title: Haplotype analysis of the prostacyclin synthase gene and essential hypertension.
abstract: Previously, we discovered 3 polymorphisms in the prostacyclin synthase (PGIS) gene: 1) T-192G, in the 5-flanking region, a novel single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that is not associated with essential hypertension (EH); 2) a variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism, 6 nucleotides upstream from the ATG start codon, that is associated with risk of cerebral infarction; and 3) C1117A, in exon 8, an SNP that does not cause an amino acid change in codon 373, and that is associated with risk of myocardial infarction (MI). The purpose of the present study was to establish haplotypes of the PGIS gene consisting of these 3 polymorphisms, and to assess the association between these haplotypes and EH. We detected 19 haplotypes. There was no significant difference in the overall distribution of haplotypes between EH and normotensive subjects. To summarize, we successfully identified haplotypes of the PGIS gene, and these haplotypes were not associated with EH.
authors.affiliation: Division of Receptor Biology, Advanced Medical Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. tnakayam@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soma
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haketa
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aoi
authors.forename: Kotoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosuge
authors.forename: Mikano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanmatsuse
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kokubun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases; C022461:prostacyclin synthetase