The prostacyclin analogue iloprost and prostaglandin E1 suppress sterol synthesis in freshly isolated human mononuclear leukocytes

The effects of the stable prostacyclin analogue iloprost, prostaglandin E1 and prostaglandin F2 alpha on sterol synthesis were investigated in freshly isolated human mononuclear leukocytes. Incubation of cells for 6 h in a medium containing lipid-depleted serum led to a 3-fold rise in the rate of sterol synthesis from [14C]acetate or tritiated water. Iloprost and prostaglandin E1 added in increasing concentrations at zero time resulted in an inhibition of the synthesis of sterols, the suppression being 50 and 55% at a concentration of 1 mumol/1, respectively. Both prostaglandins yielded a sigmoidal log dose-effect curve. In contrast, prostaglandin F2 alpha had no influence on sterol synthesis up to a concentration of 1 mumol/1. The action of the prostacyclin analogue and prostaglandin E1 on the relative rate of sterol synthesis was not immediate, since the prostaglandins had no effect when given at 6 h to the incubation medium, and the incorporation of [14C]acetate into sterols was measured thereafter. The results suggest that prostacyclin and prostaglandin E1 affect cholesterol synthesis and therefore may play a role in the regulation of cellular cholesterol homeostasis and in the development of atherosclerosis.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1985

Erschienen:

1985

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:835

Enthalten in:

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 835(1985), 1 vom: 14. Juni, Seite 154-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Krone, W [VerfasserIn]
Kaczmarczyk, P [VerfasserIn]
Müller-Wieland, D [VerfasserIn]
Greten, H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Alprostadil
B7IN85G1HY
DCR9Z582X0
Dinoprost
Epoprostenol
F5TD010360
Iloprost
JED5K35YGL
Journal Article
Prostaglandins E
Prostaglandins F
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sterols

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Date Completed 01.08.1985

Date Revised 09.06.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM023900032