IMR Press / FBL / Volume 27 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2701032
Open Access Original Research
Genetic variants in obesity-related genes and the risk of osteoporotic fracture. The Hortega Follow-up Study
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1 IOBA, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
2 Cooperative Health Network for Research (RETICS), Oftared, National Institute of Health Carlos III, ISCIII, 28040 Madrid, Spain
3 Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy Network Centre of Castilla y León, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
4 Department of Internal Medicine, Rio Hortega Universitary Hospital, 47012 Valladolid, Spain
5 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, 47002 Valladolid, Spain
6 Genomic and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
7 Department of Statistics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca Biomedical Research Institute (IBSAL), 37008 Salamanca, Spain
8 CIBER of Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM), 28029 Madrid, Spain
*Correspondence: uvacastrv@gmail.com (José Luis Pérez-Castrillon); rusategui@gmail.com (Ricardo Usategui-Martín)
These authors contributed equally.
Academic Editor: Alexandros Georgakilas
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2022, 27(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2701032
Submitted: 30 September 2021 | Revised: 28 December 2021 | Accepted: 28 December 2021 | Published: 18 January 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Osteoporosis and obesity are major public health problems that are closely correlated, as they share various features, including a genetic predisposition. A genetic correlation between obesity and osteoporosis due to the biological common pathways of bone and fat metabolism, which implies pleiotropic genes regulating has been described. The objective of our study was to analyse whether polymorphisms in obesity-related genes modify the risk of osteoporotic bone fracture. Methods: We studied 575 subjects from the Hortega Study. The subjects were followed-up for 12–14 years. 202 subjects were overweight, 143 obese and 221 had bone fractures. The distribution of 39 genetic variants in 22 obesity-related genes were studied. Results: The results showed a relationship between polymorphisms in the FTO and NEGR1 genes and the susceptibility to osteoporotic fracture. The variant genotype of the rs2568958 NEGR1 polymorphism and the rs6499649, rs3751812, and rs8044769 genetic variants in FTO were associated with susceptibility to bone fracture. In the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that these variants in NEGR1 and FTO genes have been associated with the susceptibility to osteoporotic bone fracture, supporting the hypothesis that the NEGR1 and FTO genes might be candidates for osteoporosis and bone fracture. Conclusions: In conclusion, this study associates obesity-related polymorphisms in the NEGR1 and FTO genes with osteoporotic bone fracture, reinforcing the hypothesis that obesity and bone metabolism are closely correlated genetically.

Keywords
Osteoporosis
Bone fracture
Obesity
Polymorphism
FTO and NEGR1
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