Flatz G
Am J Hum Genet. 1984 Mar;36(2):306-10.
The activities of the disaccharidases lactase, maltase, and sucrase were determined in upper jejunal biopsies of 65 healthy adult German males. The study was an attempt to demonstrate the gene-dosage effect on lactase activity expected from the presence of a "hypolactasia" (l) and a "lactase-persistence" (L) allele in the German population. In contrast to lactase/sucrase ratios, lactose/maltose ratios showed a trimodal distribution in proportions of presumed genotypes LL, Ll, and ll compatible with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The frequency of homozygotes ll (13.8%) was similar to the average frequency of lactose malabsorbers in Germany reported in the literature. The importance of considering the lactase gene-dosage effect in population studies of lactase activity is discussed.
在65名健康成年德国男性的空肠上段活检组织中测定了乳糖酶、麦芽糖酶和蔗糖酶这三种双糖酶的活性。该研究旨在证明德国人群中存在“乳糖酶缺乏”(l)和“乳糖酶持续存在”(L)等位基因时,对乳糖酶活性预期的基因剂量效应。与乳糖酶/蔗糖酶比率不同,乳糖/麦芽糖比率在假定基因型LL、Ll和ll的比例中呈现出符合哈迪-温伯格平衡的三峰分布。纯合子ll的频率(13.8%)与文献报道的德国乳糖吸收不良者的平均频率相似。讨论了在乳糖酶活性人群研究中考虑乳糖酶基因剂量效应的重要性。