title: Glycoprotein 330/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-2 mediates endocytosis of low density lipoproteins via interaction with apolipoprotein B100.
abstract: The ability of glycoprotein 330/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-2 (LRP-2) to function as a lipoprotein receptor was investigated using cultured mouse F9 teratocarcinoma cells. Treatment with retinoic acid and dibutyryl cyclic AMP, which induces F9 cells to differentiate into endoderm-like cells, produced a 50-fold increase in the expression of LRP-2. Levels of the other members of the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDLR) family, including LDLR, the very low density lipoprotein receptor, and LRP-1, were reduced. When LDL catabolism was examined in these cells, it was found that the treated cells endocytosed and degraded at 10-fold higher levels than untreated cells. The increased LDL uptake coincided with increased LRP-2 activity of the treated cells, as measured by uptake of both 125I-labeled monoclonal LRP-2 antibody and the LRP-2 ligand prourokinase. The ability of LDL to bind to LRP-2 was demonstrated by solid-phase binding assays. This binding was inhibitable by LRP-2 antibodies, receptor-associated protein (the antagonist of ligand binding for all members of the LDLR family), or antibodies to apoB100, the major apolipoprotein component of LDL. In cell assays, LRP-2 antibodies blocked the elevated 125I-LDL internalization and degradation observed in the retinoic acid/dibutyryl cyclic AMP-treated F9 cells. A low level of LDL endocytosis existed that was likely mediated by LDLR since it could not be inhibited by LRP-2 antibodies, but was inhibited by excess LDL, receptor-associated protein, or apoB100 antibody. The results indicate that LRP-2 can function to mediate cellular endocytosis of LDL, leading to its degradation. LRP-2 represents the second member of the LDLR family identified as functioning in the catabolism of LDL.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, J.H. Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefansson
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Argraves
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Strickland
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Argraves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000378:metabolism*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004705:Endocytosis; D026541:Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D011485:Protein Binding; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D026541:Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D014212:Tretinoin; D003994:Bucladesine