title: 13,14-Dihydro-prostaglandin E1 decreases low-density lipoprotein influx into rabbit aorta.
abstract: The effect of 4-week daily administration of 13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin E1 (13,14-DH-PGE1; 2 micrograms/kg) on LDL influx into the rabbit aortic wall was examined versus the effect of the same dose of PGE1 and sham-treatment in 108 male animals fed an 1% cholesterol supplemented diet. Treatment was started after de-endothelialization of the abdominal aorta with a Fogarty catheter. After the 1-month treatment period the animals were injected with 10 microCi 125I-low-density lipoprotein (LDL; 0.5 mg protein/ml). Uptake of the radiolabelled LDL was measured in morphologically verified endothelialized, re-endothelialized and de-endothelialized abdominal aortic segments. The LDL influx into the aorta was significantly (P less than 0.001) lower in 13,14-DH-PGE1- and PGE1-treated rabbits than in the controls. This reduction was most pronounced in re- and de-endothelialized segments. No significant difference between effect of PGE1 and of its biologically active derivative, 13,14-DH-PGE1, on arterial LDL entry was found. These data demonstrate a comparable beneficial effect of 13,14-DH-PGE1 and PGE1 on vascular wall lipid metabolism by decreasing LDL entry into the aortic wall in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Wilhelm Auerswald-Atherosclerosis Research Group (ASF), Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sinzinger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Virgolini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keiler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lupattelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerakakis
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Peskar
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; C069881:13,14-dihydroprostaglandin E1; D002784:Cholesterol; D000527:Alprostadil