Abstract
The apolipoproteins are well known for their roles in both health and disease, as components of plasma lipoprotein particles, such as high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), chylomicrons, and metabolic, vascular- and inflammation-related disorders, such as cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. Increasingly, their roles in neurovascular and neurodegenerative disorders are also being elucidated. They play major roles in lipid and cholesterol transport between blood and organs and are, therefore, critical to maintenance and homeostasis of the lipidome, with apolipoprotein–lipid interactions, including cholesterol, fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, and isoprostanes. Further, they have important pleiotropic roles related to aging and longevity, which are largely managed through their many structural variants, including multiple isoforms, and a diversity of post-translational modifications. Consequently, tools for the characterization and accurate quantification of apolipoproteins, including their diverse array of variant forms, are required to understand their salutary and disease related roles. In this chapter we outline three distinct quantitative approaches suitable for targeting apolipoproteins: (1) multiplex immunoassays, (2) mass spectrometric immunoassay, and (3) multiple reaction monitoring, mass spectrometric quantification. We also discuss management of pre-analytical and experimental design variables.
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We thank Dr. Paul Guest for his assistance in the formatting of this chapter. This work was performed with the support of the NH&MRC program grant to Prof Perminder Sachdev, and we thank the Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation and the Sachdev Foundation for their ongoing research support.
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Poljak, A., Duncan, M.W., Jayasena, T., Sachdev, P.S. (2020). Quantitative Assays of Plasma Apolipoproteins. In: Guest, P. (eds) Clinical and Preclinical Models for Maximizing Healthspan. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2138. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0471-7_3
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