AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 244, Issue 2 196-E201, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Metabolism of apoprotein B in cynomolgus monkey: evidence for independent production of low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B

I. J. Goldberg, N. A. Le, H. N. Ginsberg, J. R. Paterniti Jr and W. V. Brown

The catabolism of very-low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B and its conversion to low-density lipoprotein was studied in five chow-fed cynomolgus monkeys following injection of radioiodinated homologous very-low-density lipoproteins. The mean (+/- SD) fractional catabolic rate of very-low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B was 0.97 +/- 0.20 h-1 and the mean (+/- SD) production rate was 0.76 +/- 0.20 mg X kg-1 X h-1. The percent of conversion of very-low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B to low-density lipoprotein ranged from 33 to 59%. In separate studies of low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B turnover performed using homologous radiolabeled low-density lipoprotein in five additional animals, the mean (+/- SD) fractional catabolic rate for low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B was 0.050 +/- 0.017 h-1 and the mean (+/- SD) apoprotein B production rate was 0.70 +/- 0.18 mg X kg-1 X h-1. Comparison of the total low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B production with that derived from very-low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B suggested that a large fraction of plasma low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B was derived from a source exclusive of circulating very-low-density lipoprotein apoprotein B. This was confirmed in two animals by simultaneous injection of radiolabeled very-low-density and low-density lipoproteins. Thus, a significant proportion of cynomolgus monkey low-density lipoproteins are produced either by direct hepatic secretion or by rapid conversion of lower-density lipoproteins before they appear in the peripheral circulation.

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