Table 1.

The cholesterol content in micrograms per milligram protein after 30 min, 60 min, and 2.5 h incubation with 5 mM mβCD or mβCD/chol

Treatment	Cholesterol after 30 mina	Cholesterol after 60 mina	Cholesterol after 2.5 ha
Control	27  ± 4 (100%)	26  ± 2 (100%)	23  ± 4 (100%)
5 mM mβCD	20  ± 2 (74%)	17  ± 4 (65%)	13  ± 4 (58%)
5 mM mβCD/chol	48  ± 5 (178%)	54  ± 7 (208%)	58  ± 9 (256%)

^a Sterol mass is expressed as microgram per milligram of cell protein, and the data are means ± SD from three independent assays each performed in duplicate.