Variants within the calpain-10 gene on chromosome 2q37 (NIDDM1) and relationships to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and impaired acute insulin secretion among Scandinavian Caucasians

Søren K Rasmussen, Søren A Urhammer, Lars Erik Berglund, Jan N Jensen, Lars Hansen, Søren Morgenthaler Echwald, Knut Borch-Johnsen, Yukio Horikawa, Hirosato Mashima, Hans Lithell, Nancy J Cox, Torben Hansen, Graeme I Bell, Oluf Pedersen

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Abstract

Variations in the calpain-10 gene (CAPN10) have been identified among Mexican-Americans, and an at-risk haplotype combination (112/121) defined by three polymorphisms, UCSNP-43, -19, and -63, confers increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Here we examine the three polymorphisms in 1,594 Scandinavian subjects, including 409 type 2 diabetic patients, 200 glucose-tolerant control subjects, 322 young healthy subjects, 206 glucose-tolerant offspring of diabetic patients, and 457 glucose-tolerant 70-year-old men. The frequency of the 112/121 combination was not significantly different in 409 type 2 diabetic subjects compared with 200 glucose-tolerant control subjects (0.06 vs. 0.05; odds ratio 1.32 [95% CI 0.58-3.30]). In glucose-tolerant subjects, neither the single-nucleotide polymorphisms individually nor the 112/121 combination were associated with alterations in plasma glucose, serum insulin, or serum C-peptide levels at fasting or during an oral glucose tolerance test, estimates of insulin sensitivity, or glucose-induced insulin secretion. In conclusion, the frequency of the 112/121 at-risk haplotype of CAPN10 is low among Scandinavians and we were unable to demonstrate significant associations between the CAPN10 variants and type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, or impaired insulin secretion.
Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetes
Volume51
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)3561-7
Number of pages7
ISSN0012-1797
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Calpain
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
  • Cohort Studies
  • Control Groups
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetic Variation
  • Glucose
  • Haplotypes
  • Humans
  • Insulin
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Scandinavia

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