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- Title
Cholesterol and its anionic derivatives inhibit 5-lipoxygenase activation in polymorphonuclear leukocytes and MonoMac6 cells.
- Authors
Aleksandrov, Dmitry A.; Zagryagskaya, Anna N.; Pushkareva, Marina A.; Bachschmid, Markus; Peters-Golden, Marc; Werz, Oliver; Steinhilber, Dieter; Sud'ina, Galina F.
- Abstract
5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO) is the key enzyme in the biosynthesis of leukotrienes (LTs), biological mediators of host defense reactions and of inflammatory diseases. While the role of membrane binding in the regulation of 5-LO activity is well established, the effects of lipids on cellular activity when added to the medium has not been characterized. Here, we show such a novel function of the most abundant sulfated sterol in human blood, cholesterol sulfate (CS), to suppress LT production in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) and Mono Mac6 cells. We synthesized another anionic lipid, cholesterol phosphate, which demonstrated a similar capacity in suppression of LT synthesis in PMNL. Cholesteryl acetate was without effect. Cholesterol increased the effect of CS on 5-LO product synthesis. CS and cholesterol also inhibited arachidonic acid (AA) release from PMNL. Addition of exogenous AA increased the threshold concentration of CS required to inhibit LT synthesis. The effect of cholesterol and its anionic derivatives can arise from remodeling of the cell membrane, which interferes with 5-LO activation. The fact that cellular LT production is regulated by sulfated cholesterol highlights a possible regulatory role of sulfotransferases/sulfatases in 5-LO product synthesis.
- Subjects
CHOLESTEROL; ADDITION polymerization; LIPOXYGENASES; OXYGENASES; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTES; LEUKOTRIENES; INFLAMMATORY mediators
- Publication
FEBS Journal, 2006, Vol 273, Issue 3, p548
- ISSN
1742-464X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.05087.x