Identification of a deletion in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in a patient with familial hypercholesterolaemia

1985 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Horsthemke ◽  
Anna M. Kessling ◽  
Mary Seed ◽  
V. Wynn ◽  
R. Williamson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density

Characterization of a family of gamma-ray-induced CHO mutants demonstrates that the ldlA locus is diploid and encodes the low-density lipoprotein receptor

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3268-3277
Author(s):  
R D Sege ◽  
K F Kozarsky ◽  
M Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Irradiation ◽  
Cho Cells ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Chinese Hamster ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Ldl Receptors

The ldlA locus is one of four Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell loci which are known to be required for the synthesis of functional low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors. Previous studies have suggested that the ldlA locus is diploid and encodes the LDL receptor. To confirm this assignment, we have isolated a partial genomic clone of the Chinese hamster LDL receptor gene and used this and other nucleic acid and antibody probes to study a family of ldlA mutants isolated after gamma-irradiation. Our analysis suggests that there are two LDL receptor alleles in wild-type CHO cells. Each of the three mutants isolated after gamma-irradiation had detectable deletions affecting one of the two LDL receptor alleles. One of the mutants also had a disruption of the remaining allele, resulting in the synthesis of an abnormal receptor precursor which was not subject to Golgi-associated posttranslational glycoprotein processing. The correlation of changes in the expression, structure, and function of LDL receptors with deletions in the LDL receptor genes in these mutants directly demonstrated that the ldlA locus in CHO cells is diploid and encodes the LDL receptor. In addition, our analysis suggests that CHO cells in culture may contain a partial LDL receptor pseudogene.

Flow cytometry with a monoclonal antibody to the low density lipoprotein receptor compared with gene mutation detection in diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 966-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bent Raungaard ◽  
Finn Heath ◽  
Jens Uffe Brorholt-Petersen ◽  
Henrik Kjærulf Jensen ◽  
Ole Faergeman
Keyword(s):  
Flow Cytometry ◽  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Flow Cytometry Assay ◽  
Stop Mutation

Abstract We used a fluorescence flow cytometry assay with a monoclonal low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-specific antibody to detect LDL receptor expression on blood T lymphocytes and monocytes. We prepared peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with genetically verified LDL receptor-defective (Trp66-Gly mutation, n = 17) or receptor-negative (Trp23-stop mutation, n = 17) heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and from healthy individuals (n = 24). The cells were stimulated to express the maximum amount of LDL receptor by preincubation in lipoprotein-deficient medium. A dual-labeling technique allowed flow cytometric analysis of LDL receptor expression on cells identified by fluorescently conjugated surface marker antibodies. Knowing the LDL receptor gene mutation of the FH patients allowed us to compare the diagnostic capability of this functional assay with the DNA diagnosis and to validate the assay with molecular genetics instead of clinical indices of heterozygous FH. T lymphocytes expressed more LDL receptors and gave better diagnostic results than monocytes, and cells from patients with either the Trp66-Gly or the Trp23-stop mutation had variable but significantly reduced LDL receptor expression. The data indicate that this fluorescence flow cytometry assay is unsuitable for diagnosis of individual cases of heterozygous FH but that it may be useful for functionally characterizing mutations in the LDL receptor gene.

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