Further validation of unsaturated long-chain fatty acids as inhibitors for oxidized low-density lipoprotein binding to CD36 via assays with synthetic CD36 peptide-cross-linked plates.

We recently obtained evidence that unsaturated long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) (e.g. oleic acid) inhibit binding of oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDLs) to CD36. In the present study, we validated this prediction by examining inhibition by unsaturated LCFAs of Alexa-fluor-labeled oxLDL binding to multiwell plates onto which a synthetic CD36 peptide is covalently immobilized via thiol-maleimide coupling.