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标题：Relationship between apo[a] isoforms and Lp[a] density in subjects with different apo[a] phenotype: a study before and after a fatty meal.
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作者：D Pfaffinger ; J Schuelke ; C Kim 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：1991
卷号：32
期号：4
页码：679-683
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Plasma Lp[a] levels and apo[a] isoform distribution among lipoproteins isolated by density gradient ultracentrifugation were studied in subjects with one-band or two-band apo[a] phenotypes as assessed by gradient gel electrophoresis before and after an oral fat load. There were no significant differences in the ultracentrifugal profile between fasting plasma and postprandial plasma that was freed of triglyceride-rich particles (TRP). One-band phenotypes exhibited a single symmetrical peak in the density gradient, whereas two-band phenotypes exhibited a multi-modal distribution. Low molecular weight apo[a] isoforms were preferentially associated with low density Lp[a] whereas high molecular weight apo[a] isoforms were found with high density Lp[a] particles. Feeding a high fat meal caused no significant increase in the total plasma level of Lp[a]. However, the isolated TRP contained the apoB-100-apo[a] complex in a quantity that represented only about 1% of its total amount in the fasting plasma. In all cases the apo[a] isoforms present in TRP were also present in the fasting plasma; however, in the two-band apo[a] phenotypes the ratio of the slow over the fast migrating band was in all cases about eightfold higher in TRP than in the fasting plasma. These observations indicate that postprandially a small percentage of apoB-100-apo[a] associates with TRP and suggest that this complex may derive from de novo synthesis rather than from a pre-existing Lp[a] plasma pool. The liver would be the source of the complex due to the presence in the latter of apoB-100.