TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased catabolism of VLDL-apolipoprotein B and synthesis of bile acids in a case of hypobetalipoproteinemia
AU - Vega, Gloria L
AU - von Bergmann, Klaus
AU - Grundy, Scott M
AU - Beltz, William
AU - Jahn, Claus
AU - East, Cara
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Center for Human Nutrition and the Departments of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine. University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, and the Department of Medicine. University of Bonn, West Germany. Supported by the Veterans Administration, Grant HL 29252 (NIH/HDS/DHHS)). NIH Grant MOl-RR00633 (General Clinical Research Center). USPHS training Grant AM07307, the South-western Medical Foundation, and the Moss Heart Foundation, Dallas; also, the Sandoz Stiftungfuer therapeutische Forschung. Address reprint requests to Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD. Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Health Science Center, Room Y3.206. S323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235. o 1987 by Grune & Stratton. Inc. 0026~495~87/3603-0010$03.00/0
PY - 1987/3
Y1 - 1987/3
N2 - A 29-year-old man is described who has reduced concentrations of low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol seemingly due to an unusual variant of hypobetalipoproteinemia. The patient developed retinitis pigmentosa at age 14. When studied at age 28, his total cholesterol was 104 mg/dL, triglycerides 58 mg/dL, LDL-cholesterol 44 mg/dL, and HDL-cholesterol 51 mg/dL. Lipid and lipoprotein levels of his parents and sister were normal. His excretion of bile acids (13.9 mg/kg/d) was markedly elevated at about three times normal, although absorption rates of cholesterol and bile acids appeared to be in the normal range. His high excretion of bile acids equates to a threefold increase in bile acid synthesis. Isotope kinetic studies of his lipoproteins produced unexpected findings. Total production of VLDL-apolipoprotein B (apo B) was estimated to be 20.8 mg/kg/d, which was in the normal range. Synthesis of VLDL-triglycerides was also normal at 12.0 mg/kg/h. However, 75% of VLDL-apo B was removed directly from the circulation, which was much higher than values for direct removal of VLDL-apo B in control subjects. His production rate of LDL-protein (5.2 mg/kg/d) consequently was below normal, although his fractional catabolic rate for LDL (0.40 pools/d) was not distinctly elevated. These data suggest that the patient's hypobetalipoproteinemia was due to increased direct removal of VLDL remnants and not to reduced synthesis of VLDL-apo B; this abnormality may have been the result of enhanced activity of LDL receptors, which in turn was secondary to increased synthesis of bile acids.
AB - A 29-year-old man is described who has reduced concentrations of low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol seemingly due to an unusual variant of hypobetalipoproteinemia. The patient developed retinitis pigmentosa at age 14. When studied at age 28, his total cholesterol was 104 mg/dL, triglycerides 58 mg/dL, LDL-cholesterol 44 mg/dL, and HDL-cholesterol 51 mg/dL. Lipid and lipoprotein levels of his parents and sister were normal. His excretion of bile acids (13.9 mg/kg/d) was markedly elevated at about three times normal, although absorption rates of cholesterol and bile acids appeared to be in the normal range. His high excretion of bile acids equates to a threefold increase in bile acid synthesis. Isotope kinetic studies of his lipoproteins produced unexpected findings. Total production of VLDL-apolipoprotein B (apo B) was estimated to be 20.8 mg/kg/d, which was in the normal range. Synthesis of VLDL-triglycerides was also normal at 12.0 mg/kg/h. However, 75% of VLDL-apo B was removed directly from the circulation, which was much higher than values for direct removal of VLDL-apo B in control subjects. His production rate of LDL-protein (5.2 mg/kg/d) consequently was below normal, although his fractional catabolic rate for LDL (0.40 pools/d) was not distinctly elevated. These data suggest that the patient's hypobetalipoproteinemia was due to increased direct removal of VLDL remnants and not to reduced synthesis of VLDL-apo B; this abnormality may have been the result of enhanced activity of LDL receptors, which in turn was secondary to increased synthesis of bile acids.
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U2 - 10.1016/0026-0495(87)90186-7
DO - 10.1016/0026-0495(87)90186-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 3821506
AN - SCOPUS:0023117317
SN - 0026-0495
VL - 36
SP - 262
EP - 269
JO - Metabolism
JF - Metabolism
IS - 3
ER -