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Zappa M, Golino M, Verdecchia P, Angeli F. Genetics of Hypertension: From Monogenic Analysis to GETomics. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2024; 11:154. [PMID: 38786976 PMCID: PMC11121881 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd11050154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Arterial hypertension is the most frequent cardiovascular risk factor all over the world, and it is one of the leading drivers of the risk of cardiovascular events and death. It is a complex trait influenced by heritable and environmental factors. To date, the World Health Organization estimates that 1.28 billion adults aged 30-79 years worldwide have arterial hypertension (defined by European guidelines as office systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or office diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg), and 7.1 million die from this disease. The molecular genetic basis of primary arterial hypertension is the subject of intense research and has recently yielded remarkable progress. In this review, we will discuss the genetics of arterial hypertension. Recent studies have identified over 900 independent loci associated with blood pressure regulation across the genome. Comprehending these mechanisms not only could shed light on the pathogenesis of the disease but also hold the potential for assessing the risk of developing arterial hypertension in the future. In addition, these findings may pave the way for novel drug development and personalized therapeutic strategies.
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- Martina Zappa
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
- Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23223, USA
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- Fondazione Umbra Cuore e Ipertensione-ONLUS, 06100 Perugia, Italy
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, 06100 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Technological Innovation (DiMIT), University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Maugeri Care and Research Institutes, IRCCS, 21049 Tradate, Italy
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Shah WA, Jan A, Khan MA, Saeed M, Rahman N, Afridi MS, Khuda F, Akbar R. Association between Aldosterone Synthase ( CYP11B2) Gene Polymorphism and Hypertension in Pashtun Ethnic Population of Khyber Pakhtunkwha, Pakistan. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1184. [PMID: 37372364 DOI: 10.3390/genes14061184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Genome-wide association studies significantly increased the number of hypertension risk variants; however, most of them focused on European societies. There is lack of such studies in developing countries, including Pakistan. The lack of research studies and the high prevalence of hypertension in the Pakistani community prompted us to design this study. Aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) was thoroughly studied in different ethnic groups; however, no such study has been conducted in the Pashtun population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In essential hypertension, the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) plays a significant role. Aldosterone synthesis is affected by both hereditary and environmental factors. Aldosterone synthase (encoded by the CYP11B2 gene) controls the conversion of deoxycorticosterone to aldosterone and, thus, has genetic influences. Polymorphisms in the CYP11B2 gene are linked to an increased risk of hypertension. Previous research on the polymorphism of the aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene and its relationship to hypertension produced inconclusive results. The present study investigates the relationship between CYP11B2 gene polymorphism and hypertension in Pakistan's Pashtun population. We used the nascent exome sequencing method to identify variants associated with hypertension. The research was divided into two phases. In phase one, DNA samples from 200 adult hypertension patients (of age ≥ 30 years) and 200 controls were pooled (n = 200/pool) and subjected to Exome Sequencing. In the second phase, the WES reported SNPs were genotyped using the Mass ARRAY technique to verify and confirm the association between WES-identified SNPs and hypertension. WES identified a total of eight genetic variants in the CYP11B2 gene. The chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used to estimate the minor allele frequencies (MAFs) and chosen SNPs relationships with hypertension. The frequency of minor allele T was found to be higher in cases compared to the control (42% vs. 30%: p = 0.001) for rs1799998 of CYP11B2 gene, while no significant results (p > 0.05) were observed for the remaining SNPs; rs4536, rs4537, rs4545, rs4543, rs4539, rs4546 and rs6418 showed no positive association with HTN in the studied population (all p > 0.05). Our study findings suggest that rs1799998 increases susceptibly to HTN in the Pashtun population of KP, Pakistan.
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- Waheed Ali Shah
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
- District Headquarter Hospital (DHQH) Charsadda 24430, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Qurtaba University of Science and Technology, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Qurtaba University of Science and Technology, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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Association of CYP11B2 gene polymorphism with preeclampsia in north east of Iran (Khorasan province). Gene 2020; 733:144358. [PMID: 31935507 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Identification the genetic factors in preeclampsia (PE) are useful to increase the current knowledge of the pathophysiology of the disorder. The genetic factors implicated for all cases of PE remain to be determined. This study was aimed to investigate association between ADD1 1378G > T, AGTR2 1675G > A, AGTR1 1166A > C, NOS3 894 G > T and CYP11B2 -344C > T gene polymorphisms in Iranian women with PE. MATERIAL AND METHODS 117 pregnant women with PE and 103 healthy women without affected previous pregnancy by PE were selected. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and real-time PCR was performed to investigate the polymorphisms using a commercial kit. RESULTS There was a significant difference in CYP11B2 -344C > T gene polymorphism between case and control groups (P = 0.025). The odds ratio was 0.71 (CI 95% = 0.28-1.79). There were no statistical significant differences between other genetic polymorphisms. CONCLUSION Our results showed a significant association between CYP11B2 -344C > T gene polymorphism with PE. This finding suggests that mentioned polymorphism may be associated with susceptibility to PE at least in IRAN.
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Genetic Variants Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease in a Spanish Population. Sci Rep 2020; 10:144. [PMID: 31924810 PMCID: PMC6954113 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56695-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have many affected physiological pathways. Variations in the genes regulating these pathways might affect the incidence and predisposition to this disease. A total of 722 Spanish adults, including 548 patients and 174 controls, were genotyped to better understand the effects of genetic risk loci on the susceptibility to CKD. We analyzed 38 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes associated with the inflammatory response (interleukins IL-1A, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, ICAM-1), fibrogenesis (TGFB1), homocysteine synthesis (MTHFR), DNA repair (OGG1, MUTYH, XRCC1, ERCC2, ERCC4), renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (CYP11B2, AGT), phase-II metabolism (GSTP1, GSTO1, GSTO2), antioxidant capacity (SOD1, SOD2, CAT, GPX1, GPX3, GPX4), and some other genes previously reported to be associated with CKD (GLO1, SLC7A9, SHROOM3, UMOD, VEGFA, MGP, KL). The results showed associations of GPX1, GSTO1, GSTO2, UMOD, and MGP with CKD. Additionally, associations with CKD related pathologies, such as hypertension (GPX4, CYP11B2, ERCC4), cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer predisposition (ERCC2) were also observed. Different genes showed association with biochemical parameters characteristic for CKD, such as creatinine (GPX1, GSTO1, GSTO2, KL, MGP), glomerular filtration rate (GPX1, GSTO1, KL, ICAM-1, MGP), hemoglobin (ERCC2, SHROOM3), resistance index erythropoietin (SOD2, VEGFA, MTHFR, KL), albumin (SOD1, GSTO2, ERCC2, SOD2), phosphorus (IL-4, ERCC4 SOD1, GPX4, GPX1), parathyroid hormone (IL-1A, IL-6, SHROOM3, UMOD, ICAM-1), C-reactive protein (SOD2, TGFB1,GSTP1, XRCC1), and ferritin (SOD2, GSTP1, SLC7A9, GPX4). To our knowledge, this is the second comprehensive study carried out in Spanish patients linking genetic polymorphisms and CKD.
