USF1 and dyslipidemias: converging evidence for a functional intronic variant.
Hum Mol Genet
; 14(17): 2595-605, 2005 Sep 01.
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| ID: mdl-16076849
ABSTRACT
Upstream transcription factor 1 (USF1), the first gene associated with familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL), regulates numerous genes of glucose and lipid metabolism. Phenotypic overlap between FCHL, type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome makes this gene an intriguing candidate in the disease process of these traits as well. As no disease-associated mutations in the coding region of USF1 have been identified, we addressed the functional role of intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) which define the FCHL-risk alleles of USF1, and identified that a 20 bp DNA sequence, containing the critical intronic SNP, binds nuclear protein(s), representing a likely transcriptional regulatory element. This functional role is further supported by the differential expression of USF1-regulated genes in fat biopsy between individuals carrying different allelic variants of USF1. Importantly, apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the most downregulated gene in the risk individuals, linking the potential risk alleles of USF1 with the impaired APOE-dependent catabolism of atherogenic lipoprotein particles.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fatores de Transcrição
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Variação Genética
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Íntrons
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA
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Hiperlipidemias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
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Article