Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha (PPAR $alpha$)는 지질대사와 관련하여 대사증후군 발생과 관련이 있을 수 있는 강력한 잠재 유전자로 고려되고 있으므로 한국인에 있어서 PPAR$alpha$ L162V 유전자 다형성과 대사증후군과의 연관성을 확인하고자 고신대학교 복음병원에서 2004년 12윌에서 2005년 7월 사이에 건강진단을 받았던 수진자 542명(대사 증후군 : 262명, 정상인 : 280명)을 대상으로 신장, 체증, 체질량지수, 허리둘레와 수축기와 이완기 혈압, 공복 혈당, 총콜레스테롤, HDL 콜레스테롤, LDL 콜레스테롤과 중성지방 수치를 측정하였으며, 대사증후군의 정의는 혈압, 공복 혈당, HDL 콜레스테롤, 중성지방은 NCEP ATP III의 기준을 적용하였고, 허리둘레는 WHO 아시아-서태평양 기준을 적용하였다. PCR-ASO (polymerase chain reaction allele-specific oligonucleotide) 방법에 의해 대상자들의 PPAR$alpha$ L162V 유전자 다형성을 확인하였다. 연구결과 PPAR$alpha$ 484번 염기서열의 $C{ ightarrow}G$ 돌연변이가 나타난 사람은 조사대상자 542명 가운데 1명(0.2%) 이었다. 한국인에서는 PPAR$alpha$ L162V 유전자 다형성이 거의 일어나지 않았으며, 이의 확인을 위하여 더욱 많은 사람을 대상으로 연구가 진행되어야 할 필요가 있을 것으로 생각된다.
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)-$alpha$ of three PPAR subtypes ($-alpha,;-eta/-gamma,;-delta$), which are members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors, plays a key role in lipoprotein and glucose homeostasis. A variation in the PPAR-a gene expression has been suggested to influence the development of metabolic syndrome through alterations in lipid concentrations. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between the PPAR-a and metabolic syndrome among South Korean. A total of 542 health screen examinees were enrolled in this study who were examined in Kosin University Gospel Hospital from December, 2004 to July, 2005. The height, weight, waist circumference, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the subjects were examined and fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglyceride were measured by-sampling in venous blood. The metabolic syndrome was defined as the presence of three or more of the following : waist circumference men ${geq}90cm$, women ${geq}80cm$, blood pressure ${geq}130/85mmHg$, fasting glucose ${geq}110mg/dL$, HDL cholesterol men <40 mg/dL, women <50 mg/dL, triglyceride ${geq}150mg/dL$. The blood pressure, fasting glucose, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride were evaluated by using the criteria of NECP ATP III and waist circumference was assessed by using the criteria of WHO Asia-Western Pacific. And the author compared the frequency of the PPAR-$alpha$ mutation of L162V ($C{ ightarrow}G$ variant in exon 5) in a sample of 542 subjects with and without the metabolic syndrome by polymerase chain reaction allele-specific oligonucleotide (PCR-ASO) method. One (0.2%) hetero-isotype among high risk of metabolic syndrome was identified. The values of waist circumference, body mass index and low density lipoprotein cholesterol of the mutant were 100 cm, 28.6 $kg/m^2$ and 120 mg/dL, respectively. Although the author failed to see significant association between the presence of the PPAR-$alpha$ L162V polymorphism and metabolic syndrome, one PPAR-$alpha$ L162V polymorphism in metabolic syndrome patients was found.
