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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612
To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612. E-mail: gness{at}hsc.usf.edu
The premise that the intrinsic level of expression of hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase determines the relative sensitivity to the serum cholesterol raising action of dietary cholesterol was examined in 9 strains of rat. For further comparison purposes, hamsters were also examined. The basal expression of hepatic HMG-CoA reductase, extent of feedback regulation by cholesterol, and changes in serum cholesterol levels and the hepatic low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor in response to cholesterol challenge were determined in these animals. The Sprague-Dawley, Wistar-Furth, Spontaneously Hypertensive, Lewis, and Wistar-Kyoto rats were all very resistant to dietary cholesterol and exhibited hepatic HMG-CoA reductase activities above 150 pmol / min–1 / mg–1. The Buffalo, Brown Norway, and Copenhagen 2331 rats had hepatic HMG-CoA reductase activities below 90 pmol / min–1 / mg–1 and had increases in serum cholesterol levels ranging from 12 to 33 mg/dl when given a 4-day, 1% cholesterol challenge. The extent of feedback regulation was reduced to only 3-fold in the Fisher 344 and Brown Norway rats that exhibited significant increases in serum cholesterol levels when given a cholesterol challenge. The Golden Syrian hamsters exhibited the largest increase (197 mg/dl) in serum cholesterol levels in response to dietary cholesterol and the lowest basal expression of hepatic HMG-CoA reductase (3.3 pmol / min–1 / mg–1). Hepatic LDL receptor levels were not significantly decreased by dietary cholesterol in any of the animals. The data from these inbred rats and the hamsters strongly support the conclusion that the animals expressing the highest levels of hepatic HMG-CoA reductase are the most resistant to the serum cholesterol raising action of dietary cholesterol.
Key Words: hepatic HMG-CoA reductase • LDL receptor • inbred strains of rat • feedback regulation • serum cholesterol
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