Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 31, 1559-1567, Copyright © 1990 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Concentration of neutral lipids in the phospholipid surface of substrate particles determines lipid transfer protein activity

RE Morton and JV Steinbrunner
Department of Vascular Cell Biology and Atherosclerosis Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.

To better understand the mechanism of lipid transfer protein (LTP) action and the effects of altered lipoprotein composition on its activity, we evaluated the dependence of LTP activity on the concentrations of cholesteryl ester (CE) and/or triglyceride (TG) in the phospholipid bilayer of substrate particles. Phosphatidylcholine (PC)-cholesterol liposomes containing up to 2 mole% TG and/or CE were prepared by cholate dialysis and used as either the donor of lipids to, or the acceptor of lipids from, low density lipoproteins (LDL). CE or TG transfer from liposomes of varying neutral lipid content to LDL showed saturation kinetics with an apparent Km of less than or equal to 0.2 mole%. Throughout this concentration-dependent response. PC transfer, which depended on the same LTP-donor particle binding interactions as those required for neutral lipid transfer, was essentially unchanged. Lipid transfer in the reverse direction (from LDL to liposomes of varying neutral lipid content) followed the same kinetics showing that transfer between the two particles is tightly coupled and bidirectional. When liposomes contained both TG and CE, these lipids competed for transfer in a manner analogous to that previously noted with lipoprotein substrates. In conclusion, CE and TG transfer activities are determined by the concentration of these lipids in the phospholipid surface of donor and acceptor particles. At low TG and CE concentrations, LTP bound to the liposome surface as indicated by PC transfer, but only a portion of these interactions actually facilitated a neutral lipid transfer event. Thus, the overall rate of neutral lipid transfer, and the competition between TG and CE for transfer, depend on the concentrations of these lipids in the phospholipid layer.
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