Scavenger Receptor Class B, Type I-mediated Uptake of Various Lipids into Cells

Scavenger receptor (SR)-BI is the first molecularly defined receptor for high density lipoprotein (HDL) and it can mediate the selective uptake of cholesteryl ester into cells. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which SR-BI facilitates lipid uptake, we examined the connection between lipid donor particle binding and lipid uptake using kidney COS-7 cells transiently transfected with SR-BI. We systematically compared the uptake of [3H]cholesteryl oleoyl ether (CE) and [14C]sphingomyelin (SM) from apolipoprotein (apo) A-I-containing reconstituted HDL (rHDL) particles and apo-free lipid donor particles. Although both types of lipid donor could bind to SR-BI, only apo-containing lipid donors exhibited preferential delivery of CE over SM (i.e. nonstoichiometric lipid uptake). In contrast, apo-free lipid donor particles (phospholipid unilamellar vesicles, lipid emulsion particles) gave rise to stoichiometric lipid uptake due to interaction with SR-BI. This apparent whole particle uptake was not due to endocytosis, but rather fusion of the lipid components of the lipid donor with the cell plasma membrane; this process is perhaps mediated by a fusogenic motif in the extracellular domain of SR-BI. The interaction of apoA-I with SR-BI not only prevents fusion of the lipid donor with the plasma membrane but also allows the optimal selective lipid uptake. A comparison of rHDL particles containing apoA-I and apoE-3 showed that while both particles bound equally well to SR-BI, the apoA-I particle gave ∼2-fold greater CE selective uptake. Catabolism of all major HDL lipids can occur via SR-BI with the relative selective uptake rate constants for CE, free cholesterol, triglycerides (triolein), and phosphatidylcholine being 1, 1.6, 0.7, and 0.2, respectively. It follows that a putative nonpolar channel created by SR-BI between the bound HDL particle and the cell plasma membrane is better able to accommodate the uptake of neutral lipids (e.g. cholesterol) relative to polar phospholipids.

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