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A study of the small spherical high density lipoproteins of patients afflicted with familial lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency.

Abstract
We studied the effects of the lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase reaction on the size and composition of the small spherical high density lipoproteins of patients afflicted with familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency. We isolated these lipoproteins by preparative ultracentrifugation and rate zonal ultracentrifugation, determined their diameter by gradient gel electrophoresis, and then calculated their composition by relating measurements of their lipid and apolipoprotein content to particle volume. Our results revealed lipoprotein particles 6.0-6.2 nm in diameter that contained approximately 2 molecules of apolipoprotein A-I, 37-38 molecules of phospholipid, 3-9 molecules of unesterified cholesterol, 1-2 molecules of cholesteryl ester, and 1-2 molecules of triacylglycerol. Upon being incubated with lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase and a source of additional unesterified cholesterol, these lipoproteins increased in content of total cholesterol and in particle size to form discrete lipoprotein products 6.6-8.6 nm in diameter. The increase in size occurred despite a net decrease in product unesterified cholesterol and phospholipid and though the net change in total lipid volume was small. Moreover, specific product lipoproteins, isolated by rate zonal ultracentrifugation, contained an increased amount of apolipoprotein A-I. These results seem best explained by a process involving lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase-induced particle rearrangement reactions. The possibility that a similar process normally occurs in vivo deserves to be explored.
AuthorsC Chen, K Applegate, W C King, J A Glomset, K R Norum, E Gjone
JournalJournal of lipid research (J Lipid Res) Vol. 25 Issue 3 Pg. 269-82 (Mar 1984) ISSN: 0022-2275 [Print] United States
PMID6726080 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Lipoproteins, HDL
  • Triglycerides
  • Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase
Topics
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Erythrocyte Membrane (analysis)
  • Humans
  • Hypolipoproteinemias (blood)
  • Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency (blood)
  • Lipoproteins, HDL (blood, isolation & purification)
  • Molecular Weight
  • Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase (metabolism)
  • Protein Conformation
  • Triglycerides (blood, isolation & purification)

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