title: Increased catabolism of high density lipoprotein in alcoholic hepatitis.
abstract: The kinetics of high density lipoprotein apoprotein A-I were determined in three subjects with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Lipoprotein was obtained from three healthy subjects, radioiodinated, and injected into the patients and the donors. The catabolic rate of A-I was two to four times higher in the patients compared to a group of 18 control subjects studied previously. In the patients only, about 20% of the radiolabeled apoproteins rapidly appeared in the lipoprotein-poor fraction of plasma, which also contained substantial amounts of unlabeled A-I. The findings show that the reduced concentration of A-I in alcoholic hepatitis (less than half-normal), is due not to diminished synthesis (synthesis was normal) but to rapid degradation. This may reflect disruption of abnormal high density lipoproteins due to lack of cofactors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001059:Apoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL