(16-03-12) Glycation of LDL by Methylglyoxal Increases Arterial Atherogenicity

A Possible Contributor to Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes
1. Naila Rabbani1⇓,
2. Lisa Godfrey1,
3. Mingzhan Xue1,
4. Fozia Shaheen1,
5. Mich?le Geoffrion2,
6. Ross Milne2 and
7. Paul J. Thornalley1
+ Author Affiliations
1. 1Warwick Medical School, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick, University Hospital, Coventry, U.K.
2. 2Diabetes and Atherosclerosis Laboratory, Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1. Corresponding author: Naila Rabbani, [email protected].

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Abstract
OBJECTIVE To study whether modification of LDL by methylglyoxal (MG), a potent arginine-directed glycating agent that is increased in diabetes, is associated with increased atherogenicity.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Human LDL was isolated and modified by MG in vitro to minimal extent (MGmin-LDL) as occurs in vivo. Atherogenic characteristics of MGmin-LDL were characterized: particle size, proteoglycan-binding, susceptibility to aggregation, LDL and non-LDL receptor?binding, and aortal deposition. The major site of modification of apolipoprotein B100 (apoB100) modification was investigated by mass spectrometric peptide mapping.
RESULTS MGmin-LDL contained 1.6 molar equivalents of MG modification?mostly hydroimidazolone?as found in vivo. MGmin-LDL had decreased particle size, increased binding to proteoglycans, and increased aggregation in vitro. Cell culture studies showed that MGmin-LDL was bound by the LDL receptor but not by the scavenger receptor and had increased binding affinity for cell surface heparan sulfate?containing proteoglycan. Radiotracer studies in rats showed that MGmin-LDL had a similar fractional clearance rate in plasma to unmodified LDL but increased partitioning onto the aortal wall. Mass spectrometry peptide mapping identified arginine-18 as the hotspot site of apoB100 modification in MGmin-LDL. A computed structural model predicted that MG modification of apoB100 induces distortion, increasing exposure of the N-terminal proteoglycan?binding domain on the surface of LDL. This likely mediates particle remodeling and increases proteoglycan binding.
CONCLUSIONS MG modification of LDL forms small, dense LDL with increased atherogenicity that provides a new route to atherogenic LDL and may explain the escalation of cardiovascular risk in diabetes and the cardioprotective effect of metformin.

Source: 2011 by the American Diabetes Association

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