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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 48, 2571-2578, December 2007
Copyright © 2007 by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology



* Department of Cardiovascular Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208
Department of Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208
Division and Program in Human Genetics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH 45229
Published, JLR Papers in Press, August 25, 2007.
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: zguo{at}mmc.edu
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) deficiency has been suggested to induce foam cell formation. Using lipoproteins obtained from wild-type mice and apoE-deficient mice expressing apoB-48 but not apoB-100, we studied apoE-deficient lipoprotein-induced changes in lipoprotein catabolism and protein expression in mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPMs). Our data demonstrate that incubation of MPMs with apoE-deficient lipoproteins induced intracellular lipoprotein, cholesteryl ester, and triglyceride accumulation, which was associated with a time-related decline in apoE-deficient lipoprotein degradation in MPMs. Confocal microscopy analysis indicated that the accumulated lipids were localized in lysosomes. ApoE-deficient lipoproteins reduced the protein levels of lysosomal acid lipase, cathepsin B, and cation-dependent mannose 6 phosphate receptor (MPR46). Exogenous apoE reduced apoE-deficient lipoprotein-induced lipid accumulation and attenuated the suppressive effect of apoE-deficient lipoproteins on lysosomal hydrolase and MPR46 expression. Although oxidized lipoproteins also increased lipid contents in MPMs, exogenous apoE could not attenuate oxidized lipoprotein-induced lipid accumulation. Our in vivo studies also showed that feeding apoE-deficient mice a high-fat diet resulted in cholesteryl ester and triglyceride accumulation and reduced lysosomal hydrolase expression in MPMs. These data suggest that apoE-deficient lipoproteins increase cellular lipid contents through pathways different from those activated by oxidized lipoproteins and that reducing lysosomal hydrolases in macrophages might be a mechanism by which apoE-deficient lipoproteins result in intralysosomal lipoprotein accumulation, thereby inducing foam cell formation.
Abbreviations: apoB, apolipoprotein B; apoB-48R, apolipoprotein B-48 receptor; E–/B48, apolipoprotein E-deficient, apolipoprotein B-48-containing lipoprotein; EC, esterified cholesterol; FC, free cholesterol; LDLR, low density lipoprotein receptor; MPM, mouse peritoneal macrophage; MPR46, cation-dependent mannose 6 phosphate receptor; SR, scavenger receptor; SR-A, scavenger receptor class A; SR-BI, scavenger receptor class B type I; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid-reacting substances
Supplementary key words oxidized lipoproteins cholesterol ester mannose 6 phosphate receptor
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