Studies of the Ala/Val98 polymorphism of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha gene and the relationship to beta-cell function during an OGTT in glucose-tolerant women with and without previous gestational diabetes mellitus

J Lauenborg, P Damm, J Ek, C Glümer, T Jørgensen, K Borch-Johnsen, H Vestergaard, P Hornnes, O Pedersen, T Hansen

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    Abstract

    AIMS: In pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) an increased demand for insulin is not met due to beta-cell dysfunction. An Ala/Val polymorphism at codon 98 of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha (HNF-1alpha) gene has been associated with decreased serum insulin and C-peptide responses during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in glucose-tolerant subjects. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the influence of the polymorphism on the serum insulin and C-peptide responses to an OGTT in glucose-tolerant women with and without previous GDM and to investigate if this polymorphism is associated with GDM.

    METHODS: The Ala/Val98 polymorphism was measured in 376 women of Danish origin with previous GDM, and in 724 age-matched and 310 middle-aged glucose tolerant women using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.

    RESULTS: The allelic frequency of the Ala/Val98 polymorphism was 0.043 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.028, 0.057] in women with previous GDM vs. 0.037 (95% CI 0.028, 0.047) in age-matched and 0.039 (95% CI 0.024, 0.054) in middle-age women. Among 117 glucose-tolerant women with previous GDM, 10 carriers of the Ala/Val98 polymorphism had a non-significant 27% and 22% reduction in serum C-peptide and insulin levels, respectively, at 30 min during an OGTT. Seventy-eight control subjects carrying the Ala/Val98 polymorphism had a 10% (P = 0.001) and 16% (P = 0.004) reduction in serum C-peptide and insulin levels, respectively, compared with 956 Ala/Ala control subjects.

    CONCLUSIONS: The Ala/Val polymorphism at codon98 of HNF-1alpha is not associated with GDM in Danish women. However, the codon 98 variant is associated with a significant impairment of serum insulin and C-peptide responses during an OGTT in glucose-tolerant women without previous GDM.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalDiabetic Medicine
    Volume21
    Issue number12
    Pages (from-to)1310-5
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0742-3071
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Dec 2004

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • C-Peptide
    • Case-Control Studies
    • DNA-Binding Proteins
    • Diabetes, Gestational
    • Female
    • Glucose Tolerance Test
    • Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1
    • Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
    • Humans
    • Insulin
    • Islets of Langerhans
    • Nuclear Proteins
    • Polymorphism, Genetic
    • Pregnancy
    • Statistics, Nonparametric
    • Transcription Factors
    • Journal Article
    • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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