Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 35, 1422-1430, Copyright © 1994 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Partial duplication of the EGF precursor homology domain of the LDL- receptor protein causing familial hypercholesterolemia (FH-Salerno)

S Bertolini, DD Patel, DA Coviello, N Lelli, M Ghisellini, R Tiozzo, P Masturzo, N Elicio, BL Knight and S Calandra
Atherosclerosis Prevention Centre, University of Genova, Italy.

A novel mutation of low density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor gene was found in an Italian family hypercholesterolemia (FH) patient during a screening of 300 FH patients. The proband as well as her daughter were found to be heterozygotes for the mutation. Binding, internalization, and degradation of 125I-labeled LDL by the proband's fibroblasts were reduced to approximately 50% compared to values found in control cells. DNA analysis by Southern blotting showed that the mutant allele was characterized by an insertion of about 10 kb, which resulted from a duplication of exons 9-14 of the LDL-receptor gene. In addition, Northern blot analysis of the proband's RNA showed, besides the normal sized LDL-receptor mRNA (5.3 kb), an additional mRNA of about 6.2 kb. The junction between exon 14 and the duplicated exon 9 was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from the cDNA. The sequence of the amplified fragment showed that exon 14 joined the duplicated exon 9 without changing the reading frame. The derived amino acid sequence indicated that the mutated receptor protein had a partial duplication of the EGF precursor homology domain. Ligand and immunoblotting revealed that proband's fibroblasts contained one-half of the normal amount of LDL-receptor protein (molecular mass 130 kDa) and an abnormally large receptor of approximately 160 kDa. The amount of this abnormal receptor as detected by two monoclonal antibodies (10A2 and 4B3) was found to be approximately 30% that of the normal LDL-receptor present in the same cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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