Effects of authentic and VLDL hydrolysis-derived fatty acids on vascular smooth muscle cell growth

British Journal of Pharmacology
I Gouni-BertholdA Sachinidis

Abstract

There are contradictory findings regarding the effects of free fatty acids on vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth. In the present study we investigated the effects of fatty acids released from hydrolysis of human VLDL triglycerides by lipoprotein lipase and of the fatty acids most abundant in the hydrolysed VLDL, namely oleic, linoleic, palmitic and myristic acid, all non albumin-bound, on VSMC growth. The effect of fatty acids on VSMC growth was assessed by [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation, colourimetrically, by cell counting, by determination of the cytoplasmic histone-associated DNA fragments and the caspase 3 activity. The fatty acid concentrations were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Stimulation of ERK1/2 and p38 was determined by the chemiluminescence Western blotting method. Incubation of VSMC with purified VLDL (100 microg ml(-1)) and lipoprotein lipase (35 u ml(-1)) led to almost complete cell death although the ERK1/2 and the p38 MAP kinases were stimulated. The EC(50) of oleic, linoleic, myristic and palmitic acid were 4.6+/-1.3, 2.4+/-0.2, 116+/-10 and 287+/-30 microM, respectively. The estimated EC(50) of myristic and palmitic acid when derived from hydrolysed VLDL were 10 and 8 times, respe...Continue Reading

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