A gene-family analysis of 61 genetic variants in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in American Indians. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Genetic variants in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) genes have been associated with smoking phenotypes and are likely to influence diabetes. Although each single variant may have only a minor effect, the joint contribution of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to the occurrence of disease may be larger. In this study, we conducted a gene-family analysis to investigate the joint impact of 61 tag SNPs in 7 nAChRs genes on insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in 3,665 American Indians recruited by the Strong Heart Family Study. Results show that although multiple SNPs showed marginal individual association with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, only a few can pass adjustment for multiple testing. However, a gene-family analysis considering the joint impact of all 61 SNPs reveals significant association of the nAChR gene family with both insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (both P < 0.0001), suggesting that genetic variants in the nAChR genes jointly contribute to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes among American Indians. The effects of these genetic variants on insulin resistance and diabetes are independent of cigarette smoking per se.

publication date

  • May 14, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Genetic Variation
  • Indians, North American
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Receptors, Nicotinic

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3379651

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84863211864

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2337/db11-1393

PubMed ID

  • 22586585

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 61

issue

  • 7