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Jo I, Im HM, Shin HJ, Won Cho K, Jung M, Kim SD, Kim Jeong J, Ahn Jo S. Serum deprivation increases the expression of low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein in primary cultured rat astrocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 299:102-8. [PMID: 12435395 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02599-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-related protein (LRP) is a multifunctional receptor which mediates the endocytic uptake of several ligands implicated in Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology. Although LRP, as a member of the LDLR family, is likely to be regulated in response to various cellular stresses, this regulation has not been fully understood yet. In the present study we studied the regulation of LRP expression in primary cultured rat astrocytes in response to serum deprivation as a general cellular stress. A significant increase in LRP expression was detected after serum deprivation and this increase was blocked by treatment of U0126, an inhibitor of MAP kinase. This serum deprivation action was partially reversed by either serum or D-glucose supplementation, but further augmented by glutamine. This result contrasted with a finding that glutamine suppressed gadd153 protein induced by serum deprivation. Taken together, the present data suggest that serum deprivation induces dramatically LRP expression in astrocytes partly by MAPK signaling pathways and by signaling pathways apparently distinct from gadd153 induction.
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- Inho Jo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, National Institute of Health, 5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-gu, 122-701, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Cooper AD. Role of the enterohepatic circulation of bile salts in lipoprotein metabolism. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1999; 28:211-29, viii. [PMID: 10198786 DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The enterohepatic circulation of bile salts and cholesterol plays a central role in maintaining whole body cholesterol homeostasis. Hepatic lipoprotein metabolism is reviewed and the role of disturbances in bile salt metabolism in the pathogenesis of dyslipidemias is discussed. Further, the manipulation of bile salt metabolism to treat dyslipidemia is reviewed.
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- A D Cooper
- Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California, USA
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Mehta KD, Chang R, Underwood J, Wise J, Kumar A. Identification of a novel cis-acting element participating in maximal induction of the human low density lipoprotein receptor gene transcription in response to low cellular cholesterol levels. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:33616-22. [PMID: 8969230 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.52.33616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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In this paper, we present both in vivo and in vitro evidence for the presence of a novel cis-acting regulatory element that is required for maximal induction of the human low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene following depletion of cellular sterols in HepG2 cells. First, in vivo dimethyl sulfate footprinting of the human LDL receptor promoter before and after transcriptional induction in HepG2 cells revealed protection from -145 to -126, 5'-GAGCTTCACGGGTTAAAAAG-3' (referred to as FP1 site). Second, transient transfections of HepG2 cells with promoter luciferase reporter constructs containing the FP1 site resulted in significant enhancement (approximately 375%) of reporter gene expression in response to low levels of sterols compared with parallel plasmid without the FP1 site. In addition, this response was markedly attenuated on nucleotide substitutions within the FP1 site. Third, by electrophoretic mobility shift assays, the FP1 sequence was found to bind protein(s) from HepG2 nuclear extracts in a sequence-specific manner. In vitro binding of the FP1 mutants paralleled the results obtained for their in vivo transcription. On the basis of competition profiles, the FP1-binding factor is different from the known transcription factors binding to the AT-rich CArG and GArC motifs. Furthermore, the FP1-binding protein is not specific to HepG2 cells because nuclear factor(s) with the same specificity was observed in nuclear extracts of non-hepatic HeLa cells. We conclude that transcriptional induction of the LDL receptor gene in response to sterol depletion is mediated, in part, by an highly conserved novel cis-acting element through the binding of specific nuclear protein(s).
