A single nucleotide polymorphism in the MTOR gene is associated with recurrent spontaneous abortion in the Chinese female population.

A single nucleotide polymorphism in the MTOR gene is associated with recurrent spontaneous abortion in the Chinese female population. Syst Biol Reprod Med. 2015 Apr 7;:1-6 Authors: Xiang H, Liu S, Zong C, Li Z, Liu Y, Ma X, Cao Y Abstract Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is a multi-factor disease. The mammalian target of the the rapamycin (MTOR) gene has been reported to be involved in mouse embryo development and regulates the proliferation of embryonic stem cells. Our study explored the relationship between the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs17027478 in the promoter region of MTOR gene and the development of RSA. A total of 306 patients with RSA and 127 healthy females as the controls were recruited in the case-control study. The predesigned TaqMan SNP Genotyping Assay was adopted to analyze the association between rs17027478 and the development of RSA. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and luciferase reporter assays were conducted to analyze the function of the variant. It was found that a significant association exists between the variant and the risk of RSA among the patients who experienced no less than three spontaneous abortions (p = 0.043). However, the significant difference disappeared among the total samples (p = 0.524). Furthermore, we observed lower MTOR mRNA levels in the blood of RSA patients compared with healthy females (p = 0.020). The luciferase reporter...
Source: Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Tags: Syst Biol Reprod Med Source Type: research