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Cholesteryl ester transfer protein and hepatic lipase gene polymorphisms: Effects on hepatic mRNA levels, plasma lipids and carotid atherosclerosis
SM Soyal, A Sandhofer, P Hahne, H Oberkofler... - Atherosclerosis, 2011 - Elsevier OBJECTIVE: HDL modifying effects of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and hepatic lipase (LIPC) depend in part on each other. We studied associations of CETP-Taq1B and-514C> T-LIPC polymorphisms with hepatic m RNA levels, and their combined effects on ...
We genotyped the CETP-Taq1B and the -514C>T-LIPC polymorphisms in 67 obese women in whom hepatic CETP and LIPC transcript levels were determined as well as in 1549 participants of the Salzburg Atherosclerosis Prevention Program in Subjects at High Individual Risk (SAPHIR). Carotid atherosclerosis was assessed by intima-media thickness and extent of plaques (B-score) of the carotid arteries.
In obese women, CETP-Taq1B and -514C>T-LIPC variant alleles were associated with reduced hepatic levels of CETP and LIPC m RNA, respectively. The CETP and LIPC polymorphisms accounted for 12.9 and 14.4% of the variability in respective transcripts. In the SAPHIR population, CETP-Taq1B showed independent effects on LDL diameter, HDL and LDL cholesterol, apolipoproteins AI and B and cholesterol/HDL cholesterol, while -514C>T-LIPC revealed independent effects on HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein AI. The two polymorphisms displayed interactions at the level of HDL cholesterol. Compared to subjects carrying wild-type alleles at both loci, subjects homozygous for the CETP wild-type allele, but heterozygous for the LIPC polymorphism and subjects heterozygous for the CETP polymorphism, but homozygous for the LIPC wild-type allele showed an increased risk of carotid atherosclerosis (both P < 0.05).
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