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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 37, 2599-2607, Copyright © 1996 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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A single nucleotide substitution in the promoter region of the apolipoprotein C-II gene identified in individuals with chylomicronemia

R Streicher, J Geisel, C Weisshaar, H Avci, K Oette, D Muller-Wieland and W Krone
Klinik II und Poliklinik fur Innere Medizin, Universitat zu Koln, Germany.

Apolipoprotein (apo) C-II plays a major role as a cofactor for lipoprotein lipase, the enzyme involved in the hydrolysis of triglyceride-rich particles. We identified in two relatives of a family (mother and son) massive hypertriglyceridemia with chylomicronemia. In these individuals apoC-II was not measurable in plasma by radial immunodiffusion. On isoelectric focusing of very low density apolipoproteins, trace amounts of apoC-II became obvious in the regular position. By sequencing, no abnormalities in the exons or neighboring intron sequences were detected. However, three alterations in the DNA sequence were found upstream from the transcription initiation site. Two variations could be explained by differences in previously published DNA sequences. The third variation (A-->G; position -86; Das et al. 1987. J. Biol. Chem. 262: 4787-4793) was present only in the homozygous form in the two hypertriglyceridemic probands. In 46 hypertriglyceridemic individuals outside the family, this mutation was not found. In electrophoretic mobility shift experiments with nuclear extracts from HepG2 cells, the 31 bp DNA fragment carrying the A-->G substitution resulted in a markedly diminished protein binding compared with the wildtype DNA fragment. In promoter reporter gene assays, the activity of the basal promoter was reduced in the case of the A-->G substitution and the deletion of the bases -91 to -58. The pedigree analysis and the experimental results are evidence that this is the first mutation in the apolipoprotein C-II gene where a single nucleotide substitution diminishes the binding of a transcription factor to a positive cis-acting clement in the promoter resulting in a depletion of apolipoprotein C-II in plasma.
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