title: Low density lipoprotein inhibits accumulation of nitrites in murine brain endothelial cell cultures.
abstract: Endothelial cells produce nitric oxide which is considered to serve as a major source of endothelial derived relaxing factor activity. It has been demonstrated that activation of mouse brain endothelium by TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma led to accumulation of nitrite which is presumably formed by oxidation of nitric oxide. A number of studies suggest that reactive oxygen species produced by cytokine-activated cells are involved in the conversion of nitric oxide to nitrites and nitrates. We investigated whether low density lipoprotein (LDL), acting as a radical scavenger, is able to inhibit nitrite accumulation in mouse brain endothelial cell cultures and in a cell-free system in which sodium nitroprusside was used as a source of nitric oxide. A comparison of these two models indicates the active involvement of LDL in suppressing nitrite accumulation in murine endothelial cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bereta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bereta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000494:pharmacology; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008833:Microcirculation; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D009573:Nitrites; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009599:Nitroprusside; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D001205:Ascorbic Acid