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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the pathway of cholesterol efflux from fibroblasts by testing plasma samples from obese and lean subjects. Plasma samples were incubated with [3H]cholesterol-labeled human skin fibroblasts for 1 h to ensure uniform labeling of all of the high density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions. Supernatants were then transferred to unlabeled cells and the displacement of labeled cholesterol within HDL subfractions by unlabeled cellular cholesterol was analyzed in short-term experiments. Plasma samples of obese subjects were characterized by a lower content of total apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) and alpha1-HDL and a lower overall capacity to take up labeled cholesterol. In plasma of lean subjects, pre beta2-HDL and alpha1-HDL appeared to be the most active particles in the initial uptake of unlabeled cellular cholesterol. By contrast, in plasmas of obese subjects, the pre beta1-HDL appeared to be most active in taking up unlabeled cellular cholesterol and transferring [3H]cholesterol. There were negative correlations between body mass index (BMI) and apoA-I and alpha1-HDL concentrations, and with the apparent increments of cellular cholesterol uptake within pre beta2-HDL and alpha1-HDL, as well as with the overall capacity to promote cholesterol efflux. By contrast, BMI was positively correlated with the apparent increment in cellular cholesterol within pre beta1-HDL. While cholesterol efflux was correlated with total plasma apoA-1, there were no such correlations with the concentration of any individual HDL subfraction. We conclude that the pattern of cholesterol transfer between fibroblasts and high density lipoprotein particles is influenced by body fatness and may be a factor in the abnormal metabolism of HDL in obesity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
544-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cholesterol transport between cells and high density lipoprotein subfractions from obese and lean subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't