title: Regulation of serum apolipoprotein E metabolism: role of chylomicron metabolism.
abstract: The mechanism by which high-fat, high-cholesterol diets lower serum apolipoprotein E (apoE) concentration was studied in rats by feeding a single high-fat, high-cholesterol meal and by intravenously infusing chylomicrons containing low and high amounts of cholesterol. Serum apoE concentrations were unchanged 9 hours after an olive oil meal but were decreased by 35% after an olive oil/cholesterol-enriched meal. The decrease in serum apoE concentrations with the olive oil/cholesterol meal was accompanied by a decrease in apoE concentration in the high density lipoprotein fraction. Three hours after the intravenous infusion of cholesterol-enriched chylomicrons, serum apoE concentrations decreased 40%, whereas serum apoE concentrations decreased by only 10% when chylomicrons with low cholesterol concentrations or saline were infused. It is concluded that the metabolism of cholesterol-enriched chylomicrons results in an increased removal of serum apoE and that the cholesterol content of chylomicrons is a determinant of serum apoE removal.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology; D002914:Chylomicrons / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D002914:Chylomicrons; D004041:Dietary Fats; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol