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Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux
Introduction: Atherosclerosis is the main cause of many cardiovascular diseases and contributes to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The formation of macrophage-derived foam cells plays a critical role in the early stage of atherosclerosis pathogenesis. Diterpenoids found in the flowers of Callicar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9877220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36713845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1066758 |
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author | Zhang, Cheng Wu, Xuewen Shi, Pengmin Ma, Hongyu Fang, Fei Feng, Qianlang Zhao, Shuang Zhang, Ruipu Huang, Jinyuan Xu, Xinting Xiao, Weilie Cao, Guang Ji, Xu |
author_facet | Zhang, Cheng Wu, Xuewen Shi, Pengmin Ma, Hongyu Fang, Fei Feng, Qianlang Zhao, Shuang Zhang, Ruipu Huang, Jinyuan Xu, Xinting Xiao, Weilie Cao, Guang Ji, Xu |
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description | Introduction: Atherosclerosis is the main cause of many cardiovascular diseases and contributes to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The formation of macrophage-derived foam cells plays a critical role in the early stage of atherosclerosis pathogenesis. Diterpenoids found in the flowers of Callicarpa rubella Lindl., a traditional Chinese medicine, have been reported to have anti-inflammatory activity. However, little is known about the effects of these diterpenoids on macrophage foam cell formation. Methods: A macrophage-derived foam cell formation model was established by treating RAW264.7 cells with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) for 24 h. Oil red O staining were used to detect the intracellular lipids. The cholesterol efflux capacity was assayed by labeling cells with 22-NBD-cholesterol. Western blots and real-time PCRs were performed to quantify protein and mRNA expressions. Results: Two diterpenoid molecules, 14α-hydroxyisopimaric acid (C069002) and isopimaric acid (C069004), extracted from the flowers of Callicarpa rubella Lindl., significantly attenuated ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 macrophages. Further investigation showed that these two diterpenoids could promote cholesterol efflux from RAW264.7 macrophages to apolipoprotein A-I or high-density lipoproteins, which was associated with upregulated expression of ATP-binding cassette A1/G1 (ABCA1/G1), liver X receptor-α (LXRα), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). Unexpectedly, the diterpenoids C069002 and C069004 failed to enhance the mRNA transcription of the ABCG1 gene in macrophage-derived foam cells induced by ox-LDL. To evaluate the effects of diterpenoids on macrophage foam cell formation and determine the underlying mechanism, two drugs (lovastatin and rosiglitazone) were used as positive controls. Although both drugs could reduce macrophage foam cell formation and promote cholesterol efflux, they each had distinctive abilities to modulate the expression of cholesterol efflux-related genes. In contrast to lovastatin, rosiglitazone showed a similar influence on the expression of cholesterol efflux-related genes (including ABCA1, LXRα, and PPARγ) as the diterpenoids regardless of the presence or absence of ox-LDL, implying a similar mechanism by which they may exert atheroprotective effects. Conclusion: Our research indicates that diterpenoids effectively inhibit ox-LDL-induced macrophage foam cell formation by promoting cholesterol efflux from macrophages via the PPARγ-LXRα-ABCA1 pathway. Further investigation of diterpenoids as potential drugs for the treatment of atherosclerosis is warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-98772202023-01-27 Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux Zhang, Cheng Wu, Xuewen Shi, Pengmin Ma, Hongyu Fang, Fei Feng, Qianlang Zhao, Shuang Zhang, Ruipu Huang, Jinyuan Xu, Xinting Xiao, Weilie Cao, Guang Ji, Xu Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Introduction: Atherosclerosis is the main cause of many cardiovascular diseases and contributes to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The formation of macrophage-derived foam cells plays a critical role in the early stage of atherosclerosis pathogenesis. Diterpenoids found in the flowers of Callicarpa rubella Lindl., a traditional Chinese medicine, have been reported to have anti-inflammatory activity. However, little is known about the effects of these diterpenoids on macrophage foam cell formation. Methods: A macrophage-derived foam cell formation model was established by treating RAW264.7 cells with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) for 24 h. Oil red O staining were used to detect the intracellular lipids. The cholesterol efflux capacity was assayed by labeling cells with 22-NBD-cholesterol. Western blots and real-time PCRs were performed to quantify protein and mRNA expressions. Results: Two diterpenoid molecules, 14α-hydroxyisopimaric acid (C069002) and isopimaric acid (C069004), extracted from the flowers of Callicarpa rubella Lindl., significantly attenuated ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 macrophages. Further investigation showed that these two diterpenoids could promote cholesterol efflux from RAW264.7 macrophages to apolipoprotein A-I or high-density lipoproteins, which was associated with upregulated expression of ATP-binding cassette A1/G1 (ABCA1/G1), liver X receptor-α (LXRα), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). Unexpectedly, the diterpenoids C069002 and C069004 failed to enhance the mRNA transcription of the ABCG1 gene in macrophage-derived foam cells induced by ox-LDL. To evaluate the effects of diterpenoids on macrophage foam cell formation and determine the underlying mechanism, two drugs (lovastatin and rosiglitazone) were used as positive controls. Although both drugs could reduce macrophage foam cell formation and promote cholesterol efflux, they each had distinctive abilities to modulate the expression of cholesterol efflux-related genes. In contrast to lovastatin, rosiglitazone showed a similar influence on the expression of cholesterol efflux-related genes (including ABCA1, LXRα, and PPARγ) as the diterpenoids regardless of the presence or absence of ox-LDL, implying a similar mechanism by which they may exert atheroprotective effects. Conclusion: Our research indicates that diterpenoids effectively inhibit ox-LDL-induced macrophage foam cell formation by promoting cholesterol efflux from macrophages via the PPARγ-LXRα-ABCA1 pathway. Further investigation of diterpenoids as potential drugs for the treatment of atherosclerosis is warranted. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9877220/ /pubmed/36713845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1066758 Text en Copyright © 2023 Zhang, Wu, Shi, Ma, Fang, Feng, Zhao, Zhang, Huang, Xu, Xiao, Cao and Ji. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pharmacology Zhang, Cheng Wu, Xuewen Shi, Pengmin Ma, Hongyu Fang, Fei Feng, Qianlang Zhao, Shuang Zhang, Ruipu Huang, Jinyuan Xu, Xinting Xiao, Weilie Cao, Guang Ji, Xu Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
title | Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
title_full | Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
title_fullStr | Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
title_full_unstemmed | Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
title_short | Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
title_sort | diterpenoids inhibit ox-ldl-induced foam cell formation in raw264.7 cells by promoting abca1 mediated cholesterol efflux |
topic | Pharmacology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9877220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36713845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1066758 |
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