Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India

Background and Objective :  Females with sickle cell disease (SCD) often show late onset of menarche. In transgenic sickle cell mouse, deficiency of gene encoding endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has been reported to be associated with late onset of menarche. Thus to explore the possible ass...

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Main Author: Sudhansu Sekhar Nishank
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Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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description Background and Objective :  Females with sickle cell disease (SCD) often show late onset of menarche. In transgenic sickle cell mouse, deficiency of gene encoding endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has been reported to be associated with late onset of menarche. Thus to explore the possible association of eNOS gene polymorphism with age of onset of menarche in SCD females, 3 important eNOS gene polymorphisms- eNOS 4a/b, eNOS 894G>T (rs1799983) and eNOS-786 T>C (rs2070744) and plasma nitrite levels were tested among three groups of females- SCD late menarche, SCD early menarche and control females. Methodology : About 39 SCD females comprising of 18 SCD early menarche and 21 SCD late menarche groups were studied along with 48 control females. Genotyping of eNOS gene polymorphisms were done by PCR-RFLP and quantification of plasma nitrite level was performed by ELISA based commercial kits. Results: SCD late menarche females showed significantly higher prevalence and higher association of heterozygous genotypes, higher frequency of mutant alleles ‘4a’, ‘T’ and ‘C’ as compared to that of control group and SCD early menarche group. The frequency of haplotype  ‘4a-G-C’ and haplotype ‘4b-G-C’ (alleles in order of  eNOS 4a/b, eNOS 894G>T and eNOS-786 T>C respectively) were found to be significantly high in SCD late menarche compared to combined groups of SCD early menarche and controls. SCD late menarche group had significantly low level of plasma nitrite concentration for all 3 eNOS gene polymorphisms as compared to controls and SCD early menarche females. Conclusion: Therefore, eNOS gene polymorphism may influence age of onset of menarche in SCD females.
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spelling doaj-art-fe0b1e7bd7884e7c8d7216ef0636fae92025-01-02T00:22:51ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of IndiaSudhansu Sekhar Nishank0Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals (ICMR), Nagpur Road, PO-Garha, Jabalpur-482003, Madhya Pradesh , INDIABackground and Objective :  Females with sickle cell disease (SCD) often show late onset of menarche. In transgenic sickle cell mouse, deficiency of gene encoding endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has been reported to be associated with late onset of menarche. Thus to explore the possible association of eNOS gene polymorphism with age of onset of menarche in SCD females, 3 important eNOS gene polymorphisms- eNOS 4a/b, eNOS 894G>T (rs1799983) and eNOS-786 T>C (rs2070744) and plasma nitrite levels were tested among three groups of females- SCD late menarche, SCD early menarche and control females. Methodology : About 39 SCD females comprising of 18 SCD early menarche and 21 SCD late menarche groups were studied along with 48 control females. Genotyping of eNOS gene polymorphisms were done by PCR-RFLP and quantification of plasma nitrite level was performed by ELISA based commercial kits. Results: SCD late menarche females showed significantly higher prevalence and higher association of heterozygous genotypes, higher frequency of mutant alleles ‘4a’, ‘T’ and ‘C’ as compared to that of control group and SCD early menarche group. The frequency of haplotype  ‘4a-G-C’ and haplotype ‘4b-G-C’ (alleles in order of  eNOS 4a/b, eNOS 894G>T and eNOS-786 T>C respectively) were found to be significantly high in SCD late menarche compared to combined groups of SCD early menarche and controls. SCD late menarche group had significantly low level of plasma nitrite concentration for all 3 eNOS gene polymorphisms as compared to controls and SCD early menarche females. Conclusion: Therefore, eNOS gene polymorphism may influence age of onset of menarche in SCD females.https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1754eNOS genesickle cell diseasemenarchehaplotypenitric oxide
spellingShingle Sudhansu Sekhar Nishank
Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
eNOS gene
sickle cell disease
menarche
haplotype
nitric oxide
title Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India
title_full Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India
title_fullStr Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India
title_full_unstemmed Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India
title_short Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Age Onset of Menarche in Sickle Cell Disease Females of India
title_sort endothelial nitric oxide synthase enos gene polymorphism is associated with age onset of menarche in sickle cell disease females of india
topic eNOS gene
sickle cell disease
menarche
haplotype
nitric oxide
url https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1754
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