scholarly journals Increased selective uptake in vivo and in vitro of oxidized cholesteryl esters from high-density lipoprotein by rat liver parenchymal cells

1996 ◽  
Vol 319 (2) ◽  
pp. 471-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kees FLUITER ◽  
Helene VIETSCH ◽  
Eric A. L. BIESSEN ◽  
Gert M. KOSTNER ◽  
Theo J. C. van BERKEL ◽  
...  

Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) leads initially to the formation of LDL-associated cholesteryl ester hydroperoxides (CEOOH). LDL-associated CEOOH can be transferred to high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and HDL-associated CEOOH are rapidly reduced to the corresponding hydroxides (CEOH) by an intrinsic peroxidase-like activity. We have now performed in vivo experiments to quantify the clearance rates and to identify the uptake sites of HDL-associated [3H]Ch18:2-OH in rats. Upon injection into rats, HDL-associated [3H]Ch18:2-OH is removed more rapidly from the circulation than HDL-associated [3H]Ch18:2. Two minutes after administration of [3H]Ch18:2-OH-HDL, 19.6±2.6% (S.E.M.; n = 4) of the label was taken up by the liver as compared with 2.4±0.25% (S.E.M.; n = 4) for [3H]Ch18:2-HDL. Organ distribution studies indicated that only the liver and adrenals exhibited preferential uptake of [3H]Ch18:2-OH as compared with [3H]Ch18:2, with the liver as the major site of uptake. A cell-separation procedure, employed 10 min after injection of [3H]Ch18:2-OH-HDL or [3H]Ch18:2-HDL, demonstrated that within the liver only parenchymal cells take up HDL-CE by the selective uptake pathway. Selective uptake by parenchymal cells of [3H]Ch18:2-OH was 3-fold higher than that of [3H]Ch18:2, while Kupffer and endothelial cell uptake of the lipid tracers reflected HDL holoparticle uptake (as analysed with iodinated versus cholesteryl ester-labelled HDL). The efficient uptake of [3H]Ch18:2-OH by parenchymal cells was coupled to a 3-fold increase in rate of radioactive bile acid secretion from [3H]Ch18:2-OH-HDL as compared with [3H]Ch18:2-HDL. In vitro studies with freshly isolated parenchymal cells showed that the association of [3H]Ch18:2-OH-HDL at 37 °C exceeded [3H]Ch18:2-HDL uptake almost 4-fold. Our results indicate that HDL-associated CEOH are efficiently and selectively removed from the blood circulation by the liver in vivo. The selective liver uptake is specifically exerted by parenchymal cells and coupled to a rapid biliary secretion pathway. The liver uptake and biliary secretion route may allow HDL to function as an efficient protection system against potentially atherogenic CEOOH.

Steroids ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 308-313
Author(s):  
I.J. Goldberg ◽  
R.S. Rosenfeld ◽  
I. Paul ◽  
L.K. Miller ◽  
M.L. Tiell

2011 ◽  
Vol 392 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinbo Zhang ◽  
Baosheng Chen

Abstract It has been shown that apolipoprotein A-V (apoA-V) over-expression significantly lowers plasma triglyceride levels and decreases atherosclerotic lesion development. To assess the feasibility of recombinant high density lipoprotein (rHDL) reconstituted with apoA-V and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) as a therapeutic agent for hyperlipidemic disorder and atherosclerosis, a series of rHDL were synthesized in vitro with various mass ratios of recombinant apoA-I and apoA-V. It is interesting to find that apoA-V of rHDL had no effect on lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activation in vitro and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) clearance in HepG2 cells and in vivo. By contrast, LPL activation and VLDL clearance were inhibited by the addition of apoA-V to rHDL. Furthermore, the apoA-V of rHDL could not redistribute from rHDL to VLDL after incubation at 37°C for 30 min. These findings suggest that an increase of apoA-V in rHDL could not play a role in VLDL clearance in vitro and in vivo, which could, at least in part, attribute to the lost redistribution of apoA-V from rHDL to VLDL and LPL binding ability of apoA-V in rHDL. The therapeutic application of rHDL reconstituted with apoA-V and apoA-I might need the construction of rHDL from which apoA-V could freely redistribute to VLDL.


2000 ◽  
Vol 349 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirkko J. PUSSINEN ◽  
Barbara KARTEN ◽  
Andrea WINTERSPERGER ◽  
Helga REICHER ◽  
Mark MCLEAN ◽  
...  

