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Novel functional APOB mutations outside LDL-binding region causing familial hypercholesterolaemia

dc.contributor.authorAlves, Ana Catarina
dc.contributor.authorEtxebarria, Aitor
dc.contributor.authorSoutar, Anne Katherine
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Cesar
dc.contributor.authorBourbon, Mafalda
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-13T17:05:27Z
dc.date.available2014-01-13T17:05:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-13
dc.descriptionAna Catarina Alves, colaboradora do grupo de investigação cardiovascular do Departamento da Promoção da Saúde e Prevenção de Doenças Não Transmissíveis do INSA, IP e aluna de doutoramento da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa recebeu com este estudo, no dia 2 de junho de 2014, o Prémio Jovem Investigador atribuído pela Sociedade Europeia de Aterosclerose.
dc.description.abstractFamilial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is characterized by increased circulating low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol leading to premature atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Although FH is usually caused by mutations in LDLR, mutations in APOB and PCSK9 also cause FH but only a few mutations have been reported, APOB p.R3527Q being the most common. However, 30-80% of clinical FH patients do not present an identifiable mutation in any of the described genes. To identify the genetic cause of the hypercholesterolaemia in 65 patients without mutations in LDLR, PCSK9 or in fragments of exon 26 and 29 of APOB currently analysed, we performed whole sequencing of APOB by pyrosequencing. A total of 10 putative mutations in APOB were identified. Flow cytometry with fluorescently labelled LDL from patients and relatives showed that p.Arg1164Thr (exon 22) and p.Gln4494del (exon 29) presented a 40% decrease in internalization in lymphocytes and HepG2 cells, very similar to APOB3527. The proliferation assays with U937 cells showed reduced growth for both cases. The variant p.Tyr1247Cys was found to be neutral and other three alterations were considered polymorphisms. Our results emphasize the need to study the whole APOB in routine protocols to improve patient identification and cardiovascular risk assessment.por
dc.identifier.citationHum Mol Genet. 2014 Apr 1;23(7):1817-28. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt573. Epub 2013 Nov 13por
dc.identifier.issnESSN 1460-2083
dc.identifier.issnISSN 0964-6906
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt573
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/1805
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherOxford University Presspor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/11/27/hmg.ddt573.abstractpor
dc.subjectDoenças Cardio e Cérebro-vascularespor
dc.subjectFamilial Hypercholesterolaemiapor
dc.subjectCholesterolpor
dc.subjectLow-Density Lipoproteinpor
dc.titleNovel functional APOB mutations outside LDL-binding region causing familial hypercholesterolaemiapor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage12por
oaire.citation.startPage1por
oaire.citation.titleHuman Molecular Geneticspor
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