著者

Mariko Harada-Shiba Takao Ohta Akira Ohtake Masatsune Ogura Kazushige Dobashi Atsushi Nohara Shizuya Yamashita Koutaro Yokote Joint Working Group by Japan Pediatric Society and Japan Atherosclerosis Society for Making Guidance of Pediatric Familial Hypercholesterolemia

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CR002, (Released:2018-02-06)

参考文献数

49

被引用文献数

63

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This paper describes consensus statement by Joint Working Group by Japan Pediatric Society and Japan Atherosclerosis Society for Making Guidance of Pediatric Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) in order to improve prognosis of FH.FH is a common genetic disease caused by mutations in genes related to low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor pathway. Because patients with FH have high LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) levels from the birth, atherosclerosis begins and develops during childhood which determines the prognosis. Therefore, in order to reduce their lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease, patients with FH need to be diagnosed as early as possible and appropriate treatment should be started.Diagnosis of pediatric heterozygous FH patients is made by LDL-C ≥140 mg/dL, and family history of FH or premature CAD. When the diagnosis is made, they need to improve their lifestyle including diet and exercise which sometimes are not enough to reduce LDL-C levels. For pediatric FH aged ≥10 years, pharmacotherapy needs to be considered if the LDL-C level is persistently above 180 mg/dL. Statins are the first line drugs starting from the lowest dose and are increased if necessary. The target LDL-C level should ideally be <140 mg/dL. Assessment of atherosclerosis is mainly performed by noninvasive methods such as ultrasound.For homozygous FH patients, the diagnosis is made by existence of skin xanthomas or tendon xanthomas from infancy, and untreated LDL-C levels are approximately twice those of heterozygous FH parents. The responsiveness to pharmacotherapy should be ascertained promptly and if the effect of treatment is not enough, LDL apheresis needs to be immediately initiated.

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Mariko Harada-Shiba Hidenori Arai Yasushi Ishigaki Shun Ishibashi Tomonori Okamura Masatsune Ogura Kazushige Dobashi Atsushi Nohara Hideaki Bujo Katsumi Miyauchi Shizuya Yamashita Koutaro Yokote Working Group by Japan Atherosclerosis Society for Making Guidance of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CR003, (Released:2018-06-07)

参考文献数

74

被引用文献数

167

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Statement1. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal hereditary disease with the 3 major clinical features of hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, premature coronary artery disease and tendon and skin xanthomas. As there is a considerably high risk of coronary artery disease, in addition to early diagnosis and intensive treatment, family screening (cascade screening) is required (Recommendation level A)2.For a diagnosis of FH, at least 2 of the following criteria should be satisfied:① LDL-C ≥180 mg/dL, ② Tendon/skin xanthomas, ③ History of FH or premature coronary artery disease (CAD) within 2nd degree blood relatives (Recommendation level A)3. Intensive lipid-lowering therapy is necessary for the treatment of FH. First-line drug should be statin. (Recommendation level A, evidence level 3)4.Screening for coronary artery disease as well as asymptomatic atherosclerosis should be conducted periodically in FH patients. (Recommendation level A)5. For homozygous FH, consider LDL apheresis and treatment with PCSK9 inhibitors or MTP inhibitors. (Recommendation level A)6.For severe forms of heterozygous FH who have resistant to drug therapy, consider PCSK9 inhibitors and LDL apheresis. (Recommendation level A)7.Refer FH homozygotes as well as heterozygotes who are resistant to drug therapy, who are children or are pregnant or have the desire to bear children to a specialist. (Recommendation level A)

著者

Masahito Michikura Masatsune Ogura Masahiro Yamamoto Masahiko Sekimoto Chizuru Fuke Mika Hori Koji Arai Shinji Kihara Kiminori Hosoda Koji Yanagi Mariko Harada-Shiba

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.81, no.12, pp.1879-1885, 2017-11-24 (Released:2017-11-24)