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Abdel Ghafar MT. Association of aldosterone synthase CYP11B2 (-344C/T) gene polymorphism with essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in the Egyptian population. Clin Exp Hypertens 2018; 41:779-786. [DOI: 10.1080/10641963.2018.1557679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Valadares LP, Pfeilsticker ACV, de Brito Sousa SM, Cardoso SC, de Moraes OL, Gonçalves de Castro LC, de Oliveira RS, Lofrano-Porto A. Insights on the phenotypic heterogenity of 11β-hydroxylase deficiency: clinical and genetic studies in two novel families. Endocrine 2018; 62:326-332. [PMID: 30242600 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-018-1691-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE 11β-hydroxylase deficiency accounts for 5% of congenital adrenal hyperplasia cases. Diagnosis suspiction is classically based on the association between abnormal virilization, precocious puberty, and hypertension in 46XX or 46XY subjects. We investigated two families with siblings presenting with opposed clinical features, and provided a review of the mechanisms involved in mineralocorticoid-dependent phenotypic heterogeneity. METHODS The coding region of the CYP11B1 gene of 4 patients was sequenced and familial segregation was confirmed. Clinical characterization and blood steroid profile were performed. RESULTS Family 1 comprised a female and a male siblings who presented in middle childhood with genital ambiguity (Prader II) and precocious puberty, respectively, associated with hypertension. In the second decade of life, the woman had three full-term pregnancies, and then evolved normotensive with no treatment over a 5-year follow up. On the other hand, her brother had hypertensive end-organ damage at age 24. In family 2, a 2.9 year-old boy presented with precocious puberty and hypertension, whereas his 21 days-old sister had genital ambiguity (Prader III) and salt wasting. A homozygous exon 4 splice site mutation was identified (IVS4ds-1G > A; c.799 G > A) in family 1, while a nonsense mutation in exon 6 (p. Q356X; c.1066 C > T) was found in family 2. CONCLUSION CYP11B1 mutations were associated with highly variable phenotypes, from mild to severe virilization, and early-onset hypertension or salt wasting. Further analysis of variants in other hypertension-related genes, steroid synthesis and metabolism compensatory pathways, and/or the investigation of chimeric CYP11B genes are needed to clarify the phenotypic heterogeneity in 11β-hydroxylase deficiency.
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- Luciana Pinto Valadares
- Endocrine Unit, Gonadal and Adrenal Diseases Clinics, University Hospital of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Brasília, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Brasília, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Endocrine Unit, Gonadal and Adrenal Diseases Clinics, University Hospital of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Brasília, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Endocrine Unit, Gonadal and Adrenal Diseases Clinics, University Hospital of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
- Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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Association of gene polymorphisms of aldosterone synthase and angiotensin converting enzyme in pre-eclamptic South African Black women. Pregnancy Hypertens 2017. [PMID: 29523271 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The exact cause of preeclampsia (PE) remains elusive. Recently, many researchers have focused on the role of genetic variations in pathogenesis of PE. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is affected in the pathogenesis of PE. OBJECTIVES To determine association of gene polymorphisms of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in PE and normotensive South African Black women. METHODS A group of 603 South African Black pregnant women, 246 normotensive and 357 with PE, was recruited. Purified DNA was extracted from venous blood. The distribution and frequencies of gene polymorphisms of CYP11B2 (C-344T) and ACE deletion/insertion (D/I) were determined by real time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS As the main outcome measure, the risk of C allele for PE was 1.28 (95%CI: 0.94-1.74; p = .1) for all allele comparisons. Thus no significant association with development of PE was observed for the CYP11B2 variants. However, post analysis of the distribution of TT genotypes of CYP11B2 were higher in the HIV uninfected normotensive than in the HIV uninfected PE group (OR: 0.47, 95%CI: 0.27-0.79, p = .0027). The C alleles of late-onset PE and HIV uninfected PE were higher than all normotensive and HIV uninfected normotensive (OR: 1.47, 95%CI: 1.02-2.10, p = .03 and OR: 1.77, 95%CI: 1.13-2.81, p = .0094 respectively). The CT genotype of CYP11B2 was statistically significant between normotensive and PE in HIV uninfected groups (OR: 2.24, 95%CI: 1.28-3.98, p = .0026). There was no significant difference in frequencies of D/I for ACE gene in PE.
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Gonzales TK, Yonker JA, Chang V, Roan CL, Herd P, Atwood CS. Myocardial infarction in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: the interaction among environmental, health, social, behavioural and genetic factors. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e011529. [PMID: 28115328 PMCID: PMC5278299 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study examined how environmental, health, social, behavioural and genetic factors interact to contribute to myocardial infarction (MI) risk. DESIGN Survey data collected by Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), USA, from 1957 to 2011, including 235 environmental, health, social and behavioural factors, and 77 single- nucleotide polymorphisms were analysed for association with MI. To identify associations with MI we utilized recursive partitioning and random forest prior to logistic regression and chi-squared analyses. PARTICIPANTS 6198 WLS participants (2938 men; 3260 women) who (1) had a MI before 72 years and (2) had a MI between 65 and 72 years. RESULTS In men, stroke (LR OR: 5.01, 95% CI 3.36 to 7.48), high cholesterol (3.29, 2.59 to 4.18), diabetes (3.24, 2.53 to 4.15) and high blood pressure (2.39, 1.92 to 2.96) were significantly associated with MI up to 72 years of age. For those with high cholesterol, the interaction of smoking and lower alcohol consumption increased prevalence from 23% to 41%, with exposure to dangerous working conditions, a factor not previously linked with MI, further increasing prevalence to 50%. Conversely, MI was reported in <2.5% of men with normal cholesterol and no history of diabetes or depression. Only stroke (4.08, 2.17 to 7.65) and diabetes (2.71, 1.81 to 4.04) by 65 remained significantly associated with MI for men after age 65. For women, diabetes (5.62, 4.08 to 7.75), high blood pressure (3.21, 2.34 to 4.39), high cholesterol (2.03, 1.38 to 3.00) and dissatisfaction with their financial situation (4.00, 1.94 to 8.27) were significantly associated with MI up to 72 years of age. Conversely, often engaging in physical activity alone (0.53, 0.32 to 0.89) or with others (0.34, 0.21 to 0.57) was associated with the largest reduction in odds of MI. Being non-diabetic with normal blood pressure and engaging in physical activity often lowered prevalence of MI to 0.2%. Only diabetes by 65 (4.25, 2.50 to 7.24) and being exposed to dangerous work conditions at 54 (2.24, 1.36 to 3.69) remained significantly associated with MI for women after age 65, while still menstruating at 54 (0.46, 0.23 to 0.91) was associated with reduced odds of MI. CONCLUSIONS Together these results indicate important differences in factors associated with MI between the sexes, that combinations of factors greatly influence the likelihood of MI, that MI-associated factors change and associations weaken after 65 years of age in both sexes, and that the limited genotypes assessed were secondary to environmental, health, social and behavioral factors.
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- Tina K Gonzales
- Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- La Follete School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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Vamsi UM, Swapna N, Padma G, Vishnupriya S, Padma T. Haplotype association and synergistic effect of human aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene polymorphisms causing susceptibility to essential hypertension in Indian patients. Clin Exp Hypertens 2016; 38:659-665. [PMID: 27935319 DOI: 10.1080/10641963.2016.1200595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) is a key enzyme involved in the terminal steps of aldosterone biosynthesis. Genetic variability in CYP11B2 gene has been associated with heterogeneous aldosterone production, which can affect sodium homeostasis and thereby regulation of blood pressure. Hence, the present study was aimed to explore the single-locus variations, haplotype and epistasis patterns of CYP11B2 (C-344T, intron-2 gene conversion and Lys173Arg) gene polymorphisms, and the risk contributed by them to the development of essential hypertension (EHT). METHODS A total of 279 hypertensive patients and 200 normotensive controls were enrolled in this study. C-344T and Lys173Arg polymorphisms of CYP11B2 gene were genotyped by PCR-RFLP method and intron-2 gene conversion (IC) polymorphism by allele-specific PCR analysis. RESULTS Single-locus analysis revealed significant association of CYP11B2 C-344T and Lys173Arg polymorphisms with EHT (p < 0.05). Considering the sexes, Lys173 allele was found to be at risk for hypertension in males (OR 1.40; 95% CI = 1.01-1.96). Unphased haplotype analysis revealed H1 (T-Conv-Lys; p = 0.0017) to have significant risk for EHT, while haplotype H4 (T-Wt-Arg) had a significant protective effect. Multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) interaction analysis found the overall best model with C-344T and IC polymorphisms exhibiting strong synergistic effect. CONCLUSION The present study revealed a strong synergistic effect of CYP11B2 C-344T and IC polymorphisms causing susceptibility to EHT and haplotype H1 (-344T-Conv-Lys173) as the risk-conferring factor for hypertension predisposition.
