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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
卷 25, 期 4, 页码 472-477出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801584
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uncoupling proteins; UCP3; obesity; BMI
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether genetic variation at the UCP3 locus contributes to human obesity. SUBJECTS: Ninety-one obese children (BMI > 4 standard deviations from age related mean) and 419 Caucasian adults from the Isle of Fly Study. DESIGN: Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis was used to scan the coding region of the UCP3 gene in 91 severely obese children. A common polymorphism identified in this gene (c-55t) has been shown to associate with lower UCP3 mRNA expression. Polymerase chain reaction-based forced restriction digestion was used to detect this allele in Caucasian adults. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine associations between the c-55t genotype and anthropometric, energetic and biochemical indices relevant to obesity. MEASUREMENTS: For the obese children, SSCP analysis and sequencing of variants were carried out. For the Isle of fly Study, c-55t genotype and anthropometric (body mass index, waist-hip ratio, percentage body fat), energetic (dietary fat intake, physical activity index, adjusted metabolic rate, maximum oxygen consumption) and biochemical indices (pre- and postglucose challenge plasma triglycerides, non-esterified fatty acids, insulin and glucose) were determined. RESULTS: A previously reported missense mutation (V1021) was detected in a single obese Afro-Carribean child. Twenty-one percent of the genes examined in the Isle of fly study carried the c-55t promoter variant. Age-adjusted body mass index (BMI) was significantly (P = 0.0037) lower in carriers of this variant. CONCLUSION: Mutations in the coding sequence of UCP3 are unlikely to be a common monogenic cause of severe human obesity. In a Caucasian population the UCP3 c-55t polymorphism is negatively associated with BMI.
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