scholarly journals Inefficient internalization of receptor-bound low density lipoprotein in human carcinoma A-431 cells.

1981 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
R G Anderson ◽  
M S Brown ◽  
J L Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Cho Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Human Carcinoma ◽  
Ldl Receptors

Human epithelioid carcinoma A-431 cells are known to express unusually large numbers of receptors for the polypeptide hormone epidermal growth factor. The current studies demonstrate that this cell line also expresses 5- to 10-fold more low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors per cell than either human fibroblasts or Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. As visualized with an LDL-ferritin conjugate, the LDL receptors in A-431 cells appeared in clusters that were distributed uniformly over the cell surface, occurring over flat regions of the membrane as well as over the abundant surface extensions. Only 4% of the LDL receptors were located in coated pits. The LDL receptors in A-431 cells showed the same affinity and specificity as the LDL receptors in human fibroblasts and other cell types. In addition, they were subject to feedback regulation by sterols in the same manner as the LDL receptors in other cells. However, in contrast to other cell types in which the receptor-bound LDL is internalized with high efficiency, in the A-431 cells only a small fraction of the receptor-bound LDL entered the cell. In CHO cells approximately 66% of the LDL receptors were located over coated regions of membrane, and the efficiency of LDL internalization was correspondingly 10-fold higher than in A-431 cells. These findings support the concept that the rate of LDL internalization is proportional to the number of LDL receptors in coated pits and that the inefficiency of internalization in the A-431 cells is caused by a limitation in the ability of these cells to incorporate their LDL receptors into coated pits.

scholarly journals Effect of cell density on binding and uptake of low density lipoprotein by human fibroblasts.

1979 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 588-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
H S Kruth ◽  
J Avigan ◽  
W Gamble ◽  
M Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Cell Density ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Cellular Lipid ◽  
Cholesterol Accumulation ◽  
Ldl Receptors ◽  
Ldl Binding ◽  
In Cells

The effect of cell density on low density lipoprotein (LDL) binding by cultured human skin fibroblasts was investigated. Bound LDL was visualized by indirect immunofluorescence. Cellular lipid and cholesterol were monitored by fluorescence in cells stained with phosphine 3R and filipin, respectively. LDL binding and lipid accumulation were compared in cells in stationary and exponentially growing cultures, in sparsely and densely plated cultures, in wounded and non-wounded areas of stationary cultures, and in stationary cultures with and without the addition of lipoprotein-deficient serum. We conclude that LDL binding and cholesterol accumulation induced by LDL are influenced by cell density. It appears that, compared to rapidly growing cells, quiescent (noncycling) human fibroblasts exhibit fewer functional LDL receptors.

Characterization of a family of gamma-ray-induced CHO mutants demonstrates that the ldlA locus is diploid and encodes the low-density lipoprotein receptor

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3268-3277
Author(s):  
R D Sege ◽  
K F Kozarsky ◽  
M Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Irradiation ◽  
Cho Cells ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Chinese Hamster ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Ldl Receptors

The ldlA locus is one of four Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell loci which are known to be required for the synthesis of functional low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors. Previous studies have suggested that the ldlA locus is diploid and encodes the LDL receptor. To confirm this assignment, we have isolated a partial genomic clone of the Chinese hamster LDL receptor gene and used this and other nucleic acid and antibody probes to study a family of ldlA mutants isolated after gamma-irradiation. Our analysis suggests that there are two LDL receptor alleles in wild-type CHO cells. Each of the three mutants isolated after gamma-irradiation had detectable deletions affecting one of the two LDL receptor alleles. One of the mutants also had a disruption of the remaining allele, resulting in the synthesis of an abnormal receptor precursor which was not subject to Golgi-associated posttranslational glycoprotein processing. The correlation of changes in the expression, structure, and function of LDL receptors with deletions in the LDL receptor genes in these mutants directly demonstrated that the ldlA locus in CHO cells is diploid and encodes the LDL receptor. In addition, our analysis suggests that CHO cells in culture may contain a partial LDL receptor pseudogene.

scholarly journals Tissue-specific sorting of the human LDL receptor in polarized epithelia of transgenic mice.

