Dissecting the Genetic Architecture of Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Apolipoproteins

Snieder, Harold; Doornen, Lorenz J.P. van; Boomsma, Dorret I.

doi:10.1161/01.atv.19.12.2826

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“…Previous studies indicated existence of age-dependent gene expression in some lipids during adulthood and adolescence Nance et al, 1998;Snieder et al, 1997Snieder et al, , 1999. Our previous studies (Middelberg et al, 2005, 2006), which examined younger (< 30 years old) and older (> 30 years old) adult groups, showed that covariation in lipid levels across time is largely influenced by additive genetic factors and effects of unique environment are largely specific to the different occasions.…”

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A Longitudinal Genetic Study of Plasma Lipids in Adolescent Twins

2007

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P lasma lipids such as high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol and triglyceride levels contribute to variation in the risk of cardiovascular disease. The early stages of atherosclerosis in childhood have also been associated with changes in triglycerides, LDL and HDL. Heritability estimates for lipids and lipoproteins for adolescents are in the range .71 to .82, but little is known about changes of genetic and environmental influences over time in adolescence. We have investigated the contribution of genetic and environmental influences to variation in lipids in adolescent twins and their nontwin siblings using longitudinal twin and family data. Plasma HDL and LDL cholesterol, total cholesterol and triglycerides data from 965 twin pairs at 12, 14 and 16 years of age and their siblings have been analyzed.

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A Longitudinal Genetic Study of Plasma Lipids in Adolescent Twins

2007

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“…No evidence was found indicating that lipids are influenced by different genes before and after menopause. A recent review of twin studies of lipids and (apo)lipoproteins 11 showed that most studies report h 2 estimates between 40% and 80% for total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. Estimates of h 2 for apoA1 and apoB were roughly within the same range as for lipid levels.…”

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“…11 Only one study, which reported on HDL alone, focused on the effect of menopause and found that postmenopausal monozygotic (MZ) twins were more similar (rϭ0.79) than premenopausal MZ twins (rϭ0.61), whereas dizygotic (DZ) similarity did not change (rϭ0. 31 and rϭ0.32, respectively).…”

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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Apolipoproteins

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Objective-Levels of lipids and (apo)lipoproteins are known to increase after menopause, but it is unknown whether the genetic and environmental variability alters or whether lipids and (apo)lipoproteins are influenced by different genes before and after menopause. Methods and Results-We studied 453 monozygotic and 1280 dizygotic pairs of female white twins recruited from the St. Thomas' UK Adult Twin Registry and measured total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides, lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), and apolipoprotein B (apoB).Variance components software was used to estimate genetic and environmental influences on serum lipid levels in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Total variance was higher for triglycerides, HDL, and apoB after menopause. Postmenopausal women showed larger genetic variance for most lipids, apart from apoB and Lp(a). In premenopausal females, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, apoA1, and apoB all showed an influence of the shared environment (22% to 34%), which, after menopause, decreased in HDL and completely disappeared in total cholesterol, LDL, and apoA1. Only for Lp(a), with a high heritability of 87%, did the same model fit premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Generally, there was no indication that different genes influence lipids before and after menopause. Key Words: lipids Ⅲ genetics Ⅲ twin study Ⅲ menopause P ostmenopausal women are 2 to 3 times more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease than are premenopausal women. 1,2 Part of this increased risk is likely to be due to adverse changes in lipids and (apo)lipoproteins after menopause. Levels of total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides, and apoB have been reported to increase, 3,4 probably (at least partly) because of a reduction in LDL receptor activity in response to the gradual decline in blood estrogen levels in the perimenopausal years. 5,6 Levels of lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins, which have been established as important predictors of atherosclerotic coronary disease, 7 vary considerably over a lifespan, and their phenotypic variance generally shows an increase with age. 8 -11 Such an increase in lipid and (apo)lipoprotein variance may be due to interindividual variation in the rise of lipid levels over time, and several studies now indicate that different genetic and/or environmental factors are likely to be involved at different ages. 10,12,13 Superimposed on the global change across the whole lifespan, 4 specific time periods are associated with more dramatic changes. Menopause is one of these; the others are old age, adolescence, and the first years after birth. Conclusions-TheseWe recently reviewed twin studies of lipids and (apo)lipoproteins and showed that most studies report heritability (h 2 ) estimates between 40% and 80% for total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, apoA1, and apoB, with Lp(a) h 2 values of Ϸ90%. 11 Only one study, which reported on HDL alone, focused on the effect of menopause and found that postmenopausal m...

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“…Heritabilities of lipids have been estimated between 50% and 80% for total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides, but twin and family studies have almost exclusively involved Caucasians (Snieder et al, 1999). As a consequence relatively little is known about potential ethnic differences in genetic and environmental influences on lipids.…”

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