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  • Title: Inhibitory effects of lipid oxidation on the activity of plasma lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase.
    Author: Kamiyama S, Yamato T, Furukawa Y.
    Journal: Biosci Biotechnol Biochem; 1998 May; 62(5):941-6. PubMed ID: 9648224.
    Abstract:
    We investigated the effects of free radical generation on the esterification of cholesterol by lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT). A water-soluble free radical initiator, 2,2'-azobis-amidinopropane dihydrochloride (AAPH), inhibited the activity of plasma LCAT as a function of the incubation time after its addition. When a small amount of oxidized HDL was added to plasma, LCAT activity was dose-dependently inhibited. To identify the effects of HDL oxidation on LCAT activity, a purified enzyme and cofactor in a vesicle solution (an artificial substrate) were used. i) LCAT activity was inhibited by the oxidation of substrate vesicles, this inhibition being related to the degree of oxidation. ii) This inhibition was observed even if apolipoprotein A-I was not oxidized. iii) Oxidized phosphatidylcholine, but not oxidized cholesterol, in the vesicles affected LCAT activity. iv) The addition of 0-40% of oxidized vesicles to normal substrate vesicles resulted in the activity of LCAT being inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that the esterification of cholesterol by LCAT may be affected by the oxidation of substrate phosphatidylcholine via free radical generation in the plasma.
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