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Apolipoprotein B polymorphism and altered apolipoprotein B concentrations in Congolese blacks. 1991

H J Parra, and F Martin, and F Monard, and N Ngangoué, and N Copin, and J M Bard, and M Qafli, and N Vu Dac, and P Duriez, and J C Fruchart
Service de Recherche sur les Lipoprotéines et l' Athérosclérose (SERLIA), Institut Pasteur, Lille, France.

The immunoreactivity of apolipoprotein B (apo B) in plasma obtained from 238 unrelated black African male subjects from the People's Republic of Congo was analysed by non-competitive Enzyme Linked-Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) with monoclonal BIP 45 anti-LDL antibody. The polymorphism detected by BIP 45 monoclonal antibody is identical to the Ag(c,g) polymorphism. Antibody BIP 45 distinguishes three apo B allotypes (immunophenotypes) encoded by the two allelic genes apo B Ag(c) and apo B Ag(g). Because of co-dominant transmission, genotypes may be inferred from allotypes, and it has been shown that BIP 45 binds strongly to the Ag(c) factor and only weakly to the allelic Ag(g) factor. Analysis of the Congolese plasma samples indicated that 67.65% of them bound BIP 45 with low affinity (Ag(c-,g+) genotype), 28.15% with intermediate affinity (Ag(c+,g+) genotype) and 4.20% with high affinity (Ag(c+,g-) genotype). According to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, this corresponds to gene frequencies of 0.817 and 0.183 for the type Ag(g)/Ag(c) alleles, respectively. After adjustment for age and body-mass index, it was found that the Ag(c) allele decreases the apo B level by 9.62 mg/dl and that the Ag(g) allele increases apo B by 0.43 mg/dl. Therefore, as much as 4.30% of the genetic variance for apo B level could be accounted for by the Ag(c,g) gene locus.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008055 Lipids A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Lipid
D008074 Lipoproteins Lipid-protein complexes involved in the transportation and metabolism of lipids in the body. They are spherical particles consisting of a hydrophobic core of TRIGLYCERIDES and CHOLESTEROL ESTERS surrounded by a layer of hydrophilic free CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; and APOLIPOPROTEINS. Lipoproteins are classified by their varying buoyant density and sizes. Circulating Lipoproteins,Lipoprotein,Lipoproteins, Circulating
D008297 Male Males
D011110 Polymorphism, Genetic The regular and simultaneous occurrence in a single interbreeding population of two or more discontinuous genotypes. The concept includes differences in genotypes ranging in size from a single nucleotide site (POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE) to large nucleotide sequences visible at a chromosomal level. Gene Polymorphism,Genetic Polymorphism,Polymorphism (Genetics),Genetic Polymorphisms,Gene Polymorphisms,Polymorphism, Gene,Polymorphisms (Genetics),Polymorphisms, Gene,Polymorphisms, Genetic
D003223 Congo A republic in central Africa lying between GABON and DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO and south of Cameroon. Its capital is Brazzaville. Republic of the Congo,Congo (Brazzaville)
D005787 Gene Frequency The proportion of one particular in the total of all ALLELES for one genetic locus in a breeding POPULATION. Allele Frequency,Genetic Equilibrium,Equilibrium, Genetic,Allele Frequencies,Frequencies, Allele,Frequencies, Gene,Frequency, Allele,Frequency, Gene,Gene Frequencies
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000483 Alleles Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product. Allelomorphs,Allele,Allelomorph
D000941 Antigens Substances that are recognized by the immune system and induce an immune reaction. Antigen
D001055 Apolipoproteins B Major structural proteins of triacylglycerol-rich LIPOPROTEINS. There are two forms, apolipoprotein B-100 and apolipoprotein B-48, both derived from a single gene. ApoB-100 expressed in the liver is found in low-density lipoproteins (LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL). ApoB-48 expressed in the intestine is found in CHYLOMICRONS. They are important in the biosynthesis, transport, and metabolism of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins. Plasma Apo-B levels are high in atherosclerotic patients but non-detectable in ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA. Apo-B,Apo B,ApoB,Apoprotein (B),Apoproteins B

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