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López-Toledo S, Ramírez-García SA, Cabrera-Pivaral CE, Flores-Alvarado LJ, Ruiz DM, Aguilar Aldrete ME, Parada-Luna F. New Genetic Polymorphisms as Epidemiological Factor of Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Hyposodical Diet. Curr Hypertens Rev 2021; 18:34-38. [PMID: 33563199 DOI: 10.2174/1573402117666210204205447] [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: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypertension is a major public health problem, affecting more than a quarter of the world's population that causes serious cardiovascular problems. In recent years, different polymorphisms have been studied and helped to identify some candidate genes and hereditary syndromes associated to the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of hypertension. Therefore, it is important to identify these molecular mechanisms. This review exposes all the genes and polymorphisms that increase or decrease the risk of hypertension in different populations that are related to the renin angiotensin aldosterone system, G protein, salt excretion, aldosterone synthesis, lipid metabolism, mechanism of insulin resistance, vitamin metabolism, purines and sodium reabsorption. This document can be a useful tool in clinical practice, in addition to serving as a support for future research on this topic.
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- Sabina López-Toledo
- Instituto de Nutrición, Universidad de la Sierra Sur. Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca. Mexico
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- Instituto de Nutrición, Universidad de la Sierra Sur. Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca. Mexico
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- Departamento de Salud Pública, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico
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- Deparatmemnto de Biología Molecular y Genómica, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico
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- Departamento de Salud Pública, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico
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- Programa de Maestría en Salud Pública, Universidad de la Sierra Sur. Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca . Mexico
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ACE DD genotype associated with the female Chronic Kidney Disease patients of Tamilnadu population. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMAN GENETICS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Marrachelli VG, Monleon D, Rentero P, Mansego ML, Morales JM, Galan I, Segura R, Martinez F, Martin-Escudero JC, Briongos L, Marin P, Lliso G, Chaves FJ, Redon J. Genomic and metabolomic profile associated to microalbuminuria. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98227. [PMID: 24918908 PMCID: PMC4053470 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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To identify factors related with the risk to develop microalbuminuria using combined genomic and metabolomic values from a general population study. One thousand five hundred and two subjects, Caucasian, more than 18 years, representative of the general population, were included. Blood pressure measurement and albumin/creatinine ratio were measured in a urine sample. Using SNPlex, 1251 SNPs potentially associated to urinary albumin excretion (UAE) were analyzed. Serum metabolomic profile was assessed by 1H NMR spectra using a Brucker Advance DRX 600 spectrometer. From the total population, 1217 (mean age 54 ± 19, 50.6% men, ACR>30 mg/g in 81 subjects) with high genotyping call rate were analysed. A characteristic metabolomic profile, which included products from mitochondrial and extra mitochondrial metabolism as well as branched amino acids and their derivative signals, were observed in microalbuminuric as compare to normoalbuminuric subjects. The comparison of the metabolomic profile between subjects with different UAE status for each of the genotypes associated to microalbuminuria revealed two SNPs, the rs10492025_TT of RPH3A gene and the rs4359_CC of ACE gene, with minimal or no statistically significant differences. Subjects with and without microalbuminuria, who shared the same genotype and metabolomic profile, differed in age. Microalbuminurics with the CC genotype of the rs4359 polymorphism and with the TT genotype of the rs10492025 polymorphism were seven years older and seventeen years younger, respectively as compared to the whole microalbuminuric subjects. With the same metabolomic environment, characteristic of subjects with microalbuminuria, the TT genotype of the rs10492025 polymorphism seems to increase and the CC genotype of the rs4359 polymorphism seems to reduce risk to develop microalbuminuria.
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- Vannina G. Marrachelli
- Metabolomic and Molecular Image Lab, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Metabolomic and Molecular Image Lab, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology. University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- CIBERObn, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Metabolomic and Molecular Image Lab, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Metabolomic and Molecular Image Lab, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBERObn, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Hypertension Unit, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinico, Valencia, University of Valencia, Spain
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- Hypertension Unit, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinico, Valencia, University of Valencia, Spain
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- Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBERObn, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Health Research Institute, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
- CIBERDem, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERObn, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Hypertension Unit, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinico, Valencia, University of Valencia, Spain
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Renal allograft rejection or dysfunction often results in graft failure, and remains the major obstacle in the success of renal transplantation. Various immunological and nonimmunological factors are involved in allograft rejection. In addition to human leukocyte antigen loci, several genetically controlled molecules have been identified in recent years as playing important roles in the process of rejection. Genetic variants in genes encoding different T-helper (Th) type 1 and Th2 cytokines, chemokines and their receptors, growth factors, molecules of the renin-angiotensin system, enzymes of the homocysteine pathway, and proteins acting as substrates of immunosuppressive drugs impact on the success of engraftment and highlight the concept of genetic predisposition to allograft rejection. This review evaluates specific genetic variants and their functional roles in graft failure, with an emphasis on the latest methodologies available for genotyping, and appropriate strategies to enable them to become a tool of predictive and individualized medicine to ensure better transplant outcome.
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- Faisal Khan
- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, (UP), India
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Elshamaa MF, Sabry SM, Bazaraa HM, Koura HM, Elghoroury EA, Kantoush NA, Thabet EH, Abd-El Haleem DA. Genetic polymorphism of ACE and the angiotensin II type1 receptor genes in children with chronic kidney disease. J Inflamm (Lond) 2011; 8:20. [PMID: 21859496 PMCID: PMC3167745 DOI: 10.1186/1476-9255-8-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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AIM AND METHODS We investigated the association between polymorphisms of the angiotensin converting enzyme-1 (ACE-1) and angiotensin II type one receptor (AT1RA1166C) genes and the causation of renal disease in 76 advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) pediatric patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) or conservative treatment (CT). Serum ACE activity and creatine kinase-MB fraction (CK-MB) were measured in all groups. Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) was calculated according to echocardiographic measurements. Seventy healthy controls were also genotyped. RESULTS The differences of D allele and DI genotype of ACE were found significant between MHD group and the controls (p = 0.0001). ACE-activity and LVMI were higher in MHD, while CK-MB was higher in CT patients than in all other groups. The combined genotype DD v/s ID+II comparison validated that DD genotype was a high risk genotype for hypertension .~89% of the DD CKD patients were found hypertensive in comparison to ~ 61% of patients of non DD genotype(p = 0.02). The MHD group showed an increased frequency of the C allele and CC genotype of the AT1RA1166C polymorphism (P = 0.0001). On multiple linear regression analysis, C-allele was independently associated with hypertension (P = 0.04). CONCLUSION ACE DD and AT1R A/C genotypes implicated possible roles in the hypertensive state and in renal damage among children with ESRD. This result might be useful in planning therapeutic strategies for individual patients.
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Clinical & Chemical Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Clinical & Chemical Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Clinical & Chemical Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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Li X, An J, Guo R, Jin Z, Li Y, Zhao Y, Lu F, Lian H, Liu P, Zhao Y, Jin X. Association of the genetic polymorphisms of the ACE gene and the eNOS gene with lupus nephropathy in northern Chinese population. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2010; 11:94. [PMID: 20540812 PMCID: PMC2903533 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been reported that some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene are associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the progression of nephropathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association between six SNPs (A-5466C, T-3892C, A-240T, C1237T, G2215A and A2350G) of the ACE gene and two SNPs (T-786C and G894T) of the eNOS gene with lupus nephropathy in a northern Chinese population. METHODS In this study, 225 patients with lupus nephropathy were compared to 232 healthy controls, matched by gender, age and ethnicity. Following the extraction of genomic DNA from the leukocytes in the peripheral blood, the genotypes of the eight selected SNPs were determined by the method of PCR-RFLP; the haplotypes were inferred using PHASE 2.1. The associations between the SNPs and the risk of lupus nephropathy were analyzed using Chi-square test and Logistic regression with SPSS13.0 software. RESULTS Statistically significant differences of the allele frequency distribution of three SNPs (A-5466C, A2350G and G894T) were observed between cases and controls (P<0.05). Among the 53 haplotypes identified, the frequencies of five haplotypes (CTTCGA, ACTTAA, ACATGG, ACACGG and ATTCGA) were significantly different between cases and controls (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our study indicated an association between the risk of lupus nephropathy and the sequence variations of both the ACE gene and the eNOS gene, which may play an important role in the pathogenesis of lupus nephropathy in the northern Chinese population. Further studies are warranted to validate our findings.
