title: Detection of distinct receptors for native and acetylated low-density lipoproteins in human placental microvilli by ligand-immunoblotting.
abstract: Ligand-immunoblotting was used to detect distinct receptors for native low-density lipoprotein and for acetylated low-density lipoprotein on microvillous membranes from human term placentas. Antisera directed against native and modified low-density lipoproteins were prepared in rabbits and their specificities were assessed by immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis. The receptor for low-density lipoprotein was detected as a 160 kDa protein and that for acetylated low-density lipoprotein as a 200 kDa protein. These receptors were compared with their counterparts in cultured human skin fibroblasts, bovine adrenal cortex and J774 macrophage-like cells. This is the first investigation that visualizes the presence of receptors for both native and modified low-density lipoproteins in a steroidogenic tissue.
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008024:Ligands; D008871:Microvilli / Q000032:analysis; D010920:Placenta / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011973:Receptors, LDL