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BMC Medical Genetics
Published in: BMC Medical Genetics 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Obesity | Research article

MC4R variants rs12970134 and rs17782313 are associated with obese polycystic ovary syndrome patients in the Western region of Saudi Arabia

Authors: Asma A. Batarfi, Najlaa Filimban, Osama S. Bajouh, Ashraf Dallol, Adeel G. Chaudhary, Sherin Bakhashab

Published in: BMC Medical Genetics | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Background

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder causing infertility in reproductive-age women. The cause of PCOS is not fully understood but it is thought to be influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Obesity is greatly related to PCOS and its reduction is one of the major aims in treating PCOS. Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene polymorphisms were detected to be associated with different levels of obesity. Therefore, we aimed to determine the genotype and allele frequency of MC4R variants rs12970134 (A/G) and rs17782313 (C/T) in PCOS and investigate their association with PCOS and its clinical variables.

Methods

A case-control study was conducted on 189 women, consisting of 95 PCOS cases and 94 controls. Genotyping was performed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using TaqMan™ Genotyping assays. Quantitative data were presented as (median ± interquartile range (IQR) whereas qualitative data were presented as frequencies. The chi-squared test was used to observe the difference between SNPs within the study groups (PCOS and control subjects). Multinomial logistic regression was used to test the risk of obesity and development of PCOS considering p < 0.05 is statistically significant.

Results

Rs12970134 and rs17782313 are significantly associated with body mass index (BMI, kg/m2, p < 0.0001) in PCOS women but not associated with PCOS itself. Risk alleles in our population are A in rs12970134 and C in rs17782313 that are associated with high BMI (> 30 kg/m2) in obese women with PCOS (OR = 1.348, p = 0.002 and OR = 1.364, p = 0.002 respectively) in the homozygous state. In addition, we found that the other genotypes for non-obese PCOS group, AG/GG for rs12970134 and CT/TT for rs17782313, are associated with hirsutism, loss of hair, hyperandrogenism and anti-Müllerian hormone in PCOS.

Conclusions

These findings demonstrate that MC4R single nucleotide polymorphisms, rs12970134 and rs17782313, are correlated with elevated BMI in PCOS but are not causative factors for PCOS among women in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the reverse genotypes are associated with major clinical variants in non-obese (< 30 kg/m2) PCOS patients may demonstrate a poor prognosis for this group.
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Metadata
Title
MC4R variants rs12970134 and rs17782313 are associated with obese polycystic ovary syndrome patients in the Western region of Saudi Arabia
Authors
Asma A. Batarfi
Najlaa Filimban
Osama S. Bajouh
Ashraf Dallol
Adeel G. Chaudhary
Sherin Bakhashab
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medical Genetics / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12881-019-0876-x

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