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Erschienen in: Cardiovascular Diabetology 1/2012

Open Access 01.12.2012 | Original investigation

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in insulin resistance, weight regulation, lipid metabolism and inflammation in relation to metabolic syndrome: an epidemiological study

verfasst von: Cécile M Povel, Jolanda MA Boer, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Martijn ET Dollé, Edith JM Feskens, Yvonne T van der Schouw

Erschienen in: Cardiovascular Diabetology | Ausgabe 1/2012

Abstract

Background

Mechanisms involved in metabolic syndrome (MetS) development include insulin resistance, weight regulation, inflammation and lipid metabolism. Aim of this study is to investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in these mechanisms with MetS.

Methods

In a random sample of the EPIC-NL study (n = 1886), 38 SNPs associated with waist circumference, insulin resistance, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol and inflammation in genome wide association studies (GWAS) were selected from the 50K IBC array and one additional SNP was measured with KASPar chemistry. The five groups of SNPs, each belonging to one of the metabolic endpoints mentioned above, were associated with MetS and MetS-score using Goeman’s global test. For groups of SNPs significantly associated with the presence of MetS or MetS-score, further analyses were conducted.

Results

The group of waist circumference SNPs was associated with waist circumference (P=0.03) and presence of MetS (P=0.03). Furthermore, the group of SNPs related to insulin resistance was associated with MetS score (P<0.01), HDL cholesterol (P<0.01), triglycerides (P<0.01) and HbA1C (P=0.04). Subsequent analyses showed that MC4R rs17782312, involved in weight regulation, and IRS1 rs2943634, related to insulin resistance were associated with MetS (OR 1.16, 95%CI 1.02-1.32 and OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.79; 0.97, respectively). The groups of inflammation and lipid SNPs were neither associated with presence of MetS nor with MetS score.

Conclusions

In this study we found support for the hypothesis that weight regulation and insulin metabolism are involved in MetS development. MC4R rs17782312 and IRS1 rs2943634 may explain part of the genetic variation in MetS.
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Electronic supplementary material

The online version of this article (doi:10.​1186/​1475-2840-11-133) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors’ contribution

CMP analyzed the data, contributed to the discussion and wrote the manuscript. JMAB contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. NCO contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. MET contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. EJMF researched the data, contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. YTS contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Abkürzungen
CVD
Cardiovascular diseases
GWAS
Genome-wide association study
HbA1C
Haemoglobin A1c
HDL
High-density lipoprotein
HWE
Hardy-weinberg equilibrium
HOMA-IR
Homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance
hsCRP
High sensitive C-reactive protein
MetS
Metabolic syndrome
SNP
Single nucleotide polymorphism
T2D
Type 2 diabetes.

Background

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common multi-component condition consisting of abdominal obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and hyperglycaemia. It is associated with an increased risk of CVD (cardiovascular diseases) and T2D(type 2 diabetes) [1]. A central question in understanding MetS is why its underlying traits cluster together.
Several mechanisms, including insulin resistance [1], abdominal obesity [1], and inflammation [2, 3] have been proposed to underlie the clustering of MetS features. However, the etiology of MetS has not been unravelled completely yet. Genetic association studies may help to better understand MetS etiology.
A systematic review of genetic association studies on MetS showed that until now most SNPs for which an association with MetS has been found were involved in lipid metabolism [4]. In a recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) even all single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with MetS were involved in lipid metabolism [5]. If effect sizes of SNPs involved in weight regulation and insulin resistance, pathways for which strong pathophysiological evidence exists [1], are small, these SNPs would not have been detected in GWAS, which have a low power due to adjustment for the large number of associations tested.
The SNPs for which an association with MetS has been established explain only a small part of the genetic variation in MetS [46]. Therefore, many more genetic variants remain to be discovered. SNPs associated with insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, inflammation and lipid levels in GWAS are likely candidates for an association with MetS itself. For several of these SNPs, however, an association with MetS has not been investigated with a candidate gene approach.
A common feature of genetic association studies is that the power to detect associations is low, because of small effect sizes and the small alpha caused by adjustment for multiple testing. A way to account for this problem is to increase the effect size and reduce the number of tests, by studying the joint effect of a group of SNPs [7]. To the best of our knowledge such an approach has not been undertaken in relation to MetS.
Therefore the aim of this study is to get more insight in the etiology of MetS, by studying associations between MetS and groups of SNPs that were found to be related to insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, inflammation or lipid levels in GWAS. For those groups of SNPs associated with MetS, we also study the association with the individual SNPs in this group.

