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CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Volume 45, Issue 12, Pages 1652-1659Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.358
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atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; high-density lipoprotein metabolism; hyperhomocysteinemia
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Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is a significant an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the underlying mechanism is unclear. We and others have reported that homocysteine (Hcy) is inversely correlated with plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein AI (apoA-I) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHID). We confirmed this negative correlation in mice with targeted deletions of the genes for apolipoprotein E (apoE) and cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS). Severe HHcy (plasma Hcy 210 mu mol/L) accelerates spontaneous arthrosclerosis in the CBS-/-/apoE(-/-) mice, reduces the concentration of circulating HDL, apoA-I, and large HDL particles, inhibits HDL function, and enhances HDL-C clearance. We have demonstrated further that Hcy (0.5-2 mmol/L) reduces apoA-I protein synthesis and secretion, but not RNA transcription in mouse primary hepatocytes. A different mechanism was proposed based on studies using the HepG2 cells showing that Hcy (5-10 mmol/L) inhibits apoA-I transcription via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR alpha)-inhibition-dependent and -independent mechanisms. These studies suggest that Hcy-induced HDL-C and apoA-I inhibition represent a novel mechanism by which Hcy induces atherosclerotic CVD.
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