title: Characterization of two new human apolipoprotein A-I variants: apolipoprotein A-I Tsushima (Trp-108-->Arg) and A-I Hita (Ala-95-->Asp).
abstract: Two unrelated subjects with new variants of apolipoprotein (apo) A-I were found during screening with isoelectric focusing (IEF) gel analysis. In the first case, apo A-I Tsushima, sequencing following amplification by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed a residue 108 missense mutation (TGG-->CGG, Trp-->Arg) in exon 4. The proband of apo A-I Tsushima was heterozygous for this mutation. The second case, apo A-I Hita, revealed a residue 95 missense mutation (GCC-->GAC, Ala-->Asp) in exon 4. The proband of apo A-I Hita was compound heterozygous with apo A-I (Ala-37-->Thr). These two subjects exhibited normal plasma concentrations of apo A-I and HDL cholesterol. In screening normal high school students (n = 198), we used a PCR-mediated site-directed mutagenesis to rapidly detect the substitution of G to A at codon 37 because the apo A-I (GC-->ACC, Ala-37-->Thr) mutation is unrelated to the charge difference on IEF. The frequency of the A allele was 0.04: the substitution G to A at codon 37 did not affect the plasma concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C036813:lysyl endopeptidase