title: Evidence for an association between genetic variants of the fatty acid desaturase 1 fatty acid desaturase 2 ( FADS1 FADS2) gene cluster and the fatty acid composition of erythrocyte membranes.
abstract: The present study gives further evidence for the recently found association between variants of the fatty acid desaturase 1 fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS1 FADS2) gene cluster and PUFA in blood phospholipids and explores this association for cellular fatty acids in erythrocyte membranes. In a subgroup of adults participating in the Bavarian Nutrition Survey II, a cross-sectional population-based study conducted in Bavaria, Germany, allelic variation in three selected loci of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster was analysed and used for haplotype construction. Associations with plasma phospholipid PUFA (n 163) and PUFA in erythrocyte membranes (n 535) were investigated by regression analysis. All haplotypes of the original five-loci haplotypes of our previous study could be replicated. In addition, associations with serum phospholipid PUFA were confirmed in the present data set. Although less pronounced, associations between FADS1 FADS2 haplotypes and PUFA in erythrocyte membranes, particularly arachidonic and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid, could be established. We provide the first replication of the association of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster with PUFA in blood phospholipids. For the first time, such associations were also shown for PUFA in cell membranes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg 85764, Germany. peter.rzehak@helmholtz-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rzehak
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Klopp
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schaeffer
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoff
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolfram
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Illig
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linseisen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000090943:Delta-5 Fatty Acid Desaturase; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000235:genetics*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005810:Multigene Family; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000090943:Delta-5 Fatty Acid Desaturase; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D010743:Phospholipids; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases; C000716847:FADS1 protein, human; C533241:FADS2 protein, human