Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats.
The regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism was studied in the ethinyl estradiol-treated rat in which low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors are increased many fold. Cholesterol synthesis was reduced at both its diurnal peak and trough by ethinyl estradiol. The diurnal variatio...
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doaj-abd4a7b715584e2590faddd3642021112021-04-25T04:17:55ZengElsevierJournal of Lipid Research0022-22751989-11-01301117631771Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats.S K Erickson0S Jaeckle1S R Lear2S M Brady3R J Havel4Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.The regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism was studied in the ethinyl estradiol-treated rat in which low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors are increased many fold. Cholesterol synthesis was reduced at both its diurnal peak and trough by ethinyl estradiol. The diurnal variation in 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase was abolished, whereas that for acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) was retained. LDL receptor number did not vary diurnally. Feeding these animals a cholesterol-rich diet for 48 h suppressed cholesterol synthesis and reductase activities to levels similar to those found in cholesterol-fed control animals, but ACAT activity was unaffected. LDL receptors were reduced about 50%. Intravenously administered cholesterol-rich lipoproteins suppressed HMG-CoA reductase and LDL receptors in 2 h but had a variable effect on ACAT activity. Intragastric administration of mevalonolactone reduced reductase and increased acyltransferase activity but had little effect on LDL receptors when given 2 or 4 h before death. Although animals fed a cholesterol-rich diet before and during ethinyl estradiol treatment became hypocholesterolemic, free and esterified cholesterol concentrations in liver were high as was ACAT activity. HMG-CoA reductase was inhibited to levels found in control animals fed the cholesterol-rich diet. LDL receptors were increased to a level about 50% of that reached in animals receiving a control diet and ethinyl estradiol. These data demonstrate that key enzymes of hepatic cholesterol metabolism and hepatic LDL receptors respond rapidly to cholesterol in the ethinyl estradiol-treated rat. Furthermore, estradiol increases LDL receptor activity several fold in cholesterol-loaded livers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520382225 |
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S K Erickson S Jaeckle S R Lear S M Brady R J Havel Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. Journal of Lipid Research |
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S K Erickson S Jaeckle S R Lear S M Brady R J Havel |
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Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. |
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Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. |
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Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. |
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Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. |
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Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. |
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regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats. |
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The regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism was studied in the ethinyl estradiol-treated rat in which low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors are increased many fold. Cholesterol synthesis was reduced at both its diurnal peak and trough by ethinyl estradiol. The diurnal variation in 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase was abolished, whereas that for acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) was retained. LDL receptor number did not vary diurnally. Feeding these animals a cholesterol-rich diet for 48 h suppressed cholesterol synthesis and reductase activities to levels similar to those found in cholesterol-fed control animals, but ACAT activity was unaffected. LDL receptors were reduced about 50%. Intravenously administered cholesterol-rich lipoproteins suppressed HMG-CoA reductase and LDL receptors in 2 h but had a variable effect on ACAT activity. Intragastric administration of mevalonolactone reduced reductase and increased acyltransferase activity but had little effect on LDL receptors when given 2 or 4 h before death. Although animals fed a cholesterol-rich diet before and during ethinyl estradiol treatment became hypocholesterolemic, free and esterified cholesterol concentrations in liver were high as was ACAT activity. HMG-CoA reductase was inhibited to levels found in control animals fed the cholesterol-rich diet. LDL receptors were increased to a level about 50% of that reached in animals receiving a control diet and ethinyl estradiol. These data demonstrate that key enzymes of hepatic cholesterol metabolism and hepatic LDL receptors respond rapidly to cholesterol in the ethinyl estradiol-treated rat. Furthermore, estradiol increases LDL receptor activity several fold in cholesterol-loaded livers. |
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