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SUBMITTER: Neufeld EB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4280511 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neufeld Edward B EB O'Brien Katherine K Walts Avram D AD Stonik John A JA Demosky Steven J SJ Malide Daniela D Combs Christian A CA Remaley Alan T AT
Biology 20141114 4
We have developed a suitable heterologous cell expression system to study the localization, trafficking, and site(s) of function of the human ABCG1 transporter. Increased plasma membrane (PM) and late endosomal (LE) cholesterol generated by ABCG1 was removed by lipoproteins and liposomes, but not apoA-I. Delivery of ABCG1 to the PM and LE was required for ABCG1-mediated cellular cholesterol efflux. ABCG1 LEs frequently contacted the PM, providing a collisional mechanism for transfer of ABCG1-mob ...[more]