title: Fenofibrate induces HDL-associated PAF-AH but attenuates enzyme activity associated with apoB-containing lipoproteins.
abstract: Human plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) is an enzyme associated mainly with the apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins and primarily with LDL. A small proportion of enzymatic activity is also associated with HDL. Plasma paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an esterase exclusively associated with HDL. The effect of fenofibrate on PAF-AH and PON1 activities in patients with dyslipidemias of Types IIA, IIB, and IV were studied. Fenofibrate reduced plasma PAF-AH activity in all patient groups. In Type IIA patients, this reduction was mainly due to a fall in enzyme activity associated with the dense LDL subspecies, whereas in Type IIB and Type IV patients, it was due to the decrease in PAF-AH activity associated with both the VLDL+IDL and dense LDL subspecies. Drug therapy in Type IIB and Type IV patients significantly increased the HDL-associated PAF-AH activity due to the increase in enzyme activity associated with the HDL-3c subfraction. Fenofibrate did not affect serum PON1 activities toward paraoxon and phenylacetate in either patient group. The fenofibrate-induced elevation of HDL-associated PAF-AH activity in dyslipidemic patients of Type IIB and Type IV, as well as the reduction in enzyme activity associated with atherogenic apoB-containing lipoproteins in all patient groups, may represent a new and important antiatherogenic effect of this potent lipid-modulating agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Vasilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsimihodimos
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kakafika
authors.forename: Afroditi P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Tambaki
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bairaktari
authors.forename: M John
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Moses
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elisaf
authors.forename: Alexandros D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Tselepis
mesh_terms: D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D011345:Fenofibrate / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase; C468406:PON1 protein, human; D011345:Fenofibrate