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The purpose of this study is to examine the role of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD) in triglyceride metabolism.


Clinical Trial Description

Increased fasting serum triglyceride levels are associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease. However, triglyceride levels in the postprandial state are a more sensitive marker of coronary artery disease. Postprandial elevations in triglycerides result from a decrease in the catabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, i.e. chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). This leads to an accumulation of atherogenic remnants of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Although fasting triglycerides are the best predictors of postprandial triglycerides, differences in fasting triglycerides only partially account for the variation in magnitude of postprandial triglycerides. Recently, we have identified a new protein involved in triglyceride-rich lipoprotein catabolism, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD). We have shown that elevated levels of GPI-PLD are associated with increased fasting triglyceride levels. Serum GPI-PLD is associated with high density lipoproteins (HDL) in the fasting state and exchange onto VLDL in the postprandial state. Hepatic GPI-PLD decreases triglyceride-rich lipoprotein catabolism in the liver. Hepatic and serum GPI-PLD levels are decreased by peroxisome proliferator receptor (PPAR) alpha agonist treatment, which also reduces fasting and postprandial triglycerides. The central hypothesis of this application is that variations in GPI-PLD expression account for a portion of the differences in fasting and postprandial triglycerides among humans.

The objective of this proposal is to determine the role of GPI-PLD in regulating fasting triglycerides and post-prandial hypertriglyceridemia in humans. This will be accomplished by conducting a double blind, placebo controlled study in humans examining the effect of gemfibrozil on fasting and postprandial triglycerides in relationship to the variation and changes in GPI-PLD before and after gemfibrozil.

Our specific objectives are:

- 1a) Determine the extent to which variations in GPI-PLD account for differences in fasting and postprandial triglycerides

- 1b) Establish the degree to which the lowering of fasting and postprandial triglycerides by gemfibrozil is accounted for by changes in GPI-PLD.

- 2) Quantify the changes in serum GPI-PLD and distribution of GPI-PLD among lipoproteins in the postprandial state.

This will be the first prospective bench-to-bedside study examining the role of GPI-PLD in triglyceride metabolism. This proposal will be the first in humans examining 1) the role of a novel protein, GPI-PLD, in triglyceride metabolism, and 2) the effect of gemfibrozil, a drug currently used clinically to lower triglyceride levels, on GPI-PLD levels in humans. It is expected that the results from this study will increase our understanding of triglyceride metabolism and develop new information in understanding the regulation of GPI-PLD and its relationship to triglyceride metabolism. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT00108511
Study type Interventional
Source VA Office of Research and Development
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 1
Start date October 2004
Completion date September 2007

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