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If left untreated, pancreatitis can develop into a chronic condition that can damage the pancreas and, in rare cases, be life-threatening.
If left untreated, pancreatitis can develop into a chronic condition that can damage the pancreas and, in rare cases, be life-threatening.


===Complication===
===Complications===
Pancreatitis and recurrent episodes of abdominal pain may develop.
*Pancreatitis and recurrent episodes of abdominal pain may develop.
 
*Xanthomas are not usually painful unless they are rubbed a lot.
Xanthomas are not usually painful unless they are rubbed a lot.


===Prognosis===
===Prognosis===

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Vishal Devarkonda, M.B.B.S[2]


Synonyms and keywords: Type I hyperlipoproteinemia, Burger-Grutz syndrome, primary hyperlipoproteinemia, lipoprotein lipase deficiency, LPL deficiency, idiopathic hyperlipemia, essential hyperlipemia, familial hyperlipemia, lipase D deficiency, hyperlipoproteinemia type IA, familial chylomicronemia, familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency, and familial hyperchylomicronemia.


Overview

This very rare form is due to a deficiency of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) or altered apolipoprotein C2, resulting in elevated chylomicron which are the particles that transfer fatty acids from the digestive tract to the liver. Lipoprotein lipase is also responsible for the initial breakdown of endogenously made triacylglycerides in the form of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). As such, one would expect a defect in LPL to also result in elevated VLDL. Its prevalence is 0.1% of the population.

Classification

Type 1A

It occurs due to deficiency of lipoprotein lipase enzyme.

Type 1B

Altered apolipoprotein C2 causes type 1B hyperlipoproteinemia

Type 1C

Presence of LPL inhibitor is the cause of type 1C hyperlipoproteinemia

Historical Perspective

Pathophysiology

  • Type I hyperlipoproteinemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of lipoprotein metabolism. [1][2][3]

Pathogenesis

  • Lipoprotein lipase(LPL) hydrolysis Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TG) such as chylomicrons and very low-density lipoproteins. It catalyzes, the removal of TG from bloodstream generating free fatty acids for tissues.
  • For full enzymatic activity, LPL requires following cofactors:-
    • Apolipoprotein C-II and apolipoprotein A-V that are LPL activators
    • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein-binding protein
    • Lipase maturation factor 1
  • Development of Type I hyperlipoproteinemia is the result of functional mutations in one of all these genes result in type I hyperlipoproteinemia.

Familial lipoprotein lipase inhibitor

    • Familial lipoprotein lipase inhibitor seems to be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.
    • Postheparin plasma LPL activity is decreased, adipose tissue LPL activity is elevated, and plasma levels of functional apoC-I1 are normal.
  • Functionally inactive or absent lipoprotein lipase emzyme, results in massive accumulation of chylomicrons, with extremely high level of plasma triglycerides.

Causes

The cause of type 1 hyperlipidemia remains genetic.

Differential diagnosis

Diseases Laboratory Findings Physical Examination History and symptoms other findings
Familial combined hyperlipidemia
Monogenic familial hypertriglyceridemia
Secondary causes of hypertriglyceridemia
Diabetes mellitus
Paraproteinemic disorders
Alcohol usage
Estrogen thearapy
Glucocorticoids
Isotretinoin
Antihypertensive agents

Brunzell & Deeb 2001

Epidemiology and Demographics

Epidemiology

  • The disease has been described in all races. The prevalence is much higher in some areas of Quebec, Canada, as a result of a founder effect.
  • The prevalence of familial LPL deficiency is approximately one in 1,000,000 in the general US population.

Demographics

Age

  • 25% of affected children develop symptoms before one year of age.
  • Majority develop symptoms before ten years of age.
  • Few individuals develop symptoms, at the time of pregnancy.

Gender

  • Males and females are equally affected.

Screening

  • There are no screening guidelines for .
  • Evaluation of Relatives at Risk.It is appropriate to measure plasma triglyceride concentration in at-risk sibs during infancy; early diagnosis and implementation of dietary fat intake restriction can prevent symptoms and related medical complications.

Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis

Natural History

If left untreated, pancreatitis can develop into a chronic condition that can damage the pancreas and, in rare cases, be life-threatening.

Complications

  • Pancreatitis and recurrent episodes of abdominal pain may develop.
  • Xanthomas are not usually painful unless they are rubbed a lot.

Prognosis

  • People with this condition who follow a very low-fat diet can live into adulthood.

Diagnosis

To confirm/establish the diagnosis in a proband. Persistent severe hypertriglyceridemia (1000-2000 mg/dL) in an infant or child that is responsive to dietary fat intake is indicative of LPL deficiency.

When LPL deficiency is first suspected, a history of failure to thrive as an infant or recurrent abdominal pain as a child should be sought. A fasting plasma triglyceride concentration should be obtained at least once for documentation. Note: Neither measurement of post-heparin plasma LPL enzyme activity nor LPL molecular genetic testing is required to make a presumptive clinical diagnosis.

Carrier testing for at-risk relatives requires prior identification of the pathogenic variants in the family.

Note: Carriers are heterozygotes for this autosomal recessive disorder and are not at risk of developing the disorder.

Prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for at-risk pregnancies require prior identification of the pathogenic variants in the family.

History/symptoms

Abdominal pain (may appear as colic in infancy) Loss of appetite Nausea Pain in the muscles and bones (musculoskeletal pain) Vomiting The signs and symptoms of hyperlipoproteinemia type 1 usually begin during childhood. Approximately 25 percent of affected individuals develop symptoms before age 1. The characteristic features of hyperlipoproteinemia type 1 include: Abdominal pain (may manifest as colic in infancy) Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite Failure to thrive in infancy Musculoskeletal pain (pain in the muscles and bones) Xanthomas (small, yellow, fat deposits in the skin) Pancreatitis Enlarged liver and spleen

Familial lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency usually presents in childhood with episodes of abdominal pain, recurrent acute pancreatitis, eruptive cutaneous xanthomata, and hepatosplenomegaly. Males and females are affected equally.

Approximately 25% of affected children develop symptoms before age one year and the majority develop symptoms before age ten years; however, some individuals present for the first time during pregnancy. The severity of symptoms correlates with the degree of chylomicronemia, which varies by dietary fat intake.

The abdominal pain, which can vary from mildly bothersome to incapacitating, is usually mid-epigastric with radiation to the back. It may be diffuse and mimic an acute abdomen, often leading to unnecessary abdominal exploratory surgery. The pain probably results from chylomicronemia leading to pancreatitis.

Kawashiri et al [2005] reported that individuals with LPL deficiency can lead a fairly normal life on a diet very low in total fat content. The secondary complications of pancreatitis — diabetes mellitus, steatorrhea, and pancreatic calcification — are unusual in individuals with familial LPL deficiency and rarely occur before middle age. Pancreatitis in LPL deficiency may rarely be associated with total pancreatic necrosis and death.

About 50% of individuals with familial LPL deficiency have eruptive xanthomas, small yellow papules localized over the trunk, buttocks, knees, and extensor surfaces of the arms. Xanthomas are deposits of lipid in the skin that result from the extravascular phagocytosis of chylomicrons by macrophages. They can appear rapidly when plasma triglyceride concentration exceeds 2000 mg/dL.

Xanthomas may become generalized. As a single lesion, they may be several millimeters in diameter; rarely, they may coalesce into plaques. They are usually not tender unless they occur at a site susceptible to repeated abrasion.

Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly often occur when plasma triglyceride concentrations are markedly increased. The organomegaly results from triglyceride uptake by macrophages, which become foam cells.

When triglyceride concentrations exceed 4000 mg/dL, the retinal arterioles and venules, and often the fundus itself, develop a pale pink color ("lipemia retinalis"), caused by light scattering by large chylomicrons. This coloration is reversible and vision is not affected.

Reversible neuropsychiatric findings, including mild dementia, depression, and memory loss, have also been reported with chylomicronemia

Physical examination

Signs of this condition include:

Enlarged liver and spleen Failure to thrive in infancy Fatty deposits in the skin (xanthomas) High triglyceride levels in the blood Pale retinas and white-colored blood vessels in the retinas Pancreatitis that keeps returning Yellowing of the eyes and skin (jaundice

Laboratory finding

Laboratory finding
Phenotype Lipoprotein(s)

Elevated

Serum total

cholesterol

Serum

triglycerides

Plasma

appearance

Postheparin

lipolytic

activity

Glucose

tolerance

Carbohydrate

inducibility

Fat tolerance
Hyperlipoproteinemia type 1 Chylomicrons Normal to

elevated

Elevated Creamy Decreased Normal May be abnormal Markedly abnormal

Testing

Chylomicronemia / plasma triglyceride concentration

Affected individuals Chylomicrons are large lipoprotein particles that appear in the circulation shortly after the ingestion of dietary fat; normally, they are cleared from plasma after an overnight fast. In familial LPL deficiency, clearance of chylomicrons from the plasma is impaired, causing triglycerides to accumulate in plasma and the plasma to have a milky ("lactescent" or "lipemic") appearance. Plasma triglyceride concentrations In the presence of chylomicrons plasma triglyceride concentrations can be estimated fairly accurately by visual inspection. Plasma triglyceride concentrations are usually greater than 2000 mg/dL in the untreated state. It is important to measure the plasma triglyceride concentration once as a baseline. Routine measurement of non-fasting plasma triglyceride concentration can be used when fasting samples are difficult to obtain (e.g., in infants). Plasma triglyceride concentration is an excellent measure of compliance with dietary fat restrictions. Carriers. Heterozygotes have normal to moderately elevated plasma triglyceride concentrations. Measurement of lipoprotein lipase enzyme activity

Affected individuals. The diagnosis of familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency is confirmed by detection of low or absent LPL enzyme activity in an assay system that contains either normal plasma or apoprotein C-II (a cofactor of LPL) and excludes hepatic lipase (HL). LPL enzyme activity can be assayed in plasma ten minutes following intravenous administration of heparin (60 U/kg body wt). The absence of lipoprotein lipase enzyme activity in postheparin plasma is diagnostic of familial LPL deficiency. LPL enzyme activity may be assayed directly in biopsies of adipose tissue. LPL enzyme activity can be measured in selected children and young adults. For more information, contact the author at ude.notgnihsaw.u@lleznurb. Carriers. Heterozygotes exhibit a 50% decrease of LPL enzyme activity in plasma following intravenous administration of heparin. Molecular Genetic Testing

Gene. LPL is the only gene in which pathogenic variants are known to cause familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency.

Clinical testing

Table 1.

Summary of Molecular Genetic Testing Used in Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency

Gene 1 Test Method Variants Detected 2 Variant Detection Frequency by Test Method 3 LPL Sequence analysis Sequence variants 4 (including p.Gly188Glu 5) ~97% 6 Deletion/duplication analysis 7 Partial- and whole-gene deletions and duplications ~3% 8 1. See Table A. Genes and Databases for chromosome locus and protein.

2. See Molecular Genetics for information on allelic variants.

3. The ability of the test method used to detect a pathogenic variant that is present in the indicated gene

4. Examples of pathogenic variants detected by sequence analysis may include small intragenic deletions/insertions and missense, nonsense, and splice site variants; typically, exon or whole-gene deletions/duplications are not detected. For issues to consider in interpretation of sequence analysis results, click here.

5. The pathogenic variant p.Gly188Glu, common in Europe, is present in fewer than 40% of individuals with LPL deficiency.

6. Brunzell & Deeb [2001], Gilbert et al [2001]

7. Testing that identifies exon or whole-gene deletions/duplications not readily detectable by sequence analysis of the coding and flanking intronic regions of genomic DNA; included in the variety of methods that may be used are: quantitative PCR, long-range PCR, multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA), and chromosomal microarray (CMA) that includes this gene/chromosome segment.

8. Brunzell & Deeb [2001]

Testing Strategy

To confirm/establish the diagnosis in a proband. Persistent severe hypertriglyceridemia (1000-2000 mg/dL) in an infant or child that is responsive to dietary fat intake is indicative of LPL deficiency.

When LPL deficiency is first suspected, a history of failure to thrive as an infant or recurrent abdominal pain as a child should be sought. A fasting plasma triglyceride concentration should be obtained at least once for documentation. Note: Neither measurement of post-heparin plasma LPL enzyme activity nor LPL molecular genetic testing is required to make a presumptive clinical diagnosis.

Carrier testing for at-risk relatives requires prior identification of the pathogenic variants in the family.

Note: Carriers are heterozygotes for this autosomal recessive disorder and are not at risk of developing the disorder.

Prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for at-risk pregnancies require prior identification of the pathogenic variants in the family

Treatment

The main therapeutical approach of Type I hyperlipoproteinemia is based on diet treatment to reduce triglyceride (TG) levels.20 TG-lowering drugs, such as niacin and fibrates, are not effective in patients with type I hyperlipoproteinemia.21 Orlistat, a gastric lipase inhibitor that reduces fat availability, has been used successfully in the treatment of moderate and severe LPL deficiency.22 and 23 Recently, gene replacement using alipogene tiparvovec has been the very first therapy approved by European Medicines Agency for the treatment of type I hyperlipoproteinemia.24 Alipogene tiparvovec introduces a human LPL gene into the body, resulting in the production of functional LPL. 25 However, this gene therapy is indicated only in adults with genetic diagnosis of LPL deficiency who have had recurrent pancreatitis and with a residual lipoprotein mass in the circulation. 24 and 26 Thus, careful genetic screening and functional testing of LPL are required to identify patients eligible for this new therapeutic approach.

Pregnancy Management

During pregnancy in a woman with LPL deficiency, extreme dietary fat restriction to less than two grams per day during the second and third trimester with close monitoring of plasma triglyceride concentration can result in delivery of a normal infant with normal plasma concentrations of essential fatty acids [Al-Shali et al 2002].

One woman with LPL deficiency delivered a normal child following a one-gram fat diet and treatment with gemfibrozil (600 mg 1x/day) [Tsai et al 2004]. Despite concerns about the possibility of essential fatty acid deficiency in the newborn, normal essential fatty acids were found in cord blood, as were normal levels of fibrate metabolites.

Prevention

Genetic counseling.

Familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Each sib of an affected individual has a 25% chance of being affected, a 50% chance of being an asymptomatic carrier, and a 25% chance of being unaffected and not a carrier. Carrier testing for at-risk relatives and prenatal testing for pregnancies at increased risk are possible if the pathogenic variants in the family are known.

Prevention of Primary Manifestations

Medical nutrition therapy. Maintaining the plasma triglyceride concentration at less than 2000 mg/dL keeps the individual with familial LPL deficiency free of symptoms. This can be accomplished by restriction of dietary fat to no more than 20 g/day or 15% of total energy intake.

Prevention of Secondary Complications

Prevention of acute recurrent pancreatitis decreases the risk of development of diabetes mellitus. Fat malabsorption is very rare.



  1. Pingitore P, Lepore SM, Pirazzi C, Mancina RM, Motta BM, Valenti L; et al. (2016). "Identification and characterization of two novel mutations in the LPL gene causing type I hyperlipoproteinemia". J Clin Lipidol. 10 (4): 816–23. doi:10.1016/j.jacl.2016.02.015. PMID 27578112.
  2. Young SG, Zechner R (2013). "Biochemistry and pathophysiology of intravascular and intracellular lipolysis". Genes Dev. 27 (5): 459–84. doi:10.1101/gad.209296.112. PMC 3605461. PMID 23475957.
  3. Pasalić D, Jurcić Z, Stipancić G, Ferencak G, Leren TP, Djurovic S; et al. (2004). "Missense mutation W86R in exon 3 of the lipoprotein lipase gene in a boy with chylomicronemia". Clin Chim Acta. 343 (1–2): 179–84. doi:10.1016/j.cccn.2004.01.029. PMID 15115692.

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