Missense variants in the human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene in lean and obese subjects.
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 (PPARgamma2) is almost uniquely expressed in adipose tissue and is of major importance for fat cell differentiation and lipid metabolism. This study was undertaken to assess whether two missense variants in the PPARgamma2 gene are associated with early-onset obesity. A previously described polymorphism encoding for an amino acid exchange in codon 12 (Pro12Ala) was detected with allele frequencies of 0.13 in 296 markedly obese children and adolescents and 0.14 in 130 lean individuals. A Pro115Gln variant, which had been linked to obesity in Germans in a previous association study, was not detected in any of our obese or lean subjects, who are also of German origin. We conclude from our data that these two variants in the PPARgamma2 gene are unlikely to contribute to the high prevalence of early-onset obesity.
Medizinische Kernklinik und Poliklinik, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Hamann
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Münzberg
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Büsing
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Hinney
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Mayer
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Siegfried
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Hebebrand
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Greten
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D006801:Humans; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; C114463:endodeoxyribonuclease HgaI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific