PMID- 30882700 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190401 LR - 20221005 IS - 1536-5964 (Electronic) IS - 0025-7974 (Print) IS - 0025-7974 (Linking) VI - 98 IP - 11 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Association of polymorphisms in STRA6 gene with gestational diabetes mellitus in a Chinese Han population. PG - e14885 LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000014885 [doi] LID - e14885 AB - Cell and animal experiments have found that in addition to being a retinol transporter, Stimulated by Retinoic Acid 6 (STRA6) also functions as a surface signaling receptor by which retinol regulates insulin responses. Several studies revealed that the STRA6 gene may contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and T2DM have some risk factors in common. The present study was directed to investigate whether the 3 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) (rs11633768, rs351219, and rs736118) of STRA6 correlate with the development of GDM in Chinese pregnant women. We also aimed to estimate the relationship between SNPs with fasting blood glucose level, 1-hour and 2-hour blood glucose levels after 75 g oral glucose intake, fasting insulin and insulin resistance levels to better study the relationship between STRA6 and glucose metabolism.Case-control studies were conducted to compare the GDM and control groups. A total of 334 cases and 367 controls were recruited. Three tagSNPs of STRA6, rs11633768, rs351219, and rs736118, were selected. A chi-square test, logistic regression, and linear regression were used to estimate the relationship between SNPs with GDM risk and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), fasting insulin and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) levels. Regression analyses were all adjusted by maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, and weekly BMI growth. The Bonferroni correction was applied for multiple comparisons.After adjusting the maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI and weekly BMI growth, STRA6 rs736118 was associated with fasting insulin level (Beta = -1.468, P = .036), and the association between rs736118 and HOMA-IR was of borderline significance (Beta = -0.290, P = .093) under the dominance model.This study found that there is a significant association between STRA6 polymorphism and GDM. FAU - Hu, Shimin AU - Hu S AD - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University. FAU - Yan, Junxia AU - Yan J AD - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University. FAU - You, Yiping AU - You Y AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. FAU - Yang, Guilian AU - Yang G AD - Nutrition Department, Hunan Provincial Hospital of Maternal and Child Health. FAU - Zhou, Hui AU - Zhou H AD - The Health Management Department of The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China. FAU - Li, Xun AU - Li X AD - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University. FAU - Liao, Xin AU - Liao X AD - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University. FAU - Tan, Hongzhuan AU - Tan H AD - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Medicine (Baltimore) JT - Medicine JID - 2985248R RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (STRA6 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Blood Glucose/analysis MH - Body Mass Index MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Chi-Square Distribution MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ethnology/genetics MH - Diabetes, Gestational/ethnology/*genetics MH - Female MH - Genetic Testing/methods MH - Glucose Tolerance Test/methods MH - Humans MH - Logistic Models MH - Membrane Proteins/*genetics MH - Polymorphism, Genetic/*genetics MH - Pregnancy MH - Risk Factors PMC - PMC6426506 COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2019/03/19 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/02 06:00 PMCR- 2019/03/15 CRDT- 2019/03/19 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00005792-201903150-00084 [pii] AID - MD-D-18-05303 [pii] AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000014885 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Mar;98(11):e14885. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014885.