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- a Department of Genetics , Osmania University , Hyderabad , India
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- a Department of Genetics , Osmania University , Hyderabad , India
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Li X, Xie P, He J, Cai H, Yang R, Zhang Q, Li B, Qi W, Ma H. CYP11B2 gene polymorphism and essential hypertension among Tibetan, Dongxiang and Han populations from northwest of China. Clin Exp Hypertens 2016; 38:375-80. [PMID: 27149293 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2015.1131287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Essential hypertension (EH) is a complex multifactorial condition influenced by both genetic and environmental factors; aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) is a key enzyme which involves in the terminal steps of aldosterone synthesis. The result of relationship between C-344T of CYP11B2 polymorphism and EH was controversial. This study was undertaken to investigate the association of C-344T polymorphism with EH in the populations of Tibetan, Dongxiang and Han from northwest of China. A total of 2115 participants aged 18-70 years were enrolled in this study. In total, 1776 blood samples, including 545 Tibetan (305 hypertensive and 240 normotensive), 530 Dongxiang (254 hypertensive and 276 normotensive) and 701 Han (338 hypertensive and 363 normotensive), were analyzed successfully by using Snapshot minisequencing method, 30 samples were also performed by direct sequencing (5 hypertensive and 5 normotensive in each population, respectively). The frequencies of genotype and allele of CYP11B2 (C-344T) were not significantly different between EH group and control group in every ethnic population (p > 0.05). However, in female population of Tibetan, the frequencies of CC and CT genotype and C allele in EH group were higher than in control (p < 0.05) group. The frequencies of CC genotype and C allele in both the normotensive controls and EH patients in Tibetan population were higher than in Dongxiang and Han populations. Our study suggests that there is lack of association between C-344T polymorphism of CYP11B2 gene and EH in Dongxiang and Han populations, whereas the polymorphism was correlated with EH in female population of Tibetan.
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- Xinghui Li
- a Department of Cardiology , Gansu Provincial Hospital , LanZhou , PR China
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- a Department of Cardiology , Gansu Provincial Hospital , LanZhou , PR China
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- a Department of Cardiology , Gansu Provincial Hospital , LanZhou , PR China
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- a Department of Cardiology , Gansu Provincial Hospital , LanZhou , PR China
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- a Department of Cardiology , Gansu Provincial Hospital , LanZhou , PR China
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- b Department of Cardiology , West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu , PR China
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- c Department of Cardiology , Gannan District People's Hospital of Gansu Province , He Zuo , PR China
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- c Department of Cardiology , Gannan District People's Hospital of Gansu Province , He Zuo , PR China
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- a Department of Cardiology , Gansu Provincial Hospital , LanZhou , PR China
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PATNAIK MANISHA, PATI PALLABI, SWAIN SURENDRAN, MOHAPATRA MANOJK, DWIBEDI BHAGIRATHI, KAR SHANTANUK, RANJIT MANORANJAN. Aldosterone synthase C-344T, angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C and 11-β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase G534A gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension in the population of Odisha, India. J Genet 2015; 93:799-808. [DOI: 10.1007/s12041-014-0464-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kim YR, Kim SH, Kang SH, Kim HJ, Kong MH, Hong SH. Association of the K173R variant and haplotypes in the aldosterone synthase gene with essential hypertension. Genes Genomics 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-014-0199-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kim YR, Kim SH, Kang SH, Kim HJ, Kong MH, Hong SH. Association of CYP11B2 polymorphisms with metabolic syndrome patients. Biomed Rep 2014; 2:749-754. [PMID: 25054022 DOI: 10.3892/br.2014.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Aldosterone synthase is a key enzyme in aldosterone production. Polymorphisms of the aldosterone synthase gene, CYP11B2, have been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. In the light of these findings, we hypothesized that CYP11B2 genetic polymorphisms play a role in metabolic syndrome (MetS). Therefore, we investigated the associations of three CYP11B2 polymorphisms [-344T>C, K173R and intron 2 conversion (IC)] with Korean MetS patients. In total, 640 subjects comprising 320 cases and 320 control individuals) were included in the present study. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) techniques were used to assess CYP11B2 polymorphisms. The CYP11B2 -344T>C, K173R and IC polymorphisms did not exhibit a significant difference in the genotype and allele frequencies between the MetS and control groups. However, the -344T>C polymorphism in males and haplotypes comprising the three polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to MetS. Thus, the pattern of haplotype associations was gender-specific. Based on these results, the -344T>C polymorphism in males and haplotypes of the CYP11B2 gene potentially affect MetS susceptibility. These findings remain to be confirmed in various ethnic populations with a larger sample size.
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- Young Ree Kim
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Science Education, Teachers College, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-781, Republic of Korea
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Ferdinand KC, Elkayam U, Mancini D, Ofili E, Piña I, Anand I, Feldman AM, McNamara D, Leggett C. Use of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine in African-Americans with heart failure 9 years after the African-American Heart Failure Trial. Am J Cardiol 2014; 114:151-9. [PMID: 24846808 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association guidelines recommend combined isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) and hydralazine to reduce mortality and morbidity for African-Americans with symptomatic heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction, currently receiving optimal medical therapy (class I, level A). Nitrates can alleviate HF symptoms, but continuous use is limited by tolerance. Hydralazine may mitigate nitrate tolerance, and the ISDN-hydralazine combination in the Vasodilators in Heart Failure Trial (V-HeFT) I improved survival and exercise tolerance in men with dilated cardiomyopathy or HF with reduced ejection fraction, most notably in self-identified black participants. In the subsequent V-HeFT II, survival was greater with enalapril than with ISDN-hydralazine in the overall cohort, but mortality rate was similar in the enalapril and ISDN-hydralazine groups in the self-identified black patients. Consequently, in the African-American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT) in self-identified black patients with symptomatic HF, adding a fixed-dose combination ISDN-hydralazine to modern guideline-based care improved outcomes versus placebo, including all-cause mortality, and led to early trial termination. Hypertension underlies HF, especially in African-Americans; the A-HeFT and its substudies demonstrated not only improvements in echocardiographic parameters, morbidity, and mortality but also a decrease in hospitalizations, potentially affecting burgeoning HF health-care costs. Genetic characteristics may, therefore, determine response to ISDN-hydralazine, and the Genetic Risk Assessment in Heart Failure substudy demonstrated important hypothesis-generating pharmacogenetic data.
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Aldosterone plays a major role in the regulation of sodium and potassium homeostasis and blood pressure. More recently, aldosterone has emerged as a key hormone mediating end organ damage. In extreme cases, dysregulated aldosterone production leads to primary aldosteronism (PA), the most common form of secondary hypertension. However, even within the physiological range, high levels of aldosterone are associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension over time. PA represents the most common and curable form of hypertension, with a prevalence that increases with the severity of hypertension. Although genetic causes underlying glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism, one of the three Mendelian forms of PA, were established some time ago, somatic and inherited mutations in the potassium channel GIRK4 have only recently been implicated in the formation of aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and in familial hyperaldosteronism type 3. Moreover, recent findings have shown somatic mutations in two additional genes, involved in maintaining intracellular ionic homeostasis and cell membrane potential, in a subset of APAs. This review summarizes our current knowledge on the genetic determinants that contribute to variations in plasma aldosterone and renin levels in the general population and the genetics of familial and sporadic PA. Various animal models that have significantly improved our understanding of the pathophysiology of excess aldosterone production are also discussed. Finally, we outline the cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic consequences of mineralocorticoid excess beyond blood pressure regulation.
