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Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Vol. 50, 629-640, May 2002, Copyright © 2002, The Histochemical Society, Inc.

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Apolipoprotein B Is Synthesized in Selected Human Non-hepatic Cell Lines But Not Processed into Mature Lipoprotein

Joseph L. Dixona, Jason Biddlea, Chun-min Loa, J. Daniel Stoopsa, Hao Lia, Nobuhiro Sakataa, and Thomas E. Phillipsb
a Dalton Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
b Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Correspondence to: Joseph L. Dixon, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211. E-mail: DixonJ@missouri.edu

We studied apolipoprotein B100 (apoB) metabolism in a series of non-hepatic cell lines (HT29 colon adenocarcinoma, HeLa cervical epithelioid carcinoma, and 1321N1J astrocytoma human cell lines) and in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2. ApoB mRNA was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in each non-hepatic cell line. ApoB was detected in HepG2 cells by immunoprecipitation, Western blotting, and immunocytochemistry using a polyclonal anti-human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) antibody, an anti-human apoB peptide antibody, and several monoclonal anti-apoB antibodies. ApoB was identified in the three non-hepatic cell lines by each method using the anti-apoB peptide and monoclonal antibodies, but not with the anti-LDL antibody. Immunocytochemistry indicated that epitopes of apoB were evident throughout the endoplasmic reticulum, and gel mobility of newly labeled apoB and immunoblot with anti-ubiquitin showed that apoB was highly ubiquinated in non-hepatic cells. The observations that apoB is synthesized in non-hepatic cell lines but never recognized by the anti-LDL antibody suggests that apoB is not processed into a nascent lipoprotein in these cells. Immunocytochemical localization of apoB epitopes at many locations throughout non-hepatic cells raises the exciting possibility that apoB can be used for other purposes in these cells.

(J Histochem Cytochem 50:629–639, 2002)

Key Words: apolipoprotein B, HeLa, HepG2, HT29, 1321N1J, colon, cervix, astrocytes, LDL, proteasome


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