3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are widely used for secondary stroke prevention. Besides their lipid-lowering activity, pleiotropic effects on neuronal survival, angiogenesis, and neurogenesis have been described. In view of these observations, we were interested whether HMG-CoA reductase inhibition in the post-acute stroke phase promotes neurological recove...

Extensively purified rat liver cytosolic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase kinase was used to examine the role of ADP in inactivation of HMG-CoA reductase (EC 1.1.1.34). Solubilized HMG-CoA reductase was a suitable substrate for HMG-CoA reductase kinase. At sufficiently high concentrations of solubilized HMG-CoA reductase, reductase kinase activity approached that measur...

BACKGROUND Many trials have shown that 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality. One method of decreasing the incidence of cardiovascular events could be to reduce the progression of coronary atherosclerosis, and a recent study found that atorvastatin can cause coronary plaque to regress. To generalize this...

A procedure for the isolation and partial purification of three hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase phosphatases in their native high molecular weight form from rat liver microsomes is described for the first time. Reductase phosphatase Ex (Mr 90,000), IM (Mr 75,000), and IIM (Mr 180,000) were purified 132-, 55-, and 98-fold, respectively. Treatment with 80% ethanol irreversibly inactiva...

Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A [HMG-CoA] reductase inhibitors) are the most commonly used lipid-lowering drugs. Their main lipid-lowering effect is achieved by an increase in the expression of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol receptors associated with inhibition of cholesterol synthesis through inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase - the first and rate-limiting step in cholesterol...

We investigated the role of the intrinsic mevalonate cascade in the neuronal cell death (NCD) induced by the inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase in rat primary cortical neurons cultured from the brains of 17-d-old fetal SD rats. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors induced NCD [HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor-induced NCD (H-NCD)] in time- and dose-dependent manners. The apoptot...

Three-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors protect the vasculature from inflammation and atherosclerosis by cholesterol dependent and cholesterol independent mechanisms. We hypothesized that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors decrease exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies, endothelial cell granules whose contents promote thrombosis and vascular inflammation. We pretreated h...