VLDL/LDL acts as a drug carrier and regulates the transport and metabolism of drugs in the body.

ABSTRACT: Only free drugs have been believed to be carried into tissues through active or passive transport. However, considering that lipoproteins function as carriers of serum lipids such as cholesterol and triglycerides, we hypothesized that lipoproteins can associate with certain drugs and mediate their transport into tissues in lipid-associated form. Here, in vitro and in vivo studies with low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-overexpressing or -knockdown cells and wild-type or LDLR-mutant mice were used to show the association of various drugs with lipoproteins and the uptake of lipoprotein-associated drugs through a lipoprotein receptor-mediated process. In clinical studies, investigation of the effect of lipoprotein apheresis on serum drug concentrations in patients with familial hyperchol

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428859 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature