TY - JOUR
T1 - INS VNTR is a QTL for the insulin response to oral glucose in obese children
AU - Dos Santos, Christine
AU - Fallin, Daniele
AU - Le Stunff, Catherine
AU - LeFur, Sophie
AU - Bougnères, Pierre
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - We performed a genotype-phenotype association study to examine whether the insulin VNTR (INS VNTR) polymorphism located in the insulin gene promoter was associated with changes in insulin response to oral glucose. Two classes of INS VNTR alleles are observed in Caucasians, the "short" class I and the "long" class III. Plasma insulin and glucose concentrations and indices of insulin secretion (IGI) and sensitivity (ISI) were measured using an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in 387 obese children aged 12 ± 0.1 yr with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 30.6 kg/m2 (161% of the normal mean). During OGTT, plasma insulin and IGI were 20-30% higher in I/I obese children vs. III carriers (P < 0.01). A general linear model adjusting for age, sex, and puberty was also used to evaluate the influence of the VNTR genotype on the BMI-IGI (P = 0.07) and the BMI-ISI (P < 0.006) relationships. The INS VNTR can therefore be considered a quantitative trait locus influencing glucose-stimulated insulin physiology in obese juveniles.
AB - We performed a genotype-phenotype association study to examine whether the insulin VNTR (INS VNTR) polymorphism located in the insulin gene promoter was associated with changes in insulin response to oral glucose. Two classes of INS VNTR alleles are observed in Caucasians, the "short" class I and the "long" class III. Plasma insulin and glucose concentrations and indices of insulin secretion (IGI) and sensitivity (ISI) were measured using an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in 387 obese children aged 12 ± 0.1 yr with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 30.6 kg/m2 (161% of the normal mean). During OGTT, plasma insulin and IGI were 20-30% higher in I/I obese children vs. III carriers (P < 0.01). A general linear model adjusting for age, sex, and puberty was also used to evaluate the influence of the VNTR genotype on the BMI-IGI (P = 0.07) and the BMI-ISI (P < 0.006) relationships. The INS VNTR can therefore be considered a quantitative trait locus influencing glucose-stimulated insulin physiology in obese juveniles.
KW - Insulin gene
KW - Insulin secretion
KW - Obesity
KW - Quantitative trait locus
KW - Variable number of tandem repeats
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U2 - 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00024.2003
DO - 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00024.2003
M3 - Article
C2 - 14657411
AN - SCOPUS:1842587115
SN - 1531-2267
VL - 16
SP - 309
EP - 313
JO - Physiological Genomics
JF - Physiological Genomics
ER -