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A Method to Study the C924T Polymorphism of the Thromboxane A2 Receptor Gene
Published on: April 1, 2019
G protein beta3 subunit gene C825T and angiotensin converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphisms in
Ilhem Ayadi Kabadou1, Hayet Soualmia, Riadh Jemaa
1LR99ES11 Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry, Rabta University Hospital, 1007 Tunis, Jebbari, Tunisia.
Background:
We investigated the interaction between the G protein beta3 subunit (GNB3) C825T variant and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) Insertion/Deletion (I/D) polymorphism in hypertensive Tunisian population.
Methods:
Analyses of ACE and GNB3 genotypes were performed in 388 hypertensive patients and 425 healthy controls by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The plasma ACE activity was determined by a spectrophotometric method.
Results:
The ACE genotype distribution and allele frequencies were not significantly different between the hypertensive and normotensive subjects (p > 0.05). This polymorphism was not associated with hypertension (HTA) (OR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.75 - 1.15; p = 0.50). In cases, subjects carrying the DD genotype exhibited higher plasma ACE activity than those with ID and II genotypes (p = 0.001). In this group, a linear regression analysis revealed that the ACE I/D polymorphism is independently associated with plasma ACE activity (p = 0.017). The genotypic distribution and allelic frequencies of the GNB3 C825T polymorphism were not significantly different between the two groups. This polymorphism was found to have no effect on the risk of HTA (OR = 1.14, 95% CI = 0.93 - 1.39; p = 0.21). We did not observe a significant interaction between the GNB3 gene and the ACE gene with HTA.
Conclusions:
In this study, the I/D polymorphism is a significant independent predictor for variability of plasma ACE activity but the ACE I/D and GNB3 C825T polymorphisms are not significant factors for HTA in the Tunisian population. Moreover, we found no interaction between ACE D allele and GNB3 825T allele solely or combined with respect to HTA in the Tunisian population.
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