Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 27, 1304-1317, Copyright © 1986 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase-induced modifications of liver perfusate discoidal high density lipoproteins from African green monkeys

J Babiak, H Tamachi, FL Johnson, JS Parks and LL Rudel

The role of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) in the formation of plasma high density lipoproteins (HDL) was studied in a series of in vitro incubations in which perfusates from isolated African green monkey livers were incubated at 37 degrees C with partially purified LCAT for between 1 and 13 hr. The HDL particles isolated from monkey liver perfusate stored at 4 degrees C and not exposed to added LCAT contained apoA-I and apoE, were deficient in neutral lipids, and were observed by electron microscopy as discoidal particles. Particle sizes, measured as Stokes' diameters by gradient gel electrophoresis (GGE), ranged between 7.8 nm and 15.0 nm. The properties of perfusate HDL were unchanged following incubation at 37 degrees C in the presence of an LCAT inhibitor. However, HDL subfractions derived from incubations at 37 degrees C with active LCAT contained apoA-I as the major apoprotein, appeared round by electron microscopy, and possessed chemical compositions similar to plasma HDL. The HDL isolated from perfusate incubations at 37 degrees C with low amounts of LCAT had a particle size and chemical composition similar to plasma HDL3a. In three of four perfusates incubated with higher levels of LCAT activity, the HDL products consisted of two distinct HDL subpopulations when examined by GGE. The major subpopulation was similar in size and composition to plasma HDL2a, while the minor subpopulation demonstrated the characteristics of plasma HDL2b. The data indicate that the discoidal HDL particles secreted by perfused monkey livers can serve as precursors to three of the major HDL subpopulations observed in plasma.
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