The effect of tetrahydrobiopterin (BPH4) on Cu2+-induced oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) prepared from rabbit plasma was examined. BPH4 (0.5-10 microM) inhibited the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in LDL induced by 5 microM Cu2+ in a dose-dependent manner. BPH4 also suppressed the increase in relative electrophoretic mobility (REM) of LDL in the presence of 5 microM Cu2+. The potency of inhibitions of BPH4 on TBARS formation and REM was the same as or stronger than that of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol, which are known as endogenous inhibitors of LDL oxidation. These results suggest that BPH4 could act as an efficacious endogenous inhibitor of atherogenic LDL modification.
{"title":"Tetrahydrobiopterin inhibits copper-induced oxidation of low density lipoprotein.","authors":"S Sakuma, Y Fujimoto, Y Gohda, T Fujita","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of tetrahydrobiopterin (BPH4) on Cu2+-induced oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) prepared from rabbit plasma was examined. BPH4 (0.5-10 microM) inhibited the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in LDL induced by 5 microM Cu2+ in a dose-dependent manner. BPH4 also suppressed the increase in relative electrophoretic mobility (REM) of LDL in the presence of 5 microM Cu2+. The potency of inhibitions of BPH4 on TBARS formation and REM was the same as or stronger than that of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol, which are known as endogenous inhibitors of LDL oxidation. These results suggest that BPH4 could act as an efficacious endogenous inhibitor of atherogenic LDL modification.</p>","PeriodicalId":502122,"journal":{"name":"Research communications in molecular pathology and pharmacology","volume":"107 5-6","pages":"397-406"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138810346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}