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Chromosome 2q12, the ADRA2B I/D polymorphism and metabolic syndrome.

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Summary, in English

OBJECTIVE: To test whether a previously hypertension-linked 23 cM region on chromosome 2 is linked to the metabolic syndrome (MetS) or its individual components, and whether a common I/D polymorphism of the adrenergic receptor 2b (ADRA2B) gene, mapping in that region, is associated with the same traits. METHODS: We conducted fine mapping of the hypertension-linked region on chromosome 2 spanning between 107 and 130 cM using 11 informative polymorphic markers in 260 healthy white siblings belonging to 118 nuclear families. Variance-component linkage analysis was performed for each MetS component and a composite sum of MetS phenotypes as quantitative trait after adjustment for significant covariates using 'Solar software package'. Successively, the I/D polymorphism of the ADRA2B gene was genotyped in 5283 patients in the Malmö Diet and Cancer-cardiovascular arm, seeking for association with the MetS using standard definitions and separately, with its individual components. RESULTS: For 24-h pulse pressure and waist/hip ratio, LOD [logarithm of the odds (to the base 10)] scores of more than two were found between 107 and 122 cM on chromosome 2. For the composite sum of MetS phenotypes, LOD score of more than 1 was found between 116 and 120 cM. There was no difference between carriers and noncarriers of the D-allele of the ADRA2B gene in MetS prevalence but D-carriers were associated with significantly higher levels of diastolic blood pressure. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that chromosome 2 could harbor one or more genes implied in blood pressure homeostasis and MetS development. The ADRA2B I/D polymorphism is not consistently associated with MetS and metabolic/anthropometric parameters but with diastolic blood pressure in an urban-based population of middle-aged Swedes.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

1794-1803

Publication/Series

Journal of Hypertension

Volume

27

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Topic

  • Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

Status

Published

Research group

  • Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1473-5598