title: New apolipoprotein A-V: comparative genomics meets metabolism.
abstract: The availability of the human genome sequence and the recently completed draft sequences of two major mammalian model species, the mouse (Mus musculus) and the rat (Rattus norvegicus), allow researchers to apply novel approaches for gene identification and characterization, using methods of comparative and functional genomics. Recently, a new gene coding for apolipoprotein A-V was identified in the vicinity of APOA-I/C-III/A-IV cluster on human chromosome 11q23 by comparative sequencing method. In a relatively short time, compelling evidence accumulated for the substantial role of APOA-V in lipid metabolism. Studies in knock-out and transgenic mice revealed that its expression pattern correlates negatively with triglyceride levels. This observation was verified in human population studies in variety of ethnic and age groups. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms were described and particular SNP alleles and haplotypes in the APO A-V gene region were shown to be associated with dyslipidemia. The discovery and characterization of the APO A-V demonstrates current possibilities of the integrative approaches in biology, boosted by the available bioinformatic tools.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 12800 Prague 2, Czech Republic. ondrej.seda@lf1.cuni.cz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Seda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sedová
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000072040:Apolipoprotein A-V; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: C437704:APOA5 protein, human; C499058:Apoa5 protein, mouse; D000072040:Apolipoprotein A-V; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001054:Apolipoproteins A