HDL-free cholesterol influx into macrophages and transfer to LDL correlate with HDL-free cholesterol content
High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-free cholesterol (FC) transfers to other lipoproteins and cells, the former by a spontaneous mechanism and the latter by both spontaneous and receptor-mediated mechanisms. Macrophages are an important cell type in all stages of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (A...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Digital de la UPF |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/72302 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10230/72302 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100707 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cholesterol/Metabolism HDL function LDL Lipids Lipoprotein/Kinetics Assay reproducibility Cholesterol/trafficking |
| Sumario: | High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-free cholesterol (FC) transfers to other lipoproteins and cells, the former by a spontaneous mechanism and the latter by both spontaneous and receptor-mediated mechanisms. Macrophages are an important cell type in all stages of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and the magnitude of FC efflux from macrophages to HDL, a metric of HDL function, inversely associated with several metrics of ASCVD. Very high plasma HDL concentrations are associated with increased all-cause and ASCVD mortality, suggesting that the reverse process, FC influx from HDL into macrophages, is atherogenic. We hypothesize that HDL-FC is a metric of dysfunctional HDL, and when combined with HDL particle number (HDL-P), is an ASCVD risk factor. The magnitude of FC influx from HDL to macrophages is expected to be a function of HDL-P and HDL-FC content. Here we show that plasma HDL-FC content varies 2-fold among normolipidemic human subjects and linearly correlates with low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-FC content. The influx of HDL-FC into macrophages and transfer to LDL increase linearly with HDL-FC. As expected, the influx of HDL-FC into macrophages and the transfer to LDL are positively correlated. These data support the hypothesis that high HDL FC content is a marker for dysfunctional HDL, resulting in greater influx into macrophages and greater HDL-FC transfer to LDL. HDL-FC transfer to LDL is a valid surrogate for influx into macrophages. This study of HDL composition and function of normolipidemic subjects provides the basis for further investigation and establishment of HDL-FC content as an ASCVD risk factor. |
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