Weston, Eleanor;
Pangilinan, Faith;
Eaton, Simon;
Orford, Michael;
Leung, Kit-Yi;
Copp, Andrew J;
Mills, James L;
... Greene, Nicholas DE; + view all
(2022)
Investigating Genetic Determinants of Plasma Inositol Status in Adult Humans.
The Journal of Nutrition
, 152
(11)
pp. 2333-2342.
10.1093/jn/nxac204.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Myo-inositol (MI) is incorporated into numerous biomolecules, including phosphoinositides and inositol phosphates. Disturbance of inositol availability or metabolism is associated with various disorders, including neurological conditions and cancers, while supplemental MI has therapeutic potential in conditions such as depression, polycystic ovary syndrome and congenital anomalies. Inositol status may be influenced by diet, synthesis, transport, utilisation and catabolism. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate potential genetic regulation of circulating MI status and to evaluate correlation of MI concentration with other metabolites. METHODS: Gas chromatography mass spectrometry was used to determine plasma MI concentration of more than 2,000 healthy, young adults (aged 18-28 years) from the Trinity Student Study. Genotyping data was used to test association of plasma MI with SNPs in candidate genes, encoding inositol transporters and synthesising enzymes, and test for genome-wide association. We evaluated potential correlation of plasma MI with D-chiro inositol, glucose and other metabolites by Spearman's rank correlation. RESULTS: Mean plasma MI showed a small but significant difference between males and females (28.5 and 26.9 µM, respectively). Candidate gene analysis revealed several nominally significant associations with plasma MI, most notably for SLC5A11, encoding a sodium-coupled inositol transporter, also known as SMIT2 (sodium-dependent myo-inositol transporter 2). However, these did not survive correction for multiple testing. Subsequent testing for genome-wide association with plasma MI did not identify associations of genome-wide significance (p < 5 × 10-8). However, 8 SNPs exceeded the threshold for suggestive significant association with plasma MI concentration (p < 1 × 10-5), 3 of which were located within or close to genes: MTDH, LAPTM4B and ZP2. We found significant positive correlation of plasma MI concentration with concentration of D-chiro-inositol and several other biochemicals including glucose, methionine, betaine, sarcosine and tryptophan. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest potential for modulation of plasma MI in young adults by variation in SLC5A11 which is worthy of further investigation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investigating Genetic Determinants of Plasma Inositol Status in Adult Humans |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jn/nxac204 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac204 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
| Keywords: | chiro-inositol, genome-wide association study, glucose, inositol transporter, mass spectrometry, myo-inositol |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155238 |
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