Large-scale analysis of the relationship between CYP11A promoter variation, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and serum testosterone.
2004
CYP11A, the gene encoding P450scc, a key enzyme in steroid biosynthesis, is a strong biological candidate for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) susceptibility. Four of the five published studies that have examined CYP11A for evidence of linkage and/or association have reported significant relationships with polycystic ovary (PCO) status and/or serum testosterone levels. However, study sizes have been modest, and the current study aimed to reevaluate these findings using significantly larger clinical resources. A pair of CYP11A promoter microsatellites, including the pentanucleotide (D15S520) previously implicated in trait susceptibility, were genotyped in 371 PCOS patients of United Kingdom origin, using both case-control and family-based association methods, and in 1589 women from a population-based birth cohort from Finland characterized for PCO symptomatology and testosterone levels. Although nominally significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies at both loci were observed in the United Ki...
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