Oxidation of Plasma Low-Density Lipoprotein Accelerates Its Accumulation and Degradation in the Arterial Wall In Vivo

Author:

Juul Klaus1,Nielsen Lars B.1,Munkholm Klaus1,Stender Steen1,Nordestgaard Børge G.1

Affiliation:

1. the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (K.J., L.B.N., K.M.), Rigshospitalet, and Department of Clinical Biochemistry (B.G.N.), Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; and Clinical Institute (S.S.), University of Odense, Denmark.

Abstract

Background The aim of the present study was to investigate whether oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) in the arterial intima could be derived from LDL already oxidized in plasma. Methods and Results Rabbits received an intravenous injection of 125 I-labeled normal LDL (N-LDL) mixed with 131 I-labeled LDL that had been mildly oxidized through exposure to Cu 2+ . The aortic accumulation of undegraded labeled LDL was expressed as plasma equivalents and calculated as radioactivity in the intima/inner media (cpm/cm 2 ) divided by the time-averaged concentration of radioactivity in plasma (cpm/nL): for the thoracic aorta, the accumulation of undegraded ox-LDL in the intima/inner media exceeded that of undegraded N-LDL by 286% (n=6, P <.04), 863% (n=7, P <.02), and 364% (n=8, P <.01) after 1, 3, and 24 hours of exposure, respectively. There was a strong positive association between the extent of oxidation and the excess accumulation of undegraded ox-LDL compared with N-LDL (thoracic aorta; 3 hours of exposure: r =.97, n=14, P <.00001). To measure degradation of N-LDL and ox-LDL, 125 I-LDL labeled with 131 I-tyramine cellobiose was injected intravenously 24 hours before the aortic intima/inner media was removed: for the thoracic aorta, the accumulation of degradation products from ox-LDL (n=6) exceeded that from N-LDL (n=6) by 301% ( P <.04). Conclusions The present data suggest a novel mechanism: mildly oxidized LDL may circulate in plasma for a period sufficiently long to enter, accumulate, and be degraded in the arterial intima in preference to N-LDL.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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