Saigo M, Abe S, Ogawa M, Biro S, Minagoe S, Maruyama I, Toda H, Kiyonaga K, Atsuchi Y, Tahara M, Mawatari K, Tei C. Plasma level of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein remnants is closely associated with the activation of coagulation factor VII in patients with myocardial infarction.
Thromb Res 2000;
100:9-17. [PMID:
11053611 DOI:
10.1016/s0049-3848(00)00290-5]
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Abstract
Remnant-like particles, which have been recognized to be atherogenic derivatives of chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins, can be measured using a new assay kit. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association of remnant-like particles with the coagulation system that has an important role in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction. We assayed blood levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, apolipoproteins, remnant-like particles-cholesterol, remnant-like particles-triglyceride, fibrinogen, factor VII antigen, activated factor VII, and tissue factor in 111 patients with a history of myocardial infarction and 128 control subjects. In simple regression analysis, plasma levels of remnant-like particles-cholesterol and remnant-like particles-triglyceride showed a significant positive correlation with the levels of activated factor VII (r=0.319, p<0. 001, and r=0.286, p=0.002, respectively) and the activated factor VII/factor VII antigen ratio (r=0.241, p=0.011, and r=0.249, p=0.008, respectively) in patients with myocardial infarction. In contrast, there were no significant differences between remnant-like particles and activated factor VII in control subjects. In stepwise multivariate regression analysis, the significant determinants of activated factor VII were remnant-like particles-cholesterol (10.2%), apolipoproteins A-I (5.1%), and E (7.1%); for the activated factor VII/factor VII antigen ratio, remnant-like particles-triglyceride (6. 2%), age at blood sampling (5.1%), and apolipoprotein A-I (4.0%) in patients with myocardial infarction. However, the significant determinants of activated factor VII and the activated factor VII/factor VII antigen ratio were HDL-cholesterol (9.9% and 9.2%, respectively) in control subjects. It is concluded that remnant-like particles may be a risk factor for myocardial infarction by activating the extrinsic coagulation pathway.
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