Acquired lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency in nephrotic syndrome

Author:

Vaziri N. D.1,Liang K.1,Parks J. S.2

Affiliation:

1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697; and

2. Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157

Abstract

Lecithin-cholesterol acetyltransferase (LCAT) is involved in the synthesis of plasma cholesteryl esters and is pivotal in the maturation of plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and conversion of HDL3 to HDL2. In nephrotic syndrome (NS), the ratio of HDL2 to HDL3 is low even though the total concentration of HDL is generally normal. We hypothesize that the reduced HDL2/HDL3 ratio in NS is due to urinary losses of LCAT, leading to plasma LCAT deficiency. To test this hypothesis, Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to NS (given 130 mg puromycin aminonucleoside on day 1 and 60 mg ip on day 14) or control groups and were studied on day 30. To dissect the effect of proteinuria from hypoalbuminemia, a group of Nagase rats with inherited hypoalbuminemia was included. Hepatic LCAT and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA abundance and plasma and urine LCAT activity were measured. The NS group showed a fourfold rise in serum cholesterol and triglycerides, a fivefold rise in free cholesterol, and a fourfold fall in the HDL-to-total cholesterol ratio. Despite severe hypoalbuminemia, the Nagase rats showed only a mild elevation of serum cholesterol and triglycerides with a normal serum free cholesterol and HDL-to-total cholesterol ratio. The NS group exhibited a normal hepatic LCAT-to-GAPDH mRNA ratio, a marked reduction in plasma LCAT activity, and a significant increase in urinary LCAT excretion. LCAT/GAPDH mRNA and plasma and urine LCAT were normal in Nagase rats. Thus NS led to heavy urinary losses and reduced plasma concentration of LCAT, despite normal hepatic LCAT mRNA abundance. However, hypoalbuminemia, per se, without proteinuria as seen in the Nagase rats had no effect on plasma LCAT or the HDL-to-total cholesterol ratio. Therefore, proteinuria, not hypoalbuminemia, causes LCAT deficiency and a depressed HDL-to-total cholesterol ratio in NS.

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology

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