7-Ketocholesterol enhances the expression of adhesion molecules on human aortic endothelial cells by increasing the production of reactive oxygen species |
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Authors: | Shimozawa Makoto Naito Yuji Manabe Hiroki Uchiyama Kazuhiko Kuroda Masaaki Katada Kazuhiro Yoshida Norimasa Yoshikawa Toshikazu |
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Institution: | Department of Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The aim of the present study was to assess the expression of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), monocytic adhesion of human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs), and the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), when HAECs were stimulated by 7-ketocholesterol. 7-ketocholesterol enhances surface expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 as determined by EIA, induces their mRNA expression by RT-PCR, and stimulates adhesiveness of HAECs to U937 monocytic cells. We confirmed up-regulation of ROS production of HAECs treated with 7-ketocholesterol. Although the surface expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 on HAECs treated with 7-ketocholesterol increased in a time-dependent manner, alpha-tocopherol inhibited this increase of the surface expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1. In the monocytic adhesion assay, adhesion of U937 to HAECs treated with 7-ketocholesterol was enhanced, but monoclonal anti-ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 antibodies reduced the endothelial adhesiveness. In conclusion, this study suggests that the endothelial adhesiveness to monocytic cells that was increased by 7-ketocholesterol was associated with enhanced expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 mediated by ROS production. |
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