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Glaros EN, Kim WS, Quinn CM, Wong J, Gelissen I, Jessup W, Garner B. Glycosphingolipid Accumulation Inhibits Cholesterol Efflux via the ABCA1/Apolipoprotein A-I Pathway. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:24515-23. [PMID: 15890646 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413862200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cellular glycosphingolipid (GSL) storage is known to promote cholesterol accumulation. Although physical interactions between GSLs and cholesterol are thought to cause intracellular cholesterol "trapping," it is not known whether cholesterol homeostatic mechanisms are also impaired under these conditions. ApoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux via ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter A1) is a key regulator of cellular cholesterol balance. Here, we show that apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux was inhibited (by up to 53% over 8 h) when fibroblasts were treated with lactosylceramide or the glucocerebrosidase inhibitor conduritol B epoxide. Furthermore, apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux from fibroblasts derived from patients with genetic GSL storage diseases (Fabry disease, Sandhoff disease, and GM1 gangliosidosis) was impaired compared with control cells. Conversely, apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux from fibroblasts and cholesterol-loaded macrophage foam cells was dose-dependently stimulated (by up to 6-fold over 8 h) by the GSL synthesis inhibitor 1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol (PDMP). Unexpectedly, a structurally unrelated GSL synthesis inhibitor, N-butyldeoxynojirimycin, was unable to stimulate apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux despite achieving similar GSL depletion. PDMP was found to up-regulate ABCA1 mRNA and protein expression, thereby identifying a contributing mechanism for the observed acceleration of cholesterol efflux to apoA-I. This study reveals a novel defect in cellular cholesterol homeostasis induced by GSL storage and identifies PDMP as a new agent for enhancing cholesterol efflux via the ABCA1/apoA-I pathway.
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- Elias N Glaros
- Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Sleight SB, Miranda PV, Plaskett NW, Maier B, Lysiak J, Scrable H, Herr JC, Visconti PE. Isolation and proteomic analysis of mouse sperm detergent-resistant membrane fractions: evidence for dissociation of lipid rafts during capacitation. Biol Reprod 2005; 73:721-9. [PMID: 15917346 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.041533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Mammalian sperm acquire fertilization capacity after residing in the female tract during a process known as capacitation. The present study examined whether cholesterol efflux during capacitation alters the biophysical properties of the sperm plasma membrane by potentially reducing the extent of lipid raft domains as analyzed by the isolation of detergent-resistant membrane fractions using sucrose gradients. In addition, this work investigated whether dissociation of the detergent-resistant membrane fraction during capacitation alters resident sperm raft proteins. Mouse sperm proteins associated with such fractions were studied by silver staining, tandem mass spectrometry, and Western blot analysis. Caveolin 1 was identified in sperm lipid rafts in multimeric states, including a high-molecular-weight oligomer that is sensitive to degradation under reducing conditions at high pH. Capacitation resulted in reduction of the light buoyant-density, detergent-resistant membrane fraction and decreased the array of proteins isolated within this fraction, including loss of the high-molecular-weight caveolin 1 oligomers. Proteomic analysis of sperm proteins isolated in the light buoyant-density fraction identified several proteins, including hexokinase 1, testis serine proteases 1 and 2, TEX101, hyaluronidase (PH20, SPAM1), facilitated glucose transporter 3, lactate dehydrogenase A, carbonic anhydrase IV, IZUMO, pantophysin, basigin, and cysteine-rich inhibitory secretory protein 1. Capacitation also resulted in a significant reduction of sperm labeling by the fluorescent lipid-analog DiIC16, indicating that capacitation alters the liquid-ordered domains in the sperm plasma membrane. The observations that capacitation alters the protein composition of the detergent-resistant membrane fractions is consistent with the hypothesis that cholesterol efflux during capacitation dissociates lipid raft constituents, initiating signaling events that lead to sperm capacitation.
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- Susan B Sleight
- Center for Research in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health (CRCRH), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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Arnulphi C, Sánchez SA, Tricerri MA, Gratton E, Jonas A. Interaction of human apolipoprotein A-I with model membranes exhibiting lipid domains. Biophys J 2005; 89:285-95. [PMID: 15849246 PMCID: PMC1366526 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several mechanisms for cell cholesterol efflux have been proposed, including membrane microsolubilization, suggesting that the existence of specific domains could enhance the transfer of lipids to apolipoproteins. In this work isothermal titration calorimetry, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and two-photon microscopy are used to study the interaction of lipid-free apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) with small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) of 1-palmitoyl, 2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine (POPC) and sphingomyelin (SM), with and without cholesterol. Below 30 degrees C the calorimetric results show that apoA-I interaction with POPC/SM SUVs produces an exothermic reaction, characterized as nonclassical hydrophobic binding. The heat capacity change (DeltaCp degrees ) is small and positive, whereas it was larger and negative for pure POPC bilayers, in the absence of SM. Inclusion of cholesterol in the membranes induces changes in the observed thermodynamic pattern of binding and counteracts the formation of alpha-helices in the protein. Above 30 degrees C the reactions are endothermic. Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) of identical composition to the SUVs, and two-photon fluorescence microscopy techniques, were utilized to further characterize the interaction. Fluorescence imaging of the GUVs indicates coexistence of lipid domains under 30 degrees C. Binding experiments and Laurdan generalized-polarization measurements suggest that there is no preferential binding of the labeled apoA-I to any particular domain. Changes in the content of alpha-helix, binding, and fluidity data are discussed in the framework of the thermodynamic parameters.
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- Cristina Arnulphi
- Department of Biochemistry, and Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA .
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Puff N, Lamazière A, Seigneuret M, Trugnan G, Angelova MI. HDLs induce raft domain vanishing in heterogeneous giant vesicles. Chem Phys Lipids 2005; 133:195-202. [PMID: 15642587 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2004.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2004] [Revised: 10/11/2004] [Accepted: 10/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cholesterol efflux from the plasma membrane to HDLs is essential for cell cholesterol homeostasis. Recently, cholesterol-enriched ordered membrane domains, i.e. lipid rafts have been proposed to play an important role in this process. Here we introduce a new method to investigate the role of HDL interactions with the raft lipid phase and to directly visualize the effects of HDL-induced cholesterol efflux on rafts in model membranes. Addition of HDLs to giant lipid vesicles containing raft-type domains promoted decrease in size and disappearance of such domains as visualized by fluorescence microscopy. This was interpreted as resulting from cholesterol efflux from the vesicles to the HDLs. The raft vanishing rate was directly related to the HDL concentration. Evidence for a direct interaction of HDLs with the membrane was obtained by observing mutual adhesion of vesicles. It is suggested that the present method can be used to study the selective role of the bilayer lipid phase (raft and non-raft) in cholesterol efflux and membrane-HDL interaction and their underlying mechanisms. Such mechanisms may contribute to cholesterol efflux in vivo.
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- Nicolas Puff
- Laboratoire de Physicochimie Biomoléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS UMR 7033, Case 138, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, Cedex 05, France
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Worldwide, more people die of the complications of atherosclerosis than of any other cause. It is not surprising, therefore, that enormous resources have been devoted to studying the pathogenesis of this condition. This article attempts to summarize present knowledge on the events that take place within the arterial wall during atherogenesis. Classical risk factors are not dealt with as they are the subjects of other parts of this book. First, we deal with the role of endothelial dysfunction and infection in initiating the atherosclerotic lesion. Then we describe the development of the lesion itself, with particular emphasis on the cell types involved and the interactions between them. The next section of the chapter deals with the events leading to thrombotic occlusion of the atherosclerotic vessel, the cause of heart attack and stroke. Finally, we describe the advantages--and limitations--of current animal models as they contribute to our understanding of atherosclerosis and its complications.
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- P Cullen
- Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research, Münster, Germany.
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Liscum L, Sturley SL. Intracellular trafficking of Niemann–Pick C proteins 1 and 2: obligate components of subcellular lipid transport. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2004; 1685:22-7. [PMID: 15465423 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Niemann-Pick C 1 (NPC1) is a large integral membrane glycoprotein that resides in late endosomes, whereas NPC2 is a small soluble protein found in the lumen of lysosomes. Mutations in either NPC1 or NPC2 result in aberrant lipid transport from endocytic compartments, which results in lysosomal storage of a complex mixture of lipids, primarily cholesterol and glycosphingolipids. What are the biological functions of the NPC1 and NPC2 proteins? Here we review what is known about the intracellular itinerary of these two proteins as they facilitate lipid transport. We propose that the intracellular trafficking patterns of these proteins will provide clues about their function.
