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Oxidized LDL Binds to CD36 on Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages and Transfected Cell Lines

Evidence Implicating the Lipid Moiety of the Lipoprotein as the Binding Site

Andrew C. Nicholson; S. Frieda; A. Pearce; Roy L. Silverstein

From the Departments of Pathology (A.C.N.) and Medicine (S.F.A.P., R.L.S.), Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY.

Correspondence to Andrew C. Nicholson, Cornell University Medical College, Department of Pathology, Room A-626, New York, NY 10021.


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Abstract Accumulating evidence strongly implicates oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL) in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Several receptors have been identified that bind and internalize Ox-LDL, but their relative importance in vivo is unclear. CD36 is an 88-kD transmembrane glycoprotein expressed on monocytes/macrophages, platelets, and microvascular endothelium that has been implicated as a putative receptor for Ox-LDL. We demonstrate that an anti-CD36 monoclonal antibody inhibited 50% of the specific binding and 26% of the specific degradation of Ox-LDL by human monocyte–derived macrophages. To characterize more completely this binding we evaluated interactions between CD36 and Ox-LDL in murine NIH-3T3 cells stably transfected with human CD36 cDNA. Ox-LDL bound to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells in a saturable manner. Specific binding, internalization, and degradation of Ox-LDL were increased fourfold in CD36-transfected cell lines compared with 3T3 cells transfected with vector alone. Binding of Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells was inhibited by a panel of anti-CD36 antibodies and by soluble CD36 but not by thrombospondin. Specificity of binding was demonstrated by the equivalent binding of LDL and acetylated LDL to control and CD36-transfected 3T3 cells. The epitope or epitopes on Ox-LDL recognized by CD36 are undefined. Two observations suggest that CD36 recognizes a lipid moiety or that the lipid portion of the lipoprotein is essential for apoprotein recognition. The first is that the increased binding of Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells is abrogated by delipidation of the lipoprotein, and the second is that oleic acid competes for the binding of Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells. These data demonstrate that CD36 functions as an Ox-LDL receptor and suggest that CD36 may play a functional role in lipid accumulation by human macrophages and subsequent foam cell development during atherosclerosis.


Key Words: CD36 • oxidized LDL • macrophage • scavenger receptor • atherosclerosis


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Macrophage-derived cholesteryl ester–laden foam cells are a characteristic feature of the atherosclerotic lesion.1 Accumulating evidence suggests that oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL) is the source of this lipid and that scavenger receptors—receptors that recognize, bind, and internalize modified forms of LDL such as acetylated LDL (Ac-LDL) and Ox-LDL—mediate foam cell development.2 3 Scavenger receptors were initially identified in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.4 It was observed that these patients accumulate cholesteryl ester within macrophages of atherosclerotic plaques, but they lack LDL receptors. A macrophage scavenger receptor that mediates the binding and internalization of Ac-LDL has been isolated.5 6 Two macrophage scavenger receptor genes, type I and type II, have recently been cloned. They encode homotrimeric membrane proteins with collagen domains, differing only at the C terminus.7 8 9 These receptors are expressed on macrophages and exhibit broad ligand-binding specificity, recognizing modified forms of LDL, four-stranded nucleic acids (polyinosinic acid), polysaccharides (dextran sulfate, fucoidan), and endotoxin.10

Modification of LDL by acetylation, acetoacetylation, or malondialdehyde treatment abolishes the positive charge on lysine residues of LDL, which prevents recognition by the LDL receptor but facilitates recognition by the scavenger receptor. Because these modifications do not occur under physiological conditions, the natural ligand for this receptor was unclear until it was demonstrated by Steinberg and his colleagues (Parthasarathy et al11 ) that Ox-LDL competes for the binding of Ac-LDL to macrophages. However, this competitive inhibition was only partial. Binding studies with both Ox-LDL and Ac-LDL demonstrated the existence of a scavenger receptor or receptors that recognized both Ac-LDL and Ox-LDL and another receptor that recognized Ox-LDL but not Ac-LDL.12 A similar conclusion was reached by Arai et al.13 Using cross-competition experiments in mouse peritoneal macrophages, they concluded that macrophage receptors for modified LDL consist of at least three different receptors: a receptor that recognizes Ac-LDL, one that recognizes Ox-LDL, and a third that recognizes both. Nonreciprocal cross competition between Ac-LDL and Ox-LDL was also demonstrated in Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with type I and type II bovine scavenger receptors.14 The type I and II receptors exhibited a similar binding specificity; thus, it does not appear that differences at the C terminus account for differences in ligand recognition. At least two potential mechanisms could explain these data: The scavenger receptor could have different binding sites for Ac-LDL and Ox-LDL, or there may be as yet uncharacterized scavenger receptors with distinctive binding properties.

Recently an expression cloning strategy was used to identify mouse macrophage receptors that recognize Ox-LDL but not Ac-LDL. Two clones were identified. The first encoded an Fc receptor for IgG, Fc{gamma}RII-B2.15 Transfection of the receptor into a cell line without intrinsic scavenger receptor activity resulted in the ability of these cells to internalize and degrade Ox-LDL. However, the physiological relevance of this receptor is questionable because antibodies directed against Fc{gamma}RII-B2 did not block the binding of Ox-LDL to macrophages.15 The second clone isolated encoded the mouse homologue of CD36,16 an 88-kD membrane glycoprotein expressed on monocytes/macrophages,17 platelets,18 microvascular endothelial cells, breast epithelium, and some tumor cell lines.19 CD36 has been shown to function as an adhesion receptor for collagen,20 thrombospondin,21 and Plasmodium falciparum–infected erythrocytes.22 In this study, we present evidence implicating CD36 as a specific Ox-LDL receptor on human monocyte–derived macrophages. We demonstrate for the first time that, unlike the case with the scavenger receptor, which recognizes the modified apoprotein portion of the lipoprotein, the lipid moiety of Ox-LDL mediates binding to CD36.


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Disposable tissue culture materials were purchased from Corning Glass Works. Amphotericin B (Fungizone) was purchased from Flow Laboratories, Inc. RPMI, L-glutamine, penicillin/streptomycin, and human serum were purchased from GIBCO Laboratories. Iodine-125 was purchased from ICN Biochemicals. Sodium oleate and sodium linoleate were obtained from Sigma Chemical Co.

Cells and Cell Lines
Human monocytes were isolated from the blood of volunteer donors. They were propagated in RPMI medium containing 5% human serum, penicillin/streptomycin, and amphotericin ß. The monocytes were allowed to adhere overnight, and the nonadherent cells were removed by washing two times with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). Binding studies were performed after 1 week in culture. CHO-K1 cells and NIH-3T3 cells were transfected with a eukaryotic expression vector, pMV7, containing the full coding sequence of CD36 driven by a viral LTR promoter as described.21 Transfected cells were selected with GM418. CD36 expression on transfected 3T3 cells was demonstrated by flow cytometry. Mock-transfected (vector alone) or CD36-sense cDNA–transfected cells were incubated in suspension with murine monoclonal anti-CD36 IgG 8A6 (2 µg/mL) in Hanks' balanced salts/bovine serum albumin for 30 minutes at 4°C. Cells were then pelleted, resuspended in Phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG for 20 minutes at 22°C, and analyzed by flow cytometry. CD36 expression was evident on the transfected cells but not on the mock-transfected cells.

Isolation, Labeling, and Oxidation of LDL
LDL (density, 1.019 to 1.063 g/mL) was prepared from human plasma and isolated by ultracentrifugation.23 The LDL was dialyzed against HEPES-buffered saline with EDTA, sterilized by filtration through a 0.22-µm filter, and stored under nitrogen gas at 4°C. LDL was iodinated by the method of Bilheimer et al24 as described by Goldstein et al25 using carrier-free 125I-NaCl (Amersham Corp). LDL and 125I-LDL were fully oxidized by dialyzing against PBS with 5 µmol/L CuSO4 at 37°C for 16 hours. The specific activity of the 125I-Ox-LDL was approximately 100 cpm/ng.

Delipidation of 125I-Ox-LDL
125I-Ox-LDL was delipidated by the method of Bligh and Dyer as described by Parthasarathy et al.26 The apoprotein was solubilized in an aqueous solution of octyl glucoside (6 mg/mL) and dialyzed against PBS.

Ox-LDL Binding, Internalization, and Degradation
The binding, internalization, and degradation of Ox-LDL was performed according to the methods of Goldstein et al25 using 125I-Ox-LDL. For binding studies, 125I-Ox-LDL was added to cells in the presence or absence of a 25- to 50-fold excess of unlabeled Ox-LDL at 4°C on a rotary shaker. After 2 hours the cells were washed three times with ice-cold PBS containing 2 mg/mL bovine serum albumin and then twice with ice-cold PBS. The cells were then solubilized in NaOH (0.2 mol/L). Radioactivity was quantified by gamma spectroscopy, and aliquots were taken for protein determination. For internalization and degradation studies, cells were exposed to 125I-Ox-LDL (20 µg/mL) at 37°C for 5 hours. Supernatants were assayed for trichloroacetic acid (TCA)–nonprecipitable radioactivity as well as TCA-soluble noniodide radioactivity. Specific binding, internalization, and degradation were determined as total binding minus nonspecific (in the presence of excess cold) binding. Internalization represents cell-associated 125I-Ox-LDL after multiple washes with PBS and an acid-glycine wash (50 mmol/L glycine, 100 mmol/L NaCl, pH 3). That there was some residual cell surface–bound 125I-Ox-LDL cannot be completely ruled out, but it is unlikely.


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Macrophages express CD36 and are the primary cells that become foam cells during atherosclerosis. To determine the role of CD36 relative to other binding sites for Ox-LDL, we performed binding studies with 125I-Ox-LDL on human peripheral blood monocyte–derived macrophages with and without 8A6, an anti-CD36 monoclonal antibody. We observed that 50% of the specific binding of Ox-LDL to human monocyte–derived macrophages was inhibited by an anti-CD36 IgG (Fig 1Down). No inhibition was seen with a control monoclonal antibody against CD11/18. In studies performed at 37°C, 8A6 inhibited 26% of the specific degradation of 125I-Ox-LDL by human monocyte–derived macrophages (Fig 2Down).



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Figure 1. Bar graph showing inhibition by anti-CD36 antibody of the binding of oxidized LDL to human monocyte–derived macrophages. Total binding of 125I-labeled oxidized LDL (125I-Ox-LDL) to human peripheral blood monocyte–derived macrophages was assessed. Macrophages were cultured for 1 week in a 96-well plate. Binding studies were performed for 2 hours at 4°C as described in "Methods": 1 µg/mL monoclonal antibody 8A6 (anti-CD36) and 2 µg/mL anti-CD11/18 (8A6 and CD11/18, respectively) were coincubated with 125I-Ox-LDL (10 µg/mL). A 30-fold excess of unlabeled Ox-LDL (Cold Ox-LDL) was used to determine nonspecific binding. The bars represent the means of six wells±SEM. *P<.05 vs control.



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Figure 2. Bar graph showing inhibition by anti-CD36 antibody of degradation of oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL) by human monocyte–derived macrophages. Degradation of 125I-Ox-LDL was assessed in human peripheral blood monocyte–derived macrophages that had been cultured for 1 week in a 96-well plate. Cells were incubated with 125I-Ox-LDL (20 µg/mL) for 2 hours at 37°C with (COLD) or without (CONT) a 25-fold excess of unlabeled Ox-LDL, monoclonal antibody 8A6 (1 µg/mL), or fucoidan (200 µg/mL). Degradation of 125I-Ox-LDL was measured in the supernatants as trichloroacetic acid–nonprecipitable radioactivity by gamma spectroscopy. Nonspecific (cell-free) degradation was subtracted from all groups. The data represent the means of six wells±SEM. P<.05 monoclonal antibody vs control.

Because human monocyte–derived macrophages express the cloned types I and II scavenger receptors for Ox-LDL, CD36 cDNA–transfected cell lines were used in subsequent studies to characterize the role of CD36 in a more defined system. CHO-K1 cells and NIH-3T3 cells, neither of which expresses CD36, were transfected with a eukaryotic expression vector, pMV7, that contained the full coding sequence of CD36 and the gene for neomycin resistance.21 Stable transfectants were selected in GM418 antibiotic-containing media. CD36 surface expression in the transfected cells was demonstrated by flow cytometry. CD36 was expressed on transfected cells but not on the mock-transfected (vector alone) 3T3 cells (data not shown). The binding of 125I-Ox-LDL was increased twofold by CD36-transfected CHO-K1 cells and fourfold by CD36-transfected 3T3 cells compared with their respective control cells transfected with the vector alone (Fig 3Down). This is consistent with the degree of CD36 expression in transfected 3T3 cells compared with CHO-K1 cells. Only the CD36-transfected 3T3 cells were used in subsequent studies. Ox-LDL bound to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells in a saturable manner (Fig 4Down). Binding of Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells was inhibited by 8A6, a monoclonal anti-CD36 IgG antibody. Four additional monoclonal anti-CD36 antibodies as well as a polyclonal rabbit anti-CD36 antibody had similar inhibitory effects (data not shown). In addition, coincubation of 125I-Ox-LDL with purified platelet CD36 (50 µg/mL) markedly inhibited binding by approximately 90%. However, coincubation with thrombospondin did not affect the binding of 125I-Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells (Fig 5Down). To evaluate whether the bound ligand was internalized and degraded, the specific binding, internalization, and degradation of Ox-LDL were measured in the transfected cell line at 37°C. Internalization and degradation were increased fourfold in CD36-transfected cell lines compared with 3T3 cells transfected with vector alone (Fig 6Down). To demonstrate the specificity of the interaction of Ox-LDL and CD36, we evaluated the binding of 125I-LDL (LDL receptor ligand) and Ac-LDL labeled with iodine-125 (125I-Ac-LDL) (scavenger receptor ligand) to control cells and CD36-transfected 3T3 cells (Fig 7Down). The binding of 125I-LDL and 125I-Ac-LDL was equivalent in CD36-transfected 3T3 cells and mock-transfected 3T3 cells. Furthermore, neither cold Ac-LDL nor LDL inhibited the binding of 125I-Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected cells (data not shown).



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Figure 3. Bar graph showing increased oxidized LDL binding to CD36-transfected cells. CHO-K1 cells and NIH-3T3 cells were transfected with a eukaryotic expression vector, pMV7, containing the full coding sequence of human CD36. The data (specific binding) represent the means of six wells±SEM. CTL indicates control (transfected with vector alone).



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Figure 4. Graph showing that oxidized LDL binds to CD36/3T3 cells in a saturable manner. Specific binding of oxidized LDL labeled with iodine-125 to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells was determined as total binding minus nonspecific binding (in the presence of a 50-fold excess of unlabeled oxidized LDL). The data represent the means of three wells±SEM.



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Figure 5. Bar graph showing that purified platelet CD36 inhibits the binding of oxidized LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells. Oxidized LDL labeled with iodine-125 (10 µg/mL) was coincubated with purified platelet CD36 (S-CD36) (50 µg/mL), anti-CD36 monoclonal antibody (8A6) (1 µg/mL), nonimmune IgG (2 µg/mL), and thrombospondin (TSP) (20 µg/mL). The data represent the means of three wells±SEM. CTL indicates control (3T3 cells transfected with vector alone).



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Figure 6. Bar graph showing increased internalization and degradation of oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL) by CD36-transfected 3T3 cells. Cells were incubated with Ox-LDL labeled with iodine-125 (20 µg/mL) for 5 hours at 37°C with or without a 25-fold excess of unlabeled Ox-LDL. Specific degradation of 125I-Ox-LDL was measured in the supernatants as trichloroacetic acid–nonprecipitable radioactivity by gamma spectroscopy. Specific internalization (cell-associated 125I-Ox-LDL) was measured in the cell layer after washing and stripping any remaining surface-bound 125I-Ox-LDL with an acid-glycine wash (50 mmol/L glycine, 100 mmol/L NaCl, pH 3). The data represent the means of triplicate wells±SEM. CTL indicates control (3T3 cells transfected with vector alone).



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Figure 7. Bar graph showing specificity of binding of various forms of LDL to CD36. The specific binding of oxidized LDL labeled with iodine-125 (oxLDL), LDL labeled with iodine-125 (LDL), and acetylated LDL labeled with iodine-125 (aLDL) to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells was evaluated. For each LDL, a concentration of 10 µg/mL was used. Increased binding to transfected cells relative to the parent cell lines was observed only with 125I-Ox-LDL. Data represent the means of four wells±SEM. Open bars indicate control (vector-transfected) cells; solid bars, CD36-transfected cells.

The epitope or epitopes on Ox-LDL that are recognized by CD36 are undefined. Two observations suggest that CD36 recognizes a lipid moiety or that the lipid portion of the lipoprotein is essential for apoprotein recognition. The first is that the increased binding of Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells is abrogated by delipidation of the lipoprotein (Fig 8Down). The second is that coincubated fatty acids (oleic and linoleic) compete for the binding of Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells. (Fig 9Down). Oleic acid (sodium oleate, 100 µmol/L) significantly inhibited binding of 125I-Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells. Specific binding was inhibited by 70%. Linoleic acid (sodium linoleate, 100 µmol/L) had a modest inhibitory effect. Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine liposomes (100 µmol/L), lysophosphatidylcholine (up to 100 µmol/L), and 4-hydroxynonenal (up to 100 µmol/L) had no effect (data not shown).



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Figure 8. Bar graph showing that delipidated oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL) does not bind to CD36-transfected cells. Ox-LDL labeled with iodine-125 was delipidated by extraction with chloroform/methanol followed by solubilization of the apoprotein(s) with octyl glucoside. Increased specific binding of 125I-Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells is not observed with the labeled apoprotein(s) alone. The data represent the means of five wells±SEM. Solid bars indicate vector-transfected 3T3 cells; shaded bars, CD36-transfected 3T3 cells.



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Figure 9. Bar graph showing that oleic acid inhibits the binding of oxidized LDL labeled with iodine-125 (125I-Ox-LDL) to CD36-transfected cells. Binding of 125I-Ox-LDL to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells was determined in the presence (coincubation) of sodium oleate (100 µmol/L) and sodium linoleate (100 µmol/L). Binding was assessed after 2 hours at 4°C. Cells were incubated with 125I-Ox-LDL (20 µg/mL) with (Cold) or without (Cont) a 25-fold excess of unlabeled Ox-LDL. The data represent the means of four wells±SEM. *P<.05 vs control.


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Our data demonstrate that CD36 functions as an Ox-LDL receptor in human monocyte–derived macrophages. An anti-CD36 monoclonal antibody inhibited approximately 50% of the specific binding and 26% of the specific degradation of Ox-LDL in human monocyte–derived macrophages, implicating CD36 as a major receptor for oxidatively modified forms of LDL. These data suggest that CD36 may play a functional role in lipid accumulation by human macrophages and subsequent foam cell development during atherosclerosis.

Interactions between CD36 and Ox-LDL were evaluated in murine NIH-3T3 cells stably transfected with human CD36 cDNA. Ox-LDL bound to CD36-transfected 3T3 cells in a saturable and specific manner. LDL binding was equivalent in transfected and sham-transfected cells, as was Ac-LDL binding. Binding, internalization, and degradation of Ox-LDL were increased fourfold in CD36-transfected cell lines compared with 3T3 cells transfected with vector alone. However, the absolute amount of degraded 125I-Ox-LDL in CD36-transfected 3T3 cells is at least an order of magnitude less than the amount in macrophages. Interestingly, the amount of cell-associated Ox-LDL was three to four times greater than degraded Ox-LDL (Fig 6Up). This ratio of cell-associated to degraded lipoprotein is normally reversed in macrophages and smooth muscle cells over similar time periods at 37°C. The reason for reversal of the usual ratio is unclear, but it may reflect an uncoupling of binding and internalization from lysosomal degradation in the transfected cells.

It is likely that the cloned type I and type II scavenger receptors are two members of what may be a large family of scavenger receptors with broad ligand specificity.27 28 29 Recently Krieger and his colleagues (Acton et al30 ) identified a Class B scavenger receptor, SR-BI, that binds both Ox-LDL and Ac-LDL and has 30% homology to CD36. With regard to receptors that recognize modified lipoproteins, it appears that there may be at least three independent receptors: one that recognizes Ac-LDL, another that recognizes Ox-LDL, and a third that recognizes both.12 13 Scavenger receptor activity has been observed in hepatic tissue on endothelial cells and Kupffer cells and, to a lesser degree, on parenchymal cells of the liver.31 32 Results of both in vivo and in vitro studies suggest that scavenger receptor activity on endothelial cells and Kupffer cells is probably not mediated by the cloned type I and type II scavenger receptors. Rabbit venous endothelial cells and bovine aortic endothelial cells bind and degrade Ac-LDL, but they do not express mRNA for the macrophage or smooth muscle cell scavenger receptor. This suggests that the endothelial cell scavenger receptor is a distinct entity.33 Injected 125I-Ac-LDL in rats is taken up primarily by the liver and predominantly by endothelial cells.31 However, 125I-Ox-LDL is cleared predominantly by Kupffer cells.34 De Rijke and Van Berkel35 found that when Kupffer cell membranes were isolated, two sites of 125I-Ox-LDL binding were identified by ligand blotting: a major binding site with a mass of 95 kD and a minor site, the cloned Ac-LDL receptor, with a mass of 220 kD. The authors suggest that the 95-kD protein is the most likely candidate to function as a specific Ox-LDL receptor in the liver. They further speculate, on the basis of the molecular weight of this receptor, that CD36 (MW 88 kD) is a potential candidate for the hepatic Ox-LDL receptor.

The physiochemical changes that occur in the LDL particle and that impart scavenger receptor recognition are complex and incompletely understood. Initially, during the oxidative process, there is a rapid depletion of LDL-associated antioxidants, such as vitamin E and carotenoids. This is followed by oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids, decomposition and fragmentation of fatty acids, and generation of reactive aldehydes. The loss of linoleic acid and arachidonic acid is concomitant with the generation of their specific hydroxyl and hydroperoxy derivatives. Phosphatidylcholine undergoes hydrolysis to lysophosphatidylcholine. Cholesterol is oxidized, leading to the formation of oxy-sterols. These changes precede the fragmentation of apoprotein B.36 37 38 Aldehydes generated during lipid peroxidation form Schiff bases with lysine residues of apoprotein B, resulting in a negative charge of the molecule.39 40 It is believed that the resulting negative charge of the LDL particle is responsible for interaction of the Ox-LDL with the scavenger receptor.

Our data demonstrate that recognition of Ox-LDL by CD36 differs from scavenger receptor recognition. The binding of Ox-LDL to the scavenger receptor is mediated by the apoprotein moiety of the lipoprotein. Delipidated and resolubilized 125I-Ox-LDL is degraded by macrophages, and intact Ox-LDL competes for this degradation.26 Studies of a mutant scavenger receptor with the use of C-terminus deletion demonstrate that the positively charged collagen domain of the receptor mediates the recognition of negatively charged macromolecules such as Ac-LDL and Ox-LDL.8 41 The mechanism of interaction between CD36 and Ox-LDL remains to be determined. However, the binding of delipidated and resolubilized 125I-Ox-LDL was not increased in CD36-transfected 3T3 cells (Fig 8Up), which suggests that CD36 does not recognize the apoprotein without the lipid moiety. Furthermore, binding could be partially inhibited by coincubation of 125I-Ox-LDL with oleic and, to a lesser extent, linoleic acid (Fig 9Up). Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine liposomes, lysophosphatidylcholine, and 4-hydroxynonenal had no effect. This suggests that oleic acid is recognized by and binds to CD36 or that the fatty acid may inhibit binding of Ox-LDL by acting in a steric manner (perhaps after incorporation into the surface phospholipid layer). The recent cloning of a rat adipocyte membrane protein, fatty acid transport protein (FAT), supports this hypothesis. The cDNA of FAT is 85% homologous to CD36, suggesting that this protein is the rat homologue of human CD36.42 FAT has been implicated in the binding or transport of long-chain fatty acids, particularly oleate. It is conceivable that CD36 recognizes fatty acid(s) or oxidized fatty acid(s) within the phospholipid layer of the lipoprotein and is the binding site of the molecule.

Interestingly, CD36 has also been shown to function in macrophage scavenging of apoptotic cells43 and in retinal epithelial scavenging of shed photoreceptor outer rod segments.44 Both apoptotic cells and shed outer rod segments express modified phospholipids on their outer surfaces,45 suggesting that CD36 recognition of oxidized lipid may play an important role in several biological systems. The ligand-binding site on CD36 for Ox-LDL is as yet undetermined. Thrombospondin, which has previously been shown to be a CD36 ligand, did not compete with Ox-LDL for binding to CD36.

Our data implicate CD36 as an Ox-LDL receptor in human monocyte–derived macrophages, the principal foam cells of the atherosclerotic lesion. Our data support the concept of CD36 as a unique scavenger receptor that binds and internalizes Ox-LDL but does not bind LDL or Ac-LDL. CD36 is thus a member of the expanding family of scavenger receptors. We demonstrate that, in vitro, an anti-CD36 monoclonal antibody inhibited 50% of the specific binding and 26% of the specific degradation of Ox-LDL to human monocyte–derived macrophages. Furthermore, we implicate the lipid moiety of Ox-LDL as the binding site recognized by CD36. The relative extent to which CD36 and other scavenger receptors participate in the binding and uptake of modified lipid in vivo and the role of the receptors in the atherosclerotic process remain to be determined.


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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants RR-00085 (A.C. Nicholson), HL-42540 (Roy L. Silverstein), and HL-46403 (A.C. Nicholson, Roy L. Silverstein) We thank John Shuman, Rene Crombie, Qinghu Zheng, and Lewis Yesner for technical expertise.

Received August 2, 1994; accepted November 8, 1994.


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