Authors: Louhija J; Miettinen HE; Kontula K; Tikkanen MJ; Miettinen TA; Tilvis RS
Abstract: We determined the common polymorphism of apolipoprotein E (E2, E3, and E4), apolipoprotein B Xba I polymorphism, and apolipoprotein C-III Sst I polymorphism in almost all Finnish centenarians alive in 1991 (n = 179/185). Plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels in different apolipoprotein genotypes were also measured. In comparison with younger Finnish populations studied previously, the frequency of the apolipoprotein E epsilon 2 allele was almost twice as high (7.0% versus 4.1%; P < .05) and that of the epsilon 4 allele only approximately one third as high (8.4% versus 22.7%; P < .001) in the centenarians. Plasma cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels tended to be lowest in the group with the epsilon 2 allele (4.33 mmol/L and 1.41 mmol/L, respectively), intermediate in those with the epsilon 3 allele (4.57 mmol/L and 1.48 mmol/L, respectively), and highest in those with the epsilon 4 allele (4.82 mmol/L and 1.60 mmol/L, respectively). The frequencies of the apolipoprotein B X1 and X2 alleles (Xba I restriction site absent or present, respectively) among the centenarians and among the young Finns were not significantly different, whereas the apolipoprotein C-III S2 allele (Sst I restriction site present) occurred more often in the centenarians (frequency, 12.9%) than in the youngest reference population (frequency, 8.8%; P < .05). Centenarians with the apolipoprotein B X2X2 genotype and apolipoprotein E4 phenotype had a higher mean plasma cholesterol level than those with the X1X1 genotype and E2 phenotype (5.24 versus 3.43 mmol/L; P < .05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging/*blood/genetics; Alleles; Apolipoprotein E4; Apolipoproteins/analysis; Apolipoproteins E/analysis/*genetics; Child; Child, Preschool; Cholesterol/blood; Cholesterol, HDL/blood; Female; *Genetic Variation; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phenotype; Polymorphism, Genetic; Triglycerides/blood
Journal: Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology / American Heart Association Volume: 14 Issue: 7 Pages: 1084-9 Date: July 1, 1994 PMID: 8018664 |
Louhija J, Miettinen HE, Kontula K, Tikkanen MJ, Miettinen TA, Tilvis RS (1994) Aging and genetic variation of plasma apolipoproteins. Relative loss of the apolipoprotein E4 phenotype in centenarians. Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology / American Heart Association 14: 1084-9.
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