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- Title
Alpha-adducin polymorphism, salt sensitivity, nitric oxide excretion, and cardiovascular risk factors in normotensive hispanics
- Authors
Castejon, Ana M.; Alfieri, Anna B.; Hoffmann, Irene S.; Rathinavelu, Abbu; Cubeddu, Luigi X.
- Abstract
: BackgroundGenetic and environmental factors determine the blood pressure (BP) response to changes in salt intake. Mutations in the α-adducin gene may be associated with hypertension and salt-sensitive hypertension. We investigated whether one α-adducin polymorphism, the Gly460Trp (G/T) variant, was associated with salt sensitivity, nitric oxide (NO) production; and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy adult normotensive Venezuelans.: Methods and resultsSubjects (n = 126) were screened for salt sensitivity. The α-Adducin polymorphism was tested in salt-sensitive (SS) and salt-resistant (SR) subjects. The G/T and G/G (wild gene) groups had similar BP levels. The G/T subjects had higher LDL-cholesterol (P = .01) and postload glucose AUC (P = .03) than G/G individuals. Genotype frequencies were not associated with BP or salt sensitivity (G/G, 38.1% SS and 61.9% SR vs G/T, 40.7% SS and 59.3% SR). Shifting from high salt to low salt diet produced comparable reductions in systolic BP and diastolic BP in G/T and G/G groups. The G/G and G/T groups excreted similar amounts of sodium on high and low salt diets. The SR subjects carrying the wild or the mutated gene showed no changes in NO metabolite excretion at different levels of salt intake. In SS subjects, the level of NO metabolite excretion was highly dependent on salt intake. A combination of SS and 460Trp mutation enhanced the sodium-dependent modulation of NO production.: ConclusionsIn normotensive Venezuelans, the α-adducin G/T polymorphism was not associated with BP, salt sensitivity, or with sodium excretion during sodium loading or restriction. G/T was associated with increased LDL-cholesterol and postload glucose levels. In SS, G/T was associated with greater salt-dependent modulation of NO excretion. However, this larger increase in NO excretion was not associated with a larger decrease in BP.
- Subjects
GENETIC polymorphisms; GENETIC mutation; HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR system
- Publication
American Journal of Hypertension, 2003, Vol 16, Issue 12, p1018
- ISSN
0895-7061
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.07.022