A functional variant in the human betacellulin gene promoter is associated with type 2 diabetes

Betacellulin (BTC) plays an important role in differentiation, growth, and antiapoptosis of pancreatic beta-cells. We characterized about 2.3 kb of the 5'-flanking region of human BTC gene and identified six polymorphisms (-2159A>G, -1449G>A, -1388C>T, -279C>A, -233G>C, and -226A>G). The G allele in the -226A>G polymorphism was more frequent in type 2 diabetic patients (n = 250) than in nondiabetic subjects (n = 254) (35.6% vs. 27.8%, P = 0.007), and the -2159G, -1449A, and -1388T alleles were in complete linkage disequilibrium with the -226G allele. The frequencies of the -279A and -233C alleles were low (7.0 and 2.0% in diabetic patients), and no significant differences were observed. In the diabetic group, insulin secretion ability, assessed by the serum C-peptide response to intravenous glucagon stimulation, was lower in patients with the -226G allele (G/G, 2.96 +/- 0.16 ng/ml; G/A, 3.65 +/- 0.18 ng/ml; A/A, 3.99 +/- 0.16 ng/ml at 5 min after stimulation; P = 0.008). Furthermore, in vitro functional analyses indicated that both the -226G and the -233C alleles caused an approximately 50% decrease in the promoter activity, but no effects of the -2159A>G, -1449G>A, -1388C>T, and -279C>A polymorphisms were observed. These results suggest that the -226A/G polymorphism of the BTC gene may contribute to the development of diabetes.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Diabetes - 54(2005), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 3560-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nakano, Yoshio [VerfasserIn]
Furuta, Hiroto [VerfasserIn]
Doi, Asako [VerfasserIn]
Matsuno, Shohei [VerfasserIn]
Nakagawa, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Shimomura, Hiroko [VerfasserIn]
Sakagashira, Setsuya [VerfasserIn]
Horikawa, Yukio [VerfasserIn]
Nishi, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Sasaki, Hideyuki [VerfasserIn]
Sanke, Tokio [VerfasserIn]
Nanjo, Kishio [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

5' Untranslated Regions
BTC protein, human
Betacellulin
Comparative Study
Insulin
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 11.09.2006

Date Revised 16.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM159109833