Normal and reconstituted high-density lipoprotein protects differentiated monocytes from oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced apoptosis.

ARYA Atherosclerosis
Navkiran KaurSujata Ghosh

Abstract

The progression of atherosclerosis is an ongoing struggle between cell division and cell death. Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1), a novel receptor for oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), mediates ox-LDL-induced apoptosis of monocytes. The anti-atherogenic function of plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) includes the ability to inhibit apoptosis of macrophage, although the exact mechanism and consequences of apoptosis in the development and progression of this disease are still controversial. Thus, in the present study, the effect of normal HDL (nHDL) and reconstituted HDL (rHDL) on ox-LDL-induced cellular responses in differentiated monocytes in view of apoptosis and LOX-1 receptor expression was investigated. The expression of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xL), caspase-3, and cytochrome c (cyt c) was assessed and substantiated in 30 hyper-LDL and control subjects. To assess the expression of LOX-1 on differentiated THP-1 cells, western blotting was carried out, followed by statistical analysis in 30 patients and control subjects. nHDL/rHDL inhibited the ox-LDL-induced apoptosis in the differentiated human monocytic cells, THP-1 cells, and differentiated monoc...Continue Reading

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