脂多糖通过核因子-κB途径下调泡沫细胞ATP结合盒转运体A1的表达

Lipopolysaccharide Down-regulates ABCA1 Expression in Foam Cells in a Nucleus Factor-κB Pathway-dependent Manner

脂多糖(LPS)介导的免疫炎症反应与动脉粥样硬化(As)的发生密切相关,ATP结合盒转运体A1(ABCA1)促进细胞内胆固醇流出,具有抗As作用.观察了LPS对THP-1巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞ABCA1表达及胆固醇流出的影响,并探讨TLR4/NF-κB信号途径和LXRs在此过程中的作用.THP-1巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞经不同浓度LPS处理或者用LPS作用不同时间,以LPS单独或用NF-κB抑制剂对甲苯磺酰-L-苯丙氨酸氯甲基甲酮(TPCK)预处理细胞后再加入LPS处理.RT-PCR检测ABCA1、TLR4和LXRα mRNA的表达,Western blot检测ABCA1、LXRα及核内NF-κBp65蛋白的表达,液体闪烁计数器检测细胞内胆固醇流出,高效液相色谱分析细胞内总胆固醇、游离胆固醇和胆固醇酯含量.结果表明,LPS呈浓度和时间依赖性抑制ABCA1的表达,而增加TLR4 mRNA和核内NF-κBp65蛋白的表达,LPS使泡沫细胞内胆固醇流出减少,细胞总胆固醇、游离胆固醇与胆固醇酯增加,TPCK预处理后,LPS的这种作用被部分抑制,LXRα的表达不受LPS和TPCK的影响.这一结果提示,TLR4/NF-κB信号途径介导LPS对ABCA1表达及细胞内胆固醇流出的抑制作用,而LPS对ABCA1表达的调控不通过LXRα途径.

The immnue-inflammatory response mediated by LPS is firmly related to the development of atherosclerosis. ABCA1 has been identified to play a key role in the cellular cholesterol efflux which is regarded to anti-atherosclerosis. To investigate the changes of cholesterol efflux, ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) mRNA and protein expression in THP-1 macrophage derived foam cells treated with LPS, and to discover the role of TLR4/NF-κB pathway and LXRs in this process. The foam cells were exposed to ...