Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.

The regulation of cholesterol esterification during cell proliferation was studied. The serum free cholesterol, cholesterol esters and lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity of nude mice with and without pancreatic acinar cell tumours and rats with proliferating tissues were determine...

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Main Authors: Rao, K. N., Kottapally, S., Eskander, E. D., Shinozuka, H., Dessi, S., Pani, P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1986
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001518/
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spelling pubmed-20015182009-09-10 Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification. Rao, K. N. Kottapally, S. Eskander, E. D. Shinozuka, H. Dessi, S. Pani, P. Research Article The regulation of cholesterol esterification during cell proliferation was studied. The serum free cholesterol, cholesterol esters and lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity of nude mice with and without pancreatic acinar cell tumours and rats with proliferating tissues were determined. In addition, the apparent activity of acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) in homogenates of nude mouse tumours and proliferating rat tissues were determined and compared with those of normal nude mouse and rat tissues. Serum cholesterol ester levels were significantly lower in host nude mice with tumours and in rats with regenerating liver, and increased significantly in pregnant rats when compared with respective controls. Circulating LCAT activity levels decreased in host nude mice, in pregnant rats, and in rats with regenerating pancreas and regenerating liver. Apparent ACAT activity levels increased significantly in nude mouse tumours and in foetal and postnatal rat pancreata and also in postnatal liver. At the same time, apparent ACAT activity levels decreased in foetal and regenerating rat livers when compared with respective control tissues. These results suggest that serum cholesterol esters, circulating LCAT and cellular ACAT levels are modulated during cell proliferation. 1986-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2001518/ /pubmed/3741765 Text en
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author Rao, K. N.
Kottapally, S.
Eskander, E. D.
Shinozuka, H.
Dessi, S.
Pani, P.
spellingShingle Rao, K. N.
Kottapally, S.
Eskander, E. D.
Shinozuka, H.
Dessi, S.
Pani, P.
Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
author_facet Rao, K. N.
Kottapally, S.
Eskander, E. D.
Shinozuka, H.
Dessi, S.
Pani, P.
author_sort Rao, K. N.
title Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
title_short Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
title_full Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
title_fullStr Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
title_full_unstemmed Acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
title_sort acinar cell carcinoma of rat pancreas: regulation of cholesterol esterification.
description The regulation of cholesterol esterification during cell proliferation was studied. The serum free cholesterol, cholesterol esters and lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity of nude mice with and without pancreatic acinar cell tumours and rats with proliferating tissues were determined. In addition, the apparent activity of acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) in homogenates of nude mouse tumours and proliferating rat tissues were determined and compared with those of normal nude mouse and rat tissues. Serum cholesterol ester levels were significantly lower in host nude mice with tumours and in rats with regenerating liver, and increased significantly in pregnant rats when compared with respective controls. Circulating LCAT activity levels decreased in host nude mice, in pregnant rats, and in rats with regenerating pancreas and regenerating liver. Apparent ACAT activity levels increased significantly in nude mouse tumours and in foetal and postnatal rat pancreata and also in postnatal liver. At the same time, apparent ACAT activity levels decreased in foetal and regenerating rat livers when compared with respective control tissues. These results suggest that serum cholesterol esters, circulating LCAT and cellular ACAT levels are modulated during cell proliferation.
publishDate 1986
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001518/
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