Association of Nicotinamide-N-Methyltransferase Gene Rs694539 Variant with Epilepsy

Overview

Journal Mol Neurobiol

Specialties Molecular Biology
Neurology

Date 2015 Jul 29

PMID 26215836

Citations 11

Authors

Gensay Sazci

Bilgen Sazci

Ali Sazci

Halil Atilla Idrisoglu

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Abstract

Here, we report the association of the rs694539 variant of nicotinamide-N-methyltransferase gene with epilepsy in a case-control study of 215 patients with epilepsy and 239 healthy controls (χ (2) = 11.641, P = 0.003). The individuals with the GG genotype revealed protection against epilepsy (χ (2) = 5.866, P = 0.015, OR = 0.623, 95 % CI = 0.425-0.915), whereas the individuals with the AA genotype showed statistically significant increased risk for epilepsy (χ (2) = 8.676, P = 0.003, OR = 5.479, 95 % CI = 1.553-19.337). In addition, the G allele was protective against epilepsy (χ (2) = 8.676, P = 0.003, OR = 0.183, 95 % CI = 0.052-0.644); on the contrary, the A allele was a genetic risk factor for epilepsy (χ (2) = 5.866, P = 0.015, OR = 1.604, 95 % CI = 1.093-2.354). Stratification analysis revealed that the association was statistically significant in male patients with epilepsy (χ (2) = 6.682, P = 0.035). However, the statistical power was only 0.33 in female patients with epilepsy (χ (2) = 5.275, P = 0.072). This finding, for the first time, suggests the involvement of the NNMT gene rs694539 variant in the etiology of epilepsy.

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