Vega G L, Grundy S M
J Clin Invest. 1986 Nov;78(5):1410-4. doi: 10.1172/JCI112729.
The causes of primary moderate hypercholesterolemia are not understood, but some patients have reduced fractional clearance rates (FCRs) for low density lipoproteins (LDL). This could be due to either decreased activity of LDL receptors or to a defect in structure (or composition) of LDL that reduces its affinity for receptors. To distinguish between these causes, simultaneous turnover rates of autologous and normal homologous LDL were determined in 15 patients with primary moderate hypercholesterolemia. In 10, turnover rates of both types of LDL were indistinguishable, which indicated that autologous LDL was cleared as efficiently as normal homologous LDL. In five others, FCRs for autologous LDL were significantly lower than for homologous LDL. Two of the latter five were treated with mevinolin, and although FCRs for both types of LDL rose during treatment, differences in FCRs between the two types of LDL persisted. In these five patients, autologous LDL appeared to be a poor ligand for LDL receptors.
原发性中度高胆固醇血症的病因尚不清楚,但一些患者的低密度脂蛋白(LDL)分数清除率(FCR)降低。这可能是由于LDL受体活性降低,或者是由于LDL结构(或组成)缺陷导致其对受体的亲和力降低。为了区分这些原因,对15例原发性中度高胆固醇血症患者测定了自体LDL和正常同源LDL的同时转换率。在10例患者中,两种类型LDL的转换率无明显差异,这表明自体LDL与正常同源LDL的清除效率相同。在另外5例患者中,自体LDL的FCR显著低于同源LDL。后5例中的2例接受了美伐他汀治疗,尽管治疗期间两种类型LDL的FCR均升高,但两种类型LDL的FCR差异仍然存在。在这5例患者中,自体LDL似乎是LDL受体的不良配体。