The glucokinase locus is an important contributor to glucose variation in the Chinese population at high risk for type II diabetes
- UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (United States); and others
Recently, major advances have been achieved in the genetics of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) with two loci identified: the glucokinase (GCK) gene on chromosome (chr.) 7p and a locus near the adenosine deaminase (ADA) gene on chr. 20q. However, it is not known whether either of these MODY loci contribute to variation in glucose metabolism in populations other than MODY families. To examine this question, we have studied 94 Chinese nuclear families; 54 have both parents affected with type II diabetes, 22 have only one parent affected, and 18 have both normal parents. None of the affected diabetic probands were diagnosed prior to adulthood. Nondiabetic offspring were phenotyped by measuring plasma glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge. Parents and nondiabetic offspring were genotyped for dinucleotide repeat markers. two near the GCK locus and one near the ADA locus. Prior to linkage analysis, both glucose and insulin response variables were adjusted for the effects of age, sex, and body mass index. By non-parametric quantitative sib-pair linkage analysis, we found no evidence for linkage of glucose response variables with the ADA locus on chr. 20q (p=0.64-0.92, 146 sibpairs). However, significant evidence for linkage of log-transformed integrated glucose response area was observed with the GCK locus (haplotypes based on two tightly linked GCK markers) on chr. 7p (p=0.001, N=127). Linkage with the GCK locus was also demonstrated. In contrast, insulin variables, including integrated response area and responses at different time points, showed no evidence of linkage with either the ADA or GCK loci, despite the positive correlation between glucose and insulin responses in these families. These data raise the possibility that the GCK gene may be involved as one of the contributing genes in the etiology of type II diabetes in the Chinese population.
- OSTI ID:
- 134147
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-0883
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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