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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharm Des. 2010;16(28):3173–3184. doi: 10.2174/138161210793292492

Table 2. In vivo effects of apoprotein mimetic peptides.

Name Lipid and Lipoprotein Effects Atherosclerosis and Vascular Effects Reference
Monomeric ApoA-I Mimetic Peptides
2F (Ac-18-NH2) elutes with HDL No effect 34, 77
3F-2 associates with HDL ↓ aortic root lesion in 10 wk old apoE-/- mice (6 wk treatment) 18
3F-14 associates with apoB containing lipoproteins No effect on aortic root lesions in 10 wk old apoE-/- mice (6 wk treatment) 18
4F ↓ plasma cholesterol (oral delivery, not IP) No effect on aortic root lesion in 20 wk old apoE-/- mice fed HFD (4 wk treatment) 63
No effect ↓ aortic root in LDLR-/- mice (6 wk treatment in liposomes) 62
No effect ↓ aortic root in 9 wk old apoE-/- mice (4 wk treatment in water) 62
↓ plasma cholesterol
↑ plasma triglyceride
↓ SAA
↓ en face aortic lesions in HDF fed rabbits (4 wk treatment SC) 78
↑ HDL cholesterol and PON activity ↓ lesions in 21 wk old apoE-/- mice treated with statin (17 wk treatment)
↓ lesions in 1 yr old apoE-/- mice treated with statin (6 month treatment)
64
↓ aortic root and en face aortic lesions in 15.5 month old apoE-/- mice treated with statin (6 month treatment) 25
elutes with HDL and preβ-HDL (LDLR-/-mice)
↑ PON activity (monkey)
↓ LOOH in human HDL
34
↑ reverse cholesterol transport
↓ LOOH in VLDL/LDL/HDL (<24 hr treatment)
↑ LOOH in preβ-HDL
31
does not elute with HDL
no effect on PON
no effect on plasma lipids
↑ antibodies to oxidized phospholipids
No effect on lesions in 28 wk old apoE-/- mice (8 wk treatment IP)
↓ aortic arch and innominate artery lesions in 14 wk old apoE-/- mice (4 week treatment IP)
35, Wool et al. unpublished
No effect ↑ vasodilation in LDLR-/- on HFD (2-6 wk treatment) 66, 67
5F binds HDL⋙VLDL
decreases HDL in cholate diet fed mice
↓ aortic lesion in wild type mice on cholate diet (16 wk treatment) 65
Tandem apoA-I Mimetic Peptides
37pA (18A-Pro-18A) elutes with HDL 77
5A (18A-Pro-18A with Ala substitutions in 2nd helix) ↓ adhesion molecule expression with 5A/PL complexes (rabbits) 68
4F-Ala-4F no effect with 1 wk treatment 35
4F-Pro-4F ↑ IDL/LDL levels
no effect on PON
↓ SAA (short term treatment)
↑ antibodies to oxidized phospholipids
no effect on lesions in 14 wk old apoE-/- mice (4 week treatment) or 28 wk old apoE-/- mice (8 wk treatment) 35, Wool et al unpublished
Peptides mimicking other apoproteins
[113-122]apoJ elutes in late HDL
↑ HDL
↓ total cholesterol
↑ PON
↓ aortic lesions in 30 wk old apoE-/- mice (24 wk treatment) 45
apoE AcY(141-155)2 -rapid ↓ VLDL/IDL 48
Ac-hE-18A-NH2 [(141-150)-18A] ↓ VLDL and LDL in mice and WHHL rabbits
↑ PON (WHHL rabbits)
↓ LOOH plasma levels (WHHL rabbits)
improves vasorelaxation (WHHL rabbits) 50, 51, 78
ATI-5261 no effect ↓ aortic lesions in LDLR-/- mice fed HFD for 13 weeks (6 wk treatment)
↓ aortic and aortic sinus lesions in apoE-/-mice fed HFD 18 wks (switched to chow diet and treated for 6 wks)
53
mSAA2.1(1-20) no effect ↓ aortic lesions in 14 wk old apoE-/- mice fed HFD with cholate (2 wk treatment) 57
mSAA2.1(74-103) no effect ↓ aortic lesions in 14 wk old apoE-/- mice fed HFD with cholate (2 wk treatment)
additional therapeutic effect when co-administered with mSAA2.1 (1-20)
57
Generically amphipathic Peptides
KRES elutes with HDL
↑ HDL
↑ PON activity
↓ LOOH in LDL and HDL
- ↓ aortic lesions in 18 wk old apoE-/- mice (12 wk treatment) 58
KERS does not bind HDL
no effect on HDL levels
no effect on PON
- no effect 58
FREL elutes with HDL
↑ HDL
↑ PON activity
↓ LOOH in LDL and HDL
- ↓ aortic lesions in 18 wk old apoE-/- mice (12 wk treatment) 58