Anti-inflammatory heat shock protein 70 genes are positively associated with human survival.
A positive relationship between stress tolerance and longevity has been observed in several model systems. That the same correlation is applicable in humans and that it may be open to experimental manipulation for extending human lifespan requires studies on association of stress genes with longevity. The involvement of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) in cellular maintenance and repair mechanisms, including its role as an anti-inflammatory protein, makes it a suitable candidate for studying such associations. We have studied the association of three single nucleotide polymorphisms, HSPA1A (-110A>C), HSPA1B (1267A>G), and HSPA1L (2437T>C), present in the three HSP70 genes, with human survival, in a cohort of individuals born in the year 1905. This population cohort is a part of the longitudinal study of Danish nonagenarians. Since DNA samples were already collected in 1998, this gave us the opportunity to perform survival analysis on these subjects. Haplotype relative risk, and genotype relative risk were calculated to measure the effects of haplotypes and genotypes on human survival in a sex-specific manner. A significant association of HSPA1A-AA (RR=3.864; p=0.016) and HSPA1B-AA (RR=2.764; p=0.039) genotypes with poor survival was observed in female subjects. Also the female carriers of haplotype G-C-T had longer survival than the non-carriers (HRR=0.550; p=0.015). On an average, female carriers of the G-C-T haplotype live about one year longer than non-carriers. This result corroborates our previous observations from heat shock response (HSR) study where we had shown that after heat stimulation, mononuclear cells from the carriers of genotype HSPA1L-TT had better HSR than cells with the HSPA1L-CC genotype.
Singh
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FCMB, Vejle, Denmark. rs@fcmb.dk
Kølvraa
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Bross
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Christensen
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Bathum
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Gregersen
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Tan
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Rattan
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D018869:Heat-Shock Response / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors
D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C490786:HSPA1A protein, human; C525621:HSPA1B protein, human; C543454:HSPA1L protein, human; D004247:DNA
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