scholarly journals Fluorescent low density lipoprotein for observation of dynamics of individual receptor complexes on cultured human fibroblasts.

1981 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
L S Barak ◽  
W W Webb
Keyword(s):  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Receptor Internalization ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Receptor Complexes ◽  
Heparin Sulfate ◽  
Cultured Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Coa Reductase

The visible wavelength excited fluorophore 3,3'-dioctadecylindocarbocyanine iodide (Dil[3]) was incorporated into human low density lipoprotein (LDL) to form the highly fluorescent LDL derivative dil(3)-LDL. Dil(3)-LDL binds to normal human fibroblasts and to human fibroblasts defective in LDL receptor internalization but does not bind to LDL receptor-negative human fibroblasts at 4 degrees C or 37 degrees C. It is internalized rapidly at 37 degrees C by normal fibroblasts and depresses the activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA reductase) in a manner similar to that of LDL. It is prevented from binding to the LDL receptor by an excess of unlabeled LDL or by heparin sulfate. Identical distributions of dil(3)-LDL are observed on cells by either indirect immunofluorescence with fluorescein-labeled antibody or directly by dil(3) fluorescence. Upwards of 45 molecules of dil(3) are incorporated per molecule of LDL without affecting binding to the receptor. This labeling renders individual molecules visible by their fluorescence and enables the derivative to be used in dynamic studies of LDL-receptor motion on living fibroblasts by standard fluorescence techniques at low LDL receptor density. Observations with this derivative indicate that the LDL-receptor complex is immobilized on the surface of human fibroblasts but, when free of this linkage, undergoes a Brownian motion consistent with theory.

scholarly journals The effect of (−)-hydroxycitrate on the activity of the low-density-lipoprotein receptor and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase levels in the human hepatoma cell line Hep G2

1990 ◽  
Vol 272 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
T A Berkhout ◽  
L M Havekes ◽  
N J Pearce ◽  
P H E Groot
Keyword(s):  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Hep G2 ◽  
Atp Citrate Lyase ◽  
Hmg Coa Reductase ◽  
Synthetic Pathway ◽  
Citrate Lyase ◽  
Coa Reductase

(-)-Hydroxycitrate, a potent inhibitor of ATP citrate-lyase, was tested in Hep G2 cells for effects on cholesterol homoeostasis. After 2.5 h and 18 h incubations with (-)-hydroxycitrate at concentrations of 0.5 mM or higher, incorporation of [1,5-14C]citrate into fatty acids and cholesterol was strongly inhibited. This most likely reflects an effective inhibition of ATP citrate-lyase. Cholesterol biosynthesis was decreased to 27% of the control value as measured by incorporations from 3H2O, indicating a decreased flux of carbon units through the cholesterol-synthetic pathway. After 18 h preincubation with 2 mM-(-)-hydroxycitrate, the cellular low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity was increased by 50%, as determined by the receptor-mediated association and degradation. Measurements of receptor-mediated binding versus LDL concentration suggests that this increase was due to an increase in the numbers of LDL receptors. Simultaneously, enzyme levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase as determined by activity measurements increased 30-fold. Our results suggest that the increases in HMG-CoA reductase and the LDL receptor are initiated by the decreased flux of carbon units in the cholesterol-synthetic pathway, owing to inhibition of ATP citratelyase. A similar induction of HMG-CoA reductase and LDL receptor was also found after preincubations of cells with 0.3 microM-mevinolin, suggesting that the underlying mechanism for this induction is identical for both drugs.

scholarly journals Phorbol esters inhibit low density lipoprotein processing by cultured human fibroblasts

FEBS Letters ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 195 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Mazière ◽  
C. Mazière ◽  
L. Mora ◽  
M. Auclair ◽  
S. Goldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phorbol Esters ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Cultured Human Fibroblasts

Short-term effects of ACTH on the low-density lipoprotein receptor mRNA level in rat and hamster adrenals

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-G. Lehoux ◽  
A. Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Cholesterol Metabolism ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cholesterol Content ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hmg Coa Reductase ◽  
Receptor Mrna ◽  
Coa Reductase

ABSTRACT Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor mRNA was found in both rat and hamster adrenals. Within 30 min after ACTH administration a significant increase in the levels of both LDL receptor and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) mRNAs was observed in rat adrenals; these levels remained increased for up to 240 min. The increase in the levels of LDL receptor and HMG-CoA reductase mRNAs produced by ACTH was reduced by co-administration of aminoglutethimide while, at the same time, the adrenal cholesterol content of rats treated with both aminoglutethimide and ACTH was significantly increased compared with that in groups treated with ACTH alone. Cycloheximide also induced increased levels of rat adrenal mRNAs for LDL receptor and HMG-CoA reductase, but this effect was not additive with that of ACTH. These results suggest that, in the rat, the short-term effect of ACTH on the levels of mRNAs for the LDL receptor and HMG-CoA reductase is similarly controlled and might be mediated through changes in the adrenal cholesterol content. In the hamster adrenal, however, no significant fluctuations were found in the level of LDL receptor mRNA, although a marked increase was found in the level of HMG-CoA reductase mRNA, 2 h after ACTH administration. This indicates that an important effect of ACTH on cholesterol metabolism in the hamster adrenal is at the level of HMG-CoA reductase. In the hamster, therefore, where the main source of cholesterol for the adrenal gland is de-novo synthesis, it seems that a complex mechanism is involved in the control of LDL receptor gene expression.

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