The triglyceride (TG) lipase gene subfamily, consisting of LPL, HL, and endothelial lipase (EL), plays a central role in plasma lipoprotein metabolism. Compared with LPL and HL, EL is relatively more active as a phospholipase than as a TG lipase. The amino acid loop or "lid" covering the catalytic site has been implicated as the basis for the difference in substrate specificity between HL and L...

PURPOSE: To investigate the severity of pancreatitis in lipoprotein lipase (LPL)-deficient hypertriglyceridaemic (HTG) heterozygous mice and to establish an experimental animal model for HTG pancreatitis study. METHODS: LPL-deficient HTG heterozygous mice were rescued by somatic gene transfer and mated with wild-type mice. The plasma amylase, triglyceride, and pathologic changes in the pancr...

Protease inhibitor-based highly active antiretroviral therapy (PI-HAART) has been implicated in dyslipidemia, peripheral insulin resistance, and abnormal adipose tissue deposition in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. In vitro evidence indicates that some PIs reduce adipocyte lipoprotein (LPL) and hepatic lipase (HL) expression and activities. We...

The chemical and biochemical properties of cholesterol-enriched and cholesterol-poor chylomicrons from rat lymph have been compared. The enriched particles, prepared from cholesterol-containing lipid dispersions, passed into the duodenum, had four to ten times the cholesteryl ester content of the control chylomicrons but had the same content of total "core" (cholesteryl ester + triglyceride) li...

Cilostazol, a selective type III phosphodiesterase inhibitor, has antiplatelet and vasodilating effects. In this study, the effects of cilostazol on lipid metabolism and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity were studied in rats. Cilostazol was administered orally at doses of 30 or 100 mg/kg twice a day for 1-2 weeks to rats. Cilostazol decreased the serum triglyceride level in normolipidemic rats....

The influence of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+), together with lipoprotein lipase (LPL), on the binding and uptake of Eu(3+)-labeled native and oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) to mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM), and on the deposition of esterified cholesterol in these macrophages, were studied. We found that both LPL and Ca(2+) (but not Mg(2+)) increased the binding and uptake of native and mildly...

Chimeric molecules between human lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and rat hepatic lipase (HL) were used to identify structural elements responsible for functional differences. Based on the close sequence homology with pancreatic lipase, both LPL and HL are believed to have a two-domain structure composed of an aminoterminal (NHz-terminal) domain containing the catalytic Ser-His-Asp triad and a smaller ...