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- K D Mehta
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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Pak YK, Kanuck MP, Berrios D, Briggs MR, Cooper AD, Ellsworth JL. Activation of LDL receptor gene expression in HepG2 cells by hepatocyte growth factor. J Lipid Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)42009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Gueddari N, Favre G, Marmouget C, Soula G, Le Gaillard F. Involvement of tyrosine kinase activity in the low-density lipoprotein receptor expression in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549. Biochimie 1996; 78:874-81. [PMID: 9116058 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(97)84341-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In common with other tumour cell lines but in contrast to normal cells, the human adenocarcinoma cell line A549 showed a biphasic regulation of the LDL receptor activity during growth both LDL binding and metabolism (sum of internalised and degraded LDL) increased during the log exponential growth phase and decreased when the cells approached confluence. This period of increasing LDL receptor activity coincided with a high resistance to cholesterol down-regulation which suggested a sterol-independent pathway of stimulation. Since A549 cells have an autocrine loop of growth factors, two of which have tyrosine kinase activity, the LDL receptor activity was tested in the presence of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein. When cells were incubated in the absence of cholesterol (LPDS medium), the inhibition that occurred was two-fold higher during the exponential growth phase than during the confluent phase. Moreover, the residual LDL binding and metabolism after genistein inhibition were completely resistant to down-regulation by cholesterol only during the growth phase. When cholesterol was present (FCS medium). inhibition was observed only during the growth phase. The inhibition of LDL receptor activity by genistein was found to be the result of a loss in the number of LDL binding sites, while the dissociation constant was not affected. This loss was accompanied by a disappearance of mRNA as shown by RNase mapping. By comparison, LDL receptor activity of normal cells (fibroblasts) was also affected by genistein during the exponential growth phase but was much more cholesterol-dependent. Taken together, these results suggest that the tyrosine kinase pathway is essential to up-regulate LDL receptor expression in highly dividing cells and particularly in tumour cells in which the sterol regulation is deficient.
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- N Gueddari
- Laboratoire de Ciblage en Therapeutique. EA/UPRES. Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse), Faculté des Sciences, Pharmaceutiques, France
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Kanuck MP, Ellsworth JL. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors potentiate the induction of low density lipoprotein receptor gene expression by hepatocyte growth factor. Life Sci 1995; 57:1981-91. [PMID: 7475949 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(95)02198-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The role of tyrosine kinase, protein kinase C, cyclic nucleotide- and Ca(2+)-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase second messenger pathways in the induction of LDL receptor gene expression by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) was studied in the human hepatoma cell line Hep-G2. Incubation with media containing HGF increased the level of LDL receptor mRNA by 6.5-fold. Co-incubation with HGF and either of two tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein (2.0-20.0 micrograms/ml) and herbimycin A (0.5-500.0 ng/ml) increased the level of LDL receptor mRNA above that observed with HGF alone by 40-60%. Incubation with HGF in the presence of the calmodulin antagonist W7 (10-30 microM) also super-induced the level of LDL receptor mRNA by nearly 230%. The protein kinase C and A inhibitors chelerythrine (0.1-10.0 microM) and H8 (0.5-5.0 microM), respectively, had no significant effects on the induction of LDL receptor mRNA by HGF. Taken together, these data suggest that tyrosine kinase, protein kinases C and A, and Ca(2+)-calmodulin dependent protein kinase activities are not essential for activation of LDL receptor gene expression in Hep-G2 cells by HGF.
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- M P Kanuck
- Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301, USA
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Basheeruddin K, Li X, Rechtoris C, Mazzone T. Platelet-derived growth factor enhances Sp1 binding to the LDL receptor gene. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1995; 15:1248-54. [PMID: 7627719 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.15.8.1248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have previously demonstrated that growth activation of quiescent cells enhances LDL receptor gene transcription and that the proximal 5' flanking region of the LDL receptor gene could transduce a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) response. This portion of the LDL receptor gene encompasses a previously characterized sterol response element and an adjacent Sp1 binding site. By use of mobility shift analyses we show that PDGF activation of quiescent cells enhances binding of Sp1 to the LDL receptor gene. Transfection analyses indicated that the Sp1 site, but not the sterol response element binding protein site, could confer PDGF responsiveness to a heterologous promoter in quiescent cells. Furthermore, cotransfection of an LDL receptor reporter gene (containing -141 to +35 bp of the LDL receptor gene promoter) along with an expression construct coding for high-level constitutive expression of an Sp1 cDNA led to marked enhancement in expression of the LDL receptor reporter gene in quiescent cells. Increased Sp1 binding due to PDGF could be due to enhanced production of Sp1; alternatively, posttranslational activation of binding could be involved. Western blot analysis showed no difference in Sp1 abundance in quiescent cells versus PDGF-stimulated cells, suggesting a posttranslational mechanism for activation of Sp1 binding by growth induction. Our data demonstrate that PDGF stimulation of quiescent cells leads to enhanced Sp1 binding to the LDL receptor gene. This enhanced binding could participate in PDGF induction of LDL receptor gene transcription.
