Absorption and transport of cholesterol autoxidation derivatives in rabbits

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5451389

Peng, S K; Morin, R J; Phillips, G A; Xia, G Z

Spontaneously autoxidized products of cholesterol have been demonstrated to be angiotoxic and possibly atherogenic. This study investigates the absorption and transport of these cholesterol oxidation derivatives (COD's) as compared to cholesterol. /sup 14/C-labeled cholesterol autoxidized by incubation in a 60/sup 0/C water bath for 5 weeks, then suspended in gelatin and given to New Zealand white rabbits by gastric gavage. Rabbits were sacrificed 24 hours after treatment. COD's were separated by thin layer chromatography (TLC) and radioactivities of each COD and cholesterol were measured. Percentages of each COD and cholesterol in the original mixture before administration and in the rabbits' serum after administration are almost identical, suggesting that the rates of absorption of COD's are not significantly different from that of cholesterol. Lipoproteins were fractionated by ultracentrifugation into VLDL, LDL and HDL. Radioactivities of each COD separated by TLC in each lipoprotein fraction showed that cholestane-3..beta..,5..cap alpha..,6..beta..-triol, 7..cap alpha..- and 7..beta..-hydroxycholesterol and 7-ketocholesterol were predominantly present in VLDL (3 x serum concentration) and 25-hydroxycholesterol was predominantly in LDL (2.5 x serum concentration). HDL contained only minute amounts of COD's. The increased levels of COD's in VLDL and LDL may contribute to the atherogenicity of these lipoprotein.

• Research Organization: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
• OSTI ID: 5451389
• Report Number(s): CONF-8604222-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 45:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ABSORPTION
ANIMALS
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CENTRIFUGATION
CHOLESTEROL
CHROMATOGRAPHY
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIPIDS
LIPOPROTEINS
MAMMALS
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROTEINS
RABBITS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STEROIDS
STEROLS
THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY
TRACER TECHNIQUES
ULTRACENTRIFUGATION
VERTEBRATES