Methods

EPIC-NL: Study design

In the EPIC-NL cohort the two Dutch contributions to the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) project are combined: the Prospect-EPIC and the MORGEN-EPIC (Monitoring Project on Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases) cohorts. Both cohorts were initiated in 1993.The study design of the combined cohort is described in detail elsewhere [8]. In brief, Prospect is a prospective cohort study among 17 357 women aged 49–70 who participated in a breast cancer screening program between 1993 and 1997. The MORGEN-project consists of 22 654 men and women aged 20–59 years recruited from three Dutch towns (Amsterdam, Doetinchem, and Maastricht). From 1993 to 1997, each year a new random sample of approximately 5000 individuals were examined.
Laboratory and genetic analyses were performed in a 6.5% random sample of the EPIC-NL study, in all incident T2D cases and in all incident CVD cases. In our study we only used the random sample. After exclusion of participants with missing blood samples (n = 157), missing values for haemoglobin A1c (HbA1C), waist circumference, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides or C-reactive protein (CRP) (n = 128), or with missing SNP data (n=433) the study population consisted of 1886 participants. All participants signed informed consent before study inclusion. Both studies complied with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Prospect-EPIC study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University Medical Center Utrecht and the MORGEN project was approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of TNO, The Netherlands.

Baseline measurements

At baseline, a physical examination was performed and non-fasting blood samples were drawn. During the physical examination, systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements were performed twice in the supine position on the right arm using a BosoOscillomat (Bosch & Son, Jungingen, Germany) (Prospect) or on the left arm using a random zero sphygmomanometer (MORGEN). The mean of both measurements was taken. Waist circumference and height were measured to the nearest 0.5 cm. Body weight was measured with light indoor clothing without shoes on, to the nearest 100 gr.

Biomarker measurements

HbA1c was measured with a homogeneous assay with enzymatic endpoint in erythrocytes. Trigycerides were measured in EDTA plasma using enzymatic methods, whereas hsCRP was measured with a turbidimetric method [8]. MetS was defined according to an adapted version of the AHA/NHLBI MetS definition as having at least 3 of the following 5 MetS features [9]: abdominal obesity (waist circumference ♂≥102 cm; ♀≥ 88 cm); low HDL cholesterol (♂ <1.0; ♀<1.3 mmol/L); hypertriglyceridemia ( ≥1.7 mmol/L); hypertension ( ≥130/85 mm Hg or use of hypertensive medicication); hyperglycemia (HbA1C ≥5.7% or glucose lowering medication) [10, 11]. MetS-score was calculated by summing the number of MetS features present in each participant.