参考文献数

20

被引用文献数

34 32

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Background:Difficulty in detecting and measuring Achilles tendon (AT) xanthomas may be responsible for underdiagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). We aimed to determine a cutoff value for AT thickness (AT-T) using ultrasonography to diagnose FH, and to investigate the relationship between AT-T and atherosclerosis.Methods and Results:Ultrasonographic AT-T and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were evaluated in 130 genetically diagnosed FH patients and 155 non-FH patients. The outline and internal properties of the AT could be clearly determined using ultrasonography, and a good correlation in AT-T was observed between ultrasonography and the conventional method of X-ray radiography (r=0.924, P<0.001). Cutoff values for the diagnosis of FH derived from receiver-operating curves were 5.8 mm (sensitivity 71%, specificity 78%) in men, and 5.5 mm (sensitivity 80%, specificity 81%) in women. Importantly, increased AT-T was positively associated with carotid IMT only in the FH group. Additionally, increased AT-T was associated with the presence of coronary artery disease in a logistic regression analysis adjusted for traditional cardiovascular risk factors.Conclusions:This is the first study to determine a cutoff value for AT-T based on ultrasonography for the diagnosis of FH in Japanese subjects. Clearer detection and easier measurement of AT-T using ultrasonography would encourage clinicians to diagnose FH more actively, and could solve the problem of underdiagnosis of FH.

著者

Hayato Tada Mika Hori Kota Matsuki Masatsune Ogura Atsushi Nohara Masa-aki Kawashiri Mariko Harada-Shiba

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.62869, (Released:2021-07-01)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

5 18

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Aim: The 2017 Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) criteria adopt a cut-off value of ≥ 9 mm of Achilles tendon thickness (ATT) detected by X-ray as one of the three key items. This threshold was determined based on an old data evaluating the ATT of 36 non-FH individuals that was published in 1977. Although the specificity of these clinical criteria is extremely high due to a strict threshold, there are a significant number of patients with FH whose ATT <9 mm. We aimed to determine a cut-off value of ATT detected by X-ray to differentiate FH and non-FH based on genetic diagnosis. Methods: The individuals (male/female=486/501) with full assessments of genetic analyses for FH-genes (LDLR and PCSK9), serum lipids, and ATT detected by X-ray at the Kanazawa University Hospital and National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute were included in this study. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were conducted to determine a better cut-off value of ATT that predicts the pathogenic mutation of FH. Results: The ROC analyses revealed that the best cut-off values of ATT are 7.6 mm for male and 7.0 mm for female, with the sensitivities/specificities of 0.83/0.83 for male and 0.86/0.85 for female, respectively. If the thresholds of ATT of 8.0/7.5 mm and 7.5/7.0 mm were applied to the diagnosis of male/female FH, the sensitivities/specificities predicting the pathogenic mutation of FH by the 2017 JAS FH clinical criteria would be 0.82/0.90 and 0.85/0.88, respectively. Conclusions: These results suggest that the cut-off value of ATT detected by X-ray is obviously lower than 9.0 mm, which was adopted by the 2017 JAS FH clinical criteria.

著者

Hayato Tada Mika Hori Kota Matsuki Masatsune Ogura Atsushi Nohara Masa-aki Kawashiri Mariko Harada-Shiba

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.29, no.6, pp.816-824, 2022-06-01 (Released:2022-06-01)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

