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ArticleClinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society2009

The alpha2C-adrenoceptor deletion322-325 variant and cold-induced vasoconstriction.

Eitan A Friedman, Paul A Harris, Alastair J J Wood, C Michael Stein, Daniel Kurnik

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Article in Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Eitan A FriedmanDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 542 RRB, Nashville, TN 37232-6602, USA.
Paul A Harris
Alastair J J Wood
C Michael Stein
Daniel Kurnik
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CTSA FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR024975 · NCRR · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2007 to 2011
$45.7M
Structural genomics of norepinephrine transportersP01HL056693 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BIAGGIONI, ITALO · 1997 to 2016
$30.8M
PHARMACOGENOMICS OF ARRHYTHMIA THERAPYU01HL065962 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI RODEN, DAN M · 2001 to 2009
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The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) KL2KL2RR024977 · NCRR · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2007 to 2011
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The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) TL1TL1RR024978 · NCRR · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2007 to 2011
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Abstract

objectivesCold-induced vasoconstriction is mediated in part by selective enhancement of local alpha(2C)-adrenoceptor (alpha(2C)-AR) activity. A common insertion-deletion variant in the alpha(2C)-AR gene (ADRA2C del322-325) results in an approximately 85% reduction of agonist-mediated function in vitro. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with the ADRA2C del322-325 variant have attenuated vasoconstriction in response to cold.

methodsCutaneous digital blood flow (flux) was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry in a controlled environment at room temperature and during two cycles of graduated local heat and cold exposure in 31 subjects. Temperature-response curves were analyzed to estimate the following measures: E(min) (minimal flux during cooling), and ET(50) and ET(90) (the local temperature at which flux decreased by 50 and 90%, respectively).

resultsWe found no significant genotypic differences in E(min) (24.3 +/- 19.5, 30.0 +/- 20.5, and 21.5 +/- 25.9 AU for ins/ins, ins/del, and del/del genotypes, respectively; P = 0.48), ET(50) (25.5 +/- 6.0, 25.1 +/- 6.7, and 25.1 +/- 7.1 degrees C; P = 0.99), or ET(90) (20.5 +/- 4.7, 22.1 +/- 4.0, and 20.8 +/- 6.7 degrees C; P = 0.77) in either the first or second heating and cooling cycle (cycle 1 values presented).

interpretationThe ADRA2C del322-325 variant did not affect vascular sensitivity to local cold exposure.

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AdultBlood Flow VelocityCold TemperatureFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2Sequence DeletionSkinVasoconstrictionADRA2C protein, humanReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2

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