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Phenotypic characterization of the Ath-1 gene controlling high density lipoprotein levels and susceptibility to atherosclerosis

RC LeBoeuf, MH Doolittle, A Montcalm, DC Martin, K Reue and AJ Lusis
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

The Ath-1 gene determines the levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) lipid in response to a high fat diet challenge as well as susceptibility to diet-induced atherosclerosis in mice (Paigen et al. 1987. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 84: 3763-3767). As yet, the identity of the Ath-1 gene and how it acts to affect HDL levels are completely unknown. In an effort to clarify the nature of the gene, we have examined HDL phenotypes in strains carrying either the susceptible or resistant alleles. When challenged with a high fat diet, the susceptible strain C57BL/6 exhibited a marked decrease in the levels of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), the major protein of HDL, whereas the resistant strains C3H and BALB/c maintained high levels of both. Separation of HDL subfractions by polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis revealed that the decrease was particularly striking among the larger HDL species. The rates of synthesis of apoA-I in liver and intestine were similar in the strains and were unaffected by the high fat diet. Although the rates of synthesis of apoA-II and the levels of apoA-II mRNA were decreased in response to the high fat diet, similar decreases were observed in both the susceptible and resistant strains. We conclude that the Ath-1 gene results in a rapid decrease in both HDL lipid and HDL apolipoprotein levels in the susceptible strain in response to the high fat diet and that this is mediated primarily at the level of HDL catabolism.
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