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Published on: March 17, 2023
Interactions between noncontiguous haplotypes in the adiponectin gene ACDC are associated with plasma adiponectin
Jessica G Woo1, Lawrence M Dolan, Ranjan Deka
1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH 45229, USA. jessica.woo@cchmc.org
Abstract:
Adiponectin, an adipocyte protein important in insulin sensitization and cardioprotection, has a strong genetic component. We hypothesized that variants in the adiponectin gene (adipocyte collagen-domain containing [ACDC]) contribute to adiponectin levels in a biracial adolescent cohort. We genotyped 11 ACDC single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 631 non-Hispanic white and 553 African-American unrelated adolescents in grades 5-12 randomly selected from the Princeton School District Study. ACDC SNPs -11,391 (A allele), -10,068 (G allele), and +276 (T allele) were associated with higher adiponectin, adjusting for sex, puberty stage, BMI Z score, and waist Z score. Contiguous two-SNP haplotypes of promoter variants -11,391/-10,068 were significantly associated with adiponectin levels in whites and African Americans (P < 0.0001 and 0.03, respectively). Extended haplotypes from the promoter through the second intron (-11,391 to +349) strongly associated with adiponectin in whites (P = 6 x 10(-11)) and African Americans (P = 0.004), but haplotypes of first intron SNPs -4,521 to -657 did not (P > 0.2). Noncontiguous haplotypes or interactions between two-SNP (-11,391/-10,068) and three-SNP (+45, +276, and +349) haplotypes predicted adiponectin better than either region alone. Variants of ACDC are associated with adiponectin levels in whites and African Americans. Interactions between noncontiguous ACDC haplotypes strongly influence adiponectin levels, suggesting nonadditive and potentially cis relationships between these regions.
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