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  • 标题:Foam cell formation containing lipid droplets enriched with free cholesterol by hyperlipidemic serum
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  • 作者:Masahiro Mori ; Hiroyuki Itabe ; Yusuke Higashi
  • 期刊名称:JLR Papers In Press
  • 印刷版ISSN:0022-2275
  • 电子版ISSN:1539-7262
  • 出版年度:2001
  • 卷号:42
  • 期号:11
  • 页码:1771-1781
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 摘要:A monoclonal antibody, ASH1a/256C (256C), which binds to atherosclerotic lesions in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit (WHHL) aorta in vivo, recognizes complex structures of phosphatidylcholine mixed with neutral lipids. In the present study, a cell culture system is described in which foam cells express 256C-positive lipid droplets. J774.1 macrophages were incubated in the presence of a small volume of WHHL serum for 24 h to produce foam cells, which were then incubated without the WHHL serum for 3 days. Oil red O-positive lipid droplets appeared on day 1, and were present in the cells during the whole incubation period. The lipid droplets in the cells were positively immunostained with antibody 256C on day 4, although they were negative on day 1. Expression of the antigenic lipid droplets was also induced by the addition of acetylated LDL or sera from patients with hyperlipidemia. When foam cells were induced by the addition of WHHL serum, cellular content of cholesteryl ester was greatly increased but then decreased to near basal levels by day 4. Concomitantly, cellular free cholesterol increased during the culture period, indicating that the cholesteryl ester changes to free cholesterol by day 4. The lipid droplets in the foam cells on day 4 were positively stained with filipin, a fluorescent probe for free cholesterol, as well as with 256C antibody, indicating that free cholesterol is enriched in antigenic lipid droplets. These observations suggest that hydrolysis and rearrangement of cellular cholesterol take place in foam cells to form complex structures of phosphatidylcholine and free cholesterol in lipid droplets. —Mori, M., H. Itabe, Y. Higashi, Y. Fujimoto, M. Shiomi, M. Yoshizumi, Y. Ouchi, and T. Takano. Foam cell formation containing lipid droplets enriched with free cholesterol by hyperlipidemic serum. J. Lipid Res. 2001. 42: 1771–1781.
  • 关键词:atherosclerosis ; lipoproteins ; macrophages ; monoclonal antibody ; phosphatidylcholine ; WHHL rabbit
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