Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences

The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene has been associated with a variety of phenotypes, including HDL-cholesterol levels and, more sporadically, with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and extreme longevity. Alterations of CETP activity levels can be caused by single-base polymorphisms as...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Maruja E. Lira, A. Katrina Loomis, Sara A. Paciga, David B. Lloyd, John F. Thompson
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اللغة:English
منشور في: Elsevier 2008-09-01
سلاسل:Journal of Lipid Research
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520346642
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author Maruja E. Lira
A. Katrina Loomis
Sara A. Paciga
David B. Lloyd
John F. Thompson
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description The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene has been associated with a variety of phenotypes, including HDL-cholesterol levels and, more sporadically, with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and extreme longevity. Alterations of CETP activity levels can be caused by single-base polymorphisms as well as by alternative splicing. In addition to the previously characterized alternative splicing that skips exon 9, we found additional minor variants and characterized the activity of the resultant proteins. The novel variants skipped exon 9 sequences and inserted one of two in-frame exons from Alu-derived intronic sequences. None of the alternatively spliced variants are efficiently secreted, and coexpression of them inhibits wild-type CETP secretion. Expression of the alternative spliced variants causes an induction of genes linked to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, including the neighboring HERPUD1 (homocysteine- and ER stress-inducible protein, ubiquitin-like domain-containing) gene. Unexpectedly, even though wild-type CETP is secreted much more efficiently than spliced variants, it induces the same degree of stress response as spliced variants, whereas a control secreted protein does not. CETP plays a complex role in modulating ER stress, with its expression inducing the response and its cholesteryl ester transfer activity and differential splicing modulating the response in other ways.
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spelling doaj.art-fc8502b47d3b46d3ab3d9594c4010de92022-12-21T23:20:06ZengElsevierJournal of Lipid Research0022-22752008-09-0149919551962Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differencesMaruja E. Lira0A. Katrina Loomis1Sara A. Paciga2David B. Lloyd3John F. Thompson4Molecular Medicine, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340Molecular Medicine, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340Molecular Medicine, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340Molecular Medicine, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340Molecular Medicine, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene has been associated with a variety of phenotypes, including HDL-cholesterol levels and, more sporadically, with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and extreme longevity. Alterations of CETP activity levels can be caused by single-base polymorphisms as well as by alternative splicing. In addition to the previously characterized alternative splicing that skips exon 9, we found additional minor variants and characterized the activity of the resultant proteins. The novel variants skipped exon 9 sequences and inserted one of two in-frame exons from Alu-derived intronic sequences. None of the alternatively spliced variants are efficiently secreted, and coexpression of them inhibits wild-type CETP secretion. Expression of the alternative spliced variants causes an induction of genes linked to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, including the neighboring HERPUD1 (homocysteine- and ER stress-inducible protein, ubiquitin-like domain-containing) gene. Unexpectedly, even though wild-type CETP is secreted much more efficiently than spliced variants, it induces the same degree of stress response as spliced variants, whereas a control secreted protein does not. CETP plays a complex role in modulating ER stress, with its expression inducing the response and its cholesteryl ester transfer activity and differential splicing modulating the response in other ways.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520346642HDL-cholesterolatherosclerosisAlu sequenceendoplasmic reticulumcholesteryl ester transfer protein
spellingShingle Maruja E. Lira
A. Katrina Loomis
Sara A. Paciga
David B. Lloyd
John F. Thompson
Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences
Journal of Lipid Research
HDL-cholesterol
atherosclerosis
Alu sequence
endoplasmic reticulum
cholesteryl ester transfer protein
title Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences
title_full Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences
title_fullStr Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences
title_full_unstemmed Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences
title_short Expression of CETP and of splice variants induces the same level of ER stress despite secretion efficiency differences
title_sort expression of cetp and of splice variants induces the same level of er stress despite secretion efficiency differences
topic HDL-cholesterol
atherosclerosis
Alu sequence
endoplasmic reticulum
cholesteryl ester transfer protein
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520346642
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