Selective Measurement of Two Lipase Activities in Postheparin Plasma from Normal Subjects and Patients with Hyperlipoproteinemia

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Abstract

An assay has been developed for specific measurement of two different lipase activities in postheparin plasma. Lipoprotein lipase, derived from extrahepatic sources, is measured as protamine-inactivated lipase activity; hepatic lipase activity is protamine-resistant under the conditions of this assay. In 100 normal subjects, both enzyme activities were noted to be related to age and sex. Protamine-resistant lipase, which comprised 46-95% of the total activity, was highest in men over 18. Protamine-inactivated lipase activity was greatest in younger males and was age-correlated in women, doubling between the second and sixth decades.

Authors

Ronald M. Krauss, Robert I. Levy, Donald S. Fredrickson