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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 1997;17:3513-3518.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Impact of Gender on the Metabolism of Apolipoprotein A-I in HDL Subclasses LpAI and LpAI:AII in Older Subjects

Marju Tilly-Kiesi; Alice H. Lichtenstein; Jorge Joven; Elisabet Vilella; Marian C. Cheung; Wanda V. Carrasco; Jose M. Ordovas; Gregary Dolnikowski; ; Ernst J. Schaefer

From the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory (A.H.L., W.V.C., J.M.O., E.J.S.); the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (G.D.); the Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland (M.T.K.); the Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Reus, Spain (J.J., E.V.); and the Northwest Lipid Research Laboratories, Seattle, Wash (M.C.C.).

Correspondence to Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111.

Abstract The behavior of apolipoprotein (apo) A-I in lipoprotein (Lp) AI and LpAI:AII was studied in 11 postmenopausal females and 11 males matched for plasma triglyceride and total cholesterol levels. Subjects consumed a baseline diet [35% fat (14% saturated, 15% monounsaturated, and 7% polyunsaturated), 15% protein, 49% carbohydrate, and 147 mg cholesterol/1000 kcal] for 6 weeks before the start of the kinetic study. At the end of the diet period, using a primed-constant infusion of [5,5,5-²H₃]leucine, residence times (RT) and secretion rates (SR) of apoA-I were determined in 2 subpopulations of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles, LpAI and LpAI:AII. Plasma total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride concentrations were similar in males and females. The mean plasma HDL cholesterol concentration in males (1.14± 0.23 mmol/L; mean±SD) was lower than in females (1.42±0.18 mmol/L; P=.0034). Similarly, the mean plasma concentration of apoA-I in males (130±21 mg/dL) was lower than that in females (150±19 mg/dL; P=.0421). The RT of apoA-I in either LpAI or LpAI:AII was similar between men and women. Despite the higher plasma apo A-I levels in female compared with male subjects, total apoA-I and apoA-I in LpAI and LpAI:AII pool sizes were similar between the two groups, attributable to the lower body weight of the female subjects. The mean SR of total apoA-I in males (8.5±2.7 mg · kg^-1 · d^-1) was 22% lower than in females (10.9±2.3 mg · kg^-1 · d^-1; P=.0389). The SR of both apoA-I in LpAI and LpAI:AII was lower in males than females, although the differences did not reach statistical significance. These data suggest that the difference observed in HDL cholesterol concentration between males and females is attributable to SR of apoA-I and not the catabolic rate.

Key Words: kinetics • LpAI • LpAI:AII • sex • lipoproteins

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