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  • Title: Severe hypertriglyceridaemia in Type II diabetes: involvement of apoC-III Sst-I polymorphism, LPL mutations and apo E3 deficiency.
    Author: Marçais C, Bernard S, Merlin M, Ulhmann M, Mestre B, Rochet-Mingret L, Revol A, Berthezene F, Moulin P.
    Journal: Diabetologia; 2000 Nov; 43(11):1346-52. PubMed ID: 11126401.
    Abstract:
    AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Hypertriglyceridaemia is common in Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. Only subgroups of patient however have type V hyperlipidaemia. To investigate the coordination between genetic factors in the modulation of hypertriglyceridaemia in Type II diabetes, we studied three major modifier loci: apoC-III (both Sst-I and insulin-responsive element polymorphisms), apolipoprotein E genotypes and lipoprotein-lipase mutations. METHODS: We studied apoCIII gene polymorphisms, apolipoprotein E genotypes and lipoprotein-lipase gene mutations in 176 patients with Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, either normolipaemic (group N, n = 116), mildly hypertriglyceridaemic (group T, n = 28) or with a history of severe hypertriglyceridaemia (triglyceride > 15 g/l) (group H, n = 32). RESULTS: Mild hypertriglyceridaemia in Type II diabetes did not associate with any gene variants in this study. Severe hypertriglyceridaemia was, however, associated with the presence of the apoC-III S2 allele (50% of the patients in group H compared with 15.5 % in group N, p < 0.0001). Additionally this particular phenotype was associated with a low prevalence of the apo E3 allele (35.9% in group H vs 18.1 % in group N, p < 0.005) and a statistically significant over-representation of the E2E4 genotypes. Inactivating lipoprotein-lipase mutations were found in four patients (three heterozygotes, one homozygote), none was found in group N or T. Thus 68.7 % of group H patients (22/32) (vs 21.4 % in group T, p < 0.0005) were carriers of either S2 allele, lipoprotein-lipase mutants or E2E4 genotype with most lipoprotein-lipase mutants or E2E4 genotypes or both in the non-carriers for the S2 allele (6/7). CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION: Our results strongly support the hypothesis that severe hyperlipaemia in Type II diabetes crucially depends on genetic factors which impair the clearance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins.
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