Role of the ABC transporters A1 and G1, key reverse cholesterol transport proteins, in atherosclerosis

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• 作者：E. P. Demina ; V. V. Miroshnikova ; A. L. Schwarzman
• 刊名：Molecular Biology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：50
• 期：2
• 页码：193-199
• 全文大小：425 KB
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Life Sciences
  Biochemistry
  Human Genetics
  Russian Library of Science
  
• 出版者：MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC.
• ISSN：1608-3245
• 卷排序：50

文摘

Atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Epidemiology studies firmly established an inverse relationship between atherogenesis and distorted lipid metabolism, in particular, higher levels of total cholesterol, an accumulation of CH-laden macrophages (foam cells), and lower plasma levels of antiatherogenic high density lipoprotein (HDL). It is believed that the reverse cholesterol transport, a process that removes excess cholesterol from peripheral tissues/cells including macrophages to circulating HDL, is one of the main mechanisms responsible for anti-atherogenic properties of HDL. The key proteins of reverse cholesterol transport—ATP-binding cassette transporters A1 (ABCA1) and G1 (ABCG1)—mediate the cholesterol efflux from macrophages and prevent their transformation into foam cells. This review focuses on the role of ABC transporters A1 and G1 in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.Keywordsatherosclerosisreverse cholesterol transportABCA1ABCG1