title: Endothelial cell heparanase modulation of lipoprotein lipase activity. Evidence that heparan sulfate oligosaccharide is an extracellular chaperone.
abstract: A unique feature of lipoprotein lipase (LpL), the rate-limiting enzyme in the hydrolysis of circulating triglycerides, is its movement from its cell of synthesis, adipocyte or myocyte, to its site of action, the luminal endothelial surface. This involves processes that allow LpL to be released from the adipocyte cell surface and transferred against the flow of interstitial fluid to the luminal surface of endothelial cells. LpL, an unstable enzyme, must retain its activity during this process. Whether a chaperone-like molecule is involved in LpL stabilization and transport is unclear. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that endothelial cells secrete factors that release LpL and promote its transfer to the luminal endothelial surface. Incubation of adipocytes with endothelial cell conditioned medium (ECCM) led to release of about 2-fold more LpL activity than control medium. Medium from endothelial cells exposed to lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-ECCM), a product of LpL lipolysis of lipoproteins, released approximately 3-fold more LpL than ECCM. Concomitant with the release of LpL, adipocyte cell surface heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans were degraded suggesting that lyso-ECCM contained a heparanase-like activity. More heparanase was found in media from the basolateral than the apical side of lysolecithin-stimulated polarized endothelial cells. In coculture experiments, lipolysis and lysolecithin stimulation of endothelial cells increased LpL release from adipocytes. LpL released by lyso-ECCM remained stable and did not lose enzymatic activity at 37 degrees C for 1 h. LpL activity was also stabilized by heparanase-digested fragments of HS (HS oligosaccharide) and by purified LpL binding decasaccharide. Moreover, LpL.HS oligosaccharide complexes crossed endothelial cell monolayers and bound to the apical side of the cells. Thus, an endothelial heparanase may play a critical role in releasing subendothelial HS bound proteins, and specific HS oligosaccharides produced by this enzyme may serve as extracellular chaperones.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. ps42@columbia.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pillarisetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vanni-Reyes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parthasarathy
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002417:Cattle; D016764:Cell Polarity; D003470:Culture Media; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005966:Glucuronidase; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D008066:Lipolysis; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D000099175:Heparanase
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005966:Glucuronidase; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D006493:Heparin; D006497:Heparan Sulfate; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D000099175:Heparanase