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A hypomorphic mutation in Lpin1 induces progressively improving neuropathy and lipodystrophy in the rat.

Authors: Mul, Joram D  Nadra, Karim  Jagalur, Noorjahan B  Nijman, Isaac J  Toonen, Pim W  Médard, Jean-Jacques  Grès, Sandra  de Bruin, Alain  Han, Gil-Soo  Brouwers, Jos F  Carman, George M  Saulnier-Blache, Jean-Sébastien  Meijer, Dies  Chrast, Roman  Cuppen, Edwin 
Citation: Mul JD, etal., J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 29;286(30):26781-93. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.197947. Epub 2011 Jun 1.
RGD ID: 38599010
Pubmed: PMID:21715287   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3143639   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1074/jbc.M110.197947   (Journal Full-text)

The Lpin1 gene encodes the phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP1) enzyme Lipin 1, which plays a critical role in lipid metabolism. In this study we describe the identification and characterization of a rat model with a mutated Lpin1 gene (Lpin1(1Hubr)), generated by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis. Lpin1(1Hubr) rats are characterized by hindlimb paralysis and mild lipodystrophy that are detectable from the second postnatal week. Sequencing of Lpin1 identified a point mutation in the 5'-end splice site of intron 18 resulting in mis-splicing, a reading frameshift, and a premature stop codon. As this mutation does not induce nonsense-mediated decay, it allows the production of a truncated Lipin 1 protein lacking PAP1 activity. Lpin1(1Hubr) rats developed hypomyelination and mild lipodystrophy rather than the pronounced demyelination and adipocyte defects characteristic of Lpin1(fld/fld) mice, which carry a null allele for Lpin1. Furthermore, biochemical, histological, and molecular analyses revealed that these lesions improve in older Lpin1(1Hubr) rats as compared with young Lpin1(1Hubr) rats and Lpin1(fld/fld) mice. We observed activation of compensatory biochemical pathways substituting for missing PAP1 activity that, in combination with a possible non-enzymatic Lipin 1 function residing outside of its PAP1 domain, may contribute to the less severe phenotypes observed in Lpin1(1Hubr) rats as compared with Lpin1(fld/fld) mice. Although we are cautious in making a direct parallel between the presented rodent model and human disease, our data may provide new insight into the pathogenicity of recently identified human LPIN1 mutations.



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Biological Process

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Lpin1Ratnegative regulation of myelination  IMP  RGD 
Lpin1Ratnegative regulation of phosphatidic acid biosynthetic process  IMP  RGD 

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Mammalian Phenotype

Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Lpin1Ratabnormal sciatic nerve morphology  IMP  RGD 
Lpin1m1HubrRatabnormal sciatic nerve morphology  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
WI-Lpin1m1HubrRatabnormal sciatic nerve morphology  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
Lpin1Ratdysmyelination  IMP  RGD 
Lpin1m1HubrRatdysmyelination  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
WI-Lpin1m1HubrRatdysmyelination  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
Lpin1Ratincreased cell proliferation  IMP  RGD 
Lpin1m1HubrRatincreased cell proliferation  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
WI-Lpin1m1HubrRatincreased cell proliferation  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
Lpin1Ratlipodystrophy  IMP  RGD 
Lpin1m1HubrRatlipodystrophy  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
WI-Lpin1m1HubrRatlipodystrophy  IMP compared to Wild typeRGD 
Lpin1Ratweight loss  IMP  RGD 
Lpin1m1HubrRatweight loss  IMP compared to Wild type and heterozygousRGD 
WI-Lpin1m1HubrRatweight loss  IMP compared to Wild type and heterozygousRGD 
Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Lpin1  (lipin 1)
Lpin1m1Hubr  (lipin 1; ENU induced mutant 1, Hubr)

Strains
WI-Lpin1m1Hubr  (NA)


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