Genetic variants of nuclear factor erythroid‐derived 2‐like 2 associated with the complications in Han descents with type 2 diabetes mellitus of Northeast China

摘要

The transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2‐like 2 (NFE2L2) is essential for preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)‐induced complications in animal models. This case and control study assessed genetic variants of NFE2L2 for associations with T2DM and its complications in Han Chinese volunteers. T2DM patients with (n = 214) or without (n = 236) complications, or healthy controls (n = 359), were genotyped for six NFE2L2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs: rs2364723, rs13001694, rs10497511, rs1806649, rs1962142 and rs6726395) with TaqMan Pre‐Designed SNP Genotyping and Sequence System. Serum levels of heme oxygenase‐1 (HMOX1) were determined through enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Informative data were obtained for 341 cases and 266 controls. Between T2DM patients and controls, the genotypic and allelic frequencies and haplotypes of the SNPs were similar. However, there was a significant difference in genotypic and allelic frequencies of rs2364723, rs10497511, rs1962142 and rs6726395 between T2DM patients with and without complications, including peripheral neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, foot ulcers and microangiopathy. Furthermore, HMOX1 levels were significantly higher in T2DM patients with complications than in controls. Multiple logistic regression analysis, however, showed that only rs2364723 significantly reduced levels of serum HMOX1 in T2DM patients for the style="fixed-case">GG genotype carriers compared with participants with style="fixed-case">CG+ style="fixed-case">CC genotype. The data suggest that although style="fixed-case">NFE2L2 rs2364723, rs10497511, rs1962142 and rs6726395 were not associated with T2 style="fixed-case">DM risk, they were significantly associated with complications of T2 style="fixed-case">DM. In addition, only for rs2364723 higher serum style="fixed-case">HMOX1 levels were found in the T2 style="fixed-case">DM patients with style="fixed-case">CG+ style="fixed-case">CC than those with style="fixed-case">GG genotype.