Faculty Research 1980 - 1989

Catabolism of human low density lipoproteins by human hepatoma cell line HepG2.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1984

Keywords

Cell-Line, Chloroquine, Colchicine, Hepatoma: me, Human, Lipoproteins-HDL: me, Lipoproteins-LDL: me, Lipoproteins-VLDL: me, Liver-Neoplasms: me, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, Time-Factors

First Page

373

Last Page

384

JAX Source

Biochim Biophys Acta 1984 Jul 26;794(3):373-84

Grant

HL23181

Abstract

The mechanism of hepatic catabolism of human low density lipoproteins (LDL) by human-derived hepatoma cell line HepG2 was studied. The binding of 125I-labeled LDL to HepG2 cells at 4 degrees C was time dependent and inhibited by excess unlabeled LDL. The specific binding was predominant at low concentrations of 125I-labeled LDL (less than 50 micrograms protein/ml), whereas the nonsaturable binding prevailed at higher concentrations of substrate. The cellular uptake and degradation of 125I-labeled LDL were curvilinear functions of substrate concentration. Preincubation of HepG2 cells with unlabeled LDL caused a 56% inhibition in the degradation of 125I-labeled LDL. Reductive methylation of unlabeled LDL abolished its ability to compete with 125I-labeled LDL for uptake and degradation. Chloroquine (50 microM) and colchicine (1 microM) inhibited the degradation of 125I-labeled LDL by 64% and 30%, respectively. The LDL catabolism by HepG2 cells suppressed de novo synthesis of cholesterol and enhanced cholesterol esterification; this stimulation was abolished by chloroquine. When tested at a similar content of apolipoprotein B, very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), LDL and high density lipoproteins (HDL) inhibited the catabolism of 125I-labeled LDL to the same degree, indicating that in HepG2 cells normal LDL are most probably recognized by the receptor via apolipoprotein B. The current study thus demonstrates that the catabolism of human LDL by HepG2 cells proceeds in part through a receptor-mediated mechanism.

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