Common low-density lipoprotein receptor p.G116S variant has a large effect on plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in circumpolar inuit populations.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet
; 8(1): 100-5, 2015 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-25414273
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Inuit are considered to be vulnerable to cardiovascular disease because their lifestyles are becoming more Westernized. During sequence analysis of Inuit individuals at extremes of lipid traits, we identified 2 nonsynonymous variants in low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), namely p.G116S and p.R730W. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Genotyping these variants in 3324 Inuit from Alaska, Canada, and Greenland showed they were common, with allele frequencies 10% to 15%. Only p.G116S was associated with dyslipidemia the increase in LDL cholesterol was 0.54 mmol/L (20.9 mg/dL) per allele (P=5.6×10(-49)), which was >3× larger than the largest effect sizes seen with other common variants in other populations. Carriers of p.G116S had a 3.02-fold increased risk of hypercholesterolemia (95% confidence interval, 2.34-3.90; P=1.7×10(-17)), but did not have classical familial hypercholesterolemia. In vitro, p.G116S showed 60% reduced ligand-binding activity compared with wild-type receptor. In contrast, p.R730W was associated with neither LDL cholesterol level nor altered in vitro activity.CONCLUSIONS:
LDLR p.G116S is thus unique a common dysfunctional variant in Inuit whose large effect on LDL cholesterol may have public health implications.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Receptores de LDL
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Inuíte
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Alelos
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Frequência do Gene
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LDL-Colesterol
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article