Association of angiotensin converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism and familial hypercholesterolemia
Khalid K Alharbi, Tarek S Kashour, Wejdan Al-Hussaini
1Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P,O, Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. imkhan@ksu.edu.sa.
Background:
The study of the association between genotype and phenotype is of great importance for the prediction of multiple diseases and pathophysiological conditions. The relationship between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) Insertion/Deletion (I/D) polymorphism and Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) has been not fully investigated in all the ethnicities. In this study we sought to determine the frequency of I/D polymorphism genotypes of ACE gene in Saudi patients with FH.
Results:
This is a case-control study carried out purely in Saudi population. Genomic DNA was isolated from 128 subjects who have participated in this study. ACE gene I/D polymorphism was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction in 64 FH cases and 64 healthy controls. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups with respect to genotype distribution. Furthermore, we did not find any significant difference in the frequency of ACE I/D polymorphism in FH subjects when stratified by gender (p = 0.43).
Conclusion:
Our data suggest that ACE gene I/D polymorphism examined in this study has no role in predicting the occurrence and diagnosis of FH.
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