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Lin CN, Ho CC, Hsieh PC, Hsiao CH, Nfor ON, Liaw YP. Polymorphism rs3733591 of the SLC2A9 gene and metabolic syndrome affect gout risk in Taiwan Biobank subjects. Front Genet 2024; 15:1374405. [PMID: 38689651 PMCID: PMC11058208 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1374405] [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: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Background Over the past few decades, gout and diseases like metabolic syndrome (MetS) have become more prevalent. Attempts have been made in Taiwan to identify the genes responsible for gout. A few gene loci, among them SLC2A9, have been identified using Taiwan Biobank (TWB) data. We, therefore, examined whether MetS could also account for the association between polymorphism SLC2A9 rs3733591 and gout. Methods The final analysis consisted of 73,558 subjects, of whom 2,709 had gout. To estimate the likelihood of gout occurrence based on rs3733591 and MetS, we used logistic regression models. Results Rs3733591-TC + CC compared to TT genotype was associated with gout (OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.06-1.25). Also associated with gout was MetS (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.10-1.33). A significant interaction was seen between rs3733591 and MetS (p-value = 0.039). Using rs3733591-TT/no MetS as the reference group, the ORs (95% CI) for gout was 1.24 (1.11-1.38) for TC + CC/no MetS, 1.35 (1.17-1.56) for TT/MetS, and 1.39 (1.22-1.58) for TC + CC/MetS. However, subgroup analysis defined by sex showed no significant associations in women. Conclusion In summary, metabolic syndrome and SLC2A9 rs3733591 genotypes were interactively associated with gout in Taiwanese men, but not women.
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- Chun-Nan Lin
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Kang Branch, Cheng Ching Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Physical Education, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan
- Research and Development Center for Physical Education, Health, and Information Technology, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Kang Branch, Cheng Ching Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Rao H, Wang Q, Zeng X, Wen X, Huang L. Analysis of the prognostic value of uric acid on the efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with primary liver cancer. Clin Transl Oncol 2024; 26:774-785. [PMID: 37646984 PMCID: PMC10869365 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-023-03314-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Uric acid (UA) plays a dual role as an antioxidant and a prooxidant in patients with malignant tumors; however, the relationship between serum UA and malignancy is currently unclear. This study aims to investigate the prognostic value of serum uric acid level before immunotherapy on the efficacy of primary liver cancer (PLC) immunotherapy, which might provide a basis for optimizing the comprehensive treatment scheme. METHODS Patients with PLC who were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical College from January 2019 to June 2022 and underwent immunotherapy were collected retrospectively. The difference between serum UA levels in patients with PLC, the correlation between serum UA levels, and the clinical characteristics of patients with PLC were analyzed using the chi-square test, and the survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier analysis. To further assess the prognostic significance of UA concentrations, univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed. RESULTS Ninety-nine patients were included in this study cohort. The median follow-up was 7 months (range: 1-29 months), and 76 (76.8%) of the 99 patients with PLC died as of December 31, 2022. Serum UA concentrations ranged from 105 to 670 μmol/l, with a median of 269 μmol/l. The results showed that the serum UA level of patients with PLC was higher than that of healthy subjects (P < 0.001). After subgroup analyses, only male patients with liver cancer had higher serum UA levels than healthy men (P = 0.001). The results of the Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that higher UA levels were associated with poor overall survival (OS) (P = 0.005). In univariate analysis, the OS rate of patients with elevated serum UA levels was significantly lower than the cut-off value (hazard ratio [HR]: 3.191, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.456-6.993, P = 0.004), with a median survival time of 151 and 312 days in the high and low serum UA groups, respectively. The results of multivariate analysis showed that the UA level was an independent prognostic factor for immunotherapy in patients with PLC (HR: 3.131, 95% CI: 1.766-5.553, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The serum UA level is a reliable biomarker for predicting the prognosis of patients undergoing immunotherapy for PLC, and might provide a basis for the individualized treatment of these patients. Dynamic monitoring of the serum UA level may compensate for the deficiency of the current liver cancer staging system.
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- Hui Rao
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 128, Jinling Road, Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China
- The First Clinical Medical College, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, The First People's Hospital of Nankang, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 128, Jinling Road, Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China
- Jiangxi Clinical Medical Research Center for Cancer, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 128, Jinling Road, Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China
- The First Clinical Medical College, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 128, Jinling Road, Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China.
- Jiangxi Clinical Medical Research Center for Cancer, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
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Zhang X, Mass BB, Talevi V, Hou R, North KE, Voruganti VS. Novel Insights into the Effects of Genetic Variants on Serum Urate Response to an Acute Fructose Challenge: A Pilot Study. Nutrients 2022; 14:4030. [PMID: 36235682 PMCID: PMC9570712 DOI: 10.3390/nu14194030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Studies have shown that genetic variations can influence metabolic response to nutrient intake, and that diets rich in fructose contribute to hyperuricemia. In this pilot study, our aim was to determine the variability of serum urate in response to an acute fructose challenge and to investigate if genetic variants would affect this response in young to middle-aged adults who self-reported as Black or White. Fifty-seven participants consumed a fructose-rich beverage after an overnight fast. Blood was drawn at five time points (baseline, 30, 60, 120, and 180 min after consumption). Thirty urate-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were analyzed for their associations with baseline serum urate and its percent changes, using a two-step modeling approach followed by meta-analysis. At baseline, serum urate (mg/dL, mean ± SD) was higher in Whites (5.60 ± 1.01 vs. 5.37 ± 0.96), men (6.17 ± 1.14 vs. 5.24 ± 0.79), and those with obesity (5.69 ± 1.08 vs. 5.42 ± 1.06 vs. 5.34 ± 0.80). Three SNPs were significantly associated with baseline serum urate or its percent changes, and six SNPs were nominally associated with percent changes in serum urate. In summary, our results showed that genetic variants could play a role in short-term urate metabolism.
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- Xinruo Zhang
- Department of Nutrition and Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
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Park JS, Kim Y, Kang J. Genome-wide meta-analysis revealed several genetic loci associated with serum uric acid levels in Korean population: an analysis of Korea Biobank data. J Hum Genet 2022; 67:231-237. [PMID: 34719683 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-021-00991-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The serum uric acid (SUA) level is an important determinant of gout, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Although previous genome-wide studies have identified multiple genetic variants associated with SUA, most genetic analyses have focused on individuals with European ancestry; thus, understanding of the genetic architecture of SUA is currently limited for Asian populations. We conducted a genome-wide meta-analysis based on Korea Biobank data consistent with three cohorts; namely, the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) Ansan and Ansung, KoGES Health Examinee, and KoGES Cardiovascular Disease Association studies. In total, 60,585 participants aged ≥40 years were included in the analysis of the three cohorts. We used logistic regression analyses to perform genome-wide association study (GWAS) adjustments for confounding variables. Subsequently, a meta-analysis was conducted by combining the analyses of the three GWASs. We identified 8,105 variants at 22 genetic loci with a P value < 5 × 10-8. Among these, six novel genetic loci associated with SUA in the Korean population were identified (rs4715517 in HCRTR2, rs145099458 in 3.2 kb 3' of MLXIPL, rs1137642 in B4GALT1, rs659107 in LOC105378410, rs7919329 in LOC107984274, and rs2240751 in MFSD12). Our meta-analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture of SUA in the Korean population. Further studies are warranted to replicate the study results and elucidate the specific role of these variants in SUA homeostasis.
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- Jin Sung Park
- Department of Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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Ho LJ, Lu CH, Su RY, Lin FH, Su SC, Kuo FC, Chu NF, Hung YJ, Liu JS, Hsieh CH. Association between glucokinase regulator gene polymorphisms and serum uric acid levels in Taiwanese adolescents. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5519. [PMID: 35365700 PMCID: PMC8975867 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09393-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The glucokinase regulator gene (GCKR) is located on chromosome 2p23. It plays a crucial role in maintaining plasma glucose homeostasis and metabolic traits. Recently, genome-wide association studies have revealed a positive association between hyperuricemia and GCKR variants in adults. This study investigated this genetic association in Taiwanese adolescents. Data were collected from our previous cross-sectional study (Taipei Children Heart Study). The frequencies of various genotypes (CC, CT, and TT) or alleles (C and T) of the GCKR intronic single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs780094 and the coding SNP rs1260326 (Pro446Leu, a common 1403C-T transition) were compared between a total of 968 Taiwanese adolescents (473 boys, 495 girls) with hyperuricemia or normal uric acid levels on the basis of gender differences. Logistic and linear regression analyses explored the role of GCKR in abnormal uric acid (UA) levels. Boys had higher UA levels than girls (6.68 ± 1.29 and 5.23 ± 0.95 mg/dl, respectively, p < 0.001). The analysis of both SNPs in girls revealed that the T allele was more likely to appear in patients with hyperuricemia than the C allele. After adjusting for confounders, the odds ratio (OR) for hyperuricemia incidence in the TT genotype was 1.75 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02–3.00), which was higher than that in the C allele carriers in rs1260326 in the girl population. Similarly, the TT genotypes had a higher risk of hyperuricemia, with an OR of 2.29 (95% CI 1.11–4.73) for rs1260326 and 2.28 (95% CI 1.09–4.75) for rs780094, than the CC genotype in girl adolescents. The T (Leu446) allele of GCKR rs1260326 polymorphism is associated with higher UA levels in Taiwanese adolescent girls.
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- Li-Ju Ho
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.,Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.,Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC.,School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, 11490, Taiwan, ROC.
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Jiang G, Luk AO, Tam CH, Ozaki R, Lim CK, Chow EY, Lau ES, Kong AP, Fan B, Lee KF, Siu SC, Hui G, Tsang CC, Lau KP, Leung JY, Tsang MW, Kam G, Lau IT, Li JK, Yeung VT, Lau E, Lo S, Fung S, Cheng YL, Chow CC, Tang NL, Huang Y, Lan HY, Oram RA, Szeto CC, So WY, Chan JC, Ma RC. Clinical Predictors and Long-term Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Chinese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes 2022; 71:520-529. [PMID: 35043149 PMCID: PMC8893937 DOI: 10.2337/db21-0694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We aim to assess the long-term impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) on progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and all-cause mortality and investigate determinants of AKI in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). A consecutive cohort of 9,096 Chinese patients with T2D from the Hong Kong Diabetes Register was followed for 12 years (mean ± SD age 57 ± 13.2 years; 46.9% men; median duration of diabetes 5 years). AKI was defined based on the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria using serum creatinine. Estimated glomerular filtration rate measurements were used to identify the first episode with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Polygenic risk score (PRS) composed of 27 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) known to be associated with serum uric acid (SUA) in European populations was used to examine the role of SUA in pathogenesis of AKI, CKD, and ESRD. Validation was sought in an independent cohort including 6,007 patients (age 61.2 ± 10.9 years; 59.5% men; median duration of diabetes 10 years). Patients with AKI had a higher risk for developing incident CKD (hazard ratio 14.3 [95% CI 12.69-16.11]), for developing ESRD (12.1 [10.74-13.62]), and for all-cause death (7.99 [7.31-8.74]) compared with those without AKI. Incidence rate for ESRD among patients with no episodes of AKI and one, two, and three or more episodes of AKI was 7.1, 24.4, 32.4, and 37.3 per 1,000 person-years, respectively. Baseline SUA was a strong independent predictor for AKI. A PRS composed of 27 SUA-related SNPs was associated with AKI and CKD in both discovery and replication cohorts but not ESRD. Elevated SUA may increase the risk of DKD through increasing AKI. The identification of SUA as a modifiable risk factor and PRS as a nonmodifiable risk factor may facilitate the identification of individuals at high risk to prevent AKI and its long-term impact in T2D.
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- Guozhi Jiang
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK-SJTU Joint Research Centre in Diabetes Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK-SJTU Joint Research Centre in Diabetes Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- CUHK-SJTU Joint Research Centre in Diabetes Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK-SJTU Joint Research Centre in Diabetes Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Diabetes Centre, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Diabetes and Education Centre, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Ruttonjee Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Centre for Diabetes Education and Management, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK-SJTU Joint Research Centre in Diabetes Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- CUHK-SJTU Joint Research Centre in Diabetes Genomics and Precision Medicine, Hong Kong
- Corresponding author: Ronald C.W. Ma,
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Chen Y, Yang Y, Zhong Y, Li J, Kong T, Zhang S, Yang S, Wu C, Cui B, Fu L, Hui R, Zhang W. Genetic risk of hyperuricemia in hypertensive patients associated with antihypertensive drug therapy: a longitudinal study. Clin Genet 2022; 101:411-420. [PMID: 35023146 PMCID: PMC9306909 DOI: 10.1111/cge.14110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Elevated serum uric acid (UA) level has been shown to be influenced by multiple genetic variants, but it remains uncertain how UA‐associated variants differ in their influence on hyperuricemia risk in people taking antihypertensive drugs. We examined a total of 43 UA‐related variants at 29 genes in 1840 patients with hypertension from a community‐based longitudinal cohort during a median 2.25‐year follow‐up (including 1031 participants with normal UA, 440 prevalent hyperuricemia at baseline, and 369 new‐onset hyperuricemia). Compared with the wild‐type genotypes, patients carrying the SLC2A9 rs3775948G allele or the rs13129697G allele had decreased risk of hyperuricemia, while patients carrying the SLC2A9 rs11722228T allele had increased risk of hyperuricemia, after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors and correction for multiple comparisons; moreover, these associations were modified by the use of diuretics, β‐blockers, or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. The rs10821905A allele of A1CF gene was associated with increased risk of hyperuricemia, and this risk was enhanced by diuretics use. The studied variants were not observed to confer risk for incident cardiovascular events during the follow‐up. In conclusion, the genes SLC2A9 and A1CF may serve as potential genetic markers for hyperuricemia risk in relation to antihypertensive drugs therapy in Chinese hypertensive patients.
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- Yu Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Benxi Railway Hospital, Benxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Circulation of urate levels is determined by the balance between urate production and excretion, homeostasis regulated by the function of urate transporters in key epithelial tissues and cell types. Our understanding of these physiological processes and identification of the genes encoding the urate transporters has advanced significantly, leading to a greater ability to predict risk for urate-associated diseases and identify new therapeutics that directly target urate transport. Here, we review the identified urate transporters and their organization and function in the renal tubule, the intestinal enterocytes, and other important cell types to provide a fuller understanding of the complicated process of urate homeostasis and its role in human diseases. Furthermore, we review the genetic tools that provide an unbiased catalyst for transporter identification as well as discuss the role of transporters in determining the observed significant gender differences in urate-associated disease risk.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Isnuwardana R, Bijukchhe S, Thadanipon K, Ingsathit A, Thakkinstian A. Association Between Vitamin D and Uric Acid in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Horm Metab Res 2020; 52:732-741. [PMID: 33049785 PMCID: PMC7556437 DOI: 10.1055/a-1240-5850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Association between vitamin D and uric acid is complex and might be bidirectional. Our study aimed to determine the bidirectional association between vitamin D and uric acid in adults. Using MEDLINE via PubMed and Scopus, we systematically searched for observational or interventional studies in adults, which assessed the association between serum vitamin D and serum uric acid, extracted the data, and conducted analysis by direct and network meta-analysis. The present review included 32 studies, of which 21 had vitamin D as outcome and 11 had uric acid as outcome. Meta-analysis showed a significant pooled beta coefficient of serum uric acid level on serum 25(OH)D level from 3 studies of 0.512 (95% confidence interval: 0.199, 0.825) and a significant pooled odds ratio between vitamin D deficiency and hyperuricemia of 1.496 (1.141, 1.963). The pooled mean difference of serum 25(OH)D between groups with hyperuricemia and normouricemia was non-significant at 0.138 (-0.430, 0.707) ng/ml, and the pooled mean difference of serum uric acid between categories of 25(OH)D were also non-significant at 0.072 (-0.153, 0.298) mg/dl between deficiency and normal, 0.038 (-0.216, 0.292) mg/dl between insufficiency and normal, and 0.034 (-0.216, 0.283) mg/dl between deficiency and insufficiency. In conclusion, increasing serum uric acid might be associated with increasing 25(OH)D level, while vitamin D deficiency is associated with hyperuricemia. These reverse relationships should be further evaluated in a longitudinal study.
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- Ronny Isnuwardana
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Correspondence Kunlawat Thadanipon Department of Clinical Epidemiology and BiostatisticsFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi HospitalMahidol University, 270 Rama VI RoadRatchathewi10400 BangkokThailand+ 66 2 201 1284+66 2 201 1284
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Yang HJ, Liu M, Kim MJ, Park S. The haplotype of SLC2A9_rs3733591, PKD2_rs2725220 and ABCG2_rs2231142 increases the hyperuricaemia risk and alcohol, chicken and processed meat intakes and smoking interact with its risk. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2020; 72:391-401. [PMID: 32806975 DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2020.1807474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We determined that a genetic haplotype increased the risk of hyperuricaemia and it interacted with lifestyle factors, including nutrients in 28,445 middle-aged Koreans. ABCG2_rs2231142, PKD2_rs2725220 and SLC2A9_rs3733591 were selected from GWAS based on hyperuricaemia (≥7 mg/dL; p = 6.88E-42, 1.56E-26 and 1.01E-20, respectively). Hyperuricaemia and gout were elevated by 3.93- and 3.23-fold, respectively, by the minor alleles as compared with the major alleles of the haplotype of the selected 3 SNPs after adjusting for covariates. The haplotype significantly interacted with alcohol, chicken and processed meat intakes, and smoking status in the hyperuricaemia risk (p = 0.002-0.007). Minor alleles of the haplotype had an association with hyperuricaemia as compared with major alleles particularly in high intakes of alcohol (2g/day), chicken (6.3g/day), and processed meat (3g/day) and smokers. In conclusion, people carrying minor alleles of the haplotype of SLC2A9_rs3733591, PKD2_rs2725220 and ABCG2_rs2231142 should avoid diets high in chicken and processed meat, alcohol drinking, and cigarette smoking to protect against hyperuricaemia risk.
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- Hye Jeong Yang
- Food Functional Research Division, Korean Food Research Institutes, Wanjoo, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Obesity/Diabetes Research Center, Hoseo University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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- Food Functional Research Division, Korean Food Research Institutes, Wanjoo, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Obesity/Diabetes Research Center, Hoseo University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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Pavelcova K, Bohata J, Pavlikova M, Bubenikova E, Pavelka K, Stiburkova B. Evaluation of the Influence of Genetic Variants of SLC2A9 (GLUT9) and SLC22A12 (URAT1) on the Development of Hyperuricemia and Gout. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9082510. [PMID: 32759716 PMCID: PMC7465009 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9082510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Urate transporters, which are located in the kidneys, significantly affect the level of uric acid in the body. We looked at genetic variants of genes encoding the major reabsorption proteins GLUT9 (SLC2A9) and URAT1 (SLC22A12) and their association with hyperuricemia and gout. In a cohort of 250 individuals with primary hyperuricemia and gout, we used direct sequencing to examine the SLC22A12 and SLC2A9 genes. Identified variants were evaluated in relation to clinical data, biochemical parameters, metabolic syndrome criteria, and our previous analysis of the major secretory urate transporter ABCG2. We detected seven nonsynonymous variants of SLC2A9. There were no nonsynonymous variants of SLC22A12. Eleven variants of SLC2A9 and two variants of SLC22A12 were significantly more common in our cohort than in the European population (p = 0), while variants p.V282I and c.1002+78A>G had a low frequency in our cohort (p = 0). Since the association between variants and the level of uric acid was not demonstrated, the influence of variants on the development of hyperuricemia and gout should be evaluated with caution. However, consistent with the findings of other studies, our data suggest that p.V282I and c.1002+78A>G (SLC2A9) reduce the risk of gout, while p.N82N (SLC22A12) increases the risk.
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- Katerina Pavelcova
- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunogenetics, Institute of Rheumatology, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.P.); (J.B.); (E.B.); (K.P.)
- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunogenetics, Institute of Rheumatology, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.P.); (J.B.); (E.B.); (K.P.)
- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 186 75 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunogenetics, Institute of Rheumatology, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.P.); (J.B.); (E.B.); (K.P.)
- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunogenetics, Institute of Rheumatology, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.P.); (J.B.); (E.B.); (K.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunogenetics, Institute of Rheumatology, 128 50 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.P.); (J.B.); (E.B.); (K.P.)
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, 120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-234-075-319
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Sex Differences in Urate Handling. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21124269. [PMID: 32560040 PMCID: PMC7349092 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Hyperuricemia, or elevated serum urate, causes urate kidney stones and gout and also increases the incidence of many other conditions including renal disease, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome. As we gain mechanistic insight into how urate contributes to human disease, a clear sex difference has emerged in the physiological regulation of urate homeostasis. This review summarizes our current understanding of urate as a disease risk factor and how being of the female sex appears protective. Further, we review the mechanisms of renal handling of urate and the significant contributions from powerful genome-wide association studies of serum urate. We also explore the role of sex in the regulation of specific renal urate transporters and the power of new animal models of hyperuricemia to inform on the role of sex and hyperuricemia in disease pathogenesis. Finally, we advocate the use of sex differences in urate handling as a potent tool in gaining a further understanding of physiological regulation of urate homeostasis and for presenting new avenues for treating the constellation of urate related pathologies.
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Dai XY, He QS, Jing Z, Yuan JQ. Serum uric acid levels and risk of kidney cancer incidence and mortality: A prospective cohort study. Cancer Med 2020; 9:5655-5661. [PMID: 32537937 PMCID: PMC7402822 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Epidemiological evidence investigating serum uric acid and kidney cancer risk remains unclear. We conducted this study to examine the relationship between serum uric acid and the incidence and mortality of kidney cancer. METHODS This is a prospective analysis of 444 462 participants without any cancer from the UK Biobank. Serum uric acid was measured at baseline and the incidence and mortality of kidney cancer was determined through contact with the cancer and death registry. Cox regression models were fitted to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI), adjusting for demography, lifestyle style, comorbidities, and medication use. RESULTS We documented 638 incidence cases and 188 mortality cases of kidney cancer over a median of 6.5 years follow-up. People with the highest quartile had a 45% increased risk of kidney cancer compared to those with the lowest uric acid quartile (HR 1.45, 95%CI 1.08 to 1.93). Subgroup analyses showed that serum uric acid was associated with cancer risk among females but not among males (Q1 vs Q4: females HR1.47, 95%CI 1.01 to 2.16; males HR 1.19, 95%CI 0.91 to 1.56). Although we found serum uric acid was associated with an increased risk of kidney cancer mortality in age-stratified model (HR 2.49, 95% CI 1.61 to 3.84), this association disappeared after further adjustment for other confounders. CONCLUSIONS High uric acid is associated with a high incidence of kidney cancer, especially in women. More research is needed to confirm our findings.
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- Xiao-Yu Dai
- Department of Nephrology, Mianyang Central Hospital, Mianyang, China
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- Clinical Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.,Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Mianyang 404 Hospital, Mianyang, China
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- Clinical Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.,Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Im SW, Chae J, Son HY, Cho B, Kim JI, Park JH. A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231336. [PMID: 32271837 PMCID: PMC7145145 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Prolonged hyperuricemia is a cause of gout and an independent risk factor for chronic health conditions including diabetes and chronic kidney diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for serum uric acid (SUA) concentrations have repeatedly confirmed genetic loci including those encoding uric acid transporters such as ABCG2 and SLC9A2. However, many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in GWASs have been common variants with small effects and unknown functions. In addition, there is still much heritability to be explained. To identify the causative genetic variants for SUA concentrations in Korean subjects, we conducted a GWAS (1902 males) and validation study (2912 males and females) and found four genetic loci reaching genome-wide significance on chromosomes 4 (ABCG2) and 11 (FRMD8, EIF1AD and SLC22A12-NRXN2). Three loci on chromosome 11 were distributed within a distance of 1.3 megabases and they were in weak or moderate linkage disequilibrium (LD) states (r2 = 0.02–0.68). In a subsequent association analysis on the GWAS loci of chromosome 11 using closely positioned markers derived from whole genome sequencing data, the most significant variant to be linked with the nearby GWAS signal was rs121907892 (c.774G>A, p.W258*) of the SLC22A12 gene. This variant, and each of the three GWAS SNPs, were in LD (r2 = 0.06–0.32). The strength of association of SNPs with SUA concentration (negative logarithm of P-values) and the genetic distance (r2 of LD) between rs121907892 and the surrounding SNPs showed a quantitative correlation. This variant has been found only in Korean and Japanese subjects and is known to lower the SUA concentration in the general population. Thus, this low-frequency variant, rs121907892, known to regulate SUA concentrations in previous studies, is responsible for the nearby GWAS signals.
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- Sun-Wha Im
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Genomic Medicine Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Family Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Genomic Medicine Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (JK); (JP)
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- Departments of Family Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (JK); (JP)
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Association of Serum Uric Acid with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:6238693. [PMID: 32258131 PMCID: PMC7063870 DOI: 10.1155/2020/6238693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Background The role of uric acid on metabolic syndrome (MetS) has always been controversial. This study aims to explore associations between uric acid with MetS and its components in Chinese female health check-up population. Methods 1381 subjects constituted the longitudinal health check-up cohort. Health examination and genotyping were performed. Unadjusted and adjusted observational analyses were implemented to evaluate observational associations between uric acid with MetS and its components. Mendelian randomization analysis was performed to estimate the causal effect using variation at rs11722228 (SLC2A9) as an instrument for uric acid. Results An increase of 65% in risk of MetS per standard deviation increase in uric acid was found using unadjusted observational analyses. This association attenuated on adjustment for potential confounders. Similar patterns were found in the association analyses of uric acid with hyperglycemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Neither by performing unadjusted nor adjusted analysis did we see evidence for association of uric acid on overweight and obesity. Mendelian randomization analyses showed no evidence of causal association between uric acid and MetS and MetS components. Conclusions We found no causal evidence to support that increased serum uric acid is a causal risk factor for MetS or its components. Hence, there remains no strong evidence for the effeteness of undergoing urate-lowering therapy to prevent the onset of MetS or cardiovascular disease in health management.
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Chen G, Shriner D, Doumatey AP, Zhou J, Bentley AR, Lei L, Adeyemo A, Rotimi CN. Refining genome-wide associated loci for serum uric acid in individuals with African ancestry. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 29:506-514. [PMID: 31841133 PMCID: PMC7015846 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddz272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Serum uric acid is the end-product of purine metabolism and at high levels is a risk factor for several human diseases including gout and cardiovascular disease. Heritability estimates range from 0.32 to 0.63. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an unbiased approach to identify loci influencing serum uric acid. Here, we performed the first GWAS for serum uric acid in continental Africans, with replication in African Americans. METHODS Africans (n = 4126) and African Americans (n = 5007) were genotyped on high-density GWAS arrays. Efficient mixed model association, a variance component approach, was used to perform association testing for a total of ~ 18 million autosomal genotyped and imputed variants. CAVIARBF was used to fine map significant regions. RESULTS We identified two genome-wide significant loci: 4p16.1 (SLC2A9) and 11q13.1 (SLC22A12). At SLC2A9, the most strongly associated SNP was rs7683856 (P = 1.60 × 10-44). Conditional analysis revealed a second signal indexed by rs6838021 (P = 5.75 × 10-17). Gene expression and regulatory motif data prioritized a single-candidate causal variant for each signal. At SLC22A12, the most strongly associated SNP was rs147647315 (P = 6.65 × 10-25). Conditional analysis and functional annotation prioritized the missense variant rs147647315 (R (Arg) > H (His)) as the sole causal variant. Functional annotation of these three signals implicated processes in skeletal muscle, subcutaneous adipose tissue and the kidneys, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This first GWAS of serum uric acid in continental Africans identified three associations at two loci, SLC2A9 and SLC22A12. The combination of weak linkage disequilibrium in Africans and functional annotation led to the identification of candidate causal SNPs for all three signals. Each candidate causal variant implicated a different cell type. Collectively, the three associations accounted for 4.3% of the variance of serum uric acid.
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- Guanjie Chen
- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Contribution of Rare Variants of the SLC22A12 Gene to the Missing Heritability of Serum Urate Levels. Genetics 2020; 214:1079-1090. [PMID: 32005656 PMCID: PMC7153932 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.303006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Gout is a common arthritis caused by monosodium urate crystals. The heritability of serum urate levels is estimated to be 30-70%; however, common genetic variants account for only 7.9% of the variance in serum urate levels. This discrepancy is an example of "missing heritability." The "missing heritability" suggests that variants associated with uric acid levels are yet to be found. By using genomic sequences of the ToMMo cohort, we identified rare variants of the SLC22A12 gene that affect the urate transport activity of URAT1. URAT1 is a transporter protein encoded by the SLC22A12 gene. We grouped the participants with variants affecting urate uptake by URAT1 and analyzed the variance of serum urate levels. The results showed that the heritability explained by the SLC22A12 variants of men and women exceeds 10%, suggesting that rare variants underlie a substantial portion of the "missing heritability" of serum urate levels.
