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A Loss-of-Function Splice Acceptor Variant in IGF2 Is Protective for Type 2 Diabetes
- Source :
- Diabetes. 66:2903-2914
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Diabetes Association, 2017.
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Abstract
- Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects more than 415 million people worldwide, and its costs to the health care system continue to rise. To identify common or rare genetic variation with potential therapeutic implications for T2D, we analyzed and replicated genome-wide protein coding variation in a total of 8,227 individuals with T2D and 12,966 individuals without T2D of Latino descent. We identified a novel genetic variant in the IGF2 gene associated with ∼20% reduced risk for T2D. This variant, which has an allele frequency of 17% in the Mexican population but is rare in Europe, prevents splicing between IGF2 exons 1 and 2. We show in vitro and in human liver and adipose tissue that the variant is associated with a specific, allele-dosage–dependent reduction in the expression of IGF2 isoform 2. In individuals who do not carry the protective allele, expression of IGF2 isoform 2 in adipose is positively correlated with both incidence of T2D and increased plasma glycated hemoglobin in individuals without T2D, providing support that the protective effects are mediated by reductions in IGF2 isoform 2. Broad phenotypic examination of carriers of the protective variant revealed no association with other disease states or impaired reproductive health. These findings suggest that reducing IGF2 isoform 2 expression in relevant tissues has potential as a new therapeutic strategy for T2D, even beyond the Latin American population, with no major adverse effects on health or reproduction.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
endocrine system diseases
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
LOCI
Adipose tissue
Disease
SUSCEPTIBILITY
TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS
DISEASE
chemistry.chemical_compound
Mexican Americans
Protein Isoforms
RNA-SEQ
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Broad Genomics Platform
Genetics
education.field_of_study
Stem Cells
GROWTH-FACTOR-II
3. Good health
Adipose Tissue
Liver
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Gene isoform
Genotype
European Continental Ancestry Group
Population
Biology
GENETIC ARCHITECTURE
Cell Line
Endocrinology & Metabolism
03 medical and health sciences
QUALITY-CONTROL
Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
Genetic variation
Internal Medicine
Humans
GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
Allele
education
Mexico
Allele frequency
Science & Technology
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Genetic Variation
T2D-GENES Consortium
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group
SIGMA T2D Genetics Consortium
030104 developmental biology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Gene Expression Regulation
chemistry
RNA Splice Sites
Glycated hemoglobin
MEXICAN-AMERICANS
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1939327X and 00121797
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diabetes
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2d58bd10df5e8a8fa75529f2b8410f28