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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2000;20:1309.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

In Vivo Metabolism of ApoB, ApoA-I, and VLDL Triglycerides in a Form of Hypobetalipoproteinemia Not Linked to the ApoB Gene

Nizar Elias; Bruce W. Patterson; Gustav Schonfeld

From the Division of Atherosclerosis, Lipid Research, and Nutrition, and the Division of Gastroenterology (B.W.P.), Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo.

Correspondence to Gustav Schonfeld, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid, Box 8046, St Louis, MO 63110. E-mail gschonfe{at}im.wustl.edu

Abstract—Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) is an autosomal codominant disorder that may result from different mutations in the apolipoprotein B (apoB) gene or chromosome 2. However, linkage of FHBL to the apoB gene was ruled out in 2 kindreds reported to date, and the genetic and metabolic bases for FHBL remain unknown. One of the reported kindreds is our 40-member F kindred, in which we found linkage of FHBL to a novel susceptibility region on chromosome 3p21.1-2. In addition to having low apoB levels, some, but not all, of the affected subjects in the F kindred also had low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apoA-I. Our aim was to define the metabolic bases of the disorder in the F kindred. Therefore, we studied the in vivo kinetics of apoB and apoA-I and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) triglycerides in 4 affected subjects and 5 normolipidemic relatives. Deuterated leucine and deuterated glycerol were used to label the apolipoproteins and triglycerides, respectively. Compartmental modeling was used to obtain the kinetic parameters. Affected subjects had (1) normal fractional catabolic rates (FCRs) for VLDL apoB, (2) increased FCRs for low density lipoprotein (LDL) apoB (0.050±0.009 versus 0.030±0.006 pools per hour for normal subjects, P=0.005), and (3) decreased production rates of VLDL apoB (11.4±1.7 versus 25.6±4.9 mg · kg^-1 · d^-1, P=0.003), LDL apoB (7.8±1.3 versus 12.7±3.7 mg · kg^-1 · d^-1, P=0.04), and VLDL triglycerides (8.2±4.5 versus 19.6±10.8 58 µmol · kg^-1 · h^-1, P=0.09). These data differ from those obtained in previously studied FHBL heterozygotes bearing apoB-2 and apoB-9, 2 very short truncations of apoB. Low HDL cholesterol and apoA-I levels were caused by higher apoA-I FCRs (0.035±0.005 versus 0.018±0.005 pools per hour in controls, P<0.01) without significant decrease in apoA-I production rates (18.7±2.7 versus 22.8±5.6 mg · kg^-1 · d^-1). In conclusion, decreased secretion of apoB-containing lipoproteins and hypercatabolism of LDL account for low apoB and cholesterol levels in this novel form of FHBL.

Key Words: familial hypobetalipoproteinemia • apolipoprotein B • apolipoprotein A-I • triglycerides • stable isotopes

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