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Variation in Niemann–Pick C1‐like 1 gene as a determinant of apolipoprotein B‐100 kinetics and response to statin therapy in centrally obese men
Author(s) -
Chan Dick C.,
Watts Gerald F.,
Wang Jian,
Hegele Robert A.,
Van Bockxmeer Frank M.,
Barrett P. Hugh R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03144.x
Subject(s) - apolipoprotein b , medicine , endocrinology , lathosterol , haplotype , atorvastatin , very low density lipoprotein , cholesterol , lipoprotein , pcsk9 , chemistry , biology , ldl receptor , allele , campesterol , biochemistry , gene , sterol
Summary Objective Niemann–Pick C1‐like 1 protein (NPC1L1) plays a key role in lipoprotein metabolism. We examined the association of common genetic polymorphisms in NPC1L1 on apolipoprotein (apo) B‐100 metabolism and the response to statin treatment in 37 men with central obesity. Research methods and procedure Very‐low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low‐density lipoprotein (LDL)–apoB kinetics were determined using stable isotope method. NPC1L1 genotypes (1735G > C, 25432A > C and 27677T > C) were determined by allele‐specific methods. These three polymorphisms are defined as haplotype, namely 1735C‐25432A‐27677T, and was designated as ‘haplotype 2’. Results Relative to non‐2/2 haplotype ( n = 23), subjects with the 2/2 haplotype ( n = 14) had significantly increased plasma concentrations of total, LDL‐cholesterol, and total apoB ( P < 0·05). The fractional catabolic rate (FCR) of LDL‐apoB was significantly lower in 2/2 subjects compared with non‐2/2 subjects ( P < 0·05), with an associated increase in LDL‐apoB pool size in the former group. Sixteen subjects were then treated with 40 mg atorvastatin (6 weeks): 2/2 subjects ( n = 8) had a significantly greater reduction in plasma concentrations of cholesterol and total apoB and in LDL‐apoB pool size, as well as a greater increase in LDL‐apoB FCR compared with non‐2/2 subjects. There were no significant treatment‐related between‐haplotype differences in VLDL‐apoB kinetics or in plasma concentrations of lathosterol and campesterol. Conclusion Our data demonstrate that NPC1L1 2/2 haplotype was associated with variation in LDL‐apoB metabolism and its response to statin therapy in centrally obese men, by a mechanism that did not involve changes in VLDL‐apoB kinetics, nor cholesterol synthesis or absorption.