Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Macrophage ATP citrate lyase deficiency stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques

  • Jeroen Baardman,
  • Sanne G. S. Verberk,
  • Saskia van der Velden,
  • Marion J. J. Gijbels,
  • Cindy P. P. A. van Roomen,
  • Judith C. Sluimer,
  • Jelle Y. Broos,
  • Guillermo R. Griffith,
  • Koen H. M. Prange,
  • Michel van Weeghel,
  • Soufyan Lakbir,
  • Douwe Molenaar,
  • Elisa Meinster,
  • Annette E. Neele,
  • Gijs Kooij,
  • Helga E. de Vries,
  • Esther Lutgens,
  • Kathryn E. Wellen,
  • Menno P. J. de Winther,
  • Jan Van den Bossche

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20141-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Inhibition of the metabolic enzyme ATP-citrate lyase can attenuate atherosclerosis by preventing dyslipidemia and potentially also by reducing macrophage-mediated inflammation. Here, the authors show that specific targeting of ACLY in macrophages results in more stable atherosclerotic plaques.