Rimonabant is a dual inhibitor of acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferases 1 and 2.

Abstract:

:Acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) catalyzes the intracellular synthesis of cholesteryl esters (CE). Both ACAT isoforms, ACAT1 and ACAT2, play key roles in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and ACAT inhibition retards atherosclerosis in animal models. Rimonabant, a type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1) antagonist, produces anti-atherosclerotic effects in humans and animals by mechanisms which are not completely understood. Rimonabant is structurally similar to two other cannabinoid receptor antagonists, AM251 and SR144528, recently identified as potent inhibitors of ACAT. Therefore, we examined the effects of Rimonabant on ACAT using both in vivo cell-based assays and in vitro cell-free assays. Rimonabant dose-dependently reduced ACAT activity in Raw 264.7 macrophages (IC(50)=2.9+/-0.38 microM) and isolated peritoneal macrophages. Rimonabant inhibited ACAT activity in intact CHO-ACAT1 and CHO-ACAT2 cells and in cell-free assays with approximately equal efficiency (IC(50)=1.5+/-1.2 microM and 2.2+/-1.1 microM for CHO-ACAT1 and CHO-ACAT2, respectively). Consistent with ACAT inhibition, Rimonabant treatment blocked ACAT-dependent processes in macrophages, oxysterol-induced apoptosis and acetylated-LDL induced foam cell formation. From these results we conclude that Rimonabant is an ACAT1/2 dual inhibitor and suggest that some of the atherosclerotic beneficial effects of Rimonabant are, at least partly, due to inhibition of ACAT.

authors

Netherland C,Thewke DP

doi

10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.134

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-08-06 00:00:00

pages

671-6

issue

4

eissn

0006-291X

issn

1090-2104

pii

S0006-291X(10)01291-X

journal_volume

398

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