title: Lipoprotein metabolism in patients with elevated lipoprotein-lipase activity in adipose tissue.
abstract: We have evaluated the relationships between adipose tissue lipoprotein-lipase activity (AT-LPL) or post-heparin plasma lipolytic activity (PHLA) and the composition of circulating lipoproteins in 7 patients with multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL). In addition we have investigated the behaviour of serum triglycerides after an oral fat load (1 g triglycerides/kg body weight) in 5 MSL patients and in 5 age and sex matched controls. We found significantly higher values of HDL, HDL2 and HDL3 cholesterol in MSL patients than in controls. Moreover, HDL2/HDL3 cholesterol ratio was higher in MSL patients than in controls, which indicate a predominant increase in HDL2 subfraction. The mean values of AT-LPL in lipomatous tissue was significantly higher than in control tissue. A positive statistically significant correlation was found between AT-LPL activity and HDL, HDL2 and HDL3 cholesterol values. After the fat load the maximal increments of serum triglyceride levels and the triglyceride areas over 8 and 12 h are lower in MSL patients than in controls; there was an inverse, statistically significant correlation between the total PHLA or the extrahepatic PHLA values and the triglyceride areas after lipid load. We conclude that MSL represents a useful naturally occurring model for the study of the role of AT-LPL in the metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and in the clearance of lipoproteins in the post-prandial phase.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000201:enzymology*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin; D006801:Humans; D008066:Lipolysis; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D053439:Lipoproteins, HDL2; D053440:Lipoproteins, HDL3; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D053439:Lipoproteins, HDL2; D053440:Lipoproteins, HDL3; D014280:Triglycerides; C035392:high density lipoprotein-1; D006493:Heparin; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase