APOLIPOPROTEIN-B GENE-MUTATIONS AFFECTING CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

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作者
FARESE, RV
LINTON, MF
YOUNG, SG
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[1] Gladstone Foundation Laboratories for Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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10.1111/j.1365-2796.1992.tb01253.x
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In the past 5 years, many different mutations in the apolipoprotein (apo) B gene have been described that affect plasma cholesterol levels. More than 20 different mutations in the apoB gene have been shown to cause familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia, a condition characterized by abnormally low plasma concentrations of apoB and LDL cholesterol. Almost all of the mutations are nonsense or frameshift mutations that interfere with the translation of a full-length apoB100 molecule. Many, but not all, of these apoB gene mutations result in the synthesis of a truncated species of apoB that can be detected within the plasma lipoproteins. Familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia heterozygotes are almost always asymptomatic and have LDL cholesterol levels about one-quarter to one-third of those of unaffected family members. Several homozygotes and compound heterozygotes for familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia have been described. In these individuals, the LDL cholesterol levels are extremely low, usually less than 5 or 10 mg dl-1, and the clinical phenotype is variable, ranging from completely asymptomatic to severe problems related to intestinal fat malabsorption. One missense mutation in the apoB gene (an Arg --> Gln substitution at apoB amino acid 3 500) is associated with very poor binding of apoB100 to the cellular LDL receptor. This syndrome has been designated familial defective apolipoprotein B (FDB). The amino-acid substitution at residue 3500 delays the clearance of LDL from the plasma and results in hypercholesterolaemia. In some Western populations, the frequency of FDB heterozygotes appears to be as high as 1 in 500 individuals.
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