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Human HDL (1.070-1.210), doubly labelled with 3H/14C-labelled unesterified cholesterol and 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol were incubated for 1-5 h with monolayer cultures of human endothelial cells. HDL were preincubated for 60-120 min the presence of albumin and with/without purified phospholipase A2 (control HDL, phospholipase A2 HDL) before dilution in the cell culture medium. Average phosphatidylcholine (PC) degradation was 62.10% +/- 2.57% (range 45-80%). A purified lipase/phospholipase A1 from guinea pig pancreas was used in some experiments (range of PC hydrolysis: 16-70%). (1) 3H/14C-labelled unesterified cholesterol and 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol appeared in cells during 0-5 h incubations. Trypsin treatment allowed a simple adsorption of HDL onto the cell surface to be avoided, and most of the 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol transferred to cells was hydrolysed. Cell uptake of radioactive cholesterol increased as a function of HDL concentration but no saturation was achieved at the highest lipoprotein concentration used (200 micrograms cholesterol/ml). Flux of 3H/14C-labelled unesterified cholesterol was related to the cell cholesterol content, suggesting that it might partly represent an exchange process. The cell cholesterol content was slightly increased after 5 h incubation with HDL (+16%). (2) Pretreatment of HDL with purified phospholipase A2 doubled on average the amount of cell recovered 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol, while the flux of 3H/14C-labelled unesterified cholesterol was enhanced by 15-25%. Both transfer and cell hydrolysis of 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol were increased. A stimulation was also observed using purified lipase/phospholipase A1, provided that a threshold phospholipid degradation was achieved (between 27 and 45%). (3) Endothelial cells were conditioned in different media so as to modulate their charge in cholesterol. The uptake of 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol was found to be significantly higher in cholesterol-enriched cells compared to the sterol-depleted state. Finally, movements of 3H-labelled esterified cholesterol from HDL to endothelial cells were essentially unaffected by cell density or by the presence of partially purified cholesterol ester transfer protein. The possible roles of the transfer of HDL esterified cholesterol to endothelial cells and its modulation by phospholipases are discussed.
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