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- X Li
- Department of Rheumatology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, PR China
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The angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism is associated with phagocytic NADPH oxidase-dependent superoxide generation: potential implication in hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond) 2009; 116:233-40. [PMID: 18647135 DOI: 10.1042/cs20080057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The objective of the present study was to analyse the influence of the ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) gene I/D (insertion/deletion) polymorphism on NADPH oxidase-dependent O(2)(*-) (superoxide radical) production, and to investigate the clinical implication of this association in hypertensive subjects. A case-control study was performed in a random sample of the general population composed of 189 normotensive subjects and 223 hypertensive subjects. The ACE polymorphism was determined by PCR. NADPH oxidase-dependent O(2)(*-) production was quantified in phagocytic cells by chemiluminescence. MMP-9 (matrix metalloproteinase-9), a marker of atherosclerosis previously reported to be associated with NADPH oxidase overactivity, was quantified by ELISA in plasma samples. The distribution of genotypes was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The I/D polymorphism was not associated with hypertension. NADPH oxidase-dependent O(2)(*-) production was significantly higher in D/D (deletion/deletion) than in I/I (insertion/insertion) and I/D, both in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Interestingly, plasma levels of angiotensin II were significantly higher in D/D than in I/I and I/D, both in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Plasma levels of MMP-9 and systolic blood pressure values were significantly higher in D/D than in I/I and I/D hypertensive subjects, whereas no differences were found among genotypes in normotensive subjects. Interestingly, NADPH oxidase-dependent O(2)(*-) production positively associated with plasma MMP-9 levels in hypertensive subjects, which remained significant after adjustment for age and gender. In conclusion, in the present study we have reported for the first time an association of the D/D genotype of the ACE I/D polymorphism with phagocytic NADPH oxidase-mediated O(2)(*-) overproduction. Within the group of hypertensive patients, D/D cases also associated with increased blood pressure values and with enhanced plasma levels of MMP-9.
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Cardoso RL, Nogueira AR, Salis LHA, Urményi TP, Silva R, Moura-Neto RS, Pereira BB, Rondinelli E, Souza e Silva NAD. The association of ACE gene D/I polymorphism with cardiovascular risk factors in a population from Rio de Janeiro. Braz J Med Biol Res 2009; 41:512-8. [PMID: 18622495 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2008000600013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Accepted: 06/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Our aim was to determine the frequencies of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene alleles D and I and any associations to cardiovascular risk factors in a population sample from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eighty-four adults were selected consecutively during a 6-month period from a cohort subgroup of a previous large cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro. Anthropometric data and blood pressure measurements, echocardiogram, albuminuria, glycemia, lipid profile, and ACE genotype and serum enzyme activity were determined. The frequency of the ACE*D and I alleles in the population under study, determined by PCR, was 0.59 and 0.41, respectively, and the frequencies of the DD, DI, and II genotypes were 0.33, 0.51, and 0.16, respectively. No association between hypertension and genotype was detected using the Kruskal-Wallis method. Mean plasma ACE activity (U/mL) in the DD (N = 28), DI (N = 45) and II (N = 13) groups was 43 (in males) and 52 (in females), 37 and 39, and 22 and 27, respectively; mean microalbuminuria (mg/dL) was 1.41 and 1.6, 0.85 and 0.9, and 0.6 and 0.63, respectively; mean HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) was 40 and 43, 37 and 45, and 41 and 49, respectively, and mean glucose (mg/dL) was 93 and 108, 107 and 98, and 85 and 124, respectively. A high level of ACE activity and albuminuria, and a low level of HDL cholesterol and glucose, were found to be associated with the DD genotype. Finally, the II genotype was found to be associated with variables related to glucose intolerance.
