NADPH oxidase p22phox C242T polymorphism is associated with macroalbuminuria in diabetic patients: A meta-analysis
Introduction
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetes mellitus and is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). ESRD has become a threat to the health and heavy burden for families and society. Renal pathophysiology involves multiple interconnected pathways including polyols, hexosamines, oxidative stress, PKC activation and advanced glycation end products (AGE) formation or inflammation.1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced continuously by the cellular metabolism and playing multiple roles in the physiological control of cell functions,2 plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy, and the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase system is an important source of ROS in hyperglycemic conditions in the kidney. The NADPH oxidase system such as p22phox, p40phox, p47phox, p67phox, Rac-1, and Nox2,3, 4 are expressed in several tissues and cells to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) involved in the control of the redox balance and oxygen sensing.5 The CYBA gene encoding p22phox is located on chromosome 16q24 with several genetic variants and is essential for the activation of NADPH oxidase.6, 7, 8 Several polymorphisms of the CYBA gene have been reported, which could lead to significant functional variation among individuals in oxidative stress by influencing gene expression and NADPH oxidase activation.9, 10, 11 Among them, the C242T (His72Tyr; rs4673), a well-studied one, leads to the change of His72Arg in p22phox, which is surmised to contribute to an inter-individual variation in vascular superoxide (O2−) generation. Because the histidine residue is a candidate for the coordinating ligand of the heme prosthetic group of cytochrome b, this polymorphism has been suggested to be directly associated with the function of p22phox. The association between C242T polymorphism with diabetic nephropathy risk has been a research focus and has drawn increasing attention. Therefore, we performed the present meta-analysis synthesizing the data from the previous published studies to evaluate the genetic risk of NADPH Oxidase p22phox C242T polymorphism for diabetic nephropathy.
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Literature search
We conducted an electronic search for the relevant articles published in the following databases: PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure from the established date to May 2016, using the search terms or their combinations as follows: “NADPH oxidase”; “p22phox”; “CYBA”; “C242T”; “diabetic nephropathy”. The reference lists were also scanned to acquire the additional unfound relevant articles.
Selection criteria
All of the included original studies were selected according to the
Literature search and study characteristics
A total of 95 articles were identified through the initial search in the database. Based on the selected criteria, we screened the titles and abstracts of the initial publications and obtained 12 potential articles.12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 After scanning the full texts, three articles were excluded. Among them, one article did not provide sufficient information of p22phox gene C242T polymorphism.12 One study that deviated from HWE (16;) and one study that focused on
Discussion
The genetic susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy has been the focus of research in the scientific community. This meta-analysis summarized all of the available data on the effect of C242T polymorphism in NADPH Oxidase p22phox on DN risk. In overt DN, a significant association was found for the genetic models examined. In addition, heterogeneity decreased when this population was viewed as a separate group, which suggested that the effect of the T allele on the risk of DN might differ.
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Acknowledgement
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81370919, No.31571186).
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R.N. Tang, P. Wu, and L. An contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.