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Cholesterol Efflux Assay
Published on: March 6, 2012
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機能的なレシチン:コレステロールアシルトランスフェラーゼは,ヒトにおける効率的なアテロプロテクションには必要ありません
Laura Calabresi1, Damiano Baldassarre, Samuela Castelnuovo
1Center E. Grossi Paoletti, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Circulation
|August 19, 2009
まとめ
レシチン:コレステロールアシルトランスファーゼ (LCAT) 欠乏症は,低高密度リポプロテインを引き起こすにもかかわらず,心血管疾患のリスクを増加させません. この研究では,LCAT欠乏症のキャリアにおいて,LCAT欠乏症のキャリアにおいて,前臨床性動脈硬化症の強化は認められず,LCAT欠乏症のキャリアに対して,LCAT欠乏症の強化は認められませんでした.
科学分野:
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- メタボリック障害 メタボリック障害
- 心血管疾患 心血管疾患
背景:
- レシチン:LCAT遺伝子変異によって引き起こされるコレステロールアシルトランスフェラーゼ (LCAT) 欠乏症は,ハイポアルファリポプロテイン血症を引き起こす.
- 家族性LCAT欠乏症 (完全酵素欠乏症) と魚眼病 (部分酵素欠乏症) という2つの形態があります.
- LCAT欠乏症は,低高密度リポプロテイン (HDL) と逆コレステロール輸送の障害により,理論的には心血管疾患のリスクを高めます.
研究 の 目的:
- LCAT遺伝子変異を有する個体における臨床前動脈硬化症の評価.
- LCAT欠乏症と心血管疾患の危険因子との関係を調査する.
- LCATの活動がアテロプロテクションに不可欠かどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 頸動脈内膜の厚さ (IMT) は,イタリアの13の家族からLCAT変異の40のキャリアで測定されました.
- 比較のために80人の健康な個人からなる対照群を対象とした.
- 頸動脈IMTに対するLCAT遺伝子型の遺伝子用量効果を分析した.
主要な成果:
- LCAT変異の持ち主では,対照群と比較して, Carotid IMT は著しく小さかった.
- 変異したLCAT遺伝子型の遺伝子用量依存の効果が観察され,動脈IMTを減少させました.
- 家族性LCAT欠乏症と魚眼病のキャリアの間では,頸動脈IMTの有意な差異は認められなかった.
結論:
- 遺伝的に決定されたLCATの低活性性は,臨床前動脈硬化症の増加と関連していません.
- この発見は,アテロプロテクションにおけるLCATの確立された役割に異議を唱える.
- LCATの活性を増やすことは,心血管疾患のリスクを減らすための実行可能な戦略ではないかもしれません.
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