Highly conserved amino acid residues in apolipoprotein A1 discordantly induce high density lipoprotein assembly in vitro and in vivo

Dedipya Yelamanchili, Jing Liu, Antonio M. Gotto, Ayrea E. Hurley, Willam R. Lagor, Baiba K. Gillard, W. Sean Davidson, Henry J. Pownall, Corina Rosales

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Abstract

Objective: Apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) is essential to reverse cholesterol transport, a physiologically important process that protects against atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. APOA1 is a 28 kDa protein comprising multiple lipid-binding amphiphatic helices initialized by proline residues, which are conserved across multiple species. We tested the hypothesis that the evolutionarily conserved residues are essential to high density lipoprotein (HDL) function. Approach: We used biophysical and physiological assays of the function of APOA1P➔A variants, i.e., rHDL formation via dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) microsolubilization, activation of lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase, cholesterol efflux from human monocyte-derived macrophages (THP-1) to each variant, and comparison of the size and composition of HDL from APOA1−/− mice receiving adeno-associated virus delivery of each human variant. Results: Differences in microsolubilization were profound and showed that conserved prolines, especially those in the C-terminus of APOA1, are essential to efficient rHDL formation. In contrast, P➔A substitutions produced small changes (−25 to +25%) in rates of cholesterol efflux and no differences in the rates of LCAT activation. The HDL particles formed following ectopic expression of each variant in APOA1−/− mice were smaller and more heterogeneous than those from control animals. Conclusion: Studies of DMPC microsolubilization show that proline residues are essential to the optimal interaction of APOA1 with membranes, the initial step in cholesterol efflux and HDL production. In contrast, P➔A substitutions modestly reduce the cholesterol efflux capacity of APOA1, have no effect on LCAT activation, but according to the profound reduction in the size of HDL formed in vivo, P➔A substitutions alter HDL biogenesis, thereby implicating other cellular and in vivo processes as determinants of HDL metabolism and function.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number158794
Pages (from-to)158794
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
Volume1865
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

Keywords

  • Apolipoprotein
  • Cholesterol
  • High density lipoproteins
  • Metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Apolipoprotein A-I/chemistry
  • Cholesterol/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Models, Molecular
  • Lipoproteins, HDL/metabolism
  • Animals
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Mice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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