Rizk Elbaz1, Nahed Dawood2, Hala Mostafa2, Somaia Zaki2, Alaa Wafa3, Ahmad Settin4. 1. Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University. 2. Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University. 3. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mansoura University. 4. Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Leptin is a peptide hormone secreted by the adipose tissue. Genetic mutations of the leptin gene were reported to cause severe obesity. OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to investigate the association of the polymorphic tetranucleotide repeat locus 3' UTR of leptin gene with obesity in Egyptian cases. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This study has included 120 subjects affected with obesity 57 of them were consistent with the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MS) while the rest (63) had simple obesity. These cases were compared to 83 normal weight healthy controls. All participants were subjected to an estimation of their body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), serum as well as characterization of leptin gene tetranucleotide repeat (TTTC)n polymorphism by PCR technique. RESULTS: Thirteen different alleles were identified in all cases of obesity versus only 5 alleles in normal controls. The most frequent allele was the 154 bp allele (57.5% in all cases of obesity vs. 92.2% in controls). Total cases with obesity showed a significantly higher carriage rate of class II alleles (I/II + II/II genotypes) compared to healthy controls (48.3% vs. 6.0%, OR=14.6, 95% CI=5.5-38.6, p=<0.0001). This was more apparent in the group with simple obesity (52.3% vs. 6.0%, OR=17.2, 95% CI=6.1-48.1, p=<0.0001) than in MS cases (43.9 % vs. 6.0 %, OR =12.19, 95% CI=4.9-30.4, p=< 0.0001). Interestingly, cases with MS did not differ from those with simple obesity regarding their class I or II allele frequencies (p> 0.05). Although serum lipids were significantly higher in obese cases compared to controls, no difference was found among obese cases with different leptin gene class genotypes (p> 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Tetranucleotide repeat (TTTC)n polymorphism in the 3' UTR of the human leptin gene was associated with obesity in Egyptian obese cases showing higher class II allele carriage rate. However, the lipoprotein levels were not affected by this polymorphism.
BACKGROUND:Leptin is a peptide hormone secreted by the adipose tissue. Genetic mutations of the leptin gene were reported to cause severe obesity. OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to investigate the association of the polymorphic tetranucleotide repeat locus 3' UTR of leptin gene with obesity in Egyptian cases. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This study has included 120 subjects affected with obesity 57 of them were consistent with the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MS) while the rest (63) had simple obesity. These cases were compared to 83 normal weight healthy controls. All participants were subjected to an estimation of their body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), serum as well as characterization of leptin gene tetranucleotide repeat (TTTC)n polymorphism by PCR technique. RESULTS: Thirteen different alleles were identified in all cases of obesity versus only 5 alleles in normal controls. The most frequent allele was the 154 bp allele (57.5% in all cases of obesity vs. 92.2% in controls). Total cases with obesity showed a significantly higher carriage rate of class II alleles (I/II + II/II genotypes) compared to healthy controls (48.3% vs. 6.0%, OR=14.6, 95% CI=5.5-38.6, p=<0.0001). This was more apparent in the group with simple obesity (52.3% vs. 6.0%, OR=17.2, 95% CI=6.1-48.1, p=<0.0001) than in MS cases (43.9 % vs. 6.0 %, OR =12.19, 95% CI=4.9-30.4, p=< 0.0001). Interestingly, cases with MS did not differ from those with simple obesity regarding their class I or II allele frequencies (p> 0.05). Although serum lipids were significantly higher in obese cases compared to controls, no difference was found among obese cases with different leptin gene class genotypes (p> 0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Tetranucleotide repeat (TTTC)n polymorphism in the 3' UTR of the humanleptin gene was associated with obesity in Egyptian obese cases showing higher class II allele carriage rate. However, the lipoprotein levels were not affected by this polymorphism.
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