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The Canine POMC Gene, Obesity in Labrador Retrievers and Susceptibility to Diabetes Mellitus.


ABSTRACT: Diabetes mellitus (DM) in dogs is a common endocrinopathy with a complex genetic architecture. Disease susceptibility in several breeds is associated with polymorphisms in immune response genes, but in the Labrador retriever breed, no genetic associations with DM have been identified. A deletion in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene in Labrador retrievers is associated with increased appetite and risk of obesity.To characterize the POMC deletion in Labrador retrievers, to develop a simple genetic test for this mutation, and to test the hypothesis that the POMC gene deletion is associated with an increased risk of DM in this breed.Sixty-one non-diabetic Labrador retrievers aged >6 years and 57 Labrador retrievers with DM.Case-control genotyping study to compare the frequency of the POMC deletion in dogs with and without DM. After polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing to characterize the mutation, a PCR-based test was developed and validated using 2 different restriction fragment length polymorphism assays.A 14-base-pair deletion was confirmed and localized to exon 3 of the canine POMC gene. A PCR-based test for the deletion was successfully developed. There was no association between the presence of the POMC deletion mutation and DM in this population of Labrador retriever dogs (P = .31).This study adds to the existing scientific literature indicating that there is little evidence for a direct link between obesity and DM in dogs.

SUBMITTER: Davison LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5354034 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Canine POMC Gene, Obesity in Labrador Retrievers and Susceptibility to Diabetes Mellitus.

Davison L J LJ   Holder A A   Catchpole B B   O'Callaghan C A CA  

Journal of veterinary internal medicine 20170208 2


<h4>Background</h4>Diabetes mellitus (DM) in dogs is a common endocrinopathy with a complex genetic architecture. Disease susceptibility in several breeds is associated with polymorphisms in immune response genes, but in the Labrador retriever breed, no genetic associations with DM have been identified. A deletion in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene in Labrador retrievers is associated with increased appetite and risk of obesity.<h4>Hypothesis/objectives</h4>To characterize the POMC deletion  ...[more]

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