TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of adiponectin promoter variants with traits and clusters of metabolic syndrome in Arabs
T2 - Family-based study
AU - Zadjali, F.
AU - AL-Yahyaee, S.
AU - Hassan, M. O.
AU - Albarwani, S.
AU - Bayoumi, R. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Research Trust Fund : [ SR/MED/PHYS/01/01 ]. We thank all members of the teams involved in this project and the research volunteers for their valuable contributions to the study.
PY - 2013/9/25
Y1 - 2013/9/25
N2 - Plasma levels of adiponectin are decreased in type 2 diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Our aim was to use a family-based analysis to identify the genetic variants of the adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene that are associated with obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and hypertension, among Arabs. We screened 328 Arabs in one large extended family for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of the ADIPOQ gene. Two common SNPs were detected: rs17300539 and rs266729. Evidences of association between traits related to the metabolic syndrome and the SNPs were studied by implementing quantitative genetic association analysis. Results showed that SNP rs266729 was significantly associated with body weight (p-value = 0.001), waist circumference (p-value = 0.037), BMI (p-value = 0.015) and percentage of total body fat (p-value = 0.003). Up to 4.1% of heritability of obesity traits was explained by the rs266729 locus. Further cross-sectional analysis showed that carriers of the G allele had significantly higher values of waist circumference, BMI and percentage of total body fat (p-values 0.014, 0.004 and 0.032, respectively). No association was detected between SNP rs266729 and other clusters of metabolic syndrome or their traits except for HOMA-IR and fasting plasma insulin levels, p-values 0.035 and 0.004, respectively. In contrast, both measured genotype and cross-sectional analysis failed to detect an association between the SNP rs17300539 with traits and clusters of metabolic syndrome. In conclusion, we showed family-based evidence of association of SNP rs266729 at ADIPOQ gene with traits defining obesity in Arab population. This is important for future prediction and prevention of obesity in population where obesity is in an increasing trend.
AB - Plasma levels of adiponectin are decreased in type 2 diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Our aim was to use a family-based analysis to identify the genetic variants of the adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene that are associated with obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and hypertension, among Arabs. We screened 328 Arabs in one large extended family for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of the ADIPOQ gene. Two common SNPs were detected: rs17300539 and rs266729. Evidences of association between traits related to the metabolic syndrome and the SNPs were studied by implementing quantitative genetic association analysis. Results showed that SNP rs266729 was significantly associated with body weight (p-value = 0.001), waist circumference (p-value = 0.037), BMI (p-value = 0.015) and percentage of total body fat (p-value = 0.003). Up to 4.1% of heritability of obesity traits was explained by the rs266729 locus. Further cross-sectional analysis showed that carriers of the G allele had significantly higher values of waist circumference, BMI and percentage of total body fat (p-values 0.014, 0.004 and 0.032, respectively). No association was detected between SNP rs266729 and other clusters of metabolic syndrome or their traits except for HOMA-IR and fasting plasma insulin levels, p-values 0.035 and 0.004, respectively. In contrast, both measured genotype and cross-sectional analysis failed to detect an association between the SNP rs17300539 with traits and clusters of metabolic syndrome. In conclusion, we showed family-based evidence of association of SNP rs266729 at ADIPOQ gene with traits defining obesity in Arab population. This is important for future prediction and prevention of obesity in population where obesity is in an increasing trend.
KW - ADIPOQ
KW - Measured genotype analysis
KW - Obesity
KW - Pedigree
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.057
DO - 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.057
M3 - Article
C2 - 23845780
AN - SCOPUS:84881542717
SN - 0378-1119
VL - 527
SP - 663
EP - 669
JO - Gene
JF - Gene
IS - 2
ER -