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Association of SLC6A9 gene variants with human essential hypertension
Takahiro Ueno1, Yasuharu Tabara, Noboru Fukuda
1Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi 173-8610, Tokyo, Japan. tueno@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
Aim:
We previously identified a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on rat chromosome 5 that appeared to be primarily controlled by the sympathetic nervous system. Because sympathetic overactivity is related to hypertension, solute carrier family 6, member 9 (SLC6A9) is a candidate gene for the connection of this QTL with blood pressure regulation. In the present study, we therefore explored the role of SLC6A9 genetic variations in human essential hypertension (EH).
Methods:
We evaluated three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs2286245, rs3791124 and rs2486001) in 758 essential hypertension patients and 726 controls. Polymorphism-related genotypes were determined with TaqMan assays.
Results:
The allelic frequency of rs2286245 (C versus T, p=0.032) showed significant differences between EH and normotensive controls (NT) groups. The genotypic distribution of rs3791124 in its dominant model (AA+GA versus GG, p=0.027) also showed significant differences between EH and NT groups. The genotype and allele distributions of rs2486001 did not exhibit any significant differences.
Conclusion:
We found an association between SLC6A9 gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension in a Japanese population, suggesting that SLC6A9 is a susceptibility locus for essential hypertension.
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