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  • Title: Stimulation of lipolysis enhances the rate of cholesterol efflux to HDL in adipocytes.
    Author: Verghese PB, Arrese EL, Soulages JL.
    Journal: Mol Cell Biochem; 2007 Aug; 302(1-2):241-8. PubMed ID: 17390217.
    Abstract:
    Adipose tissue constitutes a major location for cholesterol storage and, as such, it may play a role in the regulation of circulating cholesterol levels. A possible metabolic link between the lipolytic activity of adipocytes and their ability to release cholesterol to reconstituted human high density lipoprotein, HDL, was investigated in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In the presence of HDL, composed of human apoA-I and phosphatidylcholine, adipocytes release cholesterol in a lipoprotein-dose and time dependent fashion. beta-adrenergic activation of the lipolysis promotes a 22% increase in the extent of cholesterol efflux to reconstituted discoidal HDL particles. Activation of lipolysis promotes a rapid decrease in the cholesterol content of the plasma membrane and a concomitant increase in lipid droplet cholesterol. This change is independent of the presence of HDL. Activation of the lipolysis does not affect the levels of ABCA1 and SR-BI. Therefore, the enhancement of cholesterol efflux is not due to the level of plasma membrane cholesterol, or to the levels of the cholesterol transporters ABCA1 and scavenger receptor SR-BI. Brefeldin A did not affect the rate of cholesterol efflux under basal lipolytic conditions, but it abolished the lipolysis-dependent enhancement of cholesterol efflux to HDL. This study suggests that activation of lipolysis is accompanied by an increase in BFA-sensitive vesicular transport that in turn enhances cholesterol efflux to HDL. The study supports a metabolic link between the lipolytic activity of adipocytes and the rate of cellular cholesterol efflux to HDL.
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