Genotyping

Genomic DNA was extracted in different batches using standard methods, such as salting out, QIAamp® Blood Kit (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA, USA). The participants were genotyped using a gene-centric 50K iSelect chip array, further referred to as IBC array [12]. The design and coverage of the IBC array compared to conventional genome-wide genotyping arrays has been described in detail elsewhere [12]. Additionally, the MC4R rs17782313SNP was genotyped in 853 women of the random sample with the KASPar chemistry, an allele-specific PCR SNP genotyping that uses FRET quencher cassette oligos [13]. For this SNP genomic DNA was extracted with an in-house developed extraction method at Kbiosciences (Hoddesdon Herts, UK).
From the available SNPs, we selected those significantly associated (P≤1.0*10-5) with waist circumference, inflammatory markers, triglycerides or HDL cholesterol or homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in published GWAS until 01-01-2011. As only a few GWAS on HOMA-IR are conducted, we additionally included SNPs both associated with a glucose related traits in GWAS (P≤1.0*10-5) and with HOMA-IR (P≤0.05). Highly correlated proxy SNPs were included in case the original SNP from the GWAS was not available on the IBC array (r2CEU 1000 Genome Pilot 1 ≥ 0.80). If SNPs were only found in one GWAS, without a replication sample, they were excluded. In total we included 39 SNPs: 2 SNPs associated with waist circumference, 5 SNPs associated with insulin resistance, 6 SNPs associated with inflammation, 16 SNPs associated with triglycerides and 16 SNPs associated with HDL cholesterol (Table 1). Sixteen SNPs which were associated in GWAS with waist circumference, inflammatory biomarkers and lipid levels were not on the IBC CVD array (Appendix I).
Table 1
SNPs included in the analyses of random sample of EPIC-NL (n=1886)
Gene
SNP (literature)
SNP (dataset)
MAF (dataset)
ref
r2SNPs
Insulin resistance
PPARG
rs1801282
rs1801282
G: 0.13
[14]
-
IRS1
rs2943634
rs2943634
A: 0.35
[15]
-
GCKR
rs780094
rs780094
T: 0.37
[14]
-
IGF1
rs35767
rs35767
A: 0.16
[14]
-
GCK
rs4607517
rs1799884
T: 0.18
[14]
1
Abdominal obesity
FTO
rs1421085
rs1421085
C: 0.40
[16]
-
MC4R 1
rs17782313
rs17782313
C: 0.25
[16]
-
Inflammation
IL6R
rs4537545
rs4537545
T: 0.39
[17]
-
LEPR
rs6700896
rs1805096
A: 0.38
[17]
0.89
CRP
rs7553007
rs1341665
A: 0.32
[17]
1
ADIPOQ
rs1648707
rs182052
A: 0.34
[18]
1
IL18
rs1834481
rs5744256
G: 0.26
[19]
1
GCKR
rs780094
rs780094
T: 0.37
[20]
-
Triglycerides
AFF1
rs442177
rs3775214
G: 0.43
[21]
0.96
APOB
rs673548
rs673548
A: 0.22
[22]
-
APOB
rs693
rs693
G: 0.50
[23]
-
APOA5-A4-C3-A1
rs12286037
rs12286037
T: 0.08
[24]
-
APOA5
rs6589566
rs2075290
C: 0.06
[25]
1
FADS1
rs174548
rs174548
G: 0.29
[21]
 
FADS1-2-3
rs174547
rs174577
A: 0.35
[26]
1
GALNT2
rs4846914
rs4846914
G: 0.41
[23]
-
LPL
rs328
rs328
G: 0.10
[23]
-
MLXIPL
rs17145738
rs17145750
T: 0.16
[24]
0.86
PLTP
rs7679
rs6073952
A: 0.20
[26]
0.82
TRIB1
rs2954029
rs2954029
T: 0.47
[26]
-
CLIP2
rs16996148
rs16996148
T: 0.10
[24]
-
GCKR
rs780094
rs780094
T: 0.37
[27]
-
ANGPTL3-DOCK7
rs1748195
rs1748197
A: 0.35
[24]
1
ANGPTL3-DOCK7
rs12130333
rs12130333
T: 0.24
[23]
-
HDL cholesterol
ABCA1
rs1883025
rs1883025
T: 0.24
[26]
-
ABCA1
rs3890182
rs3890182
A: 0.10
[21]
-
APOB
rs11902417
rs11902417
A: 0.24
[21]
-
CETP
rs1800775
rs1800775
A: 0.46
[28]
-
CETP
rs3764261
rs3764261
A: 0.31
[29]
-
FADS1
rs174548
rs174548
G: 0.29
[21]
-
FADS1-2-3
rs174547
rs174577
A: 0.35
[26]
-
GALNT2
rs4846914
rs4846914
G: 0.41
[23]
-
LCAT
rs255052
rs255052
A: 0.17
[24]
-
LCAT
rs12449157
rs1109166
C: 0.18
[21]
0.94
LIPC
rs1800588
rs1800588
T: 0.22
[23]
-
LIPG
rs2156552
rs2156552
A: 0.16
[21]
-
LPL
rs328
rs328
G: 0.10
[23]
-
PLTP
rs7679
rs6073952
A: 0.20
[26]
0.82
MMAB MVK
rs2338104
rs10774708
A: 0.47
[26]
1
HNF4A
rs1800961
rs1800961
T: 0.04
[26]
-
1Data available in 853 women.

