title: Evaluation of lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in serum of a Tangier patient by micro-scale two-dimensional electrophoresis.
abstract: We examined lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in serum of a Tangier-disease patient. We used three different techniques of micro-scale two-dimensional electrophoresis: (a) no denaturants; (b) with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) used only in the slab gel electrophoresis; (c) and with urea and a detergent used in isoelectric focusing and with SDS in slab gel electrophoresis. By technique a, an extremely low concentration of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in the Tangier serum was seen, and lipoproteins that cannot form HDL complexes were detected as multiple spots in the acidic (pl 4 approximately 5) and relatively low apparent molecular mass (20,000 approximately 80,000) region. By technique b, Tangier low-molecular-mass lipoproteins were dissociated into their constituent apolipoproteins, and we observed a higher proportion of apoC-III, together with lower proportions of apoA-I and apoA-II, than in the normal HDL fraction. Technique c showed the total content of apolipoproteins in the whole Tangier serum, as several workers have reported. The presence of low-molecular-mass lipoproteins and a high concentration of apoC-III in this lipoprotein fraction characterized the Tangier serum.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D053304:Apolipoprotein C-II; D053305:Apolipoprotein C-III; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D001056:Apolipoproteins C / Q000097:blood; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007009:Hypolipoproteinemias / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013631:Tangier Disease / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D053304:Apolipoprotein C-II; D053305:Apolipoprotein C-III; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D001056:Apolipoproteins C; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL