Cellular localization and trafficking of the human ABCA1 transporter |
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Authors: | Neufeld E B Remaley A T Demosky S J Stonik J A Cooney A M Comly M Dwyer N K Zhang M Blanchette-Mackie J Santamarina-Fojo S Brewer H B |
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Institution: | NHLBI, National Institutes of Health and the NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. neufelde@mail.nih.gov |
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Abstract: | ABCA1, the ATP-binding cassette protein mutated in Tangier disease, mediates the efflux of excess cellular sterol to apoA-I and thereby the formation of high density lipoprotein. The intracellular localization and trafficking of ABCA1 was examined in stably and transiently transfected HeLa cells expressing a functional human ABCA1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein. The fluorescent chimeric ABCA1 transporter was found to reside on the cell surface and on intracellular vesicles that include a novel subset of early endosomes, as well as late endosomes and lysosomes. Studies of the localization and trafficking of ABCA1-GFP in the presence of brefeldin A or monensin, agents known to block intracellular vesicular trafficking, as well as apoA-I-mediated cellular lipid efflux, showed that: (i) ABCA1 functions in lipid efflux at the cell surface, and (ii) delivery of ABCA1 to lysosomes for degradation may serve as a mechanism to modulate its surface expression. Time-lapse fluorescence microscopy revealed that ABCA1-GFP-containing early endosomes undergo fusion, fission, and tubulation and transiently interact with one another, late endocytic vesicles, and the cell surface. These studies establish a complex intracellular trafficking pathway for human ABCA1 that may play important roles in modulating ABCA1 transporter activity and cellular cholesterol homeostasis. |
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