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Sia SK, Chiou HL, Chen SC, Tsai CF, Yang SF, Ueng KC. Distribution and phenotypic expression of mineralocorticoid receptor and CYP11B2 T-344C polymorphisms in a Taiwanese hypertensive population. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 40:3705-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2446-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism is associated with severity of coronary artery disease in men with high total cholesterol levels. J Appl Genet 2012; 53:175-82. [PMID: 22307319 PMCID: PMC3334489 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-012-0083-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 01/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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This study examines whether renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system gene polymorphisms: ACE (encoding for angiotensin converting enzyme) c.2306-117_404 I/D, AGTR1 (encoding for angiotensin II type-1 receptor) c.1080*86A>C and CYP11B2 (encoding for aldosterone synthase) c.-344C>T are associated with the extension of coronary atherosclerosis in a group of 647 patients who underwent elective coronary angiography. The extension of CAD was evaluated using the Gensini score. The polymorphisms were determined by PCR and RFLP assays. The associations between genotypes and the extent of coronary atherosclerosis were tested by the Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by pairwise comparisons using Wilcoxon test. The population has been divided into groups defined by: sex, smoking habit, past myocardial infarction, BMI (>, ≤ 25), age (>, ≤ 55), diabetes mellitus, level of total cholesterol (>, ≤ 200 mg/dl), LDL cholesterol (>, ≤ 130 mg/dl), HDL cholesterol (>, ≤ 40 mg/dl), triglycerides (>, ≤ 150 mg/dl). Significant associations between the ACE c.2306-117_404 I/D polymorphism and the Gensini score in men with high total cholesterol levels (P(Kruskal-Wallis) = 0.008; P(adjusted) = 0.009), high level of LDL cholesterol (P(Kruskal-Wallis) = 0.016; P(adjusted) = 0.028) and low level of HDL cholesterol (P(Kruskal-Wallis) = 0.04; P(adjusted) = 0.055) have been found. No association between the AGTR1 c.1080*86A>C and CYP11B2 c.-344C>T and the Gensini score has been found. These results suggest that men who carry ACE c.2306-117_404 DD genotype and have high total cholesterol, high LDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol levels may be predisposed to the development of more severe CAD.
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Sun X, Yang J, Hou X, Li J, Shi Y, Jing Y. Relationship between -344T/C polymorphism in the aldosterone synthase gene and atrial fibrillation in patients with essential hypertension. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2011; 12:557-63. [PMID: 21846681 DOI: 10.1177/1470320311417654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Aldosterone plays an important role in the pathogenesis of non-familial atrial fibrillation (AF). We tested the hypothesis that the -344T/C polymorphism in the aldosterone synthase gene may be associated with non-familial AF in Chinese patients with hypertension. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a 1:1 paired case-control study in 310 cases of hypertension with AF and same number matched controls. The -344T/C polymorphism was determined with polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS The distribution of the CYP11B2 genotypes (TT, TC and CC) was 41.9%, 50.6%, and 7.4% in AF patients, which was not different from controls (48.4%, 44.5%, and 7.1%, χ(2) = 2.675, p = 0.263). The difference between the C allele (32.3% vs. 29.4%) was also not significant between two groups (χ(2) = 1.661, p = 0.197). Logistic regression analysis showed that LAD and LVEDD (both p < 0.001), rather than the C allele of the CYP11B2 gene (p= 0.107) were significant predictors for AF. The LAD of C allele carriers is significantly larger than that of non-C allele carriers (p = 0.009). CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that the -344T/C polymorphism in the aldostrone synthase gene is not associated with AF but it might be associated with atrial remodelling in hypertensives.
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- Xiaojian Sun
- Department of Cardiology, Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, China
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Chen B, Nie S, Luo S, Zhang W, Xiao C. Association of the human CYP11B2 gene and essential hypertension in southwest Han Chinese population: a haplotype-based case-control study. Clin Exp Hypertens 2011; 33:106-12. [PMID: 21269059 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2010.531835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Aldosterone synthase produces aldosterone, which regulates electrolytes and thereby blood pressure (BP). The aldosterone-synthase gene (CYP11B2) has been regarded as a candidate gene for essential hypertension. To address this issue, we carried out a haplotype-based, case-control study to explore the association between a human CYP11B2 gene and essential hypertension (EH) in the southwest Han population of China (n = 1020 individuals). Four tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs4536, rs4545, rs3097, and rs3802230) and the C-344T polymorphism, as well as the K173R polymorphism in the CYP11B2 gene, were genotyped using the PCR-RFLP method. Single-locus analysis showed that the C allele of rs3802230 was significantly more prevalent in the EH subjects as compared to control subjects, adjusted for covariates. Haplotype analysis showed that the haplotype AAGC constructed by the tag SNPs (rs4536, rs4545, rs3097, and rs3802230), which carried the susceptible rs3802230 C allele, significantly increased the risk of essential hypertension with an odds ratios equal to 3.56 (P = 0.0001). The present results indicated that the rs3802230 C allele might be a risk marker for essential hypertension and haplotype AAGC might confer high genetic susceptibility to essential hypertension in a southwest Han Chinese population.
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- Bifeng Chen
- Human Genetics Center of Yunnan University, PR China
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Chen B, Nie S, Yue Z, Shou W, Xiao C. Haplotype-based case-control study of the human CYP11B2 gene and essential hypertension in Yi and Hani minorities of China. Biochem Genet 2010; 49:122-37. [PMID: 21127960 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-010-9393-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 07/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This haplotype-based case-control study investigated whether the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) might be implicated in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension in Yi (226 individuals) and Hani (296 individuals) minorities of China. Four tag SNPs (rs4536, rs4545, rs3097, and rs3802230) and the K173R polymorphism were genotyped using the PCR-RFLP method. In the Hani minority, rs4536 was significantly associated with hypertension, after Bonferroni correction. H9 AGGC constructed by tag SNPs was significantly higher in hypertensives than in controls (P = 0.001). Further, we observed that haplotype AGGC remained significantly associated with male hypertension after adjustment for covariates (OR = 3.76, P = 0.002). In the Yi minority, it was found that the CYP11B2 gene was not significantly associated with hypertension. These results indicated that haplotype AGGC conferred an increased risk for hypertension in the Hani minority male. In addition, CYP11B2 may not be associated with hypertension in the Yi minority of China.
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- Bifeng Chen
- Human Genetics Center, Yunnan University, 2 N. Cuihu Rd., Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Wang B, Zhang G, Ouyang J, Deng X, Shi T, Ma X, Li H, Ju Z, Wang C, Wu Z, Liu S, Zhang X. Association of DNA polymorphisms within the CYP11B2/CYP11B1 locus and postoperative hypertension risk in the patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas. Urology 2010; 76:1018.e1-7. [PMID: 20708777 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Hypertension often persists after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. Traditional factors associated with postoperative hypertension were evaluated, but whether genetic determinants were involved remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of DNA polymorphisms within steroid synthesis genes (CYP11B2, CYP11B1) and the postoperative resolution of hypertension in Chinese patients undergoing adrenalectomy for aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA). METHODS Ninety-three patients with APA were assessed for postoperative resolution of hypertension. All patients were genotyped for rs1799998 (C-344 T), intron 2 conversion, rs4539 (A2718G) within CYP11B2 and rs6410 (G22 5A), rs6387 (A2803G) within CYP11B1. The associations between CYPB11B2/CYP11B1 polymorphisms and persistent postoperative hypertension were assessed by multivariate analysis. RESULTS CYP11B2-CYP11B1 haplotype was associated with persistent postoperative hypertension in Chinese patients undergoing adrenalectomy with APA (P = .006). Specifically, the rs4539 (AA) polymorphism was associated with persistent postoperative hypertension (P = .002). Multivariate logistic regression revealed the common haplotypes H1 (AGACT), H2 (AGAWT), and H3 (AGAWC) were associated with the persistent postoperative hypertension (P = .01, 0.03, 0.005 after Bonferroni correction). Additional predictors of persistent postoperative hypertension included duration of hypertension (P <.0005), family history of hypertension (P = .001), and elevated systolic blood pressure (P = .015). CONCLUSIONS The rs4539 (AA), H1, H2, and H3 are genetic predictors for postoperative persistence of hypertension for Chinese patients treated by adrenalectomy with APA. DNA polymorphisms at CYP11B2/B1 locus may confer susceptibility to postoperative hypertension of patients with APA.
