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The Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 39, 1162-1172, June 1998
Copyright © 1998 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Original Article

Analysis of particle size and lipid composition as determinants of the metabolic clearance of human high density lipoproteins in a rabbit model

Correspondence to: Gary F. Lewis.

Hypertriglyceridemia is commonly associated with triglyceride (TG) enrichment of high density lipoprotein (HDL) and reduction in HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I levels. We have recently reported that lipolytic modification of TG-rich HDL, which reduces particle size, enhances its clearance from the circulation. In the present study, we examined the role of particle size and lipid composition in determining the metabolic clearance of human HDL, in the absence of substantial in vivo modification of the particle by hepatic lipase. The rabbit, which has a very low hepatic lipase activity, was used for this purpose. Plasma fractions d < 1.21 g/ml were first isolated by ultracentrifugation from fasting humans with normal (NTG, n = 6, mean plasma TG concentration = 1.26 ± 0.21 (SEM) mmol/l) or elevated plasma TG levels (HTG, n = 5, TG = 4.49 ± 0.65 mmol/l). Small and large HDL particles were separated by gel filtration chromatography and were labeled with either ¹²⁵I or ¹³¹I. Large HDL were cleared more rapidly than small HDL in 10 out of 11 studies (P = 0.006). There was, however, no difference in the fractional catabolic rate (FCR) of large HDL isolated from NTG versus from HTG subjects or in the FCR of small HDL from NTG versus HTG individuals. There was also no correlation between the TG content of HDL and its FCR. In summary, large, lipid-rich human high density lipoproteins (HDL) are cleared more rapidly than small human HDL in rabbits.

These results, combined with our previous observation, also support the hypothesis that triglyceride enrichment of HDL, in the absence of substantial lipolytic modification, is not sufficient to enhance its clearance from the circulation.—Lamarche, B., K. D. Uffelmann, G. Steiner, P. H. R. Barrett, and G. F. Lewis. Analysis of particle size and lipid composition as determinants of the metabolic clearance of human high density lipoproteins in a rabbit model. J. Lipid Res. 1998. 39: 1162–1172.

Supplementary key words: kinetics, hepatic lipase, metabolism, hypertriglyceridemia, rabbits, radioisotopes

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