title: Polymorphisms of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) gene and susceptibility to diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: The polyol pathway consists of two enzymes aldose reductase (AR) and sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH); the former is the first enzyme in the polyol pathway, that catalyzes the reduction of glucose to sorbitol, the latter is the second one, that converts sorbitol to fructose using by NAD(+) as a cofactor. We along with others have recently found that SDH activity, the second step in the polyol pathway, might make a greater contribution to the etiology of diabetic retinopathy than does the first step involving AR. In this paper, we propose a novel hypothesis that polymorphisms of SDH gene may be correlated with SDH gene expression levels in diabetic retinas, thus being a valuable genetic marker for diabetic retinopathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuneoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000235:genetics; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013012:Sorbitol; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase