{"title":"From the editors: Upcoming treatments for familial chylomicronemia syndrome: Agents that inhibit production of apolipoprotein CIII.","authors":"P Barton Duell, Kevin C Maki","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adedoyin Akinlonu, Michael B Boffa, Chen Lyu, Judy Zhong, Manila Jindal, Maja Fadzan, Michael S Garshick, Arthur Schwartzbard, Howard S Weintraub, Cindy Bredefeld, Jonathan D Newman, Edward A Fisher, Marlys L Koschinsky, Ira J Goldberg, Jeffrey S Berger
{"title":"Variation in lipoprotein(a) response to potent lipid lowering: The role of apolipoprotein (a) isoform size.","authors":"Adedoyin Akinlonu, Michael B Boffa, Chen Lyu, Judy Zhong, Manila Jindal, Maja Fadzan, Michael S Garshick, Arthur Schwartzbard, Howard S Weintraub, Cindy Bredefeld, Jonathan D Newman, Edward A Fisher, Marlys L Koschinsky, Ira J Goldberg, Jeffrey S Berger","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a driver of residual cardiovascular risk. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors (PCSK9i) decrease Lp(a) with significant heterogeneity in response. We investigated contributors to the heterogeneous response.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>CHOlesterol Reduction and Residual Risk in Diabetes (CHORD) was a prospective study examining lipid lowering in participants with a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) >100 mg/dL with and without diabetes (DM) on lipid lowering therapy (LLT) for 30-days with evolocumab 140 mg every 14 days combined with either atorvastatin 80 mg or ezetimibe 10 mg daily. Lp(a) level was measured by immunoturbidometry, and the apolipoprotein (a) [apo(a)] isoform size was measured by denaturing agarose gel electrophoresis and western blotting. We examined the change in Lp(a) levels from baseline to 30 days.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 150 participants (mean age 50 years, 58% female, 50% non-White, 17% Hispanic, 50% DM), median (interquartile range) Lp(a) was 27.5 (8-75) mg/dL at baseline and 23 (3-68) mg/dL at 30 days, leading to a 10% (0-36) median reduction (P < 0.001). Among 73 (49%) participants with Lp(a) ≥30 mg/dL at baseline, there was a 15% (3-25) median reduction in Lp(a) (P < 0.001). While baseline Lp(a) level was not correlated with change in Lp(a) (r = 0.04, P = 0.59), apo(a) size directly correlated with Lp(a) reduction (P < 0.001). After adjustment for age, sex, race/ethnicity, DM, and type of LLT, apo(a) size remained positively associated with a reduction in Lp(a) (Beta 0.95, 95% confidence interval, 0.93-0.97, P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our data demonstrate variation in Lp(a) reduction with potent LLT. Change in Lp(a) was strongly associated with apo(a) isoform size.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143006224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janneke W C M Mulder, Naomi 't Hart, Monique T Mulder, Linda Zuurbier, Jeanine E Roeters van Lennep
{"title":"A case of lipoprotein glomerulopathy due to the pathogenic APOE Las Vegas variant c.509C>A: p. (Ala170Asp).","authors":"Janneke W C M Mulder, Naomi 't Hart, Monique T Mulder, Linda Zuurbier, Jeanine E Roeters van Lennep","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.11.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.11.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report describes a rare case of lipoprotein glomerulopathy. A 63 year-old man presented with nephrotic syndrome unresponsive to rituximab and tacrolimus. Blood tests showed a mild- to moderate hypertriglyceridemia suggesting familial dysbetalipoproteinemia (FD). Additional diagnostic procedures including lipoprotein ultracentrifugation, fast protein liquid chromatography and agarose gel electrophoresis were performed, which showed increased very-low-density lipoprotein remnants corresponding to the lipid profile observed in FD patients. However, instead of the expected APOE ε2/ε2 genotype, our patient showed APOE ε3/ε4. The APOE gene was sequenced, revealing a c.509C>A:p. (Ala170Asp) variant (also known as APOE Las Vegas), which has been described once in a patient with lipoprotein glomerulopathy. Lipid-lowering therapy was initiated, which resulted in a slight improvement of renal function and lipid profile. This Dutch case further supports the pathogenicity of the APOE Las Vegas variant and emphasizes the importance of timely diagnosis of lipoprotein glomerulopathy to institute appropriate treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143006219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael D Shapiro, Tariq M Haddad, Howard S Weintraub, Seth J Baum, Khaled Abdul-Nour, Samiha Sarwat, Vadim Paluy, Wess Boatwright, Auris Browne, Imran Ayaz, Cheryl A Abbas, Christie M Ballantyne
{"title":"Lipoprotein(a) levels in a population with clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the United States: A subanalysis from the Lp(a)HERITAGE study.","authors":"Michael D Shapiro, Tariq M Haddad, Howard S Weintraub, Seth J Baum, Khaled Abdul-Nour, Samiha Sarwat, Vadim Paluy, Wess Boatwright, Auris Browne, Imran Ayaz, Cheryl A Abbas, Christie M Ballantyne","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is the most common inherited dyslipidemia that is independently and causally associated with increased atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. However, data from diverse populations with ASCVD are lacking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate Lp(a) levels in a diverse, contemporary United States (US) population with ASCVD, stratified by race, ethnicity, and sex.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Lp(a)HERITAGE (NCT03887520) was a multicenter study that estimated the prevalence of elevated Lp(a) in adults (18-80 years) with ASCVD. US participants with Lp(a) measured in nmol/L pre- or post-enrollment were included in this subanalysis. This study was descriptive; therefore, no statistical comparisons were made.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of all US participants, 14% had an Lp(a) measurement pre-enrollment. This subanalysis included 7679 US participants with Lp(a) measurements in nmol/L (80.5% White; 66.4% male; mean age 63.8 years [standard deviation ± 9.7]). Median Lp(a) was >2.5-fold higher in Black participants (132.0 nmol/L; IQR, 57.1-239.6) vs the overall population (52.1 nmol/L; IQR, 15.7-167.8), and higher in females compared with males (69.4 nmol/L; IQR, 20.1-194.7 vs 45.6 nmol/L; IQR, 14.0-152.6, respectively). Lp(a) levels ≥125 nmol/L were more prevalent among Black (52.0%) and female (38.9%) participants vs the overall population (33.3%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In US Lp(a)HERITAGE participants, only 14% had an Lp(a) measurement pre-enrollment, despite having ASCVD. One-third of participants demonstrated Lp(a) levels ≥125 nmol/L, the threshold for high ASCVD risk, which was higher among Black (1/2) and female (2/5) participants, suggesting a greater need for Lp(a) testing in these groups to inform ASCVD risk mitigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143255741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antoinette S Birs, Andrew S Kao, Elizabeth Silver, Eric D Adler, Pam R Taub, Michael J Wilkinson
{"title":"Burden of atherogenic lipids and association with cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients<sup />.","authors":"Antoinette S Birs, Andrew S Kao, Elizabeth Silver, Eric D Adler, Pam R Taub, Michael J Wilkinson","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation. There are limited contemporary studies examining post-transplant lipid management and cardiometabolic health.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We study the burden of cardiometabolic derangements post transplantation and its impact on CAV in a modern cohort of heart transplant recipients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All heart transplant (HTx) recipients between January 2019 and December 2020, with two lipid assessments and angiographic surveillance were included. Logistic regression was used to assess association of lipid levels with cardiovascular outcomes and CAV.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 87 HTx recipients, atherogenic lipids were significantly elevated after Htx. Median LDL-C increased from a baseline level of 69.5 mg/dL to 86.5 mg/dL, p = 0.002, non-HDL-C 91.5 mg/dL to 118 mg/dL, p < 0.001, triglycerides 94.5 mg/dL to 133 mg/dL, p < 0.001, and remnant cholesterol 19 mg/dL to 27 mg/dL, p < 0.001. Increases in non-HDL-C, triglycerides, and remnant cholesterol were significantly associated with increased risk of CAV (Stanford Grade 4 and intimal thickness). Increases in triglycerides and remnant-C were associated with increased risk of composite major adverse cardiovascular events.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We demonstrate a significant increase in atherogenic lipids two years following transplantation with low use (20 %) of high-intensity statin. Increase in atherogenic lipids was associated with increased risk of CAV and increase in triglycerides and remnant cholesterol with increased MACE. Future studies examining cardiometabolic consequences of heart transplantation and optimal treatment strategies to reduce risk of CAV and MACE are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert A Hegele, Zahid Ahmad, Ambika Ashraf, Andrew Baldassarra, Alan S Brown, Alan Chait, Steven D Freedman, Brenda Kohn, Michael Miller, Nivedita Patni, Daniel E Soffer, Jian Wang, Michael S Broder, Eunice Chang, Irina Yermilov, Cynthia Campos, Sarah N Gibbs
{"title":"Development and validation of clinical criteria to identify familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) in North America.","authors":"Robert A Hegele, Zahid Ahmad, Ambika Ashraf, Andrew Baldassarra, Alan S Brown, Alan Chait, Steven D Freedman, Brenda Kohn, Michael Miller, Nivedita Patni, Daniel E Soffer, Jian Wang, Michael S Broder, Eunice Chang, Irina Yermilov, Cynthia Campos, Sarah N Gibbs","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.09.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) is an ultrarare inherited disorder. Genetic testing is not always feasible or conclusive. European clinicians developed a \"FCS score\" to differentiate between FCS and multifactorial chylomicronemia syndrome (MCS), a more common condition with overlapping features. A diagnostic score has not been developed for use in the North American context.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To develop and validate a diagnostic score for North American patients based on signs, symptoms and biochemical traits of FCS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the RAND/UCLA modified Delphi process, we convened ten US/Canadian physicians with experience recognizing and treating FCS and one adult patient with FCS. The panel developed and rated 296 scenarios describing patients with FCS. Linear regression analyses used median post-meeting ratings to develop score parameters. We tested the score's sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) in patients with classical FCS, functional FCS, and MCS from Western University's Lipid Genetics Clinic's registry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Numerical scores were attributed based upon the following: age, hypertriglyceridemia onset, body mass index, history of abdominal pain/pancreatitis, presence of secondary factors, triglyceride (TG) levels, ratio of TG/total cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B level. Scores ≥60 indicate definite classical FCS; the score distinguished patients with FCS from MCS in a real-world registry (100.0 % specificity, 66.7 % sensitivity, 100.0 % PPV, 95.5 % NPV). Scores ≥45 were \"very likely\" to have classical FCS (96.9 % specificity, 88.9 % sensitivity).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Given its simplicity and high specificity for distinguishing patients with FCS from MCS, the NAFCS Score could be used in lieu of - or while awaiting - genetic testing to optimize treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martine Paquette, Isabelle Ruel, Simon-Pierre Guay, Zobaida Al-Baldawi, Diane Brisson, Daniel Gaudet, Patrick Couture, Jean Bergeron, Robert A Hegele, Gordon A Francis, Mark H Sherman, Ruth McPherson, Thomas Ransom, Liam R Brunham, Gb John Mancini, Brian W McCrindle, Iulia Iatan, Jacques Genest, Alexis Baass
{"title":"Extreme LDL-C concentration is associated with increased cardiovascular disease in women with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.","authors":"Martine Paquette, Isabelle Ruel, Simon-Pierre Guay, Zobaida Al-Baldawi, Diane Brisson, Daniel Gaudet, Patrick Couture, Jean Bergeron, Robert A Hegele, Gordon A Francis, Mark H Sherman, Ruth McPherson, Thomas Ransom, Liam R Brunham, Gb John Mancini, Brian W McCrindle, Iulia Iatan, Jacques Genest, Alexis Baass","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare genetic disease of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) metabolism. Despite the devastating effect of this disease on atherosclerotic cardiovascular health, the disease phenotype and severity are more heterogeneous than previously thought. The predictors of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in HoFH patients have never been systematically studied.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the univariate and multivariate predictors of ASCVD in HoFH patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients from the Canadian HoFH Registry were included in the present retrospective longitudinal study. Data for these patients were collected using a standardized questionnaire between 2019 and 2022 in 19 academic sites across Canada. Predictors of ASCVD were evaluated using Cox proportional hazards models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 48 HoFH patients, 26 (54 %) of them had at least one ASCVD event. The average age at baseline was 19 ± 15 years and women represented 56 % of the cohort. The independent predictors of ASCVD events were male sex (HR 2.57 (1.13-5.84)), diabetes (HR 16.22 (3.38-77.97)), and LDL-C above the median of 14.45 mmol/L [559 mg/dL] (HR 3.10 (1.24-7.76)). When performing subgroup analysis according to sex, the presence of LDL-C above median was associated with a significantly higher probability of ASCVD (88 % vs. 43 %, p = 0.005) in women, but not in men (100 % at age 40 in both groups, p = 0.98).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study reported for the first time the univariate and multivariate predictors of ASCVD in HoFH patients. We demonstrate that predictors of ASCVD in HoFH differ in males and females with respect to LDL-C levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Falsely elevated triglyceride and lipase levels due to hyperglycerolemia in a burn patient treated with topical silver sulfadiazine.","authors":"Chutintorn Sriphrapradang, Pornpen Srisawasdi, Prapimporn Chattranukulchai Shantavasinkul, Saranya Auparakkitanon, Jatupon Krongvorakul, Suweejuk Punprasit, Supasuta Wongdama","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pseudohypertriglyceridemia is an overestimation of serum triglyceride levels, potentially leading to an inaccurate diagnosis of hypertriglyceridemia. This can result from hyperglycerolemia, which interferes with enzymatic measurement