Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 29, 442-458, Copyright © 1988 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Further resolution of the low density lipoprotein spectrum in normal human plasma: physicochemical characteristics of discrete subspecies separated by density gradient ultracentrifugation

MJ Chapman, PM Laplaud, G Luc, P Forgez, E Bruckert, S Goulinet and D Lagrange
Groupe de Recherches INSERM sur les Lipoproteines, Hopital de la Pitie, Paris, France.

The molecular basis of the heterogeneity of plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL, d 1.024-1.050 g/ml) was evaluated in 40 normolipidemic male subjects following fractionation by isopycnic density gradient ultracentrifugation into eight major subspecies. The mass profile of our subjects' LDL uniformly displayed single symmetric or asymmetric peaks as a function of density; the peak occurred most frequently (20 subjects) in subfraction 7 (d 1.0297-1.0327 g/ml). Several physicochemical properties (hydrodynamic behavior, electrophoretic mobility, chemical composition, size and particle heterogeneity, and apolipoprotein heterogeneity) of the LDL subfractions were examined. Hydrodynamic analyses revealed unimodal distributions and distinct peak Sf degree rates in individual subfractions. Such behavior correlated well with particle size and heterogeneity data, in which LDL subspecies were typically resolved as unique narrow bands by gradient gel electrophoresis. Subspecies with average densities of 1.024 to 1.0409 g/ml ranged from 229 to 214 A in particle diameter. LDL protein content increased in parallel with density while the proportion of triglyceride diminished; cholesteryl esters predominated, accounting for approximately 40% or more by weight. Distinct differences in net electric charge were demonstrated by electrophoresis in agarose gel, the subspecies with average density of 1.0314 g/ml displaying the lowest net negative charge. ApoB-100 was the major apoprotein in all subspecies, and constituted the unique protein component over the density interval 1.0271-1.0393 g/ml. ApoE and apo[a] were detected at densities less than 1.0271 and greater than 1.0393 g/ml. While apoE was evenly distributed within these two regions, representing up to 2% of apoLDL, the distribution of apo[a] was skewed towards the denser region, in which it amounted to 3-7% of apoLDL. ApoC-III was detectable as a trace component at densities greater than 1.0358 g/ml. Calculation of the number of molecules of each chemical component per LDL subspecies showed the presence of one copy of apoB-100 per particle, in association with decreasing amounts of cholesteryl ester, free cholesterol, and phospholipid. These data indicate that a similar overall molecular organization and structure is maintained in a unimodal distribution of LDL particle subspecies over the density range approximately 1.02 to 1.05 g/ml. In sum, our data may be interpreted to suggest that microheterogeneity in the physicochemical properties of human LDL subspecies reflects dissimilarities in their origins, intravascular metabolism, tissular fate, and possibly in their atherogenicity.
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