scholarly journals The role ofN-glycosylation in high glucose-induced upregulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 on bovine retinal endothelial cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Liu ◽  
Haiyun Liu ◽  
Zhihua Zhang ◽  
Wen Ye ◽  
Xun Xu
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
High Glucose ◽  
Intercellular Adhesion ◽  
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 ◽  
Retinal Endothelial Cells

scholarly journals HDL-Mediated Lipid Influx to Endothelial Cells Contributes to Regulating Intercellular Adhesion Molecule (ICAM)-1 Expression and eNOS Phosphorylation

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 3394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Muñoz-Vega ◽  
Felipe Massó ◽  
Araceli Páez ◽  
Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón ◽  
Ramón Coral-Vázquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Intercellular Adhesion ◽  
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule ◽  
High Density Lipoproteins ◽  
Type I ◽  
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 ◽  
Apo Ai

Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is considered as the most important antiatherogenic role of high-density lipoproteins (HDL), but interventions based on RCT have failed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. In contrast to RCT, important evidence suggests that HDL deliver lipids to peripheral cells. Therefore, in this paper, we investigated whether HDL could improve endothelial function by delivering lipids to the cells. Internalization kinetics using cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo) AI fluorescent double-labeled reconstituted HDL (rHDL), and human dermal microvascular endothelial cells-1 (HMEC-1) showed a fast cholesterol influx (10 min) and a slower HDL protein internalization as determined by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. Sphingomyelin kinetics overlapped that of apo AI, indicating that only cholesterol became dissociated from rHDL during internalization. rHDL apo AI internalization was scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI)-dependent, whereas HDL cholesterol influx was independent of SR-BI and was not completely inhibited by the presence of low-density lipoproteins (LDL). HDL sphingomyelin was fundamental for intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) downregulation in HMEC-1. However, vascular cell adhesion protein-1 (VCAM-1) was not inhibited by rHDL, suggesting that components such as apolipoproteins other than apo AI participate in HDL’s regulation of this adhesion molecule. rHDL also induced endothelial nitric oxide synthase eNOS S1177 phosphorylation in HMEC-1 but only when the particle contained sphingomyelin. In conclusion, the internalization of HDL implies the dissociation of lipoprotein components and a SR-BI-independent fast delivery of cholesterol to endothelial cells. HDL internalization had functional implications that were mainly dependent on sphingomyelin. These results suggest a new role of HDL as lipid vectors to the cells, which could be congruent with the antiatherogenic properties of these lipoproteins.

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