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Lim SS, Yang YL, Chen SC, Wu CH, Huang SS, Chan WL, Lin SJ, Chen JW, Chou CY, Pan JP, Charng MJ, Chen YH, Wu TC, Lu TM, Hsu PF, Huang PH, Cheng HM, Huang CC, Sung SH, Lin YJ, Leu HB. Association of variability in uric acid and future clinical outcomes of patient with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Atherosclerosis 2020; 297:40-46. [PMID: 32062138 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hyperuricemia is independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is considered to be one of the major risk factors for CVD. However, the impact of inter-visit uric acid (UA) variability on cardiovascular risk remains undetermined. METHODS We enrolled 3202 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), who received successful coronary intervention, in a cohort from Taipei Veterans General Hospital from 2006 to 2015. All post-baseline visits UA measurements using standard deviation (SD) were analyzed to correlate with long-term outcome. The primary outcome was the composite of cardiac death, nonfatal MI, nonfatal stroke (MACE). The secondary event was MACE and hospitalization for heart failure. RESULTS During an average 65.06 ± 32.1-month follow-up, there were 66 cardiovascular deaths, 175 nonfatal myocardial infarctions, 64 nonfatal strokes, 287 hospitalizations for heart failure, and 683 revascularization procedures. There was a linear association between high UA SD and future adverse events. Compared to the lowest quartile SD, subjects in the highest quartile SD had a higher risk of MACE (HR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.78-3.59), myocardial infarction (HR: 2.43, 95% CI: 1.53-3.86), cardiovascular death (HR: 6.45, 95% CI: 2.52-16.55), heart failure-related hospitalization (HR: 3.43, 95% CI: 2.32-5.05), and total major CV events (HR: 2.72, 95% CI: 2.09-3.56). Furthermore, compared to the average achieved on-treatment UA value, increasing UA SD had a stronger association of higher risk of developing MACE (HR: 1.51, 95% CI: 1.36-1.68), myocardial infarction (HR: 1.37, 95% CI: 1.38-1.68), ischemic stroke (HR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.13-1.82), CV death (HR: 1.77, 95% CI: 1.50-2.11), HF (HR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.29-1.58), and total major CV events (HR: 1.46, 95% CI: 1.34-1.58). CONCLUSIONS High UA variability is associated with a higher risk of developing future cardiovascular events, suggesting the importance of maintaining stable serum UA levels and avoiding large fluctuations in CAD patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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- Su Shen Lim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Healthcare and Management Center, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Healthcare and Management Center, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Department of Medical Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Healthcare and Management Center, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Healthcare and Management Center, Taiwan; Department of Medical Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Department of Medical Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Department of Medical Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taiwan; Healthcare and Management Center, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Cho J, Dalbeth N, Petrov MS. Relationship between Gout and Diabetes Mellitus after Acute Pancreatitis: A Nationwide Cohort Study. J Rheumatol 2019; 47:917-923. [PMID: 31615915 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.190487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE After acute pancreatitis, individuals often have low-grade inflammation, and subsequently develop metabolic sequelae such as post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus (PPDM). Although numerous studies have investigated the relationship between gout and type 2 diabetes, little is known about the relationship between gout and PPDM. The aim was to investigate the associations between gout and PPDM. METHODS Using nationwide pharmaceutical dispensing data linked to hospital discharge data in New Zealand, gout and PPDM were identified among individuals after first episode of acute pancreatitis between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2015. Multivariable Cox regression analyses were conducted, adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, social deprivation index, alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, comorbidities, medications (glucocorticoids, statins, and estrogens), and characteristics of acute pancreatitis. RESULTS A total of 10,117 individuals were included in the analysis of risk for gout and 9471 in the analysis of risk for PPDM. PPDM was significantly associated with a higher risk of gout in the overall cohort (adjusted HR 1.88, 95% CI 1.15-3.06) and women (2.72, 95% CI 1.31-5.65), but not in men (1.42, 95% CI 0.73-2.78). Preexisting gout was significantly associated with a higher risk of PPDM in the overall cohort (adjusted HR 1.58, 95% CI 1.04-2.41) and women (2.66, 95% CI 1.29-5.49), but not in men (1.31, 95% CI 0.78-2.20). CONCLUSION The relationship between gout and PPDM is bidirectional in the post-pancreatitis setting. A history of gout is a risk factor of PPDM, particularly in women.
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- Jaelim Cho
- From the School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,J. Cho, MD, MPH, School of Medicine, University of Auckland; N. Dalbeth, MBChB, MD, School of Medicine, University of Auckland; M.S. Petrov, MD, MPH, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Auckland
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- From the School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,J. Cho, MD, MPH, School of Medicine, University of Auckland; N. Dalbeth, MBChB, MD, School of Medicine, University of Auckland; M.S. Petrov, MD, MPH, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Auckland
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- From the School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. .,J. Cho, MD, MPH, School of Medicine, University of Auckland; N. Dalbeth, MBChB, MD, School of Medicine, University of Auckland; M.S. Petrov, MD, MPH, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Auckland.
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Karimi F, Dabbaghmanesh MH, Omrani GR. Association between serum uric acid and bone health in adolescents. Osteoporos Int 2019; 30:2057-2064. [PMID: 31278471 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-019-05072-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED Previous studies are suggestive of the protective role of uric acid on bone in the middle-aged and elderly. Whether this association exists in younger individuals has not been examined. This investigation showed a significant positive association between serum uric acid and bone parameters among Iranian adolescents. INTRODUCTION Uric acid (UA) might be linked to bone health, but it is unclear whether its effects on bone are limited to certain population subgroups. This study is aimed at investigating the correlation between serum uric acid levels and bone mineral density (BMD) in Iranian adolescents. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 413 (221 girls and 192 boys) Iranian adolescents aged 9-19 years. An analysis of anthropometric, biochemical parameters and bone density was performed on the participants. Measurements included serum uric acid, calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, albumin, and vitamin D. They were divided according to their serum UA into the low UA group who had UA ≤ 6 mg/dL and the high UA group with UA > 6 mg/dL. BMD and bone mineral content (BMC) were measured in the total body, lumbar spine, and left femoral neck, using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and bone mineral apparent density (BMAD) was calculated. RESULTS A Pearson correlation analysis revealed a significant correlation between UA and bone parameters. In multiple regression analyses adjusted for potential confounders, serum UA was proven to be associated with BMD and BMC at all sites. There was no association between UA, serum calcium, and vitamin D concentrations. CONCLUSION Our study, as the first research on adolescents, demonstrated a higher bone density in those who had higher UA levels.
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- F Karimi
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Jee YH, Jung KJ, Park YB, Spiller W, Jee SH. Causal effect of alcohol consumption on hyperuricemia using a Mendelian randomization design. Int J Rheum Dis 2019; 22:1912-1919. [PMID: 31338989 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM We used a Mendelian randomization analysis to assess the causal effect of alcohol consumption on hyperuricemia in Koreans. METHODS The Korean Cancer Prevention Study-II (KCPS-II) Biobank cohort consisted of 156 701 healthy Korean aged 20 years or older. Clinical data including serum uric acid, alcohol consumption, and other related confounding variables were collected at baseline. The 27 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) including rs671 in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) were obtained from a genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption in the KCPS-II Biobank among 11 678 men and women in 2017. Both unweighted and weighted genetic risk score (wGRS) were calculated using 10 SNPs selected based on linkage disequilibrium. RESULTS As strong instrumental variables, both rs671 and wGRS were associated with an increased amount of alcohol drinking in men and women. Alcohol consumption was also positively associated with hyperuricemia risk in men (P < .001) and women (P = .014). Both rs671 major G allele and wGRS were not associated with hyperuricemia. In Mendelian randomization analysis, the causal relationship between any alcohol consumption and hyperuricemia was found only in men, albeit non-significant after correction for multiple testing. The associations did not change after excluding heavy drinkers or the elderly. CONCLUSIONS These results provide evidence that alcohol consumption is causally associated with risk of hyperuricemia in Korean men and support its role as a risk determinant.
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- Yon Ho Jee
- DNAlink Corporation, Seoul, Korea.,Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute for Immunology and Immunological Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Population Health Science Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Tian LQ, Shi WQ, Zhou Y, Zhang YW, Zhang ML. The Association of Serum Vitamin D Deficiency and Metabolic Risk Factors in Chinese Adults with Prediabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2019; 65:211-218. [PMID: 31257260 DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.65.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The association of serum vitamin D deficiency and metabolic risk factors in Chinese adults with prediabetes (PreDM) has not been investigated. The present study aimed to investigate the association of serum vitamin D deficiency and metabolic risk factors in Chinese adults with PreDM. In this cross-sectional study, we stratified 412 PreDM patients into vitamin D sufficient, vitamin D insufficient and vitamin D deficient subgroups. The physical examination data was collected. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in PreDM patients were 30.58% and 26.70%, respectively. Compared with the vitamin D deficient group, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, central obesity, hyperglycemia and hypertension were higher than those in the vitamin D insufficient or sufficient group (p<0.05). Moreover, the prevalence of dyslipidemia in the vitamin D deficient group was higher than those in the vitamin D sufficient group (p<0.05). We observed an inverse relationship between 25(OH)D3 levels and waist circumference, triglyceride, and serum uric acid (β=-0.315; β=-0.134; β=-0.239), a positive relationship between 25(OH)D3 levels and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (β=0.197) after adjusting for age, sex and body mass index. Vitamin D deficiency is very common among PreDM patients in China and this deficiency is related to metabolic risk factors.
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- Li-Qiang Tian
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tianjin Chest Hospital
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University
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- Health Education and Guidance Center of Heping District
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University
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Rivera-Paredez B, Macías-Kauffer L, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Villalobos-Comparán M, Martinez-Aguilar MM, de la Cruz-Montoya A, Ramírez-Salazar EG, Villamil-Ramírez H, Quiterio M, Ramírez-Palacios P, Romero-Hidalgo S, Villarreal-Molina MT, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Flores YN, Canizales-Quinteros S, Salmerón J, Velázquez-Cruz R. Influence of Genetic and Non-Genetic Risk Factors for Serum Uric Acid Levels and Hyperuricemia in Mexicans. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11061336. [PMID: 31207883 PMCID: PMC6627998 DOI: 10.3390/nu11061336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Risk of hyperuricemia is modified by genetic and environmental factors. Our aim was to identify factors associated with serum uric acid levels and hyperuricemia in Mexicans. A pilot Genome-wide association study GWAS was performed in a subgroup of participants (n = 411) from the Health Workers Cohort Study (HWCS). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with serum uric acid levels were validated in all the HWCS participants (n = 1939) and replicated in independent children (n = 1080) and adult (n = 1073) case-control studies. The meta-analysis of the whole HWCS and replication samples identified three SLC2A9 SNPs: rs1014290 (p = 2.3 × 10−64), rs3775948 (p = 8.2 × 10−64) and rs11722228 (p = 1.1 × 10−17); and an ABCG2 missense SNP, rs2231142 (p = 1.0 × 10−18). Among the non-genetic factors identified, the visceral adiposity index, smoking, the metabolic syndrome and its components (waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose and hyperlipidemia) were associated with increased serum uric acid levels and hyperuricemia (p < 0.05). Among the female HWCS participants, the odds ratio for hyperuricemia was 1.24 (95% CI, 1.01–1.53) per unit increase in soft drink consumption. As reported in other studies, our findings indicate that diet, adiposity and genetic variation contribute to the elevated prevalence of hyperuricemia in Mexico.
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- Berenice Rivera-Paredez
- Centro de Investigación en Políticas, Población y Salud de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico.
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- Unidad de Genómica de Poblaciones Aplicada a la Salud, Facultad de Química, UNAM/Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Metabolismo Óseo, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Metabolismo Óseo, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)-Laboratorio de Genómica del Metabolismo Óseo, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City 14610, Mexico.
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- Unidad de Genómica de Poblaciones Aplicada a la Salud, Facultad de Química, UNAM/Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos 62100, Mexico.
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- Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Cuernavaca, Morelos 62000, Mexico.
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- Consorcio Genómica Computacional, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62100, Mexico.
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- Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Cuernavaca, Morelos 62000, Mexico.
- UCLA Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90001, USA.
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- Unidad de Genómica de Poblaciones Aplicada a la Salud, Facultad de Química, UNAM/Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación en Políticas, Población y Salud de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Metabolismo Óseo, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico.
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Cortese F, Giordano P, Scicchitano P, Faienza MF, De Pergola G, Calculli G, Meliota G, Ciccone MM. Uric acid: from a biological advantage to a potential danger. A focus on cardiovascular effects. Vascul Pharmacol 2019; 120:106565. [PMID: 31152976 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2019.106565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Non-communicable diseases represent nowadays the most common cause of death worldwide, having largely overcome infectious diseases. Among them, cardiovascular diseases constitute the majority. Given these premise, great efforts have been made by scientific societies to emphasize the fundamental role of cardiovascular prevention and risk factors control. In addition to classical cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and male gender, new risk factors are emerging from international literature. Among them, uric acid is the protagonist. Several evidences show a direct role of hyperuricemia in the determinism of metabolic and vascular disorders. From the other hand, some researchers have demonstrated that uric acid is only a marker of cardiovascular damage and not a risk factor for its development. Aim of this review is to evaluate the scientific evidences on the role of uric acid in cardiovascular diseases in order to shed light on this confusing topic.
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- Francesca Cortese
- Cardiological Unit, Cardiovascular Disease Section, Department of Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedicine and Human Oncology, Pediatric Section, University "A.Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Human Oncology, Pediatric Section, University "A.Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Departmentof Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Cardiological Unit, Cardiovascular Disease Section, Department of Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Italy
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- Cardiological Unit, Cardiovascular Disease Section, Department of Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Italy
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Ali N, Rahman S, Islam S, Haque T, Molla NH, Sumon AH, Kathak RR, Asaduzzaman M, Islam F, Mohanto NC, Hasnat MA, Nurunnabi SM, Ahmed S. The relationship between serum uric acid and lipid profile in Bangladeshi adults. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019; 19:42. [PMID: 30791868 PMCID: PMC6385393 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-1026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Although the link between elevated uric acid and metabolic syndrome has been reported in some studies; the relationship of serum uric acid (SUA) with lipid profile has not well studied or little is known so far. This study was conducted to assess the relationship between SUA and lipid profile among the general adults in Bangladesh. Methods In total, 280 blood samples were collected from general adult participants (male, n = 150 and female, n = 130) and analyzed for serum lipid profile (TC, TG, HDL and LDL) and SUA levels. The study subjects were divided by quartiles based on SUA levels (Q1: ≤225 μmol/L, Q2: 226–285 μmol/L, Q3: 286–340 μmol/L and Q4: > 340 μmol/L). Linear regression modeling was used to evaluate the relationship between SUA and lipid levels. Results The prevalence of hyperuricemia was 9.2% in males and 10.4% in females. The mean level of SUA was significantly higher in male (317 ± 90 μmol/L) than in the female (255 ± 65 μmol/L) subjects (p < 0.001). An increasing trend for elevated lipid profile was observed in both gender with increasing levels of SUA in the quartiles (p < 0.05). In regression analysis, a significant positive correlation was found between SUA and TG, TC and LDL (p < 0.01) while an inverse correlation was observed between SUA and HDL (p < 0.01). After adjusting for potential confounders, lipid profile was linearly associated with SUA levels (p < 0.01 for trend). Conclusions Present study showed a significant positive relationship for SUA with TG, TC and LDL levels, and an inverse relationship for SUA with HDL. Early prevention of hyperuricemia and dyslipidemia may be helpful to reduce the incidence of associated cardiovascular diseases.
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- Nurshad Ali
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh.
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Narang RK, Topless R, Cadzow M, Gamble G, Stamp LK, Merriman TR, Dalbeth N. Interactions between serum urate-associated genetic variants and sex on gout risk: analysis of the UK Biobank. Arthritis Res Ther 2019; 21:13. [PMID: 30626429 PMCID: PMC6327586 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1787-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sex-specific differences in the effect of genetic variants on serum urate levels have been described. The aim of this study was to systematically examine whether serum urate-associated genetic variants differ in their influence on gout risk in men and women. METHODS This research was conducted using the UK Biobank Resource. Thirty single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with serum urate were tested for their association with gout in men and women of European ancestry, aged 40-69 years. Gene-sex interactions for gout risk were analysed using an interaction analysis in logistic regression models. RESULTS Gout was present in 6768 (4.1%) men and 574 (0.3%) women, with an odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for men 13.42 (12.32-14.62) compared with women. In men, experiment-wide association with gout was observed for 21 of the 30 serum urate-associated SNPs tested, and in women for three of the 30 SNPs. Evidence for gene-sex interaction was observed for ABCG2 (rs2231142) and PDZK1 (rs1471633), with the interaction in ABCG2 driven by an amplified effect in men and in PDZK1 by an absence of effect in women. Similar findings were observed in a sensitivity analysis which excluded pre-menopausal women. For the other SNPs tested, no significant gene-sex interactions were observed. CONCLUSIONS In a large population of European ancestry, ABCG2 and PDZK1 gene-sex interactions exist for gout risk, with the serum urate-raising alleles exerting a greater influence on gout risk in men than in women. In contrast, other serum urate-associated genetic variants do not demonstrate significant gene-sex interactions for gout risk.
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- Ravi K Narang
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, 710 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, 9012, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, 710 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, 9012, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, 710 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, 9012, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.
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Yang X, Xiao Y, Liu K, Jiao X, Lin X, Wang Y, Zhang Q. Prevalence of hyperuricemia among the Chinese population of the southeast coastal region and association with single nucleotide polymorphisms in urate‑anion exchanger genes: SLC22A12, ABCG2 and SLC2A9. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:3050-3058. [PMID: 30015934 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Genome‑wide association studies identified that a series of genes, including solute carrier family (SLC) 2 member 9 (SLC2A9), SLC 22 member 12 (SLC22A12) and ATP‑binding cassette sub‑family G member 2 (ABCG2) polymorphisms were associated with serum uric acid (SUA) levels in the present study. High incidence rates of hyperuricemia were reported in the Chinese population of the southeast coastal region; however, no evidence has confirmed the genetic association with SUA levels in this region. The present study aimed to investigate the association between uric acid levels and hyperuricemia, and genotypes of the Chinese population of the southeast coastal region. In the present study, a total of 1,056 healthy patients attending routine checkups were employed to investigate the incidence of hyperuricemia; 300 subjects were then randomly selected from the 1,056 patients for the identification of genetic polymorphisms of SLC2A9rs11722228, SLC22A12rs893006 and ABCG2rs2231142 via high‑resolution melting. The present study reported that the incidence rate of hyperuricemia was 32.6% (42.5% in males and 22.7% in females, respectively). The prevalence of ABCG2rs2231142 polymorphisms (CC, CA and AA) was 44.4, 44.8 and 11.8%, respectively; SLC2A9rs11722228 polymorphisms (CC, CT and TT) were reported to be 49.3, 40.3 and 10.3%, respectively. Additionally, SLC22A12rs893006 polymorphisms (CC, CT and TT) were determined to be 57.2, 38.7 and 4.1%, respectively. The SUA levels were observed to be statistically different among each investigated genotype of ABCG2rs2231142 (P=0.047). The A allele was significantly associated with an increased risk of hyperuricemia (odds ratio=2.405 and 1.133 for CA and AA, respectively). The present study reported that high incidence rates of hyperuricemia in the Chinese population of the southeast coastal region may be closely associated with the variants of ABCG2rs2231142. Whether polymorphisms of SLC2A9rs11722228 and SLC22A12rs893006 are involved in hyperuricemia require further investigation.
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- Xinran Yang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515043, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China
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Mannino GC, Fuoco A, Marini MA, Spiga R, Di Fatta C, Mancuso E, Perticone F, Andreozzi F, Sesti G. The polymorphism rs35767 at IGF1 locus is associated with serum urate levels. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12255. [PMID: 30115944 PMCID: PMC6095867 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29665-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Previous studies suggested that the IGF-1/IGF-1 receptor signaling pathway may contribute to regulate uric acid levels. To confirm this hypothesis, we assessed the effects of the IGF-1-raising genetic variant rs35767 on urate levels in serum and urine, and we investigated IGF-1 ability to modulate the expression of transporters involved in reabsorption and secretion of uric acid in the kidney. The study population included 2794 adult Whites. 24-hour urinary uric acid concentration was available for 229 subjects. rs35767 polymorphism was screened using TaqMan genotyping assays. HEK293 (human embryonic kidney-293) cell line was treated with IGF-1 (1, 5, 10, 50 nM) for 24-hours, and differences in the expression of urate transporters were evaluated via Western Blot and real time rtPCR. Individuals carrying the IGF-1-raising allele (rs35767 T) exhibited significantly lower levels of serum urate according to both additive and recessive models, after correction for gender, age, BMI, glucose tolerance, glomerular filtration rate, and anti-hypertensive treatment. TT genotype carriers displayed higher uricosuria than C allele carriers did, after adjusting for confounders. Exposure of HEK293 cells to IGF-1 resulted in a dose-dependent increase of uric acid transporters deputed to uric acid excretion (MRP4, NPT1 and BCRP), and reduction of GLUT9 expression, the major mediator of uric acid reabsorption, both at mRNA and protein level. We observed a significant association between the functional polymorphism rs35767 near IGF1 with serum urate concentrations and we provide a mechanistic explanation supporting a causal role for IGF-1 in the regulation of uric acid homeostasis.
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- Gaia C Mannino
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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Benn CL, Dua P, Gurrell R, Loudon P, Pike A, Storer RI, Vangjeli C. Physiology of Hyperuricemia and Urate-Lowering Treatments. Front Med (Lausanne) 2018; 5:160. [PMID: 29904633 PMCID: PMC5990632 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis and is a multifactorial disease typically characterized by hyperuricemia and monosodium urate crystal deposition predominantly in, but not limited to, the joints and the urinary tract. The prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia has increased in developed countries over the past two decades and research into the area has become progressively more active. We review the current field of knowledge with emphasis on active areas of hyperuricemia research including the underlying physiology, genetics and epidemiology, with a focus on studies which suggest association of hyperuricemia with common comorbidities including cardiovascular disease, renal insufficiency, metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Finally, we discuss current therapies and emerging drug discovery efforts aimed at delivering an optimized clinical treatment strategy.
