The transcription factor GATA-2 does not associate with angiographic coronary artery disease in the Ottawa Heart Genomics and Cleveland Clinic GeneBank Studies.

Abstract

The transcription factor GATA2 was reported to associate with coronary artery disease (CAD) in the family-based Genecard sample (Connelly et al. in PLoS Genet 2:e139, 2006). We asked whether GATA2 associates with sporadic cases of CAD in the Ottawa Heart Genomics Study (OHGS) and Cleveland Clinic (CC) populations. We genotyped the lead single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) from Genecard, rs2713604 which is located in intron 5-6 of GATA2 in 600 CAD cases and 625 controls, as well as a tag SNP rs1573949 (r (2) = 0.87 in Caucasians of European ancestry in Utah from HapMap) in 1,136 cases and 1,162 controls in the OHGS1 population. A further 1,838 CAD cases and 913 controls derived from an independent sample combining genotypes from CC and OHGS2 populations were genotyped for rs1573949. Neither of the genotyped SNPs associates with CAD in the OHGS1 or CC/OHGS2 populations. Our data suggest that GATA2 does not contribute to the development of angiographic CAD among sporadic cases.

• Authors: Sonny Dandona, Li Chen, Meng Fan, Md Afaque Alam, Olivia Assogba, Melanie Belanger, Kathryn Williams, George A Wells, W H Wilson Tang, Stephen G Ellis, Stanley L Hazen, Ruth McPherson, Robert Roberts, Alexandre F R Stewart
• Journal: Human genetics (Hum Genet) Vol. 127 Issue 1 Pg. 101-5 (Jan 2010) ISSN: 1432-1203 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 19885677 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• GATA2 Transcription Factor
• GATA2 protein, human

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Canada
• Coronary Angiography
• Coronary Artery Disease (diagnostic imaging, genetics)
• Female
• GATA2 Transcription Factor (genetics)
• Gene Frequency
• Genotype
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Odds Ratio
• Ohio
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide