Association between PRDM16, MEF2D, TRPM8, LRP1 gene polymorphisms and migraine susceptibility in the She ethnic
Xianguo Fu1, Jing Yang, Xiaoyang Wu
1Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ningde Municipal Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Ningde, Fujian, China. xgfu2017@163.com.
Background:
The prevalence of migraines in the She population, a minority in China, is significantly higher than that in Han Chinese and other Asian populations. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found to be associated with migraine susceptibility in the She population.
Purpose:
This study investigated four SNPs, identified in genome-wide association studies, within migraine-susceptible loci in Han Chinese for their association with migraine susceptibility in the She population.
Methods:
Two-hundred unrelated migraine patients and 200 healthy controls were recruited. The SNPs examined included rs2651899 (PRDM16 ), rs2274316 (MEF2D ), rs7577262 (TRPM8) and rs11172113 (LRP1). Genotyping of the SNPs was performed by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing.
Results:
No significant differences between the participants with migraines and controls (participants without migraines) were demonstrated in genotypes, alleles and allele carriage frequencies for the four SNPs. A subgroup analysis found that migraine with aura had a lower frequency of C allele positivity in rs2651899 than in healthy controls (59.6% vs. 74.5%, respectively; P < 0.034). Univariate analyses indicated that no genotype of the four SNPs had a significant association with migraines. Males had a lower risk of migraines, and advanced age was a significant risk factor for migraines in females.
Conclusion:
The SNPs in four migraine susceptible loci in Han Chinese were not risk factors for migraines in a relatively small sample of the She population.
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