Aberrant cell proliferation is one of the hallmarks of carcinogenesis, and cholesterol is thought to play an important role during cell proliferation and cancer progression. In the present study we examined the pathways that could contribute to enhanced proliferation rates of HBL-100 cells in the presence of apolipoprotein E-depleted high-density lipoprotein subclass 3 (HDL3). When HBL-100 cells were cultivated in the presence of HDL3 (up to 200 μg/ml HDL3 protein), the growth rates and cellular cholesterol content were directly related to the concentrations of HDL3 in the culture medium. In principle, two pathways can contribute to cholesterol/cholesteryl ester (CE) uptake from HDL3, (i) holoparticle- and (ii) scavenger-receptor BI (SR-BI)-mediated selective uptake of HDL3-associated CEs. Northern- and Western-blot analyses revealed the expression of CLA-1 (CD-36 and LIMPII analogous 1), the human homologue of the rodent HDL receptor SR-BI. In line with CLA-1 expression, selective uptake of HDL3-CEs exceeded HDL3-holoparticle uptake between 12- and 58-fold. Competition experiments demonstrated that CLA-1 ligands (oxidized HDL, oxidized and acetylated low-density lipoprotein and phosphatidylserine) inhibited selective HDL3-CE uptake. In line with the ligand-binding specificity of CLA-1, phosphatidylcholine did not compete for selective HDL3-CE uptake. Selective uptake was regulated by the availability of exogenous cholesterol and PMA, but not by adrenocorticotropic hormone. HPLC analysis revealed that a substantial part of HDL3-CE, which was taken up selectively, was subjected to intracellular hydrolysis. A potential candidate facilitating extralysosomal hydrolysis of HDL3-CE is hormone-sensitive lipase, an enzyme which was identified in HBL-100 cells by Western blots. Our findings demonstrate that HBL-100 cells are able to acquire HDL-CEs via selective uptake. Subsequent partial hydrolysis by hormone-sensitive lipase could provide ‘free’ cholesterol that is available for the synthesis of cellular membranes during proliferation of cancer cells.


1992 ◽  
Vol 286 (3) ◽  
pp. 937-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
H L Ly ◽  
B C Mortimer ◽  
E Baker ◽  
T G Redgrave

The aims of the present study were to evaluate the metabolism of chylomicrons (CM) and of CM remnants after labelling with radioactive iodine and converting the iodinated CM into remnants in vitro. Lymph CM were radiolabelled with 125I or sham-labelled with 127I by either the ICl procedure or the tyramine-cellobiose (TC) procedure, then injected into rats. The clearance from plasma of the iodinated CM was compared with control non-iodinated lipid-labelled CM. After iodination with ICl, the plasma removal of endogenously labelled CM was significantly different from non-iodinated CM, with increased uptake of CM triacylglycerols by the liver. In contrast, the clearances from plasma and the uptake by organs of radiolabelled lipids of CM iodinated by the TC method (TC-CM) were similar to control CM. About 40% of the label from 125I-TC-CM was insoluble in 50% propan-2-ol, indicating association with CM apolipoprotein B48. Only about 8% of label was lipid soluble, mostly in phosphatidylethanolamine. Radioactivity from 125I-TC-CM injected intravenously in rats was cleared rapidly and by 30 min only 20% remained in plasma, whereas 48% was recovered in the liver. After fractionation of the plasma by density-gradient ultracentrifugation, most label remained associated with d (relative density) less than 1.006 lipoproteins. In intact rats label was also found associated with the low-density and high-density lipoprotein fractions of plasma. When the liver was excluded from circulation, the recovery of label in low-density- and high-density-lipoprotein fractions was greatly decreased. CM remnants were prepared in vivo by injecting 125I-TC-CM into functionally hepatectomized donors and compared with remnants prepared in vitro by incubation with purified bovine milk lipoprotein lipase. Although remnants prepared in vitro cleared from plasma slower than remnants prepared in vivo, the size, lipid composition and apolipoprotein profile on gradient PAGE of the remnants were similar. We conclude that labelling of CM by the TC method avoided the ‘artefactual’ changes in metabolism seen after labelling by the ICl procedure. CM remnants when prepared in vitro using lipoprotein lipase were found to be similar to those prepared in vivo after injection into functionally hepatectomized rats.


2001 ◽  
Vol 268 (21) ◽  
pp. 5609-5616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Matveev ◽  
Annette Uittenbogaard ◽  
Deneys van der Westhuyzen ◽  
Eric J. Smart

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