REGULATION OF ACTIVITY OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR IN HUMAN FIBROBLASTS
REGULATION OF ACTIVITY OF LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR IN HUMAN FIBROBLASTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(75)90182-8
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
GOLDSTEIN, JL
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作者:
BROWN, MS;GOLDSTEIN, JL
A specific receptor on the surface of cultured human fibroflasts binds plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) with high affinity, and thereby initiates a cellular process by which the LDL is internalized and degraded within lysosomes and its cholesterol component is made available for cellular membrane synthesis. Current studies demonstrate that the activity of this LDL receptor is under feedback regulation. Prior incubation of fibroblast monolayers with cholesterol, 25hydroxycholesterol, or LDL progressively reduced the ability of the cells to bind ‘2Wabeled LDL at the high affinity site. A series of kinetic studies indicated that this reduction in binding was due to a decrease in the number of LDL receptors. From measurements of the rate of decline in ‘* 5l-LDL binding activity after administration of cycloheximide, the LDL receptor was calculated to have a half-life of about 25 hr. LDL appeared to reduce ‘* 51-LDL-binding activity by suppressing the synthesis of receptor molecules. Thus cultured human fibroblasts regulate their intracellular cholesterol content by regulating the activity of the LDL receptor, which in turn controls the rate of cellular entry of cholesterol derived from plasma LDL contained within the culture medium.