GPIHBP1
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high density lipoprotein-binding protein 1
Also known as: GPI-HBP1, HDBP1_HUMAN, LOC338328
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q8IV16
- Gene
- GPIHBP1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000277494
- Chromosome
- 8
- Canonical length
- 184 aa
- Protein class
- Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Metabolic proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Principal piece,End piece
- Secretome location
- Intracellular and membrane
- Quaternary structure
- Homodimer
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes a capillary endothelial cell protein that facilitates the lipolytic processing of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. The encoded protein is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein that is a member of the lymphocyte antigen 6 (Ly6) family. This protein plays a major role in transporting lipoprotein lipase (LPL) from the subendothelial spaces to the capillary lumen. Mutations in this gene are the cause of hyperlipoproteinemia, type 1D. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
184 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q8IV16|GPIHBP1
1 MKALGAVLLA LLLFGRPGRG QTQQEEEEED EDHGPDDYDE EDEDEVEEEE TNRLPGGRSR
61 VLLRCYTCKS LPRDERCNLT QNCSHGQTCT TLIAHGNTES GLLTTHSTWC TDSCQPITKT
121 VEGTQVTMTC CQSSLCNVPP WQSSRVQDPT GKGAGGPRGS SETVGAALLL NLLAGLGAMG
181 ARRPLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against GPIHBP1 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.
- Antibody reachability
- Cell surface
- Secreted
- No
- Transmembrane segments
- 0
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.55
- Highest tissue expression
- 85 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- adipose tissue: 85 nTPM
- spinal cord: 70 nTPM
- breast: 53 nTPM
- midbrain: 40 nTPM
- heart muscle: 38 nTPM
- skeletal muscle: 28 nTPM
Single-cell type
- vascular endothelial cells: 72 nCPM
- lymphatic endothelial cells: 29 nCPM
- oligodendrocytes: 23 nCPM
- pericytes: 3.3 nCPM
- thymic myoid cells: 2.7 nCPM
- respiratory ionocytes: 2.5 nCPM
Immune cell
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- white matter: 97 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 64 nTPM
- pons: 50 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 35 nTPM
- cerebellum: 34 nTPM
- thalamus: 34 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about GPIHBP1.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions GPIHBP1 is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Hyperlipoproteinemia 1D (HLPP1D) MIM:615947
Disease | GeneticClinVar
23 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 198 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Hyperlipoproteinemia, type 1D
- Hyperlipoproteinemia, type I
- Cardiovascular phenotype
Disease | AutoantibodyPubMed
Conditions in which antibodies against GPIHBP1 are reported. Each links to that disease's full target list.
Showing 0 of 3 — disease pages carrying at least 10 antigens.
ReferencesPubMed · IEDB
Publications for GPIHBP1 from three distinct lines of evidence, kept separate because they answer different questions: whether antibodies are directed at the protein, whether a B-cell epitope has been mapped on it, and whether a T-cell epitope has. Each is labelled with its source.
Reference: AutoantibodyPubMed
23 publications
- Autoantibodies against GPIHBP1 as a Cause of Hypertriglyceridemia.
2017 · N Engl J Med · RCR 5 · 126 citations - Chylomicronemia from GPIHBP1 autoantibodies.
2020 · J Lipid Res · RCR 2.2 · 43 citations - A protein of capillary endothelial cells, GPIHBP1, is crucial for plasma triglyceride metabolism.
2022 · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · RCR 1.8 · 25 citations - GPIHBP1 autoantibody is an independent risk factor for the recurrence of hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis.
2022 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 1.3 · 14 citations - GPIHBP1 autoantibodies in a patient with unexplained chylomicronemia.
2017 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 1.2 · 30 citations
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- An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measuring GPIHBP1 levels in human plasma or serum.
2018 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 1.1 · 23 citations - Intermittent chylomicronemia caused by intermittent GPIHBP1 autoantibodies.
2020 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 1.1 · 21 citations - Molecular genetic testing and measurement of levels of GPIHBP1 autoantibodies in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia: The importance of identifying the underlying cause of hypertriglyceridemia.
2024 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 1.1 · 5 citations - GPIHBP1 autoantibody syndrome during interferon β1a treatment.
2019 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 1 · 19 citations - Chylomicronemia From GPIHBP1 Autoantibodies Successfully Treated With Rituximab: A Case Report.
2020 · Ann Intern Med · RCR 0.9 · 16 citations - A case of hyperchylomicronemia associated with GPIHBP1 autoantibodies and fluctuating thyroid autoimmune disease.
2023 · J Clin Lipidol · RCR 0.7 · 5 citations - Development of hypertriglyceridemia due to GPIHBP1 autoantibodies prior to clinical diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus in a 14-year-old girl.
2022 · Allergol Int · RCR 0.6 · 5 citations - An ELISA for quantifying GPIHBP1 autoantibodies and making a diagnosis of the GPIHBP1 autoantibody syndrome.
2018 · Clin Chim Acta · RCR 0.5 · 10 citations - Acquired marked hypertriglyceridemia with anti-GPIHBP1 antibodies.
2020 · Pediatr Int · RCR 0.4 · 8 citations - Triglyceride Metabolism under Attack.
2017 · Cell Metab · RCR 0.2 · 7 citations - A Woman With Hypertriglyceridemia Who Acquired Antibody Against GPIHBP1.
2020 · JACC Case Rep · RCR 0.1 · 2 citations - Dyslipidaemia: Hypertriglyceridaemia caused by GPIHBP1 autoantibodies.
2017 · Nat Rev Cardiol · RCR 0 · 1 citations - Heterogeneous nature of severe hypertriglyceridemia in childhood.
2026 · J Clin Lipidol · 1 citations - Successful Rituximab Treatment of GPIHBP1 Autoantibody-Associated Hypertriglyceridemia.
2025 · JACC Case Rep - A Norwegian cohort with STAT1-related disease - further expanding the clinical phenotype.
2025 · Front Immunol - GPIHBP1 Autoantibody-Related Hypertriglyceridemia in a 12-Year-Old Girl With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
2026 · Case Rep Endocrinol - GPIHBP1 Autoantibody-Related Hypertriglyceridemia in Children: A Report of Two Cases and a Review of Pediatric Cases From the Literature.
2026 · Mol Genet Genomic Med - Successful long-term remission of hyperchylomicronemia caused by GPIHBP1 autoantibodies: With insights into antibody epitope effects.
2026 · J Clin Lipidol
Sources: PubMed — antigen-level antibody evidence from a custom retrieval. Records matching a controlled set of autoantibody terms (the MeSH descriptors Autoantibodies and Autoantigens, with title and abstract term variants) were obtained through NCBI E-utilities, and their titles and abstracts parsed for constructions that direct an antibody at a named protein rather than for co-occurrence. Captured names were resolved against UniProt nomenclature and each antigen adjudicated individually against the source text. Bibliographic records from PubMed and MeSH, U.S. National Library of Medicine; citation metrics from NIH iCite (Hutchins et al., PLoS Biology 2016). Titles link to PubMed; abstracts are not reproduced here. The NLM does not endorse this analysis.
Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap
Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.
- gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
- 1.1
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.14
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.04
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.1
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- cholesterol homeostasis
- intracellular protein transport
- positive regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process
- protein import
- protein localization to cell surface
- protein stabilization
- response to heparin
- transcytosis
- triglyceride catabolic process
- triglyceride homeostasis
- positive regulation of chylomicron remnant clearance
- positive regulation of chylomicron remodeling
Molecular functions
- lipase binding
- lipid binding
- lipoprotein lipase activator activity
- lipoprotein particle binding
- protein transporter activity
- chylomicron binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of GPIHBP1 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads GPIHBP1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against GPIHBP1 could matter depends on whether native GPIHBP1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
GPIHBP1 is annotated at the cell surface, where native GPIHBP1 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label GPIHBP1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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