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Plasma lipoproteins in dairy cows with naturally occurring severe fatty liver: Evidence of alteration in the distribution of apo A‐I‐containing lipoproteins
Author(s) -
Mazur Andrzej,
Marcos Edgardo,
Rayssiguier Yves
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02544588
Subject(s) - lipidology , clinical chemistry , distribution (mathematics) , apolipoprotein b , plasma lipoprotein , intermediate density lipoprotein , chemistry , medicine , food science , biochemistry , lipoprotein , cholesterol , very low density lipoprotein , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The relationships between fatty liver in dairy cows and reduced levels of plasma lipoproteins, and particularly of low density lipoproteins (LDL), has been previously described. Since electrophoretic heterogeneity of ultracentrifugally isolated LDL (d, 1.006–1.063 g/ml) has been found, the exact nature of this reduction in cows with fatty liver was investigated. Lipoproteins from control and severely afflicted animals were isolated by ultracentrifugation and affinity chromatography on heparin‐Sepharose CL 6 B. Gradient gel electrophoresis of lipoproteins on 4–30% gels and an immunolocalization study of apoprotein A‐I (apo A‐I) showed that control animals have two subpopulations of apo A‐I‐containing particles with a mean radius of 6.52 and 5.05 nm. In the fatty liver cows, the former was clearly shifted toward smaller particles. We concluded that the depressed level and compositional modifications of LDL in severe fatty liver cows result from a decrease in the oversized apo A‐I‐containing lipoproteins which can be isolated in the LDL density range. This could stem from the decreased supply of triglyceride‐rich lipoprotein surface components for the production of these lipoproteins. The modifications can be plausibly explained by a reduced synthesis or secretion of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) by the liver.