BACKGROUND Disturbed HDL metabolism in insulin-resistant, obese subjects may account for an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Fish oils and atorvastatin increase plasma HDL cholesterol, but the underlying mechanisms responsible for this change are not fully understood. OBJECTIVE We studied the independent and combined effects of fish oils and atorvastatin on the metabolism of HDL apol...

Various mechanisms may contribute to the antiatherogenic potential of apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) and high density lipoproteins (HDLs). Therefore, the effect of adenovirus-mediated human apo A-I gene transfer or human apo A-I transgenesis on platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) and arylesterase/paraoxonase (PON1) was studied in C57BL/6 and C57BL/6 apo E(-/-) mice. Human apo A-I ...

BACKGROUND Because mechanisms of atherosclerosis by lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] have been postulated in the decrease in active transforming growth factor-beta conversion by decreased plasmin, selective decrease in apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] independent of plasminogen may have therapeutic values. Although antisense can decrease apo(a), its application may be difficult because of very high homology of...

The expression of the apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) gene was investigated in the myelinating sciatic nerve. Hybridization analysis with an apo A-I cDNA probe obtained from a cDNA library of mRNA isolated from rapidly myelinating chick sciatic nerve indicated that apo A-I coding transcripts increase during development in the chick sciatic nerve in parallel with the increase of myelin lamellae. Su...

Naive and memory B cells were isolated from human tonsils and examined for expression of APO-1/Fas and for their sensitivity to the APO-1-dependent apoptosis. APO-1 was found to be constitutively expressed on memory but not on naive B cells. The susceptibility of both cell types to the APO-1 apoptotic pathway was acquired upon CD40 triggering and was correlated with increased expression of the ...

This research concerns the metabolism of apolipoprotein B (apoB) in hypertriglyceridemic subjects with polydisperse or heterogeneous LDL. Five subjects maintained under constant dietary control had blood samples fractionated into very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), Sf 20, Sf 10, and Sf 4 LDL, and plasma free leucine, and in three subjects VLDL was further fractionated by size. Apo B was isolat...

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is an atherogenic lipoprotein which is similar in structure to low density lipoproteins (LDL) but contains an additional protein called apolipoprotein(a) (apo[a]). Apo(a) is highly polymorphic in size, and there is a strong inverse association between the size of the apo(a) isoform and the plasma concentration of Lp(a). We directly compared the in vivo catabolism of Lp(a)...

Addition of sodium butyrate to the culture medium of the human hepatoma cell line Hep G2 resulted in a time- and dose-dependent increase in the secretion of apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) and apolipoprotein B100 (apo B100). After a 24 h preincubation period, a 2.4- and 2.2-fold increase in the secretion of apo A-I and apo B100 respectively was obtained during the next 24 h in the presence of 2 mM...

Because of suggestions that thyroid hormones modulate serum lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentration, we evaluated prospectively the serial changes of serum Lp(a), measured as apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)], and other lipoproteins in 40 subjects with hyperthyroidism treated with radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy. Hyperthyroid patients had lower (P < 0.001) concentrations of apo(a), total cholesterol (TC...

BACKGROUND Lipid abnormalities may contribute to the increased risk of atherosclerosis and coronary disease in visceral obesity. Fish oils lower plasma triacylglycerols, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. OBJECTIVE We studied the effect of fish oils on the metabolism of apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B) and chylomicron remnants in obese men. DESIGN Twenty-four dyslipidemic, ...