Oxidation of low-density lipoproteins: effect of antioxidant content, fatty acid composition and intrinsic phospholipase activity on susceptibility to metal ion-induced oxidation
| Autor: | Rima Abu-Amsha, Lawrie J. Beilin, P.D. Williams, Kevin D. Croft, Simon B. Dimmitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Antioxidant Linoleic acid medicine.medical_treatment Biophysics Biochemistry Antioxidants Phospholipases A Linoleic Acid Lipid peroxidation chemistry.chemical_compound Endocrinology Internal medicine medicine Humans Vitamin E chemistry.chemical_classification Phospholipase A Fatty Acids Fatty acid Lipoproteins LDL Phospholipases A2 Oleic acid Linoleic Acids chemistry lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Oxidation-Reduction Copper Lipoprotein |
| Zdroj: | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1254:250-256 |
| ISSN: | 0005-2760 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0005-2760(94)00166-v |
| Popis: | The oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) may play an important role in atherogenesis. Our understanding of the mechanism of LDL oxidation and the factors that determine its susceptibility to oxidation is still incomplete. We have isolated LDL from 45 healthy individuals and studied the relationship between LDL fatty acid, vitamin E and beta-carotene composition, intrinsic phospholipase A2-like activity and parameters of LDL oxidation. LDL was exposed to a copper ion-dependent oxidising system and the kinetics of oxidation studied by monitoring formation of fatty acid conjugated dienes. The length of the lag phase of inhibited lipid peroxidation was measured as well as the rate of lipid peroxidation during the propagation phase. There was no significant correlation between LDL antioxidant vitamin or fatty acid composition and lag time to LDL oxidation. Oleic acid was negatively correlated with the rate of LDL oxidation (r = -0.41, P < 0.01) whilst linoleic acid was significantly correlated with the extent of LDL oxidation measured by the production of total dienes (r = 0.34, P < 0.05). Interestingly, LDL vitamin E content was positively correlated with both the rate (r = 0.28, P < 0.05) and extent of LDL oxidation (r = 0.43, P < 0.01). LDL isolated from this group of subjects showed significant intrinsic phospholipase-like activity. The phospholipase activity, whilst not correlated with lag time, was significantly correlated with both rate (r = 0.43, P < 0.01) and total diene production (r = 0.44, P < 0.01) of LDL oxidation. We conclude that antioxidant content, fatty acid composition and intrinsic phospholipase activity have little influence on the lag time of Cu-induced LDL oxidation. These components do however, significantly influence both the rate and extent of LDL oxidation, with increased vitamin E, linoleic acid content and phospholipase activity associated with faster and more extensive oxidation. The possible pro-oxidant effect of vitamin E has interesting implications for the postulated 'protective' effects of vitamin E on atherogenesis. |
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