Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 38, 324-342, Copyright © 1997 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Amino terminus of apolipoprotein B suffices to produce recognition of malondialdehyde-modified low density lipoprotein by the scavenger receptor of human monocyte-macrophages

J Kreuzer, AL White, TJ Knott, ML Jien, M Mehrabian, J Scott, SG Young and ME Haberland
Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA.

Malondialdehyde, a product of lipid peroxidation, produces threshold conversion of low density lipoprotein (LDL) to a form recognized by type I and type II scavenger receptors of monocyte-macrophages. To investigate whether localized domains of human apoB-100 protein provide recognition determinants, we tested the ability of several different apoB-bearing particles to interact with the scavenger receptor of human monocyte-macrophages. Genetically engineered, carboxyl-terminally truncated apoB proteins assembled into lipoprotein form were labeled by fluorescent dye. Fluorescence microscopy and quantitative fluorescent spectrophotometry showed that purified particles containing as little as 23% of the apoB amino-terminus were internalized by the scavenger receptor after, but not before, malondialdehyde modification. There was no recognition of the particles by the LDL receptor. Similar results were obtained with human plasma LDL homozygous for carboxyl-terminally truncated apoB-45.2. Liposome-incorporated fusion protein containing apoB residues 547-735 displayed specific uptake by the scavenger receptor without modification by malondialdehyde. In contrast, fusion proteins containing apoB residues 3,029-3,133 or a short amino terminal segment failed to interact. Thus, primary sequence presented by residues 1-1,084 sufficed to produce recognition of modified LDL by the scavenger receptor. These receptor-combining domains were sequestered when secreted in lipoprotein form and were expressed upon malondialdehyde modification. When packaged exogenously in liposome form, fusion protein containing apoB residues 547-735, containing approximately 4% of the primary sequence, mediated scavenger receptor- dependent uptake and hydrolysis. Our findings provide an additional function or the amino-terminal region of apoB and demonstrate that primary sequence presented by the first 2% of apoB-100 protein suffices to produce recognition on malondialdehyde-modified LDL by the scavenger receptor of human monocyte-macrophages.
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