Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 33, 1699-1709, Copyright © 1992 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Efflux of lipid from fibroblasts to apolipoproteins: dependence on elevated levels of cellular unesterified cholesterol

JK Bielicki, WJ Johnson, RB Weinberg, JM Glick and GH Rothblat
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.

Earlier work from this laboratory showed that enrichment of cells with free cholesterol enhanced the efflux of phospholipid to lipoprotein acceptors, suggesting that cellular phospholipid may contribute to high density lipoprotein (HDL) structure and the removal of sterol from cells. To test this hypothesis, we examined the efflux of [3H]cholesterol (FC) and [32P]phospholipid (PL) from control and cholesterol-enriched fibroblasts to delipidated apolipoproteins. The percentages of [3H]cholesterol and [32P]phospholipid released from control cells to human apolipoprotein A-I were 2.2 +/- 0.5%/24 h and 0.8 +/- 0.1%/24 h, respectively. When the cellular cholesterol content was doubled, efflux of both lipids increased substantially ([3H]FC efflux = 14.6 +/- 3.6%/24 h and [32P]PL efflux = 4.1 +/- 0.3%/24 h). Phosphatidylcholine accounted for 70% of the radiolabeled phospholipid released from cholesterol-enriched cells. The cholesterol to phospholipid molar ratio of the lipid released from cholesterol- enriched cells was approximately 1. This ratio remained constant throughout an incubation time of 3 to 48 h, suggesting that there was a coordinate release of both lipids. The concentrations of apoA-I, A-II, A-IV, E, and Cs that promoted half-maximal efflux of phospholipid from cholesterol-enriched fibroblasts were 53, 30, 68, 137, and 594 nM, respectively. With apoA-I and A-IV, these values for half-maximal efflux of phospholipid were identical to the concentrations that resulted in half-maximal efflux of cholesterol. Agarose gel electrophoresis of medium containing apoA-I that had been incubated with cholesterol-enriched fibroblasts revealed a particle with alpha to pre-beta mobility. We conclude that the cholesterol content of cellular membranes is an important determinant in the ability of apolipoproteins to promote lipid removal from cells. We speculate that apolipoproteins access cholesterol-phosphatidylcholine domains within the plasma membrane of cholesterol-enriched cells, whereupon HDL is generated in the extracellular compartment. The release of cellular lipid to apolipoproteins may serve as a protective mechanism against the potentially damaging effects of excess membrane cholesterol.
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