Association of polymorphism of β3-adrenergic receptor gene and the leptin gene with Kazak obese children in Xinjiang / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the association between C2549A polymorphism of leptin gene and the Trp64Arg polymorphism of the β3-adrenergic receptor gene(β3-AR gene) and obesity in Kazak school-age children.Methods Totally 92 obese children and 71 healthy controls were selected from 6 to 12 years old in Kazak school-age children from the area around Urumqi.Genotype of the C2549A polymorphism of leptin gene and the Trp64Arg polymor phism of β3-AR gene were determined by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism methods.Results 1.The difference in distribution of the β3-AR gene Trp64Arg genotype of obesity and healthy controls of Kazak children was statistically significant (x2 =10.472,P ＜ 0.05),but the difference in distribution of the alleles was not statistically significant (x2 =3.541,P ＞ 0.05).2.The differences in distribution of the leptin C2549A genotype and alleles of the 2 groups were all statistically significant,and the odds ratio of the alleles(0.608) and 95％ CI 0.380-0.972 suggested that the mutation occurrence of obesity might have certain protective effect.3.The difference in distribution of the genotype of β3-AR gene Trp64Arg polymorphism and leptin gene promoter area C2549A polymorphism in the same individual joint action of 2 groups was statistically significant (x2 =15.978,P ＜ 0.05),but the difference in distribution of the alleles in the same individual joint action of 2 groups was not statistically significant (x2 =6.362,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions 1.There were distributions of the Trp64Arg polymorphism of β3-AR gene and the C2549A polymorphism of leptin gene in Kazak school-aged children in Xinjiang.2.These results suggested that C2549A mutation of leptin gene might have certain protective effect in Kazak children obesity,and the Trp64Arg polymorphism of β3-AR gene might be associated with Kazak children obesity.3.These results suggested that the Trp64Arg polymorphism of β3-AR gene and the C2549A polymorphism of leptin gene in the same individual joint action might be associated with Kazak children obesity in Xinjiang.