title: The effect of 25-hydroxycholesterol on accumulation of intracellular calcium.
abstract: Liposomes prepared with 25-hydroxycholesterol and egg phosphatidylcholine (PC) were incubated with bovine arterial smooth muscle cells for 8 h at 37 degrees C. Cells incubated in the absence of liposomes or with liposomes containing cholesterol and PC were used as controls. The results indicated that calcium accumulated in the smooth muscle cells incubated in the presence of 25-hydroxycholesterol containing liposomes in an amount proportional to the time of incubation. The calcium accumulation, as indicated by kinetic analysis, resulted from an increased compartment size. (Ca(2+)+Mg2+)-ATPase exhibited decreased activity after pretreatment with 25-hydroxycholesterol containing liposomes and the increased intracellular calcium content was directly proportional to the decreased (Ca(2+) + Mg2+)-ATPase activity. When lipids in the cell membrane were examined, a failure to change the cholesterol/phospholipids ratio in the membrane was noted. The 25-hydroxycholesterol content in the membrane determined by HPLC did not increase. An increase in sphingomyelin and a decrease in phosphatidylethanolamine and acidic phospholipids in the membrane was noted. We suggest that the accumulation of intracellular calcium comes from both an increase of calcium influx and a decrease of (Ca(2+) + Mg2+)-ATPase activity, which may be the consequence of changes in membrane phospholipid composition.
authors.affiliation: Burnsides Research Laboratory, Department of Food Science, University of Illinois, Urbana.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jimi
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kummerow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016257:Fura-2; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008081:Liposomes; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006888:Hydroxycholesterols; D008081:Liposomes; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; C007997:25-hydroxycholesterol; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2