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Reduced dimerization of lipoprotein lipase in post-heparin plasma of a patient with hyperchylomicronemia

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, ISSN: 0005-2760, Vol: 1254, Issue: 1, Page: 30-36
1995
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As in post-heparin plasma of control subjects, post-heparin plasma of a patient with hyperchylomicronemia contained lipoprotein lipase (LPL) subunits with M r = 57000. But although the amount of LPL was the same as in post-heparin plasma of controls, no LPL activity was detectable. Nearly all the LPL in post-heparin plasma of controls bound to heparin-Sepharose and this LPL bound was mainly eluted with 1.5 M NaCl in parallel with the activity. In post-heparin plasma of the patient, 58% of the LPL subunits did not bind to heparin-Sepharose and 23% was eluted with 0.6 M NaCl. Studies by sucrose density gradient centrifugation showed that almost all the LPL in post-heparin plasma of controls was recovered in the peak with a sedimentation coefficient of 6.8 S, corresponding to the position of a dimeric form of LPL, in parallel with the activity; little LPL was recovered in the peak with a sedimentation coefficient of 4.0 S, corresponding to the position of a monomeric form of LPL. In post-heparin plasma of the patient, 35% of the LPL subunits was recovered in fractions with larger sedimentation coefficients at the bottom of the centrifuge tube, indicating the presence of an aggregated form(s) of LPL; the amount of the monomeric form of LPL was increased, while that of the dimeric form was decreased. Thus, defect of LPL activity in post-heparin plasma of the patient with hyperchylomicronemia could result from reduced dimerization of LPL subunits.

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