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Glibenclamide Acts as an Inhibitor of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Enzyme

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, ISSN: 0006-291X, Vol: 277, Issue: 2, Page: 417-422
2000
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Sulfonylureas are used in the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Little is known, however, about their effects on cholesterol metabolism. We tested in the present study the effects of glibenclamide (GB) on cholesterol esterification (CE) in macrophage-derived cells. GB inhibited intracellular accumulation of CE induced by acetylated LDL or oxidized LDL in J774 cells, but no such effect on total cholesterol, suggesting that the target of GB was acyl-CoA:cholestrol acyltransferase (ACAT). In the cell-free reconstitution ACAT assay, GB inhibited the ACAT activity with an IC 50 value of 20 μM. Furthermore, GB effectively inhibited the ACAT activity of PMA-stimulated THP-1 cells to the undifferentiated level of THP-1. In the whole-cell ACAT assay using CHO cells overexpressed with ACAT-1 or ACAT-2, GB inhibited the activity of both isozymes with similar potency. Our in vitro data suggest that sulfonylurea could be a potential seed for a new generation of ACAT inhibitors.

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