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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI114397

Distribution and concentration of cholesteryl ester transfer protein in plasma of normolipemic subjects.

Y L Marcel, R McPherson, M Hogue, H Czarnecka, Z Zawadzki, P K Weech, M E Whitlock, A R Tall, and R W Milne

Laboratory of Lipoprotein Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Published January 1, 1990 - More info

Published in Volume 85, Issue 1 on January 1, 1990
J Clin Invest. 1990;85(1):10–17. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI114397.
© 1990 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Abstract

A MAb (TP-2) directed against human cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) has been applied to the development of a competitive solid-phase RIA. Experiments with immobilized CETP have shown that upon incubation with plasma or HDL in the presence of Tween (0.05%) apo A-I (but not apo A-II) binds to CETP while TP-2 binding to CETP is concomitantly decreased. With high detergent concentration (0.5% Triton), the interference is eliminated and a specific RIA in which all plasma CETP fractions have the same affinity can be obtained. Plasma levels of CETP, apo A-I, lipids, and lipoproteins were measured in 50 normolipemic, healthy subjects of both sexes. CETP levels varied nearly fourfold with a mean value of 1.7 micrograms/ml. CETP was positively correlated only with apo A-I (r = 0.38) and HDL-triglyceride (r = 0.39). In 29 other normolipemic subjects, where several apolipoproteins were also measured, significant correlations of CETP with apo A-I (0.41), apo E (0.43), and HDL-cholesterol (0.41) were observed, but there was no significant relationship between CETP and either apo A-II, B, or D. In other experiments CETP was shown to be present mostly in HDL3 and VHDL, to display exclusively an alpha 2-electrophoretic migration, and to occur within discrete particles ranging in size from 129 to 154 kD. In conclusion, the association of CETP with apo A-I-containing lipoproteins probably explains the correlation between CETP and apo A-I levels. The relationship between CETP and apo E suggests either a common metabolism or a specific cooperative role in cholesterol ester transport for these proteins.

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