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. 2006 Mar;38(3):392-403.
doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.09.016. Epub 2005 Oct 24.

Aminoguanidine and metformin prevent the reduced rate of HDL-mediated cell cholesterol efflux induced by formation of advanced glycation end products

Adriana P Machado  1 , Raphael S Pinto, Zenaide P Moysés, Edna R Nakandakare, Eder C R Quintão, Marisa Passarelli
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Aminoguanidine and metformin prevent the reduced rate of HDL-mediated cell cholesterol efflux induced by formation of advanced glycation end products

Adriana P Machado et al. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: The mechanisms whereby advanced glycation end products (AGE) contribute to atherogenesis in diabetes mellitus are not fully understood. In this study we analyzed in vitro the influence of advanced glycated albumin (AGE-albumin) as well as the role of the AGE inhibitors--aminoguanidine (AMG) and metformin (MF)--on the cell cholesterol efflux.

Methods: HDL3 and albumin-mediated cholesterol efflux was measured in mouse peritoneal macrophages and in SR-BI transfected cells that had been treated along time with dicarbonyl sugars or AGE-albumin, both in the presence or in the absence of AMG and MF. 125I-HDL3 cell binding and 125I-AGE-albumin cell degradation were measured. Carboxymethyllysine (CML) formation and SR-BI expressions were determined by immunoblot.

Results: AGE-albumin efficiently trapped cell cholesterol but impaired the HDL-mediated cell cholesterol efflux by decreasing HDL binding to the cell surface and inducing intracellular glycoxidation, without interfering with the SR-BI expression. Cell treatment with dicarbonyl sugars also disrupted the HDL-mediated cell cholesterol efflux, but this was prevented by AMG and MF that reduced CML formation.

Conclusions: By adversely impairing the HDL-mediated cell cholesterol removal rate, AGE-albumin and cell glycoxidation could facilitate the development of premature atherosclerosis in diabetes mellitus (DM) and in other diseases associated with carbonyl and oxidative stress like in chronic uremia. Thus, drugs that prevent AGE formation may be useful to correct disturbances in cell cholesterol transport.

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