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- Laura Liscum
- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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Alphonse G, Bionda C, Aloy MT, Ardail D, Rousson R, Rodriguez-Lafrasse C. Overcoming resistance to gamma-rays in squamous carcinoma cells by poly-drug elevation of ceramide levels. Oncogene 2004; 23:2703-15. [PMID: 15048093 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Recent strategies to sensitize radioresistant tumours are based on combining gamma-irradiation with inducers of apoptosis. We report that the combination of three inhibitors of sphingolipid metabolism, DL-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol.HCl(DL-PDMP)+imipramine +/- D-erythro-2-(N-myristoylamino)-1-phenyl-1-propanol (D-MAPP), with 10-Gy irradiation triggers both mitotic and apoptotic killing in radioresistant SQ20B squamous carcinoma cells. In these cells, apoptosis is defective due to a lack of ceramide generation upstream, which cannot be explained by sphingomyelinase (neutral and acidic) deficiency or rapid derivation to the sphingolipid pathway. We present evidence of a functional transduction death pathway when ceramide generation is restored, which involves the mitochondrial-mediated pathway coupled to alterations in redox status and to executive caspases activation. The poly-drug treatment restored apoptosis to levels similar to those observed in radiosensitive SCC61 squamous carcinoma cells. Simultaneous exposure to gamma-irradiation and poly-drug treatment acted synergistically in SQ20B cells to produce a marked increase in both mitochondrial dysfunction and caspase cleavage, which led to a 7.8-fold increase in apoptosis within 48 h, relative to irradiated cells. Moreover, the results suggest that the ceramide released by irradiation or poly-drug treatment converges upon common cellular targets. Modulation of endogenous ceramide levels by inhibitors of sphingolipid metabolism may represent a new cellular target for the sensitization of radioresistant tumours to gamma-ray therapy.
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- Gersende Alphonse
- Department of Biochemistry, INSERM U189, Lyon-Sud Medical School, BP12, 69921 Oullins Cedex, France
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Gaus K, Kritharides L, Schmitz G, Boettcher A, Drobnik W, Langmann T, Quinn CM, Death A, Dean RT, Jessup W. Apolipoprotein A-1 interaction with plasma membrane lipid rafts controls cholesterol export from macrophages. FASEB J 2004; 18:574-6. [PMID: 14734645 DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0486fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-1 (apoA-1) from cholesterol-loaded macrophages is an important anti-atherosclerotic mechanism in reverse cholesterol transport. We recently provided kinetic evidence for two distinct pathways for cholesterol efflux to apoA-1 [Gaus et al. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 9363]. Cholesterol efflux from two membrane pools occurs sequentially with different kinetics; a small pool rapidly effluxed over the first hour, followed by progressive release from a major, slow efflux pool over several hours. In the present study, we propose that the rapid and slow cholesterol efflux pools represent cholesterol derived from lipid raft and nonraft domains of the plasma membrane, respectively. We provide direct evidence that apoA-1 binds to both lipid raft and nonraft domains of the macrophage plasma membrane. Conditions that selectively deplete plasma membrane lipid raft cholesterol, such as incorporation of 7-ketocholesterol or rapid exposure to cyclodextrins, block apoA-1 binding to these domains but also inhibit cholesterol efflux from the major, slow pool. We propose that cholesterol exported to apoA-1 from this major slow efflux pool derives from nonraft regions of the plasma membrane but that the interaction of apoA-1 with lipid rafts is necessary to stimulate this efflux.
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- Katharina Gaus
- Macrophage Biology Group, Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Denis M, Haidar B, Marcil M, Bouvier M, Krimbou L, Genest J. Molecular and cellular physiology of apolipoprotein A-I lipidation by the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1). J Biol Chem 2003; 279:7384-94. [PMID: 14660648 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306963200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The dynamics of ABCA1-mediated apoA-I lipidation were investigated in intact human fibroblasts induced with 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol and 9-cis-retinoic acid (stimulated cells). Specific binding parameters of (125)I-apoA-I to ABCA1 at 37 degrees C were determined: K(d) = 0.65 microg/ml, B(max) = 0.10 ng/microg cell protein. Lipid-free apoA-I inhibited the binding of (125)I-apoA-I to ABCA1 more efficiently than pre-beta(1)-LpA-I, reconstituted HDL particles r(LpA-I), or HDL(3) (IC(50) = 0.35 +/- 1.14, apoA-I; 1.69 +/- 1.07, pre-beta(1)-LpA-I; 17.91 +/- 1.39, r(LpA-I); and 48.15 +/- 1.72 microg/ml, HDL(3)). Treatment of intact cells with either phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C or sphingomyelinase affected neither (125)I-apoA-I binding nor (125)I-apoA-I/ABCA1 cross-linking. We next investigated the dynamics of apoA-I lipidation by monitoring the kinetic of apoA-I dissociation from ABCA1. The dissociation of (125)I-apoA-I from normal cells at 37 degrees C was rapid (t((1/2)) = 1.4 +/- 0.66 h; n = 3) but almost completely inhibited at either 15 or 4 degrees C. A time course analysis of apoA-I-containing particles released during the dissociation period showed nascent apoA-I-phospholipid complexes that exhibited alpha-electrophoretic mobility with a particle size ranging from 9 to 20 nm (designated alpha-LpA-I-like particles), whereas lipid-free apoA-I incubated with ABCA1 mutant (Q597R) cells was unable to form such particles. These results demonstrate that: 1) the physical interaction of apoA-I with ABCA1 does not depend on membrane phosphatidylcholine or sphingomyelin; 2) the association of apoA-I with lipids reduces its ability to interact with ABCA1; and 3) the lipid translocase activity of ABCA1 generates alpha-LpA-I-like particles. This process plays in vivo a key role in HDL biogenesis.
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- Maxime Denis
- Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Cardiology Division, McGill University Health Center, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A1, Canada
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Ottico E, Prinetti A, Prioni S, Giannotta C, Basso L, Chigorno V, Sonnino S. Dynamics of membrane lipid domains in neuronal cells differentiated in culture. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:2142-51. [PMID: 12897192 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m300247-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Treatment with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MCD) induced a time- and dose-dependent efflux of cholesterol, sphingolipids, and phosphatidylcholine (PC) from cerebellar neurons differentiated in culture. With a "mild" treatment, the loss of cell lipids induced a deep reorganization of the remaining membrane lipids. In fact, the amount of PC associated with a Triton X-100-insoluble membrane fraction (highly enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol in nontreated cells) was lowered by the treatment. This suggested a reduction of the lipid domain area. However, the cholesterol and sphingolipid enrichment of this fraction remained substantially unchanged, suggesting the existence of dynamic processes aimed at preserving the segregation of cholesterol and sphingolipids in membrane domains. Under these conditions, the lipid membrane domains retained the ability to sort signaling proteins, such as Lyn and c-Src, but cells displayed deep alterations in their membrane permeability. However, normal membrane permeability was restored by loading cells with cholesterol. When MCD treatment was more stringent, a large loss of cell lipids occurred, and the lipid domains were much less enriched in cholesterol and lost the ability to sort specific proteins. The loss of the integrity and properties of lipid domains was accompanied by severe changes in the membrane permeability, distress, and eventually cell death.
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- Elena Ottico
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology, Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Segrate, Italy
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Liu L, Bortnick AE, Nickel M, Dhanasekaran P, Subbaiah PV, Lund-Katz S, Rothblat GH, Phillips MC. Effects of apolipoprotein A-I on ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated efflux of macrophage phospholipid and cholesterol: formation of nascent high density lipoprotein particles. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:42976-84. [PMID: 12928428 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308420200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mechanism of formation of high density lipoprotein (HDL) particles by the action of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is not defined completely. To address this issue, we monitored efflux to apoA-I of phosphatidylcholine (PC), sphingomyelin (SM), and unesterified (free) cholesterol (FC) from J774 macrophages, in which ABCA1 is up-regulated, and investigated the nature of the particles formed. The various apoA-I/lipid particles appearing in the extracellular medium were separated by gel filtration chromatography. The presence of apoA-I in the extracellular medium led to the simultaneous formation of more than one type of poorly lipidated apoA-I-containing particle: there were 9- and 12-nm diameter particles containing approximately 3:1 and 1:1 phospholipid/FC (mol/mol), respectively, which were present together with 6-nm monomeric apoA-I. Removal of the C-terminal alpha-helix (residues 223-243) of apoA-I reduced phospholipid and FC efflux and prevented formation of the 9- and 12-nm HDL particles; the apoA-I variant formed larger particles that eluted in the void volume. FC loading of the J774 cells also led to the formation of larger apoA-I-containing particles that were highly enriched in FC. Besides creating HDL particles, ABCA1 mediated release of larger (20-450-nm diameter) FC-rich particles that were not involved in HDL formation and that are probably membrane vesicles. These particles contained 1:1 PC/SM in contrast to the HDL particles, which contained 2:1 PC/SM. This is consistent with lipid raft and non-raft plasma membrane domains being involved primarily in ABCA1-mediated vesicle release and nascent HDL formation, respectively.
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- Lijuan Liu
- Gastrointestinal/Nutrition Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4318, USA
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Witting SR, Maiorano JN, Davidson WS. Ceramide enhances cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I by increasing the cell surface presence of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:40121-7. [PMID: 12890677 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305193200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It is widely accepted that functional ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is critical for the formation of nascent high density lipoprotein particles. However, the cholesterol pool(s) and the cellular signaling processes utilized by the ABCA1-mediated pathway remain unclear. Sphingomyelin maintains a preferential interaction with cholesterol in membranes, and its catabolites, especially ceramide, are potent signaling molecules that could play a role in ABCA1 regulation or function. To study the potential role of ceramide in this process, we treated a variety of cell lines with 20 microM C2-ceramide and examined apolipoprotein-mediated cholesterol efflux to lipid-free apoA-I. We found that cell lines expressing ABCA1 displayed 2-3-fold increases in cholesterol efflux to apoA-I. Cell lines not expressing ABCA1 were unaffected by ceramide. We further characterized the cholesterol efflux effect in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Ceramide treatment did not cause significant cytotoxicity or apoptosis and did not affect cholesterol efflux to non-apolipoprotein acceptors. Raising endogenous ceramide levels increased cholesterol efflux to apoA-I. Using a cell surface biotinylation method, we found that the total cellular ABCA1 and that at the plasma membrane were increased with ceramide treatment. Also ceramide enhanced the binding of fluorescently labeled apoA-I to Chinese hamster ovary cells. These data suggest that ceramide may increase the plasma membrane content of ABCA1, leading to increased apoA-I binding and cholesterol efflux.
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- Scott R Witting
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0529, USA
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Le Lay S, Robichon C, Le Liepvre X, Dagher G, Ferre P, Dugail I. Regulation of ABCA1 expression and cholesterol efflux during adipose differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:1499-507. [PMID: 12754274 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200466-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adipose cells specialized in energy storage, contain large intracellular triglyceride-rich lipid droplets, are enriched with free cholesterol, and express sterol-regulated transcription factors such as liver X receptor (LXR). The recent identification of the LXR-dependent ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) pathway for cholesterol release from peripheral cells has led us to address the question of the expression and function of ABCA1 in adipocytes. In 3T3-L1 adipose cells, we observed a strong induction of ABCA1 mRNA during adipose differentiation, but only limited variations in ABCA1 protein. Lipid efflux onto apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), which depends on ABCA1, was comparable in adipocytes and preadipocytes, demonstrating a differential regulation of ABCA1 mRNA and cholesterol efflux. We also found that total cell cholesterol remained stable during differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells, but membrane cholesterol was lower in adipocytes than in preadipocytes, suggesting redistribution of cholesterol to the lipid droplet. Finally, we show that under standard lipolytic stimulation, 3T3-L1 adipocytes do not release cholesterol onto apoA-I, a process that required long exposures to lipolytic agents (24 h). In conclusion, despite large induction of ABCA1 mRNA during differentiation, cholesterol efflux through the ABCA1 pathway remains limited in adipocytes and requires prolonged lipolysis. This is consistent with the view of the adipocyte behaving as a cholesterol sink, with plasma cholesterol-buffering properties.
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- Soazig Le Lay
- INSERM U465, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, 15, rue de l'école de médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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Sun Y, Yao J, Kim TW, Tall AR. Expression of liver X receptor target genes decreases cellular amyloid beta peptide secretion. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:27688-94. [PMID: 12754201 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300760200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A hallmark of Alzheimer's disease is the deposition of plaques of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) in the brain. Abeta is thought to be formed from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) in cholesterol-enriched membrane rafts, and cellular cholesterol depletion decreases Abeta formation. The liver X receptors (LXR) play a key role in regulating genes that control cellular cholesterol efflux and membrane composition and are widely expressed in cells of the central nervous system. We show that treatment of APP-expressing cells with LXR activators reduces the formation of Abeta. LXR activation resulted in increased levels of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and stearoyl CoA desaturase, and expression of these genes individually decreased formation of Abeta. Expression of ABCA1 led to both decreased beta-cleavage product of APPSw (i.e. C99 peptide) and reduced gamma-secretase-cleavage of C99 peptide. Remarkably, these effects of ABCA1 on APP processing were independent of cellular lipid efflux. LXR and ABCA1-induced changes in membrane lipid organization had favorable effects on processing of APP, suggesting a new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Yu Sun
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Wang N, Tall AR. Regulation and mechanisms of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated cellular cholesterol efflux. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:1178-84. [PMID: 12738681 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000075912.83860.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) plays a major role in cholesterol homeostasis and HDL metabolism. ABCA1 mediates cellular cholesterol and phospholipid efflux to lipid-poor apolipoproteins, and upregulation of ABCA1 activity is antiatherogenic. ApoA-I, the major apolipoprotein component of HDL, promotes ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, probably by directly binding to ABCA1. ABCA1 gene expression is markedly increased in cholesterol-loaded cells as a result of activation of LXR/RXR. ABCA1 protein turnover is rapid. ABCA1 contains a PEST--proline (P), glutamate (E), serine (S), and threonine (T)--sequence in the intracellular segment that mediates ABCA1 degradation by a thiol protease, calpain. ApoA-I and apoE stabilize ABCA1 in a novel mode of regulation by decreasing PEST sequence-mediated calpain proteolysis. ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux are distinctly regulated and affected by the activity of other gene products. Stearyol CoA desaturase decreases ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux but not phospholipid efflux, likely by decreasing the cholesterol pool available to ABCA1. This and other evidence suggest that ABCA1 promotes cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, probably by directly transporting both lipids as substrates.
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- Nan Wang
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, 630 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Vaughan AM, Oram JF. ABCA1 redistributes membrane cholesterol independent of apolipoprotein interactions. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:1373-80. [PMID: 12700343 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m300078-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) mediates the transport of phospholipids and cholesterol from cells to lipid-poor HDL apolipoproteins. Cholesterol loading of cells induces ABCA1, implicating cholesterol as its major physiologic substrate. It is believed, however, that ABCA1 is primarily a phospholipid transporter and that cholesterol efflux occurs by diffusion to ABCA1-generated phospholipid-rich apolipoproteins. Here we show that overexpression of ABCA1 in baby hamster kidney cells in the absence of apolipoproteins redistributed membrane cholesterol to cell-surface domains accessible to treatment with the enzyme cholesterol oxidase. The cholesterol removed by apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), but not by HDL phospholipids, was derived exclusively from these domains. ABCA1 overexpression also increased cholesterol esterification, which was prevented by addition of apoA-I, suggesting that some of the cell-surface cholesterol not removed by apolipoproteins is transported to the intracellular esterifying enzyme acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase. ABCA1 expression was essential for cholesterol efflux even when apolipoproteins had already acquired phospholipids during prior exposure to ABCA1-expressing cells. These studies show that ABCA1 redistributes cholesterol to cell-surface domains, where it becomes accessible for removal by apolipoproteins, consistent with a direct role of ABCA1 in cholesterol transport.
