CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM IN THE MACROPHAGE
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- 1 December 1971
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 134 (6), 1570-1590
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.134.6.1570
Abstract
Macrophage membrane cholesterol is present in two subcellular cholesterol pools, a rapidly exchanging compartment comprising about two-thirds of the total cholesterol, and a slowly exchanging compartment comprising one-third of the total. The morphological identification of the kinetically distinguishable pools proceeded by alteration of each compartment. Trypsin treatment markedly decreased the rate of cholesterol exchange without removing cholesterol from the membrane. Recovery of normal exchange rates took more than 7 hr and required protein synthesis. This suggested that a plasma membrane receptor is involved in positioning of lipoproteins for exchange, and is consistent with the plasma membrane localization of the rapidly exchanging compartment.Keywords
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