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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 516-523Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.255
Keywords
CLOCK; polymorphism; behavioural therapy
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- Government of Education, Science and Research of Murcia [BIO/FFA07/010004]
- Spanish Government of Science and Innovation [AGL2008-01655/ALI]
- NIDDK [DK075030]
- US Department of Agriculture Research Service 53-K06-5-10 and 58-1950-9-001 [53-K06-5-10, 58-1950-9-001]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R01DK075030] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Introduction: The success of obesity therapy is dependent on the genetic background of the patient. Circadian Locomotor Output Cycles Kaput (CLOCK), one of the transcription factors from the positive limb of the molecular clock, is involved in metabolic alterations. Objective: To investigate whether five candidate polymorphisms from CLOCK were associated with anthropometric, metabolic measures and weight loss in response to a behavioural weight reduction programme based on the Mediterranean diet. Methods: Five hundred overweight/obese subjects, aged 20-65 years, who attended outpatient clinics specializing in obesity, were studied. Anthropometric, biochemical and dietary intake variables were analysed. Effectiveness of the programme and weight loss progression during 28 weeks of treatment was assessed. Results: Four of five CLOCK SNPs selected were significantly associated with obesity variables (P<0.05). The genetic variation in the rs1801260 CLOCK was associated with obesity at baseline and also affected weight loss. Patients with the variant allele (G) lost significantly less weight i(P = 0.008) compared with wild type. Repeated measures analysis showed that weight loss over time was significantly different between rs1801260 CLOCK variations (P = 0.038). Carriers of the G allele displayed greater difficulty in losing weight than non-carriers. In this particular polymorphism, the frequency of short-time sleepers (<= 6 h per day) was greater in minor allele carriers than in non-carriers (59% vs 41%; P<0.05). CLOCK polymorphisms were also associated with significant differences in total plasma cholesterol at the completion of dietary treatment (P<0.05). Conclusions: We have replicated previous studies showing a relationship between CLOCK gene polymorphisms and obesity. CLOCK rs1801260 SNP may predict the outcome of body weight reduction strategies based on low-energy diets. International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 516-523; doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.255; published online 12 January 2010
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