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- K Basheeruddin
- Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
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Srivastava RA, Ito H, Hess M, Srivastava N, Schonfeld G. Regulation of low density lipoprotein receptor gene expression in HepG2 and Caco2 cells by palmitate, oleate, and 25-hydroxycholesterol. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39730-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Protein binding to the low density lipoprotein receptor promoter in vivo is differentially affected by gene activation in primary human cells. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39916-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Taniguchi T, Chen J, Cooper A. Regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene expression in Hep-G2 cells. Effect of serum, bile salts, and coordinate and noncoordinate regulation with other sterol-responsive genes. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36991-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Graham A, Russell LJ. Stimulation of low-density lipoprotein uptake in HepG2 cells by epidermal growth factor via a tyrosine kinase-dependent, but protein kinase C-independent, mechanism. Biochem J 1994; 298 Pt 3:579-84. [PMID: 8141769 PMCID: PMC1137898 DOI: 10.1042/bj2980579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF), a potent mitogenic polypeptide, stimulated the uptake and degradation of [3H]sucrose-labelled low-density lipoprotein (LDL) by HepG2 cells. The increase in LDL uptake was prevented by the presence of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein. Activation of protein kinase C with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) also stimulated the uptake of [3H]LDL by HepG2 cells. When EGF and PMA were added together, PMA increased the response to EGF in an additive manner. The protein kinase C inhibitor Ro-31-8220 prevented the increase in LDL uptake caused by PMA, but did not affect EGF stimulation of LDL uptake. Similarly, down-regulation of protein kinase C activity by chronic treatment with PMA also did not affect the EGF stimulation of LDL uptake. These results suggest that the EGF stimulation of LDL uptake and degradation by HepG2 cells is mediated by a tyrosine kinase-dependent, but protein kinase C-independent, mechanism.
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- A Graham
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, U.K
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Ellsworth JL, Carlstrom AJ, Deikman J. Ketoconazole and 25-hydroxycholesterol produce reciprocal changes in the rate of transcription of the human LDL receptor gene. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1210:321-8. [PMID: 8305487 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(94)90236-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Sterol-dependent regulation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene expression was studied in the human hepatoma HepG2 cell line. Incubation of HepG2 cells with 20 microM ketoconazole increased the level of LDL receptor mRNA. After a lag of approx. 1.0 h the level rose 6.5-fold within 8.0 h and remained elevated for up to 24 h. Incubation with 10 micrograms 25-hydroxycholesterol/ml for 24 h produced a 40-50% reduction in the level of LDL receptor mRNA. Ketoconazole- and 25-hydroxycholesterol-induced changes in LDL receptor mRNA accumulation were due to alterations in the relative rate of LDL receptor gene transcription as measured by nuclear run-on transcription. Incubation with 20 microM ketoconazole for 4 h or 10 micrograms 25-hydroxycholesterol/ml for 24 h produced a 3.6-fold increase and a 40% reduction, respectively, in the transcription rate of LDL receptor gene. Removal of the Alu-like sequence elements within the LDL receptor cDNA was required to consistently measure changes in LDL receptor gene transcription. No significant changes were noted in the half-life of LDL receptor mRNA in ketoconazole or 25-hydroxycholesterol-treated cells. These data demonstrate that sterol-dependent changes in the level of LDL receptor mRNA can be completely accounted for by changes in the rate of LDL receptor gene transcription.
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- J L Ellsworth
- Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, CA 94301
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McKeone BJ, Patsch JR, Pownall HJ. Plasma triglycerides determine low density lipoprotein composition, physical properties, and cell-specific binding in cultured cells. J Clin Invest 1993; 91:1926-33. [PMID: 8387537 PMCID: PMC288187 DOI: 10.1172/jci116411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The relationship between the plasma triglycerides and the LDL triglycerides of 30 normal and 48 hypertriglyceridemic subjects has been quantified; the data fit a simple adsorption isotherm, LDL triglyceride/(LDL triglyceride+LDL cholesterol ester) = 0.65 plasma triglyceride/(464 + plasma triglyceride). In vitro transfer of triglyceride from concentrated VLDL to VLDL-depleted plasma produced triglyceride-rich LDL that had similar properties. LDL uptake by HepG2 cells increased with LDL triglyceride content whereas the reverse was found with skin fibroblasts. At 37 degrees C, the cores of both normal and hypertriglyceridemic LDL were isotropic liquids. Circular dichroic spectra revealed no difference in the secondary structure of normal and triglyceride-rich LDL. The affinity of monoclonal antibody MB47, which binds to the receptor ligand of apo B-100 was independent of LDL triglyceride content. MB3, which binds near residue 1022 of apo B-100, showed a triglyceride-dependent decrease in affinity for LDL from hypertriglyceridemic subjects and from in vitro incubations. LDL with an elevated triglyceride content formed in vitro had reduced proteolytic cleavage of apo B-100 by Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease. From these data, we infer that (a) LDL triglyceride is a predictable function of plasma triglyceride, (b) triglyceride induces subtle changes in apo B-100 structure at a site that is remote from the putative receptor binding ligand, and (c) the triglyceride-dependent receptor-binding determinants of apo B-100 are recognized differently by fibroblasts and HepG2 cells.
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- B J McKeone
- Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Kraft HG, Demosky SJ, Schumacher K, Brewer HB, Hoeg JM. Regulation of LDL receptor, apoB, and apoE protein and mRNA in Hep G2 cells. DNA Cell Biol 1992; 11:291-300. [PMID: 1605852 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1992.11.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The regulation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity, protein synthesis, and cellular mRNA content was evaluated in the human hepatoma cell line Hep G2. Incubation of the cells with LDL led to a complete downregulation of LDL receptor mRNA and LDL receptor protein synthesis. This LDL regulation of the LDL receptor and its mRNA was both time- and concentration-dependent. In contrast to protein synthesis and cellular mRNA concentrations of the LDL receptor, which were reduced to undetectable levels by prolonged incubation in the presence of LDL, LDL receptor activity was reduced to only 44% of preincubation levels. These findings support the presence of a second metabolic pathway for LDL uptake in human hepatocytic cells. The effect of LDL on cellular LDL receptor expression was specific for LDL because incubation in the presence of HDL did not affect any of these study end points. The potential coordinate regulation of the expression of the LDL receptor with its principal ligands, apolipoproteins (apo) B and E, was also investigated. In contrast to the LDL receptor mRNA downregulation with LDL incubation, cellular apoB and apoE mRNA concentrations were not affected by either LDL or HDL. Secretion of apoB, however, was significantly increased by incubating Hep G2 cells with LDL. These findings indicate that, in contrast to LDL receptor which is regulated at the mRNA level, the ligands for the LDL receptor are regulated either co- or post-translationally.
