Accelerated transfer of cholesteryl esters in dyslipidemic plasma. Role of cholesteryl ester transfer protein.

AUTOR(ES)

Tall, A

RESUMO

Plasma cholesteryl esters, synthesized in the high density lipoproteins (HDL), may be transferred to other lipoproteins by a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP). We found a twofold increase in mass transfer of cholesteryl ester from HDL to apoB-containing lipoproteins in incubated hypercholesterolemic rabbit plasma compared with control. There was a two- to fourfold increase in the activity of CETP, measured in an isotopic assay in hypercholesterolemic plasma. A CETP-like molecule was isolated in increased amounts from hypercholesterolemic plasma. Incubated plasma from four dysbetalipoproteinemic subjects also showed an increase (threefold) in cholesteryl ester mass transfer, compared with normolipidemic controls. There was a twofold increase in the activity of CETP, assayed in whole or lipoprotein-free plasma. Thus, there is increased transfer of cholesteryl esters from HDL to potentially atherogenic apoB-containing lipoproteins in dyslipidemic rabbit and human plasma. The enhanced transfer results in part from increased activity of CETP, possibly reflecting an increase in CETP mass.

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