title: Apolipoprotein A-IV in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Apolipoprotein A-IV is considered to play a role in triglyceride-rich lipoprotein metabolism, in reverse cholesterol transport, and in facilitation of CETP (Cholesterolyl Ester Transfer Protein) activity. Moreover, apoA-IV is genetically polymorphic in humans, in whom two major isoproteins (apoA-IV 1 and apoA-IV 2) are present and have differences that influence the apoA-IV phenotype in lipid metabolism. In non-insulin-dependent-diabetes, increased apoA-IV levels are found, mainly related to hypertriglyceridemia and to a lesser extent to HDL cholesterol level; apoA-IV phenotype distribution is not different from controls; in the control population, the potential protective lipid profile (characterized by increased HDL and HDL2 cholesterol levels) related to the apoA-IV 1-2 phenotype, is no longer found in NIDDM patients (the metabolic state of NIDDM appears to have effected the potential protective lipid profile related to the apoA-IV 1-2 phenotype); and plasma apoA-IV levels is associated with increased prevalence for macrovascular disease. In non-insulin-dependent diabetes treated with insulin, apoA-IV levels are increased. Unlike results for NIDDM patients undergoing oral treatment, the increase in apoA-IV level is not related to hypetriglyceridemia, so that the effect on lipid metabolism may be different.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabétologie et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verges
mesh_terms: D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D001054:Apolipoproteins A; C022205:apolipoprotein A-IV