title: [Transmembrane sodium transport systems in various forms of hyperlipoproteinemia].
abstract: The possible interrelationships between the erythrocytic transport systems of Na+ (Na+/K+ pump, Na+/K+ cotransport, Na+/Li+ countertransport, Na+ passive permeability) and the plasmatic lipids (cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL, apoprotein A1, apoprotein B) were studied in 42 normotensive subjects with different forms of hyperlipoproteinaemia and with a negative familiarity for arterial hypertension. In subjects with hypercholesterolaemia (hyperlipoproteinaemia II A and II B) an elevated activity of the Na+/K+ pump was noticed, while in subjects with hypertriglyceridaemia (type IV) an increase in Na+ passive permeability and Na+/Li+ countertransport with a lower level of intraerythrocytic Na+ was shown. A negative correlation was observed between the total efflux of Na+ and Na+/K+ pump and the levels of cholesterol (r = -0.43, p < 0.04 and r = -0.41, p < 0.05) and the apoprotein B/A ratio (r = 0.42, p < 0.05 and r = -0.50, p < 0.01). A negative correlation was also noticed between the Na+/K+ pump and the levels of apoprotein B (r = -0.41, p < 0.05). The Na+/K+ cotransport appeared inversely correlated with the levels of HDL cholesterol (r = -0.42, p < 0.05), while the Na+ passive permeability was negatively correlated with the levels of LDL (r = -0.43, p < 0.04) and positively correlated with the plasmatic triglycerides (r = +0.54, p < 0.01). Such data show that the plasmatic lipids can influence the systems of transmembrane ionic transport of Na+ and play an important role also this way, in cardiovascular pathology.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Terapia Medica, Università degli Studi, Messina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saitta
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Saitta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonaiuto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castaldo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cinquegrani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imbalzano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mangano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vollero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sardo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Totaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006951:Hyperlipoproteinemias / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase