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Neuropeptide Y receptor Y2 gene polymorphism interacts with plasma neuropeptide Y levels in predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in dialysis patients.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20543711     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a sympathetic neurotransmitter that acts on multiple receptors involved in cardiovascular remodelling and angiogenesis. Plasma levels of NPY are increased in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and are independently related to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and incident cardiovascular events in these patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between NPY receptor Y2 gene polymorphism and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) as well as the interaction between this polymorphism and plasma NPY in determining LVH in 189 ESRD patients. RESULTS: LVMI was significantly higher (+12%, P = 0.03) in patients carrying the C allele than in those without C allele and was linearly associated with plasma NPY (P = 0.01). Interaction analysis showed a significant NPY-LVMI relationship in patients with the C allele, both at univariate (r = 0.27, P = 0.001) and multivariate (r = 0.21, P = 0.01) analyses, whereas no such relationship existed in patients without this allele. In fully adjusted analyses, a 10 pmol/l increase in plasma NPY entailed a 4.9 g/m increase in LVMI in patients with C allele, whereas the same change in NPY levels did not modify the NPY-LVMI link in patients without such allele (P = 0.009). CONCLUSION: NPY receptor Y2 polymorphism is independently associated with LVMI and interacts with plasma levels of NPY in explaining the variability of LVH in ESRD. These results offer a genetic basis to the hypothesis that NPY is causally implicated in the pathogenetic pathway leading to LVH in ESRD patients.
Authors:
Alessandra Testa; Francesca Mallamaci; Roberta Macrì; Anna Pisano; Belinda Spoto; Lorenzo S Malatino; Benedetta Stancanelli; Giovanni Tripepi; Francesco A Benedetto; Carmine Zoccali
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hypertension     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1473-5598     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hypertens.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-21     Completed Date:  2010-11-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8306882     Medline TA:  J Hypertens     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1745-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
CNR-IBIM, National Research Council, Institute of Biomedicine, Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Comorbidity
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / epidemiology,  genetics*,  pathology
Italy / epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology,  genetics*,  pathology
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropeptide Y / blood*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / genetics*
Renal Dialysis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Neuropeptide Y; 0/Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; 0/neuropeptide Y2 receptor

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