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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
The transfer of normal human fibroblasts from medium containing whole serum to medium devoid of lipoproteins produced a 90 percent decrease in the cellular content of cholesteryl esters and a 30 percent decrease in the free cholesterol content. When these lipoprotein-deprived cells were subsequently incubated with human low density lipoprotein (LDL), there was a 7-fold increase in the cellular content of esterified cholesterol and a 1.6-fold increase in the cellular content of free cholesterol. The concentration at which LDL produced its half-maximal effect in elevating cellular sterol content (30 mug/ml of LDL-cholesterol) was similar to the half-maximal concentration previously reported for high affinity binding of LDL to its cell surface receptor. High density lipoprotein (HDL) and whole serum from a patient with abetalipoproteinemia (neither of which contains a component that binds to the LDL receptor) did not produce a significant increase in the content of either cholesterol or cholesteryl esters in normal cells. Furthermore, in fibroblasts from patients with the homozygous form of familial hypercholesterolemia, which lack functional LDL receptors, LDL had no effect in raising the cellular content of either free or esterified cholesterol even when present in the medium at concentrations as high as 450 mug sterol/ml. It is concluded that LDL-receptor interactions constitute an important biochemical mechanism for the regulation of the cholesterol content of normal human fibroblasts. Moreover, when considered in light of current concepts of LDL metabolism in intact mammals, the present data suggest that a major function of plasma LDL may be to transport cholesterol from its site of synthesis in liver and intestine to its site of uptake in peripheral tissues.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
783-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of the low density lipoprotein receptor in regulating the content of free and esterified cholesterol in human fibroblasts.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.