出版社:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要:Apolipoprotein L-I (apoL-I) is present on a subset of HDL particles and is positively correlated with plasma triglycerides (TGs). We measured plasma apoL-I levels in coronary artery disease (CAD) subjects with low HDL who were enrolled in an angiographic CAD prevention trial. At baseline, apoL-I levels (n = 136; range, 2.2–64.1 μg/ml) were right skewed with a large degree of variability. Multivariate analysis for biological determinants of apoL-I revealed that the log of VLDL-TG (+0.17; P P 50% higher than normoglycemic subjects (n = 112; 13.2 vs. 8.3 μg/ml, respectively; P r = 0.06, P = 0.49). Simvastatin-niacin therapy did not alter apoL-I levels (n = 34; P = 0.27), whereas antioxidant vitamins alone increased apoL-I by >50% (n = 36; P In conclusion, we found TG and HG to be the strongest predictors of apoL-I within a dyslipidemic CAD population. These data provide further characterization of the novel HDL-associated apoL-I.