Diversity and function of membrane glycerophospholipids generated by the remodeling pathway in mammalian cells.

abstract：:Effects of serum cholesterol on cholesterol content in the retina are currently unknown. It is also unclear how cholesterol levels are controlled in the retina. High-cholesterol diet and oral administrations of simvastatin were used to modulate serum cholesterol in mice. These treatments only modestly affected cholest...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Zheng W,Mast N,Saadane A,Pikuleva IA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major high density lipoprotein (HDL) apolipoprotein, apoA-I, was knocked out by gene targeting in ES cells to provide a model for the study of HDL metabolism and its relationship to plasma and tissue cholesterol metabolism. HDL and non-HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) were reduced in apoA-I-deficient mice. Feeding a high f...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Plump AS,Azrolan N,Odaka H,Wu L,Jiang X,Tall A,Eisenberg S,Breslow JL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have documented the presence of Lp[a] in nonhuman primates. However, data are lacking in great apes such as the chimpanzee. We have studied the quantitative distribution of Lp[a], as well as the frequency of apo[a] phenotypes, in a population of chimpanzees living in Gabon. Monoclonal antibody 14A12, d...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Doucet C,Huby T,Chapman J,Thillet J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic lipase (HL) mediate the hydrolysis of triglycerides and phospholipids present in circulating lipoprotein particles and are essential for normal lipid metabolism. Both enzymes have a similar primary amino acid structure and share requirements for intact catalytic, lipid binding, and...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Dichek HL,Parrott C,Ronan R,Brunzell JD,Brewer HB Jr,Santamarina-Fojo S

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AY 9944 is a novel inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis which appears to act on the Delta 7-reductase enzyme, interfering with the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol. In all tissues studied, with the exception of the lens, there was a reduction in cholesterol and a marked accumulation of 7-dehydrochole...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Horlick L

更新日期：1966-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-protein interaction plays key roles in a wide variety of biological processes. Although various methods have been employed to measure membrane binding of soluble proteins, a robust high-throughput assay that is universally applicable to all proteins is lacking at present. Here we report a new fluorescence que...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Kim H,Afsari HS,Cho W

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When NH(4)OH-NH(4)Cl extracts of adipose acetone powder were applied to agarose gel chromatography columns, two peaks of lipoprotein lipase were eluted. The first activity peak (LPL(a)) was eluted with an elution volume of a protein of molecular weight approximately five times that of the second (LPL(b)). Addition of ...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Garfinkel AS,Schotz MC

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) is predominantly biosynthesized by sn-1-diacylglycerol lipase α (DAGL-α) in the CNS. Selective inhibitors of DAGL-α will provide valuable insights in the role of 2-AG in endocannabinoid signaling processes and are potential therapeutics for the treatment of obesity and...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： van der Wel T,Janssen FJ,Baggelaar MP,Deng H,den Dulk H,Overkleeft HS,van der Stelt M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of eight mutations of sterol 27-hydroxylase gene (CYP27) in five Italian patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, who were found to be compound heterozygotes. Four mutations (C --> T at nt 45 of exon 4, G(+1) --> A in intron 6, G(+5) --> T in intron 7, and G(-1) --> A in intron 7) a...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Garuti R,Croce MA,Tiozzo R,Dotti MT,Federico A,Bertolini S,Calandra S

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous fat cells were isolated from genetically obese rats and from rats with obesity produced by hypothalamic lesions. Insulin did not augment the oxidation of fatty acids or their synthesis from glucose-1-(14)C or glucose-1-(3)H by fat cells from either group. Radioactivity from pyruvate-3-(14)C was incorporat...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Bray GA

更新日期：1968-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity due to infectious disease. However, current clinical diagnostic methodologies such as PCR, sputum culture, or smear microscopy are not ideal. Antibody-based assays are a suitable alternative but require specific antibodies against a suitable biomarker. Mycolic a...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Chan CE,Zhao BZ,Cazenave-Gassiot A,Pang SW,Bendt AK,Wenk MR,MacAry PA,Hanson BJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new genetic defect in the lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) gene associated with classical clinical and biochemical features of fish eye disease. The 63-year-old Australian female proband also suffers from non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes mellitus. She presented with corneal opacities, ma...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Contacos C,Sullivan DR,Rye KA,Funke H,Assmann G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular model was built for human lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) based upon the structural homology between this enzyme and lipases (Peelman et al. 1998. Prot. Sci. 7: 585-597). We proposed that LCAT belongs to the alpha/beta hydrolase fold family, and that the central domain of LCAT consists of a mix...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Peelman F,Verschelde JL,Vanloo B,Ampe C,Labeur C,Tavernier J,Vandekerckhove J,Rosseneu M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase was isolated (in two fractions) from Vipera palestinae venom and it was shown to possess phospholipase A activity (hydrolyzing diacyl-sn-glycerophosphorylcholines, e.g., lecithin, in the 2-position) as well as lysophospholipase (phospholipase B) activity (hydrolyzing 1-monoacyl-sn-glycerophosphorylcholin...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Shiloah J,Klibansky C,de Vries A,Berger A

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three colipases were purified from pancreas of two birds (ostrich and turkey) and one mammal (dromedary). After acidic and/or heat treatment and precipitation by sulfate ammonium and then ethanol, cofactors were purified by Sephadex G-50 gel filtration followed by ion-exchange chromatography first on Mono S and then o...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Ben Bacha A,Frikha F,Djemal I,Fendri A,Miled N,Gargouri Y,Mejdoub H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:13C-NMR spectroscopy was used to examine the effect of side chain length on the ionization properties and transmembrane transport rate of 3 alpha,7 alpha-dihydroxy bile acids. When solubilized in taurocholate micelles, [23-13C]nor-chenodeoxycholic acid (nor-CDCA) had a pKa of 6.1, similar to that of CDCA (pKa 6.2), it...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Ko J,Hamilton JA,Ton-Nu HT,Schteingart CD,Hofmann AF,Small DM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph fistula rats with either biliary fistula or pancreaticobiliary fistula were used to measure coenzyme A-independent mucosal cholesterol esterifying activity in the presence and absence of pancreatic exocrine secretion. Efficiency of pancreatic diversion was verified to minimize contamination of mucosal homogenate...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Watt SM,Simmonds WJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of the plasma apolipoproteins have a high degree of internal homology as they contain several 22-mer internal repeats. These amphipathic helical repeats are considered as the structural and functional units of this class of proteins. We proposed that the 22-mer repeats of the plasma apolipoproteins consi...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Vanloo B,Demoor L,Boutillon C,Lins L,Brasseur R,Baert J,Fruchart JC,Tartar A,Rosseneu M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inverse relationship between plasma levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) and coronary heart disease rates has suggested that HDL might influence body stores of cholesterol. Therefore, we have investigated potential relationships between the parameters of body cholesterol metabolism and the plasma levels of HDL...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Blum CB,Dell RB,Palmer RH,Ramakrishnan R,Seplowitz AH,Goodman DS

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid droplet proteins (LDPs) coat the surface of triglyceride-rich lipid droplets and regulate their formation and lipolysis. We profiled hepatic LDP expression in fatty liver dystrophic (fld) mice, a unique model of neonatal hepatic steatosis that predictably resolves between postnatal day 14 (P14) and P17. Western ...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Hall AM,Brunt EM,Chen Z,Viswakarma N,Reddy JK,Wolins NE,Finck BN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content of serum gangliosides was examined in VM and C57BL/6J (B6) mice that contained subcutaneous metastatic (VM) and non-metastatic (CT-2A) brain tumors, respectively. Gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and high performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) were used to analyze the serum gangliosides. N-glycolylne...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Cotterchio M,Seyfried TN

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintaining cellular lipid homeostasis is crucial to oxidative tissues, and it becomes compromised in obesity. Lipid droplets (LD) play a central role in lipid homeostasis by mediating fatty acid (FA) storage in the form of triglyceride, thereby lowering intracellular levels of lipids that mediate cellular lipotoxicit...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Wang H,Sreenivasan U,Hu H,Saladino A,Polster BM,Lund LM,Gong DW,Stanley WC,Sztalryd C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine strains susceptible to atherosclerosis provide valuable models to study factors involved in atherogenesis. In some murine models, limited hypercholesterolemia can be achieved and lesions develop primarily in the aortic origin, in the vicinity of the aortic valve. In other models such as LDL receptor-deficient a...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Tangirala RK,Rubin EM,Palinski W

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins derived from ten normo- and hyperlipidemic apoE-2 homozygotes were analyzed for their composition, beta-VLDL content, and their ability to induce cholesteryl ester storage in macrophages. In six of these probands apoE sequence analysis revealed that the cysteine residues were at position...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Schmitz G,Assmann G,Augustin J,Dirkes-Kersting A,Brennhaüsen B,Karoff C

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranes of mammalian cells contain lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) activities that catalyze the acylation of sn-1-acyl lysophosphatidic acid (lysoPA) to form phosphatidic acid. As the biological roles and biochemical properties of the six known LPAAT isoforms have yet to be fully elucidated, we have ch...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Hollenback D,Bonham L,Law L,Rossnagle E,Romero L,Carew H,Tompkins CK,Leung DW,Singer JW,White T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H-Rev107 is a protein that was previously cloned as a negative regulator of proto-oncogene Ras and classified as a class II tumor suppressor. Its structural similarity to lecithin retinol acyltransferase and Ca2+-independent phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) N-acyltransferase led us to analyze H-Rev107 as an enzyme involv...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Uyama T,Morishita J,Jin XH,Okamoto Y,Tsuboi K,Ueda N

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clock genes respond to external stimuli and exhibit circadian rhythms. This study investigated the expression of clock genes in the small intestine and their contribution in the regulation of nutrient absorption by enterocytes. We examined expression of clock genes and macronutrient transport proteins in the small int...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Pan X,Hussain MM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uropygial gland secretions produced by female mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) throughout the year were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography and combined gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Most of the year, the secretion was composed of wax esters. With the beginning of the mating season in the middle ...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Kolattukudy PE,Bohnet S,Rogers L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HDL and its major component, apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), play a central role in reverse cholesterol transport. We recently reported the involvement of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor (GPI anchor) in the binding of HDL and apoA-I on human macrophages, and purified an 80 kDa HDL/apoA-I binding protein. In the pre...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Matsuyama A,Sakai N,Hiraoka H,Hirano K,Yamashita S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate-O-acyltransferase (AGPAT) converts lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) to phosphatidic acid (PA). In this study, we show enzymatic properties, tissue distribution, and subcellular localization of human AGPAT3 and AGPAT5. In cells overexpressing these isoforms, the proteins were detected i...

journal_title：Journal of lipid research

authors： Prasad SS,Garg A,Agarwal AK

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00