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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Cholesteryl ester-rich beta-very low density lipoproteins (beta-VLDL) are beta-migrating lipoproteins that accumulate in the plasma of cholesterol-fed animals and of patients with type III hyperlipoproteinemia. There are two distinct fractions: fraction I beta-VLDL are chylomicron remnants of intestinal origin, and fraction II beta-VLDL are cholesterol-rich VLDL of hepatic origin. The liver rapidly clears fraction I beta-VLDL from the plasma of both normal and cholesterol-fed dogs. The liver also clears fraction II beta-VLDL rapidly and efficiently from the plasma of normal dogs by receptor-mediated uptake. In cholesterol-fed dogs the clearance is biphasic: an initial rapid die-away of about 30% to 40% of the injected dose within 5 minutes, followed by a slow clearance of plasma radioactivity (a half-life of more than 20 hours). The rapid, initial phase of fraction II beta-VLDL clearance appears to be related to sequestration of the lipoproteins presumably on endothelial cells and is apparently associated with lipolytic processing. Treatment of the fraction II beta-VLDL with lipoprotein lipase abolishes this rapid phase. In the cholesterol-fed dog, the slow, late phase of clearance corresponds to the conversion of fraction II beta-VLDL to the smaller, denser intermediate and low density lipoproteins (IDL and LDL), which are slowly cleared from the plasma. It is concluded that fraction II beta-VLDL are catabolized in the normal dog by rapid uptake mediated at least in part by the apo B,E(LDL) receptor of hepatic parenchymal cells. In cholesterol-fed dogs, in which these receptors are markedly down-regulated, fraction II beta-VLDL are apparently initially bound to endothelial cells and converted to IDL and LDL by lipolytic processing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0276-5047
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
130-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Metabolism of canine beta-very low density lipoproteins in normal and cholesterol-fed dogs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article