Lipoprotein Lipase Mass and Activity in Plasma and Their Increase After Heparin Are Separate Parameters With Different Relations to Plasma Lipoproteins

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Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity and mass in plasma and their increase after heparin administration were measured in 61 men who had suffered myocardial infarction before the age of 45 years and in 69 population-based age- and sex-matched control subjects without coronary heart disease to study the relations between these parameters in plasma and their correlations with plasma lipoproteins in subjects with a wide range of lipoprotein and LPL levels. There was a relatively large amount of LPL protein compared with LPL activity in preheparin plasma, indicating that the majority of circulating LPL is catalytically inactive. LPL mass and activity in postheparin plasma (postheparin minus preheparin values) were highly correlated, and the calculated mean specific activity (0.35 mU/ng) was in the range expected for catalytically active LPL. Hence, heparin releases mainly active LPL. The four LPL parameters (mass and activity in plasma and their increase after heparin administration) were not related to ...

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