Identification of variants in cyclin D1 ( CCND1) and B-Cell CLL/lymphoma 2 ( BCL2).
CCND1 is an important cell-cycle regulatory protein associated with cell proliferation, poor prognosis and recurrence in cancer, while BCL2 is an important anti-apoptotic protein that plays a vital role in the regulation of the life span by controlling the rate of apoptosis. Recent studies have shown that CCND1 and BCL2 may be responsible for the body mass and the regulation of various metabolic processes. In an effort to discover additional polymorphism(s), we scrutinized the genetic polymorphisms in the CCND1 and BCL2. By direct DNA sequencing in 24 individuals, we identified 22 sequence variants within the 16 kb of whole CCND1 gene: one in exon 4, 17 in introns and four in the 3' UTR region. We also found eight sequence variants within 7.5 kb exon-intron boundaries of BCL2 gene: one in promoter, three in exon 1, and four in the 3' UTR region. Haplotypes, their frequencies and linkage disequilibrium coefficients (| D'| and r(2)), among polymorphisms were estimated. Among identified variants, seven and six variants of CCND1 and BCL2 were genotyped in a larger series of subjects ( n=320). Statistical analyses of CCND1 and BCL2 polymorphisms with two metabolic phenotypes revealed no significant association. The information concerning genetic polymorphisms of CCND1 and BCL2 might provide valuable information for future genetic studies of diseases.
Park
Byung Lae
BL
Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., 11th Floor, MaeHun B/D, 13 Chongro 4 Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-834.
Kim
Lyoung Hyo
LH
Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., 11th Floor, MaeHun B/D, 13 Chongro 4 Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-834.
Cheong
Hyun Sub
HS
Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., 11th Floor, MaeHun B/D, 13 Chongro 4 Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-834.
Cho
Hye Young
HY
Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., 11th Floor, MaeHun B/D, 13 Chongro 4 Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-834.
Kim
Eun Mi
EM
Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., 11th Floor, MaeHun B/D, 13 Chongro 4 Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-834.
Shin
Hyoung Doo
HD
Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., 11th Floor, MaeHun B/D, 13 Chongro 4 Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, 110-834.
Kim
Yong-Sun
YS
Center for Aging Research, Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, South Korea, 431-060.
Lee
Chaeyoung
C
Center for Aging Research, Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, South Korea, 431-060. clee@hallym.ac.kr.
D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D019254:Genes, bcl-2; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D019938:Cyclin D1; D002784:Cholesterol