title: Reciprocal effects of apolipoprotein E alleles (epsilon 2 and epsilon 4) on plasma lipid levels in normolipidemic subjects.
abstract: A significantly lower frequency of the epsilon 2 allele and a significantly higher frequency of the epsilon 3 allele were found in the normolipidemic Japanese population than those in the normolipidemic Caucasian populations. We have compared plasma lipid variables among the apolipoprotein (apo) E phenotype groups and estimated the average effects of the three common alleles (epsilon 2, epsilon 3 and epsilon 4) on plasma lipid levels in normolipidemic subjects. Plasma triglyceride (TG), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)-TG, VLDL-cholesterol (C) and apo E levels were high in the apo E3/2 group, intermediate in the apo E3/3 group and low in the apo E4/3 group, whereas plasma total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein (LDL)-C and high density lipoprotein (HDL)-C levels were low in the apo E3/2 group, intermediate in the apo E3/3 group and high in the apo E4/3 group. Furthermore, the epsilon 2 allele had an effect to increase the TG, VLDL-TG, VLDL-C and apo E levels and decrease the TC, LDL-C and HDL-C levels, whereas the epsilon 4 allele had an effect opposite to the epsilon 2 allele. These results indicate that the epsilon 2 and epsilon 4 alleles have the reciprocal effects on plasma lipid, lipoprotein and apo E levels.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D053329:Apolipoprotein E2; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D012016:Reference Values; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D053329:Apolipoprotein E2; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL; D008055:Lipids; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol