LDL-INDUCED CYTOTOXICITY AND ITS INHIBITION BY HDL IN HUMAN VASCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE AND ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS IN CULTURE
LDL-INDUCED CYTOTOXICITY AND ITS INHIBITION BY HDL IN HUMAN VASCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE AND ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS IN CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-9150(79)90166-7
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
CHISOLM, GM
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作者:
HESSLER, JR;ROBERTSON, AL;CHISOLM, GM
Human aortic medial smooth muscle cells (SMC) and umbilical vein endothelial cells (EC) in culture were exposed to various concentrations of plasma low density (LDL) and high density (HDL) lipoproteins prepared from normolipemic donors to assess their effects on cell growth. So that the effects of each lipoprotein could be evaluated separately and in combination, lipoproteins were added to culture medium containing lipoprotein deficient serum (LPDS, lipoprotein depleted serum (d) [dose] > 1.25 g/ml at a protein concentration of 4.5 mg/ml of medium). The addition of LDL at cholesterol concentrations of 160 .mu.g/ml of culture medium, resulted in significant reductions in the number of SMC and EC cells per dish within 3 days of exposure (P < 0.001, SMC; P < 0.01, EC), when compared with LPDS controls and with the starting cell numbers. The cytotoxic phenomenon was dose-related, and with only LDL cholesterol concentrations .ltoreq. 50 .mu.g/ml no marked changes were seen. HDL at all concentrations tested produced no deleterious effects. Autoradiographic assessment of DNA synthesis confirmed the findings. After 48 h of continuous exposure to 3H-thymidine, labeling indexes reached much lower plateaus in the LDL-treated groups. The addition of HDL inhibited this LDL-induced cytotoxicity, but, only at a low LDL concentration (100 .mu.g LDL cholesterol/ml of medium) could HDL completely prevent toxicity. At the higher LDL concentration tested (250 .mu.g/ml of medium) the addition of HDL up to an HDL/LDL ratio of unity could not prevent the LDL-induced effects. When LDL was added to lipid depleted serum (LDS at 4.5 mg protein/ml culture medium, prepared by ether extraction of all lipids, with the exception of phospholipids) instead of LPDS, only slight growth inhibition was noted. Protection against LDL toxicity by HDL (and LDS) may involve protein and phospholipid components.