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- R L Cardoso
- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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A common polymorphism in the renin angiotensin system is associated with differential outcome of antihypertensive pharmacotherapy prescribed to Brazilian older women. Clin Chim Acta 2008; 396:70-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2008] [Revised: 06/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dell'omo G, Penno G, Pucci L, Lucchesi D, Fotino C, Del Prato S, Pedrinelli R. ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism modulates capillary permeability in hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond) 2007; 111:357-64. [PMID: 16889537 DOI: 10.1042/cs20060165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A D/D (deletion/deletion) polymorphism within the ACE (angiotensin 1-converting enzyme) gene increases the risk of microalbuminuria, a predictor of atherosclerotic vascular disease, in essential hypertension. It is unknown, however, whether this genetic profile is accompanied by disturbed macromolecular permeability of systemic capillary endothelium, possibly in the context of generalized endothelial dysfunction. In the present study, the ACE gene polymorphism was determined by PCR in 79 never-treated uncomplicated hypertensive men and 16 normotensive men as controls. Evaluation variables were TERalb (transcapillary escape rate of albumin; the 1-h decline rate of intravenous (125)I-albumin, a measure of integrity of systemic capillary endothelium), albuminuria and forearm vasodilation to intra-arterial acetylcholine, an index of NO (nitric oxide)-mediated vasomotion, in addition to a series of sensitive parameters of albumin permeation (blood pressure, metabolic status and smoking habits). Analyses were done by comparing D/D homozygotes with grouped I/D (insertion/deletion) and I/I (insertion/insertion) subjects. TERalb was higher in D/D hypertensives, who had higher albuminuria, more frequent microalbuminuria and comparable forearm responsiveness to intra-arterial acetylcholine. Fasting glucose and insulin, insulin sensitivity, 24-h blood pressure, smoking habits and metabolic parameters did not differ between the two groups. TERalb and urine albumin values were positively associated in the hypertensive subjects. In conclusion, ACE D/D homozygosis, independently of several confounding factors, associates with higher TERalb in men with essential hypertension. This may reflect noxious genetic influences on systemic vascular permeability, a critical control mechanism for atherogenesis in the absence of grossly impaired NO-mediated arteriolar responsiveness. The parallel behaviour of TERalb and albuminuria suggests some shared genetically mediated determinant of renal and systemic microvascular abnormalities in hypertension.
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- Giulia Dell'omo
- Dipartimento Cardio Toracico, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Tripathi G, Dharmani P, Khan F, Sharma RK, Pandirikkal Baburajan V, Agrawal S. High prevalence of ACE DD genotype among north Indian end stage renal disease patients. BMC Nephrol 2006; 7:15. [PMID: 17042963 PMCID: PMC1626448 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-7-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Renin-Angiotensin system (RAS) is a key regulator of both blood pressure and kidney functions and their interaction. In such a situation, genetic variability in the genes of different components of RAS is likely to contribute for its heterogeneous association in the renal disease patients. Angiotensin converting enzyme-1 (ACE-1) is an important component of RAS which determines the vasoactive peptide Angiotensin-II. METHODS In the present study, we have investigated 127 ESRD patients and 150 normal healthy controls from north India to deduce the association between ACE gene polymorphism and ESRD. The inclusion criteria for patients included a constantly elevated serum creatinine level above normal range (ranging from 3.4 to 15.8) and further the patients were recommended for renal transplantation. A total of 150 normal healthy controls were also genotyped for ACE I/D polymorphism. The criterion of defining control sample as normal was totally based on the absence of any kidney disease determined from the serum creatinin level. Genotyping of ACE I/D were assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based DNA amplification using specific flanking primers Based on the method described elsewhere. RESULTS The difference of DD and II genotypes was found highly significant among the two groups (p = 0.025; OR = 3.524; 95% CI = 1.54-8.07). The combined genotype DD v/s ID+II comparison validated that DD genotype is a high risk genotype for ESRD (p = 0.001; OR = 5.74; 95% CI limit = 3.4-8.5). However, no correlation was obtained for different biochemical parameters of lipid profile and renal function among DD and non DD genotype. Interestingly, approximately 87% of the DD ESRD patients were found hypertensive in comparison to the 65% patients of non DD genotype CONCLUSION Based on these observations we conclude that ACE DD genotype implicate a strong possible role in the hypertensive state and in renal damage among north Indians. The study will help in predetermining the timing, type and doses of anti-hypertensive therapy for ESRD patients.
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- Gaurav Tripathi
- Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) 226014, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) 226014, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) 226014, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) 226014, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) 226014, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) 226014, India
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During the past few years, microalbuminuria has become a prognostic marker for cardiovascular and/or renal risk in diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. In essential hypertensives, an increased transglomerular passage of albumin may result from several mechanisms--hyperfiltration, glomerular basal membrane abnormalities, endothelial dysfunction, and nephrosclerosis. Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that the main factors related to microalbuminuria are blood pressure (BP) values and hyperinsulinemia, as an expression of insulin resistance. Genetics, obesity, and smoking, however, have also been implicated as determinants of microalbuminuria in some of the studies. Follow-up studies support the role of BP values and subtle alterations in glucose metabolism, although contributing roles need to be assessed in further studies. It seems that the significance of microalbuminuria in essential hypertension is much broader than expected, and several factors may influence the presence of microalbuminuria. Thus, to reverse microalbuminuria, and to reduce urine albumin excretion and cardiovascular and renal risk, a strategy of multiple approaches may be needed. Whether or not the multiple approaches need to be implemented from the beginning or step by step in an individual approach should be established in the near future.
