In cultured human dermal microvessel endothelial cells, the rate of efflux (about twofold greater than for fibroblasts under equivalent conditions) was coupled to an equivalent high rate of sterol net transport from the cells to the medium. This net transport was linked with esterification via lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase. Since the use of free sterol by plasma transferase is constant, such increased net transport indicates that endothelial cells are highly efficient, in competition with plasma lipoproteins, in supplying free sterol for esterification. These results indicate the marked ability of endothelial cells to regulate and maintain their sterol balance in the face of high sterol levels to which these cells are uniquely exposed in human plasma.
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August 01 1982
Regulation of sterol transport in human microvascular endothelial cells.
P E Fielding
P M Davison
M A Karasek
C J Fielding
Online Issn: 1540-8140
Print Issn: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1982) 94 (2): 350–354.
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P E Fielding, P M Davison, M A Karasek, C J Fielding; Regulation of sterol transport in human microvascular endothelial cells.. J Cell Biol 1 August 1982; 94 (2): 350–354. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.94.2.350
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