The function of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) in reverse cholesterol transport is impaired if HDLs are subjected to oxidative stress. Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs), which have been detected in the earliest stages of atherosclerotic lesions, are one of the most likely sources of the reactive oxygen species that cause such stress.In this study, we investigated the effect of a PMN oxidative burst on HDL3. We also studied the impact on these events of pentoxifylline, a drug that regulates granulocyte function.HDL3 (370 nmol´mL 21 cholesterol-HDL) was incubated with PMNs (2 £ 10 6´m L 21 ) in NaCl/P i in the presence or absence of an iron chelate complex (10 mm Fe-nitrilotriacetic acid) at 37 8C for 60 min or 24 h. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or formyl-methionylleucyphenylalanine (fMetLeuPhe) was used to stimulate PMNs. In iron-free NaCl/P i medium, PMA-stimulated PMNs had a 40% lower HDL3 a-tocopherol content, whatever the incubation time. In NaCl/P i medium containing iron, there was 80% less HDL3 a-tocopherol at 60 min, and HDL3 atocopherol had almost disappeared after 24 h. In this latter condition, the amount of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances was significantly higher than the respective control HDL3 (P , 0.05) and oxidation of HDL3 by PMAstimulated PMNs was associated with cross-linking of apoprotein AI, which was detected by SDS/PAGE. Similar results were obtained with fMetLeuPhe-stimulated PMN except that HDL3 a-tocopherol was consumed much more slowly during the first 60 min. Pretreatment of PMNs with various concentrations of pentoxifylline (0.001±20 mm) led to the concentration-dependent inhibition of oxidative modification of HDL3 induced by stimulated PMNs. The addition of 20 mm pentoxifylline in the most extreme oxidative stress conditions resulted in 70% of HDL3 atocopherol being maintained, with no formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and a lower level of apoprotein AI cross-linking.Thus HDL3 is susceptible to oxidative modifications induced by stimulated PMNs, in the presence of an exogenous source of iron. Pentoxifylline inhibited the oxidative modification of HDL3 by PMNs.
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