Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 31, 2195-2200, Copyright © 1990 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Distribution of cell-derived cholesterol among plasma lipoproteins: a comparison of three techniques

OL Francone, CJ Fielding and PE Fielding
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143.

Three fractionation procedures (immunoaffinity chromatography, two- dimensional nondenaturing electrophoresis, and heparin-agarose affinity chromatography) have been compared in determining the kinetics of free and ester cholesterol transfer in normolipemic native plasma. Similar results were obtained in each case. Cell-derived free cholesterol is initially enriched in high density lipoproteins (HDL) (mainly HDL without apoE); at longer time periods (greater than 10 min) greater proportions are observed in very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and low density lipoproteins (LDL). The major part of cholesteryl ester (about 90%) was retained in HDL, while VLDL and LDL, which contained about 75% of total cholesteryl ester mass, received only about 10% of cell-derived cholesteryl ester. Within HDL, almost all cholesteryl ester was in the apoE-free fraction. These data provide evidence that lipoprotein free and esterified cholesterol are not at chemical equilibrium in normal plasma, and that cell-derived cholesterol is preferentially directed to HDL. The techniques used had a comparable effectiveness for the rapid fractionation of labile lipoprotein lipid radioactivity.
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