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. 2024 Nov:91:105841.
doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2024.105841. Epub 2024 Sep 5.

Dyslipidemias in multiple sclerosis

Taylor R Wicks  1 , Nasim Nehzat  1 , Anna Wolska  2 , Irina Shalaurova  3 , Richard W Browne  4 , Bianca Weinstock-Guttman  5 , Dejan Jakimovski  6 , Robert Zivadinov  7 , Alan T Remaley  2 , James Otvos  8 , Murali Ramanathan  9
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Dyslipidemias in multiple sclerosis

Taylor R Wicks et al. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the frequency of dyslipidemia phenotypes in multiple sclerosis and to assess the associations with lipoprotein particle size distributions.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 203 healthy controls (HC), 221 relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), and 126 progressive MS (PMS). A lipid profile with total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides, and apolipoprotein B levels were measured. Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, large buoyant LDL-C and small dense LDL-C were calculated using the Sampson-NIH equations method. Dyslipidemia phenotypes were categorized by their nonHDL-C and triglyceride values. The diameters and concentrations of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein particles (TRLP), LDL particles (LDLP), and HDL particles (HDLP) were measured with proton NMR lipoprotein profiling. Serum proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels were obtained using immunoassay.

Results: The frequencies of normolipidemia, and various dyslipidemia phenotypes were similar in HC, RRMS, and PMS. The size of the TRLP, very large TRLP, large TRLP, and small LDLP concentrations had a decreasing pattern of HC>RR>PMS. The lowest tertile of EDSS was associated with higher concentrations of HDLP and small HDLP in PMS. PCSK9 was associated with concentration of HDL particles, primarily via its effects on the concentration of small HDL particles.

Conclusions: There were no differences in the frequency of dyslipidemias in MS compared to healthy controls. Higher HDLP concentrations are associated with lower disability in PMS.

Keywords: Cholesterol; Dyslipidemia; LDL; Lipoproteins.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest Taylor R. Wicks, Nasim Nehzat, Richard Browne, Anna Wolska, Dejan Jakimovski, and James D. Otvos have nothing to disclose. Irina Shalaurova is an employee of LabCorp Diagnostics. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman has participated in speaker's bureaus and/or served as a consultant for Biogen, EMD Serono, Novartis, Genentech, Celgene/Bristol Meyers Squibb, Sanofi Genzyme, Bayer, Janssen, and Horizon. Dr. Weinstock-Guttman also has received grant/research support from the agencies listed. She serves on the editorial board for BMJ Neurology, Children, CNS Drugs, MS International and Frontiers Epidemiology. Dr. Robert Zivadinov has received speaker honoraria and consultant fees from Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sana Biotechnologies and EMD Serono. He has received research support from Mapi-Pharma, Protembis, Bristol Myers Squibb, CorEvitas, and Filterlex. Alan T. Remaley has a CRADA research agreement with Nissui Inc. Dr. Murali Ramanathan received research funding from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Department of Defense and National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. He receives royalty from a self-published textbook.

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