Convergent Signaling Pathways Controlled by LRP1 (Receptor-related Protein 1) Cytoplasmic and Extracellular Domains Limit Cellular Cholesterol Accumulation

Zeina El Asmar (1) , Jerome Terrand (2, 1) , Marion Jenty (1) , Lionel Host (1) , Mohamed Mlih (1) , Aurélie Zerr (1) , Hélène Justiniano (1) , Rachel L. Matz (1) , Christian Boudier (2, 1) , Estelle Scholler (1) , Jean-Marie Garnier (3) , Diego Bertaccini (4) , Daniel Thiersé (1) , Christine Schaeffer (4) , Alain van Dorsselaer (4) , Joachim Herz (5) , Veronique Bruban (1) , Philippe Boucher (1)

1 LBP - Laboratoire de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie - UMR 7213
2 LBP - Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies
3 IGBMC - Institut de génétique et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire
4 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
5 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [Dallas]

The low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) is a ubiquitously expressed cell surface receptor that protects from intracellular cholesterol accumulation. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here we show that the extracellular (alpha) chain of LRP1 mediates TGFbeta-induced enhancement of Wnt5a, which limits intracellular cholesterol accumulation by inhibiting cholesterol biosynthesis and by promoting cholesterol export. Moreover, we demonstrate that the cytoplasmic (beta) chain of LRP1 suffices to limit cholesterol accumulation in LRP1(-/-) cells. Through binding of Erk2 to the second of its carboxyl-terminal NPXY motifs, LRP1 beta-chain positively regulates the expression of ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and of neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase (NCEH1). These results highlight the unexpected functions of LRP1 and the canonical Wnt5a pathway and new therapeutic potential in cholesterol-associated disorders including cardiovascular diseases.

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Zeina El Asmar, Jerome Terrand, Marion Jenty, Lionel Host, Mohamed Mlih, et al.. Convergent Signaling Pathways Controlled by LRP1 (Receptor-related Protein 1) Cytoplasmic and Extracellular Domains Limit Cellular Cholesterol Accumulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016, 291 (10), pp.5116-27. ⟨10.1074/jbc.M116.714485⟩. ⟨hal-03639433⟩