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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 16, 10903-10910, April 16, 1999

A Modification of Apolipoprotein B Accounts for Most of the Induction of Macrophage Growth by Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein

From the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4E3, Canada

It has recently been shown that macrophage proliferation occurs during the progression of atherosclerotic lesions and that oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) stimulates macrophage growth. Possible mechanisms for this include the interaction of oxidized LDL with integral plasma membrane proteins coupled to signaling pathways, the release of growth factors and autocrine activation of growth factor receptors, or the potentiation of mitogenic signal transduction by a component of oxidized LDL after internalization. The present study was undertaken to further elucidate the mechanisms involved in the growth-stimulating effect of oxidized LDL in macrophages. Only extensively oxidized LDL caused significant growth stimulation, whereas mildly oxidized LDL, native LDL, and acetyl LDL were ineffective. LDL that had been methylated before oxidation (to block lysine derivatization by oxidation products and thereby prevent the formation of a scavenger receptor ligand) did not promote growth, even though extensive lipid peroxidation had occurred. The growth stimulation could not be attributed to lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) because incubation of oxidized LDL with fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin resulted in a 97% decrease in lyso-PC content but only a 20% decrease in mitogenic activity. Similarly, treatment of acetyl LDL with phospholipase A₂ converted more than 90% of the initial content of phosphatidylcholine (PC) to lyso-PC, but the phospholipase A₂-treated acetyl LDL was nearly 10-fold less potent than oxidized LDL at stimulating growth. Platelet-activating factor receptor antagonists partly inhibited growth stimulation by oxidized LDL, but platelet-activating factor itself did not induce growth. Digestion of oxidized LDL with phospholipase A₂ resulted in the hydrolysis of PC and oxidized PC but did not attenuate growth induction. Native LDL, treated with autoxidized arachidonic acid under conditions that caused extensive modification of lysine residues by lipid peroxidation products but did not result in oxidation of LDL lipids, was equal to oxidized LDL in potency at stimulating macrophage growth. Albumin modified by arachidonic acid peroxidation products also stimulated growth, demonstrating that LDL lipids are not essential for this effect. These findings suggest that oxidatively modified apolipoprotein B is the main growth-stimulating component of oxidized LDL, but that oxidized phospholipids may play a secondary role.

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