title: G-Protein beta(3) subunit gene variant and left ventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension.
abstract: A functional genetic variant consisting of a C825T substitution in the GNB3 gene, encoding for the G-protein beta(3) subunit, has been associated with enhanced G-protein activation and cell growth. The aim of the study was to investigate the association of this polymorphism with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in a sample of patients with essential hypertension. Left ventricular mass was assessed by 2-mode echocardiography in 86 patients with essential hypertension, and GNB3 C825T genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction and restriction digestion. Thirty-seven (0.43) patients were homozygous for the C allele (CC), 40 (0.47) were heterozygous (CT), and 9 (0.10) were homozygous for the T allele (TT). The genotype distribution among the patients was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Values of left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (52.0+/-0.7 versus 48.9+/-0.9 mm, P=0.007), posterior wall thickness (11.3+/-0.2 versus 10.6+/-0.2 mm, P=0.042), and left ventricular mass index (152.7+/-4.4 versus 135.2+/-6.4 g/m(2), P=0. 023) were significantly higher in patients with CT and TT genotypes considered together (CT+TT) than in CC patients. The distribution of the genotypes was significantly different when comparing patients with LVH: 20 (0.33) CC and 40 (0.67) CT+TT patients had this complication, and 17 (0.65) CC and 9 (0.35) CT+TT patients did not (P<0.01). The frequency of the T allele was significantly different among patients with (0.40) and without (0.20) LVH (P<0.01). A logistic regression analysis showed that the association between the T allele and LVH was independent of age, mean blood pressure, body mass index, and alcohol consumption. The relative risk of LVH in patients bearing the T allele (CT+TT group) compared with CC hypertensive patients was 3.03 (95% CI 1.14 to 8.05). The findings suggest an association between LVH and the 825T allele in hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universidadde Barcelona, Spain. epoch@medicina.u b.es
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez-Angelats
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enjuto
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Paré
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de La Sierra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins