Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 23 pp 23509—23524
FOXO3 longevity genotype mitigates the increased mortality risk in men with a cardiometabolic disease
- 1 Department of Research, Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
- 2 Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
- 3 School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 4 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
- 5 Institute for Biogenesis Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- 6 Department of Pathology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
- 7 Department of Human Welfare, Okinawa International University, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan
Received: September 10, 2020 Accepted: October 22, 2020 Published: December 1, 2020
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.202175How to Cite
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Abstract
FOXO3 is a prominent longevity gene. To date, no-one has examined whether longevity-associated FOXO3 genetic variants protect against mortality in all individuals, or only in those with aging-related diseases. We therefore tested longevity-associated FOXO3 single nucleotide polymorphisms in a haplotype block for association with mortality in 3,584 elderly American men of Japanese ancestry, 2,512 with and 1,072 without a cardiometabolic disease (CMD). At baseline (1991–1993), 1,010 CMD subjects had diabetes, 1,919 had hypertension, and 738 had coronary heart disease (CHD). Follow-up until Dec 31, 2019 found that in CMD-affected individuals, longevity-associated alleles of FOXO3 were associated with significantly longer lifespan: haplotype hazard ratio 0.81 (95% CI 0.72-0.91; diabetes 0.77, hypertension 0.82, CHD 0.83). Overall, men with a CMD had higher mortality than men without a CMD (P=6x10-7). However, those men with a CMD who had the FOXO3 longevity genotype had similar survival as men without a CMD. In men without a CMD there was no association of longevity-associated alleles of FOXO3 with lifespan. Our study provides novel insights into the basis for the long-established role of FOXO3 as a longevity gene. We suggest that the FOXO3 longevity genotype increases lifespan only in at-risk individuals by protection against cardiometabolic stress.