Investigation of Omentin Levels in Acne Patients

Acne is a common chronic inflammatory disease that affects adolescents and young people. Acne is a multifactorial disease, and a wide variety of pathogenic factors such as diet, external factors, propionibacterium acnes, and genetic factors are accepted as reasons of it. Recently, a number of researches have been done on genetic influence.Omentin a newly discovered adipokines secreted mainly by adipose tissue increases insulin sensitivity. In humans, omentin proteins is expressed in lung, small intestine, heart and adipose tissue. Omentin gene located at first chromosome, and has 8 exons and 7 introns. Up to date, there is just one SNP (single nükleotide polymorphsim) relating to omentin gene reported in literature.The studies for viable biomarker (biochemical or genetic) for acne diagnosis have been done. In this study, the level of omentin in patients with acne were examined at both protein end genetic levels, and whether the correlation between these data was investigated. According to the data obtained from experiments, the serum level of omentin were not significantly different between acne patients and control groups. Similarly the Val109Asp polymorphism for omentin were not significantly different between acne patients and control groups (p>0,05).However, it is found that the number of acne patients with Val/Val genotype (homozygous mutant) were approximately three times more than the control group. According to these results, it can be thought the Val/Val genotype can create predisposition to diseaseKey words: Acne Diseases, Omentin, Polymorphism, ELISA