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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Nutr. 2010 Aug 21;30:257–272. doi: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.012809.104729

Table 1.

Lipin gene mutations and polymorphisms associated with human disease

LPIN1 mutations
Phenotype Genetic change/locus Details about change/locus Reference

Recurrent acute myoglobinuria Homozygous 643 G>T (E215X) Premature stop codon 62
Homozygous 1162 C>T (R388X) Premature stop codon
2398 C>T (R800X)/genomic deletion of exons 18 and 19 Premature stop codon/deletion
Homozygous 297+2 T>C Activates cryptic splice site in exon 1; last 106 bp of exon 1 are deleted
1259+2 T>C/genomic deletion of exons 18 and 19 (heterozygous) Skips exon 8/deletion
Statin-induced myopathy 2306 A>G (Glu769Gly) Mutation of a highly conserved amino acid; impaired PAP activity in yeast 62

LPIN1 polymorphisms

Body mass index

rs13412852 Noncoding SNP 18
(Association found in lean men only) rs893346 A/G, rs2577262 A/G, rs2716610 C/T Noncoding SNPs 53
(Association found in obese men only) rs11693809 C/T, rs10192566 C/G, rs2278513 C/T, rs2577262 A/G Noncoding SNPs 53
Haplogroup encompassing SNPs rs33997857, rs6744682, rs6708316 One exonic SNP leads to a codon change (V494M) and two are intronic; one risk and two protective haplotypes identified 58

Insulin levels

Higher serum insulin rs11693809 T allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP 53
Higher fasting insulin (generation specific) rs2716609 C allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP 36

Waist circumference

(Generation specific) rs2716609 C allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP 36
Haplogroup encompassing SNPs rs33997857, rs6744682, rs6708316 One exonic SNP leads to a codon change (V494M) and two are intronic; one risk and two protective haplotypes identified 58

Blood pressure

Lower mean systolic blood pressure (in men only) rs10495584 G allele (SNP) Not predicted to be pathogenic, but in high LD with functional SNP rs11524, in which the major allele forms an exonic splicing silencer sequence 45
Hypertension D2S0949i (microsatellite) LPIN1 is the nearest gene to this significantly associated microsatellite 61
Lower blood pressure Haplogroup encompassing SNPs rs33997857, rs6744682, rs6708316 One exonic SNP leads to a codon change (V494M) and two are intronic; one risk and two protective haplotypes identified 58

Other metabolic phenotypes

Higher resting metabolic rate (generation specific) rs2577262 G allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP 36
rs2577256 C allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP
Metabolic syndrome factor score and A1C levels Haplogroup encompassing SNPs rs33997857, rs6744682, rs6708316 One exonic SNP leads to a codon change (V494M) and two are intronic; one risk and two protective haplotypes identified 58
Type 2 diabetes Haplotype ATCCG Haplotype is rare among the Chinese population studied 10
Improved response to rosiglitazone treatment in type 2 diabetic patients rs10192566 G allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP 29
Elevated hepatic lipase activity (in women only) rs10192566 G allele (SNP) Noncoding SNP 53

LPIN2 mutations

Majeed syndrome Homozygous 2201C>T (S734L) Mutates an amino acid conserved not only across lipins in other species but also in all 19
HAD family proteins
Homozygous 540–541delAT Frameshift mutation; premature stop codon 19
Homozygous 2327+1G>C Mutation of splice site causes an R776S change and a premature stop codon 1
Psoriasis 991G>T (A331S) All coding changes 41
1043C>T (P348L)
1159A>G (K387E)
1510C>T (L504F)
1801G>A (E601K)

LPIN2 polymorphisms

Type 2 diabetes and fat distribution rs3745012 C allele (SNP) Located within the LPIN2 3′ UTR 2

Abbreviations: HAD, haloacid dehalogenase; LD, linkage disequilibrium; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; UTR, untranslated region.