Genetic analysis of indicators of cholesterol synthesis and absorption: Lathosterol and phytosterols in Dutch twins and their parents

Significant familial aggregation was observed for plasma levels of lathosterol (an indicator of whole-body cholesterol synthesis) and plant sterols campesterol and β-sitosterol (indicators of cholesterol absorption) in 160 Dutch families consisting of adolescent mono- and dizygotic twin pairs and their parents. For lathosterol a moderate genetic...

Genetic analysis of sex and generation differences in plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein levels in adolescent twins and their parents

In a sample of Dutch families consisting of parents aged 35-65 years and their twin offspring aged 14-21 years, a significant difference between generations was observed in phenotypic variances and in genetic heritabilities for plasma levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL)...

Vastatins inhibit cholesterol ester accumulation in human monocyte-derived macrophages

Human monocyte-derived macrophages were incubated for 48 hours in Medium 199 with 1% human serum albumin, and with 100 μg acetyl low density lipoprotein (LDL) or β-very low density lipoprotein (β-VLDL), with or without various concentrations of compactin, lovastatin, simvastatin, or pravastatin. The mass of free (FC) and esterified (CE)...

Partial characterization of low density lipoprotein preparations isolated from fresh and frozen plasma after radiolabeling by seven different methods

Four 99mTc and three 123I labeling methods were evaluated for their suitability to label low density lipoproteins (LDL) for the purpose of scintigraphic biodistribution studies. For 99mTc these methods were: direct incorporation in LDL of 99mTcO4- using sodium dithionite (dithionite method); a method using first N,N-dimethylformamide to prepare...

Bile acids exert negative feedback control on bile acid synthesis in cultured pig hepatocytes by suppression of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity

Feedback regulation of bile acid synthesis by its end products was studied in cultured hepatocytes of young weaned pigs. We previously showed that conversion of exogenous [14C] cholesterol into bile acids was suppressed by addition of bile acids to the culture medium. In the present study, the effects of bile acids on bile acid mass production...

Cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity and bile acid synthesis in hepatocytes of unweaned and weaned pigs in monolayer culture

Activity of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.13.17) in freshly isolated hepatocytes from unweaned piglets (2 to 3 weeks old) was 16-times lower as compared to hepatocytes from weaned piglets (7 to 8 weeks old). The monolayer culture activity remained low in unweaned piglet hepatocytes. In contrast, in cultured hepatocytes from weaned piglets,...

Polyunsaturated fatty acid consumption, plasma cholesterol concentration and neuroendocrine response to mental and physical task load

This study was designed to investigate the relation between fatty acid consumption, total plama cholesterol and neuroendocrine response to exposure to stress, factors thought to play a role in the development of coronary heart disease. For this purpose 32 apparently healthy male volunteers were classified on the basis of their plasma cholesterol...

Comparison of taurocholate accumulation in cultured hepatocytes of pig, rat and man

Intracellular accumulation of 37°C of 50 μM [14C]taurocholic acid by hepatocytes of pig and rat, cultured for 24 hours, and by human hepatocytes, cultured for 12 hours, reached equilibrium after an incubation time of 1 to 2 hours. Maximum capacity to accumulate taurocholate intracellularly was assessed in 3-hour incubations with increasing...

Serum lathosterol concentration is an indicator of whole-body cholesterol synthesis in humans

The power of serum lathosterol concentration as an indicator of whole-body cholesterol synthesis was investigated in 47 human volunteers consuming two diets differing in fatty acid composition. The cholesterol balance (fecal excretion of neutral and acid steroids minus cholesterol intake) was strongly correlated with the serum level of total ...

Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on platelet aggregation, fibrinolysis, and blood lipids

To investigate the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on blood constituents related to cardiovascular disease, 12 male volunteers consumed (instead of their usual alcoholic drinks) four different standardized amounts of red wine in addition to their habitual diet. Each dose was given to the subjects during a period of 5 weeks in a randomized...

Specific targeting of high density lipoproteins to liver hepatocytes by incorporation of a tris-galactoside-terminated cholesterol derivative

De enterohepatische circulatie en het cholesterolmetabolisme in de rat

The effect of a water-soluble tris-galactoside terminated cholesterol dertivative on the catabolism of low density lipoprotein: abstract

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Concomitant increase in hepatic triacylglycerol biosynthesis and cytosolic fatty-acid-binding-protein content after feeding rats with a cholestyramine-containing diet

Cholestyramine feeding of rats increased the rate of palmitate and glycerol incorporation into triacylglycerols of isolated hepatocytes. Concomitantly an increase of fatty-acid binding by hepatic cytosolic proteins was observed, which could be attributed to an elevation of the content of the fatty-acid-binding protein (M(r) 12,000). The...

Glucagon receptors: Are they present on human blood cells?

Binding of glucagon to and its degradation by human mononuclear leukocytes and erythrocytes was investigated. Labeled glucagon binds to these cells, but can be displaced only by unlabeled glucagon at pharmacologically high concentrations. It is concluded that glucagon binding to human blood cells does not represent receptors of physiological...

Bile acids and lipids in isolated rat hepatocytes: Content, synthesis, and release, as affected by cholestyramine treatment of the donor rats

Contents of bile acids and lipids, as well as rates of triglyceride synthesis, were determined in isolated hepatocytes from control or cholestyramine-fed rats (denoted below as "control" or "treated" hepatocytes, respectively). During a 3-hr incubation period, total bile acid production was markedly higher in "treated" cells than in "conrol"...

Lipoprotein secretion by isolated rat hepatocytes: Characterization of the lipid-carrying particles and modulation of their release

Lipoprotein production by freshly isolated rat hepatocytes in suspension was studied during short (1-3 hr) incubation periods. The heaptocytes release very low density (91.10 g/ml). These particles with higher densities have not been positively identified; the latter group is dissimilar to the high density lipoprotein, which occurs in rat liver...