Genome-wide linkage reveals a locus for human essential (primary) hypertension on chromosome 12p.
Essential (primary) hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure is largely heritable; however, the genetic factors contributing to essential hypertension are mostly unknown. We examined a large Chinese kindred (n=387) and selected a subset of 94 individuals for genotyping. An additional 32 Chinese nuclear families with essential hypertension were also recruited. Genome-wide parametric linkage analysis identified a new locus for primary hypertension on chromosome 12p (parametric LOD score 3.44). This locus overlaps with the assigned locus that causes severe autosomal-dominant hypertension and brachydactyly, the only form of monogenic hypertension known to date that resembles primary hypertension. We suggest that this genomic region, spanning 18 annotated genes, will be of great relevance in elucidating new mechanisms for primary hypertension.
Gong
Maolian
M
Cardiovascular Institute, Sino-German Laboratory, FuWai Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Zhang
Hongye
H
Schulz
Herbert
H
Lee
Young-Ae
YA
Sun
Kai
K
Bähring
Sylvia
S
Luft
Friedrich C
FC
Nürnberg
Peter
P
Reis
André
A
Rohde
Klaus
K
Ganten
Detlev
D
Hui
Rutai
R
Hübner
Norbert
N
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree