To clarify the mechanism of smooth muscle cell (SMC)-derived foam cell formation, we investigated beta-very low density lipoprotein (beta-VLDL) cholesterol metabolism in vascular medial SMCs (M-SMCs) from normal rabbits compared with intimal SMCs (I-SMCs) from normal rabbits fed a high-cholesterol diet and LDL receptor-deficient rabbits. For both types of I-SMCs, uptake of [3H]cholesteryl oleate labeled beta-VLDL increased 1.6 times and release of [3H]cholesterol decreased 40% compared with M-SMCs. M-SMCs took up part of the beta-VLDL through the LDL receptor but I-SMCs did not. mRNAs for the VLDL receptor and the LDL receptor relative with 11 ligand binding repeats were expressed at similar levels in all SMCs. M-SMCs expressed more LDL receptor-related protein than I-SMCs. Ligand blotting analysis revealed greater 125I-beta-VLDL binding to a 700-kDa protein in I-SMCs compared with M-SMCs. I-SMCs had higher activities of acid cholesterol esterase and acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase, and lower activity of neutral cholesterol esterase than M-SMCs in both the absence and the presence of beta-VLDL. These results indicate that I-SMCs accumulate more cholesteryl ester than M-SMCs by taking up more beta-VLDL and by effluxing less cholesterol.
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