title: Kinetics and inhibition of lipid exchange catalyzed by plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein (lipid transfer protein).
abstract: The cholesteryl ester transfer protein-catalyzed cholesteryl ester transfer is inhibited by two compounds identified by a large-scale screening of cholesterol backbone-containing molecules. Kinetic analysis shows that U-95,594, an amino steroid, inhibits competitively the cholesteryl ester transfer protein-catalyzed transfer of both cholesteryl esters and triglycerides, as well from high-density lipoproteins as from synthetic microemulsions. In contrast, U-617, an organomercurial derivative of cholesterol, inhibits competitively the transfer of cholesteryl ester from either donor but is without any effect on triglyceride transfer. In addition to the rapid, competitive inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer, U-617 also slowly and reversibly reacts with cholesteryl ester transfer protein to produce an additional 10-fold decrease in cholesteryl ester transfer activity but, again, without effect on triglyceride transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical & Biological Screening, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001-0199, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Epps
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Greenlee
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Castle
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Hozak
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Marschke
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Melchior
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kézdy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000097:blood; D002384:Catalysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: C095995:6-aminocholesterol; C506642:CETP protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; C049524:6-chloromercuricholesterol; D002784:Cholesterol; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase