A simple assay for LDL receptor activities in human periphral lymphocytes / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

Periphral lymphocytes suspended in RPMI-1640 were incubated in plates of 96 wells for 96 hours with 50 ?g/ml of PHA, various concentrations of LDL-ch and0.6 ?M of mevinolin (experimental) or equal volume of its solvent-dimethyl sulfoxide (control). 6 hours before harvesting cells, 0.5?Ci of ~3H-TdR was added to each well, then cells were harvested and their cpm counted. The LDL receptor activity was expressed as mevinolin-mediated lymphocyte proliferation inhibition rate which can be calculated by the following equationPercent Inhibition Rate=(1-cpm exp./cpm con.)100%.It was found that the lymphocyte proliferation inhibition rate at 5?g/ml of LDL-ch was less than 20% for normal and non-FH hyperlipidemic subjects, 25-55% for FH heterozygotes and over 60% for FH homozygotes. Thus, FH patients were distinguished from normal subjects and non-FH hyperlipidemic patients.