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Objective To explore the association between the CpG methylation level of positive regulatory domain containing 16(PRDM16)gene promoter and obesity or body mass index(BMI). Methods A total of 116 patients(91 female adults and 25 male adults) with abdominal operation in a municipal hospital of Henan province were enrolled in this study and they were divided into two groups:normal weight group(n=50), overweight or obesity group ( n=66 ) . Fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein were measured in peripheral blood. DNA was extracted from white blood cells in peripheral blood and modified by bisulphite. Then the CpG methylation level of PRDM16 gene promoter was detected by mass spectrometry. Finally, all data were analyzed by IBM SPSS Statistics 21. 0 at the 5% level. The essential features and biochemical indexes of research objects between two groups were compared by two independent sample t-test, except chi-square test for gender. The correlation between CpG methylation level of PRDM16 gene and BMI was analyzed by multiple linear regression. Results There were no significant differences ( P>0. 05 ) in the methylation levels of PRDM16 gene's effective CpG sites(including CpG5. 6, CpG8, CpG9, CpG12, CpG13. 14. 15, CpG26. 27, CpG28 and CpG29) between two groups. The methylation level of CpG26. 27 had positive linear relation with BMI in overweight or obesity group with the standardized coefficients of 46. 928(P=0. 015), which means the higher the methylation level is, the higher the BMI would be. Conclusion The CpG26. 27 methylation level of PRDM16 gene promoter region may have relationship with the risk of obesity.
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[Summary] A selection of 528 unrelated subjects were enrolled(198 males, 330 females) with the mean age of(52. 23 ± 13. 41) years old. According to body mass index, 253 persons belonged to the normal weight group and 275 persons overweight/ obesity group. A total of 10 SNPs in CIDEB and CIDEC genes were detected. SHEsis online were used to get the haplotypes of these two genes. The relationship between above SNPs and obesity were analyzed under additive inheritance pattern. The main effects and interaction on obesity induced by two genes’ haplotypes were analyzed by logistic regression. rs2144493 in CIDEB gene was associated with obesity, C was a protective alleles, OR (95% CI) equals 0. 722(0. 525-0. 992). CCTT haplotype of CIDEB gene carriers and GCG haplotype of CIDEC gene carriers were more prone to obesity or overweight, there was an interaction between the haplotypes of 2 genes. CIDEB, CIDEC haplotypes may play independent and interactive roles in causing obesity.