R. Ylitalo et al., EFFECTS OF LIPOSOME-ENCAPSULATED BISPHOSPHONATES ON ACETYLATED LDL METABOLISM, LIPID-ACCUMULATION AND VIABILITY OF PHAGOCYTING CELLS, Life sciences, 62(5), 1997, pp. 413-422
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42
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Medicine, Research & Experimental","Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Bisphosphonates, the drugs used for the treatment of e.g. osteoporosis
, inhibit the development of experimental atherosclerosis. When encaps
ulated in liposomes, they also inactivate macrophages, which have a ke
y role in atherogenesis. We studied the effects of three clinically us
ed bisphosphonates, i.e. clodronate, etidronate and pamidronate, on 1)
the viability of mouse peritoneal macrophages and macrophage-like RAW
264 cells, 2) the degradation of I-125-labeled acetylated LDL by RAW
264 cells, and 3) the formation of LDL-derived foam cells in vitro. Li
posome-encapsulated clodronate and pamidronate, but not etidronate, de
creased the fraction of viable peritoneal macrophages in a concentrati
on-dependent manner, whereas RAW 264 cells were much more resistant to
the cytotoxic effects of bisphosphonates. Preincubation with liposoma
l clodronate and etidronate inhibited in a concentration-dependent man
ner the degradation of acetylated LDL in RAW 264 cells, but non-cytoto
xic concentrations of liposomal pamidronate had only a weak inhibitory
effect. The inhibition was more pronounced by liposomal clodronate th
an by liposomal etidronate. At high concentrations (500 mu g protein/m
l) of acetylated and aggregated LDL, RAW 264 cells transformed to foam
cells. Preincubation with liposomal clodronate and etidronate reduced
the cellular accumulation of acetylated LDL-derived lipids, but the d
rugs had no effect on the lipid accumulation caused by aggregated LDL.
The results suggest that liposomal clodronate and etidronate inhibit
the activity of phagocyting cells in internalizing and degrading ather
ogenic modified LDL.