title: Preparation and characterization of spheroidal, reconstituted high-density lipoproteins with apolipoprotein A-I only or with apolipoprotein A-I and A-II.
abstract: This study describes the preparation of spheroidal reconstituted HDL which contain apolipoprotein (apo) A-I only, (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL, or apo A-I and apo A-II, (A-I w A-II) r-HDL. Spheroidal (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL with diameters of 8.0, 9.2 and 11.2 nm were prepared by incubating discoidal (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL with lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase and low-density lipoproteins. Spheroidal (A-I w A-II) r-HDL were prepared by displacing apo A-I from spheroidal (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL with apo A-II. Modification with apo A-II did not significantly affect the diameters of the 8.0 and 9.2 nm (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL. When, however, apo A-II was added to the (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL of diameter 11.2 nm, the size of the particles decreased to 9.4 nm. To determine whether modification of (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL with apo A-II altered the structure of the r-HDL, the packing of phospholipids in the modified and unmodified particles was compared by steady state fluorescence polarization and the environments of the apo A-I tryptophan residues in (A-I w/o A-II) and (A-I w A-II) r-HDL were compared by fluorescence spectroscopy. The results of these studies suggested that modification of spheroidal (A-I w/o A-II) r-HDL with apo A-II alters the environment of apo A-I tryptophan residues in small, but not large, r-HDL and does not affect the packing of phospholipids.
authors: Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia.
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: Rye
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Garrety
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Barter
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000032:analysis*; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014364:Tryptophan
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014364:Tryptophan; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase