title: Molecular interactions between apoE and ABCA1: impact on apoE lipidation.
abstract: Apolipoprotein E (apoE)/ABCA1 interactions were investigated in human intact fibroblasts induced with 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol and 9-cis-retinoic acid (stimulated cells). Here, we show that purified human plasma apoE3 forms a complex with ABCA1 in normal fibroblasts. Lipid-free apoE3 inhibited the binding of (125)I-apoA-I to ABCA1 more efficiently than reconstituted HDL particles (IC(50) = 2.5 +/- 0.4 microg/ml vs. 12.3 +/- 1.3 microg/ml). ApoE isoforms showed similar binding for ABCA1 and exhibited identical kinetics in their abilities to induce ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux. Mutation of ABCA1 associated with Tangier disease (C1477R) abolished both apoE3 binding and apoE3-mediated cholesterol efflux. Analysis of apoE3-containing particles generated during the incubation of lipid-free apoE3 with stimulated normal cells showed nascent apoE3/cholesterol/phospholipid complexes that exhibited prebeta-electrophoretic mobility with a particle size ranging from 9 to 15 nm, whereas lipid-free apoE3 incubated with ABCA1 mutant (C1477R) cells was unable to form such particles. These results demonstrate that 1). apoE association with lipids reduced its ability to interact with ABCA1; 2). apoE isoforms did not affect apoE binding to ABCA1; 3). apoE-mediated ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux was not affected by apoE isoforms in fibroblasts; and 4). the lipid translocase activity of ABCA1 generates apoE-containing high density-sized lipoprotein particles. Thus, ABCA1 is essential for the biogenesis of high density-sized lipoprotein containing only apoE particles in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre/Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A1, Canada.
authors.forename: Larbi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krimbou
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: Bassam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haidar
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrier
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcil
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Genest
mesh_terms: D064286:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin
chemical_list: C577836:ABCA1 protein, human; D064286:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D020033:Protein Isoforms