[LDL oxidation and uptake by monocyte-derived macrophages from blood of patients with ischemic heart disease].

The aim of this study was to test our hypothesis that monocyte-derived macrophages of patients with ischemic heart diseases (IHD, MPIHD) were prestimulated (primed) or stimulated cells whose capacity for LDL oxidation and uptake exceeded that ofmacrophages from healthy donors (MPN). Monocytes were obtained from the blood of 18 healthy donors and 25 IHD patients; plasma LDL--from 16 another group healthy donors (LDLN) and 15 patients with family hypercholesterolemia. Incubation of LDLN or LDLH with MPIHD or MPN was carried out under aerobic and hypoxic conditions.

[The use of antioxidants and antihypoxants for decreasing of LDL oxidation by macrophages and endothelial cells in ischemia and reperfusion of vascular wall].

Oxidative modification of LDL is a key factor in pathogenesis of atheroslerosis. In this work the effects of antioxidants (K-phenosan, probucol, and desferal) and antihypoxants (succinic acid, hypoxen, and deltaran) on the macrophage- and endothelial cell-mediated oxidation of LDL was studied. Electrophoretic mobility of LDL, the content of lipid peroxide products (TBARS and diene conjugates, DC) and cell viability were used as the indexes of LDL oxidation.

Effect of antioxidant probucol on cell-mediated LDL oxidation in vitro and in vivo.

We studied the effect of phenol antioxidant probucol on free radical oxidation of LDL isolated from blood plasma of healthy donors. Oxidation was induced by co-incubation of LDL with cultured peripheral blood monocyte-macrophages and human umbilical vein endothelial cells under conditions of ischemia-reperfusion. In addition, the effect of probucol therapy on oxidability of plasma LDL in CHD patients was examined.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in low doses preactivates and activates macrophages by increasing their ability to produce reactive oxygen species and oxidize low-density lipoproteins: protective effect of antioxidants.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in low doses activated rat peritoneal macrophages and intensified production of reactive oxygen species (zymosan-depended chemiluminescence). Single or 2-fold incubation with tumor necrosis factor-a activated and preactivated human blood macrophages and promoted oxidative modification of low-density lipoproteins (increased their mobility in agarose gel). Antioxidants (potassium phenosan, probucol, and desferal) suppressed oxidative modification of low-density lipoproteins induced by nonactivated, preactivated, and activated macrophages.