title: Role of cholesterol in regulating apolipoprotein B secretion by the liver.
abstract: The review examines the evidence that the supply of cholesterol available for incorporation into nascent lipoprotein particles exerts a regulatory influence on apolipoprotein (apo) B secretion by the liver. Support for this hypothesis comes both from in vitro experiments and from recent observations in normal subjects and patients with dyslipidemia associated with familial hypercholesterolemia, obesity, noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus, growth hormone deficiency and cholesteryl ester storage disease. The findings do not negate a role for triglyceride synthesis in determining apoB secretion in very low density lipoprotein, but the inhibitory effects on the latter process of pharmacological blockade of cholesterol synthesis or esterification suggest that it is conditional upon an adequate supply of cholesteryl ester.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Sciences Centre, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Naoumova
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000378:metabolism*; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; C008047:3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A; D002784:Cholesterol; D008798:Mevalonic Acid