Abstract
Background: Obesity occurs due to the interaction between the genetic background and environmental factors, including an increased food intake and a sedentary lifestyle. Nowadays, it is clear that there is a specific circuit, called leptin-melanocortin pathway, which stimulates and suppresses food intake and energy expenditure. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of genetic variants related to appetite regulation and energy expenditure on severe obesity susceptibility and metabolic phenotypes in a Brazilian cohort.Material and methods: A total of 490 participants were selected (298 severely obese subjects and 192 normal-weight individuals). Genomic DNA was extracted and polymorphisms in protein related to agouti (AGRP; rs5030980), ghrelin (GHRL; rs696217), neuropeptide Y (NPY; rs535870237), melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R; rs17782313), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF; rs4074134) and fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO; rs9939609) genes were genotyped using TaqMan® probes. Demographic, anthropometric, biochemical and blood pressure parameters were obtained from the participants.Results: Our results showed that FTO rs9939609 was associated with severe obesity susceptibility. This polymorphism was also related to body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist to weight ratio (WWR) and inverted BMI. Individuals carrying the mutant allele (A) showed higher levels of BMI as well as lower values of WWR and inverted BMI.Conclusion: This study showed that FTO rs9939609 polymorphism plays a significant role in predisposing severe obesity in a Brazilian population.
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