NPC1 repression contributes to lipid accumulation in human macrophages exposed to environmental aryl hydrocarbons

Cardiovascular Research
Normand PodechardValérie Lecureur

Abstract

Aryl hydrocarbons (AHs), such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and benzo(a)pyrene (BP), are environmental contaminants promoting the development of atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular diseases. In order to identify molecular mechanisms involved in these effects, we have analysed AH-mediated regulation of the lipid trafficking Niemann-Pick type C1 protein (NPC1) and its contribution to AH-induced macrophage lipid accumulation. Exposure of primary human macrophages to TCDD and BP decreased NPC1 mRNA expression in a time-dependent manner. NPC1 protein expression and NPC1-related acid sphingomyelinase activity were reduced in parallel. NPC1 was also similarly down-regulated in mice exposed to BP. Moreover, TCDD and BP were demonstrated to trigger lipid accumulation in human macrophages, as assessed by Oil Red O and Nile Red staining and cholesterol determination. Such lipid loading occurred at least partly in endosomal/lysosomal compartments as demonstrated by immunolabelling of lipid vesicles by the lysosome-associated membrane protein 1. These cellular phenotypic effects were found to be similar to those triggered by knock-down of NPC1 expression using siRNAs and were counteracted by NPC1 overexpression, thus supp...Continue Reading

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