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- Josep Redon
- Hypertension Clinic, Internal Medicine, Hospìtal Clinico, Avda Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
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Redon J, Luque-Otero M, Martell N, Chaves FJ. Renin–angiotensin system gene polymorphisms: relationship with blood pressure and microalbuminuria in telmisartan-treated hypertensive patients. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2004; 5:14-20. [PMID: 15505642 DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This study analyzed the relationship between four renin-angiotensin system (RAS) gene polymorphisms and the response to blood pressure lowering and development of microalbuminuria in 206 patients with essential hypertension treated once daily for 12 months with telmisartan 80 mg. Seated cuff blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion (UAE) were measured throughout the study. Patients were screened for the presence of the A-6G variant of the angiotensinogen gene, angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism, and the A1166C and C573T polymorphisms of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene. No significant association was found between the presence of any gene polymorphism and the reduction of blood or UAE following telmisartan treatment. The results indicate that these RAS gene polymorphisms do not affect the antihypertensive activity and renoprotection in mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients treated with telmisartan.
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- J Redon
- Hypertension Clinic, Hospital Clinico, University of Valencia, Spain.
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OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between microalbuminuria and oxidative stress in mononuclear peripherals cells in essential hypertension. METHODS A total of 123 hypertensive patients in absence of antihypertensive treatment were included. A 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring was performed using a Spacelabs 90207 monitor, and microalbuminuria was measured in 24-h urine collections. Oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio and the content of malondialdehide and damaged base 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine in genomic and mitochondrial DNA were measured in peripheral mononuclear cells. RESULTS In the 29 (24%) microalbuminuric subjects, the amount of reduced glutathione was significantly lower and the ratio oxidized/reduced glutathione was significantly higher than in the normoalbuminuric subjects. In contrast, the simultaneous measurement of the levels of malondialdehide and 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine from both genomic and mitochondrial DNA oxidation did not achieve statistical significance between the two groups. Subjects with the highest oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio tertile showed the highest urinary albumin excretion (UAE) (P = 0.04 for trend). In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio was the main significant determinant of UAE accounting for the 9% of the variance when 24-h mean BP, age, sex, body mass index, glucose and total cholesterol were included in the model. CONCLUSIONS Oxidative stress seems to be a determinant of UAE independent of BP levels even in hypertensive subjects.
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- V Giner
- Department of Biochemistry of the Medical School, Hypertension Clinic, University of Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Marin P, Julve R, Chaves FJ, Giner V, Pascual JM, Armengod ME, Redon J. Polymorphisms of the angiotensinogen gene and the outcome of microalbuminuria in essential hypertension: a 3-year follow-up study. J Hum Hypertens 2003; 18:25-31. [PMID: 14688807 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to analyse the relationship of polymorphisms of the angiotensinogen (AGT) gene with the changes in microalbuminuria during 3 years of antihypertensive treatment in a group of young adults with essential hypertension. METHODS Essential hypertensives, less than 50 years old, never previously treated with antihypertensive drugs and in the absence of diabetes mellitus were included. After the initial evaluation, patients were treated using only nonpharmacological measures (n=23), only beta-blockers (n=26), only angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) (n=57) or a combination of treatments (n=25). The office blood pressure, biochemical profile and urinary albumin excretion (UAE) were measured at the beginning and then yearly. The polymorphism A-6G of the AGT gene located in the promoter region was analysed. RESULTS In total, 131 patients, 35 (27%) microalbuminurics, were included. Although no significant differences in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting glucose and UAE were observed among genotypes at the initial examination, during the 3 years of antihypertensive treatment the slope values for the DBP, fasting glucose and UAE differed significantly despite no differences in the distribution of treatments being present. The subjects carrying the AA-6 genotype had the largest DBP decrease, but the lowest UAE reduction and the highest slope of glucose. Out of 35 initially microalbuminuric patients, 24 became normoalbuminuric and the lowest reduction rates were observed in subjects who carried the allele A-6. No interaction between the type of treatment and genotype was observed on the changes in UAE, BP or glucose values. In the subset of 57 patients treated with ACEi, the changes in UAE, BP and glucose had the same trend as was observed in the total population. CONCLUSIONS Subjects carrying the AA genotype of the A-6G AGT gene polymorphism are resistant to a reduction of microalbuminuria. Whether this can be attributed to a predisposition to glucose metabolic disturbance or not needs to be confirmed in further studies.
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- P Marin
- Instituto Investigaciones Citológicas, Fundación Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Spain
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Wang JG, Staessen JA, Tizzoni L, Brand E, Birkenhäger WH, Fagard R, Herrmann SM, Bianchi G. Renal function in relation to three candidate genes. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 38:1158-68. [PMID: 11728946 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.29205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We recently found that femoral intima media thickness, as well as the incidence of hypertension, is influenced by genes encoding the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE; insertion/deletion [I/D]) polymorphism, alpha-adducin (Gly460Trp), and aldosterone synthase (-344C/T). By interfering with blood pressure or sodium homeostasis, these genetic polymorphisms also may change renal function. We therefore investigated serum creatinine level, calculated and measured creatinine clearances, and 24-hour urinary protein excretion in subjects previously genotyped for these three polymorphisms. The 1,454 participants drawn at random from the population (64.3% of those invited) were aged 43.4 years and included 744 women (51.2%). Blood pressure, measured by study nurses at subjects' homes, averaged 123/76 mm Hg. Mean values were 90 micromol/L for serum creatinine; 84 and 88 mL/min/1.73 m(2) for calculated and measured (n = 855) creatinine clearances, respectively; and 90 mg/d of protein for proteinuria (n = 556). The prevalence of mild renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance </= 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2)) was nearly 11%. In single-gene analyses with adjustment for significant covariables, the risk for mild renal dysfunction was positively associated with the ACE D allele. However, multiple-gene analyses showed that these associations were restricted to carriers of the mutated alpha-adducin Trp allele (40.1% of all subjects). Findings remained similar after hypertensive patients and women on hormonal therapy were excluded. In this phenotypically more homogeneous subgroup, serum creatinine level was 3.6 micromol/L (P = 0.02) and relative risks for mild renal dysfunction and proteinuria were 1.7-fold (P < 0.001) and 26% (P = 0.02) greater in ACE D subjects than ACE II homozygotes, respectively. The aldosterone synthase T allele did not strengthen genetic associations with the ACE D allele considered alone or in combination with the alpha-adducin Trp allele. Thus, in the present cross-sectional analysis, renal function was slightly but consistently impaired when both the ACE D and alpha-adducin Trp alleles were present. These findings, together with experimental studies and our previous reports on femoral intima media thickness and the incidence of hypertension, constitute a growing body of evidence delineating a clinical entity genetically determined by the risk-carrying ACE D and alpha-adducin Trp alleles.
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- J G Wang
- Hypertensie en Cardiovasculaire Revalidatie Eenheid, Departement Moleculair en Cardiovasculair Onderzoek, Katholieke Univsiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Katsuya T, Iwashima Y, Sugimoto K, Motone M, Asai T, Fukuda M, Fu Y, Hatanaka Y, Ohishi M, Rakugi H, Higaki J, Ogihara T. Effects of antihypertensive drugs and gene variants in the renin-angiotensin system. Hypertens Res 2001; 24:463-7. [PMID: 11510761 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.24.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Many genes and environmental factors are involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension, but the exact cause of essential hypertension has not yet been clarified. Gene polymorphism of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the candidates. In the current study, we examined whether there was a correlation between the gene polymorphisms in RAS and either the choice of antihypertensive drugs or their efficacy. Subjects with essential hypertension (n=299) were recruited from among the outpatients of Osaka University Hospital and provided their informed consent for genetic analysis. Physicians freely chose the antihypertensive drugs and adjusted its dose until the patient's blood pressure was well controlled. The efficacy of each antihypertensive drug was estimated using the following formula: ABP=BP 1 (before treatment) - BP 2 (after treatment)/BP 1 x 100 (%). Gene variants in RAS were determined using PCR or PCR-RFLP (restriction fragment of polymorphism). The gene polymorphisms of RAS were not associated with delta SBP or ADBP. However, the mean ASBP in subjects with a deletion homozygote of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene (ACE/DD) was significantly lower (p<0.05) than that in patients with an insertion I allele of the ACE gene. The gene polymorphisms of RAS did not significantly affect the choice of antihypertensive drugs. Even though gene polymorphism in the renin angiotensin system was not a major factor in the antihypertensive therapy, the determination of genotype might be of help in the management of essential hypertension.
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- T Katsuya
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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