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- Baojun Wang
- Department of Urology, China PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Morphine-mediated alteration of hypertension-related gene expression in human white blood cells and multilineage progenitor cells. J Hum Hypertens 2010; 24:713-20. [DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2010.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Association of the -344C/T aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene variant with hypertension and stroke. J Neurol Sci 2010; 296:34-8. [PMID: 20598712 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Revised: 05/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Stroke is a complex disease caused by combination of multiple risk factors. Recent findings have suggested that stroke has a significant genetic component. Various types of genetic polymorphisms have been suggested to contribute to the risk of stroke. Gene polymorphisms of renin-angiontensin aldosterone system (RAAS) have been suggested to be risk factors for hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and stroke. In the present case-control study we investigated the association of -344C/T (rs1799998) [corrected] polymorphism in the promoter region of the human aldosterone (CYP11B2) gene with genetic predisposition to hypertension, ischemic stroke and stroke subtypes classified according to TOAST (Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment) classification. Four hundred and three stroke patients (hypertensives:normotensives=219:184) and three hundred and ninety four, sex and age matched healthy controls (hypertensives:normotensives=118:276) were involved in the study. The region of interest in the CYP11B2 gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and genotypes determined by subjecting the PCR products to restriction digestion by the enzyme HaeIII. Significant difference was observed in the genotypic distribution and allelic frequency between the stroke patients and healthy controls. TT genotype and T allele associated significantly with hypertension and stroke (p<0.000 in hypertension and p=0.000 in case of stroke). A stepwise logistic regression analysis confirmed these findings. To establish that this polymorphism is associated with stroke independent of hypertension, we compared stroke patients without hypertension with normotensive controls. Significant difference was observed in genotypic distribution and allelic frequency between the two groups (p=0.000). Further evaluating the association of this polymorphism with stroke subtypes we found significant associations with intracranial large artery atherosclerosis, lacunar stroke and cardioembolic stroke (p=0.000 in each case). In conclusion our study suggests that -344T allele of CYP11B2 gene is an important risk factor for hypertension and ischemic stroke. However, this is a preliminary study and the results need to be confirmed in a larger cohort.
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Ramírez-Salazar M, Romero-Gutiérrez G, Zaina S, Malacara JM, Kornhauser C, Pérez-Luque E. Relationship of aldosterone synthase gene (C-344T) and mineralocorticoid receptor (S810L) polymorphisms with gestational hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 2010; 25:320-6. [PMID: 20535141 DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2010.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The extent of genetic influence in the aetiology of gestational hypertension has not been completely determined. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between aldosterone levels and the -344T/C polymorphism of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) and to investigate the frequency of the S810L mutation of mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in gestational hypertension. One hundred women with pregnancy-induced hypertension and 100 with normal pregnancy were studied to measure serum aldosterone and progesterone levels and for the genotypification of the -344T/C polymorphism of CYP11B2 gene and the S810L mutation of MR by RFLP-PCR and SSP, respectively. Serum aldosterone levels were reduced (<0.000001) and serum progesterone levels increased (<0.000001) in gestational hypertensive women as compared with normal pregnant women. The -344T/C of CYP11B2 genotypic frequencies were similar in the hypertensive and normotensive pregnant women. The 810L-mutated allele of MR was found in 12% of the hypertensive and 9.4% of the normotensive pregnant women. In contrast to the observations made in preeclampsia, the genotype of -344T/C of CYP11B2 was neither related with gestational hypertension nor with aldosterone levels at delivery. The frequency of the S810L mutation was similar in the hypertensive and normotensive women but higher than observed in other reports.
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- M Ramírez-Salazar
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, México
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Cooper Worobey C, Fisher NDL, Cox D, Forman JP, Curhan GC. Genetic polymorphisms and the risk of accelerated renal function decline in women. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4787. [PMID: 19274077 PMCID: PMC2650781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Reduced glomerular filtration rate is an important predictor of cardiovascular disease and death. Genetic polymorphisms, particularly in genes involved in the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), may influence the rate of renal function decline. Methodology/Principal Findings We examined the relation between specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including those in the RAS, apolipoprotein E and alpha-adducin, and renal function decline assessed by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over an 11-year period in 2578 Caucasian participants of the Nurses' Health Study. Logistic regression was used to examine the associations between genotype and risk of eGFR decline of ≥25%. Results After 11 years between creatinine measurements, the eGFR declined by ≥25% in 423 of 2578 (16%) women. The angiotensinogen (AGT) A-20C polymorphism was associated with a higher risk of renal function decline when two risk alleles were present than if one or no alleles were present (CC vs AA and AC) OR 1.83 (95% CI 1.02–3.26; p = 0.04). The angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) A1166C polymorphism was marginally associated with a higher risk of renal function decline when two risk alleles were present (CC vs AA, OR = 1.41; 95% CI 0.98–2.01; p = 0.06). The alpha-adducin G460W polymorphism was associated with a lower risk of renal function decline when any number of risk alleles were present (WG vs GG, OR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.61–0.99, p = 0.04; WW vs GG, OR = 0.46; 95% CI 0.20–1.07, p = 0.07). Linear regression analysis with change in eGFR as the outcome showed a larger decline of 3.5 (95% CI 0.5 to 6.4, p = 0.02) ml/min/1.73 m2 in AGT A-20C CC homozygotes. No other polymorphisms were significantly associated with renal function decline or absolute change in eGFR over the study period. Conclusions Genetic variants in the angiotensinogen, angiotensin II type 1 receptor and alpha-adducin genes may contribute to loss of renal function in the general female Caucasian population.
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- Cynthia Cooper Worobey
- Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism is not associated with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia. Clin Chim Acta 2009; 400:139-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Revised: 11/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Freel EM, Ingram M, Wallace AM, White A, Fraser R, Davies E, Connell JMC. Effect of variation in CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 on corticosteroid phenotype and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in hypertensive and normotensive subjects. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2008; 68:700-6. [PMID: 17980006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aldosterone is important in the development of hypertension. We have shown that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (-344T) in the 5' regulatory region (UTR) of the gene encoding aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) associates with aldosterone excess and hypertension as well as altered adrenal 11-hydroxylation efficiency (deoxycortisol to cortisol). This conversion is carried out by the enzyme 11beta-hydroxylase, encoded by the adjacent gene, CYP11B1. We proposed that the effects of CYP11B2 are explained by linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the CYP11B locus. We have demonstrated high LD across this locus and identified two SNPs in the 5' UTR of CYP11B1 (-1859 G/T, -1889 A/G) that associate with reduced transcription in vitro and altered 11-hydroxylation efficiency in vivo. Accordingly, we hypothesized that the reduced adrenal 11-hydroxylation may lead to chronic resetting of the pituitary-adrenal axis, with chronically increased ACTH drive resulting in aldosterone excess. METHODS To test this, we examined hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity in hypertensive and normotensive individuals stratified according to genotype at CYP11B2 (-344T/C) and CYP11B1 (-1859 G/T, -1889 A/G). Fifty-six subjects homozygous for CYP11B2 SNP (27 TT, 12 CC), and 38 homozygous for CYP11B1 SNPs (18 TTGG, 20 GGAA) were recruited. Diurnal variation and the effects of dexamethasone suppression and ACTH stimulation on plasma aldosterone, cortisol and ACTH under controlled conditions were studied. RESULTS Subjects with SNPs associated with reduced 11-hydroxylation efficiency (-344T CYP11B2; TTGG CYP11B1) showed reduced inhibition of ACTH after dexamethasone (P = 0.05) and an altered cortisol-ACTH relationship (decreased cortisol-ACTH ratio, P < 0.02). The same individuals also demonstrated close correlations between plasma cortisol and aldosterone (-344T CYP11B2 r = 0.508, P < 0.004; TTGG CYP11B1 r = 0.563, P < 0.003) suggesting that there was common regulation (possibly ACTH) of these hormones in genetically susceptible subjects. CONCLUSIONS Variation in CYP11B2 and CYP11B1 associates with chronic up-regulation of the HPA axis. These novel data support the suggestion that chronic aldosterone excess, in genetically susceptible individuals, may be a consequence of increased ACTH drive to the adrenal and identify novel molecular mechanisms that may lead to the development of hypertension within the general population.
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- E M Freel
- Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK.