methods. Hyperglycerolemia may arise from drugs or genetic glycerol kinase defects. We present a case of a severely burned patient with very high triglyceride levels (up to 5,696 mg/dL) that was resistant to lipid-lowering treatment, identified during the work up for pancreatitis associated with elevated lipase levels. Despite the very high triglyceride levels reported in the laboratory results, the standing plasma showed clear plasma, with no significant peak of pre-beta lipoprotein observed on serum lipoprotein electrophoresis. Serum apolipoprotein B levels were low, and urine triglyceride levels were high. This case confirms that very high serum glycerol levels caused the falsely elevations of triglyceride and lipase levels, resulting from hyperglycerolemia induced by the massive topical application of silver sulfadiazine cream (containing glycerine and glyceryl stearate) to the severely burned wound, which interfered with the laboratory assays. Triglyceride and lipase levels dramatically decreased after reducing the dose of silver sulfadiazine cream. No genetic defects related to glycerol kinase deficiency were identified.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Candy Bedoya, Rishi Thomas, Anna Bjarvin, Wilbur Ji, Hanien Samara, Jody Tai, Laurie Green, Philip H Frost, Mary J Malloy, Clive R Pullinger, John P Kane, Miklós Péterfy
{"title":"Identification and functional analysis of novel homozygous LMF1 variants in severe hypertriglyceridemia.","authors":"Candy Bedoya, Rishi Thomas, Anna Bjarvin, Wilbur Ji, Hanien Samara, Jody Tai, Laurie Green, Philip H Frost, Mary J Malloy, Clive R Pullinger, John P Kane, Miklós Péterfy","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The genetic basis of hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is complex and includes variants in Lipase Maturation Factor 1 (LMF1), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-chaperone involved in the post-translational activation of lipoprotein lipase (LPL).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to identify and functionally characterize biallelic LMF1 variants in patients with HTG.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Genomic DNA sequencing was used to identify biallelic LMF1 variants in HTG patients without deleterious variants in LPL, apolipoprotein C-II (APOC2), glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein binding protein 1 (GPIHBP1) or apolipoprotein A-V (APOA5). LMF1 variants were functionally evaluated by in silico analyses and assessing their impact on LPL activity, LMF1 protein expression and specific activity in transiently transfected HEK293 cells.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified four homozygous LMF1 variants in patients with severe HTG: two novel rare variants (p.Asn147Lys and p.Pro246Arg) and two low-frequency variants (p.Arg354Trp and p.Arg364Gln) previously reported at heterozygosity. We demonstrate that all four variants reduce the secretion of enzymatically active LPL by impairing the specific activity of LMF1, whereas p.Asn147Lys also diminishes LMF1 protein expression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study extends the role of LMF1 as a genetic determinant in severe HTG and demonstrates that rare and low-frequency LMF1 variants can underlie this condition through distinct molecular mechanisms. The clinical phenotype of patients affected by partial loss of LMF1 function is consistent with Multifactorial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (MCS) and suggests that secondary factors and additional genetic determinants contribute to HTG in these subjects.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complex dyslipidemia induced by Lorlatinib therapy: A case study.","authors":"Julianna West, Abhimanyu Garg","doi":"10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Lorlatinib is an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, which is currently used for the treatment of ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Previous reports have noticed an association between lorlatinib and hyperlipidemia, however the specific mechanisms for this side effect remain unknown. Some investigators have reported nephrotic syndrome to be the underlying cause of lorlatinib-induced hyperlipidemia.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 59-year-old female with NSCLC presented with marked elevation of lipid levels, including total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), after initiation of lorlatinib therapy. Despite high dose atorvastatin and ezetimibe, lipid levels remained elevated. A 24-hour urine collection revealed only 226 mg of protein excretion.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Lorlatinib induced a complex dyslipidemia in our patient with elevations of both LDL-C and HDL-C. The underlying mechanism of lorlatinib-induced hyperlipidemia remains unknown and is unlikely to be secondary to nephrotic syndrome in many patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15392,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical lipidology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}