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Polymorphisms in the IGF1 signalling pathway including the myostatin gene are associated with left ventricular mass in male athletes.

TitelPolymorphisms in the IGF1 signalling pathway including the myostatin gene are associated with left ventricular mass in male athletes.
MedientypJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AutorenKarlowatz R-J, Scharhag J, Rahnenführer J, Schneider U, Jakob E, Kindermann W, Zang KDieter
JournalBr J Sports Med
Volume45
Ausgabe1
Seitennummerierung36-41
Date Published2011 Jan
ISSN1473-0480
SchlüsselwörterAdult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Echocardiography, Female, Genotype, Humans, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Male, Myostatin, Point Mutation, Polymorphism, Genetic, Receptor, IGF Type 1, Sports, Young Adult
Zusammenfassung

BACKGROUND: Athlete's heart as an adaptation to long-time and intensive endurance training can vary considerably between individuals. Genetic polymorphisms in the cardiological relevant insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) signalling pathway seem to have an essential influence on the extent of physiological hypertrophy.

OBJECTIVE: Analysis of polymorphisms in the genes of IGF1, IGF1 receptor (IGF1R) and the negative regulator of the cardiac IGF1 signalling pathway, myostatin (MSTN), and their relation to left ventricular mass (LVM) of endurance athletes.

METHODS: In 110 elite endurance athletes or athletes with a high amount of endurance training (75 males and 35 females) and 27 male controls, which were examined by echocardiographic imaging methods and ergometric exercise-testing, the genotypes of a cytosine-adenine repeat polymorphism in the promoter region of the IGF1 gene and a G/A substitution at position 3174 in the IGF1R gene were determined. Additionally, a mutation screen of the MSTN gene was performed.

RESULTS: The polymorphisms in the IGF1 and the IGF1R gene showed a significant relation to the LVM for male (IGF1: p=0.003; IGF1R: p=0.01), but not for female athletes. The same applies to a previously unnoticed polymorphism in the 1 intron of the MSTN gene, whose deletion allele (AAA→AA) appears to increase the myostatic effect (p=0.015). Moreover, combinations of the polymorphisms showed significant synergistic effects on the LVM of the male athletes.

CONCLUSIONS: The authors' results argue for the importance of polymorphisms in the IGF1 signalling pathway in combination with MSTN on the variant degree of physiological hypertrophy of male athletes.

DOI10.1136/bjsm.2008.050567
Alternate JournalBr J Sports Med
PubMed ID19136503
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