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- Pfizer Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- DMPK, Oncology, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- IMED Biotech Unit, Medicinal Chemistry, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Cho SK, Chang Y, Kim I, Ryu S. U-Shaped Association Between Serum Uric Acid Level and Risk of Mortality: A Cohort Study. Arthritis Rheumatol 2018; 70:1122-1132. [PMID: 29694719 DOI: 10.1002/art.40472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In addition to the controversy regarding the association of hyperuricemia with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, few studies have examined the impact of a low uric acid level on mortality. We undertook the present study to evaluate the relationship between both low and high uric acid levels and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a large sample of Korean adults over a full range of uric acid levels. METHODS A cohort study was performed in 375,163 South Korean men and women who underwent health check-ups from 2002 to 2012. Vital status and cause of death were ascertained from the national death records. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for mortality outcomes were estimated using Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. RESULTS During a total of 2,060,721.9 person-years of follow-up, 2,020 participants died, with 287 CVD deaths and 963 cancer deaths. Low and high uric acid levels were associated with increased all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality. The multivariable-adjusted HRs for all-cause mortality in the lowest uric acid categories (<3.5 mg/dl for men and <2.5 mg/dl for women) compared with the sex-specific reference category were 1.58 (95% CI 1.18-2.10) and 1.80 (95% CI 1.10-2.93), respectively. Corresponding HRs in the highest uric acid categories (≥9.5 mg/dl for men and ≥8.5 mg/dl for women) were 2.39 (95% CI 1.57-3.66) and 3.77 (95% CI 1.17-12.17), respectively. CONCLUSION In this large cohort study of men and women, both low and high uric acid levels were predictive of increased mortality, supporting a U-shaped association between serum uric acid levels and adverse health outcomes.
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- Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine and Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine and Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chen BD, Chen XC, Pan S, Yang YN, He CH, Liu F, Ma X, Gai MT, Ma YT. TT genotype of rs2941484 in the human HNF4G gene is associated with hyperuricemia in Chinese Han men. Oncotarget 2018; 8:26918-26926. [PMID: 28460474 PMCID: PMC5432307 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The aim of the study is to investigate the association between the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 gamma (HNF4G) gene and hyperuricemia in Chinese Han population. A total of 414 hyperuricemia patients and 406 gender and age-matched normouricemic controls were enrolled. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped as genetic markers for the human HNF4G gene (rs2977939, rs1805098, rs2941484, rs4735692). Data were analyzed for two separate groups: men and women. For rs2941484, the genotype distribution frequency in hyperuricemic subjects and was significantly different from that in normouricemic controls in men (P = 0.038). Meanwhile, in recessive model of rs2941484, the distribution frequency of TT genotype and CC+CT genotypes also differed significantly between the hyperuricemia men and normouricemic men (P = 0.011). For the other 3 SNPs in both men and women, there was no difference in the genotype and allele and distribution frequency between the hyperuricemia patients and normouricemic controls. In men, after adjustments for BMI, SBP, DBP, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and creatinine, the men with the TT genotype of rs2941484 were found to have significantly higher probability of suffering from hyperuricemia than the ones with CT and CC genotypes (OR = 2.170, P < 0.001). Therefore, TT genotype of rs2941484 in the human HNF4G gene might be a gender-specific genetic marker for hyperuricemia in Chinese Han men.
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- Bang-Dang Chen
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- First Department of Cardiology, People's Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute of First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.,Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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Kirichenko AV, Zorkoltseva IV, Belonogova NM, Axenovich TI. Use of Genotypes of Common Variants for Genome-Wide Regional Association Analysis. RUSS J GENET+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795418010076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wang W, Zhang D, Xu C, Wu Y, Duan H, Li S, Tan Q. Heritability and Genome-Wide Association Analyses of Serum Uric Acid in Middle and Old-Aged Chinese Twins. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:75. [PMID: 29559957 PMCID: PMC5845532 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Serum uric acid (SUA), as the end product of purine metabolism, has proven emerging roles in human disorders. Here based on a sample of 379 middle and old-aged Chinese twin pairs, we aimed to explore the magnitude of genetic impact on SUA variation by performing sex-limitation twin modeling analyses and further detect specific genetic variants related to SUA by conducting a genome-wide association study. Monozygotic (MZ) twin correlation for SUA level (rMZ = 0.56) was larger than for dizygotic (DZ) twin correlation (rDZ = 0.39). The common effects sex-limitation model provided the best fit with additive genetic parameter (A) accounting for 46.3%, common or shared environmental parameter (C) accounting for 26.3% and unique/nonshared environmental parameter (E) accounting for 27.5% for females and 29.9, 33.1, and 37.0% for males, respectively. Although no SUA-related genetic variants reached genome-wide significance level, 25 SNPs were suggestive of association (P < 1 × 10-5). Most of the SNPs were located in an intronic region and detected to have regulatory effects on gene transcription. The cell-type specific enhancer of skeletal muscle was detected which has been reported to implicate SUA. Two promising genetic regions on chromosome 17 around rs2253277 and chromosome 14 around rs11621523 were found. Gene-based analysis found 167 genes nominally associated with SUA level (P < 0.05), including PTGR2, ENTPD5, well-known SLC2A9, etc. Enrichment analysis identified one pathway of transmembrane transport of small molecules and 20 GO gene sets involving in ion transport, transmembrane transporter activity, hydrolase activity acting on acid anhydrides, etc. In conclusion, SUA shows moderate heritability in women and low heritability in men in the Chinese population and genetic variations are significantly involved in functional genes and regulatory domains that mediate SUA level. Our findings provide clues to further elucidate molecular physiology of SUA homeostasis and identify new diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for hyperuricemia and gout.
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- Weijing Wang
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Dongfeng Zhang,
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Institute of Preventive Medicine, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, China
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- Unit of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Unit of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Stiburkova B, Pavelcova K, Zavada J, Petru L, Simek P, Cepek P, Pavlikova M, Matsuo H, Merriman TR, Pavelka K. Functional non-synonymous variants of ABCG2 and gout risk. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017; 56:1982-1992. [PMID: 28968913 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objectives Common dysfunctional variants of ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (Junior blood group) (ABCG2), a high-capacity urate transporter gene, that result in decreased urate excretion are major causes of hyperuricemia and gout. In the present study, our objective was to determine the frequency and effect on gout of common and rare non-synonymous and other functional allelic variants in the ABCG2 gene. Methods The main cohort recruited from the Czech Republic consisted of 145 gout patients; 115 normouricaemic controls were used for comparison. We amplified, directly sequenced and analysed 15 ABCG2 exons. The associations between genetic variants and clinical phenotype were analysed using the t-test, Fisher's exact test and a logistic and linear regression approach. Data from a New Zealand Polynesian sample set and the UK Biobank were included for the p.V12M analysis. Results In the ABCG2 gene, 18 intronic (one dysfunctional splicing) and 11 exonic variants were detected: 9 were non-synonymous (2 common, 7 rare including 1 novel), namely p.V12M, p.Q141K, p.R147W, p.T153M, p.F373C, p.T434M, p.S476P, p.D620N and p.K360del. The p.Q141K (rs2231142) variant had a significantly higher minor allele frequency (0.23) in the gout patients compared with the European-origin population (0.09) and was significantly more common among gout patients than among normouricaemic controls (odds ratio = 3.26, P < 0.0001). Patients with non-synonymous allelic variants had an earlier onset of gout (42 vs 48 years, P = 0.0143) and a greater likelihood of a familial history of gout (41% vs 27%, odds ratio = 1.96, P = 0.053). In a meta-analysis p.V12M exerted a protective effect from gout (P < 0.0001). Conclusion Genetic variants of ABCG2, common and rare, increased the risk of gout. Non-synonymous allelic variants of ABCG2 had a significant effect on earlier onset of gout and the presence of a familial gout history. ABCG2 should thus be considered a common and significant risk factor for gout.
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- Blanka Stiburkova
- Institute of Rheumatology.,Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague
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- Institute of Rheumatology.,Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Rheumatology.,Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Day RO, Kannangara DR, Stocker SL, Carland JE, Williams KM, Graham GG. Allopurinol: insights from studies of dose–response relationships. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2016; 13:449-462. [DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2017.1269745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Richard O. Day
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW Australia, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW Australia, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Australia, Kensington, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Australia, Kensington, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Australia, Kensington, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Australia, Kensington, Sydney, Australia
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Mrug S, Mrug M. Uric acid excretion predicts increased aggression in urban adolescents. Physiol Behav 2016; 163:144-148. [PMID: 27180134 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Elevated levels of uric acid have been linked with impulsive and disinhibited behavior in clinical and community populations of adults, but no studies have examined uric acid in relation to adolescent aggression. This study examined the prospective role of uric acid in aggressive behavior among urban, low income adolescents, and whether this relationship varies by gender. A total of 84 adolescents (M age 13.36years; 50% male; 95% African American) self-reported on their physical aggression at baseline and 1.5years later. At baseline, the youth also completed a 12-h (overnight) urine collection at home which was used to measure uric acid excretion. After adjusting for baseline aggression and age, greater uric acid excretion predicted more frequent aggressive behavior at follow up, with no significant gender differences. The results suggest that lowering uric acid levels may help reduce youth aggression.
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- Sylvie Mrug
- Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2(nd) Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2(nd) Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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Deng Z, Gu Y, Hou X, Zhang L, Bao Y, Hu C, Jia W. Association between uric acid, cancer incidence and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes: Shanghai diabetes registry study. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2016; 32:325-32. [PMID: 26409171 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND An elevated serum uric acid level has often been observed with type 2 diabetes or cancer progression. This study aimed to investigate the association between the serum uric acid, cancer incidence, and mortality in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS A total of 8274 patients with type 2 diabetes from the Shanghai Diabetes Registry (SDR) participated. The follow-up rate was 85.4%. All subjects were divided into four groups according to the serum uric acid concentration: group 1 (1.0 mg/dL ≤ SUA < 3.0 mg/dL), group 2 (3.0 mg/dL ≤ SUA <5.0 mg/dL), group 3 (5.0 mg/dL ≤ SUA < 7.0 mg/dL), and group 4 (SUA ≥ 7.0 mg/dL). The primary outcome was the first diagnosis of any cancer. The secondary outcome was all-cause mortality. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate the relative risks of cancer and death. RESULTS One hundred thirty-seven men and 115 women had cancer by the end of the study. In women, group 1 had the lowest incidence rate of cancer at 30.3 cases per 10 000 person-years, followed by group 2 (48.2). The cancer incidence rates in groups 3 (80.4) and 4 (100.8) were significantly higher than in group 2 (p < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in the incidence of cancer in men (p = 0.76). The risks of overall mortality and death from cancer were not significantly different among the different serum uric acid groups in either sex (Pmale = 0.480, Pfemale = 0.075). CONCLUSION In Chinese female diabetic patients, the incidence of cancer increased with serum uric acid levels.
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- Zixuan Deng
- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Giri AK, Banerjee P, Chakraborty S, Kauser Y, Undru A, Roy S, Parekatt V, Ghosh S, Tandon N, Bharadwaj D. Genome wide association study of uric acid in Indian population and interaction of identified variants with Type 2 diabetes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21440. [PMID: 26902266 PMCID: PMC4763273 DOI: 10.1038/srep21440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Abnormal level of Serum Uric Acid (SUA) is an important marker and risk factor for complex diseases including Type 2 Diabetes. Since genetic determinant of uric acid in Indians is totally unexplored, we tried to identify common variants associated with SUA in Indians using Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS). Association of five known variants in SLC2A9 and SLC22A11 genes with SUA level in 4,834 normoglycemics (1,109 in discovery and 3,725 in validation phase) was revealed with different effect size in Indians compared to other major ethnic population of the world. Combined analysis of 1,077 T2DM subjects (772 in discovery and 305 in validation phase) and normoglycemics revealed additional GWAS signal in ABCG2 gene. Differences in effect sizes of ABCG2 and SLC2A9 gene variants were observed between normoglycemics and T2DM patients. We identified two novel variants near long non-coding RNA genes AL356739.1 and AC064865.1 with nearly genome wide significance level. Meta-analysis and in silico replication in 11,745 individuals from AUSTWIN consortium improved association for rs12206002 in AL356739.1 gene to sub-genome wide association level. Our results extends association of SLC2A9, SLC22A11 and ABCG2 genes with SUA level in Indians and enrich the assemblages of evidence for SUA level and T2DM interrelationship.
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- Anil K Giri
- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Campus, New Delhi - 110020, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Campus, New Delhi - 110020, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Campus, New Delhi - 110020, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Campus, New Delhi - 110020, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India
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- Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata - 700108, India
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine Unit, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Campus, New Delhi - 110020, India
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OBJECTIVES Human urate transporter 1 (URAT1) is a member of the organic anion transporter family (SLC22A12) that primarily regulates the renal tubular reabsorption of uric acid. This case-control study was designed to analyse whether hURAT1 might also be a candidate gene for hyperuricaemia or hypouricaemia. SETTING We recruited 68 healthy volunteers and divided them into two groups: a normal uric acid group and a hyperuricaemia group. We analysed the sequence of the URAT1 gene and found five significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We then selected 900 male subjects from the 262,200 enrolled in the Korean Cancer Prevention Study-II (KCPS-II) cohort for further genetic analysis. PARTICIPANTS DNA samples from 36 individuals with normal uric acid (<4.5 mg/dL) and 32 individuals with hyperuricaemia (>8.5 mg/dL) were sequenced. Five significant SNPs (rs7929627, rs75786299, rs3825017, rs11602903 and rs121907892) were identified. We then chose 900 subjects from the KCPS-II cohort consisting of 450 subjects with normal uric acid (UA <4.1 mg/dL) and 450 subjects with hyperuricaemia (UA >8.7 mg/dL). The groups were matched by age, body mass index, metabolic syndrome and use of anti-hypertensive medication. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES We compared the OR of the incidence of hyperuricaemia by URAT1 genotype. RESULTS The strongest association with hyperuricaemia was observed for rs75786299 (IVS3+11A/G) with an OR of 32.05. rs7929627 (IVS7-103A/G) and rs3825017 (N82N) showed an association with hyperuricaemia with ORs of 2.56 and 2.29, respectively. rs11602903 (788A/T) and rs121907892 (W258X) were negatively correlated with hyperuricaemia with ORs of 0.350 and 0.447, respectively. Individuals carrying the GATAG haplotype (n=32)-a relatively common variant consisting of rs7929627, rs75786299 and rs3825017-showed the highest risk for hyperuricaemia with an OR of 92.23 (p=9.55×10(-3)). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that five newly described SNPs in the hURAT1 gene are significantly associated with uric acid level (4-2008-0318 and 4-2011-0277).
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- Sung Kweon Cho
- Department of Pharmacology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion and Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion and Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Oh SI, Baek S, Park JS, Piao L, Oh KW, Kim SH. Prognostic Role of Serum Levels of Uric Acid in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. J Clin Neurol 2015; 11:376-82. [PMID: 26424237 PMCID: PMC4596112 DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2015.11.4.376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose It has been suggested that oxidative stress is one of the pathomechanisms underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and thus antioxidants such as uric acid (UA) that could reduce oxidative stress might be beneficial in the prevention or treatment of this disease. The objective of this study was to prospectively investigate serum UA levels in Korean ALS patients and to relate them to disease progression. Methods ALS patients and healthy controls who were individually well-matched for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI) underwent blood testing for serum UA levels, and analyzed whether UA levels were correlated with the disease status of the patients, as defined by the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R). Results The study included 136 ALS patients and 136 matched controls. The UA level was lower in the ALS patients (4.50±1.17 mg/dL, mean±SD) than in the controls (5.51±1.22 mg/dL; p<0.001). Among the ALS patients, the level of UA acid was inversely correlated with the rate of disease progression (decrease in ALSFRS-R score). Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that a better survival rate was more strongly correlated with top-tertile levels of serum UA than with bottom-tertile levels (log-rank test: p=0.035). Conclusions ALS patients had lower serum UA levels than did healthy individuals. UA levels in ALS were negatively correlated with the rate of disease progression and positively associated with survival, suggesting that UA levels contribute to the progression of ALS. UA levels could be considered a biomarker of disease progression in the early phase in ALS patients.
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- Seong Il Oh
- Department of Neurology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, China
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
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Li XL, Li G, Jiang YZ, Kang D, Jin CH, Shi Q, Jin T, Inoue K, Todoroki K, Toyo'oka T, Min JZ. Human nails metabolite analysis: A rapid and simple method for quantification of uric acid in human fingernail by high-performance liquid chromatography with UV-detection. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 1002:394-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Potential causal associations between vitamin D and uric acid: Bidirectional mediation analysis. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14528. [PMID: 26417870 PMCID: PMC4586492 DOI: 10.1038/srep14528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Vitamin D deficiency, a major public-health worldwide, is associated with hyperuricemia but casual association is questioned. The study was conducted to determine potential causal associations between 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) and uric acid (UA). A cross-sectional study of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT3) cohort was conducted. Subjects (n = 2,288) were used to genotype the group-specific component (GC) at rs2282679 and ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) at rs2231142. Mediation analysis with 1000-replication bootstrap was applied to construct causal pathways i.e., rs2282679 → 25(OH)D → UA and rs2231142 → UA → 25(OH)D: The mediator (i.e., 25(OH)D and UA) was firstly regressed on the studied gene (i.e., rs2282679 and rs2231142). A potential causal effect of C allele on UA through 25(OH)D was -0.0236 (95% CI: -0.0411, -0.0058), indicating every minor C allele resulted in decreasing the 25(OH)D and then significantly decreased the UA by 0.0236 unit. For the second pathway, the mediation effect was 0.0806 (95% CI: 0.0107, 0.1628); every T allele copy for rs2231142 increased UA and thus increased 25(OH)D by 0.0806 unit. Our study suggested potential causal associations between the GC gene and UA through the 25(OH)D mediator, and the ABCG2 and the 25(OH)D through the UA mediator but the absolute effects are very clinically small.
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Kuo CF, Grainge MJ, Zhang W, Doherty M. Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence and risk factors. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2015; 11:649-62. [PMID: 26150127 DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 715] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gout is a crystal-deposition disease that results from chronic elevation of uric acid levels above the saturation point for monosodium urate (MSU) crystal formation. Initial presentation is mainly severely painful episodes of peripheral joint synovitis (acute self-limiting 'attacks') but joint damage and deformity, chronic usage-related pain and subcutaneous tophus deposition can eventually develop. The global burden of gout is substantial and seems to be increasing in many parts of the world over the past 50 years. However, methodological differences impair the comparison of gout epidemiology between countries. In this comprehensive Review, data from epidemiological studies from diverse regions of the world are synthesized to depict the geographic variation in gout prevalence and incidence. Key advances in the understanding of factors associated with increased risk of gout are also summarized. The collected data indicate that the distribution of gout is uneven across the globe, with prevalence being highest in Pacific countries. Developed countries tend to have a higher burden of gout than developing countries, and seem to have increasing prevalence and incidence of the disease. Some ethnic groups are particularly susceptible to gout, supporting the importance of genetic predisposition. Socioeconomic and dietary factors, as well as comorbidities and medications that can influence uric acid levels and/or facilitate MSU crystal formation, are also important in determining the risk of developing clinically evident gout.
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- Chang-Fu Kuo
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
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A coronary artery disease-associated SNP rs6903956 contributed to asymptomatic hyperuricemia susceptibility in Han Chinese. Lipids Health Dis 2015; 14:33. [PMID: 25928384 PMCID: PMC4436167 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-015-0026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background To investigate the association of a coronary artery disease (CAD) risk SNP rs6903956 with asymptomatic hyperuricemia (aHU) susceptibility in Han Chinese. Methods Two hundred and twenty one patients with aHU and 447 healthy controls were recruited for this study. SNP rs6903956 were genotyped using TaqMan probe. Results The overall genotype and allele frequency distribution of the rs6903956 showed significant difference between aHU cases and controls (p <0.001 for genotype and allele, respectively). AA genotype of rs6903956 was significantly associated with aHU (OR = 8.672, 95% CI 2.811-26.753, p <0.001) in our Han Chinese aHU cohort. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that rs6903956 might be an independent risk factor for aHU susceptibility (OR = 10.642 [2.671- 42.400], p = 0.001 for codominant model and OR = 9.205 [2.336-36.280], p = 0.002 for recessive model) after adjustment for some well- known CAD risk factors including age, gender, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, abnormal glycometabolism, lipid abnormality and alcohol intake. No significant genotype-specific difference in uric acid levels was observed in aHU patients and controls. Conclusions Our findings are the first to establish a genetic link of a CAD-associated rs6903956 with aHU in a Han Chinese population, providing the genetic evidence to support the close relationship between hyperuricemia and CAD.