Statistics

Distributions of genotypes were tested for deviation from hardy-weinberg equilibrium (HWE) by chi-square analyses. Triglycerides and hsCRP were log-transformed to improve normality. Participants on blood pressure medication were excluded from the analyses on blood pressure, participants on glucose lowering medication from the analysis on HbA1C, and participants with acute inflammation (hsCRP > 10 mmol/L) from the analyses on hsCRP.
SNPs were divided into 5 groups (Table 1) according to the known associations in GWAS. These groups of SNPs were associated with the corresponding phenotype using the linear regression model of Goeman’s global test [7]. Subsequently, for each group of SNPs the association with MetS was analysed using the log-linear model of Goeman’s global test, and the association with MetS-score using the linear regression model of Goeman’s global test (see Figure 1: data-analyses scheme). If one of these associations was statistically significant, we conducted additional data-analyses. First, to see whether the association with the group of SNPs was mediated by the corresponding phenotype from GWAS, we adjusted the association between MetS and the group of SNPs for this phenotype. Second, we tested if the group of SNPs was also associated with the individual MetS features or hsCRP using the linear regression model of Goeman’s global test. Third, we analysed the association of the individual SNPs in this group with MetS using log-linear models and with MetS-score using linear regression. For the individual SNPs which were significantly associated with MetS or MetS-score, we analysed associations with the individual MetS features and hsCRP using linear regression. We only conducted analyses with individual SNPs, for those SNPs which were on the group level associated with MetS or MetS-score. Consequently, only a few associations with individual SNPs were analyses. Therefore, adjustment for multiple testing is not appropriate.
All analyses were adjusted for age, sex and cohort. Significance was defined as a 2-sided P-value <0.05. The global test was calculated in R version 2.12.1 (R Foundation for Statistical Computing; http://​www.​r-project.​org). The analyses for individual SNPs were performed with SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute, INC., Cary, North Carolina).

Results

All SNPs were in HWE (P>0.05). Minor allele frequency of the SNPs ranged from 0.04-0.47 (Table 1). The random sample of EPIC-NL consisted of 465 men and 1421 women (Table 2). The mean age was 50.1 (SD 11.7) and 30.3% of all participants had MetS.
Table 2
Characteristics of the random sample of EPIC-NL (n=1886)
 
Total (n=1886)
Men (n=465)
Women (n=1421)
Sex (% men)
24.6 (465)
  
Age (yr)
50.1 (11.7)
43.9 (11.1)
52.2 (11.2)
Waist circumference (cm)
85.5 (11.6)
92.0 (11.4)
82.9 (10.5)
Abdominal obesity(%)a
27.7(522)
21.9 (102)
29.6 (420)
HbA1C (%)
5.46 (0.69)
5.27 (0.61)
5.53 (0.71)
Hyperglycemiaa
28.3 (534)
17.8 (83)
31.7 (451)
Diabetic medication(%)
1.2 (22)
0.2 (1)
1.5 (21)
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.27 (0.35)
1.14 (0.28)
1.31 (0.36)
Low HDL-cholesterol(%)a
47.8 (902)
29.2 (136)
53.9 (766)
Triglyceride (mmol/L) b, c
1.32 (0.91-1.98)
1.72 (1.15-2.40)
1.22 (0.85-1.80)
Hypertriglyceridemia a, b
33.8 (637)
50.8 (236)
28.2 (401)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
126.9 (18.5)
127.1 (14.8)
126.8 (19.5)
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
78.2 (10.4)
80.3 (10.1)
77.5 (10.4)
Hypertension(%)a
45.6 (860)
47.1(219)
45.1 (641)
Blood pressure lowering medication (%)
10.7 (202)
5.6 (26)
12.4 (176)
High sensitive CRP (mmol/L)
1.41 (0.62-3.39)
1.20 (0.53-2.82)
1.49 (0.66-3.70)
MetS-score (number of features)
1.8 (1.4)
1.7 (1.3)
1.9 (1.4)
MetS prevalence(%)a
30.3 (572)
25.2 (117)
32.0 (455)
Data are presented as means (standard deviation), median with inter-quartile range or % (n); HbA1C haemoglobin A1c, MetS metabolic syndrome, hsCRP high sensitive C-reactive protein.
aAbdominal obesity, low HDL cholesterol, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia and MetS are defined according to the criteria of AHA-NHLBI (2005). Hyperglycemia is defined according to the criteria of the American Diabetes Association (2010). Abdominal obesity: ♂ ≥102 cm; ♀≥ 88 cm; Low HDL: ♂ <1.0; ♀<1.3 mmol/L; Hypertriglyceridemia: ≥1.7 mmol/L; Hypertension: ≥130/85 mm Hg or use of hypertensive medication; Hyperglycemia: HbA1C in National Glycohemoglobin Standarization Program (NGSP) units ≥ 5.7% or glucose lowering medication; MetS is defined as having at least 3 MetS features.
bNon-fasting values.
cNo information on lipid lowering medication is available.
The group of abdominal obesity SNPs was significantly associated with waist circumference (P=0.01), the group of insulin resistance SNP with HbA1C (P=0.04) and the group of inflammation SNPs with hsCRP (P=7.3*10-6). In contrast, the group of triglyceride SNPs was not significantly associated with serum triglycerides (p=0.08) and the group of HDL cholesterol SNPs not with HDL cholesterol (P=0.32).
P-values for the association of all groups of SNPs with MetS or MetS-score are shown in Table 3. The group of SNPs known for their association with insulin resistance, was borderline significantly associated with MetS (P=0.06) and statistical significantly associated with MetS-score (P=0.003). This group of SNPs was also significantly associated with HbA1C, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol (Table 3). The associations of this group of SNPs with MetS-score and MetS features weakened slightly after adjustment for HbA1C (Table 3). Of the five insulin resistance SNPs included in the group IRS1 rs2943634 was the only SNP individually associated with MetS or MetS-score (Table 4). These associations remained after adjustment for HbA1C (data not shown). IRS1 rs2943634 was also associated with HbA1C (per allele difference −0.034, 95% CI −0.070; 0.002), triglycerides (per allele difference −0.051, 95% CI −0.085; -0.017) and HDL cholesterol (per allele difference 0.029, 95% CI 0.008; 0.052).
Table 3
P-values for Goeman’s global test, testing the statistical significance of associations of waist circumference and insulin resistance SNPs with metabolic syndrome and related features
Group of SNPs
MetS
MetS-score
WC (cm)
HbA1C (%)
Log (TG) (mmol/L)
HDL (mmol/L)
SBP (mm HG)
DBP (mm HG)
Log (CRP) (mmol/L)
n
1886
1886
1886
1864 1
1886
1886
1684 3
1684 3
1683 2
WC 4
P=0.03
P=0.08
P=0.01
P=0.73
P=0.81
P=0.36
P=0.29
P=0.11
P=0.22
Adj WC
P=0.16
P=0.80
-
P=0.47
P=0.55
P=0.09
P=0.36
P=0.34
P=0.68
IR
P=0.06
P=0.003
P=0.45
P=0.04
P=0.0003
P=0.0005
P=0.07
P=0.16
P=0.16
Adj HbA1C
P=0.12
P=0.01
P=0.70
-
P=0.0005
P=0.0008
P=0.10
P=0.22
P=0.17
All analyses are adjusted for age, sex and cohort; Mets Metabolic syndrome, WC waist circumference, TG triglycerides, HDL HDL-cholesterol, HbA1C haemoglobin A1c, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, Adj, adjusted, IR insulin resistance.
1Subjects which are using glucose lowering medication are excluded.
2Subjects with CRP > 10 mmol/L are excluded.
3Subjects with blood pressure lowering medication are excluded.
4Data available in 853 women.
Table 4
Individual SNPs associated with waist circumference or insulin resistance in GWAS in relation to MetS and MetS-score
 
