title: Serum amyloid A (SAA): influence on HDL-mediated cellular cholesterol efflux.
abstract: Normal high density lipoprotein (N-HDL) is remodeled during acute phase (AP) reactions by the association of serum amyloid A (SAA) and the depletion of apolipoprotein (apo) A-I. To determine the impact of this remodeling on HDL function, the capacities of N-HDL and AP-HDL to associate with and promote cholesterol efflux from human monocytic THP-1 cells were compared. THP-1 cells preferentially bound AP-HDL compared with N-HDL. Examination of the AP-HDL particles bound to THP-1 cells revealed a disproportionate association of an apoSAA-enriched, apoA-I-depleted subpopulation compared with the composition of the starting material. However, N-HDL and AP-HDL promoted cholesterol efflux from THP-1 cells equally efficiently and in a dose-dependent manner. When N-HDL was experimentally remodeled with apoSAA to achieve an apoprotein composition similar to that of the preferentially bound particles, cellular cholesterol efflux was reduced by 30%. The remodelling of HDL with apoSAA during the acute phase reaction alters cholesterol efflux only when apoSAA constitutes more than 50% of the HDL protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Banka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Beer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kindy
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Curtiss
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: de Beer
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood*; D002460:Cell Line; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000502:physiology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein; D002784:Cholesterol