TET2 and CSMD1 genes affect SBP response to hydrochlorothiazide in never-treated essential hypertensives.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Thiazide diuretics have been recommended as a first-line antihypertensive treatment, although the choice of 'the right drug in the individual essential hypertensive patient' remains still empirical. Essential hypertension is a complex, polygenic disease derived from the interaction of patient's genetic background with the environment. Pharmacogenomics could be a useful tool to pinpoint gene variants involved in antihypertensive drug response, thus optimizing therapeutic advantages and minimizing side effects.

METHODS AND RESULTS:

We looked for variants associated with blood pressure response to hydrochlorothiazide over an 8-week follow-up by means of a genome-wide association analysis in two Italian cohorts of never-treated essential hypertensive patients: 343 samples from Sardinia and 142 from Milan. TET2 and CSMD1 as plausible candidate genes to affect SBP response to hydrochlorothiazide were identified. The specificity of our findings for hydrochlorothiazide was confirmed in an independent cohort of essential hypertensive patients treated with losartan. Our best findings were also tested for replication in four independent hypertensive samples of European Ancestry, such as GENetics of drug RESponsiveness in essential hypertension, Genetic Epidemiology of Responses to Antihypertensives, NORdic DILtiazem intervention, Pharmacogenomics Evaluation of Antihypertensive Responses, and Campania Salute Network-StayOnDiur. We validated a polymorphism in CSMD1 and UGGT2.

CONCLUSION:

This exploratory study reports two plausible loci associated with SBP response to hydrochlorothiazide: TET2, an aldosterone-responsive mediator of αENaC gene transcription; and CSMD1, previously described as associated with hypertension in a case-control study.

• Authors: Martina Chittani, Roberta Zaninello, Chiara Lanzani, Francesca Frau, Maria F Ortu, Erika Salvi, Giovanni Fresu, Lorena Citterio, Daniele Braga, Daniela A Piras, Simona Delli Carpini, Dinesh Velayutham, Marco Simonini, Giuseppe Argiolas, Simona Pozzoli, Chiara Troffa, Valeria Glorioso, Kimmo K Kontula, Timo P Hiltunen, Kati M Donner, Stephen T Turner, Eric Boerwinkle, Arlene B Chapman, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Anna F Dominiczak, Olle Melander, Julie A Johnson, Rhonda M Cooper-Dehoff, Yan Gong, Natalia V Rivera, Gianluigi Condorelli, Bruno Trimarco, Paolo Manunta, Daniele Cusi, Nicola Glorioso, Cristina Barlassina
• Journal: Journal of hypertension (J Hypertens) Vol. 33 Issue 6 Pg. 1301-9 (Jun 2015) ISSN: 1473-5598 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 25695618 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antihypertensive Agents
• CSMD1 protein, human
• DNA-Binding Proteins
• Membrane Proteins
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins
• Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
• Tumor Suppressor Proteins
• Hydrochlorothiazide
• Aldosterone
• Dioxygenases
• TET2 protein, human
• Losartan

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aldosterone (pharmacology)
• Antihypertensive Agents (therapeutic use)
• Blood Pressure (drug effects, genetics)
• Case-Control Studies
• DNA-Binding Proteins (genetics)
• Dioxygenases
• Essential Hypertension
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Humans
• Hydrochlorothiazide (therapeutic use)
• Hypertension (drug therapy, genetics)
• Italy
• Losartan (therapeutic use)
• Male
• Membrane Proteins (genetics)
• Middle Aged
• Pharmacogenetics
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins (genetics)
• Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors (therapeutic use)
• Systole (genetics)
• Tumor Suppressor Proteins
• White People