Correlation between vascular endothelial growth factor and paraoxonase 1 gene polymorphism with diabetic retinopathy / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the correlations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and paraoxonase 1 (PON1) gene polymorphism with diabetic retinopathy. Methods A total of 168 patients with diabetes mellitus(DM) in the Second People's Hospital of Xining City were selected from January 2013 to December 2015, and were divided into the DM group (48 cases), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) group (66 cases) and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) group (54 cases). A total of 104 healthy subjects were selected as the control group (NC group). The VEGF and PON1 gene polymorphisms were detected by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), and levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) of all subjects were detected by using UV spectrophotometer. Results Compared with the NC group, the systolic blood pressures and glycated hemoglobin levels in the DM group, NPDR group and PDR group were significantly increased,there were statistically significant differences (P<0.05). No statistically significant difference was found in diastolic blood pressure and levels of cholesterol,triglyceride, high density lipoprotein among these groups (P>0.05). There was statistically significant difference in systolic blood pressure between PDR group and NPDR group (P< 0. 05), while no statistically significant difference was found in diastolic blood pressure and levels of cholesterol, triglyceride,high density lipoprotein and glycated hemoglobin between the two groups (P>0.05). The incidence rate of DR in the patients with CC,CT and TT genotype was 71.05%, 56.27 % and 38.64 %, respectively. The incidence rate of DR in the patients with CCgenotype was significantly higher than that in the patients with CT or TT genotype (P< 0.05). No statistically significant difference was found in SOD and MDA levels of healthy subjects with different PON1 192 genotypes (P>0.05). The SOD level of DR patients with QQ genotype was lower than that of patients with QR or RR genotype,and the MDA level of DR patients with QQ genotype was higher than that of patients with QR or RR genotype,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The expression of VEGF and PON1 genes could affect the development and progression of DR. PON1 gene might control the progression of DR by affecting the expression of oxidative kinase in DR patients.