MetS
MetS-score
n
1886
1886
WC
  
FTO rs1421085
1.02(0.93; 1.12)
0.05(−0.03; 0.14)
MC4Rrs17782313 1
1.16(1.02; 1.32)
0.10(−0.05; 0.24)
IR
  
PPARG rs1801282
1.04(0.91; 1.19)
0.10(−0.02; 023)
IRS1 rs2943634
0.88(0.79; 0.97)
−0.14(−0.23;-0.06)
GCKR rs780094
0.99(0.89; 1.09)
0.05(−0.04; 0.13)
IGF1 rs35767
1.03(0.91; 1.16)
0.03(−0.08; 0.14)
GCK rs1799884
1.07(0.95; 1.20)
0.08(−0.03; 0.22)
Data are presented as PR per minor allele for MetS and as minor allele change for MetS Score; Mets Metabolic syndrome, WC waist circumference, IR insulin resistance.
All analyses are adjusted for age, sex and cohort.
1Data available in 853 women.
The group of SNPs known for their association with waist circumference, was statistical significantly associated with MetS (P=0.03) and tended to be associated with MetS-score (P=0.08). The association with MetS and the suggested association with MetS-score disappeared after adjustment for waist circumference (Table 3). Furthermore, no association was found with any individual MetS feature except for waist circumference (Table 3). Of the two abdominal obesity SNPs only MC4R rs17782313 was individually associated with MetS (Table 4). This association remained after adjustment for waist circumference.
MC4R rs17782313 was not associated with any individual MetS feature, including waist circumference itself (data not shown). The groups of SNPs linked in GWAS with inflammation, triglycerides or HDL cholesterol were neither associated with MetS nor with MetS-score (all P-values ≥ 0.15). Therefore no further data-analyses were done for these groups of SNPs.

Discussion

In this population based study of 1886 participants, we studied the relation between MetS and groups of SNPs associated in GWAS with waist circumference, insulin resistance, inflammation, triglycerides or HDL cholesterol. Only the group of waist circumference SNPs and the group of insulin resistance SNPs were associated with MetS or MetS-score.

Waist circumference SNPs

In our study the group of SNPs which were associated with waist circumference in GWAS (MC4R rs17782313 and FTO rs1421085) was associated with waist circumference, as well as with MetS. The association with MetS disappeared after adjustment for waist circumference, indicating that the association with MetS is driven by the association with waist circumference. Furthermore, the association with MetS seemed mainly to be driven by MC4R rs17782313. In the KORA study among 7888 adults, an association between MC4R rs2229616 (r2=1 with rs17782313) and MetS was found [30], supporting our findings. Unfortunately, in our study, data on MC4R rs17782313 were available for women only. However, since in the KORA study [30] the association between MC4R rs2229616 and MetS was not dependent on sex, we expect that this did not influence our findings. In our study the association between MC4R rs17782313 and MetS remained after adjustment for waist circumference. Furthermore, we found no association between MC4R rs17782313 and any individual MetS feature, including waist circumference. This suggests that the association between MC4R rs17782313 and MetS, is at least in part, independent of body weight. In both human and animal studies MC4R rs17782313 had an effect on insulin resistance, independent of body weight [31, 32]. Therefore, insulin resistance may explain part of the association between MC4R rs17782313 and MetS. Contrary to a meta-analysis among 12,555 Europeans, in which FTO rs9939609 (r2=1 with rs1421085) was significantly associated with MetS (OR 1.17 ; 95% CI 1.10-1.25) [33], we did not observe an association between FTO rs1421085 and MetS. This discrepancy may be explained by the weak association between FTO rs1421085 and waist circumference in our study. In our study the regression coefficient between FTO rs1421085 and waist circumference was 0.03 per SD, whereas in other studies it ranged from 0.07 per SD to 0.14 per SD [33].