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Zakrzewski-Jakubiak M, de Denus S, Dubé MP, Bélanger F, White M, Turgeon J. Ten renin-angiotensin system-related gene polymorphisms in maximally treated Canadian Caucasian patients with heart failure. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2008; 65:742-51. [PMID: 18279468 PMCID: PMC2432486 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.03091.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT The progression and pharmacological response of heart failure-affected patients are subject to interindividual variability. It is also acknowledged that the genotype frequency of certain gene polymorphisms varies across different ethnic groups and that a difference in gene polymorphism frequencies between healthy and heart failure patients seems to exist. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS This study investigated associations between 10 gene polymorphisms of RAAS-related genes with an individual's susceptibility to heart failure. Our data suggest that the angiotensinogen (AGT) 235 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) may be associated with heart failure in our population and that the AGT(M174)-AGT(T235) haplotype, as well as the AGT/angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene combination, may play an important role in disease predisposition. AIMS Racial differences in survival outcomes point towards a genetic role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. Furthermore, contemporary evidence links genetics to heart failure (HF) predisposition. We tested for a difference in prevalence of 10 renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)-related gene polymorphisms between a homogenous population of HF patients and healthy controls. METHODS One hundred and eleven healthy volunteers and 58 HF patients were included in this study. The healthy control group consisted of males aged between 18 and 35 years old. The HF group consisted of patients (89.7% male) who were 63.8 +/- 7.9 years old, were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III and had a documented left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that the SNPs of AGT may be associated with HF in our population and that the AGT/ACE gene combination may play an important role in disease predisposition.
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- Université de MontréalMontréal, Canada
- Montreal Heart InstituteMontréal, Canada
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Freel EM, Ingram M, Friel EC, Fraser R, Brown M, Samani NJ, Caulfield M, Munroe P, Farrall M, Webster J, Clayton D, Dominiczak AF, Davies E, Connell JMC. Phenotypic consequences of variation across the aldosterone synthase and 11-beta hydroxylase locus in a hypertensive cohort: data from the MRC BRIGHT Study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007; 67:832-8. [PMID: 17651452 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02971.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aldosterone is an important cardiovascular hormone; 15% of hypertensive subjects have alteration in aldosterone regulation, defined by a raised ratio of aldosterone to renin (ARR). Studies of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) have focused on a single nucleotide polymorphism in the 5'promoter region (-344 C/T). In normotensive subjects, the T allele associates with raised levels of the 11-deoxysteroids, deoxycorticosterone and 11-deoxycortisol which are substrates for 11beta-hydroxylase, encoded by the adjacent and homologous gene, CYP11B1. We have speculated that this altered 11beta-hydroxylase efficiency leads to increased ACTH drive to the adrenal gland to maintain cortisol production and reported herein the association between the -344 C/T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and adrenal steroid production in subjects with essential hypertension. METHODS The CYP11B2-344 C/T polymorphism was genotyped and urinary excretion of adrenal steroid metabolites was measured (by GCMS) in 511 unrelated hypertensives from the Medical Research Council (MRC) British Genetics of Hypertension (BRIGHT) study. RESULTS Thirty-five per cent of subjects were homozygous for the -344T allele whilst 16% were CC homozygotes. There was no difference in cortisol excretion rate between the two genotype groups but the index of adrenal 11beta-hydroxylation (ratio of tetrahydrodeoxycortisol/total cortisol) was significantly higher in the TT group (P < 0.005) than in the CC group. Excretion rates of the major urinary metabolite of aldosterone (tetrahydroaldosterone) correlated strongly with the ACTH-regulated steroids, cortisol (r = 0.437, P < 0.0001) and total androgen metabolites (r = 0.4, P < 0.0001) in TT but not CC subjects. CONCLUSIONS Hypertensives homozygous for the -344 T allele of CYP11B2 demonstrate altered 11beta-hydroxylase efficiency (CYP11B1); this is consistent with the hypothesis of a genetically determined increase in adrenal ACTH drive in these subjects. The correlation between excretion of aldosterone and cortisol metabolites and suggests that, in TT subjects, ACTH exerts an important common regulatory influence on adrenal corticosteroid production in subjects with hypertension.
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- E M Freel
- Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow, UK.
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Biolo A, Chao T, Duhaney TAS, Kotlyar E, Allensworth-Davies D, Loscalzo J, Sam F. Usefulness of the aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism C-344-T to predict cardiac remodeling in African-Americans versus non-African-Americans with chronic systolic heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2007; 100:285-90. [PMID: 17631084 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.02.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2006] [Revised: 02/15/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A common polymorphism exists for the aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) gene at position 344 (C-344-T). The 344-C allele has been associated with increased aldosterone synthase activity. We hypothesized that the aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism is associated with adverse cardiac remodeling in an ambulatory, chronic heart failure population. The CYP11B2 C-344T genotype was determined in 104 patients with heart failure who were in New York Heart Association classes I to IV, had left ventricular ejection fractions <40%, and were prospectively recruited from an urban heart failure clinic (65% African-American, 69% had a nonischemic cause, with a mean left ventricular ejection fraction of 22 +/- 9%). The 344-C allele frequency was 0.34 (45.2% TT, 42.3% CT, and 12.5% CC) and was significantly lower in African-American (0.27) versus Non-African-American patients (0.44, p = 0.018). Baseline and 1-year follow-up echocardiograms were obtained in 74 patients. Improvement was defined as a decrease in left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD). At follow-up, the 344-C allele was associated with improved LVESD (p = 0.013). In addition, analysis by race showed that this effect was observed only in African-American patients (p <0.006). In multivariate logistic regression, controlling for cause, gender, and spironolactone use, the TT genotype (i.e., absence of 344-C allele) was associated with a fivefold lower rate of improvement in LVESD in African-Americans (p = 0.014). In conclusion, the 344-C allele of the aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism was associated with improved cardiac remodeling over time for African-Americans with chronic systolic heart failure. Although this genetic-driven increase in aldosterone activity should predispose to worse cardiac remodeling, it may represent a more susceptible state and enhanced response to therapy in this racial subgroup.
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- Andreia Biolo
- Cardiovascular Section and Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The major findings regarding the genetics of stress response and stress-related disorders are: (i) variations in genes involved in the sympathetic system or in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis are associated with altered stress responses; (ii) genes related to the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system or inflammation/immune response show associations with cardiovascular disorders; (iii) genes involved in monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems are associated with bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. The vast majority of these association studies followed a conventional hypothesis-driven approach, restricting the gene selection to established candidates. This very conservative approach retarded our understanding of the complex interplay between genetic factors, stress response, and stress-related disorders. Chip-based whole-genome technologies will open up access to new unbiased and statistically efficient approaches that will help to identify new candidate genes, which should be thoroughly validated in clinical and preclinical confirmatory studies. This, together with the use of new text- and information-mining tools, will bring us closer to integrating all the findings into sophisticated models delineating the pathways from genes to stress response and stress-related disorders.
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- Marcus Ising
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2-10, D-80804 Munich, Germany.
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Sookoian S, Gianotti TF, González CD, Pirola CJ. Association of the C−344T aldosterone synthase gene variant with essential hypertension: a meta-analysis. J Hypertens 2007; 25:5-13. [PMID: 17143166 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000254372.88488.a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The CYP11B2 gene (CYP11B2) encoding aldosterone synthase has been associated with essential hypertension and some, but not all, studies have reported that the C-344T variant may influence the risk of the disease. OBJECTIVE We performed a systematic review of the literature by means of a meta-analysis to evaluate the influence of the C-344T CYP11B2 polymorphism on arterial hypertension and intermediate phenotypes. METHODS From 485 reports, we included 42 observational studies, case-control and cohort at baseline. Fixed and random effect models were used to pool data from individual studies. RESULTS From 19 heterogeneous studies including 5343 essential hypertensive and 5882 control subjects, we found a significant association between hypertension and the C-344T variant in fixed but not in random effect models [for homozygous CC: odds ratio (OR), 0.834; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.760-0.914; P < 0.0001, n = 11 225]. Besides, homozygous CC subjects had lower plasma renin activity (D, -0.161; 95% CI, -0.279 to -0.043; P < 0.01, n = 1428) but no difference in plasma aldosterone levels (D, -0.006; 95% CI, -0.081 to 0.07; P = 0.88, n = 2872). Limiting the quantitative analysis of blood pressure to 13 studies including only untreated individuals, no significant association was found for systolic arterial blood pressure (D, 0.042; 95% CI, -0.057 to 0.141; P = 0.41, n = 1775) and diastolic arterial blood pressure (D, 0.026; 95% CI, -0.073 to 0.125; P = 0.61, n = 1775). CONCLUSION Homozygous individuals for the -344C CYP11B2 allele are at 17% lower risk of hypertension with respect to homozygous TT subjects.
