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The Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 40, 85-92, January 1999
Copyright © 1999 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Original Article

Apolipoprotein A-I promotes cholesterol release and apolipoprotein E recruitment from THP-1 macrophage-like foam cells

Correspondence to: John K. Bielicki

Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is synthesized and secreted by arterial macrophages while apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) is present in surrounding interstitial fluids. Both apolipoproteins play important roles in macrophage cholesterol homeostasis by forming lipid complexes (nascent-HDL) with cellular phospholipids (PL) and cholesterol (UC) thereby promoting cholesterol efflux. In this study, we evaluated the relative contributions of apoA-I and endogenously produced apoE in mediating the recruitment of cellular cholesterol. THP-1 human monocytes were differentiated (300 nM phorbol dibutyrate) into macrophages and macrophage-foam cells were generated by cholesterol loading with acetylated LDL (50 µg protein/ml). ApoA-I (10 µg/ml) depleted macrophage-foam cell cholesteryl esters by 50% in 24 h. This reduction was accompanied by a significant increase in the UC/PL mole ratio of nascent HDL (UC/PL = 0.80 ± 0.15) in the medium compared to complexes isolated from macrophages (UC/PL = 0.59 ± 0.08). Significantly more (70%) nascent-HDL were formed in incubations of apoA-I with macrophage-foam cells than with macrophages. Medium apoE accumulation paralleled the assembly of apoA-I containing nascent HDL where 2- and 4-fold increases were observed with macrophages and macrophage-foam cells, respectively, compared to incubations in the absence of apoA-I. Despite the increase in medium apoE accumulation, a majority (85%) of particles (11, 9, and 7.4 nm in diameter) from macrophages and macrophage-foam cells possessed apoA-I without apoE. ApoA-I plus apoE particles (13–16 nm) were also formed along with a small quantity of apoE-only particles (19–20 nm).

The predominance of apoA-I only particles indicates, however, that the assembly of apoA-I-containing nascent-HDL represents a major metabolic pathway of cellular cholesterol recruitment compared to the endogenous production of apoE.—Bielicki, J. K., M. R. McCall, and T. M. Forte. Apolipoprotein A-I promotes cholesterol release and apolipoprotein E recruitment from THP-1 macrophage-like foam cells. J. Lipid Res. 1999. 40: 85–92.

Supplementary key words: macrophage-foam cells, cholesterol recruitment, sphingomyelin, apolipoprotein A-I, apolipoprotein E, nascent-HDL assembly

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