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Evaluation of glutathione S-transferase polymorphism in Iranian patients with type 2 diabetic microangiopathy

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics volume 21, Article number: 40 (2020) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Overproduction of reactive oxygen species as a result of hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus leads to microvascular complications. Glutathione S-transferases play important detoxifying roles with antioxidant potentials. This study aimed to assess whether the glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 genotypes were associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus microangiopathic complications in the Iranian population.

Results

In this case-control study, the frequencies of null GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotypes were 4/72 (5.56%) and 12/72 (16.67%) respectively, in uncomplicated DM group. The frequencies of null GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotype in complicated DM group were 16/134 (11.94%) and 37/134 (27.61%), respectively. The proportion of GSTM1 null genotypes was higher in diabetic nephropathy compared to non-nephropathy (19.3% vs. 6.04 %, P = 0.006). At GSTT1 locus, patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy had a higher frequency of deletion compared to those of without neuropathy (30.39% vs. 23.49%) (P = 0.02).

Conclusion

Selective polymorphisms encoding GSTM1 and GSTT1genes may prove useful as genetic markers to recognize individuals with an increased trend in developing diabetic nephropathy and neuropathy, respectively. This will help better identify individuals at higher risk toward microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes due to genetic susceptibility.

Background

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease; leaving the patient in need of continuous medical consideration with health plans to reduce multi-organ complications [1]. Diabetic microangiopathy is specified as a microvascular disorder with long-term complications including diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy, and nephropathy [2]. Hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes (T2D) may lead to overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the cells which in turn activates protein kinase (PKC), resulting in a raise in advanced glycation end products (AGEs) [3]. Microvascular angiopathy in T2D may occur from high endogenous inflammatory factors such as plasma interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha [4]. In addition, low antioxidant capacity increases the susceptibility toward diabetes complications [5, 6] Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is one of the most important detoxifying enzymes [7]. Several cytosolic and membrane-bound enzymes have been detected in human species that are further subdivided into alpha, mu, pi, kappa, sigma, theta, omega, and zeta isoenzymes [8]. GST genes may represent polymorphic traits that lead to changes in enzymes activity [9]. Mu loci have three different alleles, containing gene deletion (GSTM1-0), and two indifferent mutations (GSTM1a and GSTM1b) [10, 11]. Two different alleles have been recognized for GSTT1 that give functional specifications to the gene [12] Polymorphisms in the GST gene may disturb defense mechanisms against oxidative stress which eventually lead to diabetic microvascular complications. There are many studies regarding GST polymorphism in various diseases, but only a few have addressed the role of GST polymorphisms in diabetes and its microvascular complications.

Zaki et al. demonstrated an increased risk of developing T2DM but not its vascular-related complications among Egyptian cases having heterozygous GSTP1 polymorphism alone as well as when combined with GSTM1 null genotype [13]. However, Purkait, et al. showed significantly increased frequency of GSTM1 null genotype in the Indian diabetic nephropathy patients [14]. In the current study, we aimed to determine the genotype frequency of the GSTM1, GSTT1 polymorphisms to understand whether or not the GST polymorphisms are associated with a higher risk for microvascular complications related to DM in Iranian population.

Methods

Study population

This case-control study was designed based on the Ethical Declaration of Helsinki. The research protocol was approved on 24 September 2014 by the ethical committee under the Ethical ID: IR.MAZUMS.REC.1391.1456. Individuals with T2D were enrolled from the eye clinic and the diabetic outpatient clinic between December 2014 and November 2018. A control group of 114 healthy individuals was also obtained in the study as a secondary target with the goal of comparison. The inclusion criteria consisted of all type 2 diabetic patients between the ages of 30 and 70 years old. Patients with a known history of ocular, nephrological, or neurological disorders unrelated to diabetes mellitus, such as malignancies, infectious, vascular, or autoimmune diseases were excluded, along with the patients who were unwilling to continue with the study. A written informed consent was obtained from the participants. In the case of illiterate participants, the study was explained thoroughly and verbally before obtaining the informed consent. A total of 206 patients with type 2 diabetes were studied in this case-control study with a focus on diabetic microangiopathy. The control group consisted of patients with type 2 DM without the respective diabetic microangiopathy.

