title: Identification and partial characterization of discrete apolipoprotein A-containing lipoprotein particles secreted by human hepatoma cell line HepG2.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the apolipoprotein A-containing lipoprotein particles produced by HepG2 cells. The apolipoprotein A-containing lipoproteins separated from apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins by affinity chromatography of culture medium on concanavalin A were fractionated on an immunosorber with monoclonal antibodies to apolipoprotein A-II. The retained fraction contained apolipoproteins A-I, A-II and E, while the unretained fraction contained apolipoproteins A-I and E. Both fractions were characterized by free cholesterol as the major and triglycerides and cholesterol esters as the minor neutral lipids. Further chromatography of both fractions on an immunosorber with monoclonal antibodies to apolipoprotein A-I showed that 1) apolipoprotein A-II only occurs in association with apolipoprotein A-I, 2) apolipoprotein A-IV is only present as part of a separate lipoprotein family (lipoprotein A-IV), and 3) apolipoprotein E-enriched lipoprotein A-I:A-II and lipoprotein A-I are the main apolipoprotein A-containing lipoproteins secreted by HepG2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dashti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alaupovic
mesh_terms: D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000378:metabolism*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D012995:Solubility; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D008074:Lipoproteins