Polymorphism of beta-adrenergic receptors and susceptibility to open-angle glaucoma.
OBJECTIVE
The human trabecular meshwork and ciliary body, which express beta-adrenergic receptors (ADRB1 and ADRB2), control aqueous humor dynamics. We investigated associations of ADRB polymorphisms with open-angle glaucoma (OAG), because ADRB gene polymorphisms alter receptor function.


METHODS
We studied 240 Japanese controls and 505 Japanese OAG patients including 211 with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and 294 with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). Associations of four polymorphisms (Ser49Gly and Arg389Gly in the ADRB1 gene; Arg16Gly and Gln27Glu in the ADRB2 gene) were compared between patients and controls. Age, intraocular pressure (IOP), and visual field defects at diagnosis were examined for associations with polymorphisms.


RESULTS
The Arg389Gly polymorphism in the ADRB1 gene showed significantly different allele and genotype frequencies in patients with NTG than in controls (p = 0.004 and 0.006, respectively). Other polymorphisms did not show a significant frequency difference. In POAG patients, carriers of Gly16 in the ADRB2 gene were significantly younger at diagnosis than noncarriers (p<0.001). The IOP at diagnosis was significantly higher in OAG patients carrying 27Glu in the ADRB2 gene than in patients without this allele (p<0.001). Clinical characteristics of OAG patients did not differ significantly in relation to other polymorphisms.


CONCLUSIONS
Certain polymorphisms of the ADRB1 and ADRB2 genes influence the pathophysiology of OAG in Japanese patients.
Inagaki
Yoko
Y
Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Tokyo, Japan.
Mashima
Yukihiko
Y
Fuse
Nobuo
N
Funayama
Tomoyo
T
Ohtake
Yuichiro
Y
Yasuda
Noriko
N
Murakami
Akira
A
Hotta
Yoshihiro
Y
Fukuchi
Takeo
T
Tsubota
Kazuo
K
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000235:genetics*
D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2