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Cardiovascular Research 2007 75(3):575-583; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.04.012
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Copyright © 2007, European Society of Cardiology

Molecular interaction between caveolin-1 and ABCA1 on high-density lipoprotein-mediated cholesterol efflux in aortic endothelial cells

Yu-Chun Lin, Chang Ma, Wei-Ching Hsu, Hsiao-Fan Lo and Vivian C. Yang*

Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 4 23590121x2481; fax: +886 4 23590296. vcyang{at}thu.edu.tw

Objective Caveolin-1 and ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) are proteins that are involved in cellular cholesterol efflux. In this study, we analyzed the relationships between caveolin-1 and ABCA1 on high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-mediated cholesterol efflux in rat aortic endothelial cells.

Methods and results Overexpression of caveolin-1 by transfection with caveolin-1 cDNA in aortic endothelial cells up-regulated ABCA1 expression and enhanced cholesterol efflux. Suppression of caveolin-1 by siRNA decreased ABCA1 expression and reduced cholesterol efflux. The number of caveolae increased after transfection with caveolin-1 into cells. Immunoprecipitation assays revealed a molecular interaction between caveolin-1 and ABCA1 in the plasma membrane and in the cytoplasm after HDL incubation. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated that caveolin-1 colocalized with ABCA1 in the caveolae and in the cytoplasmic vesicles; it was also found that caveolin-1 and ABCA1 colocalized with cellular cholesterol by immunofluorescence microscopy. Blocking of intracellular lipid transport by inhibitors disrupted the interaction between caveolin-1 and ABCA1 and reduced cholesterol to methyl-β-cyclodextrin and HDL.

Conclusions The molecular interaction between caveolin-1 and ABCA1 is associated with the HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux pathway in aortic endothelial cells.

KEYWORDS ABCA1; ATP-binding cassette transporter A1; HDL; high-density lipoprotein; siRNA; small interfering RNA; ECs; endothelial cells


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