Abstract:
Objectives To explore the correlation between the telomere-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TERC rs12696304, MYNN rs3772190 and LRRC31 rs16847897 and blood glucose levels in the longlived population in Bama region of Guangxi.
Methods According to the fasting blood glucose levels, 284 longlived elderly people over 90 years old included in the analysis were divided into hyperglycemia group (59 cases) and normoglycemia group (225 cases). The TaqManMGB probe method was used to genotype the three mentioned SNPs. Chi-square test and unconditional logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate the distributions of SNP genotypes and allele frequencies in the two groups as well as their relationships with blood glucose levels. Haploview 4.2 software was used to analyze the linkage disequilibrium (LD) between each locus, and haplotypes were constructed to understand the interaction between genes. The generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR) was used to further analyze the influence of gene-environment interaction on abnormal blood glucose levels.
Results There were statistically significant differences in the genotype and allele frequency distributions of TERC rs12696304 and MYNN rs3772190 between the hyperglycemia group and the normoglycemia group (P < 0.05). For LRRC31 rs16847897, there was a statistically significant difference in the allele distributions between the two groups (P < 0.05), while there was no statistically significant difference in the genotype distribution (P=0.06). TERC rs12696304, MYNN rs3772190 and LRRC31 rs16847897 were all associated with the risk of hyperglycemia. The three loci of rs12696304, rs3772190, and rs16847897 were in a strong state of linkage disequilibrium. The distributions of haplotypes G-A-C and C-G-G were significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.05). There was an SNP-environment interaction between rs12696304 SNP and waist circumference (WC) (P=0.0107). The haplotype-environment interaction existed among C-G-G, C-G-C, TG and WC (P=0.0107).
Conclusion The telomere-related SNPs rs12696304, rs3772190 and rs16847897 are associated with el‐ evated fasting blood glucose levels in the long-lived population. Different interactions between SNPs, haplotypes, and the environment exhibit different effects on the risk of elevated blood glucose.