ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2025
GPIHBP1, lipoprotein lipase, and triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in capillaries of the choroid plexus and circumventricular organs.
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- GPIHBP1 on oligodendrocytes binds lipoprotein lipase within the human brain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Endothelial gateways for brain lipid uptake and metabolism.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Article
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Abstract
In peripheral tissues, an endothelial cell (EC) protein, GPIHBP1, captures lipoprotein lipase (LPL) from the interstitial spaces and transports it to the capillary lumen. LPL mediates the margination of triglyceride-rich (TG-rich) lipoproteins (TRLs) along capillaries, allowing the lipolytic processing of TRLs to proceed. TRL-derived fatty acids are used for fuel in oxidative tissues or stored in adipose tissue. In mice, GPIHBP1 is absent from capillary ECs of the brain (which uses glucose for fuel); consequently, LPL and TRL margination are absent in mouse brain capillaries. However, because fatty acids were reported to play signaling roles in the brain, we hypothesized that LPL-mediated TRL processing might occur within specialized vascular beds within the central nervous system. Here, we show that GPIHBP1 is expressed in capillary ECs of human and mouse choroid plexus (ChP) and that GPIHBP1 transports LPL (produced by adjacent ChP cells) to the capillary lumen. The LPL in ChP capillaries mediates both TRL margination and processing. Intracapillary LPL and TRL margination are absent in the ChP of Gpihbp1-/- mice. GPIHBP1 expression, intracapillary LPL, and TRL margination were also observed in the median eminence and subfornical organ, circumventricular organs implicated in the regulation of food intake.
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