5 18

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Aim: The 2017 Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) criteria adopt a cut-off value of ≥ 9 mm of Achilles tendon thickness (ATT) detected by X-ray as one of the three key items. This threshold was determined based on an old data evaluating the ATT of 36 non-FH individuals that was published in 1977. Although the specificity of these clinical criteria is extremely high due to a strict threshold, there are a significant number of patients with FH whose ATT <9 mm. We aimed to determine a cut-off value of ATT detected by X-ray to differentiate FH and non-FH based on genetic diagnosis.Methods: The individuals (male/female=486/501) with full assessments of genetic analyses for FH-genes (LDLR and PCSK9), serum lipids, and ATT detected by X-ray at the Kanazawa University Hospital and National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute were included in this study. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were conducted to determine a better cut-off value of ATT that predicts the pathogenic mutation of FH. Results: The ROC analyses revealed that the best cut-off values of ATT are 7.6 mm for male and 7.0 mm for female, with the sensitivities/specificities of 0.83/0.83 for male and 0.86/0.85 for female, respectively. If the thresholds of ATT of 8.0/7.5 mm and 7.5/7.0 mm were applied to the diagnosis of male/female FH, the sensitivities/specificities predicting the pathogenic mutation of FH by the 2017 JAS FH clinical criteria would be 0.82/0.90 and 0.85/0.88, respectively.Conclusions: These results suggest that the cut-off value of ATT detected by X-ray is obviously lower than 9.0 mm, which was adopted by the 2017 JAS FH clinical criteria.

著者

Hayato Tada Akihiro Nomura Masatsune Ogura Katsunori Ikewaki Yasushi Ishigaki Kyoko Inagaki Kazuhisa Tsukamoto Kazushige Dobashi Kimitoshi Nakamura Mika Hori Kota Matsuki Shizuya Yamashita Shinji Yokoyama Masa-aki Kawashiri Mariko Harada-Shiba on behalf of the Committee on Primary Dyslipidemia under the Research Program on Rare and Intractable Desease of the Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare of Japan

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.RV17052, (Released:2021-04-28)

参考文献数

56

被引用文献数

36

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Sitosterolemia is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by increased levels of plant sterols, such as sitosterol. This disease is caused by loss-of-function genetic mutations in ATP-binding cassette (ABC) subfamily G member 5 or member 8 (ABCG5 or ABCG8, respectively), both of which play important roles in selective excretion of plant sterols from the liver and intestine, leading to failure to prevent absorption of food plant sterols. This disorder has been considered to be extremely rare. However, accumulated clinical data as well as genetics suggest the possibility of a much higher prevalence. Its clinical manifestations resemble those observed in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), including tendon xanthomas, hyper LDL-cholesterolemia, and premature coronary atherosclerosis. We provide an overview of this recessive genetic disease, diagnostic as well as therapeutic tips, and the latest diagnostic criteria in Japan.

著者

Masahito Michikura Masatsune Ogura Mika Hori Kota Matsuki Hisashi Makino Kiminori Hosoda Mariko Harada-Shiba

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.29, no.11, pp.1603-1612, 2022-11-01 (Released:2022-11-01)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

4 10

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Aims: Achilles tendon (AT) xanthomas are a specific physical finding of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and AT thickness has been used for its diagnosis and evaluation of its severity. Recently, we reported that the AT of FH patients was softer than that of non-FH patients and the combined use of a cut-off value for AT softness with that for AT thickness improved diagnostic accuracy. However, an association between AT softness and severity of atherosclerosis has not been reported. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate whether AT softness was associated with carotid atherosclerosis and presence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in FH.Methods: The AT of 176 genetically diagnosed FH patients and 98 non-FH patients was examined to measure AT thickness and the elasticity index (EI) as an indicator for assessing AT softness using ultrasonography.Results: Increased age was associated with AT softness, and overweight was negatively related to AT softness. There were significant inverse correlations between EI and maximum and mean intima-media thickness (IMT) within the common carotid artery only among FH patients. In multiple linear regression analysis, although the relationship between EI and mean IMT was attenuated, the association between EI and maximum IMT remained robust. In logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, sex and traditional cardiovascular risk factors (smoking history, presence of hypertension, presence of diabetes mellitus, overweight, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and Log triglycerides), EI was associated with presence of ASCVD (Odds ratio per 1-SD increase, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.15 – 0.86; P=0.0252).Conclusion: The degree of lipid deposition in the AT of FH patients could be assessed by its thickness as well as its softness. AT softness is not only useful in diagnosing FH but is also associated with the severity of carotid atherosclerosis and presence of ASCVD. In addition, these findings suggest that AT softness would be helpful in risk assessment for FH patients.

