Abstract |
Isolated human low density lipoprotein ( LDL) was oxidized with either cupric ions or soybean lipoxygenase and linoleic acid. Cholesterol oxidation products ( oxysterols) were determined by isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A new cholestane-3,5,6-triol isomer, cholestane-3 beta,5 alpha, 6 alpha-triol, which has not previously been recognized as a cholesterol autoxidation product, was found at similar concentrations as the well-known cytotoxic cholestane-3 beta,5 alpha,6 beta-triol during both copper- and lipoxygenase-mediated LDL oxidation. Furthermore, two epimeric cholest-5-ene-3 beta,4-diols were identified in the oxidized LDL at similar concentrations. These two isomers were also identified in human atherosclerotic tissue in a ratio of 1:1 at a concentration more than 10-times higher than in non-atherosclerotic vessels. In vitro oxidation of LDL under an 18O2 atmosphere revealed that molecular oxygen was the only source of the oxygen functions at C-4 in the cholest-5-ene-3 beta,4-diols. Taken together, these findings suggest that the cholest-5-ene-3 beta,4-diols in atherosclerotic plaques are formed by autoxidation.
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Authors | O Breuer, S Dzeletovic, E Lund, U Diczfalusy |
Journal | Biochimica et biophysica acta
(Biochim Biophys Acta)
Vol. 1302
Issue 2
Pg. 145-52
(Jul 26 1996)
ISSN: 0006-3002 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 8695664
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Cholestanols
- Hydroxycholesterols
- Lipoproteins, LDL
- Oxygen Isotopes
- cholestane-3,5,6-triol
- cholest-5-ene-3,4-diol
- Copper
- Lipoxygenase
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Topics |
- Arteriosclerosis
(metabolism)
- Cholestanols
(metabolism)
- Copper
(metabolism)
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- Humans
- Hydroxycholesterols
(metabolism)
- Lipid Peroxidation
- Lipoproteins, LDL
(metabolism)
- Lipoxygenase
(metabolism)
- Mass Spectrometry
- Oxygen Isotopes
- Soybeans
(enzymology)
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