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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 49, 1955-1962, September 2008
Copyright © 2008 by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences

Maruja E. Lira, A. Katrina Loomis, Sara A. Paciga, David B. Lloyd and John F. Thompson1

Molecular Medicine, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340

Published, JLR Papers in Press, May 28, 2008.

1 Present address of J. F. Thompson: Helicos BioSciences, 1 Kendall Square, Building 700, Cambridge, MA 02139. e-mail: jthompson{at}helicosbio.com

The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene has been associated with a variety of phenotypes, including HDL-cholesterol levels and, more sporadically, with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and extreme longevity. Alterations of CETP activity levels can be caused by single-base polymorphisms as well as by alternative splicing. In addition to the previously characterized alternative splicing that skips exon 9, we found additional minor variants and characterized the activity of the resultant proteins. The novel variants skipped exon 9 sequences and inserted one of two in-frame exons from Alu-derived intronic sequences. None of the alternatively spliced variants are efficiently secreted, and coexpression of them inhibits wild-type CETP secretion. Expression of the alternative spliced variants causes an induction of genes linked to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, including the neighboring HERPUD1 (homocysteine- and ER stress-inducible protein, ubiquitin-like domain-containing) gene. Unexpectedly, even though wild-type CETP is secreted much more efficiently than spliced variants, it induces the same degree of stress response as spliced variants, whereas a control secreted protein does not. CETP plays a complex role in modulating ER stress, with its expression inducing the response and its cholesteryl ester transfer activity and differential splicing modulating the response in other ways.

Supplementary key words HDL-cholesterol • atherosclerosis • Alu sequence • endoplasmic reticulum • cholesteryl ester transfer protein


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