The uptake of cholesteryl ester from chylomicrons by the perfused rat heart was proportional to the particle's cholesteryl ester content, nonsaturable, and independent of the lipoprotein lipase binding site.
The chylomicron pathway appears to provide a major proportion of cholesteryl ester cleared from the plasma compared to receptor-dependent LDL uptake, suggesting a potential role for chylomicron remnants in atherogenesis.
The rate of uptake of cholesteryl ester from chylomicrons has been determined with the isolated perfused rat heart and both intact and functionally hepatectomized rats. Uptake was found to be proportional to the cholesteryl ester content of the particles. Transfer of cholesteryl ester to other lipoprotein classes of the plasma was negligible under these conditions, and loss of cholesteryl ester from the medium was associated with quantitative recovery in the vascular bed. The uptake mechanism was nonsaturable and independent of the lipoprotein lipase binding site. Compared with receptor-dependent uptake of low density lipoprotein cholesteryl ester by heart endothelium, the chylomicron pathway appears to provide a major proportion of cholesteryl ester cleared from the plasma. Uptake was initially heparin dependent, and cleared lipid was released by 10 microgram/ml of heparin; however, lipid taken up rapidly became heparin resistant and was then hydrolyzed slowly with production of unesterified fatty acid. These results are discussed in the context of the possible role of cholesterol-rich chylomicron remnant lipoproteins in atherogenesis.
C J Fielding (1978) studied Lipid metabolism. Cholesterol-rich chylomicrons was evaluated on Rate of uptake of cholesteryl ester by the perfused rat heart. The uptake of cholesteryl ester from chylomicrons by the perfused rat heart was proportional to the particle's cholesteryl ester content, nonsaturable, and independent of the lipoprotein lipase binding site.