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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 20, 200-207, February 1979
Copyright © 1979 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Distribution of cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I and A-II in human high density lipoprotein subfractions separated by CsCl equilibrium gradient centrifugation: evidence for HDL subpopulations with differing A-I/A-II molar ratios

Marian C. Cheung and John J. Albers

Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Gerontology, Department of Medicine and Northwest Lipid Research Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104

The purpose of this experiment was to characterize the high density lipoproteins (HDL) as a function of hydrated density. HDL was subfractionated on the basis of hydrated density by CsCl density gradient centrifugation of whole serum or the d 1.063-1.25 g/ml HDL fraction isolated from three men and three women. Apolipoprotein A-I and A-II quantitation by radial immunodiffusion showed that the A-I/A-II ratio varied with the lipoprotein hydrated density. The A-I/A-II molar ratio of HDL lipoproteins banding between d 1.106 and 1.150 g/ml was nearly constant at 2.2 ± 0.2. In the density range 1.151-1.25 g/ml the A-I/A-II ratio increased as the density increased. On the other hand, in the density range between 1.077 and 1.105 the A-I/A-II ratio increased as the density decreased, ranging from 2.8 ± 0.5 for the d 1.093-1.105 g/ml fraction to 5.6 ± 1.3 for the d 1.077-1.082 g/ml fraction. The d 1.063-1.076 g/ml fraction and the d 1.077-1.082 g/ml fractions had comparable A-I/A-II ratios. Serum and the d 1.063-1.25 g/ml HDL fraction exhibited similar trends. The cholesterol/(A-I + A-II) ratio decreased as the density increased in all 12 samples (six serum and six HDL) examined. Gradient gel electrophoresis of the density gradient fractions showed that as the density increased from 1.063 to 1.200 g/ml the apparent molecular weight decreased from 3.9 x 10⁵ to 1.1 x 10⁵. HDL subfractions with the same hydrated densities had comparable molecular weights and A-I/A-II and cholesterol/(A-I + A-II) ratios when isolated from men or women. HDL contains subpopulations that differ in the A-I/A-II molar ratio.—Cheung, M. C., and J. J. Albers. Distribution of cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I and A-II in human high density lipoprotein subfractions separated by CsCl equilibrium gradient centrifugation: evidence for HDL subpopulations with differing A-I/A-II molar ratios.

Supplementary key words radial immunodiffusion • gradient gel electrophoresis

Submitted on February 27, 1978
Accepted on August 16, 1978

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