HDL-Targeting Therapeutics: Past, Present and Future

Title:HDL-Targeting Therapeutics: Past, Present and Future

Volume: 23 Issue: 8

Author(s): Emile Zakiev, Ma Feng, Vasily Sukhorukov and Anatol Kontush*

Affiliation:

• INSERM UMR_S 1166, Faculte de Medecine Pitie-Salpetriere, Bld de L'Hopital 91, 75013 Paris,France

Keywords: Atherosclerosis, apoA-I, cardiovascular disease, CETP, HDL, lipoprotein, miRNA, rHDL.

Abstract: Large-scale epidemiological studies firmly established the association between low plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. This relationship is thought to reflect the key biological function of HDL, which involves reverse cholesterol transport from the arterial wall to the liver for further excretion from the body. Other aspects of the cardioprotective HDL functionality include antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, anti-thrombotic, vasodilatory, anti-infectious and antidiabetic activities. Over the last decades, wide interest in HDL as an athero- and cardioprotective particle has resulted in the development of HDL-C raising as a therapeutic approach to reduce cardiovascular risk. Several strategies to increase circulating HDL-C concentrations were developed that primarily included use of niacin and fibrates as potent HDL-C raising agents. In the statin era, inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein, infusion of artificially reconstituted HDL and administration of apolipoprotein A-I mimetics were established as novel approaches to raise HDL-C. More recently, other strategies targeting HDL metabolism, such as upregulation of apolipoprotein A-I production by the liver, were added to the list of HDL therapeutics. This review summarises current knowledge of novel HDL-targeting therapies and discusses perspectives of their use.

Cite this article as:

Zakiev Emile, Feng Ma, Sukhorukov Vasily and Kontush Anatol*, HDL-Targeting Therapeutics: Past, Present and Future, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2017; 23 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666161027153140