PMID: 3214467Aug 1, 1988Paper

Atherosclerosis in rabbits identified as high and low responders to an atherogenic diet and the effect of treatment with a beta 1-blocker

Atherosclerosis
P LindqvistA M Ostlund-Lindqvist

Abstract

In order to investigate whether initial plasma lipid concentrations could be used to distinguish between high and low responders to an atherogenic diet, rabbits were divided into 3 groups according to their plasma concentrations of cholesterol and phospholipids after 4 weeks on a standard rabbit diet. Plasma cholesterol and phospholipid levels were less than 0.5 mM, less than 1.1 mM, respectively, in group 1 (n = 17), greater than 0.5 mM, less than 1.1 mM, in group 2 (n = 13), and greater than 0.5 mM, greater than or equal to 1.1 mM, in group 3 (n = 14). After 7 weeks on a diet containing 0.25% cholesterol and 3% coconut oil, animals in groups 1 and 2 had a lower increase in their plasma lipid levels compared with group 3. Half of each group was then treated with the beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist metoprolol during the next 14 weeks on the atherogenic diet. At the end of the study, the extent of atherosclerosis both in the aortas and in the coronary arteries of the control animals showed a positive correlation to plasma cholesterol and to plasma phospholipid concentrations integrated over time. The metoprolol-treated animals in groups 1 and 2 had a reduction of atherosclerosis compared with their respective controls. We conclud...Continue Reading

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Feb 1, 1990·Journal of Clinical Pharmacology·G OlssonL Rydén
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