Familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency: molecular analysis of a compound heterozygote: LCAT (Arg147 --> Trp) and LCAT (Tyr171 --> Stop)

Atherosclerosis
M GuerinM Rouis

Abstract

Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) is responsible for the formation of the majority of plasma cholesteryl esters. Familial LCAT deficiency is associated with corneal opacity, anemia and proteinurea and typically results in renal failure in the 4-5th decade; this syndrome is equally characterized by the quasi-absence of plasma LCAT activity with variable enzyme mass and very low levels of plasma cholesteryl esters. In this study, we report detailed analyses of plasma lipids and lipoprotein profile in two sisters (CM and ML) presenting classical homozygous LCAT-deficiency; the younger sibling (CM) had proteinurea from an early age whereas the older sister (ML) has never exhibited renal dysfunction. We investigated the molecular defect in the 45 year-old woman (proband CM) exhibiting all clinical and biochemical features of familial LCAT deficiency: a plasma cholesterol level of 105 mg/dl, of which 95% was unesterified, an HDL-cholesterol of 6.5 mg/dl and an apo A-I level of 52 mg/dl. The proband (CM) displayed a plasma cholesterol esterification rate which corresponded to 2% of normal LCAT activity; plasma LCAT protein concentration was 0.56 microg/ml and equivalent to approximately 10% of normal LCAT mass. Analysis by s...Continue Reading

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