Brian J O'Connell1, Maxime Denis, Jacques Genest. 1. Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Of the cells that compose the atherosclerotic plaque, vascular endothelial cells are the most resistant to cholesterol accumulation. Cholesterol efflux pathways may play an important role in endothelial cholesterol homeostasis. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined the global genetic response of endothelial cells to cholesterol and in particular the contribution of the cholesterol efflux proteins ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1), and scavenger receptor B-I (SR-BI) to endothelial cell cholesterol efflux. The ABCG1 gene is induced in endothelial cells by cholesterol, whereas ABCA1 is not. Using specific chemical inhibitors of ABC transporters and SR-BI, we have shown that neither ABC transporters nor SR-BI is required for apolipoprotein A-1-mediated endothelial cholesterol efflux. CONCLUSIONS: Endothelial cells may use nontraditional pathways for cholesterol efflux.
BACKGROUND: Of the cells that compose the atherosclerotic plaque, vascular endothelial cells are the most resistant to cholesterol accumulation. Cholesterol efflux pathways may play an important role in endothelial cholesterol homeostasis. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined the global genetic response of endothelial cells to cholesterol and in particular the contribution of the cholesterol efflux proteins ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1), and scavenger receptor B-I (SR-BI) to endothelial cell cholesterol efflux. The ABCG1 gene is induced in endothelial cells by cholesterol, whereas ABCA1 is not. Using specific chemical inhibitors of ABC transporters and SR-BI, we have shown that neither ABC transporters nor SR-BI is required for apolipoprotein A-1-mediated endothelial cholesterol efflux. CONCLUSIONS: Endothelial cells may use nontraditional pathways for cholesterol efflux.
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