title: Genomewide search for type 2 diabetes-susceptibility genes in French whites: evidence for a novel susceptibility locus for early-onset diabetes on chromosome 3q27-qter and independent replication of a type 2-diabetes locus on chromosome 1q21-q24.
abstract: Despite recent advances in the molecular genetics of type 2 diabetes, the majority of susceptibility genes in humans remain to be identified. We therefore conducted a 10-cM genomewide search (401 microsatellite markers) for type 2 diabetes-related traits in 637 members of 143 French pedigrees ascertained through multiple diabetic siblings, to map such genes in the white population. Nonparametric two-point and multipoint linkage analyzes-using the MAPMAKER-SIBS (MLS) and MAXIMUM-BINOMIAL-LIKELIHOOD (MLB) programs for autosomal markers and the ASPEX program for chromosome X markers-were performed with six diabetic phenotypes: diabetes and diabetes or glucose intolerance (GI), as well as with each of the two phenotypes associated with normal body weight (body-mass index<27 kg/m(2)) or early age at diagnosis (<45 years). In a second step, high-resolution genetic mapping ( approximately 2 cM) was performed in regions on chromosomes 1 and 3 loci showing the strongest linkage to diabetic traits. We found evidence for linkage with diabetes or GI diagnosed at age <45 years in 92 affected sib pairs from 55 families at the D3S1580 locus on chromosome 3q27-qter using MAPMAKER-SIBS (MLS = 4.67, P=.000004), supported by the MLB statistic (MLB-LOD=3.43, P=.00003). We also found suggestive linkage between the lean diabetic status and markers APOA2-D1S484 (MLS = 3. 04, P=.00018; MLB-LOD=2.99, P=.00010) on chromosome 1q21-q24. Several other chromosomal regions showed indication of linkage with diabetic traits, including markers on chromosome 2p21-p16, 10q26, 20p, and 20q. These results (a) showed evidence for a novel susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes in French whites on chromosome 3q27-qter and (b) confirmed the previously reported diabetes-susceptibility locus on chromosome 1q21-q24. Saturation on both chromosomes narrowed the regions of interest down to an interval of <7 cM.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology-CNRS 8090, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France.
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authors.lastname: Vionnet
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authors.lastname: Dupont
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mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D015894:Genome, Human; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010641:Phenotype; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*