Insulin resistance SNPs

We found an association between insulin resistance SNPs and MetS and MetS-score that remained after adjustment for HbA1c, indicating that this association was not driven by HbA1C. However, since HbA1C is not an optimal marker of insulin resistance (r2 between HOMA-IR – HbA1C ≈0.50 [34]), we can not rule out that insulin resistance mediates this association. Out of the group of five insulin resistance SNPs, IRS1 rs2943634 was the only SNP significantly associated with MetS and MetS score. It was also associated with HbA1C, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. Accordingly an IRS1 knock-out mouse model displayed a MetS like phenotype with insulin resistance, increased blood pressure, increased triglycerides, decreased HDL cholesterol and decreased LPL activity [35]. Furthermore, in human studies IRS1 rs2943634 has been associate with glucose related [15] and lipid traits [36]. In contrast, in a study among 1126 non-Hispanic whites, 898 non-Hispanic blacks and 906 Mexican Americans, IRS1 rs7578326 (r2 with rs2943634=0.82) was not associated with MetS, neither in the overall population, nor in specific ethnic groups [37]. However, as the number of Caucasian participants and MetS prevalence were lower than in our study, the former study may have been underpowered in Caucasian. Besides IRS1 rs2943634 the group of insulin resistance SNPs consisted of PPARG rs1801282, GCKR rs780094, GCK rs1799884, and IGF1 rs35767. In line with other studies, none of these SNPs were associated with MetS in our data [4, 37, 38]. This may be explained by the relatively weak effect on HOMA-IR of PPARG rs1801282, GCK rs1799884, and IGF1 rs35767 [14, 15] or by pleiotropic effects of PPARG rs1801282 and GCKR rs780094. The 12Pro allele of PPARG rs1801282 has opposite effects on insulin resistance and BMI in Caucasian subjects [39, 40], whereas GCKR rs780094 has opposite effects on insulin resistance and lipid levels [27]. These opposite effects may result in a zero association with MetS, as observed by for example Passaro et al. [40].

Lipid SNPs

We did not observe an association between groups of SNPs known for their association with triglycerides or HDL cholesterol and MetS. On the contrary, in a GWAS [5] and a systematic review of genetic association studies [4], the majority of SNPs associated with MetS was involved in lipid metabolism. The lack of an association with MetS may be a power issue, because the association between lipid SNPs and lipid levels was relatively weak in EPIC-NL. Subgroup analyses revealed that these weak associations were consistent for all lipid SNPs and could not be explained by medication use, sex or a difference between the MORGEN and Prospect study. Furthermore, it is unlikely that the non-fasting state of our samples gives an explanation, as in a GWAS, the association with lipid levels was independent of the fasting state for most SNPs [41].

