Article: Identification of a novel lipase gene mutated in lpd mice with hypertriglyceridemia and associated with dyslipidemia in humans
| Title | Identification of a novel lipase gene mutated in lpd mice with hypertriglyceridemia and associated with dyslipidemia in humans |
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| Authors | Wen, XY2 5 Hegele, RA4 Wang, J4 Yan Wang, D5 Cheung, J8 Wilson, M6 Yahyapour, M5 Bai, Y5 Zhuang, L5 Skaug, J8 Young, TK7 Connelly, PW3 Koop, BF6 Tsui, LC1 8 Stewart, AK2 5 |
| Issue Date | 2003 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Citation | Human Molecular Genetics, 2003, v. 12 n. 10, p. 1131-1143 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddg124 |
| Abstract | Triglyceride (TG) metabolism is crucial for whole body and local energy homeostasis and accumulating evidence suggests an independent association between plasma TG concentration and increased atherosclerosis risk. We previously generated a mouse insertional mutation lpd (lipid defect) whose phenotype included elevated plasma TG and hepatic steatosis. Using shotgun sequencing (∼500 kb) and bioinformatics, we have now identified a novel lipase gene lpdl (lpd lipase) within the lpd locus, and demonstrate the genetic disruption of exon 10 of lpdl in the lpd mutant locus. lpdl is highly expressed in the testis and weakly expressed in the liver of 2-week old mice. Human LPDL cDNA was subsequently cloned, and was found to encode a 460AA protein with 71% protein sequence identity to mouse lpdl and ∼35% identity to other known lipases. We next sequenced the human LPDL gene exons in hypertriglyceridemic subjects and normal controls, and identified seven SNPs within the gene exons and six SNPs in the adjacent introns. Two hypertriglyceridemic subjects were heterozygous for a rare DNA variant, namely 164G>A (C55Y), which was absent from 600 normal chromosomes. Two other coding SNPs were associated with variation in plasma HDL cholesterol in independent normolipidemic populations. Using bioinformatics, we identified another novel lipase designated LPDLR (for 'LPDL related lipase'), which had 44% protein sequence identity with LPDL. Together with the phospholipase gene PSPLA1, LPDL and LPDLR form a new lipase gene subfamily, which is characterized by shortened lid motif. Study of this lipase subfamily may identify novel molecular mechanisms for plasma and/or tissue TG metabolism. |
| ISSN | 0964-6906 2011 Impact Factor: 7.636 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.308 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddg124 |
| ISI Accession Number ID | WOS:000182950200006 |
| References | References in Scopus |
| dc.contributor.author | Wen, XY |
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| dc.contributor.author | Hegele, RA |
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, J |
| dc.contributor.author | Yan Wang, D |
| dc.contributor.author | Cheung, J |
| dc.contributor.author | Wilson, M |
| dc.contributor.author | Yahyapour, M |
| dc.contributor.author | Bai, Y |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhuang, L |
| dc.contributor.author | Skaug, J |
| dc.contributor.author | Young, TK |
| dc.contributor.author | Connelly, PW |
| dc.contributor.author | Koop, BF |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsui, LC |
| dc.contributor.author | Stewart, AK |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-12T03:52:26Z |
| dc.date.available | 2007-09-12T03:52:26Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 |
| dc.description.abstract | Triglyceride (TG) metabolism is crucial for whole body and local energy homeostasis and accumulating evidence suggests an independent association between plasma TG concentration and increased atherosclerosis risk. We previously generated a mouse insertional mutation lpd (lipid defect) whose phenotype included elevated plasma TG and hepatic steatosis. Using shotgun sequencing (∼500 kb) and bioinformatics, we have now identified a novel lipase gene lpdl (lpd lipase) within the lpd locus, and demonstrate the genetic disruption of exon 10 of lpdl in the lpd mutant locus. lpdl is highly expressed in the testis and weakly expressed in the liver of 2-week old mice. Human LPDL cDNA was subsequently cloned, and was found to encode a 460AA protein with 71% protein sequence identity to mouse lpdl and ∼35% identity to other known lipases. We next sequenced the human LPDL gene exons in hypertriglyceridemic subjects and normal controls, and identified seven SNPs within the gene exons and six SNPs in the adjacent introns. Two hypertriglyceridemic subjects were heterozygous for a rare DNA variant, namely 164G>A (C55Y), which was absent from 600 normal chromosomes. Two other coding SNPs were associated with variation in plasma HDL cholesterol in independent normolipidemic populations. Using bioinformatics, we identified another novel lipase designated LPDLR (for 'LPDL related lipase'), which had 44% protein sequence identity with LPDL. Together with the phospholipase gene PSPLA1, LPDL and LPDLR form a new lipase gene subfamily, which is characterized by shortened lid motif. Study of this lipase subfamily may identify novel molecular mechanisms for plasma and/or tissue TG metabolism. |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext |
| dc.identifier.citation | Human Molecular Genetics, 2003, v. 12 n. 10, p. 1131-1143 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddg124 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddg124 |
| dc.identifier.epage | 1143 |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000182950200006 |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0964-6906 2011 Impact Factor: 7.636 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.308 |
| dc.identifier.issue | 10 |
| dc.identifier.openurl | ![]() |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 12719377 |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-12444333161 |
| dc.identifier.spage | 1131 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/44381 |
| dc.identifier.volume | 12 |
| dc.language | eng |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Human Molecular Genetics |
| dc.relation.references | References in Scopus |
| dc.subject.mesh | Amino acid sequence |
| dc.subject.mesh | Hyperlipidemia - genetics - metabolism |
| dc.subject.mesh | Hypertriglyceridemia - enzymology - genetics |
| dc.subject.mesh | Lipase - genetics - metabolism |
| dc.subject.mesh | Liver - pathology |
| dc.title | Identification of a novel lipase gene mutated in lpd mice with hypertriglyceridemia and associated with dyslipidemia in humans |
| dc.type | Article |
Author Affiliations
- The University of Hong Kong
- McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine
- Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto
- Robarts Research Institute
- Toronto General Hospital
- University of Victoria
- University of Toronto
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto


