Unlocking the mysteries of VLDL: exploring its production, intracellular trafficking, and metabolism as therapeutic targets
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Reducing circulating lipid levels is the centerpiece of strategies for preventing and treating atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite many available lipid-lowering medications, a substantial residual cardiovascular risk remains. Current clinical guidelines focus on plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). Recent attention has been given to very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), the precursor to LDL, and its role in the development of coronary atherosclerosis. Preclinical investigations have revealed that interventions targeting VLDL production or promoting VLDL metabolism, independent of the LDL receptor, can potentially decrease cholesterol levels and provide therapeutic benefits. Currently, methods, such as mipomersen, lomitapide, and ANGPTL3 inhibitors, are used to reduce plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels by regulating the lipidation, secretion, and metabolism of VLDL. Targeting VLDL represents an avenue for new lipid-lowering strategies. Interventions aimed at reducing VLDL production or enhancing VLDL metabolism, independent of the LDL receptor, hold promise for lowering cholesterol levels and providing therapeutic benefits beyond LDL in the management of ASCVD.
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ANGPTL3 inhibition accelerates triglyceride-rich lipoprotein processing and reduces LDL precursors while enhancing HDL catabolism.
“In contrast, ANGPTL3 inhibition accelerates triglyceride-rich lipoprotein processing and reduces LDL precursors while enhancing HDL catabolism, accounting for concurrent LDL-C reduction and modest HDL-C decrease (Zhang, 2021; Chen et al., 2024; Adam et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2015; Yasuda et al., 2010; Hooper and Burnett, 2013).”
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- Chen, J., Fang, Z., Luo, Q., Wang, X., Warda, M., Das, A., Oldoni, F., & Luo, F.
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- Peking University (CN)
- Cairo University (EG)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
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- Luo, Fei
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- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Lipids in Health and Disease (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ataturk University - AVESIS (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Greater South Information System
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (82201879, 82100495)
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2022JJ40675, 2021JJ40852)
- Scientific Research Project of Hunan Provincial Health Commission (202305037231, 202203014009)
- Scientific Research Launch Project for new employees of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province of China (2021SK2004)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
- Keywords
- VLDL, VLDL production, VLDL metabolism, intracellular trafficking, lipid modification, lipid secretion, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, residual cardiovascular risk, mipomersen, lomitapide, ANGPTL3 inhibitors, triglycerides, serum cholesterol
- MeSH terms
- Angiopoietin-Like Protein 3, Cholesterol, Humans, Lipoproteins, LDL, Lipoproteins, VLDL, Receptors, LDL, Atherosclerosis
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