title: Association of eNOS polymorphisms with anterior chamber depth in han chinese: jiangsu eye study.
abstract: Recently, a study reported that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) were associated with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) in Australian cohort. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether those eNOS SNPs are associated with primary angle closure (PAC) or ocular biometric characteristics such as axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), and diopter of spherical power (DS) in Han Chinese. The samples consisted of 232 PAC subjects and 306 controls collected from a population-based prevalence survey conducted in Funing County of Jiangsu, China. The rs3793342 and rs11771443 in eNOS were genotyped by TaqMan-MGB probe using the RT-PCR system. Our data did not identify any association of the eNOS SNPs with PAC. However, the analysis on the quantitative traits of ocular biometrics showed that the ACD of rs11771443 AA and GA carriers is significantly deeper than that of rs11771443 GG carriers (P = 0.0025), even though the AL and DS are not associated with rs11771443 genotypes. Rs3793342 was not associated with any biometric parameters including ACD, AL and DS. In summary, our data indicates that eNOS rs11771443 is associated with ACD and its role in the pathogenesis of PACG warranted further study.
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Haihong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Rongrong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4866-4263
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Junfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5117-7488
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Linjuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xisi Road, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Huaijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guan