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      High-density lipoprotein protects macrophages from oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced apoptosis by promoting efflux of 7-ketocholesterol via ABCG1.

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
      ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, genetics, metabolism, Animals, Apoptosis, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Ketocholesterols, Lipoproteins, Lipoproteins, HDL, Lipoproteins, LDL, Macrophages, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Transfection

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          Oxidized sterols consumed in the diet or formed on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) are toxic to endothelial cells and macrophages and are thought to have a central role in promoting atherogenesis. The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG1 was recently shown to promote efflux of cholesterol from macrophages to high-denisty lipoprotein (HDL). We show that HDL protects macrophages from apoptosis induced by loading with free cholesterol or oxidized LDL. The protective effect of HDL was reduced in Abcg1(-/-) macrophages, especially after loading with oxidized LDL. Similarly, HDL exerted a protective effect against apoptosis induced by 7-ketocholesterol, the major oxysterol present in oxidized LDL and atherosclerotic lesions, in Abcg1(+/+), but not in Abcg1(-/-) macrophages. In transfected 293 cells, efflux of 7-ketocholesterol and related oxysterols was completely dependent on expression of ABCG1 and the presence of HDL in media. In contrast, ABCA1 and apoA-1 did not stimulate the efflux of 7-ketocholesterol into media. HDL stimulated the efflux of 7-ketocholesterol from Abcg1(+/+), but not from Abcg1(-/-) macrophages. In Abcg1(-/-) mice fed a high-cholesterol diet, plasma levels of 7-ketocholesterol were reduced, whereas their macrophages accumulated 7-ketocholesterol. These findings indicate a specific role for ABCG1 in promoting efflux of 7-ketocholesterol and related oxysterols from macrophages onto HDL and in protecting these cells from oxysterol-induced cytotoxicity.

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