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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 
 
 

Pathophysiological concentrations of glucose promote oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein by a superoxide-dependent pathway.

Oxidized lipoproteins may be important in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Because diabetic subjects are particularly prone to vascular disease, and glucose autoxidation and protein glycation generate reactive oxygen species, we explored the role of glucose in lipoprotein oxidation. Glucose enhanced low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation at concentrations seen in the diabetic state. Conjugated dienes, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, electrophoretic mobility, and degradation by macrophages were increased when LDL was modified in the presence of glucose. In contrast, free lysine groups and fibroblast degradation were reduced. Although loss of reactive lysine groups could be due to either oxidative modification or nonenzymatic glycation of apolipoprotein B-100, inhibition of lipid peroxidation by the metal chelator, diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid, blocked the changes in free lysines. Thus, glycation of lysine residues is unlikely to account for the alterations in macrophage and fibroblast uptake of LDL modified in the presence of glucose. Glucose-mediated enhancement of LDL oxidation was partially blocked by superoxide dismutase and nearly completely inhibited by butylated hydroxytoluene. These findings indicate that glucose enhances LDL lipid peroxidation by an oxidative pathway involving superoxide and raise the possibility that the chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes accelerates lipoprotein oxidation, thereby promoting diabetic vascular disease.[1]

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