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Kleber ME, Delgado G, Grammer TB, Silbernagel G, Huang J, Krämer BK, Ritz E, März W. Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Events: A Mendelian Randomization Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 26:2831-8. [PMID: 25788527 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2014070660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Obesity and diets rich in uric acid-raising components appear to account for the increased prevalence of hyperuricemia in Westernized populations. Prevalence rates of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, CKD, and cardiovascular disease are also increasing. We used Mendelian randomization to examine whether uric acid is an independent and causal cardiovascular risk factor. Serum uric acid was measured in 3315 patients of the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study. We calculated a weighted genetic risk score (GRS) for uric acid concentration based on eight uric acid-regulating single nucleotide polymorphisms. Causal odds ratios and causal hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated using a two-stage regression estimate with the GRS as the instrumental variable to examine associations with cardiometabolic phenotypes (cross-sectional) and mortality (prospectively) by logistic regression and Cox regression, respectively. Our GRS was not consistently associated with any biochemical marker except for uric acid, arguing against pleiotropy. Uric acid was associated with a range of prevalent diseases, including coronary artery disease. Uric acid and the GRS were both associated with cardiovascular death and sudden cardiac death. In a multivariate model adjusted for factors including medication, causal HRs corresponding to each 1-mg/dl increase in genetically predicted uric acid concentration were significant for cardiovascular death (HR, 1.77; 95% confidence interval, 1.12 to 2.81) and sudden cardiac death (HR, 2.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.16 to 5.00). These results suggest that high uric acid is causally related to adverse cardiovascular outcomes, especially sudden cardiac death.
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- Marcus E Kleber
- Fifth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany;
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- Fifth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Fifth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Fifth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Fifth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; and Synlab Academy, Synlab Services GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
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Common variants related to serum uric acid concentrations are associated with glucose metabolism and insulin secretion in a Chinese population. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116714. [PMID: 25617895 PMCID: PMC4305305 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Elevated serum uric acid concentration is an independent risk factor and predictor of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Whether the uric acid-associated genes have an impact on T2D remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the effects of the uric acid-associated genes on the risk of T2D as well as glucose metabolism and insulin secretion. Method We recruited 2,199 normal glucose tolerance subjects from the Shanghai Diabetes Study I and II and 2,999 T2D patients from the inpatient database of Shanghai Diabetes Institute. Fifteen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapped in or near 11 loci (PDZK1, GCKR, LRP2, SLC2A9, ABCG2, LRRC16A, SLC17A1, SLC17A3, SLC22A11, SLC22A12 and SF1) were genotyped and serum biochemical parameters related to uric acid and T2D were determined. Results SF1 rs606458 showed strong association to T2D in both males and females (p = 0.034 and 0.0008). In the males, LRRC16A was associated with 2-h insulin and insulin secretion (p = 0.009 and 0.009). SLC22A11 was correlated with HOMA-B and insulin secretion (p = 0.048 and 0.029). SLC2A9 rs3775948 was associated with 2-h glucose (p = 0.043). In the females, LRP2 rs2544390 and rs1333049 showed correlations with fasting insulin, HOMA-IR and insulin secretion (p = 0.028, 0.033 and 0.052 and p = 0.034, 0.047 and 0.038, respectively). SLC2A9 rs11722228 was correlated with 2-h glucose, 2-h insulin and insulin secretion (p = 0.024, 0.049 and 0.049, respectively). Conclusions Our results indicated that the uric acid-associated genes have an impact on the risk of T2D, glucose metabolism and insulin secretion in a Chinese population.
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Serum uric acid levels are associated with polymorphisms in the SLC2A9, SF1, and GCKR genes in a Chinese population. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2014; 35:1421-7. [PMID: 25283508 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2014.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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AIM Genome-wide association studies have identified several novel loci associated with serum uric acid concentrations in individuals of European descent. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the associations between these loci and serum uric acid concentrations in a Chinese population. METHODS Fourteen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapped in or near 11 loci (PDZK1, GCKR, LRP2, SLC2A9, ABCG2, LRRC16A, SLC17A1, SLC17A3, SLC22A11, SLC22A12 and SF1) were genotyped in 2329 Chinese subjects in Shanghai. Serum biochemical parameters including uric acid concentrations were determined. All the variants were analyzed for gender differences since uric acid metabolism differed between genders. RESULTS In males after adjustments for age and BMI, GCKR rs780094, SLC2A9 rs11722228 and SF1 rs606458 were associated with the uric acid concentrations, which were statistically significant (P=0.016, 0.001 and 0.03, respectively), whereas SLC2A9 rs3775948 was marginally associated with the uric acid concentrations (P=0.071). In females, SLC22A12 rs506338 was also marginally associated with the uric acid concentrations (P=0.057). The meta-analysis for combined data from both males and females revealed that rs3775948 and rs606458 were associated with the uric acid concentrations (P=0.036 and 0.043, respectively). Furthermore, the gender significantly affected the association of rs11722228 with serum uric acid levels (P=0.012). CONCLUSION The SLC2A9 rs11722228, SF1 rs606458 and GCKR rs780094 variants modulate uric acid concentrations in Chinese males, while SF1 rs606458 and SLC2A9 rs3775948 are associated with the uric acid concentrations in both Chinese males and females.
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Huda N, Hossain S, Rahman M, Karim MR, Islam K, Mamun AA, Hossain MI, Mohanto NC, Alam S, Aktar S, Arefin A, Ali N, Salam KA, Aziz A, Saud ZA, Miyataka H, Himeno S, Hossain K. Elevated levels of plasma uric acid and its relation to hypertension in arsenic-endemic human individuals in Bangladesh. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2014; 281:11-8. [PMID: 25281834 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Blood uric acid has been recognized as a putative marker for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). CVDs are the major causes of arsenic-related morbidity and mortality. However, the association of arsenic exposure with plasma uric acid (PUA) levels in relation to CVDs has not yet been explored. This study for the first time demonstrated the associations of arsenic exposure with PUA levels and its relationship with hypertension. A total of 483 subjects, 322 from arsenic-endemic and 161 from non-endemic areas in Bangladesh were recruited as study subjects. Arsenic concentrations in the drinking water, hair and nails of the study subjects were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy. PUA levels were measured using a colorimetric method. We found that PUA levels were significantly (p<0.001) higher in males and females living in arsenic-endemic areas than those in non-endemic area. Arsenic exposure (water, hair and nail arsenic) levels showed significant positive correlations with PUA levels. In multiple regression analyses, arsenic exposure levels were found to be the most significant contributors on PUA levels among the other variables that included age, body mass index, blood urea nitrogen, and smoking. There were dose-response relationships between arsenic exposure and PUA levels. Furthermore, diastolic and systolic blood pressure showed significant positive correlations with PUA levels. Finally, the average PUA levels were significantly higher in the hypertensive group than those in the normotensive group in both males and females living in arsenic-endemic areas. These results suggest that arsenic exposure-related elevation of PUA levels may be implicated in arsenic-induced CVDs.
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- Nazmul Huda
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh; Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi 6000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology, Islamic University, Kushtia 7003, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail 1902, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.
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Hurba O, Mancikova A, Krylov V, Pavlikova M, Pavelka K, Stibůrková B. Complex analysis of urate transporters SLC2A9, SLC22A12 and functional characterization of non-synonymous allelic variants of GLUT9 in the Czech population: no evidence of effect on hyperuricemia and gout. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107902. [PMID: 25268603 PMCID: PMC4182324 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Objective Using European descent Czech populations, we performed a study of SLC2A9 and SLC22A12 genes previously identified as being associated with serum uric acid concentrations and gout. This is the first study of the impact of non-synonymous allelic variants on the function of GLUT9 except for patients suffering from renal hypouricemia type 2. Methods The cohort consisted of 250 individuals (150 controls, 54 nonspecific hyperuricemics and 46 primary gout and/or hyperuricemia subjects). We analyzed 13 exons of SLC2A9 (GLUT9 variant 1 and GLUT9 variant 2) and 10 exons of SLC22A12 by PCR amplification and sequenced directly. Allelic variants were prepared and their urate uptake and subcellular localization were studied by Xenopus oocytes expression system. The functional studies were analyzed using the non-parametric Wilcoxon and Kruskall-Wallis tests; the association study used the Fisher exact test and linear regression approach. Results We identified a total of 52 sequence variants (12 unpublished). Eight non-synonymous allelic variants were found only in SLC2A9: rs6820230, rs2276961, rs144196049, rs112404957, rs73225891, rs16890979, rs3733591 and rs2280205. None of these variants showed any significant difference in the expression of GLUT9 and in urate transport. In the association study, eight variants showed a possible association with hyperuricemia. However, seven of these were in introns and the one exon located variant, rs7932775, did not show a statistically significant association with serum uric acid concentration. Conclusion Our results did not confirm any effect of SLC22A12 and SLC2A9 variants on serum uric acid concentration. Our complex approach using association analysis together with functional and immunohistochemical characterization of non-synonymous allelic variants did not show any influence on expression, subcellular localization and urate uptake of GLUT9.
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- Olha Hurba
- Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Cell Biology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Cell Biology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic
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Functional polymorphisms of the ABCG2 gene are associated with gout disease in the Chinese Han male population. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:9149-59. [PMID: 24857923 PMCID: PMC4057780 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15059149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Gout is a common type of arthritis that is characterized by hyperuricemia, tophi and joint inflammation. Genetic variations in the ABCG2 gene have been reported to influence serum uric acid levels and to participate in the pathogenesis of gout, but no further data have been reported in the Han Chinese population. Methods Peripheral blood DNA was isolated from 352 male patients with gout and 350 gout-free normal male controls. High-resolution melting analysis and Sanger sequencing were performed to identify the genetic polymorphisms V12M, Q141K and Q126X in the ABCG2 gene. Genotype and haplotype analyses were utilized to determine the disease odds ratios (ORs). A prediction model for gout risk using ABCG2 protein function was established based on the genotype combination of Q126X and Q141K. Results For Q141K, the A allele frequency was 49.6% in the gout patients and 30.9% in the controls (OR 2.20, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.77–2.74, p = 8.99 × 10−13). Regarding Q126X, the T allele frequency was 4.7% in the gout patients and 1.7% in the controls (OR 2.91, 95% CI: 1.49–5.68, p = 1.57 × 10−3). The A allele frequency for V12M was lower (18.3%) in the gout patients than in the controls (29%) (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.43–0.71, p = 2.55 × 10−6). In the order of V12M, Q126X and Q141K, the GCA and GTC haplotypes indicated increased disease risk (OR = 2.30 and 2.71, respectively). Patients with mild to severe ABCG2 dysfunction accounted for 78.4% of gout cases. Conclusion The ABCG2 126X and 141K alleles are associated with an increased risk of gout, whereas 12M has a protective effect on gout susceptibility in the Han Chinese population. ABCG2 dysfunction can be used to evaluate gout risk.
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