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ArticleJournal of lipid research2013

Cholesterol-binding molecules MLN64 and ORP1L mark distinct late endosomes with transporters ABCA3 and NPC1.

Rik van der Kant, Ilse Zondervan, Lennert Janssen, Jacques Neefjes

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rik van der KantDivision of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ilse ZondervanDivision of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Lennert JanssenDivision of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jacques NeefjesDivision of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: j.neefjes@nki.nl.
The Netherlands Cancer Institute · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesterol is an essential lipid in eukaryotic cells and is present in membranes of all intracellular compartments. A major source for cellular cholesterol is internalized lipoprotein particles that are transported toward acidic late endosomes (LE) and lysosomes. Here the lipoprotein particles are hydrolyzed, and free cholesterol is redistributed to other organelles. The LE can contain over half of the cellular cholesterol and, as a major sorting station, can contain many cholesterol-binding proteins from the ABCA, STARD, and ORP families. Here, we show that metastatic lymph node 64 (MLN64, STARD3) and oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 1L (ORP1L) define two subpopulations of LE. MLN64 is present on a LE containing the cholesterol transporter ABCA3, whereas ORP1L localizes to another population of LE containing Niemann Pick type C1 (NPC1), a cholesterol exporter. Endocytosed cargo passes through MLN64/ABCA3-positive compartments before it reaches ORP1L/NPC1-positive LE. The MLN64/ABCA3 compartments cycle between LE and plasma membrane and frequently contact "later" ORP1L/NPC1-containing LE. We propose two stages of cholesterol handling in late endosomal compartments: first, cholesterol enters MLN64/ABCA3-positive compartments from where it can be recycled to the plasma membrane, and later, cholesterol enters ORP1L/NPC1 endosomes that mediate cholesterol export to the endoplasmic reticulum.

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ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersCarrier ProteinsCell MembraneCells, CulturedCholesterolEndoplasmic ReticulumEndosomesHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsNiemann-Pick C1 ProteinOxysterol Binding ProteinsReceptors, SteroidABCA3 protein, humanATP-Binding Cassette TransportersCarrier ProteinsCholesterolIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsNiemann-Pick C1 ProteinNPC1 protein, humanOxysterol Binding ProteinsReceptors, SteroidSTARD3 protein, humanATP binding cassette transporter A3lysosomemetastatic lymph node 64Niemann Pick disease type C1oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 1LSTARD3

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PMID23709693
PMCPMC3708365
OpenAlexW2159022719

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