title: Genetic variants on apolipoprotein gene cluster influence triglycerides with a risk of coronary artery disease among Indians.
abstract: Apolipoprotein C3 and apolipoprotien A5 are proteins coded from the APOA1/C3/A4/A5 gene cluster. Sst I polymorphism on apolipoprotein C3 and -1131C polymorphism of apolipoprotien A5 are key variants involved in triglyceride metabolism and cause a significant cardio-metabolic risk. Here, we have evaluated these two variants for their roles in coronary artery disease in patients of the Indian population. The apolipoprotein gene cluster variants were analysed in 416 angiographically determined coronary artery disease patients and matched 416 controls using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The characteristics of the study subjects were analyzed statistically for their association with the polymorphisms. The alleles were combined as haplotypes and their combined risks were evaluated. The minor allele genotypes of both apolipoprotein C3 (S2) and apolipoprotien A5 (C) had a significant risk for coronary artery disease. The S2 allele genotyped patients had a significantly increased triglyceride level (P < 0.001) and increased triglycerides were observed among both patient and control CC genotype carriers. We identified the haplotype S2/C with a significant increased risk (P < 0.001) to coronary artery disease with increased levels of circulating triglycerides compared to other haplotypes in patients. We conclude that the variants on apolipoprotein C3 and apolipoprotien A5 modulate serum triglyceride levels and increase the risk of coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Manickaraj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: AshokKumar
authors.forename: Navaneethan Gnana Veera
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Subhashini
authors.forename: Ramineni
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: SaiBabu
authors.forename: Arabandi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Kotturathu Mammen
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Emmanuel
mesh_terms: D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001786:Blood Glucose; D014280:Triglycerides
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