scholarly journals Oxidized-Desialylated Low-Density Lipoprotein Inhibits the Antitumor Functions of Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 4993-5004
Author(s):  
Jesús S Aguilar Díaz de león ◽  
Honor L Glenn ◽  
Mark Knappenberger ◽  
Chad R Borges



Author(s):  
Dean A. Handley ◽  
Cynthia M. Arbeeny ◽  
Larry D. Witte

Low density lipoproteins (LDL) are the major cholesterol carrying particles in the blood. Using cultured cells, it has been shown that LDL particles interact with specific surface receptors and are internalized via a coated pit-coated vesicle pathway for lysosomal catabolism. This (Pathway has been visualized using LDL labeled to ferritin or colloidal gold. It is now recognized that certain lysomotropic agents, such as chloroquine, inhibit lysosomal enzymes that degrade protein and cholesterol esters. By interrupting cholesterol ester hydrolysis, chloroquine treatment results in lysosomal accumulation of cholesterol esters from internalized LDL. Using LDL conjugated to colloidal gold, we have examined the ultrastructural effects of chloroquine on lipoprotein uptake by normal cultured fibroblasts.





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