title: The TNF alpha/G-308A polymorphism influences insulin sensitivity in offspring of patients with coronary heart disease: the European Atherosclerosis Research Study II.
abstract: There is accumulating evidence for a role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in insulin resistance induced by obesity. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the TNF alpha/G-308A polymorphism was associated with responses to oral glucose and fat tolerance tests in a case--control study comparing male offspring with a paternal history of premature myocardial infarction (cases, n=335) to age-matched controls (n=340) recruited from 14 European university populations. Genotype frequencies did not significantly differ between cases and controls. Among cases, those carrying the A allele exhibited a higher area under the curve for insulin (64.5 vs 55.9 mU h/l, P=0.009), a higher increment between baseline concentration and peak of insulin (63.1 vs 52.8 mU/l, P=0.005) and a greater decrease between peak and insulin at 120 min (49.1 vs 36.8 mU/l, P=0.003) than those with the GG genotype. No such effect was observed in control subjects. No association was observed with response to a fat tolerance test either in cases or in controls. The present results suggest that the TNF alpha/G-308A polymorphism might interact with other susceptibility factors to coronary heart disease to predispose to insulin resistance, and that the ability of TNF-alpha to induce insulin resistance may extend beyond obesity.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 525, 91 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75634 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nicaud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raoux
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cambien
authors.forename: D St J
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tiret
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012016:Reference Values; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha