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Abstract
Lipid disorders involving derangements in serum cholesterol, triglycerides, or both are commonly encountered in clinical practice and often have implications for cardiovascular risk and overall health. Recent advances in knowledge, recommendations, and treatment options have necessitated an updated approach to these disorders. Older classification schemes have outlived their usefulness, yielding to an approach based on the primary lipid disturbance identified on a routine lipid panel as a practical starting point. Although monogenic dyslipidemias exist and are important to identify, most individuals with lipid disorders have polygenic predisposition, often in the context of secondary factors such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. With regard to cardiovascular disease, elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is essentially causal, and clinical practice guidelines worldwide have recommended treatment thresholds and targets for this variable. Furthermore, recent studies have established elevated triglycerides as a cardiovascular risk factor, whereas depressed high-density lipoprotein cholesterol now appears less contributory than was previously believed. An updated approach to diagnosis and risk assessment may include measurement of secondary lipid variables such as apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein(a), together with selective use of genetic testing to diagnose rare monogenic dyslipidemias such as familial hypercholesterolemia or familial chylomicronemia syndrome. The ongoing development of new agents-especially antisense RNA and monoclonal antibodies-targeting dyslipidemias will provide additional management options, which in turn motivates discussion on how best to incorporate them into current treatment algorithms.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amanda J Berberich
- Department of Medicine; Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5C1.,Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B7
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- Department of Medicine; Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5C1.,Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B7
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Taskinen MR, Björnson E, Kahri J, Söderlund S, Matikainen N, Porthan K, Ainola M, Hakkarainen A, Lundbom N, Fermanelli V, Fuchs J, Thorsell A, Kronenberg F, Andersson L, Adiels M, Packard CJ, Borén J. Effects of Evolocumab on the Postprandial Kinetics of Apo (Apolipoprotein) B100- and B48-Containing Lipoproteins in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2020; 41:962-975. [PMID: 33356392 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.120.315446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in subjects with type 2 diabetes is linked to elevated levels of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and their remnants. The metabolic effects of PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9) inhibitors on this dyslipidemia were investigated using stable-isotope-labeled tracers. Approach and Results: Triglyceride transport and the metabolism of apos (apolipoproteins) B48, B100, C-III, and E after a fat-rich meal were investigated before and on evolocumab treatment in 13 subjects with type 2 diabetes. Kinetic parameters were determined for the following: apoB48 in chylomicrons; triglyceride in VLDL1 (very low-density lipoprotein) and VLDL2; and apoB100 in VLDL1, VLDL2, IDL (intermediate-density lipoprotein), and LDL (low-density lipoprotein). Evolocumab did not alter the kinetics of apoB48 in chylomicrons or apoB100 or triglyceride in VLDL1. In contrast, the fractional catabolic rates of VLDL2-apoB100 and VLDL2-triglyceride were both increased by about 45%, which led to a 28% fall in the VLDL2 plasma level. LDL-apoB100 was markedly reduced by evolocumab, which was linked to metabolic heterogeneity in this fraction. Evolocumab increased clearance of the more rapidly metabolized LDL by 61% and decreased production of the more slowly cleared LDL by 75%. ApoC-III kinetics were not altered by evolocumab, but the apoE fractional catabolic rates increased by 45% and the apoE plasma level fell by 33%. The apoE fractional catabolic rates was associated with the decrease in VLDL2- and IDL-apoB100 concentrations. CONCLUSIONS Evolocumab had only minor effects on lipoproteins that are involved in triglyceride transport (chylomicrons and VLDL1) but, in contrast, had a profound impact on lipoproteins that carry cholesterol (VLDL2, IDL, LDL). Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT02948777.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marja-Riitta Taskinen
- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine (M.-R.T., J.K., S.S., N.M., K.P., M. Ainola), University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine (E.B., L.A., M. Adiels, J.B.), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine (M.-R.T., J.K., S.S., N.M., K.P., M. Ainola), University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine (M.-R.T., J.K., S.S., N.M., K.P., M. Ainola), University of Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Endocrinology, Abdominal Center (S.S., N.M.), Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine (M.-R.T., J.K., S.S., N.M., K.P., M. Ainola), University of Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Endocrinology, Abdominal Center (S.S., N.M.), Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine (M.-R.T., J.K., S.S., N.M., K.P., M. Ainola), University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine (M.-R.T., J.K., S.S., N.M., K.P., M. Ainola), University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Radiology, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital (A.H., N.L.), University of Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland (A.H.)
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- Department of Radiology, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital (A.H., N.L.), University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Proteomics Core Facility (J.F., A.T.), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Proteomics Core Facility (J.F., A.T.), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria (F.K.)
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine (E.B., L.A., M. Adiels, J.B.), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine (E.B., L.A., M. Adiels, J.B.), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (M. Adiels), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Isnstitute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (C.J.P.)
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine (E.B., L.A., M. Adiels, J.B.), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Cardiology, Wallenberg Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (J.B.)
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