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Telomere length is maternally inherited and associated with lipid metabolism in Chinese population

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AGING-US
卷 14, 期 1, 页码 354-367

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telomere length; heredity; visceral fat; lipid metabolism

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [82171558, 82071595]
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences [KFZD-SW221]
  3. Yunnan Applied Basic Research Project [2017FA038, 2019FB094]
  4. National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC2000400, 2018YFE0203700]
  5. Strategic Priority Research Program [XDPB17]

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This study found that telomere length shortens with age in humans, with females maintaining their telomeres better than males. There is a strong association of telomere length between mothers and their offspring, but not between fathers and their offspring. Telomere length is inversely associated with visceral fat index in females and positively associated with apolipoprotein A levels. Impairment of lipid metabolism may contribute to telomere length shortening in the Chinese population.
Telomere is a unique DNA-protein complex which covers the ends of chromosomes to avoid end fusion and maintain the stability and integrity of chromosomes. Telomere length (TL) shortening has been linked to aging and various age-related diseases in humans. Here we recruited a total of 1031 Chinese individuals aged between 12 and 111 years, including 108 families with parents and their offspring. DNA was extracted from peripheral white blood cells and TL was measured by quantitative PCR (qPCR). We explored the associations of TL with age, gender and clinical variables, and tested the parental effects on TL variation. First, we found that TL was shortened with age, however, TL was better maintained in females than males. Second, there was a robust association of TL between mother and offspring, but not between father and their offspring. In addition, TL was inversely associated with visceral fat index in females, and positively associated with apolipoprotein A levels. Knockdown of the key genes for lipid metabolism (PNPLA2 and CPT1) shortened the TL in HepG2 cells. These findings indicate that TL is maternally inherited, and impairment of lipid metabolism may contribute to the TL shortening in the Chinese population.

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