The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was based on the World Health Organization/American Diabetes Association description of diabetes [15]. Diabetic microangiopathy is specified as a small vessel disorder. The microangiopathies of attentiveness were categorized into diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy, as previously described [16, 17]. These are summarized as follows: Medical examination: The presence of diabetic retinopathy was determined by dilated ophthalmic examination and fundus fluorescein angiography, which were performed by an expert ophthalmologist. Diabetic retinopathy was classified as non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) [18].

Diabetic nephropathy was determined by assessing two separate 24-h urine collection samples. Nephropathy was classified as an albumin excretion rate of 30-300 mg/l/24 h as microalbuminuria and > 300 mg/l/24 h as gross albuminuria in a timed urine collection after excluding urinary tract infection [19].

Clinical evaluation for peripheral neuropathy was carried out by neurophysiologic studies with nerve conduction velocity (NCV). The number of nerves involvement of the (both median, ulnar, peroneal, posterior tibial motor nerves, and both median, ulnar, sural sensory nerves) determined the clinical staging of peripheral neuropathy as follows: stage 0 as no neuropathy; stage 1 as one or two nerves affected (mild); stage 2 as three or four nerves affected (moderate); stage 3 as five or more nerves affected (severe) [20].

Autonomic dysfunction is evaluated based on the heart rate and blood pressure responses to a variety of stimuli. The cardiac parasympathetic response was tested by immediate heart rate response to standing, (30th beat, 15th beat ratios) < 1.00 was abnormal. Postural fall in blood pressure to standing more than 30 mmHg indicate sympathetic cardiac damage [21].

DNA sample preparation

Peripheral blood samples were collected from the antecubital vein from all subjects into ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and processed for GST genotyping. A fasting blood sample was collected with the purpose of determination of blood sugar (FBS) level, as well as the percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) [22]. Genomic DNA was extracted using a Macrogen DNA purification kit (Macrogen Inc., South Korea). All kits and reagents were utilized according to their manufacturer’s instructions.

Genotyping of GSTT1 and GSTM1 polymorphism

Genotypes for GSTT1 and GSTM1 were evaluated through multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods [23]. This molecular analysis allows us to detect the present genotype (homozygote or heterozygote) or null genotype (homozygous complete deletion of both alleles). Human β-globin locus was used as an internal control to ensure the success of the amplification process, in the case of null genotypes for GSTM1 and GSTT1 loci. Details of all primers are shown in Table 1. The PCR results were confirmed by electrophoresis in a 2% agarose gel and visualized using the SYBR Safe dye. Gel electrophoresis of DNA from samples positive for GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotypes showed bands of 240 and 480 bp, respectively, while the control Albumin PCR product was attributed to 315 bp (Fig. 1).

Table 1 PCR primers for GSTT1, GSTM1 loci
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Fig. 1
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A multiplex-PCR analysis of GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphism. GSTM1 and GSTT1 PCR products were analyzed directly by electrophoresis on a 1% agaros gel. GSTT1(480 bp), GSTM1(240 bp) and Albumin (315 bp) genes. Lane 3,4 GSM1-null/GSTT1-null, Lane 1,6,7,10 GSTM1-null/GSTT1-present, Lane 5,9,11 GSTM1-present/GSTT1-present, Lane 2 GSTM1-present/GSTT1-null sample. Lane 12 is a 50-bp DNA ladder

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Statistical analyses

Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 18.0. GSTT1 and GSTM1 genotypes were divided into two categories of null (homozygous deletion) or non-deleted. The relationship between GSTT1 and GSTM1 genotypes and microangiopathy of T2 DM was assessed by the means of the odds ratio (OR) analysis with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Departure in the distribution of genotypes from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was assessed through the chi-square test. P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

