title: Chylomicron-remnant-like particles inhibit receptor-mediated endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in pig coronary arteries.
abstract: The influence of native and oxidized chylomicron-remnant-like particles (CMR-LPs) on endothelium-dependent relaxation in pig coronary arteries was studied. Artificial lipid particles of a size and lipid composition resembling chylomicron remnants and containing pig apolipoprotein E were used to investigate the effects of chylomicron remnants on the relaxation of isolated segments of pig coronary arteries in response to three endothelium dilators: 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), bradykinin and the calcium ionophore A23187. CMR-LPs caused significant inhibition of the maximum relaxation response of the vessels to 5-HT, but not that to bradykinin or A23187 ( P <0.05). In contrast, CMR-LPs that had been oxidized by incubation with 10 microM CuSO(4) (oxidized CMR-LPs) were found to significantly reduce maximal relaxation to bradykinin by 13% ( P <0.05) and to reduce the sensitivity of the tissue to A23187 by 1.7-fold ( P <0.05). In experiments in which either the L-arginine/nitric oxide (NO) pathway or the endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) pathway was selectively inhibited, leaving the other intact, the inhibitory effect of oxidized CMR-LPs was observed only in vessels in which the -arginine/NO-mediated pathway was operative. Furthermore, the oxidized particles had no inhibitory effect on the relaxation of the vessel segments to the non-endothelium-dependent agonists S -nitro- N -acetylpenicillamine, 5'-( N -ethylcarboxamido)adenosine or pinacidil. These results demonstrate that CMR-LPs inhibit vascular relaxation in pig coronary arteries by an endothelium-dependent mechanism involving the L-arginine/NO pathway, but not the EDHF pathway, and provide evidence in support of a role for chylomicron remnants in the endothelial dysfunction associated with hypercholesterolaemia and atherogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Royal College St, London NW1 0TU, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Goulter
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Avella
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Botham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053298:Chylomicron Remnants; D002914:Chylomicrons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013552:Swine; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D053298:Chylomicron Remnants; D002914:Chylomicrons; D014665:Vasodilator Agents