Association between promoter polymorphism (-108C>T) of paraoxonase1 gene and its paraoxonase activity in patients with Type2 diabetes in northern Iran.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the diseases which depend on the obesity associated with insulin resistance. Various factors, such as a reduction in the activity of paraoxonase-1 enzyme (PON1), could affect T2DM. PON1 is a multifunctional enzyme with paraoxonase and arylesterase activities. The Activity of PON1 is influenced by various SNPs. The aim of presence study is to investigate the association between promoter polymorphism (-108C>T) of PON1 gene and its paraoxonase activity in patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes in Golestan Province, north of Iran. To this end, genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood then genotyping was carried out using PCR-RFLP and enzymatic activity of paraoxonase was measured in the serum of 90 healthy subjects and 90 diabetic patients. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16. The relationship between the level of paraoxonase activity with polymorphisms of CC, CT, and TT was statistically significant in patients with T2DM. There was a significant association between polymorphism C-108>T of PON1 and type2 diabetes mellitus, with 24.4% of control group subjects and 15.5% of patients having CC genotype; p<0.05. The ratio for CT genotype in target and control groups was 51.1% and 61.1% respectively; p<0.05. TT genotype was 33.3% in patients and 14.4% in the control group; p<0.05. In the present study, the highest frequency belonged to CT genotype in both the control and the target groups, followed by CC genotype in control group and TT genotype in target group. Our findings revealed that paraoxonase activity of PON1 in the control group was significantly higher in comparison with diabetic patients.