The genetic effect of the apoprotein AV gene on the serum triglyceride level in Japanese

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 165; no. 2; pp. 201 - 204
• Main Authors: Nabika, Toru, Nasreen, Shampa, Kobayashi, Shotai, Masuda, Junichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.12.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry; Apolipoprotein A-V; Apolipoproteins; Apolipoproteins A - genetics; Apoprotein AV; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-sectional study; Fatty acids; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Hypertriglyceridemia - ethnology; Hypertriglyceridemia - genetics; Japan - epidemiology; Lipids; Male; Other biological molecules; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Triglycerides; Triglycerides - blood; Apoprotein AV; Triglycerides; Cross-sectional study; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Human; Lipids; Exploration; Genotype; Triglyceride; Genetic determinism; Japanese; Phenotype; Gene; Apoproteins; Polymorphism
• ISSN: 0021-9150; 1879-1484
• DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00252-6

The newly identified apoprotein AV (apoAV) gene was suggested to have a significant effect on triglyceride (TG) metabolism in Caucasians. We studied the genetic effect of this gene on serum TG in a Japanese population. Participants (481 male and 412 female) were recruited at a health examination. A T/C single nucleotide polymorphism called SNP3 in the 5′-region of the apoAV gene was genotyped as described previously. The frequency of the C allele was much greater in Japanese than in Caucasians (0.34 vs. 0.08). The serum TG level in subjects with the TT genotype was significantly lower than the level in those with TC/CC (1.10, 1.25 and 1.21 mmol/l for TT, TC and CC, respectively, P=0.0003 by ANOVA), while there were no significant differences either in the serum total cholesterol or the low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels among the three genotypes. Multiple regression analysis indicated that SNP3 had a significant independent effect on the serum TG level in Japanese ( P<0.0001). This result indicates that polymorphism in the apoAV gene influence serum TG in populations of different ethnicities.