title: GNB3 gene C825T and ACE gene I/D polymorphisms in essential hypertension in a Kazakh genetic isolate.
abstract: The Kazakh inhabitants living in Barkol pasture of northeast China belong to a genetic isolate characterized by ethnically homogeneous and a communal pastoral lifestyle. To investigate whether the polymorphisms in the G-protein beta-3 subunit (GNB3) gene and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene are associated with essential hypertension (EH), we carried out a case-control study of 290 hypertensive subjects and 244 normotensive (NT) controls randomly selected from Kazakh populations of Barkol. A previous medical history of diabetes and hypertension, and body mass index (BMI) was recorded. Plasma glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol were measured. The insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene and the C825T polymorphism of the GNB3 gene were determined by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. The distributions of genotypes and alleles for the two polymorphisms did not differ significantly between the case and control populations, and odds ratio of EH related to the ACE gene D allele and GNB3 gene T allele was not significantly different from 1.0. Logistic regression analysis shows the variation at the GNB3 and ACE did not have any statistically significant synergistic effect on blood pressure (BP). Stratification of NT and untreated hypertensives according to I/D polymorphism of ACE gene and C825T polymorphism of GNB3 gene disclosed no significant difference across genotypes with respect to BMI, glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol, systolic and diastolic BP. In conclusion, the polymorphisms in the GNB3 gene and ACE gene, solely or combined, did not confer a significantly increased risk for the development of EH in the Kazakh isolate of northeast China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovasology, 1st Teaching Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, PR China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turdi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003545:Cysteine; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D007623:Kazakhstan / Q000208:ethnology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013912:Threonine
chemical_list: C454420:G-protein beta3 subunit; D013912:Threonine; C488034:ACE protein, human; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D003545:Cysteine