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Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Molecular Medicine, 3(8), p. 158-165

DOI: 10.1007/bf03402008

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A +2138InsCAGACC polymorphism of the melanocortin receptor 3 gene is associated in human with fat level and partitioning in interaction with body corpulence.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The melanocortin system includes five receptors (MC1R to MC5R), and mouse and human MC4R has been shown to be involved in the regulation of feeding, and mouse MC3R in body composition. To verify a possible similar effect of MC3R in humans, we analyzed one insertion and one single nucleotide polymorphism by restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), and a microsatellite (D20S32e) in relation to body composition and glucose metabolism. METHODS: Eight hundred twelve subjects of the Québec Family Study (QFS) cohort were analyzed for body composition, food intake, and energy metabolism phenotypes. Southern Blot with the complete MC3R cDNA was used to detect a new +2138InsCAGACC variant by Pst1 restriction. PCR-RFLP with BsaJ1 was used to type amino acid polymorphism V81I arising from a G241A nucleotide change. PCR and automatic DNA sequencers were used for the analysis of the TG dinucleotide repeat D20S32e located between -1933/-1892 of MC3R. In a covariance analysis among genotypes, phenotypes were adjusted for age and sex as covariates. Food intake and energy metabolism phenotypes were also adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and leptin and abdominal fat, as assessed by a computed tomography scan, for fatness using six skinfold thicknesses. RESULTS: An association between the +2138InsCAGACC MC3R polymorphism was observed with fat mass (FM), percent body fat (T), and total abdominal fat (ATF). Homozygote subjects for the +2138 insertion variant allele in normal weight (BMI or = 30 kg/m(2) ), a lower level of ATF was seen (-15%, p = 0.002). Other polymorphisms and phenotypes tested showed no association. CONCLUSION: A new 12138InsCAGACC MC3R polymorphism is associated with the level of adiposity and with body fat partitioning in interaction with corpulence in humans.