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- Ashley M Vaughan
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6426, USA
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The metabolic nuclear receptors act as metabolic and toxicological sensors, enabling the organism to quickly adapt to environmental changes by inducing the appropriate metabolic genes and pathways. Ligands for these metabolic receptors are compounds from dietary origin, intermediates in metabolic pathways, drugs, or other environmental factors that, unlike classical nuclear receptor ligands, are present in high concentrations. Metabolic receptors are master regulators integrating the homeostatic control of (a) energy and glucose metabolism through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma); (b) fatty acid, triglyceride, and lipoprotein metabolism via PPARalpha, beta/delta, and gamma; (c) reverse cholesterol transport and cholesterol absorption through the liver X receptors (LXRs) and liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1); (d) bile acid metabolism through the farnesol X receptor (FXR), LXRs, LRH-1; and (e) the defense against xeno- and endobiotics by the pregnane X receptor/steroid and xenobiotic receptor (PXR/SXR). The transcriptional control of these metabolic circuits requires coordination between these metabolic receptors and other transcription factors and coregulators. Altered signaling by this subset of receptors, either through chronic ligand excess or genetic factors, may cause an imbalance in these homeostatic circuits and contribute to the pathogenesis of common metabolic diseases such as obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, and gallbladder disease. Further studies should exploit the fact that many of these nuclear receptors are designed to respond to small molecules and turn them into therapeutic targets for the treatment of these disorders.
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- Gordon A Francis
- CIHR Group on Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids and Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2
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Observational studies provide overwhelming evidence that a low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol level increases the risk of coronary events, both in healthy subjects and in patients with coronary heart disease. Based on in vitro experiments, several mechanistic explanations for the atheroprotective function of HDL have been suggested. However, few of these were verified in vivo in humans or in experiments with transgenic animals. The HDL functions currently most widely held to account for the antiatherogenic effect include participation in reverse cholesterol transport, protection against endothelial dysfunction, and inhibition of oxidative stress. This review summarizes current views on the molecular mechanism underlying these atheroprotective effects of HDL.
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- Gerd Assmann
- Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
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Yancey PG, Bortnick AE, Kellner-Weibel G, de la Llera-Moya M, Phillips MC, Rothblat GH. Importance of different pathways of cellular cholesterol efflux. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:712-9. [PMID: 12615688 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000057572.97137.dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 384] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The removal of excess free cholesterol from cells by HDL or its apolipoproteins is important for maintaining cellular cholesterol homeostasis. This process is most likely compromised in the atherosclerotic lesion because the development of atherosclerosis is associated with low HDL cholesterol. Multiple mechanisms for efflux of cell cholesterol exist. Efflux of free cholesterol via aqueous diffusion occurs with all cell types but is inefficient. Efflux of cholesterol is accelerated when scavenger receptor class-B type I (SR-BI) is present in the cell plasma membrane. Both diffusion-mediated and SR-BI-mediated efflux occur to phospholipid-containing acceptors (ie, HDL and lipidated apolipoproteins); in both cases, the flux of cholesterol is bidirectional, with the direction of net flux depending on the cholesterol gradient. The ATP-binding cassette transporter AI (ABCA1) mediates efflux of both cellular cholesterol and phospholipid. In contrast to SR-BI-mediated flux, efflux via ABCA1 is unidirectional, occurring to lipid-poor apolipoproteins. The relative importance of the SR-BI and ABCA1 efflux pathways in preventing the development of atherosclerotic plaque is not known but will depend on the expression levels of the two proteins and on the type of cholesterol acceptors available.
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- Patricia G Yancey
- Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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Oram JF. HDL apolipoproteins and ABCA1: partners in the removal of excess cellular cholesterol. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:720-7. [PMID: 12615680 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000054662.44688.9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It is widely believed that HDL protects against atherosclerosis by removing excess cholesterol from arterial cells. Lipid-poor HDL apolipoproteins promote efflux of cholesterol, phospholipids, and other lipophilic molecules from cells by an active process mediated by a cell-membrane transporter called the ATP binding cassette transporter A-1 (ABCA1). ABCA1 either directly or indirectly translocates phospholipids and cholesterol to the cell surface, where they appear to form lipid domains that interact with amphipathic alpha-helixes in apolipoproteins. This interaction solubilizes these lipids and generates nascent HDL particles that dissociate from the cell. Binding of apolipoproteins to ABCA1 may also enhance the activity of this lipid-transport pathway. Thus, the apolipoprotein/ABCA1 pathway efficiently clears cells of excess cholesterol that would otherwise accumulate as intracellular lipid droplets. ABCA1 expression is highly induced by cholesterol loading of cells and is also modulated by sterol-independent mechanisms at both the transcriptional and posttranslational level. Studies of human disease and animal models have shown that both an increased availability of apolipoproteins and an enhanced macrophage ABCA1 activity are atheroprotective. These findings implicate the apolipoprotein/ABCA1 pathway as an important therapeutic target for treating cardiovascular disease.
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- John F Oram
- Department of Medicine, Box 356426, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Chroni A, Liu T, Gorshkova I, Kan HY, Uehara Y, Von Eckardstein A, Zannis VI. The central helices of ApoA-I can promote ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1)-mediated lipid efflux. Amino acid residues 220-231 of the wild-type ApoA-I are required for lipid efflux in vitro and high density lipoprotein formation in vivo. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:6719-30. [PMID: 12488454 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205232200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have mapped the domains of lipid-free apoA-I that promote cAMP-dependent and cAMP-independent cholesterol and phospholipid efflux. The cAMP-dependent lipid efflux in J774 mouse macrophages was decreased by approximately 80-92% by apoA-I[delta(185-243)], only by 15% by apoA-I[delta(1-41)] or apoA-I[delta(1-59)], and was restored to 75-80% of the wild-type apoA-I control value by double deletion mutants apoA-I[delta(1-41)delta(185-243)] and apoA-I[delta(1-59)delta(185-243)]. Similar results were obtained in HEK293 cells transfected with an ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) expression plasmid. The double deletion mutant of apoA-I had reduced thermal and chemical stability compared with wild-type apoA-I. Sequential carboxyl-terminal deletions showed that cAMP-dependent cholesterol efflux was diminished in all the mutants tested, except the apoA-I[delta(232-243)] which had normal cholesterol efflux. In cAMP-untreated or in mock-transfected cells, cholesterol efflux was not affected by the amino-terminal deletions, but decreased by 30-40% and 50-65% by the carboxyl-terminal and double deletions, respectively. After adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in apoA-I-deficient mice, wild-type apoA-I and apoA-I[delta(1-41)] formed spherical high density lipoprotein (HDL) particles, whereas apoA-I[delta(1-41)delta(185-243)] formed discoidal HDL. The findings suggest that although the central helices of apoA-I alone can promote ABCA1-mediated lipid efflux, residues 220-231 are necessary to allow functional interactions between the full-length apoA-I and ABCA1 that are required for lipid efflux and HDL biogenesis.
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- Angeliki Chroni
- Section of Molecular Genetics, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Sun Y, Hao M, Luo Y, Liang CP, Silver DL, Cheng C, Maxfield FR, Tall AR. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase inhibits ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated cholesterol efflux and modulates membrane domain structure. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5813-20. [PMID: 12482877 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208687200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Liver X receptor/retinoid X receptor (LXR/RXR) transcription factors have been found to induce a number of genes involved in the regulation of cellular cholesterol efflux, including the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), which mediates the active efflux of cellular cholesterol and phospholipids to extracellular acceptors, such as apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). In a screen for macrophage LXR/RXR target genes, we identified stearoyl-CoA desaturases 1 and 2 (Scd1 and Scd2), and subsequently tested the hypothesis that SCD activity might modulate cellular cholesterol efflux. In HEK 293 cells co-transfection of ABCA1 with either SCD1 or SCD2 inhibited ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux but not phospholipid efflux. In Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with moderate stable overexpression of SCD1, cholesterol efflux to apoA-I was inhibited by 73%, whereas phospholipid efflux and ABCA1 protein levels were unchanged. In contrast, cholesterol efflux to HDL(2), which is not dependent on ABCA1, was increased 2-fold in CHO-SCD1 cells. The effect of SCD on cholesterol efflux to apoA-I was independent of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity. SCD activity led to an increased content of plasma membrane monounsaturated fatty acids (18:1) at the expense of saturated fatty acids (18:0). As shown by confocal microscopy, SCD overexpression led to a decrease of Triton X-100-resistant domains in the plasma membrane, indicating a decrease in membrane-ordered regions. The data suggest that SCD changes membrane organization and depletes a specific pool of membrane cholesterol supporting ABCA1-mediated efflux, whereas increasing availability of cholesterol for passive efflux by HDL(2). ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux may be uncoupled in pathological states associated with high SCD activity, as in hyperinsulinemic obese mice, or in animals treated with LXR activators.
