title: HDL metabolism in HDL deficiency associated with familial hypertriglyceridemia: effect of treatment with gemfibrozil.
abstract: Plasma high density lipoproteins (HDL) and their major proteins--apolipoprotein (apo) AI and apo AII--are subnormal in most patients with familial hypertriglyceridemia. However, the pathophysiology of low plasma apo AI and apo AII is unclear. The kinetic parameters (turnover) of HDL apo AI and apo AII were studied in six lean patients with primary HDL deficiency associated with familial hypertriglyceridemia and normolipidemic healthy controls. The radioactivity decay curve of 125I labelled HDL was used for assessment of kinetics. Mean plasma apo AI and apo AII were significantly lower (p less than 0.001) in patients than normals (70.4 +/- 2.7 v 106.9 +/- 7.0; 24.2 +/- 1.6 v 39.2 +/- 0.9 mg/dl, respectively). The mean fractional catabolic rates (FCR) obtained from plasma 125I-HDL, apo AI, apo AII radioactivity decay curves and by Berson and Yalow's method (urine/plasma radioactivity ratios) were significantly greater (p less than 0.05) in patients than in controls (0.387 v 0.299; 0.391 v 0.309; 0.361 v 0.275; 0.272 v 0.207/d; respectively). The synthetic rates (SR of apo AI and apo AII were significantly lower in patients than in controls (11.12 v 14.17 mg/kg body weight/d. p less than 0.05; 3.53 v 4.68 mg/kg body weight/d, p less than 0.05, respectively). Each patient was also investigated for HDL and triglyceride metabolism immediately before and after 8 wk of gemfibrozil (1200 mg/d) treatment. Gemfibrozil significantly increased plasma HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein (apo) AI, and apo AII by 36%, 29%, and 38% from baseline, respectively. Plasma TG decreased by 54%. Gemfibrozil increased synthetic rates of apo AI and apo AII by 27% and 34%, respectively, without changing the FCR.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Cholesterol Center, University of California at Irvine, V.A. Medical Center, Long Beach 90822.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saku
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015248:Gemfibrozil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006953:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D007009:Hypolipoproteinemias / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007700:Kinetics; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D006493:Heparin; D015248:Gemfibrozil