出版社:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要:Endothelial lipase (EL) plays an important physiological rolein modulating HDL metabolism. Data suggest that plasma containsan inhibitor of EL, and previous studies have suggested thatapolipoprotein A-II (apoA-II) inhibits the activity of severalenzymes involved in HDL metabolism. Therefore, we hypothesizedthat apoA-II may reduce the ability of EL to influence HDL metabolism.To test this hypothesis, we determined the effect of EL expressionon plasma phospholipase activity and HDL metabolism in humanapoA-I and human apoA-I/A-II transgenic mice. Expression ofEL in vivo resulted in lower plasma phospholipase activity andsignificantly less reduction of HDL-cholesterol, phospholipid,and apoA-I levels in apoA-I/A-II double transgenic mice comparedwith apoA-I single transgenic mice. We conclude that the presenceof apoA-II on HDL particles inhibits the ability of EL to influencethe metabolism of HDL in vivo.Supplementary key words high density lipoprotein metabolism • apolipoprotein A-II • high density lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein A-I but no apolipoprotein A-II • high density lipoprotein containing both apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein A-II • transgenic mice
Abbreviations: AdGFP, adenovirus encoding green fluorescent protein; AdhEL, adenovirus encoding human endothelial lipase; apoA-I, apolipoprotein A-I; DPPC, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; EL, endothelial lipase; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HSPG, heparan sulfate proteoglycan; LpA-I, high density lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein A-I but no apolipoprotein A-II; LpA-I/A-II, high density lipoprotein containing both apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein A-II