Abstract
Endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) is synthesized from L-arginine by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) encoded by the eNOS gene on chromosome 7. The effects of the eNOS polymorphisms with the risk of spontaneous pregnancy losses are conflicting. In this study, we investigated the association of the eNOS genotypes with spontaneously aborted embryos in Koreans. Case-control studies were performed to evaluate the association between endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene polymorphisms and spontaneously aborted embryos. Ninety-nine spontaneously aborted fetuses at C, VNTR in intron 4 (4a4b), and 894G>T in spontaneously aborted embryos was surveyed. The frequencies of −786TC and CC genotypes in aborted embryos were significantly higher than in both child and adult controls. The frequencies of 4a4a homozygote of VNTR polymorphism in intron 4 and TT homozygote of 894G>T polymorphisms were also higher in aborted embryos than in adult controls. Haploptype analysis suggested that −786T>C polymorphism was a possible risk factor for spontaneously aborted embryos. eNOS gene polymorphisms, −786T>C, VNTR in intron 4 (4a4b), and 894G>T, are associated with the risk of spontaneously aborted fetuses.
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