title: Influence of the HDL receptor SR-BI on lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis.
abstract: The scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) was the first molecularly well-defined cell-surface HDL receptor to be described. SR-BI mediates selective HDL cholesterol uptake by formation of a productive lipoprotein/receptor complex, which requires specific structural domains and conformation states of apolipoprotein A-I present in HDL particles. SR-BI is abundantly expressed in several tissues, including the liver, where its expression is regulated by various mechanisms, including the transcriptional activity of nuclear receptors. The importance of SR-BI in overall HDL cholesterol metabolism and its antiatherogenic activity in vivo has been definitively established by SR-BI gene manipulation in mice. Remarkably, SR-BI/apolipoprotein E double-knockout mice develop complex coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. Additional studies should help to define the importance of SR-BI in human health and disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Bernardo L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Trigatti
authors.forename: Monty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krieger
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rigotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001692:Biological Transport; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011485:Protein Binding; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein / Q000378:metabolism*; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; D051122:Scavenger Receptors, Class B
chemical_list: D018955:CD36 Antigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; C454739:Scarb1 protein, mouse; D051122:Scavenger Receptors, Class B; C031616:high density lipoprotein receptors; C075197:high density lipoprotein binding protein; D002784:Cholesterol