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- Silvia Sookoian
- Cardiología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas, A. Lanari, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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McNamara DM, Tam SW, Sabolinski ML, Tobelmann P, Janosko K, Taylor AL, Cohn JN, Feldman AM, Worcel M. Aldosterone Synthase Promoter Polymorphism Predicts Outcome in African Americans With Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 48:1277-82. [PMID: 16979018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Revised: 06/12/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the effect of the aldosterone synthase promoter polymorphism on heart failure outcomes for subjects in the African American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT). BACKGROUND Genetic heterogeneity modulates clinical outcomes in subjects with heart failure (HF); however, little data exist in African American populations. A common polymorphism exists in the promoter region of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) at position -344 (T/C). The -344C allele, associated with higher aldosterone synthase activity, has been linked to hypertension; however, its impact on outcomes in HF is unknown. METHODS A total of 354 subjects from A-HeFT participated in the GRAHF (Genetic Risk Assessment of Heart Failure in African Americans) substudy and were genotyped for the aldosterone synthase polymorphism. Patients were followed prospectively, and event-free survival (freedom from death and HF hospitalization) compared by CYP11B2 genotype. RESULTS Of the cohort, 218 patients were TT, 114 CT, and 22 patients were CC. Baseline etiology, blood pressure, and functional class were not significantly different among the 3 cohorts. The C allele was associated with significantly poorer HF hospitalization-free survival with the best survival among TT subjects, intermediate for heterozygotes, and the poorest for CC homozygotes (p = 0.018), and a higher rate of death (% death TT/TC/CC = 1.8/3.5/18.2, p = 0.001). The TT genotype, more prevalent in blacks, was associated with greater impact of fixed combination of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine on the primary composite end point (p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The aldosterone synthase promoter -344C allele linked to higher aldosterone levels is associated with poorer event-free survival in blacks with HF. The role of aldosterone receptor antagonists in diminishing this apparent genetic risk remains to be explored.
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- Dennis M McNamara
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Tang W, Wu H, Zhou X, Cheng B, Dong Y, He L, Yu H, Xu L, Lu J, Li K, Xiao C. Association of the C-344T polymorphism of CYP11B2 gene with essential hypertension in Hani and Yi minorities of China. Clin Chim Acta 2006; 364:222-5. [PMID: 16126185 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2005] [Revised: 07/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of aldosterone. Recently, a C-344T polymorphism in the promoter region of the CYP11B2 gene has been reported to be in association with high blood pressure. We investigated the association between this polymorphism and essential hypertension in Hani (n=305 individuals) and Yi (n=233 individuals) minorities of China. METHODS CYP11B2 genotyping with polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism was performed in 267 normotensive subjects and 271 essential hypertensive subjects. At the same time, the T(-344)C polymorphism detection in 33 subjects was also performed by sequencing. RESULT The frequency of CYP11B2 C-344T genotype in normotensive controls and essential hypertensive cohort in Hani population were TT: 0.729 vs. 0.610; CT + CC: 0.271 vs. 0.390, respectively. The frequency of CYP11B2 C-344T genotype in normotensive controls and essential hypertensive cohort in Yi population were TT: 0.612 vs. 0.475; CT + CC: 0.388 vs. 0.525, respectively. The frequency of CC + CT genotype in the essential hypertensive group was significantly higher than that in the normotensive controls in both Hani and Yi populations (P<0.05). CONCLUSION The -344C allele of the CYP11B2 may play a role in genetic predisposition to developing essential hypertension in Hani and Yi minorities of China.
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- Wenru Tang
- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources and Human Genetics Center of Yunnan University, #2 N. Cuihu Rd. Kunming, Yunnan 650091, PR China
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Maitland-van der Zee AH, Turner ST, Schwartz GL, Chapman AB, Klungel OH, Boerwinkle E. A multilocus approach to the antihypertensive pharmacogenetics of hydrochlorothiazide. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2005; 15:287-93. [PMID: 15864129 DOI: 10.1097/01213011-200505000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the influence of variations in multiple candidate genes on inter-individual variation in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) response to hydrochlorothiazide. METHODS A community-based sample of 585 adults with essential hypertension underwent monotherapy with hydrochlorothiazide for 4 weeks. In a nested case-control design, 195 individuals in the highest tertile of DBP response (responders) and 195 individuals in the lowest tertile of DBP response (non-responders) were genotyped for 45 polymorphisms in 19 candidate genes. For those polymorphisms where the set association approach found to be significantly associated with DBP response, logistic regression was performed to estimate the odds ratio (OR) for response associated variation in the identified genotype/haplotype. RESULTS Two polymorphisms in the sodium channel gamma-subunit promotor gene, and a polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene, were significantly associated with blood pressure response to hydrochlorothiazide. In the final experiment for the set association model P=0.038. In the logistic regression analyses, compared to subjects with the CT/CT haplotype of the SCNN1G gene, those with the GA/GA haplotype had OR 5.21 of being a DBP responder [95% CI 1.65-16.47]. Compared to subjects with the GT genotype of the ENOSA_rs1799983 polymorphism, those with the GG genotype had an OR 2.19 of being a DBP responder [95% CI 1.27-3.77]. CONCLUSIONS Two polymorphisms in the sodium channel gamma-subunit promotor gene, and a polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene, were associated with significant differences in odds of DBP response to hydrochlorothiazide. Follow-up studies are needed to define the functional genetic variations and their mechanisms of pharmacogenetic effects.
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Rajput C, Makhijani K, Norboo T, Afrin F, Sharma M, Pasha ST, Pasha MAQ. CYP11B2 gene polymorphisms and hypertension in highlanders accustomed to high salt intake. J Hypertens 2005; 23:79-86. [PMID: 15643128 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200501000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND High salt intake is the main determinant of hypertension. The alleles, which once had adaptive value in the salt-poor environment, by promoting salt retention, now induce hypertension. It would be interesting to determine whether the variant alleles of the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2), if related to exaggerated expression/altered activity, are associated with hypertension when combined with a salt-rich diet. OBJECTIVE To investigate the -344T/C, K173R and intron-2 conversion polymorphisms of CYP11B2 for an association with hypertension in highlanders accustomed to a high salt intake. DESIGN AND METHODS Three CYP11B2 polymorphisms were compared with respect to frequencies and clinical characteristics in 190 normotensive highlanders (NHLs) and 100 hypertensive highlanders (HHLs). One-way ANOVA, chi2 test and logistic regression analysis were carried out to investigate the association of these polymorphisms with hypertension. RESULTS The HHLs had significantly higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (P < 0.0001), body mass index (BMI) (P = 0.0002), plasma aldosterone levels (P = 0.03) and aldosterone to plasma renin ratio (ARR) (P < 0.0001) and lower plasma renin activity (PRA) (P = 0.007). The -344T/C and K173R polymorphisms were in complete linkage disequilibrium with each other and the intron-2 conversion allele was in absolute association with the T allele. The TC/CC genotypes correlated with higher BMI when compared with TT genotype in the NHLs and the HHLs (P = 0.002 and 0.004, respectively). The intron-2 conversion heterozygotes/homozygotes correlated with higher SBP in the HHLs (P = 0.03) and significantly higher ARR when compared to IwIw (P = 0.02). Genotype combinations between the -344T/C and intron-2 conversion polymorphisms revealed that combinations with TC or CC genotypes inclined towards higher BMI in both the groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings showed a correlation of C allele with high BMI, suggesting that -344T/C polymorphism is in linkage disequilibrium with a functional polymorphism on the adjacent 11-beta hydroxylase gene. The correlation of the intron-2 conversion allele with high SBP and ARR associates it with hypertension. The intron-2 conversion could be a functional variant, since it has been suggested to lead to overexpression of the gene; however, the presence of another functional variant in linkage disequilibrium within the gene cannot be ruled out.
