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J. Lipid Res., doi:10.1194/jlr.M700125-JLR200
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Submitted on March 13, 2007
Revised on April 19, 2007
Accepted on May 1, 2007

Receptor-mediated and bulk-phase lipoprotein endocytosis along with macrophage infiltration contribute to cholesterol accumulation in Niemann-Pick type C disease

Benny Liu, Chonglun Xie, James A. Richardson, Stephen D. Turley, and John M. Dietschy

Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9151

Corresponding Author: john.dietschy{at}utsouthwestern.edu

These studies explored the roles of receptor-mediated and bulk-phase endocytosis as well as macrophage infiltration in the accumulation of cholesterol in the mouse with Niemann-Pick type C disease. Uptake of LDL-cholesterol varied from 514 µg/day in the liver to zero in the CNS. In animals lacking LDL receptors, liver uptake remained about the same (411 µg/day), but more cholesterol was taken up in extrahepatic organs. This uptake was unaffected by the reductive methylation of LDL and consistent with bulk-phase endocytosis. All tissues accumulated cholesterol in mice lacking NPC1 function but this accumulation was decreased in adrenal, unchanged in liver, and increased in organs like spleen and lung when LDL receptor function was also deleted. Over 56 days, the spleen and lung accumulated amounts of cholesterol greater than predicted and these organs were heavily infiltrated with macrophages. Both this accumulation of cholesterol and macrophages was increased by deleting LDL receptor function. These observations indicate that both receptor-mediated and bulk-phase endocytosis of lipoproteins, as well as macrophage infiltration, contribute to the cholesterol accumulation seen in NPC disease. These macrophages may also play a role in parenchymal cell death in this syndrome.


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