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. 1995 Aug 1;309(Pt 3):1015–1020. doi: 10.1042/bj3091015

Proliferative and cytotoxic effects of mildly oxidized low-density lipoproteins on vascular smooth-muscle cells.

N Augé 1, M T Pieraggi 1, J C Thiers 1, A Nègre-Salvayre 1, R Salvayre 1
PMCID: PMC1135732  PMID: 7639678

Abstract

We have investigated the role of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in the proliferative effect of LDLs on cultured bovine aortic smooth-muscle cells and compared it with their effect on bovine aortic endothelial cells. The following conclusions were reached. (1) Non-toxic doses of mildly oxidized LDLs elicit a proliferative effect on smooth-muscle cells significantly higher than that of native LDLs or lipoprotein-depleted serum. The proliferative effect is dependent on time (relatively slow), dose (high doses are cytotoxic) and the level of LDL oxidation. (2) The proliferative effect on smooth-muscle cells is counterbalanced at high concentrations of mildly oxidized LDLs (or at high oxidation levels) by their cytotoxic effect. (3) The same dose of mildly oxidized LDLs exhibits no proliferative effect on endothelial cells but rather a cytotoxic one. Endothelial cells may therefore be intrinsically more susceptible to the cytotoxic effect of mildly oxidized LDLs than are smooth-muscle cells. (4) The proliferative effect of native LDLs on smooth-muscle cells results (at least in part) from cell-induced LDL oxidation during cell culture as suggested by (i) the progressive LDL oxidation over the 3 days of contact between LDLs and smooth-muscle cells and (ii) the concomitant inhibition of LDL oxidation and proliferative effect by butylated hydroxytoluene. The hypothetical mechanisms and potential involvement in atherogenesis are discussed.

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