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Identification of domains in apoA-I susceptible to proteolysis by mast cell chymase. Implications for HDL function.

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:When stimulated, rat serosal mast cells degranulate and secrete a cytoplasmic neutral protease, chymase. We studied the fragmentation of apolipoprotein (apo) A-I during proteolysis of HDL(3) by chymase, and examined how chymase-dependent proteolysis interfered with the binding of eight murine monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against functional domains of apoA-I. Size exclusion chromatography of HDL(3) revealed that proteolysis for up to 24 h did not alter the integrity of the alpha-migrating HDL, whereas a minor peak containing particles of smaller size with prebeta mobility disappeared after as little as 15 min of incubation. At the same time, generation of a large (26 kDa) polypeptide containing the N-terminus of apoA-I was detected. This large fragment and other medium-sized fragments of apoA-I produced after prolonged treatment with chymase were found to be associated with the alphaHDL; meanwhile, small lipid-free peptides were rapidly produced. Incubation of HDL(3) with chymase inhibited binding of Mab A-I-9 (specific for prebeta(1)HDL) most rapidly (within 15 min) of the eight studied Mabs. This rapid loss of binding was paralleled by a similar reduction in the ability of HDL(3) to induce high-affinity efflux of cholesterol from macrophage foam cells, indicating that proteolysis had destroyed an epitope that is critical for this function. In sharp contrast, prolonged degradation of HDL(3) by chymase failed to reduce the ability of HDL(3) to activate LCAT, even though it led to modification of three epitopes in the central region of apoA-I that are involved in lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activation. This differential sensitivity of the two key functions of HDL(3) to the proteolytic action of mast cell chymase is compatible with the notion that, in reverse cholesterol transport, intactness of apoA-I is essential for prebeta(1)HDL to promote the high-affinity efflux of cellular cholesterol, but not for the alpha-migrating HDL particles to activate LCAT.

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J Lipid Res

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Journal of lipid research

authors

Lee M,Uboldi P,Giudice D,Catapano AL,Kovanen PT

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2000-06-01 00:00:00

pages

975-84

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0022-2275

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1539-7262

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Identification of domains in apoA-I susceptible to proteolysis by mast cell chymase. Implications for HDL function.