1990 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
R K Pathak ◽  
M Yokode ◽  
R E Hammer ◽  
S L Hofmann ◽  
M S Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Transgenic Mice ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial Cells ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Ldl Receptors

The distribution of human low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors was studied by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy in epithelial cells of transgenic mice that express high levels of receptors under control of the metallothionein-I promoter. In hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells, the receptors were confined to the basal and basolateral surfaces, respectively. Very few LDL receptors were present in coated pits or intracellular vesicles. In striking contrast, in the epithelium of the renal tubule the receptors were present on the apical (lumenal) surface where they appeared to be concentrated at the base of microvilli and were abundant in vesicles of the endocytic recycling pathway. Intravenously administered LDL colloidal gold conjugates bound to the receptors on hepatocyte microvilli and were slowly internalized, apparently through slow migration into coated pits. We conclude that (a) sorting of LDL receptors to the surface of different epithelial cells varies with each tissue; and (b) in addition to a signal for clustering in coated pits, the LDL receptor may contain a signal for retention in noncoated membrane that is manifest in hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells, but not in renal epithelial cells or cultured human fibroblasts.

Platelet factor 4 binds to low-density lipoprotein receptors and disrupts the endocytic itinerary, resulting in retention of low-density lipoprotein on the cell surface

Blood ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 99 (10) ◽  
pp. 3613-3622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce S. Sachais ◽  
Alice Kuo ◽  
Taher Nassar ◽  
Jeanelle Morgan ◽  
Katalin Kariko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Chondroitin Sulfate ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Platelet Factor 4 ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Platelet Factor

The influence of platelets on the cellular metabolism of atherogenic lipoproteins has not been characterized in detail. Therefore, we investigated the effect of platelet factor 4 (PF4), a cationic protein released in high concentration by activated platelets, on the uptake and degradation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) via the LDL receptor (LDL-R). LDL-R–dependent binding, internalization, and degradation of LDL by cultured cells were inhibited 50%, 80%, and 80%, respectively, on addition of PF4. PF4 bound specifically to the ligand-binding domain of recombinant soluble LDL-R (half-maximal binding 0.5 μg/mL PF4) and partially (approximately 50%) inhibited the binding of LDL. Inhibition of internalization and degradation by PF4 required the presence of cell-associated proteoglycans, primarily those rich in chondroitin sulfate. PF4 variants with impaired heparin binding lacked the capacity to inhibit LDL. PF4, soluble LDL-R, and LDL formed ternary complexes with cell-surface proteoglycans. PF4 induced the retention of LDL/LDL-R complexes on the surface of human fibroblasts in multimolecular clusters unassociated with coated pits, as assessed by immuno-electron microscopy. These studies demonstrate that PF4 inhibits the catabolism of LDL in vitro in part by competing for binding to LDL-R, by promoting interactions with cell-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, and by disrupting the normal endocytic trafficking of LDL/LDL-R complexes. Retention of LDL on cell surfaces may facilitate proatherogenic modifications and support an expanded role for platelets in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

scholarly journals Co-localization of 125I-epidermal growth factor and ferritin-low density lipoprotein in coated pits: a quantitative electron microscopic study in normal and mutant human fibroblasts.

1982 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Carpentier ◽  
P Gorden ◽  
R G Anderson ◽  
J L Goldstein ◽  
M S Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Epidermal Growth Factor ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Visual Probe ◽  
Epidermal Growth ◽  
Endocytotic Vesicles

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) bind to receptors on the surface of human fibroblasts and are internalized in coated vesicles. Each of the ligands has been studied separately by electron microscopy in human fibroblasts using ferritin-LDL as one visual probe and 125I-EGF as a second visual probe. A mutant strain of human fibroblasts (J.D.) has been described in which LDL does not localize to coated pits and hence is not internalized. Because LDL and EGF do not compete with each other for binding, in the current studies we coincubated the two ligands with normal and mutant cells to visualize their cellular fates. In normal fibroblasts ferritin-LDL and 125I-EGF both bound preferentially to coated pits at 4 degrees C and both ligands were internalized into endocytotic vesicles and lysosomes. Quantitative studies in normal cells showed that 75% of the coated pits and vesicles that contained 125I-EGF also contained ferritin-LDL, indicating that both ligands enter the cell through the same endocytotic vesicles. In the LDL internalization-mutant J.D. cells, ferritin-LDL did not localize in coated pits and was not internalized, but 125I-EGF bound to coated pits and was internalized just as in normal fibroblasts.

scholarly journals A mutation and an antibody that affect chemical cross-linking of low-density lipoprotein receptors on human fibroblasts

1993 ◽  
Vol 289 (2) ◽  
pp. 569-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
D D Patel ◽  
A K Soutar ◽  
B L Knight
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Structure ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Surface Membrane ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Ldl Receptors ◽  
Surface Receptors

Treatment of normal fibroblasts with the bifunctional cross-linking reagent DTSSP [3,3′-dithiobis(sulphosuccinimidylpropionate)] at 4 degrees C converted approximately 40% of the cell-surface low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors into a high-M(r) form, thought to represent receptor dimers. Preincubation of the cells with anti-(LDL receptor) monoclonal antibody 10A2 increased the proportion of surface receptors in the high-M(r) form after treatment with DTSSP at 4 degrees C to over 70%. Preincubation with LDL did not affect the proportion cross-linked, but prevented the increase produced by antibody 10A2. Cross-linking at 37 degrees C was less efficient than at 4 degrees C and was not affected by preincubation with antibody 10A2. Surface LDL receptors on fibroblasts from the homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemic subject MM were not cross-linked by DTSSP, confirming that the mutation had produced a change in the conformation of the receptor molecule. Taken together, the results suggest that normal LDL receptors on at least one region of the surface membrane may be loosely associated in some form of multimeric array which alters its alignment differently in response to antibody 10A2 and to cooling. Mutations that alter the tertiary structure of the receptors could affect LDL binding by disturbing the arrangement of the array.

scholarly journals Potassium-dependent assembly of coated pits: new coated pits form as planar clathrin lattices.

1986 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 2619-2627 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Larkin ◽  
W C Donzell ◽  
R G Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Size ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Ldl Receptors ◽  
Membrane Surfaces ◽  
Membrane Shape ◽  
K Depletion

Previous studies have shown that when human fibroblasts are depleted of intracellular K+, coated pits disappear from the cell surface and the receptor-mediated endocytosis of low density lipoprotein (LDL) is inhibited. We have now used the K+ depletion protocol to study several aspects of coated pit function. First, since coated pits rapidly form when K+-depleted fibroblasts are incubated in the presence of 10 mM KCl, we studied the sequence of assembly of coated pits as visualized in carbon-platinum replicas of inner membrane surfaces from cells that had been incubated in the presence of K+ for various times. New coated pits initially appeared as planar clathrin lattices that increased in size by the formation of polygons at the margin of the lattice. Once the lattice reached a critical size it invaginated to form coated vesicles. Second, we determined that LDL-ferritin can induce clustering of LDL receptors over noncoated membrane on the surface of K+-depleted fibroblasts; however, when these cells are subsequently incubated in the presence of K+, these clusters become associated with newly formed coated pits and are internalized. Finally, we determined that K+ depletion inhibits the assembly of coated pits, but that existing coated pits in K+-depleted cells are able to internalize LDL. These results suggest that the clathrin lattice of coated pits is actively involved in membrane shape change during endocytosis and that the structural proteins of the lattice are cyclically assembled and disassembled in the process.

scholarly journals Characterization of a family of gamma-ray-induced CHO mutants demonstrates that the ldlA locus is diploid and encodes the low-density lipoprotein receptor.

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3268-3277 ◽  
Author(s):  
R D Sege ◽  
K F Kozarsky ◽  
M Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Irradiation ◽  
Cho Cells ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Chinese Hamster ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Ldl Receptors

The ldlA locus is one of four Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell loci which are known to be required for the synthesis of functional low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors. Previous studies have suggested that the ldlA locus is diploid and encodes the LDL receptor. To confirm this assignment, we have isolated a partial genomic clone of the Chinese hamster LDL receptor gene and used this and other nucleic acid and antibody probes to study a family of ldlA mutants isolated after gamma-irradiation. Our analysis suggests that there are two LDL receptor alleles in wild-type CHO cells. Each of the three mutants isolated after gamma-irradiation had detectable deletions affecting one of the two LDL receptor alleles. One of the mutants also had a disruption of the remaining allele, resulting in the synthesis of an abnormal receptor precursor which was not subject to Golgi-associated posttranslational glycoprotein processing. The correlation of changes in the expression, structure, and function of LDL receptors with deletions in the LDL receptor genes in these mutants directly demonstrated that the ldlA locus in CHO cells is diploid and encodes the LDL receptor. In addition, our analysis suggests that CHO cells in culture may contain a partial LDL receptor pseudogene.

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