Mechanisms of hypercholesterolaemia in glycogen storage disease type I: defective metabolism of low density lipoprotein in cultured skin fibroblasts

European Journal of Clinical Investigation
E LevyE G Seidman

Abstract

Hyperlipidaemia is a feature of glycogen storage disease type I (GSD-I) (Levy et al.). High levels of LDL cholesterol (200 +/- 25 mg dl-1) and apo B (387 +/- 44 mg dl-1) were found in association with hypercholesterolaemia in GSD-I. Related causative factors might be attributed to overproduction and/or delayed removal of LDL. In this study, a possible alteration in the clearance of LDL was examined. Using cultured fibroblasts for LDL receptor activity, the following observations were made: 1. GSD-I fibroblasts revealed only a slight decrease in LDL binding (65 +/- 7) when compared with controls (74 +/- 4 ng mg-1 protein), however, LDL internalization (382 +/- 24 vs. 570 +/- 52 ng mg-1 protein) and proteolytic degradation (2082 +/- 280 vs. 2916 +/- 12.5 ng mg-1 protein) were significantly affected (P less than 0.01). 2. Binding, internalization and proteolytic degradation of LDL from GSD-I were compared with that of controls, and were found to be significantly lower (P less than 0.01). 3. Substitution of control lipoprotein-deficient serum (LPDS) by GSD-I LPDS further diminished the above processes (P less than 0.05). Our results demonstrate that increased plasma cholesterol in GSD-I is due to a decreased catabolism of LDL. The ...Continue Reading

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