title: Structural identification of a novel pro-inflammatory epoxyisoprostane phospholipid in mildly oxidized low density lipoprotein.
abstract: One of the earliest steps in the development of the atherosclerotic lesion is the accumulation of monocyte/macrophages within the vessel wall. Oxidized lipids present in minimally modified-low density lipoproteins (MM-LDL) contribute to this process by activating endothelial cells to express monocyte-specific adhesion molecules and chemoattractant factors. A major focus of our group has been the isolation and characterization of the biologically active oxidized lipids in MM-LDL. We have previously characterized three oxidized phospholipids present in MM-LDL, atherosclerotic lesions of fat fed rabbits, and autoxidized 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (Ox-PAPC) that induced human aortic endothelial cells to adhere human monocytes in vitro. We have used sequential normal and reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography to isolate various isomers of an oxidized phospholipid from autoxidized 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. The fatty acid in the sn-2 position of this biologically active isomer and its dehydration product was released by phospholipase A(2) and characterized. Hydrogenation with platinum(IV) oxide/hydrogen suggested a cyclic moiety, and reduction with sodium borohydride suggested two reducible oxygen-containing groups in the molecule. The fragmentation pattern produced by electrospray ionization-collision induced dissociation-tandem mass spectrometry was consistent with a molecule resembling an E-ring prostaglandin with an epoxide at the 5,6 position. The structure of this lipid was confirmed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis of the free fatty acid isolated from the dehydration product of m/z 828.5. Based on these studies, we arrived at the structure of the biologically active oxidized phospholipids as 1-palmitoyl-2-(5, 6-epoxyisoprostane E(2))-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. The identification of this molecule adds epoxyisoprostanes to the growing list of biologically active isoprostanes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. adwatson@ucla.edu
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Subbanagounder
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Welsbie
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Faull
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navab
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fogelman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Berliner
mesh_terms: D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced; D007536:Isomerism; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; D011453:Prostaglandins; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein