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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2001;21:2019.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

Sterol Efflux Mediated by Endogenous Macrophage ApoE Expression Is Independent of ABCA1

Zhi Hua Huang; Chen-Yi Lin; John F. Oram; Theodore Mazzone

From the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry (Z.H.H., C.-Y.L., T.M.), Rush-Presbyterian–St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Ill, and the Department of Medicine (J.F.O.), University of Washington, Seattle.

Correspondence to Dr Theodore Mazzone, Rush Medical Center, 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60612. E-mail tmazzone{at}rush.edu

Sterol efflux importantly contributes to preservation of cellular cholesterol homeostasis, and multiple pathways may be involved for mediating such efflux. Recently, an important role has been ascribed to ABCA1 in facilitating lipid efflux from cells, including macrophages, to extracellular lipid-free apolipoproteins. Macrophages are relatively unique among cells because they express apoprotein E (apoE) as a major protein product, and this endogenous expression of apoE increases sterol and phospholipid efflux from macrophages. The studies in this article were designed to test whether the sterol efflux mediated by the endogenous expression of apoE in macrophages was dependent on ABCA1 expression. These studies were facilitated by comparing apoE-expressing J774 cells (J774E⁺) with nonexpressing parental cells (J774E^-). Sterol efflux was higher from J774E⁺ cells compared with J774E^- cells, but the increment in efflux between these cell types was not increased by induction of ABCA1 expression with cAMP. Induction of ABCA1 with cAMP, however, did increase sterol efflux to exogenously added apoA1 from both cell types. Inhibitors of ABCA1 activity significantly reduced (by 40% to 50%) sterol efflux from both J774E⁺ and J774E^- cells treated with cAMP and apoA1. This inhibitor did not, however, reduce the increment in sterol efflux due to the expression of endogenous apoE. The results of these studies indicate that the increment in sterol efflux mediated by the endogenous expression of apoE in macrophages does not depend on ABCA1 expression or activity.

Key Words: atherosclerosis • macrophages • apolipoprotein E • sterol efflux • ABCA1

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