Effects of enrichment of fibroblasts with unesterified cholesterol on the efflux of cellular lipids to apolipoprotein A-I

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This study elucidates the factors underlying the enhancement in efflux of human fibroblast unesterified cholesterol and phospholipid (PL) by lipid-free apolipoprotein (apo) A-I that is induced by cholesterol enrichment of the cells. Doubling the unesterified cholesterol content of the plasma membrane by incubation for 24 h with low density lipoprotein and lipid/cholesterol dispersions increases the pools of PL and cholesterol available for removal by apoA-I from about 0.8-5%; the initial rates of mass release of cholesterol and PL are both increased about 6-fold. Expression of the ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is critical for this increased efflux of lipids, and cholesterol loading of the fibroblasts over 24 h increases ABCA1 mRNA about 12-fold. The presence of more ABCA1 and cholesterol in the plasma membrane results in a 2-fold increase in the level of specific binding of apoA-I to the cells with no change in binding affinity. Characterization of the species released from either control or cholesterol-enriched cells indicates that the plasma membrane domains from which lipids are removed are cholesterol-enriched with respect to the average plasma membrane composition. Cholesterol enrichment of fibroblasts also affects PL synthesis, and this leads to enhanced release of phosphatidylcholine (PC) relative to sphingomyelin (SM); the ratios of PC to SM solubilized from control and cholesterol-enriched fibroblasts are ∼2/1 and 5/1, respectively. Biosynthesis of PC is critical for this preferential release of PC and the enhanced cholesterol efflux because inhibition of PC synthesis by choline depletion reduces cholesterol efflux from cholesterol-enriched cells. Overall, it is clear that enrichment of fibroblasts with unesterified cholesterol enhances efflux of cholesterol and PL to apoA-I because of three effects, 1) increased PC biosynthesis, 2) increased PC transport via ABCA1, and 3) increased cholesterol in the plasma membrane.

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Gillotte-Taylor, K., Nickel, M., Johnson, W. J., Francone, O. L., Holvoet, P., Lund-Katz, S., … Phillips, M. C. (2002). Effects of enrichment of fibroblasts with unesterified cholesterol on the efflux of cellular lipids to apolipoprotein A-I. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(14), 11811–11820. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M108268200

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