title: Genetic differences of lipid metabolism in macrophages from C57BL/6J and C3H/HeN mice.
abstract: Cholesterol metabolism in macrophages from atherosclerosis-prone C57BL/6J mice was compared with that in macrophages from atherosclerosis-resistant C3H/HeN mice. Plasma total cholesterol levels of both types of mice were significantly increased, but HDL cholesterol level was increased only in C3H/HeN mice when a high-cholesterol diet (1% cholesterol) was fed for 5 weeks. After incubation of macrophages from male and female mice on the high-cholesterol diet with beta-VLDL for 24 hours, cholesterol content in macrophages from C57BL/6J was approximately 1.5- to 2.0-fold higher than in those from C3H/HeN mice. [3H]Cholesterol oleate-beta-VLDL incorporation into macrophages from C57BL/6J mice on the high-cholesterol diet was greater than incorporation into those from C3H/HeN mice. The release of [3H]cholesterol from macrophages from C57BL/6J mice on the high-cholesterol diet was one seventh that from macrophages from C57BL/6J mice on the basal diet or that from macrophages from C3H/HeN mice on the basal or high-cholesterol diet. Acid cholesterol esterase activity was almost the same in macrophages from any group. Acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase activity in macrophages from C57BL/6J mice on the high-cholesterol diet increased compared with that from macrophages from C57BL/6J mice on the normal diet. Neutral cholesterol esterase activity in macrophages from C57BL/6J mice was about half of that in macrophages from C3H/HeN mice independent of the type of diet. There were no sex differences in these metabolisms. Considered with our previous data, these results suggested that a high-cholesterol diet may cause metabolic changes to accumulate cholesterol ester in macrophages from C57BL/6J mice in accordance with genetic abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Yamagata University, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morisaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirose
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H / Q000378:metabolism*; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL / Q000378:metabolism*; D012737:Sex Factors; D002787:Sterol Esterase / Q000378:metabolism; D002785:Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D002784:Cholesterol; D002785:Sterol O-Acyltransferase; D002787:Sterol Esterase