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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 1995;15:522-528.)
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Effects of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor on the Synthesis of Lipoprotein Lipase in Human Monocyte–Derived Macrophages

Toshimori Inaba; Masako Kawamura; Takanari Gotoda; Kenji Harada; Masako Shimada; Jun-ichi Ohsuga; Hitoshi Shimano; Yasuo Akanuma; Yoshio Yazaki; Nobuhiro Yamada

From the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Correspondence to Nobuhiro Yamada, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, 113, Japan.

Abstract Lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which is secreted by the two predominant cell types in atherosclerotic plaque, macrophages and smooth muscle cells, may be involved in atherosclerosis by generating atherogenic remnant lipoproteins. We investigated the effects of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)–BB on the synthesis of LPL by human monocyte–derived macrophages. These cells were cultured in the presence of PDGF-BB for 8 days, after which the enzyme activity, mass, and mRNA levels of LPL were determined. The effect of PDGF-BB was time-dependent and dose-dependent at concentrations of 1 to 10 ng/mL. At 10 ng/mL PDGF-BB enhanced twofold to 2.3-fold the secretion of LPL, and a pulse-labeling study with [³⁵S]methionine revealed that 10 ng/mL PDGF-BB significantly increased the synthesis of LPL. Northern blotting analysis showed that the LPL mRNA level increased dose dependently in macrophages treated with PDGF-BB, and 10 ng/mL PDGF-BB enhanced twofold the expression of LPL mRNA. The protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine suppressed the effect of PDGF-BB on LPL activity. These results indicate that PDGF-BB stimulated transcription of the LPL gene in human monocyte–derived macrophages through protein kinase C activation and resulted in an increased synthesis of LPL. Therefore, we hypothesize that the augmented synthesis of LPL by PDGF-BB modulates atherosclerosis by influencing lipoprotein metabolism in the vascular wall.

Key Words: macrophages • platelet-derived growth factor • lipoprotein lipase

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