The frequency of allelic variants of the VDR gene and the level vitamin D in children under one year old in the Kazakh population

Akmaral Zhumalina 1, Balash Tussupkaliyev 1, Svetlana Sakhanova 2, Irina Kim 1 * , Mairamkul Zharlykassinova 1
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1 No 1 Department of Pediatric Diseases with Neonatology, West Kazakhstan Medical University named after Marat Ospanov, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
2 Scientific and Practical Center, West Kazakhstan Medical University named after Marat Ospanov, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
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J CLIN MED KAZ, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 61-64. https://doi.org/10.23950/jcmk/12931
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The study of the genetic aspects of bone metabolism disorders in children is a theoretical and practical interest for pediatrics, especially according to the age and ethnic positions. There is a number of gene polymorphisms (primarily the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene) that determine the norm and pathology of bone tissue formation. Calcium absorption worsens when there is no functional VDR and active forms of vitamin D. As a result the level of bone mineralization decreases. In children such disorders lead to the development of osteopenia.
Objective: To determine the frequency of allelic variants of the VDR gene (rs1544410, rs2228570) and to evaluate its relationship with the level of vitamin D in children under one year old in the Kazakh population.
Material and methods: 197 children under one year of age were examined for vitamin D by electrochemiluminescent immunoassay and genotyping of the VDR polymorphism (rs1544410, rs2228570) by PCR.
Results: It was found out that children with the C allele of the VDR rs2228570 gene have a reduced level of vitamin D by 1.84 times (95% CI 1.10 - 3.07) and CC - by 2.3 times compared with children with normal vitamin D levels.
Statistical analysis by the Kruskal-Wallis method showed that the serum level of vitamin D in AA carriers for the VDR rs1544410 was significantly reduced comparing to the level in GG and GA carriers (p=0.03).
Conclusion: The study confirms the need for further in-depth study of the genetic aspects of bone metabolism disorders in children for the development of personalized medicine.
Keywords: vitamin D, VDR gene polymorphism, children, osteopenia.

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Zhumalina A, Tussupkaliyev B, Sakhanova S, Kim I, Zharlykassinova M. The frequency of allelic variants of the VDR gene and the level vitamin D in children under one year old in the Kazakh population. J CLIN MED KAZ. 2023;20(1):61-4. https://doi.org/10.23950/jcmk/12931

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