Objective: To identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the annexin A1(ANXA1) gene and to analyze the association of these SNPs with type 2 diabetes in Shanghai Han population.
Methods: SNPs in the promotor and exon regions (including intron sequence near splicing site) in the ANXA1 gene were screened by direct sequencing in 24 type 2 diabetes patients and were further genotyped by direct sequencing in another 171 type 2 diabetes patients and 189 normal control subjects.
Results: The total sequence of ANXA1 gene is 6798 bp. And 7 SNPs were found; among them, 2 SNPs (-7974 C>T and -7040 G>T) were in promotor region, 3 SNPs in intron regions (+9059 A>G, +9204 C>T, +10486 A>G), 1 SNP in 5'-untranslation region (-6614 A>G) and 1 SNP in coding regions (+1784 A>G). These 7 SNPs were genotyped further and the results revealed that the allele frequencies of these SNPs showed no significant difference between the diabetic and the control groups (P>0.05).
Conclusion: There is no association of these SNPs in ANXA1 gene with type 2 diabetes in Shanghai Han population.