title: Long time incubation of monocytic U 937 cells with LDL increases specific paf-acether binding and the cellular acetylhydrolase activity.
abstract: Besides the well established role of low density lipoproteins (LDL), the phospholipid PAF-acether (paf) seems to be involved in atherogenesis. The effect of LDL (10 micrograms/ml for 24 h, n = 3) on paf binding characteristics of monocyte/macrophage-like U 937 cells was investigated using the radioligand [3H]paf, unlabeled paf and the paf receptor antagonist WEB 2086. The specific [3H]paf binding significantly increased at 1.4 nM (P less than 0.02) and 2.8 nM (P less than 0.01) added [3H]paf with an increased number of paf binding sites in the Scatchard plot analysis of the data. Specific paf binding was functionally active since paf mediated a cellular [Ca2+]i rise. The protein kinase C (PKC) activator PMA (1 nM, 37 degrees C) expressed specific [3H]paf binding already after a 15-min incubation period, indicating a PKC activation as the decisive step of paf receptor expression. LDL also stimulated the paf degrading cellular acetylhydrolase significantly by increasing both Km (9.4 +/- 1.9 vs. 2.0 +/- 0.5 microM, P less than 0.02) and vmax (0.5 +/- 0.2 vs. 0.2 +/- 0.0 nmol/min per mg cell protein, P less than 0.02). The data demonstrate that LDL increases the number of paf receptors on monocyte/macrophage-like U 937 cells and interferes with the dynamics and/or synthesis of the cellular acetyl hydrolase. These effects could be of importance in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Inst. für Prophylaxe und Epidemiologie der Kreislaufkrankheiten, Munich, F.R.G.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Middeke
mesh_terms: D000115:Acetylesterase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000378:metabolism; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D014230:Triazoles; C052518:WEB 2086; D000115:Acetylesterase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate