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  • Title: Normal production rate of apolipoprotein B in LDL receptor-deficient mice.
    Author: Millar JS, Maugeais C, Fuki IV, Rader DJ.
    Journal: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol; 2002 Jun 01; 22(6):989-94. PubMed ID: 12067909.
    Abstract:
    The low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor is well known for its role in mediating the removal of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins from plasma. Results from in vitro studies in primary mouse hepatocytes suggest that the LDL receptor may also have a role in the regulation of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) production. We conducted in vivo experiments using LDLR-/-, LDLR+/-, and wild-type mice (LDLR indicates LDL receptor gene) in which the production rate of VLDL was measured after the injection of [35S]methionine and the lipase inhibitor Triton WR1339. Despite the fact that LDLR-/- mice had a 3.7-fold higher total cholesterol level and a 2.1-fold higher triglyceride level than those of the wild-type mice, there was no difference in the production rate of VLDL triglyceride or VLDL apoB between these groups of animals. Experiments were also conducted in apobec1-/- mice, which make only apoB-100, the form of apoB that binds to the LDL receptor. Interestingly, the apobec1-/- mice had a significantly higher production rate of apoB than did the wild-type mice. However, despite significant differences in total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, there was no difference in the production rate of total or VLDL triglyceride or VLDL apoB between LDLR-/- and LDLR+/- mice on an apobec1-/- background. These results indicate that the LDL receptor has no effect on the production rate of VLDL triglyceride or apoB in vivo in mice.
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