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Macrophage scavenger receptors and foam cell formation de Villiers WJ; Smart EJJ Leukoc Biol 1999[Nov]; 66 (5): 740-6Scavenger receptors bind and internalize modified low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Because the expression of scavenger receptors is not down-regulated by cholesterol, macrophages (Mphi) expressing scavenger receptors can internalize substantial quantities of cholesteryl ester from oxidized LDL and HDL, leading to foam cell formation. Mphi express several different classes of the growing scavenger receptor family on their cell surface and their relative contribution to Mphi cholesterol physiology and atherogenesis is the subject of intense investigation. We focus on the potential role of two scavenger receptors, macrosialin and SR-BI/II in Mphi cholesterol metabolism. Macrosialin is a predominantly Mphi-specific oxidized LDL-binding protein and an atherogenic diet markedly up-regulates its hepatic expression in atherosclerosis-susceptible and atherosclerosis-resistant mouse strains. The HDL receptor, SR-BI and its splicing variant SR-BII, colocalize with caveolin in caveolae in Mphi. Caveolae are initial acceptor sites for cholesteryl esters and these findings indicate a possible role for caveolae and SR-BI in Mphi-selective lipid uptake and in regulating Mphi cholesterol flux in the vascular wall.|*Membrane Proteins[MESH]|*Sialoglycoproteins[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Antigens, CD/metabolism/*physiology[MESH]|Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism/*physiology[MESH]|CD36 Antigens/metabolism/*physiology[MESH]|Foam Cells/*cytology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Lysosomal Membrane Proteins[MESH]|Mice[MESH]|Receptors, Immunologic/*physiology[MESH]|Receptors, Lipoprotein/metabolism/*physiology[MESH]|Receptors, Scavenger[MESH]|Scavenger Receptors, Class B[MESH] |