出版社:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要:We previously identified that four of five putative N-linkedglycosylation sites of human endothelial lipase (EL) are utilizedand suggested that the substitution of asparagine-116 (Asn-116)with alanine (Ala) (N116A) increased the hydrolytic activityof EL. The current study demonstrates that mutagenesis of eitherAsn-116 to threonine (Thr) or Thr-118 to Ala also disruptedthe glycosylation of EL and enhanced catalytic activity towardsynthetic substrates by 3-fold versus wild-type EL. Furthermore,we assessed the hydrolysis of native lipoprotein lipids by EL-N116A.EL-N116A exhibited a 5-fold increase in LDL hydrolysis and a1.8-fold increase in HDL2 hydrolysis. Consistent with theseobservations, adenovirus-mediated expression of EL-N116A inmice significantly reduced the levels of both LDL and HDL cholesterolbeyond the reductions observed by the expression of wild-typeEL alone. Finally, we introduced Asn-116 of EL into the analogouspositions within LPL and HL, resulting in N-linked glycosylationat this site. Glycosylation at this site suppressed the LPLhydrolysis of synthetic substrates, LDL, HDL2, and HDL3 buthad little effect on HL activity. These data suggest that N-linkedglycosylation at Asn-116 reduces the ability of EL to hydrolyzelipids in LDL and HDL2.Supplementary key words lipase • lipoprotein hydrolysis • adenovirus • glycosylation • site-directed mutagenesis • heparin • heparan sulfate proteoglycan
Abbreviations: A/A, antibiotic/antimycotic; DPPC, dipalmitoylphosphatidyl choline; EL, endothelial lipase; FPLC, fast-performance liquid chromatography; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLR, low density lipoprotein receptor; PL, phospholipid; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride