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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
LDL enriched with either saturated, monounsaturated, n-6 polyunsaturated, or n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids were used to study the effects of dietary fatty acids on macrophage cholesteryl ester (CE) accumulation, physical state, hydrolysis, and cholesterol efflux. Incubation of THP-1 macrophages with acetylated LDL (AcLDL) from each of the four diet groups resulted in both CE and triglyceride (TG) accumulation, in addition to alterations of cellular CE, TG, and phospholipid fatty acyl compositions reflective of the individual LDLs. Incubation with monounsaturated LDL resulted in significantly higher total and CE accumulation when compared with the other groups. After TG depletion, intracellular anisotropic lipid droplets were visible in all four groups, with 71% of the cells incubated with monounsaturated AcLDL containing anisotropic lipid droplets, compared with 30% of cells incubated with n-3 AcLDL. These physical state differences translated into higher rates of both CE hydrolysis and cholesterol efflux in the n-3 group. These data suggest that monounsaturated fatty acids may enhance atherosclerosis by increasing both cholesterol delivery to macrophage foam cells and the percentage of anisotropic lipid droplets, while n-3 PUFAs decrease atherosclerosis by creating more fluid cellular CE droplets that accelerate the rate of CE hydrolysis and the efflux of cholesterol from the cell.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
770-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of LDL enriched with different dietary fatty acids on cholesteryl ester accumulation and turnover in THP-1 macrophages.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.