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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 1999;19:2494-2508.)
© 1999 American Heart Association, Inc.

Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

Anderson's Disease

Exclusion of Apolipoprotein and Intracellular Lipid Transport Genes

A. Hayssam Dannoura; Nathalie Berriot-Varoqueaux; Patricia Amati; Veronique Abadie; Nicole Verthier; Jacques Schmitz; John R. Wetterau; Marie-Elisabeth Samson-Bouma; Lawrence P. Aggerbeck

Correspondence to Dr Lawrence P. Aggerbeck, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Avenue de la Terrasse, Bât. 26, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. E-mail aggerbeck{at}cgm.cnrs-gif.fr

Abstract—Anderson's disease is a rare, hereditary hypocholesterolemic syndrome characterized by chronic diarrhea, steatorrhea, and failure to thrive associated with the absence of apo B48–containing lipoproteins. To further define the molecular basis of the disease, we studied 8 affected subjects in 7 unrelated families of North African origin after treatment with a low-fat diet. Lipid loading of intestinal biopsies persisted, but the pattern and extent of loading was variable among the patients. Electron microscopy showed lipoprotein-like particles in membrane-bound compartments, the densities (0.65 to 7.5 particles/µ²) and the mean diameters (169 to 580 nm) of which were, in general, significantly larger than in a normal fed subject (0.66 particles/µ², 209 nm mean diameter). There were also large lipid particles having diameters up to 7043 nm (average diameters from 368 to 2127 nm) that were not surrounded by a membrane. Rarely, lipoprotein-like particles 50 to 150 nm in diameter were observed in the intercellular spaces. Intestinal organ culture showed that apo B and apo AIV were synthesized with apparently normal molecular weights and that small amounts were secreted in lipid-bound forms (density <1.006 g/mL). Normal microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) and activity were also detected in intestinal biopsies. Segregation analyses of 4 families excluded, as a cause of the disease, significant regions of the genome surrounding the genes for apo AI, AIV, B, CI, CII, CIII, and E, as were the genes encoding 3 proteins involved in intracellular lipid transport, MTP, and fatty acid binding proteins 1 and 2. The results suggest that a factor other than apoproteins and MTP are important for human intestinal chylomicron assembly and secretion.

Key Words: Anderson's disease • chylomicron retention disease • hypocholesterolemia • apolipoprotein B • malabsorption

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