PMID: 3768401Nov 14, 1986Paper

Synthesis and hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters by isolated rat-liver lysosomes and cell-free extracts of human lung fibroblasts

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
J P Slotte, S Ekman

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine and characterize the cholesteryl ester synthesizing [S] and hydrolyzing [H] properties of the acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase (acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase), both in isolated rat liver lysosomes and in cell-free extracts from cultured fibroblasts. For both liver lysosomes and fibroblasts extracts, the major synthesizing activity was found around pH 4 and did not require exogenous ATP. The rate of hydrolysis was measured at pH 4.5. Several different inhibitors were used in order to characterize the reactions. Ammonium chloride did not markedly affect the activity of acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase at pH 4 [S] or 4.5 [H], whereas chloroquine was a potent inhibitor of acid CEase in both liver lysosomes and fibroblast extracts. The [S] activity of the acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase in either material was not affected by the acylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitor Compound 58-035 from Sandoz. Progesterone, on the other hand, which is an often used acylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitor, markedly blocked both activities of the acid CEase. Our results indicate that the lysosomal compartment of both studied tissues, in addition to hydrolysis activity, also have a significa...Continue Reading

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