Angiopoietin-like protein 4 is a potent hyperlipidemia-inducing factor in mice and inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase
Studies with KK/San, obese and diabetic model mice having a unique hypotriglyceridemia phenotype, revealed that angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) regulates lipid metabolism in mice. To determine the lipid-modulating role of other ANGPTLs, we focused on ANGPTL4, which overall shows a significant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2002-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752032753X |
| Summary: | Studies with KK/San, obese and diabetic model mice having a unique hypotriglyceridemia phenotype, revealed that angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) regulates lipid metabolism in mice. To determine the lipid-modulating role of other ANGPTLs, we focused on ANGPTL4, which overall shows a significant similarity to ANGPTL3. Surprisingly, an intravenous injection of the ANGPTL4 protein in KK/San mice rapidly increased the circulating plasma lipid levels at a higher rate than ANGPTL3 protein.Furthermore, the ANGPTL4 protein inhibited the lipoprotein lipase activity in vitro. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-2275 |