摘要:AbstractRegulation of glucose metabolism by NAD-dependent ADP-ribosyltransferase is well investigated in different populations. Genetic variations NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase has been shown to alter the activity of the enzyme and associated with susceptibility to diabetes. However, reports on neonatal diabetes are minimal. We, therefore, in the present report aimed to investigate the involvement of NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase variants as a possible risk factor for predisposition to neonatal diabetes mellitus in Chinese patients. Neonatal subjects diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and healthy infants from a similar geographical area were enrolled at China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, China. The involvement of NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase with neonatal diabetes mellitus was investigated in DNA samples of all participants by PCR methods. One hundred Twenty neonatal diabetes mellitus cases and a matched number of healthy neonates were enrolled in the present study. GG and G SNPs of NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase were mainly involved in developing neonatal diabetes mellitus and the individuals with GA SNPs protect responsible for protecting from neonatal diabetes mellitus. Thus, NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase involved in neonatal diabetes mellitus and risk of developing is approx. 2 times higher compared to healthy subjects. Our finding showed that polymorphism in NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase gene is associated with the predisposition to neonatal diabetes mellitus in Chinese. The present study also suggested that NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase is a promising target for the treatment of neonatal diabetes mellitus and an effective care of patients. Our study results encourage conducting further investigation in the multi-centric clinical genetic study including larger samples to assesses the role of NAD + ADP-ribosyltransferase polymorphism in neonatal diabetes mellitus.