Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 473, Issue 2, Pages 249-253Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01539-8
Keywords
lipid peroxidation; 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal; fluorescent chromophore; low-density lipoprotein; atherosclerosis
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It has recently been shown that the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) forms a fluorescent hydroxyiminodihydropyrrole derivative with the E-amino group of lysine residue, In this study, we raised a monoclonal antibody (mAb2C12) directed to the fluorophore-protein conjugate and found that the antibody was specific to the chromophore structure of the compound. Immunohistochemical analysis of atherosclerotic lesions from the human aorta showed that the fluorophore was indeed present in the lesions, in which intense positivity was primarily associated with macrophage-derived foam cells and thickening of the neointima of the arterial walls. Antigenic materials were also detected in the oxidatively modified low-density lipoprotein (LDL) with Cu2+ and in the oxidatively modified bovine serum albumin with an iron/linoleic acid autoxidation system, indicating that the HNE, which originated from the peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids, could be a potential source of the fluorescent chromophore in oxidized LDL. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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