Title : NPC1L1-dependent transport of 27-alkyne cholesterol in intestinal epithelial cells.

Pub. Date : 2021 May 1

PMID : 33760662






6 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Niemann-Pick C1 Like-1 (NPC1L1) mediates the uptake of micellar cholesterol by intestinal epithelial cells and is the molecular target of the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (EZE). Cholesterol NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 Homo sapiens
2 Niemann-Pick C1 Like-1 (NPC1L1) mediates the uptake of micellar cholesterol by intestinal epithelial cells and is the molecular target of the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (EZE). Cholesterol NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 Homo sapiens
3 Niemann-Pick C1 Like-1 (NPC1L1) mediates the uptake of micellar cholesterol by intestinal epithelial cells and is the molecular target of the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (EZE). Cholesterol NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 Homo sapiens
4 Niemann-Pick C1 Like-1 (NPC1L1) mediates the uptake of micellar cholesterol by intestinal epithelial cells and is the molecular target of the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (EZE). Cholesterol NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 Homo sapiens
5 The detailed mechanisms responsible for intracellular shuttling of micellar cholesterol is not fully understood due to the lack of a suitable NPC1L1-substrate that can be traced by fluorescence imaging and biochemical methods. Cholesterol NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 Homo sapiens
6 These data show that alkyne cholesterol acts as a substrate for NPC1L1 and may serve as a non-radioactive tracer to measure cholesterol absorption in both in vitro and in vivo models. Cholesterol NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 Homo sapiens