Association of single nucleotide polymorphism at BMP2 gene with iron deficiency status among anaemic patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Iron deficiency contributes for over half of all anaemia cases, especially among women and children. Iron deficiency anaemia remains a serious public health concern worldwide. The aim of this study is to determine the association between the single nucleotide polymorphism rs235756 in the bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) gene and iron deficiency status.

104 total anaemic samples were selected from Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. ARMS-PCR was performed to genotype the rs235756 SNP in the 104 samples. The genotype distribution of BMP2 rs235756 showed that AG genotypes had the highest frequency 51(86.4%) followed by GG 6(10.2%) and AA 2(3.4%) in IDA group, whereas AG 42(93.3%), AA 2(4.4%) and GG 1(2.2%) were found in the other anaemia group. The minor allele frequency in BMP 2 rs235756 from this study (0.514) was not similar to the East Asian (EAS) population (0.135); however, the allelic frequency showed significant association between these two. The mean of total iron binding capacity level differed significantly between homozygous-dominant AA and AG + GG genotypes (P < 0.05) but no significant difference for the mean of haematological parameter, ferritin and serum iron.

In future clinical settings, this finding can potentially be as a guide in the early prediction for IDA patients through the genetic testing.