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  • Title: Effect of liposomal phospholipid composition on cholesterol transfer between microsomal and liposomal vesicles.
    Author: Bhuvaneswaran C, Mitropoulos KA.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1986 Sep 15; 238(3):647-52. PubMed ID: 3800954.
    Abstract:
    Preincubation of rat liver microsomal vesicles at 37 degrees C in the presence of [3H]cholesterol/phospholipid liposomes results in a net transfer of cholesterol from liposomes to microsomal vesicles. This transfer follows first-order kinetics. For similar concentrations of the donor vesicles, rates of transfer are about 6-8 times lower with cholesterol/sphingomyelin liposomes compared with cholesterol/phosphatidylcholine liposomes. Also, transfer of cholesterol from cholesterol/sphingomyelin liposomes to microsomal vesicles reveals a larger activation energy than for the process from cholesterol/phosphatidylcholine liposomes. There is a significant correlation between the amount of liposomal cholesterol transferred to microsomal vesicles during preincubation and the increase found with acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase activity in these microsomes over their corresponding controls. If, however, liposomes made solely of phospholipids are substituted for the cholesterol/phospholipid liposomes in the preincubation system containing microsomal vesicles, then the acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase activity is decreased compared with the corresponding control system. Both sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine liposomes are equally effective in decreasing the enzyme activity. These results offer direct kinetic evidence for the positive correlation between cholesterol and sphingomyelin found in vivo in biological membranes.
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