Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 34, 309-315, Copyright © 1993 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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In vivo removal of beta-VLDL, chylomicron remnants, and alpha 2- macroglobulin in the rat

S Jackle, C Huber, S Moestrup, J Gliemann and U Beisiegel
Medizinische Kernklinik and Poliklinik, Universitats-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

The low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP)/alpha 2- macroglobulin (alpha 2M) receptor has been suggested as a potential chylomicron remnant receptor. To investigate the involvement of LRP in chylomicron remnant metabolism in vivo, cross-competition experiments with chylomicron remnants, beta-VLDL, and receptor-active alpha 2M, complexed with trypsin (alpha 2M-trypsin), were performed in rats. Saturating concentrations of unlabeled beta-VLDL failed to inhibit the plasma clearance and hepatic uptake of 125I-labeled alpha 2M-trypsin and, vice versa, alpha 2M-trypsin failed to retard the removal of 125I- labeled chylomicron remnants. It has been demonstrated previously that bovine lipoprotein lipase (LPL) strongly enhances the binding of apolipoprotein E-containing lipoproteins to LRP (U. Beisiegel, W. Weber, and G. Bengtsson-Olivecrona. 1991. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 88: 8342-8346). Therefore, beta-VLDL were enriched with isolated LPL or heparin was injected simultaneously with beta-VLDL to increase the concentration of endogenous LPL bound to beta-VLDL. Yet, no inhibition of the plasma elimination and the hepatic uptake of 125I-labeled alpha 2M-trypsin was observed after injection of saturating amounts of beta- VLDL enriched with LPL. We conclude that in the rat triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and alpha 2M-trypsin bind in vivo either to different binding domains of LRP or to a different receptor protein.
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