PCSK9 Modulates the Secretion But Not the Cellular Uptake of Lipoprotein(a) Ex Vivo: An Effect Blunted by Alirocumab

To elucidate how the proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor alirocumab modulates lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] plasma levels, the authors performed a series of Lp(a) uptake studies in primary human hepatocytes and dermal fibroblasts and measured Lp(a) secretion from human hepatocyt...

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Autores principales: Villard, Elise F., Thedrez, Aurélie, Blankenstein, Jorg, Croyal, Mikaël, Tran, Thi-Thu-Trang, Poirier, Bruno, Le Bail, Jean-Christophe, Illiano, Stéphane, Nobécourt, Estelle, Krempf, Michel, Blom, Dirk J., Marais, A. David, Janiak, Philip, Muslin, Anthony J., Guillot, Etienne, Lambert, Gilles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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PRECLINICAL RESEARCH
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.06.006
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Sumario:To elucidate how the proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor alirocumab modulates lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] plasma levels, the authors performed a series of Lp(a) uptake studies in primary human hepatocytes and dermal fibroblasts and measured Lp(a) secretion from human hepatocytes. They found that Lp(a) cellular uptake occurred in a low-density lipoprotein receptor–independent manner. Neither PCSK9 nor alirocumab altered Lp(a) internalization. By contrast, the secretion of apolipoprotein (a) from human hepatocytes was sharply increased by PCSK9, an effect that was reversed by alirocumab. They propose that PCSK9 does not significantly modulate Lp(a) catabolism, but rather enhances the secretion of Lp(a) from liver cells.

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