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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) plays a pivotal role in lipid metabolism by hydrolyzing triglyceride (TG)-rich lipoprotein particles. Abnormalities in normal LPL function are associated with the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). A number of genetic variants have been identified in the LPL gene that affects different functions of the LPL protein. A common HindIII polymorphism in intron 8 (T/G) of the LPL gene has been found to be associated with altered plasma TG and HDL-cholesterol, and CAD risk in several studies, but its functional significance is unknown. It has been shown that certain intronic sequence contain regulatory elements that are important for transcription and translational regulation of a gene. In this study we tested the hypothesis that this polymorphism affects the binding site of a transcription factor that regulates the transcription of LPL gene. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) revealed that the HindIII site binds to a transcription factor and that the mutant allele has lower binding affinity than the wild type allele. Transcription assays containing the entire intron 8 sequence along with full-length human LPL promoter were carried out in COS-1 and human vascular smooth muscle cells. The mutant allele was associated with significantly decreased luciferase expression level compared to the wild type allele in both the muscle (3.394+/-0.022 vs. 4.184+/-0.028; P=4.7 x 10(-6)) and COS-1 (11.603+/-0.409 vs. 14.373+/-1.096; P<0.0001) cells. In conclusion, this study demonstrates for the first time that the polymorphic HindIII site in the LPL gene is functional because it affects the binding of a transcription factor and it also has an impact on LPL expression.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1879-1484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
200
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Coronary Artery Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Lipoprotein Lipase, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Myocytes, Smooth Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific), pubmed-meshheading:18242618-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional significance of lipoprotein lipase HindIII polymorphism associated with the risk of coronary artery disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural