Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
Volume 1689, Issue 1, Pages 47-57Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2004.01.007
Keywords
ABCA1; protein trafficking; HDL deficiency; apolipoprotein AI; cholesterol efflux
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U120074271] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U120074271] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U120074271] Funding Source: Medline
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Extremely low concentrations of high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo) AI are features of Tangier disease caused by autosomal recessive mutations in ATP-binding cassette transporter AI (ABCA1). Less deleterious, but dominantly inherited mutations cause HDL deficiency. We investigated causes of severe HDL deficiency in a 42-year-old female with progressive coronary disease. ApoAI-mediated efflux of cholesterol from the proband's fibroblasts was less than 10% of normal and nucleotide sequencing revealed inheritance of two novel mutations in ABCA1, V1704D and L1379F. ABCA1 mRNA was approximately 3-fold higher in the proband's cells than in control cells; preincubation with cholesterol increased it 5-fold in control and 8-fold in the proband's cells, but similar amounts of ABCA1 protein were present in control and mutant cells. When transiently transfected into HEK293 cells, confocal microscopy revealed that both mutant proteins were retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, while wild-type ABCA1 was located at the plasma membrane. Severe HDL deficiency in the proband was caused by two novel autosomal recessive mutations in ABCA 1, one (V1704D) predicted to lie in a transmembrane segment and the other (L1379F) in a large extracellular loop. Both mutations prevent normal trafficking of ABCA 1, thereby explaining their inability to mediate apoAI-dependent lipid efflux. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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