A dataset of two hundred-six T2D patients and 114 diabetes-free participants were included in this study. Mean age, sex, body mass index, duration of diabetes, serum HbA1c level, history of hypertension, and hyperlipidemia of the examined subjects and a part of patients with diabetic microangiopathy in our study group are summarized in Table 2. Analysis of the distribution by age and sex proved no significant differences between the study groups; therefore, homogeneity between groups was observed. After adjustment regarding age and sex, a relationship between the occurrence of diabetic microangiopathy and higher levels of HbA1c and longer duration of diabetes was observed. Data analyses revealed that the significance of the effect of the duration of diabetes of non-microangiopathy versus microangiopathy diabetic patients was less than 0.001. In addition, the magnitude of the effect of elevated HbA1c on non-microangiopathy versus microangiopathy diabetic patients was less than 0.001 (Table 2).

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the study population
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A total of 109 (52.91%) patients with microangiopathy suffered from retinopathy, 57 (27.67%) from nephropathy, and 110 (53.4%) from neuropathy. Among the patients with diabetic nephropathy, 64.9% were categorized into microalbuminuria and 35.1% into gross albuminuria. In patients with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy was observed in 102 subjects (49.51%) who were categorized as follows: 57.8% mild, 28.4% moderate, and 13.7% severe neurophysiologic changes. Whereas autonomic dysfunction was observed in 60 subjects (29.13%) divided as 16.7% sympathetic, 50% parasympathetic, and 33.3% both categories of autonomic neuropathy. One hundred thirty-four (65%) of diabetic patients had at least one form of microangiopathy.

Among the control group, the frequency of GSTM1 null and GSTT1 null was 13.16% and 21.05% respectively, while in T2D patients the frequency of GSTM1 null and GSTT1 null was 9.7% and 23.79% respectively. These distributions were in accordance with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The frequencies of null GSTM1 and null GSTT1 genotypes were 5.56% and 16.67%, respectively, among the uncomplicated DM patients. The frequencies of null GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotype in the microvascular complicated DM group were 11.94% (16/134) and 27.61% (37/134), respectively. Table 3 demonstrates the distribution of the frequency of GSTM1 genotypes and their relation to clinical status in both T2D patients and controls in details.

Table 3 The relationship between GSTM1 genotypes and microangiopathic complications in diabetic patients
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We observed an association between the null genotype of GSTM1 with a higher risk of developing microvascular renal complications of T2D. The proportion of GSTM1 null genotype was higher in diabetic nephropathy compared to non-nephropathy (19.3% vs. 6.04 %, P = 0.006).

Regarding GSTT1 locus, more susceptibility to diabetic peripheral neuropathy was associated with gene deletion compared to that of diabetic patients without peripheral neuropathy (30.39% vs. 17.31%) (P = 0.02). Additionally, a statistically marginally significant association was observed between the GSTT1 null genotype and the occurrence of microvascular complications in T2D patients (P = 0.054) The relation between GSTT1 deletion and risk of microangiopathy can be observed in Table 4 in detail.

Table 4 The relationship between GSTT1 genotypes and microangiopathic complications in diabetic patients
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However, the rate of microvascular complications in patients with diabetes did not differ significantly between different GSTM1 genotype groups. In addition, no statistically significant differences were found between the control and T2D groups regarding the deletion in GSTM1 or GSTT1 genes.

Discussion

Increased production of reactive oxygen species and reduction in antioxidant defense mechanisms occurred as a result of DM. Oxidative stress has been considered as an important risk factor in the occurrences of diabetes and its complications [24, 25]. Many studies have dealt with GST polymorphism in various diseases, but only a few studies have investigated the role of GST polymorphisms in diabetes and its complications [26,27,28,29,30,31,32]. This molecular epidemiologic case-controlled study revealed that a lack of GSTM1 did not have any effect on susceptibility toward diabetic microangiopathy in general. Along with that, the occurrence of T2D was not affected by the presence of GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotype. However, the influence of this polymorphism on important clinical parameters related to some forms of diabetic microangiopathy was verified.

Fujita et al. found that GSTM1 null genotype was present in 48.6% of Japanese type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy, versus 55.1% of patients without nephropathy. Based on their studies, the development of diabetic nephropathy was not affected by the presence of GSTM1 null genotype [33]. According to Sharma et al. reduced GSH plasma levels were found to have significant association with increased risk of renal damage in T2D [34]. A study conducted within the Brazilian population on the relationship between the genetic polymorphism of GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 in the risk of developing DN did not find any statistically significant association between the GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 null genotypes and the development of DN [35]. In contrast, in an Iranian study, null GSTT1 and GSTM1 genotypes increased the risk for end-stage renal disease by 1.8 times (P < 0.001) [36].

In our study, the GSTM1-null genotype conferred a statistically significant increased risk of diabetic nephropathy regarding the GSTM1-wild genotype (OR = 3.72, 95% CI = 1.451–9.523). This indicated that deletion in the GSTM1 gene placed the patient at higher risk for diabetic nephropathy. Downregulation of other antioxidant enzymes in the absence of the GSTM1 gene may also explain for its positive role in diabetic nephropathy [37].

A study investigating the expression of glutathione S-transferases class theta 1 (GSTT1) in type 2 DR subjects reported that highly significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) were observed in GSST1 expression in DR patients compared to diabetic and control groups [38].

Our study did not confirm an association between GSTM1 gene polymorphism and other microangiopathic lesions in our diabetic patients. This is inconsistent with the observations of other studies that demonstrated a positive association between GSTM1–null genotype and diabetic retinopathy, which was reported in some of these studies on type 1 diabetes [39,40,41]. In contrast, Cilenšek et al. found that GSTM1 null genotype had a protective role against diabetic retinopathy (OR = 0.475, 95% CI = 0.339–0.668), while the GSTT1 null genotype was associated with an increased risk of diabetic retinopathy (OR = 2.303, 95% CI = 1.649–3.216) in T2D [42].

In our study, the GSTT1-null genotype was found to be significantly more frequent in the cases of diabetic neuropathy compared to those of non-neuropathic patients (OR = 2.087, 95% CI = 1.077–4.032) emphasizing the role GSTT1-null genotype to predisposing the patient to a higher risk for diabetic neuropathy in subjects with T2D.

Doney et al. showed that the GSTT1 genotype was associated with the progression of both nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy in subjects with T2D [43]. Stoian et al. showed that the GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotype was associated with neither the risk of developing T2D nor the occurrence of diabetic neuropathy [44]. Dadbinpour et al. showed that the GSTT1 null genotype was not associated with the presence of DR in T2D patients (P = 0.187) but noticed an association between GSTM1 genotype and diabetic retinopathy (P = 0.04), in opposition with a Slovenian study which revealed that GSTM1 null genotype might have protective effects against diabetic retinopathy [40]. Moasser et al. showed that lack of GSTM1 and the presence of GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotypes together were associated with the development T2D but there was no significant effect on the occurrence of DR [35]. A Slovakian study reported that GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in adolescents with T1D [45].

In the meta-analysis with 25 studies, the data revealed that the GSTT1 null (OR = 1.56;95% CI = 1.38-1.77) and combined GSTM1-GSTT1 null genotypes (OR = 1.91; 95% CI = 1.25-2.94) increased the risk for development of T2D-related complications, but not the GSTM1 null genotype [46]. Results of recently reported studies assessed the association between GST and T2D and its complications according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses demonstrated separate or combination of GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes were associated with T2D. In addition, GSTM1 and combination of GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotypes were also associated with DN [47].

Heterogeneity may result in the conflicting result obtained from genetic studies on the influence of GST genes polymorphisms on microvascular complications of T2D which requires further investigation to elucidate the role of these polymorphisms in the development of diabetic microvascular complications.

The studies that evaluate the association and impact of genotype on disease progression are usually limited by the fact that more chronic complications will develop with longer follow-up. Considering that the duration of diabetes is an important risk factor for microangiopathic complications, our results must be interpreted with caution.

