Title:The Role of VEGF Family in Lipid Metabolism
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Author(s): Yan Zhou*, Xueping Zhu*, Huan Wang, Chenglin Duan, Hanming Cui, Jingjing Shi, Shuai Shi, Guozhen Yuan and Yuanhui Hu
Affiliation:
- Department of Cardiology, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Department of Cardiology, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Keywords:
VEGF, lipoprotein lipase, lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis, intestine, adipose tissue.
Abstract: The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family plays a major role in tumors and
ophthalmic diseases. However, increasingly more data reported its potential in regulating lipids.
With its biological functions mainly expressed in lymphatic vessels, some factors in the families,
like VEGF-A and VEGF-C, have been proved to regulate intestinal absorption of lipids by affecting
chylous ducts. Other effects, including regulating lipoprotein lipase (LPL), endothelial lipase (EL),
and recombinant syndecan 1 (SDC1), have also been confirmed. However, given the scant-related
studies, further research should be conducted to examine the concrete mechanisms and provide
pragmatic ways to apply them in the clinic. The VEGF family may treat dyslipidemia in specific
ways that are different from common methods and concurrently contribute to the treatment of other
metabolic diseases, like diabetes and obesity.