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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 35, 2161-2169, Copyright © 1994 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Lipoprotein lipase deficiency due to a 3' splice site mutation in intron 6 of the lipoprotein lipase gene

B Holzl, R Huber, B Paulweber, JR Patsch and F Sandhofer
First Department of Medicine, St. Johanns Spital, Salzburg, Austria.

In a patient with primary hyperchylomicronemia as a result of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency, we sequenced all translated exons and intron-exon boundaries of the LPL gene. We found a C-->A mutation in position -3 at the acceptor splice site of intron 6 which caused aberrant splicing. The major transcript showed a deletion of exons 6 through 9 and amounted to about 3% of the normal transcript of a healthy control individual. In addition to this major transcript, we found trace amounts of both a normally spliced LPL mRNA and a second aberrant transcript devoid of exon 7. On the same allele, we detected in the LPL gene of our patient four polymorphic variations, three of which have not as yet been described. A second patient from an unrelated family, but from the same geographic area, was also found to be homozygous for the same mutation. Of the relatives of the two probands studied, 11 were heterozygous and 5 were unaffected by the mutation. LPL activity in postheparin plasma was near zero in the probands and reduced in 4 of the 10 heterozygotes. A third hyperchylomicronemic patient from the same area was found to be a compound heterozygote who carried on one allele the 3' splice site mutation of intron 6 and on the other one an already described missense mutation resulting in Gly188-->Glu substitution.
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