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The ATP cassette-binding (ABC) gene superfamily contains more than 40 members, many of which are involved in cellular lipid transport. The most prominent example is ABCA1, mutations in which affect plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration. ABCC6 is another member of the ABC gene family, and mutations in ABCC6 were recently shown to cause pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). A Canadian patient with PXE was referred for assessment of moderately severe type IV hyperlipoproteinemia with hypoalphalipoproteinemia, which was refractory to pharmacological treatment. We identified intron–exon boundaries of ABCC6 to sequence genomic DNA from this patient to find the disease mutation. We report (1) identification of a set of amplification primers for the 31 exons of ABCC6; (2) identification of the ABCC6 R>X1164 nonsense mutation in the PXE subject with dyslipidemia; (3) identification of common amino acid variants and silent nucleotide variants in ABCC6, with a range of allele frequencies across ethnic groups; (4) evidence consistent with a possible pseudogene encoding 9 exons with sequence homology to ABCC6; and (5) association of the ABCC6 R>Q1268 variant with plasma triglyceride and HDL cholesterol. The results suggest that ABCC6 may be a determinant of plasma lipoproteins.
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Received: July 24, 2001 / Accepted: September 4, 2001
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Wang, J., Near, S., Young, K. et al. ABCC6 gene polymorphism associated with variation in plasma lipoproteins. J Hum Genet 46, 699–705 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380170003
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