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- H G Kraft
- Molecular Disease Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Ellsworth JL, Chandrasekaran C, Cooper AD. Evidence for sterol-independent regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor activity in Hep-G2 cells. Biochem J 1991; 279 ( Pt 1):175-87. [PMID: 1930137 PMCID: PMC1151564 DOI: 10.1042/bj2790175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The relationship between the serum factor(s)-mediated induction of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity and changes in cellular cholesterol metabolism was examined in the human hepatoma cell line Hep-G2. Relative to incubation with serum-free media [Eagle's minimal essential medium (MEM) control], short-term (less than 8 h) incubation with medium containing 15% of either calf serum (MEM + serum) or the d greater than 1.25 fraction of calf serum (MEM + d greater than 1.25) produced a time- and concentration-dependent increase in the uptake of 125I-LDL. Immunoblotting with anti-(LDL receptor) antibodies demonstrated that this was correlated with a 2-fold increase in the amount of the mature 136,000 Da LDL receptor protein in detergent-solubilized Hep-G2 cell membranes. Incubation with MEM + serum, but not MEM + d greater than 1.25, increased the efflux of radiolabelled cholesterol from Hep-G2 cells. However, the induction of 125I-LDL uptake by MEM + d greater than 1.25 (2.3-fold) and MEM + serum (2.2-fold) was virtually identical. Addition of the d less than 1.063 lipoproteins of calf serum to MEM + d greater than 1.25 at their original or three times their serum concentration decreased the induction of 125I-LDL uptake by MEM + d greater than 1.25 by only 20-30%. Together, these results suggest that the stimulation of 125I-LDL uptake was not due to the presence of high-density lipoprotein, the absence of LDL or the stimulation of cholesterol efflux. MEM + serum stimulated 125I-LDL uptake in cells cholesterol-loaded by incubation with rat very-low-density lipoprotein with beta electrophoretic mobility (beta-VLDL). Compared to incubation with the MEM control, either MEM + serum or MEM + d greater than 1.25 produced time-dependent increases in the activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase which also occurred in cholesterol-loaded cells. However, cholesterol biosynthesis, whether measured from 3H2O, [14C]acetate or [3H]mevalonic acid, was not increased. Incubation with MEM + serum or MEM + d greater than 1.25 did not affect [3H]oleate incorporation into cellular cholesteryl esters, hydrolysis of intracellular [3H]cholesteryl esters or the cellular mass of unesterified or esterified cholesterol. Incubation with MEM + serum or MEM + d greater than 1.25 produced a transient increase in the level of LDL receptor mRNA, reaching a maximum of 5-10-fold by 2 h and decreasing to near baseline levels by 4 h. Actinomycin D blocked the serum-factor-mediated induction of LDL receptor mRNA.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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MESH Headings
- Acetates/metabolism
- Animals
- Blood
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cholesterol/blood
- DNA/genetics
- DNA Probes
- Dactinomycin/pharmacology
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Male
- Mevalonic Acid/metabolism
- Oleic Acid
- Oleic Acids/metabolism
- RNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- RNA, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, LDL/metabolism
- Sterols/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- J L Ellsworth
- Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Elner SG, Elner VM, Pavilack MA, Davis HR, Cornicelli JA, Yue BY. Human and monkey corneal endothelium expression of low-density lipoprotein receptors. Am J Ophthalmol 1991; 111:84-91. [PMID: 1985497 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)76902-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Receptors for low-density lipoprotein are necessary for high-affinity uptake of lipid and protein essential to cell structure and function. Distinct receptors for acetoacetylated low-density lipoprotein internalize oxidized or enzymatically modified low-density lipoprotein and extracellular matrix components. We identified low-density lipoprotein receptors on cultured human and monkey corneal endothelial cells by the avid incorporation of fluorescently labeled low-density lipoprotein that was competitively inhibited by excess unlabeled low-density lipoprotein but not by unlabeled acetoacetylated low-density lipoprotein. Specific uptake of labeled low-density lipoprotein was greatest in nonconfluent, growing cells and increased after low-density lipoprotein deprivation. Intact endothelial monolayers of whole human cornea also incorporated low-density lipoprotein but not acetoacetylated low-density lipoprotein. After scratch injury of human corneas, spreading endothelium adjacent to areas of cell loss internalized more fluorescent low-density lipoprotein than cells distant from the injury. Blood-aqueous barrier breakdown occurring in ocular diseases and after surgical and nonsurgical trauma may allow leakage of circulating low-density lipoprotein, which provides a rich supply of lipid and protein for endothelial use. Efficient, receptor-mediated, low-density lipoprotein uptake may facilitate repair of damaged corneal endothelial membranes and regeneration of intact, functional cell monolayers.
