HDLのコレステロール排出能、
動脈硬化リスクの増大に関係

文献：Khera AV et al.Cholesterol Efflux Capacity, High-Density Lipoprotein Function, and Atherosclerosis.NEJM 2011; 364:127-135.

健常人および冠動脈疾患患者計996人を対象に、高比重リポ蛋白（HDL）のコレステロール排出能とアテローム性動脈硬化の関連を調査。コレステロール排出能は、HDLコレステロール値に関係なく、頸動脈内膜中膜厚および動脈硬化リスクと逆相関しており、動脈硬化の予測因子となりうることが示された。

Original Article

Cholesterol Efflux Capacity, High-Density Lipoprotein Function, and Atherosclerosis

Amit V. Khera, M.D., Marina Cuchel, M.D., Ph.D., Margarita de la Llera-Moya, Ph.D., Amrith Rodrigues, M.S., Megan F. Burke, B.A., Kashif Jafri, B.A., Benjamin C. French, Ph.D., Julie A. Phillips, Ph.D., Megan L. Mucksavage, M.Sc., Robert L. Wilensky, M.D., Emile R. Mohler, M.D., George H. Rothblat, Ph.D., and Daniel J. Rader, M.D.

N Engl J Med 2011; 364:127-135January 13, 2011

Background

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) may provide cardiovascular protection by promoting reverse cholesterol transport from macrophages. We hypothesized that the capacity of HDL to accept cholesterol from macrophages would serve as a predictor of atherosclerotic burden.

Methods

We measured cholesterol efflux capacity in 203 healthy volunteers who underwent assessment of carotid artery intima-media thickness, 442 patients with angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease, and 351 patients without such angiographically confirmed disease. We quantified efflux capacity by using a validated ex vivo system that involved incubation of macrophages with apolipoprotein B-depleted serum from the study participants.

Results

The levels of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I were significant determinants of cholesterol efflux capacity but accounted for less than 40% of the observed variation. An inverse relationship was noted between efflux capacity and carotid intima-media thickness both before and after adjustment for the HDL cholesterol level. Furthermore, efflux capacity was a strong inverse predictor of coronary disease status (adjusted odds ratio for coronary disease per 1-SD increase in efflux capacity, 0.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.59 to 0.83; P<0.001). This relationship was attenuated, but remained significant, after additional adjustment for the HDL cholesterol level (odds ratio per 1-SD increase, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.63 to 0.90; P=0.002) or apolipoprotein A-I level (odds ratio per 1-SD increase, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.89; P=0.002). Additional studies showed enhanced efflux capacity in patients with the metabolic syndrome and low HDL cholesterol levels who were treated with pioglitazone, but not in patients with hypercholesterolemia who were treated with statins.

Conclusions

Cholesterol efflux capacity from macrophages, a metric of HDL function, has a strong inverse association with both carotid intima-media thickness and the likelihood of angiographic coronary artery disease, independently of the HDL cholesterol level. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and others.)

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Source Information

From the Cardiovascular Institute (A.V.K., A.R., M.F.B., K.J., B.C.F., M.L.M., R.L.W., E.R.M., D.J.R.), the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (A.V.K., M.C., A.R., M.F.B., K.J., M.L.M., D.J.R.), and the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (B.C.F.), University of Pennsylvania; and the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (M.L.-M., G.H.R.)-both in Philadelphia; and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (J.A.P.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Cuchel or to Dr. Rader at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 654 BRBII/III, 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, or at mcuchel@mail.med.upenn.edu or rader@mail.med.upenn.edu

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