title: Endotoxin down-regulates ABCG5 and ABCG8 in mouse liver and ABCA1 and ABCG1 in J774 murine macrophages: differential role of LXR.
abstract: Several of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters have recently been shown to play important roles in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) and prevention of atherosclerosis. In the liver, ABCG5 and ABCG8 have been proposed to efflux sterols into the bile for excretion. ABCG5 and ABCG8 also limit absorption of dietary cholesterol and plant sterols in the intestine. In macrophages, ABCA1 and ABCG1 mediate cholesterol removal from these cells to HDL. Many of these ABC transporters are regulated by the liver X receptor (LXR). We have previously shown that endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) down-regulates LXR in rodent liver. In the present study, we examined the in vivo and in vitro regulation of these ABC transporters by endotoxin. We found that endotoxin significantly decreased mRNA levels of ABCG5 and ABCG8 in the liver, but not in the small intestine. When endotoxin or cytokines (tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1) were incubated with J774 murine macrophages, the mRNA levels of ABCA1 were decreased. This effect was rapid and sustained, and was associated with a reduction in ABCA1 protein levels. Endotoxin and cytokines also decreased ABCG1 mRNA levels in J774 cells. Although LXR is a positive regulator of ABCA1 and ABCG1, we did not observe a reduction in protein levels of LXR or in binding of nuclear proteins to an LXR response element in J774 cells. The decrease in ABCG5 and ABCG8 levels in the liver as well as a reduction in ABCA1 and ABCG1 in macrophages during the host response to infection and inflammation coupled with other previously described changes in the RCT pathway may aggravate atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Metabolism Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
authors.forename: Weerapan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Khovidhunkit
authors.forename: Arthur H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Judy K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Shigenaga
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grunfeld
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Feingold
mesh_terms: D064286:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1; 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 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000071518:Liver X Receptors; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D057093:Orphan Nuclear Receptors; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C487540:ABCG1 protein, mouse; C462600:ABCG5 protein, mouse; C462601:ABCG8 protein, mouse; D064286:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1; 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; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008074:Lipoproteins; D000071518:Liver X Receptors; D057093:Orphan Nuclear Receptors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000242:Cyclic AMP