联合他类药物和尼亚疗法重塑高密度脂蛋白蛋白质组
Pattie S Green1, Tomas Vaisar, Subramaniam Pennathur
1Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. psgreen@u.washington.edu
Circulation
|September 4, 2008
概括
联合他类药物和尼亚治疗改善了冠状动脉疾病患者的高密度脂蛋白 (HDL) 蛋白质组成. 这种疗法部分逆转了HDL蛋白质的变化,使其更像健康个体.
科学领域:
- 心血管疾病研究研究
- 脂质代谢 脂质代谢是什么
- 蛋白质组学是指蛋白质组学.
背景情况:
- 低高密度脂蛋白 (HDL) 水平是预防心血管疾病的目标.
- 在冠状动脉疾病 (CAD) 患者的HDL(3) 显示在阿波利波蛋白E和改变的蛋白质载荷中的丰富.
- 改变的HDL蛋白质组成可能会影响其抗动脉增生和抗炎功能.
研究的目的:
- 调查结合他类药物和氨酸治疗是否会增加HDL水平,可以逆转CAD受试者改变的HDL蛋白质组成.
- 为了确定这种组合疗法是否使HDL蛋白质组正常化,使其与健康个体的HDL蛋白质组相对应.
主要方法:
- 使用液体染色学 - - 里埃转换 - - 质谱学分析HDL(3) 蛋白质组成,在联合治疗1年之前和之后对CAD患者进行分析.
- 通过光谱计数和提取的离子染色图来量化蛋白质变化.
- 在单独的CAD患者队列中对阿波利波蛋白E水平变化的生物化学验证.
主要成果:
- 组合疗法显著降低了HDL中的阿波利波蛋白E丰度.
- 该疗法增加了参与逆胆固醇运输的巨细胞蛋白的丰富性.
- 在接受治疗的CAD患者中,HDL(3) 蛋白质组更接近健康对照组的蛋白质组.
结论:
- 联合他类药物和尼亚治疗部分扭转了冠状动脉疾病中异常的HDL(3) 蛋白质组成.
- 测量HDL蛋白质组可以提供针对预防动脉样硬化的疗法有效性的见解.
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