Inflammation SNPs

We found no significant association between a group of inflammation SNPs and MetS. Accordingly, in a study among 4286 British women, a CRP haplotype was not associated with the individual features of MetS [42]. Furthermore, Rafiq et al. could not detect an association between T2D, an endpoint of MetS and 8 SNPs known to alter circulating levels of inflammatory proteins, which were located in the IL-18, IL1RN, IL6R, MIF, PAII and CRP genes [43]. Overall, this evidence may suggest that genetic variants in inflammatory genes do not play a causal role in MetS development. However, for several reasons it cannot be ruled out that some SNPs in inflammatory pathways are causally related to MetS. First, for some inflammatory proteins SNP-MetS associations have not been investigated yet. Second, as the global test gives a combined result for all SNPs, the global test may be not significant despite the presence of an association between one of the single SNPs and MetS.
In this study we have explored the biomarkers involved in MetS development, by studying SNPs related to these biomarkers. Advantage of this approach is that according to the principles of Mendelian randomization the associations we investigated are neither affected by reverse causality nor by socioeconomic and behavioural confounders [44]. Furthermore, as all participants were Caucasian, it is unlikely that our study results have been affected by population stratification. However, for some SNPs we measured, like IRS1 rs2943634 [45], allele frequencies are very heterogeneous among different populations. Therefore, our results warrant replication in other study populations. Sixteen SNPs which were associated in GWAS with MetS related traits were not on the IBC CVD array. Inclusion of the three waist circumference SNPs, which were not on the array, would probably have increased the possibility to find associations with several MetS features. As the global test of inflammation SNPs on hsCRP was already highly significant (P=7.3*10-6), inclusion of additional SNPs, which were absent on the IBC CVD array, would not have changed our results for the global test, but may have revealed additional individual SNPs. The total number of lipid SNPs in our study was relatively large and relatively few lipid SNPs were missing. Therefore we believe that inclusion of additional lipid SNPs would not have changed our results considerably on the group level. The IBC CVD array covered all insulin resistance SNPs discovered in GWAS. However, up till now for only three SNPs a genome wide association with HOMA-IR has been found and replicated. To increase power we also included those SNPs associated with glucose related traits in GWAS, which were also associated with HOMA-IR (P≤0.05). However, as the association between the group of insulin resistance SNPs and HbA1C was just significant, the power to detect associations with MetS and its features was still low.
In conclusion, we found that SNPs associated with waist circumference or insulin resistance in GWAS were also associated with MetS. These results are in line with the hypotheses that weight regulation and insulin metabolism are causative factors for MetS.
Individual SNPs for which we found an association with MetS were MC4R rs17782312 which is involved in weight regulation and IRS1 rs2943634 which is involved in insulin resistance.

Appendix I

Loci related to waist circumference, insulin resistance, inflammatory biomarkers, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol in genome wide association studies till 01-01-2011 which are not on the IBC CVD array.

Waist circumference

NRXN3 – rs10146997 [46]
TFAP2B – rs987237 [16]
MSRA – rs7826222 [16]

Insulin resistance

Inflammatory biomarkers

HNF1A – rs1183910[20]
ARL15 – rs4311394 [18]
APOE, APOC1, APOCII – rs4420638 [47]
CDH13 – rs3865188 [48]

Triglycerides

LPL – rs326 [49]
APOA1 – rs2075292 [49]
APOA1, APOC3, APOA4, APOA5 – rs10892151 [50]
APOA1, APOC3, APOA4, APOA5 – rs4938303[21]
CLIP2 – rs7557067 [26]

HDL cholesterol

CETP – rs9989419 [21]
LIPC – rs10468017 [26]
CLIP2 – rs2304130 [21]
MAB,MVK – rs9943753 [21]

Funding

The EPIC-NL study was funded by the “Europe against Cancer” Program of the European Commission (SANCO), the Dutch Ministry of Health, the Dutch Cancer Society, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW), and World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
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Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors’ contribution

CMP analyzed the data, contributed to the discussion and wrote the manuscript. JMAB contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. NCO contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. MET contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. EJMF researched the data, contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. YTS contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Metadaten
Titel
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in insulin resistance, weight regulation, lipid metabolism and inflammation in relation to metabolic syndrome: an epidemiological study
verfasst von
Cécile M Povel
Jolanda MA Boer
N Charlotte Onland-Moret
Martijn ET Dollé
Edith JM Feskens
Yvonne T van der Schouw
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2012
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Cardiovascular Diabetology / Ausgabe 1/2012
Elektronische ISSN: 1475-2840
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-11-133

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