title: Role of ABCG1 and other ABCG family members in lipid metabolism.
abstract: The molecular cloning and identification of mutations in ATP-binding cassette transporters in hereditary diseases have greatly expanded our knowledge of the normal physiology of intracellular lipid transport processes. In addition to the well-known ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) molecule, ABC transporters belonging to the ABCG (White) subfamily (ABCG1, ABCG5, and ABCG8) have been shown to be critically involved in the regulation of lipid-trafficking mechanisms in macrophages, hepatocytes, and intestinal mucosa cells. ABCG1, the product of a sterol-induced gene, participates in cholesterol and phospholipid efflux. The ABCG5 and ABCG8 transporters, defective in beta-sitosterolemia, are also now considered interesting targets in the control and influence of total body sterol homeostasis. In this review, advances referring to the regulation and function of ABCG half-size transporters are summarized and discussed. In addition, new implications for the transcriptional control, as well as the intracellular routing and localization, of these proteins are presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany. gerd.schmitz@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Langmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heimerl
mesh_terms: D000070998:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 1; D000071018:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 5; D000071019:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 8; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013261:Sterols / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C419353:ABCG1 protein, human; C416945:ABCG5 protein, human; C416946:ABCG8 protein, human; D000070998:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 1; D000071018:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 5; D000071019:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 8; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; D013261:Sterols; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate