OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of nonenzymatic glycation on the antiinflammatory properties of apolipoprotein (apo) A-I. METHODS AND RESULTS Rabbits were infused with saline, lipid-free apoA-I from normal subjects (apoA-I(N)), lipid-free apoA-I nonenzymatically glycated by incubation with methylglyoxal (apoA-I(Glyc in vitro)), nonenzymatically glycated lipid-f...

Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) is the most abundant protein constituent of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Reduced plasma HDL and ApoA-I levels have been found to be associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome in human beings. However, whether or not ApoA-I has a direct effect on obesity is largely unknown. Here we analysed the anti-obesity effect of ApoA-I using two mouse models, a transgenic ...

Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) gene expression is known to be regulated by nutritional and hormonal factors. Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of vitamin A deficiency and retinoic acid repletion on the in vivo expression of apoA-I in rat intestine and liver. The relative abundance of apoA-I mRNA (apoA-I/beta-actin ratio) in the intestine did not differ significantly between vitam...

High plasma levels of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) correlate with cardiovascular health, whereas dysfunctional apoA-I is a cause of atherosclerosis. In the atherosclerotic plaques, amyloid deposition increases with aging. Notably, apoA-I is the main component of these amyloids. Recent studies identified high levels of oxidized lipid-free apoA-I in atherosclerotic plaques. Likely, myeloperoxidase...

Pioglitazone, a hypoglycemic agent, has been shown to increase plasma HDL cholesterol, but the mechanism is incompletely understood. We further investigated effects of pioglitazone on transcriptional regulation of apolipoprotein (apo)A-I gene and functional properties of pioglitazone-induced apoA-I-containing particles. Pioglitazone dose-dependently stimulated apoA-I promoter activities in HepG...

We examined the effect of lipid-free apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) and apoA-II on the structure of reconstituted high density lipoproteins (rHDL) and on their reactivity as substrates for lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT). First, homogeneous rHDL were prepared with either apoA-I or apoA-II using palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) and cholesterol. Lipid-free apoA-I and apoA-II wer...

The purpose of our study was to investigate high density lipoprotein (HDL) apolipoprotein (apo) A-I and apoA-II kinetics in a state of constant feeding after a primed-constant infusion of [5,5, 5-(2)H(3)]L-leucine in 32 normolipidemic older men and postmenopausal women (aged 41 to 79 years). ApoA-I and apoA-II were isolated from plasma HDL, and enrichment was determined by gas chromatography/ma...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the influence of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) tertiary structure domain properties on the antiatherogenic properties of the protein. Two chimeric hybrids with the N-terminal domains swapped (human-mouse apoA-I and mouse-human apoA-I) were expressed in apoA-I-null mice with adeno-associated virus (AAV) and used to study macrophage reverse choleste...

In this study, we investigated the role of positively and negatively charged amino acids within the 89-99 region of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), which are highly conserved in mammals, on plasma lipid homeostasis and the biogenesis of HDL. We previously showed that deletion of the 89-99 region of apoA-I increased plasma cholesterol and phospholipids, but it did not affect plasma triglycerides. F...

A double antibody radioimmunoassay (RIA) for rat apolipoprotein A-I is reported. The ApoA-I isolated from delipidated HDL by gel filtration yielded a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and its amino acid composition resembled that reported by others. ApoA-I was iodinated by lactoperoxidase and the resulting 125I-apoA-I was purified by gel filtrati...