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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
Tangier disease (also known as familial HDL-deficiency) is characterized by very low high density lipoprotein (HDL) plasma levels, splenomegaly, and massive cholesteryl ester accumulation in the cytoplasm of various cell types. Since this phenotype may in part be caused by a defect in the pathway mediating cholesterol efflux from peripheral cells, we investigated the HDL3-mediated mobilization of cholesterol synthesized de novo from [14C]-mevalonolactone in cultivated fibroblasts from two patients with Tangier disease. Our results indicate that the HDL3-induced translocation of [14C]-cholesterol from intracellular pools to the plasma membrane and its subsequent secretion into the extracellular medium was approximately 50% less in the cells from the patients than in controls. The same result was also obtained with artificial apolipoprotein A-I-containing phospholipid vesicles. By contrast, no significant difference in HDL3-induced cholesterol efflux was observed when plasma membrane was labeled with exogenous [14C]-cholesterol. We conclude that inefficient cholesterol efflux in Tangier disease is primarily caused by impaired HDL3-induced activation of cholesterol translocation from intracellular pools to the plasma membrane.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
205
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
850-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The high density lipoprotein- and apolipoprotein A-I-induced mobilization of cellular cholesterol is impaired in fibroblasts from Tangier disease subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article