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- Yu Sun
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Briand O, Lestavel S, Pilon A, Torpier G, Fruchart JC, Clavey V. SR-BI does not require raft/caveola localisation for cholesteryl ester selective uptake in the human adrenal cell line NCI-H295R. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1631:42-50. [PMID: 12573448 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(02)00354-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Class B type I scavenger receptor (SR-BI) mediates the selective uptake of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-derived cholesteryl esters (HDL-CE) in steroidogenic cells and hepatocytes. SR-BI is enriched in the caveolae of some cell types, genetically modified or not, and these domains have already been shown to constitute primary acceptors for HDL-CE. Nevertheless, the fate of caveola-free cell types has not yet been discussed.NCI-H295R, a human adrenal cell line, highly active in HDL-CE uptake via SR-BI, does not display any morphologically defined caveolae and expresses caveolin at a very low level. Using two different fractionation protocols, we have shown, in this cell type, that SR-BI is homogeneously distributed along the plasma membrane and consists principally of a non-raft membrane-associated pool. Raft destabilisation and caveolin-1 displacement from plasma membrane did not modify the SR-BI-mediated HDL-CE selective uptake. Moreover, the induction of SR-BI expression that is associated with increased CE selective uptake was not associated with any modification in caveolin-1 expression or any raft-targeting mechanism of SR-BI in NCI-H295R. In conclusion, we provide evidence that SR-BI does not require raft/caveola localisation to be implicated in CE selective uptake either in basal or in induced conditions.
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- Olivier Briand
- Inserm UR545, Institut Pasteur de Lille and Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette BP245, 59019, Lille, France
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The identification of caveolin-1 more than a decade ago initiated active research into its role in the formation of caveolae, membrane trafficking, signal transduction pathways, and lipid homeostasis. Although caveolins are ubiquitously expressed, the majority of the available information comes from differentiated cells rich in caveolins, such as fibroblasts, adipocytes, and endothelial cells. During the development of atherosclerosis, macrophages play a pivotal role in the formation of the fatty streak lesions. They take up large amounts of lipids and accumulate in the subendothelial space, forming foam cells that fill up the lesion area. Since caveolins have been implicated in the regulation of cellular cholesterol metabolism in several cell types, it is of interest to examine their potential function in macrophages. In this review, we attempt to summarize current knowledge and views on the role of caveolins in cholesterol metabolism with emphasis on macrophages.
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- Peter Gargalovic
- Department of Molecular Biology & Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Hamon Y, Chambenoit O, Chimini G. ABCA1 and the engulfment of apoptotic cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1585:64-71. [PMID: 12531538 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(02)00325-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Programmed cell death is one of the major devices controlling cellular homeostasis. However, the generation of cell debris that follows the execution phase of apoptosis has to be backed up by their efficient removal by phagocyte. This highly dynamic process requires the concerted action of a number of surface molecules able to recognize early signals of membrane modifications on the apoptotic prey. Among those, the loss of phospholipid asymmetry and exposure of phosphatidylserine on the prey to be is determinant to engage phagocyte receptors and trigger the removal of corpses. A loss of membrane lipid asymmetry occurs also on the phagocyte determining its efficiency as an undertaker. Here we will discuss how, in our mind, the ATP binding cassette transporter, ABCA1, by its action on the arrangement of lipids at the phagocyte membrane, may actively promote their competence to engulf.
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- Yannick Hamon
- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille Luminy, INSERM/CNRS et Université de La Méditerranée, Case 906, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, Cedex 09, France
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Mengerink KJ, Vacquier VD. An ATP-binding cassette transporter is a major glycoprotein of sea urchin sperm membranes. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:40729-34. [PMID: 12193601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207184200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sperm are terminally differentiated cells that undergo several membrane-altering events before fusion with eggs. One event, the sea urchin sperm acrosome reaction (AR), is blocked by the lectin wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). In an effort to identify proteins involved in the AR induction, the peptide sequence was obtained from a 220-kDa WGA-binding protein. Degenerate PCR and library screening resulted in the full-length deduced amino acid sequence of an ATP-binding cassette transporter, suABCA. The protein of 1,764 residues has two transmembrane regions, two nucleotide-binding domains, and is most closely related to the human ABC subfamily A member 3 transporter (ABCA3). Sequence analysis suggests a large extracellular loop between transmembrane spanning segments 7 and 8, with five N-linked glycosylation sites. An antibody made to the loop region binds to non-permeabilized cells, supporting that this region is extracellular. suABCA is found in sperm membrane vesicles, it can be solubilized with nonionic detergents, and it shifts from 220 to 200 kDa upon protein:N-glycanase F digestion. suABCA localizes to the entire surface of sperm in a punctate pattern, but is not detected in lipid rafts. Based on its relationship to subfamily A, suABCA is most likely involved in phospholipid or cholesterol transport. This is the first investigation of an ABC transporter in animal sperm.
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- Kathryn J Mengerink
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Two hallmarks of cardiovascular disease are the presence of sterol-laden macrophages in the artery wall and reduced plasma HDL levels. A cell membrane protein named ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) mediates secretion of excess cholesterol from cells into the HDL metabolic pathway. The discovery of ABCA1 in 1999 triggered a deluge of studies conducted to characterize the properties of this important transporter. The present review summarizes the more recent of those studies and evaluates their implications for the role of ABCA1 in cholesterol transport, HDL metabolism, and atherogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS Cell culture experiments have shown that ABCA1 transports cholesterol, phospholipids, and other lipophilic molecules across the plasma membrane, where they are picked up by apolipoproteins containing little or no lipids, but the mechanisms involved are still unclear. It is now apparent that factors in addition to sterols modulate ABCA1 expression by diverse transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes. Studies in humans and mice with ABCA1 mutations revealed that the relative activity of ABCA1 determines plasma HDL levels and influences susceptibility to cardiovascular disease. Mouse models are beginning to provide insights into the function of ABCA1 in vivo but are also raising new questions regarding the contribution of ABCA1 to total cholesterol flux. SUMMARY Recent studies underscore the critical role of ABCA1 in clearing excess cholesterol from macrophages and generating HDL particles, implicating ABCA1 as an attractive new therapeutic target for treating cardiovascular disease.
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- John F Oram
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6426, USA.
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Murthy S, Born E, Mathur SN, Field FJ. LXR/RXR activation enhances basolateral efflux of cholesterol in CaCo-2 cells. J Lipid Res 2002; 43:1054-64. [PMID: 12091489 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m100358-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Regulation of gene expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABC)A1 and ABCG1 by liver X receptor/retinoid X receptor (LXR/RXR) ligands was investigated in the human intestinal cell line CaCo-2. Neither the RXR ligand, 9-cis retinoic acid, nor the natural LXR ligand 22-hydroxycholesterol alone altered ABCA1 mRNA levels. When added together, ABCA1 and ABCG1 mRNA levels were increased 3- and 7-fold, respectively. T0901317, a synthetic non-sterol LXR agonist, increased ABCA1 and ABCG1 gene expression 11- and 6-fold, respectively. ABCA1 mass was increased by LXR/RXR activation. T0901317 or 9-cis retinoic acid and 22-hydroxycholesterol increased cholesterol efflux from basolateral but not apical membranes. Cholesterol efflux was increased by the LXR/RXR ligands to apolipoprotein (apo)A-I or HDL but not to taurocholate/phosphatidylcholine micelles. Actinomycin D prevented the increase in ABCA1 and ABCG1 mRNA levels and the increase in cholesterol efflux induced by the ligands. Glyburide, an inhibitor of ABCA1 activity, attenuated the increase in basolateral cholesterol efflux induced by T0901317. LXR/RXR activation decreased the esterification and secretion of cholesterol esters derived from plasma membranes. Thus, in CaCo-2 cells, LXR/RXR activation increases gene expression of ABCA1 and ABCG1 and the basolateral efflux of cholesterol, suggesting that ABCA1 plays an important role in intestinal HDL production and cholesterol absorption.
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- Shubha Murthy
- Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Lee J, Shirk A, Oram JF, Lee SP, Kuver R. Polarized cholesterol and phospholipid efflux in cultured gall-bladder epithelial cells: evidence for an ABCA1-mediated pathway. Biochem J 2002; 364:475-84. [PMID: 12023891 PMCID: PMC1222593 DOI: 10.1042/bj20011493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gall-bladder epithelial cells (GBEC) are exposed to high concentrations of cholesterol in bile. Whereas cholesterol absorption by GBEC is established, the fate of this absorbed cholesterol is not known. The aim of this study was to determine whether ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter A1) mediates cholesterol efflux in GBEC. Polarized canine GBEC were cultured on porous membrane filters allowing separate access to apical (AP) and basolateral (BL) compartments. After AP loading of cells with model bile and [14C]cholesterol, cholesterol efflux was measured. Cholesterol loading together with 8-bromo-cAMP treatment, which increased ABCA1 expression, led to a significant increase in cholesterol efflux with apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) as the acceptor. Cholesterol efflux was observed predominantly into the BL compartment. Similar results were found for phospholipid efflux. Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy showed a predominantly BL ABCA1 localization. Interestingly, apoA-I added to either the AP or the BL compartments elicited BL lipid efflux with cAMP treatment. No paracellular or transcellular passage of 125I-apoA-I occurred. Ligands for the nuclear hormone receptors liver X receptor alpha (LXRalpha) and retinoid X receptor (RXR) elicited AP and BL cholesterol efflux, suggesting the involvement of both ABCA1- and non-ABCA1-mediated pathways. In summary, BL cholesterol/phospholipid efflux consistent with an ABCA1-mediated mechanism occurs in GBEC. This efflux pathway is stimulated by cAMP and by LXRalpha/RXR ligands, and in the case of the cAMP pathway appears to involve a role for biliary apoA-I.
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- Jin Lee
- Division of Gastroenterology, Box 356424, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Kunzelmann-Marche C, Freyssinet JM, Martínez MC. Loss of plasma membrane phospholipid asymmetry requires raft integrity. Role of transient receptor potential channels and ERK pathway. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:19876-81. [PMID: 11909856 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200324200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains, also termed lipid rafts, are implicated in the recruitment of essential proteins for intracellular signal transduction. In nonstimulated cells, phosphatidylserine, an anionic aminophospholipid essential for the hemostatic response, is mostly sequestered in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. Cell stimulation by Ca(2+)-mobilizing or apoptogenic agents induces the migration of phosphatidylserine to the exoplasmic leaflet, allowing the assembly and activation of several key enzyme complexes of the coagulation cascade and phagocyte recognition of stimulated or senescent cells. We have recently proposed that store-operated Ca(2+) entry regulates externalization of phosphatidylserine at the cell surface (Kunzelmann-Marche, C., Freyssinet, J.-M., and Martinez, M. C. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 5134-5139). Here, we show that store-operated Ca(2+) entry and phosphatidylserine exposure are dramatically reduced after raft disruption by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin. In addition, transient receptor potential channel 1-specific antibody was able to significantly decrease Ca(2+)-induced redistribution of phosphatidylserine. Furthermore, store-operated Ca(2+) entry and phosphatidylserine exposure were dependent in part on the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway associated with rafts. Hence, raft integrity and store-operated Ca(2+) entry involving transient receptor potential channel 1 channels are essential for completion of the phosphatidylserine transmembrane redistribution process.
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- Corinne Kunzelmann-Marche
- Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Université Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Médecine, 4 rue Kirschleger, 67085 Strasbourg, France
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Macrophages play a central role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic lesions. In the nascent lesion, macrophages transform into foam cells through the excessive accumulation of cholesteryl esters. Dysfunctional lipid homeostasis in macrophages and foam cells ultimately results in the breakdown of membrane integrity and cell death. Studies within the past 2 years have implicated a defined subset of multispan transmembrane proteins, the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, in macrophage lipid homeostasis. The recent finding that ABCA1, beyond its function as a major regulator of plasma high-density lipoprotein metabolism, exerts significant antiatherosclerotic activities has provided the first direct evidence for the role of an ABC transporter in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
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- Gerd Schmitz
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, Germany.
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Zager RA, Johnson A, Hanson S, dela Rosa V. Altered cholesterol localization and caveolin expression during the evolution of acute renal failure. Kidney Int 2002; 61:1674-83. [PMID: 11967017 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00316.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Renal cortical/proximal tubule cholesterol accumulation, with preferential localization within plasma membrane "detergent resistant microdomains" (DRMs: rafts/caveolae), is a hallmark of the maintenance phase of acute renal failure (ARF). This study addressed two related issues: (1) Are maintenance-phase cholesterol increases accompanied by an up-regulation of caveolin, a DRM/caveolar-associated cholesterol binding protein? (2) Is DRM cholesterol/caveolin homeostasis acutely altered during the induction phase of ARF? METHODS Mouse kidneys were subjected to ischemia +/- reperfusion (I/R) followed by assessment of cholesterol DRM partitioning. Acute cell injury effects on potential caveolin release from isolated proximal tubules or into urine also were assessed. Finally, renal cortical/isolated proximal tubule caveolin levels were determined 18 hours after I/R or myoglobinuric ARF. RESULTS Acute ischemia causes a rapid shift of cholesterol into cortical DRMs (>22%). Cholesterol migration into DRMs also was observed in ATP-depleted cultured proximal tubule (HK-2) cells. Acute hypoxic or toxic tubule injury induced plasma membrane caveolin release (Western blot). By the maintenance phase of ARF, marked renal cortical/proximal tubule caveolin increases resulted. CONCLUSIONS Acute proximal tubular injury damages caveolar/DRM structures, as determined by cholesterol maldistribution and caveolin release. Post-injury, there is a dramatic up-regulation of renal cortical/proximal tubule caveolin, suggesting an increased caveolar mass. These findings indicate, to our knowledge for the first time, that dysregulation of caveolae/raft microdomain expression is a correlate of, and potential participant in, the induction and maintenance phases of ischemic and toxic forms of experimental ARF.
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- Richard A Zager
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA.
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Fielding PE, Russel JS, Spencer TA, Hakamata H, Nagao K, Fielding CJ. Sterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I originates from caveolin-rich microdomains and potentiates PDGF-dependent protein kinase activity. Biochemistry 2002; 41:4929-37. [PMID: 11939788 DOI: 10.1021/bi012091y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The kinetics of sterol efflux from human aortic smooth muscle cells equilibrated with a [(3)H]benzophenone-modified photoactivable free cholesterol analogue ((3)H-FCBP) did not differ significantly from those labeled with free cholesterol ((3)H-FC). Trypsin digestion of caveolin cross-linked by photoactivation of FCBP led to association of radiolabel in a single low molecular weight fraction, indicating relative structural homogeneity of caveolin-bound sterol. These findings were used to investigate the organization of sterols in caveolae and the ability of these domains to transfer sterols to apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I), the major protein of human plasma high-density lipoproteins (HDL). During long-term (4-5 h) incubation with apo A-I, caveolin-associated (3)H-FC and (3)H-FCBP decreased, in parallel with an increase in apo A-I-associated sterol. Assay of caveolin-associated labeled sterols indicated that caveolae were a major source of sterol lost from the cells during HDL formation. Short-term changes of sterol distribution in caveolae were assayed using platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). PDGF was without effect on FC efflux in the absence of apo A-I, but when apo A-I was present, PDGF increased FC efflux approximately 3-fold beyond the efflux rate catalyzed by apo A-I alone. At the same time, caveolin-associated FC decreased, and PDGF-dependent protein kinase activity was stimulated. Parallel results were obtained with (3)H-FCBP-equilibrated cells, in which apo A-I potentiated a PDGF-mediated reduction of radiolabel cross-linked to caveolin following photoactivation. These results suggest that sterols within caveolae are mobile and selectively transferred to apo A-I. They also suggest a novel role for sterol efflux in amplifying PDGF-mediated signal transduction.
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- P E Fielding
- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
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Gillotte-Taylor K, Nickel M, Johnson WJ, Francone OL, Holvoet P, Lund-Katz S, Rothblat GH, Phillips MC. Effects of enrichment of fibroblasts with unesterified cholesterol on the efflux of cellular lipids to apolipoprotein A-I. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:11811-20. [PMID: 11805090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108268200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This study elucidates the factors underlying the enhancement in efflux of human fibroblast unesterified cholesterol and phospholipid (PL) by lipid-free apolipoprotein (apo) A-I that is induced by cholesterol enrichment of the cells. Doubling the unesterified cholesterol content of the plasma membrane by incubation for 24 h with low density lipoprotein and lipid/cholesterol dispersions increases the pools of PL and cholesterol available for removal by apoA-I from about 0.8-5%; the initial rates of mass release of cholesterol and PL are both increased about 6-fold. Expression of the ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is critical for this increased efflux of lipids, and cholesterol loading of the fibroblasts over 24 h increases ABCA1 mRNA about 12-fold. The presence of more ABCA1 and cholesterol in the plasma membrane results in a 2-fold increase in the level of specific binding of apoA-I to the cells with no change in binding affinity. Characterization of the species released from either control or cholesterol-enriched cells indicates that the plasma membrane domains from which lipids are removed are cholesterol-enriched with respect to the average plasma membrane composition. Cholesterol enrichment of fibroblasts also affects PL synthesis, and this leads to enhanced release of phosphatidylcholine (PC) relative to sphingomyelin (SM); the ratios of PC to SM solubilized from control and cholesterol-enriched fibroblasts are approximately 2/1 and 5/1, respectively. Biosynthesis of PC is critical for this preferential release of PC and the enhanced cholesterol efflux because inhibition of PC synthesis by choline depletion reduces cholesterol efflux from cholesterol-enriched cells. Overall, it is clear that enrichment of fibroblasts with unesterified cholesterol enhances efflux of cholesterol and PL to apoA-I because of three effects, 1) increased PC biosynthesis, 2) increased PC transport via ABCA1, and 3) increased cholesterol in the plasma membrane.
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Moore GL, Davis RA. Expression of cholesterol-7α-hydroxylase in murine macrophages prevents cholesterol loading by acetyl-LDL. J Lipid Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)31493-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Drobnik W, Borsukova H, Böttcher A, Pfeiffer A, Liebisch G, Schütz GJ, Schindler H, Schmitz G. Apo AI/ABCA1-dependent and HDL3-mediated lipid efflux from compositionally distinct cholesterol-based microdomains. Traffic 2002; 3:268-78. [PMID: 11929608 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2002.030404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have investigated whether a raft heterogeneity exists in human monocyte-derived macrophages and fibroblasts and whether these microdomains are modulated by lipid efflux. Triton X-100 (Triton) or Lubrol WX (Lubrol) detergent-resistant membranes from cholesterol-loaded monocytes were associated with the following findings: (i) Lubrol-DRM contained most of the cellular cholesterol and at least 75% of Triton-detergent-resistant membranes. (ii) 'Lubrol rafts', defined by their solubility in Triton but insolubility in Lubrol, were enriched in unsaturated phosphatidylcholine and showed a lower cholesterol to choline-phospholipid ratio compared to Triton rafts. (iii) CD14 and CD55 were recovered in Triton- and Lubrol-detergent-resistant membranes, whereas CD11b was found exclusively in Triton DRM. ABCA1 implicated in apo AI-mediated lipid efflux and CDC42 were partially localized in Lubrol- but not in Triton-detergent-resistant membranes. (iv) Apo AI preferentially depleted cholesterol and choline-phospholipids from Lubrol rafts, whereas HDL3 additionally decreased the cholesterol content of Triton rafts. In fibroblasts, neither ABCA1 nor CDC42 was found in Lubrol rafts, and both apo AI and HDL3 reduced the lipid content in Lubrol- as well as in Triton-detergent-resistant membranes. In summary, we provide evidence for the existence of compositionally distinct membrane microdomains in human cells and their modulation by apo AI/ABCA1-dependent and HDL3-mediated lipid efflux.
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- Wolfgang Drobnik
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany
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Lin G. Insights of high-density lipoprotein apolipoprotein-mediated lipid efflux from cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 291:727-31. [PMID: 11866424 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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High-density lipoprotein (HDL) protects against cardiovascular diseases by removal of excess lipids from cells. HDL apolipoprotein-mediated lipid efflux involves multiple cellular proteins to remove both cholesterol and phospholipids that are otherwise stored in the cells. This article reviews recent progress in the understanding of receptors, signal mediators, Golgi and vesicle transport related to the pathway and proposes a model of HDL apolipoprotein receptor-mediated exocytosis of cellular cholesterol. Such an exocytotic pathway could provide the most effective mechanism to remove excess cellular lipids and prevent atherogenesis.
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- Guorong Lin
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7470, USA.
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Wang Y, Oram JF. Unsaturated fatty acids inhibit cholesterol efflux from macrophages by increasing degradation of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:5692-7. [PMID: 11741998 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109977200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Abnormal high density lipoprotein metabolism may contribute to the increased atherosclerosis associated with diabetes and insulin resistance. The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCA1 mediates cholesterol transport from tissue macrophages to apoA-I, the major high density lipoprotein protein component. Because fatty acids are elevated in diabetes, we examined the effects of fatty acids on ABCA1 activity in cultured macrophages. Results showed that unsaturated fatty acids markedly inhibited ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux from macrophages when ABCA1 was induced by a cAMP analog. This was accompanied by a reduction in the membrane content of ABCA1 and a decrease in apoA-I binding to whole cells and to ABCA1. In contrast, saturated fatty acids had no effect on these processes. Fatty acids did not alter ABCA1 mRNA abundance or incorporation of methionine into ABCA1, indicating that decreased ABCA1 transcription, enhanced mRNA decay, or impaired translation efficiency did not account for these inhibitory effects. Unsaturated fatty acids, however, increased ABCA1 turnover when protein synthesis was blocked by cycloheximide. We conclude that unsaturated fatty acids reduce the macrophage ABCA1 content by enhancing its degradation rate. These findings raise the possibility that an increased supply of unsaturated fatty acids in the artery wall promotes atherogenesis by impairing the ABCA1 cholesterol secretory pathway in macrophages.
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- Yutong Wang
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- John M Dietschy
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
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Lin G, Bornfeldt KE. Cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors promote ABCA1 expression and cholesterol efflux. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 290:663-9. [PMID: 11785950 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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ATP cassette binding protein 1 (ABCA1) controls the apolipoprotein-mediated cholesterol efflux pathway and determines plasma HDL levels. Although cAMP is known to promote ABCA1 expression and cholesterol efflux from cells, it has not been determined whether cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) isoforms regulate this pathway. We show that rolipram and cilomilast, inhibitors of cAMP-specific PDE4, increase apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I)-mediated cholesterol efflux up to 80 and 140% in human THP-1 and mouse J774.A1 macrophages, respectively, concomitant with an elevation of cAMP levels. The EC(50) value was estimated to be 1 to 2 microM for both inhibitors. Rolipram and cilomilast also increase ABCA1 protein expression in THP-1 and J774.A1 macrophages. Thus, PDE4 inhibitors cause parallel increases in cAMP levels, ABCA1 expression and apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux. PDE4 inhibitors may provide a novel strategy for the treatment of cardiovascular disease by mobilizing cholesterol from atherosclerotic lesions.
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- Guorong Lin
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195-7470, USA
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Liao H, Langmann T, Schmitz G, Zhu Y. Native LDL upregulation of ATP-binding cassette transporter-1 in human vascular endothelial cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2002; 22:127-32. [PMID: 11788472 DOI: 10.1161/hq1201.101772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ATP-binding cassette transporter-1 (ABCA1) mediates the lipid efflux from cells to apolipoproteins. In studying the gene expression and regulation of ABCA1 in human vascular endothelial cells (ECs), we found that native low density lipoprotein (LDL) elevates ABCA1 in both protein and mRNA levels in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. Transfection of full-length human ABCA1 in ECs lowers cellular cholesterol content and increases apolipoprotein (apo) A-I-mediated cholesterol efflux. Transfection of the ABCA1 promoter-luciferase reporter results in a 2-fold induction after LDL exposure. The responsive element was mapped within -116 to -54 of the promoter region with use of promoter deletion constructs, as reported in other cells. A mutation of the DR4 site greatly diminished the LDL effect. Results showing that LDL increases the liver X receptor responsive element (LXRE)-driven luciferase activity demonstrate the effect of LDL on LXR activation. Furthermore, ligands of the retinoid X receptor and LXR activate ABCA1 in ECs at levels of both promoter activation and mRNA induction. Therefore, ABCA1 is expressed in vascular ECs and is transcriptionally upregulated by LDL. Overexpression of ABCA1 in these cells prevents overloading of cholesterol by increasing the efflux of cholesterol. Thus, ABCA1 plays an important role in the homeostasis of cholesterol in the vascular endothelium.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Apolipoprotein A-I/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured/drug effects
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Cholesterol, LDL/pharmacology
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Reporter
- Humans
- Liver X Receptors
- Luciferases/genetics
- Luciferases/metabolism
- Orphan Nuclear Receptors
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism
- Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/genetics
- Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/metabolism
- Transfection
- Up-Regulation
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- Hailing Liao
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA
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HDL metabolism is crucial in maintaining cellular cholesterol and phospholipid homeostasis and prevention of atherosclerosis progression. Recent work identified the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) as the major regulator of plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol responsible for the removal of excess cholesterol from peripheral cells and tissues. Here we discuss some novel aspects of the ABCA1 network: 1) the cellular pathways involved in cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, 2) regulation of ABCA1, 3) sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1)- or cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-like function of ABCA1, 4) interaction of the ABCA1 C-terminus with beta2-syntrophin, 5) ABCA1 modulation of the Rho GTPase Cdc42, 6) localization of ABCA1 in plasma membrane microdomains and intracellular sites, 7) differential effects of prebeta-HDL precursors on ABCA1 mediated alpha-HDL particle formation and 8) ABCA1 in platelets and its relation to phosphatidylserine-flippase activity. A complex regulatory network and additional antiatherogenic features that may depend on the composition of prebeta-HDL precursor particles are believed to coordinate ABCA1 function in reverse cholesterol and phospholipid transport. Distinct prebeta-HDL ligand-specific receptor-clusters are involved that may modulate specific signaling pathways with varying outcomes related to prebeta-HDL particle composition, the cell-type and the cellular response status.
