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Structural and Functional Comparison of HDL From Homologous Human Plasma and Follicular Fluid
A Model for Extravascular Fluid
From the Institut National de la santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 326, Phospholipides membranaires, Signalisation cellulaire et Lipoprotéines, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse (B.J., R.B., C.V., J.M., H.C., B.P., X.C.); Hôpital Broussais, Paris (N.F., V.A.); and Laboratoire de Fécondation in vitro, Hôpital Lagrave, Toulouse, France (G.V.).
Correspondence to Dr X. Collet, Institut National de la santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 326, Phospholipides membranaires, Signalisation cellulaire et Lipoprotéines, Hôpital Purpan, 31059, Toulouse, France. E-mail collet{at}cict.fr.
Abstract In the preovulatory period, follicular fluid contains only HDL. Biochemical characterization of such lipoproteins showed that follicular fluid HDLs were cholesterol-poor particles compared with serum HDLs, whereas the amount of phospholipids, expressed as percent weight, was significantly higher in follicular fluid HDLs (28.5%) than in serum HDLs (25.0%, P<.05). The amount of apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV per apo A-I was significantly higher in follicular fluid than in serum (0.77 versus 0.58 mg/g apo A-I, P<.02). To explore the role of HDLs as cholesterol acceptors in physiological media, we compared the ability of either whole human follicular fluids or homologous sera to promote cellular cholesterol efflux using Fu5AH rat hepatoma cells. At equivalent concentrations of HDL cholesterol in follicular fluid and in serum, t1/2 values for cholesterol efflux were in the same range. In addition, estimated maximal efflux values were not significantly different in follicular fluid and serum (45.9% and 49.6%, respectively), as were Km values (0.064 and 0.071 mmol/L HDL cholesterol, respectively). In addition, isolated HDLs displayed the same capacity to promote cellular cholesterol efflux in both media. Thus, the kinetics and dose-response data between these two physiological media showed that HDLs play the major role in cellular cholesterol efflux. The rate of cholesterol esterification, as measured in the presence of cells, was significantly higher in follicular fluid than in serum at constant HDL cholesterol concentrations, whereas the rate of esterified cholesterol transfer toward added LDL was lower. In contrast, in a cell-free system, lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase activity represented only 26% of that in serum HDL, whereas cholesterol ester transfer protein activities were comparable. In summary, in this particular model, we confirmed the essential role of HDLs as physiological acceptors in the removal of cellular cholesterol.
Key Words: cholesterol efflux • follicular fluidity • HDL
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