title: Effect of bezafibrate on HDL with APO A-I and APO A-II and on HDL with APO A-I without APO A-II in hyperlipidaemic patients.
abstract: On the basis of apoprotein composition, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles may be subdivided into two main subpopulations defined by the presence in the lipoprotein molecule of apo A-I (Lp A-I) and of both apo A-I and apo A-II (Lp A-I:A-II). The effect of slow-release bezafibrate 400 mg a day on Lp A-I and Lp A-I: A-II was evaluated in 34 hyperlipidaemic patients (19 with hypercholesterolaemia and 15 with hypertriglyceridaemia). Seventeen patients on low-fat low-cholesterol diet only were taken as the reference group. In the reference group, no change in HDL-C, apo A-I, apo A-II, Lp A-I and Lp A-I:A-II occurred during the 3 months of observation. In patients on bezafibrate, HDL-C, apo A-I and apo A-II significantly increased. Lp A-I:A-II increased by 33% in hypercholesterolaemic and by 29% in hypertriglyceridaemic patients. Lp A-I decreased by 15% in hypercholesterolaemic patients and did not change significantly in hypertriglyceridaemic patients. This differential effect of bezafibrate on apo-A-defined HDL subpopulations in hypertriglyceridaemia and in hypercholesterolaemia is in accord with previous studies on the effect of the drug on HDL subfractions defined by their density.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine and Medical Physiopathology, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Branchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rovellini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sommariva
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D001629:Bezafibrate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D001629:Bezafibrate