Monoclonal autoantibodies specific for oxidized phospholipids or oxidized phospholipid–protein adducts inhibit macrophage uptake of oxidized low-density lipoproteins
Sohvi Hörkkö, … , Wulf Palinski, Joseph L. Witztum
Sohvi Hörkkö, … , Wulf Palinski, Joseph L. Witztum
Published January 1, 1999
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1999;103(1):117-128. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI4533.
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Monoclonal autoantibodies specific for oxidized phospholipids or oxidized phospholipid–protein adducts inhibit macrophage uptake of oxidized low-density lipoproteins

Abstract

We recently cloned monoclonal IgM autoantibodies which bind to epitopes of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL) from apoE-deficient mice (EO– autoantibodies). We now demonstrate that those EO– autoantibodies that were originally selected for binding to copper-oxidized low-density lipoproteins (CuOx-LDL), also bound both to the oxidized protein and to the oxidized lipid moieties of CuOx-LDL. The same EO– autoantibodies showed specific binding to products of oxidized 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-phosphatidylcholine (OxPAPC) and to the specific oxidized phospholipid, 1-palmitoyl-2-(5-oxovaleroyl)-phosphatidyl-choline (POVPC), whereas oxidation of fatty acids (linoleic or arachidonic acid) or cholesteryl esters (cholesteryl-oleate or cholesteryl-linoleate) did not yield any binding activity. Those EO– autoantibodies that bound to oxidized phospholipids (e.g., EO6) inhibited the binding and degradation of CuOx-LDL by mouse peritoneal macrophages up to 91%, whereas other IgM EO– autoantibodies, selected for binding to malondialdehyde (MDA)-LDL, had no influence on binding of either CuOx-LDL or MDA-LDL by macrophages. F(ab′)2 fragments of EO6 were equally effective as the intact EO6 in preventing the binding of CuOx-LDL by macrophages. The molar ratios of IgM to LDL needed to maximally inhibit the binding varied from ∼8 to 25 with different CuOx-LDL preparations. Finally, a POVPC–bovine serum albumin (BSA) adduct also inhibited CuOx-LDL uptake by macrophages. These data suggest that oxidized phospholipid epitopes, present either as lipids or as lipid-protein adducts, represent one class of ligands involved in the recognition of OxLDL by macrophages, and that apoE-deficient mice have IgM autoantibodies that can bind to these neoepitopes and inhibit OxLDL uptake.

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Sohvi Hörkkö, David A. Bird, Elizabeth Miller, Hiroyuki Itabe, Norbert Leitinger, Ganesamoorthy Subbanagounder, Judith A. Berliner, Peter Friedman, Edward A. Dennis, Linda K. Curtiss, Wulf Palinski, Joseph L. Witztum

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(a) Binding of 2 μg (4 μg/ml) of 125I-CuOx-LDL to elicited mouse periton...
(a) Binding of 2 μg (4 μg/ml) of 125I-CuOx-LDL to elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages at 4°C in the presence of 50 μg (100 μg/ml) of unlabeled LDL, CuOx-LDL, MDA-LDL, acetylated LDL (Ac-LDL), natural mouse monoclonal IgM autoantibodies (EO1–EO17), and murine IgG MAB MDA2 as competitors. (b) Binding of 2 μg (4 μg/ml) of 125I-CuOx-LDL to elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages (in another experiment) in the presence of 50 μg (100 μg/ml) of unlabeled CuOx-LDL and mouse MABs DLH3, EO6, and EO7. In both experiments (a and b), the data are expressed as the percentage of 125I-CuOx-LDL bound in the absence of competitors (a: 1.3 μg/mg cell protein; b: 0.5 μg/mg cell protein). Each bar is the mean of triplicate determinations.