Clay M A, Rye K A, Barter P J
Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1990 May 1;1044(1):50-6. doi: 10.1016/0005-2760(90)90217-l.
Incubation of rabbit plasma in vitro with hepatic lipase resulted in the hydrolysis of triacylglycerol in high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and a reduction in HDL particle size. These changes were accompanied by a decrease in the concentration of apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) in the HDL. The loss of apo A-I was demonstrated independently by ultracentrifugation, size exclusion chromatography and gradient gel-immunoblot analysis. It was unrelated to hydrolysis of HDL phospholipids but did correlate with the reduction in HDL particle size. These studies suggest that the concentration of apo A-I in HDL may be influenced by factors which regulate the metabolism of HDL core lipid constituents.