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- Charu Rajput
- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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Hypertension is a complex genetic disorder caused by interplay between several "risk" genes and environmental factors (genetic heritability approximately 30%). Most genetic studies of hypertension use a candidate gene approach and two conclusions have been made: there is no association or linkage with the genes studied, or the hypertension phenotype is heterogeneous and subgroups with hypertension related to certain polymorphisms cannot be identified because of background noise. Studies using intermediate phenotypes suggest the latter is most likely. Another problem is the reliability of gene structure assessment: usually only one or two gene polymorphisms are assessed. The use of intermediate phenotypes and dense mapping of candidate genes would provide a better approach for identifying genotype-phenotype correlations, which might enable the use of genotypes to identify more-specific therapeutic and preventative measures for hypertensives.
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- Anupam Agarwal
- Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Listgarten J, Damaraju S, Poulin B, Cook L, Dufour J, Driga A, Mackey J, Wishart D, Greiner R, Zanke B. Predictive models for breast cancer susceptibility from multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:2725-37. [PMID: 15102677 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-1115-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hereditary predisposition and causative environmental exposures have long been recognized in human malignancies. In most instances, cancer cases occur sporadically, suggesting that environmental influences are critical in determining cancer risk. To test the influence of genetic polymorphisms on breast cancer risk, we have measured 98 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) distributed over 45 genes of potential relevance to breast cancer etiology in 174 patients and have compared these with matched normal controls. Using machine learning techniques such as support vector machines (SVMs), decision trees, and naïve Bayes, we identified a subset of three SNPs as key discriminators between breast cancer and controls. The SVMs performed maximally among predictive models, achieving 69% predictive power in distinguishing between the two groups, compared with a 50% baseline predictive power obtained from the data after repeated random permutation of class labels (individuals with cancer or controls). However, the simpler naïve Bayes model as well as the decision tree model performed quite similarly to the SVM. The three SNP sites most useful in this model were (a) the +4536T/C site of the aldosterone synthase gene CYP11B2 at amino acid residue 386 Val/Ala (T/C) (rs4541); (b) the +4328C/G site of the aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase CYP1B1 at amino acid residue 293 Leu/Val (C/G) (rs5292); and (c) the +4449C/T site of the transcription factor BCL6 at amino acid 387 Asp/Asp (rs1056932). No single SNP site on its own could achieve more than 60% in predictive accuracy. We have shown that multiple SNP sites from different genes over distant parts of the genome are better at identifying breast cancer patients than any one SNP alone. As high-throughput technology for SNPs improves and as more SNPs are identified, it is likely that much higher predictive accuracy will be achieved and a useful clinical tool developed.
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- Jennifer Listgarten
- Cross Cancer Institute of the Alberta Cancer Board, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Gu D, Ge D, He J, Li B, Chen J, Liu D, Chen J, Chen R. Haplotypic analyses of the aldosterone synthase gene CYP11B2 associated with stage-2 hypertension in northern Han Chinese. Clin Genet 2004; 66:409-16. [PMID: 15479186 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2004.00317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the association of polymorphisms in the aldosterone synthase gene CYP11B2 (-344T/C, Lys173/Arg, and an intronic conversion [IC]) with stage-2 hypertension in northern Han Chinese. A total of 503 hypertensives and their age-, gender-, and area-matched controls were included in this study. The female hypertensives had significantly higher frequencies of the -344T, 173Lys, and IC-conversion alleles (p = 0.002, 0.002, and 0.014, respectively). The estimated frequency of haplotype composed of the -344T, 173Lys, and IC-conversion alleles (haplotype 4) was significantly higher in the female hypertensives compared with their controls (p = 0.007). Using a multivariate score test, we found that haplotype 4 remained associated with female hypertension after the adjustment for covariates (p = 0.003), while the haplotype 3 of T-Arg-WT showed a protective effect both in the males and in the females (p = 0.03 and 0.006, respectively). The odds ratio for haplotype phase of 4-4 was 2.60 (95% CI, 1.21-5.58) and for 3-3, 0.20 (95% CI, 0.03-0.77). These results indicate that the Lys173 and the IC-conversion allele of the CYP11B2 gene confer an increased risk for stage-2 hypertension in northern Han Chinese women.
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- D Gu
- Division of Population Genetics and Prevention, Cardiovascular Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
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Kennon B, Ingram MC, Friel EC, Anderson NH, MacKenzie SM, Davies E, Shakerdi L, Wallace AM, Fraser R, Connell JMC. Aldosterone synthase gene variation and adrenocortical response to sodium status, angiotensin II and ACTH in normal male subjects. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004; 61:174-81. [PMID: 15272911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Aldosterone synthase, a key enzyme in the terminal steps of aldosterone synthesis, is encoded by the CYP11B2 gene. A polymorphism in the 5' coding region of this gene (-344 C/T) is associated with hypertension, particularly with elevation of the aldosterone to renin ratio. A second polymorphism (a conversion in intron 2 to resemble that of the neighbouring 11beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) gene) is found in close linkage dysequilibrium with the variant at -344 C/T. The mechanism by which these variants predispose to cardiovascular disease and the precise intermediate phenotype associated with them remains speculative. DESIGN We performed a focused physiological study in normal volunteers stratified by CYP11B2 genotype. PATIENTS Twenty-three subjects homozygous for the T allele and 21 homozygous for the C allele of the -344 C/T polymorphism of CYP11B2 were studied. MEASUREMENTS Basal and angiotensin II stimulated plasma and 24-h urinary steroid excretion during low (60 mmol/day) and high (160 mmol/day) sodium intake and plasma steroids after ACTH stimulation were measured. RESULTS No influence of polymorphic variation on basal or stimulated plasma cortisol or aldosterone or other plasma steroid concentrations during either dietary phase was seen. However, excretion of tetrahydro-11-deoxycortisol (the urinary metabolite of 11-deoxycortisol), which is the precursor of cortisol) was increased in TT subjects during sodium restriction, consistent with impairment of zona fasciculata 11beta-hydroxylation. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that this polymorphism has no major influence on normal zona glomerulosa function but is associated with a change in 11beta-hydroxylation in the zona fasciculata. The mechanism remains uncertain, but alteration of 11-deoxycortisol levels without change in cortisol suggests altered efficiency of 11beta-hydroxylation. In the long term, this may lead to a minor but chronic increase in ACTH drive to the gland, which may have consequences for steroid synthesis and predispose to the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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- Brian Kennon
- MRC Blood Pressure Group, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- Paul N Hopkins
- Cardiovascular Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84108, USA
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Kumar NN, Benjafield AV, Lin RC, Wang WY, Stowasser M, Morris BJ. Haplotype analysis of aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) polymorphisms shows association with essential hypertension. J Hypertens 2003; 21:1331-7. [PMID: 12817181 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200307000-00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The CYP11B2 locus is an important candidate region in essential hypertension (HT). We therefore investigated CYP11B2 polymorphisms T-344C, T4986C and A6547G for association with essential HT. This included haplotype analysis and measurement of plasma aldosterone levels. METHODS The three single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of genomic DNA from 146 HT and 291 normotensive (NT) white subjects of Anglo-Celtic descent, in whom parental blood pressure status was the same as the subjects'. Genotype and allele frequencies in HTs and NTs were compared by chi2 analysis. Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype frequencies were estimated by the program 'snphap'. Phenotype-genotype relationships were tested using one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS The T-344C variant was associated with HT (chi2 = 7.4, P = 0.0064). This association was confined to female HTs (P = 0.0061 for genotypes, P = 0.0013 for alleles). A strong association with HT was also seen for the A6547G variant (P = 0.0015), being greatest in females (P < 0.0001). No association was seen for the T4986C variant. Haplotype analysis of the three single nucleotide polymorphisms across eight different haplotype combinations showed a significant association with HT (chi2 = 24, seven degrees of freedom, P < 0.001). No significant tracking of plasma aldosterone with genotype was observed. CONCLUSION The T-344C and A6547G, but not the T4986C, variants of the aldosterone synthase gene are associated with HT in females of the Anglo-Celtic population studied. This was reinforced by haplotype analysis.
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- Natasha N Kumar
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, and Institute for Biomedical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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