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普伐他汀对泡沫细胞内胆固醇酯的影响及与小凹蛋白--1的关系

覃丽, 秦旭平, 王佐, 朱炳阳, 廖端芳

南华大学药物药理研究所.湖南,衡阳 421001；南华大学心血管病学研究所.湖南,衡阳 421001

摘要

该文旨在观察普伐他汀对鼠源巨噬细胞性泡沫细胞内胆固醇酯含量的影响，探讨此作用与小凹蛋白--1的关系。采用体外培养的鼠源性巨噬细胞株作为研究对象，加入氧化低密度脂蛋白（oxidized low density lipoprotein，OX--LDL）使其形成泡沫细胞，运用高效液相色谱测定细胞内胆固醇酯的改变，同时运用Western blot检测细胞中小凹蛋白--1的表达，并观察普伐他汀对细胞内胆固醇酯和小凹蛋白--1影响的量效和时效关系。结果显示：普伐他汀可明显降低泡沫细胞内的胆固醇酯与总胆固醇的比值，且在一定范围内呈剂量依赖性和时间依赖性。在泡沫细胞中加入普伐他汀后能够促进小凹蛋白--1的表达，呈剂量依赖性和时间依赖性。上述结果提示普伐他汀通过降低细胞内胆固醇酯的含量，减轻细胞泡沫化程度。普伐他汀的这一作用可能与促进小凹蛋白-1表达上调有关。

关键词： 普伐他汀; 小凹蛋白-1; 胆固醇酯; 泡沫细胞; 动脉粥样硬化

Effect of pravastatin on cholesteryl esters in foam cells and the relation with caveolin--1

Qin Li, Qin Xuping, Wang Zuo, Zhu Bingyang, Liao Duanfang

Institute of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Nanhua University.Hengyang 421001,Hunan；China

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of pravastatin on cholesteryl esters in foam cells of murine macrophages and the relation with caveolin-1. RAW 264.7 murine macrophages were coincubated with 80 mg/L oxidized low density lipoprotein （ox-LDL） and pravastatin （0--100#mu#mol FL） respectively for 24 h. When the best control concentration of pravastatin was confirmed, RAW 264.7 murine macrophages were coincubated with 80 mg/L ox-LDL and pravastatin of the best concentration respectively for 0, 6, 12, 24 h. Oil red O dyeing experiment was used to show the lipid droplets in foam cells. High performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） analysis was performed to determine the content of cellular cholesterol. The level of caveolin-1 was determined by Western blot analysis. The result showed that when macrophages were incubated with 80 mg/L ox-LDL, the ratio of cellular cholesteryl ester to total cholesterol （CE/TC） was beyond 50% through HPLC analysis, and a great deal of lipid droplets displayed in cells through Oil red O dyeing experiment, which manifested the formation of the foam cells. Pravastatin could decrease CE in foam cells in a concentration-dependent manner （1--100#mu#mol/L）. At the concentration of 100 #mu#mol/L, pravastatin decreased cellular CE more than 50%. The effects of pravastatin on the decrease of CE in murine macrophages also displayed a time-dependent manner （incubated with 100#mu#mol/L pravastatin from 6 to 24 h）. Moreover, the expression of caveolin-1 was decreased when the macrophages were incubated with ox-LDL （80 mg/L）, while treatment with pravastatin increased the level of caveolin-1 and displayed a concentration-and timedependent manner. These results suggest that pravastatin could inhibit the development of foam cells through the decrease of cellular CE, which may be related to the upregulation of caveolin-1.

Key words: pravastatin;caveolin-1;cholesteryl ester;macrophage;foam cells

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覃丽, 秦旭平, 王佐, 朱炳阳, 廖端芳. 普伐他汀对泡沫细胞内胆固醇酯的影响及与小凹蛋白--1的关系[J]. 生理学报 2006; 58 (1): .

Qin Li, Qin Xuping, Wang Zuo, Zhu Bingyang, Liao Duanfang. Effect of pravastatin on cholesteryl esters in foam cells and the relation with caveolin--1. Acta Physiol Sin 2006; 58 (1): (in Chinese with English abstract).