PMID- 27230131 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170619 LR - 20191210 IS - 1524-4636 (Electronic) IS - 1079-5642 (Print) IS - 1079-5642 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 7 DP - 2016 Jul TI - Intracellular Localization of Endogenous Mouse ABCG1 Is Mimicked by Both ABCG1-L550 and ABCG1-P550-Brief Report. PG - 1323-7 LID - 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307414 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: In a recent article in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, it was reported that ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1) containing leucine at position 550 (ABCG1-L550) was localized to the plasma membrane, whereas ABCG1-P550 (proline at position 550) was intracellular. Because the published data on the subcellular localization of ABCG1 are controversial, we performed additional experiments to determine the importance of leucine or proline at amino acid 550. APPROACH AND RESULTS: We transfected multiple cell lines (CHO-K1, Cos-7, and HEK293 [human embryonic kidney]) with untagged or FLAG-tagged ABCG1 containing either leucine or proline at position 550. Immunofluorescence studies demonstrated that in all cases, ABCG1 localized to intracellular endosomal vesicles. We also show that both ABCG1-L550 and ABCG1-P550 are equally active in both promoting the efflux of cellular cholesterol to exogenous high-density lipoprotein and in inducing the activity of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2, presumably as a result of redistributing intracellular sterols away from the endoplasmic reticulum. Importantly, we treated nontransfected primary peritoneal macrophages with a liver X receptor agonist and demonstrate, using immunofluorescence, that although endogenous ABCG1 localizes to intracellular endosomes, none was detectable at the cell surface/plasma membrane. CONCLUSIONS: ABCG1, irrespective of either a leucine or proline at position 550, is an intracellular protein that localizes to vesicles of the endosomal pathway where it functions to mobilize sterols away from the endoplasmic reticulum and out of the cell. CI - (c) 2016 American Heart Association, Inc. FAU - Tarling, Elizabeth J AU - Tarling EJ AD - From the Departments of Biological Chemistry (P.A.E.) and Medicine (E.J.T.), David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. etarling@mednet.ucla.edu. FAU - Edwards, Peter A AU - Edwards PA AD - From the Departments of Biological Chemistry (P.A.E.) and Medicine (E.J.T.), David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. LA - eng GR - K99 HL118161/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR000124/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK063491/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL030568/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 HL118161/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK102559/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160526 PL - United States TA - Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol JT - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology JID - 9505803 RN - 0 (ABCG1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 1) RN - 0 (Cholesterol, HDL) RN - 0 (Liver X Receptors) RN - 0 (Srebf2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - 9DLQ4CIU6V (Proline) RN - GMW67QNF9C (Leucine) SB - IM MH - ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 1/chemistry/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport MH - CHO Cells MH - COS Cells MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Cholesterol/*metabolism MH - Cholesterol, HDL/metabolism MH - Cricetulus MH - Endosomes/*metabolism MH - Genotype MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Leucine MH - Liver X Receptors/agonists/metabolism MH - Macrophages, Peritoneal/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Phenotype MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Proline MH - Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2/metabolism MH - Transfection PMC - PMC4919203 MID - NIHMS786844 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ABC transporter OT - cholesterol homeostasis OT - lipids EDAT- 2016/05/28 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/20 06:00 PMCR- 2017/07/01 CRDT- 2016/05/28 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ATVBAHA.116.307414 [pii] AID - 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307414 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Jul;36(7):1323-7. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307414. Epub 2016 May 26.