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Effect of rat plasma high density lipoprotein with or without apolipoprotein E on the cholesterol uptake and on the induction of the corticosteroid biosynthetic pathway in newborn rat adrenocortical cell cultures

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High density lipoprotein (HDL) has been shown to induce the cellular accumulation of cholesterol esters and the biosynthesis of 21-hydroxysteroids (corticosteroids) newborn rat adrenocortical cells cultivated in serum-free medium. In order to identify the component(s) of HDL responsible for these effects, we investigated the ability of rat HDL subfractions and HDL with or without apolipoprotein E to deliver cholesterol to cells and to stimulate the steroid biosynthetic pathways in adrenal cultured cells. The total cholesterol uptake from HDL2 was greater than that observed with HDL rich in apolipoprotein E (HDL1 and HDLc). Furthermore, the increase of the ratio between 21-hydroxysteroids and reductive metabolites of progesterone was higher with HDL2 than with HDL1 or HDLc. The results of competitive studies between LDL and HDL subfractions indicate that adrenal cells take up cholesterol from HDL2 and LDL by separate mechanisms but that LDL and HDL containing apolipoprotein E share the same uptake processes. In experiments with various concentrations of HDLc or HDL without apolipoprotein E, the adrenal cells displayed a higher affinity for rat HDLc than for rat HDL without apolipoprotein E. However, HDL without apolipoprotein E produced a higher enhancement of the cholesterol cell content and was 3-fold more effective in stimulating 21-hydroxylated steroid production than rat HDLc. Although these findings suggest a participation of HDL with apolipoprotein E in the HDL interaction with rat adrenal cells, the predominant effect on these cells is devoluted to HDL containing mainly apolipoprotein A.

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