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- Gerd Schmitz
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany.
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Zager RA, Johnson A. Renal cortical cholesterol accumulation is an integral component of the systemic stress response. Kidney Int 2001; 60:2299-310. [PMID: 11737603 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Direct tubular injury (such as ischemia or myohemoglobinuria) increases renal cortical cholesterol content. This study explored whether systemic forms of stress (such as heat shock or sepsis) can trigger renal cholesterol accumulation, and if so, whether increased 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase (HMGCR) expression might be involved. METHODS Male CD-1 mice were subjected to glycerol-induced myohemoglobinuria (MH), systemic heat shock (HS), or E. coli sepsis. Free cholesterol (FC), cholesteryl esters (CE), and HMGCR (Western blot) levels were assessed 18 hours later. Statin effects on renal cholesterol levels and on the severity of MH-acute renal failure (ARF) were also determined. RESULTS Sepsis and HS each induced dramatic FC and CE increments, comparable to those observed with myohemoglobinuria, and without inducing acute tubular necrosis (ATN). Part of the cholesterol increments was localized within plasma membrane (detergent resistant) microdomains (for example, rafts/caveolae). HS and MH each increased renal HMGCR, as well as HS protein (HSP-72) expression. Oxidant stress (Fe) imposed on cultured proximal tubule (HK-2) cells also enhanced HMGCR content. Conversely, sepsis did not raise renal HMGCR or HSP-72 levels. Statin therapy decreased the severity of MH-ARF and renal cholesterol content. However, this appeared to arise from a statin-mediated decrease in glycerol-induced extrarenal tissue damage (myolysis/LDH release). CONCLUSIONS Cholesterol appears to be a renal 'acute phase reactant' with tissue levels increasing with either systemic stress (such as, heat shock, sepsis), or direct tissue damage (such as ATN). Increased HMGCR expression can contribute to this result. Mechanisms other than HMGCR induction also can mediate stress-induced cholesterol increments (for example, in the case of sepsis), and statins can mitigate MH-ARF. However, systemic anti-inflammatory effects, rather than a primary renal action, appear more likely to be involved.
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- R A Zager
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle,Washington 98109-1024, USA.
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Chen W, Sun Y, Welch C, Gorelik A, Leventhal AR, Tabas I, Tall AR. Preferential ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated cholesterol efflux from late endosomes/lysosomes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43564-9. [PMID: 11559713 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107938200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Recently, ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), the defective molecule in Tangier disease, has been shown to stimulate phospholipid and cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I); however, little is known concerning the cellular cholesterol pools that act as the source of cholesterol for ABCA1-mediated efflux. We observed a higher level of isotopic and mass cholesterol efflux from mouse peritoneal macrophages labeled with [(3)H]cholesterol/acetyl low density lipoprotein (where cholesterol accumulates in late endosomes and lysosomes) compared with cells labeled with [(3)H]cholesterol with 10% fetal bovine serum, suggesting that late endosomes/lysosomes act as a preferential source of cholesterol for ABCA1-mediated efflux. Consistent with this idea, macrophages from Niemann-Pick C1 mice that have an inability to exit cholesterol from late endosomes/lysosomes showed a profound defect in cholesterol efflux to apoA-I. In contrast, phospholipid efflux to apoA-I was normal in Niemann-Pick C1 macrophages, as was cholesterol efflux following plasma membrane cholesterol labeling. These results suggest that cholesterol deposited in late endosomes/lysosomes preferentially acts as a source of cholesterol for ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux.
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- W Chen
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Efflux of free cholesterol (FC) continues even when cellular FC mass is unchanged. This reflects a recirculation of preformed FC between cells and extracellular fluids which has multiple functions in cell biology including receptor recycling and signaling as well as cellular FC homeostasis. Total FC efflux is heterogeneous. Simple diffusion to mature high density lipoprotein (HDL), mainly via albumin as intermediate, initiates FC net transport driven by plasma lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase activity. A second major efflux component reflects protein-facilitated transport from cell surface domains (caveolae, rafts) driven by FC binding to lipid-poor, pre-beta-migrating HDL (pre-beta-HDL). Facilitated efflux from caveolae, unlike simple diffusion, is highly regulated. Neither ABC1 (the protein defective in Tangier disease) nor other ATP-dependent transporters now appear likely to contribute directly to FC efflux. Their role is limited to the initial formation of a particle precursor to circulating pre-beta-HDL, which recycles without further lipid input from ATP-dependent transporter proteins. Lipid-free apolipoprotein A-I, previously considered a surrogate for pre-beta-HDL, has a reactivity much lower than that of native lipoprotein FC acceptors.
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- C J Fielding
- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Box 0130, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143-0130, USA.
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Zha X, Genest J, McPherson R. Endocytosis is enhanced in Tangier fibroblasts: possible role of ATP-binding cassette protein A1 in endosomal vesicular transport. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:39476-83. [PMID: 11504722 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105067200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A human genetic disorder, Tangier disease, has been linked recently to mutations in ATP-binding cassette protein A1 (ABCA1). In addition to its function in apoprotein A-I-mediated lipid removal, ABCA1 was also shown to be a phosphatidylserine (PS) translocase that facilitates PS exofacial flipping. This PS translocation is crucial for the plasma membrane to produce protrusions enabling the engulfment of apoptotic cells. In this report, we show that ABCA1 also plays a role in endocytosis. Receptor-mediated endocytosis, probed by both transferrin and low density lipoprotein, is up-regulated by more than 50% in homozygous Tangier fibroblasts in comparison with controls. Fluid-phase uptake is increased similarly. We also demonstrate that bulk membrane flow, including lipid endocytosis and exocytosis, is accelerated greatly in Tangier cells. Moreover, endocytosis is similarly enhanced in normal fibroblasts when ABCA1 function is inhibited by glyburide, whereas glyburide has no effect on endocytosis in Tangier cells. In addition, we demonstrate a decreased annexin V binding in Tangier fibroblasts as compared with controls, supporting the notion that PS transmembrane distribution is indeed defective in the presence of ABCA1 mutations. Furthermore, adding a PS analog to the exofacial leaflet of the plasma membrane normalizes endocytosis in Tangier cells. Taken together, these data demonstrate that ABCA1 plays an important role in endocytosis. We speculate that this is related to the PS translocase function of ABCA1. A loss of functional ABCA1, as in the case of Tangier cells, enhances membrane inward bending and facilitates endocytosis.
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- X Zha
- Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada
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Kruth HS, Ifrim I, Chang J, Addadi L, Perl-Treves D, Zhang WY. Monoclonal antibody detection of plasma membrane cholesterol microdomains responsive to cholesterol trafficking. J Lipid Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)30283-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Santamarina-Fojo S, Remaley AT, Neufeld EB, Brewer HB. Regulation and intracellular trafficking of the ABCA1 transporter. J Lipid Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)30266-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Studies of Niemann-Pick C (NPC) and Tangier diseases have led to the identification of the causative genes, NPC1 and ABCA1, respectively. Characterization of their protein products shows that NPC1 and ABCA1 are permeases that belong to two different superfamilies of efflux pumps, which might be important in subcellular lipid and cholesterol transport.
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- Y A Ioannou
- Department of Human Genetics, Box 1498, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029, USA.
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