Polimorfismo del gen de aldosa reductasa y velocidad de aparición de retinopatía en diabéticos no insulinodependientes / Aldose reductase gene polymorphism and rate of appearance of retinopathy in non insulin dependent diabetic patients
Rev. méd. Chile
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127(4): 399-409, abr. 1999. ilus, tab
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en Español
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ABSTRACT
Background: Recent studies suggest that polymorphisms associated to the aldose reductase gene could be related to early retinopathy in noninsulin dependent diabetics (NIDDM). There is also new interest on the genetic modulation of coagulation factors in relation to this complication. Aim: To look for a possible relationship between the rate of appearance of retinopathy and the genotype of (AC)n polymorphic marker associated to aldose reductase gene. Patients and methods: A random sample of 27 NIDDM, aged 68.1 ñ 10.6 years, with a mean diabetes duration of 20.7 ñ 4.8 years and a mean glycosilated hemoglobin of 10.6 ñ 1.6 percent, was studied. The genotype of the (AC)n, polymorphic marker associated to the 5Õ end of the aldose reductase (ALR2) gene was determined by 32P-PCR plus sequenciation. Mutations of the factor XIII-A gene were studied by single stranded conformational polymorphism, sequenciation and restriction fragment length polymorphism. Results: Four patients lacked the (AC)24 and had a higher rate of appearance of retinopathy than patients with the (AC)24 allele (0.0167 and 0.0907 score points per year respectively, p=0.047). Both groups had similar glycosilated hemoglobin (11.7 ñ 0.2 and 10.5 ñ 1.6 percent respectively). Factor XIII gene mutations were not related to the rate of appearance of retinopathy. Conclusions: Our data suggest that the absence of the (AC)24 allele of the (AC)n polymorphic marker associated to the 5Õ end of the aldose reductase gene, is associated to a five fold reduction of retinopathy appearance rate
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Asunto principal:
Aldehído Reductasa
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Retinopatía Diabética
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Chile
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