Incorporation of cholesterol into high density lipoprotein recombinants. |
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Authors: | A R Tall Y Lange |
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Institution: | Biophysics Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. 02118 USA |
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Abstract: | Apo-A-1, the principal apoprotein of high density lipoprotein, was incubated with cholesterol containing liposomes of dimyristoyl lecithin, lecithin from high density lipoprotein or sphingomyelin. Conditions were chosen to give 100% conversion of cholesterol-free liposomes into recombinants which were isolated by density gradient ultracentrifugation. For all phospholipids, there was a progressive decrease in incorporation of lipid into recombinants with increasing cholesterol/phospholipid ratio. The cholesterol/phospholipid ratio of recombinants was ~ 45% of unreacted liposomes, for all initial cholesterol/phospholipid ratios. The reduced cholesterol content suggests exclusion of cholesterol from a fraction of recombinant phospholipid, probably a boundary layer in contact with apo A-1. |
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