Ferrous ion oxidation in the presence of xylenol orange for detection of lipid hydroperoxide in low density lipoprotein

1992 ◽  
Vol 202 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Yue Jiang ◽  
James V. Hunt ◽  
Simon P. Wolff
1996 ◽  
Vol 313 (3) ◽  
pp. 781-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaffar NOUROOZ-ZADEH ◽  
Jarad TAJADDINI-SARMADI ◽  
K. L. Eddie LING ◽  
Simon P. WOLFF

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) has been proposed as the principal carrier of hydroperoxides in plasma, based upon data gathered with an HPLC-chemiluminescence technique. To test this hypothesis we have measured total lipid hydroperoxides in native plasma using the ferrous oxidation in Xylenol Orange (FOX) assay and then fractionated plasma into very-low-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and HDL fractions. Hydroperoxides were found to accumulate principally (more than 65%) in LDL, as judged by hydroperoxide content per amount of protein or cholesterol, or expressed as a proportion of total hydroperoxide in plasma. Plasma was also incubated at 37 °C in the presence and absence of 2,2´-azo-bis-(2-amidinopropane) hydrochloride (AAPH), an azo-initiator of lipid peroxidation. The majority of hydroperoxides generated in plasma were recovered in the LDL fraction. Furthermore, when isolated lipoproteins were subject to oxidation initiated by AAPH, very-low-density lipoprotein and LDL showed the greatest propensity for hydroperoxide accumulation, whereas HDL seemed relatively resistant. Estimates for plasma and LDL peroxidation based upon techniques which measure total lipid hydroperoxides suggest that levels of hydroperoxides in plasma and LDL are far higher than that those estimates generated by ostensibly more selective techniques. Higher levels of hydroperoxides in LDL than those reported by HPLC-chemiluminescence also seem in greater accordance with other available data concerning LDL oxidation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 1011-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Murugesan ◽  
G M Chisolm ◽  
P L Fox

Endothelial cell (EC) migration is a critical and initiating event in the formation of new blood vessels and in the repair of injured vessels. Compelling evidence suggests that oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) is present in atherosclerotic lesions, but its role in lesion formation has not been defined. We have examined the role of oxidized LDL in regulating the wound-healing response of vascular EC in vitro. Confluent cultures of bovine aortic EC were "wounded" with a razor, and migration was measured after 18 to 24 h as the number of cells moving into the wounded area and the mean distance of cells from the wound edge. Oxidized LDL markedly reduced migration in a concentration- and oxidation-dependent manner. Native LDL or oxidized LDL with a thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reactivity < 5 nmol malondialdehyde equivalents/mg cholesterol was not inhibitory; however, oxidized LDL with a TBA reactivity of 8-12 inhibited migration by 75-100%. Inhibition was half-maximal at 250-300 micrograms cholesterol/ml and nearly complete at 350-400 micrograms/ml. The antimigratory activity was not due to cell death since it was completely reversed 16 h after removal of the lipoprotein. The inhibitor molecule was shown to be a lipid; organic solvent extracts of oxidized LDL inhibited migration to nearly the same extent as the intact particle. When LDL was variably oxidized by dialysis against FeSO4 or CuSO4, or by UV irradiation, the inhibitory activity correlated with TBA reactivity and total lipid peroxides, but not with electrophoretic mobility or fluorescence (360 ex/430 em). This indicates that a lipid hydroperoxide may be the active species. These results suggest the possibility that oxidized LDL may limit the healing response of the endothelium after injury.


1999 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
A V Babiy ◽  
J M Gebicki

This study examined the roles of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) lipid oxidation and peroxide breakdown in its conversion to a form rapidly taken up by mouse peritoneal macrophages. Oxidation of the LDL without decomposition of the hydroperoxide groups was performed by exposure to gamma radiation in air-saturated solutions. Virtually complete decomposition of the hydroperoxides was achieved by treatment of the irradiated LDL with Cu2+ under strictly anaerobic conditions. No uncontrolled LDL uptake by macrophages occurred when the lipoprotein contained less than 150 hydroperoxide groups per particle. More extensively oxidized LDL was taken up and degraded by mouse macrophages significantly faster than the native lipoprotein. The uptake was greatly enhanced by treatment of the oxidized LDL with Cu2+. A significant proportion of the LDL containing intact or copper-decomposed LDL hydroperoxide groups accumulated within the macrophages without further degradation. Treatment of the radiation-oxidized LDL with Cu2+ was accompanied by aggregation of the particles. Competition studies showed that the oxidized LDL was taken up by macrophages via both the LDL and the scavenger receptors, whereas the copper-treated lipoprotein entered the cells only by the scavenger pathway. Phagocytosis also played an important role in the metabolism of all forms of the extensively modified LDL. Our results suggest that minimally-oxidized LDL is not recognized by the macrophage scavenger receptors unless the lipid hydroperoxide groups are decomposed to products able to derivatize the apo B protein.


Author(s):  
Dean A. Handley ◽  
Cynthia M. Arbeeny ◽  
Larry D. Witte

Low density lipoproteins (LDL) are the major cholesterol carrying particles in the blood. Using cultured cells, it has been shown that LDL particles interact with specific surface receptors and are internalized via a coated pit-coated vesicle pathway for lysosomal catabolism. This (Pathway has been visualized using LDL labeled to ferritin or colloidal gold. It is now recognized that certain lysomotropic agents, such as chloroquine, inhibit lysosomal enzymes that degrade protein and cholesterol esters. By interrupting cholesterol ester hydrolysis, chloroquine treatment results in lysosomal accumulation of cholesterol esters from internalized LDL. Using LDL conjugated to colloidal gold, we have examined the ultrastructural effects of chloroquine on lipoprotein uptake by normal cultured fibroblasts.


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