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Candidate Gene Testing in Clinical Cohort Studies with Multiplexed Genotyping and Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 21, 2018
Evaluation of MC4R [rs17782313, rs17700633], AGRP [rs3412352] and POMC [rs1042571] Polymorphisms with Obesity in
Apurva Srivastava1, Balraj Mittal2, Jai Prakash3
1Department of Physiology, King George's Medical University, (Erstwhile Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University), Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 226003.
Objective:
Genetic variants of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R), agouti related protein (AGRP) and proopiomelanocortin (POMC) are reported to be associated with obesity. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine MC4R rs17782313, MC4R rs17700633, AGRP rs3412352 and POMCrs1042571 for any association with obesity in North Indian subjects.
Methods:
The variants were investigated for association in 300 individuals with BMI ≥30 kg/m(2) and 300 healthy non-obese individuals BMI <30 kg/m(2.) The genotyping were analyzed by Taqman probes. The statistical analysis was performed by the SPSS software, ver.19 and p≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results:
The genotypes of MC4R rs17782313 and POMC rs1042571 were significantly associated with obesity (C), (p=0.02; OR=1.7 and p=0.01; OR=1.6, respectively); however, MC4Rrs17700633 (p=0.001; OR=0.55) was associated with low risk. In addition, AGRPrs3412352 (p=0.93; OR=0.96) showed no association with obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m(2)) in North Indian subjects.
Conclusion:
This study provides the report about the significant association of MC4R (rs17782313) and POMC (rs1042571) with morbid obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m(2)), but MC4R (rs17700633) and AGRP (rs34123523) did not show any association with obesity in the studied North Indian population.
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