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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 7, Pages 5692-5697Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109977200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL18645, HL55362] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK02456] Funding Source: Medline
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Abnormal high density lipoprotein metabolism may contribute to the increased atherosclerosis associated with diabetes and insulin resistance. The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCA1 mediates cholesterol transport from tissue macrophages to apoA-I, the major high density lipoprotein protein component. Because fatty acids are elevated in diabetes, we examined the effects of fatty acids on ABCA1 activity in cultured macrophages. Results showed that unsaturated fatty acids markedly inhibited ABCAI-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux from macrophages when ABCA1 was induced by a cAMP analog. This was accompanied by a reduction in the membrane content of ABCA1 and a decrease in apoA-I binding to whole cells and to ABCA1. In contrast, saturated fatty acids had no effect on these processes. Fatty acids did not alter ABCA1 mRNA abundance or incorporation of methionine into ABCA1, indicating that decreased ABCA1 transcription, enhanced mRNA decay, or impaired translation efficiency did not account for these inhibitory effects. Unsaturated fatty acids, however, increased ABCA1 turnover when protein synthesis was blocked by cycloheximide. We conclude that unsaturated fatty acids reduce the macrophage ABCA1 content by enhancing its degradation rate. These findings raise the possibility that an increased supply of unsaturated fatty acids in the artery wall promotes atherogenesis by impairing the ABCA1 cholesterol secretory pathway in macrophages.
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