Autoantibodies against Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Correlate with Achilles Tendon Xanthomas
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Masahiko Okada
Abstract
Although there is increasing evidence for anti-oxidized low-densitiy lipoprotein (LDL) autoantibodies in human sera, their diagnostic utility remains controversial. We examined the difference in autoantibody titers between patients with Achilles tendon xanthoma and control subjects. Fifteen hyperlipidemic patients with Achilles tendon xanthoma (group A+) and 94 hyperlipidemic patients without Achilles tendon xanthoma (group A−) were studied. Quantification of anti-oxidized LDL and anti-native LDL autoantibodies was performed using an ELISA method. To calculate antibody titers, we used the ratio between the spectrophotometric reading of anti-oxidized LDL and anti-native LDL wells. Using oxidized LDL that was purified by gel-permeation chromatography as antigen, immunoglobulin G level differed significantly between groups A+ and A− (p ＜ 0.01). In contrast, using native and oxidized LDL as antigens without chromatographical purification revealed no significant difference between the two groups. Furthermore, immunoglobulin autoantibody titer did not correlate with age, body mass index, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, or triglyceride in the entire group of subjects. Thus, immunoglobulin G autoantibody values appear to correlate with Achilles tendon xanthoma.
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