Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 451-456Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.02.002
Keywords
alpha-Tocopherol; ATP-Binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1); alpha-Tocopherol transfer protein (alpha-TTP); Hepatocyte; Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I); Probucol
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Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) is an essential fat-soluble nutrient with antioxidant properties, alpha-Tocopherol transfer protein (alpha-UP), the product of the gene responsible for familial isolated vitamin E deficiency, plays an important role in maintaining the plasma alpha-tocopherol level by mediating the secretion of alpha-tocopherol by the liver. However, the mechanisms underlying hepatic a-tocopherol secretion are not fully understood. This study was undertaken to elucidate the mechanism of alpha-tocopherol re-efflux from hepatocytes, the cells that have the most important role in regulating plasma-alpha-tocopherol concentrations. From in vitro experiments using [H-3]alpha-tocopheryl acetate and McARH7777 cells that stably express a-tocopherol transfer protein (alpha-UP), the following results were obtained. First, addition of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), a direct acceptor of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1)-secreted lipids, increased alpha-tocopherol secretion in a dose-dependent manner. Second, probucol, an antiatherogenic compound reported to be an inactivator of ABCA1 reduced hepatic alpha-tocopherol secretion. Third, ABCA1-RNAi suppressed hepatic alpha-tocopherol secretion. In a mouse in vivo experiment, addition of 1% probucol to the diet decreased plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations. These results strongly suggest that ABCA1 is substantially involved in hepatic alpha-tocopherol secretion. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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