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The Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 39, 1981-1988, October 1998
Copyright © 1998 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Submicellar bile salts stimulate phosphatidylcholine transfer activity of sterol carrier protein 2

Andrew N. Leonarda and David E. Cohena
a Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461

Correspondence to: David E. Cohen.

To explore a potential role for sterol carrier protein 2 (SCP2, also known as non-specific lipid transfer protein) in hepatocellular phospholipid trafficking, we examined the influence of submicellar bile salt concentrations on phosphatidylcholine (PC) transfer activity of SCP2. We measured rate constants for first-order transfer of sn -1 palmitoyl, sn -2 parinaroyl PC, a naturally fluorescent self-quenching phospholipid between model membranes. Purified bovine liver SCP2 promoted transfer of PC from donor to acceptor small unilamellar vesicles. Taurine- and glycine-conjugated bile salts (anionic steroid detergent-like molecules), at concentrations well below their critical micellar concentrations, stimulated PC transfer activity of SCP2 80- to 140-fold. Rate constants increased in proportion to bile salt concentration, temperature, and bile salt–membrane binding affinity. Sodium taurofusidate, a conjugated fungal bile salt analog, also activated PC transfer whereas no effect was observed with the anionic and non-ionic straight chain detergents sodium dodecyl sulfate and octylglucoside, respectively. Thermodynamic and kinetic analyses of PC transfer support a mechanism in which bile salts stimulate SCP2 activity by partitioning into donor vesicles and enhancing membrane association of SCP2.

These results imply that under physiological conditions, SCP2 may contribute to hepatocellular selection and transport of biliary PCs.—Leonard, A. N., and D. E. Cohen. Submicellar bile salts stimulate phosphatidylcholine transfer activity of sterol carrier protein 2. J. Lipid Res. 1998. 39: 1981–1988.

Supplementary key words: phospholipid, membrane, detergent, fluorescence


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