title: Oxidation-related analytes and lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in healthy subjects.
abstract: The relations between oxidation-related analytes and lipoprotein risk factors for coronary heart disease are poorly understood. To address this issue, ceruloplasmin, copper, iron, ferritin, cotinine, lipid peroxides, cholesterol, triglyceride, apoB, apoA-I, and lipoprotein(a) levels were measured in sera from apparently healthy subjects (51 men and 115 women). Pairwise comparisons revealed strong positive associations (P < .001) of copper and ceruloplasmin with lipid peroxides, total cholesterol, triglycerides and apoB, of transferrin with apoA-I and cholesterol, and of ferritin with triglycerides. Serum levels of oxidation-related analytes did not differ between smokers and nonsmokers. In multivariate analysis, serum copper was the major independent determinant of serum lipid peroxide level, accounting for 15% of the variability in concentration (ferritin accounted for 1.6%). Copper and ceruloplasmin accounted for 20.5% of the variation in triglyceride levels; triglycerides and apoB accounted for 12% of the variability in ferritin levels; apoB and apoA-I accounted for 9% of the variability in transferrin levels. The data suggest that serum copper contributes to lipid peroxidation in vivo. There are significant associations between lipoprotein and transition metal-related analytes, and further work is needed to elucidate the physiological basis for these relations.
authors.affiliation: Foundation for Blood Research, Scarborough, ME 04070-0190, USA.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Poulin
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Palomaki
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Neveux
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ledue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D014168:Transferrin; D003300:Copper; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron; D002570:Ceruloplasmin