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Masayuki Kuroda Hideaki Bujo Koutaro Yokote Takeyoshi Murano Takashi Yamaguchi Masatsune Ogura Katsunori Ikewaki Masahiro Koseki Yasuo Takeuchi Atsuko Nakatsuka Mika Hori Kota Matsuki Takashi Miida Shinji Yokoyama Jun Wada Mariko Harada-Shiba on behalf of the Committee on Primary Dyslipidemia under the Research Program on Rare and Intractable Disease of the Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare of Japan

出版者

Japan Atherosclerosis Society

雑誌

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.RV17051, (Released:2021-04-18)

参考文献数

68

被引用文献数

7

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Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) is a lipid-modification enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of the acyl chain from the second position of lecithin to the hydroxyl group of cholesterol (FC) on plasma lipoproteins to form cholesteryl acylester and lysolecithin. Familial LCAT deficiency is an intractable autosomal recessive disorder caused by inherited dysfunction of the LCAT enzyme. The disease appears in two different phenotypes depending on the position of the gene mutation: familial LCAT deficiency (FLD, OMIM 245900) that lacks esterification activity on both HDL and ApoB-containing lipoproteins, and fish-eye disease (FED, OMIM 136120) that lacks activity only on HDL. Impaired metabolism of cholesterol and phospholipids due to LCAT dysfunction results in abnormal concentrations, composition and morphology of plasma lipoproteins and further causes ectopic lipid accumulation and/or abnormal lipid composition in certain tissues/cells, and serious dysfunction and complications in certain organs. Marked reduction of plasma HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and corneal opacity are common clinical manifestations of FLD and FED. FLD is also accompanied by anemia, proteinuria and progressive renal failure that eventually requires hemodialysis. Replacement therapy with the LCAT enzyme should prevent progression of serious complications, particularly renal dysfunction and corneal opacity. A clinical research project aiming at gene/cell therapy is currently underway.

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Harumi Uto-Kondo Makoto Ayaori Kazuhiro Nakaya Shunichi Takiguchi Emi Yakushiji Masatsune Ogura Yoshio Terao Hideki Ozasa Makoto Sasaki Tomohiro Komatsu Grace Megumi Sotherden Tamaki Hosoai Masami Sakurada Katsunori Ikewaki

出版者

日本酸化ストレス学会

雑誌

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition (ISSN:09120009)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.55, no.1, pp.32-39, 2014 (Released:2014-07-01)

参考文献数

44

被引用文献数

11

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Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is a mechanism critical to the anti-atherogenic property of HDL. Although citrulline contributes to the amelioration of atherosclerosis via endothelial nitric oxide production, it remains unclear whether it affects RCT. This study was undertaken to clarify the effects of citrulline on expressions of specific transporters such as ATP binding cassette transporters (ABC)A1 and ABCG1, and the cholesterol efflux from macrophages to apolipoprotein (apo) A-I or HDL in vitro and ex vivo. Citrulline increased ABCA1 and ABCG1 mRNA and protein levels in THP-1 macrophages, translating into enhanced apoA-I- and HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux. In the human crossover study, 8 healthy male volunteers (age 30–49 years) consumed either 3.2 g/day citrulline or placebo for 1 week. Citrulline consumption brought about significant increases in plasma levels of citrulline and arginine. Supporting the in vitro data, monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) differentiated under autologous post-citrulline sera demonstrated enhancement of both apoA-I- and HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux through increased ABCA1 and ABCG1 expressions, compared to MDM differentiated under pre-citrulline sera. However, the placebo did not modulate these parameters. Therefore, in addition to improving endothelium function, citrulline might have an anti-atherogenic property by increasing RCT of HDL.