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Published on: October 12, 2017
Human free apolipoprotein A-I and artificial pre-beta-high-density lipoprotein inhibit eNOS activity and NO release
Olivier Briand1, Françoise Martin Nizard, Monique David-Dufilho
1Department of Research on Atherosclerosis, Inserm UMR545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, 3 rue du Professeur Laguesse, BP 83 59006 Lille Cedex, France.
Abstract:
Little is known about the effects of human free apolipoprotein A-I (Free-Apo A-I) and pre-beta-high density lipoprotein (pre-beta-HDL) on the endothelium function. In this study, we have investigated the effects of Free-Apo A-I and artificial pre-beta-HDL on endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) activity and on NO production by endothelial cells. Free-Apo A-I drastically inhibited NO production in human umbilical cord vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and eNOS activity in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs). Pre-beta-HDL and serum from human apolipoprotein A-I transgenic rabbits inhibited eNOS activity in BAECs but HDL3 did not. Free-Apo A-I displaced eNOS from BAEC plasma membrane towards intracellular pools without affecting eNOS activity and eNOS mass in BAEC crude homogenates. Free-Apo A-I and HDL3 did not decrease either caveolin bound to BAEC plasma membrane or caveola cholesterol content. As previously described, we showed that HDL3 directly induced endothelium-dependent relaxation of rings from rat aorta. We observed that pre-beta-HDL significantly decreased endothelium-dependent relaxation of rat aortic rings ex vivo.
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