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The Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 39, 999-1007, May 1998
Copyright © 1998 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Original Article

Impact of LDL carotenoid and -tocopherol content on LDL oxidation by endothelial cells in culture

^a Department of Biochemistry, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129

Correspondence to: Diane W. Morel.

Correspondence to: Earl H. Harrison.

Carotenoids and -tocopherol are dietary, lipophilic antioxidants that may protect plasma lipoproteins from oxidation, a process believed to contribute to atherogenesis. Previous work demonstrated that after the Cu(II)-initiated oxidation of human low density lipoprotein (LDL) in vitro, carotenoids and -tocopherol were destroyed before significant lipid peroxidation took place, and that -tocopherol was destroyed at a much faster rate than were the carotenoids. Additionally, in vitro enrichment of LDL with ß-carotene, but not with lutein or lycopene, inhibited LDL oxidation. In the present studies the impact of LDL carotenoid and -tocopherol content on LDL oxidation by human endothelial cells (EaHy-1) in culture was assessed. LDL isolated from 11 individual donors was incubated at 0.25 mg protein/mL with EaHy-1 cells in Ham's F-10 medium for up to 48 h. Formation of lipid hydroperoxides was assessed by chemical analysis and the contents of lutein, ß-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, ß-carotene and -tocopherol were determined by high performance liquid chromatography. The extent of lipid peroxidation correlated with the endogenous -tocopherol content of the LDL but not with its content of carotenoids. As in the Cu(II)-initiated system, carotenoids and -tocopherol were destroyed before significant peroxidation took place, but, in the cell-mediated system, -tocopherol and the carotenoids were destroyed at comparable rates. Also, like the Cu(II)-initiated oxidation, enrichment of the LDL with ß-carotene protected it from oxidation by the endothelial cells. However, enrichment with either lutein or lycopene actually enhanced the cell-mediated oxidation of the LDL.

Thus, the specific content of carotenoids in low density lipoprotein (LDL) clearly modulates its susceptibility to oxidation, but individual carotenoids may either inhibit or promote LDL oxidation.—Dugas, T. R., D. W. Morel, and E. H. Harrison. Impact of LDL carotenoid and -tocopherol content on LDL oxidation by endothelial cells in culture. J. Lipid Res. 1998. 39: 999–1007.

Supplementary key words: lutein, ß-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, ß-carotene, antioxidant, atherosclerosis, free radical, lipids

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