We speculate that mutant detoxification enzymes such as GSTs may result in the induction of other GST transferases and antioxidant proteins, which represent compensation to increase in the intracellular levels of antioxidative products.

Our study presents some limitations. Firstly, the restricted areas of patients’ selection with a limited period of follow-up are major limitations that may cause the obtained results to be inconclusive for the general population. Further researches in different ethnic groups in large scale and cohort studies are suggested. Another limitation of our study was the lack of direct biochemical evidence demonstrating the correlation of GSTM1 and GSTT1 mutations with altered catalytic activities against their substrates. Such evidence may be confirmed by utilizing cDNA construction and transfection into in-cultured cell media. Furthermore, other genetic polymorphisms involved in ROS production/elimination such as manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione-peroxidase-1(GPX1) were not evaluated, which are recommended to be studied for future projects. However, despite such limitations, it still may be a valuable investigation of GSTM1/GSTT1, and their effect on microvascular complications in T2D. Our study results thus represent only a part of the intricate pathobiologic matrix of diabetic microangiopathy.

The fact that prevalence and severity of microangiopathic complications increase with poor glycemic and longer diabetes duration is undeniable, however, it is true in a general view and not in individual level. Several studies have shown the impact of gene polymorphisms and have suggested the influence of other factors. Although we categorized microangiopathic complications of patients according to the severity of diseases, no significant relations were found. This may be in part related to a limited number of cases. More studies would require detailed information on the gene-gene and gene-environmental interactions.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we found a statistically significant association between GSTM1-null genotype and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. The GSTT1-null genotype may also contribute to the development of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in T2D, along with a marginal significance regarding the GSTT1 deletion and the occurrence of microvascular complications of T2D. We hope that our study will contribute to better understanding the pathways leading to diabetes complications and to help better identify and manage these microvascular complications especially in individuals at higher genetic susceptibility.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Abbreviations

T2D:

Type 2 diabetes

DM:

Diabetes mellitus

DR:

Diabetic retinopathy

DN:

Diabetic nephropathy

DNp:

Peripheral diabetic neuropathy

DNa:

Autonomic diabetic neuropathy

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Acknowledgements

 The authors would like to thank the "Clinical Research Development Unit" at Bu-Ali Sina Hospital, Mazandaran Universty of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran dearly for their assistance.

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  1. Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran

    Mohammad Bagher Hashemi-Soteh

  2. Department of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Amir Ahmadzadeh Amiri & Ali Ahmadzadeh Amiri

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Bu-Ali Sina Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Majid Reza Sheikh Rezaee

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Rohodin Ahrari

  5. Diabetes Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Ahmad Ahmadzadeh Amiri

  6. Department of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Fatemeh Daneshvar

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MBHS contributed to the conception and design of the study, and also interpretation of the data. AAA contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data as well as drafting and revision of the manuscript. MRSR contributed to the design of the study as well as data acquisition. AAA contributed to data analysis and interpretation as well as the final draft and revision of the manuscript. RA contributed to the conception and design of the study as well as data acquisition. AAA contributed to the conception and design of the study, data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation, and manuscript draft and revision. FD contributed to the design of the study as well as data acquisition and interpretation and manuscript revision. All authors approve of the submitted version for publication. The authors agree to be personally accountable for the integrity and accuracy of the study.

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This study was approved by Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee on 24 September 2014 under approval ID: IR.MAZUMS.REC.1391.1456. A written informed consent was obtained from the participants. In the case of illiterate participants, the study was explained thoroughly and verbally before obtaining the informed consent.

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Hashemi-Soteh, M.B., Ahmadzadeh Amiri, A., Sheikh Rezaee, M.R. et al. Evaluation of glutathione S-transferase polymorphism in Iranian patients with type 2 diabetic microangiopathy. Egypt J Med Hum Genet 21, 40 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43042-020-00078-0

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Keywords

  • Glutathione S-transferases
  • Gene polymorphisms
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Diabetic nephropathy
  • Diabetic neuropathy