCP-1 expression and elevated eNOS phosphorylation. Pharmacologic S1PR2 blockade in S1pr2+/+Apoe–/– mice diminished the atherosclerotic plaque area in aortas and modified LDL accumulation in macrophages. We conclude therefore that S1PR2 plays a critical role in atherogenesis and may serve as a novel therapeutic target for atherosclerosis., 金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系},
 pages = {3979--3995},
 title = {Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor-2 deficiency leads to inhibition of macrophage proinflammatory activities and atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient mice},
 volume = {120},
 year = {2010}
}