Association of polymorphism in heat shock protein 70 genes with type 2 diabetes in Bangladeshi population.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disorder of which stress is a major contributor. Under stressful condition, body synthesizes a family of molecular chaperone called Heat‐shock proteins (HSPs). Current study assessed the frequency and association of HSP70‐hom + 2,437 T/C polymorphism with T2DM risk among Bangladeshis. Methods: This polymorphism was selected through bioinformatics analyses and identified by PCR‐RFLP method. Results: Bioinformatics analysis identified this SNP as missense mutation which could destabilize the final HSP product. Heterozygous mutant (CT) genotype was significantly associated with T2DM incidence among the studied populations (p =.015). Further analysis revealed a strong association with female patients (p =.002), while the male group showed no association (p =.958). Moreover, the C allele was significantly associated among all diabetic patients (p =.016) and particularly in the female patient group (p =.001). However, under stressful condition, males with CT genotype were at high risk for T2DM incidence whereas, females with CT genotype showed no significant association. Conclusions: HSP70‐hom + 2,437 T/C polymorphism was found to be significantly associated with T2DM incidence in the Bangladeshi population in both stress‐dependent and independent manners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]