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  • Title: Metabolism of intestinal triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in the genetically hypercholesterolemic rat (RICO).
    Author: Ouguerram K, Magot T, Lutton C.
    Journal: Atherosclerosis; 1992 Apr; 93(3):201-8. PubMed ID: 1590825.
    Abstract:
    Experiments were carried out to compare the catabolism of intestinal lipoproteins between genetically hypercholesterolemic (RICO) and normocholesterolemic (SW) rats. Kinetics of plasma cholesteryl ester were studied after injection of cholesterol-labeled chylomicrons or VLDL. The chylomicron clearance is reduced in the RICO rat (rate constant, K = 7.2 +/- 0.1 h-1 vs. 10.7 +/- 0.1 h-1 in SW rat), while a much more minor alteration was observed in the catabolism of lymph VLDL (K = 4.3 +/- 0.6 h-1 in the RICO rat vs. 5.1 +/- 0.4 h-1). The injection of chylomicrons from SW rats to RICO rats and from RICO rats to SW rats showed that the fall in the rate of catabolism of chylomicrons in RICO rats was not secondary to an increase in the production rate, but was related to the lipoprotein particle itself without any alteration of the catabolic system. The reduction in the rate of catabolism of chylomicrons in the RICO rat could be related to a change in their apolipoprotein composition (increase in the proportion of apolipoprotein E = 12 +/- 2% vs. 3 +/- 1% in the SW rat).
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