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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Identification of type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes in the Japanese population by linkage disequilibrium mapping in the chromosomal regions harboring type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15310138
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Applied genomics
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

HARA Kazuo  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Research Associate, 医学部附属病院, 助手 (50359600)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KADOWAKI Takashi  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, 医学部附属病院, 教授 (30185889)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
KeywordsSNP / Haplotype / diabetes / affected sib pair / adiponectin
Research Abstract

We have mapped type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes to the 9 chromosomal regions 1p36-p32, 2q34, 3q26-q28, 6p23, 7p22-p21, 9p, 11p13p-p12 15q13-q21, and 20q12-q13) in the Japanese population. In 3q26-q28, the gene encoding adiponectin which is adipocyte-derived insulin sensitizing hormone, is located. We found that SNP276 in the adiponectin gene was associated with plasma level of adiponectin, insulin resistance, and risk of type 2 diabetes, suggesting that the adiponectin gene is a type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene. In 1q36-32, the AMPKα2 subunit gene is located ant we found that polymorphism in the AMPKα2 subunit gene is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In 20q12-q13 we found we found very strong evidence of the association between type 2 diabetes and the haplotype consisting of two polymorphisms in the P2 promoter region of the HNF4A gene, although none of the individual polymorphisms examined showed any significant association with type 2 diabetes. In contrast, therse was no association between type 2 diabetes and haplotypes consisting of polymorphisms not located in the P2 promoter region, suggesting that the type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci are localized in the P2 promoter region of the HNF4A gene. The results of the present analysis revealed that the HNF4A gene might be a type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene common to different ethnic groups. The study also suggested the possible existence of an as yet unidentified but functional polymorphism in the P2 promoter region of the HNF4A gene directly influencing the susceptibility to type 2 diabetes. We are performing association studies using dense map of SNP in the remaining 6 chromosomal regions we have mapped to identify type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes in the Japanese population.

  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003

All Journal Article (18 results)

  • [Journal Article] Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-4α P2 Promoter haplotypes are associated with Type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population2006

    • Author(s)
      Hara K.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Diabetes (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Genetic variations in the AMPK gene are not associated with insulin resistance and Type II diabetes2006

    • Author(s)
      Horikoshi M. et al.
    • Journal Title

      Diabetes (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Association of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-4αP2 Promoter Haplotypes With Type 2 Diabetes in the Japanese Population.2006

    • Author(s)
      Hara K, Horikoshi M, Kitazato H, Ito C, Noda M, Ohashi J, Tokunaga K, Nagai R, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      Diabetes (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A polymorphism in the AMPKα2 subunit gene is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in Japanese.2006

    • Author(s)
      Horikoshi M, Hara K, Ohashi J, Miyake K, Ito C, Kasuga M, Nagai R, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      Diabetes (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Absence of an association between SNPs in the gene encoding adiponectin receptors and type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance in the Japanese population2005

    • Author(s)
      Hara K.et al.
    • Journal Title

      Diabetologia 48(7)

      Pages: 1307-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Expression of DGAT2 in white adipose tissue is regulated by central leptin action.2005

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki R et al.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem. 280

      Pages: 3331-7

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Absence of an association between the polymorphisms in the genes encoding adiponectin receptors and type 2 diabetes.2005

    • Author(s)
      Hara K, Horikoshi M, Kitazato H, Yamauchi T, Ito C, Noda M, Ohashi J, Froguel P, Tokunaga K, Nagai R, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      Diabetologia 48

      Pages: 1307-1314

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Expression of DGAT2 in white adipose tissue is regulated by central leptin action.2005

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki R, Tobe K, Aoyama M, Sakamoto K, Ohsugi M, Kamei N, Nemoto S, Inoue A, Ito Y, Uchida S, Hara K, Yamauchi T, Kubota N, Terauchi Y, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Biol.Chem. 280

      Pages: 3331-3337

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Insulin/Foxo1 pathway regulates expression levels of adiponectin receptors and adiponectin sensitivity.2004

    • Author(s)
      Tsuchida A et al.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem. 279

      Pages: 30817-22

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Insulin/Foxol pathway regulates expression levels of adiponectin receptors and adiponectin sensitivity.2004

    • Author(s)
      Tsuchida A, Yamauchi T, Ito Y, Hada Y, Maki T, Takekawa S, Kamon J, Kobayashi M, Suzuki R, Hara K, Kubota N, Terauchi Y, Froguel P, Nakae J, Kasuga M, Accili D, Tobe K, Ueki K, Nagai R, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Biol.Chem. 279

      Pages: 30817-30822

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Establishment of a method of anonymization of DNA samples in genetic research.2003

    • Author(s)
      Hara K et al.
    • Journal Title

      J Hum Genet 48

      Pages: 327-330

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Cloning of adiponectin receptors that mediate antidiabetic metabolic effects.2003

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nature 423

      Pages: 243-254

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Molecular mechanism of insulin resistance and obesity.2003

    • Author(s)
      Kadowaki T et al.
    • Journal Title

      Exp. Biol. Med. 228

      Pages: 1111-1117

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Impaired multimerization of human adiponectin mutants associated with diabetes. Molecular structure and multimer formation of adiponectin.2003

    • Author(s)
      Waki H et al.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem. 278

      Pages: 40352-40363

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Establishment of a method of anonymization of DNA samples in genetic research.2003

    • Author(s)
      Hara K, Ohe K, Kadowaki T, Kato N, Imai Y, Tokunaga K, Nagai R, Omata M.
    • Journal Title

      J Hum Genet 48

      Pages: 327-330

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Dual roles of adiponectin/Acrp30 in vivo as an anti-diabetic and anti-atherogenic adipokine.2003

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T, Hara K, Kubota N, Terauchi Y, Tobe K, Froguel P, Nagai R, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord 3

      Pages: 243-254

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Molecular mechanism of insulin resistance and obesity.2003

    • Author(s)
      Kadowaki T, Hara K, Yamauchi T, Terauchi Y, Tobe K, Nagai R.
    • Journal Title

      Exp.Biol.Med. 228

      Pages: 1111-1117

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Impaired multimerization of human adiponectin mutants associated with diabetes. Molecular structure and multimer formation of adiponectin.2003

    • Author(s)
      Waki H, Yamauchi T, Kamon J, Ito Y, Uchida S, Kita S, Hara K, Hada Y, Vasseur F, Froguel P, Kimura S, Nagai R, Kadowaki T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Biol.Chem. 278

      Pages: 40352-40363

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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