ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins
Previous studies in nonhuman primates revealed a striking positive correlation between liver cholesteryl ester (CE) secretion rate and the development of coronary artery atherosclerosis. CE incorporated into hepatic VLDL is necessarily synthesized by ACAT2, the cholesterol-esterifying enzyme in hepa...
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doaj-ea5c3bd266524348b34579457ae95b5f2021-04-28T06:07:11ZengElsevierJournal of Lipid Research0022-22752007-07-0148716181627ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteinsRyan E. Temel0Li Hou1Lawrence L. Rudel2Gregory S. Shelness3Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157Previous studies in nonhuman primates revealed a striking positive correlation between liver cholesteryl ester (CE) secretion rate and the development of coronary artery atherosclerosis. CE incorporated into hepatic VLDL is necessarily synthesized by ACAT2, the cholesterol-esterifying enzyme in hepatocytes. We tested the hypothesis that the level of ACAT2 expression, in concert with cellular cholesterol availability, affects the CE content of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins. In a model system of lipoprotein secretion using COS cells cotransfected with microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and truncated forms of apoB, ACAT2 expression resulted in a 3-fold increase in microsomal ACAT activity and a 4-fold increase in the radiolabeled CE content of apoB-lipoproteins. After cholesterol-cyclodextrin (Chol-CD) treatment, CE secretion was increased by 27-fold in ACAT2-transfected cells but by only 7-fold in control cells. Chol-CD treatment also caused the percentage of CE in the apoB-lipoproteins to increase from 3% to 33% in control cells and from 16% to 54% in ACAT2-transfected cells. In addition, ACAT2-transfected cells secreted 3-fold more apoB than control cells. These results indicate that under all conditions of cellular cholesterol availability tested, the relative level of ACAT2 expression affects the CE content and, hence, the potential atherogenicity, of nascent apoB-containing lipoproteins.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520425465atherosclerosislipid mobilizationlipoprotein assemblyvery low density lipoproteinapolipoprotein Btriglycerides |
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Ryan E. Temel Li Hou Lawrence L. Rudel Gregory S. Shelness ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins Journal of Lipid Research atherosclerosis lipid mobilization lipoprotein assembly very low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B triglycerides |
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Ryan E. Temel Li Hou Lawrence L. Rudel Gregory S. Shelness |
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ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins |
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ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins |
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ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins |
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ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins |
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ACAT2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apoB-containing lipoproteins |
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acat2 stimulates cholesteryl ester secretion in apob-containing lipoproteins |
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Previous studies in nonhuman primates revealed a striking positive correlation between liver cholesteryl ester (CE) secretion rate and the development of coronary artery atherosclerosis. CE incorporated into hepatic VLDL is necessarily synthesized by ACAT2, the cholesterol-esterifying enzyme in hepatocytes. We tested the hypothesis that the level of ACAT2 expression, in concert with cellular cholesterol availability, affects the CE content of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins. In a model system of lipoprotein secretion using COS cells cotransfected with microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and truncated forms of apoB, ACAT2 expression resulted in a 3-fold increase in microsomal ACAT activity and a 4-fold increase in the radiolabeled CE content of apoB-lipoproteins. After cholesterol-cyclodextrin (Chol-CD) treatment, CE secretion was increased by 27-fold in ACAT2-transfected cells but by only 7-fold in control cells. Chol-CD treatment also caused the percentage of CE in the apoB-lipoproteins to increase from 3% to 33% in control cells and from 16% to 54% in ACAT2-transfected cells. In addition, ACAT2-transfected cells secreted 3-fold more apoB than control cells. These results indicate that under all conditions of cellular cholesterol availability tested, the relative level of ACAT2 expression affects the CE content and, hence, the potential atherogenicity, of nascent apoB-containing lipoproteins. |
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atherosclerosis lipid mobilization lipoprotein assembly very low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B triglycerides |
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