Lipoprotein lipase is expressed by glomerular mesangial cells

Irvine, Scott A., Martin, John, Hughes, Timothy Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2348-3490 and Ramji, Dipak Purshottam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6419-5578 2006. Lipoprotein lipase is expressed by glomerular mesangial cells. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 38 (1) , pp. 12-16. 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.07.008

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Abstract

Lipoprotein lipase expressed by the vasculature plays a key role in atherogenesis by enhancing the binding and uptake of lipoproteins and, thereby, leading to the formation of lipid-loaded foam cells. Hyperlipidemia also accelerates the progression of glomerular diseases and addition of exogenous lipoprotein lipase to mesangial cells has been shown to lead to an enhanced binding of lipoproteins to these cells. Despite such potential importance, the expression of endogenous lipoprotein lipase by cells of the glomeruli has, as yet, not been investigated. We show here for the first time that mesangial cells, but not epithelial cells, express lipoprotein lipase. The minimal lipoprotein lipase gene promoter was active in mesangial cells and inhibited by interferon-γ, which is known to suppress its expression.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1357-2725
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 08:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63441

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