title: CDK4 IVS4-nt40G-->A and T2D-associated obesity in Italians.
abstract: Cell cycle regulators play crucial roles in the preadipocyte proliferation and adipocyte differentiation. Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) mediates with D-type cyclins entry of cells into cell cycle in response to external stimuli. CDK4 plays a role in body weight, adipogenesis, and beta cell proliferation. CDK4 null mice develop type 2 diabetes (T2D). Furthermore, CDK4 variants are associated with obesity-associated tumors/cancer. We aimed at identifying a role of CDK4 IVS4-nt40G --> A variant in T2D-associated obesity (body mass index, BMI > or = 30) by association tests in an Italian T2D subjects dataset. We recruited from Italy 128 unrelated T2D subjects with BMI <30 kg/m(2) and 54 unrelated T2D subjects with BMI > or = 30 kg/m(2). We performed statistical power calculations in our dataset. DNA samples were directly sequenced with specific primers for CDK4 IVS4-nt40G --> A variant. We identified a significant association of the G allele with T2D-associated obesity and of the A allele with T2D-associated BMI < 30. In our study, we found that the CDK4 IVS4-nt40GG genotype is a risk variant for T2D-associated obesity and that the AA genotype is associated with BMI < 30 in T2D. Hence, CDK4 IVS4-nt40A allele is protective and G allele confers risk for obesity in T2D patients. This study should prompt further work aiming at establishing CDK4 role in contributing to human obesity and T2D-associated obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Biostatistics, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Ramachandran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meenakshisundaram
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gragnoli
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C495900:CDK4 protein, human; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4