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  • Title: Metabolism of low-density lipoprotein free cholesterol by human plasma lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase.
    Author: Fielding PE, Miida T, Fielding CJ.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1991 Sep 03; 30(35):8551-7. PubMed ID: 1888721.
    Abstract:
    The metabolism of cholesterol derived from [3H]cholesterol-labeled low-density lipoprotein (LDL) was determined in human blood plasma. LDL-derived free cholesterol first appeared in large alpha-migrating HDL (HDL2) and was then transferred to small alpha-HDL (HDL3) for esterification. The major part of such esters was retained within HDL of increasing size in the course of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity; the balance was recovered in LDL. Transfer of preformed cholesteryl esters within HDL contributed little to the labeled cholesteryl ester accumulating in HDL2. When cholesterol for esterification was derived instead from cell membranes, a significantly smaller proportion of this cholesteryl ester was subsequently recovered in LDL. These data suggest compartmentation of cholesteryl esters within plasma that have been formed from cell membrane or LDL free cholesterol, and the role for HDL2 as a relatively unreactive sink for LCAT-derived cholesteryl esters.
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