A novel attribute of enoxaparin: inhibition of monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells by a mechanism involving cell adhesion molecules

Pharmacology
Ileana ManduteanuMaya Simionescu

Abstract

Enoxaparin is a low molecular weight heparin, widely accepted as anticoagulant or antithrombotic drug, and is likely to have a role in acute inflammation. To evaluate the anti-inflammatory potential of enoxaparin, we investigated the direct effect of the drug on the activation of endothelial cells. For this purpose we set up an in vitro system in which cultured valvular endothelial cells (VEC) activated by tumor necrosis factor alpha or lipopolysaccharide were exposed to a monocytic cell line; these conditions induced a significant adhesion of monocytes to VEC. Adhesion assays, ELISA, and flow cytometric analysis revealed that pretreatment with enoxaparin, at a relevant plasma concentration (16 microg/ml), acts upon activation of VEC by inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced E-selectin expression and tumor necrosis factor stimulated ICAM-1 expression, thus reducing monocyte adhesion to VEC. These results suggest a novel function of enoxaparin, namely to protect VEC from activation and inhibiting the expression of cell adhesion molecules.

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