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- S G Elner
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105
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Viallard V, Lacombe C, Trocheris V, Tabacik C, Aliau S. Metabolism of low-density lipoprotein in differentiated and undifferentiated HT29 colon cancer cells. Int J Cancer 1990; 46:320-5. [PMID: 2384278 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910460230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The metabolism of human low-density lipoproteins was studied in 2 subpopulations deriving from cells of HT29, a human colon carcinoma cell line. When grown on standard medium (25 mM glucose), about 95% of these cells are undifferentiated (G+ cells). From this heterogeneous population, a subpopulation with features of differentiated small-intestinal cells was selected by glucose deprivation (G- cells). The characteristics of the LDL receptor were first investigated. The results showed that the binding of 125I-LDL to G+ and G- cells performed at 4 degrees C was saturable and specific. The Kd values were not statistically different in the 2 cell subpopulations. The Bmax of G+ cells was 55 +/- 6 ng 125I-LDL/mg cell protein and showed no changes whatever the phase of culture. In G- cells, the Bmax was higher during the exponential phase of culture and decreased in the post-confluent phase (82 +/- 5 versus 15 +/- 6.8 ng 125I-LDL/mg cell protein). Cellular degradation of 125I-LDL was effective in both cell subpopulations but time-course studies showed that, in post-confluent G- cells, degradation was slowed as compared to G+ cells (4 hr vs. 2 hr to reach maximal degradation). The rate of LDL processing at 37 degrees C was enhanced by pre-incubation with FCS-supplemented medium, suggesting the existence of a serum component which stimulates the total degradation of 125I-LDL. Concerning regulation of the LDL receptor activity, we demonstrated that pre-incubation of G+ cells with LDL induced 80% down-regulation of receptor number in both phases of culture. This was also observed in G- cells during the exponential phase while only a 20% decrease of the receptor number was observed in post-confluent G- cells. The LDL degradation of G+ cells resulted in an inhibition of the cholesterogenic activity by 30% and 60% depending on the phase of culture. In G- cells, LDL pre-incubation inhibited cholesterol synthesis to the same extent (45%) in the exponential phase but did not affect the rate of cholesterol synthesis when cells were confluent. The defective regulatory role of LDL on receptor number and cholesterol synthesis suggests that, in the post-confluent differentiated cells, cholesterol derived from LDL does not reach the regulatory pool. Taken together, our findings indicate the existence of functional LDL receptors in the HT29 cell line, either in the differentiated or in the undifferentiated form.
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- V Viallard
- INSERM U 317, Institut de Physiologie, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Molowa DT, Cimis GM. Co-ordinate regulation of low-density-lipoprotein receptor and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase and synthase gene expression in HepG2 cells. Biochem J 1989; 260:731-6. [PMID: 2569863 PMCID: PMC1138738 DOI: 10.1042/bj2600731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cellular processes responsible for maintaining cholesterol homoeostasis are highly regulated. To determine whether two of these processes, cholesterol biosynthesis and receptor-mediated uptake of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), are co-ordinately regulated in human liver, we employed a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2) and measured the accumulation of mRNA for LDL receptor, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase and HMG-CoA synthase under a variety of conditions. Genomic Southern-blot analysis demonstrated that the integrity of these genes is maintained in the transformed cell. Treatment of HepG2 cells with mevalonate, 25-hydroxycholesterol, LDL, lovastatin or miconazole resulted in a similar effect on the accumulation of all three mRNAs at the concentrations tested. The onset of the response to drug, whether repression or induction of mRNA accumulation, occurred after approximately the same period of exposure for each mRNA. We conclude that the expression of the LDL receptor, HMG-CoA reductase and HMG-CoA synthase is co-ordinately regulated in HepG2 cells.
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- D T Molowa
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065
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