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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 42, 605-619, April 2001
Copyright © 2001 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Original Article

Sequestration of aggregated LDL by macrophages studied with freeze-etch electron microscopy

Correspondence to: Joy S. Frank, To whom correspondence should be addressed., JSFrank{at}mednet.ucla.edu (E-mail)

The detailed morphology of macrophages involved in the uptake and intracellular processing of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and, ultimately, formation of macrophage-derived foam cells of atherosclerotic lesions has long fascinated investigators. This study examined localization of LDL in subcellular compartments of macrophage-derived intimal foam cells in cardiac valves isolated from rabbits by diet-induced hypercholesterolemia and, as an in vitro model of formation of foam cells, in cultured human monocyte-macrophages incubated for 2;–120 h with aggregated LDL produced by vortexing or phospholipase C lipolysis. The quasi-three-dimensional morphology of macrophages involved in endocytosis was preserved by ultrarapid freezing and freeze-etch microscopy in conjunction with thin-section electron microscopy. This approach produced unique images of subcellular compartments in human monocyte-macrophages involved in the uptake and processing of aggregated LDL with a clarity not previously reported. Three-dimensional ultrastructural analyses revealed a complex network of coated and uncoated vesicles, surface-connected saclike compartments, and endosomal/lysosomal compartments including the labyrinth of vesicular/tubular lysosomes all enmeshed in the microtubular, microfilament cytoskeletal network.

These dynamic views of subcellular structures at the high resolution of the electron microscope provide an additional framework to better understand how lipoprotein particles are transported into, and processed within, macrophages during foam cell formation in atherogenesis. — Haberland, M. E., G. Mottino, M. Le, and J. S. Frank. Sequestration of aggregated LDL by macrophages studied with freeze-etch electron microscopy. J. Lipid Res. 2001. 42: 605;–619.

Supplementary key words: LDL-gold, surface-connected compartments, surface tubules for entry into macrophages, CURL, atherosclerosis

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