title: Characterization of the annexin I gene and evaluation of its role in type 2 diabetes.
abstract: In a previous study, we identified suggestive linkage between type 2 diabetes and a locus on chromosome 9p13-q21. This region contains the gene annexin I (ANXA1), encoding a protein suggested to be involved in both insulin secretion and insulin action. In this study, we sequenced the exon/intron boundaries of the human ANXA1 gene and performed mutation screening in 41 individuals from the initial linkage study. We identified five single nucleotide polymorphisms A58G, A401G, intronic variance sequence (IVS)8-28A/G, IVS11 +31A/G, and IVS12-11T/G, which were further tested for association to diabetes in 197 parent/offspring trios using the transmission disequilibrium test. No significant association with type 2 diabetes was observed, although the common A allele of the +58A/G variant gave a 22:12 transmission distortion (P = 0.12). This variant was further genotyped in 481 case and control subjects, but no difference in allele, genotype, or haplotype frequencies were observed between the groups. Further, a novel polymorphic (CA)(15-25) repeat in intron 11 was genotyped in the subjects included in the initial linkage study. No improvement of the original finding was observed. We therefore concluded that the ANXA1 gene is unlikely to harbor variants that contribute to risk of type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Wallenberg Laboratory, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden. cecilia.lindgren@endo.mas.lu.sc
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lindgren
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orho-Melander
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Almgren
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Groop
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D017305:Annexin A1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012016:Reference Values; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D017305:Annexin A1