Lack of effect of high dose vitamin E on xanthoma regression in homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
| Autor: | Gillian J. Pilcher, Barry I Joffe, Frederick J. Raal, Antonio J. Areias, Seftel Hc |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Lipid Peroxides medicine.medical_specialty Antioxidant Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Probucol Administration Oral In Vitro Techniques Xanthoma Antioxidants Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II Pathogenesis Lipid peroxidation chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine Xanthomatosis medicine Humans Vitamin E Child Triglycerides business.industry Cholesterol Homozygote medicine.disease Endocrinology chemistry Child Preschool Female lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Oxidation-Reduction medicine.drug Lipoprotein |
| Zdroj: | Atherosclerosis. 107:213-219 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9150 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0021-9150(94)90022-1 |
| Popis: | There is increasing evidence that oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HFH) is characterized by premature, severe atherosclerosis. Drugs available at present are ineffective in lowering the markedly elevated LDL levels in this condition; antioxidant therapy to protect the LDL against oxidation may be of benefit. Probucol, the only drug shown to induce xanthoma regression in HFH, is a potent antioxidant, but it also lowers high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, causing some concern. Vitamin E is a naturally occurring antioxidant that does not affect HDL-C levels. We have therefore evaluated the effect of long-term high dose vitamin E on xanthoma regression in HFH. Ten subjects with HFH, mean age 17 years (range 4-34), received vitamin E (400-1000 mg/dl alpha-tocopherol acetate/day) for a period of 23 months (range 12-27). There was a 4.2-fold increase in the mean serum vitamin E level (mean (S.D.) 49.7 (19.9) to 177.9 (45.6) mumol/l; P < 0.005), but no change in serum lipid or lipoprotein concentrations. Although there was an increase in the in vitro resistance of LDL to oxidation as determined by the duration of the lag phase during copper-mediated oxidation (116 (8.34) vs. 141.5 (9.23) min; P < 0.005) there was no xanthoma regression; in fact they progressed in 4 subjects. Unlike probucol, high dose long-term vitamin E has no demonstrable effect on xanthoma regression in HFH. |
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